A/N: Guys, I don't even know how to write Thanos, he's probably going to be so OOC compared to what Infinity Wars shows him as, but ok. Anyways! Thank you soooooo much for the support and encouragement, and I hope you love this chapter too!

Paforex: I'm glad you loved it! Hopefully this answers some more questions about all that!

MirrorFlower and DarkWind: Thank you!

Lokyrie Shipper: I am sorry...did I mention how much I love suspense?

Midnight: I love cliffhangers too...I hope you like this one, and I hope it doesn't make you cry tooooo much. ;)

Selina: Definitely not thorki, just lots of brotherly love between two adopted siblings. :)

Joycelyn. : I'm glad you liked it!

MoonyEstelChase: Yay, thank you!

Afedrigo: Hope you like this one!

BodhiJones: Yay, thank you!

Guest: Thank you!

Okay. Now, I have planned for this to be the last chapter. However, if you guys really want me to go into the Infinity War arc...I might consider it. I rather like leaving it here and seeing what the movie brings with this, but...if I get a lot of requests to continue, I will consider going at least a little farther. So let me know what you guys think!


"Thor…"

"You planned this, didn't you?" Thor's voice was low and calm. Somehow that was more terrifying than if he had been screaming. "You've been working with him, all along."

"If you just…"

Thor's forearm dug harder into his throat. "What? Listen to you? Because you're terrified of your master, aren't you?"

"Thor, please. I swear...I wasn't…"

"Oh, it's nothing personal, is it, Loki?" A flicker of realization suddenly passed across Thor's face, and the pressure on Loki's throat lessened as he recoiled numbly. "Did you plan all of this? Take over the throne? Weaken our father...so that...so that Hela would return and we'd have no choice but...all so Asgard wouldn't stand against Thanos?" Horror ran across Thor's face, coupled with fierce rage. Loki opened his mouth to speak, but Thor rammed him against the wall again. "You did this, didn't you! For him! Our home burned so that you could be a loyal dog to the Mad Titan!"

"No!" Loki shoved back now, fighting for breath to speak. "I swear, Thor, no. I didn't want this to happen."

"Then why bring that thing with you? Why not let it die in the fires of Asgard?"

"Because it's a door. We can escape through it."

Thor glared at him, searching his face. "And tell me why I should trust you at all?"

"You don't have to. If you can get Bruce, he can open the door. Throw me in the brig if you must, but please, save our people."

"Thor Odinson."

Thor turned towards the console, disgust crawling over his face as he heard his name spoken by the Mad Titan. He jerked his head at Valkyrie. "Watch him." The warrior nodded, her sword instantly going to Loki's neck.

"What is your decision, Asgardian King?"

"We do not have what you seek, Thanos."

"Your brother is a far better liar than you, Odinson. Yet I suppose his silvertongue has lost its sheen in your ears, has it not?" When Thor did not reply, Thanos laughed. "He is truly a wonder, your Frost-Giant brother. He is one of my favorites."

"Then you will mourn him when I slit his throat," Thor growled.

Thanos laughed louder. "As I said, Odinson. Your lying is far from convincing."

"Thanos."

Thor whirled on his brother angrily. Valkyrie's sword inched closer to his throat.

"Don't think I won't, trickster."

Loki almost smiled. "No, I have every confidence you will." He closed his eyes for a moment, his smile turning cold. "Yet you forget what I can do, also."

And he vanished.

Thor swore loudly. "Loki!" His scream reverberated through the ship, raw with pure hatred and anger.


Thanos turned in his throne, smiling to see his little trickster, kneeling before his feet.

"My lord."

"Ah, Loki. Have you redeemed yourself?"

The black-haired prince stood, extending the Tesseract with a smile. "I believe this is what you wanted."

Thanos laughed. "Well done."

"I trust you remember the terms of our deal?" Loki's smile turned just a little colder.

Thanos laughed again, smile turning cruel. "Surely you are not so foolish, princeling?"

Loki raised his chin, his smile vanishing. "I have delivered your Stone as promised. I have obeyed your orders. Now Asgard is mine."

"No, princeling. Do you really believe I would let the king race of the galaxy survive? The people of Asgard will burn as their world has."

"You wouldn't dare."

Thanos bared his teeth. "Of course I dare. Asgard is a threat. The galaxy will fall to its knees when it realizes I have brought about their destruction. After all. If you want to win a fight, start with the biggest guy in the room, no?"

"Asgard is mine! You swore to me, Thanos! You swore you would let me have them!" Tears were gathering in Loki's eyes as he screeched.

"What is this, princeling? Is this sentiment?" Thanos bent closer to him. "Surely not for the realm that cast you out. You are not of their blood. But perhaps you are of their heart?"

"You swore on your seidr, Thanos," Loki hissed.

"Ah, but you see, with the Infinity Gauntlet, I will reshape reality in my image. So what is truth? What is promise? Only what I demand them to be."

"Please. Please, they're broken. They won't stand against you, they're refugees!"

"Yet your brother? Midgardian's defender? Surely he would marshall an army for their defense. I cannot take that risk, princeling. Asgard was also doomed to die. After all, Ragnarok has come, has it not?" Thanos smiled cruelly. "I am only finishing what you started."

"No." Loki's whisper as an anguished, furious plea.

"Target the Asgardian ship."

"No, Thanos, you can't!"

The Titan stood, his expression morphing into a glare. "I can. And for your impudence…

"You get to watch."

Metal plates retracted behind Loki, revealing a glass window. Loki barely had time to turn when a blast sliced through the garish blue metal ship the Asgardians had escaped on.

"No!" Loki's scream tore past his throat like a knife. Blood seemed to bubble along the anguished cry, stabbing and slitting as it was ripped from his lips. He fell to his knees, staring in horror at the rubble that was all that was left of his people.

"And to think," Thanos mused, "all this grief for the people who hated you." Loki didn't speak.

"At least your brother died hating you as much as you hated him."


Thor felt his body falling through space. He thought briefly of Loki, of how he must have felt when he fell through the void. Was this what he would do for an eternity? Drift among the stars?
He crashed against something hard. Apparently not.

"Wipers! Get it off!"