Loki, Thor, Vanessa, and Jane stood at the top of a cliff and watched Malekith and the Dark Elves below.
"Right, are you ready?" Thor asked looking to the others. Jane and Vanessa nodded their reply.
"I am." Loki replied as he and Thor stepped away from Jane and Vanessa to speak. "You know this plan of yours is going to get us killed?"
"It has crossed me." Thor said. Loki held up his cuffed wrists to Thor who hesitated.
"You still don't trust me brother?" Loki asked as they meet each other's calculating gazes.
"Would you?" Thor asked as he released Loki from his handcuffs.
"No I wouldn't." Loki stabs Thor with a dagger and flings him down the hill.
"Thor! No!" Jane yelled only to be grabbed by Vanessa her arms pinned behind her back before she can run after Thor. "Vanessa let me go, what are you doing?!"
"Making sure Loki and I come out of this alive." Vanessa replied as she pulled Jane down the hill while Malekith watched and started towards them.
"Do you really think I cared about Frigga? About anybody but what is mine? All I ever wanted was you and Odin, dead at my feet!" Loki snapped as Thor reached out his hand to summon Mjolnir. Loki saw this and cut off his hand with his dagger. Vanessa pushed Jane over to Loki who grabbed her roughly. "Malekith! I am Loki of Jotunheim, and I bring you a gift!" He threw Jane at Malekith's feet. "I ask only one thing return, a good seat for my wife and I from which to watch Asgard burn."
Kurse whispered to Malekith that he saw Loki in the cells, and that he was an enemy of Asgard. Malekith and Loki assed each other for a time before Malekith looked to Vanessa who stood next to Loki looking stoic, her face an icy mask.
"You stand against Odin?" He questioned starring into her eyes.
"He took my husband from me when I was with child for his own selfish reasons. I stand against him, let him burn." Vanessa said meeting his gaze with a steely one of her own until he walked over to Thor satisfied with her words.
"Look at me." Malekith ordered and Thor rolled onto his back with great difficulty.
Malekith raised one arm and Jane levitated into the air. Loki Vanessa and Thor watched as Malekith drew the Aether from Jane who has a vision of the universe turning to darkness. When the Aether left her body completely, she dropped to the ground with a thud, the Aether temporarily hovered in the air between them and all was still.
"Loki! Vanessa! Now!" Thor ordered and everything began to move again.
Loki used his magic giving Thor his hand back as Vanessa shielded Jane and Loki. Thor called Mjolnir and tried to destroy the Aether sending great bolts of lightning into it. It seemed to crystalize then shattered falling to the ground, but the victory is short lived as the Aether reformed and Malekith drew it into him and then departed to his ship.
Loki, Vanessa, and Thor tried to stop him but Kurse threw a black hole grenade at them. Loki pushed Jane and Vanessa out of range but was sucked in to the black hole.
"Loki no!" Vanessa screamed as she reached out to him with her telekinesis, but the pull was strong.
She was almost afraid she'd lose him until Thor tackled him out of the way at the last minute. Vanessa ran to his side where they are almost immediately set upon by a handful of Dark elves as Thor took on Kurse.
Fighting side by side as fluid as water Vanessa and Loki blocked blows meant for the other, always seeming to know where the other was and what they were going to do. After they defeated them, Loki saw Thor is being smashed into the ground by Kurse. He approached from behind and ran the Kurse through with a huge blade.
Kurse turned and tried to impale Loki through the chest with the same blade, but Vanessa pulled the blade out of the Kurse before he can. Loki used his surprise to free himself and kick the Kurse who stumbles back, but manages to stay up right.
"Go to Hel, monster." Loki said with a triumphant smirk as Kurse looks down and sees Loki has activated a black hole grenade he wears at his hip. It explodes, sucking Kurse into a black hole. They all stand there for a moment in silence until it is broken by Vanessa punching Loki in the arm.
"Stop putting yourself in life threatening situations." Vanessa snapped.
"Yes dear." Loki said as he rolled his eyes and wrapped his arm around her. Thor smiled at the two of them then his eyes widened.
"You were pregnant?!" Thor asked looking to Vanessa making her giggle as Loki rolled his eyes.