Sooooo, this is like...the last chapter...OMG! WHHHHAT? Ikr, my stories though well liked, are always rather short. I feel bad about that but it has to be done.
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Silence. It was all Loki and the Avengers could hear, and yet they never heard something so loud. After long discussion a plan was made. Now they waited outside the coordinates of where Thanos was said to reside. They were examining the area to see where to infiltrate. Loki would go through the main entrance but the others needed to find another access point.
"Alright Loki, go." Steve said. Loki then made his way to the front entrance where he was greeted by two guards. The guards looked around before escorting Loki through the halls. They were dark and metal, like the inside of a ship, the floors clanked with every step he and the guards took. Soon they arrived in a room of pure darkness. Loki was pushed forward and a bright light was shown down on a figure. Not just any figure however. Isabella. A bright light shown down on him as well, he could see nothing but darkness around them.
"Loki?" Bella asked looking up. She looked unharmed from what he could tell, but there was no real way to know just yet of the possible mental harm they could have caused.
"I'm right here Bella, your going to be okay."
A clap was herd from the darkness when suddenly another beam of light shown.
"How touching."
Loki growled. "Thanos."
Thanos smirked. "So you came? How noble of you, foolish, but noble."
"You have me now let her go!"
Thanos tilted his head. "Ah, I think not."
"But you said-" Loki begun but Thanos got there first.
"What? What did I say? I said you should come before the girl was harmed, you did. There was no promise of exchange, no deal made. Even if here was we have seen how good you are at keeping deals."
"You do not need her." Loki tried to explain.
"Really? I disagree. You see I can't think of a single thing that could be better punishment, than you watching this woman die." Loki's eyes held slight panic.
"I'll give you whatever you want just let her go."
Thanos chuckled before glaring at Loki. "I require nothing from you. You have played your part. I seek justice and revenge and now I shall have it."
Thanos walked toward Bella a long dagger in hand. Loki went to run after him but was held back by two guards.
"Let go of me!" He shouted. Doing his best to fight the large beasts off of him.
"Loki!" Bella shouted reaching out to him, her chains stopping her from getting anywhere.
Where was Thor and the others? Why where they not here yet? Could they not get through? Loki had to do something, anything. Thanos grabbed Bella's head and brought her face to his.
"Oh, look at his sad tries to get to you. I would say I am sorry it had to come to this dear, but that would me a lie, and I hate liars." He then brought his dagger to her throat.
"Feel that? That's Valerian steel. One if the sharpest in any realm. It can be used to cut almost anything one desires, and at this moment, I desire to cut your throat."
Everything seemed to go in slow motion for Loki. His eyes fixed on Bella as he screamed her name. His mind cursing Odin for not returning his full powers to him, even after everything, he still wouldn't trust him, and now the love of his life was going to die for it, Odin wasn't all to blame, Loki had caused this, he caused this and there was nothing he could do.
BOOM!
Explosion.
"Sorry we're late!" Tony said flying by, knocking Thanos away from Bella, his dagger knocked from his hand. Loki was released as the guards began to try and fight the Avengers. Loki nearly fell over before running to Bella's body. She was cut, but not badly. He used what little power he had to get her chains off.
Thanos got up and growled.
"Arrraaaghhh!" Loki was tackled to the ground by the large alien man. Around them the avengers were fighting off warriors of Thanos. Loki and Thanos rolled around on the floor throwing punches and kicks.
"You will not leave here alive Loki!" Thanos said.
His head bleeding blue. Loki also was covered in small cuts and bruises. Once again Loki was tackled. Thanos's hands wrapped around Loki's neck and squeezed. Loki was struggling to get him off. He Looked around the room to see the others distracted by the army of men Thanos controlled. No one could help him. Loki's skin turned blue and his eyes red, trying to use his frost giant abilities to save him.
Thanos growled as his hands froze slightly, but smirked as Loki wasn't strong enough to fully use his powers. Loki gasped for air as Thanos's grip got tighter. This was it. This was the end. The avengers, from what he could tell, were winning against the army of aliens. In moments, Loki would die, Thanos would attack them, but he will be defeated, because even with all his power, he is no match for them. Loki new this first hand. Isabella, would be safe. Isabella. I'm sorry. I'm so damned sorry. I did not mean to disappoint you. Loki's breathing shortened to a stop with Isabella being the last image in his head.
"Good by Luf-" Thanos choked on his words and released Loki's throat, falling over. In his back, was Thanos's dagger. Behind him, stood Isabella. He hands shaky as she fell to her knees. She wished she had something clever to say, some witty remark most people have after defeating their enemy, but she didn't, and she couldn't think of one. The only thing Bella could think of was is Loki ok? Quickly she crawled to him, his skin no longer blue and eyes no longer red, but somewhat lifeless. She felt his pulse but got nothing. Quickly she put her mouth on his and began CPR. Pushing on his chest to try and get his heart to start again. Behind her the noise had died down. The avengers had stopped the army Thanos had gathered, now they watched as Isabella tried to revive the god of lies. Once again they were left in silence.
"Come on...come on...wake up...wake up...Wake up!" Bella shouted. Tears fell down her face.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please, come back to me."
"Bella.." Tony started and reached for her shoulder.
"No!" She said removing his hand from her. Bella continued to pump his chest.
Steve looked to Thor, thinking maybe he would stop her, that he could convince her, as he was Thor's brother. But Thor did nothing. He couldn't.
"Loki..." He said softly.
Bruce, Clint and Natasha looked down. Even with everything, they couldn't help feel bad for Thor, as well as Bella. They may not understand Bella's affection for Loki, or why Thor so easily forgave him, but that doesn't mean it was sad to see someone they clearly care about, no longer be there. Tony frowned. This wasn't fair. After everything, this just wasn't fair. What is was, was killing Bella.
"Bella you need to stop." Tony said.
"No." She said, continuing.
"Bella you need to...you have to let go." Tony said now attempting to grab her.
"No!" She cried fighting him.
"Tony stop!" Steve said. Tony let Bella go and shook his head. Steve carefully approached Bella on the other side of Loki.
"Miss.."
"I can't...I can't let him go. Not yet!" She cried. Steve nodded.
"You don't have to, its alright, I'll help you." Steve carefully moved Bella's hands and replaced them with his own, pushing down on Loki's chest in attempt to revive him. Steve watched Bella as she squeezed her eyes shut and her tears fell down her face. She clenched her fists tight, causing her knuckles to turn white.
Bella looked down at Loki and placed her forehead on his own.
"Please Loki, come back to me...please."
Gasp! Loki's eyes shot open causing Bella to move jump away. Everyone stare in astonishment as Loki sat up slightly and began to cough and gasp for air. Bella's eyes widen as she then quickly hugs Loki and kisses him. This takes Loki by surprise but quickly regains his senses and kisses back.
"Brother!" Thor shouts and hugs Loki.
"I heard your voice.." Loki said. "I thought I was dreaming."
3 Weeks Later..
"Awwww, it says Iron Baby on it!" Pepper said in admiration. "Thank you Bella!"
Bella laughed with the others enjoying there time at Pepper's baby shower. They had decided to have it at Bella's home since she organized everything.
"Now I just have to make him a little suit like mine." Tony said smiling. Pepper raised an eyebrow.
"No, absolutely not!"
"I'm kidding...kidding!" Tony said kissing Peppers cheek. Then turned to face everyone while behind her and shook his head while mouthing no I'm not. Everyone laughed and Pepper turned to glare at him and beat him with the Shirt.
Loki Looked at Bella who was sitting next to him.
"I love you." He whispered.
She smiled.
"I love you too."
The end.
I wish this was the truth. I wish that the story ended this way, but it didn't. Bella looked at all the smiling faces around her with a sigh. Its all quite different. Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins. Bella's eyes shifted to the people in the room. Clint and Natasha. Bella had always thought they would be so nice together and here they were. Except they weren't. Clint was somewhere in Europe planing to kill a man named Don Herble. He was not only the man known to have been responsible for the bombings in several different cities in Germany, but he was also the man responsible for the death of Natasha. It was unfortunate to find that even a woman named black widow could be killed. It wasn't creative, or unexplained. Natasha was simply at the wrong place, at the wrong time, the bomb went off and killed her as she entered the building. There was no way to see it coming.
Bruce was a man of unfortunate circumstances and once again made himself scarce. No one knows where he is, or what he's doing. Thor though alive was also not actually in the room. But in Asgard fighting his own battles in hopes that after he a Jane may have a life together. If he could just say so to his father, tell him, that when the battles are over and Asgard is at peace he shall leave, to be with Jane. However with every battle that chance seems to slip away.
Bella's eyes shifted to Steve, who indeed was there, smiling and having fun. However, it was who he was smiling with that caught Bella's attention. Pepper. Isabella believed Tony would be a good husband and father, she really did. However in reality, Pepper disagreed. Tony couldn't handle married life, let alone fatherhood in her eyes. Tony, already having his doubts of himself to begin with accepted this. Steve ran into Pepper a few weeks later and hit it off, got married, and now expect a baby. At first Tony hated Steve, but as time passed Tony got over Pepper and moved on with his life. He currently was seeing a woman named Sarah whom he was standing with in the corner, sipping a drink.
"Awwww, it says Little Captain on it!" Pepper said in admiration. "Thank you Bella!"
Bella looked next to the empty seat next to her, where she imagined Loki would sit had he come back and stayed. The reality was though, he didn't.
Loki stared at Bella for a moment. A loss of words came to him.
"Hi." She said quietly. He blinked at her.
"Hello." Loki took in her features, she looked exactly the same as he remembered her, but there was one thing that was different.
"Your hair is darker." He said simply, and observation come to be aloud. Bella looked away from Loki and down at her hair for a moment.
"Oh, um, yeah, I dyed it a while back. It seemed like a good time for change." Loki nodded.
"It looks nice, I like it." Bella tried to smile.
"Thanks." A long silence bubbled between them. Thor and Jane waited down in the Lobby patiently. Knowing Loki and Bella needed to speak alone. Bella didn't know what to do next.
"I don't know what to say." Loki then said. His voice quiet, as if someone herd them, they would be in trouble.
"Why are you here Loki?" Bella's eyes were tense, burning holes into Loki.
"To see you." Loki said as if it was obvious. Bella looked at him with a face that could almost be taken as resentment.
"Why? You have been gone six years Loki,why now?" Loki did not have an answer for her. The truth was Loki was afraid to come back, afraid to come see her, though he would never admit that to her, he barely could admit it to himself. Instead he said.
"I don't know." Bella's jaw clenched a little.
"Well, there, you've seen me, now you can go." She attempted to close the door.
"Bella wait-" Loki said, holding the door open.
"What?!" Bella shouted. "What is it Loki?! What do you want from me?! Tell me?!"
Bella's eyes stung from the tears she refused to let fall. It pained Loki to see her eyes filled with such anger and sadness, confusion.
"What do you want me to say Isabella? I'm sorry? Well I'm sorry alright. I'm sorry you don't want to know me anymore. I will spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I wasted my second chance to know you. And I will always be conscious of your absence. It turns out I mistakes, Bella. I take the wrong action for the right reasons, and the right action for the wrong reasons." Loki saw the tears shimmering in her magnificent eyes and one of them traced unheeded down her smooth cheek. With a raw ache in his voice he said, "If you would take one step forward, you could cry in my arms. And while you do, I'll tell you how sorry I am for everything I've done - " Unable to wait, Loki caught her, pulling her tightly against him. "And when I'm finished," he whispered hoarsely as she wrapped her arms around him and wept brokenly, "you can help me find a way to forgive myself."
Tortured by her tears, he clasped her tighter and rubbed his jaw against her temple, his voice a ravaged whisper: "I'm sorry," he told her. He cupped her face between his palms, tipping it up and gazing into her eyes, his thumbs moving over her wet cheeks.
"I'm sorry." Slowly, he bent his head, and rested it on hers.
"I'm so damned sorry."
He told her his story, of why he did the things he did and as Bella listened he heart ached.
"Did it work?" Loki frowned.
"'Did what work?" Bella uncrossed her arms.
"Odin's punishment. Did it work? Are you a better man now?" Bella could tell that in Loki's eyes she was asking a question he still didnt know the answer to.
"Answer me this.." She began. "If you could do it all over again would you, knowing all you know now?"
She hoped he would say no.
"Maybe. Bella, I want acceptance, and I want power, I want love, unconditional love but I also want those who mocked me to cower in fear for not realizing how wrong they were. We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely."
"You want acceotance, I can give that, you want unconditional love, I can give that too. But power over those who you have come to hate, I cant give that. Only you can give that, but you don't seem to know how." Bella said sadly.
"Loki, after everything you still have such anger in you. You need to let these things go or it will destroy you in the end. You are a grown man. Its no longer about who did or didn't do something, its no longer about would could have been. Its about whats happening right now and your actions for getting here. There is no more blaming others, there is only blaming yourself and getting past it to make better choices."
Loki looked down.
"Perhaps...Bella, do you still love me?"
Bella nodded.
"I do."
"Will you let me stay here, and try to gain your trust back?" He asked, with a hopeful look.
Bella smiled and brought her hand to his cheek.
"No." Loki frowned.
"But you said-"
"I know what I said. I said I love you."
"Then why do you not wish for me to be here? Have I scorned you so badly I can never be forgiven?" Loki asked with sadness in his tone.
Bella shook her head.
"No Loki, its not that. Over the amount of time you have been away I have gone over and over in my mind what it would be like if you came back. The more I thought about it though, the more I realized it would never work between us. Loki you are a god. You will live thousands more years and I will not."
"I would become mortal for you." Loki said. But Bella shook her head no.
"No, Loki, I wouldn't want that and neither would you. The fact of the matter is, I am just a page in your story, even if you are more than half the chapters in mine. You were not ment to be mortal, just as I am not ment to be immortal. I am so, so happy you came back to see me, and I do hope you come visit again soon, but you need to go home Loki, go home and live the life of greatness you were ment to live as a god. I love you, I love you enough to let you go and be who you were ment to be, without me."
Bella smiled at the memory of Loki leaving, though a small tear fell down her cheek. She quickly wiped it away before anyone could notice.
"Here's your drink honey." Ben said smiling at her. Bella smiled back while taking the drink.
"Thanks babe." They had worked very hard on their relationship over the past few years and Bella was happy to say they got remarried. Nothing fancy, just went to the court to resign some papers. They currently lived in a two story home on the edge of New York city. Life was good, Bella was happy. She still thought of Loki sometimes, but it became a little less everyday. Now he mostly lives through the words she made up in her newest book which sat on the coffee table of the living room titled Where do we go from here?
The end! I feel like people are going to be disappointed but I was trying to think of it in a realistic sense rather than an I just want a happy ending sense that I usually do. Little grim, but thats what life is. COMMENT PLEASE!
