Thanos

Loki kicked the Chitauri foot-solider's feet from under it after it threw him down. Of course, being thrown on the floor meant that he had to look up at the only other beings in the room, the Other and Thanos.

'Funny, I thought he'd be more intimidating. It must be that bright-pink skin tone, Norns, but does he ever look stupid up close !'

Simply because of Thanos skin, the only thing about that was remotely scary besides the black armour was the, still pupil and iris-less, dark-purple/blue eyes.

Thanos tilted his head and rumbled, "I should have known you'd feel guilty and sacrifice yourself. What do you want to be a martyr, Loki ? To go down in the annuals of the universe as the one who killed me ? To be remembered forever as a hero ?"

"No, mostly I just want you to shut up for once. Two of us are going to die and neither of them is going to be me !"

The Other laughed and purple-robes swished as the man walked along the silver floor towards him. Arrogance incarnate as the Other laughed in his face, "As if you could kill 'Death'. A stupid child like you ? One who was willing to kill the whole Earth, just so that he could rule a single World."

He just smiled in response and teleported a knife into his hand, before lunging up to stab the Other in the throat. The Other clutched at the knife and turned around, after that he grabbed the Other's neck and snapped it with a single twist.

Thanos laughed, "Do you really think his eventual death will inconvience me ? I have had a thousand Others, after I kill you if I want I can just get another...or maybe I'll just make you be my second Other, doesn't that sound nice ?"

Thanos waved a hand and then the Other was getting up and pulling the dripping knife from his throat.

"No, that sounds like a terrible idea and I'm going to kill it right now." Just like he'd summoned a knife from the vault, he teleported the Casket into the room. He put a hand on the Casket and after summoning the eldjot to him, funneled it through the Casket into a torrent of white-blue fire that consumed the Other.

It made him grin when the fire stopped and there was nothing left of the Other, not even bones or dust.

A demanded, "Where did you get that ?!"

Waved his hand over the Casket of Ancient Winters, "You mean this little thing ? It's my inheritance thank-you very much. What is Thanos scared of the Casket ? Oh, poor baby, maybe I should put you down for a nap...permanently."

Thanos snarled rushing him and he rolled out of the way as the real Casket was teleported farther away and an illusionary Casket was shattered by a kick. Seconds later, he was being telekinetically lifted, then thrown into the ceiling hard enough to scramble at air and be caught.

"Flying reindeer ? I didn't know Thanos was Santa too."

Resisted the urge to roll his eyes until Stark had dropped him onto the spaceship's roof as Thanos smashed another hole in the ceiling only to be met with one of Stark's double palm-blasts to the face.

"I know, but doesn't he seem really angry ? I think he needs to cool off."

"Huh, me too."

His eldjot mixed with the power of Great-great Grandfather's ring and Stark's palm-blast was enough to throw even Thanos off the 'ship in a surge of organish energy. Grinned as he front-flipped off the 'ship to see Thanos being slammed around by Hulk. As he landed the pink being was being hit with the combined forces of Gungnir, Mjolnir and the Captain's shield.

Thanos snarled, "You can't kill me, you don't have the power, none of you do !", as he sent out a burst of energy that was so powerful it caused even Father and the Captain who was behind his shield to slide back.

'Really ? Then why do I have the Logi Auga jar Eik ?' He summoned the flaming emerald eye of the oak and threw it at Thanos, before throwing the eldjot in to mix both cold and hot flames. All the wounds and the mixture of fires was enough to consume and finally end Thanos the Dreaded. Thus it was that Thanos was to spend forever in the coldest, darkest and most isolated part of Hel.

With Thanos dead, all that was left for himself, Hel, Jormungandr, Fenrir and the others to do was kill the Chitauri that had not fled. 'I doubt they will be much of a threat to anyone now.' When he slumped against a wall exhausted, Thor thudded down to cuddle next to him as Fury and Coulson walked up.

Fury shook his head, "I have never seen that many aliens in my life and I hope I never do again. Right, Coulson, Hill ?"

The black-haired man and Hill, who strode up with his children and Father beside her, answered simultaneously, "Yes, Director. For that matter, neither do we unless their friendly."

He looked up at Father, who was leaning on Gungnir and Fenrir, "So, Father have yet my children proven worthy of Asgard's trust ?"

"Yes, Loki, they have. O Skuld is there yet a need for Ragnarok ?"

Skuld came up with Grandfather to reply, "No, there is no more need, it is over. Loki, if you wish to say good-bye to Bergelmir, do so now for you will not see him again for thousands of years and the universe is safe, we must return to Valhalla."

After he got up, he hugged not just Grandfather, but also Skuld.

First he turned to Skuld, "I can never thank you enough Norn and Valkyrie Skuld for making all this possible. For bringing me to Valhalla so that I could meet Grandfather and learn to appreciate myself, and for letting Mother and I come back to stop Thanos. So that I could finally tell Thor that I loved him and so that I could meet Freida and little Loki, just, just for everything."

Skuld's wings rustled as she nodded, though she did nothing else, but smile in response. Then he moved to Grandfather who just said, "No more death by bilgesnipe or dark-elf, please."

Banner called, "With all the friends he's got now, that shouldn't be a problem. Right, Steve ?"

"Not a problem at all, unless Tony has something to say about it."

Romanoff shook her head, "Shut up, Tony, you've done enough quipping today to last a life time."

"Not enough to spin a web."

Couldn't help rolling his eyes at Stark, then Grandfather, Great-great Grandfather Ymir, along with Bor, and the rest of the Valhalla army left. Thor got up, then they took Freida, little Loki and the rest of the Avengers to the cherry-tree lake with his Mothers, Father, Angrboetha, Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel.

'No more fearing Thanos, he is gone, Father and I - we are free. Everyone is free.'

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