A/N:

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.


Loki elbowed Gauton from behind and turned to stab at him with a dagger. Gaunton brought his arm down on Loki's wrist and grabbed his arm, spinning him back and around. Loki rolled with the spin, turning his feet and ducked down to miss a spell thrown at him. They both stood there trying to catch their breaths, staring at each other. They had been fighting for too long, Loki had things to do but they were too evenly matched.

"You're going to tire out before I will," Gauton taunted, smiling. "You can give in now and I'll let you spend your last few moments with your family."

"Are you underestimating people again? I thought you would have learned from that lesson by now," Loki pushed himself up. Gauton didn't move and the air rippled behind him.

"I think it's you underestimating me, now." Loki frowned as he recognized it as a portal. He watched carefully as Kaia and Emma stumbled through then stopped looking around. A woman stepped through with Eindride a little more smoothly, and Gauton smirked. "As I was saying, you can give in now."

Eindride's eyes flashed a little before he blinked and wobbled to his knees. Kaia caught him first and Emma stood in front of them, hands glowing. "I was unable to get the youngest," the woman said quietly to Gauton. He merely grunted a little, not looking away from Loki.

"You are so not worth breaking the Pact for," Eindride muttered.

"Do you want the know the only thing you've done?" Loki asked Gauton calmly. "You've made me angry, and now I'm going to finish this faster." He moved, clones appearing around him, all walking towards Gauton. He used them to jump from position to position, making his way over the side. He watched as a sword appeared in Gautons and he started slashing at the clones quickly.

Lulu started to back up but moved right into Loki's arms. He put his hand over her mouth and dropped her to the ground unconscious before moving towards the Fae who turned at the last second and slashed at him. He jumped back but not before the blade caught his cheek.

"She was expendable," Gauton shrugged as they started to circle each other again. Kaia and Emma had helped Eindride move and they were surrounding Tony, who hadn't moved. A short sword appeared in Loki's hand and he held it, blade flat against his arm, using Frigga's technique. Now that he knew the twins were safe, and the other three were here he felt a little bit better.

Gauton moved first, not having nearly as much patience as Loki. Loki lifted the blade and pushed back, spinning to land a hit with his fist on Gauton's side. The Fae grunted and grabbed Loki's arm quickly and twisted Loki's arm, forcing him to bend his knees and down. Gauton stabbed down at Loki's neck but he dissipated in a green glow and Loki was at his back, throwing his arm into his spine.

Gauton pitched forward and gasped before rolling up, slashing the sword out and catching one of Loki's shins. He hissed and jumped back and Gauton pressed his advantage. He moved and slammed Loki into one of the pillars by the vault doors. Loki swung out with the sword but Gauton moved and grabbed his wrist, twisting it back and shoving the sword through Loki's shoulder, pinning him to the pillar.

"Dad!" Loki heard the shouts as his eyes widened and he looked down at the sword. Gauton took a step back, winded and he flexed his fingers.

"I Made you," he hissed at the trickster. "I know your magic, I know how you fight, I know everything about you." Loki suddenly threw a dagger at him but Gauton caught it and threw it back. Loki caught the shout of pain in his throat when it hit the hand that threw it. Gauton moved closer to him and put his hands on Loki's temples. "And now, I'm going to undo you, strand by strand, until you fall. There will be no coming back from this."

Loki's eyes widened and he gasped when he felt Gauton's power. Green fought against dark red and Loki swore he saw a different red trying to fight in. He was back in Hel, Gauton stabbing him from behind and he could feel it all over again. Gauton was going to make him relive everything as he slowly ripped his mind could see Laufey, killing him over and over again, Guaton and Lanhr, reducing him to feeling like an animal on a leash waiting for their command. As he looked down though his hands seemed to change, less pale for a second, younger looking, but then it was gone.

He was fighting Lanhr, he screamed he felt his hand getting crushed as it was forced into the Tear again. The scream echoed though, sounding like three. His back arched when suddenly golden cuffs were around his wrist, cutting him off from his magic suddenly and painfully as he had tried to help Tony escaped from Lanhr. He felt the cold of the Jotun prison and tried to brace himself. If he heard Eindride's cries as a babe again he didn't know if he would be able to fight it.

Everything suddenly stopped and his eyes shot open. He sagged a little and barely felt the pain of the sword pulling on his shoulder. He knew that he was panting, heart hammering in his chest but he saw Gauton on the ground, and Eindride by him. Emma had run over and had put Eindride's head in her lap as he tried to catch his breath, tremors running through his body every so often.

Kaia put a hand on Loki's good shoulder and looked him in the eye. "I'm gonna pull this out, there's not a lot of time." He noticed that her hands were glowing a pale red and she gripped the hilt of the sword in his shoulder. He nodded and regained his footing as best he could as she quickly pulled it out. Loki grabbed it with his good hand and let Kaia pull out the dagger. He stumbled forward a little but used to the momentum to bring him closer to Gauton.

The Fae was anting, eyes wide, on the ground. Loki kicked his side hard, rolling him on the ground a couple of times. He muttered something under his breath and his sword started to glow. Loki stabbed the sword down to impale Gauton. He gasped and grabbed at the sword but it didn't move. "You won't die by that sword, as much as I want you too," Loki said breathlessly. "It will hold you there until you have come to be collected. There will be no Hel for you."

Loki turned to head back over to his family when his knee gave out from the pain of the wound on his shin. Kaia leaped forward and caught him quickly, helping him down to sit on the ground. "What happened to Eindride?"

"He used his powers," Kaia told him and glanced over at Emma and Eindride. "Whatever Gauton was doing to you he made sure that Gauton would feel it too..." She left out that Eindride would experience as well.

"I can help him," Loki said quietly as he sagged a little in his spot. "Tony," he looked over. "I have to help him, too. I have to-"

"You're not strong enough," Kaia put a hand on his arm. They heard heavy footsteps running towards them. Kasir ran past them and over to Gauton. "You should hurry back to Midgard when your done Kasir." He nodded a little and grabbed the Fae's arm, the sword dropping to the ground when they disappeared.

Loki let out a breath and he slumped into Kaia's arms, the past couple days catching up with him. There was a slight ringing in his ears as he started to close his eyes. He thought he smiled slightly when he felt something small warm up inside of him. Tony was going to be alright.