What followed was the oddest game of tag where the Avengers each threw the infinity gauntlet at each other trying to get it away from any of Thanos's warriors, and of course Thanos himself while they yelled who was supposed to take each stone.

It was tiresome as only the true owners could even touch the stones without getting really hurt, rest could only touch the gauntlet.

Rogers running with the thing under his arm as if he was an football star, throwing it up in the air as the man of Spiders caught it with his webbing, flying it towards the space rabbit whom handed it to the stupidly named Star Lord as the first owner getting to rip out his own stone, the reality stone and passed it on the Carol Danvers who flew across the field while Quill now had to keep back enemies aiming at him and his stone.

Loki sighed. "I need to get down there." he informed.

"Where should I put you?" Valkyrie asked.

"No need." Loki pulled his leg off the horse so he was now sitting side-ways then offered Valkyrie a grin. "You don't know everything about me." he winked and simply glided off the horse, for a few seconds he fell through the air, but then his body shrank, feathers formed on his arms and soon he had wings as a raven glided over the air until it was a decent amount above ground and then re-shaped into an Aisir as he landed heavily on the ground holding his two daggers, cutting and kicking new enemies.

Everything was a blur, it was just about keeping the numbers down and an eye out then a shout sounded.

"LOKI!" And Loki turned to see none other than the man who talks to Ants reaching him the gauntlet, only one stone left in it. Loki reached out and then, they both held the gauntlet. Loki halted, then he looked up at Scott.

"What?" Scott asked. "Aren't you supposed to take it?"

Loki blinked. "You… Manipulate space."

Scott frowned. "I make things shrink and grow in seize."

"YES! You are making items take up more or less space but without altering their mass, that is manipulating space!" Loki exclaimed as he flicked Scott over the head with his finger.

"AUW!" Scott shouted. "That hurt!"

"Oh grow up." Loki snorted.

"HEY! You have the strength of a demi god and just flicked me! I think you broke my nose!" Scott exclaimed. "Aaaah." he carefully touched his nose and hissed.

"You are a space manipulator." Loki growled as he grabbed the gauntlet and pulled out the stone. "Take the damn stone! And go hold hands with the rest!" he demanded putting the stone in Scotts hands and then kicked him away.

Scott stumbled then turned to Loki. "What are you going to do?" he asked.

"What do you think?!" Loki asked. "Buy you time, obviously!" he reached up his hands.

Scott halted then he nodded. "Okay. Just… Take care."

"Sure." Loki rolled his eyes.

"Oh my gosh, did we just have a moment?" Scott asked.

"No." Loki replied.

"We were having a moment." Scott exclaimed.

"WE WERE NOT HAVING A MOMENT!" Loki shouted. "Now get going or I swear to the all father, I'll kill you right now." he stated. "HURRY!" he turned and ran, ran towards the grand Titan in the middle, Thanos.

Scott took in a breath. "Take care Loki." and he turned to and ran with a stone in hand.

Loki knew what he had to do, he had to distract Thanos, at all cost! He ran for the Titan, the general.

Then suddenly a figure flew right next to him and Loki turned his head. "Stark?"

Tony smirked. "I don't have a stone either." he pointed out.

"We got a job to do." Steve Rogers suddenly was on Lokis other side.

Loki groaned. "For the record, I am not an avenger."

"Huh, I wasn't going to call you one. But now I kind of want to." Tony commented and Loki sighed. "Hey Cap, could you say it."

"No." Loki hissed.

"Come on Cap." Tony grinned.

"Don't you dare." Loki asked.

And Steve grinned. "Avengers." he exclaimed. "ASSEMBLE!"

And behind them came a man wearing a black suite making him look like a panther, the spider kid swung over them and the blasted Danvers woman came flying, she quickly flew in front of them, towards Thanos who waited patiently.

Danvers raised her fist to slam Thanos, only for him to grab her arm and throw her aside across the battle field.

Then the rest came, Loki from below, Tony from above, Rogers from the side and Thanos growled as he blocked, grabbed, smashed them towards each other and roared.

Loki was pressed back, then crossed his arms letting multiple illusions appear and Thanos looked around at all of them with narrowed eyes as Drax the destroyer broke through an illusion and aimed a fist at Thanos whom dodged, and then beat him over the head. Ready to receive Bucky coming from the other side, and Sam from above.

And then Loki came again with his magic, sending spears of ice.

Left, right, above, below, behind, front. And Thanos, grabbed them, smacked them, pushed them aside. It was laughable.

Finally, he grabbed Loki and he sneered as he pulled Loki up. "You… I believe I owe you pain unlike what you ever felt before."

Loki glared back.

"You really thought you could defeat me?" Thanos asked.

"I wasn't trying to defeat you." Loki hissed. "I was just buying time."

Then, Thanos halted, he looked past Loki and Loki looked behind himself, the other side of the battle field and he saw the hole group.

Clint, Wanda, Stephen Strange, Thor, Peter Quill and Scott Lang. Each holding their own stone and touching Bruce, a glow around all of them.

Thanos's eyes widened. "No."

And Loki grinned. "You loose sucker."

Thanos seethed as he held Loki. "Not without finishing one last piece of buisness." he stated and then..

It was like burning fire in Lokis stomach, a blade, a perfectly balanced blade going through his body by Thanos's hand.

Loki coughed, and blood came out as he wide-eyed looked up. Thanos grinned.

Then, Loki grinned in return, blood dripping from his mouth and Thanos blinked confused.

"Idiot." Loki grinned. "I'm already dead. You won… Nothing."

And then, Bruce snapped his finger.

Thanos's eyes widened and Loki was dropped down on the ground, the blade still through his body, he groaned as he glanced up and saw… Thanos, his body turning to dust.

Loki coughed, more blood coming up his throat and he smiled. So… What did you think Hela? Nice job huh? His eyes grew heavy, everything grew dark… Asgard is safe… I win. And with that, all grew to darkness.

"How DARE YOU!"

Loki blinked confused, everything around him looked kine of fuzzy, it was the battlefield but everything was muffled, like if cotton had enveloped the world itself turning down all the sounds.

All except one, a horned woman wearing green standing in front of Loki, and she was furious.

Loki frowned as he stood in front of her. "I fulfilled your task didn't I?" he asked. "You told me to get your souls back. Well I did!"

"YOUR SOUL IS SUPPOSED TO BELONG TO ME!" Hela roared and Loki blinked confused.

He looked down at his feet and saw… the body of a black cat, laying at his feet, a big hole through its stomach and blood dripping out, then he looked up at the woman in front of him. Confused.

What was Hela talking about? They had already established this. He was her agent, he belonged to her… Unless.

Lokis eyes widened. "I died a heroe's death!" he gasped. "I died twice, and both times were heroes deaths! You lost your claim on me, I belongs to Valhalla again!"

And Hela seethed her eyes burning.

"I see! You wanted me to die of old age, or of an illness or something!" Loki gasped. "Wait, did you rig that cat body to die of cancer or something? Then living out its natural life span would still mean going back just after a year."

The look on Helas face told everything, he had hit jackpot. That was exactly what Hela had planned.

"But I decided to die a heroes death before then." Loki grinned. "And this time there is no trade to make." He smirked.

"NO!" Hela screamed. "You belong to me!" she roared.

"Sorry." Loki shrugged. "Looks like Valhalla is calling for me, I earned my place. Twice!" he held up two fingers.

Hela seethed.

"Well… I suppose if you really want me that badly." Loki hesitated. "I am afraid there is only one option left for you."

"And what would that be." Hela seethed.

Loki smirked, he looked down at his feet at the cat body laying in front of him. "That body has only been dead for a minute, there is still time." he looked up. "You could always revive me and hope that the third time I die, it'll be a cowards death so you may have me."

Hela was burning in sheer anger, her body nearly seemed to be enveloped in flames.

"Of course reviving would mean having to repair that body. For any ailment including any rigging you might have made to it." he shrugged. "Would be a shame for you though. If I go to Valhalla now, which I could do, I will be out of your reach, forever. If you desire revenge upon me, that's your only chance." Loki smirked. "Hey, I am a liar and a cheater. There's a pretty good chance I am going to die a stupid cowards death. Or even commit treason and die because of that, any dishonorable death and I am yours." he smirked at her. "It's your only chance to get me."

And Hela snorted. "Fine." she finally said. "Fine, you want to live out your pathetic cat life? Go ahead." she asked. "Everybody dies sooner or later. And if you do not die a hero, you'll be mine!"

"Well I suppose I better give that entire hero thing a try then." Loki stated and Hela seethed as she lifted her hands and then, the cat by Lokis feet started to glow and Loki, found himself slipping away. "Well, nice talking to you Hela. I suppose I'll be seeing you next time to, I am not looking forward to that at all. But we can't all have what we want right."

"Shut up." Hela seethed and Loki felt himself vanish.

Everything as dark… All sounds were muffled.

Loki thought, he could hear a familiar voice, calling a name… a familiar name.

The voice was deep and familiar, the place so warm. Loki groaned, then slowly he opened his eyes to see a blur of pink and yellow. A face, with blond hair and beard, a sparkling blue eye and the other golden, both filled with tears.

"LOKI!" Thor cried as he held him. "Loki, you're."

Defeated Loki looked back up at Thor…. I'm okay, you big stupid oaf.

"Thank the norns! You really scared me!" Thor cried. "You're covered in blood."

Loki sighed deeply, then nuzzled his head towards Thors chest.

"Thor!" A womans voice called, Valkyrie. "Loki! Is he?!" she tried.

"He's alive." Thor gasped. "He just… He really overspend. On everything. He needs to rest."

"Thank the norns." Valkyrie gasped. "Loki, hold on. We'll take care of you okay. You'll be fine."

And Loki sighed deeply, feeling so safe in Thors arms. Yeah… He would be fine. For ones, he felt pretty sure. He would be fine.