A green shimmer appeared in the depths of the factory, and from it came a black haired demi god now pressing himself up against the wall as he glanced around the corner where he saw guards walking their rounds.
Nebulas words were very clear.
At the center of the moon there is the furnace, the furnace powers all of the factories.
It wont be enough to just blow up the furnace though, they have security measures for such an occasion. For each outlet there is a tall silver cylinder, 7 feet tall each with a blue top. Rig each of them. Place the explosive at the button, but keep them hidden, we need them all the blow up at the same time or it wont work!
At the same time Tony had given very precise instructions.
This is the remote detonator. You press the button and everything goes boom.
All though in case something goes wrong, each explosive has a timer! See that switch, ones you flipped it the timer will be running. Thirty hours and it will explode, you can't undo it by flipping the switch back. Ones it is flipped is going to explode, thirty hours."
It was not lost on Loki how extremely essential all three of them was to this plan. Without Nebula he would not have known where to places any of these devices and without Tony… There would be no devices.
Heck without Tony he would still have a slave badge stuck to his chest… Also he would still be laying in that hellish warm cell… And his neck would still be broken… And he would still be without water or food, most likely for another ten years before they would give him a little bit.
By then he would have turned into a dried out skeleton but still alive… yeah. That really was a fate worse than death. That really would have made Loki long for his days of daily torture by Thanos's hand.
Probably the big idea.
How ironic, that Loki now owed a single mortal so much.
With a shimmer Loki vanished from the spot and appeared beneath one of the cylinders, quickly placing and explosive, flicked the switch and covered it up with an illusion, then made another short jump with teleportation.
The quicker he got all of them in place, the faster they would explode in succesion in case they didn't manage to use the detonator and the timer would take effect.
It was like a jumping dance, appear, place, flick, cover up, teleport. Appear, place, flick, cover up, teleport.
Suddenly foot steps sounded and Loki turned around just as a guard stepped forward, then frowned at Loki.
"What is a Chitauri doing here?" The guard asked.
Loki made a clicking sound in his current Chitauri appearance and the guard sighed then just moved on and Loki turned back into himself as he made a quick teleport to the next one.
All though ones he was done with the cylinders in the core, it was far from over.
"Their stash of explosive chemicals is an obvious place to rig." Tony had said. "You only need to use this small one there. It will start a chain reaction by itself."
And Nebula. "The factory entrances, rig them up. With the cylinders gone there is no stopping the flow of power. Blow up the panels to shut them down, the energy is going to build and there will be no stopping it. The core will overheat and then."
At that Loki had looked up at Nebula and Tony, meeting their eyes. "Bye bye moon."
All three had nodded in understanding.
"Thirty hours after you flick the switch, they will explode." Tony had repeated. "Ones the overheating begins, there ought to be between twenty and forty minutes until the core overheats and the entire moon goes."
"Well then." Loki had smirked. "I suppose you better pack up your stuff!" and in a shimmer he had been gone.
And now, finally, Loki placed the last little explosive in one of the factories and he vanished again to appear in front of a mortal human, a blue cyborg alien and their scaly alien alley.
"It's done." Loki informed his gang of miss fits. "If your timer holds up, 28 hours before the first explosion will happen."
"If not before then." Tony held the detonator in his hand.
Loki looked at his hand. "I can still take it." he offered again to take the detonator to press it at the appropriate time.
"No." Tony shook his head. "I made it, I'll do it." he stated.
"You made good time." Nebula complimented Loki.
"What do you take me for?" Loki asked. "One hour until Supergiants big talk to the masses and we make our move. Well don't know about you, but I think we could at least make ourselves presentable." he stated.
And in a shimmer, Lokis gray dirty prison clothes changed. Around him it changed into soft green garbs with golden linings. His feet suddenly covered in long black boots. A long cape elegantly fell from his shoulder and behind him.
Tony looked at the god. "Did you just use your magic to make new clothes?" he asked.
"A useful spell no?" Loki asked. "Even if it is rather simple. Even Thor could do it. Believe it or not."
"Well okay, sailor moon." Tony replied. "You look pretty, good for you. Can we move on?"
"Tony." Loki sighed. "And here I thought you knew the importance of a great presentation. We'll be going on stage!" he stated reaching out a hand and in it appeared a midnight blue robe which he threw at Nebula.
Nebula caught it, she looked at it only shortly then quickly slipped it on and pulled down the hood covering her face. It was a beautiful and elegant robe, looking good with her blue skin color and even hiding Tony's ugly engineering on her new limps.
Next Kila got a set of clothes thrown into his head which turned out to be black trousers, black tunics and black boots complimenting his white scaly complexion.
Then finally Loki turned to Tony.
Tony smirked. "So fairy god mother, anything for your favorite god child over here?"
Loki lifted an eyebrow. "I thought you weren't impressed."
"Well like you said, we're going on stage. Gotta look good right?" Tony asked. "Beside we all know I am the prettiest one here right?"
Loki rolled his eyes.
"Oh come Lokes." Tony asked.
Loki sighed. "Well, if you really ask. I have a very special thing for you."
"Okay now you're making me worried." Tony had to admit, fearing he was going to find himself in a clown suite in two seconds.
"I allowed myself into some of the vaults at this place. Wondered if perhaps they had something useful." Loki commented. "Found something with your insignia on it. I assume it's yours." he stated holding out a hand and in it a little square looking box that could be slid into Tony's arch reactor.
Tony's eyes widened. "Holy shit…" he whispered. "Loki you." he was lost for words. "Do you even know what?"
"Your armor, isn't it?" Loki asked casually throwing the cube at Tony who just barely managed to grab it. "Perhaps though you would like something else to so your skin wont be chaffed. I hate it when armors do that."
And next Tony found himself with a pair of pants, a tunic and boots. Boots and pants in black, the tunic red, the same red as Tony's mechanical suites.
"Heh, not really my style." Tony commented. "But I'll take it… Thanks." he breathed.
"Get changed." Loki demanded. "The dice has already been cast and there is no turning back! The show is about to start as soon as all the slaves are gathered for Supergiants usual bullshit."
Tony smirked. "You know something fun, I always liked a good show."