Soon Thor was swarmed by people, cheering his name and then all of a sudden a warrior maiden with long dark hair threw herself at Thor, wrapped her arms around him and cried. "THOR!"

"Sif…" Thor gasped as he hugged her back. "Where in the name of the all father did you come from?" he asked.

"Jotunnheim." Sif admitted. "I came with the Jotunns."

"Huh?" Thor asked as he put her down and Sif hissed.

"Loki!" Sif exclaimed. "First he posed as Odin but I found it, but before I could confront me he banished me to Vanahaim! Then three days ago he meets up. I was about to cut him down but he kept rambling on about you needing my help to fight the goddess of death. Finally against my better judgement I allowed him to take me with him through Ygdrasil and then he dropped me at Jotunnheim!" she exclaimed. "Right in front of the Jotunns! And said, just stand ready with the rest. And then he was gone!"

Thor sighed deeply then looked up at Loki. Loki who had changed back into his usual Aisir self.

"What?" Loki asked. "Didn't you hear Sif, we like Jotunns now." he grinned.

"Loki there was no need for you to do that! You did it just to mess with Sif." Thor pointed out.

"Well maybe the lesson did her good." Loki pouted and Sif hissed.

"Loki, you need to apologize one of these days." Thor sighed. "Though Sif, I hope you have treated the Jotunns well!"

"What?" Sif asked. "Well erhm… I erh…" she swallowed.

Thor sighed deeply. "You drew your sword on them, figures. We'll talk of it later. But yes, the Jotunns are our allies now. You are to treat them well." and he hissed as he held a hand against his left eyesocket.

"THOR YOUR EYE!" Loki shouted as if he had first noticed now.

"It… It's not so bad." Thor hissed.

"Let me be the judge of that." Loki demanded as he grabbed Thors hand and pulled it down then snorted. "Not so bad huh? You're just missing an eye!"

Thor hissed as he clenched his teeth.

"Stand still." Loki demanded as he pulled a small bottle out of his pocket dimension and a handkerchief which he soaked with the liquid from the bottle. Then he put the soaked handkerchief to Thors eye socket and Thor screamed.

"AARGHH! Stop!" Thor demanded covering his eye. "That hurt!"

"Oh don't be a baby! Sif help me." Loki demanded.

"That's torture, you can't do that to me!" Thor cried still covering his eyes.

"Listen you stupid oaf!" Loki hissed. "There's an open wound in your god damn skull. If that gets infected you could die! So suck it up and let me clean it!"

That seemed to get Sif into action as she grabbed Thors arms and forced them down while Thor struggled and Loki finally got to work though Thor still struggled. Thankfully there were even more Asgardian warriors to help holding Thor in place while Thor screamed like a pig.

Finally Loki was done and pulled a roll of gauge out of his pocket dimension which he tightly wrapped around Thors head, only to quickly was the eye area soaked through and Thor fell down on the ground where he sat. Groaning deeply.

Loki sighed deeply. "Rest up Thor."

"How's Banner?" Thor asked groggily. "And are the other wounded?"

"We'll take care of it. Just rest." Loki asked. "Sif make sure this big stupid oaf doesn't over exert himself. He's wounded and in no condition to be the hero."

Sif turned to Loki. "Since when do you care?"

Loki growled. "Look Sif, I realize you have been out of the loop for a while." he stated. "But things really are different now. Thor and I kissed and made up, I'm sure Thor will love to tell you all about it later! So yeah, we like Jotunns now. Thor and I are friends again. And Asgard is in ruins. We'll fill you in on the rest later." he stated as he turned and started to walk to try and asses the situation.

There were a lot of wounded, thankfully Asgardians had seemed to keep the instructions in mind and when wounded they had retrieved rather than fight until death so a bare minimum seemed to be lost in battle. The Midgardians were all holding up. Hulk was laying on his back with Natasha next to him, the sword had been pulled up and he was healing up by himself. That serpent bite though seemed like it would take longer.

Still, apparently the big brute didn't just get stronger the angrier he got. He clearly also had exhilarated healing abilities… good to know.

Finally Tony came running for Loki. "LOKI!" he shouted. "Lokester hey."

Loki turned to Tony then sighed deeply. "Stark… We owe you a debt. A huge one." he said. "Me included. Thank you."

Tony halted as he blinked, then smirked. "Well as it turned out you weren't lying. So it was the right thing to do after all." he stated. "Don't think about it." he padded Loki on the shoulder. "Just you know, when we get home get the blueprints out of my head like you promised kay?"

"Sure." Loki nodded.

"Great, and that wasn't even what I wanted to talk to you about." Tony admitted. "The portal the Jotunns used is gone. You do have a way to get us back home right?" he asked.

Loki closed his eyes as he breathed. "Ygdrasils branches has been cut." he informed. "They are weakened… " then he opened his eyes. "I wont be able to open a portal back to Midgard at this time, how-ever I have another idea. Don't worry."

Tony shrugged. "Sure."

And finally Loki was able to continue on his way, he walked across the sand of what had ones being a massive palace. Some of the sand was glittering in gold… Even the metals had turned to sand. Really an amazing machine Tony had created then Loki stopped at his destination and bend down to brush the sand away finally to find a glowing blue cube which he picked up in his hand. Perfect, he could get them all home now. And he vanished the cube into his pocket dimension.

The next second Loki halted, it ran down his spine… no… not now… Please norns why now? He turned around and then he ran.

"Thor.." Loki called. "THOOOOOR!" he screamed.

Peoples head turned as Loki came running, frantic and white.

"Loki… What is it?" Thor asked.

Loki was shaking. "He.. He's coming. I'm sorry I thought he was further away but he's coming! He's coming now!" he outright cried.

"Who?" Thor asked and Loki pointed up. Thor turned to look up to see a massive… MASSIVE spacecraft far above them already it was sinking and Thors eyes widened.

Loki shook his head. "No.. no no no… Why now?" he asked grabbing his head. "Please… Please."

"LOKI!" Thor managed to stand up again and grab Lokis shoulders. "This is unlike you, you never panic. Not even in front of Hela did you panic. Who is this."

"Tha… Thanos." Loki gasped. "It's Thanos… I doomed us all! I'm sorry Thor! I'm so sorry!"

Thors one eye widened as he gasped. "Thanos?" he asked. "You mean… The man who…"

Loki nodded. "The puppetmaster of the would be king…"

And Thor turned he looked up as the hatch of the spaceship opened up to reveal a creature standing there, a massive creature and you could feel his power even from the ground.

A titan, this was definitely a Titan.

Then Thanos jump, and he landed on the ground right in front of them standing on his knee. Chitauri soldiers followed.. And odd looking aliens.

A particular alien with grey skin and stringy hair floated down.

"Rejoice…" Ebony Maw spoke. "For the saviour has come. To bestow his blessings upon you. You will be saved."

Tony blinked. "Erhm cool." he commented. "So you'll give us a ride back to earth?" he asked.

Ebony smirked.

"No… That's not what they do." Loki shook all over his body.

Thanos's eyes landed on Loki then he smiled almost a kind smile. "Ah, Loki no ones son." then his smile faltered and his eyes turned harsh. "It's time… Why don't you tell them?" he asked. "Tell them of our mission."

"our mission?" Natasha asked.

"It's not mine!" Loki exclaimed. "I didn't want to be a part of it! I didn't." he shook his head.

"It is a sacred mission." Ebony informed. "Only Thanos has the strength to do what must be done, to safe the universe."

Loki swallowed. "Half must be sacrificed…" he whispered. "He intends to kill half of you." he turned to Thanos. "Please. We already lost much, this around you. This is our home and it's already lost. You don't need to safe half, there is no need!" he begged.

Then Thanos offered Loki a hand. "Give it to me." he demanded.

"I… I don't know what you're talking about." Loki informed.

Thanos huffed as he walked towards Loki, then slowly… Slowly Thor stood up. Lokis eyes widened as he already knew what was coming. "No… Thor.." he gasped as Thor grabbed a sword. "THOR NO!" Loki screamed as Thor came running for the Titan.

Only for Thanos to turn and grab Thor, his massive hand wrapping itself around Thors entire face and then he slammed Thor into the ground and people screamed. Over and over, Thanos slammed Thor as he smiled.

"Stop… STOOOOOOP!" Loki screamed as he allowed the Tesserect to appear in his hands. "Here it is!" he cried. "Now let him go!"

Slowly, ever so slowly Thanos turned his head as he held Thor up, Thor… hold up by his face… He had already been wounded, but now his entire body was marred and dripping with blood.

Lokis eyes were wide, and filled with tears. "Let him go…" he whispered. "It's me you want anyway. Let him go, and I'll come with you willingly."

"I believe I made myself quite clear when I send you to Midgard." Thanos informed as he held up the bloodied Thor. "You Loki… will wish for such a sweet thing as pain."

Loki gasped, his body shaking. Realization hit him… He had given himself away. He had blatantly admitted, shown… That the thing that would hurt him most would be Thors demise. Loki hadn't even known it himself before right now.

Everyone was stunned quiet as they looked at Thanos and Thor hanging in his hand, the only sounds were the drops of blood landing on the ground… Thors blood… dripping.

Drip… Drip… Drip….

Loki fell to his knees, clutching the tesserect. "Let him go." he asked. "Please… I beg of you." he asked. "Just… Let him go." And then he held forward his hands, offering the Tesserect on his knees. "It's yours… And so are my services. I will never fail you again. Take it, it is my gift to you. Just let go."

"No…" Thor hissed through his mangled lips. "No… Loki…"

Thanos's eyes were cold as he looked at Loki. "The Tesserect is mine to take, you are nothing." he stated as he dropped Thor on the ground. Thor plummeting down only for the Titan to place his big foot right on Thors head. "I already offered you mercy, and you spat on my kindness Loki no ones son." Thanos stated his foot pressing down and Thor screamed in pain. "All you needed to do was to serve me and be loyal, and all your desires and dreams would come true. Anything you could have asked would be yours. You failed, and now you must pay the price."

Thor screamed, and then his one eyes looked up. The other covered in a makeshift bandage that was already soaked through in pure red and blood spilled out as Thors scream penetrated the air. For a moment Thors blue eye met with Lokis and Loki was shaking, never had he believed he would see such fear on Thors face. And even then he seemed to be wordlessly begging. "Lokiiiii." Thor hissed. "Don't… Protect Asgard."

Even in his dying breath. Thor asked Loki to not hand over the Tesserect, to keep the people safe.

This was why… Why Thor was to be Asgards king. And why Loki could never replace him and Loki hissed as he held up the Tesserect, and then threw it with all of his might into the ground making the blue cube shatter.

It was enough to make Thanos halt as Loki quickly grabbed the little item inside, a blue shining stone Loki clutched in his hand and the moment he did, lines of pure blue energy ran all over his body, as if they were charged of electricity.

They filled Lokis cells, he felt the raw power, breaking muscles and running across him and Loki screamed as he held it in his bare hand. He felt his own body levitating off the ground, he could feel the energy coming out of his eyes and knew it had to look strange.

"GODLING!" Thanos shouted and then Loki screamed.

Screamed as he released the pure power within him. SPACE! He and space was one and the same, just for this short time. And he took them, every Asgardian, Migardian, jotunn and Vanir. All of them!

Put space between us and Thanos! Take us far away! To where it's safe! GOOOOOOOO!