A brilliant blue light errupted from Lokis body, blinding everyone and suddenly there was no ground under anyone anymore before they harshly landed on solid ground, on a grassy field.
Tony gasped as he wide-eyed looked around to see the calm serene nature around them, beautiful blue sky and warriors confused looking around. "Holy crap we are back at New York!" Tony gasped. "This is central park!"
While Tony had been busy to take in the surroundings though.
Thor, bloodied and mangled had his eyes elsewhere as the thunder god pushed himself up. "Loki…" he gasped making Tony turn. "LOKIII!"
Tony blinked and then he turned to where Thor was looking, only to see a body looking even worse than Thors! This person, this poor person looked like he had been burned into a crisp, skin black and smelling like burned meat, clothes burned off rags, the places not black bright red.
Thor couldn't walk so he crawled towards the figure reaching a hand. Tony was frozen to the ground, he didn't even know what to say or do. Then he saw it, the stone just laying by Lokis finger tips on the grass… his burned fingertips.
Finally Thor had crawled over to Loki, tears falling down his face. "Loki no… no-no-no!" he bawled then put a hand on the burned face. "Please. Just please… Don't do this! Loki please."
And then Tony noticed… Lokis breath. They were deep and ratlling.
"Oh my god." Natasha gasped. "He's alive."
Yes, Loki was alive… But Tony honestly didn't know if that was a good thing. Maybe it would have been far kinder if Loki had died in the act.
"Why Loki…. Why?" Thor asked in a cry.
Then slowly, Lokis eyes opened. And revealed the green, untouched. "Because…" he replied in a voice hoarsh, almost unrecognisable. "I was the only one who could…" he rattled. "Had to… Had to be done."
"Don't speak." Thor cried. "Safe your strange! You saved us all ones again, just relax okay?" he asked. "I'll get you help! Eir is at the camp right, and this is Midgard. There are hospitals" he was just about to pick Loki up.
"THOR DON'T TOUCH HIM!" Bruce rushed in as he had seeminly now healed enough to transform back into himself, which also meant that all he wore were ripped pants. No that wasn't it. Hulk had realized people were hurt and it was better for Banner to deal with it and now Banner was here. "Lay him down, wait until profesional help comes!"
"Banner, what do I do?" Thor asked.
"Just, make sure he is laying straight and can breath. Don't move him!" Bruce demanded.
"What else?" Tony asked.
"What do you mean what else Tony?! Wait for an ambulance!" Bruce exclaimed.
"But you're a doctor!" Tony pointed out.
"For the last time!" Bruce shouted back. "I am not that kind of Doctor! I am not a EMT or a field expert. I am a lab technician and gamma expert!"
"Then what the hell kind of use are you?!" Tony asked.
"I was researching ways to cure cancer using Gamma Tony!" Bruce shouted back. "That doesn't mean I have the expertise of treating burn victims or put back together broken bones. They are different things! THOR DON'T TOUCH THAT!" he screamed now Thor was lifting a hand to the makeshift bandage Loki had made for his eye. "If that gets dirty you'll get an infection! And in that area, that could kill you really fast."
Clint looked at Bruce. "I thought you weren't a field expert."
"THIS IS JUST BLOODY COMMON SENSE!" Bruce screamed at them his veins turning green. "Tony, call an ambulance! In fact, call several! Thor lay down and don't move! Steve, make sure that Lokis airways are clear and keep an eye on him in case something happens. Anyone wounded lay down on their backs and don't move until help arrives! NOW!" he yelled as he seemed to grow a few inches from pure frustration.
At ones everyone just fell in line and did what was asked. Thor laid down next to Loki his one remaining eye filled with tears.
"No…. Nooooo." Loki hissed.
"Loki please." Thor asked. "Don't speak."
"Don't you understand?" Even with Lokis broken hoarsh voice he was somehow heard clearly. "I bought you time that's all. Thanos is still coming for the stones…" his eyes filled with tears. "Now he will be headed here…. He's coming. Here."
Everyone silenced… The silence itself felt deafening and then there were Lokis raspy breaths, gasping for air. Each one sounding so painful.
Tony swallowed as he looked at the two gods both looking mortally wounded and then the blue stone laying between them. He sucked in a breath and walked over looking at the stone, he was just about to bow down to pick it up.
"Do not touch that!" A new stranger voice shouted and Tony twirled to see a newcomer, this was a guy wearing a blue sort of ripe and a red cape.
"Who the hell are you?" Tony asked.
"Doctor Stephen Strange. Do not touch that stone!" Strange shouted. "Holding an infinity stone without any container or conduit, that is what it did to a god!" he gestured at Loki. "If you touch it, you wont survive!"
"Then what the hell do we do?!" Tony asked.
In response Strange held out his hands, an orange glow appeared and then the stone floated upwards before it was capsulated in an orange sphere which floated to the newcomer and he opened a small round portal in the air pushing the stone into the small portal and closed it. Then he turned and moved his hands again opening a bigger portal into long white hallway. "Those who can walk, this way." he gestured.
"Where does that lead?" Tony asked.
Strange glared at him. "Central hospital, where did you think it would lead?" he asked as he let down his hands and then suddenly his clothes changed into that of a simple black suite though he was still wearing black gloves and he straightened out his jacket. "I am going to go warn them that emergency patients are coming! We'll get some stretchers!" he said as he himself just walked through the portal.
The people behind looked at each other then Steve shouted.
"Well what are we waiting for, those who can still walk. Help them inside!"
