Fortunately the ship finds it's way to New York and while they are flying through the sky from above, they are all surprised from the sight of the city. Loki and Groot soon joined them to see the damages as they are flying through. It looks like that Loki's theory about the Chitauri attack on Earth was right and they did more than enough damage. Loki never noticed that the Chitauri can cause this amount of damage or that he might have played a part in all of this and that maybe he did go a little too far on the destruction that he helped created in the attack. He knows that everyone is disturbed by his actions, but he never thought that they would have a point. He has always assumed that they were exaggerating and the city is better than they made it sound, but at least they are here now to try to put a stop to Thanos before he sends more Chituari to make the situation worse.
"Looks like that your theory about the Chituari making their move on Earth, unfortunately they also seem to have caused more damage than we thought that they might do." said Rocket. "Did Thanos make them go through an upgrade or something?"
"From the look fo this damage and my last encounter with the Chitauri, we don't even need to see the fight to know that Thanos is focusing on trying to make sure that he either intimidates the people of Earth and the Avengers to give me up or hope that I would feel guilty enough to give myself up to him." said Loki. "Though he is being too overconfident if he honestly think that we are going through all of this again."
"Thanos will also make sure that everyone will pay until he is sure that he will make sure that he destroys everything that stands in his way to make sure that he gets what he wants." said Gamora. "This is just the beginning, I wouldn't be surprised if Thanos is already planning his next attack on Earth and then he will continue to attack until he either find us or destroys everything."
"I am Groot." said Groot curious about the world that they all are now in and want to see if there might be anything that might be from Earth that he has already been introduced to or Quill mentioned it at least one. Though the city is more destroyed than he imagine, but he still would like to explore the planet and to see if he can find anything else on the planet to enjoy and see if it has anything more to offer Groot and to see if there is anything more in store.
"I don't know or think if Earth has always been this way and even then we still have yet to see the rest of the planet." said Rocket. "Maybe it won't be as destroyed as this part."
"Trust me when I say that Earth is nothing like this, it's actually more cooler than- since when does Time Square have giant tvs on their buildings?" said Quill who is surprised by the tech upgrade of the city.
"A lot of things must have changed on this planet since the last time you were here." said Loki. "I know that there are something here that I know that I find admirable and that maybe the people of Earth is not as underdeveloped as I. thought."
"Is that suppose to be a complement to everyone on and from Earth?" said Quill not even knowing what to think about what Loki just said.
"Well it's one of the nicest things I have ever said about Earth so far." said Loki. "So yes I believe it is and should be considered a compliment."
"Now that's a good one." said Drax lauging with Rocket laughing as well in the background.
"Guys, we still have to deal with Thanos and trying to find this tower before anything else happens." said Gamora regaining the rest of the team and Loki's attention. "So how much further until we get there?"
"We are getting closer and we are not that far from it." said Loki. "Fortunately it is at least a block or two away from this area and let's just hope that they are at the tower and they all believe in second chances."
They continue to navigate through the city as they follow Loki's directions to Avengers tower as they continue to get closer and closer to their destination and that they are going to be facing a moment where they just hope that everything works out in the end. There is no telling how they will react when they finally arrive at the tower or if they will listen to a word they say or be willing to give Loki a chance. But they all know that this is the best chance they got and that alone will change the outcome of the fight that they still have yet to face and that alone is nerve wrecking.
Loki just hopes that they would all listen to them, if they don't then they will just leave and that maybe they will have enough power to try to stop Thanos. He just hopes that they will listen to them, that Thor does not have a grudge against him and that maybe he will be willing listen and haven't told all of Asgard his secret and that Darcy is not in some jail cell where she is paying the price for all of his actions. The same goes for Jane, simply because of the whole Infinity stone situation and for briefly helping them. She still shouldn't be paying the consequences for his actions and to be put in jail for nothing more than trying to help to learn more about the Infinity Stones and to help stop Thanos. At least he is going to find out once they eventually find out.
Meanwhile back in Avengers Tower
The Avengers are taking a break from the struggle that they all just have during the fight and how it took them forever to fight off every single Chitauri that has gotten tougher than they thought. They all knew that if they are going to fight off against Thanos, maybe they should also focus on trying to train more and advance the Iron man suit before their next fight. They all were grateful that Thor and Wanda were able to use their powers to defeat all of them in a quick second and that they can all finally catch a break.
Natasha, Steve and Pietro knows that they have to focus on training harder if they want to beat the Chitauri at their own game and to make sure that they are stopped for good. While Tony on the other hand is mostly focusing on creating a new Iron man armor that has the capabilities to not only create larger blasts and maybe even create something that will at least be able to stand up against Thanos if he has to fight him on his own. Bruce on the other hand is happy that the Hulk was able to do some good for the overall battle and how he was able to smash more than he thought and helped the battle move forward rather than backwards.
While Wanda is practicing with her magic with simple telekinesis like summoning food or the remote to better prepare herself for the battle up ahead. She figures that she will need to get better at using her powers to help take down Thanos and to make sure that he pays for everything he has done to them, Loki, Gamora and Vision. Thor on the other hand is trying to figure out what might be the best way to deal with Thanos and find Loki, he just hope that wherever they are that both Loki and Gamora are fine and that he will be willing to him out. He has half the mind to leave now and to go after Loki right now, but there is still the ship that will eventually launch and Thor figures that if they don't get the ship out by tonight then he will go out and find Loki and Gamora before it's too late.
At least the ship is almost done and maybe Bruce and Tony will be make up for lost time and will be able to get the ship to launch in time. Jane knows how the state of the situation is and hopes that wherever Loki and this Gamora are alright and that maybe they are on their way to Earth so that way not only it will repair both of their relationship but to also know if Loki is alright and that he didn't get in trouble because of her.
Darcy just hopes that Loki is alright wherever he is and even if he never comes back to Earth, at least be somewhere that Thanos can't reach him. While Gamora reunites with the Guardians and is back to the life that she had before Thanos caught her. That at least wherever they are, that they are hopefully fine and maybe they are far away from this galaxy beyond where Thanos may be. She knows that she really cares about Loki and actually likes like him, but the fact that Thanos is never going to wake up one day and decide to leave Loki alone and give up on this quest for power. She knows that will never happen and that if this is the way, then she wishes Loki the best of luck and to be happy and safe wherever he is. Even after everything they have been through and the fact that she would like to see Loki again, she knows that if Loki feels like that this is the way and that Earth would be the first place Thanos would look. It is already hard thinking that she might have to let Loki go without saying goodbye, but she knows that if this is for the best then she just hopes that Thanos won't get to him and that he finds whatever new life that he is looking for.
But still at least Loki and Gamora's escape have given her a good moment to apologies, especially since now that they all know that this changes their overall goals in the mission and that maybe things will be easier. That maybe they will be able to be a little more lenient to hear her out and at least that they will be more understanding. Despite the fact that they all just faced a Chitauri invasion and that they are still trying their best to recover from that and to plan their next move. But still this might be the only time that she might be able to clear it up until she have to wait till later to find another perfect moment to say something. Now this is the moment that she knows that can't wait and one that she knows that she might as well say something right now. At least she hopes that this is the right moment for her to apologies and that this is the start to repair any damage from all of that stuff.
"Well since you guys took care of the Chitauri and now that we all know that Loki and Gamora escaped from Thanos's ship and that they are now somewhere in space right now and that no one died out there." said Darcy rambling on what she is trying to say and hoping that the apology. "Sorry about the whole keeping Loki being alive, Thanos and the entire situation with the Infinity Stones and us going after it before Thanos does a secret. Thor sorry about lying to your face for the past few months and keeping Loki being alive a secret. I was just trying to help him and thought that maybe if encouraging him to play Mysto, to find the stones and to be his friend that maybe he might be a good guy and I kinda felt like that he needs help or a friend or something..."
With that Darcy stopped herself, not even knowing what else to say, she really hope that Wanda is right and that maybe they will be understanding. But at least she got it out there and that it will be one closer on finally and at least hopefully clear things up. That maybe they will be able to understand where they are coming from, but so far this seems to be a good sign just because of the fact that arguing and shouting matches hasn't started yet. Maybe this is a good sign and that they might be off the hook after all.
That is she hopes and when they do find Loki, then maybe they will be more open for it and that they will focus on the fact that Loki is no longer evil and that right now they should focus on defeating Thanos. She just hopes that they are cool with her now and that maybe they will be understanding, at least she will save her friendship with Thor or at least that she and Loki won't be behind bars when this is over. Now she understands how Loki feels, this is so nerve wrecking and she doesn't know how much more of this she can take without going insane.
"Darcy, I know that you were just trying to help and I do not hold a grudge against you." said Thor. "At least you were helping Loki and make him see the error of his ways. Even if you didn't tell me that Loki is alive, at least you were there for him and gave him a chance to start a new life. I am grateful that he at least found someone to talk to and trust that he might have changed for the better."
"So I'm guessing that we're still friends or at least still cool with each other?" said Darcy relieved at Thor's response and hoping that this is a good sign that their friendship is beyond repair.
"Yes we are still friends, half of the things that happened and occurred was not your fault. At least Loki was in a place where he was safe from Thanos and is free from his cell and to see the world a little differently then how we were raised." said Thor. "I just wished that I knew about Thanos sooner and he would have told me then maybe we would not only be better prepared but I would still have my brother by my side even if he was wearing a mask and I didn't know that he's my brother."
"Hey I was the one who was keeping Loki being here aa secret and it was my idea to have him go around dress up as Mysto and go around to hunt down the stones and maybe even go out to stop crime." said Darcy. "So I didn't really help matters if it comes to the honesty side of things and not too mention there is also the fact that you had to find out the hard way and that must have been a shock to say the least."
"Well it was a surprise, but I am going to do everything in my power to find him and make sure that I show him and do everything I can to repair our relationship somehow..." said Thor.
"If it makes you two feel any better I think that you might be left off the hook, there is no way we can just put you in jail without revealing the whole truth." said Natasha. "Everyone here believes that Loki is dead and now with Thanos making these claims, no one would believe us unless we have Loki standing right in front of them. Even if that does happen, no one would listen to us or at least give Loki a chance to speak for himself without someone ready to accuse him of planning something."
"She has a point, look what happened with the Hulk when I lost control during the start of the whole Ultron incident and how we introduced the twins as the newest Avengers." said Bruce. "We definitely had a lot of backlash back then, I can't imagine what would happen if we just came out with Loki and say that he helped us save the universe?"
"Yeah, no one would believe it or take us seriously if that happens." agreed Jane. "We are talking about the same guy who tried to take over the world and destroyed a city in the progress, that's just the biggest argument in the room. It's going to take a miracle to convince everyone that Loki really changed and that he's not working with Thanos or something."
"We all heard Thanos, when he was taunting that guy in pajamas with a cape about how he didn't believe Loki earlier about the stones and Thanos. If that's how that guy reacted then who knows how everyone else will, though I don't really blame him that- Wait who was that guy and why did you guys even meet him in the first place?" said Tony.
"I never met this guy and I don't even know why-" started Darcy before she stopped herself before she realize something. "Loki did say something about some guy that he had to literally fight for the time stone, something about him being a strange doctor or something. I'm guessing that he must be the guy that Loki fought for the stone."
"At least that answers that question, how long will it take for us to get the ship to launch?" asked Thor ready for the search and just hopes that he doesn't have to go out there alone.
"Well no thanks to the Chitauri, we kinda fell behind schedule and I don't even know how long it's going to take for us to put the finishing touches and test runs." said Bruce. "Well I hope that we will be able to make up for lost time and be able to continue through with the plan, but realistically we can't just rush through it and hope that things work out in a couple of hours."
"So your saying?" said Darcy nervously.
"That it might take us more than a day to make up for lost time, especially since it took us most of the day to fight off every Chitauri that attacked and it might take us at least 1-2 more days to make sure that we can get this ship ready to launch and not too mention safe for all of us to travel in." said Bruce.
"At least we still have some form of transportation that is going up there." said Wanda. "The question is how are we going to get up there before Thanos makes his next move?"
"She has a point, if we are going to do something then we need to do it now before Thanos makes his move and it is worse than before." said Natasha. "We need to get this ship out and ready to fly now."
"I would offer to help build it but I can't figure out which part goes where and with my super speed it might make things go longer than we want it to go." said Pietro. "Any other great ideas?"
"I don't see any other way on how we can make this thing take off any faster unless-" starts Tony before...
"Hey is this thing working?!" yelled out a gruff voice from a loud speaker outside. "Do I have to speak louder for them to hear me?"
"You talk to me without the need to raise your voice, none of that is necessary." said a female voice that all of them minus Jane quickly recognize as Gamora and they all turned to see that a giant orange space ship is right in front of them.
"Yeah you talk to me and you never find the need to raise your voice when you do that." pointed out Quill.
"What I have only met one of you Terrans in my entire life and I can't predict what you all are like." said Rocket defensively.
"He has a point." said Drax casually.
"No he doesn't, not all humans are like Quill. Well... most of them aren't and they are capable of hearing us in a normal speaking voice if we are in the same room as them." said Loki defensively. "Why are we even having this argument? We have more important things to worry about and we can't afford to loose any more time if we are to defeat Thanos."
Simply hearing Loki's voice caught both Thor and Darcy's attention, Loki's here and he's alive and alright. Darcy is happy that Loki's back and at the same time surprised to see him return, she always thought that Loki would leave and never look back if Thor ever finds out that he is alive and is Mysto. But either way, who cares? Loki's back, he has Gamora and she's guessing Gamora's friends that she keeps hearing about and now he's back willingly and maybe they will see the good in Loki that she is trying to show them. While Thor on the other hand is happy to see that Loki is back and that this might be the start to try to repair their brotherly relationship, maybe they will be able to start anew and that he would be open to talk to him and maybe be willing to start anew...
"Yeah he's right, ok people of Earth we have come in peace and all we want is to help you stop the evil all powerful Thanos and..." started Quill. "Ok guys I don't know where to go from here."
"Seriously is that the best you can do, now everyone is going to think we are here to clown around and not take anything seriously." said Gamora annoyed as she takes over when it comes to making the announcement. "Hey, we are here to offer our help to stop Thanos and we also have a plan that might possibly-"
Before Gamora can even finish telling the Avengers, Darcy and Jane more, the five of them notices that the ship is starting to move and they all turned to see that someone forgot to take the key off and little Groot is on the control panel playing with it. The four other Guardians and Loki immediately got into action to try to stabilize the ship and to regain control. Quill quickly reaches to the main controls, Loki quickly and gently picked up Groot and quickly handed him to Rocket, while Drax and Gamora quickly start to stabilize the ship and to make sure that they regain control somehow. Rocket on the other hand has a couple of things to say to Groot and is ready to lecture him of the dangers of trying to play with the controls and trying to drive a ship without even knowing how to drive it.
"What were you thinking of playing with the controls? It's not a toy for you to play with and to see if you can somehow figure out how to drive it." said Rocket. "You need to wait until you are a little older before learning how to drive."
"I am Groot." said Groot innocently.
"Yeah I know you were curious but that doesn't mean that it's ok to try to take over the control panel when it's fully operational and-" starts Rocket and before he can even finish reprimanding Groot, something unexpected happened.
The ship starts to move forward too quickly, Quill accidentally is making the ship move forward and is trying to do everything he can to regain control of the ship. But it was no use, the ship won't stop until the next couple of seconds and he is still trying to regain some kind of control over the ship. As the ship continues to get closer and closer to the tower. As a precautionary measure Loki quickly uses his ice powers to make a ice covering over Quill in case the worst happens, he just hopes that things doesn't go that route and they would be able to regain come control over the ship.
It was too latte because by the time that Quill managed to get some kind of control, the ship hits the tower and breaks not only a window but knocked the Avengers A logo out of place. Fortunately none of them got hurt and that everyone inside of that particular room in the tower managed to get out of the way just in time and they were all staring at the damage that the Guardians unintentionally caused and it definitely does not look good. Most of the glass of the main window is broken and the Avengers A logo was slinging back and forth, the good news is that at least the top part is heavily bolted and they don't have to worry about it falling off. But the only thing that Tony has to worry about is paying for the repairs and fixing up the tower again.
"Thor, no offense but your brother is really expensive." said Tony in deep frustration as he stares at the damage.
Jane and the other Avengers stared in shock at the damage that just happened, all of them already knew that Tony is definitely is not going to let this go and that Loki better be prepared to not live this down for a long time. While Darcy is now feeling a mix of ashamed, frustrated and worried as she puts a hand on her face out from all of these emotions, so far she doesn't think that new Loki is making a great first impression and not too mention there is also the fact that she is now worried that since now that Tony knows that Loki is Mysto, that in a few weeks later she and Loki will be receiving a really big bill in the mail a couple weeks latter from this and they will be in more deeper hot water then they are right now. While Thor can't help but feel guilty for what just happened and really hopes that Tony would accept Asgardian money as some form of payment for the damages.
Thor is not the only one who is feeling guilty about this recent event, Loki doesn't need to read through everyone's minds to know that things are definitely is not looking good when it comes to making a good impression and convincing them that he is just here to help. He just wishes that the team will overlook it and maybe they will take the excuse as it was just a mistake. But then again this wasn't entirely his fault, he didn't even have anything to do with this and it was mostly Groot's curiosity and Quill's lack of control that broke the window. That won't stop them from finding some sort of excuse to put the blame on him and that maybe they will use that said excuse and accusation to put him back in his cell and try to deal with Thanos on their own with little to no preparation. At least the Guardians were able to regain some control of the ship, but there is one small problem...
The ship is completely damaged itself and Quill is having trouble making sure that the ship is staying in the air and doing everything he can to make sure that they can find some place to land before they completely drop from the sky and they make a unplanned crash to the street. Rocket and Gamora quickly went to the control panel to help Quill regain some kind of control over the ship and maybe even possibly somehow save the ship. Drax is looking after Groot to make sure that he doesn't get in anymore trouble and to make sure that he is nowhere near any danger. While Loki is trying to figure out what might be the best way to not only save the ship and themselves but to also figure out how to possibly convince the others that they are here to help even with all of the evidence stack against them.
But right now they have more important things to worry about, as the ship begins to struggle in staying up in the air. As the trouble continues to grow, the Guardians starts to have their usual bickering that later leads to Loki in asking how they can remain friends and stay sane with all of the arguing that happens between them. Well he might as well get used to it, if he's going to be spending the first moments of space with the Guardians then he is going to need to get used to this. At least the Guardians are still good allies that he can trust in a battle and at least he will be able to have some by his side that is not going to hold his past against him. He quickly look through the window to see if he can find a spot for them to make a hopefully successful landing. After a few seconds of suspense, he eventually found somewhere that might possibly work as a landing pad.
"I believe that I might have an idea on where to land, but I do have one question, do you think it's possible for this thing to fly any higher than where we are?" asked Loki.
"I can try but the main problem is that we might only have a few seconds before it comes crashing down and we all fall to our deaths." said Quill. "Why in the world would we want to go any higher than this if we might crash at any moment?"
"There is landing pad for these flying objects that humans use to fly around the planet and navigate to one land to another." explained Loki. "If we want to land safely and to hopefully we somehow manage to survive this, then we are going to need land on the pad and maybe just maybe we will be able to somehow land."
"It might work if we hurry, I think we have no more than a minute to somehow get this ship high enough to that perch if we want a smooth landing." said Rocket. "I'm going towards Loki's plan, it is better to at have some kind of plan or at least land somewhere before this thing looses power and we drop from the sky."
"Yeah since that's the only idea we got, then we need to do it right now before it's too late." Said Quill. "Everyone get ready, we're in for a bumpy landing, well let's just hope that it's less bumpy than how we're already imagining it would be."
They all quickly got to work to try to get the ship to land on the tower successfully, but that was easier said then done simply because the longer they are in the air the more that they loose power. Gamora, Rocket and Quill somehow managed to get the ship high enough where they will be able to successfully land the ship or at least crash without little impact happening. They eventually manage to get the ship to land on the base and that struggle was anything but easy and it was a miracle that they managed to do so. The landing happened rather abruptly, the moment that they managed to get the ship from above the base after a struggle of getting the ship higher and to make their attempt to land on the tower and save themselves from falling to their deaths, (well for Loki's sake just some bruises).
Before they can even start the landing sequence, the ship's controls starts to shut down and it drops to the roof in a loud crash. Fortunately none of the Guardians or Loki got hurt by the crash and managed to survive that. Once they all quickly recover from the crash and quickly check if they are all alright, the Guardians and Loki got out of the ship to see what are the potential damages that might possibly have happened to the ship as they focus on the damage that is created from that unplanned crash and how it is taking the time to repair it.
The five of them knew that the ship is going to take a while to repair let alone fly again soon, it might take them weeks to make sure that they seen all of the damage and somehow obtain the parts that they might need to fix the ship. Neither of them don't even know what to say about this and Loki can hardly imagine what the Avengers might have to say about the idea of him having to stay on Earth for a while until the ship gets repaired and then he will leave the planet for good. At least Darcy will be happy with that news, none of them knew what to say or if they can say anything except Groot...
"I am Groot!" said Groot excitedly as they all stared at the damages, capturing all of them especially Rocket by surprise.
"What?! We are not going to do that again, the ship's a mess and even when we finally fix this, we are not going to wreck it again for fun!" said Rocket in frustration and surprised that the little sapling is thinking that. "In case you haven't figure it out, this is not fun and we were really lucky that none of us got hurt from all that!"
"Well it doesn't take a genius to know that this baby is grounded for the next couple of weeks." said Quill quickly checking his walkman. "At least my Walkman is still in one piece and that we can still listen to some tunes while we're here or at least lighten any mood."
"Is that honestly the thing that you are most worried about?" said Loki in disbelief as he stares at him. "You do realize we have worse problems to worry about then a random piece of technology."
"What could be worse than my walkman breaking beyond repair?" asked Quill in disbelief.
"Maybe the fact that the six of us might be placed in jail for simply damaging the tower and how you are all helping me." said Loki. "It wouldn't surprise me that they already have a makeshift jail for me and would be happy to expand it for five more if they find any reason to be suspicious."
"Yeah, there's that but this means everything to me simply because..." started Quill before he stops himself and not wanting to reopen old wounds for Loki or himself. "Uh... never mind, you have point there that I can't really argue with."
"What I'm more worried about is when we have to confront Thanos and how we're going to get up there to meet him." said Gamora. "I doubt anyone from Terra will be open to have us meet Thanos and possibly have a fight against him in this city."
"If we do succeed in recruiting the Avengers, it's more likely that they are going to have Thanos face us somewhere on this planet away from any cities and towns." said Loki. "That what we all did the last time and even then it didn't really worked out due to Thanos's master plan that I completely fall into and if we had won that battle then we might not even be in this situation."
"Thanos has a way to manipulate other to get what he wants, at least now he has all of us to fight off." said Gamora. "If we can somehow fix this ship before the next two days will make me happy, we are going to need some form of transportation if we are going to get him and the Chitauri away from this planet. The first thing we should do is talk with the Avengers, ask them to help us and show them that we are truly on their side."
"Yeah... you guys should let me do all of the talking, I want them to hear what I have to say before they make any assumptions or decisions without at least hearing what I have to say." said Loki as he starts to head towards the door that leads them inside the tower. "Maybe they will listen and we will at least find some kind of an understanding with the Avengers willing to at least listen to our side."
"Shouldn't we find a way to communicate to them and tell them that we're on their roof?" asked Drax pointing out the fact that the doors might be tightly secured.
"No it's ok, I got it." said Loki as he opens the door breaking the lock and the door knob in the process, along with starting to head inside. "Let's get this over with and hope that this goes better than I already am imagining."
Loki and the Guardians to start to make their way inside the tower, to meet whatever fate is waiting for them inside and what might be the Avengers response to his entire return to the planet and if they are going to be open to help them. He just hopes that they will be able to somehow convince them to go along with his plan, he doubts that they would even stop to consider what he might have in mind on how to stop him. He wouldn't be surprise if they are all thinking that he is an unethical villain that doesn't think of anyone but himself and wants to possibly take over the universe in the progress. Loki knows that he has to somehow convince them otherwise. He just hopes that they are as easily persuasive and open for giving second chances, along with maybe he can somehow persuade Thor into at least be open for not only keeping his survival a secret against Asgard but to maybe help him with his plan to defeat Thanos. After that then he'll leave and they will never see each other again.
He just hopes that Thor will at least consider what he is saying and be somewhat the voice of reason, along with maybe be the only one open to his return. At least Darcy is going to be happy to see him again, he knows that deep down he would be happy to see her again and at least they can spend at least a week or two after the fight against Thanos while the ship is getting repaired and to maybe even say goodbye. He highly doubts that they will be able to stay in touch because of any range or connection that might allow them to communicate to one another in space. They might as well make the most of the time that they still have together and try toend things right. He just hopes that that things somehow work out and that maybe there is not a jail cell waiting for them.
7 minuetes later
The Avengers, Jane and Darcy are looking at the damage that the Guardian's ship just made, they are still going through the thoughts of Loki, Gamora and whoever else aboard on that ship is here. They all know that Loki is here for a reason, that he and Gamora might have possibly brought some kind of backup or at least hopefully be on their side. There is also the fact that maybe this might be a trap or some part of an scheme that Loki came up with, but the Avengers (with the exception of Wanda, Pietro and Thor) all knew that they are taking a risk in possibly hearing what Loki has to say and teaming up with him to stop Thanos. But what choice do they have? Loki and Gamora are the only ones that know the most about Thanos and if Loki really has changed, then he might be able to help in the end and to finally defeat him for good. But the real question is can they trust him?
Darcy is more than happy to know that Loki is here and might possibly have a plan to stop Thanos, not only they will be able to finally stop him but they will see the person that Loki has become and to give him a chance. She knows that Loki has changed and is now a good person, one that would go out and face Thanos bravely and to fixes his wrong. She just hopes that Loki just talks to Thor and then maybe just maybe they will be able to work things out, she knows that both brothers still care about each other and wants to make things right with one another. All they need to do is talk to one another and then they will be brothers again, she also hopes that they are able to make things right between themselves. They both left things in an awkward spot where they ever really had a chance to talk and try to make things right with one another. But still he's back and that all that should matter even if there is the fact that Thanos is still out there and he is going to make sure that he destroys the world just to get revenge on Loki and who knows who else.
Thor is just hoping that he and Loki can have a chance to talk and maybe see if they can somehow work out all of their differences. He doesn't know if Loki would want to reconnect with him but he knows that if Loki really has changed and became a hero then he can't miss this opportunity. At least Loki is here right now and all he has to do is find the right moment to talk to him. Though he doesn't really know what to say to Loki or if he can find the words that are good enough for Loki and to at least hopefully find a way to reconnect with his brother. He can't loose him again or be in a worser place where their relationship is beyond repair. He just hopes that Loki will listen and hope that they can somehow make things work. Thor knows that it will take both of them to possibly make this work and that Loki might not, but he is determined to convince his brother to give this a chance and maybe he will finally have his brother back by his side.
Jane just hopes that things will work out for Thor and that maybe both brothers will finally make things right with one another, she just hopes that Loki will accept her apology for unintentionally handing the Infinity Stones to Thanos, that latter led to his identity getting revealed and for his capture and his unplanned trip to space. She just hopes that he would at least accept the fact that she was just trying to help and didn't mean for all of that to happen. While everyone is thinking about Loki, whether it's to trust him or is his well being, Tony is too busy looking at the damage that was caused by the ship and is worried how much he would have to pay or what more damage that might happen with Loki being here.
Either way they all know that at any moment Loki might appear and they are going to be dealing with him again, that they are going to deal with him again and they don't even know what he is going to say. But still at least Darcy, Jane, Wanda and know Pietro that Loki has changed, while Thor at least have some glimmer of hope that he can somehow get his brother back. Steve and Natasha think that it might be possible that Loki might change,
Natasha knows what it's like to have a dark history and what it's like to try to have a flesh start and to try to redeem herself for her past actions. Steve can relate what Thor is going through and how it's tough to reach out to someone that may be close to you so close but yet far to reach out. He had to deal with the brainwashing that Hydra did to Bucky and how much trouble he is having trying to reach out to someone that is impossible to reach. He knows that at least Thor has a chance to fix things with Loki and just hopes that both of them takes this chance.
Bruce is unsure about Loki and how to feel about all of this, he knows that all he has to do is turn into the Hulk and smash Loki in case anything happens that gives them the idea that Loki might not be on their side. But even he knows that the main problem would be that dealing with Thanos and even if Loki doesn't do anything, Thanos will continue attacking until he gets a good hold of Loki and to make him pay for everything that he blames him for. He doesn't even know what to think about Loki, after how he manipulated him to turn into the Hulk and destroyed the Quinjet and Coulson. But still he did help Gamora escaped, went after the stones, didn't hurt Darcy, Jane or anyone else and the most he did was accidentally leading that Strange guy to Thanos in whatever happened back then and he did try to save them back there. So maybe there is some good in him...
Tony doesn't even know what to think or if he truly trusts Loki yet, he can name a couple things that Loki has done that goes beyond the whole Mysto thing and he has the tower and a couple of bills to prove it. He's willing to go along with whatever they decide to do even if he doesn't like the idea of possibly having to work with the guy that threw threw him out a window once. Other than that the Avengers doesn't even know what to think about this situation or what they might have to say to Loki, Gamora and whoever else that may be on the ship. But before they can even have a chance to think about what they might say or to at least unlock the roof's doors and let them into the tower, the main door opens up with Loki, Gamora and the rest of the Guardians came into the room ready to talk things out and to see if the Avengers are willing to hear them out.
They are all surprised to see the group that is standing right in front of them, Loki and Gamora are standing right in the front with some of the most unexpected characters/creatures that they all have ever seen. Even Thor is surprised to see that there is rabbit with a long tail and a little tree boy on his shoulder, the Avengers, Jane and Darcy are surprised by the sight of the group. No one needed to ask to know that the rest are the Guardians of the Galaxy and that they are now on Loki's side, that maybe things are not too good to be true. But they still haven't heard on their reasoning for being here or answered any questions that they all have, though they are going too hear them out and get those answers. Neither one of them knew what to say or how to start this conversation with them. Fortunately they didn't have to think of something.
"Loki, you're back!" said Darcy excitedly, before she tries to play it cool and casual "So how's space?"
"It would be better if I wasn't being held captive by Thanos or the fact that he will loose his mind if I don't meet his deadline." said Loki. "Other than that it feels good to be on this planet again even if it's better than I remembered."
Darcy can't help but smile, she was about to race to hug him but she stops herself because of the fact that Loki might not appreciate a hug in front of everyone and she doesn't want anyone to know about her feelings or at least Loki, she just got him back does she really want to make things awkward between them just because he knows and a relationship between the two of them. She needs to keep it cool and still be the friend that has always supported him and been there for him from the beginning. So she decides that it might be best if she just go with the causal approach before any tension between the five Avengers and Loki possibly rise. That is she hopes that they will be willing to listen Loki.
"I know that I am the last person, you all I want to see and I have a reason on being here." said Loki. "I can explain-"
"What I'd like to know is why would you come back and put this planet in even more danger than you already put us in?" said Tony defensively.
"We did not come here to cause any trouble or at least I hope that we didn't cause any more trouble." said Loki trying to reason with them, but he doesn't even know what might be the best words to convince them due to their past history. Fortunately Gamora and Rocket have a few things to say that maybe help ease any distrust that may be on their mind.
"We all came here to help, if we all want to finally stop Thanos then we are all going to need to work together." said Gamora. "Holding a grudge is not going to help us defeat Thanos or somehow regain all of the stones."
"Yeah and if you guys have a problem with us then-" started Rocket as he is standing up for Loki and themselves. He was about to make a threat or to try to make them see that they are their side.
"Rocket, trying to intimidate them is not going to convince them that we are on their side." said Loki trying to calm the raccoon down or at least makes things better than they already are now looking.
"Wait did that raccoon just talk?" said Pietro who is surprised to see Rocket is a raccoon that talks.
"We fought and were held captive by an alien army and that was just this past week alone and a talking raccoon is the only thing that is surprising you?" said Wanda in disbelief.
"I am Groot." said Groot agreeing with her, capturing everyone's attention of the young tree by surprise.
"Ok we now have a talking raccoon and a twig, is that a normal thing anywhere beyond Earth?" asked Natasha.
"To be honest this is the first time that I ever had to encounter a talking rabbit and tree child." said Thor. "Let us listen to what they have to say before we make our judgement."
"Believe me when I say that you all would be happy to accept what I am about to say." said Loki trying to lighten the mood, once he noticed that no one is laughing at his attempt to make a joke, he just gives a sigh and knows that this is his only chance to convince the Avengers and he needs to succeed in convincing them to help them or else the plan might not be able to work. "Look I know you all have every right not to trust me and have many reasons to be furious at me."
"Have you forgotten the whole incident a year ago and don't get us started on the fact that you lied to us for the past two months?" pointed out Tony.
"Yes I realize that those were not my best decisions and that it caused more than enough trouble for all of us, but everything is different now and I only came here to ask for your help and if we want to defeat Thanos then we are going to need to work together, if we want to finally stop him then we need to play Thanos's own little game." said Loki.
"What exactly are you saying?" asked Steve unsure whatever Loki might have in mind.
"It's seems clear that Thanos has the hope that thanks to his grand reveal of my identity that you would all turn against me and would be more than happy to have you all turn me over to him the moment he sent his last message." said Loki. "If we all team up then maybe we will be able to use his own plan against him and we will be able to change the overall course of the fight. That maybe, we will also be getting the upper hand and possibly be strong enough to defeat him for good."
"We're listening." said Steve crossing his arms and willing to listen to what Loki might have to say.
"If we team up that alone will put Thanos at a great disadvantage and we will be able to do the one thing that Thanos will never expect, I have already came up with a plan on how we might be able to defeat him for good." said Loki. "I understand that you all do not want to listen to a word I have to say or would want anything to do with me but Gamora and myself know Thanos better than anyone, we can provide all of the information that you need to defeat him."
The Avengers minus Wanda and Pietro look at Loki unsure what to think or if this might be a good idea or even know if they should go with what Loki is saying. Then again if Loki had some big master plan then he would have already have done it before Thanos exposed his identity. The most damage that Loki has ever done during his time on Earth is accidentally destroying the tower and giving Tony an unwanted repair bill. Maybe they should give Loki and apparently the Guardians of the Galaxy. At the rate things are going then maybe they should take the risk. Thor just hopes that his brother knows what he is suggesting and that he is truly is back, he is just happy that his brother is alive and turned over a new leaf. He just hopes that they would be willing to give him a chance and maybe that will be the start of a renew relationship between the two of them. They all waited for an answer from one of the Avengers or at least Steve say something, once the moment is right he turned to the eight people, two Asgardians, tree and raccoon in the room.
"Let's meet here again in two hours, so that way I can have enough time to think about all of this and maybe for you guys to get settled and check out the damages that you guys have on your ship." said Steve. "I need more time to think about what might be the best course of action for all of this and what our next move should be."
"Look you all can do whatever you want with me but just leave Darcy, Jane, the Guardians and the Maximoffs out of any consequences." said Loki trying to reason with the Avengers and hope that they would hear him out.
"Why don't we just focus on- wait you two knew Loki was alive and Mysto?" started Bruce before alerting his attention to the Maximoff twins with them looking unsure about this sudden development and isn't surprise that the Avengers now know that they knew before all of this. While Loki starting to realize that they didn't know that part just quickly give the twins an apologetic smile for causing them trouble.
"Yes, we knew after I quickly went through Loki and Darcy's mind when they rescued us after retrieving one of the Infinity Stones when we were trapped with Hydra." explained Wanda. "I saw that they had good intentions and that Loki is now a different person compared to his little visit to New York. So as a thank you for rescuing us and helping us when we came to both of them, we both decided to keep Loki's secret identity from all of you as a thank you."
"At least that clears things up when it comes to all of that." said Darcy who is grateful that the twins didn't tell them and genuinely wanted to help them out just because they helped them out.
"So I'm guessing that we're at risk of going to the big house too?" asked Pietro not happy of the idea that both his sister, himself and everyone else that got involved in all of this especially Loki and Darcy might end up in a jail cell once all of this is over.
"Uh... let's just focus on just trying to stop Thanos before it's too late and we'll meet back here in that time frame." said Steve. "While we think about what might be the best course of action when it comes to dealing with the current situation and then we can talk..."
The Guardians quietly left the room with Loki following them, they know that they would only make things awkward if they stayed in the room. Plus Loki also knows that deep down he can't stay in a room where he might have interact with Thor. The last thing he wants is to be placed in a situation where they will be in an awkward spot that will later lead to an argument and then things will be worser between the two of them. He doesn't even know how to deal with the whole Darcy situation, especially since he doesn't even know how to start things off with her or at least clear things up from the last time that they met and how their friendship is nearly ruined due to all of what happened prior to Thanos's arrival to Earth, any conflicting emotions and the fact that she might get in trouble because of him. Maybe it would be better if he just distance himself from them earlier on before he goes up to face Thanos, that way it will be easier to leave everything behind once all of this over.
Once they all left the room, Thor on the other hand is not happy to just let Loki go without a word or at least make an effort to approach him while he was there. But part of him doesn't even know what to say or how to start repairing the bond that has been broken and one that he would give anything to repair. He also wants to find a good moment to talk to him, though the question is how is he going to do it? How is he going to talk to him without an argument starting or Loki pushing him away? He wish that Loki stayed to talk to him and decided that before they confront Thanos and defeat him for good. Then maybe he wouldn't feel as lost as he does now and all he have to do is figure out when might be a good time to talk. He can't loose Loki again and is going to appreciate the chance that he now has to make things right with Loki and to hopefully they will be able talk things out. For now all he should do is just give Loki some space and maybe before they can reconvene he can go find him and then will talk to Loki, all he has to do is wait for the right moment and maybe they will be able to make things right.
Darcy on the other hand can't believe that Loki now has the chance to finally fix things with his brother and he's passing up the opportunity to do so. She knows that this needs to end and that these two should talk things out and make things right between the two of them. Maybe she will be able to find some time to encourage Loki to go to talk to Thor and maybe things will be able to start to get better between the two of them. At least that way they will be able to see that they both want to repair their relationship and they are both standing the way of trying to make things right between themselves.
Jane is also thinking that same thing right now, at this rate as things are looking right now, they are going to keep beating around the bushes until Loki eventually leaves the planet in the worst case scenario and even then they might not even say a word other than simply goodbye or whatever else they may say to one another in a fight whether it's through an argument or fighting off against Thanos.
She decides that it might be best if she follows them, not only to talk to Loki about all of this but to also apologize about what happened and hopefully he would be able to accepted it. Though she doesn't know if they can officially call their relationship as friends, but she still cares about Loki from those nights researching the stones and what happened the last time they met before things went this far. She would say that they are more like acquantencases at this point. Where they are not really friends but at the same time they can say that they care and don't want to see each other get hurt, she just hopes that maybe she will put things into perspective for Loki. She just hopes that she somehow manage to get through to him.
Well it's here the first part of chapter 46, we are going to be seeing things play out for Loki as he faces his past and everything that he has left behind. If only he can just go talk Thor already and start on getting the rift between them repaired. But at least Jane and Darcy feels the same way and they are going to be driving them to finally talk for us to say the least.
The reason why I decided to split these two chapters is simply because not only to give you guys a new chapter for the month and the first half of the reunion. Since after the next part and chapter 47 which will be serving as a prologue for the final battle and that alone might take at least three chapters if not four. I'm planning for it to be an awesome final battle that will be worth the wait, along with the next chapter because of the build up I have been doing since the very beginning. I think the earliest I will have it out is in two weeks if not early May, since I am hard at work making sure that these next part, the following chapter and the final battle. I just need some time to get it up to the quality that I want it to be.
I'm also thinking of rewriting some of the previous chapters for grammerwise and to check over for any continuity issues that I still have to address and maybe even expand on the story. Just think of it as an expanded edition. I am almost done with the prolouge and will update it, if you all would like to check them out in the future once I get started. I think the earliest the rewritten prologue would be out this Saturday or a couple days after the release of this chapter.
On another note, I'm also thinking of possibly doing one-shot chapters for Redemption that takes place during the time skip and it can be anything like slice of life fics, Loki teaming up with the Avengers or just Thor and Loki as Mysto of course. teaming up (it can be a midquel story with multiple chapters), maybe even a Loki and Hiemdel team up (I still want to do it and would be happy to do it in a one shot) or maybe even Loki ad Darcy's adventures of searching for the Infinity Stones. But it has to take place during the time skip and not be something that would add more to the main story that it would be necessary to read them. They are mostly would be stand alone stories that still in the Redemption canon. I'm open to any idea that you guys might have, just put a review or pm me with your ideas and I'll be happy to use your ideas to write them into one shots. (Maybe even a Guardians of the Galaxy prequel/midquel before Gamora got caught by Thanos?) Though I would be mostly doing Loki ones but I am open to the idea, if I don't make the deadline I might put one out in between to make it up to you guys.
I also created a poll and put it on my profile with some ideas and you all can pick your favorite and I will make the most popular one into the. first one shot. Can't wait to see what you all pick and I hope that you guys like the ideas I came up with, if not you guys can always pm me with your ideas or leave a review of it. :)
Lastly, I want to say is that I am dedicating the Redemption fanfic to a good friend that has been there for me for the last couple of years. One that I will always appreciate that our friendship happend for the rest of my life. I am dedicating this story to Brigitta Pekelharing, a friend that helped me out of the darkness that I often take for granted. But I want to thank her for everything and helping me during the darkest time of my life, her friendship has made me grow into a better person and writer. I am always going to be grateful for the friendship that we shared and the impact that it made on me. In a way if it weren't for our friendship then there might not even be a Redemption because she got me into Marvel movies and helped me at the beginning of writting the fanfic. Thanks Brigitta for everything :)
So will the Avengers trust Loki or will they let their suspicions get the best of them? Will the Guardians fix their ship? What amount of damage did they sustain from that unplanned crash? Will Jane talk some sense into Loki and convince him that he can repair with his brother and in a way Darcy? Will Darcy and Loki ever take the time to talk about their friendship and get out of the awkward spot that they are in since their last fight that was anything but pretty? How are they going to bring both brothers together if both Jane and Darcy are getting tired of this? Will Thor ever find the words that needs to talk to Loki and to repair the relationship that has been broken for far too long? What is Loki's plan to stop Thanos? Will he ever talk to his brother? How will Loki convince the Avengers to go along with the plan and to trust him?
You guys will have to wait till the next part to find out, see you in the next chapter. :)