Loki: Redemption

by Raven862

Before Loki faked his death, he begins having second thoughts of his past actions and latest plan throughout the experience. Once he got stabbed by Kurse and sees that Thor really does care. He realizes that he has gone too far and flees to earth to start a new life. Will Loki begin his new life and become the greatest hero of all time or will he fall back to being a villain?

50. Chapter 47

Loki and Thor are happy with the fact that they are now on the same side again and that they are back to being brothers again. They both can't believe that they were able to repair their brotherly relationship and they are one step closer on possibly defeating Thanos for good. Now they are heading right towards the living room, to talk to the Avengers, the Guardians, Darcy and Jane (depending if she came back after her little errand to grab the remaining healing potion.) There is no telling what is going to happen in the upcoming battle ahead or if the four other Avengers will even bother to listen to what he has to say. But he still has to try and just hopes that they will hear him out, that they would all be willing to go with anything that he suggests.

At least the Guardians and more allies that are willing to do the plan and now he also has the sword, that will give him the power to stop Thanos. At least they might possibly stand against Thanos even if the Avengers refuses to follow through with the plan and maybe if things don't work out then he will figure out some way to get them to see that he only wants to help and to stop Thanos as they do. After that then they will never have to be in the same room again, at least remaining on Earth is an option now. Though he doesn't even know how he is going to take all of the "I told you so's" that he is going to receive from the Guardians, Jane and even Darcy. But between being constantly told that they were right and he was wrong or being in a bad mood because of an argument that only divided both him and Thor even further, he would pick everyone ready to rub all of this in to his face.

He doesn't know how to convince the Avengers that they can trust him or to hear him out...

"Do you think that your friends would listen to what I might have to say?" asked Loki nervously to Thor.

"Yes, of course the Avengers are open to any thing that one would have to say and I'm sure I can convince them to at least hear you out and that you're plan is a good one." said Thor. "Well whatever your plan is then maybe they will listen to you or even think that it might be a good idea to do so."

"I hope you're right, I doubt they have any fond memories for of me." Said Loki. "Any ones that they have had towards Mysto would have already disappeared after my revaluation."

"I wouldn't worry brother, when all of this is over and everyone sees that you have changed then they are going to treat you as one of us."

"I doubt that it would go that far, at least the idea of dealing with Thanos with Gamora and myself on my side to increase our chances is a valid argument to not turn me over to Asgard's custody again." Said Thanos. "It's either that or they give Thanos exactly what he wants without any regret."

"They wouldn't do that, just give them time to get used to the idea that you are no longer the same person that you were when you tried to take over this planet last year." Said Thor. "We'll deal with all of this when we come to it. Aside from that, there is something that I really need to tell you about the Soul Stone and something else that you really need to know about."

"While we're on this topic, during my travels in space I have found out something that is a mystery and yet at the same time I would like to ask Odin more and I was wondering that if you can ask more for me?" asked Loki. "Since not only I am curious to find out more but it definitely looks like that Odin is keeping another secret that is about to be revealed."

"What did you find out?" asked Thor curiously wondering if Loki already knows or if he discovers something else that will change everything.

"During my travels, I went to this planet to retrieve something that might possibly help defeat Thanos, an object that might possibly have the same power of the Infinity Stones and the capabilities of being able to counteract them." said Loki. "This is going to sound completely mad but I found the Laevatein, it's real and apparently I am it's new master."

Before Thor can even have a chance to say another word to Loki, he quickly uses his magic to summon the sword and holds the handle in his hand. Loki knows that this sword is the key to defeating Thanos and he is risking of having Thor know. Aside from the Guardians and later on Darcy and maybe even Jane knowing, he doesn't think he wants anyone else to know. But he feels like that he trust Thor with knowing, since not only he wants to start to repair their relationship but there is also the fact that he knows that Thor would want to know the truth and the last time Loki kept a secret like this from Thor, things gotten so far that they are still paying the consequences for that little incident.

"Apparently this keeper of the planet we went through said that this sword used to belong to this Asgardian woman that was working with Thanos. He sacrificed her for the Soul Stone and apparently Odin had a close relationship with her and tried to save her by trying to convince Thanos to spare her." said Loki. "He left the sword on the planet and it has been there waiting for it's successor to come and claim it. There is a greater mystery that I really would like to solve and I know that I would really like to know the answers to all of the questions that I now have."

"I think I might have an idea, though the story does not have a happy ending. She worked with Thanos and even had a romantic relationship with her." said Thor. "Father explained everything that happened and how Thanos obtained the Soul Stone prior to..."

"Heimdall's death?" asked Loki with Thor nodding his head. "I am truly sorry about that, I never thought that Thanos would attack Asgard or create a scene demanding for my surrender."

"It wasn't your fault and at least we're going to stop him now together." said Thor. "Though he wanted to tell me something before hepassed and it's about you, did he know about you being alive and Mysto?"

"I never told him anything when I left Asgard or when I returned to see if I can get the gauntlet and the stones." said Loki. "Unless he saw me and decide to keep it a secret, I have no idea why he would even bother to help me. The last time we met, I turned him into a popsicle as Darcy would say, there's no reason I can think of that would explain Hiemdall possibly wanting to help me unless he wants to take a chance in me. To see if I truly can change for the better and maybe to see if I will use my second chance well. Though I highly doubt that might be the reason, I have done nothing to give him any idea that I might have some good inside."

"Maybe he did and decided to try his luck, he wasn't the type that would hold a grudge over one bad experience." said Thor. "I doubt that we'll ever know the truth and once Thanos is defeated for good."

"What was her name? Did Odin knew her? What was their relationship with one another?" asked Loki trying too get Thor's mind off Hiemdall and his anger towards Thanos. "Did Odin say anything about the sword during one of his many little confessions?"

"He said her name was Hela and she was his daughter, our sister." said Thor catching Loki by surprise.

"What? Odin had a daughter and she worked for Thanos?" asked Loki in disbelief. "He kept this a secret as well?"

"I was as surprised as you are, Thanos and Hela were together, he used that relationship to his advantage and sacrificed her for the stone." explained Thor. "He led her astray, to a dark path of evil and father has been guilty about it ever since."

"He didn't think of telling us of this years ago." said Loki annoyed.

"Well in his defense, it never occurred to him that either of us would ever encounter Thanos or let alone have the history that you have with him." said Thor. "If he did then maybe he would have had us better prepared for this."

"You honestly believe that?" said Loki with hints of skepticism in his voice.

"No, at least I have the hope that he would." said Thor. "If he doesn't keep it a secret then that would be a good start."

"Yes, it's obvious that open communication was never our family's forte." said Loki.

"It should be, then we could have avoided half of the problems that we still have to face." said Thor. "He never mentioned anything about the sword, I don't think he would even mention anything simply because of the memories that it may hold and how it is a constant reminder how he has failed her. At least we have an advantage over Thanos if the sword is everything it said to be."

"Judging from the first time I used it in battle then it is powerful and might even be more so once I figure out how to use it then he will never expect what power I now hold, let's just hope that he's not ready for what I have in store for him." said Loki determinedly with a confident smile.

"What is this plan of yours?" asked Thor curious in hearing what his brother might have in mind.

"You will have to wait until we meet the others and I tell all of you what I have in mind." said Loki. "Now will you tell me where are they holding Vision, I would like to pay my last respects. It would be the least I can do after he was willing to accept me regardless of my identity and the fact that he sacrificed himself to try to stop Thanos and to save me."

"We put him in the lab, that was when Tony and Bruce wanted to see if there is a way to save him. But they concluded that there is no possible way to fix him or at least might need the mind stone to study the properties and to see if that they can find a way to fix him." said Thor. "Wanda is trying to find ways to figure out a way to bring Vision back, so they put him in the lab for any experiments and a place for us to hold him for now until we hold some kind of a memorial for him."

"At least Wanda is taking it better than I thought she would, she and her brother were set on getting revenge on Stark when we first met." said Loki. "I still want to at least see Vision one last time to pay my respect, I honestly can't believe that I am feeling this way towards a machine."

"Well aside from the fact that he sacrificed his life to make a stand against Thanos and to save you, he was still a living being despite being made from machinery and one that you have grown fond of." said Thor. "Maybe even more so after your past interactions with him, that probably is why you are saddened by it."

"It doesn't matter anyway, all that matters is to make sure that we put an end to all of this." said Loki. "Thanos will never stop unless we put that stop and we beat him at his own game."

"How are you planning to-" started Thor who is interested and yet confused of what Loki might be thinking about.

"I will explain more later, once everyone is in the room and we start to discuss about the plan. For now I am gong to go see Vision and just try to not think about the upcoming battle ahead." said Loki. "I will see you in the meeting and let's just hope that your friends are the forgiving type or at least they are agreeable in way."

Before Thor can say another word, Loki starts to leave his brother to have some space and to at least reflect on everything that has happened and to think over his plan. To make sure that he sees all of the flaws that might be in place and to make sure that everything falls into place, he just wishes that he knows for sure what might happen when they face Thanos. What if Thanos has already predicted everything and came up with multiple backup plans in case of anything? What if he is just going to be falling right in plans again. Even if things don't work out like Loki is hoping for, he just hopes that maybe they will get the upper hand and Thanos won't leave the area victorious. At least Loki hopes that it won't be the case...

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A Few minutes later in the Lab

Loki soon arrives at the lab and he finds Wanda practicing her powers to try to see if she can somehow repair some of the material that Vision has or at least to play around with her powers. He is surprise to see that Wanda's powers have the capability of possibly alter reality because from one look, the coloring on Vision has briefly returned before it quickly turns back to the gray like coloring once she is done practicing her magic. He doesn't even need to test Wanda's powers to know that her powers might be more than just simple telekinesis and that she might be even more powerful than any of them might even predicted...

Other than that Loki heads over to see Vision and is saddened to see a once powerful ally end up like this and he couldn't do anything to save him or at least stop Thanos before things got this far. He wishes that he can just simply go back in time to stop himself from ever accepting anything that Thanos has to say and agreed to help him retrieve the Tesseract and tried to take over Earth. But that will only make new problems because of time travel and he would be breaking all of the laws of time and might make things even worse.

At least now he has allies on his side to help out (well ten of them at least), Darcy and him moved past the whole Ian/accideentally breaking him and Darcy up situation and now Thor and him are finally on the same page and finally made amends. Something he has never thought that would happen or have any possibility in happening, he just happy that things between them has improved and that now they can finally be brothers again. Not too mention, he is now on the right track of things and if everything works out with the Avengers then they might. be able to pull this off...

He soon stops and stands right next to Wanda and they both look at Vision, not even sure how to break the silence between the two of them. Especially with the current situation and Loki knows how Wanda is feeling and how the pain of a loss can change one. Loosing everything has changed him for the worse while his mother's changed him for the better, it allowed him to start to see the error of his ways and led him to a better life. He just hopes that he can help comfort Wanda and maybe try to be there for her, to start of repaying the favor and to make up for her for failing to save Vision. It might be better if he's the one that starts the conversation and try to break through any walls that are now building up between them. The ones that are going to be harder to break down and Wanda will be harder to reach.

"Not even Stark could find a way to repair him? He managed to create an iron suit that flies but he couldn't find a way to save an android with immense powers like Vision. I had the childish hope that he would have found a way..." said Loki with hints of disappointment. "I'm so sorry, I wish I could have done more to save him."

"It wasn't your fault, if I didn't sneak Vision on the ship and hope that with him being safer with all of us then alone in Avengers Tower." said Wanda. "I never thought that he would die or Thanos would have found a way to take the stone and..."

"At least we will avenge him once we finally face Thanos." said Loki. "We, I will make sure of it and to finally put a stop to all of this for Vision."

"For yourself too right? You deserve not to run from him any longer and he should pay for everything that he has put us through." said Wanda.

"I agree that we have to stop Thanos, but going after vengeance is not going to take away the pain." said Loki quickly reflecting his mother's death before pointing out their top priority. "It didn't for me, the best thing we can do is to finally defeat Thanos and give Vision the justice that he deserves. Once we do so then we will be free from Thanos and the pain he has and will still inflict."

"You're right, at least we are a stronger force than we were before and I'm guessing that you are planning something that might catch Thanos off guard?" asked Wanda.

"Of course, if we are going to beat Thanos then it is time for us to fight fire with fire." said Loki. "This time we are going to have the upper hand and we are going to have something that they will never expect. How are you doing? After everything that happened?"

"I'm fine." said Wanda turning back to Vision before becoming determined and a bit distanced. "We should go and meet the others, that way we can hear your plan and do whatever we're going to do to-"

"Wanda, if you ever want to talk about any of this or Vision, I am available to converse with." said Loki trying to be open with Wanda and wants her to know that he knows how she is now feeling.

"Thanks Loki, but I think I can handle this on my own and we really should focus on Thanos at the moment." said Wanda. "The sooner we get Thanos to come to us the sooner we will end this for good and grab the stones before he uses them again."

They both start to leave the lab, leaving Vision there and to move forward into the future battle that is up ahead. Loki can tell that maybe Wanda might not be over what happened to Vision and is trying to move on, but at the same time wanting to do more than simply bring Thanos to justice. That maybe Wanda is going to go down a darker path that will only bring her more pain. He doubts that she would ever go as far as he did, but Loki just hopes that Wanda doesn't end up like that and she will find the strength inside her to push forward from the pain that Thanos brought her. It looks like that maybe Wanda is not as fine as everyone made her seem to be and she might need some more time to process Vision's death, especially after loosing someone close like this.

The two of them continue to make their way through the tower, to meet the other Avengers and to discuss the plan with them. The moment that he was waiting for is about to come and one that he will need to find a way to convince them that he is on their side and that this plan might work. At least Thor, Darcy, Jane (if she's back) and to some extent Gamora and the rest of the Guardians (if they bother to listen to them) will back him up if they need to convince anyone that might be suspicious of his true intentions. To tell them more about the plan and that they are open to do it and maybe even trust him enough to listen and do it. Loki will try to see if he can convince them to hear him out and just hopes that once he gets in there then he will tell them and just simply hope for the best.

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A couple minutes later in the living room of the tower

Loki and Wanda soon arrive and finds all of the Guardians, Avengers and Darcy in the room ready to discuss what they are planning to do. The only one that's missing from the room is Jane, Loki's guessing that she must still be back in the apartment or on her way back. They both entered the room and notice the big screen has every important detail of the current situation and everything that they all need to remember. Loki tries his best to avoid the glances that might be aimed towards him, any suspicious or awkward glances. He just makes his way towards Darcy and the Guardians, so that way he won't feel if things are worse than they are and that any of the four remaining original Avengers are holding a grudge against him.

It almost seemed like that the room is divided between the groups and that alone shows that the room has yet to come together. The Guardians and Loki are on one side with Groot playing with a spring he found in the box of parts near the ship, while Thor and the Maximoffs are in between both groups and the Avengers are on the other side. Darcy may be on the same side as Loki and the Guardians but she is not a fan of this divide and how everyone is sitting in their own little groups and separated from one another. Ok it might be a coincidence but this is not a good one and might lead to later on becoming a habit. Other than the fact that they still have to deal with Thanos, they should at least be open on being on the same page. and can't let the whole New York, Mysto and now Thanos situation cloud their judgements and ruin any potential team dynamic.

"Hey, here's an idea why don't we try to be on the same page and try to forget about the past and move forward into the future." said Darcy trying to break the ice between all of them. "So should we try to do an ice breaker or are we going to try to figure out how we are going to stop Thanos or at least hear what Loki and these guys have to say."

"Uh... yeah, what's you're idea?" Asked Steve unsure of what to think and is open in hearing what Loki might have to say.

"After hearing Thanos's little demand and looking back at our first stand against him. I realized that Thanos planned everything out to make sure that things go exactly the way he wants and we fell into that trap." said Loki. "Thanos hopes that with my identity being revealed, you would all turn against me and I would leave the Guardians to face him on my own. That alone would put him at advantage and once he's done finishing me off then he will use the Guantlet to wipe out everything and then sit on a throne to watch all of his destruction."

"Ok, now that's dark." said Quill.

"We're talking about Thanos, he would be ready to do anything like that if it means he not only wins but to accomplish everything he has set out to do." said Gamora. "If we want to stop him then we are going to need to make sure that he doesn't have a chance to do so. To somehow get the gauntlet out of his grasp before he has a chance to do so."

"How are you guys planning to do that?" asked Natasha. "There is no way he would give us his most valuable possession after it took him forever to obtain it.

"All we need is the right bait to lure him to us, make him think that he was right and you have all turned against us. Then we will have the Guantlet and the Stones right in our grasp and take them before he does anything." said Loki. "Fortunately for all of us, we have the bait that we need to get him to come to us and Thanos will likely go after me if given the first opportunity."

"Wait are you saying that you are going to give yourself up to him?" asked Darcy. "You can't do that, ok I know that I keep saying that you should embrace your Mysto superhero role and be the hero. But I never said that you should go that far and simply do the whole heroic sacrifice thing."

"No, I have already lost you more than enough times and I am not going to lose you again." said Thor. "If Thanos dares tries to do anything, than I'll-"

"I am not going to sacrifice myself to Thanos's demands, we're going to make Thanos think that I'm going to give myself up to him and I came alone to do so." said Loki. "While in reality, you all will be right behind me under an illusion where you all will be ready to attack him. Thanos will not be open to meet me alone without his entire army at the ready as a precaution for any tricks and to make sure that if I try to put up a fight then I will be heavily outnumbered. But we are all going to be there to fight him off and as precautionary measure as well."

"Ok, then what do we do from there?" asked Tony. "Stand around and hope that Thanos will give you the Gauntlet with all six stones as an apology present?"

"If only it can be that easy, but I'm planing to create a small blast and it will blow Thanos away a couple of feet. Then I will take down the illusion and we will attack, take down the army before we deal with Thanos. If everything goes according to plan then we will grab the Gauntlet and pull it off from his fist, that is if we are lucky and once we get the gauntlet then Thanos will be powerless." said Loki. "Even then he is not going to give the stones up without a fight and he will be ready to use the guantlet the first chance he gets and before he does, he will send his army as distraction and to protect the gauntlet. So our main focus is to take out the army and this time, we will be stronger and make sure that we are more effective. When Gamora and I escaped, Gamora discovered that there is a way to knock out the Chitauri despite their recent upgrade."

"Ok how?" asked Pietro. "How do we take them down?"

"There's a button on their armor that would send an electric shock and we can use that to our advantage and then maybe we will take out the entire army out simultaneously." Said Loki before turning to Tony. "Stark, what do we have to do in order to possibly create a current electricity that might possibly cancel out the power within an entire system?"

"It might be possible if one goes to the control room and set the system to do so after a press of one of the buttons or someone shuts down the system in a drastic way." said Tony. "Even then we still need to know where the system is and see it before we can try to do that. Are you thinking of having us go to the control room to try to override the system?"

"Yes and no, not all of us are going to head towards the control room. Gamora and Rocket are." said Loki. "Gamora is Thanos's daughter and she was working with him prior to her first escape, she knows his ship better than anyone, she knows where it is and Rocket will go in there to work on the wiring with Gamora keeping guard. While the rest of us focus on fighting them off and making sure that they don't suspect a thing, that they have the upper hand."

"Ok we still have Nebula and her crazy evil siblings to worry about." said Darcy before stoping herself. "No offense Gamora."

"Well that accurately described the Black Order." said Gamora with a shrug. "I don't know about Nebula though."

"Aside from that, once we get the Chitauri knocked out then we will deal with the Black Order. All we need is to give them a fight that will have all four of them to focus on one of us while we all deal with Thanos." said Loki. "Wanda will deal with the Black Order and Pietro will serve as a source of distraction before they lead them to her trap."

"Come on Loki, I'm not that powerful." said Wanda trying to brush off the remark.

"I think that you might be underestimating your own ability and might be more capable then we might have thought." said Loki. "Besides you also have the ability to restrain them all at once, just wait until the right moment and then unleash your powers on them."

"Ok, so while we deal with them, what will you all be doing?" asked Wanda.

"The rest of us will be fighting Thanos, to take him down before he does anything and to grab a hold of the gauntlet." said Loki. "Maybe by working together then we will have the strength to remove the gauntlet and once we do then I will deal with Thanos."

"What do you mean by deal with Thanos?" asked Thor who doesn't think that he likes the idea of Loki dealing with Thanos alone.

"Thanos will mostly focus on me and will try to put all of his energy on dealing with me before he turns to the guantlet." said Loki. "So I'm planning to cast a spell that might possibly knock him out long enough for us to take the guantlet off and we'll deal with Thanos before leaving him or taking him back and take him to Asgard for his crimes."

"While you all deal with Thanos and the Guantlet, Rocket and I will deal with Nebula." said Gamora. "Serving as a distraction for her and to stop her from getting anywhere close to Thanos and to make sure that we stop her before she goes over and helps him either defeat Loki before he can have a chance to do anything and defeats us or she figures out what we are trying to do and warns Thanos of it."

"You know you don't have to fight her and we can deal with her together." said Quill. "I know how personal things are for you, I mean if you're not dealing with your dad then we're dealing with your angry vengenceful sister."

"It's fine, I know how to annoy Nebula and she will take her anger out on me." said Gamora. "Besides I'll have Rocket and he will be my secret weapon, our main focus is also on to go to a location that will guarantee that Thanos will be emotionally complicated. Fortunately I know the perfect place and it will bring out the worst memories to him."

"But the question is how are we going to get there?" said Loki. "I keep hearing that you all have a form of transportation that might have the potential to go to space. Do you all have it ready or can I safely assume that it is still a work in progress? Not too be rude, but I have always thought that Earth is far beyond the knowledge that is needed to travel to space. Since isn't the furthest any human ever managed to embark was the moon?"

"Uh... yes..." said Bruce a little surprise. "How did you-"

"Whenever Darcy went to work and when I wasn't going around playing superhero, I took the time to learn more about Earth's history and to learn more about this planet's technology. If I'm going to be stuck on this planet then I am going to need to find something to do that is not only entertaining but productive." said Loki.

"Yeah he usually does that if he's not reading novels or simply studying the stones to see how to break them out of their objects." said Darcy. "But it's mostly for research purposes."

"Wait you studied the stones as well?" said Tony. "So is there any way that-"

"No, we can't destroy them without a strong force, for example using the guantlet to destroy the stones or have power strong enough that might be able to destroy them into the size of a molecule." said Loki. "Using magic would only bring more chaos rather than peace, if we were to do that then we are going to need take the time to study it's capabilities and to make sure that we are doing it safely without tearing apart the fabric of time and reality."

"Ok you are making these stones sound more dangerous and scary than I thought." said Quil.

"I am Groot." said Groot agreeing with Quill as he continues to play with the spring. Before anyone can even ask for a translation...

"Groot said 'yeah'" said Rocket "Are these Infinity Stones that intense or was he exaggerating?"

"They are that dangerous." said Gamora. "The stones are far more dangerous together than just having the Soul or Power Stone simply touching someone, they can do unspeakable damage and if one's not careful than they can create more trouble than anyone can ever anticipate."

"Ok, don't play with the stones unless you want to accidentally blow everything up." said Rocket. "Now that's makes things even more tougher if Thanos tries to use that thing against us."

"Going back to the subject at hand, what is it about this ship? What were you all even trying to do?" said Loki. "What is your progress on it now? If we can go to this planet then it will put Earth out of Thanos's wrath and we'll at least emotionally compromise him long enough to hopefully for all of us to take advantage of the situation."

"We were trying to create a ship that can travel further into space than any form of human space travel has ever gone before." said Natasha. "But it's still a work in progress to say the least."

"Well it's a good start." said Drax.

"Yeah from what I have seen you guys only have to add some parts and change somethings before making that thing fly." said Rocket. "I think that I might be able to hot wire that thing into working and it might take a couple of hours."

"That sounds a lot easier than we thought." said Steve surprised and yet amazed on how fast that Rocket can possibly be able to get their ship to operate.

"So where is this planet?" asked Pietro.

"His home planet Titan, where he lost everything that he has ever cared about and a place he vowed never to return." said Gamora. "There will be no inhabitants because of the fact that planet has been deserted for years and it reminds Thanos of failure and his life prior to the stones because of his father."

"So Thanos have daddy and coming back home issues?" said Tony. "How come almost every single bad guy we faced so far have some kind dad issue?"

"Maybe it's because many took their father's mistakes or secrets personally." said Loki. "Besides the thing about Thanos is that he not only the type that would hold a grudge but is also the type that would lie about his past to try to make sure he catches his victims' trust and when they outlive their usefulness, he does away with them. If we do this then we are going to need to be sneaker and make sure that Thanos falls into a trap that he can't get out of."

"Ok let me get this straight you want us to go to Titan, trick Thanos into thinking that you are surrendering, while in reality we are going to do a sneak attack with Gamora and Rocket sneaking onto the ship to disable the armor thus knocking out all of the Chitauri and possibly deal with Nebula. Then once we all go out of hiding, the Maximoff twins will take down the Black Order and we all focus on getting the Guantlet off Thanos and later cast a spell that might defeat him for good?" asked Steve trying to get all of the details right.

"Yeah, I think that just about covers it and at least we might be one step ahead of them this time." said Loki with full confidence before he starts to realize that maybe he should try to talk to them and persuade that this is a good idea. "Look I know that this is unconventional and you have no reason to trust me, but as I said before we're going to need to work together to defeat him. I really need your help if I want to pull this-"

"Wait did you just admit that you need our help?" said Tony. "I have never thought I would see the day that you would admit that-"

"Please don't make this into a bigger deal than it needs to be, I don't need to never hear the end of this until all of this is over." said Loki with a groan. "But my point is that if we focus on stoping Thanos and doing this then we might finally put a stop to it. If we-"

"Loki, I think that you're plan might work." said Steve.

"Wait, you actually like my plan and willing to go through with it?" asked Loki surprised to see that one of the other Avengers is willing to go with his idea.

"It might work, if we focus on his army and slowly take the time to get the gauntlet off." said Steve. "There is also the fact that there won't be any civilian casualties, so that is a benefit."

"Plus this is also the only idea that we have, so at least it's better than going there and simply try our luck or wait two days from now and we fight a loosing war." said Natasha.

"If we do this then we are going to need to make sure that Thanos won't try anything." said Thor. "Thanos would be ready to try anything once he believes that his victory is near."

"If we do it then we are going to do it tomorrow, to make the act convincing and to hopefully catch him off guard." said Loki. "Rocket, do you think you can get that thing off the ground by tomorrow morning?"

"I think I can get the ship done in a couple of hours, only if we do everything I say and whoever is good with tech is willing to work with me on creating some parts and possibly help assemble it then this thing might be done in one to two hours and we can call it a night." said Rocket.

"Tell me what you might need and then I might have it made." said Tony. "Since we are going to need to move fast if we are going to make that deadline and to finally do something with that bucket of bolts that isn't going to crash or drop from the sky."

"Alright it looks like we got a plan, but how are we-" started Darcy.

"I will send a message to Thanos's ship through the Guardians' ship telling him of 'my surrender' and by this time at noon, all we need to do is to get everything ready for tomorrow." said Loki. "Now what do you say Cap? Are you and the rest of the Avengers in or out?"

At that moment, everyone turned to Steve looking to see what he has to say and to see if he's ok with this plan and if they are going to do so. Loki just hopes he agrees to it before he has to rethink the plan and to try to get the Guardians and himself to Thanos. At least he can somehow convince Thor in helping him now, though he doubts that he might be able to fully convince him because of the numbers, going behind everyone's backs and possibly wanting to tell Asgard for some kind of assistance. He doubts that anyone in Asgard would hear him out or at least be open in giving him another chance, he just hopes that maybe with the desire of wanting to help save the universe and the mere idea of having a chance that might stop Thanos that it would be enough to convince them to team up just this once.

"Alright we'll leave at dawn, we need to get everything ready by then and leave as soon as we can." said Steve. "Then we go to Titan and face him, without anyone getting hurt and to make sure that we stop Thanos for good."

With that they all head towards different directions to start training and getting to work. They all have to be ready if they are finally going to stop Thanos and face the fight of their lives. To fully defeat the mad titan for good and even though they have a plan, Loki knows that it's not going to be enough and Thanos would simply try to find a way to stop them for good. At least the first part is done and he has convinced the Avengers to do his plan and now he has to wait for Jane to return with the heeling potion. He might have another trick up his sleeve and might have not told everyone about one thing that he needs everyone to do before they face Thanos, he just hopes that he can do so without breaking anyone's trust...

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A Couple of Minutes Later

Loki is on his way to the training room to see if he can practice fighting with the sword and to see if he can master using his magic with the sword at the same time. He is going to need to perfect his aim and ability to use the sword to do his part of the plan. He just hopes that he can somehow figure this out and see what it might take to fully master the sword and see if he can practice using the sword in combat while he uses his magic to possibly do more than just simply blast Thanos out of the way. Before he can even make it to the training room, he spots Jane and she is carrying his bag with the heeling potion vials, for once he is happy to see Jane. He makes his way towards her and glad that now they are one step closer.

"I see that you had no trouble in finding the potion." said Loki.

"Yeah it was a lot easier than I thought and at least it was easy to find." said Jane before turning to the main thing on her mind. "So, how did it go? Did you talk to them? Are you cool with both Thor and Darcy or should I start with planning to say goodbye to you?"

"I am back on good terms with both of them and now they are both back on my side." said Loki with a sense of happiness and relief.

"To be fair, Darcy has always been on my side, I just kept pushing her away and Thanos and myself nearly took away the chance for both of us to repair the damage in between our friendship." said Loki.

"Though to be fair, you were trying to push her away before Thanos got the stones and he captured you. Plus you were also lying, being Mysto collecting the stones and hiding from Thor for two months..." pointed out Jane.

"You don't have to rub it in, at least the worst scenario didn't happen." said Loki who can't help but smile at what happened between him and Thor. "Can you believe my luck? My brother forgave me and accepted me back even after everything that happened."

"Is it too late to say I told you so?" said Jane feeling happy for him.

"I think we definitely crossed that line, may I?" said Loki pulling out a hand and asking for the bag.

"Oh right, sorry." said Jane and she quickly hands the bag to Loki, he quickly takes a good look at the bottles and knows that the next phase of his plan is about to start.

"Well it looks like that you took good care of the vials, I need to ask you drink a sip of this vial." said Loki as he reaches out thee full vial of heeling potion.

"What? Why?" asked Jane who is now surprised. "I'm not hurt in anyway."

"I know, but it's as a precautionary measure and Thanos will do everything to make sure that he will hurt anyone that he suspects that might be close to me. He saw you when you tried to use the stones against him, he might target you and everyone else because of me." said Loki. "So in case they decide to go after Darcy or you then I am going to need to make sure that you, her and everyone else will be immune to any injury that Thanos will try to inflict on them."

"How are you planning to give it to everyone and convince them to drink this?" asked Jane. "How long does this even last? Is it even safe for non-Asgardians to drink?"

"It's perfectly safe, Darcy drank some once in the past and the potion lasts for twenty four hours and will heal any injury between them." said Loki. "I am still trying to figure it out because there is no way that anyone else other than the Guardians, Darcy and the Maximoffs would believe me if I tell them that this is a heeling potion. They have no reason to trust me and would never believe me that all I want to do is protect them from Thanos, so I need to figure out a way to get them to drink a sip of this."

"Loki, are you honestly going to go down this path again?" said Jane a little annoyed. "Haven't you learned anything from all of this?"

"I know what happens when you are not honest with your own brother and refuse to give him a chance and when you try to push your friend away then it will lead to more trouble and one might not be as lucky as I was to have the opportunity to make things right." said Loki. "But this time I might not have a choice, the other Avengers won't believe me and as for Thor, he would never take the potion unless he knows that it would be enough for everyone and it's a sentiment that we can not risk it."

"Loki, you're asking me to keep another secret from Thor." said Jane. "I can't do that..."

"I'm not asking you to, all I'm asking is to drink a sip and I will tell Thor myself once he drinks it." said Loki. "I know how hard it was on you for keeping my identity, but this time you don't have to. I'm planning to talk to Thor and convinced him to drink it and he'll probably will be open once he hears what I have to say."

"Well then I guess that is fine..." said Jane who is unsure whether or not to believe Loki or not.

"I'll assure you Jane that I have everything under control and I will explain everything in due time." said Loki."All I need is you to trust me and see that this is all part of my plan."

Jane gives Loki an unsure look before she opens the full vial and drinks up a little sip of the healing potion. Once she is done, Jane puts the lid back on the potion and gives it back to Loki. She doesn't know if she should trust Loki on this, but for some reason she does and think that at this rate they might be the closest thing that they have ever been to being friends. At least she doesn't have to worry about telling Thor about this, if Loki is planning to tell Thor himself then that settles it. At least she knows that Loki has learned his lesson and changed from this entire experience, even then he has already changed so much from the last time they met before in the Dark World. She might as well say something and try to break the silence and the ice that is in between them being friends and try to be encouraging and friendly towards Loki.

"So I guess there's that, so what is this plan that you have and did the others buy into your idea?" asked Jane.

"They actually like it and are going to go with that, can you actually believe that they were willing to listen to me after everything that happened?" said Loki in disbelief.

"Yeah, they are not the type who would send you into a pit of doom." said Jane feeling a little happy for Loki. "Though it would be nice if I also know about it, so that way I might not be as lost as I am right now."

"It's basically to lure Thanos into his own trap and play a trick out of his own book." said Loki. "I'll explain more later and for now, I believe I owe you some gratitude for helping me when you didn't have to."

"Of course, I mean what are friends for?" said Jane. "That is if we are friends and you didn't just manipulate me into helping you to do all of this."

"Why would I do that to one of my allies or rather friends? You practically already earned the title and regardless of everything you seem to be tougher and wiser than I ever thought you'd be." said Loki. "You and Thor are made for each other, I can see why he values you and I will always be grateful for your kindness, knowledge and. everything that you have done to help out."

"No problem, so now what?" said Jane. "What can I do to help now?"

"Tell them everything we now know about the Infinity Stones, they are going to need to know what we know if we are to defeat Thanos for good." said Loki.

"Alright, what are you going to do that you are now relying on me to-" starts Jane.

"I'm going to train with something that might help us defeat Thanos even faster than one may be planning." said Loki. "I'm going to need someone to explain everything before the others go in a fight blindly. Please make sure that you don't leave anything out, I can't thank you again, bye."

Before Jane can even say another word, Loki starts to head his way to the training room and to start his training with the sword and discover his full abilities while using it. He can't help but feel a sense of guilt since he's misleading everyone again, but this time to make sure that no one dies in the hands of Thanos. He didn't tell everyone his entire plan and there is more to the plan that he knows that there is no way that he would leave the room without some kind of protest. Everything is going according to plan and if he keeps things going then they will be able to defeat Thanos sooner rather than later. Now all he has to do is make sure that no one suspects a thing and to follow through, no matter how hard it may be...

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Meanwhile two hours later

Loki is on the Guardians ship with Gamora, Quill, Rocket and Groot at the main control panel, the four of them were relief to see that the communication is still operating and they are able to send a quick message to Thanos as planed. Rocket is busy checking the wires as carefully as he can, while making sure that things are perfectly in place. When he is done, Rocket quickly gives a thumbs up and Gamora quickly got to work on logging in to the ship's system and to get the coordinates right. It only takes her a quick second until...

The transmitter starts to work and it takes only a couple of seconds to have it be processes to Thanos's ship and fortunately for them it allows one to make a message without being detected...

"Ok, I think that covers it and he'll get it." said Gamora. "Just wait until a beep comes up and then it will allow you to send a recorded message."

"Alright, let get get this over with." said Loki, the beep came up and with a sigh to start. "Oh mighty Thanos, it is I Loki of Asgard and I am offering you my complete surrender. I have to come to the conclusion that you were right and I can no longer run from you, all I have to ask is you spare Earth, Asgard and the universe. I will wait for you on Titan tomorrow morning, I am flying out there right now and I hope that I will arrive by noon and that you accept this peaceful offer of surrender and it is time for us to finally end this futile war between us."

Once Loki is done, he quickly turns off the device and turned to the four Guardians and knows that this will be a good moment to not only give them the healing potion but at the same time try to enlist their help in trying to get the rest of the Avengers to drink the healing potion. Maybe to show them that it would bring them no harm, but even then he doesn't know if they would believe it. He just hopes that they will be willing to help him out, Loki quickly use his magic to summon the slightly full bottle of the healing potion right in front of them.

"I am Groot." said Groot in awe for a quick second and then a fly came in and he starts to chase it around.

"I don't think I need a translation to know that Groot found it amazing." said Loki.

"Yeah you got that one right and Groot seems to be a fan of your magic." said Rocket.

"Indeed he has, but right now I have something for all of you and this is something that will help protect all of you from Thanos." said Loki. "I need you all to drink this, it's a healing potion from Asgard that heals any injury that may occur for the next twenty four hours. It will help if no one that gets hurt when we go up to face him just drink a sip and be sure to bring some to Drax later to save me the trouble. Though..."

"Though what?" asked Quill. "Is there another problem that we should worry about?"

"I doubt the other Avengers would be open to drink the potion because of my past and any trust issues that they might still have against me." said Loki. "So I need to figure out how to get them to drink this to do so."

"Leave it up to me, I think I will be able to sneak it around to them." said Gamora catching the three of them by surprise. "I had extreme stealth training during my time with Thanos and it's about time that I put it for good use, but I need a distraction."

"I think Groot and I can offer one, all I need to do is talk to Stank and Banner about the ship which is starting to look great by the way. Then Groot just need to distrct the others by doing his usual little mischief right Groot?" said Rocket determinedly.

"I am Groot." said Groot determinedly.

"Ok then, at least that problem might be solved and it looks like that I should make things a little easier for you." said Loki and he quickly uses his use his magic to conjure up eight more vials and fill them all the same small amount for each one of the others. While at the same time, keeping the other vial filled for about five more doses.

After Loki is done, he gives the original bottle to the Guardians and Gamora, Quil and Rocket quickly drink up their doses. Once Rocket is finished with his dose then he is about to give the bottle to Groot to only find that the little sapling left the room. Probably to start his role in the plan or to escape from drinking the healing potion like every time he has to eat something that's not candy or a mix of both reasons. Rocket just groaned at the new development and the idea that he now has to hunt down Groot in the tower and they already on a strict schedule.

"Alright this is just great, Groot is lost in the tower and I have to go find him before he does anything and to make sure that he annoys them too well." said Rocket. "Is there anyway that I can get Groot's potion to go?"

"Fine." said Loki with a frustrated sigh and quickly summoned another vial and poor a little bit in it. "Here's a dose small enough for Groot, whatever you do don't loose a drop while you chase him around. We only have a limited supply and it might be better if we start to head down now and get to work."

"Wait, what should I do?" asked Quill earning the attention of Loki, Gamora and Rocket. "I mean you guys have important jobs that will play an important role inn the future. But I practically got to do nothing except be the cool guy that is just helping out and giving you guys a lift to various places in the galaxy. So is there anything I can do?"

"You can... give Drax his dose of the potion." said Loki handing a bottle to Quill.

"Oh come on Loki, I can do something better than that and besides you are going to need all of the help you can get for anything else that you might need help f or?" said Quill.

"Are we honestly going to start an argument like this?" said Loki not even bothering to hide his frustration before stoping himself to calm down. "Someone has to do that and right now we can't afford a second to lose and now let's start doing something before we find ourselves in a worse situation than this."

"He got you there." said Gamora with a little smirk.

"I can't even find a good argument for that one." said Quill defeated.

"Probably because there isn't one." said Rocket trying to hold back his laughter, while Loki rolled his eyes at the entire scene.

With that Loki quickly gives a bottle to Quill and then he, Gamora and Rocket make their way out and back to the tower to do their part of their plan and to find Groot. It's going to be tough but they need to do this and in order to do so then they are going to need to do things right now. The three of them make their way inside the tower and soon they start to head their way to find the Avengers and then trick them into drinking their dose of the healing potion. Once they finally arrived, they see that at least almost all of the Avengers are in the room with only Thor missing from the area. They were either helping to build the ship or practicing any fighting in the training room near by it, they also spotted Groot in the training room, simply watching all of the action taking place.

Before either Loki, Gamora or Rocket can even say anything or approach the sapling, Groot sees all three of them and is now starting to think of a plan on how to possibly not only get the job done but at the same time avoid drinking the potion. He suddenly comes up with the idea of giving them the chance to do their parts of the plan and maybe he'll be safe from drinking that wired gross looking juice and nothing will happen. So he quickly goes over to the main center of the room and got the Maximoffs, Steve and Natasha's attention, by quickly showing them off the skills that he learned to prove that he is a capable fighter and so far it caught their attention.

The three of them were also watching the show right in front of them and knows that this is a good moment for them to proceed with the next part of the plan and all Loki does while everyone is distracted is conjure an illusion of Gamora and a spell to help her remain hidden from sight. That only Rocket and him can see her, once he is done on Gamora, Loki casts the same spell on himself. So that way he won't draw any suspicions from both Tony and Bruce, he just hopes that this works and that maybe they will leave the room knowing that everyone drank the potion and will be fine from any injury that Thanos will try to do. But first they are going to need to change their plan a little bit to accommodate the next thing that Loki thinks that might be best for things to go forward.

"Rocket, make sure you go in and grab Groot once Gamora set the potion in every beverage in the room and the ones that they may be drinking." said Loki. "This is an opportunity that we can't afford to miss, then head over to Banner and Stark to distract them and pretend to be deeply annoyed with Groot and get them to talk to you about the ship and it's progress. Once she's done then we'll wait and only leave once we make sure that things are going according to plan."

"Alright, on it..." said Rocket and he quickly starts to head over to the room.

"Did you place the illusion over me?" asked Gamora already knowing Loki so well.

"Yes, as a precautionary measure." said Loki confidently. "One can never be too careful when it comes to these things."

Gamora gives a nod and quickly starts to head her way towards the room and begins to get to work. She takes the time to see everyone in the room and see that they are fortunately have some kind of water bottle or beverage with them as they practice their skills and improve upon them before their final stand against Thanos. Once she gets the information that she now has, Gamora quickly gets to work and pour in the healing potion in every single bottle that has some kind of beverage that she sees that someone is drinking out of. The potion didn't change the coloring of the beverage, it just a clear liquid that if anyone takes a good look then they would never guess that there is a healing potion in there.

She is a quick worker and is able to do it quickly, once Gamora is done, she quickly gives Rocket a thumbs up and then quickly head out of the room to get close to both Tony and Bruce. To start the next move of the plan, once things are set and she will be ready for the next part of the plan and to easily do it when the moment is right. When Rocket sees the signal, he races over to Groot and is ready to play the role of distraction...

"Groot, there you are! I have been looking everywhere for you, where have you been?" said Rocket trying his best to make his reaction sound genuine and at the same time wanting to give the sapling a piece of his mind. "How many times have I told you never to wander off in a strange new planet and location?"

"I am groot?" asked Groot in confusion.

"Sorry about all of this, Groot has the tendency of wanting to run off and to play all of the time." said Rocket. "I hope he wasn't any trouble or a major distraction."

"Uh... no, he wasn't any trouble at all." said Steve who doesn't even know what to make of the entire situation.

The next thing that anyone knew, Rocket is busy trying to explain himself and apologizing for Groot and the entire scene works well as a distraction. It got to the point that it is working a little too well, to the point that he also manages to catch both Tony and Bruce's attention. Everyone has their attention right on Rocket and Groot, so Gamora quickly head over to the two water bottles and pour the healing potion right in and then heads over to the clear window to get Rocket's attention and to move forward from the scene to give Groot his dose of the potion. Once Rocket sees the signal, he knows that it's now time for them to make their grand exit and to leave them right now.

"Look I would like to stay and chat but right now I need to have a little talk with Groot." said Rocket and quickly picks up Groot to take him away from the scene. "Yeah, we'll have a long and fun talk. See ya guys soon."

"Wait, don't be so hard on him. He's still just a kid after all." said Tony.

"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind." said Rocket quickly grabbing Groot and racing out slamming the door right behind him.

After a couple of seconds leaving the majority of the Avengers confused, they got back to work and to train for the fight that will happen the following day. Rocket and Groot quickly joined Loki and Gamora, away from the rooms and before having a second thought, Loki quickly cast the same illusion over both Rocket and Groot. Now with all four of them being hard to detect, they can watch the Avengers and make sure that they take the potion. So far only Wanda, Pietro, Bruce and Steve has taken it and Loki is now hoping that Natasha and Tony doesn't expect a thing, though he highly doubts that she would take it because of simply figuring out. But maybe if he cast a small spell then it might work to convince them to drink it...

Loki quickly pull up the sword and is ready to see how effective his spells are while he uses the sword and see how far is his powers are enhanced through the sword. Before Loki can go over to do so, he notices that Rocket is having some trouble in giving Groot his dose of the potion. Every single time Rocket gets the vial near Groot's mouth, the sapling always turns away from Rocket being stubborn. Gamora doesn't even know what to do of the sight right in front of her and while Loki on the other hand is both nervous and slightly amused at the sight. Groot is behaving like a child and one of the many children that has to drink the potion and how they always refused to drink it for the pettiest reasons and the most common one is because it looks strange and disgusting to a child. Fortunately he knows of a little trick that will help Rocket get Groot to drink it.

"Come on Groot, just drink this and you'll never have to do it again." said Rocket as he keeps trying to place the vial in Groot's mouth.

"I am Groot." said Groot stubbornly determined to make sure that he doesn't drink the potion.

"Maybe Groot is right and it's might be best if he doesn't drink the potion, at least we'll have some more in case of any emergencies and we'll make sure that we can put his dose for good use." said Loki. "It is a shame because not only the potion taste good but it will give one special powers for a day."

"I am Groot?" said Groot a little surprised and then later interested. "I am Groot? I am Groot."

"Groot is asking what type of powers that you will get from the potion?" asked Rocket as he continues to try to get Groot to drink the potion.

"It's this super strength that allows one to withstand any injury and nothing bad can happen to you and you will be able to do anything with this power except fly and lifting anything that is extremely heavy. This power is something that every child of Asgard tries to get and they always enjoys having it." said Loki. "Oh well, since you don't want anything to do with this, I believe I will have to keep this power to myself and we will use it on tedious things like healing anyone who have gotten a paper cut or a small scrape. Rocket, why don't you hand over the potion and we can simply-"

"I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot." said Groot excitedly and quickly grabs the vial from Rocket's grasp and starts to drink from it. The sight of Groot drinking the potion is kinda cute and to see him holding a bottle like a baby would. Both Gamora and Rocket are surprised by the sight, while Loki on the other hand is just happy to see that his plan worked.

"How did you know that would work?" asked Gamora who is staring at Groot happily drinking out of the bottle.

"It's a simple trick that the healers back in Asgard used to do whenever Thor got himself injured during our time training together." explained Loki. "He always hated falling for that and I always have a good laugh whenever that occurred. At least Groot is drinking the potion now and I wasn't lying to him about the details."

"Never mind lying, I have never seen Groot being that eager in drinking or eating something that he would never eat even if we offered him all of the candy in the world." said Rocket who is still surprised by the sudden development. "I'm guessing that Groot is starting to like the idea of having magical powers and actually thinks that it would be cool and fun to think so."

"Or he is starting to like magic and is now looking up to Loki." said Gamora.

"Either way at least it got the job done and now all we have to do is get Drax, Thor and Darcy to drink the potion." said Loki. "While also hoping that everyone else in this room drinks the potion and that will be the end of our troubles."

"I am Groot! I am Groot!" said Groot happily after he finishes drinking his bottle.

The three of them all sighed in relief that Groot finished drinking the potion and now is watching to see if the other Avengers right in front of them will take the potion and to make sure that they do so. Loki quickly cast the spell to have both Natasha and Tony feel suddenly the urge to drink something and they quickly start to drink the potion without even having a second thought. At that moment Loki is feeling a great sense of relief, at least he is one step closer on to possibly making everyone immune to any injury that Thanos might try to cause. They all still have a long way to go and have many things to do and right now they are going on the right track and now they are one step closer on defeating Thanos and for the plan to work. Things might be starting to look up after all...

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An Hour Later

Loki is now back on the roof, sitting and looking out of the horizon and is waiting for any confirmation if Drax drank his dose of the potion, to figure out how to get Thor to drink his dose and thinking about the fight up ahead in the following day. That everything is leading up to all of this and everything needs to go perfectly according to plan or else not only Thanos will not only win but they will all pay the price and Thanos will not be as leanant as he was the last time they met. He knows that Thanos will do more than let them go and at this point, he might even kill them before they can even have the chance to go further than they would like to see or a chance to survive.

Before Loki can even have a chance to think even further of a possible backup plan or at least to admire the view of the city. He notices Darcy is coming close to him. He wouldn't be surprise if she is coming to check on him or find someone to talk to prior to the fight. Despite the circumstances that are put in place, he doesn't think he would mind the company and if this is going to be the last night before everything changes. If this might be his last time on this planet and speaking to Darcy before whatever happens after tomorrow, then they might as well enjoy the time that they have left and make a positive memory before tomorrow. Either way he's happy that she's now here being his friend regardless of any unspoken connection that they may be feeling. That they can just be that for a moment more and be free from their troubles and simply be two friends who want nothing to spend time and talk to each other.

"Big day tomorrow huh?" said Darcy sitting right next to him.

"Yes, I believe it is." said Loki. "We'll finally finish what we started and Thanos will finally see his defeat."

"Yeah, we'll get the stones back and actually do it." said Darcy "We would have done the impossible and I don't even know if I should be proud of us, excited or actually just stop to think about it in disbelief."

"You should be proud, it is a rare for anyone to say that you collected four out of the six Infinity Stones and for getting this far." said Loki. "I would have never thought that a human would have the courage to try to make a stand against Thanos or even suggest to do so. You proved me wrong of not only that but everything about this planet."

"Alright, I never really thought of it that way." said Darcy. "I always wanted an adventure and this has been one that I never thought in having ever. It has been a wild ride."

"I believe can agree with that statement," said Loki. "Thank you."

"For what?" asked Darcy who is surprised by what Loki just said and never thought she would ever see him of all people taking the time to show gratitude.

"For giving me a chance and allowing me to become a better person, allowed me to have a fresh start and to see things through another perspective." said Loki. "One that I have been a blind fool to see and acknowledge."

"No problem, you needed some help when you first came here and even before all of this happened after you saved that family in the fire, I saw that there is some good in you. I mean even without Mysto and before the whole Thanos situation gotten to this point, you had many opportunities to hurt me and do some crazy plan that might be classified in the evil category." pointed out Darcy. "But you didn't, all you wanted is to live your life and plan your next move, over time after Ultron you actually want to help and stop Thanos. I don't even remember the last time I tried to blackmail you into being Mysto and going out and doing hero stuff. You were just lost Loki, I just felt like that I needed to help you."

"For that I will always be grateful, I also have something for you and I really need you to keep this on you." said Loki as he is about to summon the vials through his magic.

"Come on Loki, you didn't have to get me anything and it's not like-" started Darcy and before she knows it, Loki already is holding both vials right in front of him.

"I need you to drink a sip from this potion, as a precautionary measure for tomorrow. There is no way we can predict what Thanos might be planing for tomorrow and you are clearly a target." said Loki. "I have already given the potion to the others and you are one of the only ones that still haven't and knowing Thanos, he might hurt you to get to me."

"So you want me to drink the potion for a chance of being immune in case Thanos sends his minions after me?" asked Darcy with Loki nodding his head slowly. "So what's with the other bottle of healing potion?"

"I would like you to keep this with you in case of any emergencies or if someone or yourself get more injured than we might anticipate. Then I need you to keep the potion with you at all times, so that way we can be prepared for that scenario." said Loki quietly. "To make sure that Thanos doesn't hurt anyone because of me..."

"Wow, now we know that you have move past the point where you enjoyed hurting and now want to do everything you can to save everyone from Thanos's wreath." said Darcy. "You definitely came a long way."

"I never enjoyed hurting people, I never did and probably never will." said Loki immediately turning to Darcy not even knowing what to feel about that assumption.

"Wait, what? If you never had fun hurting others then why did you do it in the first place?" asked Darcy. "I know that you have Thanos to worry about and he did make things harder for you and at times might not even have a choice for some things, but you also had a choice back in Asgard and maybe even before then if you did more than try to take over a planet and letting giant blue aliens into the castle so you can prove to your dad that you deserve to win son of the year."

"It's because it is part of the illusion, the one I created for myself to be seen by others to create fear by doing a trick that only I will no longer feel a sense of weakness and..."

"The old classic if you hurt someone than you feel good if not better on the inside and you are just looking for a need for control excuse." said Darcy. "Look you are stronger and better than you think you are and you don't need a kingdom gain that."

"I know that now, so are you going to..." started Loki gesturing towards the vials.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about that." said Darcy and she quickly grabs the vial and opens the lid, before Darcy can take her dose, she turns to Loki. "Just to be clear, you already drank some of this right? I don't want to drink so much and we might have some issues latter on or cause some unwanted problems later on like a healing potion shortage."

"You still have a half bottle left and the only other person that still have yet to drink it is Thor." said Loki. "I assure you Darcy, there wouldn't be any problems because you will have the remaining potion with you and I trust you enough to keep the potion with you at all times, will you be sure to keep and will only use it for emergencies once we get back and if anyone is injured then be sure to give them the potion and if they are extremely injured than be sure to give them the majority of it."

"Ok, but what if there's more than one that injured or if you get hurt and-" started Darcy before Loki interrupted her.

"If that is the case then you should make sure that everyone gets at least a drop." said Loki. "I'm sure even that occurs, Thor would go back to Asgard for more of the potion to simply heal one of his friends and maybe even the Guardians-"

"And for you too," said Darcy, "I mean he seems like the type of guy that would give up his life for you and I'm not just saying that because you're his brother but he would do it in a heartbeat."

"I know and fortunately if everything goes well then he won't have to do such a thing and maybe we won't even the healing potion or at least we will all be fine in the end." said Loki. "Right now we really should get ready for tomorrow and all of the struggles we will face, now let us focus on the future and prepare for it."

"Alright, I guess and at least that since you already taken your dose and almost done." said Darcy as she quickly drinks up her bottle of the potion. "Then at least we'll all be fine, now all we need to do is defeat purple Palpatine and get the stones off his grasp before things get ugly."

"I may not know what a Palpatine is, but whatever that might be an accurate way to describe Thanos." said Loki. "But I am confident that things will turn out the way we want to in the end."

"Yeah, I mean the Avengers, you and the Guardians of the Galaxy teaming up what could go wrong?" said Darcy. "Maybe once all of this is over then we can watch Star Wars together to celebrate and then you'll understand that reference, that is if you'd like to of course."

"Many things can go wrong and we are going to need all of the luck in the world to make sure that it doesn't, I appreciate your optimism though and might watch the War Stars with you once all of this is over." said Loki. "But right now, we still have to deal with the current situation that will be over and done with by this time tomorrow."

"Yeah we'll finally be done, hey Loki, before things changes or if worst case scenario happens and we never see each other again." starts Darcy ready to get her true feelings for Loki known in case of anything. "There is something that I would like to tell you and-"

"Darcy, I don't want to hear anything that you would never say unless I might face my doom the following day or at the very moment." said Loki. "It might ruin it."

"Is it because you think it's too sentimental?" asked Darcy.

"No, it's because it would simply be the wrong moment and as anyone would put it; cliche." said Loki. "We really should have our focus on Thanos and the stones."

"Yeah, you got me there on that one. But it felt like a good moment and it could have been like one of those moments that you see in movies where you know thee main charecters spend their final moments before the epic battle and acknowledge that..." starts Darcy before stopping herself once she realizes that she's getting too ahead of herself. "Never mind, you're right too over the top cheesy and besides it can wait until after all of this is over."

"Alright then, with that being settled I am going to go and continue to work on preparing for the fight up ahead." said Loki. "Even if it takes up the whole night, I will be more than happy to train harder and fill in the voids that I have failed to think of."

"You are going to go train and work on this all night?" said Darcy in disbelief. "Loki, I know that we have to defeat Thanos and you want this plan to work, but you can't stay up all night and just focus on training and the plan. I mean you need some rest after everything that happened and we have a busy day tomorrow, the last thing we need is for you to sleep on the battlefield or something."

"Darcy, I can assure you that everything will be fine and if I want to make sure that these newly found skills are perfected by the time we reach him." said Loki. "It's imperative that I perfect these skills for the sake of the plan and if it means that I will do so. Please try to understand and you know as well as I do that Thanos will do anything including removing his own soul and bargain for a victory no matter how expensive the price may be. I need to do the same if I want to ensure victory and... to make sure that I not only make up for my past mistakes but at the same end things before Thanos madness expands beyond the planet and we later find ourselves dealing with a circus of destruction and despair."

"That's one show I wish we can miss, especially with Thanos being the ringmaster and his clowns are ready to take us as his prisoners again." said Darcy trying to add some humor into the situation but realize that she's failing once she sees the annoyed look on Loki's face and decides to be supportive. "Yeah not one of my best jokes, but still if Thanos is that powerful and if he's going to cause that much trouble then maybe you should at least call it a night. Look I like it whenever you go all hero mode and ready to do the right thing no matter what, but I never want to put you in an overworked or unhealthy place."

"I'll be fine Darcy, if I don't take the time to work now then we'll be in a worser place than we are right now." said Loki. "Thanos will easily win if I don't prepare myself for the fight ahead."

"Aside from the plan, what is it that you feel like that you need to take extra time to practice and perfect your skills?" asked Darcy who doesn't know what to think of the entire situation and can't believe Loki right now.

"I have discovered a power during my travels that I need to master and I am already close on unlocking all of it's abilities. You will see more and I will explain everything tomorrow." said Loki. "It's a power that's legendary in Asgard and one that Thanos will never think that I would have and help us gain some form of an advantage over him. I need to do this and if it takes me all night then so be it."

"I can't argue with that one, I don't even think that I can top learning new powers that might make things easier as an excuse." said Darcy. "Just because you're going to be pulling off an all nighter, it doesn't mean that I am going to join you. But still even if you are going to stay up late plotting and training hard on magic, just try to take a break and relax for a bit then maybe you can have a sense of confidence in your ability to go out there and be ready to fight."

"I'll keep that in mind." said Loki quietly as they continue to look out into the horizon.

"Well, I guess I better get going since we still have a busy day tomorrow." said Darcy awkwardly, wanting to talk to Loki but can't find the words to say something. "So yeah good night."

"Pleasant dreams." said Loki.

Darcy takes a quick look at Loki and starts to head back to the room that she now shares with Jane, taking the half-filled vial with her and wishing that there can be more said. Sure she wants to stay and hang out with Loki and maybe even tell him of her feelings for him. Along with just simply spend time together before everything changed, but she knows that not only Loki doesn't want to hear anything that might turn his world even more upside down. There is also the fact that she might ruin their friendship if she goes on talking about these things and they just repaired their friendship, she doesn't want things to be awkward between them. She'll just stick to friendship and help everyone defeat Thanos as always, then once all of this is over then they can figure things out from there.

While Loki on the other hand after taking a quick couple to watch Darcy walk away, he turned away to continue to admire the view right in front of him and knows that he needs to get ready for the following day. But at the same time, he really does not like that he is going to hurt Darcy, Thor and whomever else that might have grown fond of him if Thanos does anything to him. Loki lied to Darcy, he never drank his dose of healing potion and in reality from the full vial alone he didn't have enough for everyone and one would have to sacrifice their dose. Sure, he could have simply drank a little bit of the last remaining vial, but it is only halfway filled and he can't afford to lose a drop. So once he gives the final dose to Thor and if Quill succeeds in giving Drax the potion then the once full vial of potion will be gone and he will be the most vulnerable out of all of them.

Especially since the injuries from the last time, he fought Thanos hasn't fully recovered and he never really had the time to drink the potion to heal the wound. The only thing that has been helping him tolerate the pain is an illusion he cast on himself. So that way he won't be feeling it and can still go through his day without anyone suspecting that he is hiding an injury and deems him too weak to fight. The last thing he needs is everyone to have symphaty towards him and fuss over him for these burn marks. He will deal with them once all of this is over and that he can simply drink some of the healing potion and then no one will even know.

Though he knows that he shouldn't be holding off treating a burn, especially one that he needs to use an illusion on himself to block the pain. But he still has to train with the sword and so far he has been making progress. He just hopes by this time the following day, he can say not only he mastered the Laevatin's powers, but also defeated Thanos for good. He makes his way to the training room, once he arrives he pulls out the sword, set an illusion that no one can seen or hear him and begins to practice with it and focuses on his powers and any simulation that Tony might have created if the Avengers ever need to take the time to learn new skills or perfect them.

Loki spends the majority of the night there, practicing to fight with the sword and trying out some spells with it to see how it might possibly affect everything and so far he is learning a lot from his little training session. The Sword is responding to everything that Loki does or even wants to do, in a way it is kinda like Thor's hammer (minus any ability to conjure up lightning of course) where they respond well to one another and rather than simply enhance Loki's powers and skills, the sword seems to be easily connected to him and works well with him through every command.

He spends most of the night training and making sure that he manage to gain some kind of understanding over the sword's powers. During the occasional break, Loki spends the time going over the plan to make sure that there are no flaws in sight and if there is one then he quickly manages to work through the flaws of the plan. He continues to do so for most of the night and soon around three in the morning, once Loki gained some confidence in possibly having some mastery of the sword's abilities and the plan is perfect. He decides to at least take some time to rest, Darcy does have a point that he will need some form of rest or sleep if he is going to get ready by tomorrow.

Loki doesn't know what to expect and knows that things might turn for the worse and Thanos might have something planned that will cause a disadvantage but they are going to need to do this. He knows that they can and will win the war, Thanos chances of winning is diminishing and he's ready to face whatever challenge that might come his way and to make sure that he puts an end to Thanos and his quest to use the stones for destruction. He's ready for the following day and ready to do whatever it takes to stop Thanos.

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Meanwhile on Thanos's ship

It looks like that Loki is not the only one who is staying up late to prepare for the fight the next day...

Ever since Thanos got Loki's message, he has been preparing for tomorrow as well and already have a plan ready and one that he knows that Loki won't predict and he will make sure that he will be defeated before he can even put up a fight. But one of the things that he needs to do in order to male the plan work and one of the mmost important aspects of it is to make sure that Nebula is truly on his side. Out of all his allies, Nebula is the one that hated him the most and he knows that she and Gamora is one of the only two that treated Loki decently during his little stay with them. So she might have something to do with their little escape and the task he wants Nebula to do will not only increase his chance on becoming victorious, but also hurt Loki and his chances as well...

Soon Nebula arrives to the throne room and ready to hear what Thanos has to say. She knows that Thanos will have something planned and with the Gauntlet and all six Infinity Stones,he's more powerful than ever. That he will do more than he would have without that amount of power. She just hopes that whatever happens the following day, that helping Gamora and Loki escape will be enough .

"You wanted to see me Father?" Addressed Nebula who secretly would give anything for this to be over.

"Yes Nebula, I am glad that you are here to discuss something important." Said Thanos.

"That would be a first." Said Nebula dryly.

"As you know, Loki offered his surrender and we will be meeting him tomorrow." Said Thanos.

"Uh... Of course, we have all heard the transmission." Said Nebula who can't believe that Loki would give himself up like this. "I honestly thought that you would be more happy about it."

"I would if I didn't think that Loki might have something planned that weight hurt our cause." Said Thanos. "Do you not find it odd that Loki and Gamora found a way to operate the pod without any form of authorization and now Loki is now surrendering?"

"This is Loki we're talking about, isn't he always full of surprises?" Said Nebula. "Maybe he decided to give himself up because he realized that running away from you is futile."

"That or he has something planned for me that he hopes will destroy my chances of using the stones and to try to take them back." Said Thanos. "You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"

"No, I don't and even if I did I would tell you." Said Nebula rather nervously. "Besides Loki or Gamora wouldn't tell me anything because they both know that I working for you."

"You made a valid point but I am still not convinced, especially after the time you betrayed me to help Ronan." Said Thanos. "However I am going to give you a chance to prove your loyalty to me."

"What do I have to do?" Asked Nebula.

"I want you to find your sister and fight her, this time I want you to show her no mercy." Said Thanos. "I also would want you to make sure that you take care of any potential fighters that may try to help him defeat me."

"What makes you think that they will be there?" asked Nebula. "They all know that Loki is Mysto and turned their backs on him like you were intending. What more do you want?"

"I want to make Loki pay for his treachery, to teach him a lesson of daring to cross me and be sure that we are not falling into some trap." said Thanos. "Make sure that you take down as many you can and if nesicarry make them meet their fate and none of them survives. Leave Loki to me, I want to deal with him myself and make sure that he face my wrath and we will end this tomorrow. Once you prove your loyalty and make sure that none of them survives then I might take back everything I have ever said and give you Gamora's place in my ranks."

"So you want me to kill Gamora and Loki's allies and you want to do the same thing to Loki yourself?" asked Nebula who doesn't know what to think of this plan.

"Of course, I don't care what the price may be and the amount of destruction I will make to do so. But I am going to make sure that Loki, Gamora and anyone that dares stand in my way either gets eliminated and will get what they deserve in the end." said Thanos pulling up the guantlet. "Now stop being an useless spare of parts and start making yourself useful, we have a busy day ahead of us, Loki will surely cause some trouble to try to stop us and I intend to win no matter what it takes."

Nebula quickly stares at Thanos before nodding her head and starts to head her way out of the throne room, she knows that Thanos is becoming out of control and is already suspecting the truth. Though she shouldn't be surprised, she was always going to be the primes suspect due to her past with both Loki and Gamora. Other than that little set back, she might still be able to do her own plan and with Loki planning to meet up with them then this might give her the advantage she needs and she can even speed up the plan a little bit. Nebula knows that Thanos will keep doing more if he wins the war and no one will be safe from him, not too mention if anything goes wrong she'll more likely get the blame.

But Nebula knows one thing that letting Thanos use the stones and do who knows what is a really bad idea, that things are going to get worse for everyone. She doesn't know or think that she can go that far and outright kill Gamora, say what she wants about the pain that her sister caused and no matter how much she wants to. If her plan works out then her real target Thanos will be the one paying the price. All she needs is to talk to Loki and hopefully Gamora once Loki comes to meet them, if she is going to stop Thanos then she is going to need all of the help she can get. Nebula just hopes that this plan works, the fate of the universe and her own fate depends on it...

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Well here it is, the final chapter before the final battle and the huge set up that will have dive right in. The final battle will take place in four parts and after that we are going to have four more chapters to fully wrap up the story. I can just say that I hope that they will be worth the wait and that you will see the fight with Thanos turns out.

I think I will get the next chapter out in three weeks earliest and it will mostly be the stating point before the other three chapters will take us on a wild ride and I am really excited to not only write them, but for all of you to read and enjoy. I'm so excited and can't wait to get started!

I really hope that you guys enjoy this chapter and don't be fooled just yet, some of the Avengers still don't fully trust Loki yet. You guys thought I was making things too easy for Loki and that some of them will be that open. We will see the Avengers, Guardians and Loki come together in the next chapter as they face the start of the final battle and let's just say that everyone will be playing a huge role in the final battle including Jane and Darcy. That we will all see everyone give it their own for the Guantlet and the stones and to stop one another for good.

I'm also rewriting the first 28 chapters to match up to the standard of the most recent chapters grammarwise. You guys can check it out if you like, the third chapter is being rewritten and will come out soon.

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 and 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, I'm also thinking of possibly making a sequel to Redemption and I already got an idea for it and will share more in the future updates.

Which would you guys rather see more, midquel one-shots that would help expand the story or a full-length Redemption sequel? Be sure to vote on the poll that just opened right now on the Author page.

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 has Loki fully mastered his new powers? Will his plan work? Has Drax drank his dose of the healing potion? How will Loki convince Thor? Will he find a way to get his injury from the last time healed before the battle? I mean Loki's in more of a danger now than he has ever been, especially if Thanos find out that Loki is injured in anyway. When will Loki and Darcy finally just stop beating around the bush and admit their feelings towards one another already or do we have to wait until after the final battle or any potential Redemption sequel? Other than that does the four other Avengers truly trust Loki or will some let the past cloud their judgement? Will everyone come together and put aside their differences to stop Thanos? What side is Nebula truly on? What's her plan? Will it work? What surprises will the final battle have in store? Are they ready for the final battle? Are you guys ready? See you all in the next chapter :)