Soon the two of them made it to the apartment, once they got in there then Loki used his magic to change back into his normal Asgardian wear and put the Infinity stones on the table. He quickly sits down and begins to examine the Infinity stones, along with giving his full concentration on them. Which Darcy couldn't help but fall on the couch and relax for a bit and then quickly turned over to Loki and watch him focusing on the Infinity stones.
"So exactly why are you examing them?" asked Darcy curiously "Since we got them and we don't need to worry about learning how they work. Since you pretty much got on how to use those things and there's no need for you to relearn how to use them right?"
"I'm not relearning on how to use these objects." said Loki really annoyed at his friend's quick assuption, but remained focused at what he was doing "I'm trying to figure out how to take these things apart without accidentally annilating myself or worse this entire neighborhood as a whole with everything in it." That immediately caught Darcy's surprise and attention.
"Wait what?!" said Darcy immediately getting up and running towards him ready to grab the Infinity stones and put them somewhere where no one can reach them not even herself. Loki then realized on his mistake and how it must have sounded when he said that and quickly turned to Darcy in order to fix his mistake.
"Calm down Darcy, I didn't mean it like that and why would I ever make this entire building structure and area self destruct?" said Loki clarifying his statement "In case it didn't occurred to you already but I've changed a lot since my last little incident back on this world back in that city. Plus what I meant is that I have to find a way to break them apart from the shells that are protecting them from any form of damage towards the stone or the wielder themselves as whole."
"So if you touch it then the power of the stone could hurt you or worse kill you." said Darcy in disbelief, but then quickly turned to Loki with the most obvious question "If these gems can litterlly kill you the moment that you touch them then how is Thanos going to make every single world in this universe self destruct without even killing himself first?"
"It because of that Gauntlet. With it then anyone could hold the stone without anyform of damage being done." said Loki "Which I was hoping that and the aether would be there. But Thanos got them before we did and now we must come up with another plan in order to obtain them before he starts useing them." Which that caught Darcy's attention and decided to tell Loki what she found out. Since it's really important for theor new found mission.
"I overheard that girl warrior and the guy with the giant beard that came after Thor the first time Thor was on earth talking while I was distracting those two gaurds." said Darcy "They said that they gave that eater thing to someone in some different world and judging from the way that they were talking. It seems like that they just delivered it to them." Now that immediately caught Loki's attention.
"First of all it is called the aether. Second did they say who they gave it too and what relm it's in right now?" said Loki "Since if we're going to do something then it must be before Thanos finds out and grab it for himself."
"Acording to them, they said that they decided to give it to some guy call the Collector." said Darcy "Loki do you know who this guy is? Have you ever met him? Plus what does this guy even collect besides Infinity stones anyway?"
"I have never met him or was planning too anyway. From what father told both Thor and myself is that the collector is the biggesst pack rat in all of the known universe. Who only wants to get either the most valuable or powerful objects for his own benifit. But if he has the aether then it might be wise to get it before he gets the idea of collecting all of the stones or worse Thanos finding out before we could get a chance to grab it ourselves." said Loki "We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning. I think there's a portal nearby that could take us directly where he lives and let's hope that he's in a good mood tomorrow. Since from what I heard is that man can be really difficult and might not give in without a good reason."
"Maybe we can buy the Aether from him or go back to Asgard and find something better than the Eater and bring it to him in exchange for Eater." suggested Darcy "Plus we don't need to go all the way back to Asgard to try and get something. Maybe he'll be interested in something from Earth to add something to this big collection of his."
"It's Aether and it's not that simple as it sounds. The Collector is going to make sure that we can't grab a hold of it and going to make sure that it doesn't leave the relm with us at all or it's the last thing he does." said Loki "So we need to be ready for anything that the Collector is going to throw at us. No matter what consequences we might have to face afterwards. So if you want to come with me then you better be ready to fight till your last breath in case he wants to give us a fight or we run into any of the Chitari already there trying to steal the Aether. Since I have the feeling that this is going to be harder than grabbing two Infinity stones right under everyone's noses with a high security vault."
"I'm starting to get the feeling that you might be right." said Darcy "Now let's focus on these two before we start planning on how to get that gem tomorrow. But then again why can't we just use the teseract to get us all over the place without walking to any form of portal? It's easier."
"If we use the teseract then it could wind up bringing more harm than good to everyone especially us. Since the tesseract absorbs any form of power imaginable and plus it could wind up accidentally opening up the Chitari relm that I tried to open. Since weneed to be careful when it comes to the Infinity stones or else we might accidentally do Thanos's job for him." said Loki "Plus if we took the stones we already have now then it might make things harder for us. Since the Collector won't be likely to give us the Aether if he knew that we might possibly have two Infinity stones. It won't help matters if he tries to steal them right under our noses and we wind up coming home empty handed, being back where we have started."
"That's a good point and I guess I better turn in early since you kinda have a busy night ahead and I don't think I want to be responsible for holding you up. Plus I also want to get some sleep and all that stuff since we're going to have a busy day tomorrow." said Darcy "Uh so how long are you going to be up exactly? Since don't you guys ever sleep at night?"
"I do but I mostly stay up when I have to stay up to study, plan something or in this case figure out how to take apart some complex structure." said Loki "But I mostly stay up to focus on my own work or to have some time alone thinking about my life without anyone's comfort. Though I really don't need to now since I lost them both or one of the two at least."
"Maybe you haven't lost them both, since you should have heard Thor after you left last night and he seems pretty upset towards your so called death. Plus fun fact, he's now blaming himself for it and believes that it was his fault that you are now 'dead'." said Darcy "Maybe you should show him that you are alive and talk to him about everything. Since it's pretty clear that things are already going to far and plus we can't keep this a secret forever and wouldn't it make you happy to see your brother again without using an allusion to protect you from anything at all?"
"As plesent as that sounds but you do know that will never happen Darcy. No matter how much I would like it to happen, since we must keep this secret now more than ever. It's not only to help us complete this mission, but it will keep both Thor and Jane safe from what Thanos could do to them once he knows what's going on then he'll target them for information and I don't think I want to live with the fact that someone else from my family died because of me again." said Loki "Plus it might be for the best because Thanos could try to attack Midgaurd again in retaliation. Once Thanos finds out on what are we trying to do and sees that we are trying to destroy his chances of even managing to get one Infinity stones, then he'll stop at nothing but to succeed in his plans. No matter how many innocent beings that might wind up loosing lives due to his wrath and not too mention when he interigates people then he kills them on the spot even if you give him the answers that he's looking for."
"Then let's not let him catch anyone or us, so that way we won't have to worry about being captured by Thanos." said Darcy "But no matter what we'll get through this... somehow." With that Darcy went to bed and Loki returned back on focusing on how to get the Infinity stones outside of the structure that they are already are in. But anyone can tell that the two have a lot in store for them and things aren't about to get any easier on both of them, in fact it's about to get a lot worse.
In an unknown part in space
Thanos is gazing out into space and observing the universe with beliving that he'll soon have control of everything and will soon have the power of destroying it. But his train of thoughts soon were interupted by The Other.
"My lord, we went to Asgard as you've requested and discovered that you were right. Loki and the girl is trying to collect the stones before we can." said The Other "What do you propose that we do about it?" Thanos pondered about it for a minute and then turned to the Other with an evil grin.
"Let's let them grab all the four other Infinity stones and entertain ourselves by watching them that they are doing all of the work for us." said Thanos "When the time is right then we'll make Loki come and give them to us either by voluntary or by force." With that he gave an evil grin, with the gauntlet on he began to admire the two stones that he already collected from other worlds and stared out into the horizon ready to complete his plan once and for all.
Back on Earth, a couple hours later
The next morning, both Darcy and Loki were heading straight out of the door straight to the portal that would lead them to the Collector and the Infinity stone that they still need to find in order to stop Thanos. Once they were close enough to the portal, Darcy quickly stopped and turned to him.
"Are you still sure that you don't want to wear your Mysto suit and I shouldn't wear a disguise?" asked Darcy "Since right now you look like you and I'm an earthling. Arn't you worried that he might recongnize you?"
"We have never met before, plus in his world they don't get the news as fast as other worlds do and he probably don't know what happened on both earth and Asgard." said Loki "It might be best if we off as ourselves to him in order to make things quick." Once he said that, then they headed towards the portal and then he quickly turned to Darcy before going through the portall.
"Ready?" he asked her, already nervous on how will this turn out and all of the consequences they might have to face later.
"Ready." said Darcy determindly. She like Loki is nervous, but knows that they can do it. Then the two of them went through the portal together and now determinedto face the Collector and whatever he may try to throw at them.
Hey there, looks like I'm outdoing myself right? Since 2 chapter updates in less than a week and now that's something. First off sorry that those 2 chapters took so long,from juggling my other responsibilities and writing 4 fanfics which includes Redemption. You can't blame me for being a little busy. Though that is no excuse for putting it off. Look I'm not making any promises, but I'm going to try to make every update at least every months the earliest is every two weeks. Plus once I get to chapter 26 then I have an anouncement and a surprise for you all. Since that chapter itself is going there's going to be a big surprise and I figure that it might be a good time to make the anouncement. Ok i hope that you enjoyed these past two chapters and see you in the next update.