Revan didn't know what shocked him more: the fact that that actually worked and he was on the other side of a wormhole, or that he was so apathetic about his life that he tried it to begin with. It didn't matter, though. He saw some sort of space battle up ahead. No, it was more like one ship annihilating another.
It was a ship the size of... wow, it was huge. A battlecruiser the size of a small space station. Incredible, Revan thought. It appeared to be pummeling a significantly smaller ship with turbolaser fire. He was getting a distress signal from the smaller one, as well. Naturally, he went to investigate.
There was no way he could get remotely close without being detected in the Ebon Hawk, let alone this freighter Revan was using. Why did a junkyard freighter seem like a good idea to him? As he got closer, he saw a small port. He hadn't been noticed yet. Maybe they're too distracted?
By this point, the turbolaser fire had stopped. He heard talking. He moved toward the voices. As he got closer to them, he heard some sort of large energy burst, like that of a cannon. Except, it was unusually prolonged. And it didn't sound destructive in the slightest. Not at all like a regular cannon. Odd.
He peered around a corner. And to his shock,it was some sort of cargo bay littered with corpses. Revan put on his mask and hood. He could see several humanoid beings in the distance. Two of them were unusually large, one of them looking very animalistic and had some sort of weaponized scythe, the other a tall, imposing figure in gold-colored armor, who moved in to stab a man with a spear. He definetely look like he was in charge, so it didn't take a detective for Revan to figure out who was responsible for the mess. There were three other humanoid beings, but they were tall and slender. One received the spear from the one who just killed the man. Another already had a spear, and the other was unarmed.
He heard a cry from a lump of metal, which he suddenly realized was an imprisoned man. You are going to die for that! he heard. His presence in the Force was so... in pain. The confusion... the suffering... it was hard for him just feeling it. Judging by the cry, it would seem the man who was just killed was a close friend of his. Perhaps a family member. The unarmed, slender man telekinetically muffled the man with a piece of metal.
"Who are you?"
Revan jumped to find a long-haired man sneaking behind him. He spoke with a sophisticated Coruscanti accent. His hair was black as night, and he looked as if he just watched someone go through hell. He definitely felt that way, as well.
"I'm here to help," Revan replied. He noticed the slender man was holding some sort of glowing, blue cube, and was presenting it to the golden-armored one. But it was no ordinary cube. He could feel its power. It was unlike anything he had ever even heard of, let alone seen. He decided that such power could not fall into the wrong hands. But what was he supposed to do? Snatch it from him? Well...
"Answer me one question," Revan turned and said to the man. "Is that man responsible for this?" He pointed at the golden-armored one. The man nodded solemnly in response. "Dammit..." Revan said. He reached out. He would take the cube. As far as he knew, the safest hands were his own. The golden-armored one suddenly started taking his equipment off to reveal a purple, bald, hulking figure. When he was done, he reached for the cube. And Revan grabbed it.
Thor could barely process what was going on. He watched as Thanos mercilessly slaughtered half of the already crippled Asgard. He stood helpless as Thanos murdered his best friend, Heimdall. And now, Thanos had a second Infinity Stone. Hope was lost, death and defeat inevitable. Ebony Maw, Thanos' servant, proudly held the Tesseract before him. Thanos took his armor off and reached for the Tesseract...
When it suddenly flew from Maw's hand, into the darkness. They all looked, bewildered, when suddenly a hooded man emerged from the darkness. He wore a mask and a cape, and looked like a warrior. And in his left hand...
The Tesseract.
He was no ordinary mortal, if he was one at all.
He raised his free hand as a chunk of the ceiling fell on top of Thanos.
Thor's hope was rekindled. Maybe at least him and Loki could get out alive? Maybe the hooded figure was here to help? And behind him, Loki. If this was one of Loki's allies, well, that would be a nice change of pace, since most of Loki's friends want to do something along the lines of kill Thor...
Thanos' servants, the Black Order, charged at the man. He threw the Tesseract to Loki, and ignited two colored blades, one red, one purple, and ran towards them as well. He jumped a dozen feet into the air above them, and sent all but the Maw flying with the flick of his wrists. He then shot lightning from his fingertips at him. The Maw was caught off guard and sent flying into a nearby pillar. But how? Was he like Thor? Another god of thunder?
Suddenly, Thor's bonds left him. He was free, and the masked man lifted him to his feet.
"Can you run?" the man shouted. His voice was commanding, like a leader. "Thank you," Thor replied. "This isn't over yet," the man shot back. "Can you run?" Thor nodded in response. "Follow me," the man said.
They both started running toward the hangar. They had only gotten a dozen feet away when the piece of ceiling on top of Thanos exploded. Once they had left the cargo bay, the man telekinetically pulled together as much rubble as he could to block the exit. And then they kept running. They heard an explosion behind them. They didn't have much time.
They finally reached the man's ship. It looked like he made it himself from a scrap pile. It was a bland grey, made up of a disk with a claw-like structure sticking out the left side, and a ball-shaped cockpit sticking out the right. A hatch was open from the underbelly, and it had a gun on the bottom side. It also had a radar dish on the left side, and the back had two large engines, along with a third that looked like it had exploded a long time ago.
They got into the ship as the masked man blocked the entrance into the hanger with more rubble. He got into the ship and jumped into the cockpit with everyone else. He started flipping switches, pulling levers, and smacked the console at one point. The ship breathed life, and hovered into the air. Meanwhile, Thanos broke through the rubble with the Power Stone. But he was too late. The ship left the hangar.
They had been flying in silence for at least a minute straight. Loki spoke up.
"Who are you?" he said. "Really?"
Revan wasn't sure how to respond. He was Revan. He knew it. Right? Or maybe he was wrong, when he told Bastila four years ago. He sighed. What was speaking? His heart? His mind? The Force? And why? Was he wrong? Or was it just the heat of the moment?
"You can call me Revan," he answered. He felt uneasy about it. He just wasn't sure why. He shook it off. "What about you?" he continued.
"My name is Loki," he replied. "This is my brother, Thor. Sons of Odin, of Asgard."
"What happened back there?" Revan asked. "Who was that?"
"That was Thanos," Thor replied. "He was there for the Tesseract."
"The what?" Revan replied.
"It contains an Infinity Stone," Loki answered. "Thanos appears to be collecting them."
"I take it they're some kind of powerful artifacts?" Revan asked.
"More or less," Loki replied. They heard a boom. Revan checked the sensors. "They're firing at us."
He swerved the ship as he narrowly avoided being hit. "How do you intend to get us out of here, might I ask?" said Loki. "Working on it!" Revan replied. How the hell was he supposed to get out of this one? He could fly, sure, but he's not terribly good at it. He thought back to the chases he had been in before. Then he remembered he had a better pilot and an even better ship, plus a functioning crew. Alright, but how did Carth do it? Stars, how could I know? he thought. I was in the damn gunner position the whole time!
"No mere mortal can so much as hold an Infinity Stone with getting destroyed by its power," Loki said. "Yet you did with no trouble at all."
Revan smiled. "I'm not your average mortal."
There was another boom. They were hit. The ship spun out of control. Revan tried to maintain his course, but to no avail.
"Clearly, not much of a pilot, though!" Loki scoffed.
"Come on, get up!" he shouted at the brothers. He took them out of the cockpit and into an escape pod. He shoved them in and shut the door. He waited for another shot to hit the ship. A few seconds before it did, he jettisoned the pod and then shut off its power. He breathed a sigh of relief. They were safe. For now.
Revan sat back to think.
"What now?" Thor asked.
"We see what happens and plan accordingly," Revan replied. Not a very hope-filled answer, but it was all he had. Besides, he already had a reputation back home for being blunt. But he was also quite the strategist. Planning was what he did. That was how he almost conquered the galaxy. Almost.
"I'm... sorry, we wait?" Loki questioned. "We have the Tesseract right here. Thanos will find us in a matter of minutes!"
"Yes, but he won't be expecting to find us," Revan explained. He leaned forward to explain his reasoning. "The power to the pod is off. The only energy signature Thanos will be getting is from the Tesseract. Therefore, he won't be sending several dozen armed soldiers, he'll be sending a small group of men to get it. He won't try to use a tractor beam because he will believe that the Tesseract is floating around in space, not inside a pod containing people he believes are dead. Get the idea?"
"And what do you suppose we do when he does find us?" Loki inquired. Revan sat back again. "We examine the circumstances and plan accordingly," he said.
"You shot lightning from your fingers before," Thor said weakly, almost as if he was insecure about it. "How?"
"I was born sensitive to an energy field known as the Force," Revan explained. "I've mastered its Light and Dark Sides, and have gained access to power of a colossal scale." Revan looked at Loki. "It probably has something to do with how I was able to hold an Infinity Stone."
"Are there, um..." Thor struggled to find the words. "Are there others with your power?"
"Yes," Revan replied. "Two orders of warriors, who have been enemies for as long as they coexisted. One practices the Dark Side, the other the Light. The Sith, and the Jedi."
"And you use both?" Loki inquired.
"Yeah," replied Revan. "Although, I'm not exactly in right-standing with either of them. I cast down the Sith Empire, and the Jedi consider me dangerous."
Revan looked into the distance. "You know..." Revan said.
"What?" Loki replied. "What is it?"
"We could also get help from whoever the hell those guys are."
Loki looked. Some sort of bird-like starship was investigating the ruin of Thor and Loki's ship. Maybe they were here to help?
Loki saw Revan pressing buttons. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm turning on the power so they can detect us," Revan explained. "It's risky, but the benefit of a higher chance of rescue outweighs it."
The mystery ship began moving closer. When the ship was facing the pod, someone exited the ship through a hatch in the top. He was carrying a cable to reel the pod in. He was wearing some sort of brown-ish jacket, and was wearing a mask that only covered his face.
Revan distributed oxygen masks among themselves. He opened the pod and waved for them to come over. They were saved.