The great titan… Thanos… Standing in the opening. Behind him, all his mindless servants were crawling around.

Maybe if it was only Thanos they could take him… maybe if it had just been his army they could fight through it.

But not both… They couldn't handle both.

"Loki..." Thor breathed. "Whatever we do, whatever happens. He must not get the Stones."

Loki nodded. "There is only one way."

Thor gave a nod. "Aye, only one option."

And then both turned and just ran! Ran as fast as they could.

Thanos's eyes narrowed. "After them," he simply commanded and the Chitauri roared as they were on their way.

"LOKI!" Thor screamed as he grabbed Loki's hand and then swung his hammer, allowing the hammer to lift them both.

This time Loki didn't complain, just held onto Thor's hand. The Asgardian troops were nothing, beneath them was an ocean of creatures.

It was okay, they just needed to reach the spacecraft! They could escape! THERE! Thor flew towards it and dropped Loki, letting the younger god drop down before Thor dropped down himself. "LET'S GO!" he shouted, looking at Loki.

Loki though had frozen, his bright red eyes wide, his face a picture of shock and horror.

Thor halted, then he turned and saw… Odin himself, blocking their entrance into the spacecraft and next to him were Sif, the Warriors Three, and a group of Asgardian warriors.

"Father," Thor gasped. "FATHER! This is not the time! We need to go!"

However Odin's eyes weren't on Thor, they were on Loki. Thor turned to Loki and saw Loki hissing, then he turned around, trying to cover his face with his arm. "St-Stop," Loki hissed. "Stop looking at me!"

"My son..." Odin breathed.

"Look, this is not the place nor time!" Thor stepped between them, blocking Odin's sight of Loki. "Thanos is on our tails! He cannot get the Stones, we have to go now!" he stated. "Punish us if you must, but we have to go!"

"My king," Sif breathed as she looked past Odin and the roar sounded as the army slowly started to appear.

"The stars are vanishing, the worlds are collapsing, everyone is disappearing! We are trying to fix it!" Thor shouted. "Father! PLEASE!" he begged.

Odin's eyes were stern, his hand tightened around Gungnir. "Loki," he spoke up.

And Loki gasped as he scrambled to hide behind Thor.

"I… I know of the secret of the Soul Stone. What must be given up," Odin breathed. "I have never before heard of anyone who found a way to bend the rules… But even by bending the rules, the sacrifice must be grand. The Soul Stone won't accept anything which doesn't hold true value to the one giving it up…" He walked past Thor so he now stood beside Loki, who fearfully looked at him. Odin looked so sad. "You may have saved everyone… Let your skin not symbolize betrayal, but your selfless sacrifice. Today you were better than any Asgardian… I love you, my son," he informed, bowing over and kissing Loki on the head.

Then Odin turned to the army, holding Gungnir in his hands. "Go, now. We will keep them here for as long as we can."

Thor gasped. "Father."

"You said it yourself!" Sif exclaimed as she stepped forward, pulling out her sword. "There's no time! GO!"

"We can handle a few bugs," Fandral said with a grin, stepping forward with his rapier.

"You just handle the universe," Volstagg added, holding his great ax with both hands.

"See you back on Asgard," Hogun stated, aiming with his bow.

Thor gasped. "Friends.."

Then Loki grabbed Thor's arms. "Come on… We cannot waste their noble actions."

Thor nodded, allowing Loki to pull him inside, as Loki pressed the buttons the army approached. Thor's eyes watered as he looked outside while the aircraft was lifting off, soon up in the air. "Father..." he gasped.

"They… won't be fighting for that long regardless," Loki said apprehensively.

Thor turned to Loki. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"Look." Loki pointed and Thor turned before his eyes widened; darkness… Darkness seemed to be spreading, like a sludge, swallowing all that was in its way, causing it to vanish.

"It's… disappearing," Thor gasped in alarm.

"This reality… is vanishing," Loki whispered fearfully.

"What do we do?!" Thor asked.

"I… The center! The center will go last!" Loki exclaimed, pressing buttons.

"The center?" Thor asked, then his eyes widened. "ASGARD!"

And Loki nodded as he pressed the final button and they sped off, then he closed his eyes. "Father," he choked out.

Thor swallowed, putting a hand on Loki's shoulder. "He loves you."

Loki didn't reply but squinted his eyes, holding his face with his blue hands.

"We must go," Thor whispered.