AN I know I said this chapter would be Enid and Thor, but I couldn't fit a chapter with them without finishing this chapter first; the time and days didn't fit right, so I had to do this one first and sorry it took so long couldn't get it right; I'm still not sure about this chapter, but Here it is. I probably should warn you; there is a gruesome little scene towards the end of the chapter.
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Anything.
Chapter 33 Xander
The people of Xander didn't seem to notice or care as five people seemingly appeared out of nowhere on their planet, being a very populated, very well guarded planet, Loki thought it best to instead of flying in on their ship to teleport here, the five held hands with one another as Kurt and Loki combined their ability to teleport and bring them all here safely, they left their spaceship parked in space under a cloaking feature it had. They let go of one another and started walking forward; Saphira and Loki were in the middle while Kurt walked by Loki, Mystique by him, and Remy on the other side walking by Saphira.
"See anyone holding a magical stone?" Remy suddenly asked. Saphira shook her head.
"It's not here yet," Saphira said, looking around. "The Power Stone isn't here, but it's on its way; I can feel it."
Saphira crossed her arms, almost hugging herself as if she was cold again; earlier, when Loki had woken her up from her nap, Saphira hadn't wanted to get up complaining it was too freezing to do so, something Loki found odd because for as long as Loki knew her, and that was a long time, he could never think of a time Saphira complained about being cold, Saphira's body usually adapted to the temperature around her cold or hot, the reason Loki was concerned that she was getting sick somehow.
Loki watched her for a few minutes, then slipped his jacket off and held it out to her; Saphira glanced at it for a moment, then took it and put it on; it turned into a hoodie matching her outfit.
"Better, love?" Loki asked. Saphira nodded as she zipped the hoodie then pulled the sleeves down over her hands.
"I like this place," Saphira said, loosely looping her arm with Loki's as they walked across a walkway; Saphira seemed in a better mood since taken her nap, and thankfully hasn't had any more dizzy spells since last time trying to connect to the Power Stone.
"It is a lovely planet when this is all over. I'll have to bring Rogue here," Remy added. "If it's still standing, that is."
"It is nice here, but where is everyone?" Kurt asked; Loki looked at him, then around him, and Kurt had a point not many people were around, just very few walking here and there. "I know I have never been here, but this reminds me of one of the big cities on Earth, which makes me think there should be more people around."
"There usually are." Loki replied, "It's been a few years since I was here, but yeah, these streets are normally full of people." Loki shrugged then continued walking.
"Hey, Loki Loke, can we go in there?" Saphira asked as they passed by some store.
"If you wish, darling, but please stop giving me those absurd nicknames," Loki answered.
"I don't think they're absurd." Saphira said, "I think they are cute."
Loki chose not to answer as the metal door rose, allowing them to enter; the place had a bunch of glass display shelves and cabinets all over the room with different glass collectibles in them, in the back of the room, behind a long white counter stood a guy calling himself The Brooker.
"I didn't expect any customers; the Nova Crops evacuated the town." The Brooker said.
"Why?" Loki demanded, walking up to the counter.
"Something about the threat of an attack." The Brooker replied, "Some refused to leave, me among them."
"What attack?" Loki demanded.
"I don't know; Nova Crops wouldn't say." Brooker replied, "I, of course, refused because I wasn't going to leave my place unattended, for anyone to walk in and take whatever they pleased."
"Hey, Loki, look," Saphira called to him; Loki turned from The Brooker and walked over to her; Saphira was standing in front of one of the glass display cases, pointing at a glass snake; it was about the size of the tesseract; a pretty green color, with black jewels going down its body and two gems for eyes, standing with its upper body up, and his lower half wrapped in a circle. "Isn't it pretty? And you love snakes."
"Do you want it, love?" Loki asked. Saphira looked up at him and smiled.
"To be honest, I want to buy it for you," Saphira answered, which made Loki smile at her, then lean in and give her a quick peck on the lips before turning to The Brooker.
"My wife sees something she wishes to purchase," Loki told him; The Brooker walked out from behind the counter and over to them to see what they wanted.
"Ah, yes, I get a lot of questions about that piece, but in the end, no one has ever been able to afford to purchase it." The Brooker said, with a knowing smirk, as if he would get the same answer from them.
"Sir, I am Loki of Asgard, my wife is Saphira of Alfheim, we come from families of royals, believe me, we have enough to buy twenty or more of them," Loki said, motioning towards the glass snake, yes, he liked the snake. Still, he didn't care whether or not they bought it; it was just Saphira seemed so happy to buy him a gift; Loki appreciated the thought and was going to make sure his wife got what she wanted.
"In that case, let me wrap it up for you." The Brooker said, then he walked off to get some wrappings and a bag; once they made their purchase and was handed the bag with the glass snake, the five of them left the shop, The Brooker looking a lot happier than when they walked in, once outside Loki sent the bag to his pocket dimension so the snake wouldn't get broke, Saphira put her arm back through his, and the five walked on.
"Why do you think the Nova Crops evacuated the town?" Saphira asked, "Do you think they know about the Power Stone and did it as a precaution? Or do you think this Star-Lord is a threat?"
"Neither." Loki replied, "I believe Ronan was able to get the Power Stone from Lord Star, and he or someone with him was able to warn Nova Crops; Ronan was working with Thanos because he promised to destroy Xander for him, my guess is he got tired of waiting."
"That sucks; I was likening this planet," Saphira remarked.
"If Ronan is on his way here and has the Power Stone," Loki said, frowning in thought. "We should probably leave before he gets here."
"Leave?" Kurt demanded. "No, we have to help Nova Crops fight him, protect the ones left on this planet."
"Kurt, Ronan is dangerous, even without an Infinity Stone, a ruthless killer; I would hate to think of how he would be with the Power Stone." Loki tried to explain. "And doesn't sound as if he's working for Thanos anymore, so, who knows what he's capable of."
"Exactly," Kurt argued, "Which is why we should stay and help the innocent people."
"I doubt these people are innocent," Loki replied.
"Besides, they had a chance to leave; they chose to stay; it's their stupidity if they get killed." Mystique put in.
"We still need to get my stone from him," Saphira said.
"We will, we just have to figure out how, and not now," Loki replied. "We have to get out of here, maybe look for another stone, then come back to this one."
"But we don't know where the others are; we know this one is heading here now," Saphira argued.
"We are not going to get any stones if we die with everyone on this planet," Loki replied.
"I agree with Loki; we should leave while we can." Mystique replied.
"And I agree with Kurt, but because we need the stone," Saphira said.
"Darling, listen.." Loki tried; Saphira let go of his arm and stepped back.
"We need that stone; we can't just run; we kill Ronan somehow and get the stone from him," Saphira said. Loki ran his hand through his hair and paced one time before turning back to Saphira.
"Sweetheart...
"Besides." Saphira cut him off, "He's one that hurt you; I want revenge."
"Darling, please, I..." Loki was interrupted again but not by Saphira but by an aircraft that flew overhead; they looked up to see another than another; Saphira turned from him to watch as more went flying over, same with anyone walking near them.
"Looks like it's too late to leave, no," Remy remarked.
"No, it looks like they are just getting ready," Loki said.
"This may be the only chance we have of getting the Power Stone," Saphira said; Loki looked at her thoughtfully, then sighed.
"Fine! But we need a plan, and with the Nova Crops involved, it might not be easy." Loki replied. "Come on; I think I know something that might work."
Thirty minutes later and with little convincing to Nova Crops, Loki and Mystique were in a small spaceship together, as were Kurt and Remy. Nova Crops decided they could use whatever help they could get, and Loki planned to act as if they were helping, then somehow swap in get the stone from Ronan and take off; Saphira, unfortunately, was still on the ground, being the only one among them not knowing how to fly a ship and these had nowhere for a third person, so, she stayed on the ground to keep her eyes on the Nova Crops.
It wasn't long before Loki saw the familiar ship flying towards Xander, The Black Aster, if he remembered the name right. He started firing along with everyone else as it got closer; Loki and Mystique flew the ship up, then headed closer as they fired on it; Loki dodged a shot fired at them, then fired back, all around him, ships got hit, and blowing up or falling from the sky, so Loki had to dodge them, along with shots fired from the Black Aster, along with getting in the way of shots fired at The Black Aster.
Loki turned the ship sideways to dodge a falling ship coming his way; then, after a bit, they were ordered to get into formation, all lining up to form like a giant wall then making a gold wall form around them, hoping it will stop Ronan's ship from getting to Xander.
"This isn't going to work for long, is it?" Kurt asked over the headset.
"Probably not." Loki replied, "I doubt Ronan is doing anything right now, other than watching as his goons fire at us, but he'll soon get tired of playing and take action."
"So, you don't think he's doing anything himself yet?" Kurt demanded.
"No, I do not, " Loki replied. "Or he would have already destroyed all these ships, the planet, and all of us with it."
"Dude." An unknown voice said over the headset. "Stop being so gloomy." Loki rolled his eyes.
"I am not a dude." Loki replied, "I'm a god."
"Loki," Kurt called before the guy could reply, "There is only one way I can see to stop Ronan then, and that is to go on his ship and face him before he gets through."
"What?" Loki demanded, "Kurt, you better not be thinking what I think you are thinking." Kurt didn't answer. "Kurt, answer me!"
"Umm, Loki, " Remy's voice came over his headset. "Kurt left, teleported away."
"Why did you not stop him," Loki demanded.
"Hey, don't blame me, mon ami," Remy replied, "Not like I knew he was suddenly going to teleport away, you know, where he went."
"He is going to get himself killed." Mystique said, actually sounding worried. Loki frown and ran his hand through his hair. He didn't want to go up there, see Ronan or anyone else that worked for Thanos, but he couldn't let his little brother get killed either; others view him and his wife as villains, but they are not entirely heartless; they did have a handful of people that they liked.
"Damn it!" Loki swore, undoing his seatbelts. "LeBeau, if this ship gets passed and you're still alive, you better go to the ground and get my wife and leave this planet." He took off the headset and tossed it aside, and, without another thought, teleported away.
"Wait, Loki.." Mystique called as he disappeared.
Loki appeared in what he guessed was the ship's corridor; he looked around frowning; Loki didn't think this through; how would he find Kurt. And which way should he walk? Forward or backward?
"Kurt," Loki called out without thinking.
"Up here." Kurt replied; Loki looked up to see Kurt hanging upside down not far above his head; he did a flip then landed in front of Loki on his feet and gave a nervous smile.
"I wasn't thinking," Kurt admitted; Loki rolled his eyes.
"Obviously," Loki replied, but before he could demand Kurt to leave with him now, there was a sudden bang, then the whole ship shook, knocking them off their feet as dust and little bits of rubble fell on them.
"What happened," Kurt demanded, sitting up.
"I believe something crashed into this ship," Loki said, standing and dusting himself off. "We need to get..." He stopped talking at the sound of a loud gun going off, then moments later, a group of five people came walking into the room; a weird looking bunch, one guy, Loki was sure was a Midgardain, a muscular guy, that had marks all over his body, what looked to be a cat, walking on its hind legs, a walking, talking tree, and to Loki's displeasure Thanos' favorite daughter, Gamora.
"Loki?" Gamora demanded, frowning at him in confusion.
"Well, if it isn't daddy's little girl," Loki remarked, smirking.
"Don't call me that," Gamora demanded, voice rising.
"Hang on; you two know each other?" The Midgardain demanded.
"I know who he is, Quill, but I don't know him," Gamora answered.
"Well, I know you, and I know you love to stand by and watch innocent people get tortured by your father's goons," Loki replied.
"You are anything but innocent," Gamora said.
"I am Groot." The big tall tree said; Loki turned to him.
"I am Loki, of Asgard," Loki told him. "It is not a pleasure to meet you, any of you, now if you'll excuse us, my brother and I were leaving."
"No, we weren't," Kurt spoke up, "Or I wasn't." Loki turned to Kurt.
"Yes, we were, unless you want to die a painful and violent death," Loki said.
"There is no better way to die." The big muscular guy said. "Then a violent and painful death in battle."
"Drax, there is something wrong with you," Quil said.
"There is nothing wrong with me." Drax said, "There is nothing broken or missing."
"That's not what I meant," Quill replied.
"Dear Lord, I teleported on a spaceship full of idiots," Loki mumbled.
"We need to help them take out Ronan," Kurt said.
"No, we do not." Loki said, "We'll get ourselves killed, you come with me, we go back to Xander, get my wife, Raven, and leave before this planet gets blown up."
"I am with this guy; let's all do that." the cat said,
"We have to stop Ronan," Gamora said, "and we are wasting time standing around here arguing about it. You guys go to Ronan; I'm going to take down the security system." Gamora turned and ran left; the others walked forward; Loki looked to Kurt, who turned and followed them.
"Kurt Wagner, get back here," Loki demanded, going after him.
"If you want to go get the others and go, then do so," Kurt replied, "I'm helping stop Ronan; you should help; you should start thinking more of others than yourself."
"And you need to start thinking of yourself more than others," Loki told him.
"Listen to your brother, kid." The cat said. "You should always put yourself first."
"See, " Loki said, pointing towards him. "The cat understands what I'm saying."
"Cat?" He demanded, "I'm not a cat."
"Rocket's a Raccoon," Quill said. Then it clicked, of course, talking tree, raccoon, Gamora, this was Lord Star and his lot how Loki hadn't realized that before, he didn't know.
Rocket decided to go off somewhere on his own, Loki didn't catch where, and the rest went on; Kurt went with them, leaving Loki no other choice but to follow again. They turned around a corner to bump into a group of people, the guy in front, possibly the leader, said.
"Star-Lord!"
"Finally!" Quill yelled, excited someone recognized his name. Loki rolled his eyes then looked at Kurt.
"He's worse than Thor." Loki said, Kurt snorted.
Loki couldn't believe this idiot was who they couldn't catch. The guy and Quill started fighting, which got them all fighting; Loki was hitting, kicking, and stabbing anyone that came near him, along with blasting away people with magic; Quill was now shooting at people with that weird gun of his, Drax was using his hands to take them apart, Groot the tree was stabbing people with his branches, and Kurt was using teleportation to pop all around hitting and kicking people, also using some magic, like Loki has been teaching him. Loki was also using his boots to run up the walls to avoid hits. Then suddenly they were a big explosion coming from outside the ship, causing it to shake.
"Xander!" Ronon's voice called, "You stand accused. Your wretched peace treaty will not save you now. It is the fuel on which you burn." then he did something, they didn't know what but there was another explosion, and the ship started shaking. Loki looked towards Kurt, who shook his head, causing Loki to sign, why did his little brother have to be so stubborn?
"Quill, " Rocket's voice yelled from somewhere. "Hurry, we're getting our asses kicked out here."
"How? Gamora hasn't opened the door yet." Quill replied; Loki immediately looked to Kurt.
"No, do not..." Too late, Kurt disappeared in a puff of blue smoke. "Damn it!" Loki cried, hitting the wall; before teleporting himself in the room with Ronan, he appeared in time to see Ronan blasting Kurt away with a large hammer he had the Power Stone in. Loki ran to where he landed to check on him; he was okay; to his relief, Loki grabbed Kurt's arm and helped him up.
"Loki, " Ronan said, sounding surprised, "I didn't think you would care about some random planet."
"I do not," Loki said, pushing Kurt behind him, "You happen to have something that belongs to me, so, if you would hand it over, we'll be on our way." Ronan laughed.
"You got a taste of how an Infinity Stone feels to wield now you want more." Ronan said, "Here, try it."
He pointed the big hammer at him, and purple energy came from it; before it hit, Kurt grabbed Loki's arm and teleported them to behind Ronan. Loki made daggers appear in his hands as Ronan turned around to face them; Kurt teleported again to stand behind Ronan, who turned to him; while he was distracted, Loki came forward and sliced across his cheek; he groaned in anger and turned back to Loki, swinging the hammer, Loki jumped to the side out of the way, and Kurt took the opportunity to get a few hits in on Ronan, appearing and disappearing around him, hitting and kicking, the problem was, with the Power Stone it seemed to annoy Ronan more than anything, so Loki started tossing magic at him, he stumbled back a little, Kurt soon appeared next to Loki doing the same.
Ronan seemed to remember he had the Power Stone and pointed his hammer at them, blasting out the purple energy again; before they could react, both were knocked off their feet and blasted a few feet away, landing hard on the metal floor of the ship, both groaned, lying next to each other.
"Loki, you okay," Kurt demanded as Loki rolled over on his side.
"Yes, you?" Loki asked, looking over to him as he set up. Kurt nodded.
"I'm sorry, " Kurt replied, "I didn't think I just wanted to help." Loki waved away Kurt's apology; it wasn't Kurt's fault, not entirely; the X-MEN brainwashed him to be some superhero, something Loki decided needed undoing, so Kurt doesn't get himself killed.
The door behind Ronan suddenly opened, and the others came running in, Quill holding a large gun, which he fired without warning; Loki quickly shoved Kurt down and covered him with his body; he was a God, Kurt was not; he was more likely to get hurt or killed then Loki was. The blast knocked Ronan away, but Loki knew it didn't hurt him.
"You did it." Drax cried out. Loki and Kurt got to their feet, but Ronan came walking forward from where he got blasted, pushed past them, as he walked towards the others. Kurt ran towards him to attack, but Ronan grabbed him by the neck and lifted him, choking him; Loki ran to help, as Kurt teleported at his grip, but then Ronan grabbed Loki and did the same to him.
"I believe Thanos was able to manipulate you by threatening a woman you were in love with." Ronan said, Loki's eyes grew big, "By that reaction, you must still love her, how sweet, when I finish here, I'll pay her a visit."
"Don't you.." Loki choked out, a dagger appearing in his hand. "Threaten her." He then stuck his dagger in the side of Ronan's neck, he dropped Loki to pull it out, but before he could do anything else, a spaceship driven by Rocket came crashing through the window; Kurt grabbed Loki's arm tightly and teleported them off the ship and to the ground below.
But what they saw shocked them; all around the planet was destroyed, ships lying everywhere, bodies lying everywhere, no one alive was around; while they were on Ronan's ship look like he did what he wanted without realizing it. Then Loki's heart dropped; Saphira was down here somewhere.
"SAPHIRA!" Loki yelled, spinning around trying to spot her, "SAPHIRA!"
"Mother, Gambit!" Kurt yelled, He looked around, but They weren't anywhere; something didn't seem right. "Loki, do you think?"
"I told LeBeau if the ship gets through to get Saphira and go, I'm sure he took Raven with them; that's why there are not here; they left the planet," Loki replied, trying to get himself to believe it more than Kurt as he looked around. "We should go back to the ship and."
He was interrupted by a loud bang, and they both looked up to see the ship heading their way; Kurt and Loki jumped out of the way as it crashed onto the ground. When the dust cleared, and Loki and Kurt sat up, Quill and his friends were suddenly sitting among the rubble all but Groot and going by the sticks and branches now lying around; he didn't make it.
"What the hell?" Quill yelled, jumping to his feet and looking around along with all the rest.
"We're too late." Rocket said, "All that for nothing." He turned to the stick in his hand. "See, this is why you don't help people."
"Quill," Gamora said, walking over to him. "We still need to stop Ronan and get that stone." Quill nodded in agreement. Loki turned to Kurt.
"If you want to go, we'll go," Kurt said; Loki opened his mouth to say something, but then Ronan's voice interrupted him.
"People of Xander." Ronan called out, "The time has come, rejoice and renounce your paltry gods! Your salvation is at hand!" He raised the hammer above his head.
"Do you ever shut up?" Loki cried out, walking forward, "If you're going to destroy the planet, do it, though there is not much left to destroy. There isn't even anyone here; you are talking to no one."
"You're still alive," Ronan asked. "I'll have to fix that then."
"Is this why we villains are constantly losing?" Loki demanded, "Because even when we are about to win, we can't shut our mouths long enough to finish it?"
"How dare you...!"
"How dare you?" Loki repeated, "You're giving me a headache."
"He's given us all a headache," Quill said.
"You killed Groot," Rocket yelled, running forward, but Ronan blasted him back with his hammer.
"Hey, asshole!" A familiar voice called out, making Loki look wildly around, but he didn't see his wife anywhere. "Way to make yourself look big and tough, picking on a little defensive animal a lot smaller than you."
That's when Loki realized Saphira's voice was coming from behind Ronan; she must have been using his jacket to make herself invisible.
"Is that a challenge, women?" Ronan laughed. "None of them have been able to stop me! What makes you believe you can?"
"Because I have something none of them have," Saphira answered, suddenly appearing behind Ronan; she reached up and lowered her hood; there was something different about her that seemed more powerful, then Loki noticed the Pheonix necklace around her neck.
"And what might that be?" Ronan demanded.
"An infinity stone of my own," Saphira said, raising her head. Her eyes were glowing red.
"What the hell?" Quill cried out. "That chick's eyes are glowing." Loki glared at him and made a dagger appear in his hand, then took a step towards Quill, but Kurt grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"It doesn't matter how many stones you have; you still can't beat me," Ronan said. "How could you possibly, defeat me? I am going to have my revenge on Xander, and unless you leave now, you'll fall with it."
Saphira's eyes glanced at Loki; then, she turned back to Ronan. "My husband is a trickster, the God of Mischief and master of illusions."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Ronan demanded. Saphira smirked and reached up and gripped the ruby-shaped Phoenix pendant.
"I have known him for over a thousand years; Of course, I would learn some of his tricks," Saphira replied.
She turned the Phoenix one way then the other; there was a short red ripple around them, and most of the destruction disappeared as Nova Crops guards appeared holding guns towards Ronan, Mystique, and Remy appeared standing next to Saphira holding guns. That's why the scene didn't seem right to Loki; Saphira used the Reality Stone to cast an illusion to trick Ronan; Loki suddenly felt an enormous amount of pride for his wife.
"Ronan, " one of the guards said, "Drop the hammer and surrender now."
Ronan looked at them a moment, then began to laugh, "I have to give it to you; it was a nice try, but.."
He didn't finish as he raised his hammer, and the guards started firing at him; Ronan came at them with his hammer, blasting at the guards; Quill tried stopping him and got thrown back, same with Drax, Rocket, Mystique. Saphira ran forward; Ronan turned to her and raised the hammer.
"No!" Loki shouted, running forward; Ronan turned to him and blasted him too; Loki felt himself fly back and land on top of the rubble, then rolled down and hit the ground; Ronan started walking towards him, but then suddenly, a blast of red energy hit him from behind; Ronan turned around, and suddenly he was floating in the air, Saphira turning off the gravity under his feet, holding out her hand; he pointed the hammer at her, Loki jumped up, but it was too late as Ronan blasted her with the Power Stone, Saphira was thrown back and slammed down hard onto the ground.
"Saphira!" Loki cried, running to her when he ran by Ronan; he came around with his hammer and hit Loki in the ribs; Loki bent over, making an oof-like sound, and fell to his knees. Ronan raised his hammer.
"No!" Mystique cried, and to Loki's shock, she covered him with her body. Kurt popped in behind Ronan and tried to surprise him, which only resulted in him being grabbed and thrown a few feet away. "Kurt!"
"Get out of my way." Ronan cried, grabbing Mystique by the hair and tossing her aside before Loki could do something; Ronan grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the ground. "Do not worry, when I kill her, it won't hurt her...much."
Before Ronan could do anything else to Loki, a weird plant with long flowering vines came bursting out of the ground; the vines grew out and wrapped around Loki as if hugging him and pulled him out of Ronan's grip and down to the ground and held him there protectively.
"You bastard!" Saphira shouted; she was standing now. To Loki's relief, she looked unhurt. "I didn't want to have to do this, but you gave me no choice." She reached up and touched the ruby on the necklace; red sludge-like stuff came flying out and circled Saphira. When it was gone, her eyes glowed more, and she began to glow a red color.
"What the hell was that?" Quill demanded.
"I think the Infinity Stone is inside her now," Gamora replied.
"Ronan." Saphira said, "We did not come to Xander to help; my family came here, for one thing, we were chasing some idiot calling himself Star-Lord because he had something that belongs to me, but I, on the other hand, also came for another reason."
"What might that be?" Ronan demanded.
"Revenge," Saphira said; she held her hand out to Ronan. "You are only one of many I plan to destroy until I get to the one I want."
"What are you doing?" Ronan demanded as red light sounded him; Saphira gave him a sinister grin.
"I told you, revenge." Saphira said, "Unfortunately, that's going to be very painful for you." She closed her hand into a fist.
Ronan started screaming in pain as the skin began peeling away from his body, then his muscles and tissue until there was nothing but a skeleton which all fell to the ground; next to the hammer he dropped, Ronan was nothing but a pile of Kree tissue and bones now. For a long moment, no one said anything, just stood in shocked silence, then everyone started talking at once, or even gagging, as Loki finally got himself free of the plant and went towards Saphira, who was looking at him.
"Loki," Saphira said; she stumbled, then dropped to her knees.
"Darling," Loki said, running to her as Saphira reached out for him.
"I'm okay, just tired, overdid it, I think," Saphira replied as Loki Kneeled in front of her and laid his hands on her arms. "Loki, the stone."
Loki looked to wear the hammer had fallen to see it gone; someone must have picked it up. Then Remy, Kurt, and Mystique walked up to them.
"Do not worry, my love; we'll get it," Loki said, "Right now, I'm going to have Kurt take you back to the ship; LeBeau and I will get the hammer, once I get back, you are putting the Realty Stone back in the ruby."
"Okay," Saphira mumbled; she pointed towards the plant, which to Loki's surprise, was upon its vines, using them to crawl towards them, looking almost like a spider. It crawled over to them and tried wrapping its vines around Loki's arm; he pulled away from it, then Saphira said something Loki didn't care to hear.
"Bring her with you, please."
AN Ugh, this chapter gave me trouble to write, but I did my best and think I did okay; next might be about Enid and Thor, might be something Else