She wasn't sure of why she had come or why was she helping Loki a complete stranger with a rather dangerous past, however it did seem like the right thing to do, it felt like that, reuniting two siblings, she owed it to Pietro, to herself.
It was her first time leaving the planet but she was sure this place called Knowhere wasn't exactly a pretty one. They hadn't been it too long but seeing different species with rough gazes and suspicious weapons did make her question her choices.
"Should we split or something?" Stark asked, out of them all he was the most freaked out, she had to bite her tongue to not laugh.
"No need" Loki spoke "there is only one place in here Thor would have gone if he's not-"
She frowned and wondered why he had stopped talking out of the sudden, his gaze was glued to the sky and his jaw had tightened.
"Shit" Valkyrie let out
Wanda slowly looked up and saw a giant spaceship in the shape of an "O" slowly placing itself above them, she didn't even need to ask who that was. Not only Loki had noticed it, the people and aliens around them began running and screaming, a few nearby ships began to take off.
Stephen reopened the portal back to New York "He's here, let's go"
"No need to ask twice" Tony joked nervously
"No" Valkyrie yelled at him, the noise around them had become deafening "Thor could be here!"
"Either way he's dead!" Stephen yelled back "we have two other stones here you idiots!"
Loki hadn't taken his eyes from the sky, Wanda knew he was scared and was probably facing one of the most difficult choices he had ever have to go to through, saving his skin or his brother's. The breach in his mind made him look at her, he wasn't mad or surprised, he was almost thankful for someone to know and feel what he was.
The space ship landed about 50 meters from them and a few aliens had begun to disperse around the people, everything had become chaos.
"Wait!" She called to Stephen "I can look for Thor, telepathically, I just need to be closer to where he might be"
Stephen scoffed "and I suppose Thor is over there!" He pointed to where the ship had landed "this is a trick from Loki!"
"No it's not" Val yelled "we're wasting time!"
Tony who had been silent took a deep breath and turned to Wanda "is he saying the truth?"
Wanda nodded and he sighed then turned back to Stephen
"I get it if you want to go but Thor's our friend and we won't leave him behind so this is probably your queue to go back to New York"
Everyone was surprised by his words, Stephen eyed everyone and cursed under his breath, he closed the portal "we'll go as close as we can" he turned to Wanda "you search for him and if he's not here we're leaving"
Loki didn't need to hear that twice and took Wanda by the arm.
"Hey! What are you doing with her?!" Tony yelled protectively and the group began approaching the ship as the rest of the people ran from it.
They cautiously approached avoiding the dispersed aliens and she could make out a building. Loki guided her to the back and they hid behind some rusty vehicles "If Thor's here then he's inside" he whispered to her
She nodded as the rest had caught up with them, she began searching for Thor's mind around the area.
"He's here" she finally let out "but so is Thanos"
"Does he have the stone?" Stephen asked her in a whisper
She nodded slowly "he's about to do a reaping"
Loki sat down on the dirty floor defeated and angry
"Why does he have to be always so stupid?" He said to himself, she noticed the knot in his throat
"We have to get him out" Valkyrie told them
"I might be able to distract the Thanos guy" Tony began telling her "we just need to think of how we'll get Thor out"
"It's over" Loki spoke out of the sudden "Thor's dead"
Stephen snorted "Did you seriously brought us all here to finally give up on the last second?"
He gave him a murderous glance but stayed quiet, Stephen re opened the portal byt Stark and Valkyrie began protesting against leaving.
Wanda only watched them in silence and turned her attention back to Loki, slowly she crouched down next to him, making him look at her with a stern expression.
"He's not dead" she told him in a low voice "Thor is still alive and we might be his only chance"
"You don't have the faintest idea of who Thanos is or what he can do...what he has done to me" his last words were almost a whisper "I don't even know why I bother to tell you this"
"Because I care"
Her words made him grown in confusion and almost laugh "What are you talking about? Why in Odin's name would you care?"
"Because I had a brother, I loved him with all my life and I had to live with his death, all because I couldn't do anything to save him and I know you will hate yourself forever if you let him die, you still have a chance"
He stared at her for a few more seconds after she had finished talking and let out a sigh "If I die because of him I will murder him myself"
His threat seemed real but she let out a smile and stood up offering him a hand, he took it after a few seconds and dusted off his pants before walking towards the commotion between Stephen, Tony and Valkyrie
"Enough" he told them with a hard tone, they had somehow kept a low voice even with their discussion. He turned to Valkyrie "I'll get Thor you cause a diversion outside"
"I can also distract him" Tony offered
"No" he told him "we need to be discreet and you're not, if Thanos or his children find us you'll be the one to attack them"
"Okay... can't believe I'm taking orders from you"
Stephen cleared his throat "In any plan you have in that twisted mind of yours I'm not participating, I won't risk the Time Stone for any of your lives"
"I had already taken that into account, you will stay here, keep the portal open for us"
"If you fail I won't wait" he told them
Stark patted his back "Team work, I like that"
Loki ignored that and turned to her, his gaze had softened "Wanda" he spoke "let Thor know we're here, I'll trick Thanos and then we'll get him out"
"Yes"
And so they split to go on with the plan, Wanda was about to sneak inside the building when she felt Loki grabbing her arm, she turned confused at him.
He put a finger in his lips for her to remain quiet and whispered "As soon as Thor's out take him to Strange, don't wait for the rest"
"What are you talking about?"
He blinked a couple of times "Just do it"
They couldn't really waste any time so she nodded dismissively and began making her way.
