Darcy races towards the scene or rather to hide behind the closest dumpster that is closest to the scene and she quickly counts all of the Chitaturi there. Well all of them, not counting the big one, she starts to make her attack with just the hope that she is not doing something completely crazy and that she is starting to get the idea that maybe she might be overestimating her ability. But she is ready to help Loki in anyway she can and to somehow get them out of this, besides if she doesn't then she would have to face the fact that both Loki and the world would soon be history if the Chitauri are back and from one look at the situation, it doesn't really look like that Loki was the ringleader of the entire incident a year ago.

So Darcy grabs a ton of rocks, that is right next to her and starts to try to get a good vantage point where she can hit the Chitauri without accidentally hitting Loki. Once she finds it then she starts to throw the rocks right at them and with the hopes that she is distracting them and that they would stop beating Loki. Fortunately, the Chitauri starts to take notice when they feel the pebbles hitting them and they all turned around to see what it might be and if there might be something else going on and if there is someone there and that person might jeopardize their success in their mission. With their guard up, the Chitauri begins to investigate what might be there and to put a stop to their interference.

She is keeping an eye of the Chitauri, as they start to no longer focus on Loki and head towards different directions as they try to see anything that might be out there. Darcy notices that there is one that is heading right towards her, she carefully grabs out her taser and is ready to fight if she has to and yet she doesn't even know if she can defeat all of them, but she has to try. Once the Chitauri soldier arrives close enough to see what might be hiding behind the dumpster, then Darcy quickly takes out her taser and uses it against the Chitauri. From one look of the ones that is now racing towards her, she continues to use her teaser and tries to hit as many as she can as they are making their moves to attack and Darcy continues to use her teaser to hit more and more of the Chitauri with the hints of electricity continuing to stand in their way and to try to see if there is a way to defeat Darcy in one go.

But Darcy tries her best to get out of the way and continues to fight off the Chitauri by either punching them or using her teaser even more than once and tries to get closer to Loki and yet with the hope that she doesn't fail or some wired freak accident happens and she hits Loki with her teaser or something. Though she really doubts that could happen and it might be her nerves speaking, but at least she would know how powerful her teaser is, so that would be a plus. She continues to knock more and more of the Chitauri out, she doesn't even know how many more she would have to try to fight off or if she would somehow have to put a stop to all of this on her own and somehow pull this off and continues to take down all of the Chitauri that are near by and just feels a sense of relief that the many that are still surrounding Loki and they definitely look like they are not going to leave anytime soon.

At that moment, Darcy realize that she needs to speed things up and to try to see if she can get Loki out of there. Since from one look of things, it definitely does not look good and she needs to speed things up and continues to fight off more and more of the Chitauri and it looks like that it is never going to end. She starts to try to keep the fight contained as she defeats each and every single one of the remaining Chitauri that have already seen her. She quickly uses her teaser to make sure that all of them are defeated and continue on the fight until she managed to knock out all of the Chitauri and quickly grabs a rock to throw it as far as she can. The Chitauri surrounding Loki lifts their heads and they hear the sound further away from the scene and thus they and the Other starts to head towards that way to investigate, with the belief that they would be finne if they leave Loki alone for a few minuets.

Darcy can't believe that this actually work, that she actually did all of this and managed to pull it off and defeated that many Chitauri with her trusty teaser. That she managed to fight them and win, she actually fought off the Chitauri and if she isn't still in the danger zone and if Loki is right here then she would totally invite him out to celebrate. But first she should wait till all of them leaves, then she can run over to Loki and check if he's alright, since from one look and just seeing the sight, she wonders if Loki is really alright and maybe he is hurt. So hurt that he would need help right now, that alone is surprising because she always thought that Loki would be the type who would get himself in this position and always seemed to be tougher than he looks.

So she waits until every single one of them are nowhere in sight and starts to race towards Loki and is ready to get him out of there. Darcy runs towards Loki and hopes that things are not as bad as it looks or the Chitauri doesn't do backup plans and they are just going to be distracted long enough for both of them to leave and make their escape and get out of there before anyone notices what's going on and they start to make an even bigger move of attack. When she arrives and then she sees that Loki hasn't move or even make a movement that indicates anything or if Loki is alright and if he knows that things have stopped and that the Chitauri are gone. From one look she doesn't even know if he is unconscious or maybe even dead, she just hopes that it is not the second option and maybe she is just overreacting. She crouched down where Loki is lying and ready for them to escape.

"Hey Loki, we need to go now! This is our chance!" said Darcy almost immediately, she sees that Loki hasn't started to move or acknowledge her, so she goes closer towards Loki and not even know what to make of this. "Loki, are you ok? Please don't tell me that-"

Before Darcy can even have a chance to continue or react to the development, the moment she tries to touch Loki, he is suddenly transparent and disappears from Darcy's touch. She slowly back away from the shock and tries to see if she can find any sign of Loki and to see if she can finally see what's going on and turns her head around to see anything. Suddenly she feels a force knock her to the ground and thus feeling as though as she is now spinning on the ground and continues to do so until a hard force stops her right on her tracks. She lets out a panicked gasp, as she quickly sees who her attacker is and the sight of Loki right on her.

"Hey, what's the big idea?" Said Darcy almost immediately as she sees Loki.

"What? Darcy?" Asked Loki slowly getting off her in complete shock. "What? How? What are you even doing here?"

"I came looking for you after you didn't show up in my place and found you dealing with these jerks. Are you always this sneaky when it comes to fighting off anything?" Said Darcy as she gets up, not even sure if she should be happy or angry at Loki. "I am now even starting to wonder if you have ever tricked Thor like this? That or how many times he would have to save you whenever you find yourself in trouble?"

"Hardly never Darcy, I always find myself trying to get Thor out of trouble rather than getting myself into trouble." Said Loki.

"Uh huh, tell that to the evil alien army that was just pounding on you." Said Darcy not even having any of it. "But then again, you just tackled me without even checking it's me, what do I know?"

"I apologize about that, it was simply because I thought up a plan on how I might defeat their leader." Said Loki. "I simply thought that if I pretend to be dead, then maybe I could fool him long enough to attack him and plan my escape."

"What is it with you and pretending to be dead to people?" Said Darcy. "I have to say at least that plan worked really well and all. But it was good idea, if I didn't just walked right in and ruined everything."

"At least I know that it would have worked, though now I may need to think of a new plan." Said Loki. "Why did you stay here? What were you even thinking of trying to help me? Have you forgotten what they did the last time they were here? Do you have any idea of what they might do to you?"

"A 'thank you' would be great." Said Darcy sarcastically before turning annoyed. "I am trying to help you and all you're doing is calling me out on it? But anyway, let's just agree to disagree and get out of here before those creeps come back and-"

A loud hissing sound stops both Loki and Darcy on their tracks. They both turned to see the Chitauri racing towards them, ready to do more than just continue to beat Loki and has their spears up to make the attack. Many more are jumping right behind and in front of the pair, with the determination to finish the two of them. Both Loki and Darcy are standing defensively as they see the situation and tries to figure out how they can even get out of this.

Loki is trying to think of the number of scenarios and to figure out what might be the best plan. That unless, to see if it is possible for him to simply fight his way out of the area. Along with making sure that Darcy leaves out of this alive, not that he would normally care. It would be the least that he would do since she did just risk her life for him, then it would be enough for him to declare it even. The last thing he needs is to find a way to make sure that they would believe any excuse he can come up with for Darcy's disappearance and his survival. He knows that he is going to have to do this alone, it is the only way to do this.

"I will deal with them, you need to go now!" Said Loki instantly.

"Wait, what?! Do you honestly think that I am just going to leave you to deal with these freaks?" Asked Darcy surprised and then became determined. "There is no way I am going to do that and I didn't distract them for nothing to get up and leave."

"Darcy, you need to understand that this is too dangerous. Especially for a Midgardian with little to nothing in combat experience." said Loki. "Besides, I think you helped enough, thanks to your meddling, they now know that I am well enough to continue to fight."

"But, I can help!" said Darcy annoyed and already pulling out her teaser, ready for round two.

"I think I can manage and-" starts Loki.

Soon the Chitauri starts to attack the two of them and Darcy simply dodges them and hits them with her teaser. Without even wasting another second, the two of them tries to fight off the many Chitauri that is never going to give up the fight that is right up ahead and they start to attack even harder. The two of them are doing everything to fend for themselves as they try to fight off the Chitauri and Loki is facing them off as he tries to hit every single one of them. Along with trying to see how he can use his magic to make an attack without accidentally hurting Darcy in the process, simply because he has to figure out the strategy and one that would work and guarantee that it would work. The two of them continues to work together, with Loki using his magic and daggers to fight of all of the Chitauri in one go and the hope that it would defeat more as they continue to attack. Being swift in his attacks and taking down more and more of the Chitauri by the minute, being efficient in his attack moves.

While Darcy on the other hand is trying to keep up with the fight, as she tries to defend herself and to see if she can defeat even more of the Chitauri that they are starting to make an even stronger form of attacks as she keeps dodging from the Chitauri and using her teaser to ensure that it would take down even more. Though she has some trouble keeping up, since more of the Chitauri are racing down to make their attack and this time more are not even taking any chances. They keep on making bigger and yet harder attacks on Darcy, which she keeps trying to avoid and yet failing all the same. She uses her teaser to try to keep up with the fight and at the same time try to knock more out, that is until...

One of the Chitauri knocks the teaser right off her hands, she quickly stares on the ground to see the teaser lying on the ground, beyond her reach. She quickly tries to make a fighting pose that she sees in her comics, the one that she would always see where a female superhero would be bending their knees and with their fists up ready to fight off whatever they might face. Darcy is ready to not go down without a fight and from the look of things, she is going to have to fight harder than she may already be anticipating and that alone is making her nervous and really wishes that she has a pile of rocks to throw at them. The Chitauri starts to approach her, with the staffs ready to get hit her and have one less to deal with. That is until...

Loki appears right in front of Darcy and uses his telekinesis to create a blast of magic to throw the Chitauri flying through the air. Once they were all on the ground, they slowly starts to get up, ready to fight. That is until Loki uses his magic to create numerous number of illusions to distract the Chitauri before starting to attack every single one of them, by clocking himself through the illusion and taking them down one by one. Using the element of surprise as an advantage, hitting every single one of the Chitauri and defeating every single one of them. That in the end, Loki manages to defeat all of them as they still see that there are more that are coming right towards them and Darcy just quickly heads for her teaser ready to help.

"Now, that was an awesome save!" said Darcy rather excitedly. "The way you went out there and used magic to defeat all of them! One minute you were like magic blast there and then there were hundreds of you and then-"

"Don't get too excited, we are not out of this just yet and we still have to deal with all of those." said Loki pointing out the many Chitauri heading their way. "I will hold them off, just get out of here as quickly as you can."

"I am not going to leave you, Especially seeing that you're still outnumbered even if I wasn't here and going to stay here and help." said Darcy. "Now here's the real question, why are they after you?"

"It might be better if you don't know, the less anyone is involved the better." said Loki. "I had everything under control before you-"

"It didn't look that way to me, it looked like if at any moment some UFO will come in to pick them up and take you with them." said Darcy. "Besides I have been fighting off these things and they know that I exist now, if anything I need to know what's going on even more so now."

"Let simply say that I made a deal with their leader and the Chitauri, it is obvious that it did not end well and now..." said Loki. "They are here to settle some unfinished business, especially since I failed in my end of the bargain."

"Alright, you made a deal with these guys to try to take over this planet and now they want to get their revenge for you failing them." said Darcy. "The lesson to learn from all of this is to- Next time you try to make a deal with someone, be sure to do it with someone that doesn't want to kill you if things don't work out and preferably someone who doesn't want to get someone to help them take over a planet for them."

"I will be sure to keep that in mind, leave now before it's too late." said Loki. "The less that I allow you to be involved, the better it would be for you." said Loki. "I honestly don't see why you would want to help me and-"

"Maybe because it's the right thing to do and I don't exactly hold grudges or judge people for their past actions." said Darcy. "Even if they are trying to take over the planet and being a total jerk in the process."

"Darcy... I know that you are trying to help..." said Loki who doesn't even know what to make of this. "But... They only want me and if you stay here then you would only be putting yourself in more danger and you will become a target. The Chitauri will not hesitate in using you to get to me, in fact they might even kill you and-"

"You know that might not be a bad idea." said the Other. "Grab the girl and make sure that he doesn't have an opportunity to attack."

The next thing both of them knew is that the Chitauri makes an attack and jumps from behind to grab a hold of Darcy and Loki is about to make his attack to get her out of their grasps. He holds his daggers in a tighter grip and gets ready to fight if he has to. He sees the Chitauri move further back with Darcy trying her best to fight them off and find a way to escape. He notices that the Other is looking over at the situation rather menacingly and is glaring at Loki, as he starts to ponder on the endless possibilities that are available to ensure that Loki does everything he say. That it would lead them to victory with Loki in their grasps and they would please their master, now all they need is to give Loki, an offer that he can't refuse and one that they know he would never refuse.

Loki stands there, ready to fight and is about to, that is until the Chitauri place Darcy right in front of them is only when Loki just holds his stance. He can already see what they are trying to do and they are going to keep doing it, to make sure that he doesn't fight back and that he would listen to all of their demands. But Loki knows that there is always another way and there has to be one that would get the two of them out alive and yet it allows them to lose the Chitauri in their tracks, he doesn't have a plan or know what to do, but he will figure out a way and first in order to do so. Loki would need to hear the Chitauri out, keep them busy and then he will strike, all he needs is to figure out the perfect strategy and to do it once the opportunity calls upon it. He glares at the Other and the Chitauri, ready to fight and find a way to get out of this.

"Hey, let me go before I break free and give you a life of pain or something like that." threatened Darcy as she struggles to break free from the Chitauri's grasp.

"I would like to try to see you try." said the Other rather coldly at her.

"She has nothing to do with this, any of this." said Loki with the hope that reasoning might change the current situation right before them. "You're fight is with me, let her go and we will-"

"I believe that it is too late for her to leave, she is now involved and there is no going back for her." said The Other as he stares at Darcy before turning his stare to Loki which becomes more of a glare. "Here is my new deal, I will let her go, only if you give yourself us to us and only then your little friend will be free to go."

"If I don't?" asked Loki as he tighten his grip on his daggers.

"If you don't, then you can say goodbye to her and start planning her burrial." said The Other as he lightens up his hand.

"Ok, I don't think any of that is nessicarry." said Darcy rather nervously as she tries to escape even harder than ever before.

"The choice is yours, if you want her to live then surrender is your only option." said The Other. "Choose wisely, it will be too late to change your mind once your choice is made and I will only ask you once, what will that choice be?"

Loki stares at the situation right before him, not knowing what to do or how he can even get past them or make an attack without unintentionally hurting Darcy. He knows that he can't get up and leave Darcy, for some reason he is feeling a deeper sense of loyalty as he sees Darcy and doesn't want to see her get hurt. Maybe it's because of the kindness, she has shown him and it would mostly to repay her for it and then nothing more because of it and he can simply get up and leave before anything else happens.

He quickly looks through the situation and starts to think of the numerous scenarios and situations that might lead to any possible successes and yet the scenarios where it would end and cancels out anything that would guarantee that would either make things worse or defeats the purpose of getting them out of it. Loki can't think of a way on how to get them out of there, alive and free from all of this. A plan that would benefit the chances of the two of them to escape and be free from all of this, but every plan leads to a dead end. There is no way of escape from this and a way out, they are trapped...

It's finally here, the chapter twelve rewrite and I have to say that I pretty much outdid myself when it comes to expanding it. I was hoping that I would go into more detail in this rewrite and to allow myself to develop the story further. To dive in deeper into the battle and yet deeper in the character thoughts as we get into the main storyline.

Along with maybe see the start of where Loki is and maybe dive in deeper on the question why he chose to save Darcy? Since they are far from being friends at this point in the story and they are at the point where their bond is starting to begin and that alone is what is going to lead us on the journey that the two will embark on, how they are going to start being a team and build a friendship that will mean more to them then either of them may initially anticipate.

I hope that you guys enjoyed this rewrite and for any old time readers, I hope that you guys are more than excited for the final chapters of Redemption and as for the fifty second chapter, I am hard at work on it and making sure that it is the best it can be. As I am writing the next chapter and plan out the final chapter and let's just say that we are in the finale, the fifty second chapter is the next part of the beginning of the end and the start of the pathway to the finale. The next chapters before the finale will be the set up before we reach it, I hope that it will live up to your expectations and the ending will be the best and an ending that will be satisfying and yet leave some small loose ends that I could pick up if a sequel is ever made.

I think the earliest that the fifty second chapter will come out is Friday and I hope that it will be the start of a great final chapters before the finale. I also have some important announcements that I will announce once the next chapter is up.

At the end of the day, it will be an ending where there's room for more but at the same time, it will give us closure of the story that we have been following for this long. An ending that I am hoping that you guys would like and one that will be worth the wait.

But just because the main story is ending, it doesn't mean that this will be the end of Redemption. The rewrites will allow us to see a expansion of the story and to see more development and scenes with in the story and growth as a whole. My hope that they will live up to the same quality as the later chapters, so new readers and anyone who wants to look back to enjoy them and read the best version of this story that I can give you and one that lives up to the story as a whole.

I'm also thinking of possibly doing one-shot chapters for Redemption that takes place during the time skip and it can be anything like slice of life fics, Loki teaming up with the Avengers or just Thor and Loki as Mysto of course. teaming up (it can be a midquel story with multiple chapters), maybe even a Loki and Hiemdel team up or maybe even Loki and Darcy's adventures of searching for the Infinity Stones. But it has to take place during the time skip and not be something that would add more to the main story that it would be necessary to read them. They are mostly would be stand alone stories that still in the Redemption canon and yet still be part of the story (think of it like a spin of series of a movie that the story takes place between the previous movie and the sequel like How to Train your Dragon (the first and second) or Tangled (for the movie and Ever After short) for example.) I'm open to any idea that you guys might have, just put a review or pm me with your ideas and I'll be happy to use your ideas to write them into one shots. (Maybe even a Guardians of the Galaxy prequel/midquel before Gamora got caught by Thanos or even one before she even met Loki or went through the events of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie?)

Though I would be mostly doing Loki ones but I am open to the idea, but I was also thinking of having them to be more interconenctive than one may think, that it would be telling an overall story which would serve as a prequel, but at the same time they would be stand alone stories and within them, they will have a story arc that will lead into the rest of Redemption after the Age of Ultron arc. But the Gamora one is definitely going to be stand alone and I am open to doing more Redemption, but before I make any decisions I want to finish this story first before I get started on one shots or any sequels. Especially since the next two chapters and the rewrites are my top priority at the moment. :)

If you guys want to share a favorite moment or have any questions, you guys are so welcome to leave a review or pm me. I'd be happy to answer any questions and be happy to hear from you when it comes to anything you all may have to say. :)

Lastly, I want to say is that I am dedicating the Redemption fanfic to a good friend that has been there for me for the last couple of years. One that I will always appreciate that our friendship happend for the rest of my life. I am dedicating this story to Brigitta Pekelharing, a friend that helped me out of the darkness that I often take for granted. But I want to thank her for everything and helping me during the darkest time of my life, her friendship has made me grow into a better person and writer. I am always going to be grateful for the friendship that we shared and the impact that it made on me. In a way if it weren't for our friendship then there might not even be a Redemption because she got me into Marvel movies and helped me at the beginning of writting the fanfic. Thanks Brigitta for everything :)

So will Loki get Darcy out of the Chitauri's clutches? Will they escape from them? What does the Chitauri and possibly Thanos want with Loki and will he escape from it? What are the Chitauri planning to do if they take them to Thanos? How are they going to get out of this one? That is will they get out of this of this one?

Find out in the next chapter of Redemption, whether it's the original chapter or the upcoming rewrite. See ya in the next update. :)