Loki: Redemption

by Raven862

Before Loki faked his death, he begins having second thoughts of his past actions and latest plan throughout the experience. Once he got stabbed by Kurse and sees that Thor really does care. He realizes that he has gone too far and flees to earth to start a new life. Will Loki begin his new life and become the greatest hero of all time or will he fall back to being a villain?

25. Chapter 24

Two days later

It has been nothing but stressful two days for Loki and Darcy, they are doing everything to try to find the scepter and so far they are not having any luck. They have been keeping an eye on the tv, computers and everything that they can think of to find whatever information they can. Darcy has been trying to help by trying to hack into everything she can think of and even went as far as asking Jane if she knew anything about the robots. Only leading to another dead end and one that she got many questions on why she is even interested and leaving them right back where they started.

Loki is hard at work on a plan, one that might give them some answers and hopefully it will not be another dead end. He's currently on a couch with one of his books, with hopes that it would draw attention away from Darcy and she always said that he should try to relax more. So far Loki has already come up with a perfect plan that would work and all he needs is to find the perfect moment. So he plans to go on tomorrow with the hope that he will succeed, that is if he is right and he is not going to waste his time. But what other choice does he have? It's the only place he can go for answers and he is not going to pass it up.

Darcy who turned from her computer and sees that Loki is reading a book, she is glad that he manages to find some time to relax, especially being stressed after losing the scepter to those robots. She really wishes that she can just leave him like this, looking cute as he reads his book and being relaxed, that would be nice. But she knows that they are going to have to make Mysto ready to interact with anyone that Loki may have to talk to, especially if they might have to deal with these robots again. Darcy doesn't even know if this is a good time or if Loki is up for it, but it wouldn't hurt in asking him and they can get started.

"Ok, I know that it has been a while since we have found out about anything about any of the other Infinity stones, the scepter or Thanos." said Darcy approaching him. "But now it's the perfect time to-"

"Please don't tell me that there is another crime to stop, if there is can it wait until after I finished this book?" said Loki annoyed as he is reading Lord of the Rings and yet planning his own mission to find out what they might be up against.

"Well today's you're lucky day, there hasn't been any crime happening and we have no leads at the moment." said Darcy happily. "But this is something important and you need to learn it if you want to become the best superhero that you can be."

"If you have any reliable information of the remaining Infinity Stones or somehow come up with a clever plan on how to get the gauntlet and the other stone." said Loki. "Let's talk about it when I am not in one of the most interesting parts of the story, I am about to learn more about the ring and why it must be destroyed."

"You do realize that out of the two of us, you're the one that is more likely to find out more than I would right?" pointed out Darcy.

"Just because I am from Asgard that does not mean I would know about every single thing that happened beyond this planet and the Midguardian news outlets are unreliable when it comes to interdementional news." said Loki annoyed. "Now are you going to tell me what have you so excited that you are ready to throw a feast or can I just go back to reading my book?"

"I would if you let me tell you without getting interrupted." said Darcy earning an eye roll from Loki. "I was thinking that maybe it would be a good time to teach you how to be more human and any super hero with basic social skills that anyone might need if they have lived on Earth for longer than a month. The last thing we need is for you to call people Midgaurdians and Thor asking himself why would someone on Earth is calling everyone anyone Midguardian."

"You may have a point, but that does not mean I may need your impromptu courses." said Loki. "I think I can figure out how to communicate and act like an Midgaurdian on my own."

"Oh yeah? Pop quiz, what is a movie?" asked Darcy completely catching Loki on guard.

"Isn't it one of those flying stairs that take you up and down in that building where there are hundreds of stores that you once took me." responded Loki unsure if he is getting the answer right.

"Those are escalators." said Darcy. "See what I mean? If we are going to pull Mysto off, you are going to need to learn a couple of Earth related things before you embarrass yourself."

"That would be the last thing I would want." said Loki feeling a little humiliated from earlier. "But I don't believe I am going to try to talk like a Midgaurdian, you all do talk in horrible grammar."

"Not everyone is going to check their grammer every single time they have a conversation." pointed out Darcy. "But hey I'm not trying to make you in acting like everyone else, I just want to give you pointers before you start saying that your favorite movie is escalators. If you really don't want to learn about how to act like an human to not blow your cover, then I can't make you."

"Alright, one little lesson and that will be all." said Loki. "I am only accepting this in order to get back to my book because the sooner we are done, the sooner I can find out what happens next."

"Awesome, I think the first lesson for you to learn is one of the most important super hero and at times modern day civilian social skill that many have an impact in your daily life." said Darcy. "It's call a hand shake and hear me out, I know that you might have your own special greetings back in Asgard, but that doesn't mean that things will be the same over here and plus it's clear that you might have super strength and the last thing we need is for your hand shake to be..."

"Are you suggesting that I might not be able to pull off as something frivolous as a Midgaurdian greeting?" demanded Loki. He is a little insulted that Darcy believes that he might not be capable of an Earth greeting.

"No! It's not like I don't think that you can't do an Earth greeting, but I think it might be helpful if I just teach you how to act more like a human and you blend in better." said Darcy. "Just when you are Mysto and while we are in public, so that way we can avoid anyone asking questions or assuming that you are from outer space or something."

"If it will make you feel any better, I am planning not to use my magic as much as I would usually do. It would be harder to explain on how I got magical powers and will only use them for emergencies such as escaping or to distract whatever foe I may have to face." said Loki. "So that will be one less thing to worry about."

For some reason, Darcy feels sadden by this and she didn't think that Loki would ever consider not using his powers to help him fight his battles as Mysto. She thinks that Loki's magic is cool and part of her is even excited to see how Loki would use his magic to help him in battle. Part of her even wants to encourage Loki into using his magic to fight, but she understands his reasonings and maybe it is for the best. Though she doesn't see how creating illusions would lead to Loki being discovered unless Loki has a signature spell that Thor can easily recognize.

"Now on to the lesson that you are so determined to give me." said Loki with a little impatience's in his voice. "Before you explain to me, I believe I have gotten some ideas from watching the television set. The whole point of these greeting is to be amiable towards others and it can also be sign of business or companionship."

"Wow, someone did his homework before we even have this conversation." said Darcy. "But it is something that many people do around here and we shouldn't be surprised if someone wants to give you one after you try to save them. So... let's get started."

Darcy immediately held her hand up and waited for Loki to grab on it so they can begin their handshake and she even started to explain how a handshake works. But Loki is not listening and just wants to get this over with and believes that he can do it without any explanation. He's absolutely sure that he can do it without any help or practice. So Loki grabbed Darcy's hand and grabbed a firm grip on it and it would be the kind of grip that anyone would make if they are holding on tight to a cliff but a hundred times worse because of Loki's super strength/Asgardain and Jontun physiology. Darcy is trying her best to maintain her own composure and is trying to remain strong, but she is getting a little concern over the grip becasue so far it doesn't seem to be a good sign.

"Maybe you should lighten the grip a little bit..." said Darcy with a grunt. Loki only lightly loosing up, but it was not enough for a human. "Now just move it at the same time as I do... but do it gently!"

They tried to do their first attempt of a handshake and Darcy is doing everything she can to try to remain tough or at least make sure that she can ignore any pain that is now happening because of the hand shake. Loki can't help but notice that Darcy is trying hard to keep a straight face, he is wondering what might be causing all of this bother to Darcy. It is her idea after all and Loki continues to shake Darcy's hand unsure what might be bothering his friend. Before either of the two knew it, they heard a crack and then Darcy quickly pulled her hand trying to do her best to soften the pain that was going on. Loki just stood there in shock, not being able to believe what he is now witnessing and this is more than enough for him to realize that Darcy must be hurt in some way. He is hoping that he wasn't too rough on her during that first practice.

"Darcy, are you well?" asked Loki concerned about his friend and her wellbeing.

"Yeah, I'm fine... you probably held my hand a little too tightly and... Ouch I never felt this much pain before in my life, sure I have been through hard times but it was never just my hand dealing with all of the pain that I probably experienced in my life time..." said Darcy trying to have a conversation with Loki while making it not seem like it is not as bad as it is.

"I do not believe that you are 'fine.'" said Loki concern about her. "May I have a quick look at your hand? I did study some heeling during my time in Asgard, it comes in handy whenever I went on some quest with Thor prior to the coronation. I may not be the best healer but it is better than you having an injured hand that will create complications in the future."

Darcy relunctently let Loki stare at her hand and he took a good look at it, for once he is grateful that humans and Asgardians have similar bone structure because he is able to see the damage more clearly. Thanks to that failed attempt of trying to shake Darcy's hand and realize that he must have deeply fractured Darcy's hand... Now he done it, Darcy is definitely going to kick him out for this failure and probabley never want anything to do with him again. He wouldn't blame her because he broke Darcy's hand! Why didn't he listen to her when she was trying to explain how to make a good handshake? How could he have not realize what he is doing and try to stop himself from doing it?

Thanos would have done it regularly to Nebula whenever she does not fulfill whatever Thanos asks or fails him, was he doing the same thing as Thanos? No of course not, it was just an accident and Loki never meant to hurt Darcy and he never would have. Especially after all she did for him and how she have always remained loyal to him, there has to be a way to make this right. But who knows, maybe Loki is just over reacting and Darcy's hand is perfectly fine and it is just being sore. Though for a sore it must have caused more pain than any of them expected. Then Loki realize that those hopes are not going to be fullfilled as he finally sees what is the problem and he now wishes for a way to go back in time and undo his mistake.

"It looks as though I might have accidentally fractured your hand..." said Loki with guilt on his face. "I may have the solution to this problem."

"Let me guess, you're going to suggest that I go see a doctor or try to see if it feels better in the morning after I put some ice on it?" said Darcy. She is about to move her hand before she groan in pain.

"No, I have something with me that can help and I promise it will work on Midgaurdians or rather humans." said Loki. "It managed to save my life once and is one of the most powerful and helpful potions in the history of Asgard."

He begins to head over the couch and find the box that he has been putting all of his stuff that he had when he left Asgard and the things he managed to gain from his time on Midgard. He quickly check the box trying to find the two vials of heeling potion that he smuggled out of Asgard, at least when Kurse stabbed him and the entire Infinity stone chase, he never has to use the potion. Loki is still very surprised that he never had to use the potion during the entire time that they have been risking both of their lives. Once he manages to find the potion, he quickly went to the kitchen to try to see if he can find a cup to pour the a little bit of the potion in. If his estimate is right then he wouldn't need to pour out the whole bottle, Loki poured a quart into the cup and resealed the bottle of healing potion. Once Loki is done, he quickly heads back to Darcy and carefully took it back to Darcy to hand it to her.

"What's that?" asked Darcy staring at the cup. She is surprised that Loki even kept these bottles in the first place, but then again he is from another world and briefly hung out with an alien that wants to destroy the whole universe before the Dark elf invasion, turned over a new leaf and ultimately moved in with her. She shouldn't be question these things.

"It's a heeling potion, one of the best of all of Asgard. Only the greatest warriors and royal family drink this potion, I managed to obtain four vials before my first fight with Thor." explained Loki. "I used the first vial after the incident in this city because of some cracked ribs and some minor headaches from the scepter. It also does not help that Thanos's 'training' is really hard to say the least..."

"So what was the second time that you used the heeling potion?" asked Darcy. As she stares at the cup, not sure if it would be a good idea of drinking the potion or if it would really work on humans. But at the same time, she is interested in hearing more of Loki's experiences outside of his most recent adventures and to learn more about Asgard.

"It was when... I faked my death in the Dark World and when Kurse stabbed me..." said Loki. "That part was not an act and I drank the heeling potion before my heroic sacrifice and before all of this started. If it weren't for this potion, I would probabley be dead now and Thor would have someone to truly grieve for..."

"Yeah but then we would have never met and Thanos would have gotten all of these Infinity stones in one way or another." pointed out Darcy. "Are you sure that this will really work on humans?"

"Yes I am sure, what makes you think that I would give you a potion that would potentially hurt you?" said Loki. "We have been living together for more than a month, it's not like I ever tricked you before, aside from the Chitari incident name one time where I have misled you."

"Good point, but you better not make me regret this." said Darcy trying to make her joking around sound tough.

"Just trust me, I promise that you will be healed as early as tomorrow." said Loki. "If you are heeled by then, you may be angry all you want and have the honor of throwing me out of your home."

"Let's not go that far because I know it is an accident and you didn't mean to do it." said Darcy as she recieves the cup and quickly drinks the cup. But it was not quietly because she is absolutely disgusted by the taste, she didn't know how Loki could handle this for who knows how many times. "How can you drink this and stay sane? This taste awful!"

"You do realize that you are acting like a child and the taste is not that bad, well after the first ten times." said Loki. "Let's just be grateful that I had some potion then otherwise it would have been a long couple of months and I could not think of any excuses that you might be able to give to Thor and Jane except you bought new furniture and while you are trying to assemble it, you were not being careful until something heavy fell on your hand."

"Or I can always say that I took a bet with one of those motorcycle guys and it was armwrestling contest, the guy is so tough that he winds up breaking my hand throughout the entire match." said Darcy. "Do you think they might believe that story?"

Loki stared at her speechless, he really doubt that Thor or Jane would think that Darcy would be that reckless to take a challenge like that. He is not saying it out of concern for his secret, but for Darcy's own well being. It was his fault that they are even having this conversation right now, but the last thing that he wanted is to have Darcy try to ruin her own reputation because of him. But then again, the worst she probably would get is Thor questioning why didn't she ask him to help and then Darcy responding that the instructions are complicated for him to understand.

Other than whatever explanation Darcy can think of if the potion doesn't work and if she has to explain how her hand got broken in the first place. He decides that it might be best if he is more careful from now on because his carelessness gave Darcy an injury that could have sent her to some Midgaurdian care facility. Not only that any future handshake wouldn't have worked out as well if he keeps breaking everyone's hand when they are trying to be civil towards him is concerning. He is now feeling an unexplained amount of concern towards Darcy that he can not explain and it is at the same level of concern if Thor got hurt but more than a sibling getting hurt...

"So how long is it going to take for my hand to heal?" asked Darcy.

"Well the potion will take effects the moment after someone takes it and will function in twenty four hours." explained Loki. "I estimate that judging from the injury, it will take you only a couple of hours for it to be fully healed."

"Wait, I thought that you said that it takes longer for the injury to heal if it is really serious." pointed out Darcy. "Would you consider this really serious? How bad does it have to be for it to be really serious?"

"If you take my stabbed wound for example, that took me most of the day to heal and if they stayed for one more minute then they would have figured out what I was trying to do." said Loki. "But since you haven't been fighting off Dark elves or stabbed by them recently, you will probably be fine in about two to three hours from now."

"Well I guess while we wait, maybe we can talk and hang out for a bit without worrying about Thanos or the Infinity stones." suggest Darcy. "We never really have that much of a chance to hang out or talk, I know that we went to the mall only twice but we are always too busy having fun that we don't really talk about ourselves or our lives to even have a conversation."

"I believe that you may have a point and we should spend more time together whenever we are not on another planet." said Loki. "So tell me, how's life in Midgard prior to my arrival? Has it been exciting before alien invasions or Asgardians coming here to turn your lives upside down?"

"Well the only superhero related activity that we had before Thor came to Earth is whatever origin story Iron man and Hulk went through." said Darcy. "But other than that we never had to worry about any intergalactic problems that can result in either world domination or extinction. But I did hear about some super girl that is from space that help these shape shifters aliens happening once. It's mostly a legend/rumor and I guess that story is what got me into super heroes."

"At least Midgard didn't need that much saving before my brother came to the planet, how are things going with you?" said Loki. "With your normal life and I haven't heard you say anything about Ian. I thought that you said that the two of you are now courting?"

"Well we are dating, but we haven't been on an actual date yet. I mean I have been really busy on helping to save the world and we never really have time to actually set up a date." said Darcy. "Maybe one of these days during our downtime, we can go on our first date."

"I am sure that you will have fun with Ian..." said Loki unsure if he is truly happy of that statement. "What do Midgardians do in these dates or for any forms of recreation?"

"Well for dates, it really depends and it can be anything, a movie or just hanging out for no reason. There is really no structure in dates, but I don't know I have never been on a date before. I mostly go on whatever Jane told me and what I see in movies but I doubt that it is that exaggerated." explained Darcy "As for fun, it really depends on whatever we're in the mood for. I mean we could be watching movies or reading books or riding bikes or whatever we like to do for fun, it really depends on the person. Ok what do you do for fun back on Asgard? Aside from fighting any glorious battles and trying to save whatever world crisis that may be happening in your world or the rest of the nine realms."

"In Asgard, if no one is training than they are having feasts or now hear the Warrior three telling exaggerated tall tales of their adventures." said Loki. "I on the other hand spend most of my days reading and occasionally spending time with Thor whether it's a friendly conversation or going on one of his many dangerous and reckless quests."

"Well at least you had some company while growing up, so it couldn't have been that bad." said Darcy. "Back here, you have to fit someone's expectations while growing up and you have to be brave enough to try to break through and live your life. I mean have you seen what an Earth high school is like? It's nothing what they portray in movies, it's can either be a dream come true or your worst nightmare, that is if you like the current trends."

"If you believe that is bad, you do not want to live in Asgard. They expect one to be a fearless warrior and whatever social expectations that may have been put in place." explained Loki. "At least in Midgard, you are all obsessed with a temporary thing and in a couple of years realize how silly you have all been. Back in Asgard, it's either conform or find a talent that is seen worthy. I was able to find it with magic, but it is still look down upon."

"Well it shouldn't, I honestly would like to see some of those Asgardians try to make illusions and actually try to use their brains aside from hitting their opponent." said Darcy. "When it comes to battle, shouldn't you have a plan or at least some magic to make the problem disappear?"

"Magic is not something that you can just cast a random spell and hope for the best." explained Loki. "It takes time and practise to even manage to even cast a spell, if one doesn't then it would lead to disastrous results."

"Ok meddling with magic is a bad idea, well at least with illusions you can use them to try to take a break from those expectations and others that it would make you feel different." said Darcy. "So I'm guessing that you and Thor are the only Asgardians that have some kind of extra magic power that helps you in combat or in your case everyday life?"

"Well it is really rare for any other Asgardian to have any powers that requires magic hammers or having the ability to do magic. I still have additional powers because of my Frost Giant heritage and I do not think I may be capable of." said Loki. "I was told when I was younger that frost giants were monsters, I can't use these powers if it will bring more harm than good."

"Yeah but those are fairy tales, they don't and shouldn't define who you are. I may have never heard any stories of Asgardian knights going out and slaying the evil 'Frost Giants', but I do know one thing that those characters are not you." said Darcy. "Even after everything you have done in the past and the moment that we met, you have proved to me that you are not some over the top monster that needs to be defeated. You can be a good person if you really want to and your the one who chooses on how to use your powers, no one else. You don't have to be a monster if you don't want to and plus I only need one look at you and I know that you are not evil. Maybe someday I will be able to see you use your ice powers, I'm sure they are also cool. But enough of that, so who else on Asgard has any additional powers?"

"How's your hand?" asked Loki trying hard to avoid that question because of the memories. "I believe that you must be feeling some of the effects of the heeling potion right about now and time must have gone by while we were talking."

"It seems to be doing better than before and you might be right about it being fully healed by the morning." said Darcy. "I think I might call it an early night and try to see if I can get some rest. Maybe that will help it heal faster and my hand will at least be in less pain than before, at least I don't have to make any excuses to Jane tomorrow when I agreed to meet with her."

"At least it will be healed by the morning, no will know what happened." said Loki. "I on the other hand will be staying up for most of the night and watch some of your Midgaurdian television to learn important social cues. The last thing I want is to land some one in a care facility next time for accidentally breaking their leg, then that would definitely put Mysto in a negative light."

"Maybe we should try with something smaller next time, so that way we can avoid something like this from happening again." said Darcy. "I'm not saying that this might have been too advance for you. But-"

"I would like to try again and this time do it right." said Loki determinedly.

That made Darcy really nervous and she doesn't know if that is a good idea and if she should buy some protective gloves that might possibly be Asgardian proof. What is he breaks her arm as well? What if the next time Loki have to use the rest of his healing potion to cure her? Who knows maybe things will work out with the mere fact that she drank some heeling potion that would probably help avoid any form of injury. What if it doesn't and that will hurt her other hand instead? What if she show Loki how to do it instead of letting him experiment on his own? That way Loki will know how to do it and she won't have to be terrified of the idea of Loki touching her hand or someone else's.

"Alright... but I am going to be in charge and show you how to do it ok? The last thing I need is for you to break my other hand." said Darcy extremely nervous. "We are just going to start slow so you can get it, but just don't make me regret this..."

"I assure you Darcy, I try to not make the same mistake twice and will be more careful now." said Loki trying hard to reassure his friend.

"That's what I am afraid of..." said Darcy as she reach out of her hand and waited for Loki to grab a hold of it.

Loki carefully took a grasp of Darcy's hand and made sure that he is careful with it this time, to Loki it felt like if he is holding a glass cup that is about to break at any moment. Darcy nervously and carefully gripped Loki's hand the way she would do for a normal handshake and she starts to move it up and down in the same rythem as hers. Both Loki and Darcy can not help but feel nervous as they continue to do so, there is suddenly an unknown tension between the two of them and they don't know what to do with the strange moment that they are experiencing.

But they continued to do their handshake as they are starting to develop strange emotions that they have never felt before and they are stronger than they can ever imagine. The handshake continued until Darcy finally felt that Loki mastered the noncrushing normal human handshake, she lets go and the two of them stared at each other as they processed what is just went on between them. For once in Loki's life, he does not know what might be the feelings/tension that they just experienced and think of a plan on how to deal with it. There is a moment of silence between the two and both of them don't know what to say or do as they continue to stare at one another until...

"Well that was unexpected, you managed to learn how to do a handshake and my other hand is still in one piece..." said Darcy finally braking the silence and talking awkwardly. "Well I guess... I should head to my room... For the night and I will see you in the morning... Good night!"

With that Darcy left Loki alone in the room and is ready to try to shake off the emotions that is now racing in her mind, she never felt this way towards anyone and she doesn't remember any one ever being that concern about her or be willing to share one of their biggest secrets in order to help her. But Loki and her are friends nothing more and besides he just thinks of her as a friend, not that she's thinking that he'd be great as more than a friend of course. Ok maybe Loki would eventually be like the older brother that she never had someday and that is it. But still why is she even thinking that way? There is no way that he would ever feel that way towards her, he's Loki and he would never feel that way towards anyone unless they are someone who fits his standards. She would never be good enough and she's in love with Ian and she's happy about it right?

"Pleasant dreams..." said Loki who can not believe what just happened and just watched Darcy go until she is back in her room.

Once Darcy is gone, he heads to the couch and grab the remote to turn on the tv to begin his research of Midgaurdian life and their standards on the simplest encounters. Loki is flipping through the channels to see what he can find that would help him on his research for how to interact with others whenever he's dressed up as Mysto. But for some reason, he is starting to feel strange towards Darcy and is almost disapointed that she decides to go to bed early. He just wish that he knew what is the emotions that he is now feeling.

It is almost like if he has grown fond of Darcy but it is even more stronger than anyone he might have felt if he has grown fond of someone. It has to be his own guilt trying to manipulate him into feeling some strange and unusual feelings towards his roommate. They are just friends who have traveled across the universe with the goal to stop Thanos and is now trying to figure out how to grab a hold of the scepter, the remaining two Infinity Stones and the gauntlet. When this is over, all they will have is just the memories of the adventure and an even stronger friendship, that he knows they will always remember.

He has no idea why he would have these strange emotions or even be thinking about Darcy in any other way except friends. But still it's feelings that are stronger than he ever thought that he would ever feel towards a human, Loki is sure that it will pass and the last thing he needs is to make any attachments that will eventually effect his own menality in a negative light. It is probably just a strange phase that he's now going through or he is coming down with something. Loki only knows that he should get back on planning his secret mission to get the information they may need. Loki only hopes that this is a temporally thing and that these strange new feelings will end and go away in time.

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The Next Few Days later

Fortunately Darcy's hand is able to heal by the end of the night, so they can continue to make progress on trying to get the scepter back, as they try to see if they can find a sign of the robots or a attack that would lead them to the robots. They don't even know where they are or what they might be planning or if they are going to strike with the scepter that will make a bigger impact then any of them has ever imagined or even know what to do if it happens. So far there is no leads and any signs of an attack, Darcy decides to try to see if she can find a signal by trying to connect the robot's arm to her laptop and see if she can find a signal of where the robots might be hiding, it even got to the point that Darcy has start using her vacation days to help out for the entire situation and try to hack into the system.

While Darcy is doing that, Loki is trying to get past the setback and take some action into his own hands, aside from a daily patrol and gathering all of the information, Loki can find. He is starting his own investigation and try to see if he can find out more about who took the Power Stone and know for sure if Thanos took the stone and if it was him, then he would tell Darcy, if not then he will figure out how to deal with the possible thief and then he can get the stone easily. Right now he has to get to Xander and then find out for sure what happened and so that way he will know for sure and he can figure out what would be the next best move for both of them. He quickly change his Asgardian armor to the Mysto costume to avoid suspicion and goes through a portal that would lead him right to Xander.

Once Loki goes through, he sees that the planet is completely destroyed and many construction sights right in front of him, repairing the damages that are now right in front of him. That whatever caused all of this destruction has done a really good job in making sure that they make it look like a huge project for repairs that it would take anyone a long time to recover from and repair all the damages. He doesn't know what to think of all the damages right in front of him and how much people are hurting and everything they have lost during that attack.

For some reason, Loki feels as though it is bothering him more than he thought that it would and almost feels as though as if he feels a sense of sadness for the people of this planet and he does not even know why he is feeling this empathy. If he is letting Darcy's attitude and sentiment get the better of him, then he needs to get over it. Since he shouldn't care about any of this, but he does and he is not shaking the feeling away as he continues to heads his way through the city. With the hope that he can find a place where he can get information and find out what happened and see if his worst fears have not happened yet, that he would be worrying about nothing and that there is nothing wrong. Then it would be the end of it, he just have to make sure of it and only hopes that it would be enough to get to wherever the stone may be easily and then it would be the end of it.

As Loki continues to head on his way through the city with the many conflicting emotions that are going through his head and with all the things that he is now seeing and Loki doesn't even know what to make of it. But he knows that he is not going to find out anything if he is going to let sentiment cloud his judgement, he has to find someone having this conversation or if there is one that is willing to tell him any information. Loki takes a look at all of the residents of this planet to try to see if they would be more than willing to give him the answers that he is looking for, so far from one sight there is no hope in anyone that would be naive enough to tell him. That there would be someone that would be willing to tell him everything and would stop to speak to a total stranger, but at the same time no one looks as though they have the time to do so. But Loki knows that deep down that he can't afford to lose hope and can not give up.

So Loki continue to look around at the people around him, with the hope that he finds someone quickly and so far Loki doesn't even see anyone that would be more than willing to give up this vital information. All of the ones right in front of him are either trying processing what happened through sorrow and lost or people so focus to rebuild that they are not noticing what else may be going on and guards that are trying to protect what little this planet may have left and would be happy to place Loki in a cell for asking the wrong question. From one glance, it does not look like Loki is going to get a answer or any information as he sees the situation before him, that is until...

Loki notices that one of the guards is a little different than the others and from seeing one of the guards is enough to capture Loki's attention. That he is now seeing that there is a guard standing there and seems to be trying to start a conversation and everyone else is now ignoring as they focus on trying to do their jobs. Loki can't help but feel a sense of excitement as he sees how the guard continues to try to talk despite being ignored, he knows that from someone like that will never stop talking unless they run out of things to say. That this guard will give him all of the answers and he only wishes that for once he is wrong and that Thanos did not take the stone, but now he has to get answers before he goes insane and then he will figure out what his next move will be.

So he quickly uses his magic to make a sound that would attract the other guards, with the hope that they would run over to investigate. That they would leave this guard alone in her post and Loki can easily speak to the guard without any interference. He only hopes that she would be willing to speak to him and then he won't have to look around for someone else and spend more time of this planet. Fortunately that plan worked, he watches the guards telling her to stay there and then races towards where they believe the sound is coming from and the remaining guard is standing there right on her own. Loki undo many illusions and then transform the Mysto costume to the guards uniform. Keeping a helmet to cover his face and start to head his way towards the guard ready to get his answers and then he will finally know what is going on and then he can figure out what to do next.

"Talk about these crazy past few days huh?" said Loki rather casually and feels sort of disgusted as he tries to speak the way Darcy showed him if he had to double down his disguise to other humans.

"I know right, the Chitauri really got us good and-" said the soldier rather excitedly before taking an interest in him. "Hey, I don't remember seeing you around, are you new?"

"Yes, I am." said Loki hoping that she will drop the rest and then he can get back to the main issues, at least he knows that the Chitauri were involved and that gives him more of a concern for what might be the end of this story.

"Great me too! My name is Issa Devit, what's your name?" said the soldier rather excitedly with Loki becoming nervous of responding it.

"My name is... Ziss Grant..." said Loki trying to create a Xandar like name and feels that he failed miserably

"Now that's... still a great name." said Issa trying to be nice as she can and maybe even encouraging.

"Issa, did the Chitauri take anything that we need to be worried about?" asked Loki not even bothering to beat around the bush and wants to get straight to the facts.

"Yeah this orb thing that the Guardians of the Galaxy gave us after the save us from Ronan?" said Issa rather casually.

"I'm sorry who?" asked Loki in complete confusion.

"You must have been living under a rock haven't you?" asked Issa. "The Guardians of the Galaxy is this group of former outlaws that changed to our side and save the entire universe from Ronan using the Infinity Stone to destroy planets."

"Alright, the Chitauri took the orb which happens to have an Infinity Stone to Thanos, this is completely wonderful." said Loki as he tries to keep his act together but failing through his frustration. "Please tell me that these Guardians of the Galaxy put a stop to all of this and we no longer have to worry about Thanos using it against us."

"No unfortunately, they arrive to check things out yesterday and promised to try to find a way for us to get it back." said Issa. "Though in all honesty I think they will find a way, especially due to all of their history. Fun fact, did you know that one of the members was Thanos's daughter?"

"Really? Which one?" asked Loki with a hint of curiosity in his voice and wondering if maybe one of his former companions made her way out.

"I am pretty bad at names, but I do know that it's the green one." said Issa.

"At least she finally see her father for what he is." said Loki as he gives a sigh of relief and happy that Gamora made her escape to freedom.

"Yeah and the whole galaxy hold nothing against her and gives her a pardon despite protests for her and the others" said Issa. "But we are all giving all of them a second chance and isn't that what's makes them so wonderful? To let someone have a opportunity to prove that they can do it and make a difference, I don't know about you but I believe in opportunity."

"Uh... I do not know." Said Loki a little taken aback, before regaining his composure. "Issa, if someone to hypothetically wants to go after Thanos to get to retrieve anything. What would you suggest anyone to do? Do you think anything has changed after the past events?"

"I think he would still keep his life in order, but he might be a worser than before." Said Issa. "I think that he would have tighter security and will not even try to hold back on any attack."

"That is what I was afraid of." Said Loki as he sees the challenges ahead.

"Why? Wait are you trying to prove yourself to some big boss here?" Asked Issa extremely curious.

"You may say that." Said Loki trying to hide the truth and distance himself from the entire conversation, before Issa can say another word he uses his magic to make a sound from his arm.

"Wait, I think your communicator is blinking and might be giving a message." Said Issa and Loki quickly pretends to look at his wrist.

"It appears as though you are right, they say they need in another sector immediately." Said Loki. "It was nice meeting you and I wish you the best of luck."

"Wait Ziss, do you want to hang out later or have lunch?" Asked Issa hoping that she is on track to make a new friend.

"As nice as it sounds, but I can not because I still have more training to do and it can not wait another minute." Said Loki. "Plus I will be working in another division and I do not know if our paths will cross again."

"Oh you must be part of the outer legion." Said Issa. "I wish you the best of luck on whatever your life may bring you."

Loki just gives her a nod, he starts to head his way back to the portal and thinking about everything he just seen and heard. The sights of Xander is giving him an unexplainable feeling that he doesn't even know what to make of or even know what to say, since the sights have only made him feel an unknown sense of concern and yet helplessness as the sights keep giving him this impact that doesn't seem to be going away. There is also the concern because of the fact that it is now confirmed that Thanos has an Infinity Stone and they are running out of time. They need to get the scepter back and find the other stone before he does, they do not have a moment to lose and the fear is going through his mind. That they have to hurry before it's too late, that is he hopes that it's not because there are two Infinity Stones in dangerous hands and he is going to need Darcy's help if he is going to do this. He made it to the portal and transform into the Mysto costume as fast as he can. As he quickly goes in to the porrtal, Loki just wishes that Darcy had better luck than he has...

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An hour later, back in Darcy's apartment

Loki finally manages to make it to Darcy's apartment and is happy to have made it back, along with Darcy allowing him to have a set of the spare keys. So that way he no longer have to rely on the fire escape and that is now out of order at the moment. Plus it is clear that Darcy is also being more ok with him and trusting of him having the spare keys for him to go in and out of the apartment. Especially with Loki living on this planet and with Darcy for practically a month and what they have been through it alone, that fact gives Darcy enough reason to trust him, despite Loki's questioning and only to be countered that he has already proven that he is a great friend and that is more than enough for her to feel this way.

He opens the door, walks right in, change back to his Asgardian armor, only to see that there is no sign of Darcy, that he is completely alone in the apartment. Loki figures that she must be with the person that owns this building and she is trying to settle some things before they eventually need to find a new place to live and for the destruction of the building which is no where close to being their fault. The idea that she would have to face the consequences for something beyond her control and this man is angry at her for that, it is completely ridiculous and he hopes that Darcy does not tolerate this man's attitude for a moment longer and set some boundaries, there has to be a loophole or something that would guarantee that she would not have to worry about any charges. Now thanks to this complication, they have to speed up the new apartment search and then move out before it gets further out of hand

He looks over and sees that despite all the setbacks, Darcy has been working hard on her research and must have been pretty busy with the time she spent off to help him. That alone is helping to make some progress and then maybe they can get the scepter back before it's too late, that Darcy might have discovered the location. Then all they have to do is go over there and get it before these robots do anything, he is just grateful that it hasn't reached to that point yet and they still have time. They can still get it before it's too late, that is unless Darcy knows where they are and then it would make the entire situation easier. Plus he also needs to tell her everything he found out and that they only need to go after one more Infinity Stone before they go and infiltrate the area to get the guantlet and the last stone. He needs to think of a plan, before he can have a chance to even start...

"Can you believe this guy?" yelled out Darcy busting in the apartment completely annoyed. "He expects me to pay up for all the damages that those thieves made. When it wasn't even our fault!"

"I take it your chat did not go well?" asked Loki as he looks towards Darcy's direction.

"That is a major understatement, if it were up to this guy then he would condemn us for life and send us to jail for messing up an apartment that we didn't even trash." said Darcy. "I honestly can't wait for us to move out of here and find a better apartment, since I am so done with dealing with this. Heck, you are so lucky that you never had to deal with cranky landlords who are ready to increase your rent if something ever happens or whenever they find a good excuse."

"To be honest, I do not see the point of you paying someone else to have a roof over your head every single month, especially if they are as horrible as you just made them sound." said Loki. "I am only surprise that living on this planet is not as easy as I thought that it was, due to humans' sentimental nature, I always thought that you always live in these houses without a care in the world."

"I think that only happens in sit-coms buddy." said Darcy. "Though I wish that I don't have to worry about paying the bills and can use my money on only fun stuff."

"I would offer my assistance, but through my magic there is not much I can do." Said Loki. "The best I can do is use my magic to create an illusion or..."

"Or what?" Asked Darcy confused by Loki's hesitation.

"Or I can use the abilities I inherent from my heritage, but they are far too dangerous" said Loki. "Even then it would be an ice wall that would eventually melt and would not help as much."

"Wait, are you saying that you have ice powers like Elsa?" asked Darcy already excited and amazed by that possibility.

"I may not know who this Elsa may be, but I assume so if she has the ability to create ice than yes." said Loki.

"Now that's totally cool literally!" said Darcy excitedly. "Why didn't you tell me you have the ability to create ice and snow? Oh, I need to see it in action, I need to find something for you to freeze. This so awesome!"

"Darcy, this is not 'awesome,' it is no where close to that level of good." said Loki. "These abilities are made to destroy life and if anyone has these abilities then they should be ashamed of them."

"Why would anyone be ashamed of having something cool like ice powers?" asked Darcy who doesn't get it.

"It is because it is from a race of monsters who want nothing more to destroy for power." said Loki. "Why would anyone want a curse like this? If I have the power then I would have already remove them."

"You know I don't think all Jontuns are that bad, I mean you are technically one of them and you're not that bad." said Darcy.

"Have you forgotten what I have done in the past?" said Loki.

"Well, that wasn't the best thing... But you're not like that now!" said Darcy. "Plus it's your power, just because some big evil Jontuns have used their ice powers for bad things, it doesn't mean it's a bad power to have. It's up to you how you want to use it."

"I doubt I can find anything good about it or if I will ever use them." said Loki. "Nothing good can come from them."

"But it could, I mean I would totally take the ice wall if it doesn't melt." said Darcy. "I'm guessing that you never had to deal with any of these problems back on Asgard?"

"Living in the palace, as a prince of Asgard, I never had to worry about any of that, it was simply given to me." said Loki relieved that they are back to their main conversation. "Darcy, can you promise if you ever catch me complaining about my past life or if I ever someday and in all honesty doubt that I get the privilege in living in the palace again without a drop of concern, stop me, I never want to complain about it ever again."

"Finally, I found someone who agrees with me!" Said Darcy happily. "Yeah, I guess you never really know what you had until it's gone. But at least you have me to have your back now."

"I appreciate your help, since I doubt that I would stay sane if I had to live here that way." Said Loki.

"I will take that as a 'thanks' and you're so welcome. The bad news is that I haven't had any luck in finding where those bots have their super secret hideout." Said Darcy. "I have tried every platform and outlet that I usually use and so far nothing."

"It also doesn't help that we now have more to worry because the scepter is not the only Infinity Stone that gives me a cause of concern." Said Loki.

"Wait, are you saying that we have another Infinity Stone to worry about?" Asked Darcy. "Who took it and where is it?"

"Unfortunately, there was a theft on Xander and-" starts Loki.

"Wait, who took what from who?" Asked Darcy completely confused.

"Xander is a planet, not a who. While I was fighting off those robots the first time, I might have gotten some unexpected help from Thor." Said Loki.

"Wait, you met up with Thor again? When were you going to tell me this?" Asked Darcy rather excitedly. "What happened? Does he now know the truth? What did you say to him? What did he think of Mysto? What is going on with the Infinity Stones?"

"Yes, I encountered him and I was going to tell you when the moment was right and now it seems like the perfect opportunity since I got the confirmation that I needed to have an idea on what we may need to do." Said Loki. "Since the thief was Thanos, apparently he must have been trying to take the Power Stone for some time. He failed once since one of his accomplices was defeated by a group called the Guardians of the Galaxy."

"Wait, there are space superheroes now?" Asked Darcy rather excitedly.

"Apparently so and I am only happy to hear of one member, since we only met once and she seems to be doing well." Said Loki. "Other than that, this time Thanos succeeded in getting it and now has the stone in his possession."

"Alright, now that's bad and we really need to step out A game now." Said Darcy. "So are we just going to get the scepter back and then focus on finding the other stone before we go get the last stone and Gauntlet?"

"That is my current plan and the only plan we have at the moment." Said Loki giving a shrug.

"So about Thor..." starts Darcy.

"He still does not know and believes that Mysto is nothing more than another hero who wants to do nothing but do good deeds." Said Loki. "He did not suspect a thing and we are on a good start, with luck I never have to face another situation like that again."

"But still are you happy that you met up with him? Does that change anything about..." starts Darcy rather nervously and hopeful.

"Darcy, you know as well as I do that I can never go up and reveal myself. Thor would never be happy to see me and we would be lucky if the most that would happen is me being placed back in my cell and you not even having to worry about the consequences." Said Loki. "At this point, we have already crossed that bridge where we cannot return. We are going to have to sneak into Thanos's hideout one of these days and the less that know about what we are trying to do the better. We need to keep Thor and everyone else you may care about safe and we can't do that if they know or Thanos tries to use them against us."

"But still maybe having more on our side would help and we can have more back up." Said Darcy. "Plus weren't you happy to see Thor again?"

"Yes, it was nice to see my brother again and I have forgotten what it was like to spend a moment with him without anger consuming my every thought and to see him smile back at me." Said Loki. "But it can never be that way, not again, we would be doing no one any favors if we put others in danger and... it would only make everything really complicated..."

"But you can have your brother back again, if you just go and talk to him." Said Darcy. "It doesn't have to be that complicated."

"Darcy, I doubt he or anyone would ever forgive me for what I have done. I wouldn't even be surprised if he wouldn't even listen to what I have to say and refuse to believe me." Said Loki. "Nothing of this magnitude can avoid being complicated and I suppose it is for the best and I only wish that there is a better way..."

"You know when we get the scepter back, I have half the mind to use it on the landlord." Said Darcy as she tells him what she is wishing and to try to cheer Loki up. "Maybe use it to make him see what most of us have to go through and get him to go a lot more easier on people."

"The scepter does not work like that, it only allow us to control the minds of others for their actions not their perceptions." Said Loki wondering if spending so much time with him is finally starting to rub off on Darcy? "Besides once we retrieve it, then it would be better if we do not use it for any other reason to try to keep the stone away from Thanos."

"Why? It would be useful, especially if we can get people to forget anything they might have hear or something that would scream bad news for us." Said Darcy. "Plus it would be a cool thing for us to use."

"If one uses the scepter than the stone would allow you to control your victim in a deep lost consciousness. They would be under your command and would obey everything you say and lose a part of their true identities." Said Loki. "If we do that then we would have a bigger problem to deal with, especially if we need to break the spell without giving someone a serious head injury."

"All right, you got me there, plus judging from what happened with Erik, things definitely did not go well." Said Darcy. "It kinda wind up trending everywhere and people are not going to let him live it down anytime soon. Especially- Let just say that all of that led him to a now temporary retirement to live a quiet life away from the world and the press."

Darcy doesn't know if it's a good idea to tell Loki what happened to Erik or if he would want the very person responsible to know. But she knows that she is going to help protect her friend's privacy and just going to hold back, no matter how much she doesn't want to keep secrets from Loki. Besides it's not like Loki would care anyway, he does not seem like the type who would go out of his way to apologies to everyone. So he's probably going to drop it and move on.

But from what Darcy just said, it immediately captures Loki's interest as he stops to think about what he just heard and it only leads to the many questions on his mind. He never really thought about what were the consequences that the planet had to face because of him or even had a chance to see them, especially at the end of the last time he was on Earth. Loki never even thought or wondered if his victims were alright after the attack, he never even bother to ask. The only one he knew was the archer they call Hawkeye and Loki did not even need to be a healer to know he was alright, especially with the fact that Hawkeye did help defeat him in the Battle of New York and is one of the founding members of the Avengers. Though Loki never found out what happened to anyone else he mind controlled or he hurt in anyway, his curiosity is giving him a need to know that is stronger than he has ever felt before and he doesn't even know if he is going to let it go until he gets his answer.

"Whatever did happened to that man?" asked Loki. "I am assuming that he must be a friend's of yours? From the way you were just describing it, you made it sound like he is suffering after I took over his mind."

"You really don't want to know." said Darcy immediately giving his a side glance and hoping that he would give up.

"But I would like to know what happened to him." said Loki not giving up and can already tell that it must have not ended well for Erik. As the need to know on how victims turn out creates an uncomfortable feeling deep inside him that he can not shake away.

"I really don't want to tell you and besides you really do not want to hear it." said Darcy. "Since it was pretty bad, in fact it was even on the news..."

"That sounds bad." said Loki rather simply.

"Yeah, Erik is still not living it down because everyone is still making jokes or some kind of rude comments on social media." said Darcy. "It's not that great..."

"Maybe what I did is worse than I thought..." said Loki as he feels a sense of uncomfortably that only seems to be growing stronger by the second.

"Yeah, it's a good thing that is all in the past and you are making things right?" said Darcy trying to be the comforting before becoming energetically determined once again. "But anyway let's try to focus on trying to get the scepter back before we find ourselves in worse situation like the fate of the world is on our shoulders situation."

"Maybe you are right and we should figure out the task at hand rather than focus on nothing but the past." said Loki. "I was thinking that maybe if we use your technology and somehow advance it even further and try to see if we can hit a larger frequency and track these robots."

"Wow, who knew you could be tech savvy." said Darcy.

"I have learned a thing or two from the box with the moving pictures about technology." said Loki. "But still it would be a good idea to make our search a little without it becoming endless to the point that we wind up back where we started."

"It's a good idea, but the only problem is that we don't know how to advance even further and even then we need a tracking device like a app or a computer or something." said Darcy. "Even then it is not a guarantee that it won't lead us right to them, since they could always find a way to throw us off and we'd be going around in circles."

"What if we combine your technology with my magic, then maybe we can have the tracking locked into their system?" asked Loki. "Maybe that will help keep them from trying to throw the signal off and we can easily find them."

"Maybe, but we don't know what would happen if we try to combine Earth tech with your magic. Who knows what kind of trouble it would cause or if we might do something that might make it worse." said Darcy. "For now, we should also keep an eye on the news, while we find some way to see if your suggestion might work, so we'll know where they strike next."

"Along with figure out how we are going to make them tell us about the location of the scepter." said Loki. "Something tells me that it is not going to be any easy to find out without having to put up some kind of fight."

"We can use your magic, try hacking into one of them or... hope for a miracle..." said Darcy rather awkwardly, she still haven't thought much of that part.

Before Loki can even say another thing, all of the sudden there is a blast coming from the hallway outside the apartment and one that captures both of their attention. Neither of them said a word before they got ready if it is heading their way, Loki pulls out his daggers, while Darcy goes over to the kitchen and grabs a frying pan, ready to fight whatever might be going on outside. With a blink of an eye, some red energy blows the door down, creating a powerful force that might be stronger than either of them can ever imagine and might be stronger than just break down a door. Soon they see something that is speeding right at them through the door before stopping himself right in front of them and the girl walks right behind him. Catching both of them by surprise and seeing the sight of the two of them are now in the apartment, seeing both of the familiar figures there is their main focus.

Even if Loki is now worried about his identity and wondering how he is going to get out of this and really wishes the they haven't seen the recent news. The last thing he need is for both of them to tell the entire planet that he is there and then make the entire situation even worse for him. Since he still doesn't trust them and seeing them break right into the apartment just like that is not helping change his mind or make him feel any better. Especially knowing that he can't allow them to know any of what is going on or knows if it would be a good idea to be open to them. So he keeps a fighting stance and is ready to fight if he has to.

While Darcy on the other hand...

"Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver?" said Darcy surprised as she lowers her pan and only making the two of them confused by what she just said. "Sorry, it was just something that I just came up to call you guys, since I didn't get your names..."

"Very creative." said Scarlet Witch as she smiles at her name before turning serious. "But right now, we really need your help."

Both Loki and Darcy quickly gives each other a glance as they stare at their surprise visitors, at how things has taken an unexpected turn. That they now have another thing on their plate and a problem that they need to deal with right now. Neither one of them knows what Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver wants or why they are even there or what may be going on that they may need their help. But one thing Loki and Darcy do know is that they are getting the feeling that they are going to take part in a long conversation to find out...

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30 minuetes later

It takes a while, for Darcy not only to order some pizza, but to try to make the place perfect for four people to sit down and to have some fun or in their case get down to business. She is just happy that she has four chairs, though it is not like she has that many visitors anyway especially after getting Loki as a roommate and she had to limit visiting hours or at least give Loki some time to escape before anyone steps foot in there. Once the pizza arrives, she quickly pays for it and places it on the table and distributes the paper plates to open the box. So that way, they can start things on the right foot and then they can see what is going on and maybe even help out.

While Loki is keeping his guard up and is not getting anywhere close to that table and doesn't even want to take any chances. He stares at the two of them, feeling a deep distrust and doesn't even know what they are thinking or if they are planning to do something. But Loki knows that he is not going to take any chances and is going to find out the truth, as he continues to looks at them with a defensive stance and ready to fight back if he has to. There is so much going on and he can't afford to let the wrong people know or if they might have something else planned. They can not take that chance...

"You know you can relax for a bit right?" said Darcy.

"We can't we do not know what their motives are or if they have us playing right into a trap." Said Loki. "I can not even believe how you can be so casual and be willing to have dinner with them, especially not even knowing why they would come to us for help."

"They didn't exactly do anything to make us feel like they might be a threat, so I am going to be nice." Said Darcy before turning to the two. "I hope you guys like plain cheese pizza, I didn't really know if you guys would like toppings or what you all would want, so I got us the safe bet."

"We never had any pizza, so we are alright with whatever you may have." Said the girl, as she picks up a slice and takes a bite. "Which this is surprisingly really good."

"Now talk, what is going on?" Said Loki. "Why are you desperate need of our help?"

"Lo- let's try not to be rude." Said Darcy trying to be friendly and yet not be annoyed by Loki's desperate need to be overly suspicious. "Why don't we start with your names? We still haven't gotten what they were last time."

"Right, my name is Wanda Maximoff and this is my brother Pietro." Said the girl. "We made a mistake, a big mistake and one that I don't even know if we can fix."

"What did you do?" Asked Darcy who is only getting more confused and concern by the minute.

"We sided with him, we thought that he was going to help us. That he was just only get rid of Stark and his Avenger friends, we didn't see that he was going to do all of this." Said Pietro. "He is planning to do more than little attacks, if we don't stop him now than he is going to destroy all of life of this planet."

"Who? Who were you helping? Who wants to destroy all life on this planet?" Asked Loki already fearing the worst.

"Ultron, he has a ton of robots and is planning to remake his body into a bigger and better body." Said Pietro. "He has this scepter back from H.Y.D.R.A to help him form it, he is making something worse than himself."

"I saw a vision in its mind and saw what Ultron is planning to do and he is creating a monster." Said Wanda. "When I saw it and told Pietro, we knew we couldn't help him anymore or else it would mean something worse."

"Wait this Ultron, is he the leader of those robots?" Demanded Loki. "Is he behind these attacks?"

"Why were you guys helping Ultom in the first place?" Asked Darcy trying to get a clear picture. "You two don't seem like the type who wants to help destroy the planet and everything in it?"

"We only wanted to help him to get our revenge on Stark, we had no idea that it would go this far." Said Wanda. "He was creating these attacks and they were all against him, so we only followed his lead with everything, we didn't care what was the cost."

"Do you both have any idea on what you could have done?" Said Loki in a mix of frustration and anger, not even caring if he was being harsh. "If that scepter is in the wrong hands then the world is already in danger, it is not just even the people of this planet, it's the entire universe. You both put the entire universe in danger because you were ready to focus on getting vengeance that you did not care what price you may have to pay."

Loki knows that he should focus on finding out where the scepter is and then figure out how he is going to get it back from Ultron. Along with how he is going to hide his identity from the two of them, with the hope that he can find a way to deceive them. But right now, he doesn't care and only wants to say everything on his mind and he does not know if he is able to hold back every word on his mind. Thanks to them, now the scepter is in the wrong hands, they have to now deal with an army of evil robots that are never going to stop and will destroy this planet to end humanity. It only makes things harder for him, since not only he now is involved, but it would make him take time away from finding the last Infinity Stone before they have to possibly face Thanos. He is not going to let this go, especially not until he gives them a piece of his mind.

"Yeah, he's right, what you guys did was so uncool and it's already a miracle that no one has gotten hurt yet." Said Darcy agreeing with her roommate even if he is being harsh. "What we're you guys thinking of joining a monstrosity like that?"

At this point, Darcy stops herself as she sees Pietro and Wanda move a little back. From a look, she can tell that she is making them feel a little too uncomfortable. That maybe she is being a little hard on them and might need to stop. She wouldn't be surprised if Loki gives her the whole "you are being so hard on them and should stop speech." Darcy waits for Loki to start, wanting nothing more but to get it over with, but to much of her surprise...

"You both have placed everyone including yourselves in danger. All because of something that happened between you and Stark years ago." Said Loki angrily, trying his best not to lose his temper. "Something that happened that was beyond anyone's control and something Stark did not even mean to do."

"We only did it, to bring justice to our parents. We needed to fill in the gap that we have always felt and we thought that revenge was the best way to do it." Said Wanda. "We felt as though as we didn't have a choice and wanted to make him pay for his weaponry. We thought that it was the path that we needed to take and that by gaining these powers, it can help us gain it."

"So basically you turn yourselves into human lab rats for your quest for revenge?" asked Darcy completely not impressed.

"We thought that bringing Stark down would give us closure." Said Pietro simply.

"Along with the Avengers, we thought that eliminating them for being Stark's associates would also help make the world a better place." Said Wanda. "We vowed to take anyone who may be associated with him down, we did not care what the consequences may be as long as we do it. We only regret it now after what we were almost a part of and once we saw what we have done."

After hearing this, it only makes Loki and Darcy even more displeased and there is not even enough words to describe what they are feeling. They can't believe how things suddenly got to this point and how they have to deal with the problem even more than they thought they would. That the problem at hand is now on a global scale and if they don't get the scepter then there won't be a planet to protect and Thanos can literally just land and walk in to grab the remaining Infinity Stones. It got to the point, that right now defeating Ultron has become their top priority and If he has the scepter, if he is going to do what he is planning to do then they are going to need to make their move now before it's too late.

Darcy knows that this is the moment where Loki makes his grand debut as Mysto. That he is going to have to get the scepter and clean up the Maximoff twins' mess before it's too late and get this all dealt with. Though first she is going to have to combine Loki to go for and make it his first big Mysto mission and then figure out where things will go from there. Especially from one look and she sees how angry Loki is at the moment. She know her roommate long enough to know that no one wants to mess with Loki and his temper, especially if one is on the receiving end. But still maybe he is going to use this as a moment to tell the twins that revenge is not the answer and that now they know what the consequences are for going down this path and what happens when that becomes one's overarching goal in life, especially if one loses sight in what's really important. That is, she thought he would...

"You both have no idea on how much trouble you caused and my mission. Not only we have to worry about finding a way to retrieve the scepter, but we also have to deal with many more problems that I have been doing everything to avoid because I have to deal with more imperative objectives." Said Loki in deep anger. "Now thanks to the two of you, we have to not only go defeat a dangerous pieces of technology that we have no idea how much damage we may have to undo. Along with now needing to stop a dangerous threat and one that we can not afford to fail. All for what something that Stark years ago that he doesn't even know what even occurred and would have moved on at this point!"

Darcy turns to face her roommate, she doesn't blame Loki for being angry and she's mad at the twins too. But at the same time, she feels like that it might be best to try to ease down Loki's temper and try to be the buffer before he does something that he might later regret. Especially remembering all of the times that Loki let his temper get the better of him and everything that led to his past mistakes with Thor and Asgard and everything that has happened. Plus it also doesn't help that his anger is the reason why he got himself into this mess in the first place. Someone has to be the peacekeeper and she is the only candidate for the job at the moment. Especially before Loki ruins whatever relationship they have with the twins and all of their chances on getting help to get the scepter back. It would be a bad thing if they make things to the point where they both feel so uncomfortable that it would hurt all four of them in the long run, they might as well make things run smoothly...

"Why don't we try to keep the yelling to a minimum right before we let things slide into ugly?" suggests Darcy nervous. "Why don't we all just sit down, enjoy our pizza and talk like four rational people who now have a big robot problem to worry about? You know chat about life and try to figure out how to get the scepter back and defeat an evil robot army before anything happens."

"We have every right to be angry and yell at these two as if there is no tomorrow. With every single word we may have in mind, no matter how harsh it may be!" said Loki angrily. "Everyone has a reason why to be mad at others or the world, especially if they have hurt you in the past! But that does not give you the excuse to try to hurt the many around you including yourselves in hopes that you would get what would be the solution to all of your problems. I had to learn that lesson the hard way and it appears as though you had to as well."

With it only got Darcy and the twins to stare at Loki, with many thoughts floating in their heads. Darcy notices that the twins look as though they feel even worse about their actions and they don't even seem to want to argue against him. Though despite Loki's harshness, he does have a point and if anything he is doing a good job in making them both feel bad about it. But the real thing that catches Darcy's eye is everything that Loki just said and how he just gave both Wanda and Pietro a lecture and it feels more personal than any of them thought that it would. That Loki sounds as though he is regretting everything that has happened back then and is ready to yell at both of the twins for their mistake and that maybe he is starting to see a change in Loki, one that she didn't even know that is there, that the twins allowed her to see. But still it might be best if she steps in and take over the situation before it gets out of hand.

"Ok, I think that we pretty much rubbed it in far enough and that is not going to help us solve any of these problems." said Darcy. "Right now, we should focus on trying to figure out how clean up this mess before we have bigger fishes to fry. So do you guys have any idea on where this Ultom is going to strike next?"

"He says that he is going to go back to Sokovia with his new mechanical body. Ulton, the body and the scepter is in Seoul right now." said Wanda feeling a little confident that they can trust them. "If we don't hurry than we will be facing a war, no one will win and a future of Ultron's own creation."

"Did he say when he is going to leave Seoul? With the scepter and this new body of his?" asked Loki still annoyed at the twins and the situation that Darcy and he are now in.

"He said that he is going to move them as early as tomorrow." said Pietro. "He said that after he has seen what the Avengers are capable of, he is now ready for anything they throw at them and is building an even bigger army. He is not going to stop at nothing until he destroys all of humanity."

"Well then we are going to need to hurry before he leaves Seoul, if we're lucky than we can meet up with him on the main highway and stop him right on the spot." said Darcy as she grabs her backpack and starts packing in it. "Maybe we can stop them before the Avengers get there and then we won't have to worry about who knows what to get the scepter back."

"I definitely agree with you on that one, now we should-" starts Loki before...

"Wait, you're not wearing your costume!" said Darcy in an almost panicked tone.

Loki quickly realizes that Darcy was right and he is not wearing his costume, he is now exposed and the Maximoff twins now know who is underneath the mask. He doesn't even know what to do or if he can even do anything. Now his secret in jeopardy and he doesn't even know what he is going to do or if he can quickly think of spell that could erase the twins' memories. Even then it wouldn't help matter, since not only it would be immoral to simply just remove their memories, but he is not going to help matters if he just erase their memories without even knowing how far back he is going. He tries to think of every scenario that would work and so far nothing, he continues to try to think of plan and the more he thought of it, the more hopeless it is becoming and he is about to get into a deeper thought process, until...

"It's ok, it's alright. You don't have to worry about it Loki, you're secret is safe with us." said Wanda catching Loki and Darcy by surprise and her comfort and acceptance. "When you were both were taking the scepter and helping us escape, back in H.Y.D.R.A, I went into both of your minds. I needed to see if we can trust both of you and after seeing who you were and what you were trying to do, we decided to keep it a secret, as a thank you."

"Now this is a surprise, a very good one and I do not even know what to say to either of you." said Loki taken aback. "You have known this entire time and you never bothered to tell anyone who I was or I was on this planet?"

"No, we know how you feel and can see why you are making these choices, so we couldn't tell anyone, not without hurting you." said Pietro. "Besides it's not like anyone would believe us anyway and you got to deal with angry aliens from outer space that wants to destroy this planet. We'd be doing the whole world and you and your friend a favor by keeping this a secret."

"Thanks so much." said Darcy happily and relieved, as Loki stares in shock by what just happened.

Neither one of them expected Wanda to have the ability to go through others' minds or even thought that she would have the ability to do so and would want to keep her discovery of Mysto a secret. Loki is still angry at her and Pietro for helping Ultron and the reason why things have escalated this far, but at the same time, he can see that they were telling the truth and he is grateful for that. He can see that they are now on their side and that maybe they can also pick themselves up and make things right, that the four of them can solve this problem before it gets further out of control. At least he knows that there is a better chance and that maybe this won't be so bad, but first they need to see how this goes, before he knows if he can trust them and let them keep the secret and maybe even help at times. Since he still doesn't trust the two and he is going to keep an eye on them and see for himself, especially before anything else happens

"Well then, I believe we should go right now, before these robot depart the city. I think I know a portal that would lead us directly into the city with luck then we would arrive in the center of the town." said Loki trying to regain his own composure. "If we leave now, then we might be able to spy on them for a little while and come up with a plan that might work and we'll strike at the right moment, if we have any luck on our side that is..."

Without another word being said, they all start to head out of the apartment and to Seoul, with Loki taking the lead and heading right towards the direction of the portal. They all have a big battle that they have to fight right now and it's one that neither one of them has ask for. Yet they all have to win it somehow, this is a fight neither of them can afford to lose. One that they have a higher chance to win, they all only hope that it is possible. Since they have to win, no matter what...

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Here it is! Chapter 24 and it came out a lot earlier than I thought, but it's here and I am happy to say that we only have three rewrites before the finale! We are almost there and I can't even believe that we are getting there. That the story is almost done and the rewrites are almost done and we are going to get the final chapter soon. It's crazy to think that after all of this time working on this fanfic, I am at this point and we are close to the end.

I am also happy to report that we are moving a little ahead of schedule and maybe I might even be able to meet my original deadline. Though I can't make any promises and I think if it has to come out in November, the earliest it would come out is at the end of November. A little after Thanksgiving to give us an idea of the time frame and the latest would be the end of January. If I have to give a realistic time frame, since we still have three rewrites left and the final chapter for me to write.

As for the next one, I think the next rewrite, the earliest it will come out is in two weeks and who knows maybe that one will be an early one as well, that is if we're lucky as we have been for the past few weeks. :)

I hope you guys are ready for the Age of Ultron arc that is happening in the coming chapters and which this chapter and the next three will be the start of Loki's character development and start of becoming a true hero. This is where we will see him start to accept the role of Mysto and become the person that we all know that he is can be. This is the start of the next phase of his Redemption arc and where we are going to start to see him be the person that he is in the later chapters after the Ultron arc.

I also wanted to move the flashback scene that was originally in Chapter 31 in order for the story to move a little more organically and for some things not to appear right out of nowhere. For us to get some developments for both Loki and Darcy in the future, plus I know I set it up as a flashback, but I started to feel like that it came out of nowhere and we should see the scene earlier and for the story to run smoother as we get into the Ultron arc

I hope that you guys have been enjoying the rewrites and that you are seeing the story get expanded in multiple ways. That you all are excited for the next three rewrites and the finale. Since it is currently in the works and I am happy to say that I am making great progress and it is in the works at the same time as the rewrites. That we are going to see the story reach it's conclusion and leave some loose ends, but it is in progress right now and will come out as soon as the next three come out, allowing us to see how this story end. But for now we are going to see this story continue to grow as we reach to the final three rewrites and the finale.

I really wanted to expand this chapter, to be the start of Loki's change and for him to grow over the course of the Ultron arc. Plus to also have a scene of either just Loki or both Loki and Darcy, until ultimately I decided to have it just Loki, so we can see his thought process as he starts to change over the course of this arc. Along with later on, we get to see him start to grow over the course of the story and we are going to get to see him use more of his Jontun powers really soon and that will also help in his character development and we are going to see him develop his skills, magic and powers throughout the rest of the story. The Age of Ultron arc is a transitional stage and will be the start of change, that once we reach the half way point, then we will see the next step in Loki's redemption arc.

I hope that this expansion succeeds with what I was aiming for and you guys get to see the start of Loki's growth, his journey and everything to pay off in the final chapter.

The final chapter is set to and will wrap up the story arcs that are present in the story, well at least the most prominent ones. Along with it being a celebration of the story and for all of us to see the story wrap up and the characters' journey. But one thing is for sure that the next six rewrites will come out before the final chapter does, so that way they will all be up as a way for us to relive the story and it lives up to the standards of the other chapters for you guys to reread them and for future readers.

Though just because the main story is ending, it doesn't mean that this will be the end of Redemption. 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?)

I might also be thinking of possibly doing a holiday special (it's an idea that I have been playing around and been thinking of for a while now), depending if the remaining rewrites and final chapter doesn't take too long and if you guys really want it, since it might happen...

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 a prequel and I think I would probably at least have that one up, so that way we will see the start of her journey before meeting Loki and how she started her journey. (It's the only thing I can promise that will come soon whether it's before or straight after the story is done.) Other than that 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 final chapter 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, hear you're favorite moments 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 what will the game plan be? How is Loki, Darcy, Wanda and Pietro going to stop Ultron? Will Loki find it inside him to trust the Maximoff twins or will he keep his guard up? What is Darcy going to say and how is she going to get Loki to see that his Jontun powers does not make him a monster? What role will she have in this arc? How are they going to get the scepter back? Will they be able to resolve this as quickly as they hope or will something else happen? Will they run into the Avengers or will they successfully avoid them altogether? Are you ready of possibly seeing the Avengers in this fanfic? Will things work out smoothly and will they be able to stop Ultron? Are you ready for Loki vs Ultron?

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