More than three hours has passed since the emergency meeting and both Loki and Darcy are hard at work on training on how to fight, let's just say that training Darcy on how to fight is easier said then done and Darcy is not one of the best fighters that he has ever met. But Loki is determined for her to succeed and he knows that she can fight well only if she tries hard and they put in more practice. Darcy is one of the most persistants person that he has ever met and she is willing to do everything she can to help out and earlier on was ready to kick him out for the smallest reason of him not even doing hero work. He knows that Darcy will be able to do it and that she can manage to learn how to fight.
They have managed to make some progress and Darcy can at least try to defend herself if a Chitauri has been badly injured that tries to make one last stand before loosing to Darcy. At least that's a start and they still have some time to work on it before they have to go face Thanos, maybe he should give Darcy some pointers or teach her some other techniques. Loki knows that he can't expect Darcy to become a skilled Asgardian warrior as Sif but he wants to give her at least a means to defend herself and to stand a chance against any fight.
"Ok remember concentrate on your target and then strike it as quickly as you can, if you don't then..." said Loki. "Just focus on trying to hurt the opponent and to survive in the best way that you can."
"What if the opponent wins?" asked Darcy nervously. "Let's be honest, I'm horrible in this fighting with a dagger thing, what if I mess up so badly that-"
"If you 'mess things up,' then I will just create an illusion to rescue you from your doom." said Loki. "I know you can do this and if you keep trying then you will be good at this and besides in order to do your part of the plan. I wanted to teach you in case something happens and I won't be able to save you because Thanos and his minions do not understand the true meaning of friendship or mercy."
"I think you made it clear that Thanos is not the type that would care about anyone else other than himself." said Darcy. "So he's really going to do everything he can to win isn't he?"
"Thanos is not the type to accept defeat and even when he realizes that he might loose... he will react violently." said Loki. "Maybe we should take a break and just talk that's all."
"Uh yeah, I mean if this is the last night that we will ever have this time to hang out and talk." said Darcy. "While we are on good terms and right now talking, let me start this conversation off by saying sorry about the last fight that we have. You know the one where I... called you a monster and refusing to believe your side of the story thing... So yeah sorry about that..."
"I never held that scuffle against you and I apologies for causing the whole problem in the first place." said Loki. "Let's just try to forget that ever happened and try to focus on Thanos."
"No we can't forget that one argument, I mean I know that we argued a lot but that time it went too far." said Darcy. "It almost destroyed our friendship and things got tense between us, I don't think I want our friendship to go through something like that again. What if next time, we reach to a point where we can't repair our firendship or if something happens that we might not be able to repair our friendship and that things end so badly that Thanos do something that is beyond repair."
"It's going to take more than that for Thanos to tear us apart and Thanos is not going to destroy whatever positive relationship that we now share with each other." said Loki. "If my plan works then we will never have to worry about Thanos ever again and we will win, it is better to move on after we learn from our mistakes then to leave the past behind oneself."
"I know that but I just want to talk before everything changes and I was wondering if... we can do it without your mask on?" asked Darcy nervously and unsure how Loki would react with her question. But she is hoping that he would at least be happy to take the suggestion.
"You want me to take off my mask?" asked Loki in shock. "Have you forgotten that we are in Avengers tower and-"
"It's not the first time that you had your mask off in this building, have you forgotten that you can create illusions with a just a simple spell?" said Darcy. "Plus I have seen you do spells that can create illusions for everyone else to see, while only the chosen few can see you out of the overall illusion. If you did it once then you can do it again, now come on if this is the last night that we might hang out and I don't think I want to talk to you with your Mysto mask on if this is the last time. I would rather talk to you over 'Mysto' any day of the week."
Loki just gives a quick sigh as he uses his magic to create an illusion that only Darcy and anyone else that may know his secret can see. He quickly takes off his mask and does not even know if he should feel annoyed or have some relief of taking off the mask for one minute to have a moment with Darcy. It may not help any unwanted feelings disappear, but it will help Loki feel better about leaving things off in a positive note and maybe once the time comes then it might be easier for him to say goodbye to Darcy. Loki knows that regardless of what the outcome of the war against Thanos may be, that he can't stay on Earth and it would be better for everyone including himself that he just leaves. But for now he is just going to enjoy the moments that he has now and worry about Thanos later, if this is going to be the last time he is ever going to spend with Darcy then he is not going to end it with an arguement and that might ruin their friendship or what's left of it. He is going to enjoy every moment that they have left together and to try to move forward with the future by trying to leave things off in a good place before everything ends the following day.
"Well then we have been through a lot in the past couple of months haven't we?" said Loki. "I must admit that being on this planet is more tolerable than I imagined and I am starting to see what my brother must see in this planet and how it has changed him."
"Don't tell me that you grew fond of Earth, not saying it's a bad thing but it's kinda sweet that all of this made you care." said Darcy. "When all of this is over, we're definitely going to celebrate and I don't even know how are going to do it, but we're going to do it. So how does Disney World sound to you? But we could always do something quiet if you are not up to go to a theme park."
Loki just stares at her and just wonders what is Darcy talking about and what on earth is a "Disney World?" But other than that all Loki can do is care about the future and if they will have more time to talk and just spend time together. What is going to happen if he manages to beat Thanos and do the impossible? He knows that leaving Earth is the best option, but what would happen if Loki chooses to stay? Can Loki really live the rest of his life happy on this planet and things magically work out? Deep down Loki knows that it's not possible or will ever happen because of the fact that Thor will never forgive him and Darcy would be happier living a normal life with him out of the picture. He doesn't even know where he might be going after this adventure on Earth, but Loki knows that it will be better for everyone if he just goes before things just become complicated for everyone and he'll just ruin everything again. He can't afford any of Thanos's children coming after him for revenge or the Other leading his Chitari army to invade Earth. He knows what happened to Heimdell back in Asgard is his fault, if he didn't team up with Thanos prior to the Avengers or even fell off the Bifrost in the first place than maybe none of this would be happening...
"I can imagine that I will be able to stay a couple of days on this planet to prepare for my departure and keep my part of the deal with Jane. Then later pack my things and say my goodbyes." said Loki. "After that then I guess it will truly be the end of my time on Earth..."
"Well it doesn't have to be that way, I mean you can always stay in my place and don't have to move out." said Darcy. "I mean we are living in a two bedroom apartment and it will feel really... awkward if I have to walk by your empty room and keep reminding myself that I don't have a roommate anymore."
"Well you might as well start getting used to the idea and enjoy having your home to yourself again. It's going to happen and we might as well try to end our friendship slowly before Thanos breaks it for us." said Loki feeling slightly saddened by that statement and wishes that it doesn't have to be that way.
"It doesn't have to be this way..." said Darcy. "We can still be friends and maybe you don't have to go and maybe we can be happy here..."
The next thing that both of them knew is that they were having a quiet moment that feels good and at the same time mysterious that they want to explore it more. Along with possibly having a moment where they might possibly become something more and the connection to one another might be harder for both of them to let go. It is starting to make Loki and Darcy feel closer to one another and they wish that they won't have to face the titan that will take everything away from them.
Whether or not their friendship will be able to continue on throughout the whole ordeal and maybe even after. But before they can continue to have the moment or dive further in to the moment and cross the line beyond friendship, the door opened catching both of them by surprise. Both Loki and Darcy quickly separate from each other and quickly act like nothing is going between the two of them, though anyone who would have caught them in the act would think that the two of them were together. Fortunately for both of them, none of the ones that are about to go into the room saw that Loki and Darcy are about to cross that line. The two of them watch to see who it might be behind that door and they are relieved to see it was just the Maximoff twins.
At least they don't have to pretend that Loki is a different person with the two of them in the same room and the benefits of the power of magic and illusions. Both of them went into the room and it looks like they have to talk to both of them, Loki is glad that they came into the room because that will allow him the chance to talk to Wanda about her powers and their capabilities. For once it's a relief that they know his secret, Loki does not know how he would be able to explain it to them if he just have to go out to explain to them that he might need to use Wanda's powers to destroy the stones because he has the others. Now all he has to do is deal with this awkward situation and try to straighten things out before it gets out of control or off topic...
"Well it's good to see you two again, but it's seems that you two must have gotten close..." said Pietro. "So are you two together now? I definitly did not see that coming..."
"What? There is nothing going on between us!" said Loki defensively and ready to deny any other statements of the idea of Darcy and him being a couple.
"Yeah what he said." said Darcy. "Haven't you two ever heard of knocking?!"
"To a training room? I would think that if you two are going to be secretly dating, you would be keeping it as well as you have done with the big secret so far." pointed Pietro. "Though you probably would want to put that mask back on before someone sees you or are you going to be acting like that you two don't know what I am talking about?"
"First of all, I am using an illusion to hide my identity and only people who know of my identity will be able to see me without it being exposed." said Loki. "Secondly, we are not secretly dating or feel that way towards one another in any shape or fashion."
"If that was the case then why are you two denying it?" pointed out Wanda joining in the conversation.
"I am not denying anything, I was just informing you how inaccurate that idea is and to now point out that we have more important things to worry about." said Loki. "Such as trying to stop Thanos before he has a chance to obtain any of the remaining stones, that should be our top priority... not whatever speculation that you two may be having towards our relationship."
"Yeah what he said." says Darcy unsure why she doesn't feel comfortable or as confident of what Loki just said. "But at the same time, it might possibly not be the first time that we have to deal with the speculation of us being a couple, we might as well start getting used to it."
"He's right, we will need to deal with this Thanos before we continue to talk about any possible romance between the two of them." said Wanda. "So you really are thinking of giving me the responsibility of trying to restrain Thanos so you can remove the gauntlet is a good idea?"
"Yes because of the mere fact that Thanos does not know anything about you and would expect the most powerful to face him heads on." said Loki. "With luck he won't know anything about my secret identity and I will be able to grab the gauntlet as quickly as I can."
"Well actually-" begins Darcy before Loki interupted her to say a couple more things of what the real plan is.
"If we are lucky then we might win that scuffle and possibly buy us enough time to beat Thanos long enough for our next move." said Loki. "It would be foolish to remain on the battle field with the gauntlet and three stones ready for him to try to take back. On the topic of the stones, Wanda I am going to need to ask you something really important and it can affect the ultimate outcome of the stones."
"What is it?" asked Wanda nervously. "If it's to consider to use my powers to destroy Vision, I am never going to agree to that. I can't do that..." Both Loki and Darcy share a surprise and confused glance to one another and before either of them can even ask either one of the twins what that outburst is about...
"Wanda has a crush on Vision and... they might possibly be a thing." Pietro quickly explained. "That is if she ever goes on to tell Vision her true feelings for him."
"We are just friends, really close friends that care about each other." said Wanda. "It's not like that we are going to get together or anything, though I think we might be ready for that... I just don't know how to tell him."
"Well I wish I could offer advice, but I just recently broke up with my boyfriend and might not be the best person to ask for relationship advice." said Darcy. "But that shouldn't mean that you can't pursue a relationship with Vision, if you truly care about him in that way..."
"If it makes you feel any better, I was not going to ask you to destroy Vision... But I am intrigued by the idea of you possibly having the ability of destroying Infinity Stones." said Loki. 'I was thinking that once we get those two stones and with the ones that I already have obtained, maybe your powers might possibly have the strength to destroy the stones."
"My powers are strong, but I don't know if they are strong enough to possibly destroy six rocks that existed ever since the universe existed." said Wanda. "I have been trying to control my powers through training or Vision has been helping me learn to control my powers. But I don't think that I know if I can destroy the stones or if I have the power to do it."
"On the contrary, I believe that you might have the power to destroy five stones and your powers have grown to a point where it can create a powerful impact that no one can ever predict." said Loki. "But if we use this power to possibly destroy the stones then we will finally be able to defeat Thanos easily, that is I hope that it will be possible to defeat him that easily."
"Ok if I can destroy these stones then what are you planning to do once Thanos start to come after you to try to retrieve the stones?" asked Wanda.
"By that time, I will have come up with a plan that might possibly end Thanos for good." said Loki. "If this plan works then we will at least stand a chance, but it's important that we don't tell any one else the truth. If anyone else finds out that we have the Infinity Stones then it will lead to speculation and someone might come up with the idea that Thanos might possibly be telling the truth."
"But there might possibly be a chance that we won't have to worry about someone not being able to figure out your secret identity." said Darcy. "I mean it's a wishful thinking, there's still a chance that no one will be able to figure out your secret identity. Maybe you can make a story up and just say that you are a rare collector or something."
"How are you planning to explain on how we possibly could have gotten the other Infinity stones? Thor would never leave us alone until he finds out the truth on how we possibly found out about the tesseract being in Asgard." pointed out Loki. "If we're going to do this then we are going to need a stratigtic plan that will not only protect my identity but will defeat Thanos faster than he would expect."
"As long as this plan works and no one gets hurt from this plan right?" asked Darcy nervously.
"That's part of the goal and with luck we will all make it out of this alive with our souls rightfully remaining inside us." said Loki. "Now if you will excuse the two of us, we need to get back to training in case there is an attack while we are away and for Darcy to at least know some self defense skills."
"Lok- Mysto, it's ok for them to watch if they want to." said Darcy. "I mean they already know your identity and we won't have to worry about someone walking in and see you."
"Well then, may I speak to you alone?" asked Loki nervously as he made a quick gesture that anyone can tell that it's important.
Darcy quickly nodded her head and the twins went out of the room to give them the space the two of them needs to talk whatever they may need to talk about. Loki quickly made sure that no one is in the room and that he can speak without being overheard. The last couple of times he had to deal with something like this, two people managed to find out his secret identity and he accidentally send someone falling in an unknown dimension for fighting over an Infinity Stone. Then later for not being careful, accidentally expose himself and now Jane knows his true identity. But too be fair, all of those three times have been helpful when it comes to their overall mission and at least it wasn't Thor that found out.
The last thing he needs is for Thor to find out then things will be harder for everyone to deal with and Thanos would love more than anything to make sure that he suffers. Loki doesn't even know what is he going to do if Thanos does anything to either one of them or to some extent the Avengers because all he knows that Thanos will make it his personal mission to make every single one of them suffer for everything. But when Thor finds out the truth, then he's going to have something worse than Thanos to worry about...
Deep down Loki hopes that maybe Thor will be happy to see him and might be slightly disappointed of the choices he made, but ultimately happy that he has been alive all this time. Along with the deep understanding that maybe the reasons why Loki decide to keep his survival a secret and will accept that he might have to keep it a secret from their father despite any reservations. But ultimately proud of him for becoming a better person and doing everything that he can to stop Thanos and maybe even save the universe, that is if Thor's anger will allow it...
Loki knows that Thor would never forgive him for all of this, let alone keep this big secret from Odin and try to let him leave the planet. He knows that he might never earn his brother's trust or forgiveness, but that is not going to stop Loki from keeping his part of the deal and have a weight off his shoulders. At least he doesn't have to worry about to keep up his secret once this is over if Thor wants to keep the secret that is. Loki just hopes that Thor would go for it. He'll just have to worry about it that later, right now he has to talk to Darcy before she accidentally reveals her part of the plan to the entire team.
"Now that those two are gone, we really need to talk about the plan." said Loki. "Look Darcy, it is the utmost important that you-"
"Hey Loki, you don't have to say anything or want me to not take part of the plan, I mean so far I am a terrible fighter and I might be holding the team back if I try to fight off some Chitari with just a dagger in my hand with barely any combat experience." said Darcy. "Don't get me wrong I would like to help in anyway I can but how can I help if I can barely stop you? You are just taking it easy on me and I don't think that Nebula girl, the Chitari and Thanos are they let's be nice to her and let her win this battle because she is barely able to defend herself."
"I don't want you to give up on this or trying to kick you out of the plan, I believe that you can do this and we will make sure that you can at least stand a chance against a chitari by tomorrow or I can always try to save you if they give you any trouble even if it throw us off from the plan." said Loki. "That is not what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Ok then what do you want to talk about that you can't say it in front of those two?" asked Darcy nervously. "Does it have something to do with tomorrow or your secret?"
"I just need you to not tell anyone about your part of the plan, just because it will avoid any trouble for both the team and the plan as a whole. Not only the others would never agree in letting you come on the mission in the first place because you are an ordinary human without any combat training, but it will also make things more complicated if we want to go towards the unpredictable path for the plan to be unpredictable." said Loki. "If we want this to possibly work then we are going to need to keep this a secret and try to make this work."
"Wait you don't want me to tell anyone that I am going to go on the mission to possibly make a major impact in the fight against Thanos?" asked Darcy unsure if she should be worried or skeptical of the idea. "How are you planning to get me to the battlefield without anyone knowing? I mean I know that you are going to be using your fancy illusions, but how do you plan on sneaking me onto the ship? Please don't tell me that you are planing to wake me up at one in the morning, in case I have never made it clear that I am not a morning person."
"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but you are definitely going to get an early morning wake up call." said Loki. "I can't sneak you into the ship later on throughout the day without looking suspicious or someone stoping to ask questions."
"Right, good point..." said Darcy with a groan and not looking forward to waking up who knows how early Loki will be waking her up.
"We'll worry about all of that later, right now we should focus on training and prepare for tomorrow." said Loki. "We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow and if Thanos is going to give us a war then we will need to be ready to give Thanos the biggest fight of his life."
"I guess we have work to do." said Darcy determinedly.
With that the two of them begins to continue training again, Loki notices that Darcy might possibly be getting better over time and that maybe after all of the practice they did in the past couple of hours. Maybe things will improve on after all and they might win this, but either way Loki knows that maybe if Darcy continues to improve as they continue to practice the fighting skills that are developing over time. Loki have to admit that he is amazed to see a human being able to quickly learn fighting techniques. The main question he has is with after everything that happened and now with Thanos going to make his attack on the planet, how come no one on Earth came up with the idea to try to teach themselves basic self defense? It would increase safety measures and make the Avengers' job easier? But either way his top priority right now is to make sure that this mission is a success and safe for Darcy to participate in. Tomorrow will be the moment that everything will change and there is no telling what Thanos might do or if they will win this. But deep down Loki just wishes that the day will never end and that he won't have to face Thanos the following day.
His feelings towards the remaining hours makes him dread all of the potential outcomes that might happen the following day. Soon the Maxioff twins quickly came back into the room and even though they are mostly there to watch them and to see what might possibly between the two of them. Along with to try to spend some time with them and maybe see if there is something between the two of them, but they are definitely not going to be there just to see who is going to make the first move and just want to hang out with both of them before the following day comes. Loki knows that tomorrow will be the day where the fate of the whole universe and the stones will all be determined if Loki can make this plan work and if they manage to succeed then everything he have worked for in the past couple of months will mean something and the whole world can go forward into a brighter future. Loki just wishes that he can know for sure that things will work out on it's own and that maybe tomorrow will work out after all.
The Next day, four hours before the battle against Thanos
Loki is leading the way to sneak Darcy into the quinjet that will take them to the meeting place, Loki made sure to find out which one is going to be the one that they will be embarking on the night before. It was a struggle to get this far to say the least, for starters it took him forever to wake up Darcy and he learned the hard way that when it comes to Darcy, she's not the most lenient when it comes to an early morning wake up. But either way Loki manages to succeed without waking anyone else up or at least not looking like he's up to something. Loki nervously opened the quinjet and leads Darcy to someplace that would make her a good hiding place for her to stay until it's time to sneak her out and for the next part of his plan to work.
"Are you sure that this is a good idea?" asked Darcy nervously. "I mean what if someone sees us coming in to the ship or if they bump in to me or something?"
"Just because I am going to hide you on the ship and hide the Infinity Stones with Jane until further notice, it doesn't mean that I am going to create illusions to cover everything up in hopes that no one will see it or head towards the illusion." said Loki. "When one are about to do an illusion or a plan like this, you can't be reckless and hope that everything will work out perfectly in the end. If we are going to win then we're going to need to be always one step ahead of Thanos and whatever he may be planning. I just wish that Nebula would have said something that would have given us a clue about his plan or accidentally slip it out then maybe we might have some idea on what Thanos might possibly be planning to do."
"Maybe he won't do anything except continue to demand for you to surrender and give up the stones, I mean so far Thanos hasn't done anything big that would get media to go on a field day." said Darcy. "Maybe he doesn't have anything further than attack Asgard, then Earth and will never rest until Loki and all six Infinity Stones are in his grasps."
"It's not like Thanos to go into a fight without a plan or a back up plan that he is ready to do in case we overpower him." said Loki. "We can't let our guard down, I just hope that for once Thanos is not going to give us any surprises."
"So this is the first time that you are going to see Thanos ever since the whole being sent to Earth to try to take over everything incident." said Darcy. "How are dealing with this? I mean how do you feel about seeing him again?"
"I just want to get this over with and make sure that we get out of this alive, my time with Thanos was anything but memorable." said Loki. "If we are going to win this fight then it is wiser to not focus on the past and to just try to defeat Thanos before he tries to get his hands on the Infinity Stones."
"Yeah I know but I am always open if you want to talk about it." said Darcy. "It's really clear that Thanos is not the let's be friends and hang out because of our shared history type, he must have hurt you or did something to you."
"What makes you think that Thanos did something to me?" said Loki almost defensively.
"Come on Loki, you said two nights ago that Thanos would have killed you if that Gamora girl didn't ask him to spare you. No one needs to be there to know that you and Thanos are not exactly the best of friends, he might have done something to you that deeply affected you in some way and if you want to talk-" said Darcy.
"This looks like a good place for you to hide and it is a good thing that I might have sabatoge the others before they decided which one we might be taking." said Loki. "After I did a quick inspection on all of them before figuring out on which one might possibly be the best one to go on a mission like this one and where would be the best place for you to hide in the ship."
"Ok let's see your secret hiding place." said Darcy giving up for a moment. "But I am here if you ever want to talk about it or if you are ever bothered by it, I just don't want to see you be hurt because of him again."
"We shouldn't have to worry about that, I am a master of tricks and illusions there is no way he is going to stop me that easily. Besides completing this mission is more important than whatever Thanos may have planned for me." said Loki. "Other than that just hide in here and I will come get you when the moment is right and then we will be able to do the rest of the plan."
"Wait you want me to hide in a broom closet?" asked Darcy surprised. "Why would the Avengers put a broom closet in one of their modes of transportation?"
"I have no idea and I really wish that I knew the answer, I know that this is the best hiding place for you to hide until it's time." said Loki, about to get up and leave. "If luck is on our side then we will be able to win and now-"
"Loki wait..." said Darcy not even wanting to see Loki go and for the moment that they were waiting for since they started on this journey finally come. "Let's just talk for a moment and just be us one last time before Thanos ruins everything."
"I wish that we could talk, but we can't guarantee a conversation without drawing attention to ourselves in one way or another." said Loki. "If we don't somehow draw attention to ourselves by accidentally waking someone up then they come to investigate or if someone surprises us and walks into the ship before I can even have a chance to escape or we come up with an explanation on why we are even in here in the first place. We can chat more once all of this is over, just stay here and hide from everyone before and durring the flight. See you in a couple of hours..."
With that Loki begins to leave the quinjet and is ready to go back into the tower and pretend to be the hero with the plan that might save them from the wrath of Thanos. Part of him wishes that he doesn't need to ask Darcy for a big favor like this or to even dare to think of it, he never wanted to ask Darcy to put herself in danger to help save the planet. Loki even wishes that he can go back and tell Darcy that she doesn't have to do this, but he knows that deep down that this is the only way for his plan to work is to do it this way. He just can't wait for all of this to be over, maybe things will be better and he can finally be free from the shadows of his past and to finally be free from Thanos. Loki just has to find a way to win...
Darcy sadly watch her roommate walk away and quietly wishes that he doesn't have to leave, she is now feeling something that she has never felt before. Ever since she met Loki and went through this journey with him and after the Ultron incident, her feelings towards Loki has gotten stronger than she has ever thought that they would. Darcy doesn't know why she is even more fond of Loki now and how she can handle these feelings because none of this has made sense and yesterday just only make her feelings for Loki more complicated. The moment when the twins asked if they were a couple, Darcy couldn't get it out of her head and she doesn't know why? She just wishes that things were simpler and that it was like when she just got into her relationship with Ian.
Back then it was just easy because he just saved her life and Darcy is just grateful that- Loki also saved her life a couple of times and is doing everything in his power to make sure that she stays alive during this whole mission. Not too mention aside from any life or death situations, Loki has been a good friend that was there for her and she has never thought that she would ever have gone on this journey. Darcy can't even imagine if she wants to change anything about this experience or her life with Loki, she knows that it was a challenge when it came to getting to stones and keeping Loki's secret. But it was worth it and she wouldn't have wanted it to go anyway, at times she doesn't give Loki enough credit and ready to push him into the superhero path a little too much. At least that didn't stop their friendship and now she's not even sure if their friendship is still as casual as it was before Ultron. Ever since her surprise break up with Ian, she has been more confused by her feelings and every single time that she spends time with Loki, it feels right and she's more happy than any date that she had with Ian and the feelings are growing stronger by the minuete. It is almost like...
No it can't be, Darcy doesn't even know if she should feel happy or relief or worried to even say it because this is definitely crossing a line. A line that Darcy does not want to cross and she knows that there is no way that she should ever feel this way, it could never be possible right? Loki would never feel the same way towards her ignoring the fact that she's from Earth for a minute, there is also the fact that he cares about that Amora girl and she might not be good enough for Loki or if he would ever feel the same way towards her. She thinks that she might have fallen of rather falling in love with Loki...
Four hours later
Soon they all arrived to giant field that is away from all lights of cities and would be a good place for a battle to happen. Any moment will be the moment where they are going to face Thanos and possibly end this once and for all. Loki just stares at the sight up ahead, he can't believe that he is about to face Thanos and at that moment all Loki can think of how this will possibly end and the hope that it will end well. He just wishes that he can confide to Thor or Darcy about his feelings about what is about to happen. But there is no way that he can talk to Thor about this without questions following and as for Darcy not only it will ruin the plan, but the last thing he needs is to have Darcy see him as week or a coward. He never wants Darcy to see him in that way...
The next thing that they all knew is that a giant ship is starting to land on the other side of the field and is about to make it's grand entrance that anyone would be ready to make a run for it if they didn't have any powers or fighting skills. Even then Loki doesn't know if he's ready to face an Chitari army, Nebula and Thanos at the same time with two Infinity Stones in their back pockets. When the Chitari start to come out of the ship led by the Black order, Loki knew that it was time to put his plan into motion and that it was now or never.
"So this is it, the fight for our lives..." said Captain America.
"Thanos is going to make sure that we fall harder than anyone can ever imagine." said Loki. "I wouldn't be surprise if he sent out the Bla- big ones to try to hold us as prisoners to try to get information of the stones and Loki."
"That's not going to happen because of the fact that we have a plan that might possibly work." said Thor. "Now let's end this once and for all."
"Wait are you saying that you trust me?" said Loki slightly touched but at the same time disappointed that he will have to disappoint his brother once again when this is over.
"You were the one that covered for me when I was away and all of the times that you helped out before and after I left." said Thor. "Why wouldn't I trust you?"
Loki looked away from Thor, he knows the answer to that question and would give anything for things to be different. He can already see Thor's look of surprise, anger and disappointment when he finds out that Mysto was Loki this entire time. Other than that Loki knows that things are only going to get hard from here, plus Thor or no Thor, Thanos is going to make sure that he beats every single one of them until they give up the stones and he surrenders. But there is no way that they are going to give up without a fight. Soon every single one of the Chitari and the Black order begins to head towards the opposite side of the field and there are hundreds of them. There was no sign of Thanos or Nebula, even if they were in the battlefield, anyone would think that the Avengers are greatly outnumbered. It was eight against hundreds, but if all goes well then they will be able to win. But still they have faced hundreds of robots and many trials, this should be nothing right?
"Ok so which one of these guys is Thanos?" asked Iron man not even knowing if they should try to just attack all of them or try to focus on Thanos.
Once the rest of them know which one is Thanos, Loki realize that he has a point and doesn't see Thanos anywhere. Something is wrong and there is no way that Thanos would ever miss out on an opportunity to beat him or a fight, especially with the Infinity Stones' fate might possibly be involved. He really wishes that he can say something without leading some questions that he doesn't know if he has a good explanation for how he can possibly know that. Loki can't think of a good explanation that anyone might possibly come to the conclusion that he might have some kind of connection to Thanos. He can't risk that...
"He's not there, that coward must want to send out his army first to see if we're even a match." said Thor. "If he dares try to mock Heimdell or Loki, I will go to his ship and tear down everything in sight."
"Before you start your temper tantrum, we have bigger fish to fry and we might want to deep fry them now." said Quicksilver. "So what should we do?"
"The best thing we all should do is to try to fight our way through and hope that we can find this Thanos guy before he can find us." said Black Widow.
"That should work and despite this set back, we can still do the plan and try to make this work. But our top priority should be to try to find Thanos before he finds us." said Loki. "We need to continue the plan and to distract this army before Thanos unleash any wrath that he may have on us. It's a good thing that Vision stayed behind, we don't want to guard him and to face Thanos at the same time. It would only give Thanos an advantage that we might not be prepared in fighting against."
"Yeah... We're really lucky that Vision stay behind..." said Scarlet Witch with a hint of uncertainty in her voice. Everyone ignored her overall tone and stared at the battlefield with the Chitari army and Black order begins to run over to the eight heroes, ready to fight them all.
"Ok everyone, we all know the plan and what Thanos is looking for and he's not going to rest until he gets all six Infinity Stones and Loki. With luck and maybe some quick thinking then we will be able to win." said Captain America. "Stick to the plan and be sure to look after one another in the field, most of us have no idea on what Thanos is capable of and how powerful he is with two stones. But judging from Thor's story, it's anything but good and this fight can determine whether or not we will still have a planet or much less universe to call home. Stay vigilante and now it looks like we have an alien army to beat and defeat."
Before anyone can have a chance to say a word to Captain America, they all begin running or flying towards the army ready to fight it off and save the universe. Banner even transformed into the Hulk to begin the battle against Thanos and to put a stop to his plans. Loki doesn't even know how his plan will be able to work or if Thanos might have something else in store. But this is the best chance that they got and one of the few chances if Thanos is going to make any more moves then it will be more dangerous than a simple warning. Loki knows that this is the battle is one of the most important battles that they need to win, at least Thanos is not there and they can focus on taking out as many of them as they can. Though the question is where is Thanos now? What is his ultimate plan? Why wasn't he in the battlefield? Where's Nebula in this? This would be a perfect opportunity to let her fight off the others or try to talk him into surrendering, but she's completely out of sight. Well either way he's going to fight and finish what he started, Thanos is finally going to fall and Loki is going to make sure of it. Nothing can go wrong as long as they do the plan and make sure that Thanos doesn't use that advantage right? Loki has the feeling that the chances of them winning is decreasing and it looks like that this job has become a lot tougher...
Meanwhile in the ship
Thanos is smiling at the sight right in front of him, he's happy to see that Loki brought a futile attempt of fighting. Not only Loki will be able to see his life fall apart so quickly but he will have some fun before he finally makes Loki pay for his failures and his futile attempts of trying to interfere in his quest to get all of the stones. Thanos can already imagine how things are going to play out in this fight that is going to occur. All Thanos wants to do is to make sure that things stay on track on where it is right now. Before he can try to see if anyone can find her, Nebula comes into the room and looks ready for action and to report on the current status of the battle as a whole. Thanos turns to Nebula, wanting to hear the full report of what is going on and to give her the next orders for the plan...
"Well, what is your news?" demanded Thanos as he stares at Nebula. "Do you see Loki out there?"
"Yes, he's out there with these colorful group of Terrans. But I don't think we need to worry about that, everyone is in position and they are ready to do their part." said Nebula.
"Good, everything is going according to plan and now-" started Thanos before he notice something out of the window and it catches his eye. He continues rather calmly... "The one in the armor and the red cape, I want you to keep an eye on him."
"Why?" asked Nebula not even knowing if she wants to know or not.
"He was in Asgard during my little visit and he seems to be a little close to Loki if he's ready to defend Loki's name, I believe that he must be that oaf of a brother that he always felt second best to." said Thanos. "He might be some use for us and I want you and the Black order to keep an eye on him, if necessary bring him to me. Let's see if Loki will finally listen to us if we have a little bargaining chip."
"Ok while I go after blond hair guys with red capes, what are you planning to do?" asked Nebula in a demanding and yet disrespectful tone. "Are you going to just sit in here and do nothing while we do all of the dirty work?"
"No..." said Thanos ignoring Nebula's tone with an evil smile forming on his face. "I am going to go after Loki myself..."
Here it is, the next chapter of Redemption and I know that it's a lot shorter than expected, but I am planning to make the next chapter longer and let's just say that you guys are going to be surprised in what you will see in the battle that is about to happen. Since it's definitely going to be a wild chapter that will catch everyone by surprise. Well technically it's going to be a two parter like chapter where we're going to see Loki, the Avengers and Darcy face one of the biggest fights in Redemption and is the first part of the final battle against Thanos.
As for when the next chapter will come out, I am going to try to have it come out in the 1-2 week period. But the problem is that I just restarted school and there might be some delays, I apologies ahead of time if that happens and I am going to try to not to keep you guys waiting like the last mega delay. But if I have to delay it then I will be aiming three week- a month earliest, I will try to get it out as soon as possible and will make every single chapter worth the wait.
I also want to say that the next two chapters are going to be one of most intense moments of Redemption and we will be seeing the beginning of the end. Not too mention that a ton of twists and turns will be happening throughout these chapters and be ready for the surprise climatic twist that will be happening really soon...
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 they win this battle? Will Nebula and the Black Order get a hold of Thor? Will Loki's plan work? What's Thanos's plan? How are they going to win this? I guess we're all going to have to wait and see won't we? See you guys in the next chapter. :)