The Avengers and Loki begins their fight with the army, so far it feels like how it would be if it was a normal fight and only more intense. Loki can't believe at how many Chitari are coming after them, this is more than Thanos lent him durring his take over of the planet and the numbers were more than he expected. But then again he only have vaugue memories of his 'training' and Thanos might have an even bigger army than what he thought. The fight with the army feels like if it's an endless amount of time and Loki is now trying to look for the right moment to get Darcy and sneak her ahead while he deals with sneaking Scarlet Witch and Hulk without them noticing Darcy or the illusions that he would be doing, in order to make this plan work. But there is one thing that Loki notices during this fight that nearly caught him off guard and wants to stop to think about the sight.
Loki just finds it odd that the moment that they all went to fight the army that was racing towards them, the Black order separate from the group and headed towards a different direction, that catches Loki by surprise of the mere fact that they are now separating from the army to do their own thing. Loki would think that they would be taking part of the battle in a way that's more dangerous than any of the Chitari can do combined. Regardless Loki knows that he might want to focus on this sudden change and already is coming up with a quick plan on how to deal with them and not to give anyone any ideas that he might know a thing or two about Thanos other than he is letting on...
"Ok do any of you finds it odd that the big ones that stand out have seperated from the group and head out in the same direction from the battlefield?" pointed out Loki nervously.
"In case you haven't notice Mysto, we're too busy fighting an never ending amount of alien soldiers." pointed out Quicksilver. "I don't think we have time to stop and count how many there are and do a roll call."
"Joking aside Mysto's right, the giant ones that were in the crowd. You know Squidward and his Bikini bottom friends did leave from the crowd and left these guys to go wherever they may be going." said Iron man.
"Yeah it does look suspicious, do you guys think that Thanos might be planning something." said Black Widow.
"I think the best course of action might be to send a few to spy on them and to see what they might be up to." said Mysto. "We can't afford letting Thanos have the upper hand."
"I agree on that one, ok Stark and Pietro you guys go on ahead and keep an eye on those guys." said Captain America. "If they try anything, just stop them in their tracks before anything else happens. The rest of us stick to the plan until we can find a good moment for Mysto to sneak off with Wanda and Hulk to where ever Thanos may be hiding."
"What if this is a trap?" said Black widow. "Usually when that happens, there's always a trap or an ambush that is waiting for all of us..."
"If it was an ambush then it's not a well thought out plan, why would they leave and send this army to fight us off?" pointed out Thor. "You would think that they would have left to just to distract us from the task at hand and lead us to a trap that we cannot escape from."
"What other choice do we have?" said Captain America. "If we don't keep an eye on them then we might let them go and they will do whatever plan they might have in store or if we do go after them them we might be walking into a trap anyway. The best course of action is to try to stop them in their tracks before they can have the opportunity to do so."
"You don't have to say anything more Cap we're on our way." said Iron man. As Quicksilver and him starts to head towards the direction where the Black Order is heading and to put a stop to whatever plan they may be planning.
As for the rest of the Avengers and Loki, they continue to fight off as many of the Chitari as they can possibly can and to see if they can possibly defeat as many as they can before they proceed with the next part of the plan. Every single time it looks like that they took out more than enough Chitari, more came after them ready to take them down and to make sure that Thanos's plan works. Loki realize that it might be better if he goes on ahead and try to sneak Darcy out of the ship while everyone is dealing with the Chitari. So he quickly creates an illusion that can hide his real self and to have Mysto continue to fight in the battlefield and face off the Chitari army. Besides he doesn't have to worry about the Chitari taking over the battle in a drastic turn, he has the Avengers on his side, what could possibly go wrong?
Meanwhile in the other side of the field
Both Iron man and Quicksilver are trying to do their best to follow the Black Order and to see if they can catch them in whatever act that they might be planning. But so far they have lost them and haven't seen any sign of them, they were even wondering if it might be a better idea to just go back and help the group. So far there hasn't been a sign of the Black Order and they both can agree that this is starting to be a waste of time and it is really frustrating. This is one of the rare moments where both Iron man and Quicksilver can put aside their differences and agree on one thing... That this might be a waste of time and they should start heading back.
"Well that definitely could have been better, maybe it might be best if we head back and help the others." said Iron man. "What do you think speedo?"
"Yeah maybe it was nothing and-" said Quicksilver and before he can even continue...
The Black Order jumped out of nowhere and begins to make their attack and quickly took out Quicksilver and before Iron man can even do anything that might be a defensive technique that can defeat the Black order or at least allow them to escape to get the others. But all of them were ready before Iron man can do anything to try to defend himself from whatever the Black Order may be planing to do. It was too late, Proxima manages to use one of her electric zaps from her spear to make an electric spark appear out to make sure that it can make the Iron man suit malfunction for a moment that will allow them to carry both Iron man and Quicksilver to the rendezvous point.
Fortunately for Iron man, he was well protected in the suit and he doesn't have to worry about being electrocuted in the suit. But unfortunately, it did turn off all functions of the Iron man suit leaving him trapped in there. It got so bad that Iron man can't even move an arm around or let alone get out of the suit or call to try to warn the others of the Black Order doing whatever they may be planning at the moment. He just wishes that he can just fly out of there and use his blasters to defeat them, but even then he doesn't know if he will be able to escape with Quicksilver or if he can fully defeat the Black Order and they will all have one less thing to worry about. But Iron man can't seem to think of a plan that can possibly guarantee working out or if they can even escape from this, from one look of the two members' faces, he knew that this was the moment of defeat...
"Two down, five to go." said Corvus Grave with an evil smirk on his face.
Iron man doesn't even need to try to get some answers from both of them to know that these two and everyone else on the opposing side is planning something that is anything but good...
Meanwhile back on the ship
Darcy is waiting patiently for any sign of Loki and to do her part of the plan, she can't get over the fact that she fell in love with Loki or if she doesn't know if she should be happy or freak out. She can already imagine how everyone would react if she goes in and tell everyone that she has fallen in love with Loki, why would she tell anyone about her feelings for Loki? But what the others may thinking is the least of her worries, it's Loki's reaction is the one that she's more worried about. How would react to this? Will he accept her feelings? Does he feel the same way towards her or just see her as just a friend? What if she goes to him and burst out all of her feelings and he either still have feelings for that Amora girl or doesn't see that a relationship of any kind can work out with his 'I need to leave this planet after I defeat Thanos' objective? Then she can already imagine how awkward it will be for both of them and not too mention that it would definitely ruin their friendship. She can already imagine all of the awkward and humiliating conversations that might follow after that happens.
Luckily she's never going to tell Loki that and she won't have to worry about potentially ruining their friendship and now she should just focus on the mission and try to see if she can possibly review her fighting techniques while she waits. Though part of her really wishes that she knows what's going on and to know if they are winning the battle and if there is a chance to know if Loki is alright. Not because of her feelings for him or anything, but to know that he was alright for them to continue on with the plan and to make sure that they defeat Thanos as fast as they can. Boy, she's really bad at trying to put her feelings aside for the mission and she has no idea on how Loki can do that.
So Darcy trying to keep her mind of from anything Loki related just grabs the dagger to start practicing any of the basic self defense moves that Loki taught her. She might as well do something while she waits for Loki and to at least stand a chance when it comes to self defense and to make sure that her possibly messing up doesn't ruin everything that they have worked for. Well at least hope that it doesn't go that far, so Darcy begins to practice and constantly make sure that no one walks in and sees her practicing and in the ship in general. She continues trying the basic moves and maybe even adding a couple of moves that include her taser or possibly hurt her opponent in comeback. It's easier said then done so far because so far Darcy has done everything except actually get good at these skills and not too mention she seems to be making a bit of a mess of scratching the walls of the ship. But she needs to keep trying and to make sure that she can at least put up a good fight without anyone coming to save her. Darcy is about to start again until...
"A word of advice, why don't you try to hold your arm straight and make sure you hold that dagger tightly in your fist." said a female voice hiding in the shadows. "Or else..."
Before Darcy can do anything, in a flash of light the girl jump in front of Darcy and quickly begins her brief attack to just simply show off to Darcy. She lightly kicked Darcy's hand to make sure that the dagger drop to the ground and even knock Darcy to the ground. Darcy quickly look up to see who is the one responsible for breaking into the Quinjet and she immidiatly groaned at the sight. It was Nebula and she is more than ready to make sure that she put in a couple of words in, along with possibly say a thing or two to her. Darcy slowly got up and is ready to try do anything she can to at least try to hold Nebula off for a while, that is she hopes...
"That happens, I would think that Loki would take more precautions for keeping you safe." said Nebula. "But then again he's the one that blew his chances of taking over this planet and I wouldn't be surprise if he thinks that his little plan to stop Thanos doesn't work."
"It might work, at least Loki is not like your dad who probably sits around on a throne all day and makes you and his army do his dirty work. " said Darcy. "All for what? To impress some girl that might not care about him or just for some power that he can't even stop to think that it's too dangerous to even try control."
"What are you talking-" begins Nebula.
"I know that when it comes to these things when it comes to the big bad's motives and it also doesn't hurt that Loki told me about what Thanos is trying to do with the Infinity Stones." said Darcy confidently. "Well I might have added the power statement as a way to be defensive and tough, but still it is kinda true that Thanos wants that kind of power if he is ready to anilate all of life with a snap of his finger."
"I honestly don't see why Loki would spend time with a girl like you..." said Nebula annoyed.
"I honestly don't see why you would work with someone like Thanos." said Darcy defensively. "What makes you think that he will keep his end of the bargain? Didn't you see that he is using you and won't help you in whatever thing that he promised you."
"I am not doing this for anything more to get the freedom that I have always wanted and get revenge..." said Nebula defensively.
"Revenge on who? Loki? Thanos or that sister of yours, Ga- more something?" asked Darcy trying to understand her. Maybe Nebula is just a lost girl who needs to be put in the right decision and might not be so different from Loki. That is she hopes that there is more to her and that maybe she can try to reason with her or at least see where this blue girl is coming from.
"Thanos and Gamora, I am going to make sure that they pay for everything that they did to me." said Nebula with intensity in her voice. "I am going to make sure that my sister pays for always making me second best and to make sure that she feels the same pain that she put me through. As for Thanos, he is going to pay for tortuing me and imprisoning me again."
"Surely there is more that you want aside from revenge?" said Darcy. "I mean Loki said that you and Gamora were the only ones that were nice to him when he was with Thanos the first time around. I'm sure she's not that bad or anything..."
"I have always hated Gamora the least out of all of my siblings." said Nebula. Unsure why she feels comfortable talking to this Terran. "All I wanted was a sister and she had to win, the only path for me is to get my freedom and leave all of this behind."
"Wait, there's more besides you and Gamora? Well so far you seem to be using bits of freedom pretty well, I mean we are just here talking not having some full scale battle." pointed out Darcy. "I don't see why Thanos would mistreat you in anyway, I mean the worst that you have done so far is make me pay for a broken window and you don't seem so bad."
"I'll take that as a compliment and I think I am starting to see why Loki would want to spend time with you." said Nebula. "Yes, there is more of us aside from Gamora and myself unfortunately. Let's just say that they are worser than any monster of a children's story, they are out there right now dealing with your friends right now as we speak. I wish that I don't have to deal with any of this..."
"You don't have to, you can join our side Nebula. I mean I'm sure that you will be happier on our side then practically working against that monster of a dad of yours." offered Darcy. "You don't have to be afraid of him any-"
"Who says that I am afraid?!" said Nebula angrily. "Look I am here, doing one of the most easiest and worthless tasks that Thanos has put me through. I am supposed to take you in and make sure that you are safe. He has always seen me as a weak link and this is my chance to show him, I am not."
"Wait are you saying that your trying to take me as your prisoner?" demanded Darcy. She even got into a fighting stance to get ready to fight and make sure that Nebula doesn't take her alive or at least try...
"You do realize that I have more experience when it comes to self defense right?" said Nebula in disbelief before she turns calm to try to reassure Darcy. "Look I understand that you don't want anything bad happening to your friend and you want to help him. I don't want to hurt you just because you are one of the few people that has ever been nice to me, just do what I'll say and things will be better."
"Well Nebula, here I am beginning to think that maybe you are not a bad apple after all and maybe that there might be some good in you. It looks like I was wrong..." said Darcy. "There is no way that I will ever walk quietly to you."
"Well then, I am really sorry and wish that it didn't have to come to this..." said Nebula as she gets ready for the fight ahead and decides that it might be best to take it easy on her. She knows what it's like to loose and get punished because of her opponent, she is not going to be like the others...
Soon the fight begins and it is interesting to say the least... Both sides are trying to compete against the other and they both have different intentions that makes the fight more interesting by the minute. Darcy despite the occasional slip up and missed punch, tries her best to hit Nebula with everything she got without accidentally punching one of her mechanics. While Nebula is trying to take the fight easy and make sure that she does not hit Darcy too hard, though she already knows how to defeat Darcy without hurting her, but she might as well let her have some fun first. But not in a way where they can hurt one another because Nebula can easily win this fight and she is going to, just waiting for a couple of minutes before it was time to strike...
Once the moment was right and Darcy needed a couple of seconds to catch her breath and Nebula takes advantage of this set back to strike. Nebula got a small can out of her pocket and begins to open it to let out a gas. Before Darcy can even try anything, she realize what Nebula is trying to do and from watching enough movies and reading enough comics, Darcy knows that this is the old sleeping gas thrope to take someone as a prisoner or defeat them in a instant. All she has to do is to not breath in the gas and she'll be fine, but that's easier said than done as the gas slowly begins to go around the ship and to try to grab a hold of her. So Darcy quickly held her breath to try to get out of the ship as fast as possible.
But Nebula already bored of the entire situation and really wants this to be over now, so she just pulled out her leg in front of the path that Darcy is running towards and as if it's on cue... Darcy trips over Nebula's leg and she begins to fall down to the ground, along with accidentally let go of her breath. Nebula went over to her to pick Darcy up and to hold her in her grasp. Darcy for a moment was surprise to see that she's alright and she isn't knock out, but it doesn't make her feel any better that she is now caught by Nebula and might possibly have to face Thanos. Though she never thought it might be this way, she always thought that if she ever has to face Thanos, Loki would be there or at least it will be part of a plan where they will be able to survive the experience and live the tale. Never like this, she's surprised that things didn't turn out that way that she thought that it would...
"Ok I got to ask, how come I am not lying unconscious on the ground?" asked Darcy. "For that matter why would you trap both of us in if you are going to do something like this?"
"I have no idea where you get these ideas from, but these things don't exactly work out how they do in whatever stories you may have heard about how these things work." said Nebula clearing the air up. "We don't do poisonous gas chambers or knockout gas or whatever strange concept that you may have come up with in your imagination."
"What are you going to do to me?" asked Darcy nervously. Not even knowing if she wants to know what might happen to her in the end if she is going to face Thanos or whoever Nebula is planning to take her.
"Don't worry I'll keep you safe and let's just say that if the plan goes well then you and the others will be perfectly fine." said Nebula. "As long as Loki does what Thanos says, at least I hope it doesn't go that far."
Darcy can't help but stare at Nebula as she slowly realize what Thanos might be planning to do and really wants to break out of Nebula's grip and run out to find and warn Loki, somewhere in the battlefield no matter what punishment from the Avengers or danger she might land herself into. But judging from what she had to deal with just now and all of the skills that Nebula must have throughout her her time with Thanos, there is no way she can escape or let alone hold a fight against Nebula. It definitely looks like that she's trapped...
Ten minutes later
Loki finally made it to the ship right after dealing with some set backs and is now ready for the next part of the plan to set in motion. Once he opens the ship, Loki is more than ready to get the next part over with and to make sure that Darcy is safe throughout the entire process. But he was not prepared for the mess that he managed to find of the ship and can't believe the sight right in front of him. The sight looks like if a tornado hit there, a tornado that scratches, he does not even want to know what the Avengers are going to make of the mere idea of the ship being a mess and hoping that they just come to the conclusion that a Chitari broke in here and try to take some of their technology and failed to take anything. But from the look of the ship, dealing with the Avengers and what they may be thinking if they come in and find the Quinjet a mess. There is one quesition that is now floating in his head and he needs to know the answer right now. Where's Darcy?
As Loki continues to observe of the sight of the Quinjet. try to make sense of what must have happend here and to see if Darcy is hiding anywhere. There is one conclusion that is forming in his head that he really wishes that he was wrong, but he has the feeling that he's not. What if someone broke in to the ship and somehow have managed to get a hold of Darcy and took her to Thanos? Loki doesn't want to believe it or does not even think that he can unless there's hard evidence backing up, but all of the signs are pointing towards it. Even if it was true and someone broke into the Quinjet and defeated Darcy in whatever fight that happened in here, maybe she found a place to hide and no one took her to pay a surprise visit to Thanos. That is Loki hopes that is the case...
He continues to look for the ship to see any sign of Darcy or if she left any clues that could give him some form of relief, but so far there's no sign of her or any possible clue from Darcy. Loki is now checking the few rooms that are in the ship and so far there is no sign of Darcy on anywhere on the ship, he still has one more room left to see if she's in there. Loki just hopes that Darcy is in that room and he can stop worrying about one of the worst case scenarios. As he opens the door and it catches Loki by surprise, he can't believe what he is seeing or even want to believe it...
Vision is in the ship and he was just hiding out in this room, Loki have a couple of questions to the android and may not know what happend in here. But Loki is determined to find out and to get to the bottom of this this, he needs to know what game Thanos is playing at and to try to see if he can stop Thanos without having to sacrifice Darcy or the Infinity Stones. Well aside from all of this, he now have to deal with the fact that he has to watch over Vision or at least make sure that Thanos or one of his associates don't grab a hold of Vision first.
"Vision, what? How are you here?" asked Loki almost immediately. "Where's Darcy?"
"Wanda put me on the ship and was insistent that it might be safer for me to remain close to all of you and I was hiding while something was going on outside." explained Vision. "My orders are to simply remain here and not to go out unless it was absolutely necessary, I don't even know when I should consider as necessary."
"You didn't even bother to help?" said Loki in disbelief and not even knowing if he should consider beating Vision down himself or if he should just try to calmly talk to Vision as he would any one else who would make a mistake like this, but then again he never thought that he would be facing something like this. But let's just say that Loki is not afraid to let loose some anger... "You were able to pull up a magic hammer that no one else except Thor was able to lift. You are supposed to do the right thing and try to fight for it, not just hide in the ship and hope that this will magically work out on it's own."
"I thought that Thanos is after me because of the stone that is implanted on me." said Vision. "Maybe it would be best if you take the stone off now and hide it, then you won't have to worry about protecting me and fighting them all off."
"I am not going to do anything of the sort." said Loki trying his best to calm down and to focus on what they have to deal with right now. "What we are going to do is to try to figure out a way on how to get out of this mess and to try to get Darcy out of possibly Thanos's grasp before he does whatever he may be planning."
"So what are you proposing to do?" asked Vision nervously.
"Your new orders are to go out and see if you can find Darcy and to bring her to me, while I go and try to continue the plan forward. With luck then we might be able to pull this off and this set back won't get in the way of us completing this mission." said Loki. "That's the most important thing aside from saving Darcy from whatever danger Thanos is putting her in."
"What about-" begins Vision before he can even continue on with his question, Loki was starting to run out of patience and is not having any excuses that may be thrown at him, they don't have any time to spare by arguing.
"Don't you understand? If we don't act now then there won't be a chance to talk to Wanda or anyone else because of the mere fact that Thanos will destroy everything and everyone until the Stones and Loki magically appear out of nowhere." said Loki angrily. "Now do both of us a favor and help me find Darcy, stop Thanos and make yourself useful for once in your short life!"
Vision stared at Loki not even knowing how to process the things that Loki just said and tries to put up a strong face and get ready for the next few moments of his life. Along with possibly having to face one of biggest monsters that Vision would ever have to face in his short life thus far, Vision waited a couple moments before he just nodded his head and got ready for the next part of the mission, that is if they can pull if off. Loki quickly opens the Quinjet's doors for the two of them make their exit to the world outside the ship and the battle right in front of them. Once both Loki and Vision made it outside, they both went their separate ways in hopes to succeed in this last minuete plan and that there might still be a chance for them to win this fight. There is no telling what might happen in the overall fight and how this set back might possibly derail them, but they all might possibly be able to pull it off and that Thanos will finally be able to be defeat for good.
Ten more minuetes later
Loki finally made it back to the battle field and he was able to carefully blend in to the battlefield and was able to take off the illusion that he set for himself to try to act like he was there the entire time. Along with help out on trying to defeat as many of the Chitari as he can possibly can and to try to find the right moment, he doesn't even know what he's going to do if Vision finds Darcy and just drops her right in the battlefield or something. But then again he should be grateful that there is even someone out there looking for Darcy, unless Thanos already found Vision. Then again it's unlikely that would happen that quickly and he should give Vision a chance despite his last failure.
Then again, Vision is an android that was told to stay in the ship after Wanda stowed him away and was trying to do everything in his power to stay hidden from Thanos. Loki might have been a little too hard on him... But still it doesn't excuse the fact that he should have been there to help Darcy and giving him this big headache, Loki doesn't remember the last time that he was ever concerned about anyone in his entire life. Well aside from Thor a couple of times, but there is still the fact that Thor can lift a magic hammer and can stand a chance with a possible fight against Thanos. Not that he's saying that Darcy can't handle herself, but Thor has more experience and Loki can have the confidence that Darcy can find a clever way to escape from something like this or at least hopes that she can...
But Loki knows that he should just focus on the fight right up ahead and he is not going to stop Thanos or find Darcy by worrying over her like this. Maybe he should try to move forward for the next part of his plan. It's risky, especially knowing the fact that Vision might come at any moment and drop Darcy out of nowhere. Loki knows that he has no choice but to do this and it's better for them to be near Thanos when that happens rather than out here in the open. He continues to fight off as many chitari as he can possibly can and to make sure that he doesn't leave the others with too many from this ever growing army. The fight continues on and on until the moment was right and Loki knew that it was time to make his move.
"It's time." said Loki in between moves during the fight. "If we are going to do this then it has to be right now and we need to make our next move now, if we don't then who knows when we might have another chance to do it."
"Before we go there, I have to ask, have either of you heard from Stark or Pietro through our communicators." said Captain America. "I have been trying to reach them to see what their status and so far I haven't heard anything from them."
"You guys know how Stark is, he's always too cocky that he thinks that he can take on the entire army by himself." said Black Widow. "Don't be surprise if he flies in and act like that he didn't receive any of our calls, then we later find out that he's been ignoring us the entire time."
"We shouldn't doubt him, Thanos seems to have the power to take down even the strongest opponent that he may ever face." said Thor. "He might have both of them in his crutches and we might not even know it."
"I agree, we can't leave Thanos unchecked or hope that he doesn't somehow have a plan on the back of his mind." said Loki. "He might be striking now and we might not even know it."
"So I'm guessing it's time to go..." said Scarlet Witch as she blast a couple more Chitari soldiers out of the way.
"Well it's now or never, though exactly how are we going to lead the green giant to Thanos?" said Loki. "I may have been working with you all for a month, but that doesn't mean that I know how to control him."
"I got this..." said Black Widow as she hurries to Hulk and tries to get him to follow Loki and Scarlet Witch.
Before anyone knew it, the Hulk nodded determinedly in agreement and manages to nod his head in agreement before he begins making his way towards the dirrection where Loki is standing. Loki knows that this is the moment that the plan will fully go into action and to finally make a stand against one of the biggest threats of the planet. Soon the three of them, start to make their way through the battlefield to see if there are any signs of Thanos and continues to head through the battlefield to try to do their part to stop Thanos. Loki just hopes that they can find Thanos in time and the plan will work, Loki just can't imagine what he might be able to do if the plan doesn't work...
Eighteen more minutes later
The fight in the battlefield continues on, the remaining Avengers are doing everything that they can to defeat the Chitari army. But they are doing everything in their power to defeat them all, though at least the odds are a lot higher compared to the last time that they fought the Chitari. Unlike the last time and they have gotten more powerful and stronger since the last time they met, if there was a prize for being better trained competent foes then they last encounter then the Chitari would win it and they need to fight them off or else they will all be doomed and Thanos will be one step closer on a potential win. The fight continues on and it is starting to look like an even win for both the Avengers and the Chitari.
"Ok let's be honest these guys have multiplied after the last time." said Black Widow. "I don't remember the last time that we have to fight an army of this proportion or this aggressive."
"It looks like that Thanos made them do some training ever since the last time the Chitari came to Earth." said Captain America. "It's best to try to take out as many as we can, even if there is now three of us. Where are those two? Thor, do you think that you can somehow use that hammer to somehow take down more Chitari than just swinging it around."
"I can try, but we already have our plates full and I just don't know if I can take the Chitari down with a single blow." said Thor. "It is almost like if there power has suddenly increased and armors have straighten since the last time that we fought. But I might as well try to see if this idea can work..."
With that Thor threw his hammer to a group of Chitari and with the hope that this idea can work and they will be one step closer on defeating Thanos. But before they can even have the hammer can have the chance to make sure that it can defeat some of them. Once the hammer hits the armor, it just make a loud bling sound before turning back to return to Thor's hand and leaving the Chitari's armor without a scratch or a mark. The three of them can't believe of how poetent the armor is and how the fight that they are facing is becoming more of a war by the minute and they all have to fight even harder if they want to win and so far they are doing a good job to keeping up the momentum.
"It looks like that the Chitari got an upgrade since the last time that we fought them off." said Thor. "I can't seem to make a dent in their armor, at least we can still try to defeat them."
"Thanos really thought of everything when it comes to having better soldiers." said Black Widow. "Do you boys have a game plan on how we can actually defeat these guys or are we going to just be playing this game until the others defeat Thanos?"
"For now we should focus on fighting on these soldiers and try to take down as many as we can possibly can and we have to make sure that we do whatever we can to take them down." said Captain America. "Well at least I hope that we can take down more of them, depending that they all don't multiply on us..."
With that the three of them continue to fight off as many of the Chitari as they can possibly can, they need to keep on fighting no matter how hard it is at the moment. Soon the Chitari will be the least of their problems because of the mere fact that they are about to face something worse than any of them can ever imagine, the next thing the three of them knew is that they are suddenly seeing more Chitari soldiers than any of them can ever imagine. The three of them can't believe that there are suddenly a growth of Chitari soldiers and it is almost like if they all just magically appear out of nowhere and is ready to start off their attack. The three Avengers start to fight them off the new soldiers and to try to defeat them as fast and efficiently as they can. The next thing that they all knew they are surrounded by more Chitari and it looks like that they are surrounded by thousands. Before any of the Avengers can have a chance to fight back, the three of them are suddenly pushed to the ground and the next thing that happened is that all of the sudden they were all thrown to the grasp of the Chitari. But there is one thing that they found really surprising...
"Wait these were... just illusions?" said Black Widow in shock. "So we have been overrun by illusions this entire time? Could this have something to do with Loki? I mean he had the power of illusions." With that both Black Widow and Captain America turns to Thor wanting some answer or conformation of that theory being correct.
"No, it can't be, Loki's dead and even if he was alive then there is no way that they would ever let Loki work with them and come out alive." said Thor. "The last time that Thanos dealt with an Asgardian, he sacrificed her for one of the stones."
"If I were you two, I would listen to the blond one. Whether or not, the runt is alive, we would never work with him again due to his failures." said one of the black order members.
"Don't you dare call him that!" said Thor angrily and defensively at the alien and was ready to beat him up for it.
"Who are you?" demanded Captain America.
"I'm Ebony Maw and I am happy to say that everything is going according to plan." said the alien with an evil grin. "When the runt sees that we have caught all of you, then we will see how he will try to escape from the wrath of my master. Let's just say once we find him, he'll be sorry and we are going to make him pay for everything he did."
The three of them stared at Ebony Maw in disbelief, they can't believe that Thanos has this much hatred towards Loki and how Thanos is this obsessed with trying to hunt down someone. Loki may have done many things in the past, but even then both Captain America and Black Widow almost feels sorry for their old foe. At least Loki is dead now and they don't have to worry about dealing with him in the mix, but they are worried that Thor's anger is going to get in the way of defeating Thanos because of whatever reckless decision that he might do to try to fight him off. Maybe it might be best if they try to find out what Thanos is planing to do and see if they can fight there way out.
"What is this Thanos planning to do to us? Why is he this obsessed with Loki?" asked Black Widow. "What possible reason would Thanos be that dedicated to trying to hunt down someone who has already died?"
"You can say that Thanos has some unfinished business with him and he is going to make sure Loki pays for his failures. I can not believe that you all believe in your own lies, but then again I am talking to weak minded creatures so it shouldn't surprise me." said Ebony Maw. "As for all of you, let's just say that Thanos has some good use for all of you and he can hardly wait for you three to be his guest."
The three Avengers are doing everything in their power to make sure that they can escape from the Chitari's grip, but every single time that they try to fight, the Chitari only just tighten their grips and even send some electric shocks to the three. Ebony Maw just laughed at the sight and is happy to see how things are going from bad to worse for the Avengers, the odds were definitly not in their favor and so far Thanos is winning the beginning of the war. He especially like seeing Thor upset because to him, it's the closest thing to hurting Loki at the moment. He can hardly wait to play his mind tricks on him again, but first he has to rub it in to the three Avengers and shove it in their face.
"Thanos can hardly wait for all of you to join the others that we collected, especially you." said Ebony Maw pointing to Thor and quickly turns to the army. "Take them to the ship and be sure that you keep an eye out for the other two. We are going to need to add them to the bounty if we want to convince Loki to meet our demands and to not try any one of his tricks."
"Wait, you caught Stark and Maxioff?" demanded Black Widow surprised.
"What are you talking about?" said Thor aggressively. "Loki is dead, in fact he didn't even die on this planet! Where is Thanos getting this mad idea that Loki is alive?"
"You my dear friend are in a deep surprise and I can't believe to see how demented the Asgardians are. Your brother was right when he told us that these Nobel warriors of your alien race was stupid, he was defiantly not exaggerating." said Ebony Maw laughing at him. "I would really love to stay and chat, but right now I need to take you all away to your new temporary home... Take them away and make sure you don't hurt the blond one."
With that the Chitari begins to escort the three Avengers away and all three of them have many thoughts going through their minds. The idea of Thanos is having this out of control tantrum to find the Infinity Stones and Loki is insane. They are all worried for both Iron man and Quicksilver, are they ok? How can they warn the others that the Black Order and Thanos is hunting all of them down. Who knows what is going to happen once Thanos grabs a hold of all of them, they need a plan and a way to defeat Thanos or else the world is doomed.
Thor is absolutely outrage and angry at the mad titan, how dare he put everyone in danger and start this rampage for nothing. It was bad enough to try to get Infinity Stones to do who knows how many bad things with them. But to mock them in such a manner that they would stoop this low to try to hurt others to try to find Loki like this and to not accept the truth that Loki is dead. Is Thanos this insane that he would put many innocents in danger for refusing to hear the truth? He can hardly wait to escape from this prison and to go after Thanos himself. Then he is going to make sure that Thanos pays for all of the damage that he has done so far, this fight against Thanos is becoming more personal by the minute. Thor is determined to make the Titan pay and to make sure that Thanos learns that he should have never have taken the Soul stone and hurt others like Heimdell or dared to use Loki as an excuse to go on a rampage.
As for Black Widow and Captain America, they are just trying to figure out what might be the best way to escape from Thanos, along with rescue Iron man and Quicksilver from whatever prison Thanos putted them in. Captain America is trying to think of a good plan on how they can all possilby escape from this one, though they don't really know how the prison is going to be like and how Thanos mostly hold his prisoners, but they need to think of something. While Black Widow on the other hand can't help but wonder why Thanos is this adamant to believe in Loki is alive and on the battlefield with them. It can't be coincidence that Thanos would target Earth after Asgard. There has to be a reason why Thanos is this determined to find Loki or even think that for some miracle that he's alive on Earth, she should know that there has to be something else going on. Black Widow did out smarted Loki once and has to create multiple identities for herself in the past, maybe there was something else that's going on... What if there is something else that is going on that they might not know about?
Fifteen Minutes Later on Thanos's ship
Ebony Maw just delivered Thor, Black Widow and Captain America to the chip and put them in the same cell as Iron man and Quicksilver. The Black Order are proud of the accomplishment that they just did, the plan is going ahead of schedule and pretty soon they are going to deal with Loki with the upper hand on their side. They were about to head back to the battlefield if they can find the last two Avengers before they stopped to stare at the sight and they can't believe their eyes and knew that this can be a game changer for the current fight. It was Nebula, taking Darcy to the ship as a prisoner and they already knew that Loki is fond of this particular girl and that they can use those feelings against him. Not too mention, they also have Loki's brother and that alone already put Loki in their mercy.
"How did you possibly-" begin Corvus Grave before Nebula answered his question.
"I found her on their ship, Loki must have needed her for his 'master' plan." said Nebula with Darcy still trying to break free from her grasp. "It looks like he overestimated his plan and this girls's abilities."
"I will take her out of your grasp, while the rest of you focus on trying to get the remaining two Avengers and the most important thing is to not harm Loki until he get all of the remaining Infinity Stones to us." said Corvus Grave to the other three members before turning to Nebula. "As for you, you are to stay here and to watch the ship and make sure that none of the prisoners try to escape."
"So your leaving me with guarding duty?" said Nebula getting a little angry. "I just delivered someone who can change the overall fate of the mission in our favor and you are giving me one of the most uncredited tasks?"
"This is one of your rare successes, but this does not excuse your escape and your past failures." said Corvus Grave. "So you are going to stay here and make sure that the prisoners are not up to anything."
With that the Black Order begins to head towards the direction to the battlefield, three of them with the intention to catch the last two Avengers and Corvus Grave to take Darcy to wherever Thanos may be hiding. If Loki is going to try to defeat Thanos, then it's likely for him to head towards Thanos and try whatever plan that he may have come up with. Nebula just watches them head down their way to do the next part of their plans and one thing that she notices is Darcy giving her a scowl, she doesn't blame her for being angry at her. She would hate herself too and no matter what Nebula does, she is never good enough and she's tired of this. Nebula can't wait for all of this to be over and to be free from Thanos, soon she will get her revenge on the ones that hurt her the most and will be able to live her own life in the galaxy. This is the only way to escape... right?
Ten more minuetes Later
Loki, Scarlet Witch and Hulk manages to make it through the battlefield and finally make it towards a clear field where they finally manage to make it to the clearing and finally was able to find Thanos. He was standing there, ready to make sure that his sides win and to watch the show from a far. Loki is surprised to see how Thanos is just sitting around and not doing everything, the Thanos that Loki remembers would be doing more than just supervising. Something is not right and Loki does not like the look of the current situation. Despite this they are going to have to do this plan and it might have a chance to succeed just for the fact that he has a Hulk and a girl with powers that have the potential of becoming even more powerful with time and practice. There is no way that the plan can go wrong and even without Darcy, they can at least try to stop Thanos by trying to go forward with the plan. Maybe they can still pull it off and he can be the one that removes the guantlet from Thanos, it may be harder now that he is also using his ice powers, but it might be the only way to make the plan work. Maybe he was overthinking and won't need Darcy after all. Though Loki just wishes that he knows where Darcy is and if she is alright, maybe if Vision doesn't find her and if they beat Thanos. He should tell the Avengers the truth and ask them to help find Darcy, he would rather be told off then find out later that Darcy was lost in space or something.
He takes a deep sigh as he turns to the two Avengers and is more nervous than confident, this can mean everything whether they win or loose. Thanos is not going to make this easier for anyone and he is going to make sure that they loose, but Loki knows that they have no choice but to fight and things are going to possibly get ugly from here and Thanos will do everything in his power to make sure that they lose. At least they are going to put up a fight that he's never going to forget and show Thanos that it's going to take more than a simple threat to stop them.
"Ok you both remember the plan right?" said Loki making sure that they all remembered the plan and got a nod from Scarlet Witch. While the Hulk is just trying his best to try to crush leaves without making a loud sound, Loki is surprise to see that for once the Hulk is trying not to smash anything. He just hopes that it can stay that way until... "Well then, Hulk go and smash."
With that the Hulk let out a loud grow and begins to run towards Thanos and ready to make his first move against the last stage of the plan to defeat Thanos. Soon a battle broke out between Hulk and Thanos, let's just say that a fight between Hulk and Thanos is as exciting as it sounds. There was no telling how long this fight is going to last but Loki knows for a fact that Hulk can win this fight. Just because Banner literally looses his mind during a fight when he becomes the Hulk, it doesn't mean that he is not a worthy fighter. Thanos is so going to loose badly when it comes to a having a well earned beating from the Hulk, he knows better than anyone what it is like to face the wrath of Hulk.
The fight is intense, one minute it looks like if Hulk is going to win the fight and the next it looks like if Thanos is going to win it all. Loki confidently watches and knows that the Hulk will definitely win this, one way or another Thanos is going to have the beating of his life. It definitly looks like that this will be a big win for them, that is until...
Thanos took control of the fight and begins to beating the Hulk hard, he was starting to dominate the fight and it is anything but good. Since it came from a sure win that they might be able to defeat Thanos, to a brutal beatdown where no one needs to watch the whole thing to know that Thanos is winning. Loki is surprised at the mere sight and the idea that the Hulk might possibly loose this fight. He was so sure that the Hulk would be able to take down Thanos to the point that they would also need to restrain the Hulk, but now he is just staring at the hard truth and can't believe in just seeing that his plan is falling apart right before his eyes. Maybe if he just send Scarlet Witch and himself out there, they can just use their powers to restrain Thanos long enough to try to get the gauntlet out of his grasp. There has to be a chance that they might be able to turn this fight around...
"Should we go on to the part of the plan where I use my powers to restrain the monster?" asked Scarlet witch nervously as they continue to watch the beatdown that Thanos is giving the Hulk.
"It might be, the wisest choice and let's be honest, this is one of the most astonishing things I have ever seen." said Loki. "I have never thought that I would see the day that I would see the Hulk being defeated brutally like this, I was so sure that he would have the power to fully have taken Thanos..."
"Well it looks like that the Hulk was not as strong as we thought or you might have over estimated." said Scarlet Witch. "It's obvious that he needs help."
"When you are being smashed around by that green monster and he has proven that he can take down an Asgardian if he choose to. You can't blame me for having high expectations in my defense." said Loki defensively before he decides that it might be best to move forwards with the rest of the plan. "Can you just go on ahead and try to see if you can possibly restrain Thanos?"
With that Scarlet Witch gives Loki a determined nod and goes in to try to get closer to Thanos to begin the next part of the plan, she hides behind a rock that is close enough to get a hold of Thanos and to be far enough to make a quick escape if Thanos somehow manages to break free from her control. Loki quickly uses his magic to create an illusion of himself to look like if he's planning to make his move for the plan to work. While he sneaks to be a little closer to Thanos and is about to unleash the magic that is about to possibly win the day for them. He just hopes that this will work and when the time was right Loki begins to use ice magic to try entrap Thanos from underneath and do the same thing that he did to Strange minus the portal appearing with a flick of finger. So far it seems to be working and that Thanos's feet is starting to be covered in ice and that Thanos won't be able to leave with the ice and Scarlet Witch using her powers to make sure that Thanos is not able to escape from the prison that the two of them created.
Loki knows that at least that they have Thanos is in a locked location and they will have to keep this up until they can get the gauntlet out of Thanos's grasp. Soon Loki knows that the next part of the plan needs to be set into motion, though he has never tried to move and use these ice powers before. Loki doesn't even know if he can even grab the guantlet and use his powers at the same time. Well it looks like he doesn't have a choice but to try because they can't afford to wait for Vision to come with Darcy, they are going to need to act now and maybe he should try to see if he can do both at the same time. He is starting to wish that he took some time to practice these powers or Odin had the heart to tell him earlier and give him time to practice these abilities before all of this. At least it would have been helpful right now, maybe all he needs to do is just focus and try to see if he can somehow manage to make it work. He can't believe that he's starting to use the same logic as Thor and he is becoming as reckless as him when it comes to this particular plan, he must be starting to be that desperate.
As soon as Thanos's legs were trapped under a thick layer of ice, Loki knew that it was time and sets the illusion of himself to not to be recognized. Loki carefully and slowly begins to head his way towards Thanos and continuing to freeze him in place. Despite some minor slip ups, it seems to be working so far and Loki keeps things going at this rate. They might be able to win this war and possibly be able to finish this sooner than they might have thought, at least Loki hopes so and for the first time ever feels hopeful that this might work after all. But Loki just wishes that he knows where Darcy is and he knows that right now his top priority should be trying to get the gauntlet out of Thanos's grasp and putting a stop to his plans once and for all. No matter how hard he tries to push Darcy out of his mind, Loki's mind always goes back to thinking about Darcy and Loki just wants to just try to go find her himself. He will, once the mission is over and he just hopes that she is ok.
It wasn't easy and Loki is surprised to see that he is capable of maintaining the ice and move to his destination. Once Loki is right in front of Thanos and had a good aim for the gauntlet, Loki knows that it's time and this is the moment where this can be the moment that changes everything. When the moment was right, Lokii begins to pull off the guantlet and it looks like if the battle will finally be won. That is until...
Thanos just grinned at the sight of the two before he unleashes the next part of his plan, the next thing both of them knew is that Thanos is starting to break free from the ice and uses the power stone to blow both Loki and Scarlet Witch back. He manages to break free from the prison that Scarlet Witch's powers were able to entrap him and begins to head over to the two. Both Loki and Scarlet Witch exchange a nervous gaze and quickly turn to try to find the Hulk, he was no where in sight and apparently already detransformed back into Bruce Banner, so that's helpful...
"Try to contact the other Avengers." said Loki. "We are going to need all of the help that we can get and this is anything but a good sign."
"I don't know why, but there's only a buzzing noise." said Scarlet Witch in disbelief. "It's unbelievable, it is almost like if they all just disappeared."
"Well keep trying, maybe they will answer if you try to communicate to them individually." said Loki. "If this is what they all find as humorous, it's anything but funny."
With that Scarlet Witch quickly try to communnicate to every single one of the Avengers and so far there is no luck. Loki can't believe that this is happening, almost all of the Avengers suddenly became unresponsive, Darcy has suddenly gone missing and it feels like that Thanos knew what to expect ahead of time. There has to be something going on or Thanos somehow connected to this, none of this can't be a twisted coincidence. Loki knows for sure that Thor would never leave the battlefield out of nowhere and abandon everyone just like this. As for Darcy, she may not be one of the most cautious of all of the humans that he have met thus far, but he knows that she wouldn't just jump into danger, ok maybe she will if things were getting out of hand but not usually or at least try to take on Thanos on her own. It doesn't take any one minutes to figure out that no one might be coming on to help Loki knows that things doesn't add up and that they need to fight Thanos now.
"Wanda, you fight for Hulk until he can get angry again to transform back." said Loki. "I will hold Thanos off, at least try to..."
"That won't be necessary because right now I have you all exactly where I want." said Thanos with an evil grin on his face. "You really should have froze me quicker and been better prepared for this little fight, children of Thanos... you know what to do..."
Soon the Black Order begins to do the next part of the plan and three out of the four members begins to make their attack on Loki and Scarlet Witch. The two of them didn't even need to exchange words to know that they have to fight, they both begin to fight the Black Order as hard as they can and not holding back. Scarlet Witch is using her powers to take down the Black Order, while Loki decides that it's time to mix ice and illusions. Loki created as many illusions that he can to trick the Black Order and some of the Chitari for him to use his ice powers to try to freeze as many of these Chitari soldiers as he can. Along with take out the three Black order members as quickly as he can.
Though Loki is surprised to see that only three of the Black Order is here and no sign of Nebula, Thanos must be planning to do something big if he's withholding those two. But Loki knows that there is no way that Thanos would ever let Nebula do anything other than to provide some minor assistance to the Black Order or any associates or just to simply guard the ship. It would be odd to see that Thanos would trust Nebula for something bigger, but then again he was one step ahead of them so far and he wouldn't be surprise if he entrusted Nebula with more responsibilities. Especailly with her surprise little visit to Earth a couple of days ago, but still it does seem odd that Thanos wouldn't have at least all of the Black Order to fight the ongoing fight. At least he doesn't have to worry about dealing with Bruce Banner possibly seeing his magic. Thanks to the beatdown that Thanos gave him, it seems like that Thanos made him a little disordinated and hopefully he doesn't remember any of this, the last thing he needs is to explain to the others how he has ice and illusion powers and coming up with a lie that goes away from sorcery and being a Frost Giant. But he'll worry about that later, right now he has bigger problems to deal with.
The fight continued on and there is no telling what is going to happen, things are getting more harder to tell by the minute. The fight feels like that it will never end and that Thanos just puts both of them in a loop that is never going to end. Soon the worst is about to happen and it is going to put Loki in a bind, at that moment some of the Chitari begins to grab Bruce and begins to take him away. That caught both Loki and Scarlet Witch's attention, before Loki can even do anything Scarlet Witch is about to take action, that is was planning to take action. Until Proxima Midnight uses her spear to electrocute Scarlet Witch for a quick moment and knocks her out in an instant. Soon an entire superhero team turned into just one superhero costumed Asgardian that is about to face with one of the biggest monsters that is ready to make sure that he feels intense pain and destroy everything, but first he has to rescue the other two before he tries anything to defeat Thanos. Loki quickly uses some magic to try to force the Chitari out of their grasps, now all he has to do is try to get them out of here.
Soon that would become an even bigger problem, once Ebony Maw shows up to get a hold of both of them and use his powers to make sure that he has a firm grip on Banner and Scarlet Witch. Soon Ebony Maw just uses his powers to make an metal wall that is absolutely indestructable for anyone to go through, Loki is about to try to use his ice powers to try to break the wall. Before Loki can even have a chance to try, Thanos uses the power stone to blow Loki back and to try to add some power to him. But Loki is not going to give up that easily and is about to get ready to fight or try to go after Ebony Maw, Thanos has other plans and is ready to make sure that Loki hears what he has to say.
"That's enough, I would listen if I were you and it doesn't have to be this difficult." said Thanos. "If only you cooperate then maybe you wouldn't be in the mess that you put yourself in then maybe we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."
"I'm not the one who decides to go on a rampage and threaten the whole universe for a couple of magic rocks and my surrender." said Loki defensively.
"You tried to take over this planet and didn't you say try to annihilate your home planet?" sneered Thanos.
"I may have made mistakes in the past, but at least I target only one planet at a time. Never the entire universe at one go, at least I am trying to make things right by stopping you now." said Loki. "Here is one thing that you should know Thanos, I am never going to give the stones or myself up to you."
"I had the feeling that you might say that..." said Thanos with a grin. "So I decided to give you a little bargaining chip and a deal that I know that you can't refuse if you know what's good for you."
"There is no way that I would ever agree to another-" begins Loki annoyed that Thanos would even think that he would ever make another deal like that again.
"But this one might interest you, let's just say that I have met that famous brother of yours and most of your friends." interupts Thanos. "You seem to care about your brother and one of them the most, maybe a little too much. Didn't I tell you that those attachments will only hold you back and make you weak?"
"Where are you going-" begins Loki before getting interrupted again before getting interjected again and part of him hopes that he's wrong.
"Nebula and the rest of my children have been meeting with all of them, they have been corporative to say the least." said Thanos. "In fact, one of them even agreed to coroporate with us. Corvus bring her in."
The moment that Corvus Grave apeared with Darcy in his grasps, Loki can not believe his eyes. As he puts two and two together, Loki realizes that he has been playing into Thanos's game. This wasn't a fight or a chance for a peaceful surrender, this was nothing but a trap and one that they all fallen into. Thanos wanted them to show up and he wanted him to bring the Avengers to use as a bargaining chip. Darcy was just a bonus, he failed to see the trap and he put Darcy in danger for nothing. Loki can't imagine what Thanos might be planning to do with them once they all outlived their usefulness and one scenerio is more likely. He wouldn't be surprised if turning Hulk, Scarlet Witch and Thor into a living weapon is on top of the list. Not too mention, there is also Vision he has to worry about because he's still out there or might be trapped too and about to loose the Infinity Stone at any moment. For once, he is starting to feel a sense of guilt, he should have never said those things or let alone send him to find Darcy. How could he have failed to see the signs? Why couldn't he have gone after her himself? What was he thinking of bringing her in the first place? The others have a chance to survive whatever Thanos might have in store, Darcy won't because Thanos will make it his personal mission to destroy her in order to destroy him and everything about her that he cares about will be gone by the next time they meet if Thanos has his way. Not too mention, the Avengers might become "Earth's mightiest supervillians." This is getting worse and worse by the minuete and keeping his secret identity is slowly becoming the least of his problems, he needs to figure out how to save Darcy, Thor and the other Avengers before it's too late.
"Hey Loki, I know that this looks bad." said Darcy nervously. "Ok it is bad, but Thanos caught-"
"Quiet, don't you know that-" begins Corvus viscously before Thanos puts a stop to it.
"Corvus, let me handle this!" said Thanos viscously before turning to Loki. "We still have yet to talk to our old associate our terms of agreement, I'm sure he doesn't want anything to happen to her, his brother or the others does he?"
Loki has never been so angry in his entire life, it was bad enough that Thanos keeps demanding him to give up the Infinity stones and his life to him. But now playing with Thor and Darcy's life like this and what's worse he's bringing the Avengers in the middle of this! Thanos is treating this like a game, a game where none of the lives that he takes matters or everyone is nothing but an object that can easily be destroyed. Loki feels the rage inside him growing and now wanting to end this right now and even was ready to use some telekinisis and his ice powers to try to stand a chance with fighting with Thanos. Normally he wouldn't let his emotions consume him in order to fight and would come up with a logical plan on how to possibly defeat his opponent. But this is an emergency and Loki needs to be ready to give Thanos the fight of his life, he is not going to let Thanos win and will beat him no matter what it may take.
"Thanos, if you are hurting them or if you dare to hurt her right now." said Loki trying hard keep the anger restrained long enough to make his threat. "I can promise you that-"
"Calm down, I don't intend on hurting anyone or this girl yet..." said Thanos as he genatally put a finger under Darcy's chin and succeeding of making both of them in feeling uneasy. "All I need you to do is agree with my bargain and I will let them all go and won't dare to hurt the others. I have been considering of changing the terms of my demands."
"I'm listening." said Loki already knowing what is about to come down.
"I figured that it didn't make sense to ask for your surrender and with the power of the stones I can destroy you whenever you want. I have decided to let you keep your freedom." said Thanos. "But if you want to see your brother and your friends again then you will bring me the Infinity Stones and if you want to make sure that this one is safe then you would give me the stone that you have already in your possession right now.
"I honestly don't know what your talking about." said Loki as he begins to use his magic to throw some heavy objects at Thanos. "Even if I have a stone with me, I wouldn't give it to you without a good fight."
"Well then if it's a fight you want then it's a fight that your going to get." said Thanos as he begins using the power stone to try to blast Loki and fortunately Loki got out of the way just in time.
Loki sets up a number of illusions to keep Thanos busy in trying to figure out which one is the real him, he's just grateful that Thanos has yet to obtain the reality stone and it's safe with Jane. Otherwise this little trick would never work and that Thanos would be able to use it to find out which one was the real him, that would be a huge disadvantage for all of them. Loki is trying to use all of his magic and ice powers to make sure that he can stand a chance in defeating Thanos long enough for him to get to Corvus and see if he can at least get Darcy out of their grasp. Loki is using his magic to try to see if he can get any object in the field to hit Thanos or at least try to do some damage to Thanos. Along with using his ice powers to make things harder for Thanos to stand sturdy or at least try to freeze him in place. While Thanos is using the power stone to try to hit Loki as quickly as he can, though so far Thanos have been hitting anything but.
So far the battle is hard to tell and one thing is for sure, that both Loki and Thanos are doing everything in their power to make sure that they defeat the other. Darcy has never seen a fight like this and how tough Thanos is. If she wasn't captured and if this wasn't happening right in front of her, she would totally be rooting for Loki, in fact she is rooting for Loki and hoping that he will win this fight. She knows that Loki can win this and at least she knows that Thanos is not going to kill him or anything. Thanos can't make Loki give up the Infinity Stone if he's dead right?
Loki on the other hand is trying to make sure that he wins this fight, he is trying to do everything that he can to make sure that he fights no matter what Thanos may be planning to throw at him. At one point, Thanos is about to hit Loki with a blast and the next thing that they both knew is that Loki out of panic just about to unleash either magic or ice powers. Not even knowing what is about to come out, what Loki saw is that there are three giant circles underneath Thanos and it begins to attack Thanos. Loki is surprise to see that he can even combine magic and ice into one, he never thought that he might be able to create something new with magic and ice. But then again he has always been ashamed of his heritage and has never really thought about the endless potential that he has when it comes to combining magic and ice or just using his ice powers more in general. But from the look of this and how it is helping to defeat Thanos, he can use these powers and use them in the way that he wants to.
Right now, it's time to use his ice powers and magic to defeat Thanos. Loki begins to do the same thing that he just did to try to defeat Thanos and to try to make sure that Thanos is standing underneath these circles and try to see if he can find clever ways to combine magic and ice, one advantage that Loki has is that he doesn't know what he's doing and this will catch all of them by surprise. The fight has undergone a new turnaround and that Loki has set the fight in a new level, Thanos can't believe that he is now having to deal with this and knows that he has finally have enough of Loki's pathetic attempts of trying to defeat him. So Thanos slams the Guantlet and by using the power stone to make a powerful vibration to knock Loki to the ground and he's ready to make sure that Loki pays for everything that he has now put him through.
"You should know by now that, it is not wise to dare to go up against me." said Thanos.
"You should know by now, I am not the one to give up that easily." said Loki. "I will never give up the stones and I will continue to fight until you give up this futile quest of yours."
"I was hoping that you would say that." said Thanos as he takes the Mysto mask and grabs a hold of Loki by the hair and was ready to make sure that Loki has a moment of pain that he will never forget. "So that way I can teach you a thing or two."
With that Thanos begins to slowly aiming for the Guantlet towards Loki with the soul stone front and center. It doesn't have to take a deep thinker to figure out on what Thanos might be planning to do and that he is ready to use the Soul stone to take Loki's soul. Loki figures that he needs to fight and escape now or else he is going to suffer the same fate as Heimdell. Loki begins trying to hit Thanos's hand as hard as he can to try to break free from Thanos's grip and so far there has been no luck and Loki thought that it's time to try to use his magic and ice powers like earlier. He manages to grab a hold of Thanos's arm and begins to use it to try this ability to try to break away from the grasp. But Thanos is trying his best to endure the pain and make sure that he maintains this grip, there is no way out...
Darcy can't believe what she is seeing and doesn't know what she can do, at any moment Thanos is going to take Loki's soul away and she will loose Loki forever. She can't imagine a world without Loki and knows that she needs to do something. So Darcy quickly breaks free from the grasp of Corvus Grave by making a quick move that Loki taught her last night and she can't believe it worked. Maybe she is getting better at this, but right now she has to save him and runs over to a giant fallen branch from a near by tree and she can't believe how it was conveniently placed there and grabs a hold of it. As Thanos is about to place the stone on Loki's chest, Darcy quickly swings the branch to hit Thanos and catching both of them by surprise. Loki can't believe that Darcy would dare to do this and he doesn't even know if he should be grateful that Darcy just might possibly saved his life or impressed that she has the courage to stand up to someone like Thanos like this or angry for being this reckless and might possibly get killed for this.
Thanos just glares at the girl and watches Corvus Grave regain his hold over Darcy and this time with a firmer grip on her arms. He can't believe that she would dare to try to stand up to him, Thanos can see how these two have managed to become close and really can't wait to break them apart. Thanos quickly turns to Darcy and is ready to make sure that she pays for what she just did. He will deal with Loki later and would rather deal with the human now, then he will try to make sure that Loki pays the consequences. He walks right over to Darcy who is anything but happy to deal with Thanos, she just hopes that she can find a way to deal with him and keep the both of them alive. But Darcy already has an idea on how she might possibly be able to do it...
"How dare you threaten me? You think hitting me with a branch will save him from me?" demanding Thanos trying to add fear in Darcy's mind and to try to add some dominance in the air. "I have half the mind to-"
"To what? To take me down and later take Loki's soul?" said Darcy defensively. "It doesn't matter what you try to do to me, but here's one thing you should know if you try to take Loki's soul now. Then you will never get the Infinity Stones and will need to tear this entire planet apart if you want to find them. Your going to need Loki if you want to find the other stones unless you want to be here for a couple of years. I know you have that purple rock with you, but there's hundreds of place to look even with your alien army. Loki is the best chance you got." Thanos stopped at a moment to think about what Darcy just said, he soon realize that she's right and knew exactly what he is going to do next.
"Your right, I might make some use for him just yet and we'll see if Loki will cooperate." said Thanos with an evil grin. "Just give me that stone and then you won't have to worry about a thing."
"What makes you think that the stone is even here in the first place?" demanded Loki actually curious on where Thanos got that idea.
"Cull Obsidian saw it literally fly across the sky and we can all recognize the mind stone when we see it." said Thanos. "Tell me where is the mind stone right now or we'll force you to talk."
Loki can't believe this, if he haven't told Vision to go look for Darcy then Thanos, Nebula and the Black Order wouldn't have found out that Vision and the mind stone is here in the first place. Why is everything falling apart because of him? Can he do one thing right when it comes to the fighting off a bigger monster than Loki can ever become? Before Loki can even think about it, the next thing that he knew is that Thanos placed the power stone right on his chest. He has never felt this much pain in his entire life and never thought that he would ever feel this pain, he is never going to complain about the pain that he endured the last time again. Maybe he deserve this and that maybe he is going to have to pay the price for everything. No matter what he may be feeling or how much of a failure he has become when it comes to being a superhero. Loki is never going to give in and is going to do everything in his power to make sure that Thanos will never get the stones or Vision, even if this pain is unbearable.
"Are you ready to tell us now?" said Thanos menacingly.
"I will never tell you anything and even if I wanted to, I don't know where he is." said Loki in gasps trying his best to recover from the Power stone before the inevitable starts again.
"Very well, I guess we will have to continue on won't we?" said Thanos and begins the torture once again. "I can't believe that you really believed that you stood a chance to go against me, I am inevitable force that will destroy everything that you dare try to touch and the only reason that you are still alive is because you have obtained the stones and I need you to bring them to me. Other than that you are nothing and a weakling that needs to be put in your place, I should have ended you the moment that you landed on my planet. It's an endless wonder on what others may see in you..."
Darcy continues to watch Thanos torture and taunt Loki, she is feeling an endless amount of anger and disgust. She knows that Loki has gone through a tough time when he was with Thanos and that Loki had more negative memories. But this definitely takes the cake and it hurts to see Loki being reduced to this and how the Loki she knows is being reduced to this. She needs to do something and the question is what? Darcy doubts hitting Thanos with a giant tree branch is going to work again and she wouldn't be surprise if this guy is going to zap her or something. But there is something that she can do that might possibly add some comfort for Loki and hopefully be some comfort to him...
"Don't listen to him, Thanos doesn't know what he's talking about because your none of those things." said Darcy trying to do her best to be comforting to Loki. "You are really smart, brave, sometimes you can be nice and funny only when you want to and you are one of the most wonderful people I have ever met. You need to fight him, don't let him win or beat you down! Plus there is also something-"
"I have enough of this, Corvus take her to the other prisoners and let the two of us deal with this alone." said Thanos viscously.
With that Corvus begins to take Darcy away from the area and Darcy knew that she has to think of something right now or at least try to be some source of comfort for Loki or else he might be beaten down due to the power of words. But for some reason, Darcy knows that Loki must be thinking that it was somehow his fault for all of this. She has lived with him for two months and have become close enough for her to fall in love with him. She now knows him better than anyone and Darcy knows that Loki would somehow find an excuse to pinpoint the blame back to him. Darcy knows that she needs to get those thoughts out of his head and be there for him even if they are who knows how many lightyears away.
"Loki whatever you may be thinking and if you are thinking what I am thinking, you need to know that none of this is your fault. It was never your fault, if we are going to blame anyone then it's Thanos, he would have gone after the stones with or without your help!" said Darcy as she is being dragged away by Corvus and she's doing everything that she can to make sure that Loki hears what she has to say. "No matter what people like Thanos say or what others may think, you will always be a hero to me! I also need to tell you something, in case we don't make it, this so going to sound cliche... Loki-"
Before Darcy can even have a chance to finish, Crovus uses his advance speed to take himself and Darcy away from the site. Loki thought hard about what Darcy just said and just doesn't know what to say or what to think. He never thought that she would care that much to say these words, he just- No he has to focus, not just think about sentiment and Darcy is right. He is not going to get anywhere by standing around and feeling sorry for himself, Thanos is going to keep making sure that he just submits defeat. But it doesn't have to be that way unless he chooses to and he just needs to fight, but the question is how?
"I can see why you are interested in this girl, maybe I won't kill her." said Thanos taunting. "Maybe I should adopt her as one of my daughters, she might have the potential that Gamora never lived up to."
With that Loki snapped and there is no way that he would ever let Thanos make Darcy go through that fate. He doesn't care what it takes, he is going to win this war and defeat Thanos once and for all. At that moment, Loki got up all of the courage inside him to fight Thanos and he is starting to do so by doing his best to kick Thanos despite the pain that he is feeling. Along with trying to do his best to make sure that he is doing everything in his power to try to break free, Thanos does not have the power to control him anymore and he's going to make sure that Thanos sees that. Loki soon has gotten an idea on what he's going to do as an escape plan, one that might possibly work and for once, it's a good thing that Thanos is putting the guantlet at his chest. Otherwise Loki doesn't know if this plan would work...
Loki focuses hard on the ground for a large and sharp icicle to pop up from the ground and from precise aim, Loki knows that it's the perfect moment to strike and to make sure that his plan works. In a quick second Loki made the icicle strike to Thanos's arm and from that little stab Thanos quickly let Loki go to grab his arm for the pain. While Loki on the other hand, still uneasy about the pain that he just endured slowly got up and picked up some dangers to get ready to fight. He still can't believe that worked and he was able to escape, maybe he underestimated and underused his abilities when it comes to combat in the past. But at least he's using them now and can defeat Thanos from it, Loki also notices that the Mysto costume has been damaged and the superhero symbol has been ripped apart. It doesn't matter, right now he should focus on trying to stop Thanos and give him the fight that he'll never forget.
"There is no way, I will ever let you do that." said Loki determinedly as he got up ready to face Thanos.
"You shouldn't have done that and now I am going to make you pay for your little treachery." said Thanos as he about to fight off his foe.
"Well it looks like your going to have as humans would say have a taste of your own medicine." said Loki. "There is no way, I am going to give up Vision or any of the other Infinity Stones."
"You even named that thing, how adorable and do not worry about that thing." said Thanos. "I'll be sure to take good care of it and will make sure that it will be a quick death."
Before Loki can even have a chance to begin his fight and to see if he can take down the mad titan for good. There was a giant blast that caught both Loki and Thanos by surprise and the thing that is creating the blast is continuing to grow over time. Loki quickly turns to see what might be causing the blast and was surprise to see that it was Vision. Loki can't believe what he is seeing and normally he would be happy to receive some assistance not that he has never needed any help, but it would be helpful when it comes to actual fight. Not if Thanos wants to target Vision and destroy him for just having an Infinity stone on his forehead, Loki needs to find a way to talk him out of this and fly before Thanos can have a chance to do his worst.
"Vision, you need to fly out of here now! If you stay then the chance of Thanos of possibly getting the stone will only grow." said Loki. "Do yourself a favor and leave before you give him that chance!"
"I just thought that you might have needed assistence after the way he held you that way and-" begins Vision before stopping to take a good look at Loki who is without his Mysto mask. "Wait you are mask less and you look like that Loki character that they keep talking about. Are you him? But I thought that you died or rather-"
"Vision, can we talk about this later?! Yes I am Loki, but this this has to stay between us." said Loki in a loud annoyed whisper to avoid revealing things to Thanos and once Vision got close enough to take a closer look at him and returned his voice back to normal as the frustration grows. "The best thing you should do right now is fly away from here as fast as you can and make sure that you protect the stone no matter what."
"I can't do that because it's clear that you need help and I can't just leave you to deal with Thanos alone." said Vision. "I don't want to be useless as you have pointed out earlier."
"You are not useless, do you want to make yourself useful? Then get out of here as fast as you can!" said Loki. "You don't stand a chance against a fight with two Infinity Stones against you, I can't let you go through with this and it's my job now to keep you safe from Thanos."
"It is my job to make sure that I keep everyone on this planet and now the universe safe and that includes you." said Vision. "After all I am just a robot with a powerful stone on me."
"You are more than a robot and you are powerful, stone or no stone, but you can't-" begins Loki.
"I'm sorry Loki, but I have to and he's never going to leave you alone until one of the two outcomes happen." pointed out Vision. "I want to make sure that the one where Thanos looses and the world is at peace happens."
Before Loki can even say anything or try to stop him, Vision quickly flies towards Thanos and begins to blast him with the Infinity Stone. Loki knows that he is not going to just stand there and watch it when there is something he can do about it. The shift from the focus on Loki all goes to Vision and the Chitari is doing everything they can to target Vision and make sure that the android falls and they can get the stone. Loki rushes over to take down as many of the Chitari as he can and to make sure that they don't go anywhere near Vision. The fight is a quick one and Loki is using all of his abilities to help Vision in anyway he can and so far it seems to be an equel fight that it seems like that both Thanos and Vision are at an equal power level.
That is until the Chitari begins to grab a hold of Vision and begins to grab a hold of him, Loki notices this and begins to run to help Vision. But before he can even get any further Cull Obsidian grabs a hold of Loki in his grasp and hold him tightly and lift Loki off the ground so that way Loki won't be able to escape without a fight. As Loki struggles with trying to break free from Cull Obsidian's grasps. Thanos goes slowly to Vision and is about to do the next horrifying thing that is going to make things worser off for the universe. Loki begins to struggle even more to try to find a way to stop this from happening and so far it doesn't seem to be working and Loki quickly combined ice and magic again to break free from Cull Obsidian's grasp. It worked and he begins to run to stop Thanos from about to take the stone out of Vision, but unfortunatly Loki was too late...
Thanos brutally breaks the stone from Vision's forehead and dropped the android from his grasp the moment that he got the stone and put it on his gauntlet. Loki slowly head towards Vision horrified in what he just saw, he may have worked with Thanos in the past and even been tortured by him. But Loki never thought that Thanos would be this brutal when it comes to actually hurting others like this. Now Thanos is halfway done with the Infinity Stones and Vision is dead, it was all his fault and he shouldn't have said those things that might have led to Vision making that sacrifice that has gone in vain. Maybe he should just try to use the Tesseract to teleport himself to another dimension or something, now he doesn't know what to do when it comes to how he is going to do next. But one thing is for sure, things are going to go from bad to worse when it comes to the Thanos situation.
"One down, three to go. Consider this the payment for their safety and now if you want to give your friends their freedom. Bring me the other three stones and then they will all be released from my custody." said Thanos. "You have forty eight hours and I will return to this planet on this field by then with all of them, in case you have any ideas of rescuing them."
With that Thanos, the Black Order and the Chitari begins to make their way towards the ship, leaving Loki and a dead Vision behind. For once in Loki's life, he doesn't know what to do or what the best sollution for all of this. He has two days to come up with something or else, Darcy, Thor and the Avengers will be dealing with the wrath of Thanos. But he can't just give up the remaining three Infinity Stones and hope that Thanos won't do anything with these stones, Thanos will destroy everything and will make sure that he pays the consequences for the past and every single thing that Loki is now putting him through. Things are absolutely hopeless and it feels like that Thanos has won...
But Loki is not going to give up this fight and knows that this is not over, so he gently picks up Vision and grabs the Mysto mask, starts to head towards the Quinjet. He doesn't know what to do, but he knows one thing that he needs to go back to New York before any thing else happens. Once he finally arrives, Loki quickly goes in the Quinjet and place Vision on the bed that is usually kept for the injured. Then he quickly heads to the control and navigation panel, Loki quickly press some buttons and use his password to get everything set. Loki has the ship to start to take off and set the route to the city on auto pilot, the future is unclear and he doesn't know what the next three days will look like. But Loki knows that this fight is not over yet and he knows that he needs to make a call right now because she needs to know what's going on and he's going to need some help in coming up with a new plan...
Wow talk about an intense and long chapter, I hope that you guys enjoyed it and that this is worth the wait because the next chapter will be as intense if not more. Well Loki is definitely being put in an intense situation and who knows what is going to happen next. Wait I know and I can't tell you guys without revealing anything for the next chapter :)
But I can promise all of you guys that, the ending of the next chapter will change everything and we still won't see the last of Thanos. Along with Loki's new abilities that he has discovered in this chapter. I took some inspiration from Marvel future fight in some of these abilities and the others up to my interpretation on what Loki's ice powers might be like through what they showed in the movies, research and other charecters that have ice powers. I hope that it's good enough for the story and the future chapters of Redemption.
I think that the next chapter of Redemption will come out sometime in the next two-three weeks. I am currently working hard on the next chapter and going to try my best to get it out in that time frame. Along with to try to make the best chapter that I can possibly can and make sure that it arrives on the deadline that I set for myself. It will arrive sometime in that time period and let's hope that it's worth the wait and be one of the best ones yet. Since for the fortieth chapter, it's going to be extra special for the surprise in the end...
As for Vision, I would like to apologies for the Vision fans for doing that, I feel really bad in doing it, especially after the WandaVision came out. But there is no way that Thanos would be able to get the next stone without doing it and let's be honest the Redemption version of Vision had it worse than the movie Vision. But then again, maybe there is a chance...
I guess we will have to wait and see in the next chapter of Redemption to find out and to see what is Loki going to do next. Though things are really bleak at the moment and Loki doesn't have a choice but to do something or else...
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 Loki do? Does he have a plan in motion or will he has to spend two days figuring out? Will he give up the Infinity Stones? What is going to happen to Darcy and the Avengers if Thanos doesn't get the Infinity Stones? What side is Nebula truly on? Will they win? I guess we all have to wait for the next chapter to find out, see you in the next update. :)