Loki: Redemption

by Raven862

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

41. Chapter 40 (part 1)

Jane has been trying to make sure that the Infinity Stones are safely secured in her vault, she can't help but check on it every five minutes to make sure that the stones are still there to protect. It has been a nerve wrecking couple of days, she wonders how things are going in the battle and if things are going well. So far she has heard nothing from Thor or Darcy, she has never felt this nervous and worried in her entire life. She even tries to watching the news and so far there has been no news, at least no one tried to break into her apartment. Though to be honest, she's surprise to see both Loki and Darcy still being alright with all of the things that happend to them, but then again they are a different pair than Thor and her and have been through who knows how many adventures. At least Darcy is over there receiving some kind of updates from someone or something. She can't wait till she hears something from anyone, soon the wait will over...

All of the sudden, the phone starts to ring and that catches Jane by surprise and she knows that this is the moment that she has been waiting for and the moment where anything can happen. She is finally going to get some answers and Jane will know the truth and she will be able to get all of the answers to her questions. Hopefully she will get some word or find out something; anything. When Jane arrives to the phone, she sees the caller id and it was Darcy, at least she will give her any answer that Loki probably already told her. Though they must have been busy if it has taken her this long to call or say anything that might be an update of what's going on, she quickly picks up the phone to find out the truth.

"Hey Darcy, what's going on?" said Jane. "How's Thor? Is Mysto alright? Did you guys beat him? What-"

"Jane... Please tell me, it's you on the other end of the line." said Loki on the other side, not even knowing what to say or do at this moment.

"Loki?! I mean Mysto, as like your code name or something." said Jane trying to cover things up, in case of potential eavesdroppers. "What's going on? Are you alright?"

"I would be better if I knew that everything will turn out fine and..." said Loki. "Other than that I really need to talk to you, I am on my way over there right now."

"Ok, where's Darcy? What's going on?" said Jane. "You sound really upset and I don't think I have ever heard you being this upset ever."

"Darcy... can't answer at the moment... I don't want to talk about it..." said Loki. "I am heading towards your home right now and going to land on the roof."

"Wait you are landing on the roof?" said Jane surprised at how far Loki is able to go at the moment. "Aren't you worried that someone might see you or that-"

"I have already placed an illusion on the ship, we do not need to worry about any one seeing us." said Loki. "I will be there in a couple of minutes, just make sure that no one is on the rooftop when I arrive."

Before Jane can even say another word, Loki hung up and leaving Jane even more confused at the moment, she wonders what must have happend if Loki is not acting like himself. Plus why would he even be calling from Darcy's phone and is there something going on? What is going on? Well she's going to have a long talk with Loki once he arrives, she should go up to the roof before Loki arrives or someone is standing on a rooftop that they have a giant jet landing on the roof. Though the question is why would Loki land it on the apartment building? Why is he the one driving the ship? Why did Darcy let him make a phone call? What does Loki mean that Darcy "can't answer at the moment?" Well it looks like she has to wait until Loki comes over to find out, but she has the feeling that she is not going to like what she's going to hear.

Jane begins to head up to the roof, someone has to be there to meet Loki once he lands and hopes that whatever news he brings will be good. Though part of her doubts that she will like what she will hear...

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Twenty minuetes later

Loki is just relieved that he has someplace to go and it's not the empty apartment where there will be nothing but reminders of his failure of even coming up with a competent plan that could have avoided the Avengers and Darcy from falling into Thanos's clutches. Aside from that, at least he knows that the remaining three stones are still safe and the last thing he needs is to figure out a clever trick of covering up Jane's disappearance or to try to find all of the Infinity stones in a hurry. He quietly put Darcy's phone on the chair as he goes to the bathroom to look into the mirror to take a look at himself. Loki had so much on his mind that he didn't even realize that he still hasn't cleaned himself up from the fight over two hours ago.

Once Loki sees himself in the mirror, he is surprise to see how much of a mess he is and knows that he can't be seen like this. Loki's hair is a tangled mess that looks like if Thanos made it his personal mission to give him a bad hair day, the Mysto suit is dirty and not to mention ripped at the center. With the Mysto Spark symbol completely ripped and some of metals being melted. No one would believe that this is the official Mysto costume and Loki even starting to feel like if Thanos just took a part of Mysto and destroyed it, but still maybe it can get repaired and he can ask Jane if she knows anything about taloiring then that can help at least the possible repairs of the costume. Loki takes a look at the burn mark that he has obtained from the power stone, he takes a quick look and determines that it's a second degree burn and it was right where the stab that Kurse made two months ago.

It would be fine, as long as he's careful and make sure that he put some extra armor on that particular part. Loki knows that he can just drink some heeling potion, but it might be better to save the bottle and a half for emergencies. Loki doesn't even know what Thanos might be doing them right now or if anyone was hurt from the battle or Thanos is hurting them right now. It might be a better idea if he just withhold the heeling potion, so that way he will know what he'll be dealing with and right now Loki has to worry about figuring out what might be the best plan on how to deal with the stones and Thanos's demands. He just hopes that Jane has thought of a good plan where there might be a chance to get the stones out of their objects, Loki knows that it might be their best chance to get the stones out of their objects and to make sure that they use them as a decoy in some form.

It looks like the wait will finally be over, Loki reaches the building and is about to land on the roof. He figures that he might as well focus on trying to make himself somewhat presentable, the last thing he needs is for Jane to be fussing over him and try to make sure that he is ok for Thor's sake. So Loki uses his magic to change into an more of an casual outfit and one that is still true to Asgard but it's mostly used for leisure and to relax in his downtime. It may not be his usual Asgardian outfit that he is normally wearing, but it's a little more confortable and at least he will be able to go through the following days without being in pain from the pressure of the armor. Loki made sure that his hair is presentable and use his magic to make sure that it undos whatever mess that Thanos left him from that disaster of a fight, at least he can still say that his hair is still manageable. Other than that Loki knows that this is going to the least of his problems.

He just hopes that Jane will take the news that Thor and Darcy is on an alien space ship with Thanos in charge, the last thing that Loki needs is to deal with is an arguement with Jane or something. He knows that both Thor and Jane care about each other too much that they would be ready to head into danger and not take a minute to look at the potential dangers and consequences that might be in store if they try to go towards a fight against Thanos underprepared or without a plan. It looks like that he's going to have to deal with this sooner rather than later, since he's about to land on the roof and the long conversation is about to happen and to face who knows what this conversation will bring or how he will have to deal with the unknown future for the battle up ahead.

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4 minuetes later

Jane watches the Quinjet as it slowly lands on the roof, she has to find out what's going on and to see what is going on. Though she has no idea on how she is going to explain is anyone walks in and bumps into an invisible jet. But she will figure something out and probably will lock the roof door after they leave and make up a story of it being under construction or something. Soon the Quinjet has landed on the ground and the door slowly opens the door and once it is fully down, Loki begins to head towards Jane, not even knowing what to say that might make the situation sound better than how it is. If only this is as easy as it sounds, he slowly aproaches Jane ready to get this conversation over with.

"Loki, what happend? Where's Thor and Darcy? How did you manage to convince the Avengers to fly one of their jets here? Why are you not in your costume?" begins Jane. "Did-"

"Jane, there is so much that I have to tell you, but first I need to ask you if you know anything about Earth's technology when it comes to robots?" said Loki almost immediately ready to interrupt her from all of the questions that are swirling through her mind. It's time to get down to business and to get started on trying to fix things and get everyone out of that ship in one form or another.

"Wait, what does knowing robotics have to do with all of this?" asked Jane. "Loki-"

"Just follow me, I need to show you something and it's really imperative that we deal with this right now." said Loki. "You study sciences that exist on this planet, I believe that you can provide me with an answer."

Loki begins to head to the ship in a hurry and Jane begins to slowly follow him, not even knowing what she is about to expect or see. As Jane slowly enters into the Quinjet and follows Loki to wherever he may be heading to. She can't help but want to look around the ship and see her surroundings, despite whatever news Loki may bring to her. Though she is curious why would Loki want her to know anything about robotics and ask her to come inside the Quinjet? He seems to be really upset about something or wants whatever he wants repaired. Whatever might be going on, it looks like she is going to find out soon. Loki quickly open a door and goes inside the room, Jane quietly goes in and stares at the sight that is now right in front her.

Jane can't believe that Loki brought Vision all the way here and no one needs to have been there to know that Thanos must have taken the Infinity Stone. She now figured that things didn't end well if he came all of the way here to bring her a dead Vision. Why would Loki bring a dead android all the way here? Unless... She just hopes that Loki is not thinking what she thinks that he's thinking. The last thing Jane wants is to disappoint Loki for some reason and she already knows that Loki must have been through a lot in the past couple of hours. It looks like that this conversation is going to go in a route that Jane never thought that she would have to deal with this and figure that it might be best to let Loki start things off.

"I know that this might be a little too much to ask, but is there any possible way that you can find a way to fix him?" asked Loki. "I know that you have invented your own science contraptions, maybe you know something about robotic repairs."

"I'm an atrophysict not an robotics engineer, sure I have created my own equipment in the past..." said Jane. "I really don't think that I might be able to pull it off, I don't even know if I might be able to make that kind of repair."

"It doesn't hurt to try, Vision did sacrifice himself for me and the least I can do is to try to save him from this fate..." said Loki. "He found out who I was and instead of turning against me, he was doing everything in his power to make sure that I did not get caught and at least try to take on Thanos. It would be the least I can do, if I can somehow manage to fix him, he is a piece of technology and don't humans have repair shops for malfunctioning pieces of technology?"

"Yes, but we don't exactly bring dead-" begins Jane, before she can even finish Loki interupts her and has a couple of things to say himself.

"He's not dead, we can fix him and maybe we can find a way to fix him and maybe we can..." said Loki defensively. "We have to at least try, I tried to stop him from sacrificing himself and it was my fault that it even happened. I called him useless the last time we met before everything else, I drove him to this and-"

"Loki, whatever happened back there was not your fault and Vision made that choice and-" said Jane trying to add some comfort to the situation and try to be nice to him before he interrupts her again.

"It's not just Vision, everyone else including Darcy is now imprisoned by Thanos and is on some ship with him in outer space." said Loki. "None of it would have happend if I didn't come up with that plan or see what Thanos may be planning ahead of time. Why did I think that I can do this? Now if you excuse me, I just need... to think of a plan to get them out of this mess..."

With that Loki heads out of the room and Quinjet to spend some time alone to think and maybe to try to figure out how to at least rescue everyone from Thanos's clutches and to keep the stones away from him as long as possible. He can't believe that one of the things that he never wanted to happen, actually happend and now who knows what might be happening over there. Loki knows that he can just use the tesseract to teleport himself to the ship and figure things out from there, but there is still a huge risk. It does not help with the main concern of possibly loosing the fight and result in his capture and loosing one more Infinity Stone. When he reaches to the edge of the roof, he sits there to try to think of what to do and if there is a chance for Loki to win this fight.

As for Jane, she looks at Vision and decides to take a look at him to see if there is a possible chance of the android being repaired. She doesn't need to stop to learn about possible methods of advance robot repairs to know that Vision is beyond repair, part of her doesn't even know how she is going to tell Loki or how they are going to tell that to the others. But still she can't help but worry for Thor and Darcy, who are stuck in some alien ship with Thanos and there is no way that they will be able to find a way to rescue everyone and to keep the stones safe. She has to find a way to help Loki save them all or to try to at least make things easier, before she can even think of what might possibly be the best sollution... Jane notices something...

She moves in a little closer to see the damage that Thanos made on Vision, she notices something that she did not think she would have seen. One look at the the broken pieces of Vision's forehead and she is surprised. Jane thought about her theory, but she has never thought that she would be right or at least her theory close to being right. Maybe they can defeat Thanos after all and that they might be able to stand a chance and it might be a time for a new plan that they might be able to at least stand a chance in the fight against Thanos. Maybe Loki bringing her Vision's dead body isn't such a horrible surprise after all, maybe she can help and save them or at least finally get the Infinity Stones out of their objects...

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Meanwhile on the other side of space

Darcy is sitting alone in a cell, she doesn't know where Thanos putted the Avengers or if he even succeeded in getting all of the Avengers. She would give anything to know what's going on or know that if Loki is alright. The last thing that she saw of him is Thanos tourchering him with the Power stone and then the next thing she knew is that she is sent back to the ship and is put in a cell. So far it isn't so bad and at times wonder if Thanos did catch all of the Avengers and if Loki is in some cell right now. But still she highly doubts that they would be playing around with the power stone on Loki again, Thanos can't find the stones if Loki is so badly injured from power stone injuries.

Whether Loki is on the ship or not, Darcy knows that he will find a way to get them all out of there or maybe already escape from Thanos and thinking of a plan right now before anything else happens. She is not going to just sit around and go into an endless wonder on worrying about Loki and acting like the damsel in distress until Loki or the Avengers to appear, she has to figure out how to get out of here and to try to see if she can find a way to do something that guarantee that things will get better. But the question is how?

Maybe there is something in here that might be able to help escape from the cell, Darcy begins to look if maybe there is a loose screw or something strong enough that might at least make a big enough dent for her to go through and try to find something that can help. So far she hasn't seen anything that might be able to help her escape from the prison. Darcy keeps looking and looking until she finally found a sharp object that might be good enough to at least to try to pick the lock, though she has never picked a lock before but many humans have done it before in real life and in movies. It can't be that hard if people have done it in the past, so Darcy picked it up and got to work on trying to pick the lock. So far it's not working, but Darcy is determined to figure out how to get this lock open.

That is until there are footsteps that are slowly approaching the cell and Darcy knows that someone is coming and that she'd be in serious trouble if they see her trying to pick the lock. Darcy quickly got away from the door and put the object in her pocket, she has to be ready to start again after whatever guard passes by. Soon it turns out that it is not going to be as easy as that because Nebula and Cull Obsidian is standing outside of the cell. Darcy doesn't even know what to make of the situation and is now wondering why are they standing right in front of her. What if she is making noise or they somehow saw her trying to pick the lock? She doesn't think that's possible and it looks like that she is going to find out soon.

"Can we have a moment alone?" asked Nebula to Cull. "It might be wise for me to talk to her without someone as muscular as you around, that is unless you want to fail Thanos."

Cull nodded his head in agreement, for the first time agreeing with Nebula's request and left her alone to be with Darcy. Nebula just hopes that he gives her plenty of time to talk to Darcy and she can actually have a conversation with her. Her new plan is to try to find out as much information that she can and then figure out how to somehow use this in her favor. She opens the cell door and start to head inside, she is ready to hear whatever Darcy has to say and maybe give her some answers to her questions. She can't get her answers if it feels like it's an interrogation, she knows how to deal with people like this and it might be one of the best ways to deal her. That is if she can convince Darcy in giving her the information that they are looking for. Nebula hopes that she will be able to succeed or else..

"It looks like that you are settling yourself in well." said Nebula trying to be civil towards Darcy. "Let's make things easier for you and-"

"Where is he?! What is Thanos doing to him?!" said Darcy defensively and is almost ready to beat up the blue alien girl regardless of her years of fighting experience. "Did you guys catch the Avengers too? What are you doing to them?! I have to warn you that you do not want to mess with-"

"We managed to catch these 'Avengers' and right now Thanos is interrogating all of them minus the blond one." said Nebula. "As for Loki, Thanos letted him go to get the Infinity Stones and he has given him two days from today to finally meet his demands."

At least Loki's fine and not on this ship, but the question is what is Loki planning to do? He can't just give up the Infinity Stones and she's sure that he will be thinking of great plan. But the question is how are they going to get out of here and what is Thanos planning to do them in the next two days? She just hopes that for some miracle, the Avengers will come in and they already came up with an exciting escape plan that might be effective. Though Darcy just wishes that Nebula can just leave so that way she can continue picking the lock and wing it with the escape plan.

"Listen, Thanos wants to question all of you for possible weaknesses and everything they know about Loki." explained Nebula. "I volunteered to be the one to do the questioning for you and so far we haven't had any luck."

"So now you want me to throw Loki under the bus? News flash Nebula, there is no way that I would ever help you or Thanos in this sick quest of yours." said Darcy. "Why don't we just get this over with and tell me what is Thanos going to do after he get the Infinity stones? I bet he's going to let all of us live our daily lives and do wonderful things with that power."

"Thanos's motives for the Infinity Stones and the universe is questionable, but trust me when I say that this is the best method." said Nebula. "Now here's a question for you, what do you think that Loki might do once he comes here?"

"That's a wired question, do you really think I would tell you? Even if I know, I would never do anything like that and-" Darcy stoped herself because she realize that this is the moment where she can use the situation for her own advantage and to try to put Thanos at an disadvantage. It may not do much but at least it will help buy some time.

"Look I don't like Thanos anymore than you do, but this is-" starts Nebula before she is interrupted by Darcy.

"Ok you win, I'll tell you everything that I know and let's just say that it's going to be really interesting." said Darcy trying hard not to laugh. "Loki once turned an entire street into ice cream and his weakness is... bubbles."

"What?" asked a surprised Nebula, she honestly doesn't even know what to make of this information.

"Yeah that's right, you really don't want to know what else or Thanos might have a field day." said Darcy. "In case Loki never told you, the problem is that he always had this childhood fear of bubbles and always panics when he's sees them. But the best way of getting Loki on his toes, all you have to do is put bubbles out there and then he freaks out, I don't know why but he does."

"What is 'ice cream?' Why is Loki afraid of bubbles?" asked Nebula who is skepticcal of the entire discovery.

"That's the thing, whenever Loki sees bubbles... His powers mulfunction and crazy things happen." said Darcy. "Ice cream is a human desert that is cold and once Loki saw a big bubble when he was doing hero work and he panicked. Instead of that fancy ice magic, Loki turned an entire street into an ice cream wonderland, but you can't tell Thanos any of this. We can't afford to give Loki another panic attack like that, can you image how horrible it would be if Loki sees one little bubble? He'd be a wreck..."

Nebula just stared at Darcy completely speechless, never before she has ever heard something so ridiculous in her entire life. She knows for a fact that there is no way that Loki would ever be afraid as harmless as bubbles. This may not be the information that Nebula was looking for or rather hoping for, but this information might be some use for her. She might need a good laugh and besides at least she will have the excuse of being told of this information, Thanos didn't exactly train her to be a lie detector.

"Can you tell me more, aside from Loki's surprising phobia of bubbles?" asked Nebula. "I really need more than that to tell Thanos, that is if you have anything more to tell me that might be some use for us."

"Nope, nothing more that I can think of." said Darcy who doesn't even know what to say and figures that it might be best if she goes on the casual approach. "But whatever you do don't you dare tell Thanos about Loki's weakness or else he would hurt him more than the stones might be able to do."

"Don't worry, I will make sure that this information won't get in the wrong hands..." said Nebula who doesn't even know if she should be annoyed or give a rare smile on how unbelievable that this revelation is. "It's clear that you really care about your friend, you better start hoping that Loki does come up with a plan or give up the stones because once Thanos has the chance to hold the power of all six Stones, then he will make sure that Loki pays severely."

"Well Loki can put up a good fight, he's not going to just give Thanos the Infinity Stones like that." said Darcy. "Well at least I hope not, but still my point is that Loki is not some weak fighter who is going to throw in the towel and let Thanos wins. Neither will the rest of us and-"

"I know that, I am just telling you that Thanos have things planned for Loki and he's going to make sure that Loki pays for everything." said Nebula. "I wouldn't be surprise if he tries to give Loki a slow and painful death..."

"What are you saying?" asked Darcy, not even knowing if she wants to know what Nebula is trying to say.

"I am trying to tell you that Thanos is planning to break Loki's spirit in order to try to defeat him once and for all, Thanos wants to destroy Loki's self esteem as a way to beat him." said Nebula. "I don't know why Thanos wants to break Loki's self esteem and what benefit it would bring to our cause..."

"Maybe it's to get bragging rights or to try to put... Nebula what do you know about the Soul Stone?" asked Darcy as she starts to realize something.

"All I know is that the stone has the power to take souls and if they aren't returned in time then the victim will perish." said Nebula. "Though there are some cases of someone just succumbing to the lack of a soul and it comes to... the victim having self doubts..."

Darcy just ignores whatever else Nebula may be saying in the moment as she stops to think about what is going on in her mind as she realize what Thanos might have in store for Loki. What if Thanos wants to break Loki so that way he can take Loki's soul and with hopes that it would kill him? It would make sense, why would he be this ready to defeat Loki and is almost ready to take his soul the last time they met. If she didn't stop Thanos in time and convinced him that there no way he would find the stones without him then Loki would be dead for real worst case scenario. It looks like she has to watch out for Loki once she finds a way out or hope that he has been upgrading the Mysto costume's armor. But still this is Loki, there is no way that he would ever listen to someone like Thanos or at least put up a good fight before even considering it. She needs to do something, but the question is what?

Nebula is also silent as she realize that Thanos is going to go on a path that is going to hit rock bottom. But it shouldn't be any different, Thanos has hurt many others in the past and Loki is no different. Then again Thanos just gives all of his victims a quick death and the only exception is whenever they may need to interrogate them for information. But never anything that would be outright torture and in hopes that it would be enough to destroy the victim even more than being dead would. Well it doesn't matter to her, Loki is just someone who is trying to fight the wrong person. If he stoped and think then maybe he'll realize that this is a fight that he can't win and then just leave, never having to deal with him in that way. Why is she stopping to think about Loki? She knows that he is one of the few that ever treated her decently the last time that he was on the ship, but all of this shouldn't bother her right?

Before Darcy or Nebula can say another word to each other, both of them have a lot to say to each other and to try to make them see their point of view. Darcy wants to somehow try to find a way to escape right now and to make sure that she somehow finds a way back to Earth. While Nebula on the other hand wants to talk to Darcy about this and tell her more about Thanos and she doesn't even know if she wants to sink down to the same level. Ebony Maw appears in front of the cell and looks at both of them, he can't tell what's going on between the two of them. But at least it seems like that Nebula is doing a good job of getting the girl's attention and in a way preparing her for the next part. He opens the cell door with a loud bang of the door hitting the wall following him and grabs the attention of both Nebula and Darcy.

"Well if you are done interrogating her Nebula, I would like you to escort to the throne room." said Ebony Maw. "The master invited her to dinner and he wants you to guard the entire meeting. In case we get any unwanted interruptions, the last thing that we want is for any interruptions from him..."

"Yes, we will be on our way." said Nebula as she puts her cybertronic hand on Darcy's shoulder to lead her out to their destination. "A word of advice. just do what I say and treat Thanos with the utmost respect. Then he will possibly take it easy on you and make sure that he does not sense any emotions that you may be feeling."

With that both Nebula and Darcy begins to make their way towards Thanos and whatever she might be facing yet. Darcy can't help but think about what might happen in there with Thanos and the question remains. Why does Thanos want to see her? Judging from Nebula, it's clear that they want to figure out everything they can to try to find a way to get all of the information that they need to break Loki. Maybe if she just not tell Thanos anything and claim that she doesn't know, then he will be more civil then he looks. But she highly doubts it and just hopes that the Avengers are there. Especially Thor, at least she will be dealing only a few questions and it won't be like if Loki just comes in out of nowhere.

While she is on the topic of Loki, Darcy is now wondering what does that wired alien guy mean by "him." Is Loki on the ship too? Then again, Nebula did say... What if she's lying? But Nebula doesn't seem to be the lying type and plus wouldn't there be guards going after Loki and making sure that he is caught before he can do anything. Well either way she is going to find out what's going on in this little meeting, she just hopes that whatever happens in that room it is not worse then she imagines...

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A Couple of minutes later

Darcy and Nebula finally manages to reach their destination and it is time to see what Thanos has to say and how things are going to go downhill from here. She just hopes that this is quick and if Darcy has to choose between dealing with Nebula and Thanos, she would definitely vote for having a friendly conversation with Nebula. Who is one of the most confusing people that she has ever met and she can't figure out if Nebula is a good person or if she's the worse. At least she have the chance to try to figure it out before they meet up with Loki two days from now. But soon figuring out what to think about Nebula will be the last thing on her mind...

"Darcy?!" said a surprised Thor. "How are you here? What? When?"

"Hey Thor, how's it going?" said Darcy nervously and trying to make things casual between them. "So any tips for anyone who is imprisoned in an alien space ship? Uh... nice handcuffs..."

Thor is handcuffed and with two of the Chitauri behind him, Darcy is surprise to see him there and quickly look around to see if any of the other Avengers will be joining them and there is no sign of them. Maybe she will luck out after all and won't have to deal with an entire team of superheroes demanding answers, but that won't stop Thor from asking them. She has no idea on how to answer all of the questions that might be going through Thor's mind, but she just hopes that it will be enough and that she can somehow make up an convincing story that Thor and the Avengers might possibly buy.

"It would be nicer if these handcuffs are not Asgardian made, Thanos must have taken a few during his little visit to Asgard." said Thor in annoyance.

"Couldn't you have just called your magic hammer to come to you and then use it's magic or your powers to break free?" asked Darcy nervously and yet hopeful that it would be a helpful suggestion in this dark situation.

"Asgardian handcuffs blocks any power and magic from reaching the prisoner, I am completely powerless with these handcuffs on." said Thor. "Even if I can use my powers, Mjornir is back on Earth and it will probabley take a while for it arrive let alone find a way to escape without it making a hole somewhere with us having a race against time. There is no guarantee that we all might be able to escape in time, what I would like to know is how did you manage to get caught in the first place? Have you seen Mysto?"

"I found her on your ship and-" begins Nebula trying to answer the question and surprised to see that Thor doesn't seem to know that Darcy is on the ship and who is Mysto?

"It's because I was stowing away because I wanted to see the fight between you guys and Thanos. I mean it's basically a comic book fan's dream come true if she gets to see a superhero team and this big bad have some big mega battle." said Darcy trying her best to cover up the real reason why she is there. "As for Mysto, I think he must have escaped and probably trying to think of some plan or something. What's going on with the other Avengers? Are they alright?"

"The others are fine, Thanos mostly had the Black Order interrogated all of them and he also has Banner, the Maxioffs and Rogers in these handcuffs." said Thor. "I can't believe that he would go this far and is too stubborn to believe the truth. Loki is dead and now he is causing a rampage for the stones and putting everyone in danger for someone who has been dead for the past two months!"

"Yeah it's a pain, Thanos is so going to get what is coming to him." said Darcy confidently and then later turn nervous as she approaches the next question going on her mind. "But here's a question, let's just say hypothetically of course, that Thanos in his own twisted way was telling the truth and Loki decides to pop out nowhere alive. How would you feel or react to it?"

"I honestly don't know, I know that I would at first be angry at him for lying to me for all of this time. But after that I don't know and I really haven't thought about it to be honest, that will never happen..." said Thor. "People like Thanos never cared about what others may have to endure, as long as he gets the stones and do whatever he wants with them then that's the only thing that matters."

"I guess I can't argue with that one." said Darcy quietly as she deals with the gravity of the situation.

"But still I can't believe that you would put yourself in danger like that and stow away on the ship like that." said Thor a little annoyed that Darcy would put herself in danger like this. "We are all lucky that Thanos hasn't done his worse... yet."

Darcy just turns away from her friend as he finished saying that, she feels guilty that she is part of the cause of the grief that Thor has been feeling for the past two months. But it was mostly to protect and help Loki, he couldn't afford in letting Thor know or at least somehow allow Thor to figure out the truth. If it's not for the fact that they might end up in jail for it or for something Thanos related, though to be honest Thanos managed to have caught Thor with or without knowing that big secret. At least Loki got the whole Thor would be angry thing right, she wonders how long it would take for Thor to cool down from that anger. Maybe once she gets back and if things work out then maybe she can talk to Loki and figure something out once the reveal happens. She just hopes that they are both ready for this or else this little meeting with Thanos will feel like a vacation...

Nebula couldn't help but wonder about the conversation that took place and she is surprised and confused at the entire situation. How come Thor didn't drop the act the moment that these two are catching up? He doesn't seem to know that Darcy is on their ship and seems to be genuinely surprise by seeing her here, plus that question that she ask about Loki and possibly calling him "Mysto." If this is an act, then they are doing a too good of a job to trying to put it on. It also does seem strange that... Wait what if none of them except Darcy knows about Loki and he somehow put a masquerade with that requires that costume to do so? It may seem crazy but in a wired way it makes sense and would explain everything. Now she's confused, what is she going to do with this possible new information?

Thor has point about Thanos and as long as she has solid proof, he is never going to believe this theory or would even take it seriously. But still it's something that she doesn't have to tell just yet and plus knowing Thanos, he will figure it out and will find a way to use this information against Loki and the others. At least she doesn't have to worry about this until who knows when and he will probably going to do something two days from now. It wouldn't hurt withholding this new development a little while. At least until things start to fall apart and what Thanos doesn't know won't hurt him, at least this is not her problem right? It doesn't matter what happens as long as she gets her freedom and revenge, but why is she starting to think sentiment towards everyone? She doesn't want to be as weak as her sister or fall into the catagory that Thanos would consider as weakness. She'll get over it right?

Before Nebula can even have a chance to consider why she is feeling this way or think of what to do with this development. All of them heard Thanos announce them all to enter and she knew that it's time for the next part of Thanos's plan. Nebula just hopes that they just see common sense and that this little dinner is not going to last too long. Soon they all walked in the room with the Chitauri and Nebula behind them, both of them looked at their surroundings and are surprise to see that this dining room is not exactly a dinning room...

It was throne room and it doesn't look like Thanos has a meal planned for the three of them to share. It was dark and stony, if there was once any light in that room then Thanos destroyed it in a heartbeat. Both Thor and Darcy knows that whatever Thanos may have planned for both of them will be anything but good, that Thanos is going to make sure that he gets the information that he wants in one way or another. Thor knows that this is the moment where he wants to settle the truth once and for all, this can't keep going on. He doesn't want to know what Thanos is planning to do once he finally realize that he's telling the truth. Darcy doesn't want to know what's going to happen if Thanos manages to get a hold of Loki and what he might do to him...

Soon Thanos approaches the two and he is out of the armor that they last seen him in as he personally put all of them in their cells. He was wearing a long blue top, grayish pants and the Infinity gauntlet in his left hand. He seems to be more relaxed, but at the same time more intimidating and he looks ready to deal with them just the same. One look at Thanos, Darcy knows that she is never going to roll her eyes at and criticize Star Wars and Princess Leia being captured by Vader again. Now she knows how Loki must feel and at least things can't get any worse than this...

"Well it looks like Nebula and the Chitauri finally have done something right, the only reason I have called you for this dinner for answers." said Thanos. "As you both notice, there is no food and that's not how my dinners work. It's for me to ask my prisoners questions and you two spend here hours here with me in one of the most heavily guarded rooms on the ship."

"Great, we got an invite for a meal and we walked into an interrogation. Any tips for being a prisoner on an alien ship, Thor?" said Darcy sarcastically. "This is not what I thought it would be like."

"The whole point of this meeting is not for you to eat a feast!" said Thanos aggressively before turning calm again to finish his objectives. "The point is for me to interrogate you both and I won't let you leave until I get my answers or until I grow tired of it and demise you both back to your cells."

"Why did you pick us?" demanded Thor believing that he knows the answer, but he doesn't want to have it confirmed...

"You two are the closest to Loki, I would like you both to give me the information that I need to find the Stones and any methods on destroying Loki." said Thanos. "In case he believes that fleeing is the wise option."

Both Thor and Darcy turn to each other, exchanging a look of disbelief on their faces, they can't believe that Thanos would put them in this situation. Thor is angry that Thanos is ready to stoop this low and even if Loki is alive there is no way he would sell him out to this monster. Darcy is outrage, there is no way she would ever tell Thanos anything and the last thing that she ever wants is to hurt Loki. Especially if Thor is here and she is now feeling more and more nervous by the minuete, their big secret might get exposed at any moment. One wrong move and it's game over for both of them when it comes to Loki being free and the superhero that might be able to defeat Thanos is over. Then it will be a long week for sure...

"Are you Mad?! Loki is dead, he's dead and he's never coming back..." said Thor, sad on admitting that part before he turned defensive. "Darcy doesn't even have anything to do with this. She has never even met Loki when he was alive, are you really going to interrogate her for something that she has never been a part of?"

Darcy turned away, she is feeling a little guilty at seeing Thor defend her and here she is helping Loki keep his secret. Not that she's saying that she wouldn't have helped Loki, but that doesn't stop her from feeling guilty about this. Especially with how they are now trapped on an alien spaceship with no hope on getting out and Loki somewhere down on Earth trying to find a way to get them back without giving up the stones. How is she going to possibly make up for this one?

"Loki is still on Midgard and with luck on our side, he will be bringing the remaining three Infinity Stones and only then I will be more than happy to set you all free." said Thanos. "You can lie to yourself all you want, but that is the truth and I will rise up victorious with Terra and Loki in ashes."

"Ok, after you get Loki and these stones, what are you going to do next? What good do you hope that this will bring in the end?" demanded Darcy.

"After I get the stones and destroy Loki, I will use the stones for one more thing and it's something I have been wanting to do ever since she escaped." said Thanos "I am planning to do a deep mind alter on her..."

At that moment Thor and Darcy can't even believe what they are hearing and to see someone like Thanos go that dark and would be willing to go that far on someone. Darcy is starting to worry a little bit for Loki and at the same time trying to comfort herself in trying to say things Loki is tough, he won't let Thanos break him like that and he will also put up a fight. Thor is getting more and more angry at the minuete, never before he has felt a deep anger towards someone and can't wait until he get out of these handcuffs to take Thanos down. Even Nebula is disgusted by the things that Thanos is planning to do, she may have had a low opinion on her but she never wanted things to go that far...

"Once I do that, then I will travel around in the galaxy for a couple of years dealing with unfinished business before I eliminate all life from this universe and beyond." continued Thanos. "I am willing to go as far as I can to make sure that I succeed in my goals."

"In other words, you believe that doing all of this will give you power to fulfill this twisted poisoness dream." said Thor angry. "This is madness beyond comprehension!"

"Yeah not too mention, you're practically giving the world an unhappy ending." said Darcy in disgust. "A ending that no one would win, well everyone who wants to live their life without you coming in to destroy everything."

"It doesn't matter what others may have to suffer for me to reach my goals, I am willing to do whatever I deem necessary to make sure that I win." said Thanos. "I will rise victorious and make sure that the universe is exactly as how I envisioned it."

"What are you planning to do if you don't get the Stones in time?" asked Darcy nervously.

"Let's just say that I am more than ready to give Loki the push that he needs to give up the stones." said Thanos. "Now enough of your questions, I want answers and you two must tell me everything that you know about what Loki is doing and where he is holding the stones if he dares to try to defy me."

"Well I have to say that you are wasting your time, there is no Loki coming to save us with the stones." said Thor. "You will never win or complete this quest and-"

"How can you be so blind? Loki was there and you are still pretending that he's dead, do you really believe that-" said Thanos in frustration before he turns to Darcy. "You saw him on the battlefield and know the truth, tell us what you know about Loki and his whereabouts. Then maybe I might make things easier for all of you..."

Darcy nervously looked at Thanos, she is at a lost for words and feels really nervous at the place he puts her in. She can't just confirm Loki is alive in front of Thor, especially like this, aside from the secret that she and Loki worked so hard to protect, there is also the fact that if Thanos get all of the stones then they will be doomed and will have to face whatever plans Thanos may have for them. She knows that this is one of the most important choices that she may have to ever make because right now it's a lose-lose scenerio and for the fate of the universe, Loki, the Avengers and everyone in between...

"I don't know what you are talking about and I think you are trying to use someone else like Mysto to carry on that lie you created for yourself." said Darcy defensively. "You do realize that even if you are right, there is no way that we would ever tell you anything and here's a little fact about us humans and the occasional Asgardians. We don't give up the fight that easily and won't let you win that easily."

"It is clear that you all have a false sense of hope, it looks like I might have to go towards a new direction when it comes to this." said Thanos. "Nebula, be sure to put her in cell number 2 and I'm sure she'll be a wonderful cellmate for the living weapon."

"Wait what?" said Darcy not even knowing if she likes where this is going and if this is a good sign or if she should panic.

"While I deal with the Asgardian, it's time for both of us have a deep conversation and settle this once and for all." said Thanos. "It's clear that we have a few things to deal with and I know that we will get along great."

Before Darcy can say or do anything, Nebula just gently place her other hand on Darcy's shoulders and begins to lead the way to the cell. The last thing that they need is to witness what is about to happen. Darcy can't help but turn to look behind her and can't help but wonder what is going to happen to Thor, she just hopes that Thanos will take things easy on Thor. None of this is going well and she just hopes that whatever Loki is planning somehow work or maybe she can find a way to escape and that she can at least sabatoge the ship or something. Well whatever happens, someone's going to need to think of a good plan before it's too late...

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Meanwhile back on Earth, one hour later

Loki can't help but wonder what's going on up there and if they are going to be alright, who knows what Thanos might be doing and what method of interogetion he might be doing to them. He wouldn't be surprise of Thor is getting the shorter end of the stick and is being tortured because of the lie that he placed for the last two months. Maybe he'll be lucky and won't have to deal with any of Thanos's wrath, but either way Thanos would use it as an excuse to try break him and even if doesn't get what information he wants. At least he can do whatever he wants with Thor to try to get to him and it would be all his fault, for Darcy he should have never have asked her to take part of the plan.

The plan was a disaster and he just walked into Thanos's grasp and delivered the Avengers and Darcy there. Not too mention, he also is the reason that Vision is dead and for some reason this is bothering him even more than he thought it would. It's more than just the Infinity stone getting lost, he just chooses to act irrationally and let Vision expose himself and later let Thanos kill him. If he can barely protect one stone and life, how can he save everyone? Especially the two that he cares about the most and at least he doesn't have to worry about when he might see them again. But still he ruined both of their lives, Thor is never going to forgive him and he knows that things will get worse between them once the reveal happens. As for Darcy, all he did is make her life hard and his most recent offenses is definitely not going to put him in a high standing when it comes to being a good friend. If he's not causing break ups with her relationships then he's letting Thanos take her. Some hero he turned out to be and now there might possibly be no hope...

"Hey Loki, great news I might not be able to repair Vision or think that we might be able to bring him back." said Jane trying to approach him. "But the bright side is that I might have possibly found a way to remove the stones from it's objects and I kinda need to run it by you and-"

"What is your theory?" asked Loki trying to keep his focus on the horizon and yet is interested in any possible thing that might be able to turn this around for them.

"I was thinking that maybe if we put enough pressure on them then we might be able to break the stones out." said Jane. "I wasn't sure about it, that is until I noticed something about Vision and it looks like Thanos put enough pressure on the stone to rip it out of Vision's forehead. What if we somehow put enough preasure on all of the objects and somehow break the objects for the stones?"

"How do you propose to do that?" asked Loki. "It might be plausible but the only thing that we need to worry about is what to do next."

"Well I was going to cancel, but I already came up with a great plan on how we might possibly put the pressure that we might need to break the stones out." said Jane. "Since I kinda have to go to this school to be a guest speaker for my discoveries of the whole Dark elf incident, plus the school have this boiler room for this art or science program that they have. I was thinking maybe if we sneak the stones in then maybe we can put them in one of the boilers and see if there is enough pressure to break the stones out. Unless you have a spell to do it to save us the trip..."

"If I did, I would have done it weeks ago. We might as well try it, let's just hope that this plan of yours work." said Loki. "If you don't mind I would like to spend some time studying the stones before I leave for the day? To see if it might work after all..."

"Wait you are more open to my ideas? Not that I am saying that you were against my ideas before, but I thought there would be more of a argument in place." said Jane. "Since you do know more about these stones more than I do and I kinda thought-"

"I am more than ready to try anything at this point, just because of the fact that Thanos thought up a plan where he was at least three steps ahead of us." said Loki. "It would be nice if this plan works well this time, I was thinking of maybe giving Thanos a counterfeit of the stones. To make him believe that he has the stones and we will have the real stones the entire time. It may not stop Thanos indefinitely but it might buy us enough time to think of a new plan and try to find a way to defeat Thanos before he gets tired of the peaceful approach and tries a more violent method."

"Ok you are planning to use decoys for Thanos to take and we keep the real Stones?" said Jane. "At least it will get everyone out of Thanos's grasp and give us time to think of something. But still the question is how am I going to get there without someone noticing..."

"What if I accompany you and I can deal with trying to use this human technology?" said Loki. "That way we won't have to deal with any complications."

"Are you sure that's a good idea? Not because of the whole you walking in would cause a public panic, but the whole idea of you trying to figure out an expensive boiler..." said Jane nervously.

"Just because Thor might have gotten some difficulty of operating some piece of technology, it does not mean that I would have the same trouble." said Loki. "I think I can speak for everyone from Asgard when I say we can all read instruction Manuels. It just people like Thor chooses to rush in to try to solve problems rather than think ahead, I'm sure I can handle dealing with a new piece of Midgaurdian technology if I come across it."

"Uh ok.." said Jane. "Well the stones are in the apartment, you can come in if you want to come in..."

"I might as well get this over with, I can't wait for all of this to be over." said Loki. "At least once that happens then maybe I will be able to think straight again."

Jane wanted to say something to Loki and want to hear the whole story of what might have happened back there, so far she only got Vision died, Darcy, Thor and the other Avengers are trapped somewhere in space and they only have two days to figure out a good plan or else. But it is taking an effect on Loki and she might as well give him some space, he doesn't seem to be the type that would be open to talk about what happened aside from what she might need to know. It doesn't take a great detective to figure out that it definitely did not end well, she just wishes that she can know what really happend out there and if Thor is alright. Sure he left her for a couple of times to go back to Asgard, but it was a temporary stay and Thor is not being held prisoner by an evil alien and she has to help Loki to get him, Darcy and the rest of the Avengers back.

It is definitely going to be a tough couple of days, she is ready to help out in anyway she can or at least try to be there for Loki. Well at least try to be more friendly towards him because right now Loki and her has more of a lab partner relationship. Maybe the two of them can try to figure out what might be the best plan and she can somehow convince Loki that she can come along or think of a plan on how to help out, her boyfriend and friend are in that ship. She has to find a way to help them out and at least they are going to try to think of something before Loki has to face Thanos again.

She leads him to the apartment and once they go inside, Jane quickly unlocks her vault and let Loki take out all of the three remaining Infinity Stones out to examine them one last time before they go to see if they can possibly remove the stones tomorrow. He placed them on the table and begins to study each of them and notices that each stone is placed in the object that is firmly adjusted and needed the right pressure for it to be broken out. The pendent and the Teasseract might be easy, but the question is how is he going to get the stone out of the Aeather? Unless...

"I think I might have an idea on how we can at least get the Aether out, but I might need you to go outside a couple of minutes. We can't afford you to have the Aether in your body again, especially with Thanos ready to do anything to make sure that the stone gets out of the gauntlet."

"Ok..." said Jane nervously. She doesn't know what to expect of what Loki might do to the Aether, but she doesn't want to be in here if it fails and quickly went outside.

Loki quickly begins to open the case and let the Aether come out, once all of it comes out of Loki begins to get to work on freezing the Aether and so far it's easier than he thought because of the fact that it's the Aether and it has the power to consume anyone for better or worse. It's reacting nicely with the ice and maybe this might be able to work after all and he can theoretically get the stone out. He just wishes that he thought of this sooner and that maybe he should revaluate all of his plans because right now he is on a loosing streak that he needs to break.

Once Loki manages to freeze the Aether, he knows that this is the moment that he should try to see if this might possibly add some pressure to break the stone out. Once the Aether is completely frozen, Loki thinks that maybe all he has to do is maybe try to see if he can break the block in half to see if he might possibly be able to get the stone out. First Loki broke the Aether out of the ice block and try to figure out what might be the best way to handle getting the stone out of the liquid like state. All he has to do is figure out what might be the best place for the possible half to see if he can find the Infinity Stone. When Loki believes that he finally figured out what might be the best place to do it and he carefully breaks the block in half and much to Loki's surprise...

The Reality stone broke out and it landed on the ground, before Loki knew it, the remainder of the Aether begins to slowly slip out of the ice and goes towards the stone and it begins to head towards the stone. The remains hastily heads towards the stones and soon once all of the Aether arrives to the stone, it gives out a bright glow and the stone is in it's place. Loki is relieved that he doesn't have to worry about trying to figure out how to get the Reality stone out of the Aether, maybe this pressure on the objects idea might work after all.

Loki quickly puts the reality stone on the table and begins to move all of the ice on to the balcony, so that way he won't have to deal with any angry complaints from Jane of having a melting ice block in the living room. He might as well get it over with and move it to melt in the balcony, he just hopes that things will be able to work out from there. Once Loki is done then he went to the door to tell Jane that he is all done and that she doesn't have to worry about another episode that she has an Infinity Stone stuck inside of her again.

She quickly goes in the room and the first two things that she notices is that the reality stone is sitting on the table and that there is a giant block of ice on the balcony. At least Loki sorta cleaned up his mess and that her theory worked and now they just have to worry about the two other stones that are trapped. At least they have one less thing to worry about and they might be able to do this after all. She doesn't know what she is going to do if they fail, but at least they are not going to fail because they have the advantage of having the stones and a plan on their side right?

"Wow you did it! This is great we are one stone closer on getting these stones out." said Jane happily. "So it looks like that I was right about the stones needing to have some kind of pressure on it?"

"It appears so, I doubt that ice is going to be enough for the other two. The Aether was a liquid and it was easy to figure out what might be the pressure, but the question is what might be the other two." said Loki. "Since all Thanos had to do was literally take the stone from Vison's forehead, I just hope this boiler would be enough to break the stone's out of them. But I am going to need to study both objects and put the stone in that vault. It's dangerous to leave it out in the open and we can't afford to put our guard down for anything."

"So your just planning to sit around here to observe the stones and try to figure out if we put them in a boiler will completely work out?" said Jane. "I mean you can stay here as long as you need to."

"I will be out of your hair shortly, I just need to make sure that this might work and the properties of each object." said Loki as he quickly puts the stone in the vault. "Then with luck, we will know what to do and I do have one question for you. Do you know anything about tailoring?"

"What? Taloring? What does fashion have anything to do with this?" asked Jane completely lost on why would Loki ask a thing.

"It's because Thanos did some damages on the Mysto costume and I need some assistance on the repairs." explains Loki and he uses his magic to let his Mysto costume and Jane can't help but stare at the big hole in where the Mysto spark was. As for the rest of the costume it was a mess, when Loki said "some damage" that is a complete understatement.

"Well I know some, but I don't know it's for this magnitude and I am only just still at the beginners stage." said Jane. "But that being said, it doesn't mean that I can't try to fix it."

"At least try to make it look like as much of the original as possible, the last thing I need is to have an unexplained makeover." said Loki as he can't help but look a little fondly of the costume before snapping out of it. "It would only be a unnessicarry distraction, are you sure you are capable of doing that?"

"I'll try my best, though I can't promise that it will be like that a hundred percent. But couldn't you use your magic to create an illusion and no one might tell the difference?" asked Jane.

"I can, but it wouldn't be enough because I would know and... My point being is that I need it to be the same and that it is important that we focus on the predicament we are trapped in." said Loki. "Now if you excuse me, I have some studying to do."

Due to the fact that he is not in Darcy's apartment and he is still at Jane's with the other two objects sitting on the living room counter. He just sits down on the couch and begins to get to work, it looks like that Loki is planning to stay up most of the night trying to study the stones. Jane decides it might be best to leave him to study the stones, just because he is going to be doing this all night that doesn't mean that she is just going to stand to watch him and not do anything productive for the rest of the night. She grabs the Mysto costume to examine it and tries to see the damages that are on the costume. So far aside from some dirt spots, the main issue was the center part for the Mysto insignia.

Jane is probably going to wait until morning to ask Loki how he normally cleans the costume, due to the bits of armor that she notices. Now all she has to do is to try to focus on the sewing part and maybe she might be able to pull it off. All she has to do is go to the store tomorrow and see if she can find some thread that might be the same material and color as the symbol or some fabric. Then it will be as good as new, at least that problem is solved and that will be another thing less to worry about and at least the next day will be busy. Well she might as well make the most of this and maybe they can try to win this, at least they are getting closer on trying to get the stones.

It is going to be a long night and day for both of them because of the work that they will have to do the day after and to prepare for the fight against Thanos. There is no telling what might possibly happen in the next couple of days and this might be the most important thing they will ever face. Thanos will make sure that Loki doesn't leave the field until he gives him the Infinity Stones and who knows where things might go from there. But both Loki and Jane knows that they have to try to win this upcoming fight because the universes's and the others' lives depend on it.

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Meanwhile back on Thanos's ship

Nebula is leading Darcy to the dungeon, so far it looks like none of the other Avengers were there because she didn't see any of them. She's guessing that due to the fact that the last little encounter she and Thor had with Thanos, it stripped her from having a cell all to herself privileges. Darcy can't help but wonder what Thanos meant by "Living Weapon," who might possibly be that? Well whoever it may be Thanos is hoping for her to have a rotten time. She just hopes that things are not going to be as bad as Thanos may be hoping to happen just does not happen and that she will be fine. Darcy also hopes that Thor is fine back there and hopes that he doesn't go through whatever Loki had to go through the last time that he was here. This can't get any worse can it?

Soon they arrived to a big cell and it looked like if it's a good fit for the Hulk if he is still transformed, but Darcy doubts that this is where they decide to put Hulk or at least she hopes not. She can't see anything in the shadows that appear in the cell and doesn't even know if... she doesn't know if it's a trick of the light, but she might have sworn that she sees someone in the cell. Darcy just hopes that whoever is inside the cell won't take things too hard on her or-

"Well here we are and let me just say that I am really sorry that my father put you in this position." said Nebula. "I would have hated this if it was the other way around and a word of advice, don't trust a word she says because she will only want to use you to win."

With that Nebula opens the cell door and made Darcy go in without a second thought and with a sympathetic look, Nebula slowly walks away and is trying her best to not to look back, she knows that Darcy is better off here compared to how she would be if she was back at Thanos right now...

Darcy decides to keep her guard up as she continues to explore the cell and to see who else might be in there. Well at least she can't complain about not being able to fight a super villain if there is one right in here with her. Then at least she will have some kind of bragging rights to Loki when she eventually returns back to Earth and sees him again. As Darcy continues to head her way trying to see who might be in the cell and prepare for whatever fight she might have to face later on and whoever may be ready to attack.

All of the sudden, she sees someone approaching her in the darkness and Darcy got ready for anything that might be standing out there ready to fight off whoever may be lurking in the shadows that is heading in the light. The next thing that Darcy knew is that she sees a green girl emerging, she knows that she shouldn't be surprised in seeing a green girl after meeting Nebula. But she can't help but feel a sense of shock, at least she looks better off than how Thanos might have handled any of his other prisoners judging from what she has already seen so far. Darcy got ready for anything that this girl may be ready to throw at her or at least try to stand a chance until some guard or Nebula comes back to try to put a stop to it. She is ready to fight this girl off no matter what...

"So he manages to catch you too?" said the green girl casually. "What's Thanos's plan to get the stones this time? Is he trying to get a hold of random people in hopes someone gives him the Infinity stones?"

"Uh yeah..." said Darcy nervously. "Uh are you now going to beat me up or something? Thanos called you a living weapon or did Nebula put me in the wrong cell?"

"What? Calm down, I'm not going to hurt you and it's clear that you are a victim of circumstance. It looks like Thanos hasn't given up his idea to "recondition me," said the green girl. "Should I safely assume that you are Terran? I have a friend that has a similar attitude like you and he can overreact sometimes to say the least."

"Uh... if you mean if I'm earthling then yes I am, look it's clear that we got up on the wrong foot and now that you are not going to hurt me..." said Darcy nervously. "I'm Darcy and you are?"

"My name's Gamora." said the green girl.

"Wait your Gamora? As in the girl who saved Loki and was nice to him, Gamora?" asked Darcy can't even believing her luck.

"You know Loki?" asked Gamora also surprise at the situation itself.

"Yeah he's my roommate, but if anyone ask he's not here and there is a guy named Mysto who happens to be Loki in disguise out there trying to figure out how to save everyone else." said Darcy trying to tell her what to say in case the Avengers Or worse Thanos comes in. "It's a long story..."

"Well that's a new one and interesting story, but right now we have bigger problems." said Gamora. "I was hoping that this day would never come, Thanos is dangerously close on finally obtaining the Infinity Stones. He's after Loki now isn't he?"

"Yeah, he is practically holding his brother, his brother's friends and me up for ransom. I don't think that he's going to give Loki a warm welcome if he gets him, in fact I think it's going to be more of a soul crushing one."

"Thanos just wants revenge, when he lost back in that city in Terra... Thanos was furious, I have never seen him this angry and he blames Loki for that failure. It doesn't help that Loki also lost one of the Infinity stones and all he wanted to do is to hunt Loki down and make him pay." said Gamora. "Thanos even sent some Chitari to look for him, when he saw the battle was lost and it obviously didn't work. The only time I have ever saw him that angry was whenever Nebula fails and even then Thanos would never go this far in trying to discipline her. Whatever hatred he has for Loki, it's personal..."

"Yeah let's just hope that he doesn't find a way to get to Loki, I know he said that he's going to give up on the Loki surrender thing... But I don't think he meant it by asking us for information on how to "destroy" Loki." said Darcy. "He must be planning something like how Thanos said that he wants to do some mind alter or something on you."

"Great, now he wants to use the stones against me and to wipe my mind." said Gamora with frustratration. "It's bad enough that he killed my family and my entire planet right in front of me, but now he wants to use me as weapon and what's worse take away the memories of my friends. They practically became family to me and it's one that Thanos wants to take away from me or just use the stones to make me destroy them and later on let it break me once I eventually recover from whatever plans that he may have in store."

"This definitely looks bad, so how did you get caught up with Thanos again?" asked Darcy curiously. "I can already tell that this story is not going to have a happy ending if you are stuck here too."

"It doesn't, we were on a mission and was being paid to find this scepter or something. But we didn't have a chance to even leave the planet because Thanos attacked it and we did everything we can to try to stop him..." explained Gamora. "He... managed to grab a hold of all of them and had them all at my mercy, Thanos said that he would kill them and the entire planet if I didn't go with him. So I gave myself up to him and he allowed me to say goodbye at least, but before we left Quill promised that they would do everything to get me out of it... I just hope they don't come after me, I can't allow Thanos to nearly hurt them like that again."

"Wow Gamora, that's horrible... I don't think I can ever imagine going through something like that and staying sane." said Darcy. "So that's what Thanos does? Blackmail people to surrender, I can't believe that he's you call him your dad."

"I don't, he did mureded my entire planet right in front of me as a child and he took me and later on Nebula in to turn us into his "Living weapons." said Gamora. "It was only when I saw how Thanos was ready to hurt Loki when we first met and even is ready to go as far... I knew that I couldn't go down the path that Thanos was trying to force me to go on."

"That definitely must have been tough and at least you found your group, Loki only has me and well a couple of people who already knows his secret." said Darcy. "Everyone else thinks he died by sacrificing his life to save his brother and my friend two months ago."

"Wait, everyone else thinks that Loki is dead aside from you and a few others? What about his brother?" said Gamora surprised at this new revelation.

"Well Thor doesn't exactly know, I mean he does because Thanos keeps demanding answers from him. But... he doesn't exactly believe him or thinks that he's lying." said Darcy. "It a really complicated and long story to say the least."

"It's one I would like to hear and besides we have plenty of time." said Gamora. Darcy giving a sigh, knowing that if she is going to die in the hands of an evil alien, she might as well tell the most exciting part of her life thus far to someone...

"Alright, you better make yourself comfortable because it's story that has a lot of twists and turns to say the least..." said Darcy.

Soon Darcy begins to tell Gamora what has happened so far and she managed to get Gamora interested in the story and she's seems to be really invested in the story and is engaging thoroughly. The two of them seem to be surprisingly getting along well and that Darcy feels comfortable enough to tell Gamora the whole story. But little do both Darcy and Gamora know that their conversation is not as private as they hoped, Nebula who is standing right behind the door listening to the whole conversation. She can't believe what she is hearing and to find out that her theory was right, Loki was hiding his true identity from the others minus the girl and this is the conversation that confirms it. Well at least she doesn't have to tell anyone what she discovered...

When Nebula is about to turn around to leave and to try to pretend that she hasn't seen or heard anything. She notices Ebony Maw standing right behind her and he seems to be just as interested in this conversation as she is. Something tells Nebula that she is not going to go through with her original plan after all and if Ebony Maw won't tell Thanos, then he would use means of force to make her tell him everything. Nebula doesn't even know if she can escape from this or how to get out of this situation. But from one look on Ebony Maw's face and the evil smirk that he is making, it is definitely not a good sign and Nebula has the feeling that she will be paying the price in one way or another.

"Well it looks like we stumbled across a secret and it found it's way to us." said Ebony Maw. "Are you ready to tell Thanos on what we heard? I think he would be more interested if you were the one to tell him, don't you agree?"

Nebula just stares at Ebony Maw and realize that there is no way out and she is going to have to tell Thanos what she found out. If she doesn't then she will be back in the torture chamber and pay for with holding this information. Nebula knew what she has to do and it looks like that she has no choice, part of her doesn't want to do it or to even have a chance to find a way to escape from making her own choices. Though Nebula already has an idea on how she can get it over with and maybe it will be fine, even someone as unreasonable as Thanos would understand. She gives a quick sigh and turns to Ebony Maw with a stoick face and ready to get the task that she is already dreading over with.

"Yes I believe that Thanos should know about this." said Nebula. "But in the right time, if we tell him now then he would turn the ship around and start an attack. That will not help us get any closer to the stones if Thanos creates an attack on Terra then that will only allow Loki to panick and flee."

"You're right we don't want that to happen, the best thing to do is to tell Thanos tomorrow night." said Ebony Maw. "So that way he can have some fun with the blond one and then you will tell him and we can take advantage of this situation. Is that understood?"

"Yes, sir..." said Nebula quietly, as she stares quietly at the door and knowing that she lost the fight and that there is no hope for anyone now...

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The next morning on Earth

Loki slowly wakes up from the couch and before he can have a moment to think of a plan on how to deal with the Infinity Stones and how to possibly pull a stunt like this off. He notices that he's not in Darcy's and his apartment and he is still at Jane's, Loki doesn't know what to do or how Jane would react if she suddenly sees that he was still here. She did have the guts to slap him on the face when they first met and judging from Darcy and the Avengers, humans are more tougher than he and others give them credit for.

Before Loki can even get up to leave, Jane walks into the room and Loki for once does not know on how to escape from having to deal with Jane or an arguement that is waiting to happen. The last thing he wants to have a rough morning and it will later lead to an harder day with the two of them on each other's throats for the rest of the day. Loki just wishes that he will be able to create an illusion to disapear and try to see if he can find a way to get out of this. Before Loki can even say anything or try to think of a clever story on how he is still here...

"Morning, I think I have managed to find a way to fix the costume. But I need to ask how do you guys wash this suit or is it even necessary? I have never tried to wash something with armor before." said Jane. "I know I live with Thor, but he mostly does it himself and the armor is beneath the costume and I just don't want to create a bigger problem then necessary."

"I believe I can figure something out and that maybe I can do a spell that can at least make it look presentable, but it would not be fully repaired and we would still need to do some parts manually." said Loki. "But what I am more interested is why haven't you said anything? I was still in your home and spent the night here without your permission and you are being civil towards me or rather friendly, why?"

"Actually I was going to offer you to stay the night if you wanted too, so that way it would have saved you the trip and plus it's clear that you has a rough day." said Jane. "Plus there's also the fact that girl also knows where you and Darcy live, I also was thinking that it would be better if you stay somewhere that you didn't get any unwelcome visitors."

"I don't seem to recall that-" begins Loki before he interjected.

"I was going to offer you, but you fell asleep when I found you and I didn't want to wake you because you had a rough day yesterday and needed some rest." said Jane. "We are on the same team now, we might as start over and go beyond a lab partner relationship if we are going to get along. I mean in order to get the stones out and if we want to get Thor, Darcy and the other Avengers out then we are going to need to work together."

"I believe that is a good reason and now let's focus on a plan on how to possibly get me into the school without anyone noticing." said Loki. "I think the best way is that you distract them while I create an illusion to sneak into the boiler room and put the stones in there in hopes that it will allow us to separate from their objects."

"I don't think we have to worry about that because I called them and I asked if I could bring an assistant and they said it's alright and all we have to do is to put you in human cloathes and then I'll send you off to do something. Then you will go to the boiler room and figure out how it works, then we will figure out from there." said Jane. "What do you think of the plan? Do you think that it might possibly work?"

"It might, but the problem is on how we are going to find an excuse for me to leave the room without looking suspicous." said Loki "Does Midguardian schools spend time to send some one for something?"

"Well it really depends, unless... what if you act like you needed to go to the bathroom or something?" suggest Jane. "That way you will have a good excuse to leave and the only reason why it took you so long is because you got lost or something."

"Are you sure that anyone would believe that I get lost for trying to look for a restroom?" asked Loki unsure if this is a good idea or if they should stop to think about a better plan on what might be the best plan for a possible infiltration.

"Yeah because it's a big high school and no one is walking around during class time. It will be the perfect time to try to get you to sneak into the boiler room." said Jane."But the new problem is how are we going to get you into something more-"

Before Jane can even have a chance to finish her sentence, Loki just rolled his eyes and used his magic to transform his casual Asgardian outfit to a suit where it was mostly black with a dark green tie. He just looks annoyed at Jane, he already is ready for whatever thing that might happen in their mission, but part of Loki is more annoyed than he thought that he would be if someone just called him a weakling or something. At least it wasn't something that he would hear from Thanos or anyone else that their opinion would feel more important than anyone else's in this universe...

"I have been living on this planet for two consequlative months, it would be odd if I haven't paid attention to the attire in one of the three times I have ever came to Earth." said Loki. "But even then fa- Odin had us take some lessons of Earth and it's culture in case we ever had to come here for any reason, though I have noticed that some of the lessons are a little dated."

"Yeah even if you guys don't know about some things about Earth, not that I am saying it's a bad thing, but..." started Jane before she stopped herself. "Forget it and to be honest, at least you guys have more Earth experience now and-"

"What time are we leaving for this school?" asked Loki. "The sooner we get there and get the stones out, the sooner we can go on to the next part of the plan and we start making the decoys look like the real thing."

"Ok, I guess it's time to get ready or at least have some breakfast and then we can prepare ourselves for the next few hours." said Jane.

That is exactly what they did and it was quiet between the two of them and neither one knows what to say or how to deal with the uncertainty that the future might bring. They know that the longer that Thanos has them, the more dangerous he will get, at the same time they can't just give up the stones to Thanos. If they want to make sure that they trick Thanos in some way and this might be the best way. Once they are done with breakfast and before Loki went to grab the stones, Jane quickly opened the vault to take a picture of the scepter and the Tesseract. So that way they will be able to fully be able to know the structure and to fully be able to replicate each one of them.

A couple of minutes later, Loki grabbed the two objects and put it in the backpack and gave it to Jane to hold on to it until the moment is right. The two of them exit from the apartment and begins to make their way to the outside world of New York. To try to complete the mission that they need to win and to make sure that they get the stones out or at least be able to pull it off. The universe is now resting on their shoulders, Loki doesn't even know how he is going to fight this if Thanos finds a way to win...

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Well at least they are getting somewhere and they are going to get stones out, don't worry this is not the end that I promised. Sorry about the delay a lot of things in my life came up and I really wanted to get it up. I decided to make it up to all of you guys, to make this chapter a two-parter (think of it like a two-part episode or movie (like Deathly Hallows and of course Infinity War and Endgame)). The next part of this said two parter is coming out next week and we will see the climatic twist ending that I keep promising.

But still things are shaking up with Gamora in the mix, things are definitly going in the right direction or is it? Let's just say that Thanos will still have some plans. Gamora is definitely going to be playing a big part in the fight for Thanos and might... reveal some things later. Either way Gamora will be helping Loki and the others stop Thanos.

Also Loki's casual is what he was wearing in Dark World while he was in jail in Dark World and Thanos is wearing his Infinity war outfit.

The next chapter next week will be the conclusion of the first half of the fight against Thanos, we are going to have some chapters that will be leading up to the final battle. But I promise that things are only going to get more intense from here and I better not say anything more if we don't want any spoilers to leak out.

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

So will Loki and Jane get the stones out of the remaining two objects? What is Thanos doing to Thor? Will the Avengers, Gamora and Darcy find a way to escape? Is Nebula going to really go through with this? What secrets will be revealed? Will they win? Wait till next week and find out :)