The next morning on the ship
Both Gamora and Darcy woke up really early to try to see if they can find a way to get information or see if they find a way out before the following day happens. There has to be a way out and the two of them are going to find it, well Darcy got Gamora to help her and so far they are having no luck. Just like what Gamora said, Thanos made sure that there is no cracks or anyway to escape and Darcy even tried to pick the lock earlier before Gamora stopped her just in time before some Chitari walked by. With that Gamora agrees to help Darcy out despite telling her that there is no way out, but Darcy keeps on refusing to give up and wanted to keep on looking. Gamora mostly agreed to do it just to help keep Darcy out of trouble. She has some experience of what it's like to deal with ones that refuses to listen and what kind of trouble it would bring.
"Well this doesn't seem to be so bad so far, I mean just because we haven't found a way out now. It can't mean that we might not be able to find a way out now." said Darcy trying to remain positive in a hopeless situation.
"Darcy, we need to face the facts and the facts are that there is no way out from this cell. We're trapped here..." said Gamora trying to do her best to let Darcy down gently. "I know how important it is to get you and your friends out, but-"
"That's why I am not going to give up and I am going to try to find a way out of here." said Darcy trying her best to be determined, but she is starting to notice that this might be impossible after all. "We will find a way out as long as we don't-"
"Darcy, I have been in this cell for the past two weeks and if there was a way out then we wouldn't even be having this conversation right now." said Gamora. "I know that you are worried about him and the others. I had my own exspirence when we all touched that stone and was worried that we were all going to die, we almost lost Groot and I don't think I would have been happy to have lost the others too. But-"
"We can't just sit here and do nothing, Thanos doesn't seem to be the type that would give Loki a second chance and not too mention he's a jerk that wants to come up with a plan where no one, not even Thanos himself wins." said Darcy. "But we might be able to win if we find a way to escape and find the escape pods and then with luck we will make it back to Earth. Then we will find out where we are and then do everything we can to find Loki and then we will contact your friends and once you guys are reunited, we will come back to help the others escape and have a mega final battle where Thanos floats into space and we all live happily ever after."
"It may sound like a good plan, but Thanos manages to make his cells have the tightest security that he can possibly obtain." said Gamora. "It's impossible and we need to show Thanos that he can't beat us, I have been doing it by standing up for myself."
"It must have been tough to have him try to be your dad, but it's going to be even more tough if he continues to do whatever thing he may be planning to do to the Avengers and later hurts Loki tomorrow or something." said Darcy stubbornly. "There is no way I am going to let that giant purple jerk face hurt him, I mean them if I can do something about it!"
"You care about Loki in that way don't you?" asked Gamora somewhat relating to what Darcy is going through. With Darcy turning away as Gamora figured out one of her secrets "You know Loki might have a plan on how to avoid giving up the stones and trick him, don't be scared of what Thanos would do. It's Thanos who should be afraid of Loki."
"Yeah but part of me can't believe that Thanos would be that open in just letting Loki go like that, I have the bad feeling that Thanos has something big planed for him and he must have been planning it for a while that is going to be really bad. Plus it's not just Loki, there's also the other Avengers who knows what might be going on with them and Thor in the same room as Thanos for the whole night." said Darcy. "There is no way that we will be able to win without them, I mean I know we are doing a bad job right now. But we can win this and we will win this, if we have superheroes by our side to win."
"Not just heroes, only the people that are willing to fight and this is what Thanos wants to try to take away the little hope that we all have and crush it. If my hunch is right then Thanos caught you all to make the people of Terra and Loki loose hope. He wants to make my friends and I loose hope by taking me prisoner and do a mind whip on me to make me give in to Thanos's rule." said Gamora. "But as long as we keep fighting and we show Thanos that we are not going to give in and we will continue to fight him. Let's try to think of a real plan without checking every bit of the foundation, we will get through this and Loki will get through this. But only if we keep up the fight and do everything that we can to stop Thanos then we will win."
"Yeah I guess your right, but I still want to try to find a way out. I guess the first thing that we should do is to try to find a way to contact the others and then we can figure out what to do from there." said Darcy. "We will fight our way out, uh... Gamora about Loki? Is there anyway that..."
"Don't worry, I won't tell him about your feelings for him and I really don't think that it would be comfortable conversation if the first conversation we had is about... that..." said Gamora at first uncomfortably and quickly notices something heading their way. "I don't think a plan might be necessary after all."
"What makes you say that?" asked Darcy confused.
"It's because they are bringing in more prisoners in." pointed out Gamora.
Darcy turned and she sees a group of Chitauri leading most of the Avengers to the cell right in front of them, at least that solves on the how to communicate to them problem. The first thing that Darcy notices is that Iron man/Tony Stark no longer is wearing his armor and anyone with some kind of power has those handcuffs on. Well now at least things are going to get really interesting and they have the Avengers here, well they may be powerless here. Technically in the cell right in front of them, but does it matter? At least they can start coming up with a plan on how to get out of there, but first there is something that needs to be addressed before they start talking.
"Remember, if anyone asks Loki's been dead for the past two months and that I stowed away to see the battle scene in action." said Darcy with Gamora nervously nodding her head as they see the guards put every single one of them in the cell. They noticed that all of the Avengers minus Thor is being put in the cell and both Gamora and Darcy knew that this is the moment where everything will start to change.
"Ok, let's us unanimously agree that all those movies about alien invasions were understating everything." said Tony. "Maybe once we get back we should add some clarity and set the record straight."
"I think that's going to be the least of our worries." said Captain America. "We need to find Thor and then think of a way to get out of here."
"Yeah, about that..." said Darcy nervously. "Thanos has Thor in his big fancy throne room and before anyone ask I stowed away in the ship in order to see the battle and they caught me and put me in another room away from you guys."
"At least that clears things up... Darcy?" said Bruce before he points out Gamora. "Uh... who is-"
"Oh this is Gamora, she is also being held prisoner from Thanos." Darcy quickly answers. "I'd tell you more but let's just say that it's complicated..."
"At least we now know where everyone is, but right now we have to-" begins Captain America.
But before he has a chance to finish, the prison doors opened once again and they saw a group of Chitari bringing in a really angry Thor and throwing him in the same cell as the Avengers. Thor had half the mind to get back up and beat up the Chitauri and fight his way back to Thanos, all he wants to do now is get the answers of all the questions that he now has on his mind. Along with get the visions that Thanos put in his head out of his head and to try to get out of here. Darcy, Gamora and the Avengers all knew from one look at Thor that he has been through a lot to say the least. Gamora knew what must have happened and didn't feel comfortable to say it until the moment was right, she might as well give Darcy the moment to find out what's going on from their side. So that way they will be able to figure out what might be the best plan to escape from the ship.
"This is one experience that I do not want to go through again, Thanos is unbelievable and he is refusing to listen! I have never met a creature that is so stubborn and irritating!" said Thor in anger to everyone in their cells. "He refuses to listen or give up his madness and-"
"What happened back there?" asked Darcy not even sure if she wants to hear what she is about to hear.
"Thanos kept demanding for answers about Loki and the Infinity Stones, then he decided to take extreme measures. He used the mind stone on me to show me my worst fears." said Thor. "He must have twisted them a little bit because I saw Loki being in deep pain and Thanos being the cause of it. That's not all, Thanos also have all six Infinity Stones and he destroyed everything. I just don't know how he knows Loki..."
"I think I might explain a couple of things." said Gamora a little nervous and everyone including Darcy turning to her confused and not even knowing what to expect from her.
"What are you talking about? Who are you? Did Thanos ever met my brother? What did he do to him?" demanded Thor.
"My name is Gamora and Thanos did meet Loki a year before all of this, he sent him to attack Terra." explained Gamora. "When Thanos found him, he wanted to kill Loki the first moment he set eyes on him and would have if I didn't intervene. I convinced Thanos that he might be some use for him and to give him a mission, then Thanos would have killed him on the spot."
"Ok why did Thanos want to do that in the first place?" asked Darcy not even knowing if she really want to hear the rest.
"Wait Thanos was the one who sent Loki to Earth?" asked Black Widow. "How did you even manage to convince Thanos to spare him?"
"What did Loki ever do to him? How do you know all of this? Do you have some kind of connection to Thanos?" asked Thor. "Did Thanos do something to him? Is that why he attacked Midgard?"
"If Thanos was the one that sent Loki and he fell off the Bifrost, then what happened between that time frame?" asked Bruce. "Could there be more to this story? Why would Thanos send Loki to Earth in the first place?"
"Thanos took me in and 'raised' me as his 'daughter', he was never my father, he kidnaped me as a child and murdered all of my planet including my parents right in front of me. During those days I was starting to have second thoughts about Thanos's morality. When Loki first came, he... was having a meeting and that meeting was disruptive because Loki came crashing in landing on the asteroid badly injured." explained Gamora. "Thanos was having a meeting to recruit someone for your planet's invasion and the possible candidate declined because he thought Loki was one of Thanos's soldiers and ruined his first impression and the deal. Thanos was so angry that he wanted to kill him right then and there. But after seeing Thanos for being the monster that he is, I knew that I can't do follow him blindly anymore and I convinced him to give Loki a chance."
"She had a rough life, let's just say that she's on our side when it comes to all of this." said Darcy.
"Thanos agreed because he knew that there was an Infinity Stone on the planet and believes that he would win either way. If Loki succeeds then he would have another stone and if Loki fails then he would have an excuse to punish him for his failure, but Thanos never thought that he would loose two Infinity Stones in one go." continue Gamora. "Thanos assigned Nebula and I to train him, we treated him well and I tried to do everything in my power to make sure Loki is well beyond the mission. He even told me about his life and even if we didn't become friends, I tried to be there for him and even at one point tried to find a way to get Loki to his home planet. But I couldn't find a safe way to do it or had the chance..."
"What happend?" asked Thor can't believing that Thanos had a negative history with his brother, he is feeling even more anger at the mad titan and at least happy that Gamora was involved and looked out for Loki.
"Thanos thought it was the perfect time for Loki to start the next part of his training and started to torture him. He used the mind stone to put visions in his head and made the anger that he was feeling grow and to show him what was at the time his worst fears..." said Gamora. "Sometimes for failures, Loki daring to speak up or trying to stand up for himself or just because Thanos was in a bad mood. Loki had it worst then Nebula and at the same time had it easier just because Thanos deems it unnessicarry to implant cybertronic enhancements. At times even gave Loki nightmares and it even started to influence him in a way that Thanos wanted and if Loki dared refuse..."
Everyone stared at Gamora in complete shock and they all had thoughts that they all never thought they would think about Loki. The Avengers all reflected at how they felt about Loki and that maybe they could have been more opened in trying to figure out his side of the story. At the same time, Loki was trying to take over the planet, hurting many innocent people and mind controlled Barton, but still maybe they should have been more opened in at least listen to Thor about reasoning with Loki. Thor on the other hand can't but feel anger at himself, why didn't he even think of going out to look for Loki? Why didn't he stopped himself from being angry for once and ask Loki what happened and to try to be there for his brother? Even if he couldn't at the moment that doesn't mean he couldn't have asked him after they got back from Earth. Could all of this have been avoided?
While Darcy on the other hand can't believe that Loki went through all of that before they met, she really wishes that he said something earlier. But then again, this is Loki they're talking about he would never tell anyone what's really going on even if his life depended on it. She is definitely going to be a better friend to him once she get back and now she is seeing why Loki wasn't that eager to face Thanos or let alone become Mysto. This has definitely changed the game and it has changed their view on Loki...
"That's horrible, I had no idea..." said Thor in disbelief.
"He went through so much when he was here and I always thought that Loki would have told someone about his time with Thanos." said Gamora. "Well at least someone close to him like his mother or brother, after them I don't know..."
"Uh... thank you for looking out for him, I just wish that I was there for him when he needed me..." said Thor feeling a sense of guilt. "I would like you to know that... Loki is dead and he died trying to save me..."
"Of course and I'm sorry to hear that..." said Gamora keeping a straight face and covering up the secret. "But we really need to focus on trying to defeat Thanos and stop him from ever doing these things again."
"Even if we don't find a way to escape, at least I will try to find a way for you to escape from him." said Thor. "Let's just hope that we find a way before Thanos does whatever he may be planning to do tomorrow."
"At least Mysto and Vision is still out there and they might be planning to do something to Thanos or find a way to rescue us." said Scarlet Witch with a hint of hope in her voice.
"Yeah about that... don't you guys find it wired that Thanos didn't grab a hold of Mysto and he is now starting to think that Mysto is Loki. Plus Thanos is after Loki, this can't all be a coincidence." said Black Widow. "I mean what if Thanos is right in his own twisted way about Mysto and we don't really know who Mysto is..."
"What are you saying? Are you saying that Loki is Mysto?" asked Darcy nervously. "I mean... That's impossible, hasn't Loki been dead for two months now? There is now way that he would go around in some superhero costume and go out of his way to save people. Isn't that the exact opposite of Loki's overall character?"
"Darcy has a point, there is no way that Loki would ever go out to risk his life to save others let alone face Thanos unless he has a clever revenge plan ready." said Thor. "I don't believe that Loki would ever... change unless he truly wants to change..."
"I'm not saying that it is Loki, but I do find it odd that Thanos caught all of us and let Mytso escape that easily. Especially with now believing that Mysto is Loki, say what we want about Thanos but I can see his point on this one..." said Black Widow not even sure if she wants to be right. But all of the facts are pointing to that and she is even starting to believe it...
"I doubt what Thanos is saying has any truth to the matter and I will make sure that Thanos pays for everything he has done." said Thor angrily. "The moment that I get out of these binds and-"
"Wait just one minute hothead, in case you have forgotten we're imprisoned on an alien ship with no plan and you guys with powers have fancy Asgardian handcuffs on your wrists." pointed out Tony. "If we want to win this, then maybe we should come up with a plan, not just rush in with hopes that we would win if we somehow manage to break free from this place."
"He has a point, we need to think of a plan to get out of here and defeat Thanos without running in and hope that it will somehow magically work out." said Bruce. "Now let's try to think of a plan where we might be able to find a way to escape."
"Yeah, I agree and let's just forget that theory about Loki being Mysto and just focus on trying to get out of here or at least on how to defeat Thanos by the end of tomorrow." said Darcy nervously. "I mean we can't just come up with a crazy conspiracy theory of our friend and take the word of some crazy alien giant right?"
"Darcy, you do realize that you are doing a terrible job of trying to defend your friend right?" said Gamora. "It's a miracle that you two have managed to pull this off this long."
With that they all begin to try to come up with an escape plan that might possibly work and to see if they can possibly come up with a way to defeat Thanos. Darcy is just nervous that they might be suspecting that Black Widow's theory might possibly be right. The last thing they need is to deal with a possible exposure of Loki's secret identity being revealed. Thor on the other hand can't help but feel the rage inside of him grow over the course of the next few minutes and it continues to grow, he just can't believe that Loki went through all of that and he did nothing to help stop it. He is going to make sure that Thanos pays for what he did to Loki, Hiemdell and to some extent themselves including Gamora. While Black Widow on the other hand can't help but think about how Mysto and Loki can possibly be connected and all of the facts that are pointing towards it. As Black Widow kept thinking and observing the facts that are in place and now seeing where Thanos is coming from and that maybe his theory isn't so far fetch after all...
Meanwhile back on Earth
Jane is trying to speak to the secretary and getting both her and Loki registered to get their on time. But both of them were underprepared for the information that they would have to give about Loki, they did say it was alright but they never said they would have to registered him ahead of time. Now she is trying to come up with a story about Loki and have to deal with trying to create a human identity for Loki. Though Jane honestly would have thought that Darcy and Loki would have come up with a plan or story that they have to tell in order to tell someone what might be his identity outside of Mysto and that he has to go out to the world as a normal human being.
"So let me get this straight, you hired a new assistant and he is going to help you out with the guest speaking presentation?" asked the secretary rather rudely to both of them.
"Uh yes, I know this is last minute and that you may be following who knows how many rules but this is the truth." said Jane. "We have been over this, the person on the phone said that it's alright for me to bring him and is everything settled now?"
"Well almost I didn't get his name." said the secretary.
Both Loki and Jane stared at each other nervously, they haven't really thought of that and they can't really just say Mysto without revealing part of Loki's secret identity. Loki is surprised that he has never thought of a human identity outside of Mysto in case he would have to deal with any humans throughout his time on Earth outside the Mysto costume. They both desperately try to think of something that might work or if any name idea might be able to fit Loki, but so far they haven't thought of anything until Loki decides to speak up to at least try to stand up for himself and to try to lead things in the right direction.
"You have kept us here for the last couple of minutes and we would like to-" begins Loki before being stopped by Jane.
"From what my assistant is trying to say is that his name is..." begins Jane to try to come up with something as fast as she can and quickly saw a name tag. "Tom..."
"This is getting absurd, I'm Lo-" begins Loki getting tired of this and is ready to use his true identity to scare this lady into submission.
"Logan, Tom Logan." said Jane. "Now with that settle can you let us in now? We are running a little late..."
With that the secretary decides to let the two off and just told them where they had to go. Both Loki and Jane begin to head that direction and are quiet as they both have all of the things that want to say to one another. They want to say something to one another that might relate to what just happened right now. Loki is annoyed that Jane wouldn't let him handle it or at least allow him to strike fear into the secretary. While Jane is annoyed that Loki is more than ready to do it his way which involves causing either an illusion or a reaction that might evolved him causing fear and 'mischief.' Both of them are ready to give each other a piece of their own mind, but they know that they can't argue right now because they need to work together if they want to pull this off and to get everyone out.
"Tom Logan? Really? Why didn't you let me handle this situation?" asked Loki annoyed. "I would have handled her well and put her in her place."
"It was the first thing I came up with and fun fact, we can't exactly use our identity to try to get what we want unless we are in charge of a certain thing. Much less use magic and any other super powers to get what we want." said Jane. "Besides if you do who knows what then that will definitely blow our cover..."
"I was not planning to use any of my abilities and believe me when I say if this occurred two months ago then things would have not ended well and she might have been inside an ice block for the most lenient act of revenge I can think of." said Loki. "Now tell me are of the people who run these Midgaurdian schools always this rude?"
"Well not all of them, sometimes the teachers can be worse than that." said Jane. "You really do not want to know what high school is like and let's just say that it sucks."
"Then they should reform it and I am glad that things are different back in Asgard, other than that I have come up with a plan on how we can obtain our mission sooner than we expected." said Loki. "It might involved some magic..."
"What is it?" asked Jane. "Wait why are we talking about this out loud? How are we not worried about any one possibly eavesdropping?"
"I already set up an illusion, no one can hear a word we're saying and they will be under the impressions that we are talking over anything that humans may relate to." said Loki. "Now here's my plan, I will create an illusion of myself that looks like all I am doing is helping you out and in reality I am going to this boiler room to get the stones out."
"That might work and at least it will avoid any trouble that we might face if you suddenly go missing." said Jane. "Yeah that might be a good idea after all..."
"I am going to make sure that my illusion will be up for your commend in case you have to ask me to do something." said Loki.
"Ok, take Darcy's phone in case we need to communicate to each other during the day or if anything happens." said Jane giving Loki the phone. "We only have an hour, do you think that we might be able to pull this off?"
"I believe so, it really depends on the piece of technology and I do have one question. Is it really necessary for me to carry this around with me?" asked Loki. "Couldn't we just decide on a meeting place and move on?"
"I mean we could, but in case of anything it might be easier if we have a stable piece of communication." said Jane. "I don't know, I never had to sneak around places or sneak someone to do something to help win the fight against a maniac before. Don't mind me when I am still trying to get the hang of this."
"Here's a word of advice, try to make it look like nothing is going on and make sure that no one suspect a thing." said Loki. "Just act like how you would normally do if I wasn't around and be ready to use that communication device of yours only for emergencies. The last thing I need is to possibly use this phone any longer than I have to."
At that moment, Jane gives Loki the backpack to grab a hold of the Teaseract and the pendent. Loki quickly put the pendant on and grabs a hold of the Teaseract ready to move forward to the next part of the mission. When the two of them finally made it to the classroom, Loki makes an illusion of himself and created a spell in order for Jane to do simple commands in case of anything. At that moment, the two of them knew it was time to finally do the mission and to break the stones out, they just hope that they were right and that this might possibly work. The entire fate of the universe, the Avengers and Darcy's lives depended on it...
"Ok, are you sure it's not a good idea for me to ask where this room might be in case of you might possibly get lost?" asked Jane nervously.
"Of course, we can't afford anything in blowing our cover." said Loki. "I will let you know if I finish and manage to get the stones out early. Where should we reconvene?"
"Just call me and wait for me outside, that way we will be able to get out of here." said Jane. "I just hope that this works, I don't even want to know what he might be doing to them up there."
"Don't worry about Thor, it is going to take more than Thanos to take him down and he will fight whatever he may trow at him." said Loki about to leave and trying to add some comfort into the situation. "Plus the other Avengers and Darcy are with him, at least he's not alone on the ship and let's just hope it works. Tomorow will be the day that changes everything and we have to win..."
"Uh Loki..." said Jane and Loki turns to her awaiting for any possible information. "Good luck."
"I'll accept that bit of sentiment..." said Loki as he tries to make it sound rude, but in reality he is touched that he gotten some encouragement.
Loki starts to depart from Jane and head out to try to find the boiler room, though he has to admit that this is the least exciting of all the adventures he had been on ever since he arrived on Earth and met Darcy two months ago. But this is an important mission that he can't fail and he just hopes that once he finds the boiler room it will be able to break the stones out of the objects. They are this close on doing this and yet so far, Loki wonders how is he going to handle the fight if things don't work out as planned and have the feeling that Thanos is planning something bigger. He can't believe that Thanos would be that open in letting him go that easily, there must be something else going on and Loki knows that he does not want to find out what Thanos might have in store next...
Meanwhile back on the ship
Nebula and the Black Order are on their way to inform Thanos what they found out yesterday. Nebula would give anything to leave the room, to find a way out of this ship and leave without a care in the world. She doesn't want to tell Thanos what she found out or what might cause more trouble for Loki, but at least it will be one step closer on Thanos ultimately hurting Gamora and she should be happy that at least she will be getting revenge. But still why is she miserable and the sense of anger is increasing inside Nebula faster by the minute? She just wishes that this would be easy and that she would just break free from the prison that she is now trapped in...
When they arrived to the throne room and finds Thanos sitting on the throne, Nebula knew that the only way she is going to get out of this alive is to tell the truth because if Thanos won't kill her then the Black Order will. She wasn't surprise to see that Ebony Maw told the other members of the Black Order the little secret that they discovered. She knows that he wanted to give her the full beating that she will never forget or at least make sure that she pays for her disobedience. But what if she does all the talking? They made it clear that she was the one to tell them, but they never said that she would have to give them credit. At least she would be giving them what they want and won't have an excuse to do anything even Thanos would be annoyed at them for trying to do something to her without a good reason. Just because Thanos believes that she is the weakest out of all of Thanos's children, that doesn't mean he won't leave her alone if she moves the plan a little forward.
"My children, it is clear to me that whatever you have to tell me is important." said Thanos. "What is it do you wish to tell me?"
"I have overheard a conversation between the girl and Gamora that might be of interest to you." said Nebula speaking for herself before any of the Black Order members can have the chance.
"Well then tell me about this conversation that you think it was important to. bring my attention." sneered Thanos ready to make Nebula pay if she dares to waste his time.
"I heard the girl telling Gamora that Loki has been pulling off some sort of masquerade and apparently everyone else and his brother believes that he's some kind of a mystery hero or something." said Nebula. "He now goes by the name 'Mysto' and apparently he set a good reputation for himself. As far as I know is that the two of them planed it all and no one else knows about it and they believe that Loki died.
The room suddenly grew quiet and Thanos quickly got up from his throne and turned away from Nebula and the Black Order. He begun to think of what might be the best course of action, that would explain the little confrontation that he had to deal with his brother and how he barely got any answers from him and the little lie that girl told him. But the question is how to deal with this information? It didn't take long for Thanos to turn around to face Nebula and the Black Order with an evil smile on his face, with already having a plan on how to break Loki mentally and to ensure no one will dare rescue him...
"Interesting..." said Thanos with a grin on his face.
"What's interesting?" said Nebula nervously and unsure if she made the right decision after all.
"I have a plan on how we're going to use this development to our advantage." said Thanos. "We will continue the plan as normal, but I might have a little surprise in store. Let's see how Loki is going to be once we're done."
With that he allows Nebula and the Black Order to leave, he needed time to conclude the next part of the plan. Fortunately for Nebula, to her surprise the Black Order left her alone and she believes that this is because she gave him the information without their input. She is starting to feel a sense of guilt as she walks away and heads to her quarters, to be more free for a moment and to have a moment's peace. Nebula has the feeling that she probably made the situation worse for Loki, but she shouldn't need to worry about him and the fate of the universe, it will all be worth it in the end. She might get her freedom sooner rather than later for taking all of the credit and maybe things will get better for herself. Why does she feel so conflicted?
A couple minutes later back on Earth
Loki has managed to find the boiler room and lock the door behind him, he is ready to finally break these stones out. Once he reads the instructions that is conveniently taped on the wall, he begins to follow them and managed to turn on the machine and put the objects there. Now he has to wait for half an hour for it to finish and to hopefully have both stones out. Part of him wishes that Darcy was at least here to at least to have a conversation to keep his mind of the current wait, at least he's going to get her and the others out tomorrow. He never realize that things would be this dull if Darcy wasn't on his side when it come to going on these missions where he has to do something to try to stop Thanos.
Loki doesn't even know why he would be thinking about Darcy so sentimentally, he has to break away from these feelings and make sure that they don't grow any stronger. Aside from Darcy, he was wondering when will be the day when he reveals himself to Thor and this secret will be over, he knows that he is supposed to tell Thor after he defeats Thanos. If he doesn't then Jane would, but the day might come any day now because they are this close on defeating Thanos and if all goes well then things will be over by tomorrow. Is he ready for it?
To finally leave Earth and Darcy? What is Thor going to think once he finds out that he was alive all of this time? Will he be happy to see him again or too angry beyond words? Even after they go through the initial reactions, what is Thor going to do with the information? Will he tell Odin the first chance he gets when he returns to Asgard to tell him what happend? If that happens will there be an army of Asgardians after him to try to return him back to Asgard in hopes that he would truly face the consequence? It would be extreme for Thor to go that far but he would be angry enough to at least yell at him and possibly disown him on the spot. He just wishes that things would have gone back to how it was before everything happend. But things might never be the same again, he just hopes that Thor would at least forgive him before he has to go and leave this planet behind forever.
Loki continues to watch the boiler, it has be more than twenty minutes since he started the boiler and only ten more minutes for it to stop and for the moment of truth. He just wishes that he can just make all of his problems disappear in this contraption and Loki doesn't have to worry about Thanos and he can just move forward without any thing holding him back. Loki can hardly wait for this to be over and soon, at least the first part of the plan will soon be over and he will soon face the question that he hopes that the answer will be something that he would like to see.
Soon the time is up and Loki slowly opens the door, he is happy to see that both the tesseract has been broken in half and the jewel in the pendant broke off. He is surprised to see that this actually worked and that he finally got the stones out, Loki quickly uses his ice powers to cool down the surface in order to grab the two newly freed stones and to pick up what remained of the objects that were holding the stones. He puts the stones in the small bag that Jane gave him and use his magic to conceal the objects as he caries the objects easily. With that done, it was time to go and they have to get back to the apartment to prepare for tomorrow and whatever Thanos may have in store for them.
Loki quickly picks up the phone and calls for Jane, he eagerly awaits for an answer and hopes that he has a chance to tell Jane without having to head out on his own. Sure he can just write a message on it, but he is not in the mood in possibly having to deal with another broken phone incident. Luckily for Loki, Jane took the time to answer the phone...
"Hey, I was just going to call you, did you do it?" asked Jane nervously. "Did it work?"
"Yes, fortunately the plan worked and now all we have to do is try to create replicas of them and make sure that Thanos falls for the illusion." said Loki. "So how did your little talk to the class go?"
"Well it went really well, I mean surprisingly well judging from how far things went and I didn't even have any time to prepare." said Jane surprised in Loki asking how things went for her. That is the last thing she would expect Loki to do in general. "Well now that we're done here, meet me outside and then we'll get going."
"I'll see you there then." said Loki as he quickly hangs up the phone and begins on his way to meet Jane.
Things are definitely looking promising and maybe they might be able to pull this off and win the fight ahead. But Loki decides that it might be better to be cautiously optimistic because the last time he had a small bit of optimism, everyone got captured and is now trapped in Thanos's hands. Loki doesn't know what might happen when they have to face Thanos or if they might win. But he has to try and save everyone from Thanos's crutches, he just hope that he will be able to win this fight. Loki does wonder what is going to happen when he does win this and reveal himself. Part of him hopes that Thor would be a little upset but ultimately proud of him for saving the universe, he highly doubts that would happen and wouldn't be surprise if there was a shouting match before he leaves the room. As for Darcy, he really does not want to know how things are going to be once he leaves...
While Loki is walking through the hallway, he is starting to think what might tomorrow look like and what Thanos might have in store. He is surprised that they actually made it this far and that Darcy and him actually did it. They have managed to obtain all of the remaining Inifinty stones and can live to tell the tale, it was something that he never thought would happen and at least they are almost done. Loki just hopes that they will be able to defeat Thanos for good, then things would be even better.
Before Loki can even reach the exit, something stopped him and Loki even took a couple steps back in order to make sure that he saw what he saw. Loki thought he saw two chitauri soldiers lurking around in the school, but by the time that Loki can have a chance to have a good look they disappeared. It was probably nothing but his imagination going wild and he must have imagined that he saw two Chitauri soldiers. Maybe he has been overthinking about the worst that Thanos can do to everyone led him to imagine that the Chitauri are there. Why would they be in the middle of a Midguardian school and no one else would have seen them? Sure they might use some kind of cloaking alien technology but there is no way Thanos would ever go that far right? He will have to possibly worry about that later, he has to meet up with Jane and then later finalize the rest of the plan.
Soon Loki exited the building and begins to head towards the outside world of the building and quickly sees Jane. He quickly begins to walk towards her, ready to start the next phase of the plan and leave this place. The sooner that they leave, the sooner they will be able to create the decoys and they can face the inevitable tomorow and face Thanos. When he finally is close enough to Jane, he took down the illusion and make himself appear, along with even creating the illusion for everyone to see that nothing has changed or anything is going on. Once Loki did that it caught Jane by surprise and at least they can now get down business and move forward to the next step.
"Well at least this part is done and I have to admit that you did manage to come up with a theory where it's was accurate. It was admirable to say the least..." said Loki. "Now all we have to do is-"
"Wait did you just give me a compliment?" asked Jane even more surprised.
"I am simply admiring how you managed to come up with theory that managed to work, that's all." said Loki trying to defend himself and avoid being seen as sentimental.
"In other words a compliment." said Jane can't help but bring it up again.
"Are we really going to be doing this?" said Loki getting a little annoyed but at the same time want to laugh because he have to admit that this is a little humorous. "Can't we go back to focussing on the stones and finding a way to defeat Thanos and rescue the others?"
"Yeah you're right, so you got the stones out and what about the remains of the objects?" Askes Jane wanting to know what became of the remains of the objects.
"I brought them with me to avoid any suspicion, at least then we have one less thing to worry about. Now that we have all of this settled, we should leave right now and get to work on the rest of the plan." said Loki. "If we are going to pull this off then we're going to need to hurry back to your apartment and begin to get work."
"Yeah about that..." said Jane nervously. "I think we might need to go to the store if we want to pull this off, I mean wouldn't we need material and supplies to actually try to make them look like these object?"
"I believe so..." said Loki annoyed with a sigh. "But the last thing we need is for our decoys to look like if it is a child's art project."
"That's what I'm saying, maybe if we create these things to look like the real objects then maybe we'll fool Thanos long enough for us to escape and come up with a new plan." said Jane. "Plus you're really good at magic so it might be the safer option if we try to make sure that this works for sure."
"Fine..." said Loki annoyed and ready to do anything at this point. "Anything to defeat Thanos."
With that the two of them went inside the car to begin driving away and things were quiet between the two, at least things are going surprisingly well. They were both surprise that they are getting along really well and that they are starting to have a mutual respect for one another. It was surprising to see how far they have gone and how it was crazy that before they probably wouldn't stand each other and be arguing all the time. But they are on the same team now with a common goal where they are trying to stop Thanos and rescue the others. They might be able to stand a chance, at least things are looking brighter compared to the night before. But they all still have a long way to go...
Meanwhile back in Jane's apartment, a couple of hours later
Both Loki and Jane made it back to the apartment after returning to the store and making the objects look exactly like the original objects and to make sure that it will be able to pull anyone. So far it looks like the two of them are doing a good job in doing so, but part of them wishes that they can have some sort of comfort of this plan might possibly work. This can't fail and might be the most important part of the plan, if they are going to pull this off then they are going to give it their all. At least the false objects and Infinity Stones are almost done...
"Well at least we are on the right track." said Jane. "I mean we are one step closer on being ready for tomorrow, I mean these things look so much like the real objects and stones. All we need is some of your magic and we'll be able to pull this off."
"Let's try not to celebrate before we actually have something ready, we can't predict our outcome if we don't have everything ready or if Thanos has another thing in mind." said Loki. "Don't you find it strange that Thanos changed his demands that quickly? I have the suspicion that he is planning something and the last thing I want is to be underprepared for it."
"Maybe Thanos is planning something, but then again maybe he realize that once he gets the stones that he might not need you after all." suggested Jane. "I mean even though he is trying to destroy everything with the stones, but maybe he realized that he won't get anywhere with revenge on you."
"I doubt that, Thanos made it clear that he is going to make sure that I paid for failure number of times before and during my invasion on this planet. I just can not believe that he would simply give up on requesting for me." said Loki unsure if he can believe that Thanos would give up on his quest for revenge that easily.
"Well even if Thanos is lying and have something else planned, at least you are not alone this time and I doubt that Thor and the other Avengers won't give you up without a fight." said Jane. "Plus Darcy is probabley going to try to fight back one way or another and won't just back down. I mean she literally tased Thor when she first met him, so at least she will try to make a stand."
That caught Loki by surprise and he quickly turns away to try to not to laugh, even though he doesn't know all of the details and it probabley was when Odin took away Thor's power. The image of Darcy being able to simply tase Thor that easily and part of him even wishes that he could have seen that, he knows that he shouldn't be laughing at that. But still in it's own way it is funny and he is never going to have the image of Darcy tasing Thor out of his mind, he does not want to know what she might do to Thanos if she can and maybe he should have encouraged her in using that thing. It might have at least been able to take down Nebula if Darcy had more fighting experience. Well at least she has some fighting experience thanks to the past couple of days, he just wishes that he could have done more to prevent all of this in happening...
"At least we know that Darcy can easily tase my brother easily." said Loki. "But other than that we really should focus on trying to make sure we have a plan that might possibly be able to work."
"I guess we will have to find a way to trick Thanos into giving the them up, maybe to just show off these objects and refuse to give it to Thanos until he lets the others go." suggested Jane.
"That won't be enough to convince Thanos, I am going to possibly need illusions in order to pull it off." said Loki. "If I can use my magic to create the illusion of the powers of the stones then it will be more than enough proof."
"Then he might let Thor, Darcy and the Avengers go without question, I just wonder what might happen if Thanos realize if these are fakes before we can even have a chance to beat him?" asked Jane nervously.
"If luck is on our side then he would have left Earth once he realize that and it would buy us more than enough time to come up with a plan." said Loki. "If he happens to discover that we give him false stones on that moment... Then we're doomed..."
With that both of them went quiet and already nervous in what might happen if things don't end well, if they want to pull this off then they are going to need to make sure that this works and that it works long enough for them to find a way to win this fight. When this fight happens and that it somehow goes down to whether or not Thanos will believe that he has gotten the stones. There is also the fact that they can't predict what Thanos might do if he wasn't fooled or if things does go well and Thanos decides to make sure that they pay for everything.
Loki does not even know what to expect or if things are going to go well after all and if they might be able to win. But still there is a good chance that maybe they will be able to win and that they will be able to trick Thanos, at least they are going to try to put up a fight before they are beaten beyond a chance to fight back. Well they are not going to win or at least survive tomorrow if they are ready to assume the worst and wants to stop Thanos. He just wishes that the future is certain and that they know for sure that they will be able to win tomorrow.
"I guess I will see you tomorrow..." said Loki and he is about to get up to leave before...
"Wait, you can stay the night again if you want." said Jane. "To save you the trip and so that way you can be somewhere that they won't even expect in looking."
"I can't impose and stay-" started Loki before Jane decides to put her foot down.
"Really I insist, were you this hesitant when Darcy first offered to let you crash in her place?" asked Jane. "It's not just to make things easier, I'm more worried that if you try to go over there and back that you get caught by a Chitauri soldier or something."
"I can always fight my way out, but for arguement sake I believe that it might be best for me to stay the night." said Loki. "I will sleep on the couch and then-"
"You don't have to sleep on the couch, I was going to ask if you would like to sleep in Thor's room to be a little more comfortable." said Jane. "Since you are his brother and I am sure he wouldn't mind if-"
"Now this is a surprise, are you sure that it would be alright?" said Loki nervously.
"Yeah, it's no problem and Thor would be ok with it, I mean after you 'died' he really missed you a lot." said Jane. "I don't even know how he managed the first week and he didn't even start to move on until a month ago."
Loki didn't say anything or can even find the words to defend his actions, let alone try to find an excuse or lie that even he would believe. He knows that he definitely went too far this time and that maybe he should try to apologies once Thor eventually finds out. But the question is when will be the day that happen? Loki feels like that it should be soon because after all of the things that happened thus far then maybe he should tell Thor soon. He can't risk anyone else knowing his secret, Thor may not know it now but Thanos probably is demanding information from him and the other Avengers that they don't even know about. So far he was right about Thanos demanding information from them and it would have been worse if they knew the truth.
He follows Jane to Thor's room and once they went inside, there is something that immediately caught Loki's eye and he is really surprise to see it. It was his horned helmet and it looks exactly like when he last saw it and wore it a year ago. Loki always thought that it was lost on Earth somewhere or it was destroyed, he never thought that Thor would have. He knows that he could have always used his magic to summon it, but he didn't know where it is and doesn't want to draw attention of it possibly going missing or something that might lead to an investigation. At least he finally knows what happend to it and that he knows that Thor has done a good job thus far on making sure that the helmet is well kept.
"How long has Thor have this here?" asked Loki. "I never thought..."
"Well he missed you so much that he asked for your helmet as a way to remember you by." said Jane. "So I guess he just wants to keep it around to at least have you around in some way."
"How do you think he is going to react when..." begins Loki to stop himself from continuing to ask the question.
"When you eventually tell him the truth?" finished Jane nervously. "I think he is going to be happy or at least relief ultimately to find out that you are alive. At least be more happy than he would be if you took over Asgard or something when we left you alone for a while."
"I was planning to take over Asgard, but I had a change of heart and decided to leave to another realm. The gateway I went to was to Earth and the first one I met was Darcy. That was when all of this first started." said Loki. "Even if I didn't take over Asgard, I don't think it would be a happy reunion on Thor's end and he would be more angry than happy if that happens. I sometimes wish that he would just forgive me even if he just wishes to never see me again."
"Well either way, it might be a win-win for both of you once Thor finds out and if he's happy then you two will finally make up for everything and be brothers again. But if he is going to be that angry, at least you can leave him with knowing that he knows and maybe if you give Thor time then he will come around and maybe try to make things right once all of this is over." said Jane. "At least it might be a huge weight off your shoulder and you will be able to be happy that he knows."
"I won't be happy if Thor decides to bring Odin and an Asgardian army to bring me back to my cell." said Loki with a groan.
"I don't think he would go that far unless you were leading the attack that Thanos is doing again." said Jane. "Just give him a chance and we'll see from there, maybe Thor will catch you by surprise."
"I hope that you're right, but I highly doubt it and at least I don't have to worry about it for a while." said Loki. "Let's just hope that whatever tomorrow brings it will be for the good of the fight ahead. With Thanos, there is no telling what might happen..."
Jane nodded her head and quietly left the room to let Loki settle into his room because she has work to do and it looks like that Loki is going to need some time alone. She also have work to do, they might not have enough time to clean the suit and fix it, but maybe if she can make it a mix between the old look and this new look then maybe it will look alright. That is Jane hopes that it looks alright and that Loki might like because there is no way she can manage to make the costume exactly the same as before. So she got into her room and begins to get to work, it might not be easy but she is going to make sure that the costume is the best that it might possibly be or at least try to fix this costume.
While Loki on the other hand is thinking about tomorrow and can't help but wonder on all of the possibilities of what might happen the following day. What might Thanos might be planning the next day and how are they going to survive from what might happen. Is Thanos hoping that he would come out on top and use the stones right then and there? What if he realizes they are fakes? Would Thanos be doing something drastic? What if he fails and pay the price?
He knows that he is not going to help anyone if he stops to think about the worst thing that might happen. Loki is going to fight whatever Thanos is going to put him through and make sure that they somehow win this. Once he finally defeats Thanos, then he is going to make sure that he ends this once and for all before he destroy all of the Infinity stones for good. To avoid something like this from ever happening again and that way if Thanos ever does try to do anything then they will be able to get ready to finally defeat him.
Other than that maybe he will take it easy once this is over and to just spend the next couple of days to relax and spend some time with Darcy before leaving the planet. Then when the moment is right on the night before his departure, he will tell Thor the truth and will spend time to tell him everything before leaving Earth for good. But Loki knows that this fight is not going to be easy and that he can't guarantee that things will work out and if he will be able to fully be able to make it out of the situation alive. He is going to do everything in his power to make sure that he defeats Thanos for good.
The next morning
Loki got up early the next morning, he have to admit that waking up here is starting to feel strange. Especially with how he literally slept in Thor's room for the whole night, he really does not want to know how Thor is going to react if he ever finds out. He quickly checks his burn marks to see how they are doing and so far it's about the same and he knows that he should drink some of the heeling potion. But he can't afford drinking or loosing any of it until he knows what Thanos might have possibly done to everyone.
He quickly made his way towards the balcony and to stare out into the horizon, he just wishes that there is a way to be sure that they are going to win and to make sure that they do everything in his power to make sure that they win. Loki is wondering what is going on up there and if there is a possible chance that Thanos might not be doing too much towards them. But there is no telling with Thanos and what he might possibly be planning to do in any scenerio, Loki just hopes that he is ready to face whatever Thanos is going to throw at him.
Soon Jane found Loki standing on the balcony and decides to join him, to spend their last moment of peace before the ultimate fight of their life happens. There is no telling what might happen or if they will be able to win the fight that is coming up ahead. At least they have a plan that might possibly work and if everything goes well then maybe it might work and that they will get everyone back and have a small victory before Thanos strikes again. Only time will tell...
"Hey, I guess today is the big day huh?" said Jane trying to start off a conversation with Loki and to try to ease the situation.
"Let's just hope that this 'big day' goes well, I can hardly wait for it to be over." said Loki. "I just wish that we don't have to face Thanos and that maybe we can just walk in and walk out alive."
"Thanos is really that bad huh?" asked Jane nervously.
"Of course, all he wants is to try to get the stones and make sure that I pay for everything that happened a year ago." said Loki. "Thanos has always hated me ever since the beginning and would have liked it if I died before my invasion to Earth."
"Why does Thanos hate you this much?" asked Jane trying to be there for Loki and to get to know him more than she had for the past day.
"I would rather not talk about it, let's just say that I only want to tell that story once because what happened back there was a nightmare." said Loki. "I will only tell this story once and when we get Darcy and Thor out then I will tell you.
"Wait, did you just say Thor? I thought that..." begins Jane.
"I am not going to reveal myself just yet, I am just going to tell Thor I overheard some Chitauri soldiers or something talking about my experiences." said Loki. "Then maybe I will find a suitable time to tell him before we face Thanos or later on after we defeat Thanos. I was thinking that maybe one of these days before we have to face Thanos that I should tell him and get it over with."
"Really? Are you sure you are ready for Thor to know?" asked Jane.
"I don't think I will ever be ready to tell Thor the truth, but you were right and I would have to tell Thor sooner or later." said Loki. "After all of this, he should know the truth and he already gone through so much from not knowing anything. It wouldn't surprise Thanos is already making Thor go through... a painful experience, maybe it is finally time that... he knows the truth..."
"Are you always full of surprises?" asked Jane impressed by how Loki is ready to step up and talk to Thor about this.
"It really depends on my mood, well with that settle did you manage to fix the costume?" asked Loki. "I really need the costume if I want to be Mysto or at least stand a chance in keeping my identity a secret."
"Uh yes, about that..." said Jane nervously as she goes back to her room to bring out the costume and it was a mix between how it looked originally and stitches for any rips and tears. While the Mysto symbol is a darker shade and hints of burns in it. "I tried to fix it and try to make the most of it but this is the best I can do without ruining the costume and-"
"It will have to do, at least you tried and I have bigger things to worry about than this." said Loki trying to sound indifferent but in reality he is saddened to see the Mysto costume destroyed like that and is reduced to this state. But none of this was Jane's fault and maybe he can ask Darcy if she can ask the person who made the costume to repair it. At least he still has a costume and maybe worry about it later, that is Loki hopes it can be fixed...
"Well I did manage to fix the mask and at least it's close to how it was originally." said Jane pulling out the mask and to Loki's relief it's the same as it would have been before the fight with Thanos. He carefully accepts the mask and manually put it on and use his magic to change into the suit, he was ready for the confrontation.
"I guess it's time, I hope to see you again once or if I return." said Loki not wanting to leave to face Thanos, at the same time knowing that he has to no matter what. Loki is about to leave the apartment and head right up to the Quinjet before Jane decides to say a couple of things.
"Wait just one minute, there is no way you are going out there alone." said Jane. "Especially with that maniac of alien wanting to do everything he can to make sure you pay for something that happened a year ago."
"If I ever reveal my identity and secret residence on this planet, don't be surprise if an angry mob comes after me." said Loki. "I doubt that this would be any different than that."
"The big difference would be that the worst that could happen to you in that scenario is you being sent to jail but with Thanos, you'd be lucky that he doesn't break every bone in your body the least." said Jane. "It also doesn't help that he has the others captive and Thanos might think of something as a way to hurt them or you."
"If I don't go then Thanos would make them pay for the price of me not showing up." said Loki. "Do you honestly want that to happen? If we want to get them all back then I have no choice but to go and pull off the illusion of submitting myself to his demands by give him the false objects. Unfortunately we don't have any choice."
"Well you do have one choice, whether you go alone or not and I have been doing some thinking last night and I know that I can't live with the fact that I let you go alone and not knowing what might happened." said Jane. "I decided to go with you."
"What? There is no way that I am ever going to let you come with me for two reasons." said Loki immediately putting his foot down and hope that would be the end of the conversation.
"Which are what exactly?" asked Jane not even sure if she can believe that Loki is being this difficult at the moment.
"One the last time that I brought someone along secretly during an confrontation with Thanos, he caught her and took her as his prisoner." said Loki. "Plus there is also the fact... That you are not the type to go into danger and even when you do so far you have to rely on either Thor or myself to save you from whatever danger that may come our way."
"Hey I can take care of myself and sure I didn't have the best of luck two months ago, but I think I can handle whatever Thanos throws at us." said Jane trying to defend her case. "I mean I did have experience on dealing with alien creatures that want to destroy the planet, sure I didn't face them head on but I did help out."
"You do realize that Thor did most of the saving the day for both times and one of those times it was myself sending the destroyer." said Loki. "I don't seem to recall of seeing you trying to stop me in New York, the only thing that you did to me was slap me in the face and no offense but it is going to take more than that to stop Thanos."
"Ok I didn't have a full on battle, but I can help and just give me a chance to prove you wrong." said Jane. "I'm sure that I can make a stand and at least help out in some way, I mean I can always stay and monitor the ship or something. I know that I will be able to help in someway, if you let me."
Loki can't help but think about this because the last thing that he needs is to get Jane captured as well, he does not want to know what Thanos might do to her once he figures out the bond that she and Thor have. Plus he can't negotiate with Thanos and watch over Jane to make sure that no one dares try to hurt her, but still at the same time he can have someone to cover on making sure that the ship is still in one piece. But the last thing that they need is to have her captured or Nebula paying the ship any unwanted visits, maybe this time it won't be as bad and all Loki have to do is "give" the stones to Thanos and if they have a means to communicate then at least it will be easier for Jane and himself in the long run. He doesn't know if this might be a good idea, but Loki does know that he might need some help and at least it might be better if he had someone to watch the ship and be ready to drive it in case they need to make a quick getaway.
"Thor is never going to let me live this down, but the main problem is communication for two reasons, one I really do not like cell phones and it would be a nuisance carrying it around for who knows how long. The last thing I want to have Darcy's phone broken again, at least we have a replacement this time." said Loki. "Other than that the second reason would be is that in case I have to fight Nebula, the Black order or a Chitari soldier I can't walk around with a device in my hand waiting to find out what might be going on the other side."
"You're in luck, there is something that I was trying to create with Darcy to see if we can contact Thor the first time he left Earth." said Jane as she pulls out two objects with an ear piece where it can be used to communicate to both sides. "We can use this and you don't have to do anything except turn on the device if you want to talk to me. So what other arguments do you have in store?"
"Ok you can come, but as long as you stay on the Quinjet and make sure that you alert me in case someone tries to get a hold of you." said Loki. "I don't need to worry about you being in the hands of Thanos, if Thor ever finds out then I will have something worse than Odin to deal with."
"Great, besides I just wanted to be close on the action to find out what's going on because I don't think I can remain sane and be stuck here for who knows how long watching tv or checking my phone every five minutes." said Jane. "You don't need to worry about me, I will just stay in the ship to make sure that no one is going to know I'm there."
"I am starting to have the feeling that I am going to regret this." said Loki who still thinks that this is a really bad idea.
They both decide to make their way towards the roof and to the Quinjet and to begin to head their way to the coordinates that is set from two days ago. It was a quiet ride between the two of them. As they are about to face the uncertainty that the future might bring them and what might happen when they finally land, Loki can hardly wait until all of this is over and that maybe today will finally be the day that this all ends. At least he hopes that it would because the last thing he wants is to deal with whatever Thanos might have planned for the future. While Jane stops to think about what she has planned and hopes that this plan might possibly work and at least help Loki in someway...
Meanwhile back on the ship, an hour later
Nebula, Cull obsidian and the Chitari went into the cell door and was ready to take the prisoners to the field to watch the show. They just landed back on Earth and was waiting for any sign of Loki to appear, all of them begins to grab a hold of the Avengers and Darcy. Nebula knows what might happen and she just hopes that Thanos wouldn't go that far, but still it is going to happen and at least now she is one step closer on going towards the path of freedom. At least she is going to get revenge on Gamora once Loki arrives and Thanos is going to make sure he takes away everything that she ever cares about.
They all begins to grab a hold of all of them to make sure that they head right out of their way out of the cells to be used as the next part of their plan and to make sure that they do everything in their power to help Thanos in the next part of the plan. At least things are going right on track and that they are going to make sure that the stones will be in their hands before leaving the planet and following what Thanos might be planning to do once he gets the stones. They all got up to work to grab a hold of the Avengers and Darcy to begin their move prisoners outside for them to see Loki.
When Nebula got up to the cell where Darcy and Gamora share, she opens the cell door to grab Darcy and bring her out with the others. The moment that she sees Gamora again, Nebula can't help but glare at her for a moment before proceeding. Once she manages to grab a good grip to Darcy, she begins to leave to the room for the next part of the phase. But something immediately threw Darcy off, they were leaving behind Gamora...
"Wait, what about Gamora?" said Darcy already knowing that they have those plans for her and hopes that she can somehow convince them to add her as part of the bargaining chip.
"The master has already decided on how to deal with her and we already deemed it unnecessary for her to accompany you all." said Corvus Grave. "We don't need to put a dent on or put more wild ideas in her head now do we?"
"How dare you treat her like an object?!" said Thor defensively. "As far as I know Gamora is one of the most bravest and wisest compared to all of you and your master. When I get out of these binds, I will make sure that-"
"Thor it's fine, I can handle this and to be honest I knew that something like this was coming." said Gamora sadly and a little grateful of her newfound companions attempts of defending her. "Don't worry about me, just try to stop him and make sure that he doesn't grab any of the stones. Make sure that-"
"Gamora, you do realize that there is nothing that you can say or do that will stop the inevitable." said Nebula. "We will win in the end and-"
"Then what? What do you think Thanos is going to do once all of this is over? Once he doesn't need you anymore than he will make sure that he will dispose of you in the most brutal way possible." said Gamora. "You can do all of us a favor if you turn away from him and try to do some good for once."
"You should know better than anyone that it is not possible." said Nebula. "I know what I'm doing, why can't everyone just see that there is no escape for me?"
Gamora just stared at Nebula with disappointment and she can't believe that Nebula is still refusing to see that the path that she is going on is. Maybe there is no hope for Nebula and she will continue to go on this path of darkness. Thor related to what Nebula is going through and knows how it feels to loose a sibling to darkness and the pain that happens if you are on the brink on loosing them, he just wishes that there is a way to help Gamora save Nebula and it would be the least that he can do to thank Gamora for how she helped his brother in the past. But even then he would have helped Gamora and do everything he can to save her from the fate that Thanos has in store for her, the same is said for the rest of the Avengers and Darcy, they don't want to leave her alone on the ship with Thanos ready to do his worst on her. As they were about to leave and only a few of them remained in the room about to leave and they are going to face whatever fate is about to give them.
"Hey Gamora, don't worry we'll find a way to get you out of here." promised Captain America.
Before anyone else can say anything they were all moved out of the room and the cells were just the way that it was like the day before. Gamora was frustrated at the situation and how she feels so helpless towards the entire thing, here she is trapped inside some cell and having no way of escape to go out there and help them. But who knows maybe things will work out on it's own and Loki has a plan that might possibly work, she knows that maybe things won't go exactly Thanos's way. Loki might have something in store for all of them, but the problem is if he will be able to succeed in whatever plan he might have to defeat Thanos. She just hopes that things work out, it has too...
Ten minutes later
They soon arrived to the field and so far they haven't seen any sign of Thanos or any one on his side, both Loki and Jane can't seem to see if there was a sign of any alien activity. They were hoping that Thanos would be here in order for their plans to work and to see if they can rescue the others in one way or another, both of them knew that this is the moment where anything might happen and things might change for better or for worse. They just hope that whatever that might happen next it will work for their favor...
"So this is it, to be honest I thought that there would be an army of evil aliens marching all over the place ready to attack." said Jane. "So now what?"
"We need to make sure that Thanos is not planning a ambush or is about to make his move." said Loki. "Does your piece of midgaurdian technology indicate any extraterrestrial activity?
"Well nothing so far, but I seem to be getting some readings further north from here." said Jane.
"I believe that Thanos might be up ahead and he must be planning something, I do not wish to know what that might be." said Loki. "Are you sure you would be fine in here watching over the jet? It's not too late for me to create an illusion on the jet and fly you to the nearest town."
"I'll be fine, don't worry about me. Just focus on trying to trick Thanos and get Thor, Darcy and the rest of the Avengers back." said Jane. "I just hope that Thanos doesn't try to do anything..."
"To Thor?" asked Loki knowing that out of all of them she's more worried about Thor and Darcy.
"Yes, of course and to everyone else. But I am having the strange feeling that Thanos might be planning something, I mean don't you find it wired that we just arrive and there is no one in sight?" pointed out Jane.
"It is peculiar, if it is a trap then we don't have a choice but to go through it." said Loki. "This is our best bet to get Thanos to give up my brother, Darcy and the others. We can't afford to loose this opportunity if it means that we can possibly get everyone back, I will go out to investigate and see if I can see anything."
"Ok, good luck." said Jane and Loki gave her a quick nod as he opens the Quinjet to get off the ship.
Loki begins to make his way through the area to see if there was any sign of Thanos or the others, he just hopes that he can get this over with and that he will be able to finally defeat Thanos. Along with rescuing everyone and Loki just hopes that things work out and that he will be able to win, he just wishes that things work out and that maybe he will be able to pull this off. But there is no telling what might happen and if Loki might be able to pull this off, he just wishes that he can know for sure and that he can trick Thanos. As he goes further into the woods to see if there is a sign, that he just hopes that things don't end for the worst and maybe he will be able to win this after all.
But little did Loki know is that there might be something else that he might need to worry about and it was happening right under his nose. Once he starts to leave the ship and begins to make his way towards where ever the confrontation may be taking place. There was Jane getting out of the ship to start to follow Loki and to see if there was something that might help her out for her plan and to find places that might hide from Loki if there was a chance that he might feel like he is being followed. Jane doesn't know if this might be a good idea or if this plan might be able to work after all, she needs to do something and she knows that she can't sit in the ship and do nothing. Especially in a place where she doesn't know what is going to happen and that their only hope is a plan that might be a stretch. She hopes that this plan she came up with somehow works out...
10 more minuetes later
Loki soon manages to find Thanos and his army, they were holding Darcy and the Avengers right in front of him, now this is the moment of truth and it was the moment where he is going to get everyone back. The moment that he never thought or wanted to happen and one that he wishes that this was nothing more than a bad dream. He wishes that it all didn't have to comes down to this and what he is about to do to get them out of this situation, at least he can make the most of this and make sure that this plan works...
"It's about time you showed up, I was beginning to worry that you might have found a way to cower away and try to escape from the inevitable." said Thanos. "I don't think we need to go over the terms to our agreement, do we Mysto?"
"I believe we don't and you are in luck as many would put it, I happen to have all of the remaining stones right here and will be happy to give them to you but I need you to give me your word that you will give up the others." said Loki. "In fact, all I ask is that you give them up first before I give the stones. That way we can be honest to one another."
"I should say the same thing towards you, how do I know that you are not going to use one of your illusions to make sure that you didn't give me worthless objects?" said Thanos. "I will only give all of them up if you give up the stones."
"Well have it your way." said Loki in defeat.
He begins to look like if he was grabbing the stones from his pocket, but in reality he is creating an illusion and using his magic to summon the fake stones. Once Loki grabs the two objects and the faked reality stone, he stares at Thanos not even sure what to think at the sight right in front of him and as he is about to face one of the biggest challenges that he is yet to face. It looks like Thanos knows him well, but maybe he can use that for his own advantage and to maybe try to see if he can manipulate Thanos in trying to trick him possibly getting the stones. So Loki puts out the stones on his gloved hands and with the power of his illusions, it caught all of them by surprise at the mere sight of the stones. At least Loki doesn't have to worry about the stones looking like the real ones, now he's hoping that things worked out in a way that might possibly succeed and maybe Thanos will think that he has won long enough for them to escape.
Darcy on the other hand is shock to see that Loki is ready to give up the stones this quickly, she knows that they were part of the deal for Thanos to give up the stones, but she never thought that he would voluntarily give up. Then again this is Loki, he would never throw in the towel when the going gets tough right? She just hopes that he knows what he is doing and that maybe they will all get out of this alive and with Thanos finally defeated.
"I hope that you don't mind me getting one of the stones out of it's containment for you, I figured that it might show you that I have managed to obtain these stones for you with one of them already free." said Loki. "I present you with these stones, now let them go or else I might use these objects to somehow break them free."
"That won't be necessary, just because you claim that these are the stones. It doesn't mean that you are being honest and that these stones are real, I know that you have a talent for illusions and I will not tolerate with any of your tricks." said Thanos. "You are lucky that I am feeling extra generous and I am going to let one of them go before you prove that you have the real stones. Let the one without the iron suit go, he's weak without that metal armor on him."
"Wait a second hold up, I don't need the suit to-" begins Tony before the Chitari threw him right next to Loki.
He turns to see if he was ok, but Loki knew that he doesn't even need to ask if he was alright because the most Thanos did to Tony was maybe a couple of less severe bruises by the way that the Chitauri soldier threw at him and take away his Iron man suit. Loki is curious on what might have happened to the suit, but he wouldn't be surprised if Thanos had it destroyed. But at least he have one less to worry about and now he has to try to prove that these are the real stones, at least his illusions will be the start to actually trying to make this plan work.
Loki gives a sigh as he begins to use his magic to create illusions for the stones, he started with the reality to turn the illusion that he made of a rock to an ice berg. That caught the Avengers and Darcy by surprise and worried that he might be actually doing one of the things that is the last thing that they ever want to happen. Thanos watch the show carefully and is still suspicious of whatever trick Loki might have in store, since this feels a little too good to be true. Loki continues by using what might be the time stone and make what look like if he was trying to deage a tree into a sappling. The next part of the illusion that he has in store to try to fool Thanos was to try to use the teaserract to teleport himself where he was standing to a visible sight and back. He didn't even leave his spot and at least Loki did his plan and just hopes that Thanos would believe what he sees.
They all waited nervously to see what might happen, Loki just hopes that for some miracle that Thanos would believe it. Darcy really hopes that whatever plan that Loki might have planned somehow worked because if just handing Thanos the Infinity stones was it then so far this is a terrible friend, she loves Loki but she just hopes that him dropping the stones to this maniac to save them and leave is not his idea of saving the world. Black Widow on the other hand can't help but feel somewhat more suspicious of her theory being correct because she finds it really surprising and suspicious that Mysto somehow gotten the three remaining Infinity Stones and somehow knows how all of them worked. Both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, were worried for not only that the stones might possibly land on Thanos's hands but Loki's secret might also be revealed by just having the stones alone. Thor on the other hand is surprise to see that Mysto somehow got the other three Infinity stones, he is definitely going to be looking for an explanation. The other three Avengers were watching the scene unsure what was happening but they know if Mysto somehow gotten the stones and is ready to give them up to save them is not a good sign.
"Well Thanos, it looks like I have proven that these are the real stones and now if you can kindly give the rest of them then we will let you leave without any trouble." said Loki. "Unless you want me to use these against you, I am trying to create a peaceful offering unless you want to do this the hard way."
"That won't be necessary, I believe that you might have given me the chance to realize that you are telling the truth." said Thanos with a grin. "For that release the one that runs fast, the girl in the black suit and the soldier. I am feeling extra generous today and hope that our little friend will be able to cooperate a little bit more than he already has done thus far."
With that the Chitauri soldiers threw Black Widow, Captain America and Quicksilver to the ground right next to Tony, things were definitely starting to get intense. Loki knew that there has to be a reason why he is realizing everyone in bunches like this, Thanos must be planning something else that might be a trap for him to give up the stones. Even if that's the case then he doesn't need to worry, the stones are safe and sound in New York and Thanos doesn't even know that they broke them out of their objects at least he has an advantage. At least things seem to be going well with Jane, he hasn't heard anything lately and so far no one added her to the bargaining chip, at least that's a sigh of relief. Loki just hopes that things continue going as smoothly as it is so far and that Thanos would release all of them already, he can't handle this a moment longer.
Thanos can already see that Loki is feeling anxious and he's happy to see that Loki is already paying the price just because of the pressure of the others being his prisoners. His plan is going exactly according to plan and at the rate things are going he is going to get all of the stones. Thanos knows that the stones are here and he is going to get them, he is surprised that Loki actually agreed to give up the stones for all of them. Thanos always believed that Loki was weak, but he never thought that he would be willing to give up the power that he has been craving for. Either way, he's going to make sure that he doesn't leave here without the stones and to make sure that Loki pays the price for good.
"Are you going to accept this deal then?" asked Loki nervously.
"Proxima, accept the stones and release the one that turned into that green beast. It's clear he's not a use for us if he hasn't transformed back lately and created a permanent transformation." said Thanos. "It's clear that the stones are nearby and that he has pulled through after all, I think it's time to make sure that this ends now."
With that a Chitari soldier unhand cuffed Bruce and Ebony Maw pushed him towards the others, Black Widow quickly went over to check on him and to make sure that he's alright. Loki quickly hands the fake objects to her, he just hopes that Thanos would give up Scarlet Witch, Thor and Darcy already and they can just end whatever game that Thanos is playing. But right now he has no choice but to comply to Thanos and hopes that he would give them up before he tries to think of a plan on how to possibly make Thanos give them up.
"Interesting, I do find it surprising that you are ready to give up the stones that easily and for that I think it is time to see that these are the real stones." said Thanos with a sneer as he accepted the objects from Proxima Midnight.
He takes the time to observe each of the objects carefully and to make sure that they are the real objects, Loki is watching nervously and he's unsure what to think and is hoping that somehow Thanos would have been some how fooled. He is just worried that Thanos would be trying to use the power of the Infinity stones in order to somehow do whatever destruction he wants to do with the stones. Loki just hope that he manages to fool him into thinking that he has gotten all of the stones, but the worst case scenario would be the one that might be happening right in front of him. The moment that Thanos begins to take a closer look on the objects, it looks like he's starting to notice some differences and the illusions in place. Loki waited nervously to see what the verdict might be and so far it's anything but pleasant, once Thanos turned to stare at him. Loki knew that the outcome that is going to be anything but good and that Thanos is going to do something that might be unforgivable if he dares to do it.
"You know I find it strange that you are ready to rescue them all and believe that offering me fake stones were the answers to all of your problems. I was honestly expecting better and I know that you have the other stones with you." said Thanos aggressively. "I'm not going to let them go until you hand over the real stones or should I just head towards the path of force."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Loki already knowing where this might go and he is now hoping that he is wrong.
"If you don't give me the stones right now then I will give up all of them except him, since it's clear that you don't have any kind of connection to him. Isn't it right Mytso?" said Thanos with an evil smile on his face.
"Is all of this really necessary? He has done nothing to you and I gave you what you want, you have the rest of the Infinity stones." said Loki defensively. "Now keep your end of the bargain and let them go!"
"Alright have it your way, let the girl with powers go. We might need to add some encouragement towards our little associate, I think I might have some idea on how we might possibly get some answers." said Thanos. "But it looks like we might have to do this the hard way and it's the path that I am hoping that would have been the path to follow."
With that Thanos grabbed Scarlet Witch from Corvus Grave, took off her handcuffs and threw her to the others. Before Quicksilver had a chance to help her up, Loki beats him do it and he knew that he needs to have her use her powers in case of anything and to have something as a distraction while he figures out how to get Thor and Darcy out of Thanos's grasps without having to give up the stones. He just hopes that whatever he comes up with is better than the worst case scenerio he has come up with.
"If Thanos tries anything be sure that you hit him with everything your powers manage to contain." said Loki in low voice for only Scarlet Witch to hear. "We can't afford in letting Thanos have the upper hand or else we're all doomed."
Scarlet Witch gave a quick nod and begins to use her powers to hold as many objects as she can and is ready to fight back. While Loki is trying to figure out what might be the best plan on how to rescue Thor and Darcy, not too mention it doesn't help that Thanos is ready to do his worst at any moment. Judging from the Asgardian handcuffs that Thor has on, Loki wouldn't be surprise if Thanos did his worst on him more just because he believes that Thor somehow knows. He doesn't even know what he might be able to do without attracting attention, he stares at Thanos and knows that he needs to do something or else Thor and Darcy might wind up paying the price.
This was the one thing that he never wanted to happen and was hoping that it would never happen, he just hopes that Thanos would see some reason and maybe just let them go. Loki can't believe that this is happening and that Thanos not only managed to figure out the plan, but he is ready to hold Thor and Darcy until he is ready to comply. Loki always knew that might happen, but he was hoping that it wouldn't happen and now he has to find a way to stop Thanos and make sure he doesn't hurt them. Loki just hopes that at least trying to negotiate with Thanos might make him see some reason.
"I honestly don't see why you have to keep these two in your grasp because they have never done anything to you." said Loki. "Let them go or else I'll be ready to do whatever means necessary that will make you let them go."
"I really would like to see you try." said Thanos with an evil grin already knowing that he has hit one of Loki's weaknesses.
"I can promise you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that you pay the price." said Loki defensively. "Now let them go before I do something that I might later regret."
"Now this is oddly interesting, it's clear that you care about these two and judging from how Nebula has been spying on you that is quite a revelation." said Thanos. "I can see why you would care about the girl, but why would you be this angry towards him? Unless you care about him more than you would as a friend, more like a brother? Am I correct?"
"I just want you to let them go, it's not that much to ask to be honest." said Loki. "We don't really have to go down this route and I only care about my friends being free from your grasp that's all."
"Well then let's see if you still care about him as a friend after I test out some of the stones on him." said Thanos. "Don't worry I won't do anything to her, I know that just having her with me is already causing panic in your mind."
Before Loki can have a chance to say anything or dare to try to stop Thanos he begins to use the power stone against Thor, he can't stand this or any of this because of seeing and hearing Thor in pain like this. Is Thanos really going to make Thor go through this pain until the Infinity stones magically appears right in front of his eyes? There has to be another way and Loki can't let Thor endure the power stone like this and he has to find a way to make sure that Thanos stops this. Loki quickly turns to Scarlet Witch and gesture her to get something bigger that might possibly hit Thanos to knock him out or at least let Thor go long enough for them to fight them off long enough to get Darcy and to escape to try to think of a plan. But for now Loki just need to try to stop Thanos at his own game and then create his plan as he goes along, the idea of him ready to create a plan that he would be as Darcy would put it "winging it". He must be either that desperate or loosing his mind.
"Alright stop! Just stop already!" said Loki. "If you don't then I will not hesitate in making you stop through force."
"I will only stop if you give me the stones, I know that you have them, and will do whatever I see necessary to make you give them up." said Thanos. "It's clear that you care more about him more than you claim, is there something that you want to tell us?"
"I don't know what you are talking about and I am ready to do everything I can to stop you." said Loki. "If you don't let him go right now, then prepare to-"
"It looks like that I am going to need a shield." said Thanos as he pulls up Thor to stand right in front of him. "Now you can do your worse, it looks like I have the upper hand in this little battle between us."
Scarlet Witch stops using her powers and dropped the giant rock and turns to Loki, the other Avengers got up ready to fight but the question is how are they going to do it without hurting Thor. Darcy just watches the scene unfold, things are going from bad to worse and she just hopes that Loki would be able to think of a plan that might possibly work. Loki on the other hand is at a lost for words and doesn't know how he is going to do anything without hurting Thor, Thanos really put him in a corner and he doesn't even know how he's going to get out. For once Loki doesn't even know what to do and he has never been happy to have the Infinity stones back in New York and at least Jane is still doing fine in the Quinjet.
"Hey Thanos, is this what you are looking for?" said Jane revealing herself from her hiding place, with a zip lock bag in her hands with the three Infinity Stones in there and beginning to make her way trying to make some distance. "If you want the power of the last three Infinity stones then come and get it."
"Jane?!" said Loki almost Immediately forgetting his cover and is surprise to see the scene right in front of him. "What are you doing? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
"Relax Mysto, I know what I am doing and let's see how Thanos would like having the exspirence in having to feel the power of the Infinity stones used against him." said Jane determinedly.
"That's not how the Infinity stones work, unless if it's in an object like the tesseract or on that gauntlet then you can't use it unless you want to destroy yourself." said Loki annoyed. "Now just try to run as fast as you can and I will hold them off as much as I can, just make sure that they don't grab a hold of the stones. What were you even thinking of bringing them with us in the first place?"
"I just thought that maybe if we had the stones then maybe we can use it's power as an advantage, then that way we can possibly get the upper hand." said Jane trying to defend herself. "Just trust me on this one alright? Ok red stone, go into Thanos the same way that you went inside me!"
Nothing is happening so far and Jane doing her best to try to see if she can get the time stone and space stone to work, so far nothing is happening and that things are definitely put things in a bleak spot. Loki can't believe this, not only he now has to worry about Jane because she has the stones with her. But the mere fact that she has the stones is putting her in more danger compared to how it was the last time that she had an encounter with an Infinity stone, he just hopes that Thanos is in a good enough mood that he would spare Jane. He is never going to hear the end of this from Thor, Darcy and Steve once they all make it out of this alive, he is more than ready to protect Jane from whatever Thanos might have in store for her.
But before the Chitari can make a move or someone orders to attack them, Thanos uses the soul stone to summon Jane to him and after a quick second she was standing right in front of him. Loki knows that if he can't trick Thanos into stopping of acquiring the stones and maybe he can fight him, Loki can use magic to make sure that it would break them all free from the grasp and try to remove the gauntlet. But that would be easier said then done because of the mere fact that Thanos now is about to put all the remaining stones into the gauntlet and will have more power than he can ever dream off. Though he can still stop it and Loki begins racing towards him to try to stop the inevitable.
"I believe I owe you a debt a gratitude for that I am going to spare you." said Thanos as he used the reality stone to push Jane back into the crowd and Loki is relieved to see that at least Jane is alright. "Since now I have the possesion of all six Infinity stones and thanks to you my quest is finally be over and I will do everything that I am planning to do with the stones."
Thanos with an evil grin places the reality stone on the gauntlet and every single moment that passes over that is allowing the fear and worry in all of them to grow. Loki is still trying to head towards Thanos to try to see if he can get in a close range where he can possibly use magic to see if he can hurt Thanos long enough to get the guantlet out of his grasp. Before Loki can even have a chance to try to do anything, Corvus notices and uses his powers to create a wall with Ebony Maw using his powers to make it see through so they can all see what is going on. Loki is already trying to use his magic to do everything he can to make that wall come down and so far there is no sign of it going down. Soon the worst is about to happen and this is slowly becoming one of Loki's worst nightmare come true...
"For the other two stones, I think that would suffice in the other two's freedom and I think that they have already live past their usefulness." said Thanos. As he puts the last two stones in the gauntlet. "Release both of them and make sure you have everything ready..."
With that they also threw Darcy to the ground and begins to unhand cuffed Thor, while they were doing it the other Avengers were surprised in what just happened. They all are now wondering how did Mysto and Jane now gotten a hold of the stones. Black Widow can tell that things are definitely pointing towards Thanos being right about Mysto and the question is what are they going to do when they get confirmation that revelation and her theory is true. Especially after everything that they have gone through and plus Loki already had many opportunities to betray them but he never did. Both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver look at each other completely confused, they may not know what Loki may be planning or hoping for this plan, but they can both tell that this plan has failed miserably.
While Thor on the other hand is surprise at this sudden development and he is surprised to see that Mysto somehow gotten a hold of the Infinity stones, could it be? No that's impossible, this must be a big coincidence and there no way that Loki is Mysto and even if Loki did miraculously survive from the events from the Dark World, then there is no way he would ever be going around collecting the Infinity stones. Especailly with his past history with Thanos, unless Loki has an elaborate revenge plan then there is no way that Loki would ever do something of this magnitude or dare to try to stand up to Thanos.
Darcy is trying to process what happened and is surprised to see what just happened and how all of their efforts has suddenly went down the drain, but still it must be depending on on circumstance. Though she doesn't even know what part Jane had to do for the plan and how it was suppose to help out in the situation, but all she knows is that this was definitely not what Loki thought was going to happen. But still they can't panic just yet, there is still a chance that this might have a quick turn around and that Loki already have a back up plan ready.
Loki doesn't know what to do or can even think of a plan on how to get out of this situation or if there might even be a way out. All of the things that might have gone wrong wound up going wrong and that Thanos now has all the stones plus the gauntlet. He doesn't know how he is going to try to get the stones back or if it might even be possible at this point in time. Loki knows that they need to fight off Thanos in order to save the universe and it was simply because that is what heroes do. But when he agreed to be Mysto and started on this quest, he never thought that he would have to face Thanos with a full gauntlet.
At least the Avengers, Jane, Thor and Darcy are safe and he has managed to get all of them out of Thanos's custody. Maybe some words of encouragement from Darcy and time to think of a foolproof plan might work, then he will be able to at least find a way to get on Thanos's ship or get him to come to him in order to finnally defeat him. Maybe things won't be as bad if things goes down that direction then it might work and at least Thanos doesn't want him as a prisoner (though he highly doubts that's true) and things can't get any worse than this right?
He is starting to think like Darcy, he knows that he must be starting to get that desperate if things are going that route...
"L- Mysto! You're alright!" said Darcy as she is about to hug him, Loki stopped her because the last thing they need is to have some sort of sentimental scene in front of everyone and plus he still have that injury from two days ago, he doesn't want to experience any more pain than he is experiencing right now.
"Of course I am well, but I am more worried about the fact that Thanos now has all six Infinity stones." said Loki. "But I'm glad that you doing well too..."
"Don't worry we will find a way to defeat Thanos, as long as we do it together." said Darcy reassuringly.
Before Loki can even have a chance to say anything or try to think of a plan and maybe an explanation for the Avengers' questions on what is going on. Loki suddenly feels like if something inside him is pulling him to a new direction. The next thing he knows is that he sees Thanos using the soul stone to bring Loki towards him and even used the space stone to speed it up. Soon he was in Cull Obsidian's grasp and with a force field created by Ebony Maw being planted in the field to keep anyone from trying to do anything. Thanos with an evil grin stared at all of them, his plan was a success and now it is time for the grand finale. One that he can't wait for all of them to see. Nebula on the other hand knew where this is going, but is just going to let it happen and this was one thing that is going to happen and even then she is powerless to stop this.
Darcy is now wishing that this is not happening and really wish that she was back in the cell with Gamora having a really bad dream, Thanos has gotten Loki and he is going do his worst on him and going to make sure that Loki pays the price. One of the few people that she cares about the most and Thanos going to break him emotionally and physically, not that she has anything to say about it. She grabs as many rocks as she can find and is ready to throw as many as she can to try to break the force field.
The Avengers were ready to do whatever means necessary to beat up Thanos and to make sure that he lets him go, no matter what the situation and the story on how he somehow managed to get the other stones can be worried about later. Since right now one of their own is in trouble and they are going to do whatever is necessary to stop Thanos from this quest of madness. Scarlet Witch even managed to create rip in the force field in order for them to start a necessary attack, but she doesn't know how long she will be able to hold it.
Jane is just worried of what Thanos might do to Loki, no one deseves to go through whatever the mad titan is going to do and she knows that things are not going to end well if Thanos hurts Loki in anyway. Thor is ready to give the mad titan the fight of his life for Loki, Gamora, Hela in a way and Hiemdell. There is no way that he is going to let Thanos hurt Mysto as well, plus he has a secret weapon on the other side of the field and he's not afraid to use it. They were all ready to fight and to make sure that Thanos doesn't leave here without a fight. Loki knows that this is not a good sign and that he's in a worse place than he can ever imagine, he thought that being thrown back in his cell was bad.
"You said that you didn't need him anymore!" said Darcy defensively. "Now you let him go or I'll-"
"What? Throw a pebble at me? I lied and I think I might want to spend time with your friend after all." points out Thanos. "I would like to see you all try and with how you all barely won the first time and the power of the stones. I believe I have the upper hand in this little fight."
"He's under my protection and whatever lie you told yourself about Loki and Mysto being one and the same then-" begins Thor ready to attack Thanos before he caught him by surprise and Thanos begins to laugh.
"I'm surprise to see how blind you all are and how you are refusing to see the truth no matter what the obvious facts are thrown at you." said Thanos with a sneer. "Mysto is no hero, he is nothing but an illusion of lies that he hopes that would fool you all and you might even say that there is something mischievous about keeping his identity a secret."
"Ok, hasn't this already have gone far enough? Let's pretend if Mysto is Loki for one minute, why would Loki try to grab the stones and try to help protect Earth and its people?" said Bruce.
"Maybe it's because he wants to find that glory that he has been craving for his entire life or that he thinks that he might have stood a chance against me." said Thanos trying to make Loki sound bad. "He's a weakling that-"
"Don't you dare talk about my brother or Mysto that way!" said Thor angrily as he is about to summon his hammer to make sure that Thanos gets hit by it.
"I am only telling the truth and you are only relying on the lies that was being told to you by one who will only keep telling lies to maintain his masquerade. To only do good as long as it benefits him." said Thanos. "Oh well, if you are still going to refuse to see reality then it looks like that I am going to have to make you all see it."
Thanos turns to Loki and begins to head towards him, he is slowly pulling his arm right at Loki's head and it only took a brief second for him to realize what Thanos is going to do. Not only he has taken the remainder of the stones, gave him a hard past couple of days full of worry, killed Vision for the stone and trying to keep him safe and now Thanos is going to take the thing that he treasures most. His second chance and going to take everything he has ever cared about, Thor, his freedom, his new life on Earth and Darcy. Loki was about to use his magic to try to see if there is a chance he can break free from Cull's grasp, but Cull has managed to put the Asgardian handcuffs right on his wrist and now his magic and powers are blocked. But that didn't stop Loki by at least trying to turn his head around to at least delay the reaction. It can't end like this!
Darcy made the same realization as Loki and begins to throw as many rocks as she can to try to stop Thanos and to make sure that what is about to happen won't happen. Sure part of the deal was Loki coming clean at one point, but she thinks that she can speak for him when she says that she didn't think that it was going to be this way or knows that Loki definitely doesn't want the rest of the Avengers to be part of the who knows the Mysto secret club. Even if this won't do much she just hopes that this might annoy Thanos long enough for his attention to turn his attention to her. Both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver got in the action, by Scarlet witch trying to see if her powers might possibly get a grip of Thanos and Quickilver is going to try to see if he can find his way to get out of the force field to maybe try to do something that Thanos wouldn't expect.
But to no avail, Thanos used the space stone to make Quicksilver go right back where he started or go around in a circle where he always ends up right back where he started. While for Scarlet Witch, he just uses the power stone to blast at her to force her back and uses the reality stone to block at every attempt of her trying to use her powers. Thanos just simply ignores the rocks that Darcy is trying to throw at him and just continues to do what he was trying to do, even then Proxima Midnight is hitting all of the rocks to aim towards a different direction. No matter how hard they are all trying to make sure that Thanos doesn't do it, Thanos either uses the stones to wiggle out of impact or to get one of the Black order or Chitari to make sure that Thanos is well protected in order to continue.
Thanos manages to get a good grip on Loki's head and he grabs a hold of top of the Mysto mask and everything starts to feel like if it was moving in slow motion. Loki knows that this was the end and that this was it, the moment that he was hoping that would never come and now Thanos is going to make it happen. There is no escape and not even the others' attempts on trying to keep Thanos from revealing it are working. Maybe things were never meant to be this way and that this was how it was always going to end, he might as well expect the worst once this is finally over.
Loki closes his eyes as he waits for the worst to happen and he does not want to see the looks on everyone's faces when the truth is finally out, he just wishes that Thor didn't have to find out this way. The mask slowly begins to leave his face and by the time that it is fully taken off, it felt like time has stopped and that things are in an empty void of silence that Loki just wishes that someone would just say something or that Darcy would try to make an bad excuse that no one would fall for. He wishes that he can just use the time stone to undo this, but there is no going back and Loki knows that he is going to have to face the truth, so he slowly open his eyes to see the truth right in front of him. The sight of the astonished faces from the Avengers were no big deal, but seeing Thor's hurts more than the power stone might ever will. Let's just say that this is a sight that Loki would give anything to forget and really wishes that he can, especially with the way how things are going and what's going to happen next...
"Loki?!" yelled out an astonished Thor who can't believe his eyes as he stares at the scene right in front of him and now facing the story that he never thought that might be true.
"Hello brother..." said Loki guiltily as he stares into the sight before him and he really wishes that he can create an illusion right now to hide.
Captain America, Tony and Bruce all stared in shock at the sight of Loki, while Black Widow stares at Loki unsurprised because it looks like her theory is correct and that Loki is Mysto. While Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver gave each other a nervous exhange as they realize that this would be a game changer going forward, Jane on the other hand can't help but feel a little guilty at the sight right in front of her. Sure she's happy that Thor finally knows the truth but she never wanted him to find out like this, not too mention it's Loki who's going to be paying the price in the end and it was all her fault that things went down this way.
Darcy is reeling in the fact that the secret is finally out, Thanos now has all of the Infinity Stones, Loki's in Thanos's grasps and the Avengers now knows about Loki, they are so going to be in big trouble once this is over. But she knows that they would have to deal with the Avengers later because of the mere fact that Thanos now has Loki and the Infinity Stones, who knows what he is going to do to Loki and with the power of the stones alone then things are definitely are looking bad.
All of them just stared at Thor, Darcy and Thanos waiting to see what might happen next...
"Now you all can see the truth and can see your 'hero' for who he truly is." said Thanos triumphantly. "The weakling who thought that he might have done something or stood a chance against me, but still if it weren't for him and his friend then I might have still been looking for the stones. Though his attempts in trying to defeat me is truly hilarious and I think it should be time for us to depart."
"I don't think so." said Thor who is now summoning his hammer to try to see if he can hit Thanos on the head to see if he can knock him out long enough for him to fight his way to Loki.
Luckily for Thor, the hammer was approaching right ahead and it looks like that it was about to hit Thanos and the nightmare would end. But unfortunately, Thanos turned his head and the hammer missed it by an inch and it landed right in Thor's hand. He can't believe this and was about to strike again before Thanos used the power stone to make their side rumble a little bit and made all of them fall to the ground as they were slowly getting up. All they see was Thanos laughing at them manically at their failures and his success.
"You should have gone for the arm." said Thanos as he lifts the gauntlet is about to activate the space stone to teleport himself, Loki, Nebula and the Black Order back to the ship so they can go into space.
The portal that the space stone is creating and how they are about to leave and Loki is about to face his doomed. Loki knows that if this is going to be the last time that he is ever going to see Darcy or Thor again then he's going to need to say it, otherwise he's going to have it go through his mind forever. He always knew that this quest was impossible and that things were far from going as well as they hoped, he failed Darcy. As for Thor, he finally knows and Loki wouldn't be surprise if he was so angry beyond words. Part of him hoped that he was wrong, but the way that Thanos puts him in this spot and all of his secrets being revealed and not too mention his past actions... He knows that what he did was unforgivable...
"Thor, Darcy I'm sorry for everything." said Loki in defeat.
"Don't worry Loki, I'm not going to let you go that easily." said Darcy determinedly. "I will find you and get you back somehow! I promise..."
"Hasn't your 'friend' ever taught you that sentiment for the weak?" said Thanos. "I have gotten what I came here for, now take one good last look at 'Mysto' and prepare for the worst."
With that they all disappeared and the ship begins for lift off as they all stared at the sky, wondering what Thanos might have in store for them. Darcy can't believe that Thanos has him and just revealed Loki to the Avengers. At least Gamora is up there too and maybe Loki and Gamorra will find a way to break out of there, but she can't leave that door open for chance, she will find a way to get Loki back. Somehow, even if it means that she has to quit her job and beg NASA to launch her into space and spend the rest of her life in a space station trying to beg alien species in letting her borrow a space ship, she will find a way to get Loki back.
Thor is full of mixed emotions, as he faces the facts that Loki has been alive this entire time and was searching for the Infinity stones with Darcy. Along with dressing up in a disguise to become a hero and helped them a couple of times, all of the times that he felt like that Mysto and Loki are similar and the times that Thanos was telling the truth to his face, when Natasha in the cell pointing out all of the obvious connections and now it makes sense. He can now see the truth and knows that Thanos is going to pay for everything that he did and realize the danger that Loki is now in. He's going to save Loki from Thanos and make sure that this all ends now. Once he sees Loki again, they are going to have a talk and he will get to the bottom of this and will get his brother back.
Wow,talk about an intense chapter and it's about time that Thor finally finds out. It wasn't orriginally going to be a two parter, but due to the unplanned delay and putting it together it would a 40,000 word chapter. I figured to help with the writing process and to not keep you guys waiting for a month without a word then maybe to split it up.
I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and sorry how it had to be split up and even then I still felt like that I had to cut a scene to make the deadline. But fortunately you guys will be able to see to it in the next chapter and it will come in 2-3 weeks earliest, I will try to get it as soon as I can and won't keep you guys waiting. But at least I left things off in a cliffhanger in case of any delays and this chapter did end in a bang, that is I hope that it did.
I can't believe that we're almost at the final battle and the big reveal finally happened, things are only going to get more intense from here especailly with Thanos having the Infinity stones and Gamora and Loki are trapped with him. Things are still going to get more interesting as we see more excitement and adventure before the final battle. We will see how the revelation will affect Loki's story going forward and how it will affect his relationships with Thor, Jane and the Avengers going forward, the bright side is at least Darcy will stick by him. Other than that they are going to still need to defeat Thanos with a full gauntlet at the ready, along with them finding the nesicarry keys to stand a chance in the fight against Thanos.
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 Gamora be able to escape from Thanos? How will they find Loki? What is Thanos going to do to Loki? Will he succeed in his goals? Will they also find a way to retrieve all of the stones and the gauntlet? Will Nebula have a change of heart? How are things going to change now that Thor and the Avengers know that Loki has been Mysto this entire time? How will Thor deal with this? Will both brothers finally make up? How are they going to deal with Thanos going forward? See you in the next update :)