Loki: Redemption

by Raven862

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

43. Chapter 41

"Can someone please tell me what just happend?" said Tony Stark still processing on what happend about three minuetes ago and can't believe what happend.

"Can I just say, I told you so?" said Black Widow with a smirk, "I mean I did point out all of the obvious facts, all it took for you is Thanos coming in and revealing that Mysto is Loki to believe it."

"I'm going to safely assume that you didn't know about Loki being Mysto, Thor?" asked Bruce also trying to make sense what just happened.

"Thor, are you alright?" asked Jane. "You were quiet ever since Thanos came in and you found out that Loki is alive and he's been Mysto this entire time."

Thor just stayed quiet, he has many thoughts going through his mind as he faces the facts and the idea that Loki has been alive for two months and that he has been collecting the Infinity Stones. Not too mention, he was disguising as a masked hero and have been alive this entire time! What was he suppose to say or think? It doesn't make things easier knowing that Loki is somewhere in space with Thanos in his ship going through whatever might he might be planning to do to Loki. There are many questions going on his mind, why did Loki fake his death in the first place? Why didn't he tell him that he was alive? Sure he would want an explanation and he is really upset about the entire situation, but he would be happy to hear that Loki is not only alive but decides to turn things around. Even then that wouldn't change the fact that he lied to him for the past two months and how it ultimately led to all of this.

He just wishes that he can get the answers that he is looking for and know that Loki is alright up there and that Thanos hasn't done anything to him yet. Maybe once all of this is over, they can start over and maybe brothers again. At the same time, he has to wonder what if Loki doesn't want to renew their relationship and wants to move on once all of this is over. What if he that's the reason why he wanted to keep it a secret? But still he's going to at least talk to Loki once he finds him, he already lost Loki more times than anyone would count and he's not going to let Loki go unless he never wants to see him again. But it is not helping his mind is full of questions that are not getting the answers that he need to know, he just wishes that he fought harder to save Loki and maybe they wouldn't be in this situation or at least he would have gotten some kind of closure or at least an answer from Loki that would give him some comfort. He can't believe that Loki has been alive all of this time and that he didn't see the signs until it was too late.

"I am still trying to process the fact that my brother is alive and now he's stuck in an alien space ship with a monster that is ready to make him pay for everything that he has ever done over the course of the past year." said Thor. "I can't believe that Loki has been alive all of this time and that Thanos was telling the truth, why would he keeps this a secret in the first place?"

"I think I know who might answer some of those questions." Pointed out Captain America to Darcy and everyone turns to her. "Darcy, do you think you can tell us what has been going on? Did you know that Loki is Mysto while you were helping him?"

"Uh maybe..." said Darcy nervously before she got a look from Jane and knew that she has to tell the truth. At least it will save Loki some of the trouble once they get him and Gamora out of that ship or if he somehow escapes, though she wishes that this was some elaborate plan or an illusion for him to pop out of nowhere and he'll be fine and no where near Thanos with only having to save Gamora and get the stones away from him. She just wishes that she wasn't the one being interrogated and that Loki is there to at least tell his side of the story and maybe to make the story sound better than it already does.

Darcy takes a good look at the Mysto mask that was left behind and wonders what might be going up in space, if Loki and Gamora are alright and when will Thanos make his next move? But she knows that right now she has to convince the Avengers that Loki is one of the good guys now and that they have to trust them on this one. Along with apologizing to Thor for keeping this a secret for this long and that Loki was just as guilty for keeping the secret. Along with somehow convince him that not too tell his dad or at least wait until they get Loki back or after all of this was over. The last thing Loki needs is to have an Asgardian army waiting to take him and possibly her (would she go to jail too for hiding Loki and lying to everyone especially Thor in the first place?) to jail and everyone else deals with Thanos being under prepared. Maybe it won't be too bad, maybe they will learn to love being stuck in jail for who knows how long, that is she hopes that they don't end up in jail.

"Well the thing is that before you say anything, I just need to let you guys know that Mysto was my idea and that all Loki wanted was to just live his life in hiding. So before you guys go wild on trying to punish him or anything." said Darcy. "I know that this looks bad, but it is not as bad as you think and we really were just trying to stop Thanos. It's a long story really..."

"We have plenty of time and going to need the whole story if we are going to start planing our next move." said Captain America. "I think we all want to know what happened that led to all of this."

"When he says that, he means to find out what has been happening between you and Loki for the past two months." said Tony. "You two seem to be really good friends and you knew that Loki is Mysto and don't get me started on the fact that you two were playing superhero and helped him keep his secret."

"I would like to know how he survived in the first place and what was he doing on Earth. Why didn't you say anything about Loki?" said Thor. "I need to know the whole story, what happened to him after we left him in the Dark world and how you two even became friends and how everything led to this?"

"Well, it sort of happened like this... Loki wanted to take over the throne and he had everything planned, that is until he decided not to go through with it because he realize what he was doing is wrong and that he wanted to start a new life somewhere else. It ended up being Earth and I found him, then the rest just gets really complicated from here and..." begins Darcy before she turns away, not even sure how she is going to tell them all of this.

But she knows that she has to, not only to save both her and Loki from going to jail and at least they might listen to her if Loki has been playing superhero for two months and now that they know part of the true story then maybe they won't be too hard on them and that they will focus on trying save Loki and Gamora from whatever plans Thanos have in store for both of them. Not too mention save the world from Thanos and the Infinity Stones, but maybe they won't be that hard on her or Loki once they see him again. She has to continue on or else it is going to be a long wait once they get Loki back and he is going to have another thing to worry about or is worrying about it right now.

"All we wanted to do is to get the Infinity Stones before Thanos did and it all started..." begins Darcy.

With that they all begin to learn the story of Loki's time on earth and how he became Mysto, the mystery hero that was trying to get all of the Infinity stones before Thanos does. They are all heading back to the Quinjet and Darcy nervously tells them everything while they were heading there, so far so good and that it allows her to feel a little relief that she's not going to be sleeping inside a cell or have to find a way to somehow contact Loki in possibly asking him to stay in space if he managed to succeed in trying to find a way to escape Thanos. But so far it might not be nessicary because the Avengers are just listening to the story and asking questions when it comes up. Even Jane who didn't know some details of the whole story that happened between Loki and Darcy beyond them being friends and hunting down the Infinity Stones.

Thor on the other hand was just silent for the entire walk back and doesn't even know what to say, he just found out that Loki, his brother that he thought died two months ago is alive and is stuck with Thanos somewhere in deep space where they don't even know where to look or what Thanos might be doing to Loki right now. Thor really wish that Loki came up with an illusion and is hiding in the woods somewhere laughing at all of them for falling for it. Then again he just wishes that Thanos was wrong about Mysto being Loki, part of him is happy that Loki has been alive all of this time and that he's been doing some good on Earth. But still the main thing that is bothering Thor is the question why would Loki fake his death and lie to him for this long. He understands that the idea of him going back to his cell was not appealing but still he would understand everything if Loki just told him everything from Thanos to the Infinity Stones or at least give him some hint of being alive.

At least he now knows now, but at the same time Thor wishes that he didn't know because now he is feeling a mixture of emotions. He's obviously worried for Loki being in a ship alone with Thanos, handcuffed and no access to his powers with only Gamora for company and even then she is a prisoner and won't be able to do anything more than be a source of comfort unless they find a way to escape or Gamora's friends get them out of there. At the same time, he is starting to feel saddened and guilty that he failed to be a good brother again and he just let Thanos take Loki away from him. Not too mention, he failed to see that his brother was standing right in front of him and fail for the illusion that is being put right in front of his face. Was he ever going to not fall for this classic Loki trick?

Thor is also really angry at both Thanos and to some extent Loki, for Thanos for doing all of this tot everyone and believing that this is his idea of a perfect twisted world. He destoryed and ruined many lives including Gamora's, he killed Heimdell, Hela and who knows who else, now he has all of the Infinity stones and the gauntlet, Thanos might be planning to use the Gauntlet at any moment. Not only that, the way he treated Loki during their last encounter, making him attack Earth for him and now keeping him captive on his ship. The next time that he meets Thanos, he will make sure that Thanos pays for everything that he has done.

But at the same time, he is starting to feel angry at Loki for lying to him for the past two months in the first place. All of this time, Loki has been living right under his nose and made him believe that he has been dead for two months. He moaned for him and spent the past two months believing he has failed his brother, to the point that he can't get past the image of Loki sacrificing himself and "dying" in his arms. He doesn't think that he would ever get over the feeling of failing his brother and now here he was, on Earth this entire time and creating an illusion of someone else and going after the Infinity Stones with Darcy. The fact that he let him think that he died for two months and didn't even bother to think about telling him about his survival and it had to be in the middle of this Thanos problem and in the worst way possible. Why would he keep something like Thanos being after him a secret? How did Darcy agree to help Loki in agreeing to keep something like this a secret and not even think of telling him when she found out about Thanos? Why would Loki keep something like this a secret in the first place?

The idea that monster is after Loki and he couldn't have protected him and might be doing who knows what to him. That he didn't know that Loki was Mysto and if he knew then he would have done more to protect him from Thanos and did more to make sure that Thanos wouldn't have gotten as far as he did. Thor would have made sure that Loki doesn't get captured or at least be a greater help. Well now that he knows that Loki has been alive this entire time and that this has been going on for a while. Thanos better not put one finger on Loki and hurt him or else he is going to make sure that Thanos pays for every single thing that he does to Loki, no one dares try to hurt his brother and get away with it.

Besides whatever Thanos is going to do to Loki is nothing compared to the little talk that they are going to have once they get Loki out of his grasp and take him back to Earth. That is when he's going to give him a piece of his mind...

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Meanwhile on Thanos's ship

Loki is waiting in Thanos's throne room and at any moment he is about to face the last person that he has been wanting to see alone and hope that this was nothing more than a bad dream. That he would wake up and be in Darcy's apartment and things would be back to normal, but now reality is nothing but a nightmare that he would give anything to wake up from. Not only he is now trapped with Thanos, but now the last thing that he wanted to happen finally happend, Thor finally knows the truth and he wouldn't be surprise if Darcy is down there paying the price. He hopes that no one is too hard on her and that maybe the Maxioffs and Jane would convince them to take it easy on her. At least she is no longer trapped with Thanos and that she is now safe on Earth, despite the fact that she might have to face whatever consequence that might occur because of him.

That's not all, the other person that he can't help but to think about is Thor and how he now knows that he was alive this entire time and that there never was a Mysto. The fact that he went through a depression and all of that guilt for nothing, he wishes that Thor would be more happy than furious at him. But he doesn't blame him for being angry at him, he deserve it for everything he has done and put him through. Loki can already imagine the anger that Thor must be feeling and how if the next time they see each other then it will be anything but pleasant. He wouldn't be surprise if sometime after Darcy explain everything, that Thor tells Odin and by the time that he was done then an Asgardian army will be attacking the ship and they will not be there to retrieve the Infinity Stones. But to also put him back in his cell and make sure that he never see the light of day again, to be stuck in a cell with no hope of escaping or to see Darcy again.

Let alone have a conversation with Thor again with him being really furious at him, he probably never want to see him again. Thor must be so angry that he would make. sure that Loki get the worst punishment possible for deceiving him in the first place. But aside from punishments, he does not want to know what might be going on in Thor's mind right now and Loki knows that any hope for Thor to forgive him for everything and the two of them starting over again. Thanos destroyed every chance for that to happen and now that he revealed his identity and existence to not only Thor but to the rest of the Avenngers minus Barton, he knows that they are definitely going to make sure that the entire planet.

Thanos definitely thought of everything when it comes to making sure that Loki is in a place where he can't escape from and even if he tries to...

Loki knows that he can never return to Earth and knows that if he ever goes back not only it would put everyone in danger just because that would be the first place Thanos would look and he will make sure that they won't leave that easily again until he shows up and surrenders. He wishes that there was a way for a way to escape the ship, the fact that now Thor knows and do who knows what and Thanos having the six Infinity stones in his grasp ready to use them at any moment. At any moment, Thanos is going to make sure that he pays for everything that has happened and to make sure that he suffers from everything. He just wish that he had enough time to explain himself to Thor or try to see if he can somehow convince him that he has changed and was only trying to stop Thanos.

The real question is why did he agree to go on this quest and try to find the remaining Infinity Stones? Things have gotten worser than it would have been if he haven't found the stones and let them land on Thanos's grasps. At this point he doesn't even blame Jane because she was trying to help and thought that the Aether gave her some wired magical connection to the reality stone or rather control of all the stones in the palm of her hands. But still what was he hoping that would happen if he grab all of the Infinity stones and sneak out with the Guantlet and the other Infinity Stones?

That things would magically work out and that he would be free from all of his troubles and Thor would be happy to see him and they will be able to start over. But that is never going to happen and that maybe this is how things are meant to be this way and he was never meant to be this hero that saved the world from Thanos or to go as far as he did. Why didn't he leave Earth when he had the chance? What made him think that this was the right thing to do? Why did he allow himself to believe that he can do the impossible and to actually do something that can redeem himself? What did he really want from all of this?

Before Loki can continue to think of why he thought that he would go that far and all of his failures on this futile quest. Thanos entered the room and he looks like he's ready to make sure that Loki doesn't leave this room without dealing with more pain than he can ever imagine. Loki knows that whatever might happen now won't end well. He really wishes that he can just create an illusion right now and then find a way to escape the ship while Thanos talks to an illusion, he wishes that this will be a quick talk and that he will just put him in a cell while everyone can wait for the worst to happen.

"It looks like I have finally caught you at last and you delivered all of the stones right to me." said Thanos. "I believe you kept your part of our bargain and exceeded my own expectations, to be honest when I found out that you were trying to get all of the six Infinity Stones, I thought I honestly thought that you and your Terran friend would have died from any misadventures you both would have."

"Then why didn't you come after us or try anything before?" demanded Loki who really wishes that the mad titan would get to his point and leave him alone.

"I knew that despite the wiser option to go after you and grab all of the stones on myself." said Thanos. "But the idea of you giving me the stones and that you would be the one to retrieve the stones, puts a smile on my face. What better way to not only make sure that you pay the price for failure and to obtain all of the remaining Infinity Stones? At least you now see that I will always have the upper hand and you were a fool for daring to stand against me."

"Well someone had to do it, at least I don't kidnap random children to turn them into monsters." said Loki. "At least I have the courage to do something myself rather than to send others to do my dirty work."

"You were not a child when I found you a year ago and I didn't see you objecting to my offer for a kingdom and to get revenge on your brother and home world." pointed out Thanos. "I gave you a choice on whether or not you wanted to work with me on that little mission."

"You didn't give me that much of a choice, it's either work with you and hope that things work out or refuse and you kill me. If it weren't for Gamora then you would have done it without any regret." said Loki defensively. "At least sparing me was the only good thing you have ever done in your life, that way I would have gotten the common sense needed to find a friend who showed me that I can be more than what I was before. Then maybe I wouldn't have the courage to stand up to you and try to put an end to your twisted ideas of a perfect world."

"Do you call courage when you voluntarily chose to hide behind a mask and with the hope that you can hide from the world and your brother for so long." said Thanos. "Sparing you is the biggest mistake that I have ever made in my life, you should be at my mercy. Begging me to spare you again or to let you go, now you dare to stand in front of me and question my goals as if it was fool's dream."

"Well you do want to use the stones to destroy the universe and anyone would agree that it was a foolish idea if they hear it for the first time." said Loki.

"You do not have the right to tell me what is the right thing to do or what foolish or not." said Thanos annoyed at Loki. "You hurt many Terrans in that little rampage the last time and I didn't see you to stop and think about what you were doing."

"I was a fool in letting my anger consume me to the point that I became the very thing that I was trying so hard to disprove." said Loki defensively. "It doesn't help matters that you made me do all of those things. You used the mind stone on me to make sure that I remain on your side no matter what and made sure that I didn't have a say in the matter."

"I wasn't the one that made you try to destroy Jonthuhiem in response for your discovery of being adoption and your little insecurities. I didn't also make you do what you did on Earth, all I did was have you try to take over the planet. I never said how, all I did was give you the scepter and explain to you it's powers. I leave it up for you to decide what might be the best course of action." pointed out Thanos. "There is one thing that I have noticed about you that is a little problem with trying to blame others for their own faults and never taking responsibility for your own. I suppose you are going to blame me for your brother finding out your little secret."

"You were the one that pulled off the mask off my face, I-" begins Loki before Thanos has a few words to share of his own.

"But who was the one that decided to hide his true identity in the first place?" said Thanos stopping Loki on his tracks and with an evil smile on his face he continues. "You were the one that made the choice that later led to your downfall and now your brother will never rescue from the hurt and anger that you're dishonesty has brought him."

"You're wrong, Thor would never-" begins Loki ready to defend Thor's heroic reputation before getting interrupted again.

"There is also the fact that your past history with these humans is really colorful to say the least, there is no way that they would ever rescue you or let your friend go after you. Especially with how inferior they are to space travel and the fact that she would be dealing with me on her own." said Thanos. "It was ultimately your choice to go down the path that you went on and to try to become something that you were never destined to be."

"Were you after me just because you wanted to gloat after you were done or is there another reason that I should be worried about?" said Loki who doesn't even know where this conversation might be going. But something tells him that there might be a really bad thing to worry about and he really does not want to find out what it might be...

"I want you to see everything that you ever cared about destroyed and for you to finally pay the consequences of your foolish attempts to stand against me. When I removed that mask, I took away the protection that your false identity created and the relationships that it created." said Thanos. "Now that I have all six Infinity Stones in my grasp, I will make sure that you suffer through your failures as I continue to make my mark on history, once I am done and see you finally broken and with no longer having the will to live. Then I will be generous enough to end your suffering."

"Well it is going to take more than a petty threat to convince me to stop fighting or to somehow expect me to give up." said Loki. "It doesn't matter what you do to me, as long as I put a stop to your plans for the universe, nothing good will come if you have the stones and use their powers for evil and destruction."

"I would like to see you try, in case it hasn't occurred to you as a prisoner on my ship you are under the tightest security and no one has ever dared try to escape and made it out alive." said Thanos. "If you dare try anything then-"

"I never said that I was going to try to do anything, but I do know one thing that you are wrong about one thing." said Loki trying to beat Thanos in his own game. "The others will try to put a stop to you because regardless on how they feel about me. They probably are not in the mood to deal with an apocalypse where they don't even know when that might be. Simply because they live in the same universe too and they don't want everyone to suffer from whatever twisted plans you may have in store."

"I have the stones." said Thanos determinedly pointing out the facts to Loki.

"They have a Hulk." said Loki determinedly. (Even though the last time Thanos and Hulk faced off, it was a disaster and Hulk got beaten hard.) But maybe after sometime and practice then maybe he will be able to stand a chance against Thanos. That is Loki thinks that things would turn out that way or at least he hopes that it would turn out that way.

"No matter what they may try to throw at me, I can defeat them all in a snap and make sure that they see the end of the line." said Thanos. "As for what I am planing to do to you, we will start tomorrow and be prepared for the consequences that you deserve, take him to the dungeon and make sure that he doesn't think of trying to escape."

Before Loki can think of a plan on how to possibly to find a way to escape or to defend himself, he just gives a sigh and know that it was no use. He wishes that there was a way he can escape from this ship, the one that he hates being in and one he thought that he would never be in again. No matter how much he wants to have Thor and the others to come in and to save the day, he knows that Thanos is right. His choices led to this and now that led to the reveal that would later hurt Thor more than any betrayal would. What if he didn't let go at the Bifrost? Would it have delayed Thanos for a couple years if not decades? Even then would Thanos just find his way to Loki and something worse would have happened?

Either way there is no telling what the future will hold for him tomorrow, Loki would give anything to use the time stone to undo everything and make sure that it would be impossible for Thanos to retrieve the Infinity Stones. Even if he would be meddling with time and that might be playing with fire but at least it's better than how it is right now. He wonders if things would be better if he just stayed on Asgard in that cell, that way Thanos would just continue trying to find the stones and he would be fine with living in a cell for the rest of his life. Loki knows that Thanos will be going to make sure that he doesn't leave and to make sure that he pays for everything that happened.

Maybe he does deserve this, that this was meant to be and it would be better for everyone if he stays and pays for everything. When he actually decided to try to put a stop to something, he only makes things worse and now everyone will have to face the consequences of his mistakes and to deal with the price. He never thought that he would be the one to make the biggest mistake where it would end the universe like this. Loki has always thought that if one of them were going to end it then it would have been Thor prior to his banishment, but at least things have gotten better for him after that and now he destroyed it all because of his anger and the need to prove something that he ended up proven the stories true. Loki doesn't even want to know what might be going on back on Earth right now...

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Thirty minutes back on Earth

They soon arrived at Avengers tower and the situation is tense to say the least, the Avengers minus Thor are trying to figure out what to do with this new information. While Darcy is trying her best to try to figure out a plan on how to get up in space to not only try to find a way to save Loki if the Avengers refuse to save him, along with figure out how they will get out of the whole possibly going to jail thing. Maybe they will see that Loki is on their side just because of the fact that he tried to save them, she's surprised that Thor wasn't saying much on a Loki rescue mission. But then again, they have been lying to him for the past two months and that the two of them might not be his favorite people in the world at the moment.

It was a moment where they were all trying to figure out what should be their next move and if they will be able to find a way to stop Thanos and get both Loki and Gamora out of there. They need to figure out what might be the best course of action before they all have to face whatever plans Thanos might have in store if he tries to do anything with the Infinity Stones. It is already something that they are more worried than they ever had in their life, part of them hoped that Loki and Gamora would do something to at least delay any plans that might Thanos has in mind. They all knew that if they were going to do something then they are going to need to do something now and they just need to figure out what might be best way for them to find a way to space.

"Well I think it might be possible if I can create a pair of boosters like the ones for my armor that might be big enough to carry something like a space ship, while we were on Thanos's ship I took a good look at my surroundings and it has given me some ideas." said Tony. "Especially when they took off my armor to see if they can try to take me apart, the worst that they did was treat me like a robot where they nearly broke every bone in my body. Luckily they gave up when they realize that I'm a normal human being and that the worst case scenario would be killing me behind their 'master's' back."

"At least you had it easy, they were spend a good couple of hours of trying to turn me into the other guy. They treated me worse than any one would treat a caged animal in the circus." said Bruce. "It was a nightmare to say the least..."

"You think that's bad, they were trying to see how my powers work through electricity and that purple rock." said Wanda. "I don't think that-"

"That's nothing compared to being in the red room, you guys should consider yourselves lucky that things didn't turn out like that over there and judging from what Gamora told us... Things can get really bad over there, we should consider ourselves lucky." said Natasha pointing out the most obvious facts.

"Except that Thanos has all six Infinity stones and two hostages, one of which we had a colorful history with." said Steve as he examines the situation and trying to think of the best plan.

"By 'colorful' you mean the guy that we had to fight against to save Earth and we send him back to his home planet, he supposably died while trying to be the hero for once and returned to Earth and became friends with ms. fangirl over here. While becoming a caped crusader because he had a change of heart to hunt down six powerful multi colored rocks before an egomaniac worse than he was the first time around does." said Tony. "Then we all got stucked with that maniac, he lost the stones he gathered, the truth is finally out and now is prisoner on the ship with that maniac. Now we have to not only retrieve the stones and rescue him and Elphaba."

"When you put it like that, you actually made it sound really bad that would be my cue to hide." said Darcy nervously.

"Maybe because it is..." said Pietro who for once agreed with Tony with this current debate.

"You're kinda not helping, besides you helped keep the secret over the past couple of months." said Darcy defensively.

"Well it does sound bad in that way, but it can't be that bad." said Wanda. "Other than the fact that Thanos has the stones and that we have to find a way to save both of them."

"Yeah, is there anyway that I can convince you guys to go on a rescue mission to save Loki. I know that we messed up big time when it comes to the hero stuff, the honesty and that you guys and Loki are not exactly the best of friends and-"

"When you say best of friends are we still talking about the guy that threw me out of window right?" said Tony who is not a big fan of having to deal with Loki and especially Thanos again. "That's just a minor offense compared to everything else he has done."

"Yeah, but everything's different now and Loki has changed. He's on our side now, well as much as he can be on side and if you guys still don't believe it just think of it this way. Loki had many perfect opportunities to betray you guys or hurt me during our downtime, but he didn't and can't stand Thanos as much the rest of us do." said Darcy. "If you guys are going to let a grudge keep you from doing the right thing then I will go up to space myself and do everything I can to get Loki and Gamora out of that ship and-"

"Whoa Darcy, before you go out and try to see if you can pull off a rescue mission like that." said Jane trying her best to hold her friend back. "They are on some alien ship stuck in the middle of space, there's no way that you would be able to get out of there alive without some back up. Do you even have a plan on what you are going to do once you get there?"

Darcy couldn't find an answer for that, she hasn't really thought of a plan any further than fly to London, find the secret portal where Loki and her went to see the Collector and then try to see if she can find a ship or ask someone if she can borrow their ship or maybe even best case scenario find someone that might hate Thanos so much that they would be more than happy to help her. After that she doesn't even know what to do or came up with a plan, she was just winging it, even if she manages to get that far and find Thanos's ship. There is no way that she would ever be able to predict what might be waiting for her, even then what if no one would let her borrow a ship or fly out to find Thanos? Not because of being worried of their ship, but they know how dangerous Thanos might be and that they can't just let someone go after him with zero experience. Now the Avengers and Jane know then she wouldn't be surprise if they won't let her out of the building let alone the room. She is still in hot water for the whole keeping Loki a secret and helping him live his life on Earth and pull off the whole Mysto thing.

"Besides we are going to find a way to get up there, not only because of the fact that the Infinity Stones are up there with the last person in the world that we want to have all six Infinity plus the Gauntlet." said Steve. "Plus there's also the fact that Gamora is stuck on there, we made a promise to Gamora and we are not going to leave her behind. There is also the fact that Loki is on that ship and I think we all have a couple of things to say to him."

"Well at least things can't get any worse and Darcy does have a point if Loki was really on Thanos's side then why would he be doing everything he can to save us." said Bruce. "But anyway Jane you were there, how come you were helping Loki?"

They all turned to Jane, waiting for an answer or some kind of explanation and to hear how and why she is helping Loki let alone is there in the first place. Jane doesn't even know what to say or if she can say anything about this at all. It was her fault that Loki got captured like this and that they are now having this problem, if she just didn't bring the stones with them and try to see if she can somehow use the stones like that magically defeating Thanos. She just wishes that she just listened or at least ask Loki how to use the stones and try to figure out how she can use it. But still maybe it is time to try to be there for Thor, he hasn't said much ever since they left the field and is trying to process the fact that Loki has been alive this entire time. She has made things worse and inadvertly led to Loki being captured, the least she can do now is help get the stones and rescue him.

"I might have found out by accident, it wasn't that big of a deal and after that we kinda made a deal. I agreed to keep Loki's secret if he agrees to tell Thor after we defeated Thanos." explained Jane. "He came to me after you guys were all caught and we got the stones out of the objects, I thought that I could have used the stones against Thanos and to maybe even speed things up. But that obviously backfired and now Loki is up who many lightyears away, so sorry about that."

"Look it doesn't matter what happened, what does matter is how we're going to solve this problem and if we're going to find a way to defeat Thanos, grab the stones and rescue everyone then we are going to need find a way to get up to space." points out Steve. "So does anyone have any ideas?"

"Thor, doesn't Asgard have any space ships or something? Do you have any idea on how we can build a ship that might possibly be the biggest scientific discoveries of all time?" said Bruce. "Then maybe we will be able to-"

"Then what? Go in and save the day? How do we know that this is not some kind of trick or if Thanos didn't really capture Loki?" said Thor. "What if Loki-"

"We all saw what happened, if Loki is really planning to do something then he probably would have done it already." said Natasha. "I'm going to safely assume that you are taking this well?"

"As well as one can if they find out their brother has been alive this entire time and now is on an alien spaceship with the worst creature imaginable." said Thor who is anything but happy at the current situation. "Not only Thanos is doing who knows what to Loki right now, but he lied to me for the past couple of months and didn't even think of possibly telling me that he's alive."

"Your brother is stuck on an alien ship with an evil purple giant with six magic rocks and only a green girl on our side for company. Not to mention they both are surrounded by an army of evil aliens securing the ship and making sure that no one can get in or out." pointed out Pietro. "Are you honestly more worried about the fact that he lied to you and played superhero for the past two months?"

"Well... You may have a point on that one." said Thor considering that fact before returning to his annoyed demenor. "But still it doesn't change the fact that I am really furious at him for everything that occurred."

"Thanos or Loki?" asked Darcy nervously not even knowing what to expect when it comes to Thor's answers.

"Both of them, Thanos is going to pay for everything he has done and when I get Loki out of there, I am going to give him a piece of my mind." said Thor angrily. "Now if you all excuse me, I better start practicing."

With that Thor left the room and everyone else in shock, they have never seen Thor this upset let alone act like this before. But then again he is probably going through an avalanche of emotions just because he just found out that Loki has been alive this entire time and that things have gotten worse just because of the Thanos situation. Not too mention, it doesn't help that now they know that Loki and Darcy have been trying to collect the stones to avoid something like this in happening and that it iis hard to tell what might be Loki's true motives from an outside standpoint.

"He's really mad isn't he?" said Darcy nervously as she faces the reality of the situation.

"I think 'mad' is an understatement." said Natasha as she gives out a sigh at how this situation is only getting more messier by the minute.

"More like really furious that words can't explain is the correct phrase to describe it." said Tony. "I mean you two did lie to him and the rest of us at least once in the past two months."

"Ok, I get it that lying to Thor about something as big as Loki being alive was not a great idea. But what do you guys expect me to do, tell Thor and hope that for some miracle we don't end up in jail?" said Darcy. "Wait am I going to jail? Do you guys think that their dad will be open for a Powerpoint presentation to let us off easily or at least let me see Loki in jail?"

"Look no one is going to jail, we will talk about Asgard and how to deal with Loki and all of this when all of this over." said Steve. "I am willing to let him prove to us if he has really changed, but for now we need to focus on trying to get up to space before it's too late."

"Yeah, I'll talk to Thor and try to see if we can find some common ground." said Jane. "He might want someone to talk to for everything that is Loki or Thanos related, well at least try to be there for him while he process this..."

"There's one thing that I am now wondering where's Vision?" said Wanda. "I haven't seen him since... Is he alright?"

"Yeah about that... when Loki came to me for help, he brought Vision to see if I can fix him and we... both realize that he's beyond repair..." said Jane sadly. "I'm really sorry, he's still on the Quinjet if any of you knows how to fix him."

Everyone in the room stood there in silence and they can't believe to hear that Vision has died, but at the same time they shouldn't because of the fact that Thanos had the Mind stone and they were so focused on trying to get out of the ship and to see that Vision is gone or to see if they can find a way to be do more than just assume that he is alright. Both Tony and Bruce quickly go up and try to see the damages on Vision to see if they might be able to do something about it, it is a moment where they don't even know what might to expect. Jane is now feeling guilty of how things are playing out and how much she just doesn't know about some of the things that happened and that now she is trying to figure out how to deal with this. She just wishes that Loki told her everything and that maybe it would be easier to tell everyone everything. Soon both Tony and Bruce came down to deliver the final verdict.

"Well it looks like both you and Loki were right about Vision being irreparable." said Bruce. "I may not know that much of robotics but it doesn't look like an easy fix..."

"But Tony, you were able to build all of these suits that worked, is there anyway you might be able to fix him?" asked Wanda refusing to believe that the android was dead.

"Even if I sit down to study the damages, it would take many years to figure out how to develop the metals and softwares to fully bring Vision back. Plus there's also the fact that I don't have a bag of gold magic rocks in a corner that one can use to power a robot. Let alone mind control others after placing it a magic scepter whenever I may feel like." said Tony. "Even then I can't guarantee that Vision will function or if he will still be himself because Ultron took over the Jarvis software and placed it on Vision. That obviously got lost and destroyed when Thanos took thee stone, the problem is that even if I try to recreate the software, we can't predict what might happen and I might be creating a bigger monster than Ultron ever was."

"Yeah the last thing we need is to deal with another Ultron at the moment, let's just focus on trying to defeat Thanos before anything like that happens." said Natasha before letting her symphaty get the best of her. "Do you know what happend to Vision."

Soon Jane finds herself explaining to everyone in the room about what she knows about Vision's death and some of the things that Loki told her. They were all surprised to hear that Vision managed to find out Loki's identity and how he voluntarily chose to try to save Loki and face Thanos head on. Despite the fact that Vision failed miserably and that things are now worse than before, the Avengers and Darcy can't help but admire his bravery, loyalty and determination.

It also gave Darcy some hope that this might be a sign that the others might be able to forgive Loki for his actions. At the same time, grateful that Vision did everything he could to try to stop Thanos and is saddened that things went this route. While for Natasha, Steve, Tony and Bruce they are now feeling the shared grief that they felt when Coulson died in the hands of Loki's invasion or rather Thanos's invasion. They still don't know if they can trust Loki yet, but at least they feel like they can somewhat trust Vision's judgement. Before anyone can say a word, Wanda got up from her seat and begins to walk away to her room clearly upset about Vision's death. They all turned to Pietro to try to indicate the obvious thing he must do.

"Don't worry I'll go talk to her..." said Pietro as he uses his powers to catch up to his sister.

Once both of the Maxioffs are gone, the remaining Avengers, Darcy and Jane have a moment to think about the recent events and how to move forward in the fight against Thanos and how to rescue Loki and Gamora. But the first thing, they all knew is that they all have to get the team back together and heel quickly in order to pull this off. Thanos may have succeeded in getting all of the Infinity stones, but he has also succeed in breaking all of them apart to the point that they are now feeling the affects of the lost of the battle, Vision and in a sense some kind of trust to one another that Loki built when they knew him as Mysto. This is exactly what Thanos wants to break them to the point that they won't be able to fight back. He wants to make sure that it happens to Loki while he is trapped in there and that he would be able to make Loki loose a part of himself. But they all have a choice, first they need to help their emotionally broken down friends and make sure that they are all ready for the fight ahead.

"Yeah, I guess I better go check on Thor." said Jane rather awkwardly and she begins to head towards the direction that Thor headed.

While the Avengers and Darcy begins to get ready for what might be the biggest fight up ahead. Tony begins to get to work on building an new Iron man armor, Steve is talking to Natasha on a possible plan on how are they going to approach this mission. While Bruce begins to get to work on trying to find possible ways they can build a Quinjet or a rocket or even a mix of both to find a way for them to travel in space or at least a round trip that can last them in getting to Thanos, at least getting Loki and Gamora out of there and get back to Earth to figure out what might be the best way to travel in space. While on Darcy on the other hand, quietly headed to the training room and to begin to practice any fighting skills that Loki have taught her before their failed attempt to stop Thanos.

If she's going to do everything she can to stop Thanos and rescue both Gamora and Loki, then she better get ready for the fight ahead. The last thing that she needs is another disaster to happen and to have a fight like she had with Nebula. She wonders what the future will hold for both of them because everything has changed. Just because The Avengers know, they said that they will talk about it later and who knows what might happen after all of this. Not too mention, she also have feelings for Loki and that with in it self is crazy and she knows that regardless of that she has to find a way to get him back and free from Thanos. But that's practically impossible just because of the fact that the Avengers and Jane practically said no for the whole going after Loki on her own idea, she has to at least be ready to at least try to stand a chance and free both Loki and Gamora. At least she hopes that they will be able to pull it off and that somehow that things will be able to work and they will at least make it. out alive. But still when Loki said that Thor might be angry, he wasn't exaggerating and she thinks that this is just from the shock from finding out that Loki has been alive this entire time. It might pass, that is at least she hopes that it does for both brother's sakes...

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Meanwhile back on Thanos's ship

The Black Order soon put Loki in a cell and made sure that the handcuffs are tightly on his wrists in case it slips out of his hands. Proxima even tied the handcuffs to a chain that is on the floor to make sure that Loki doesn't even bother to try to think of anything that might possibly lead to any trouble or that he can even figure out a way to escape. Loki didn't even bother to fight back or try to come up with a defensive but yet witty remark to try to annoy them, it was either to do that or later face thee consequence. If he wants to stay alive then he is going to be sneaky about it and hope that whatever happens it will keep him as alive as long as possible. Once the Black Order are done then they all left him alone in the darkness of a prison cell where he can't escape from or that there might be any hope for rescue.

Once they are gone, Loki got down to the cold hard floor and starts to sit down on it with his back against the wall. He also notices a cell right in front of him and figure that these two cells are the ones that kept the Avengers, Thor and Darcy in for the two night. The thought of them is already making Loki feel like that his life is about to get worst because of the idea of Thor now knowing the truth has been bothering him for the entire time. Sure he knows that Jane would probably try to calm him down enough to tell him the past couple of days and Darcy will tell him the whole story. While the Maxioffs can tell the remaining Avengers that they can trust him. But still he knows that deep down that it might not be enough to convince them otherwise.

He knows now that he can never return to Earth, just because the fact that he does then that will be the first place Thanos will go to and make sure that everyone suffers until he turns himself in. He can't allow that to happen and there is also the fact that Thor is facing all of the anger that he can possibly imagine. Loki doesn't even think he wants to know how things are going back on Earth or what Thor might be thinking. He is probably ready to yell at him and turn him in to their father so that way he can return to his cell, though he wouldn't blame Thor for doing that. Maybe he deserve it and he just hopes that if they are planning to put him back in his cell, that he at least hopes that he is allowed to say goodbye to Darcy, it's clear that she will be the only one that stays by his side after all of this.

Before Loki can stop to think about what might be Jane or the Maxioff twins might be thinking, he quickly notices Nebula standing on the sidelines visibly in front of his cell. He is now wondering what might Nebula possibly want and if she is here because of Thanos? The last thing he wants is to have someone to watch over him and make sure that he's sitting calmly in his cell. He just wishes that she would leave him alone, he's not in the mood to hear someone who is working with Thanos worshiping the mad titan or taunting him. But then again, maybe he can try to reason with Nebula and see if he can somehow find a way to convince her to let him out and use one of the escape pods to go to some other planet and figure out what might be his next move. He just hopes that this time that maybe he will be able to get through to her and that maybe this might work after all.

"So I'm guessing that Thanos told you to remain here to keep an eye on me? He must think that highly of me that he's ready to send guards to watch my every move?" said Loki. "Though to be honest I thought chaining me to the ground was a little excessive, I mean these handcuffs are already blocking my powers and unless Thanos really thinks that I am just going to slam my head in hopes for a hole in the wall and the handcuffs to break. Believe me when I say that will never happen, even if it might happen wouldn't I have done it already?"

"I am not here to stand guard, I wasn't needed anywhere and I figured that I might as well remain here. You're the only one around here that I can stand so I figured that I might as well stay here until they bring her back." said Nebula.

Loki is curious on who Nebula might be referring too and that maybe now that they are alone and that Nebula has a moment of freedom without the influence of Thanos or any pressure that a full on fight might result in either one of them loosing. Now that she is alone and can maybe think for herself then maybe he will be able to convince her to change sides or at least help him escape by letting the door out. He just hopes that she stops to listen to him and maybe that she will see some reason and stops herself from going down this dangerous path of no return.

"I fail to see why you are helping Thanos when it is clear that he doesn't care about you or will be more than happy to torture you if something goes wrong." said Loki. "At least when I was living in a cell back on Asgard, my parents at least decide to spare me. Though my mother had to persuade my father... well Odin to spare me, but at least they were willing to let me stay in my cell to live out the rest of my days in peace. If you make one little mistake then Thanos will make sure that you pay for it."

"Thanos is a monster, but what choice do I have? When I finally had a moment of freedom, he caught me and made me pay for the price of daring to defy him and leaving him." said Nebula. "All I want is revenge on my sister for making me pay for everything that we went through as children and Thanos did say that once he gets the stones then he might let me go."

"How sure you are that Thanos might keep his word? If he was honest about his bargains, I would still be on Earth with my identity remaining a secret." said Loki. "He's using you and the moment he's done with you, then he will make sure that he disposes you the first chance he gets."

"I know, but I don't see any other choice and what you have to go through is nothing compared to a lifetime being second best and no what you do you never be good enough." said Nebula. "Especially having to put up with someone that you wanted nothing more than to be your sister and all she wants is to win."

"I might have an idea on how that might feel, but the path you are going on is not going to help you. The anger that you are feeling will only grow if you let it and even if want Thanos and Gamora to pay it is not going to change what happened." said Loki. "The hurt that you are feeling can go away but only if you willing to let go of the past and move forward to the future. Otherwise you might loose the ones that you care about the most and that alone will hurt more than anything Thanos might do and even then nothing will change if you continue to go down this path."

"It may not change but at least things will get better-" begins Nebula before Loki decide to say a couple of things of his own.

"How exactly will things get better? Is living in fear from Thanos and obeying his every command your idea of freedom?" interrupted Loki. "I understand what you are going through and how the anger that you are feeling feels like if there is no way out, but there are better ways to deal with these emotions than go down this path."

"You wanted to take the throne and later take over Terra to prove that you are an equal to your brother if not grander, what makes my path any different?" pointed out Nebula.

"I was a fool in letting my resentment and hurt overcome me, to the point that it overcrowded my judgement. I paid the price by not only losing my mother, being forced to flee to Earth which wasn't as bad as I thought and later on go on this journey and now having to loose my brother, allies and my friend permanently just because Thanos decided to reveal my identity in the most dramatic way he can possibly think of." said Loki. "I honestly have no idea on how this might possibly get any worse, at least Thanos is giving the night off before he begins his idea of making me pay the price for my failures."

"Thanos is going to pay for everything he has done and he's going to make sure that you pay for everything and to go around the universe to make sure that he hunts down everyone that did him wrong and make sure that they pay for everything whether it's betrayals or just failures, Thanos will make them pay and then he might do his worst."

"At least he's giving everyone a chance to plan out their final days before he snaps the universe away." said Loki sarcastically. "Is there any other wonderful news I should know about or are you just going to remind me the same old story before we continue on to the point where I have to talk you out of working with Thanos, for him to gain unlimited power that he hasn't even earned and should we go even further to point out how Thanos is only doing this to impress a girl?"

"Well at least Thanos has interesting priorities, anyone would see why they call him a mad titan." said Nebula.

"That is why we have to do everything that we can to stop him, if we let Thanos win then he will use that power to destroy us all and that alone will be anyhing but good." said Loki. "The main reason you should care is that if Thanos succeeds in his plans then we will all be paying the price."

"Since when did you start caring about what happens in the universe?" said Nebula. "I never would have thought that you of all people would start caring others."

"You do realize that what ever Thanos does to the universe affects all of us? Aside from anyone that I may care about, there is also the fact that I will be the one that pays the price the most and lives in this universe too." said Loki. "If I wanted to die in Thanos's hands then I would have surrendered before all of this escalated this far or better yet just stayed in my cell and refusing to join Thor on his quest and that would have definitely made things easier for me. But at the same time, part of me is happy that things happen the way it did, I managed to find someone who showed me a different side of life that I didn't really think of and showed me that I can be more than the villain that I was becoming."

"At least you might have possibly found some happiness before the inevitable and before Thanos..." begins Nebula before stopping herself from talking as she remembers on how she led Thanos in discovering Loki's secret and his imprisonment.

"I do wonder how Thanos possibly found out that revealing my secret would have been the key to turn everyone against me." said Loki. "Sure, I kept my existence on Earth a secret and only Darcy and three other people knew about me being Mysto. I highly doubt that strange doctor wizard fraud I encountered once would have told him anything unless Thanos figured out a way to save him. Even then why would Thanos save him or help him, Thanos must have found out in some other way, but the question is how?"

Nebula immediately turned from Loki, she doesn't even need to know that the moment that Loki finds out that she was partially responsible for revealing the truth to Thanos that whatever good relationship she has with Loki will banish. In fact it is fading away as Loki puts two and two together, as he realizes that Nebula must have some sort of connection to Thanos's discovery of his identity the life that he built being destroyed in a flick of a finger and how all seems lost right now. Loki can't believe how Nebula would just tell Thanos everything and not even care about the potential consequences. All she cares about is helping Thanos in his twisted plans and hopes that he would some how reward her for all of this. The more he thought about it, the more angry Loki is starting to feel and he is starting to see that Nebula is becoming more and more impossible by the minute. How does she expect things to change if she is going to make it harder for all of them to actually stop Thanos and not too mention be one step closer on winning?

"What? You were the one that told Thanos about my life on Earth and that I am Mysto?" said Loki not even sure why he is letting all of this bothering him.

"I had no choice, I was going to keep it a secret before they forced it out of me. If The Black Order knew that I was going to keep an important secret like this then they were going to make sure that I don't leave this ship alive and at least it save you the pressure of telling your brother that secret." said Nebula. "Other than that I only agreed to tell Thanos to not only save me from the torture, but in a way to help you because do you honestly think that Thanos would ever leave you alone if you didn't give up the stones?"

"At least the universe wouldn't be in a bigger mess than before and I had the confidence of walking around and saying tomorrow will have a bright future. Now things are even worse than before, if it weren't for you then maybe things wouldn't have gotten this far and I would still be on Earth, maybe I would have come up with a better plan on how to rescue anyone that Thanos still refuses to release them from this prison." said Loki.

"But then he would just start to torture them until you show up with the stones, consider this a favor." said Nebula defensively not even sure in what she is saying.

"Like I would ever ask you to have Thanos reveal one of the biggest secrets that I have been trying so hard to keep a secret and now he has all six stones with the Gauntlet on his hand. Now Thanos has more power than he can ever imagine and you practically allowed Thanos to destroy any hope for us to stop Thanos." said Loki. "It's clear that no one is going to try to help me after everything that has happened, sure Darcy is going to try but I don't think anyone would let her go any further than the landing pad."

"At least you know that they will be perfectly safe on Earth." said Nebula trying to add some comfort to the situation has failed miserably.

"Nebula, just do both of us a favor and leave, if you are going to just stand around and keep telling me how you won't defy Thanos just because you are too afraid to-" begins Loki not even setting a boundary for his growing anger.

"I am not afraid of Thanos!" said Nebula defensively. "All I am trying to do is-"

"To do what? Trying to impress him and obeying his bidding until Thanos has a change of heart and say that he's proud of you or you come up with a clever revenge plan where Thanos finally pays for what he did to you? Thanos will continue to hurt you and the only one that is stopping you from truly healing is yourself, not Thanos or Gamora. The only reason why Gamora wasn't there for you is because she was more worried about surviving then actually to stop to be there for you and what's worse you are trying to blame Gamora for something that you were both forced to do as children." said Loki angrily. "Now you practically did the same thing to not just me but to everyone else all because of your desire to survive and didn't even care about anyone in the process. Thanos is just trying to maintain that grip on you to help him move forward in his plans, he's holding you back from your true potential Nebula. Stop letting him control you and when you finally come to your senses come back and then we can talk. Until then leave me alone..."

Nebula is quiet, she didn't even know what to say or find a good argument or a cruel remark to defend herself. Everything that Loki just said is ringing in her ears as she starts to back away from the cell and leaves the dungeon to stop to think. She continues to wonder around aimlessly, lost in deep thought as Loki's final words, "he's holding you back from your true potential Nebula. Stop letting him control you..." is racing through her mind. Could Loki be right? Is her pain, anger and in a sense fear is letting Thanos maintain this power over her and that she can break free from Thanos without the need to stay on his good side? Does she really need Thanos's aproval to truly live her life and to finally be free from the pain that has been dominating for her entire life? Now she is more confused than ever and Nebula doesn't even know what to say or if there is anything that she can do to escape from Thanos like how Gamora successfully did. She just wishes that she can find the same courage that both Loki and Gamora had and- Maybe she can, only if she start small...

While Loki on the other hand is feeling more defeated by the minute and he does not want to believe that Thanos might have won this war. That all hope might be lost, he just hopes that the Avengers would come to stop Thanos. Even if they leave him on this ship to face his doom, at least they will stop Thanos from his plans. He has always thought that maybe Nebula would understand because of the mere fact that they both can connect with the pain of having a sibling outshine them and the idea that she would just turn her back to everything just because of her desire for revenge. But still aside from Nebula, things are looking rather hopeless. What if Thanos was right? What if it really was his fault that things turn out the way it did? Maybe no one is coming and that the universe is truly is doomed.

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Meanwhile in Thanos's throne room

Gamora is being escorted into the room by some of the Chitauri guards, she doesn't want to be in here and would give anything to fight her way out. She just hopes that Thanos doesn't try to reason with her and to get her to join his side or worst brainwash her to do his bidding. Gamora knows that he must have gotten the stones, she hasn't seen anyone from before and knows that Thanos wouldn't want to keep them around unless he truly believes that they might be a threat to his plans. When she enters the throne room, the sight of Thanos wearing the Guantlet and with all six stones made her anger rise. She really does not want to know what happened back there and how badly things must have went for everyone in the battlefield.

"It looks like I won the battle and I am one step closer on fully being able to complete all of the work right before me." said Thanos. "The offer still stands, you can join me again and I might spare you from the suffering that I am going to put you through if you dare refuse."

"To do what? Torture and kill others for your bidding, never having a choice in the matter." said Gamora defensively.

"I am offering you the chance to redeem yourself, to regain the opportunity to earn my respect and this throne." said Thanos.

"I never wanted to live this life, I have never wanted to follow in your footsteps." said Gamora. "Everything that I have hated about myself has come from you, now you expect me to voluntarily give myself up to help you in your cause."

"I saved you from living a life of nothing, I gave you the opportunity to train and to be more than that lost girl on your planet. I also allowed you to live a life where you can gain the strength and power needed to do the necessary decisions for my cause." said Thanos. "You can at least give me some form of gratitude to me, rather then being the ungrateful traitor that you have become in the past two months and maybe even think that you are becoming a little hero by daring to pursue a worthless life."

"The past two months have been the happiest in my life, they were the ones that truely saved me. You didn't save me on my planet, you kidnapped me and murdered everyone on my planet so that way you wouldn't have an excuse to take me in. To manipulate me to do your bidding and to turn me into the monster that you wanted me to become." said Gamora. "You didn't offer me an opportunity, you only offered me a prison that you wanted me to follow every command if I wanted to survive. How do you expect me to be grateful for that and everything that happened in the past two weeks?"

"You are my daughter and I expect you to respect and obey me no matter what." said Thanos starting to get frustrated with Gamora and her newfound attitude.

"I am not your daughter or will ever be one, I will continue to fight my way out and find a way to get that guantlet out of your grasp." said Gamora defensively, making Thanos realize the weak child that he found years ago, has grown up and she is not going to fall in his command anymore unless by force.

"It looks like that we are going to do this the hard way, at dawn I will cleanse your mind from this foolishness and you will be happy to return by my side as my daughter." said Thanos with an evil grin.

"There is no way that I will ever-" begins Gamora clenching her fist and a Chitauri soldier manages to grab a hold of her before she can have a chance to do anything.

"But I am willing to give you one more chance to change your mind, you have all of tonight to think about your choice and I hope you develop some common sense by tomorrow morning." said Thanos with an evil smirk. "This is a generous gift and I hope that you will make the right choice before I make it for you, put her back in her cell."

With that the Chitauri soldier begins to take Gamora away from the throne room and start to head towards the dungeon. Gamora knows that she is going to have to fight back or else her mind will be wiped and they will all be doomed. But the question is how? She wishes that there is a way to escape from the ship so that way or find a way to contact to the Guardians and/or Loki and the Avengers. That way they can all come up with a plan, but either way she is going to need to find a way out, she can't wait around for a miracle or for someone to rescue her. If Gamora is going to do something then she needs to do it now before it's too late.

As they are walking through the hallways of the ship, they past by Nebula who stood there staring at Gamora. She can't read the expression of her sister's face or want to even ask why she is staring at her. But she didn't even have the chance to ask because the Chitauri pushed her forward to the dungeons, she does wonder what Nebula might want, though she knows that her sister is now long gone. She tried to reason with her and the final time is the moment that she finally gave up, that Nebula is beyond reason and at the same time not beyond redemption. But the problem is that Nebula will continue to refuse to listen as she fueled by the anger and resentment from childhood, a problem that she can't deal with especially if she is going to find a way to escape tonight.

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Meanwhile back on Earth, in the Avengers Tower Training Room

Thor is hitting the punching bags hard and practicing to use his hammer as hard as he can on anything that he is allowed to hit with. The anger that he is feeling is fueling his mind and all Thor wants to do is make sure that he is hitting every punching bag. The fact that Thanos the creature that is caused so much destruction to Asgard, torture innocents like Gamora and now most recently created an elaborate plan to not only get all six stones, but to get a hold of Loki. Who is alive this entire time and was disguising himself as a hero called Mysto and he was trying to get the Infinity stones before Thanos did. It also doesn't help that he's also angry at Loki for lying to him in the first place and now they are in a bigger mess then they would have been if Loki had just told him the truth. What's worse he even brought Darcy and Jane down in this? He doesn't even know how he feels about Darcy's involvement in this, but all he knows that he's angry at both Thanos and Loki that all he wants to do is make sure that he lets his anger out.

Just because he is angry beyond words, it doesn't mean that he's not coming up with a plan. While Thor is busy hitting the punching bags, Jane slowly comes into the room not even sure how she is going to approach Thor or if this might be a good time to talk. Just because of the mere fact that he has been through a lot in the past couple of days and she doesn't know how to approach him, but she is going to be there for him and try to make things right for both Asgardian brothers. At least she hopes that she will be able to manage to do so.

"Hey, how's it going?" said Jane approaching Thor unsure on how to deal with the situation. "I just wanted to check in to see how you are doing, I mean you did go through a lot in the past couple of days."

"I'm doing really well or rather as well as one would take if he finds out his own brother lied to him about everything in the past months and is now on an alien ship with one of the worst monsters in the universe." said Thor in between punches and stopped for a second talk to Jane. "Other than the fact that I am going to give Loki a piece of my mind once I get him out of that ship, but I think I came up with a good plan on how I might possibly get Loki and Gamora out of there and defeat Thanos for good."

"Uh ok... Kinda surprising, but that's awesome." said Jane who is a little surprise to see that Thor might have come up with a plan where they might have come up with a plan that might work. "What's your idea?"

"I was thinking to fly up to space, find Thanos's ship and then fight my way inside. Then later find them and fight my way out to some escape pod and then fly us all out of the space ship." said Thor. "I am still working out on all the details but I already know that if I go there by myself and make sure that I fight my way in and out. Do you have any ideas on how I can find Thanos's ship as quickly as I can without getting lost in space."

"I can't think of any right now, but I don't think that might be the best idea because you would be alone up there and that plan sounds more like the main goal than a plan." pointed out Jane. "Plus there is also the fact that it's dangerous out there and you would be fighting off an army with a giant that might use Loki to make you give yourself up. We can't let Thanos do that or put yourself in danger with-"

"It's either that or I let Thanos win, you saw how he was ready to do whatever it takes to hurt him back there. I can't just sit here and do nothing, I need to go up there and do something." said Thor. "I failed him many times, I can't fail him this time especially if Thanos has him and-"

"Thor, you're not alone in this and we will find a way to get to that ship, defeat Thanos, retrieve the stone and get both Loki and Gamora out of there. But we need to do it in a way where you are not going to rush in and we don't even know what's going to happen to you in the end." said Jane. "Putting yourself in danger is not going to help anyone and you haven't failed him."

"I just don't know why he would keep it a secret like this? Doesn't he know that I would have been happy to know that he is alive." said Thor. "Though I am angry that he lied to me in the first place, but still at least he's alive for now... When I see him again, I don't even know what I am going to do..."

Both of them stood there in silence, this is the first time Thor truly allowed himself to think about Loki's survival and him now being in the hands of Thanos. Thor is now going through a whole sense of emotions that he doesn't even know what to do or if he can do anything at all. Never before he wishes that there was a solution that can fix all of this or if he can just go to Asgard for the Bifrost or advice, but both are not an option just because of Hiemdell being dead and his father is now doing everything he can to get the guard ready in case Thanos dares to try to do anything towards Asgard. On the topic of Odin, he can't tell him about Loki just yet because right now Loki's trapped with Thanos and not too mention, he doesn't know the full extent of what has gone on in Loki's time on Earth and quest for the Infinity stones.

Jane on the other hand knew that it is time to tell Thor everything, this has gone on long enough. Now with him knowing Now with him knowing the truth, Loki might want to at least give Thor some background because knowing him, he would not want to spend time to explain everything to Thor. So that way they can spend time focussing on trying to defeat Thanos before he does anything with the Infinity Stones. Plus she also feels like that it's time for Thor to hear the truth and that he also needs to hear this. Thor has been kept in the dark for far too long and if she and both Loki and Darcy wants to save their relationships then the best way to handle the situation is to tell Thor the truth. That is she hopes that this might be the best choice because Loki and Darcy's freedom and friendship to Thor kinda depend on it, at least it will help him start to heal and will get things cleared up for Thor.

"Loki asked Darcy and later on myself when I found out to not to tell you or anyone else anything, I made a deal with him and agreed to keep the secret only if he agreed that he tells you the truth later on." said Jane. "Loki agreed to do so, he was even considering to tell you earlier, he told me that he was considering to tell you maybe even before then right after he rescue you, Darcy and the others. But he wasn't sure and didn't even know if he's ready to tell you the truth, but he has changed a lot since the Dark World."

"He must have if he is friends with Darcy and decided to become Mysto in order to stop Thanos." said Thor. "He also seems to be truly sorry about everything that happened even if most of the problems is Thanos's fault."

"Yeah, I guess Thanos did a good job tricking all of us. At least we now know the truth and we can now stop the real villain." said Jane. "But first we need to find a way to save them after they figure out a mode of transportation."

"I can't believe that he was alive all of this time and I refused to see all of the signs that my brother was here, I had to have Thanos reveal it to me too finally see it." said Thor. "If I only knew or saw it when I have the chance then I would have done more to make sure that Thanos doesn't go anywhere near Loki."

"You shouldn't blame yourself, Loki did a good job on pretending to be dead and plus seeing how Thanos is raging about Loki two months after we saw him die. I don't blame you for not believing him, I mean I wouldn't have believed him either if I didn't literally walk in and found out the truth." said Jane. "But still instead of focussing on how things went the way it did, maybe we can focus on trying to fix this and then you guys can make up and then we will end this for good."

"What if he doesn't want anything to do with me and that he is still angry about the past few times that we encountered in the past?" said Thor unsure about what might the future be.

"To be honest, Loki believes that you might be ready to call an Asgardian army to take him back to his cell and was even ready to leave Earth before that happens." said Jane. "He really believes in the worst thing that might possibly happen to him will happen, ok it did happen with the whole Thanos capturing Loki while having the stones thing. But he really thought that you would be so angry and might tell your dad the minute you find out the truth, so Loki thought that the best option might be to leave Earth before anything else happened, well when he was planning to tell you and now I don't even want to know what he is going to do now."

"I guess I will have to show him that I will not do such a thing, that I just wanted him back, I just can't believe..." said Thor in disbelief. "That he would believe so low of me that I... Why would he think such a thing?"

"In Loki's defense, with how your friends, myself and even you treated him even before we left for the Dark World. I don't really blame him for thinking that way." said Jane trying her best to understand Loki's mindset about the whole situation. "I mean we all kinda turned our backs on him without even hearing his side of the story, Thanos or no Thanos, we all probably wouldn't want to hear any excuses or his side of the story. We would think that he's the villain of this story and never find out the truth, so aside from running away from his problems and facing you, his reasoning is somewhat understandable."

Thor never thought of that and is now remembering the beginning of their journey to the Dark World and how they treated Loki like dirt for the entirety of the trip. He can see how Loki thought that leaving Earth and keeping this secret might be thee best option. He can't excuse the things that Loki has done in the past or for being Mysto, but he now understands why Loki wanted to keep it a secret and maybe he even starting to feel some guilt about his past actions and maybe even want to start a new. Thor can't believe that he might have possibly made his brother feel that way and how things have gotten this far. How now things can be turned around and that he can make things right with Loki that is if he can.

That is the moment where Thor finally break down and he finally now feeling the effects of the past few days, along with Thanos achieving his goals and taking Loki. The idea that Loki has turned over a new leaf, believed in the worst of him, along with being so close on getting his brother back and now might possibly have lost him for good just because of Thanos. The monster that tortured and hurt Loki the moment that he landed on that cursed asteroid and used him to do his bidding, the one that has a vendetta against him and might do who knows what to torture him. He can't believe that it took them all of this to finally have a chance to make things right and to start their relationship anew and start right where they left off before Earth and Thanos.

While Jane is stays to be there for her boyfriend, she doesn't know how things might look like in the road ahead, but she knows that this is the start of the end of Thanos because things are suddenly falling into place and that soon Thanos won't know what's coming to him. Though the question is how soon will they build this ship and will Loki and Gamora be alright until then? Knowing Thanos who knows what might happen if they leave both of them in there for any longer then nessicarry who knows. what Thanos might do to them. They are going to need to build that ship and find a way to defeat this over powered Thanos and to do everything that he can to make sure that he hurts both Loki and Gamora.

For now all they can do is be there for each other as they face the reality of the situation and to start to think of a plan. Along with to recover from the after effects of the past few days and to move on to trying to stop Thanos before he destroys the future. Both Thor and Jane knew that Thanos is going to make sure that they loose and will use the stones to do whatever it takes to fight back. But they are not going to let that back them down and will do everything they can to make sure that Thanos loose this war for the Infinity Stones and to save Loki from whatever darkness that Thanos might have in store.

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Meanwhile on Thanos's ship

Loki is sitting in his cell, wondering how things went down the way it did and to see if there might possibly be a way out or to defeat Thanos. But so far he can't think of anything or found a way to possibly escape from his cell. Another thing is playing in his mind, is the idea of how he might have led to things ending up the way it did and how all of this in a twisted way is his fault. Maybe he shouldn't have let go from the Bifrost and then maybe things wouldn't have gone this or delayed it or maybe just refused Thor and stayed in his cell back in Asgard which sounds more like a luxury compared to the one he is currently in. If he has to go back to it once all of this is over, then he is never going to complain about wasting his days away in it again because at least he wasn't chained up.

But still now that Loki is stopping to reflect on this, he can see many alternative actions that he could have taken to at least delayed Thanos long enough to think of a plan where he can defeat them and figure out what might be the best way to tell Thor about his identity. He just wishes that it happened this way or if Thor had to know about his identity and then maybe he would have had more time to explain himself. Better yet why would he ever decide to do something like this? Why didn't he just say no and have Darcy give up on him? What was he hoping to achieve from all of this and did he really think that he might have been able to change anything or stop Thanos? If anything he just made things worse, now Thanos have all six Infinity stones with the Gauntlet and they are all doomed. Maybe it was his fault...

Before Loki can even have a chance to think anymore, he heard the dungeon door open and he quickly got up from where he was sitting to see what might be going on or if they decide to start torturing him sooner rather than later. But to Loki's surprise, he sees that the Chitauri is bringing in another prisoner to the cell right in front of him and the real shock was to see that it was Gamora. He thought that she was with these Guardians or something and managed to escape from Thanos's grasps, he is surprised to see that Thanos made an effort to grab a hold of her to only put her in the cell. Despite wondering on what might possibly have led to Gamora in being stuck in here, he knows that they need to get out of here and has the feeling that she is far from the position where she was when they first met. Once the Chitauri locked Gamora back into her cell and leaves the dungeon, Loki knows that this is the perfect time to make his move and to talk to Gamora right now before anyhing else happens.

"It looks like I'm not the only one who Thanos decided to capture and put in a cage until he finds it for his connivence." said Loki. "At least you are not in chains, is there any hopeful news that I should know about?"

"Loki, he caught you too? What happened back there?" said Gamora immediately heading towards the cell door to have a better look at Loki. "Did Thanos do anything to the others? What-"

"Let's just say that the outcome is anything but wonderful, not only that Thanos manages to get a hold of the stones." said Loki. "But I lost everything I cared about and now I can never go back to Earth because..."

"Darcy explained everything to me when we were trapped in this cell together, after we introduced ourselves and she seems to quick to tell me everything." said Gamora. "So you're pretending to be someone else to everyone in order to hide your true self and try to be the hero?"

"Well I wouldn't say that exactly, though I doubt that anyone would be coming to try to save us now that they know my true identity." said Loki as he quickly explain to Gamora what happened and how things have escalated to the point where it led to everyone else finding out about his true identity. "I don't think anyone is going to come after us if they believe that I am nothing more than a villain who probably somehow came in to help Thanos or deserve to be in this cell."

"No one deserves to feel the wrath of Thanos, no matter what they did in the past. From what I've seen of them, they don't seem to be the type that would just let a grudge overcloud their desire to fight for what is right and they might find a way to stop Thanos." said Gamora. "At least your friend might talk some sense to the others and besides they now know that not everything was your fault."

"But it is, if I had only refused Thanos the first time or left Earth when I had the chance then none of this would have happened." said Loki. "Now all it's left is for Thor to infiltrate this ship, disown me and put me in back in that cell with tighter security just because of the fact that I lied to him and for everything that happened recently. I should have never agreed to go around and grab the stones especially if I knew that all of this would happen."

"Well if it makes you feel any better from what I've seen of your brother so far, he doesn't seem to be the type who would dedicate his time and energy to get revenge on someone." said Gamora. "Plus it's not entirely your fault, Thanos tries to find the best way to twist anyone mentally and emotionally if he really wants to gain a power beyond his control and maybe even to make anyone feel the pain that he wants them to feel."

"Though I do wonder why would I agree to go on this journey and try to get all of the Infinity Stones? I knew it would have been a bad idea and that maybe the chances of actually being able to stop him is low." said Loki. "I always thought that by agreeing to do this, then not only it will get Darcy to stop with pestering me about it, but latter on, to maybe try to actually do something that can... Nothing, what does it matter? I failed and now that Thanos is one step closer on possibly ending the world the moment he has completed what he wants to do with the stones and us."

"Loki, you haven't failed anything. You are just... facing a major set back that's all..." said Gamora trying to add some comfort in this really grim situation. "Thanos wants you to give up and you can't-"

"In case you have forgotten, I already gave him what he wanted and now I'm trapped in this cell and by this time tomorrow I might not be as hale as I am right now." said Loki turning the focus to Gamora with a hint of curiosity and somewhat concern in his voice. "So is there a reason why Thanos decided to go after you as well? Why would he go into great lengths to capture his favorite daughter and put her in a prison cell?"

"Thanos caught me to try to see if he can somehow convince me to rejoining his side, but I refused every single time Thanos tried to sweet talk his way into my head. I kept fighting my way to survive this place and I just hope that my friends aren't going to come after me." said Gamora. "Thanos will kill them the moment that they try anything but part of me knows that they are going to do something especially with... Never mind, I just know that after everything we have been through in the past months and how we all looked out for one another in the past, they will come for me. I just hope that I'm wrong."

"At least Thanos is not planning to torture you for your failures or rather just because he really despises you." said Loki. "I'm sure that these friends of yours will be more than happy to save you if they truly cared for you, Darcy would have done the same for me if I wasn't stuck in space with Thanos and if the others would let her..."

"I'm sure that they will try to find a way to rescue you." said Gamora trying to add her own voice of comfort before continuing. "I wish that was true but Thanos is going to use the stones to erase my memories and turn me into the monster that he was hoping that I would have become. He wants to take control of my life and to give me a destiny that I have never wanted."

"What? That's horrible." said Loki who honestly thought that Thanos would never stoop this low to try to get Gamora to do what he says. But then again this is Thanos they are talking about, there are no boundaries or sense of morality for him.

"Yes, he has given me tonight to think about it and to reconsider his offer." said Gamora. "He practically giving me no choice for my freedom, it's either to voluntarily agree to work with Thanos with my memories in check or refuse then later loose them and live the life that Thanos has always wanted me to live."

"This is an outrage, no one should do that to someone that they claim is their child, even if Thanos believes that his methods of raising a child is the best." said Loki who is disgusted with how far Thanos would go to regain some sense of control of Gamora.

"I know right, I don't even know what to do on that one or see any form of escape without some kind of consequence in store." said Gamora. "I don't even know how long Thanos plans to keep things this way, but I do know that he is not going to stop using the stones until the power satisfies him."

"That's what all Thanos wants to maintain and have the power to move planets, it doesn't matter if he manages to impress his lover. As long as Thanos have the stones then nothing else matters and for the people that stands in his way, he'll either destroy them or keep them locked up on this ship so he can keep an eye on them." said Loki. "Thanos clearly sees you as his favorite of all of. his children and doesn't want to stand against you in a battle and as for me, he has a deep hatred for me and believes that if he can somehow break me not only it would make up for the last time but it will also give him a sense of relief."

"Relief, how?" said Gamora confused at the last statement.

"The relief that he no longer has to deal with me and that he breaks me in every way imaginable..." said Loki. "Thanos was planning this, he wanted to reveal my identity to the others in hopes that they would turn their backs on me. To destroy all hope and even if only the Maxioffs, Jane and Darcy stayed loyal, he knows that they wouldn't stand a chance on getting anywhere close to defeat him. He wants to destroy every chance of hope there is and to make sure that I pay for it, to keep me here until I die believing that I'm a monster who failed in stopping Thanos and he wants me to give up on myself and to have a second chance in life."

"Which is why we need to fight, find a way to escape the prison that Thanos and others may try to put us in. Even if the Avengers, your friend and my friends try to save us, it's up to only ourselves to fight whatever Thanos may have in store for us and not let him bring us down while we are still trapped here." said Gamora. "Whatever happens tomorrow I know that I am going to not let him control me without a fight, are you going to do the same?"

Loki start to think in silence for a moment, as he reflects on this conversation and the relization he has made. He knew that Gamora is right and they are going to need to find the strength inside of themselves to fight back and to make a stand against Thanos. He is thinking back on what Tony said to him in Avengers tower of how if they can't save Earth from him, they will do everything they can to avenge it from him. They were ready to continue fighting and to try to make sure that they do everything that they can to make sure he gives up his power for the good of the planet. Why is he open to giving up and sit in this cell and do nothing? When there is still the chance of this to be turned around, he may have failed in keeping Thanos from getting the stones, but he is not going to fail in doing everything he can to stop Thanos from using them to cause harm.

But first he needs to figure out a way out of this prison, he needs to find a way out or else tomorow morning things will get worse. Loki begins to think carefully of a plan that might work and to see if it might even be possible. After some thinking, Loki came up with a great plan that might be so crazy that it might work and the main question is why is he doing this now? Sure he knows that he might never return to Earth, he might never see Darcy, Thor or anyone else from Earth again and no one might know what he did aside from Gamora, but for some reason Loki feels like that he needs to do this and he needs to stop Thanos once and for all. He knows that he will figure out why he might be doing this later because he has to put together this plan and there is still one piece of the puzzle that needs to be put in place.

"You're right, we need to keep on fighting, if we are going to win and if we want to win." said Loki determinedly. "I think I might have an idea on how to get out of here, but I am going to need your help."

"What do you have in mind?" asked Gamora interested and is now ready for action.

The next few hours in the dungeon is mostly spent with Loki telling Gamora the basis of the plan and have her help him figure out any potential flaws of the plan. Along with tell her the part that she has to play and how she have to do her role perfectly if they want to pull this off. Gamora also told Loki on some of the things that they need to do in order to possibly have a successful escape plan. So far it might be a stretch, but it's the only hope that they have at the moment and a chance that they need to take. For most of the night, it was just Loki and Gamora developing the plan and for the first time since they have met, started to become real friends just because they are developing a trust for one another with the hope that tomorrow will be the start of a brighter future and freedom.

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Meanwhile back on Earth

The remaining four Avengers and Darcy are hard at work on creating a mode of transportation and to come up with a plan on how to infiltrate Thanos's ship and to possibly be able to get Loki, Gamora, the Gauntlet and the stones out before anything else happens. So far both Tony and Bruce are taking a break from building the new ship to talk about a potential plan where they might be able to succeed in doing that. They also hope that the best case scenario would be that they might be able to defeat Thanos without ever having to deal with him ever again. But since that would be too good to be true, they are just going to focus on getting Loki and Gamora out and figure out what might be the best course of action would be. The most likely option would be to find a way to communicate with Thanos and have him meet them somewhere far from any where that might cause some potential irreparable damage.

It looks like that they at least managed to create some kind of diagram for them to try to study the ship, well at least tried from figuring out on what each of them can contribute to try to create the diagram of the ship. It might not even be accurate, but it's better than blindly hoping that the plan can somehow hopefully work and that they will be able to pull this off. So far it has felt like if they are just going back and forth until it winds up going back to where they have started and restating their goals. At least they are actually coming up with something and even then it's not much to go on...

"Ok, from what I remember they took me from this room and then they took me in this long hallway to this throne room where Thanos was ready to talk to me and Thor." said Darcy. "I'm guessing that where he mostly hangs out during the day and when he's not going around hunting down gems and hurting everyone."

"Ok, at least we have an idea on where he might possibly keep the stones, but the real question is how are we going to get the Gauntlet off Thanos's hand and find a way to get to Loki and Gamora out." said Steve.

"I'm more interested in what are we going to say once all of this is over, everyone will have questions and there is no way we will be able to simply tell them the whole story without an angry mob coming out." said Tony. "I just hope that we come up with a good explanation for whatever is going to happen and what already has happened."

"We'll figure that out later, right now it's better to at least figure out what might be the best way to solve this problem before Thanos does anything else." said Natasha. "It's clear that he's just waiting for the right moment to strike and to make sure that he can catch everyone off guard to make his move."

"Ok then exactly how are we going to do the same thing to Thanos then?" said Bruce. "If he has the stones then-"

Before Bruce can even finish his sentence, the door opened and the five of them turned to see that it was Thor and Jane on the other side of the door and they walked right towards them. The four Avengers doesn't even know what to say to their friend, whether should they tell him about the plan or allow him to have a moment to breath is the question that is going on in their minds. Neither one of the Avengers have ever remembered seeing Thor this full of emotions before and don't even want to know what he might be feeling right now. Darcy can't help but turn away from seeing the sight of Thor, she does not want to know what he might say to her and is now starting to feel really guilty about lieing to Thor about all of this. She just hopes that maybe someday Thor will forgive both of them and that maybe he won't be too angry at them in the really distant future when all of this is over. Though now that she thinks of it, she might owe Thor an apology for just lying the fact that Loki was dead and help him keep this secret.

So far Darcy knows that she is far from being Thor's favorite person in the room or at least. Soon both of them headed to the table where Darcy and the Avengers are standing around with their makeshift diagram. Neither one of them, knew what to say or if they can say anything without causing some form of scene and they don't even know if this might be a good sign or not. But the five of them agreed that one of them need to speak up to break the silence and to try to ease the tension that is already put in the room. From once glance at Jane, they saw that she is calm but determined and they all figured that must be a good sign. Fortunately for all of them, Thor was the one that finally broke the silence.

"So, are you all coming up with a plan?" said Thor. "What can I do to help?"

"Uh... Are you alright?" said Bruce who doesn't even know if this is a good sign and is now starting to feel like that the hulk's temper is tamer compared to the emotional breakdown that he has gone through.

"Yes, I have never been better and now how are we going to get to Thanos?" said Thor determinedly. "Have you built that ship yet? If not then what did you come up with so far?"

"Well let's just say that the plan is still in the work in progress stage." said Natasha. "I'm going to safely assume that you are finish going through all of the five stages of grief?"

"I'm ready to get my brother back." said Thor determinedly.

At that moment, the Avengers begins to fill Thor in what the plan is so far and what they came up with and Thor starts to give his imput to the plans. Both Darcy and the Avengers are relief to see that Thor is back to his old self and with the determination to stop Thanos. For the rest of the day, they spent getting ready for the fight against Thanos, the rescue mission and building the ship. Along with Darcy returning to the training room to try to improve her fighting skills, if she's going to tag along then she is going to get better at defending herself and to do everything she can to help out. Darcy just hopes that this is enough and that both Loki and Gamora will be alright when they find them. It's a long battle ahead and there is no telling what Thanos might do with the power of the Infinity Stones. They all knew that they are going to have to fight to win this war, but they are all determined to find a way to win and save Loki, Gamora and the universe whatever it takes.

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It's finally here! First of sorry that there hasn't been an update at all last month, it was really busy to say the least. I am going to try to get the next chapter out in two-three weeks. The next chapter is going to be really exciting and there are about 4-5 more chapters before the final battle, so anything can happen between now and then. Especially since this chapter is more of a recovery chapter for Thor and Loki as they reel in the after effects of the big reveal because let's be honest, they are the ones that are going to be the most effected from the last chapter and this chapter is more of the healing chapter. While the next chapter will be the begining of the end.

I'm also thinking of possibly doing one-shot chapters for Redemption that takes place during the time skip and it can be anything like slice of life fics, Loki teaming up with the Avengers or just Thor and Loki as Mysto of course. teaming up (it can be a midquel story with multiple chapters), maybe even a Loki and Hiemdell team up (I still want to do it and would be happy to do it in a one shot) or maybe even Loki ad Darcy's adventures of searching for the Infinity Stones. But it has to take place during the time skip and not be something that would add more to the main story that it would be necessary to read them. They are mostly would be stand alone stories that still in the Redemption canon. I'm open to any idea that you guys might have, just put a review or pm me with your ideas and I'll be happy to use your ideas to write them into one shots.

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

So what is Loki's plan? Will the Avengers, Darcy and Jane save Loki and Gamora from Thanos in time? What is going to happen to Nebula? What path will she choose? (Especially with everyone who has ever sees her as an individual is now giving up on her.) What is Thanos's plans with the stones? When will he strike? How will they beat Thanos with the power of the universe in the palm of his hands. We're going to have to wait until the next chapter to find out, see ya in the next update. :)