The next morning, things are looking like if it is a smooth morning on Thanos's ship and that nothing out of the ordinary is going to happen. But Loki and Gamora are waiting to put their plan in action, they know that this is a stretch and this plan might not be able to work. They need to try and this might be their only chance to try anything. After a brief overview, the two notice that the Black Order and Nebula came to the dungeon to take Gamora to Thanos and to hear what her choice might be. Without anyone noticing, Gamora quickly make a determined face to tell Loki that she's ready and Loki quickly gave a quick thumbs up (something he learned from Darcy.) The next thing they did is to make sure that they act natural, Gamora did her best to look conflicted and Loki didn't even need his powers to make sure that he makes himself look as annoyed and yet desperate as he can.
When the Black Order and Nebula finally came in, they quickly heads towards Loki to make sure that he isn't up to something and that the binds are as tight as it can possibly be. The Black Order didn't want to risk Loki doing anything to try to escape from the cell, once they are sure that Loki won't be causing any problems, they all turn to Gamora wanting to see if she is going to cause any trouble for them. Gamora glared at them and just hopes that they will be able to pull this off, she doesn't even know what she is going to do if things don't go as plan.
"Thanos, has sent us to retrieve you and we await your final answer of the offer." said Corvus. "That will determine on how you might be treated during our time together and that is what I am really looking forward too. Remember, just because you are Thanos's favorite, it doesn't mean that you are safe from whatever pain that we might want to indulge on you."
"Well Corvus, you will have to keep on waiting because I have decided to rejoin Thanos and to help him in any mission he wants me to go on." said Gamora. "I don't even know what I was thinking when I thought that it was wrong to obey Thanos."
This caught Nebula by surprise, she never thought of Gamora as the type to give up or be that ready to submit herself back to Thanos. Knowing her sister, Nebula knows that Gamora would do everything she can to fight off Thanos and make sure that she does everything to make sure she finds a way to escape or stop Thanos. From one look at Loki who is now looking surprise that Gamora would even think of betraying everyone to full fill Thanos's wishes to give up and give in to whatever Thanos may want from her. This is unlike her and Loki acting surprise and not even knowing what to expect, they are acting strangely and Nebula doesn't know why but she feels like that this is leading to something that might not help Thanos at all.
"You really want to serve the almighty Thanos again?" said Proxima. "Are you finally going to put behind the foolishness that you were so naive to believe in and swear your duty to serve Thanos with your dying loyalty."
"I do but I do have one request." said Gamora, catching the Black Order and Nebula by surprise.
"What is this request?" said Corvus menacingly.
"I would like to start torturing Loki the moment after I swear myself to Thanos because he is just getting on my nerves." said Gamora. "Is there any possible way that we can bring him with us?"
"The feeling is also mutual Gamora." said Loki. "But let me just say that you all are never going to get away with this, since there is always a way for the situation to be turned around to my favor."
"You better watch what you say runt, unless you want us to put you through more torture than you can ever imagine." said Corvus viscously.
"Believe me just sitting here with the idea that I failed and talking to you is torture enough." said Loki.
"Well then let's take both of them to Thanos, so that way he can see for himself." suggested Nebula with the Black Order glaring at her for even daring to inteerfear in these matters. "We're not going to get anything done if we just stand here and argue with the prisoners, let Thanos decide if Gamora is really being honest about her desire in wanting to rejoin us."
The room turned silent as the Black Order begins to think about what Nebula just said and that alone is making both Gamora and Loki nervous. What if this is just a way for Nebula to stop them in their tracks? Loki knows that this might be the moment that can determine if the plan will work and if they will be able to get any further than this little lie. Gamora knew that if they even suspect anything that all of this is just an escape ploy then Loki will be the one that is going to get tortured and she will loose all of her memories. They both waited nervously as the Black Order thought about what Nebula has said and they all seem to agree on one thing and they all turned to Nebula to reveal their decision.
"It appears that you are right for once in your life, it would be wise if we check in with Thanos before we do anything else and then we can begin the runt's punishment for his failures and betrayal." said Corvus. "Let's take them both to Thanos and get this over with."
To both Loki and Gamora's relief and surprise, the Black Order begins to open Gamora's cell door and let her out without any bounderies in place. While Cull and Proxima open the cell door and double check if they are secured. Once they are done with that, Proxima removed the chains from the hitch and dragged Loki brutally behind her, the Black Order and Nebula begins to escort both Loki and Gamora into Thanos's throne room. They both hope that for some miracle that this works out and that maybe they will be able to pull it off, the plan is already off to a good start and that maybe things will continue to go smoothly and this will work.
10 minutes later
Soon they all arrived at Thanos's throne room, the Black Order first let Gamora enter the room before they dragged Loki into the room with Nebula following slowly behind them. Thanos stared at them with some interest, he is hopeful that Gamora finally is going to return to his side and finally realize that he is right. The last thing he wants is to fight her in the battlefield and he's happy that she might have possibly realized that before he had to do it through force. But there is one thing that got him curious, why is Loki there? He doesn't see why the Black Order and Nebula would bring both Loki and Gamora to him if Gamora is going to pledge her loyalty to him, but he's hoping that she will have the desire to torture him. That isn't a bad idea...
"Gamora, I see that you must have insisted to bring the prisoner with you to come see me. Have you decided to make the right decision after all?" said Thanos with glance at both Gamora with a sense of hope and then turn to look at Loki with a sense of hatred.
"Yes, I have decided that you were right this entire time, about every and that... I would like to rejoin you after all." said Gamora with confidence.
"I am glad to hear that, but first you are going to have to prove to me that you are going to stay on my side this time." said Thanos with an evil grin.
"What? How do you expect me to-" begins Gamora surprised and defensively.
"If you truly want to rejoin me then you will have no problem with Loki being tortured through your hands." said Thanos. "It would be the perfect way to start things off, if we want to start things anew and to truely show your loyalty."
"Of course father, I understand and will be happy to do it." said Gamora. "But first I need something that might cause some more pain than one little punch might do and something that might be powerful enough to break something."
"None of you are ready to wield the gauntlet if that is what you trying to ask, but I think I might have a suitable substitute for you." said Thanos as he got up to grab an axe hiding behind his throne. "This axe might be strong enough to cause the pain that you want to inflict on, but be careful it can break almost any material."
Gamora tries her best not to smile, since this is more than perfect and she knows that this is their chance. While Nebula on the other hand, already can see that Thanos is making a big mistake and thinks she knows what is really going on. But without a second thought she quickly decided not to tell Thanos of her suspicions. Not only because he may not take her seriously if she try to say anything, but there is also the fact that she just doesn't feel like that she can say anything. Not only Loki's words have been going around her head, but she also feels like that she can't do it and only just stand there to watch Gamora do whatever she is planning to do.
While Gamora on the other hand is ready for this part and just hopes that this plan works. That maybe they will be able to pull this off, it's risky and from her time with Thanos, she knows that there is a high risk of failure. But Gamora knew that this needs to work or else they are going to be doomed even further than they already are at the moment. She picks up the axe and slowly head towards Loki, this is the moment where she doesn't even know how they might be able to survive if they went through with this and what might happen after this. Gamora also knows that even with the hope that this might work, but she knows that there is also many factors that they are hoping not to interfere. What choice do they have? It's either this or hope for some miracle that they don't even might even work, as she faces Loki and directed the axe to where she wanted it to be. This is the moment where things will change and the chance for them to make their move...
"Now pledge your loyalty to me, then you will be welcomed back in open arms." said Thanos. "Now do your worst."
Gamora quickly hit the chains with the axe and fortunately she was able to break off the chain in between the handcuffs and the one that Proxima was holding. But unfortunately not only is Loki's hands are still cuffed, there is also the fact that the Black Order doesn't even stop to think about going towards both Loki and Gamora to start a fight between both sides. Both Loki and Gamora almost immediately begins to defend themselves and to fight their way out of the throne room to make their big. escape. So far the two of them seem to be doing a good job in defending themselves and that it allows them to have a chance to escape and to possibly be able to change things around. It would have been easy if there wasn't more Chitturi guards running and that Loki is not even using his magic in fighting against them.
"You know one of your magic tricks might be useful right now." said Gamora as she's fighting Proxima and so far the fight between the two is getting intense.
"The cuffs are still on my hands, as long as they are on my hands, they will continue to block my magic and powers until we can get them off." said Loki in between fighting the Chituari and Cull. "Unless you expect me to develop fire powers that might be strong enough to melt Asgardian metals, then I am going to have to fight them off the physical way."
"It would have been helpful if you told me that back in the cell before they came to get us." said Gamora anoyeed before turning her focus back to the fight. "No matter, let's focus on getting out of here and then we can deal with the handcuffs later."
With that Loki just gives a quick nod as he knocks out a Chitturi, the fight continues on and there is no telling who might win. But eventually both Loki and Gamora manages to defeat all of the Chitauri blocking the door and starts to run towards it. They have managed to make their escape and it won't be long until they find the escape pods to make their escape and they will be close to freedom. There is no telling what might stop them or if they will be able to escape the ship, Thanos is ready to make sure that they don't go any further than they already have. He's not going to use the stones in order to not hurt Gamora, but he is going to send an army after them.
"After them now, don't let them get to the pods and once you obtained both of them then bring them both to me." ordered Thanos to the Chituari and turns to the Black Order." Be sure to do whatever is necessary to make sure that they don't leave this ship."
Once all of the Chituari and Black Order leaves to carry out their orders, Thanos turns to Nebula with anger in his eyes. He quickly approach her and Nebula knows that this is anything but good. She is hoping that whatever he is going to say to her is not anything that would require her to go to the torture chambers or he thinks that she is somehow involved in this plan. Though part of her is happy that they are causing some disturbance in Thanos's plans and that the plan is surprisingly good considering on all of the factors that are against Loki and Gamora. But what Thanos is about to say to Nebula is going to change everything that is about to happen and what Nebula is about to be ordered to do.
"I want you to go on ahead to the escape room, make sure you disable all of them and be the key defense until the Order find their way there." said Thanos. "Do anything you do everything you can to make sure that they don't go anywhere near them."
"Yes Thanos." said Nebula and is about to leave the room before Thanos grabbed a hold of her arm to add a couple more things to the order.
"If they cause you any trouble, make sure that you strike Gamora as hard as you can and do with her as you wish." said Thanos. "All I ask is for you to make sure that Loki is the least hurt, so that way I will be able to deal with him myself."
"What of Gamora?" said Nebula who is somewhat curious what might happen to her sister from this possible betrayal.
"Deal with her in whatever way you believe that she deserves." said Thanos viscously. "Now go, every second you stand here questioning is another step closer on them leaving this ship."
With that Nebula hurries to run as quickly and as stealthy as she can possibly can, Nebula can't help but wonder about how her actions are leading to the possibility that things are definitely not going to end well. But still why is she suddenly caring about Gamora now? She constantly won the fights that they had to endure when they were children and then she got punished for her failures. There's also the fact that Loki is the one that has been in the wrong about the whole grabbing the Infinity Stones thing and she likes to think that Thanos would leave him alone until he feels like finally going after him. Even if Thanos started to go after him before Loki actually started to collect the stones, he should have just not interfered and do his best to hide from Thanos with the hope that he is never found. But still it would be nice to see Gamora get what she deserves right? Plus maybe Thanos won't be so hard on Loki and he's wrong about Thanos, that she would get her freedom once all of this is over. Things are finally falling into place... Why does things feel so wrong?
Meanwhile in the hallways
Loki and Gamora are holding their own against an army of Chitauri, despite the upgrades that they must have undergone the two of them put up a good fight. It is a struggle that they have to deal with, but so far they are doing a good job on fighting them off and working together to make sure that they defeat every Chituari soldier that is standing in their way. Loki just wishes that he is able to use his magic and his powers to fight them off, simply because if he had them then maybe they would have made it to the escape pods by now. Even without Loki's powers, they managed to fight off as many of them as they can. The only problem is that they have to deal with the Chitauri with highly advanced armor where it feels like that it's almost impossible to hurt them with this armor and to even find their weak spot in order to knock them out.
As they continue on fighting the Chituari and making sure that they do everything they can to defeat them, Gamora is hitting the Chitauri as hard as she cann with the axe. Even though she's more into swords than axes, at least she is making some sort of impact on them, as she continues to fight them off and to help with the escape. While she is fighting one of them the Chituari is putting up more of a fight than before and this one is using any acquired strenght from the arm to the point that it even broke the axe that Gamora keeps on fighting to the point that she discovers something. She notices a botton on the armor and out of curiosity, Gamora quickly pushes the button and to her surprise, the armor begins to break apart and it starts to shock the Chitauri until it ultimately breaks apart and the soldier collapse.
"Loki, there's a botton that connects them with the armor and it causes them to loose the power that it's giving them." said Gamora."Maybe if we push them all, then maybe we will be able to knock more out and speed this up."
"At least we have discovered the design flaw before Thanos did, now can we focus on it before he sends out more?" said Loki as he quickly presses the botton and turned around to deal with the other one behind him, once he quickly manages to do so... There is all of the sudden a sound of a tear from behind, to Loki's surprise and annoyance he sees that his cape has been ripped in half and that now the costume is more ruined than before.
With one quick look, Loki is annoyed to discover that it was the Chitauri that he just defeated by pressing that button was responsible for this. Normally in a situation like this he would be worried about him possibly looking ridiculous or the damage that might have occurred to his main outfit. But right now he''s too annoyed at the Chitauri for trying to see if he can somehow break his spirits through a petty attempt of damaging one of the few objects that he has to remember Darcy by. Though that annoys him too, but that is beyond the point and now Loki is ready to make sure that he takes down all of the Chitauri in one go. That is exactly what he did by making sure that all of the Chitauri is taken down and start to make sure that the Chitauri stays down. Eventually Loki manages to clean up the hallway and take down all of thee Chitauri in a snap. Gamora can't believe in what she just saw and have many questions going on in her mind...
"Why couldn't you have done that sooner?" said Gamora in disbelief.
"They didn't become that annoying earlier on and I don't know about you, but I think I had enough of their little mind tricks. They also destroyed a perfectly good cape, so I figured that if they are going to continue on this act then I might as well try to give them exactly what they wanted." said Loki.
"You did all of that because one of them slashed your cape?" said Gamora who can't believe that Loki would go that far over sometthing so petty.
"First of all this costume was a gift from Darcy and it has some form of sentimental meaning that unfortunately now it's destroyed." said Loki giving a brief explanation. "Other than that it's mostly to show that it will take more than that to bring me down, I'm not a puppet that they can take control whenever they feel like and if we aree done wasting time. I think it would be wise to continue on before we have to deal with any more."
Loki starts to walk away from the scene, heading towards the direction that they were going with Gamora catching up. They are closer towards the escape pods now and they are going to make it if they keep up this pace. All they now need is luck and the hope that things continue on this path if they are going to succeed in the escape. Soon they both arrived in the room filled with escape pods, Gamora quickly goes to the one that is further into the room and find an escape pod that is more than perfect for the situation. She quickly grab a metal rod from the back and hit the pad on top and that quickly destroy it and begins to open to unlock the pod.
"So far so good, at least they won't be able to track this pod with the tracker destroyed." said Gamora as she quickly puts all of the passwords to get the escape pod activated. "Luckily for us this one has still yet to be used."
"Is there any particular reason why we are going with this pod?" said Loki who is keeping an eye out for any unwanted followers to give them any more trouble.
"This pod have one flaw that might help us in our escape, it is programmed to head towards an automatic different direction behind the ship." said Gamora. "So we're going to use that as an advantage."
With that the pod door opens, it wasn't as big as the other pods but it had enough room and resources for two. Loki and Gamora quickly heads inside the pod and took their seats. Gamora quickly put in more codes into the control panel and once the system accepted the codes then it begins to start the launch and position the pod for the opening on the back. Things look like if things are going to be running and that they might be able to do this after all. But there is only one problem...
Before the launch can continue to proceed, the pod stopped and the next thing that the both of them knew is that on the screen there is giant red words blinking and they are saying. "Launching failed! Require permission to continue!" Gamora groaned at the screen as she remembers the one little detail she has forgotten and Loki just stared at Gamora nervously. No one doesn't need to be a deep thinker to know that there is one flaw in the plan, one that they would never want to happen at the moment and they both know that this is definitely not going to be working in their favor.
"Please tell me you can add another access code to activate this thing." said Loki hoping that this is not as bad as it seems.
"I wish it was that simple, I can't believe that I forgot that Thanos created these escape pods with a system that no one will be able to use them unless we have Thanos or someone else in the control panel." said Gamora. "We can't fly the pod without someone letting us have complete access to do so."
"That would have been good to know before we put this plan in motion or even went this far." said Loki completely annoyed. "I can not believe that we are going to let Thanos put us back in his custody for a minor detail like this."
"There is a way for us to get the pod to go, one of us would have to go back to the front and give the pod permision to launch." said Gamora. "But even then one of us would have to either take another pod or to..."
Both of them turned away from another as they face with that option, in order to get the pod to move then one of them will have to possibly stay if the worst case scenario happens. Loki thought maybe he should get out and do it, so that way Gamora will escape, meet up with her friends and maybe just maybe there might be some hope or at least they can all live full lives without Thanos destroying them. Besides Thanos wants him and might leave Gamora alone if he just gives himself up to the mad titan and that alone is promising. Plus he might do the universe a favor if he just stays behind and figure out how to at least delay Thanos in using the stones as long as he can.
Gamora is also thinking of maybe staying behind to launch the pod simply because she knows all of the codes that will launch the pod and Thanos might take it easier on her just because she's his 'favorite.' She knows that Thanos would be one step closer on completing all of his goals if Loki stays, plus it wouldn't be any good for Loki if he stays behind like this. There is no way that she is going to let Loki, the one who involuntarily showed her how Thanos is wrong and that he shouldn't have to die in the hands of Thanos. Gamora knows that she is ready to do whatever is nessicarry to defeat Thanos and if she has to sacrifice herself to ensure his defeat then so be it.
Soon it turns out that neither of them wouldn't have to, the screen suddenly lights up green with the words "permission granted." The two quickly exchanged a surprise look and the next thing they both knew is that the pod starts to zoom out of the ship and it is going so fast that it reaches the exit point. It continues to gain speed as the pod flies out into space and Loki and Gamora are finally free.
"Does this normally happen in that room?" asked Loki as they are zooming further and further away from Thanos. "Do these pods or that command table always malfunction out of nowhere?"
"It's actually really rare, someone must have activated the pod and command it to leave." said Gamora. "Does it really matter? At least we are free now and once we run out of fuel then I will see how we're going to get to Terra before Thanos decides to send his army after us."
"Wait, we are going to run out of fuel?" said Loki almost imiediatly and doesn't even know if he's more worried of going back to Earth to face everyone or being lost in space.
"The pods are designed to land anyone safely on any planet in case of attacks or evacuations. Afterwards it runs out of fuel and the survivors would have to wait for help, but being rescued or taken in by Thanos is a fate worse than death." said Gamora. "Fortunately Thanos didn't install a tracker on the communication systems, once we stop I will get us a ride and then we will figure it out from there."
"While you do that, I am going to try to figure out on who launched our pod simply because the question of who would risk everything to help us." said Loki. "I don't even know if I should be grateful or worried that they even helped us in the first place. We don't even know why they helped us or if we might be paying the price later or simply if we are just being a pawn to Thanos's plans again. I would rather be one step ahead of whatever game Thanos is playing rather than go through another disaster like the last time."
Gamora gives Loki a quick nod of agreement, they continue to zoom through space and there is no telling where they might end up or what might happen next. But both Loki and Gamora knew that Thanos will go after them sooner or later, that his new mission will be to hunt them down no matter what. They don't even know who the one who launched the pod is or what they might even be planning.
Loki knows that he can't return to Earth because of the Avengers knowing that he's been Mysto this entire time and that he would have to face Thor. Sure he would want things to work out and they can start anew, but for his past and the fact that he lied and hurt his brother more than he has ever had in the past year, let alone an entire life time. Besides it might be best for both him and Darcy if he just stays up here in space, maybe once the help that Gamora is going to ask for arrives, he can talk them into leaving him on another planet or something. Sure he knows that this is not the answer and that he is going to need some kind of army to face Thanos again, but this is what is best for everyone and himself. Loki knows that as long as Thanos has the stones and this anger against him, he will never stop searching for Loki until he makes sure that he pays for everything.
The future looks uncertain and nether one of them knows how all of this will end, but at least they are now free from the prison that Thanos has put them and they are now one step closer on defeating Thanos. At the same time, a step further away and there is no telling what Thanos might do next with this unspeakable amount of power. At least they are free now and soon they will find a way to stop Thanos, only time will tell...
Meanwhile back on Thanos's ship
Thanos has called an emergency meeting with the Black Order and Nebula, he is really furious at today's events and the most recent report that Loki and Gamora escaped. He suspects that there is a traitor in the midst and the question is who? Once he finds out then he will make sure that they wished that they have never betrayed him and that they will meet their end in extreme pain. Before he starts to interrogate his entire army, the order and Nebula, Thanos knows that the first thing that he has to do is to give out a new order and to get things back in order.
"As the five of you know, there has been a little incident earlier today organized by our prisoners and it ultimately resulted in their escape." said Thanos. "But I won't tolerate it and want us to do everything we can to make sure that we teach both of them the consequences of what happens when one tries to undermine me. So I'm going to send out the Chitauri to every sector of the galaxy to search for them and to return both of them to us."
Nebula tries her best to hide her uncomfortable feelings from everyone, she knows that both Gamora and Loki is going to pay a high price for this. The best thing that the two of them should do is to try to go as far as they can and do everything possible to hide from Thanos. The last thing that she wanted is for Thanos to have the sastifaction of having them both back in his custody. She also hopes that Thanos doesn't find out the truth of what really happened, for all three of their sakes...
"I will make an announcement to every planet in the galaxy and to make sure that we have everyone on high alert if they know what's good for them." said Thanos. "I will send you all to look for Loki and if you find him, be sure to bring him unharmed. I want to torture him myself and won't rest until he finally pays for everything."
"What about Gamora?" asked Nebula. "What do you want us to do if we find her?"
"Didn't I tell you to do what ever you wish with her? The Gamora that we knew is gone because of Loki and now we will have to deal with her the only consequence for her is death." said Thanos. "If I can't have her, then no one can and we'll see if she doesn't come back once she realize that she has made a mistake in betraying me. The same goes for all of you, if anyone considers or is responsible for today's events or fails me then they will share the same fate. You are all dismissed, I expect all of you to spend the rest of the day training for a fight that I hope you all are willing to win."
With that the Black Order and Nebula starts to leave the room, Nebula doesn't even know what to make of the situation and what to do anymore. It turns out all that everyone was right about Thanos and how he is going to continue to use her until he finds a good opportunity to kill her. If he was that quick to turn on Gamora, she can't imagine what he's going to do to Loki once he find him and if Thanos eventually finds out the truth. She doesn't know how or what she is going to do, but Nebula knows that Thanos is going to be stopped and pay for everything.
An hour later in the middle of space
The pod finally ran out of fuel leaving both Loki and Gamora stranded, once it happened Gamora quickly put the information of the ship that she wanted to contact and quickly write a message and put down their coordinates. It has been a long wait and they are mostly relief that there is no sign of Thanos or anyone, but it is taking a while for help to come. So Loki and Gamora are just waiting until they see some kind of sign of whatever ship Gamora contacted to, they are trying to make the most of the current situation and try to relax. But that's easier said than done since they are now both running from Thanos and his army, at least they are safe for now and all they have to do is hope that the ship comes before Thanos finds them.
"It won't be long now, I just got a message from them and they are nearby. We only have to wait a couple of minutes." said Gamora. "Now while we wait let's start to think of a plan on how are we going to stop Thanos."
"That is if we can, I was thinking of maybe your friends find us, that I should go face Thanos on my own." said Loki. "So that way no one else will get involved and I will deal with Thanos myself, alone."
"You don't have to do it alone and besides it's Thanos, he won't hesitate to kill you the first chance he gets." said Gamora. "This has to stop and Thanos needs to stop doing all of this, no matter what happens I am going to stand on your side and do everything I can to help defeat Thanos."
"Gamora, this is something that I need to do on my own." said Loki. "If Thanos-"
"He will kill you before you can even start the fight, if you want to win this then your going to need a team and lucky for you I want to be a part of it and know more about Thanos than he does himself." said Gamora. "At least our escape will keep Thanos's mind busy from using the stones that is at least I hope this would, let's also hope that things will turn around to our favor soon."
Before Loki can even say anything, he notices that Gamora starting to smile at the sight right in front of her and he turn to see the window and surprised by the sight the ship that is right in front of the escape pod. It's grey with blue and orange details and look bigger than any ship that he has seen Thanos let anyone under his command use. The ship slowly begins to connect itself right after Gamora quickly typed in something in the object she is using to communicate. It must be the help that Gamora called for and that they succeed in their escape. Loki knows that there is still a long way to go to defeat Thanos and the major setback is his identity being exposed and he can't go back to Earth without facing the consequences. Though he might return through an illusion for Darcy to see so that way he can properly say goodbye to her and ask her to apologize to Thor for him. He knows that there is no way, Thor would ever forgive him and that he wouldn't be surprise if Thor's so angry that he hopes that he would never see him again...
Even if Thor hates him, the Avengers would arrest him the moment that he returns back to Earth and Darcy... Well at least Jane must be somewhat glad that Thor knows the truth, though the stunt she pulled to stop Thanos was foolish but he's not going to hold it against her. It was partially his fault, since he didn't explain how to use the stones or even thought about using them. Plus how he was supposed to know that was going to happen? But still at least there is a glimmer of hope, they did just manage to escape from Thanos and he can't even believe their luck. Maybe there is hope that they might be able to defeat Thanos and that it might be possible after all...
Loki and Gamora escaped! Now the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy are here to the rescue and they are definitely going to be helping in the final battle. Sorry if I disappointed anyone who wanted Thor and the Avengers to break into Thanos's ship to bust Loki and Gamora out, but ever since I saw the first Guardians of the Galaxy and figured out how to have them in Redemption I always knew that's where I wanted the story to go. Besides they are going to do more than just give Loki a lift, let's just say that the events of the next two chapters might give them a little advantage for the final battle...
But anyway we will be seeing Thor again soon, he did vow to get his brother back in the last chapter after all. Let's just say he's definitely going to be playing a big role in the final battle. The same goes for the Avengers and let's just say that the final battle will be intense to say the least, it's going to be an epic moment in the fanfic full of many surprises...
I'm planning to have the next chapter come out sometime in the beginning of February and let's just say that there will be a ton of things that are to happen before the final battle. I don't know how many more chapters there will be, but there is going to be about three to four before the final battle and even after the battle there will also be a few more chapters to fully wrap up the story. Either way I hope that they will be exciting and these chapters will be worth the wait. I can't believe we're almost there and I can't wait for you all to read the intense and suspenseful chapters ahead. :)
On another note, 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 Hiemdel 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 will Loki ever return to Earth? Who's the mysterious traitor hiding in Thanos's ship? What does Nebula know about it? Is it her or someone else that might be on the ship that we'd never expect to have launched the pod? How will the Avengers, Darcy and Jane find Loki now if he escaped? Where do the Guardians of the Galaxy fit in all of this? How will they defeat an Infinity powered Thanos? Is it even possible? Looks like we will have to wait for the next chapter to find out. See ya then. :)