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?

51. Chapter 47 (Part 2)

Once morning came, everyone quickly got to work and starts to make the final preparations before they leave in a couple of hours and they face Thanos for hopefully the last time. Most of the Avengers and the Guardians are spending the majority of the time fixing the ship up and doing some final test runs. All thanks to both Quill and Rocket's help, both Tony and Bruce are able to speed up the process and are just about done. All they need to do is do one final test run and once it works then they will finally be able to take off and meet Thanos. There are only an hour left before they all go out and finally face Thanos and hopefully put an end to all of this.

But still there are still some things that Loki needs to do before he leaves and so far it seems to be easier said than done and he can hardly wait until this part is over. Right now he is in a room with Gamora, Darcy and Drax, trying to get him to drink his dose of the potion and so far they are having no luck at all and he should have just snuck the potion to Drax, that would have saved more time and he would have at least move forward with the next phase. Though he has to give Drax some credit for being a little bit precautious, but for once he hopes that Drax would have been reckless enough to accept it without question and he can't believe that he is actually wishing for that.

"So you want me to drink this magic liquid in order to get these magical healing abilities that only lasts a day and I will be immune from all injury?" asked Drax really interested in the possibilities of having some magic inside him.

"Well not exactly, you would still be injured but the potion will heal you if that happens." said Loki. "But it will need time to heal, so don't try to experiment and see how fast it will take to heal your injuries."

"Would it also give me any powers? Like super strength or the ability to turn invisible?" asked Drax. "A very useful skill that might help us face any adversary not just Thanos."

"I doubt that you would get that ability, otherwise we would all be able to do that." said Gamora crossing her arms and not even sure what to make of this nonsense.

"Yeah, I took that stuff twice and I can promise you that you don't get crazy super powers." said Darcy adding some reassurance, with Loki behind her and quickly place his right hand to cover his face in annoyance.

"But what if let's say that I might get them and then somehow have those abilities because of the fact that I am not human or Asgardian?" said Drax. "Do you think that it might be possible?"

"Drax, we have been over this about fifteen times and-" starts Loki.

"Well actually it's sixteen." said Darcy and all three of them turned their attention to her. "It was fifteen, but if we counted this time then it is now sixteen times and... Sorry I'm not helping aren't I?"

"Not the slightest." said Loki trying to keep his patience but with this set back, it's a lot harder. "Now Drax, just do us all a favor and-"

Before Loki can even finish, he can't believe what he is now seeing right in front of him. Drax is drinking up his potion as fast as he can to make sure that he can get a good hold of magic inside. Both Gamora and Darcy stared in disbelief as he continues to do so, while Loki on the other hand doesn't know if he should be relieved or angry at this development because of the fact that they wasted more than enough time and the only good thing about this entire thing is that Drax finally drank his dose. That would have been easier if he is willing to do so last night before they had to deal with all of this and they could have avoided it.

"To be honest, I don't feel any different than before." said Drax. "Are you sure that it's working?"

"Yes, I am as I was for the past hour or so like how I was sure ever since I started to use this potion, let alone decide to distribute a bit of a full bottle of it to others." said Loki annoyed at Drax. "Just don't try to do anything reckless and don't try to see if you gained any new abilities because I can promise you that you are still normal with the only difference is that you have is the temporary ability to heal an injury."

"So do you all think that..." started Drax before stoping himself once he sees Loki not even bothering to hide his frustration.

"Uh... Drax why don't we go and see how Quill and the others are doing on the ship?" suggested Gamora ready to end this nonsense. "They are definitely going to need all of the help that they can get."

From looking at the situation, Drax figures that it might be best if he doesn't argue and just leave with Gamora. While they are leaving Gamora quickly turn to see and is just happy to see that Loki is starting to become a little more relaxed and at the same happy that a huge fight wasn't going to break out. The last thing they need is for everything to fall apart before they can even take off, plus if there was going to be a fight she knows that Loki would win without even trying. Loki has magic and the fight will clearly be unfair for Drax. At least she doesn't have to worry about it now, that they can simply just focus on the current mission at hand and finally stop Thanos.

Once both Gamora and Drax leaves the room, Loki just gives a frustrated sigh of relief and now all he has to do is give Thor his dose of the potion and then move over to the next phase. First he needs to tell Darcy, her role in the plan and he doesn't want to know what she is going to say once she finds out. Loki already knows that Darcy is not going to like this and it might lead to another argument between them. But he knows that it needs to be done and that the fate of the plan depends on it, he just hopes that he can find a good time to tell Darcy...

"Well at least that's finally over and Drax finally drank it, I honestly thought that we would have to do something tricky." said Darcy feeling somewhat accomplished. "So I was wondering, what's my role in this plan? Am I going to drive the ship and blast our way to victory or be the key distraction or maybe even be the one who takes the guantlet right under Thanos's nose or-"

"How about staying on Earth with Jane, keeping an eye out on the planet and taking care of Groot?" said Loki.

"Good one Loki, I didn't know that you actually like making jokes or even can come up with a good joke..." started Darcy before she takes a good look at Loki and notices that he's serious. "What you are serious about that? You really want me to stay behind and babysit?"

"Well rather helping Jane to look after Groot and to keep an eye on Earth while we're gone, I know it's not as exciting as your role from the last time but it is completely nessicary for the plan to work and to make sure that the planet is safe." said Loki. "I can't come to your rescue if the Chitauri or Nebula takes you to Thanos again."

"Hey, I have been training ever since you got captured and taken up to space. I have to say that I have improved a lot when it comes to fighting and I want to help in anyway I can." said Darcy. "You should know by now that I'm not a damsel in distress and can do more than just sit around with Jane, playing with Groot and wait for you guys to come back."

"I know that you are more than capable in handling any situation and will have the mental strength to face Thanos." said Loki. "But the last time that we faced Thanos, he caught you and used you against me, he might do it again if you come along."

"Yeah but that doesn't mean he's going to do so this time or at least I can try to fight my way out this time." said Darcy. "Come on Loki, I know that I can handle anything that Thanos and his goons can throw at us."

"That is why I need someone to keep an eye on the planet and to make sure that Groot stay out of trouble." said Loki. "We can't monitor the situation and make sure that the planet is safe and to alert these others. I mean wouldn't you be excited to see the gray Iron man and guy with wings, you are a big Avengers fan after all."

"Yeah, but I would rather go up to space and help fight off Thanos, I mean I can't believe that you are practically demoting me." said Darcy annoyed. "I mean whatever happened to the whole we're a team thing? It's not really being a team if I'm sitting on the sidelines and babysitting Earth and a baby talking tree with Jane for company."

"At least you are not going to be in a place where none of us has the luxury of dropping everything and racing off to help you." said Loki. "Darcy just trust me on this one and this is not only best for the plan but best for you as well."

"But what about you? Is this really for the best for everyone? That Jane and I sit back and do nothing while you all go out there?" Asked Darcy. "How do we know that Thanos doesn't just send a squad down here to just grab a hold of us and get a ton of those brain eating aliens or something?"

"Darcy, there are no such thing as brain eating aliens and I know that Thanos would think that you are going with us and we need to make sure that he doesn't suspect a thing." said Loki. "We can't afford him to figure out the plan and if something goes wrong then he'll simply use you against us, it's better to ensure that Thanos believes that you turned your back and I am all alone. When the moment is right then I'll take down the illusion and then we'll do the rest of the plan."

"By 'we' you mean just you and the other Avengers? When are you going to stop pushing us out and let us help you?" Said Darcy frustrated. "You can't keep pushing us out or expect us to go around following what you think we should do without even trusting us enough for some things. If you just open up to letting us in and maybe we wouldn't be in this much of a mess right now."

"You do realize that we can't afford to do so if we risk the tiniest chance that Thanos might discover any element or figure out the plan, it can only work if we make sure that he doesn't suspect a thing." said Loki. "Things will work out, just trust me on this one and I know what I am doing."

"I would if maybe I don't know you trust me enough to do something more than holding down the fort here and keeping an eye on things here." argued Darcy. "Come on Loki, you know that he's going to try to kill you right there and then and you are going to need all of the help you can get to stop him. If we work together and I haveee something to do then we might be able to possibly stop them quicker and-"

"Darcy, this is for your own safety and I need to know that you are in a place where I know that Thanos can't reach you. He is not just going to simply leave you alone and besides none of the others would let you come along for the mission." said Loki. "Thor and Jane would never forgive me if something happens to you, I wouldn't forgive myself if that were to happen. So let's stop this argument here and focus on the fact that I am about to face the fight of my life with my brother, the rest of the Avengers and the Guardians by my side."

"Alright, we're just going to break up the duo just because of the whole Thanos using me as bait again thing. But still I just want to say that I still should come along to help out." said Darcy in defeat but that didn't stop her from being annoyed. "At least you still can tell me about an awesome fight that would be too cool, heroic and I can't believe that I am going to miss out. But still do me one little favor while you are out there, just don't die or anything or do something that would classify as mischievous."

"I assure you Darcy, I am not planning to betray anyone and as for dying, it is going to take more than petty threats and Thanos to bring me down." said Loki confidentially. "He will not leave Titan victoriously and we will finally put an end to this, if my plan goes well accordingly and hopefully we will not have any roadblocks standing in our way."

"Well, let's just hope that you are not being overconfident and that whatever you're going to do then you will be able to do it without any trouble." said Darcy. "But I still wish that I can come with and do something not sit around here and do nothing."

"Believe me, things are going according to the plan and things will fall into place." said Loki. "Now will you excuse me, I have some work to do and some last minuete preparation to fully make sure everything is going well."

Before Darcy can even say a word, Loki starts to leave the room and knows that this is the moment where Darcy is going to have the push to see if she can prove him wrong. He knows that it's a risky idea and that he doesn't like putting Darcy on the sidelines or make her think that he believes that she's not good enough and needs to stay behind while they go out and face Thanos. But it needs to be this way and if he wants the plan to work then he is going to need things to go down this route and to make sure that they are prepared for whatever might come their way. He just hopes that everyone will be doing their part and that Darcy will actually do what he's predicting that she will do what he hopes that she will do.

He knows that this is risky, but it's has to be this way in order for the plan to work out and that things are going to hopefully work out. They all still have a long way to go, but at the rate that they are going and how things are falling into place then they might stand a good chance. That maybe there is some hope that everything will work out and so far Loki is happy to say that things are working out and he just hopes that things continue to go this way, he's going to make sure of it.

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An hour later

While Loki, the Avengers and the Guardians are hard at work on doing any last minute preparations and trying to make sure that they are ready for the fight up ahead. Jane and Darcy are busy watching over the situation, well rather Darcy is busy complaining to Jane about Loki practically telling her about everything that happened between her and Loki. Well when it comes to telling, she's mostly complaining about Loki and how the part she is set to play is the worst part that she can even imagine being asked to do.

"I can't believe that Loki assigned me to cobabysitting and monitoring Earth duties, not that I don't like Groot or think that it would be cool to hang out with a baby talking tree alien, plus not too mention fun and exciting." said Darcy annoyed at the situation. "But I still want to help and Loki just doesn't get it or even try to see that he doesn't have to go it alone anymore and he can trust us, that he can trust me. Here he is telling me that we're a team and that he trusts me, but instead he just creates a master plan and decides that it's best to put me on the bench."

"Maybe he's doing it to try to keep you safe." suggested Jane trying to smooth things out and hopefully be the voice of reason. "I mean this is a mission to go out there and stop Thanos, the very same guy who has all six Infinity Stones on his guantlet and will stop at nothing until he gets Loki and make him pay the price for everything from failing to not only get an Infinity stone but loosing one and the whole trying to grab the stones and guantlet before he does and not too mention recently escaped. So yeah Thanos having a crazy grudge against Loki and wants to defeats him for good, you can't blame Loki for thinking of that."

"Yeah but still despite all of that, it still doesn't change the fact that he doesn't trust me enough to help and thinks that he can just go around and just keep trying to push us out forever or at least trust me enough to do more." said Darcy. "You should have heard him saying all of things about us being a team yesterday and now he's decides that I can't be trusted or be tough enough to-"

"Wait, Darcy there's Groot-" starts Jane as she notices something.

"Yeah I know that Groot is practically a kid and he shouldn't go anywhere near someone like Thanos but still shouldn't that be a one person job?" said Darcy. "I mean honestly how hard can it be to take care and possibly play with a baby tree that's crazy adorable?"

"Maybe it's because he can often get himself into trouble?" said Jane starting to walk towards the ship. "Since there he is trying to get into the ship and maybe cause some trouble in there while he's playing around."

Before Darcy can say another word, she notices that Groot is getting into the ship and really excited about going inside and explore inside the ship. Neither one of them needs to take the time for a deep thought to know that leaving Groot in an unfinished space ship alone is a bad idea. So both of them quickly starts to hurry up to catch up with the sapling. When they finally catch up, Groot is already inside the ship and he's walking around the ship without a care in the world. Both Darcy and Jane knows that they have to get Groot out of there before they start to do the final test run and that he will be trapped in there and end up fighting Thanos with Groot trapped inside or worse.

So they quickly goes inside the ship to see if they can find Groot, they both quickly find him exploring a spare room where it seems to be holding some supplies for the mission ahead. There are many stacks of food, water, fuel, med supplies, tools and parts for repairs in case of anything happening to the ship when it comes to any possible damages for the entire trip. Both of them are entering the room, they find Groot exploring everything that's in the room and is amazed by the sight of the room, both Darcy and Jane has to admit the room is cool so far and that even they have to admit that the Avengers are good at being crazy prepared. But they need to get Groot and find him before anything happens...

"Great we were barely have been babysitters for five minuetes and we already lost the kid." said Darcy a little annoyed but later turned positive. "Oh well, at least we can say that we went inside the ship and even if we didn't fly off into space with them. Though going off to space would be so much cooler, I mean who wouldn't want to see them in action and help out."

"Yeah I have to admit that I would like to go just to see if Thor is alright but I can understand where Loki is coming from and kinda agree with him." said Jane admitting that opinion. "I think we should try to get Groot to come over to us and try to get him to come to us, I mean from what I've seen Groot seems to really like sweets."

"Well it's going to be hard to offer candy in case they put snacks in here, I think that the best way for us to deal with this is to try to make ourselves fun for Groot and then maybe he'll come right to us and then we can just leave and no one will ever know what happened." pointed out Darcy.

"Ok, let's do this and hope that they don't take off while we're still in here." said Jane and quickly points out Groot. "There he is."

They notice Groot looking at some buttons from the inside on the wall and is curious of what the buttons do and if there anything that might happen once he tries them out. Both Darcy and Jane can already tell that this is anything but a good sign because if Groot press some button that might cause some trouble later or worse destroy the ship before they can even launch it. They both start to approach Groot and he quickly took notice that the two of them approaching him, once Groot sees them, he smiles and simply waves to them before reverting his attention back to the buttons.

"Hey Groot, how's it going?" starts Darcy trying to approach this in a casual manner. "So uh what are you doing?"

"I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot." said Groot happily. "I am Groot. I am Groot."

"Uh... did you get that?" asked Darcy confused to Jane. "I can't figure out what he's trying to say or know what he might even be saying."

"I don't know, I don't speak Groot." said Jane just as confused. "All we know is that he wants to push the buttons, right Groot?"

"I am Groot." said Groot happily nodding his head in agreement, confirming the theory to being correct.

"Well with that settled, Groot I know that it's hard for you to understand and that things are really confusing." said Jane. "But it is really important that you don't play around with something you don't know what it might do, so I need to ask you to just move away from the button and come with us and we'll do something fun alright?"

"I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot." said Groot who points to the buttons rather excitedly. "I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot."

"What? That's not what I meant, I don't think that it's a good idea to press any of the buttons." said Jane trying to undo any potential bad influence that she might have caused. "You shouldn't be pressing them without knowing what they might do."

"Relax, I think I can handle this and besides this will be easy compared to fighting off Chitauri and grabbing the Infinity Stones from various locations." said Darcy with full confidence.

"You sure about that?" asked Jane pointing out that Groot is about to hit the button and is getting closer by the minute.

"Yeah, just watch me this is going to be a breeze." said Darcy rather confidently. "Hey there Groot, so you think that this button is cool right?"

"I am Groot!" said Groot rather excitedly as he turns to Darcy and later turns his attention back to the button.

"Well I hate to break it to you, but I don't think that playing around with it is a good idea." continues Darcy. "It can either lead us to awesome fun or certain doom that will bring out all of the evil in the world."

Groot quickly gasped at the idea of possibly unleashing all of the evil in the world and is a little confused. While Jane on the other hand can't believe that Darcy resorted to that, saying something like that to a kid? She's wondering if spending all of that time with Loki is starting to rub off on her, not that she's saying that it's a bad thing to be blunt with kids but she thinks there is a thing of being too blunt. Maybe it might be best that she do some damage control right now before anything else happens and this might hurt Groot in the long run.

"Hey Darcy, maybe you are going a little too far in this and we really should cut back on the darkness." suggested Jane.

"What? I am just trying to make things sound cooler than it's actually is." said Darcy. "Besides what do you want me to do? Sweet talk Groot to submission and hopes that might be enough to get him to not press the button."

"Well... Wait a sec, what does that suppose to mean?" said Jane who doesn't know what to think about that.

"I mean that there can be a thing called being too nice, we should be blunt and just be open to telling him the truth." said Darcy. "I mean we have to be honest with kids on somethings, even if it might freak them out."

"But still you have to be a little easier on kids than we would be if we are talking to an adult." said Jane. "It might only give them the chance to pick up some bad habits or unintentionally motivate him to press the button even more."

"At least I try to make it more entertaining and everything more exciting even if it's supposably isn't." said Darcy. "I mean you're only a kid once and that is the perfect time for your imagination to go wild and to actually live a little bit."

"Yeah, but the more reason to actually try to be a good example rather than just playing around like this." said Jane.

While both Jane and Darcy are having their little debate, Groot realize that this is an argument that he shouldn't interrupt but at the same time is curious about the button and really wants to press it. He doesn't know if it can really bring out all of the evil in the world but he does really want to push it and see what happens, he just hopes that nothing bad like that happens. That maybe something really funny might happen or the buttons might lead to something fun, there is only one way to find out and that is something he can't resist in doing.

So Groot quietly walks over to get closer to the button and to finally pushes it. After he does so, all of the sudden there is a large bang and a click from the outside. Darcy and Jane quickly drops their arguement and sees that Groot pressed the button and that their attempts to convince the sappling out of it failed. Before they can even say anything to each other, they both start to turn to see what might have caused that reaction. So far the only thing that's different is that the door is closed, both of them know that they left the door open when they came in here. There is something off and that alone catches their curiosity and at the same time they are worried what this might mean.

"I am Groot?" asked a confused Groot.

"What just happened?" said Darcy. "Uh Jane... did we close the door before we came inside here?"

"No, I think that button must have closed it." said Jane. "I just hope that whatever Groot just pressed is nothing bad or might later lead to more trouble."

"Yeah, I'll go check out the door and then maybe we'll be luck and nothing hapend or anything." said Darcy. "Why don't you guys stay here and I'll check it out."

"We're coming with you." said Jane determinedly.

"I am Groot." said Groot in agreement.

"Come on Darcy, we don't know what's going on and I know you have been practicing to fight and all." said Jane. "You can't go out there alone, I have your back and may not have any fighting experience, but you're going to need some kind of backup for this."

"I am Groot." said Groot who doesn't want to see Darcy getting hurt because of him and to miss out on all of the action.

"Well it looks like that I am not going to get no for an answer, let's go." said Darcy and the three of them quickly heads towards the door and when they arrive Darcy quickly grabs the handle. From one attempt to turn the knob and pushed it, but so far the door is not budging.

"Try to pull it, maybe it will budge from that." suggested Jane "Maybe all it needs is to give it a push and then it might possibly open up."

Darcy quickly try to pull on the handle and try to see if there is anyway that the door might be stuck, she even tries to see if maybe by hitting it that it will help it budge open. But no matter how hard Darcy tries to see if there is a way to get the door to open or if there is a way to possibly to get the door to break open and that there is some hope. It was no use the door is locked tight and Darcy, Jane and Groot are now locked in...

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Meanwhile outside the ship

The Avengers, the Guardians and Loki are right outside the ship, finally putting the finishing touches and from the look of the ship it looks ready to go and they are about to do one final test run before they go inside and get it ready to go. It looks like that they are all almost ready to go and to make sure that the ship is safe and to finally end the fight once and for all. The ship itself looks as decent as a space ship built by amateurs can be. Built in old Iron man suit metals, quinjet parts and many other metals and parts that Rocket and Quill recommended for the ship. The ship has a mishmash of red, brown and grey colors on it's outer layer, it's a little bigger than the Guardians' ship, but at the same time it's small enough to exit in and out of the tower and smaller than Thanos's ship. Either way it looks ready to go and then it will be time to go.

"Ok, one final test run before everything is good to go." said Bruce. "So anyone want to volunteer to try it out, we still need to do some final test runs."

"I guess I'll go up and try it out." offered Quill. "I mean someone has to make sure that everything on the inside is working perfectly by one of the best pilots in the galaxy."

"More like the second best pilot in the galaxy." said Rocket earning an annoyed look from Quill before he goes into the ship to operate the ship to start the test run.

Before any of them knew it, Quill starts to operate the ship and for the launch to start, the next few seconds starts to have the ship hover and try to see if there's the usual ship functions and to make sure that they have a working ship. He quickly tries the simple controls, to see if the engine is working fine and starts to see if the landing sequence is working. Quill carefully starts the landing sequence and to see that maybe they have finally solved that problem for good and that they will be able to leave the tower as schedule. The ship slowly starts to land safely and once it finally does so then that is the moment that they all knew that it was time.

"Ok, the ship is all set when it comes to navigation and landing." said Bruce. "I'm now going to check if the giant oxygen tanks are connected to the ship and according to the scanner, it looks like that they are working perfectly, we are good to go."

"Well then I guess it's time to go, I hope you guys are ready for the fight of your lives?" said Natasha. "To fight off an army of evil aliens with their giant evil purple boss with unlimited power, what else is new?"

"Everyone go grab what you need, we'll leave and meet back here in ten minutes." said Steve. "Once we are launch off and flying, then we'll prep for the plan and then we will give Thanos a fight he'll never forget."

Once Steve is done, everyone begins to go their own separate ways and start to prepare for the fight that is up ahead. Loki knows that this will be the perfect moment to not only talk to Thor but to get him to drink his potion. Then he will be ready to face Thanos, he just hopes that one element of the plan is working exactly how he is hoping. Though Loki knows that this part is at risk to fail simply because he's relying on too many things to fall into place and coincidences that might not even happen. He knows that maybe it would be best if he tells Darcy of his plan and her true role before they take off and her part doesn't take place or worse they will be in a situation that they can't predict.

But first he should talk to Thor and then maybe he'll not only clear some things up and talk to his brother before their encounter with Thanos, but at the same time get. him to take the potion and hopefully he will protect him from the wrath that Thanos will try to inflict on him for simply being. his brother and to try to hurt Loki by hurting Thor. He has to convince Thor to do what he ask to drink the potion regardless if Loki drank it or not, no matter what the cost may be...

"Thor, can we talk for just a minute?" said Loki. "There is something important that I need to ask of you and tell you, it is really important for the success of the fight ahead."

"Yeah of course, what is it?" said Thor.

"Is there anyway we can talk alone about this?" said Loki. "It's something that should be between us and I just don't know if I or anyone else for that matter would feel comfortable if we are here talking and everyone else is watching and-"

"Yeah, I see what you mean." said Thor agreeing with his brother. "Come on, I know a perfect place for us to talk."

With that both brothers leaves the room, to talk about whatever Loki is going to talk to him about and while everyone else makes the final preparations for the fight up ahead. It seems like that everything is going right on track and that they are going to be one step closer and they will be able to leave soon. But before they all can leave Tony has a couple of things to say to Steve and he should say it now before they leave.

"Cap, do you think that this is a good idea?" asked Tony.

"What is?" asked Steve confused.

"To trust Loki, the guy that not only tried to take over the planet last year, worked with Thanos, but he also has been lying to us and we don't even know if he's lying to us right now." pointed out Tony.

"I understand you're reservations Tony, but what other choice do we have? Loki is our best bet to defeat Thanos and so far he hasn't done anything except lie of course because of the whole Mysto thing." said Steve. "But he also came back after he escaped when he didn't have to and his friends also helped us build the ship and he seems to want to stop Thanos as much as we do and he didn't do anything during his time here. So that has to count for something."

"Yeah, but this could all be a trap or something." said Tony who still is not sure.

"If there is a chance that Loki might have changed and maybe even help us defeat Thanos then we should take this chance." said Steve. "Not just for stopping Thanos, but-"

"If this is about Bucky then you shouldn't let Loki cloud your judgement and-" starts Tony.

"It's not about Bucky, ok maybe this gives me some hope that he might still be in there and be saved." said Steve. "But this is bigger than that, we are all going to need. to work together to stop Thanos and we can't let the past cloud our judgement. If working with Loki and giving him a chance is the way to do it then so be it, we are going to need to take the risk. Besides it might not hurt giving him a chance and see what happens and if he's betrays us or this is part of a bigger plan that we are playing right into then we'll stop him together like we always do."

"Alright, we'll give him one chance and let's just hope that worst case scenario doesn't happen." said Tony.

They both know that they are taking a huge risk in trusting Loki and that they are trusting a scenario and the chance that everything might still go wrong. But what choice do they have? This is there best lead and the only way to get them up to space to defeat Thanos, they are going to need to trust Loki and then they can be one step closer to put an end to this. Despite any reservation, they are going to need to give Loki a chance and take this risk and they and along with Natasha and Bruce are hoping that they are not making a mistake and Loki truly has changed, the fate of the universe depends on it.

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Three minuetes later in an empty training room near the ship

Thor and Loki heads inside of the room and quickly lock the door, to have that moment to talk and at the same time for Loki to clear some things up and hopefully convince Thor on some things. He just hopes that he can, Loki knows that the fate of the entire universe and at the same everyone's and including Thor's life depends on this and that he's going to need to succeed in trying to get Thor to do this. Loki is determined to somehow convince Thor and hopefully to get this done before they fly off to space. That he can somehow convince Thor in this and they won't have an argument, that at least he can get Thor to agree to do this and drink the potion and then he'll at least feel a sense of relief and then he'll have one less thing to worry about. That Thor will at least be safe from whatever Thanos may be planning to do to him and that Thor will not try to do anything reckless.

"Well we're alone now, what is it that you want to discuss with me?" asked Thor who is now wondering what might be on his brother's mind.

"Thor, I need to ask you something and it is something that we need to talk about before we go out and face Thanos." said Loki.

"What is it?" asked Thor.

"Thanos will be trying to do everything in his power to make sure that I don't leave Titan alive, he'll do everything in his power to make sure of that." said Loki.

"I know that, you don't have to worry. We will all be there to put up a fight and to make sure that Thanos is defeated for good." reassured Thor.

"I know, as long as you all focus on Nebula, the Black order and the Chitauri then it will fine." said Loki and he takes a sigh before turning to Asgard. "I need you to promise me that no matter what Thanos might be trying to do, whether he's hurting me or tries to use the stones against me or if I am in any danger, don't try to intervene. Thanos might use it against us or it could be a trap where he tries to hurt you to try to break me, so the best thing for you to do is try not to save me."

"Loki, you should know better than everyone that I can't promise that." said Thor. "I can promise that I will do everything in my power to make sure that Thanos will be defeated and won't get anywhere near hurting you."

"Thor, this is exactly what Thanos would want you to feel and he might use it against us and I'm the one he wants, he'll most likely will leave everyone including you alone once I deal with him." said Loki. "We can't afford to loose this fight or give him an advantage that would not only jeopardize our chances but it will also result in everyone including you getting hurt. The best thing that we should do is try to focus on the fight and do everything we can to stop Thanos and just let me handle this."

"I can't let you go through any pain if there is a chance that I can save you then I would take it, every chance I get. Thanos will never take you or rather all of us down as long as we work together and I can't stand on the sidelines and watch Thanos hurt you." said Thor. "I will promise that I can do everything in my power to help stop Thanos and to make sure that I will do everything I can to put an end to this and to keep you safe from whatever Thanos may have in store for us."

"You are not going to take no for an answer are you?" asked Loki who have seen that look so many times to know that his brother has made up his mind.

"No and no one can convince me to change my mind otherwise." said Thor. "I am never going to let you go and if it means that I have to fight an endless battle to make sure that you are free from Thanos and that you no longer have to worry about him going after you."

Loki takes a sigh, he knows that there is no way that he would ever convince Thor to promise that he would hold back. No matter what the circumstances are or if they have an argument right now that result in both of them being so upset with one another that they can hardly can speak another word to one another. Even then Loki knows that Thor would put aside the argument and focus on his energy to save him at the first sight of danger or any possible opportunity to defeat Thanos. But he knows that Thor needs to drink the potion, to keep him safe from Thanos no matter what the cost. He just hopes that Thor will be more willing to agree with drinking the dose of the potion and he will be able to convince him in doing so.

"Alright, can you at least drink this bit of healing potion and that way you can be immune to any attack that Thanos or one of his own members can hurt you." said Loki handing Thor the vial. "I have already gotten everyone else to drink it and now you're the only one left that still has to drink your dose."

"How did you even manage to convince the others-" starts Thor before Loki quickly answers the question.

"I have my ways and now can we just get this over with before we have to go on the ship and we go off to face Thanos?" said Loki. "We should speed this up before it's time."

"Did you drink the potion as well?" asked Thor. "I don't think I want to drink this if I put you at risk and-"

"There is no need to worry about that, I drank my dose last night and this is the last bit of the potion and we will all be safe from everything that Thanos might have in store." said Loki. "We have to take the necessary precautions in order to make sure that we all not only make it out alive but to make sure that Thanos is not only defeat but we get the stones and guantlet before he uses it's power or stop him from doing more if he already has. That can only happen if we all work together and put aside any resentment and reasons to decline, then maybe we might be strong enough to possibly stop him. That is if you are willing to drink the potion to help make everything a little easier."

"You're right, we need to move past that and play our part and hopefully we will be able to come together and end this for good." said Thor as he accepts the vial. "We are going to get through this together and we will stop Thanos for good."

With that Thor opens up the vial and begins to drink the potion, Loki watches his brother drink the potion and feeling a sense of emotions as he watches his brother and doesn't even know what to think or say because of the fact that he is now the only one that will have to be the most careful simply because of the fact that he won't be able to drink any healing potion until the entire situation is over and now all he has to do is to find Darcy and tell her the truth. To let her know that he is hoping that she would do more than just simply staying behind and guarding the potion. He needs to find her before it's too late and they are one step less closer than being prepared for everything that might happen. Not too mention, he doesn't want to leave Darcy thinking that she's useless and that even if the plan doesn't work then he wants to at least let Darcy know that he doesn't think that and he values their friendship.

Once Thor is done, Loki can't help but feel a sense of relief as that part is done and Thor will be safe from any potential injuries that Thanos might try to do. Now another thing he has to worry about is to try to get Thor to avoid being in any danger from possibly trying to protect Loki from Thanos and the worst case scenario happens. The potion can't rebuild ones' soul if the stone removes it, if that was the case then Hiemdall would still be alive. All he needs to do is make sure that Thanos is always caught off guard and somehow make him angry enough to have his attention back to Loki. He just wish that there is a way to ensure that Thor and the others will remain out of danger.

"Well, now that's done, what else do we have to do to prepare ourselves?" asked Thor ready to do more than just drink the healing potion.

"Right now I need to find Darcy and talk to her about something important." said Loki. "It's the utmost important that I find her before we depart to confront Thanos."

"So, what is the reason that you want to talk to her about?" asked Thor rather curiously. "Is there anything special that you want to talk to her about that isn't Thanos related?"

"Of course not, we are just going to be discussing something important and it's going to be something Thanos related. I can't just leave without having one last minuete goodbye to her." said Loki and then he notices the look on Thor's face and quickly becomes annoyed. "No, there is nothing going on between us and we are nothing but friends nothing more. Why does everyone think that we are romantically involved or have the potential of being glorious couple?"

"I never said anything, but you did just deny that defensively so it's not hard to see why one might believe that." said Thor. "Do you feel that way towards Darcy? I'm not trying to say anything but I just want to see if-"

"We're simply friends who happens to be very close, our relationship is nothing like Jane and your's where we meet, get to know each other in a short span of time and then we have a fairytale fantasy." said Loki. "Oh please, it's already sounds more absurd spoken out loud and besides Darcy doesn't have any feelings of that kind towards me and is interested in that Ian character. I simply just want to talk to her, tell her I will return and something important that has to do with all of this. Honestly can't two friends of the opposite gender have a platonic conversation?"

"You're right, I also need to talk to Jane and due to the lack of time that we now have it looks like I going to call her and ask if we can meet at the ship?" said Thor turning to Loki. "Though to be honest I am surprised that I didn't see her when were last working on the ship."

"Now that you have mentioned it, I didn't see Darcy as well and that alone is odd." said Loki. "Even after we have a disagreement, Darcy would never hold a grudge or be this angry and refusing to see me and missing out on the excitement. I don't even think that she would be the type to hold a grudge of any kind, there has to be something else going on, I don't even remember seeing or passed her by in the past hour."

"I'll just call Jane and then we'll see if maybe Darcy is with her and at least maybe have some things cleared up." said Thor as he pulls out a phone out of the pocket, much to Loki's annoyance.

"Please don't tell me that you are going to use that thing, I always have the worst of luck when it comes to using those devices." said Loki with hints of annoyance in his voice.

"Yeah, of course I am going to use it, this thing will help us save time and we'll be able to contact both of them quicker then going out to look for Jane." said Thor.

"How did you ever agreed to use one of those things, let alone allow one to come into your possession?" asked Loki with a hint of annoyance mixed in with some interest.

"Jane and I agreed that I should have one in case of any emergencies and if I ever need to contact her." explained Thor. "It's more of a precautionary measure, most of the time I simply use the com links that Tony invented to contact the Avengers. It makes things easier when it comes to communication and I'll be able to move faster when I am needed especially when Jane or any other friend needs me and she doesn't have that form of communication."

"I can't argue with that..." saiid Loki in defeat and then returned his focus back on the current situation. "Do you think that you can also try to contact Darcy as well and get all of this over with."

Thor can already tell that it's pretty obvious that the two of them are close and at the same time they are feeling that way and at this point they are still trying to figure things out and at the same time they are at a point where they are going to need some time to develop their friendship. To see if the possibility that they are going to see what the feelings that they are now feeling and to possibly grow more than simply friends. At least he knows that Loki has made at least one friend that he can spend time with and to at least have someone to talk to when he's not around. But for now he's simply just going to give them the space that they need and to focus on helping to stop Thanos, to make sure that monster will never hurt his brother or anyone else again.

He quickly pulls up his phone and starts to call Jane's number and to see if they can communicate to one another, after a quick second to his surprise it leads right into voice mail and he tries again to see if he has done it right or if maybe Jane missed the calls. But so far there is nothing and that alone catches Thor's attention, it was unlike Jane to ignore him. Then again these devices' batteries can expire and that alone is an acceptable reason where she can't answer the phone, so he quickly decides to call Darcy for Loki, to see if they have better luck with her. But so far there is no luck and that it is almost like if both girls disappeared and they are refusing to answer their calls.

"That's odd, both Jane and Darcy are not responding to their phones." said Thor who doesn't know what to think of this.

"Did you press the correct label on the call log?" ask Loki. "One needs to be accurate when it come to operating one of these things."

"Yes I have, but they are not responding right now." said Thor.

"Then why don't you try calling back? Perhaps they are both simply preoccupied or getting to know Groot, I highly doubt that they would get them selves in any trouble." said Loki. "That is I hope that they are fine and they are not captured by Thanos and just spending time with Groot or something. Just try to see if you can reach one of them."

"Alright, I will." Said Thor.

He quickly tries Jane's number again and that quickly leads into voicemail. So Thor quickly dials up Darcy's number again. Both brothers waited patiently for a response. This is only getting more strange by the minute and they are wondering what might possibly be going on and if there is something wrong. They just hope that whatever that may be happening that both of them are alright and that maybe they will be able to contact them and that both Darcy, Jane and possibly Groot are alright...

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Meanwhile in the ship's supply closet

Darcy is trying to do everything she can think of to try to pick the lock with simply using only a hair pin and hopefully get them out of there. She's determined to get them out of there and make sure that no one finds out what happened. If she can just figure this lock out then maybe she will be able to get the three of them out of there. But that's easier said than done...

"Ok I think I might have finally cracked this puzzle, all I need to do is to try to- Oh great Thor's calling me again." Said Darcy. "They are definitely on to us now, let's just hope that this little trick might finally put us in the right track."

Jane sighed and quickly looks over to Groot who is trying his best to entertain himself regardless of the current situation. But aside from Groot, Jane really thinks that they should answer the call and tell Thor and Loki everything and explain everything that happened and where they are right now. Especially since he tried to call Darcy not once but twice, she doesn't want to know how many times that Thor must have called her because the fact that they are now calling Darcy means that not only Loki knows but they will also be concerned about their well being. They need to find a way out of here and tell them the truth, before they either take off or start a panic or worse both.

"Darcy, I really think that it might be best if we take this call and get some help." said Jane. "At the rate we're going, we are getting nowhere and need to tell someone where we are and hopefully we will be able to get out of here before any more trouble comes."

"Relax I can handle picking this thing, we don't need to get anyone to come over to rescue us." said Darcy as she keeps her focus on the lock. "I think I finally got it..."

Darcy continues to focus on the lock and she thinks that she might finally be done with the lock and they will soon be free. But little does she know that the lock is highly secured and the moment that she hits the last piece that possibly might lead to the door to unlock. Instead there is only a little hint of light and a quick spark where it leads to Darcy to quickly pull out the hair pin and the smoke that is rising from a bended and melted hair pin. Both Jane and Darcy stared at the sight in disgust, while Groot on the other hand can't help but laugh a little bit of the current situation. Things are definitely not looking good when it comes to finding a way to escape and they managed to return right back to where they started...

"Ok when people say that Stark tech is the most advanced in the world, they weren't exaggerating." said Darcy with hints of frustration in her voice. "I can't figure out how to break open this thing."

"Yeah, it definitely looks like that things are tougher than it looks when it comes to trying to pick that lock and we should really tell them what happened." said Jane. "If we don't then who knows how long we might be in here and we should get help."

"No, we can't tell them then not only it will only prove that I can't handle things on my own but it might get Loki in serious trouble." Said Darcy. "Someone might blame Loki for trying to sneak us on the ship or who knows what other reason that they might come up with to confirm that Loki is still an evil bad guy who is leading all of them to a trap. But let's just answer the phone and just tell Thor that we're fine before we get them panicking."

"Darcy I still think that-" starts Jane before she stops herself from the sight of Darcy answering the phone, she doesn't need to figure out that this phone call might not end well or they will be stuck here for a while.

"Hey Thor, what's up?" said Darcy. "I didn't know or think that you would have a cell phone or let alone know how to use one. Sorry for missing your past call, I just have been busy having fun with Groot and Jane."

"So I am safely assuming that Jane is with you?" asked Thor who doesn't know what to make of this.

"Yeah, we're just busy hanging out and doing a ton of fun things in the city. We might go see a movie or something, trying to give Groot here the best first fun day on Earth." said Darcy and she quickly takes a quick look and notices that Groot found and is now eating some candy. "We're in some candy store right now and let's just say he's going to make us go broke."

"Alright that sounds nice, at least Groot will have some fun and you all will at least be somewhere that Thanos might not even suspect you all to be and that would be the last place where they would expect you all to be." said Thor. "At least the three of you can relax and have your minds off while we go off to deal with him."

"Uh, yeah that's what we're doing and Jane left her phone at the tower. If you called her earlier, I'll tell her that you called." said Darcy trying to end the conversation sooner rather than later. "So now that's all cleared up, I really would like to-"

"Can I speak to Jane for a second? I would like to say a couple of things before the ship launches." said Thor. "In case you don't make it back before the launch and to at least to say farewell."

"Uh... Jane is... in the bathroom!" said Darcy rather abruptly. "She went to the bathroom with Groot because he really needs to go and I think they are going to be in there for a while. You just missed her, but I'll definitely will tell her that once she comes back."

"Ok.. I guess I can't rush her or Groot..." said Thor a mix of disappointed and a little awkwardly, after a quick pause for a few seconds. "Loki really wants to talk to you, I'm going to put him on."

"What? No, not right now, it's just I'm really busy right now and I can't talk to him right now. I don't want to give him any added on stress or miss out on anything that might be so much fun." said Darcy. "To mostly keep my mind off the fact that you guys are going to save the world from Thanos, even though I have to stay behind I just can't wait to hear what happens, so yeah tell Loki that I said hi and I can't wait to hang out with him later and tell him and the others that I said good luck and go out there and beat Thanos's butt for good. So yeah bye and good luck."

Before Thor can say another word, Darcy quickly hangs up the call and just gives a sigh of relief, she just hopes that neither Loki or Thor suspects a thing. That maybe they can focus on getting out of there without any help and that they can get that door open without anyone finding out what happened. She just hopes that Loki wouldn't figure out that she's not only lying but where they really are. That is if they can find a way out of there in time. Knowing Loki, she wouldn't be surprised if he already starting to put the pieces together and already knows. But she just hopes for the best case scenario and Loki hasn't figured things out that quickly and they still have some time before the ship takes off.

Jane on the other hand doesn't know what to think and can't believe that Darcy would lie like this and to throw their only garenteed chance of getting out of there. She knows that Darcy is trying to prove herself to Loki and wants to show him that she is capable of taking care of herself and dealing with anything that might stand in her way. But she just wishes that Darcy can see that sometimes some times they need to ask for help and to stop to see that rather than simply try to deal with the situation by herself and to ask for help and then they might be able to get something done. But now they are stuck in here until someone opens the door and finds them there, she just hopes that a miracle would happen.

"So, I think that call ended well, that is I hope." said Darcy. "Do you think that they might have bought that and Loki might not suspect a thing?"

"I think that Loki might suspect that something's up and that we're going to be stuck here for a while longer." Said Jane. "Let's just hope for a miracle..."

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Meanwhile back in the same room as Thor and Loki are

Both brothers are surprised to get that kind of phone call or response from Darcy. They didn't think that both Jane and Darcy would ever just get up and leave in a time like this. Especially the moment where they are about to go out there and face Thanos, one would expect that they both would want to be at the launch, there is no way Jane would miss seeing Thor off and Darcy would definitely not want to miss out on something as exciting like this or try to figure out a way to get on the ship or to come along on the trip.

Loki knows that Darcy might be hiding something and he doesn't even need to be on the other side of the phone to know that she must have lied to Thor. That there is something else going on, but there is one thing that he is sure that the three of them are somewhere that they don't want them to know and that things might come back to haunt them later. That they are in for a surprise that will either help them or set them back even further and won't help them at all, he just hopes that the later happens.

"It's obvious that Darcy is hiding something and she doesn't want us to know whatever it is." said Loki. "I know her better than anyone when it comes to these things, she can be a terrible liar at times. That alone allows one to easily figure out that there might be something more that is going on and we might not even know it."

"I don't know, you're right they might be hiding something but it doesn't sound like that they are planning something or if they are trying to somehow get involved in the journey ahead." said Thor. "It sounds more like that she is trying to solve this problem that she doesn't want us to know about."

"I believe that you may have a point, only I wish that she didn't hang up that soon and I could have spoken to her." said Loki. "There is something important I had to tell her and I didn't want to leave without possibly having a chance to speak to her."

"You wanted to say goodbye to her and whatever you wanted to talk to her about that is 'Thanos related?'" asked Thor.

"Yeah, I just hope that she is not holding our last conversation against me. But even then Darcy would never hold a grudge against me." said Loki. "But still it would make things easier if we were able to have at least one last moment together before everything changes."

"Just give Darcy time, she probably needs some time for herself and there is also the fact that we are going to be facing Thanos soon and that alone is already putting things uncertain." said Thor. "But once all of this is over then you both can work things out and you can continue on being friends."

"That's not the only thing I am worried about..." said Loki hoping that Darcy, Jane and Groot didn't land themselves in trouble and at the same time trying to figure out how to find them in case something happened. But until then... "It might be best if we focus on the mission and just focus on all of our attention on defeating Thanos and making sure we finish this."

"You know you don't have to be ashamed when it comes to any regret or feeling that you are having with Darcy." said Thor. "I can understand the power of your friendship and how it hurts to see an argument or a situation tear you both apart and that alone will only deepen any divide that you are trying to avoid."

"First of all, you do recall I don't exactly tolerate anything that falls under the category of sentiment and besides I only care because I care about our friendship and Darcy as an overall person. After everything we have been through and everything that has happened between us, I really do not want to loose our friendship because of Thanos or any disagreement that may happen between us." said Loki. "I will deal with all of this later and shouldn't we start to head back, they are going to start preparing for everything to be set to take off. We can't afford to loose any time, no matter how much we may want to avoid this and to find Darcy, Jane and Groot at the moment."

"But still we should try to see if we can find some way to find them before or at least leave them some kind of message so that way they will know we are leaving." suggested Thor. "Though to be honest, I would rather-"

"We can't afford to spend another minute on Earth, if Thanos suspects or believes that I might possibly not show up then who knows what he will be ready to do." points out Loki. "So it might be best if we all leave the first chance we get and to make sure that we get there either preferably before or shortly after Thanos arrives to Titan. So that way, we'll have him exactly where we want him. No matter what the cost it may bring or whatever stands in our way, we can't afford to ruin our chances, even if it might hurts in the long run."

"Alright, I am going to send a message through the phone to Darcy, so that way they will at least know that we left and won't be looking for us when we get back." said Thor. "Is there anything that you would like to say to Darcy that I can add on?"

"Uh, no Thor, it might be better if I don't say anything if things are going down this route then it might make things less painful and we will at least remain in the spot that we landed ourselves in." said Loki turning away from his brother.

Thor quickly creates and texts the message, before both brothers start to make their way to rejoin the Guardians and the other Avengers. They both know that their departure is drawing nearer and nearer by the minute and that they are about to face the biggest fight of their lives. The moment that will end everything and hopefully will stop Thanos for good...

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A couple minutes later back in the room where the ship is

Thor and Loki soon arrives to the room, they find that everyone except Groot, Jane and Darcy are there. That alone drew some concern from both of them and they can already tell that this is definitely out of character for both Jane and Darcy, while Loki also starts to realize that Groot would also be trying to tag along or at least be near Rocket or Gamora. There is something strange going on and he just hope that whatever it may be, that it's not going to haunt them later on...

Other then that, it definitely looks like that everything is going according to plan and that they are all set to go. It's finally time and that they are going to go out there and finally deal with Thanos, that it's a moment to not only put a stop to this. But for Loki to also prove that this time he's telling the truth, that he has really changed and will do everything in his power to make sure sure that he helps lead them to victory. There is a lot of pressure on Loki's shoulders and he knows that if anything goes wrong then it will only lead them to more trouble and Thanos might finish the off for good. But Loki knows that things are falling into place and that maybe they will be able to pull this off and they need to succeed.

"Well it looks like everyone's here, including the walking and talking bait." said Tony who's already have his Iron man armor on.

"This bait is your key to victory and without me offering my surrender, Thanos probably would never agree to meet you all unless you have a power that might override the Infinity Stones." said Loki. "I mean honestly what other choice do you have? I am one of your best chances to not only get close to Thanos but to possibly and hopefully defeat him."

"He has a point, I doubt Thanos won't be tempted to meet us unless we caught Loki, tie him up and give him up to Thanos." said Black Widow as she quickly check her stingers.

"Exactly my point and I should consider myself extremely fortunate that we are not going down that route." said Loki. "That we can manipulate Thanos easily and maybe with luck on our side then we will finish this quickly and Thanos will not only be apprehend but we will have everything settled."

"You sound really confident about this plan." said Quill.

"Everything is falling into place and once we make the final steps then we'll defeat Thanos for good, as long as we go through with the plan." said Loki. "Now can we just leave already?"

"Yes, the sooner we leave, the higher our chances are. Thanos will be restless and will use every given excuse to make an attack, the longer we stay here; the stronger he gets." said Gamora. "The more delusional he'll get to the point that he'll loose himself to the stones, fortunately we have one advantage Thanos hasn't had the stones for long and so far hasn't used them to do something drastic. We need to make sure that it stays that way, once he uses the stone's powers to obtain his fondest desire then there will be no turning back. We will be trying to fight a lost war where we'd all be lucky to somehow survive."

"Then it looks like we're going to need to make sure that doesn't happen, Bruce, Rocket how's the ship looking?" asked Captain America to both the scientist and raccoon.

"Well everything seems to be running in order and every single part seems to functioning." said Bruce. "That alone is a miracle and a scientific breakthrough from where we were at the beginning."

"Yeah, if things are going this smoothly then we can launch this thing in a sec." Said Rocket. "Um... has any of you guys seen Groot? I haven't seen him since this morning and really would like to see him before we take off."

"The last I heard Groot is with Jane and Darcy, so wherever they are and away from Thanos then he is the safest place imaginable." said Thor. "That is I hope I can find out where they are and to know for sure that they are alright."

"I'm sure they are, Darcy is tougher than she looks and as for Jane she is really intelligent and that alone gives me hope that they will be fine." said Loki. "They will be fine and by the time we get back then we will spend more time with them, that we won't have to worry about Thanos anymore and if things continue on this way then we will be back sooner than we might be anticipating."

"Ok then, I guess it's time for us to go." said Steve as he puts on the Captain America helmet. "Ok you all know the plan, the goal is to take down as many as of his allies down to the point that it will be just him and we will grab the Gauntlet and the stones the first chance we get. So how long do you think that it will take for us to. get to Titan?"

"Due to the structure of the ship, the distance and how we don't have some advanced parts that would have helped us go faster than we would be going right now." said Gamora. "But it would have to do and it will take us about an hour to get there, that is if we don't face any complications or any technical difficulties that might delay us."

"If that does happen then... I don't think we need to worry about that, we're all set to go and let's get going already." said Rocket. "Before I get in there and leave you all stranded here."

"Rocket, I don't think now is the time for a joke. No matter how funny it is." said Drax. "The sooner we take off, the sooner we can deal with that monster and I can finally find peace and justice for my family."

"It will give me a chance to give Thanos the same pain he gave me and Vision." said Wanda. "Then things will be alright again and he will pay for everything."

"Wanda, revenge is not the answer, have you forgotten of what happened with Ultron?" said Pietro who is not liking where this is going.

"I know, but this is not Ultron and I think it's time for Thanos to get a little taste of his own medicine." said Wanda determinedly.

"We can't let our own anger cloud our judgement and right now we can't afford to make a mistake, six days ago Thanos led us to a trap where he not only captured most of us but he also blackmailed Loki to give up the four remaining Infinity Stones." said Captain America. "He came up with a plan where he was able to come up with a plan where he took us all down and is now one step closer on using the stones to cause destruction."

"I don't see how a reminder of everything that occurred has any relevance to-" starts Loki who is ready to just leave, earning a couple annoyed glances from both Black Widow and Iron man.

"We all have an advantage over Thanos this time, we have a plan and the very person he wants. That doesn't mean we are just going to give Loki up to him and call it a day, we can't let the past or any resentment stand in our way of our ability to fight and make good decisions." continues Captain America. "Right now we are all on the same team and we only have one shot to do this right, Thanos doesn't know that Loki is bringing all of us and we need to make sure that it stays that way. We have to be ready for anything and look out for each other. This is a fight we can't loose and we are going to win, whatever it takes."

"Are you always this good on making these encouraging speeches?" asked Rocket who is slightly inspired by the entire speech.

"Yeah, it really sounds like something you would hear He-man say if he got everyone to team up for one last epic battle against Skelator." said Quill. "That alone makes this cool and more heroic."

"Alright enough of the pop culture references and let's get going already." said Black Widow.

With that they all start to head inside the ship, Bruce and Rocket quickly goes up to the control panel and start the launch. The others takes their seats, the ship starts to get ready for take off. Everyone is now awaiting for the ship to finally take off and they will be on their way to Titan. It takes only a couple of seconds, but soon the ship starts to levitate of the ground and they all opened the front window to allow the ship to have an exit to take off and soon the ship starts to move towards the makeshift exit. The ship speeds out of the exit and begins to soar through the sky and right towards space, they all have a long journey in such a short amount of time but they are one step closer for the fight of their lives and they are ready as they will ever be to defeat Thanos...

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An Hour Later on Titan

Thanos is staring right out of his window, about to reach Titan in a couple of minutes. He knows that Loki will be trying to do some kind of trick and he can't afford to lose. If he does so then he would lose the stones and everything that he has worked for and it would be all Loki's fault and anyone that dares to go against him. But still that is the perfect opportunity to deal with Loki right then and there, so that way he will never have to deal with Loki again and to teach him a lesson that he will never forget.

He turns to stare at the stones and to have a good look at the gauntlet as he awaits for their arrival, to finally put an end to this and to show Loki that he is inevitable and to finally finish what he started. The end is near and as they continue to approach Titan to the point that anyone can see through the window, he can't help but feel a sense of anger that Loki would agree to meet him at Titan of all places. But he knows that regardless of location, that he has an advantage over Loki and he is going to use it before he can even try anything. All he needs is to make sure he take advantage of a certain stone, then he will be able to end this sooner than anyone might expect.

Nebula just arrives to the room, already knowing why Thanos wants to see her and all she has to do is make sure that Thanos believes that she is on his side. To somehow help Loki defeat Thanos. She doesn't know what she is going to do or how she can convince him to trust her, but she is determined to do so. First she needs to get Thanos to trust her, land on Titan and then wait for Loki to arrive.

She slowly approaches Thanos, not even sure how she can handle another minute of this and how much longer does she have to wait until she can finally be free? But as long as Thanos believes that she is his loyal "daughter" then that's perfect until it's time to strike.

"I see that you are ready for what is about to occur." Said Thanos.

"Yes, I am ready to put an end to all of this." Said Nebula.

"There are a couple of things that I need you to remember. You are already on thin ice, if you do anything that jeopardize my chances to defeat Loki and use the stones or if I have reason to suspect that you might have other plans then there will be consequences." Said Thanos. "Remember when and if you find Gamora, do everything you can to defeat her in combat and aim to kill her."

"Yes father, but I do have a question that has been plaguing my mind for sometime." Said Nebula immediately capturing Thanos's attention.

"What is your question?" Said Thanos in a menacing tone.

"What are you going to do, what would happen if you fail?" Asked Nebula boldly in a hesitant tone.

"That is not going to happen Nebula, with the power of-" starts Thanos wanting to put a foolish idea out of Nebula's Head.

"I know but I was just wondering what might happen if that might happen." Said Nebula. "In case Loki tries to put up a fight and if he surprisingly wins."

"If that is the case, then I won't rest until I find a way to reobtain the stones and then make sure I finish what I start." Said Thanos. "If Loki tries to do anything that results in my defeat, then I will make sure that he face the inevitable and finally pay the price for everything that happened and my failure."

"Well then once that's done, at least you would finally be sastified." said Nebula.

"I will be more than sastified and I will bring peace to everyone in this entire universe. I will make a world free from any stigma and it will all be under my control." Said Thanos. "If anyone dares stands in my way then they will be dealt with, I will use Loki as an example to show anyone who dares try to challenge against me."

"I doubt anyone would even want to help Loki or he'll be successful in whatever game he's playing." Said Nebula. "So we have nothing to worry about."

"Indeed we don't, we have all of the power we need to crush them all." Said Thanos. "You also have grown so much ever since you have rejoined my side, maybe you are not just a waste of spare parts after all. But you still have more to prove and when you deal with Gamora and make sure she learns her lesson, then you will rise higher than you have ever had before and that is something that you should be proud of. Now go and make yourself useful and check the weapons room, when this ship lands I want you to be ready to take my direct orders."

"Yes, I will go and make sure that everything is in order." said Nebula and before she can get up to leave...

"Nebula, remember prove your loyalty and then and only then you will rise to the higher ranks." said Thanos. "To be honest, when I first took you in and after you failed to win your first few fights with Gamora, I assumed that you were going to be a failure, but in the past months you have proven to me that was not the case and proved me wrong. Remember that right now you are still inferior to me and will always will be, but you are showing some promise and if you stay in your place and do whatever it takes to win the war then you will be at the same level as Gamora. Now get out of my sight."

Nebula quickly leaves the room, not even needing to be asked twice to leave. She feels the rage inside her grow, ever since Thanos first had her and Gamora fight. Nebula has always hoped that someday she would get praise from Thanos and that he would even say that he's proud of her. But now after just receiving it, Nebula just feels nothing, that it means nothing and that she is not feeling the sastifastion that she always imagined. Especially with how Gamora is disgraced and she is slowly rising to the ranks, but it just feels empty and she doesn't feel like she accomplished anything.

Thanos may have praised her but he will continue to feel the same way towards her no matter what she does and will be ready to torture her if anything goes wrong. But if her plan works then Thanos will finally be gone and she'll be free. All she has to do is wait for the right moment and then she'll strike before Thanos tries to do anything and she will make sure that they are one step closer and to finally end this...

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Meanwhile on the Avengers' ship

The Avengers, Guardians and Loki are getting close to Titan, they all are only a few minutes away from the planet and the fight that can determine the whole universe's future. There's eigthy's music playing in the background and everyone seems to be focusing on their own thing or focusing on preparing for the battle up ahead. There is an awkward silence between all of them, since not only due to the fact that they are all on the opposite sides of the teams and they are about to finally face Thanos and for four out of the seven Avengers, they can't believe they are going to trust Loki and go with a plan that he came up with. Though they all have to admit that it's a great plan, but still they can't believe how far they have gotten...

Loki just can't believe that this is it, that he is about to go up against Thanos and everything depends on the plan on going well. Sure there's the fact that Darcy, Jane and Groot are missing and having fun in the city supposably, along with the fact that he has to quickly change up one part of the plan because of this and he wonders where are they? Why did he have to rely on dumb luck and hopes that Darcy would get the hint and she would sneak on the ship and knows what to do? This is going to be the last time he does something like this and will definitely talk to Darcy once he gets back.

Aside from that he just hopes that things work out and that by the time they get back, they can happily say that they defeated Thanos. He doesn't know what Thanos might be planning to do, the last time they met, he played them and they were led to a trap that only made things worse. What if Thanos is planning to do something. that will not only make things worse but Thanos might use the stones to his advantage this time? Everything relies on things to go exactly as plan and if it doesn't then they are all doomed to see the possibility of the end of the universe. He doesn't know what to think or say that will add some reassurance to the fact that this might be their last chance to make a stand and the pressure is on more than ever. The silence isn't helping when it comes to making him feel relaxed about the future...

"So raise your hands if any of you have ever been to space before." said Rocket trying to start an ice breaker because he was getting uncomfortable from the silence as they continue on their way. Before Rocket knew it, every single human member of the Avengers raised their hand with only both Thor and Loki giving Rocket an awkward and uncomfortable look. "Ok everyone here has at least one out of this world experience, a word of advice be ready for anything and don't go to Knowhere if you all know what's good for you."

"Come on Rocket, it wasn't that bad." said Drax earning annoyed looks from Gamora, Rocket and Quill. "Ok I probably made things worse by calling Ronan and that got Gamora and Quill captured by Yondu and the Ravengers and we lost the orb and nearly died."

"At least you all didn't have to deal with the Collector, he was a nightmare to say the least." said Loki.

"We did have to deal with him and almost sold him the Power Stone." said Gamora. "But we didn't once we saw it's power and we canceled the deal before Ronan found us."

"Wait you guys dealt with the Infinity Stones before?" asked Black Widow.

"Yeah, we practically saved the entire galaxy from keeping one of those things from a maniac." said Rocket. "Imagine how much more money we can make if everyone finds out that we not only saved the universe but defeated a nut job like Thanos and no one will ever have to deal with him again."

"Is that really your top priority?" asked Loki with a hint of annoyance. "We are about to face Thanos and that's what you are more worried about?"

"Yeah Rocket, that's kinda low especially considering that we all might die from this." agreed Quill.

"What? I am just saying." said Rocket with a shrug.

"So how much further until we get to Titan?" asked Bruce.

"Not to far, we'll arrive in a few minutes and then we'll finally face him." said Gamora. "Knowing Thanos, he's going to be ready or at least somewhat prepared for any possible traps or attack that we might do."

"So if Thanos has the power of all of the Infinity Stones, what can he do with that kind of power?" asked Tony. "What exactly are we fighting so hard to prevent from happening?"

"The stones are said to grant the user their greatest desire and if we want to put an end to Thanos then he'll be able to do more than he would with one stone alone." said Loki. "He will do the worst and wipe out everything and we won't be able to reverse the effects because we'll all no longer be in this world."

"Which means-" Starts Quicksilver who is confused by what Loki might be trying to say.

"We would all be dead and Thanos will be the only one to live in victory." said Loki bluntly saying the most obvious thing on his mind. "It's also important that we keep an eye on the stones and make sure that we avert any attack that Thanos tries when he uses the stones."

"He's right, Thanos can still each one of the stone's power and he might use their power as an advantage." said Gamora.

"Really, he is going to fight that way and not going to use the stones to simply destroy us the first chance he gets?" asked Scarlet Witch in disbelief.

"Yeah, I thought that from everything you all said about Thanos that he would take advantage of the stones and beat us by using their power to get the job done quicker than this." said Black Widow.

"Thanos wants to feel like if he has accomplished something and feels like that he wouldn't do so if he simply snaps his fingers and make us go to oblivion." explain Gamora. "He wants that pride and he's so close in doing so, once he gets a hold of Loki and make him pay the price then he'll complete his goal. While anyone that is willing to stand in his way then they'll be the first to go. As for me, Thanos will use the mind stone to take away my memories and have me forced back to his side and I will loose all sense of freedom and myself."

"Is he really planning to do that?" asked Black Widow with a hint of sympathy in her voice, remembering the Red Room and how it took away her own freewill.

"Well I am 'his favorite,' he will be ready to do anything to get me back and if it means brainwashing and destroying everything I love then he would do so." said Gamora. "He wants control and to make everything his perfect little world, Thanos will anything to make sure that he wins the war no matter what the cost may be."

"I won't let him hurt you and it is going to take more than a threat to back us down." said Quill. "Besides he'll have to deal with all of us and there's eleven of us this time to back you up."

"Peter... You do remember that I was raised by him and I can take of myself." said Gamora confidently. "Though the odds are stacked against us and we could really use all of the help we can get."

"I know, this plan is rely on many things to not interfere and we're playing with fire." admitted Loki. "But we don't have a choice, we can't afford to lose any more time going everywhere and explain everything to get help. We can only succeed if we not only follow the plan and hope for the same results and for all of us to put aside our differences, this can only work if we work together."

"For once Loki is right, Thanos will be an adversary that we have never face before and we could definitely use all of the help we can get." said Captain America. "But that's not an option at the moment due to us being in space and Loki. The only way we can defeat Thanos is to work together and maybe if luck is on our side then we might pull this off."

"Yeah, we'd be extremely fortunate if we can somehow manage to do so and when the day is over Thanos will finally be defeated." said Loki who already starting to think of all of the negative outcomes that might happen if things don't go as well.

"Everything will work out and we will finally put a stop to this." said Thor. "I have the feeling that everything will work out alright."

"I hope you're right about that and we know what we are doing." said Bruce who like Loki is now seeing all of the flaws of the plan as well.

"Guys, I really think that this conversation needs to end because we're already here." said Drax pointing out towards the widow and that's when the others see Titan right in front of them.

The planet is a redish brown coloring and from the look of things, from a distance no one can guess that a major battle was going to happen. Unlike most of the planets, it's environment seems to be completely destroyed and whatever caused this destruction, it must have been inevitable. Rocket quickly starts to move the ship closer to the planet and starts the landing sequence, every single second that they move towards the planet is a second closer to finally confronting Thanos. The fight for the universe and everyone in it, to finally fix the mistakes that Loki caused and to finish what he started. To hopefully end the war before Thanos does something drastic, the time seems to be going in slow motion as they enter Titan's antnesphere and that this is a moment where that anyone would wish that time would stop.

When they finally arrive, they all noticed Thanos's ship right on the ground and that he was right there waiting for them. From one look of Thanos and the guantlet and with the ship getting closer and closer to the ground, Loki knew right then and there that it's time...

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Surprise, there's a bonus chapter for Redemption and it's the second part of chapter 47. Yeah I kinda did a Loki like move there and gave you guys an extra chapter. But don't worry the first part of final battle is next chapter and we are going to see how things play out in the next chapter, it's already up right now and we'll see how things go for them at first and if they will have a good start during the final battle. It will be in the following chapter and I hope that you guys enjoy the first part of the final battle and that it's worth the wait.

I'm also rewriting the first 28 chapters to match up to the standard of the most recent chapters grammarwise. You guys can check it out if you like, the third chapter is being rewritten and will come out soon.

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 and 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. (Maybe even a Guardians of the Galaxy prequel/midquel before Gamora got caught by Thanos?) Though I would be mostly doing Loki ones but I am open to the idea, I'm also thinking of possibly making a sequel to Redemption and I already got an idea for it and will share more in the future updates.

Which would you guys rather see more, midquel one-shots that would help expand the story or a full-length Redemption sequel? Be sure to vote on the poll that just opened right now on the Author page.

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 the plan work? How will they deal with the wrath of Thanos and the Infinity Stones in case he might have something in store for them when it comes to using the Infinity Stones? How will they possibly come together to finally defeat Thanos? Are they ready for the final battle? Are you ready for the final battle? Check out the next chapter to find out... :)