When the ship lands, there is a silence in the ship and things are in a bleak silence that no one can figure out the words to say. But at that moment Loki decides to take the time to do last minute preparations and to quickly check the windows to see that Thanos is standing right there. All he needs to do is to make sure that Thanos is distracted long enough for them to move the plan forward for the Avengers, Drax and Quill to get ready for the attack. While Gamora and Rocket sneak on board to Thanos's ship and work on shutting down the system to make all of the Chitauri malfunction and to reduce the numbers of Chitauri to fight off. All he has to do is to make sure that Thanos doesn't suspect a thing and to make sure that they are able to somehow succeed in doing so.
The Avengers and the Guardians are getting everything they needed to get themselves ready for the fight and to face Thanos. At least Loki feels confident that they would all be fine from whatever Thanos might be ready to do to them, especially with the healing potion and now any injury would be healed over time as long as it's in the twenty four hour timeframe that they will all be able to meet due to timing. At least he doesn't have to worry about any scenarios of them getting hurt or he would have to drop everything to give them the potion and now at least preparing for it makes things easier. Now all Loki has to do is to set the illusion and then they will all be ready to go, he quickly does so and that in a quick second everyone except himself is under an illusion.
"Ok what did you just do?" asked Tony who is caught off guard what Loki just did.
"I just created an illusion, for the part of the plan where I distract Thanos while Gamora and Rocket go and shut down the system." said Loki as if it was obvious. "Only I can see and hear you, that way at least I will be able to see you all before we start to fight off Thanos. To make sure nothing ruins the plan and to keep you all invisible to Thanos's eyes until the moment is right."
"Now let's finally end this." said Scarlet Witch who is ready to make sure that Thanos pays for what he did to Vision.
"Loki, are you sure that this will work?" asked Bruce. "No offense, the plan is a good plan, but are we really going to simply rely on dumb luck and hope that it will be on our side? We would be relying on so many things to go smoothly and not to interfere."
"I know but it's our best chance to make sure that we are actually doing something to make sure that we have the upper hand." said Loki. "If we want this to work then we are going to need to make sure that we pull this off, these next few minutes can determine the entire outcome of this battle. Besides does anyone else have any brighter ideas?"
"Alright, we all know what to do. Hide and wait for Loki to give a signal and then-" starts Captain America before stopping himself and turning to Loki. "You do have a signal to divert our attention right?"
"After I give Thanos one of those overrated hero speeches then you will all come out and I will undo the illusion." said Loki. "At that moment we'll be ready to fight them off and Gamora and Rocket would have gone in Thanos's ship and shut down the system. I might as well try the whole hero speech thing considering that this is the big moment and one that Thanos will finally meet the beginning of his defeat. I should also spend that time to maybe rub it in his face and make it clear that his journey is now over and he failed in what this Infinity Stone quest or-"
"Are you really going to make an entire speech about winning and brag about possibly beating Thanos before we actually defeat him?" asked Black Widow in a mix of disbelief and annoyance, even if she kinda expected it.
"Well I am still new to this whole hero dynamic and since it occurred to me that you all make some grand glorious speech whenever you all are about to face your foe and prior to their defeat you say something witty and inspiring. I have no idea why because there's no one else in the audience and to be honest one really should focus on telling the opponent off."
"He has a point, why do a lot of people or rather you guys do that?" said Rocket. "Even if it is inspiring."
"Why don't we just focus on trying to defeat Thanos right now?" said Captain America. "Ok I just hope that you know what you are doing..."
"I do, now let get this over with and give Thanos exactly what he deserves." said Loki as he heads over to the door and the others soon followed him to do their part and to set the ship up for the battle and latter on their departure. They all knew that their journey is not over just yet and they are all going to face off Thanos and ready to do whatever it takes to finally defeat Thanos for good.
A couple Seconds later
They all soon opened the ship's door and Loki starts to make his way down towards Thanos, ready to say a couple of things on his mind to the very Titan that has been chasing after him for the past two months. Along with distract him long enough for Gamora and Rocket to get on to the ship and then they will have an advantage over him. From the look of Thanos, he seems to be alone and has the guantlet at hand and ready to use it if nessicarry. Maybe hoping that Loki would be scared enough to obey every command just because he has the guantlet. But Loki knows that he is underestimating Loki's strength and ability to fight back and now all he has to do to make sure that Thanos won't take advantage of the situation or figure out what they're trying to do.
"I was wondering when you were going to show up or if you were simply try to pull one of your stunts on me." said Thanos.
"Well if I did that then it would be so predictable, besides you would have seen through my lies before I can even do anything." pointed out Loki. "So really what's the point? Especially with the power of the reality stone in your grasps to undo any of my illusions."
"Indeed I do have more power than any could ever dream of and you caused me so much trouble to obtain it." said Thanos.
"Well I can't take all of the credit, I did have some help and even then there will be people who are ready to fight back if they have the will to do so." said Loki. "You'd be surprise to see how many people are ready to fight and I can even name some that are absolutely furious with you."
"That is something I don't think I need to worry about, with the power of the stones I can wipe many out of existence." said Thanos as he pulls off the guantlet proudly.
"Why?" said Loki simply.
"Why what?" asked Thanos in a menacing tone.
"Why haven't you done so already? I mean with all of that power and your thirst for revenge, power and efficiency then one would think that you would have done so already." pointed out Loki. "Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that you are a fool for not using the stones the first chance you got. In fact, I find it wise that you would find the perfect moment to use them because of their power and the potential consequences that might occur if one uses that kind of power all at once. But it still puzzles me, why would a creature like yourself would hesitate on using the power of the stones and prolong it this long? Why would you search for the stones and the guantlet for all of these years and once you finally get that power, you never use it?"
"How do you think that this planet got this way?" asked Thanos kinda taken aback from Loki's question.
"They say that Titan was destroyed from natural causes and over time all of the life on this planet seemly died due to the lack of resources and the environment taken for a turn for the worse." said Loki. "Though the most unfortunate thing to occur was your survival simply because now the universe is in jeopardy, other than that this planet faced a catastrophic end and we are standing on what used to be a planet home to many."
"You are right about Titan, it was destroyed by the forces of nature and the lack of resources. But also the fact that no one on my planet was ready to take the nessicarry action for survival because of their desire to maintain peace for the planet and to preserve life." said Thanos. "The only way to ensure our planet's survival was an idea that I came up with and that is to destroy half of the population so the other half can survive. They all refused to accept it and yet allowed the crisis to continue until it ultimately destroy itself."
"I fail to see how any of this has any relevance to this situation." said Loki who is even starting to think that Thanos is simply now wasting their time for the sake of it.
"It is relevant because I created a fear within my planet and that fear allowed me to become a threat bigger than they can ever imagine. The fear of the idea I presented was more powerful than any natural disaster." said Thanos. "The more they feared, the more likely they will face the inevitable and the more power I will gain and then everyone will listen to me and I will be able to do more than simply save a planet, I can make other people submit whatever I say and when the moment is right then I will strike."
"You're bidding you're time by trying to have everyone fear you with hopes that no one would fight back and you can easily just use the stones after you deal with me." said Loki. "With the Avengers and I out of the way then you can inspire that fear with the guantlet in hope that your demands will be met and then you will use the stones to animate the entire living population am I correct?"
"Of course, the universe has suffered enough from it's inhabitants and I would only be setting a damaged world in an environment of peace." said Thanos.
"By using the stones to destroy everything?" said Loki. "You're insane, I may have gone to many lengths to take over Earth and Asgard but if I had to hurt people then it would be out of anger or any other petty excuse I came up with at the time. I wasn't doing it for fun or enjoying it, I thought... It doesn't matter, but still you doing all of this is not going to bring anyone any peace."
"It will bring peace by having no one to disrupt it and I will be overseeing a world where I have unlimited power and there will be no one to stop me." said Thanos. "Then and only then I will succeed in doing so."
"Then what? Will your need for destruction and power finally be satisfied? Will that finally be enough?" asked Loki already frustrated and wants to hear from him to see what the Titan is hoping the future might be if he wins.
"Then I will finally rest and see the world that I created and maybe I might even spare Gamora, to allow her to enjoy that world with me on my side. But she doesn't deserve that privilege, so I am still debating on that and will decide when I am finally done with you." said Thanos. "But to answer you're question then yes, I believe I will finally be satisfied."
Loki is can feel a sense of disgust as he stares at Thanos, that was it. Thanos only cares about completing his goals and doesn't care about anyone else but himself, he doesn't even want to imagine how things might turn out for Gamora if Thanos spares her. Not that he would care but knowing Thanos, things wouldn't end well and at least there would be some hope that she would find some way to fix things. But still...
Who is he kidding? Loki does care about defeating Thanos, he cares about the ones that he finds some form of friendship and alliance and he wants to fix his mistakes and put a stop to this. Thanos needs to stop and now it's time to show him what happens when he dares tries to take the stones and make things go this far. He knows that at any moment Thanos would do whatever he is planning to do and there is something that he needs to say. To not only give the others the signal but at the same time to also give Thanos a piece of his mind and maybe to try something out...
"Well you might want to rethink your priorities, the funny thing about power is when one gets the taste of it then one will never get enough. The power of the Infinity Stones can easily corrupt someone no matter how pure their soul may be, that desire power will continue to ask for more until ultimately it will destroy yourself." said Loki. "I allowed it to happen and it only led me down a dark path."
"You have no right to lecture me about power, you wanted to get any form of power and if you had won then you wouldn't be here trying to be a hero." said Thanos. "Instead you were weak and you allowed yourself to listen to that brother of yours and let that girl convince you otherwise. To allow yourself to become vulnerable through sentimental relationships and failed to see how power can only strengthen you rather than weaken you. You had the ability to use the stones to gain everything you have ever wanted or come after and fight off me for the other stones. You could have gotten a throne and all of the power in the universe, but instead you chose to try to undo my work and to stop me."
"It's seems clear that you are missing the point in what I'm saying, the cycle of revenge and power never ends and that desire, it will only continue to grow." said Loki. "You will never have enough, thus you will continue to use the stones to find a way to satisfy that hunger. I have made many mistakes in the past and I know that all of this never works out in the long run. You are living in a fantasy if you believe that you will win and if you believe that anyone will back down from a fight."
"I have an army and all six of the stones." said Thanos proudly. "What makes you think that you are in the position to challenge me?"
"Maybe it's because other than the fact that either way I would lose, but I know that I am ready to face my errors and fix them. I may not have been the most trustworthy or moral person alive in the past few years, some may even call me a villain and might still find reasons not to trust me." said Loki. "But I know that things are not going to end well for you and I may be surrendering myself to you and I may not stand a chance but I know that I will find a way to fight. Even if I lose or fail in escaping, I will fight and there will be many others that will be ready to make that stand and-"
Before Loki can even finish what he is trying to say and giving out a signal through that speech and undo the illusion, the next thing that he knows is that he is being pulled towards Thanos's direction and the soul stone is glowing intensely. Loki tries to see maybe he can use his magic to fight off the pull and so far he is not having any luck and knows that he needs his sword to see if he can conjure a spell that would alter the stone's power and he can escape but before Loki can even do so. Thanos grabs a hold of him by the head and gives him a menacing smile.
"I would like to see you try." said Thanos and moves his hand towards Loki's neck.
Loki can't believe that this might be his end and that it might come to this, but he's not going to go down without a fight and going to break free from Thanos's grasp. Loki quickly places his hand on the the guantlet to try to see if he can push Thanos's hand off his neck and to try to do everything to set himself free. But the more Loki tries, the tighter Thanos's grip is and the longer Loki is held like this, the harder it is for him to breath.
He tries to use his magic to see if he can summon his sword or uplift the illusion, to not only use it's power to break free and if the worst is to happen then to at least let the Avengers continue on with the plan. So far nothing seems to be working and through these couple of seconds, Loki thinks he hears he hears a swoshing sound and wonders if he's hallucinating. At least Loki knows that if the worst happens, then the illusion will break on it's own and the Avengers and Guardians will deal with Thanos and before the worst can happen...
Thanos quickly lets out a tiny scream and he lets go of Loki, to grab a hold of his arm and the swoshing sound continues until it's suddenly stops. While Loki is trying to catch his breath, he notices Scarlet Witch putting her full focus on Thanos and quickly grabs a hold of him and lifts him up on the ground and toss him around for a bit to make sure that he doesn't try anything, to hold him off for as long as she can. The next thing that Loki knows is that he is now facing Thor who quickly runs towards Loki during the entire chaos and puts a hand on Loki's shoulder. He quickly tries to see Loki's wellbeing while Loki's breathing is slowly returning to it's normal pace.
"Are you ok?" asked Thor with a hint of being frantic and concern. "Are you ok?"
"I'm... fine..." said Loki through some gasping before Loki finds his voice and his breath pattern returns. "I'm fine. What was that about?"
"I went for the arm." said Thor who can't help but glare at Thanos regardless of the fact that he's still hidden by the illusion.
"No, what was that about? You and Wanda trying to save me, possibly jeopardizing the plan in order to-" starts Loki who is starting to get annoyed at Thor and what might have caused.
"He was choking you! What did you expect me to do? Just stand there and do nothing?" demanded Thor.
"If it means that we might have a chance to defeat Thanos and him not suspecting a thing? Then yes, don't interfere." said Loki furiously. "I should be grateful that Wanda is now levitating him, that might buy us enough time to think of a back up plan."
"Loki, no plan is worth seeing you get hurt." argued Thor.
"He's after me, he only wants me and he'll not only leave you alone but them as well if-" argues back Loki before...
"I can't lose you again! I can't... You were ready to save me back in the Dark World, ready to give up your life even if you had a plan to survive and hid behind my back." said Thor. "But that besides the point, if I have the ability to save you then I will do it. I am not going to sit by to watch you suffer because of some plan, I vowed to you to help you vanquish Thanos and keep you from any harm and I am going to keep that promise. Whether you like it or not, you are not alone and we are going to face him together. All of us together and actually work together for once."
Loki is about to say something but stopped himself, he doesn't know what to say or if he can say anything. As he stares as his brother, Loki just gives a sigh and realizes that Thor is right about Loki needing all of the help that he can get. At the rate on how things are going and how Thanos is ready to use the stones at any moment once he feels like that he has complete his goal and make sure that no one would dare try to go against him. Once he do so then Thanos will use the stones to anilate everyone else, that will be end of everything and they need to do something before it's too late and if Loki has to put aside any reservation and simply trust them to help him or else they will all be doomed and plus what else do they really have to lose at this point? It's either to give it all they have or possibly loose anyway by simply not working together.
"Alright, I can't argue with that one and maybe for once in your life, you're right and we might need to work together if we not only want to defeat Thanos but to possibly make this out alive." said Loki. "Though it's ironic that you are here ready to talk sense to me, when it's usually me who mostly spends the time to convince you otherwise."
"Well someone has to do so and you can't face Thanos on you're own or put your life on the line to try to fix everything." said Thor. "We are going to stand with you by your side because we're on the same side-"
"Guys, I'd hate to break up the heartwarming moment but have you two forgotten that this isn't over?" called out Iron Man from behind. "Keep the brotherly heartwarming moments to a limit until after we defeat the big bad over there."
"Remind me never to make Thor that mad in any scenario." said Quicksilver.
"Boys, joking aside, I can't hold him any longer." yell out Scarlet Witch. "He's using the stones to try to break free!"
As Scarlet Witch is trying to maintain her hold on Thanos and to see if she can somehow see if she can toss him or maybe even stop him at that moment. But Thanos knows that with the power of the guantlet then he'll be able to easily throw her focus off. So Thanos quickly combines the powers of the Power and Reality stone, he focuses on his power of the stones on Scarlet Witch and once the power is combined and before Scarlet Witch can have the power to try to fight back. Thanos blasts her back and quickly takes a look around to see what might have caused that unexpected attack.
Scarlet Witch quickly gets off from the ground and Quicksilver quickly races over to her to see if she's alright, to check on his sister and ready to fight off Thanos for hurting his sister for the past few days because of Vision's death and for breaking his sister's heart. Not too mention, what he just tried to do with Loki is out of line and he's ready to help his friends and Loki's friends to fight off Thanos. The rest of the Avengers and the Guardians are having that same mindset, as they all got in position to get ready for the fight of their lives. Despite that minor setback, they still are ready to fight back and to make a stand and they have one advantage, Gamora and Rocket already left the group and managed to sneak past the entrance. At this moment, Loki knows that this is the time to fight and to make that stand and there might be hope after all.
"Did you honestly think that I would come here underprepared?" said Loki confidentially. "You were wrong, it looks like they haven't turned their backs on me and we are not going to give up that easily."
With that Loki quickly undo the illusion and the Avengers, Drax and Quill shows up ready to fight. To put an end to Thanos's wrath and to be free from the fate that he wants the world to suffer from. Before anyone can even get a chance to do anything, Thanos quickly pulls up the guantlet and uses the Space stone to bring out the Chitauri, the Black Order and Nebula to the battle scene ready to fight them all off.
The Avengers, Loki and Drax all got ready to fight them off, while Quill quickly puts on his Star Lord mask, they are all ready to fight off the Titan and make sure that he doesn't suspect that Gamora and Rocket are on his ship and what they are trying to do. Bruce quickly focuses on his anger and concentrates on it until eventually his anger rapidly consumes him like wild fire and he becomes more bigger and greener until he the Hulk. At that moment they all takes a quick moment to look at the situation and they know that they are going to need to give everything they got if they want to win. It's ten vs an entire army and when Gamora and Rocket eventually do join them then it would only lead them up to twelve against Thanos, the Black Order and Nebula. But what choice do they have? This is their chance to finally put an end to this and they are not going to back down.
"As you all can see, Loki isn't the only one that thought bringing back up is a wise idea." said Thanos. "Though you all should have brought an army..."
"You shouldn't underestimate us too quickly, we are a force to be reckoned with." said Tony.
"Don't be cocky, we are not doing anything if we underestimate Thanos as well, he has the power of the stones and will be ready to use that as an advantage." said Loki. "We can't afford to allow him to get the upper hand."
"Yeah, Thanos will be ready to do anything to protect the stones even if he has to kill us to do so." said Black Widow. "So the best thing we can do is try to buy them more time and get that Guantlet off before he can use it to do something drastic."
"Let's finish this, now... uh Loki can you?" start Captain America pointing out at the area around them.
"There's no need to do so, he can only see us but can't hear us, whenever I speak to you all he won't hear what anything we say right now." said Loki.
"Wait now you tell us?" asked Star Lord a little annoyed at that revelation.
"It never really occurred to me that I would need to bring it up." said Loki defensively.
"Well with that settled, our top priority should be to fight off the Chitauri and to try to make it look like that nothing else is going on. Once Gamora and Rocket is done then we'll take down the rest and our focus is on the guantlet and Thanos, take out as many as you can." said Captain America. "Now let's assemble and finally take him down."
At that moment, Loki quickly take off the sound barrier and summon the sword, catching everyone except Thor, Drax and Star Lord by surprised. They all quickly put their attention and focus on Thanos and his army, ready to fight the biggest battle of their lives and ready to get the Guantlet and the stones. Thanos is ready to do everything in his power to make sure that no one leaves the planet alive, the Avengers and the Guardians have stood in his way for far too long and he needs to deal with them and make them pay for their interference. He uses the the power stone and hit his guantlet wrist on the ground to try to shake them off, but they all stood their ground and they are ready for battle. A long moment of silence is in the presence and Thanos takes a deep breath as he glares at them...
"Make sure there are no survivors and leave and bring Loki to me, do whatever it takes to ensure of our victory." said Thanos as he turn his attention back to the Avengers, the two Guardians and Loki and notices that they are now running towards him. With a deep breath, all Thanos can say... "Attack."
The planet quickly tuned into a war zone as they all start to fight one another and they are all determined to win. The Avengers, Drax, Star Lord and Loki focus on trying to take out as many of the Chitauri as they can and so far it's easier said then done. The upgrades are still causing them trouble and it looks like that none of them has figured out the Chitauri's weakness. But they are ready to keep on fighting even if they are partially underprepared, Loki quickly notices what's going on and realizes aside from himself and maybe sometimes Thor, no one else seems to be able to defeat the as easily. It looks like he's going to have to change that.
"There's a button on their armor, it allows the armor to malfunction. The armor is connected to the Chitauri and it causes some kind of shutdown that affects them physically." said Loki. "Focus on trying to press that button and then at least that specific one will have the armor shut their system down and loose power."
At that moment, a Chitauri soldier starts to try to make his move against Loki and before that soldier can even go far, Loki is one step head of him. He quickly uses the sword to fight back and quickly finds the button and presses it. After he does so the Chitauri starts to shake a little bit and the armor starts to fall off the Chitauri and that soldier is getting weaker and weaker by the minute. The next thing to all of them knew is that the armor breaks apart and that Chitauri soldier collapses, giving them a key to defeat the Chitauri easily until the system shuts down.
They all start to fight the Chitauri even harder and trying to press the buttons, to try to make things easier and so far they are taking down more than they originally did. But despite unlocking the key of taking down the Chitauri, the Black Order has other plans in mind and the four of them already came up with the plan to try to see if they can defeat them all in one go. Before they can go any further, Loki and Scarlet Witch quickly notices and figured out what they are trying to do and goes over to deal with them. Scarlet Witch quickly starts to use her powers to deal with Ebony Maw and Corvus Grave to keep them from using their abilities to attack the others. Proxima begins to fight the Avengers, Drax and Star Lord trying to keep them from taking down any more of the Chitauri, even then Thor, Black Widow and Iron Man are the ones that are fighting her and trying to undermine her attempts of victory.
While Loki on the other hand is dealing with Cull Obsidean and the first thing he did is use telekinesis to throw Cull Obsidean's move off and to focus his magic on trying to throw him out of the way and then maybe use his ice powers to see if he can freeze him for a little bit until the fight is over. He continues to fight with sword and uses his magic to speed things up. All he wants to do is make sure that Cull Obsidean is weaken long enough for him to trap him in ice and to hopefully that will hold him off for a while. He knows that he has enough power to do so and now that's his top priority.
Loki quickly starts to use his telekinesis to throw Cull off in all types of directions. To make sure that he can make the alien lose focus. Once he feels like that this is a good time to start the rest, he soon starts to use his magic to create blasts to push Cull away and to possibly hopefully weaken him. So far it seems to be going well and that he will be able to end this quickly, but before he can even do so and when he is about to do the next phase of his plan and use the sword to try to see if he can possibly freeze Cull Obsidean to submission. He uses the sword to blast Cull Obsidean again and it turned out to work a little too well, the blast starts to hit the alien rapidly and continuously until Loki lifts up the sword and finds the Black Order member badly injured. He can barely get up and from one look, it might take him at least a couple of weeks to recover from that attack, giving them all an advantage for the battle.
"Ok I did not know that I can do that, but it was surprisingly effective." said Loki as he wonders on the possibilities and the idea that the sword might do more then he has ever imagined.
"Well whatever you just did, try to do it on the rest of these guys." said Black Widow as she continuously fight off all of the Chitauri that are surrounding her.
"Just try to not do whatever you just did accidentally on us." said Iron man as he blast another button on Chitauri off.
"Loki and Wanda focus on taking down the Black Order and make sure you focus on the ones that mostly use their tech to make them more powerful than they really are." said Captain America. "The rest of us will focus on trying to take down as many of the Chitauri as we can."
"I can go and deal with Proxima, that way we'll be done with all of these guys." offered Black Widow.
"Alright, let's keep this up until Gamora and Rocket shut down the system." said Captain America. "Hulk be sure to smash as many as you can."
They all start to focus on trying to fight off as many of the Chitauri as they can and Loki and Scarlet Witch takes the time to fight off Ebony Maw, Corvus Grave and any Chitauri that may try to attack them. The battle has just begun and they all have to win in order to gain a better future and a future without Thanos and one that they all can be free from. The Chitauri and the Black Order are determined to avoid that fate in happening and to protect the guantlet even if it might cost them their lives. While Thanos on the other hand can't help but smile at the mere site and thinks that they are all fighting a foolish battle where only he can win and really believes that none of them will be able to defeat him.
While Nebula on the other hand is sneaking around, trying to see if she can find Gamora or Darcy. So that way she can find them and talk to them, to offer them her help and to allow her to do something that might help them win the fight. It is something that she is hoping that might help them change over the course of the fight, so far she is not having any luck on seeing them and quickly figures that maybe they have a plan of their own because she knows that Gamora and that fox wouldn't want to miss out on helping their friends and ending Thanos for good. Plus that Darcy girl doesn't seem the type that would just stay home and wait for them to return to see the results. They must be up to something, before Nebula can have a chance to think even further, she notices that there are a couple of Chitauri that are trying to break into their ship.
From one look at that and remembering the last time that she found Darcy, she knows that if Darcy is on the ship gain then the Chitauri is going to either held her captive again or worse kill her to get to Loki. If she wants to help the first thing she should do is see if one of the only few people that has ever been kind to her is on that ship. To make sure that no one does anything to hurt her and to hopefully not only make some progress in her plan to defeat Thanos and help them do so, but to stop the Chitauri in whatever plan that they may be up to.
Meanwhile inside the ship
Groot is trying to figure out how to get around the air vent and is about to head back before he sees a the other side of the vent and now knows that maybe that would be where the rest of the ship. He quickly runs up to the vent and is happy to see that he made it to the other side, Groot quickly tries to open the door and grows his little arms to unscrew the top screws and once the vent opens, Groot goes through it. He is happy to finally being free from that room and now in the other side of the ship, Groot is now is one step closer on freeing Darcy and Jane from the supply closet. That is if he remembers what he has to do and if he can figure out how he can do so. But part of Groot wants to explore and see where they are now or if there's anything exciting to see and do. Before Groot can get to ahead of himself...
"Hey Groot, are you on the other side yet? Are you alright?" asked Darcy from the other side. "Is everything alright out there?"
"I am Groot!" said Groot happily confirming that he's on the other side.
"I may not speak Groot, but I think it's safe to assume that's a yes." said Jane relieved that they are finally getting somewhere and that this plan might be able to work.
"Alright Groot, go to the control panel table thing and see if you can find a button that opens all of the doors or at least this storage room or better yet a key that we can just easily try to open." said Darcy.
"I am Groot." said Groot happily as he got to work.
He quickly goes over to the control panel to start to see all of the buttons and the moment that Groot sees that the control panel has so many buttons. Groot gives a little happy gasp and then a big small begins to form in his face. He can't wait to see what all of these buttons can do and to see if they can not only set Jane and Darcy free but to also see what these buttons can do and to have some fun. So he quickly starts to push all of the buttons he can press and every time he does so then he often see a new surprise waiting for him or to see something new and exciting.
Groot may not be having any luck on finding something to open that door, but so far he is having so much fun that Groot forgot about even doing it in the first place. Nothing seems to be breaking Groot's reality and the moments of fun is simply the best. Fortunately it isn't effecting the battle right outside the ship and the buttons are mostly either turning on the screens, opening any other door that isn't the supply room or simply something like setting off some alarm that can be heard inside the ship or turning on some lights in some of the other rooms or even lightly on the head lights outside before turning it off before they turns to see that the ship's light are on. He continues to press some buttons and just have some fun, that is before...
Groot notices that there is a big button and now really wants to press it, he knows that there are still many buttons to try out and that this button might be important. But he really wants to push that button and to see what happens, to see what this mystery button can do and to see if it brings out something that might help the situation, but to mostly see what it might be able to do and the exciting surprises that it might bring. So Groot happily jumped on the button to see what happens and then all of the sudden there is a loud noise from the front door and Groot sees that he opened the main entrance of the ship.
Before Groot can try out any more buttons or see maybe if he can wander off the ship to see where they might are, all of the Chitauri soldiers are rushing in, ready to attack and see if there any signs of someone that they can take to Thanos to see if they can hold someone hostage to blackmail them long enough to create an advantage. Groot quickly tries to see if there is a button to deal with them and to close the door, to hopefully figure out a way to stop the Chittauri from coming in from all directions. The seven Chitauri begins walking into the ship and trying to see if they can find anything, while they are looking, they are making some noise and knocking some things over such as and chairs and lights.
"Groot, what's going on out there?" asked Jane wondering what could be causing the crashes.
"I am Groot." said Groot trying to make sure that everything sound that things are fine and at the moment things are anything but fine.
"I definitely think that there is something going on out there." said Darcy not convinced that everything is fine on the other side.
After they notices Groot, the Chitauri starts to head their way towards the control panel and now ready to not only destroy the panel and grab the sapling. Groot is starting to back away, not even knowing what to do because of the mere fact that both Darcy and Jane are trapped in the supply closet and no one knows that they are in there. As the Chitauri comes closer to Groot, the little sappling's fears grows by the second and he doesn't even know what to do or if he can find a way to escape from his fate. Things are about to get worse, one of the Chitauri is about to grab a hold of Groot, that is until...
Something hit that Chitauri and then there is suddenly a fight occurring right in front of him and more Chitauri are being taken down by the minute. Groot quickly run towards the front of the panel, close to the edge to get a closer work. He sees Nebula fighting all of the Chitauri as quickly as she can and as efficiently as she can, every single one of the Chitauri doesn't stand a chance and to make sure that they don't get anywhere close to Groot. She fights as hard as she can, either through punches, her electric batons or any weapon or device she can grab from her satchel. Nebula always aimed towards the button on the armor and tries to make sure that she can reach it and hits it so that way they will easily be defeated and then she can see if there is anyone else that might be on the ship. Someone that might agree to help her with her plan and to show Groot that she is on their side now.
Once Nebula is done and every single Chitauri is defeated, she quickly turns to Groot and starts to head towards him. Groot nervously starts to back away slowly from Nebula, already worried what she might do to him and already remembering what Rocket and Gamora said to him about Nebula. He doesn't want to be trapped or upset her in anyway, Groot just hopes that he can at least get Darcy and Jane out and maybe warn the others what is going on. He really wishes that he can fight her off, but he doesn't want to end up like the Chitauri too.
Nebula notices that Groot is trying to back away, she already knows that deep down Groot must be afraid of her and she doesn't blame him. After everything she did during her time with Thanos, her quest for revenge and what she became on the outside. Groot has every right to be afraid and the monster that she is, but she needs to show him that he can trust her and hopefully it will be enough, it has too...
"Don't worry, I am not here to hurt you. I came here to help, I want to help defeat Thanos in anyway I can." said Nebula. "I know you have valid reasons why not to trust me and you probably afraid of me, but I need you're help to find Gamora or Darcy, I need to talk to them. If they are not here and if you have some form of communication device so I can contact Loki then that would be alright as well. But I need to talk to either of them in order to help them defeat Thanos and ready to do whatever it takes to do so."
"I am Groot..." said Groot nervously and unsure if it's a good idea to help her.
"Groot, please I really don't mean any harm and ready to help finally put a stop to this. You're friends needs my help and if you want them to be ok then you need to tell me where they are or give me some form of communication device." said Nebula. "I need their help and I want to help, I want to try to set everyone free from that monster."
"I am Groot." said Groot who can already see Nebula's word being genuine and doesn't need any more convincing. "I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot."
Groot quickly points out towards the supply room door, Nebula turned to see the door and quickly turned back to look at Groot and then quickly looks at the door and then turned to look at Groot again who's nodding his head in excitement. She quickly figures that Groot must want something from that door or if someone is in there, Nebula slowly walked towards the door to see what might be on the other side, only to find it locked.
"Groot, this door is lock." said Nebula. "Is there something that you want from there?"
"I am Groot." said Groot happily nodding his head.
"Is that where you open the doors and you operate the ship?" asked Nebula approaching the control table.
"I am Groot." said Groot confirming it. "I am Groot."
Nebula takes a good look of the ship, to check if there are any codes or a label of some sort, so that way she won't have to press every button and once she figured it out then she heads back to the control table and takes a quick look of all of the buttons. After she examine each of the buttons and levers, she manages to find it and quickly doubled check if it's the right button and is about to press it. That is until...
"I am Groot." said Groot trying to stop her from pressing it.
"What is it? Do you think that's the wrong one?" said Nebula who is already taken aback from the sapling and wondering if she was about to press the wrong button.
"I am Groot." said Groot quickly shaking his head and then smiled and pointed towards the button. "I am Groot. I am Groot. I am Groot."
"Do you want to press the button?" asked Nebula who is surprised by the sapling's excitement over something like pressing a button.
"I am Groot." said Groot happilly nodding his head.
"Ok, press the one that I am pointing at." said Nebula who is somewhat amused at the sapling.
Groot presses the button and the two of them turn over to see that the door has opened, both Darcy and Jane quickly got up from where they were, finally happy that they are now free and at the same time curious to see what happened. They both got out of the closet and is surprised to see the sight of the outside of the storage closet, they found many Chitauri soldiers lying around on the ship and to their surprise a happy Groot with Nebula. Both girls are surprise by the mere sight and really wish that they could ask Groot for an explanation and to find out what happened, but the only thing they probabley would get is an "I am Groot." At least seeing the sight of Groot being with Nebula and her not doing anything to hurt him is a good sign. But the main question going on in their mind is why is Nebula here and Groot being ok with her? What happened in here?
"Nebula... uh Groot what happened in here?" asked Darcy. "What's going on and why is Nebula here? Wait if Nebula's here then that must mean we're on Titan and-"
"Relax, I am not here to cause trouble, I am just here to help and I just want to talk." said Nebula before stopping herself and turn to the obvious. "Why are you two trapped in a broom closet anyway?"
"It's a long story, but the better question is what do you mean by helping us?" asked Darcy. "Are you planning something or is this some kind of trap? Just so you know I have been practicing and I have become a force to be reckoned with if I do say so myself."
"I am not here to fight, I want to help you stop Thanos and have an idea that might possibly work." said Nebula. "You were all right, but right now we need to hurry and try to get to the control panel and destroy the Chituari before Thanos sends out more."
"There's no need for that, Gamora and Rocket are already heading over there right now." said Jane.
"Then we need to hurry, we need to reach them before they get there." said Nebula.
"Wait, why do we need to stop them?" asked Darcy. "They are going to shut off the system and-"
"Thanos moved the panel right after Gamora and Loki escaped, in case they have any ideas as a security precaution." said Nebula. "They are heading right in for a trap, he knows that Gamora would want to do something and might even go as far as try to stop him herself. If we don't hurry then they will be outnumbered and Thanos will use Gamora and the fox as leverage."
"Wait I thought that you hated Gamora?" said Darcy surprised at this revaltation.
"I am Groot." said Groot who is just as surprised and confused.
"Why would he be willing to do that to his own daughter? I know that Thanos is not exactly a saint but, I thought..." starts Jane who doesn't know what to make of the situation.
"Thanos may claim that Gamora is his favorite, but he never cared for her and only loves her for her skills in combat not for who she is." said Nebula. "I want to stop him, not only because it's personal but to finally break free and to stop him for good. I need you're help to find them and to help me put an end to this, once all of this is over then we can talk about whatever you and your friends may want to do with me and I'll accept it without question."
Both Darcy and Jane exchanges a surprise look from one another, they did not expect this to happen or to even know what to do. From one look at Nebula, Jane notices that Nebula has a look of sincerity in her eyes and remembers all of the times that she has spent time with Loki and how over time he has become a little more sincere. Especially when the Avengers and Darcy got captured by Thanos, she saw that determination Loki had and how he really wanted to protect the stones and to save Thor, Darcy and the Avengers from him. Along with how he reacted to Vision's death and how he really wanted her to fix him, she saw a different side to Loki and sees that he has changed and really wants to stop Thanos for Thor, Darcy, her, the Guardians, Vision, the Maximoffs and to some extent.
She sees that look in Nebula's eyes and Jane knows that she is not only telling the truth but she really wants everything to end and wants to do anything to end it. Jane knows that there is some good in her, Groot is seeing something in her and she is now seeing it in Nebula and knows that she really wants to help and that she is starting to change. They need to give her that chance and from the look of things, she did save Groot from the Chitauri and set them free, so maybe there is some good in her and they should give her a chance.
"Darcy, I think that maybe we should listen to her, she seems to really want to help and besides if what she is saying is true then we need to find Gamora and Rocket before they get there and fall for the trap." said Jane. "I don't know why but I can see that there is some good in her and that maybe there is more to the story and if we're going to do something then we are going to need to do it now before Thanos has the upper hand and traps them."
"Yeah, you're right, let's just let just move past the well the past and try to corporate." said Darcy. "But you still haven't answered my question on why would you want to try to save Gamora. Unless you secretly care and just act too tough to admit that you do."
"No, I never cared about Gamora and only want to end Thanos's reign and that's all I want and will be more than happy to leave and you all will never have to see me again." said Nebula. "Besides no one dares to hurt or kill my sister except me."
"Alright Nebula, whatever you say." said Darcy not buying that and then starts to focus on the current situation. "So what's exactly the fastest way to get to where the control panel originally is?"
"There is an emergency exit, one that we can get into if we hurry into the ship and that's the fastest where we can enter the ship is through an opening that the escape pod that Loki and Gamora used created." said Nebula. "It's the least secured exit and we need to leave now before they are spotted and captured."
"Well then, just grab one of the blankets or whatever that might be in that closet that might cover you. I mean a blue girl with a ton of robot arms would be a dead give away to Thanos." said Darcy. "I'm guess that if he finds out that you are turning your back on him, then you're going to get a bigger punishment that isn't just staying home after being grounded."
"Thanos already suspects that I might not be loyal and believes that I might betray him and if I do so then the consequences would be painful. But if I don't then I would be paying the consequences for not doing anything and I wouldn't be surprise if Thanos wipes me out of existence." said Nebula. "What else is there to lose at this point?"
"Ok, we'll go find them together and we'll go out there to save them from that trap." said Darcy. "Just know that no matter what happens, you're the one who make you're own choices, not Thanos and you don't have to be better than anyone to be happy. You can be free from the pain that he caused you and be whoever you want tto be and don't have to let him tell you what to do. Someone might as well say it, in case no one has ever taken the time to tell you that."
Nebula gives Darcy a smile and quickly goes inside the closet to look for something that might make her unrecognizable and to allow her to sneak past everyone and to hopefully pull this off. While Darcy on the other hand quickly checked the Healing potion vial that Loki gave her before all of this, she knows that she can't leave the ship without making sure that the vial is safe. Loki is counting on her to make sure that the potion is safe and she can't promise that the potion will be safe if she takes that risk and takes it with her. But there is someone that she can trust that might keep the vial safe for the time being while she's helping Nebula do some hero work and prove Loki wrong. She turns to Jane with a determined look...
"Hey Jane, there is something really important that I need to ask you to do and it's something that might affect the whole outcome of all of this."
"What is that you want me to do to help out?" asked Jane ready to do more than just simply just wait on the ship.
"I need you to stay here and watch over not only Groot but this vial of healing potion." said Darcy. "Loki trusted me with it and I need you to take care of it while I go and help Nebula. Stay here and make sure that the potion is safe and to keep an eye on Groot."
"Wait what? Darcy, I want to help, we're on an alien planet where right now our friends, the other Avengers and my boyfriend is fighting off Thanos and two of them are going to fall for a trap and I can't just sit here and do nothing." said Jane. "There has to be something I can do or-"
"Jane out of the two of us, I'm the one with the more fighting and out of this world experience." said Darcy. "Plus someone has to keep guard on the ship and make sure that Groot is alright, I know from personal experience that it's better to be safe than sorry. I mean the last time Loki and I didn't take any precautions, Thanos did an insane plan and got all six stones and Loki captured. This time, I don't think I want to take any chances and plus Thanos could target you simply because you were right there with Loki and he could use you as an advantage."
"You're the one who Thanos might try to see if he can grab a hold of again, I mean aren't you and Loki practically best friends or something?" pointed out Jane.
"Well yeah, but I can put up a fight and might make it out without being a damsel in distress later." said Darcy rather confidently. "Besides the last thing we need is to put Thor in another emotional roller coaster and it's to keep you and Groot safe. Don't worry, we'll be fine and you will be helping more than just staying around and babysitting, you can... help take all of these knocked out soldiers outside before the others comes back or worse they wake up and decide to take this thing out for a joy ride."
Before Jane can even have a chance to argue back, the door opens up and they see Nebula wearing a black cloak that seems to cover Nebula well and no one is able to see any of her mechanical parts or at least cover up her face by creating a shadow to make it hard for anyone to tell that she has blue skin. Darcy quickly gives Jane the vial and gives her a determined look. She knows that this is going to be really dangerous and that she is not going to win friend of the year when it comes to her friendship with Jane but she needs to do this and someone should stay back to look after Groot, the potion and the ship. She just hopes that things work out and that she knows what she's doing.
"Ok then I guess it's time for me to go and help save the universe, just sit tight and maybe you won't need to be saved for the hundredth time." said Darcy determinedly. "Hey Nebula, let's get going and lead the way."
Nebula quickly gives a determined nod and with that Darcy quickly opens the main doors and they both start to head their way towards the exit and later starts running through the battlefield to get to the ship and make sure that they can get there before it's too late. Jane can't help but feel a sense of annoyance, here she is staying behind and everyone is treating her like if she is made of glass. Sure the past few times, she needed to be rescued and she was mostly responsible for Thanos getting the stones but that doesn't mean she has to sit back and wait for them to come back.
She might as well try to think of something that they can use to help defeat Thanos and maybe they will be able to speed things up. While at the same time maybe prove herself being capable in handling these type of situations. But first she should keep an eye on the potion to make sure that it's alright and most importantly to keep an eye out for Groot and make sure that things are alright and that the sapling is alright. That Groot will at least be alright despite the fact that they are on an alien planet where there is a fight of the fate of the universe happening right in front of them and no one else knows that they are there. So Jane decides to see if Groot is alright and to her surprise Groot is nowhere in sight.
Jane quickly starts to look over the ship to see if there is any sign of Groot to see if there might be a sign. The frantic fear of where the sapling might be is worrying Jane and she is hoping that Groot is still on the ship and that he's just hiding to play a childlike prank or something. That maybe he'll surprise Jane and he's just want to play after spending all of this time first being cooped up in the storage closet and now having to stay on the ship for a while. But no matter how hard Jane searches she can't seems to find Groot and one thing is for sure that Jane is hoping that she is wrong about...
Groot must have left the ship...
Meanwhile back on the battlefield
The Avengers, Drax and Star Lord are hitting the Chitauri as hard as they can and are trying to make sure that they are taking down as many of the Chitauri as they can. But every single time that they try to take a Chttauri down, there always seem to be more that are ready to take over and the fight has become impossible. At least Scarlet Witch and Loki are having better luck as they continue to use their powers and abilities to defeat Corvus Grave and Ebony Maw. But even then both members of the Black Order are still trying to do everything they can to make sure that both Loki and Scarlet Witch are defeated in someway.
That doesn't stop them as they continue creating blasts at both of the Black Order members, using telekinesis to throw stuff at them or for Loki's case use the sword to unleash magic. They continue to fight off the two Black Order members and with every move, Corvus and Ebony uses their powers as an attempt to counteract the spells and powers. Things seems to be going alright and at the rate all of them are going then they all are going to keep doing this until one side either gives up or gain an advantage that change the course of the battle.
Loki already knows that he already has one with the sword and it's time for them to do the biggest trick that he has mastered. If Loki is lucky then he will at least be able to stop one if not both of them. He raise up his sword and then takes a good look at Corvus Grave and he knows his fighting patterns better than anyone from one trickster to another and all he has to do is make sure that Corvus believes that he's going to win the fight. So he is going to make sure that he sees that and to allow him to believe that he is more powerful than Loki and to hopefully be able to pull this stunt off.
"Hopefully you are as weak as you are weak-minded, daring to try to stand against us when you know that we will be triumphant in the end." said Corvus Glaive. "But I suppose I don't expect a runt like you to understand."
"Oh you'd be surprised." said Loki. "Maybe I'm not as weak-minded as you may believe, at least I don't go low as calling others names. Besides I am stronger than you realized and will always-"
Before Loki can even have a chance to finish, Corvus begins to fight him off harder then he would anyone else. Loki either fights of the attacks with the sword or shoot some blasts of magic to try to hit Corvus and to make sure that he gets him exactly where he wants him. So the two of them continue to fight each other off, Loki tries to make sure that Corvus believes that he has the upper hand and to make sure that he unleash his power at the right moment and to make sure that Corvus glaive does not expect a thing. He creates an illusion covering them with the only one that might be able to see them is Scarlet Witch, to see if he can finally defeat the leader of the Black Order. To make sure that he gives him that false sense of confidence and when the moment came, Corvus immediately knocks Loki on the ground and manages to climb right on top of him and is about to do something.
Scarlet Witch quickly sees the situation and is about to make her move before it's too late, but from one look at Loki shaking his head. She quickly figures that Loki must be up to something and that she shouldn't interfere, but she is ready to do something in case anything goes wrong and even stands in position, completely ignoring Ebony Maw as Hulk quickly takes over the fight for her. But little do any of them know, Ebony Maw was already thinking of a plan of his own that might possibly work and it might take out at least one of their most powerful members.
There is some tension between the two of them, Corvus is ready to make sure that Loki doesn't escape from the wrath of pain that he is about to inflict and to make sure that Loki has learned his lesson and that he will make Thanos proud by hurting Loki and holding him captive long enough for Thanos to come and finish the job. Loki knows that right now he has Corvus exactly where he wants him and all he has to do is the next part.
"Now prepare to face the wrath of Thanos!" said Corvus victoriously as he is about to stab Loki with his staff before...
"You didn't let me finish and to be honest you all can be too impulsive to realize that I'm always ten steps ahead of my opponent." said Loki as he makes the illusion disappear and then slowly appears from behind.
Loki created an illusion to trick Corvus into believing that he had him trapped with no way out, but in reality Corvus just fell into his own trap. One that Loki is ready to unleash and with the sword, he quickly uses his ice powers to freeze Corvus and to make sure that the Black Order member can't escape from the prison. Once he's done, he quickly removes the illusion and then he turns around to Scarlet Witch's direction. Loki is ready to help fight off Ebony Maw and the rest of the rest of the Chitauri, to put up a fight until the moment is right and they face Thanos. But before he can do so, there is something that he caught his eye and he notices that Ebony is about to make an attack, the Hulk is risen up in the air trying to break free from Maw's telekinesis and it is going to hit Scarlet Witch. Loki quickly aimed the sword to Ebony Maw and is about to let out a blast to stop him, along with being careful of not accidentally hitting Wanda with his powers. Before he can even have a chance to do so...
"Wanda, look out!" yelled out a voice from out of nowhere.
Both Loki and Scarlet Witch quickly turns to look towards the direction and the Avengers, Drax and Star Lord tries their best to see what's going on but the only thing that is blocking their way is that fight that is going on and they try their best to keep their focus on the current situation. Before anyone can even do anything and faster than a speeding light, Quicksilver punches Ebony Maw catching everyone by surprise and saving his sister and the Hulk in the process. Once Ebony was hit, he lost control on the restraints on the Hulk and take a second to recover from that attack.
Quicksilver quickly races towards his sister to make sure that he's alright and not even caring what it might bring as long as his sister is safe. While Loki focuses on keeping guard and make sure that neither the Chitauri, the remaining Black Order or anyone that might ruin this for both siblings. The Hulk quickly gets up and despite wanting to go over and smash Loki or the wired magic guy that just tried to hold him in the air. But either way, they are both determined to keep both of the Maximoffs are safe and that no one will bother them at this moment.
"Are you alright?" asked Quicksilver concernly.
"Yeah I'm fine, thanks to you." said Scarlet Witch. "Are you ok?"
"Yes I'm fine, he definitely didn't expect that." said Quicksilver rather proudly. "Let's show them that they are no match for the two of us."
With that both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are ready for an even biggest fight, but before they can have a chance to do so. Out of nowhere or rather space stone, Thanos appears out of nowhere and he is ready to simply grab a hold of Loki and do his worst on him. But first maybe he should do something to break everyone's spirits and to at least send a message to all of them and make sure that they all hear the message. Part of him is happy to see that Gamora isn't here so that way she wouldn't have to see this and to face the consequences of daring to defy him.
"How about the one of you?" suggested Thanos rather smugly as he uses the space stone to push Scarlet Witch away and focuses on Quicksilver.
Loki quickly realize what Thanos is going to do and knows that Thanos will be using the stones for the very thing that he just hopes that he's wrong towards. The guantlet slowly allow the Reality, Power and Soul Stone to glow and Loki quickly tries to create a blast of magic to see if he can aim it towards Thanos before he can hurtt anyone. But before the blast hits Thanos, with the power of the reality stone, he just turns that blast into bubbles and every single time either Loki or Scarlet Witch tries to see if they can hit Thanos, he just turn their attacks into bubbles and the other Avengers took notice.
"Tony, Nat go help them deal with Thanos and save Pietro." said Captain America as he is fighting off a Chitauri. "We'll come over there as soon as we can to help."
Iron Man and Black Widow quickly start to head on their way towards the situation, ready to fight off the Titan no matter what and to save their fellow teammate. Loki tries to use his ice powers to see if he can possibly makes Thanos slip on some ice or maybe freeze him in place, maybe a small patch that might be slippery enough to allow the Titan to lose balance. But little does he know, that small patch is getting bigger than he thought that it would and is starting to encase Thanos and that it might possibly freeze the Titan long enough to do so and possibly even end this quicker then they originally were planning.
But Thanos has other ideas...
"I admire you're strength and that someone with your power can create an inspiration." said Thanos. "But I can't allow that to happen, it's time to show them what happens when one dares try to cross me and if you all continue to do so then this will happen."
He breaks out of the ice that Loki has created and heads a little closer to Pietro and aims the Guantlet right at him. Before anyone can have a chance to do anything, Thanos activates the power stone to create a shock wave and threw Loki, Scarlet Witch, Iron man and Black Widow off balance and then uses the Soul Stone and inadvertently the space stone thus creating a blast. One blast that feels like it's going in slow motion, rather than simply taking Quicksilver's soul and leave him for the Avengers to save. There is no Quicksilver is sight and the stones seems to have banished Quicksilver or destroyed him or something, but whatever happened must have did something more than simply take his soul. But whatever happened, Pietro is gone...
It's finally here the first part of the final battle, it's here! :)
First of sorry for the delay, I didn't mean to have it go on this long, but I want to make the first part live up to all of yours and my own expectations. I hope that you guys enjoyed the first part and excited for the next three parts and the remaining chapters of Redemption. The next part will come out in early September and it will have some more twists and turns and will lead to shocking moments in parts 3 and 4 that I can't wait for you all to see what happens in the rest of the final battle.
Yeah this chapter definitely did go a darker turn and it might get darker from here, especially since there will be more intense moments and surprises waiting for all of us to see...
Plus I would like to apologies to the Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff fans in the readers. I really feel bad for doing that, especially since when I originally saw Age of Ultron and thought of bring the Maximoff twins into the story, I wanted to give him a bigger role and a chance to shine beyond the Ultron arc. But I really wanted to make an impact for the story and to expand the Soul stone's powers even more, but I couldn't picture any other character in doing a hero's sacrifice that could work except seeing Pietro doing everything to save his sister to show his strength and the power that Thanos has with the stones and how is he to do anything to keep that power. At least he had better luck than the actual movies and we got to see more of him this time. Sorry again, I hope that this didn't ruin the chapter for you guys and that I did Quicksilver/Pietro Maximoff justice.
We'll also see more of Loki's newfound powers with the sword and Thanos more in action in the next three parts. I wish I can tell you guys more, but I would be spoiling major big details. But I'm going to let you all in on one little something, there will be an unexpected team up that will defy expectations. (it will be more crazy than Nebula and Darcy joining forces.)
Plus I'm also thinking of rewriting some of the previous chapters for grammerwise and to check over for any continuity issues that I still have to address and maybe even expand on the story. Just think of it as an expanded edition. I just did the prologue and the first two chapters if you all would like to check them out in the future and the third chapter rewrite will come out as soon as I can get a start on it.
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. (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, if I don't make the deadline I might put one out in between to make it up to you guys.
I also created a poll and put it on my profile with some ideas and you all can pick your favorite and I will make the most popular one into the. first one shot. Can't wait to see what you all pick and I hope that you guys like the ideas I came up with, if not you guys can always pm me with your ideas or leave a review of it. :)
Lastly, I want to say is that I am dedicating the Redemption fanfic to a good friend that has been there for me for the last couple of years. One that I will always appreciate that our friendship happend for the rest of my life. I am dedicating this story to Brigitta Pekelharing, a friend that helped me out of the darkness that I often take for granted. But I want to thank her for everything and helping me during the darkest time of my life, her friendship has made me grow into a better person and writer. I am always going to be grateful for the friendship that we shared and the impact that it made on me. In a way if it weren't for our friendship then there might not even be a Redemption because she got me into Marvel movies and helped me at the beginning of writting the fanfic. Thanks Brigitta for everything :)
So, what just happened? Will the Avengers, Loki, Star Lord and Drax stop Thanos? Will Darcy and Nebula make it on time? Will Gamora and Rocket fall into Thanos's trap? Where's Groot? What will Jane's role be in all of this? Will her role go past ship guard duty or will she be sitting away on the sidelines without doing anything whatsoever? Where's Groot? What just happened to Quicksilver/Pietro? Did Thanos just blast Pietro out of existence or does this have something to do with the Soul stone? We'll have to wait for part two to find out, see you in the next part of the final battle. :)