Loki slowly got up, can't believing that it worked and knows that he needs to hurry, simply because he only has short amount of time to do it. He just hopes that he can somehow pull this off, to somehow not only simply defeat Thanos but to save himself from one of the worst fates imaginable. So he quickly set up a small illusion of himself in order to do one of his most overused tricks, but at the same time it might work and will catch Thanos off-guard and if he finds the right moment where he is too busy doing his usual and yet annoying victory speeches, then it might be able to work.
Part of him wishes that the others were here to help Nebula and they might be able to help finish this sooner. Another part is happy to see that Nebula is truly on their side and finally has seen the light. Here she is staying here to fight rather than doing some kind of secret master plan or worse cower before Thanos in hopes for mercy. But he can't be too careful, this might be too good to be true and he might be falling into a trap and at this point he might have no choice but to give Nebula a chance. At least she's providing a good distraction and one that he is doing everything to make sure that he will make his move.
He just hopes that he can do it, that Thanos doesn't suspect a thing...
"I was hoping that you would have finally see some sense and would possibly have been more than that waste of parts that you have always have been." said Thanos rather viscously, ready to make sure that Nebula doesn't leave the planet alive.
"At least Loki was right about one thing, how people are not going to give up the fight even if you destroy every single opportunity for them to fight back and even if we fail in saving Loki and many others from you. But I am not going to let you do that to me, scare me to return to your side, to return to only be tortured and trapped within a prison of torture." said Nebula. "I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that you are stopped for good, then you will at least finally pay for everything you have done. It looks like I have finally decided to follow Gamora's example after all, huh dad?"
Thanos glared at Nebula angrily, he can't believe that she would act so insolently after everything that he has given to her and is ready to offer her so much more. But he knows that Nebula would eventually have used her anger to cloud her judgement and somehow take the time believe that she needs to rebel against him if given the perfect opportunity. Now all he has to do simply take away her soul and then go up to find the remaining of the ones who dares to stand against him and then use the stones to do his bidding for the others who may dare try to do anything against him.
Loki realize that this might be a chance to create an attack that might possibly allow him to do his plan and to possibly make some kind of impact. He heads closer towards Thanos, waiting for that perfect moment and to play Thanos in his own game. He knows that right now he is taking a huge risk, but what other choice does he have? It's either do it or let Thanos win and disaster will strike and they will all be in a worser place than ever before. He watches the fight go on, Nebula is holding well on her own against Thanos and she is hitting him as hard as she can. The two of them continue to head on their way towards a eternal war that might never seem to end and neither one of the two seems to be ready to back down.
Thanos uses the Reality stone to make Nebula's batons literally disappear from existence is about to even use the Soul stone to not only summon Nebula's soul, but to take it from her and put a end to his most hated daughter. Loki then use this moment to unleash his ice powers to create a stab against Thanos, diverting his attention away from Nebula for a brief moment, to see what might have just attacked him before hitting with sudden blasts of magic. That it seems to be coming from multiple directions, some that Thanos doesn't even know what to do or what to think and tries to see if he can use the Power stone to somehow counteract and maybe even stop the person that is trying to make that attack and then get back to what he is doing.
But that wouldn't be the case as more unexpected things started to happen, he starts to feel a strange cold sting throughout his body starting from his feet and suddenly seems to be starting to see some of his most painful memories and how it's now all flashing through his brain like wildfire and he can't seem to take any of the visions out of his head and when he finally uses the Reality stone to snap out of it. Then he notices how long it is taking him to even defeat this possible threat to him and ready to make sure that whatever might be going on stops right there and then.
While Loki on the other hand is focusing on trying to figure out what might be the next move and a possible final strike where he can make sure that things end right there and then. He might have an idea on how he might possibly be able to do something and the best part is that it's something he can do right now and it's might make things go even quicker than how things are already going. He simply rushes in to do a spell that would definitely hurt Thanos long enough for him to start hitting him and using his telekinesis to levitate Thanos up in the air and begins throwing him around and dropping the Titan on the ground so hard that even Thanos was starting to feel some pain from the attack and once it starts to seem clear to Loki that his work might be close on being complete.
So he uses his telekinesis to grab a hold of the guantlet, to try to remove it from Thanos's grasp and at the same time to somehow try to keep Thanos in place then figure out what he might do to him. Once he has a hold of the Guantlet then he'll have the power of the universe and he won't know what to do and how to deal with Thanos or even trust himself with that amount of power. He knows that once he gets the Guantlet then he'll use it to return his Soul to him and then he'll have it turned in to the Avengers and then they'll either keep it safe or have Thor return it to Asgard. But what they will do to Thanos is the question that has been on his mind and how it continues to dominate on his mind.
Before Loki can even have a chance to come up with a solution, Thanos regain his strength and begins to resist the earge of the pull that Loki is now creating. But that doesn't stop Loki in continuing to use his magic and even doubles down in trying to get a hold of the Gauntlet. Both of them are having an overly determined to get a hold of the Guantlet to come to them, determined to finally end the war between them and to finally be free from each other for good. Loki manages to get the Guantlet out of Thanos's wrist but he still is having trouble on getting it closer to him and somehow stop this. Thanos is still trying to grab a hold of the Guantlet, to manage to figure out how to break it from Loki's grip. But Loki is not giving in and is doing everything in his power to make sure that the guantlet reaches to the other.
Thanos manages to grab a hold of the guantlet and uses the Power Stone to try to see if he can blast Loki away and regain the power of the Stones by winning over the Guantlet. It works but not in the way that Thanos thought that it would, since the Power Stone did create a blast that hits Loki, but it did more than just that because of the mere fact that things are about to get more stressful for both Loki and Thanos as the Gauntlet fly out of Thanos's grasp and lands right in front of them but at the same time it is further away from them that they only have a short moment to get the Gauntlet and then that will allow one of them the victory that they are desperate to gain.
So the two of them start to race towards the Guantlet, determined to get it before the other does and to use it's power to finally put an end to all of it. Thanos is ready to finally put an end to Loki and finally succeed in anillating every living being for good. While Loki knows that if he doesn't succeeds in getting a hold of the Gauntlet then everything will be lost, the universe will get destroyed from the unbalance, everyone will die and his soul will be lost forever. He needs to grab a hold of the Guantlet before it's too late and even if he tries to fight off Thanos, there is still the problem that he only have little to a few minutes to somehow manage to fight him off, but there is still the fact that it will lead to the same result simply because of the fact that Thanos would have the Guantlet by his side and without his soul, then it would oly be a matter of time...
Both of them, races towards the guantlet without even caring about anything else in the world, ready to grab it and declare their own victory. The closer they each got to the Guantlet, the more determined they are getting and the more time seems to slow down and they are forgetting some important and yet essential details where it might be important for the battle as a whole. Before either Loki or Thanos can even grab a hold of the Guantlet, something uexpected happens...
The Guantlet has been picked up and placed on a silver metal arm, it slowly starts to glow every single one of the Infinity Stones. Thanos is now having a feeling of hope as he faces the idea that there might still be some hope for him in regaining the hold of the gauntlet after all. While Loki on the other hand, doesn't even know what to think and knows that this is the moment that can change everything. He already feel a sense of nervousness as he feels that right now he has no choice but to rely on fate and hope that it is on his side. As he faces the fact that the world is in a place where no one doesn't even know where this path might lead and how it will be the moment that only one can decide it's fate.
There before them stands Nebula with the Infinity Guantlet in her grasp and all of the power of the universe under her control...
Meanwhile back on the top of the cliff
The others seems to be having good luck when it comes to defeating the Chitauri, in fact they are getting close on being done. But they still all have a long way to go and that alone is what keeping everyone from going after Loki, Thor and Iron man and help with the fight against Thanos and possibly Nebula or at least know what's going on. So far there has been no report from Jane if she somehow worked her magic and make a breakthrough of actually expanding the signal, despite the help that she is getting from Rocket through the process. Things seem to be running smoothly and the Avengers and the Guardians are on the right track on defeating all of the remaining Chitauri.
While Darcy on the other hand is not only impressed on how much she managed to help out, sure she wasn't a good combat fighter like Black Widow, Gamora or Nebula, but still she is actually helping everyone out from starting the fight with the dagger to finishing it off with the teaser. Despite that sense of pride from what she is able to do just now, there is still the fact that she is now hoping in joining the search for Loki and to possibly help out when it comes to actually facing Thanos.
She knows that she might not be that much help and would get in the way, but she really wants to make sure that Loki is ok and to help him in anyway she can. She knows that Thanos is ready to kill Loki at the first chance he gets and that he might be in trouble or worse really hurt, so she wants to get down there before it happens and actually help rather than just stay here fight off the Chitauri and not even know what is going to happen next. They are already a team and one that really needs to work on their communication skills, since at this moment she is now starting to understand how Thor must have felt. The unsurity and the hundreds of secrets and the hundreds of questions going on her mind, she doesn't even know how Thor managed to go through that and stay sane.
Since right now, the only thing she knows is that Loki somehow gotten a new powerful excalibur like sword while he was on his unplanned trip to space. Something that he has been keeping everyone except the Guardians and possibly Thor in the dark. Not that that she is not happy that Thor and Loki are not repairing their brotherly bond and he is now trusting Thor with important things like magic swords and whatever else that might be going on. But she still wishes that she wasn't put in the dark for any of this and isn't used to be on the other side of the whole wall of secrecy and really wished that he told her. Even then that wouldn't be important, right now he might be facing his death against Thanos right now.
That doesn't mean she won't be ready to give him a piece of her mind later...
"So how many more of these things do we have to fight off?" asked Darcy. "I think I have seen enough of these guys to last me more than a lifetime."
"If you think that dealing with them right now is bad, I had to deal with them for an entire lifetime." said Gamora as she defeated another one. "They are even more annoying if they are holding you captive in a dark cell as a punishment."
"Why would Thanos punish you? How did he punish you?" asked Star Lord who is wondering what Thanos did to her and concerned for Gamora since she was there recently.
"He would mostly put me in a cell and have the Chitauri standing over to make sure that I don't cause any trouble and then he will figure out what perfect little 'activity' will be perfect for me to do whether it's simply just sitting there alone in the dark or something more impactful." explained Gamora. "At least when he tries to win me over, he tries to take things easy on me and the last time was the easiest he has ever been on me. There are other days that one would wish that they are never born or they will end up like Nebula scared for life, even I have those scars."
"Ok, fair enough, Thanos is nothing but a big bully who likes to torture people for fun." said Rocket as he blasts a couple more of the Chitauri off.
"I think that's the best way to describe it, this guy was already after Loki for an entire year sending the Chittauri after us and we had to fight these guys and Nebula all of the time." said Darcy. "Though we only had to face Nebula only once and I think that we dealt with it pretty well, if the most was our apartment was the only thing that got trashed. With how many times our place gets trashed and how we sometimes unintentionally cause trouble in one way or another... We really needed to get an insurance plan before we started our search for the Infinity Stones..."
"Does that even matter? Right now we have bigger fish to fry." said Black Widow as she kicks some more of the Chitauri and defeat them in one go.
"Our top priority is to make sure that they don't go any further and defeat as many as we can." said Captain America. "Though it's surprising that we managed to defeat this many already."
"Well since there are fewer of these guys than there were before we started fighting all of them, so I was wondering if it would be alright if I sneak away and go after Loki and help Thor and Iron man with the search before something bad happens?" asked Darcy catching everyone else by surprise.
"Darcy, I don't think that might be the best or the safest idea..." said Captain America who is unsure how to dissuade Darcy, if it was one of the Avengers, or Bucky or Peggy then he would have dropped everything and go after them. But he knows that it wouldn't be a good idea for someone who is just as inexperienced as Darcy to fight back a titan that is clearly more powerful than all of them combined. Fortunately he didn't have to...
"Darcy, Thanos is going to give Loki everything he got and has the Guantlet and all of the stones right on his wrist and he is more dangerous than he has ever been before. Not only that he could use you to get to Loki and would be ready to torture you and kill you for it." said Gamora. "I know that you care about Loki and you all have been through a lot together, Thanos will see that as a weakness and will use that against him. There is also the fact that we don't know if Thanos has more Chitauri coming and we are going to need all of the help we can get to make sure that we defeat all of them."
"Yeah but still there is a powerful giant that has all of the power of the universe and we are practically the only ones that can help defeat him at the moment." points out Darcy. "We don't even know if Loki and Nebula is still alive or where Thor and Iron man are and what Thanos might be doing with the stones right now. They need our help and we are just fighting all of the decoys."
"She has a point, we should go down there and make sure that monster pays for everything he has done." said Scarlet Witch who has half the mind to just head down there and blast her way towards Thanos.
"That's not a bad idea, but we need to have a plan and a strategy that no one can read and the advantage we have is that their communication is down and even if Nebula tries to warn Thanos then by the time he cares to check on his army, then it will be too late." said Gamora. "We'll be one step closer on finally being able to put a stop to all of this."
"But we still can't leave them down there, they need us and we have to get down there to help." said Darcy. "Since at the rate how things are going, then we should do something more than just playing decoy."
"I agree, but we'd only be doing Thanos a favor if we just-" starts Gamora hoping to reason with Darcy.
"Guys, great news! I think I might have somehow make the signal even stronger and might have possibly created a way for us to communicate to Thor and Mr. Stark." said Jane through the com links. "I still haven't tried to communicate to either of them yet, but I think that it might be possible to try to see if I can to do so. Then we might at least know what's going on down there."
"Ok, I am going to see if I can make some contact with either of them." said Jane. "Can you guys let me know if you hear anything?"
"Alright, we'll keep you posted." said Captain America, as he uses his shield to defend himself from a Chitauri.
Jane quickly got to work to turn on the communication and tried to see if she can get a hold of Thor, not that she is only trying to just contact Thor but she figures that it might be better if she just tries to contact him without having Iron man demanding answers. Ok she has to admit that isn't even a good excuse and she is letting her own feelings cloud her judgement. She should just try to contact both of them, despite the fact that it would be really awkward to catch Iron man off guard before Thor, but then again it would be awkward just opening the door to communication and catch Thor by surprise with the need of explaining everything to him. So it might be better just to rip the bandaid and simply try to contact both.
There's a large buzzing noise and one that seems to dominate the ship, until it slowly starts to cease away from the ship and slowly start to sound more like if it is any form of communication that she would hear with the Avengers and that alone is what is giving her hopeful of the possibility that she has made the breakthrough that she was hoping for. The buzzing continues to decrease until it reaches into a soft decrease where it would sound like the silence that one would hear on the other side of a phone if no one is speaking. Soon Jane starts to hear some voices from the transmission and from the sound of it she can tell that it's Iron Man and Thor having some kind of conversation. It is hard to make out at first and slowly start to become both more audible and understandable as it continues to become more adjusted to the frequency. Once Jane slowly can make out what Thor and Iron man are saying then she knows that this is the perfect moment to try to make contact...
"Hi, uh... can anyone hear me?" asked Jane nervously and rather awkwardly to the speaker.
"Jane?! How did you get here? Did you manage to create a way to communicate between planets?" asked Thor a mixture of surprised, confused and wonders if he should be concerned on the possibility that she might be on the planet as well.
"Well... Not exactly..." said Jane rather nervously as she gives a sigh. "I might have also stowed away on the ship... But don't worry I am still on it... Sort off..."
"Great, just what we need..." said Iron Man who can't believe how things might get worse. "Where are you?"
"I'm still on the ship, but I'm just not on the ground at the moment..." said Jane rather nervously and decide that it might be best to focus on the good news. "I managed to create a frequency that will allow us to contact with each other. So did you guys find him? What's going on down there?"
"So far, we haven't seen a sign of either Loki or Thanos, but I think that we might be getting close." said Thor. "We just found a trail of ship parts, I believe it could have been from Nebula's ship and we might be getting close."
"Wow, now that's awesome and you guys are getting close?" asked Jane excitedly and hopeful that this might be a good sign.
"According to my scanners, I can tell that there are three life forms right up ahead." said Iron man as he sees from the helmet. "We're on our way over there to make sure that it's them and to deal with whatever might be going on."
"Ok, I'll let the others know, just keep us posted on what might be going on down there." said Jane. "Good luck guys, maybe later I might try to fly down on this thing if you guys need a lift or something."
"We'll call you if that is nessicarry, but I can simply fly both Loki and the Guantlet up once we find them." said Thor. "Along with Nebula depending if she is truly on our side and if she's not then we'll take her to Asgard to face justice. No one deserves to be alone here with Thanos, not even she deserves a fate like that."
"Alright, be on deck and make sure that everything go smoothly." said Jane. "Ok then, be sure to keep in touch and I'll let everyone know if you guys need them to come down there to help in anyway they can."
"Will do, now let's speed things up." said Iron Man. "There is no telling what might be going on over there."
With that both Iron Man and Thor start to fly even faster, leaving the com link on in case of anything, with that Jane can't help but give a sigh of relief. She can't believe that she managed to create a stronger frequency that allows them to communicate to both of them while they are down there. That they might have found them as well and this might be the moment where things will finally end and that it will also be the ending of all of this. She knows that the others were able to hear their conversation, simply because the frequency is designed to have all of them hear everything that one another may be saying even if the communication is down from their end and things might work out for the better. The others seems to have returned to the fight and so from the sight of it, things seems to be going right on track and that alone is a good sign.
The battle has yet to be done, there is no telling what might happen next or if there is even a chance for them to somehow get on top or know for sure what is going on down there. But all of the signs are pointing to a brighter outcome and they will win whatever Thanos will throw at them, the Chitauri are doing everything they can to make sure that they find a way to possibly defeat Thanos or if they will discover a way to simply defeat the Chitauri. The fight seems to continue to grow over the course of a short amount of time and it's clear that the Chitauri is loosing the strength in the numbers that they once had and the only thing that they all can do now is continue on the fight and hope that things work out.
Meanwhile back on the battlefield
Nebula is standing right in front of both Loki and Thanos, with the power of the Infinity Guantlet right on her metal arm. She has never felt such intense power or even know what to do with it, she knows that she has to use it to defeat Thanos. But she doesn't know how to handle the power that is flowing through her metal wrist and the pain that she is feeling as it continues to do so. She can only hear only a few things from Loki and Thanos, the pain making her tempolary deaf to make out any words that they are saying. But Nebula could only hear a few things from both and only can make out what she feels like are the most important and yet impactful words that she have ever heard.
"Excellent job, my daughter. Now give me the Guantlet and you won't be punished for what you're futile attempt on trying to overthrow me." said Thanos. "You will be rewarded greatly if you give me the gauntlet right now. If you don't and once I grab a hold of you then there will be consequences."
"Nebula, I know that Thanos may seem powerful and that he has control over you. But you don't have to follow his lead and let him gain everything he ever wanted. You can do the right thing, you can make your own choices even without the power of the Infinity stones." said Loki. "It's not too late, to make a change and start anew. There is always a door open for you to write your own destiny outside the Thanos's grasp. I know what it is like to have that amount power and the lack of endless possibilities of not only being able to prove your doubters wrong, but to prove that you are as good if not better than your sibling."
"If you don't give me that guantlet right now then I will make sure that you will meet your end right here and now." said Thanos. "Do not believe in these lies, you could have been more than Gamora. But instead you chose to continue to be a weak link and a waste of parts that will never live up to anything."
"You can live up more than anything Thanos can offer you and have already proven your strength when you decided to go against him. Thanos will never be sastified and will continue to ask more of you until in the end you destroy yourself." said Loki. "It's never too late to break free from the life and limits that your past has set on you, there is always a chance and one needs to have the courage to pursue it."
"No one will ever accept you for after everything you have done and the only choice you have is to give me the gauntlet." said Thanos. "It is for the best, you would give everyone the greatest gift that anyone could ever ask for. You are the greatest failure anyone has ever seen and the only-"
"There will be people that will accept you if you change your ways, some that are willing to give you a second chance. Sure there might be some that will doubt you, I. wouldn't be surprise if some of the Avengers doubt that I have really changed my ways. But there will still be some that will accept you without any doubt, I wasn't even looking and found others that gave me a chance and she, they showed me that I can be more than what I was. Even if no one believes you or would be willing to give you that chance, I will give you that chance." said Loki."Many others will in time, but you have to allow us to give it to you. That is the choice that you need to make, you can either allow us to help you move past that pain you've experienced or you can give that power to Thanos and allow him the victory that he has been craving for. I know I can't make you do anything, so... just do whatever you believe is the right choice..."
Loki knows that he is taking a big risk, that he should be trying to fight his way to the guantlet and making sure that he somehow grabs a hold of it. But part of him knows that might not help the situation because of the power that the gauntlet poseses and how Thanos has had that hold on Nebula for her entire life. How it is important for her to make this choice herself, that she has some control over her life and destiny. He just hopes that his words got through to her, that Nebula can find the strength to find her own sense of redemption and that she is not too far gone. He just hopes that Nebula will be able to save herself, everyone else that stood by him and everything that he has worked for to avoid Thanos to have the chance to have this power.
Nebula thought hard on what she has heard and what should she do with the Gauntlet, she knows that she needs to make this choice and this will determine everything. She knows that nothing good will ever come from whatever Thanos is planning to do and how it might end up for her. That everything will be lost if he has this power and that Nebula would guarantee that win and approval from Thanos. But at the same time, the words that Loki just said is giving her the hope that she has never thought that she would ever have a hope for some kind of escape and that maybe she will have that freedom from Thanos. It depends on whether or not she gives Loki the guantlet and return his soul, but even then there won't be a guarantee that Thanos would leave them alone. That he won't stop hunting them down until he regain the guantlet, there is something she has to do. Something that will guarantee that Thanos's in defeat and that they will win this battle and the overall war.
She points the Guantlet right at Thanos, with him giving out a smirk as he faces with the idea that he might have won and persauded Nebula to give him the gauntlet. Loki quickly notices how the guantlet is pointed at Thanos and knows that she is planing an attack on Thanos and decided to play along with being oblivious towards what she is planning to do. In a quick moment, Nebula uses the Power Stone to make a blast right at Thanos and cause him to fly towards the rock wall and but he stops himself before going too far, Thanos breaks out of the push, starts to head back and is ready to fight back.
Nebula is a couple of steps ahead of him as she uses the power of the guantlet to fight him and uses all of her abilities to finally defeat Thanos. The rage that she has been feeling for many years and the desire to break free from Thanos and will do everything to make sure that Thanos not only feels her pain but also will make sure that she finishes him for good. The angrier Nebula continue to get, the more power gets unleash from the guantlet, it looks like that the fight has returned back to their side and Nebula is ready to do everything to make sure that he doesn't leave this battlefield victoriously.
Loki can't believe what he is seeing and is liking all of the events happening right before his eyes, how Nebula has found the strength inside her to stand up to Thanos and to fight him off like this. Though he never thought that she would use the guantlet against him or let alone take a hold of the guantlet in general, but he knows that the power that she is using is only going to grow over the course of the time that she has the power, the stronger she is becoming and the more the guantlet will take from her. The arm is offering her a little bit of protection from the power of the stones and how it would consume her over time to the point that the power will consume her, but from one look, it is safe to say that they have a good chance.
That is until...
Thanos is hitting Nebula rather violently, along with making sure that he grabs a hold of the guantlet and is ready to yank Nebula's metal arm off to do so. But Nebula isn't going down without a fight, as she continues to fight him off and make sure that she breaks free from his grasp and to do more to make sure that he looses the war that he has started. Using every ounce of energy to see if she can use it's power to grant her wish and that wish might be able to finally put a stop to the battle as a whole. She quickly snaps her fingers to start the magic in hopes that it would be the end and so far nothing seems to be happening. Thanos soon looks more desperate as he grabs a hold of the guantlet and Nebula, he glares at his daughter with fierce intensity. Without even having a second thought or any regret, Thanos took out a small blade and quickly stab Nebula in the stomach.
"No..." said Loki as he sees the events unfold and is seeing one of the worst things Thanos could have ever done to Nebula.
Before Loki can even go up to Thanos to do anything to help Nebula and to somehow get the guantlet for himself to use, Thanos doesn't waste a second to make sure that he takes the Gauntlet off from Nebula and throw her to the rock wall, faster than the speeding light Nebula flies right towards the wall, hitting her head. Loki got up and starts to head towards Thanos, ready to continue the fight and make sure he finish this fight for good. He knows that it might be a loosing battle and he only has one shot to somehow defeat Thanos for good. He have to try and just hopes that there is enough strength and magic inside him to do so, he allows some magic to flow through thus creating a green aura on his hands, ready to fight.
He's ready to put an end to all of this, ready to continue the fight for Nebula and to finally do something good in his life. He just wishes that he knows if Darcy brought the vial of healing potion with her, so that way he could summon it and heal Nebula, there is still some life in her. But she is fading fast and he has to get the Guantlet quick and use the time stone, then it might be able to heal some of Nebula's injuries if not reduce most of them. He has to get Guantlet right now, he doesn't know how much longer his magic will be able to handle maintaining him and giving him the strength to fight. He needs his soul back or somehow manage to defeat Thanos right there and now or else the universe will be doomed.
It is a race against time that he has to win, so Loki does exactly what he thinks might possibly work and starts to attack Thanos with blasts of magic. Thanos tries to dodge each and every blast, as he tries to put on the Gauntlet to see if he can blast Loki the same way he did to Quicksilver. But Loki is a couple of steps ahead of him, as he continues to do his quickly developed plan and hopes that it would somehow work. He continues to simply blast magic at Thanos, in hopes that he might catch the titan off guard and to see if he can grab a hold of the guantlet. He is making sure that he targets every blast of magic right at Thanos, some of them successfully hits the titan and some doesn't, it continues that way until Thanos races towards Loki.
He is about to tackle Loki to the ground before in a literal flash, Loki simply disappears from plain sight and appears right behind Thanos and simply cast the ice shock spell that he has been using the most to sting Thanos for a bit, so that way he can throw out his daggers to aim towards Thanos and to get his attention. It works spectactuary, as Thanos turns to see Loki standing right there, ready to fight off the Asgardian and defeat him for good. While holding the guantlet on his grip, Thanos starts to race towards Loki and this time he has managed to pin Loki on the ground. Loki starts to struggle, trying to break free from Thanos's grasp and all of the Titan can do is just laugh at Loki's attempts.
"When are you going to accept defeat and learn when it is time to give up?" asked Thanos as he puts the Guantlet back on and is about to use it's powers on Loki, that is he would have if the Guantlet starts to unleash it's power and before Thanos could have a chance to check what might be wrong.
"When are you going to stop gloating so much?" asked Loki giving Thanos a smirk, as multiple Lokis appear right in front of him and uses magic to create a powerful blast right at the titan.
The blast made Thanos fly right off the Loki that he landed far from where he was standing and is surprised to see that the Loki that he was standing victoriously over was nothing more than an illusion. He looks around to see that there are multiple Lokis standing right over him, they even started to laugh at him and sends out more blasts of magic against Thanos. Thus sending him more into shock and tries to see if he can use the Guantlet at Loki, but nothing seems to be working as Loki continues to unleash more magic right at the titan until he is badly beaten.
Loki even use his ice abilities to encase Thanos right around his entire body and soon it starts to surrounds Thanos until only his head is out of the block of ice. Then all of the Lokis pulled out their newly recovered sword and send out a blast right at him, destroying the ice and leaving Thanos on the ground from the shock and still trying to use the guantlet, but is failing miserably with only his anger and frustration growing from Loki laughing at him.
"Well it looks like I played you in your own game, isn't that so Thanos?" said Loki as he takes down the illusions to reveal that he was standing right in front of Thanos with the laevatin in his right hand.
Thanos is about to get up, ready to fight Loki without the guantlet and to somehow have the fight victory return back to him. But Loki simply just use the sword to create another blast at Thanos and it puts him right in the same position as before. Loki can't help but give a smile at the sight of the victory right before him and how he caused the might Thanos to fall from the glory right before him. He doesn't even know if he should roll his eyes or laugh at the mad titan for his futile attempts of using the guantlet and he thinks that he might as well give Thanos an explanation before he does whatever he sees fit to the mad titan.
"You can snap your fingers all you want, but it's not going to work, since the infinity Guantlet that you hold on your grasp is nothing more than a block of ice with an illusion covering it from sight and touch. I also might have done a small spell that allows you to flexibly move the hold regardless of the giant shell that is on your hand." said Loki. "As you can tell from the fact that I am proudly holding the laevetin in my hand, I have managed to not only retrieve it, but I also managed to grab a hold of the real Infinity guantlet."
Thanos is about to launch right at Loki, ready to grab the guantlet right at him and use it to finish this for good. But Loki wasn't having it and simply use his magic to create another blast right at Thanos, blowing him further away from Loki and towards the outer field. Loki starts to head towards the Titan, ready to finally defeat the Titan and to put an end to this. He puts the Guantlet on (despite the pain that the object is causing him) and held it right up. Loki knows the first thing he should do is to figure out what to do with Thanos and to deal with finish this. Afterwards he will give his soul back to himself and then use the time stone to undo Nebula's injuries and give her some of the healing potion later for good measure. But right now he has to deal with Thanos and he have a good idea on how to deal with the titan and it's a fitting fate for someone who has spent his entire life longing for power and about to face the consequences of his past actions and current events.
"I am not going to allow you to have a hold of the guantlet ever again." said Loki. "Though I do wonder what I am going to do with you with all of this power and the endless possibilities of that objective."
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" demanded Thanos ready to grab a hold of the Gauntlet. "Then later take all of that power and seek out that throne by creating a new world with the Infinity Stones?"
"I have never wanted a throne, I am not going to keep the guantlet for myself, no power like this would be safe if one holds it and would be safer in tighter protection." said Loki. "I think I moved past the whole hurting people for my own benefit mentality and in all honesty, it is overrated and doesn't help one morally and would cause later problems. But I think I have a better idea, I think I will give you exactly what you wanted and give you a world or rather dimension where you will find your 'balance.'"
"What are you-" asked Thanos as he realizes that Loki might have some interesting plans for him.
"Don't get your hopes up, I'm not going to foolishly give you the guantlet. But when I managed to rebobtain the Laevetin, the dimension that you sent it, gave me a couple of ideas and the best part is that there will be no escape for you." said Loki with a grin. "No contact within the main dimension, the only ones that will be able to get in or out unless it's with the space stone, no one would ever be foolish enough to set you free and you will live out your days completely alone. Exactly like how you always wanted but with everyone living their lives and you being a king of a world where no one will ever inhabitant."
"You... How dare-" starts Thanos who is ready to escape the prison that Loki is about to set for him.
"I believe that you should have been more careful for what you wished for." said Loki. "A fitting end for someone who has only craved for power and it looks like you are going to live in your environment of peace, with you being the only one to experience true fear."
With that Loki starts to use the Space stone to start to send Thanos to that dimension, things seems to be going perfectly as plan before... Thanos reached out to grab a hold of the Guantlet in Loki's hand and tries to pull it off Loki's hand and to stop him from getting the fate that Loki has set for him. While Loki is determined to carry out his plan and tries to use the soul stone to keep Thanos's hand from pulling any further than he has already done. So far, he seems to be failing in trying to get Thanos off him, as he quickly pulls up his sword to try to see if he can push Thanos away or to create a force field that will stop Thanos from getting any closer. But it's already starting to become harder to continue on, Loki is already starting to feel that the magic that is keeping him awake and alive is slipping out and that he's loosing his strength to continue on, he's running out of time...
Loki quickly uses the Power Stone to create a blast to push Thanos off him, causing the Titan to fly out and land against the wall. At that moment, Loki doesn't waste a second to use his ice abilities to encase Thanos and uses the mind stone to make sure that the Titan will be under his control, he's not a big fan of using it but this is the only way to make sure that Thanos doesn't try to do anything else. He creates chains on the blocks of ice by using the reality stone for good measure. Once Loki is sure that Thanos won't be able to escape, he uses the Space Stone to create a portal to where he wants Thanos to go where he can no longer cause trouble and can face imprisonment until the end of time. Before Thanos can even have a chance to fight back or escape, Loki simply use the sword to blast right at Thanos, causing him to fall through and head towards the dimension against his will.
Once the portal closes and the Space Stone stops glowing, Loki takes a quick moment to catch his breath. Can't believing that he did it, the fight is over and he has defeated Thanos and have reobtained the Infinity Gauntlet. It's finally over, he had won the war and all he has to do is to try to see if he can heal Nebula with the time Stone before he would need to use healing potion to heal her. Along with use the Soul Stone to return his soul to himself and see if maybe he can somehow use it to bring Pietro back, he believes that he might be disintegrated by the Soul Stone, he doesn't know how but he wants to see if he's right. He does wonder what might happen once he use the Space Stone to return to the others, especially since he would have both Earth and Asgard to deal with, but he would have to worry about all of that later because right now he has to get to Nebula.
Loki quickly approaches Nebula, he takes a moment to take a look at Nebula's injuries and sees that it's worse than he initially thought. So he quickly aims the Guantlet right at Nebula and begins to use the Time Stone to start to reverse the affects of the stabbed wound. It manages to work for the most part, all signs of the injury that Thanos created seems to be gone. But the only problem is that Nebula doesn't seem to be waking up or getting closer on getting better. He believes that it might have something to do with the fact that Nebula hitted her head on the cliff's wall, but from one sight on her, he knows that she is still alive...
Especially from the sight of Nebula slowly seemingly waking up from the overall effects of the quick reverse form of injury. She stares at Loki, in complete shock and happy to see that it was him and not Thanos or any of the Black Order members. But at the same time, she is also confused at the sight of Loki and wonders what might have happened and if anything changed from what she could remember, that is if she could remember what happened before she suddenly blacked out from the fight. She just hopes that Loki can tell her or give her a memory spell or something that will keep her from wanting to take a nap, for some reason, she simply feels ready to go to sleep and she doesn't know why.
"Did we... Did you..." starts Nebula as she is trying hard to speak but can't find the words to speak.
"Yes, it's over. Thanos has finally been defeated and now can no longer pursue his mad desire of conquest." said Loki who is happy to be the one to tell Nebula this.
"If Thanos is gone, then that means..." starts Nebula who can't believe that this day has finally come and needs to hear the words herself.
"You're free, he can no longer hurt you and you can live out you're life without ever having to endure anymore pain." said Loki.
"I don't even know... where to begin... I... have been trapped with Thanos for so long, I don't even know where to start." said Nebula. "I have always dreamt of having freedom and now that I have it, I don't even know how to use it and with everything I have done..."
"You have a fresh start, you can write your own destiny now." said Loki relating to what Nebula is feeling and the journey ahead of her. "It might not feel that way now, but you are not alone, as I said there will be people who will want to help and give you that second chance. I'll give you that chance and will help in anyway I can."
"You know, you are one of the few that has ever been kind to me. The only others have been were your friend Darcy and..." starts Nebula before stopping herself.
"Gamora." finishes Loki knowing that the relationship between the two got strained because of Thanos and now that he's gone, then the two sisters can start anew.
"I wanted to make her pay for everything, I blamed her for the pain that Thanos inflicted on me and was ready to help Thanos to get my revenge." said Nebula. "I just wanted her to be my sister, I believed that all she wanted was to win, when in reality she did it to survive, survive him. I refused to believe that and when I had that thing on, I start to see things from her side and now..."
"There is still time for you to make amends and Gamora will listen." said Loki. "You should tell her all of this, siblings always do and some are never out of second chances. Just give Gamora a chance, you don't have to... worry about Thanos... anymore..."
Loki is now experiencing a lot of chest pain from both the burns, he has gotten a couple of days ago but along with the lack of soul is now causing him to feel it even more than he would if he had his soul. The magic inside Loki is fading and losing it's strength, Loki doesn't know how much longer he can handle having this pain or how much more time he had if he doesn't uses the stone right now. Nebula seems to notice that Loki's pain and remembers that Thanos has used the Soul Stone on him, that is she thinks he did and knows that if he doesn't use the Soul Stone right now then he will loose his Soul.
"Use the stone, the Soul Stone..." said Nebula pointing towards the Gauntlet. "You need your soul..."
Loki quickly pulls up the Gauntlet, couldn't believe that he has forgotten his current condition. He was so focused on Nebula, that he didn't have a chance to think about himself. So Loki puts the Guantlet right on his chest and tries to activate the Soul Stone, he is surprised to see that nothing is happening, he is feels the same way as before and he quickly realizes that the Soul Stone is not working. Loki pulls the Guantlet right in front of him and is surprised to see that the Soul Stone is now missing and that there is now no hope for him.
"It's not there, Thanos must have gotten a hold of the stone when he tried to pull the Guantlet off me." said Loki. "Probably hoping that if he falls then I would fall with him, I should have used the stone when I had the chance. I don't know what I was thinking..."
"Couldn't you use the Time Stone to return your soul to you?" asked Nebula trying to offer some help or comfort to the Asgardian.
"The Time Stone can only reverse moments that happen that can be reversed in a short period of time. If I use it to go back in time or try to reverse something that might be too big for a small use of the time stone. Then catastrophe will happen and we can't predict what damages we might inflict on the universe if we meddle with time." said Loki. "Don't worry about me, I will be fine and we'll figure something out, we should start heading up and rejoin the others. Do you think that you can walk for a little bit or do I have to use the space stone to... get there..."
"I don't know if I can, all I want to get out of here and remember what happened." said Nebula as she rubs her head.
"How far back do you remember?" asked Loki concerned, already believing the worse, he just hopes that he's wrong.
"Not much, I know that I think I saw Thanos use the stones to try to get rid of your magic sword and your soul." Said Nebula. "I also remember being angry, I don't know what I was angry about but then nothing and... I don't know, we were talking about me being free, you helping me have a second chance and something about Gamora right?"
"Yes, we were..." Said Loki as he draws into a realization, but he needs to make sure. "Does your head happen to hurt or do you feel dizzy by any chance?"
"I feel both of those, though I think the headache must be from the collision of the wall." said Nebula who is still trying to remember half of the details she has heard Loki said.
"I think that you might have a concussion, all of the signs and symptoms are pointing to it." said Loki before Nebula can even ask Loki the question on how he knows. "Once, one of Thor's friends hit his head during one of Thor's many reckless adventures and let's not go over the long story and get to the most important parts. It was a long walk back to Asgard simply because we had to take things easy and since I have magic and read many books about memories and the power of illusions, it was when my mother first started to teach them to me. So I had to deal with him and I learned so much from the symptoms and have some experience in dealing with this."
"What are you going to do?" asked Nebula who is assuming that Loki is going to try to "fix her" like Thanos has done in the past.
"I'm just going to give you a simple memory spell that will allow you to remember this entire conversation and an illusion that will allow you to not to feel the pain." said Loki. "It will only last as long as I'm still standing and before that, I will take you right up there using the Space Stone. I don't like the idea of using the stones at a moment like this, especially knowing that there might be potential consequences for the both of us, but right now we don't have a choice."
"Thank you, for listening to whatever I have just said and for believing that there is still hope in me." said Nebula as she looks relieved at the fact that she might be fine.
"No problem..." said Loki as he wonders if she is really saying this or if it's the concussion that is dominating Nebula's mind.
But that didn't stop him in starting to do the spells, that it only takes Loki a few seconds to make sure that both spells work and that Nebula is alright. Once he does so, he lifts a hold of the Guantlet and is about to use the Space Stone to teleport both of them to the top of the cliff. He just hopes that once he does so then it won't lead to both of them paying the price for it. Before he can even have the chance to do so, Iron man and Thor comes flying in, ready to fight off Thanos and help in anyway they can. But they are surprised to see that there is no Thanos in sight and Nebula is lying on the ground and Loki holding the Guantlet, before any of them can even say a word, Loki simply removes the Guantlet to avoid any demands and is about to hand it over to them. Before he does that, Loki only just quickly create an illusion of the Soul Stone, so that way it would buy him some time to figure something out.
"So... what happened here?" asked Iron man. "Where's Thanos? Why is she still over there, rubbing her head? Um... what's going on?
"Thanos has been defeated, I have sent him to a place where he can never escape and have no power. But right now, we have to take Nebula to the ship, she needs help right now." said Loki as he goes over to Nebula, helping her up and allowing her to lean on him if it helps her walk towards the two Avengers.
"So, I'm going to safely assume that we are now a team that goes out and saves bad guys now?" asked Iron Man who doesn't believe what he is now hearing. "It's either that or she is officially on the same side as us now?"
"If it weren't for her then I'd probably wouldn't have won the battle and she was ready to sacrifice herself to stop Thanos." said Loki. "Not too mention, I think she might have gotten a concussion when Thanos threw her towards the cliff when she took the Guantlet from him and was about to use it against him might I add."
"He what?" said Thor who is surprised by that new revelation and at the same time he wasn't because this is Thanos they are talking about.
"He was ready to kill Nebula for simply betraying him, she was the reason why I was able to grab a hold of the Guantlet." said Loki. "But we need to get her out of here fast before-"
"Loki, are these two friends of yours?" asked Nebula. "I can barely remember ever seeing these two, are you sure that you did the memory spell right?"
"Yes, I mostly have the spell focus on our past conversation just now." said Loki. "Do you remember anything else? Do you remember what we were talking about just now?"
"I remember that conversation, Thanos is gone and now I'm free to do whatever I want." said Nebula.
"Not yet, we still have to take care of you first." said Loki trying his best to address her wellbeing.
"Ok, my scanners do read that you are right about Nebula and we should get her up to Banner before she gets worse." said Iron man completely seeing that Loki is telling the truth.
"It's about time, you realize that." said Loki as he glares at Iron Man for a moment before turning his attention back to the current situation. "So, are one of you going to fly her out of here or am I going to have to risk Nebula's well being by using the Space Stone?"
"Uh... I guess I can take her..." said Iron man rather awkwardly and even removes his helmet as he looks at the two of them. "I'm going to safely assume that it might not be a good idea for anyone to use the stone with a concussion?"
"It's not, unless the person in question wants their condition to get worse and a longer recovery process." said Loki.
"I know that's the last thing I want, this headache is the worst." said Nebula. "Please tell me that once we get wherever we're going, so I can take a nap and try to forget and move on from Thanos."
"Yeah... You will, don't worry I'll fly you up and we'll take good of you." said Tony. "You're going to be alright and... Just know that we'll do everything we can to make sure of that."
"Anything is better than staying here or whatever fate Thanos may have had planned for me." said Nebula as she moves away from Loki and tries to see if she can make to him on her own. But nearly collapses after the first couple of steps with Loki quickly reaching over to catch her and helping her walk to Tony as she struggles with her condition.
Once they managed to successfully have Nebula reach Tony, he quickly puts his helmet back on and grabs a good hold on Nebula. Ready to fly out of here, though he doesn't know if it's a good idea to fly Nebula up like this, but it is the safest option for her and they need to get out of there right now. Especially if Nebula needs help right now, though he wonders if this is the whole story. From one look at Loki, he doesn't know if it might be some trick of the light or if it might be through the helmet, but he notices that Loki looks paler than normal. Not that he cares, but it does look weird and maybe... It's probably nothing, there's probably nothing wrong and the only thing that happened was Thanos's defeat and Nebula getting injured. So Iron man quickly flies up, taking Nebula with him and not knowing what he might find up there.
"Are you ready to fly up there?" asked Thor as he was ready to fly both himself, Loki and the Guantlet up.
"I really wish that this sword has the ability to give me the ability to fly without any assistance." said Loki. "It's humiliating to think that everyone will see me having to be flown up right after I saved the universe from a horrible fate."
"Come on Loki, it's not that bad and besides it's not like we are going to do 'Get help' on someone." said Thor. "Despite knowing how much you love doing that."
"I hated it and that would only make things even more humiliating." said Loki. "At least I should be grateful that I no longer have to worry about... Thanos..."
"Uh Loki-" starts Thor as he stares at his brother after that little speech break out of nowhere.
"Now let's get this over with and head right up there and return back to Earth." said Loki. "I don't know how much longer I can handle being on this planet, especially with the anthnosphere getting too cold for my liking."
"It has been the same since we got here..." said Thor who is starting to sense that there is something wrong with his brother. "Loki, brother are you ok?"
"I'm perfectly hale and... it will be better if we just leave right now." said Loki as he is trying to ignore the pain that he is feeling and trying to put on a straight face. "Then we'll... I mean everything is..."
Before Loki can even finish what he was saying or thinking about what he is going to say, the next thing both brothers knew is that Loki started coughing rather violently. Trying to stop himself from doing so in every way Loki can possibly can, trying to desperately to see if he can use magic to stop it or have Thor forget what he is witnessing. To see if he can save himself from the fate of his lost soul for a little while longer, to keep from others of worrying and solve the problem himself before anyone finds out, with the hope that no one finds out. But it's too late, he has failed and most of his magic has faded away, the Guantlet starts to flicker as the illusion fades away, the pain that Loki is now feeling has grown as a flaming fire that is only increasing over time and to make up for lost time.
Once the coughing stops, Loki can finally catch his breath and even then it was hard for him to breath because of his past injury. The pain from his chest is dominating in his every move and rapidly consuming him. Once it does then Loki starts to slowly collapse to the ground with no hope of finding the strength to break his fall. Luckily Thor is there, ready to catch Loki before he hits the ground.
"Loki, are you alright?" Asked Thor hoping that his brother doesn't drop into unconsciousness.
"I'm fine, I must be more tired than I thought." Said Loki as he tries to break away from Thor's grasp and to get up, but he is failing miserably due to the lack of strength from his now weakened body.
"What happened? What did he do to you?" Asked Thor. "This is clearly the work of that foul-"
"Thor, it's clearly no big deal. I'm perfectly-" starts Loki trying to douse whatever fire, he may have unintentionally caused.
"Loki, you just collapsed to the ground and prior to that it is obvious that you were experiencing pain and that was before you started coughing. I know that things are clearly not fine, when it comes to your health." Said Thor pointing out the obvious before being more relaxed and yet still show his concern. "I want to help, but I can't help you if you won't tell me what he did to you or if something else happened. Please brother, tell me what happened, trust me enough to know that I won't hurt you or betray your trust in anyway. I simply want to help and wish that you would let me..."
Loki takes a quick moment to stare at his brother, he thought about it briefly. He knows that if Thor knows the truth, then he won't hesitate in using the Space stone to find Thanos and fight him off. That is something, they can't risk and he doesn't even know how they would be able to take the stone back without illusions or endangering the universe or the other five stones they already have. There is also the fear that he might tell Odin, in hopes that he would know what to do and aside from the fact he would be thrown back in the dungeons, there is no hope for him. If Odin and the healers could barely save Heimdell, what's make any of them think that they would be able to or even bother to save him? But he might as well, tell Thor the truth and hope that his brother won't do anything reckless and knows that Thor would want to know the truth. He would rather have him see that it's impossible than have Thor either blaming himself or later risk his life for a fight that he might lose.
"Thanos... He took my Soul..." Said Loki. "He did it earlier to make sure that I would be weakened and eventually... die... But I casted a spell to continue the fight and to at least help... He also has the Soul Stone... in the place where I banished him and the only way to get in and out is through the Space Stone... There is no other way..."
With that Loki coughs a bit before he groans a little bit, before trying to regain his composer and somehow try to make himself look alright. In hopes that his brother will at least be less worried or at least possibly see him well regardless of the fact he would die without his soul and to see that at least he's try to be strong. Though he wishes that he could use his magic to try to delay this fate, but even if he wanted too, Loki knows that he can't regain his magic unless he has his soul returned. As Loki is trying to see if can manipulate himself in ignoring the pain and figure out how to survive this. But even Loki knows that it's already futile, his fate is inevitable and he just hopes that it won't be too painful and he could at least say goodbye.
While Thor on the other hand, he is not going to give Loki up without a fight, especially after he just got him back and they were this close on finishing the war that Thanos has started. That he is going to go over to that dimension and retrieve the Soul Stone, he is going to fight for his brother and doesn't care what happens, he is going to save his brother. He is not failing him this time and going to be the brother that Loki deserves, save him from the fate that Thanos is forcing onto his brother and he just hopes that it's not too late, he has enough time to do this and return Loki's soul in time and that Loki will tell him where he has sent Thanos. Thor is ready to save Loki and he is not going to back down, he has had enough of Thanos hurting others and targeting his brother, he is going to get that stone back, no matter what it takes.
Wow! It looks like they still need to get Loki's soul and that they still have some unfinished business. At least Thanos lost his power and they don't need to worry about getting all of the Infinity Stones from the Titan anymore. But there is still a lot risk if Thor either loses the fight or if Thanos finds a way to use this as an opportunity to escape. But there is still a chance and one that Thor is more than willing to take that chance, to save Loki from this scrape.
I hope that the final battle has lived up to your expectations if not blown away and if it hasn't and you all are deeply disappointed in it and the battle. I'm sorry if I disappointed and will try to do better and will make things right, I just set high expectations and really wanted to make this the best I can be and hope that the next chapter will make up for it or if there's another way to do so, then I'll be more than happy to do it.
While we are on that topic, the next chapter is going to be an epilogue chapter to the final battle and we are going to see the world where Loki sent Thanos. It will be the same deal as the Ultron epilogue, but I might turn up the drama a little bit or should I say a lot?
Plus unlike the Ultron arc, it's going to play a big role and impact many relationships and will lead things right over to the ending. While we are on the topic, Redemption is going to have approximately four more chapters and there is sill that I need to wrap up on before we come to the finale. There are about four chapters left and I still can't believe that we have gotten this far and that the story is almost done, I know that I will definitely miss this once it's done things get wrapped up.
I am planning for the next chapter to come out sometime in December preferably before Christmas and any holiday that you all may celebrate. Since it will fit in the whole family theme that people always associate with the holiday season. But it's definitely not a christmas episode, though a holiday themed Redemption one-shot is not completely out of the question and if it does happen then it will happen after this story is completed, earliest next year.
While we are on the topic of One-shots, 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 or even one before she even met Loki or went through the events of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie?) 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.
There are also the rewrites to look forward too, which will improve the grammar and 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 be coming out really soon. Sorry for it taking this long, i just wanted to make the newer chapters my top priority and will continue on as soon as I can. :)
Lastly, I want to say is that I am dedicating the Redemption fanfic to a good friend that has been there for me for the last couple of years. One that I will always appreciate that our friendship happend for the rest of my life. I am dedicating this story to Brigitta Pekelharing, a friend that helped me out of the darkness that I often take for granted. But I want to thank her for everything and helping me during the darkest time of my life, her friendship has made me grow into a better person and writer. I am always going to be grateful for the friendship that we shared and the impact that it made on me. In a way if it weren't for our friendship then there might not even be a Redemption because she got me into Marvel movies and helped me at the beginning of writting the fanfic. Thanks Brigitta for everything :)
So will Loki get his Soul back and survive this ordeal? Will Thor find a way to get the Soul Stone and stop Thanos in a fight where he has do it as fast as he can? Will Nebula be alright, will she recover from her possible concussion or will it be too late for her? Will the others accept Nebula after everything that she did to help or will there still be some that will remain suspicious of her? How will Gamora see her sister and can the two repair the bond that has been lost and broken for so many years? How are things going to go down from here? Will things still somehow magically work out? Is there any hope for anyone to get some kind of peace and escape the many consequences that Thanos has caused.
I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens next, won't we? See you in the next chapter. :)