Chapter 9
We are the TVA
AN - From now I'll be adding (Maxines file) on chapters that include the story's of what ever she is watching at the TVA as it's come to my attention some of my AMAZING readers are getting a tiny bit confused as to what is 'one reality' and what is now. My fault I should of made it clearer and thank you for all being so positive and lovely. I love writing this story.
2021
TVA
Interrogation room 023
(present time)
The video had once again stopped. Maxine knew what that meant, she turned to see Mobius stood next to the door with the controller in his hand. She sighed and pointed to the screen. "What is this?" She asked, her tone much more calm than before, too calm for a woman that had just witnessed her own potential death.
Mobius stayed quite for a moment as he walked over to the table and picked it up from the floor, Maxine watched him as he slowly dragged both chairs back to their rightful spot after her tantrum earlier. "This never happened. Loki was never on a cell in Asgard" Maxine said out loud trying to make sense of the situation.
Mobius took a seat. He kicked his leg under the table pushing her seat out and nodding towards it. "I know this is confusing for you Maxine" He said in a more sympathetic tone than he had been using.
Maxine looked at the chair for a moment and then back at Mobius, she knew the only way she would get the answers she needed is if she played along. She walked over and pulled the metal chair out and perched herself on it. She lent forward, her cuffs gently clanging on the table. "How are you doing this? What kind of magic?" She asked in a low voice.
Mobius smiled at her questions. "It is your story Maxine, how things should of gone in the timeline before you and your infuriating love interest started messing around" He said honestly.
She cocked her head to the side "So you want me to believe Loki is alive?" She asked with a small smile on her face.
"He is alive" Mobius stated.
She lent back in her chair and pressed her lips firmly together as she thought about the possibility of her being reunited with him. "How are you so sure, have you seen him, spoken to him?" She asked.
Mobius shook his head but still wore that calming smile on his face. "No, not yet" He said softly but confidently.
She rolled her eyes. She felt rather offended, you don't grow up with the god of mischief and then believe obvious lies, he should know that. "Then I have no reason to believe you" She stated with a shrug.
There was a small pause and she thought back to the tape she'd just watched. "And the all mother was not murdered she died of a heart attack in her sleep" She snapped quickly, not enjoying the part where they made it seem as though her and Loki where to blame.
"Why do you think that is?" Mobius asked furrowing his brows together. He almost felt sorry of how naive the woman sat in front of him was. She still didn't understand the power the TVA held. "When someone messes with time it is up to us at the TVA to fix that" He told her slowly as if he was speaking to a child.
"You and Loki messed with time, so the events in the cell didn't happen but she still needed to die, just like you needed to live" Mobius said in a calm tone. Maxine frowned understanding his words, a kinder way of saying the TVA killed Frigga.
Her mouth twisted up in anger, she went to cross her arms over her body but her cuffs stopped her, she let out a big sigh "I want to speak to someone, a lawyer or Thor just someone" She snapped.
Mobius smirked. "It doesn't work like that here" He told her softly.
"Where are my human rights?" She snapped.
"You lost them when you killed 4 of my agents" He said with a more serious look on his face.
Maxine rolled her eyes and sat back in her chair. "Fair enough" she mumbled.
"Oh so you'll admit that now?" Mobius asked with a smile on his face. Unbelievable.
She shrugged knowing she only did what she did to protect herself. Mobius lent forward on the table. "Now I don't know why you have decided to adopt the attitude of your beloved, once upon a time you seemed like a sweet girl" He rambled causing Max to roll her eyes at his sentiments. "Help us" He whispered.
She paused for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't know how" She said quickly.
"Tell me about Loki" He pressed.
"You already know" she said simply pointing one finger over to the tape player.
He sighed. "We know what happened between you and him, we don't know his mind like you do" He admitted.
She looked away from him and laughed, the first time she'd properly smiled since being here. "If Loki is somehow alive and out there... good" she said her smile now fading. She turned back to Mobius and wore a hard expression on her face.
"I'll never help you bring him to this prison. You vicious, self righteous idiots who tear lives apart claiming it to be for time" she hissed. "You are just as blood thirsty as me, at least I have the gal to admit it. I would rather you torture and kill me than tell you anything about him" She spat with a venomous look in her eye.
The expression on Mobius' face didn't change, he wasn't expecting her help. Not yet anyway. "So we shall proceed?" He asked gesturing the controller up to the screen.
She smiled sarcastically. "Be my guest" she said waving her confined wrist at him as if he were royalty.
Mobius played the tape and rose from his seat, leaving her once again alone with her 'would be' life.
London, England
1523
(present time – Loki)
Loki sat in the dull attic he had called home for the last three weeks as he tried to figure out what makes the tesseract tick. One reason being he wanted to hold all of its power and learn to use it, second reason is he could get back to Maxine he knew he had to find her.
He set down his feathered quill on a stack of paper and smiled to himself. "What's that sir?" a young boy asked, Loki looked over to the son on the Tavern owner downstairs and smiled.
"Something special I have been working on" Loki said with a proud smile.
The young boy who was ordered by his parents to assist Mr Loki in anything he needed stepped closer to the candle lit desk. His eyes peered over to a piece of paper on top. "Romeo and Juliet" The boy sounded out the words.
Loki tried to hide the proud look on his face, in just three weeks he'd managed to teach the poor boy some reading skills, Loki was actually quite proud in how well he picked it up.
"Yes now I need you to do something very important for me. Go give this to the publisher on Green street and give him this, tell him to publish under the name Shakespeare... Loki Shakespeare" Loki said handing the boy the stack of papers, The boy gave him a confused look knowing that wasn't his last name.
"Okay?" He said in a unsure tone.
Loki rolled his eyes at the boys hesitation. "Run along and keep the change" He added.
The boy looked up and flashed him a quick smile "Yes sir" He said quickly before running out of the door with the papers in hand.
Loki sat back down in his chair and let out a little laugh. "Suck on that William" He muttered having amused himself re-writing the classic before it had even been published.
Loki slowly stopped laughing and remembered the darkness of his situation. The dark thoughts of him falling from the bridge, Thanos and the avengers haunted him. Also the screams of Maxine, the last things he head before falling into the worm hole.
He let out a sigh and waved his hand in front of him, the tesseract appeared. He eyes the object from all angles and shook his head at the mystical object. "How do you work?" He asked the blue object that was pulsing blue energy in his hand. He let out a deep sigh and sunk back in his chair, with the wave of a hand the tesseract disappeared.
Having spent enough time locked up in the attic he decided now was the perfect time to take a walk. He blew out the candle and rose from his chair, he changed his appearance slightly and wore a long black coat and a scarf to fit in with the crowd... although he didn't fit in much with the tailor made looking outfit.
Loki trudged down the pungent smelling streets of London with his hands shoved into his pockets and a look of disgust on his face. People stared at him from a distance, wondering how the man was so clean, he must be rich they concluded.
"How humans made it as far as they have will forever baffle me" Loki muttered to himself as he walked down the rat infested street.
Suddenly a man walked into him, Loki scoffed and brushed down his coat. "Watch it" an angry man shouted.
Loki looked up at the man, his eyes flashed green and he smiled mischievously. The mans jaw dropped and he stepped back. "It's a witch" The man screamed as he ran in the other direction.
Loki laughed and continued his walk, suddenly his day just got a little better.
"Loki Laufeyson" a voice called out. Loki stopped dead in his tracks and turned on his heels. He saw three woman and one man stood in front of him. They where dressed in tactical gear, Loki frowned as he looked them up and down. This wasn't their time period, he thought to himself.
"No" He lied obviously with a smile on his face.
The woman rolled her eyes and stepped forward grabbing his arm. "You're coming with us" She deadpanned.
Loki frowned at the strength of the woman, the man now grabbing him by the other arm. He looked ahead and saw some kind of unfamiliar portal. He let out a nervous laugh as he tried to pull free. "Now just hang on a minute, who are you?" He asked in a tone that was growing more irritated.
The woman smiled as she dragged him to the portal "The TVA" She stated.
Svartalfheim
(Maxines file)
The energy has been successfully extracted from Thor's woman. The fight had broken out and Thor blitzed through his enemy, hitting them with Mjolnir. Maxine heard screamed and thunder. Her head lolled from side to side as she began to regain consciousness.
Her eyes fluttered open and she let out a deep shaky breath. She looked upward at the dark red sky, her face forehead scrunched as her fearful eyes widened. She wondered for a second if this was hell.
She tried to sit up, propping herself up on her elbows. She let out a little cry and fell back to. The shooting pain of her wound send an electrifying feeling through her body. She coughed and clenched her teeth trying to breath through the sudden pain. "Help me" She coughed quietly.
Suddenly she saw a shadow approaching, her breathing began to quicken in fear, it was Loki, he quickly knelt beside her looking from side to side to make sure no enemy was near her. He grabbed her hand. "You're okay" he said breathlessly, he had torn his outfit and some blood was on his lip, he'd been fighting along side Thor.
Maxine began to breath quicker and heavier, she was panicking and didn't have a clue what was going on or where she even was. "Loki what" She whispered cutting herself off mid sentence due to the pain.
Loki placed her hand gently on the ground "Shh" he whispered. Maxine stared at him feeling more nervous and confused than ever. "I have a plan but I need you to go along with it" Loki said in a low but urgent voice.
"What's the plan?" She whispered back.
Loki turned around to see Thor still battling with the dark elves and their monster, Jane was out of the way hidden so she was not hurt. He turned back to Max, she noticed he also looked nervous. "No matter what you hear, no matter how bad it is. Play dead, don't react" He warned.
She frowned up at him "What?" she had a million questions running through her head,none of it made sense.
Loki scrunched his nose knowing she would question his orders "Die, now" He hissed. Maxine nodded and made a pathetic noise before relaxing all of her muscles in her arms and legs. Loki rolled his eyes "More believable" He whisper shouted.
Maxines opened her eyes again "Shut up" she whisper shouted back.
He now looked more annoyed "Die" He ordered in a quite voice. She rolled her eyes before closing them and laying perfectly still. Loki nodded and grabbed her hand dramatically.
"Maxine no" He cried, he even managed to shed a tear to make it look more believable. Suddenly the look on his face turned vengeful, he let go of her hand letting it drop to the floor and rose from the ground. He quickly conjured an illusion of himself in his place and disguised himself as a dagger on the ground.
Thor paused and looked at his brother, his eyes widening in realization Maxine was dead. Loki conjured a sword and began marching over to the monster. "You will die for this monster" The illusion of Loki screamed before plunging the sword into the back of the armoured monster. The monster slowly turned and the Illusion of Loki smiled seeing his handy work, suddenly the monster grabbed Loki by the shoulders and pulled him onto the blade impaling him.
"Loki no!" Thor screamed as he threw his hammer at the last dark elf.
The monster pushed Loki to the ground who was now holding his stomach. "See you in hell monster" He said in a gravely voice before throwing a black hole grenade at the monster. A black and blue light swallowed the monster whole, Loki smiled.
Thor rushed to his brothers sides and dropped to his knees. "Loki" he cried grabbing his brother off the floor.
Loki began to cough "I'm sorry brother" he said in a weak voice.
Maxines eyes where shut tight, she knew she shouldn't react but a part of her wondered if Loki's plan had gone wrong and if this was real. A lump formed in her throat as she could hear Loki fighting for air.
Thor stroked his brother hair in an attempt to sooth him. "Sh it's alright. Ill tell father what you did here today" Thor said in a gravely voice and tears forming in his eyes.
Loki shook his head. "I didn't do it for him" He confessed.
A tear fell from Thors eyes as Loki let out on final breath and died in his arms.
Thor rested his head on Lokis and cried "No".
After a few minute Jane carefully approached Thor. "Thor" She said in a small voice. Thor looked up to his woman and nodded already knowing what she was going to say, "We have to go" she said in a sympathetic tone. Thor kissed the head of his brother and rose from the ground, he turned to Jane and took her hand as they walked to find away off the planet.
1 Hour later
Maxine sat bold upright ignoring the pain in her stomach, she gasped for air as if she'd been held under water and almost drowned. She clutched at her wound and tried her best to steady her breathing.
"Why do i feel like I have actually just come back from the dead" She whispered breathlessly. Suddenly a green light shimmered in front of her, the dead body of Loki disappeared and Loki still very much alive was now sat in front of her with a proud smile on his face.
"I slowed your heart down so Thor wouldn't notice" He told her in a mischievous tone.
She frowned and cocked her head. "So this is the plan?" She asked still very confused as to what was happening. "Loki am I dead, is this hell?" she asked, she was that unsure of what was going on she began to question if it was even real.
Loki let out a little laugh, even he had to admit a lot had happened in the past 24 hours. "It's not hell, I'll explain it in better detail later but we have to move quick. See Thor made a deal with me. If I helped him with his mortal he would let me take you and run" Loki began speaking quickly "We'd have to face no punishment on Asgard I wouldn't go back to the cells and you wouldn't be tried for your crimes" He added.
Maxines jaw dropped, she knew breaking into the cell was bad but she didn't think for a second he was actually serious and Odin would imprison her for it. "What?" she asked in a shocked voice.
Loki sighed and looked to the ground "My mother is dead. Odin didn't take it well, he blames you and by blaming you he is blaming me" He explained in a quite voice looking back up at her.
Maxines eyes softened and she reached out her hand for Loki "Loki" She whispered.
"Not now" He replied taking her hand in his. His cool skin gliding along her hot, he intertwined his fingers with hers and squeezed, it felt good to be able to touch her.
"But if Thor allowed it, why did we have to die?" Maxine asked softly.
"I didn't want anything to ever come back to Thor, easier for him to believe us dead" Loki said with a shrug.
She looked down at their hands, it suddenly hit her he was here right in front of her, what she wanted. All the logic in the world the when, where and the why went out the window. She looked back up into his shiny green eyes and nodded. "So we're on the run, never to return home?" She asked breathlessly. She knew it wasn't ideal but she was willing to do it if it meant they could reunite.
He smiled and ran his thumb over hers "Well about that" He said in his usual mischievous tone.
