Everything felt far away as if he was under a blanket and all the sounds, images were blurry like when you are underwater but it was only a minute, one beautiful minute of peacefulness. Then the information came rushing in, all the panic, the pain, the regret, and a single thought was his priority: make sure Thor is okay. Not that he could or had the ability to search for his Brother's aura, which he had already lost a few light years away, it was infuriating. Well, he was awake he might as well do something useful. Let's see, he was with Valkyrie on a ship that was going towards Midgard… and they can't go there, there is another stone that he has to deal with, the only stone Odin All-Father refused to obtain according to his Mother's journals, the reason … he doesn't know but the infamous God of Mischief has tricks and knowledge that the one he once called Father did not have.

"Valkyrie, we can't go to Midgard."He said as he walked to the hanger only to come across Val talking to Sif.

"Hey there Lackey. I was wondering about you." Her legs were up on top of the controls, a bottle in her left hand. No one would ever suspect that this woman, essentially a drunk, had once been General Brunnhilde of the Valkyries, of the strongest unit of Asgard, who trained under Valka and fought alongside Frigga, the Seidrmaster. The keyword being once. "The girl you sent the message to, she answered but she had a few questions, I filled her in on Ragnarok and Thanos' attack, you do the rest while I get another bottle."

As he looked at Sif's face on screen he saw the look that became default mode among the Asgardians, pain and loss but hers had a hint of revenge. But once she looked at Loki she was astonished. Loki's face looked sickly, his eyes were bloodshot and his veins visible, but the bruise on his neck was big, black and purple looking, it literally screamed pain but she did not let that cloud her thoughts, she would not pity the snake prince.

"Loki, I thought you were dead. But it makes sense now why Odin sent me to Vaneimheim or should I say you sent me here." The anger in her voice was not lost on him but he decided to go straight to business. " When I get my hands on you, you will beg for mercy,and at the end of my sword your blo …"

"Sif, Goddess of War. I , Prince Loki gave thee a task." His voice was serious but rough and weak, no hint of mockery or otherwise. " Asgard has fallen, Its' army is dead, its' people scattered and helpless, our best warriors... Heimdall, Volstagg, Fandral and Hogun have fought bravely but the Halls of Valhalla have claimed them... I give thee the responsibility to protect Midgard, for Thanos still seeks more power by bringing together the Infinity Stones, there shalt thou meet with the mortals and King Thor... The balance of the universe can only be kept if we fight together. For almost four years I worked on a plan... sending thee throughout the Nine Realms as our messenger, to strengthen our alliances… Sif of Asgard if thee have done thine task well, thou shalt have no difficulty in bringing them together and fight off Thanos' forces... the Black Order." He spoke quietly but steady, never be said that Loki Silvertongue let the Titan steal his voice.

It was easy to see that Sif was in shock, definitely not pleased but at the same time it was clear that she understood how important this is. One of the only qualities he could appreciate, and the difference between her and the Idiots Three, she knew when to pick a fight.

"I accept the task given to me by the throne of Asgard, and I shall honor thine request." There was still anger in her voice but the grief was coming through now. Well, people didn't call him silvertongue for nothing, reaching to one's feelings is part of being a good public speaker.

"Wow! Who knew you had it in you? Huh Lackey? You sounded just like Odin." Val decided to show up at that exact moment and if ever asked Loki would say that he didn't blush, that it was out of anger at the compliment/insult Is she really impressed and couldn't help but insult him as well or is she just being sarcastic? but Sif would gladly say that the Dark Prince, known for his atrocities around the Nine Realms blushed like a schoolgirl.

Loki quickly composed himself, and was completely professional afterwards. "Now that formalities are out of the way... Sif, there are six main targets if you disregard Thanos. The Black Order is composed of four of Thanos' "children"; Ebony Maw, known as 'black tongue' because of his abilities of manipulation, and being capable of controlling the strongest of minds…. he also uses technology that allows him to teleport and create force fields, he is the brains of the operation if you take him out, they will have no strategy; Proxima Midnight... she is a master combatant, with incredible durability but what you really have to watch out for is her spear... the weapon sends of poisonous energy that feeds off the victims' life force and it never misses its target…. Corvus Glaive, rumors say that he is immortal but that is not true... his glaive is what gives him the fake immortality if you can take it away from him you can finish him off…."Then, Loki coughed badly he was straining his voice too much. When he opened his eyes again there was blood on his hand and a cup of water, which Loki took with a single nod towards the Valkyrie. "Black Dwarf or Cull Obsidian, his skin is impenetrable, he has strength that can rival the Hulk's, but he has no real thoughts of his own... he is muscle and that is all there is to him, if you can trick him he is done for…. Last two are Gamora and Nebula, known to be Thanos' favorites but some say that they have both defected, I don't know if it is true, so be prepared for anything, they aren't the universes top assassins for nothing...

" They will more than likely be leading an army of Chitauris or Outriders... in both cases you must destroy the mothership, theirs is a hive like species… Like ants ants when their queen is dead they can't function properly, the only difference being that Outriders don't fall instantly as the Chitauri... they keep going for a hour or so. All of the information I gave you is crucial… and as must as it pains me to say so, I trust you Sif, I know you will not fail… I know you will be able to give the Midgardians the means in how they must prepare." As he finished his speech, Loki allowed Sif something she never thought she would get from him. On the Prince's eyes it was possible to see grief, pain, loss, determination, frustration but what surprised her most was the trust and the sincerity, something few knew him capable of.

It had been years, no probably centuries Loki was this open with the female warrior or anyone, they were never friends but once the trickster managed to keep his face blank of the emotions he did not want anyone to see, she decided it was not worth her effort and now she regretted, she would not take his words at face value but the Goddess of War knew better than to point it out either that he was being sincere.

"Loki you gotta give me more than that. What happened to your... your …?" Sif tried to ignore it before, it was impossible now with the thin trail of blood going down his neck, the gory sight would stick in her memories. Though she did not finish her question her look always fell on his neck and the trickster quickly knew what she was asking.

"The Mad Titan tried to choke the life out of me... but he does not comprehends the powers of the gods... he did won against the Hulk though, poor guy tell him it's alright, that he tried his best. And you will be happy to know Thor was rescued by another ship... and from what I could gather they seemed like good guys, it was a Xandarian design." The Nova Force was probably dead, if the power stone was truly there, but he decided Sif didn't need to worry more. Wow, am I being considerate of other people feelings? I really need to sleep some more

Sif them breathed a sigh of relief, but she did not know what to say except to keep on and ignore it, but Loki seemed sincere enough… ugh What am I saying? Just keep going Sif

"Loki, this means nothing. All this is only a truce once the universe is not hanging by a thread anymore I will make sure you are hanged and dead this time."She spoke with annoyance but her voice was soft and her eyes glittering as she turned her head to the Valkyrie. "It was a pleasure to meet you Valkyrie, it gives Asgard hope to have a warrior of your caliber among us once more… ."As Sif turned off the call her inner fangirl came through and if ever asked she would deny it, but the God of Stories would more than embellish the slight blush and starry eyes towards the esteemed warrior with pleasure. " Goodbye Loki." Beep.

"So, you said something about us not going to Midgard." The Warrior sounded calm, but her body language spoke a different story.

"Precisely."The God of Mischief was distracted as he changed coordinates plans towards the Galaxy of Vormir, the place was full of dead planets. And he had his back towards the woman, therefore he did not expect the aggressive behaviour that her temper brought forth.

"And you decide to mention this now, we barely have any fuel to get to Midgard and you want to go outside of the Nine Realms tree! Are you insane?! We are going to die in the middle of space if we do that!" By this point she had the Prince pushed into the wall and her sword under his neck while he had his hands up into a surrendering position. As much pain he felt in his neck he couldn't but enjoy rallying the warrior up.

"And you would be correct if we were not taking a shortcut through Sakaar... And regarding if I am insane, I would say it's a pretty solid possibility." Though the Prince enjoyed their brief closeness, a job had to be done and feeding the warrior's temper As fun as it was should be done at a later time.

"Are you stupid? We go back there and the Grandmaster will never let us go." She could not believe that she was stuck with the supposedly smart brother, not if his ideas were all like this, but if she compares to Thor's idea that the only way to save the people was by destroying their planet, then it was pretty mild.

"He will let us go if we tell him that we are still looking for the Hulk and Thor... If we play our cards right we can tell him we know where they are but we need better equipment but if that doesn't work we tell him about Thanos... and if that doesn't work we tell him his brother died at the hands of Thanos... that should get him serious enough to drop all his games for at least until we leave that place. "

Loki seemed different that was for sure, he was acting like the old Loki, the one she didn't like much or respected but he was still her Prince so she would obey him, but at the same time there are was an air maturity around him that wasn't there before, much like Thor. Both of them had grown and she felt as if she was left behind by them. Before the Warriors Three, it used to be just the three of them, then they were joined by Fandral. And years later Hogun who came from Vanaheim and Volstagg whom was already an esteemed warrior of the court, he fought alongside Tyr, her father and Odin All-Father in the war against Jotunheim. And when the truth about the second prince parentage came to light neither were surprised, Tyr had a look of satisfaction on his face, now she understood why her father always blamed Loki for everything that went wrong and would warn her to keep her guard around him, Volstagg though seemed resigned back then, as if he had failed. Sif longed for those simpler times when it was only the three of them, two princes and a warrior maiden.

Sif was in a Spaceship towards Midgard, only Asgard had the privilege use of the Bifrost, which no longer existed…. Vanaheim had gladly offered their help, after all their royal families were connected. Alongside her in the ship were Freya and Freyr, Princess and Prince of Vanaheim, Cousins of Thor and Loki of Asgard, niece and nephew to Odin All-Father and Frigga All-Mother. The young monarchs upon receiving the message from their previously dead cousin gladly accepted to give their help. It was in moments like this that Sif remembered that Loki was actually liked in Vanaheim but tolerated by his planet.

It was obvious, where they would land their ships, since a fleet of darker capsules were grouping together towards the north of Africa.

"Fleet number 364, initiate the force field between the enemies and the planet Terra."Freyr voice resonated through the intercoms, but apart from that silenced reigned. Sif's vision was completely taken as smaller ships fastly passed them and formed an incredible sight of magic and technology working together, allowing them safer passage through the warzone. It was already planned that fleet 364 would stay and destroy as much motherships as they could and whatever landed on the planet the foot soldiers would take care of it.

"Lady Sif… Lady Sif…" Finally the warrior realised the princess calling for her, she was a bit embarrassed but composed herself, even though the blush was rather obvious.

"I am sorry… My mind … was elsewhere."

"Do not apologize, your heart and mind have gone through much and it was not given time to heal."Princess Freya was much like Queen Frigga, they were related by blood after all, the Princess' father was the Queen's brother, but at the same time it was more than that, it was as if they could see through you and they would always say the right thing. With a small sad smile the Goddess of Love continued."My brother and I think it would be better if you talked with the Midgardians and warned them we are about to land."

"Of course, leave it to me."

The Avengers had landed in Wakanda just a few minutes earlier and were trying to plan a war against enemies they knew close to nothing about. The Princess was working diligently or the robot Vision with Bruce Banner by her side and Wanda Maximoff watched desperately, as the Captain described what he fought against in Poland to King T'Challa as beep sounds came through.

"Brother, the aliens are calling." Princess Shuri of Wakanda quickly looked at her screen and called after her brother, who was now listening attentively to the Black Widow's narration of the attack of New York.

"Shuri." Her Brother chided her and sighed. "Put them through." He ordered General Okoye, a bald warrior with an armour that looked primitive and modern, crossed her arms in front of her chest and followed her King's orders.

As the bigger screen came to life, everyone except Shuri and Wanda looked and were surprised to see someone almost normal, at least normal according to Earth's standards.

"Hello, I am Sif , Goddess of War, I came here with reinforcements from Vanaheim alongside Princess Freya and Prince Freyr, cousins of King Thor of Asgard we request a safe landing for our troops."

Natasha quickly recognised the woman from the 2011 recordings of Thor's first visit to Earth and Agent Hill briefly mentioned that she came to Earth soon after Thor's London incident to establish a more equal alliance. Before, anyone could protest Bruce came forward.

"Thor… Did you just say Thor? I thought he was dead. Is he with you?" Upon seeing the horrified look on Sif's face, Bruce backed away slightly embarrassed by his outburst.

"I have received information from … someone stating that King Thor is alive but I am now doubting his word. We can provide more information if you let us land though."It was clear that Sif was irritated now and upset but T'Challa decided that they had already proved enough that they were not the enemy for now. Though some still had their doubts.

"I am King T'Challa of Wakanda and you are welcome to land in my kingdom."

King T'Challa was walking his new guests towards a room next to the lab where they previously received the call from. And quickly enough they were joined by Steve, Natasha and Bruce, and of course the warriors of Wakanda. Princess Freya walked forward then, she was every bit a sorcerer and warrior, but she still held an air of a delicate maiden, those who assumed she was just a delicate maiden though, were deeply wrong.

"I am Princess Freya, Goddess of Love, of Vanaheim, one of the planets of what you Midgardians call Solar System. This is my twin brother, Prince Freyr, God of Peace and we …"At that moment she was interrupted by Captain America himself, who still wasn't convinced that the Gods were actually there to help.

"I am sorry ma'am but how is the Goddess of Love and the God of Peace supposed to help, better yet how do we know we can trust you. Thor never spoke of cousins."Steve considered himself close to Thor, and the God never mentioned any extended family, but assuming from Bruce's questioning gaze and Natasha blank stare he thought he was going in the right direction.

"My brother and I are also the Gods of War, but when introducing yourself it can come of as aggressive. Don't you think so, Steve Rogers, the man out of time?"Steve was stunned How does she know my name? and felt rather foolish What was it with Gods and monarchs that always managed to make them feel small?

"All is fair in love and war, Captain. My sister and I represent the thin line between love and hate. But that is not why we are here." The Prince spoke quietly but with purpose. "As my sister was saying we received a call for help from our cousin, Prince Loki, to protect Midgard and information about the enemy to help us win this. Thor will meet us here according to my cousin."

"As if we can believe him…"Muttered Sif, she couldn't believe that she let herself fall for his honeyed words.

"And that is why we will analyze the recording again, to calm your worries, but I believe my cousin spoke the truth." Said Freya as she pulled out what looked like a rounded objected, which she quickly pressed and put it on the table, the hologram of the recording was high technology, better than Earth, you could see clearly but it felt different than the technology Bruce saw on the 'Statement', like something else was mixed within.

As the video started Bruce was horrified by what he saw, Loki's neck was bruised and his eyes were bloodshot, his usually smooth voice was rough and somewhat emotional. Everyone listened attentively as Loki gave Sif her task and he described the Black Orders abilities, from the corner of her eyes Natasha could see the twins looking at Loki's face sadly but their eyes had something in them and it wasn't tears, it was powerful and looking directly at it made her eyes hurt. The recording finished and Sif looked troubled but the first to speak was Freyr. "Sister, did you detect anything?"

"Nay, Loki always was a good liar but when he is serious there is no way to miss it, his eyes were filled with grief and it's possible to feel his pain even through the recording. Everything he said is truth."The princess sighed but it was clear she was deeply affected by the image of her cousin which was still frozen in the screen.

"I don't understand, the last time I saw Loki he was fighting Thanos and gave the Hulk an opening… I think… My memory is fuzzy but how did that happened?!" Bruce made gestures towards his neck but the monarchs from Vanaheim looked at Sif.

"I asked him and he said Thanos himself tried to choke the life out of him. But who are you? And why were you so recently with my King and… my Prince?" Sif could scream and shout but at the end of the day she knew that if Loki was speaking the truth she would be loyal to him until his word no longer benefitted Asgard. I sounded just like an opportunist right now

"I am Bruce… Bruce Banner."He stuttered a bit but he hoped these royals were like Thor and T'Challa. What if in Vanaheim we are supposed to bow?

"But you are also known as the Hulk."The lady did not give a chance for him to respond as she continued. "Loki said that you fought well against Thanos, you have no need to feel ashamed by your defeat."

Bruce felt a change inside of him and this time he felt no rage, only despair and shame.

Everyone panicked as the scientist skin turned green with the exception of the Goddess of Love. But they needn't have to be afraid, the Hulk did not seek to retaliate as he calmly went down on his knees.

"Puny God said Hulk fight good?"His voice was deep but everyone was amazed by the childish way he spoke. The Vanir siblings and the Asgardian smiled at how Hulk referred to Loki as Puny God and Sif came forward as well as she put her sword away.

"Aye, the Prince told me you did your best. I am glad you came now, we will need your strength to fight Thanos' children." The Hulk gave a crooked smile and soon enough he started to boast.

"Hulk is the best. Hulk defeat anyone."

The Avengers and company knew this was the calm before the storm, and it was confirmed when they saw one capsule land in the distance, outside of the dome and another that crashed on top of it. King T'Challa did not waste time, with all the information they had, they could have an actual chance at winning.

"Evacuate the city, engage all defences…" And as he pointed towards Steve no one could argue the authority that the man held. "And get this man a shield."

Notes: If anything is out of context I appreciate if you point it out to me. I know Steve is kind of out of character and hopefully I will get him in the future chapters, I think Bruce and Natasha are better though.

At the beginning I wasn't going to add characters from mythology but then I saw an opportunity to make my own characters. If it wasn't clear Freya has the power of sight which allows her much like Frigga to see future possibilities but that doesn't mean it's certain, and both twins have Seidr.

As you probably noticed the story is going towards my own timeline now, somethings from cannon will still happen (the major events), but I created Valkyrie's and Loki's new adventure in Sakaar and I have different plans for other characters.

The force field with the spaceships was inspired by a Guardians of the Galaxy scene, where the ships get together.