Okay, so, nothing has been decided about the Grimm/ Avenger crossover. But I thought you would all enjoy this chapter, which is quite long. You have been warned!

Chapter Six:

"You sure this is going to hold him, Thor?" Stark glanced from the large man, to Rune who was strapped in his chair so tightly that he could barely move. Sonja looked towards the others, biting her lip nervously as she turned back to her husband, asking, "Are you sure you still want to do this?"

Rune raised his eyebrows at her, wriggling his wrists while replying quietly, "Too late to back out now. Don't worry, Sonja, it'll be fine."

Giving a short nod, Sonja looked around at the others and waited until they had seated themselves back down. Clearing her throat, she turned back to Rune and tapped his forehead lightly, making him close his eyes as he listened to Sonja's voice, "You are falling asleep, allowing long suppressed memories to play through your mind. What do you see?"

Ruin. Metal falling all around him as he stepped over the dead bodies of his people. Below, roaring and crashing sounded. He turned a corner and looked down at the scene that lay far beneath him. The green creature that he had set on the large, purple man had been beaten and was groaning softly. A rumble came, followed by a huge force of light that swallowed the green creature and sent him out into space. The large man, turned to the man who had summoned the bridge and said, "That was a mistake."

He watched as the man stabbed a spear through the gatekeeper's heart. Thor groaned, his voice husky as he spoke, "You will die for that!"

One of Thanos followers, the one who controled items with his mind made a piece of metal wrap around Thor's mouth, stopping him from saying anything more. The follower then picked up the Tesseract and offered it to Thanos, speaking loudly, "My humble personage bows before your grandeur. No other being has ever had the might, nay, the nobility to wield not one, but two Infinity Stones."

Thanos, who had stripped himself of his armour, took the glowing cube and stared down at it as it lay in his palm, beginning to crush it as his follower continued saying, "The universe lies within your grasp."

Everyone watched as the cube broke into small pieces, leaving a small gem in Thanos' palm. The large man blew on it, before holding up the gem and placing it near the golden gauntlet that covered his left hand. A flash of blue light appeared as the stone flew to one of the empty places on the the gauntlet.

"There are two more stones on Earth. Find them, my children, and bring them to me on Titan." The voice carried all the way up to the high spot where Rune stood, watching everything. But he wasn't concentrating on Thanos or his followers, who were kneeling. His gaze was focused on a man that he had cast a spell on, casting an image of himself on the man who was stepping towards the group, repeating everything Rune spoke, "If I might interject…"

All turned towards the man who appeared as Rune to their sight, no one knowing that he was watching far above, "If you're going to Earth, you might want a guide. I do have a bit of experience in that area."

"If you consider failure experience." Thanos answered, watching as Rune's double stopped in front of the group, replying quickly, I consider experience experience. Almighty Thanos. I, Loki, prince of Asgard…"

He paused, glancing over at Thor while continuing quietly, "Odinson… the rightful king of Jotunheim, god of mischief, do hereby pledge to you my undying fidelity."

Conjuring a dagger in his double's left hand, Rune watched while making the spell-bound man bow. A few moments passed as Rune's double took deep breaths, before dragging the dagger up towards Thanos' neck, the blade being stopped as by the blue stone on the large man's fist.

Thanos tilted his head slightly, muttering quietly, "Undying? You should choose your words more carefully."

Rune's double gave a groan of pain as Thanos wrapped a hand around his wrist making him drop the dagger. Everyone watched as the large man wrapped his hand around the double's neck, raising him into the air and making him kick his legs as he choked, "You… will never be… a god."

Turning his gaze away from the scene as Thanos cracked his double's neck, Rune quickly stepped through the ship and made his way to an escape pod, knowing that he had succeeded in fooling everyone that he was dead.

"And now wake." Sonja's voice cut through his thoughts, making Rune take a deep breath and open his eyes to see the others standing up with their hands resting on their weapons. Frowning slightly, he looked down at the bonds that were wrapped around his arms. His eyes widened as he saw that the bonds were loose and falling apart.

He looked back up at them, raising his hands in defence while saying quietly, "I swear, I mean you no harm."

Sonja gave a sigh of relief and ran forward, removing the bonds and then hugging him. Rune returned the embrace, placing a kiss on her cheek and then looking over her shoulder at the others. Thor exhaled quietly and relaxed his grip on the handle of his axe, looking over at his companions who also relaxed their grips, though more reluctantly.

Rune got to his feet, his gaze still fixed on Thor, who asked, "What happened? Did you remember anything useful?"

"It was like one of my nightmares." Rune answered, his voice low as he looked down at the ground, "It was all a bit of a haze… but I did remember some things. Including where this Thanos may be hiding."

They all stared at him with wide eyes, Stark glancing over at the others before turning back to him and saying quietly, "Well then… we'd better suit up."

Stark stared at Thor with wide eyes, shaking his head while hissing quietly, "No. We are not bringing him with us."

"We have to." Thor hissed back, glancing over at Rune and Sonja who stood close to one another, whispering indistinctly. Sighing quietly, he turned back to Stark and said, "He knows Thanos better than any of us."

Rubbing his eyes wearily, Stark gave a quiet groan before saying, "I don't know if you've noticed, but he's not exactly remembering a lot at the moment. Look, Thor, all he's going to do is slow us down or get us killed."

Thor gave a small scoff, shaking his head while again looking over at the couple, before replying, "He can take care of himself. I know that he hasn't got all of his memory, but I still want him by my side."

He watched as Stark raised his hands slowly and stepped over to the others while muttering something under his breath. Thor took a quick breath and also stepped over to the other Avengers, seeing out of the corner of his eye that Rune was watching him from under his eyelashes. Rogers turned to Thor and asked, "So, Thor… what's the game plan?"

"We can use the Bifrost to travel to the world Thanos is hiding." Thor answered, looking over at Rune and Sonja as they walked over to them. Rogers nodded slowly, and waited as Thor continued, "We then need to find a way of getting to the Infinity Stones. Use a distraction or something."

Stark closed his eyes and shook his head, while Banner looked around at the others before asking quietly, "What did you have in mind."

Thor gave a grim smile and glanced over at Rune, biting his lip while saying, "I was kind of hoping that you may have an idea about that."

Rune's eyes widened and pointed at himself slightly, replying with a slight stutter, "Me? What can I do? Other than offer a target."

Stark gave a fake chuckle, crossing his arms while the others looked down at the ground or shook their heads. Thor shrugged slightly, telling them, "Thanos thinks you're dead. That may distract him long enough for us to take him down and get the Stones."

"And once you have these Stones, you're going to… what?" Rune frowned at him slightly, before scoffing and saying, "I'm not going anywhere."

He turned to walk away, stopping as Sonja placed a hand on his arm and whispered to him, "I think you should go."

All of their eyes widened as they glanced at one another, Rune frowning as he turned to his wife, muttering, "Sonja… I'm not leaving you."

"I'll be fine. But right now, they need your help… as hard as it is to believe." Sonja glanced at the group, before turning back to her husband and moving to whisper in his ear so that the others couldn't hear. His eyes slowly widened, before pulling himself back and looking down into her face, muttering quietly, "Are you sure?"

Sonja gave a short nod. Rune sighed and turned to the group, asking in a small voice, "What do you need me to do?"

Thor felt his eyes widen in surprise as he exchanged glances with the others, seeing that they were just as surprised as he. He turned back to Rune, stuttering as he said, "Well, uh… I was kind of hoping that you might be able to cast an illusion of yourself, or… something."

Now it was Rune who stared at him with raised eyebrows, glancing over at the other Avengers while giving a quiet scoff, a smile starting at the corners of his lips. When he realised that they weren't joking, his face slowly falling while he continued to stare around at them.

It was a few moments before he swallowed and looked down at the ground, speaking in a quiet voice, "You're talking about that… thing I did when that Thanos person was about to kill you… and me."

"You remember that?!" Thor cried, hope building in his chest. Rune gave a small nod, looking at them all from under his eyelashes. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, his forehead wrinkling as he seemed to concentrate on something.

Some seconds passed, all them watching Rune with raised eyebrows and so they all jumped as a voice sounded behind them, "Pardon me for the roughness."

They all turned around in surprise and felt each of their jaws fall as they saw Loki. Standing tall and clad in golden armour, which included the horned helmet. Thor turned from Rune, back to the image of Loki who was saying, "Is this what you were talking about?"

Rune exhaled loudly and opened his eyes, making the image of Loki slowly disappear and the others turn to face him as he placed a hand to his forehead. Sonja placed a hand on her husband's arm, who gave her a soft smile and whispered, "I'm fine. But it did take a lot of energy out of me. Like doing a full week's worth of farm work in two minutes."

"Well, it certainly looked convincing." Rogers spoke quietly, his eyes trailing to where the image of Loki had appeared. Thor and the others nodded agreement, before Romanoff asked Rune, "Think you can get the hang of it before we run into Thanos?"

Stark gave a soft scoff, turning to her while saying, "You're joking, right? He may be able to produce an image of himself, but Thanos is going to see right through it the moment he sees him."

Thor shook his head, crossing his arms while telling him, "It doesn't matter. As long as it distracts Thanos long enough for us to attack him…"

He trailed off, shaking his head while looking at his companions who were all nodding slowly. Thor turned to Rune, pausing for a few seconds before saying, "Get what you need. We'll leave as soon as you're ready."

Rune gave a small nod and turned to Rogers who told him as he walked past, "We'll be outside, in the ship."

Slowly, the group shuffled out of the room, Thor looking over his shoulder as the door closed behind him, seeing that Rune and Sonja were looking at one other worryingly. Thor sighed and followed the others, trying his best not to allow the hope that was in his chest to overwhelm him as he walked. But no matter what he did, he couldn't help but think that his brother may not be so lost to him after all.

Rune took a deep breath, glancing over his shoulder at Sonja who stood by the door of the facility. He slowly raised his hand in farewell and waited as she waved in turn, before turning back to face the ship that they had arrived in.

Banner and Romanoff stood at the bottom of the ramp that led into the space craft, both watching him as he neared. Rune cleared his throat and lowered his gaze, bowing his head slightly as he entered the ship with the others following closely.

The door closed behind them, and the engines begun to power up as Rune moved through the corridors of the ship, the footsteps of the other two echoing loudly behind him as he made his way to the cockpit of the ship.

"I thought you said we were going to use the Bifrost to get to Thanos?" Stark was saying to Thor as the three stepped into the large room, Romanoff passing Rune as she made her to one of the seats that sat in front of the controls. Thor glanced at Rune, before turning back to his comrade and telling him, "We will. The Bifrost can carry us and and the ship to the planet. We don't know what the atmosphere is going to be like when we get there. The ship can offer us protection and air when we arrive."

Stark gave a small nod before turning to Romanoff and frowning, asking, "Do you even know how to fly this?"

Romanoff looked over his shoulder at him, giving a slight smile while replying, "I know more than you think, Stark. Plus it's not that different from the Quinjet. It shouldn't be too difficult to handle."

"You may want to press that red button before attempting to leave the ground." Rune told her while placing his bag on an available seat, turning to face the others while they watched him in surprise. He frowned at them, shrugging his shoulders while replying, "What? It's just a suggestion, unless you want the ship to blow up with us inside it."

He cocked his eyebrows at them and waited as Stark gave a quiet scoff and raised his arms to the control consoles, asking, "You want to give to it a go, Mr. I-know-everything-to-do-with-flying-an-alien-spacecraft? Be our guest."

Though he knew very little about Stark, Rune knew from the tone he adapted when speaking to him that they weren't going to get along, if they ever had. Rune also knew that Stark was messing with him, but he couldn't help but want to prove him wrong. Giving Stark a hard stare, Rune slowly stepped over to the other seat in front of the control console and sat down, pressing multiple buttons while the others watched him with wide eyes.

Romanoff opened her mouth to speak while the ship rumbled, following the instructions that Rune had given it. She closed her mouth again as the ship lifted itself off the ground and headed towards the blue sky. Rogers stepped into the room, pausing as he spotted Rune at the controls and turning to Stark and Thor, asking while raising his hand to the man, "You okay with this?"

"Stark challenged him." Thor answered, watching Rune while a soft smile started to curl on his lips. Rogers gave a small nod, taking breath and making Thor turn back to him as he said, "So, how are you going to use the Bifrost to get us to the planet?"

Thor lifted up his axe and spun it around a little, while Rune looked his shoulder at him, listening as the large man told his companions, "With this. It has the power to summon the Bifrost. We can go whenever you're ready."

Rogers gave a small nod, and glanced around at the others before saying, "Do it."

"Pardon me for interrupting…" They all turned to Rune, who turned his seat to face them, asking, "But what is this Bifrost you keep talking about?"

He waited as Thor smiled at him and dropped the end of the handle against the metal floor with a thud as he said, "This."

The ship shook violently, making Rune turn around to face the console. But before he could press any buttons, his eyes widened and he slowly got to his feet as a kind of portal with many lights opened in front of him. Thor watched as Rune continued to stare at the many colours that surrounded the ship, shaking his head slowly before giving a hiss of pain.

They all raised their hands towards him, calling his name in question. But he ignored them as his head begun to pound and a memory surfaced in front of him. The same colours surrounded himself and Thor, who turned to look down at him and something behind him.

"Loki!" Thor called down to him, making him turn around to look down at the woman who was following them, her body covered in black with strange horns protruding from her head. Rune's eyes snapped open, his throat tightening as he took deep, shaky breaths while running his fingers through his hair, muttering to himself, "No… it can't be. It was a dream… it had to be."

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw the others exchanged confused glances, before Thor turned to him and asked, "What is it?"

Before he could answer, the ship gave a loud rumble again, making Rune retake his seat at the controls and steer the ship through the sky. The others stepped closer to the screen and stared out at the green rolling hills, each of them looking over at Rune and asked, "Is this the planet?"

Rune gave a small nod and replied in a whisper while preparing the spacecraft for landing, "This is the place. We should land here… keep the element of surprise on our side."

They all exchanged glances, but didn't say anything as the ship landed on one of the hills. Rune watched as the Avengers collected their things and followed them out of the ship, shouldering his pack as he stepped out into the fresh air with the others. The group walked for ten minutes, before slowing down and crawling up a hill on their bellies, stopping just on the crest of the hill so that they could look over at the small hut-like house in the valley.

Romanoff pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked through them at the house while telling the others, "There's someone in there. Can't quite make out who it is."

She passed the binoculars to Rogers, who also stared down at the house, nodding slowly and he said, "Whoever it is, they're alone."

"It must be Thanos." Stark muttered, moving himself up the hill a bit more. Thor gave a small nod of agreement and replied quietly, "I agree, but we need to be certain."

Banner thought for a few seconds, glancing at the others before telling them, "It would probably be better to draw them outside. That way we can see who it is."

They all gave nods of agreement, Stark turning to Rune and telling him, "Well… looks like you're up. That is, if you're going to help."

Rune glared at him for a few seconds, before turning back to the house and muttering quietly, "I agreed to, didn't I?"

He ignored Stark's quiet scoff and concentrated on the green, flat field that lay just outside the house. They all jumped slightly in surprise as the Loki image reappeared, the wind blowing at his green cape while the sun shone against his golden armour. Rune frowned slightly and glanced over at the others, asking quietly, "Is that seriously what I look like?"

None of them answered, Thor and Banner looking at one another before turning back to look down at the Loki image. Rune sighed quietly and concentrated on the illusion, whispering under his breath, "Thanos."

"Thanos!" Loki in the field called loudly, repeating what Rune muttered quietly, the others glancing at him as he did so, "You didn't really think that you could rid yourself of me so easily, did you?"

All of them inhaled sharply and waited with baited breath as the door to the house opened and a large man stepped out into the light. He stepped closer to Loki, speaking in a booming voice that carried to the Avengers who were preparing themselves to attack, "I should have known you would escape me somehow, Asgardian. But it was a mistake to come back here, asking for death."

Loki gave a taunting laugh, and raised his arms while saying, "You didn't really think that you could ever kill me, did you? Not even my sister could do that. And believe me… she had a lot more power than you do at the moment."

"He's not wearing the glove." Stark told the others, who looked at one another, Rogers asking, "If he hasn't got it, then where is it?"

Banner gave a small shrug and replied, "Maybe it's in the house. But we can't search the house and keep Thanos busy at the same time."

"I don't need the Stones to take care of you, Asgardian." Thanos called their attention back, making all of them focus on the large man who was stepping over to Loki, who just smirked and replied, "You may regret that."

Rune created a second image behind Thanos, who was stepping over to the first image. Rune whispered out of the corner of his mouth to the Avengers, "Go, now. I'll search the house with Banner."

All giving small nods, they each got to their feet, Rune created many images of Loki, so many that it was impossible to count how many there were. Thanos looked around in surprise as each Loki jumped and attacked the large man while the Avengers ran down the hill, Thor breaking through the images of his brother before the others, lightening spreading down from the sky and from his body as he brought his axe down on Thanos.

Banner tapped Rune's shoulder and led the way down to the house, Rune glancing over at the Avenger's as they battled, Thanos only just keeping them at bay as they attacked, over and over. The two men ran into the house and began searching, listening to the battle that was happening outside. They ran through each of the rooms, searching high and low, Rune glancing out of the window at the battle that continued on, Thanos knocking Romanoff and Rogers aside.

"It's not here." Banner called from the other room, calling Rune's attention back to the search. He turned to Banner who stepped into the room, shrugging while asking, "What do we do now?"

Rune inhaled deeply, glancing out the window again at the Avengers, before turning back to Banner and telling him, "They need help. Your help."

He waited as Banner's eyes widened, pointing at himself while stuttering in a higher voice than normal, "Me?! What can I do. Hulk hasn't come out for a year because he got his butt beaten up by Thanos last time they went up against each other! I can't go out there, I'd get pummelled! You'd have more of a chance!"

"What is a Hulk?" Rune asked, shrugging his shoulders in bewilderment. He looked out the window again, and a gave a quiet groan of annoyance, before turning back to Banner and saying, "Either way, we have to go out there. Surely you can do something to help them?"

Banner shook his head I annoyance, but didn't say anything as the wall facing the battle collapsed into rubble. Rune turned to face Thor who gave a quiet groan and got to his feet, turning to face the two men. His eyes widened as he hissed, "Get out of here. It was a trick!"

They both watched as Thor was knocked aside, the remaining walls of the house melting as the illusion that Thanos had cast on them faded. Rune's own eyes widened and he turned to Banner as the large man appeared in front of them, raising his left hand that held the gauntlet and the six stones that glowed brightly.

"And you thought that you were the God of Mischief." Thanos muttered, stepping towards the two men while Rune pushed Banner through out of the room. They panted heavily as they ran, Thanos following closely while calling after Rune, "I will admit, Asgardian, I was quite surprised to see that you were still alive. But don't worry… I won't make the same mistake of letting you live twice."

Rune and Banner rushed outside, not pausing as they continued to run past the other Avengers, all who were lying on the ground, defeated as the two tried their best to outrun Thanos. But they couldn't escape as the large man used the glove to stop them and bring them back to him, Thanos raising his left hand and curling it around Rune's neck.

Banner was forced to his knees while Rune struggled to loosen the grip around his neck. Thanos tilted his head as he seemed to consider the man in his grip, before speaking in a slow voice, "There's something different about you… something missing."

"That would be the memory loss. Sorry to disappoint." Rune gave a slight smirk and watched as Thanos tilted his head questioningly again. Rune sighed quietly and rolled his eyes before saying, "Look, not that I want to spoil your fun or anything, but can you hurry up with the killing me part? I have somewhere to be, and I'd rather not be late."

He waited as Thanos gave a quite chuckle, and spoke again in that low rumble, "I don't remember you being so eager to die last time we met."

Rune gave a quiet groan, looking towards the sky while saying, "My plan isn't dying. Just distracting you until he gets up."

Thanos frowned and turned around to face the house again, letting go of Rune's neck and turning to face Thor as he flew through the air, knocking the large man down with his axe. Thor lifted his axe and knocked the gauntlet off his hand, before pressing the blade against the large man's neck.

Banner gave a groan of relief as he was released from the power that was over him. The other Avengers also gave calls of relief as they quickly got to their feet and turned to face Thor and the others that were a short distance away.

"Get the gauntlet!" Thor called over his shoulder to the others. Rune looked down at the gauntlet, which lay at his feet. He glanced around at the others, before picking it up and making everyone stare at him with wide eyes. Stark pointed at him and asked quietly, "Is that such a good idea? Letting him have the stones?"

Rogers shrugged and shook his head, looking over at Thor for an answer. Romanoff stepped over to Banner and helped him get to his feet, both of them watching Rune with a weary eyes as he stared down at the golden gauntlet, one of the stones glowing brighter than the others.

Thor looked over his shoulders at his companions, frowning slightly as he saw the confused expression that lay on the man's face. Quiet voices were calling to Rune as he stared down at the Mind Stone which seemed to speak to him, images flashing through his mind. Images that were familiar to him. Memories.

"Rune?" Banner called, but the man didn't react as he stared down at the stone, his pupils dilated to the point that the iris of his eyes could barely be seen. Thor frowned at the others, before calling loudly, "Loki?! Are you okay?"

He broke his gaze with the stone, his pupils returning to normal as he turned towards Thor. Slowly shaking his head, he muttered quietly while moving the gauntlet over his hand, "I'm sorry."

All of their eyes widened and all the Avengers except Thor stepped towards Rune as he closed his fist, activating the power of the Infinity Stones. All six glowed brightly, making everyone raise their arms to bloke out the brightness. A giant yell of pain came from Rune's direction, followed closely by a sound that closely resembled an explosion, knocking everyone down while throwing dirt and grass up into the air.

Thor gave a quiet groan, grabbing his axe as he got to his feet, looking around at his comrades who were brushing away dirt from their clothes and armour as they also got to their feet. Thor looked around and saw that a crater surrounded them, and lying motionless in the middle of the crater was Rune.

"What happened?" Rogers asked, watching as Thor rushed over to the unconscious man. Stark slowly shook his head and stepped over to Thor's side with the others, staring down at Rune's left hand, which was covered by the gauntlet. Romanoff raised her eyebrows while Stark gave a quiet whistle, his eyes widening as he looked down at the empty, and blackened gauntlet.

Thor kneeled down next to Rune, placing a hand on the man's chest to check that he was still breathing. Giving a quiet sigh of relief, Thor turned to the others and told them, "He's alive."

Rogers frowned down at the two men as Rune's face slowly began to turn a blue-grey colour and patterns begun to form on his forehead. The others slowly backed away, all staring down at the man as well, making Thor glance up at them before shaking Rune's shoulder, whispering, "Brother. Wake up."

A light groan came from Rune rolled his head and opened his eyes, looking up into Thor's face. The Avengers all exchanged glances as they noticed that Rune's eyes were red as he whispered quietly to the man who was kneeling above him, "Thor? What-"

He broke off with a hiss of pain, sitting up suddenly and pulling his left hand out of the gauntlet. They all stared down at him as he gave quiet whimpers and gripped his wrist, staring down at his burnt and blooded hand. Thor slowly helped the man to his feet while telling him, "It's going to be alright, brother."

Thor glanced down at the gauntlet, giving a quiet sigh as he turned back to Rune, muttering quietly, "You destroyed the Stones. Everyone's safe now."

"No!" Rune cried, shaking his head while trying to hold back the pain that throbbed in his hand. He took deep breaths and hissed, "We need to get out of here. Now! The power of destroying the Stones… was too great. I didn't mean to… but this planet will be destroyed within fifteen minutes and us with it if we don't get out of here… now."

He stared up at all of them with exhausted eyes as they exchanged worried looks, before making their way back to the ship, Thor wrapping his arm around Rune as he helped him stumble through the grass, no one looking back at Thanos who had a long cut along his throat and breathed no more.

Stark reached the ship first, pressing a button to lower the ramp. He rushed inside the ship with the others following closely behind him as he ran into the cockpit, looking out of the window at the land in front of them, which was cracking and shaking violently. Thor struggled into the cockpit with Rune, crying to Stark, "Okay, get us out of here!"

Romanoff seated herself in the seat next to Stark and helped him lift the spacecraft into the air and turn to face the sky, pushing the engines to their limit while the ground behind them begun to collapse in on itself. But the ship was also being pulled backwards, and the two pilots were struggling to keep the spacecraft out of the planet's grip.

Thor sat Rune down in a seat and rushed to where the others stood, staring out of the window. Stark looked over his shoulder at Thor, before turning back and crying, "Can't you use the Bifrost to get us out of here?!"

"No, Thor… don't." Rune spoke weakly, but no one heard him as Thor lifted his axe and dropped the end of the handle on the floor, making the ship shudder as different colours surrounded them.

But the colours soon grew dark and the ship shook even more violently than before, making Thor shake his head and whisper, "Something's wrong."

He turned around to face Rune but before anything could be said, the ship gave a giant lurch and threw them all into the air, hitting the ceiling and the floor repeatedly before everything suddenly grew dark and none of them knew anything more.