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In one world their lives are separate.

Loki is Loki the God of Lies. In this world he is adopted - stolen, stolen, stolen - from Jotunheim and raised on Asgard. His hate and envy transform him into a hideous creature. He betrays everyone and dies alone.

Loki is the archangel Gabriel in disguise. In this world he leaves Heaven to hide away on Earth plaguing humans with twisted justice. When his fallen brother returns he dies alone.

~~0O0~~

In a world above the other their lives are almost the same.

Loki is a Jotun child found standing in the middle of a battlefield. He pretends to mourn his family and is taken to Asgard. He's already too evil to be anything else and betrays everyone. His madness leads to his death.

Gabriel leaves Heaven but returns before his brothers and sisters land on Earth. He uses his powers to fight Lucifer and his demons. He dies with his siblings.

~~0O0~~

In a world where lives intermingle they meet for the first time.

Gabriel stumbles upon a dying god at the roots of the powerful Tree. Loki, delirious from the pain, calls him brother and friend. Gabriel eases his passing and inadvertently takes his powers. Gabriel becomes the trickster god.

Loki dies.

Then Loki dies again.

~~0O0~~

In a world closer to the Light they meet again.

Gabriel remembers the god but the god doesn't remember him. Loki finds the angel amusing and enjoyable compared to the gods of Asgard. When Loki sacrifices himself for the greater good, Gabriel dies of grief.

~~0O0~~

In a world full of bloodshed they live in constant war.

Gabriel and Loki fight side by side to bring down the so-called gods until the warriors are beaten down. Together their powers wreck this universe to the brink of annihilation. When Loki is decapitated by Heimdall, Gabriel takes his time killing the gatekeeper. He makes everyone suffer in his fury.

Gabriel returns to Heaven alone.

~~0O0~~

They meet again and again and again. They are linked by the third world that binds them together.

Gabriel remembers bits and pieces of his previous lives knowing Loki is his past, present, and future.

~~0O0~~

The current world is the longest of them all.

Gabriel is Loki.

Loki is Gabriel.

Together they travel across the Nine Realms. They befriend the being Mayhem and free his other, La Mala Suerte. In this universe they have families, they have friends, and yet there is still sorrow in their lives.

Gabriel dies first and La Mala Suerte follows through their bound chaos.

Mayhem is inconsolable.

Loki dreams.

He dreams to forget. He doesn't want to remember his failure to protect someone he loves. It hurts too much. Instead he burrows deeper and finds hidden memories and lives that are no more. Loki doesn't want to wake up. He wants to stay linked to the memories and past lives of his other for as long as possible.

TBC

Edited: 10-30-2013