Once again, hello all.

Man, I need to come up with better opening hellos. The ones I use are getting kind of boring.

Early update! YAY!

And I just finished my exams! Yes! Now I have six days off. Awesome.

So anyways, this is the chapter after Loki transports Luke to where he was in the forest. There has been a little time-lapse.

Loki's POV

The stupid boy, the idiot boy.

He will be the pawn in my plan. He will be the person who will make everything possible. He will be the one.

He actually thinks that he will be able to win! Ha! I found that very amusing.

Of course, he would never realize it but I will wait until he kills the Half bloods. Then I will kill him.

I know what he thinks. He thinks that he can kill me before I kill him, but that will not be possible. I will kill him before he even gets the chance to think about killing me. He will just be another piece in the puzzle. My plan will not fail.

And the plan is grand.

I thought of all this as we waked through the forest. I had led Luke. I knew exactly where to go, but first we had to wait. Wait for the right moment. I had felt those two half bloods-Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson-first. I knew their names of course. I even knew what they feared the most. I trained myself in that horrible prison in Asgard to feel someone when they approached. To feel their darkest thoughts and feelings. Do not ask me how, for I would not be able to answer you. It had just happened.

After those two arrived, I felt the avengers arrive. I smirked inwardly. They don't know the half of what is coming for them. They would be met with their worst nightmares. I had the power to do that now.

Then finally, I felt the rest of the half bloods arrive.

And still we kept walking to nowhere in particular. I did not tell Luke that I knew they were all here. That would only ruin my plan. Waiting for the right moment would be crucial, or it would not play out as I want it to.

Luke and I had seen that boy's head in the sky as well. His name was Nico, I knew that much. I also knew that if the boy's head was in the sky that meant that he was dead. I had conveyed this message to Luke but the strange thing was, was that his eyes scrunched up in confusion before he finally just hummed in acknowledgement. I was expecting a bit more reaction than that.

I decided not to dwell on it.

So now we were walking once again through the forest.

The forest was thick. Luke lagged on behind me, not daring to talk. I liked that about him. He knew who his authority was. I knew I had him wrapped around my finger.

But I also knew that he had his own plans for killing the half bloods.

I decided to go along and be clueless for the time being. Trap him in a false sense of security. Once he realized that I knew what he wanted to do and that he was doomed to die all along, he would be very, very surprised.

I chuckled quietly. This was going to be amusing.

We had walked through the forest for about three days now. Nothing exiting had happened so far. I had led us away from all the dangers that I could sense. And I could sense danger from miles away.

But it would get boring at times. So I had decided to have a little fun today.

Of course that was before I had the vision.

We had walked along, me leading and Luke following when something strange had happened. As I was about to take another step, the forest around me suddenly melted away. The things around me peeled and scraped away until I wasn't surrounded by greenery. I was in another world entirely.

It was dark and cold and blackness surrounded me. I stood on solid rock surrounded by space. I could actually see galaxy's surrounding me. They swirled and twinkled in the distance. It was beautiful in an oddly twisted way.

On the rock I was standing on, it was so dark that I could only barely make out the shape of a throne chair in front of me, nothing more. The few stars in the sky only gave off a bare amount of light.

On the chair in front of me sat a person. No, not a person…a thing. That was the only way to describe it for it was huge, many metres taller than any normal person. I could not see its face properly. The shadows that the few stars made seemed to dance over his face, blocking any familiar features. It was vaguely humanoid with disfigured arms and legs. He was like no frost giant I had ever seen even though he was the size of one.

"Hello Loki." He said in a voice that seemed to burn through my very soul, slowly but surely.

I licked my lips before I said, "Who are you?" with fake confidence.

The giant chuckled, if you could even call it that, with a voice that seemed to vibrate within me.

"Why, you should know! I was the one who planned everything to happen the way it did."

I had a strong feeling he was talking about the battle of New York. But I had lost that, even though I so hated to admit. How could this giant have planned that to happen? Surely he wanted to win if he did plan it.

When I didn't say anything further, the giant spoke up. "Yes, I planned everything. You losing, the Chitauri dying off. Everything that happened was meant to happen that way so that you could end up here. You see, I told the Chitauri to bait you into leading the invasion of Earth. I was their greatest leader even I if I wasn't on of them because obviously, I am not a Chitauri!" He laughed once again and I winced at the sound.

"In fact, I am the leader of many things, but we need not go there."

So it was him.

I was supposed to lose. I was definitely caught off guard there and I rarely let that happen. I tried not to let that show in my face because I didn't want to the giant to have that satisfaction.

"Hah, yes, I planned it all. For I am Chealatos!" He shouted and it seemed to shake my bones. I stepped back a half step in surprise.

"So why have you called me here?" I asked slowly.

In the dark shadows, I barely saw the ghost of a grin creep up his face.

"To help you win. If you were to win this, the avengers would be dead and you would no longer have to worry about their threat. You would be able to take over the Earth and not have to worry about them. And I do know that this Luke character you have with you would like to do the same with the half bloods that I have information about. And once you do…let's just say that I have great plans for Earth."

I pause for a minute, thinking it over. Yes, it would be good to finally take over the Earth without those meddling Avengers. But there had to be a catch.

"Okay, so you help me win, I take over the Earth…and then what?"

"My plans will all be revealed in good time. For now, know this: you will have to win."

"And how do you suppose I do that?" I asked in frustration.

Chealatos chuckled once more and I gritted my teeth at the sound. "Why, by enhancing your powers of course! You will need to find three types of plants from the forest. You can even give some magic to Luke as well! But you will need to find these objects and it will not be easy. Are you up for it?"

"Of course!" I said a little insulted.

"Okay then. First you will need to find a flower in the shape of an arrowhead. You will be able to find this in the highlands. Second, you will need a leaf from the tallest tree in the forest. This tree will be found at the east edge of the forest. And finally, you will need a root from the rare bushwick plant. This can be found at the centre of the forest, the most dangerous place in this entire arena. None of the others have been there yet. Once you get all three ingredients, you will need to mush it into a paste and then finally, you will have to eat it."

Is that it?

That sounded much too simple. Collect three things and then eat them. There had to more to it than that.

Before I could question that, Chealatos spoke again. "This might sound easy, but I assure you, it is not. Once you get these ingredients and acquire your magic, you will be able to win. Now return and do not fail me."

Before I could utter another word, I was being sucked back to the forest. Green filled my vision as the trees around me came back into my vision. I had stopped walking and was standing in the middle of the trail, stock still.

Luke was poking me, trying to get my attention.

"Loki. Loki?"

I shook my head, trying to clear my vision and finally focused on Luke. His mouth was drawn into a thin line as he said, "What did you see?"

I wondered how he had known that I have had a vision. Perhaps he had experience with things like this. Form what I knew about him, he had been possessed by the evil titan lord Kronos.

So I said, "I have seen a vision."

That just seemed to conform his suspicions. For a fraction of a second, his eyes darkened, but then they turned stone cold just like they always were.

So I started to elaborate. "Last year I planned an invasion on New York. I used an alien race called the Chitauri. Unfortunately, I failed because of the Avengers and the Chitauri died off. Just now, I saw the Chitauri's leader-Chealtos."

I waited for Luke to say something, have any reaction whatsoever, but I saw none.

"He told me to find three things," I recalled what he had said. "A flower shaped like an arrowhead in the highlands, a leaf from the tallest tree at the east edge of the forest and finally the root from the rare bushwick plant in the centre of the forest."

Luke frowned. "So why do we need these things again?"

"To get more magic," I replied. "If we want any chance of killing the others, I would need more power. I do not have enough to do what I need to do because of that prison I was in after the failed invasion attempt."

"So why should I help you with this?"

"Because I can give you some magic as well. That way you will be able to use more than just your sword that you have."
Luke smirked. "That sounds good. So where should we start?"

I thought for a moment before I replied. "Let us start with the arrowhead flower. That sounds like the easiest place to start-the highlands."

"And where are the highlands?"
I sighed in exasperation. "Well of course that has to be a place that is hilly! I can sense some higher land to the west of here."

Luke humphed before he said, "Fine. Lead the way." He held out a hand, beckoning me to lead. I smirked before I started to walk, staff in hand. After a few minutes, I heard Luke say, "You better not be lying about giving some magic to me, or there will be consequences." I heard his blade scrape against his sword sheath.

I liked that about him as well. He was persistent and confident. Those were the type of qualities I needed as a partner. Hmm, maybe I wouldn't kill him after this was all done after all. Maybe I'll propose to him about joining my army. Just maybe…

"Yes, yes don't worry about that. I will give it to you." I waved my hand in the air dismissively.

And finally there was silence as we walked.

It took us about an hour to get to the highlands. The name fit. There was less trees and bush here. The trail was hilly with many rises and drops. I could hear Luke's laboured breathing behind me. I of course couldn't get out of breath. I was a god.

I had a hunch that this arrowhead flower would be on the tallest mountain. As we climbed the hills, we finally found the tallest of them all. It wasn't very hard to climb it. By the time we got to the top, Luke had to rest for a while to catch his breath. The top of the hill we were on was bare, with no trees and just a few small bushes. I stood by, looking around for the flower. Finally I spotted it in the distance. It was quite small and delicate looking, like if I touched it, the petals would just wither away.

As I was observing the scene, I saw Luke start to walk over to the flower. He had spotted it as well. I pulled him back harshly by the shoulder.

"Are you crazy?" I hissed. "This cannot be it. There has to be more. Do you want to get killed?"

Luke shrugged away from my grip on his shoulder but didn't object.

I slowly started to walk toward the flower, sensing around for any traps. I couldn't feel any traps around it for a seven metre radius.

I miscalculated. Bad.

Just as I was about to step on a spot that I thought did not have any traps, I heard a deep rumbling coming from beneath the ground. It slowly grew louder with each passing second.

"You idiot!" I heard Luke yell.

The rumbling steadily grew louder until the Earth beneath me finally cracked.

"This is not going to be good." I mumbled.

Well there you have it.

I finally learned how to use those line break thingys! Yay me!

Oh well… next chapter is going to be Thalia!

-Detective DG