Sorry, I thought I had posted this! I just sat down to fix the ending and was like 'why is it only showing 30 chapters?' So, OOOPS!

Tony knew that they had put the shield up again. He knew that his suit could blast it till the end of time, which might very well be within the next ten minutes, and it still wouldn't do anything.

Then that horrible creature raised his gauntlet and sent the Hulk nearly flying into Tony. The Hulk quickly regained his feet and roared loudly. Tony turned to look at the two sorcerers. Why would they do this? Why would they make him angrier? It would only make him stronger.

When the Hulk became rigid, Tony felt his blood run cold. He could see the Hulk's eyes turning ice blue. The same blue that Clint's had become when he was under Loki's control. Tony raised his hand to blast at the two sorcerer's; shield or no shield.

He aimed straight for Loki. The system targeted him easily and honed in on the god. Tony paused. Loki wasn't laughing like Thanos was. He was just staring out into the horizon. He didn't move, not even when Thanos gripped the gauntlet and fell down in pain. Tony blinked as he watched Thanos look up to Loki in confusion. Loki turned to Thanos without a single emotion.

He could see Loki speaking but had no idea what was said. Thanos' face contorted into rage and within seconds Loki was smashed up against the wall of the shield. Tony could hear the clang of his helmet echoing. Thanos gripped Loki's throat and smashed him against the wall again. Tony grimaced as he heard the loud clangs echoing over and over again as the creature slammed his head repeatedly. Even with that helmet on, Loki had to be taking a lot of damage.

Then he heard a smash. He watched as Thanos pulled Loki back and Loki's helmet fell off into two pieces. Thanos smashed Loki back against the shield wall making a sickening crack. The Asgardian slid down the invisible wall and blood trailed after him. He's going to be killed. Tony looked over to the Hulk who was clutching his head. He growled and shook his head as he regained control of his own mind.

Loki slid to the ground. He could see Thanos standing above him. His head was pounding and it was hard to move. Thanos was screaming at him. Loki couldn't make out the words. All he noticed was the fact that the giant green beast was running straight for them.

Loki concentrated through the pounding in his skull. The shield faded, but Thanos didn't notice. Thanos was now lowering his boot onto Loki's chest and adding more and more pressure.

The Hulk raced forward and leapt at the purple creature. Thanos, distracted by Loki, was tackled to the ground like a ragdoll.

The second Loki was free, he rolled to his feet. His head was throbbing and he could feel blood dripping down from his skull but he knew better than sticking this close to Thanos. Loki forced one foot after another. For a Midgardian it would be considered a decent run, but it was slow to him. Loki kept his head turned. He could see Hulk pummeling Thanos. He knew that wasn't going to last once Thanos lifted that gauntlet. Loki needed to hide and heal himself before his next course of action.

Loki skidded to a stop when Iron man stepped in front of him with his arm raised. The blasters were ready to fire. The blast would hurt like hell, especially with his skull already damaged. Loki stared at the face plate and waited for what would come.

After a moment Iron Man tilted his head in question.

Loki stared down those eye slits, "run." With that he took off to his left.

Tony watched him run away. He turned to look back at Thanos and saw the Hulk being hurled in the opposite direction. "Let's go Jarvis. He's up to something."

Natasha looked at the skies above; it was a horrible battle. Most of the ships were being vaporized in the air but occasionally pieces would rain down on them. Some of the ships had become damaged and had landed. The Chitauri that had landed took the opportunity to attack the Avengers. Steve was several yards away taking on a larger Chitauri. Clint had raced away a few minutes before so that he could find a high point.

Natasha saw Steve make the finishing blow before she headed around the building. She could hear the roar of Hulk somewhere in the distance, but it was hard to place with all the airships above.

Natasha whirled around as she heard someone running in their direction. Natasha's eyes widened as she recognized the god. His helmet was missing, blood was dripping into his face and he seemed exhausted. Loki stopped dead when he saw her pointing her gun at him. Immediately his eyes darted to where she knew her necklace was hanging out. He almost seemed relieved.

Natasha's finger tightened on the trigger. If he was already injured then this shot might knock him out.

"Tasha-"

Natasha threw her arm out to protect her face from the blast. She had barely seen Clint's arrow before it hit. She looked over to where the arrow had come from and saw Clint perched with another arrow. Natasha jerked her head back to see where Loki had been and she saw that he was gone.

She almost sighed in relief. For the first time in a long time she found herself hesitating to pull a trigger. The last time she had done that was with Clint right before she joined the Americans. Before that was when she was almost forced to kill Alexei. Natasha leaned against the building as a blast sounded above them. Seconds later, debris came down in fiery bits.

Loki perched on top of a building and watched the mayhem on the ground below. There was plenty above him at the moment, but the battle below was what really mattered. Hulk was rushing toward Thanos and being thrown back constantly. Thor was fighting alongside the beast using both his hammer and large amounts of lightning. He was not dealing near enough damage though. But that wasn't the point.

Loki concentrated hard as he held his hand to the back of his skull. It was really hard to think straight when your brain wanted to come sliding out. Loki looked back up to the fight and grinned evilly: Thanos had just raised his gauntlet at Thor. Thor became rigid for a moment and then Thanos hit his knees while holding the gauntlet.

Loki smirked at the stupid bastard. Thanos had taken the time to check the gauntlet but not the gems. There was no way that Loki was leaving the mind gem intact for Thanos. He'd rather not be under anyone's control again. Loki smirked as Thanos was knocked backward. Less than five minutes. Loki took a deep shuddering breath. The spell worked faster if the item in question was used more. Soon there would be a portal sucking everything into an even darker pit than which Thanos had emerged. In five minutes all that would be left would be the gauntlet.

Loki turned his head to see Natasha battling with Steve against several Chitauri. Steve was knocked into the nearest building. He quickly looked for Clint who was scanning the skies. Loki pulled himself out of view a bit more.

"Admiring your handiwork?" Stark asked from behind him.

"A bit," Loki smirked, he continued to look at the mayhem below. He noticed that Natasha had blood dripping down the side of her face.

"Give me one good reason not to blast you off this roof right now," Stark held up his hand and Loki could hear it charging up.

"Stay away from Thanos," Loki stated.

"Is that a threat?" Stark took a step forward.

"A warning," Loki turned his head to look at him. "I have no doubt in my mind that Thor can outrun a portal with the wind on his side. But you may not be able to."

"Portal?" Stark tilted his head. "What portal?"

Loki wasn't listening. He was looking down to see that Thor had been thrown through a building and Hulk was nowhere to be found. Thanos was now clawing at the gauntlet itself. It couldn't be removed because the portal had already been opened and had already sucked in part of his hand. That wasn't the problem; the problem was once Thanos figured that out he might chop his arm off and save himself.

Loki jumped off the roof. He used his boots to run down the side of the building and then jump to a closer, shorter building. He grabbed a dagger out of his coat and aimed straight for Thanos' helmet. The creature roared as it clanged off the superior metal. Loki attempted to look surprised that he had not hit flesh.

He didn't need to hit flesh. He needed to distract. If he had hit flesh then Thanos would get angrier and possibly kill him with a simple swipe of the damned gauntlet. With the distraction, Loki could use up the final minutes and save his own ass.

Thanos charged for Loki. Loki turned and ran to the edge of the building. He leapt to the next building and then to the building next to it before running down the side. A little over three minutes. Loki's feet hit the ground and he dared to look over his shoulder: nothing. Loki slowed and looked around him: nothing. Either Thanos was trying to sneak up on him or he had lost Thanos in the run.

Loki was flung back into the nearest building.

"I have had enough-" Thanos growled as he made his way to the god of mischief. "of your games."

Or he's actually hurt and taking his time. Loki grimaced as he tried to move away from the building's wall. Thanos had tapped into all the power he could possibly. But Loki had a feeling that Thanos may have focused on physical and not magical power.

"Get rid of the spell," Thanos growled. He slammed the gauntlet into Loki's stomach. "NOW!"

Loki laughed maniacally.

Thanos slammed the gauntlet into Loki's chest. "NOW!"

"No," Loki breathed. He was pretty sure a rib or two had been broken with that punch.

Thanos pointed the fingers of the gauntlet and shoved it into Loki's stomach. Loki threw his head back as he bit back a scream.

"Not to worry," Thanos smirked. "I didn't hit anything too important. You will live long enough to be healed. So that-" Thanos twisted the gauntlet inside Loki. "-if you don't take the spell off, I will drag you down with me and take a personal interest in your well-being."

Loki groaned as he felt organs getting pushed aside. He gasped as he felt excruciating pain. The god shoved his hand up against the larger creature's face in attempt to push him away before he ruptured anymore organs. Thanos growled and bit down on the god's fingers. Loki yelled loudly as the brute spit two of his fingers onto the ground.

Thanos growled and Loki's blood ran from his mouth, "take the spell off!"

Loki breathed heavily for a few seconds before looking up and smirking. "It doesn't come off."

Crack. Loki heard the noise and suddenly he couldn't breathe. Thanos' left forearm was slammed up against Loki's chest. He growled and pulled it away. Loki tried to take a breath but even without Thanos' forearm in place he couldn't.

Loki gripped his own chest. His ribs were broken and one of the broken ribs had shoved right into his lung. Loki tried his best to concentrate on the lung itself. He had barely healed the lung before Thanos grabbed him by the throat. Loki winced, he had yet to heal the ribs and one of them was just waiting to puncture his lung again.

Thanos stared into his eyes, "You think I would let you die that easily?"

"I could only hope," Loki smirked through the pain. He shoved out both hands and Thanos was thrown back by the force of Loki's magic. Loki turned and ran up the building. It was much more difficult with that rib pushing against his lung.

He didn't look back when he heard smashing at the base of the building. Loki could feel the whole building trembling beneath his feet. Then it started to lean toward him. He's taking the whole damn thing down! Loki jumped into the closest window and began to run up the incline that was the floor. He darted from room to room as he tried to find the other side of the building. It was easy to bust down the flimsy Midgardian doors with their simple locks.

The building was falling quickly and Loki leapt out the window. He was able to run on the side with ease, even without the magic in his boots. He leapt onto a nearby building and jumped in the window. He quickly made his way through that building. He searched for a window that would allow him to jump to another nearby building. He made a dash out the window and leapt into a building close by. Good thing Midgardians build these close together.

Loki dashed into the building and silently made his way to the center. He wasn't trying to make his presence known. His magic easily undid locks and Loki was sure to shut the doors behind him. It was dark in the middle of the building. The 'electricity' must be gone again, Loki mused. He slid against the wall into a sitting position. He gripped his right hand as he concentrated on the blood pouring from the stubs that was his ring finger and pinky. It hurt like hell but he could fix it. It would take forever and he needed to find his damn fingers, but he could fix it.

The blood stopped flowing as profusely when Loki concentrated on the stubs. Soon the flow stopped and he was able to cauterize the wound. He was starting to feel light headed. He wasn't sure if it was from the blood loss or the head trauma. Loki gripped the back of his skull with his left hand and tried to concentrate on the wound itself. Loki nearly yelled in frustration. It was hard to concentrate because of the wound, which would be gone if he could concentrate.

Loki coughed a few times, which only made his head hurt worse. He tried to think. Should be a minute or so left. He couldn't remember exactly how long he had left. The gauntlet had to have opened up enough to suck in Thanos' arm. If he was lucky enough, he had distracted Thanos long enough to keep him from sawing off his own arm or something.

Loki coughed again and had to wipe blood off of his mouth. He was in bad shape, but if he could just sit still and concentrate a bit longer then he could fix it. Loki coughed again, and caught the blood in his hand again. He stared at it. He was expecting the blood. After all he did just puncture his lung a few minutes ago. The blood needed to go somewhere. Loki coughed again and he looked around as well as he could. There was light coming from underneath a door down the hall.

Loki pulled himself up. That was not sunlight.

He coughed again and headed for the door. He knew a fire when he saw one. Bastard is trying to smoke me out. Loki opened the door to put out the fire. As soon as he opened the door he was hit with a wave of heat and smoke. Coughing and covering his eyes Loki took several steps back. He realized that this was not an ordinary fire. This was Fiendfyre: an extremely powerful magical fire that was hard to control when it was small; impossible when it was large. It burned through everything, including Asgardian flesh.

Loki took off in the other direction. He opened the first door that he could find, nearly ripping the door handle off, and he was greeted by even more fire. Loki coughed into his elbow and backed up. The entire hallway was starting to heat up to exponential levels. He could hear the crackle of the flames and the sound of the floor trying to give way. Loki darted to another door and burst it down. He was greeted with more fire. Loki yelled as his arm caught fire and he tried to put it out. The fire was beyond control. It seared his flesh and burned off a good portion of his left sleeve before he could make the flames die down. Loki darted through the apartment and tried to find a room with a window. He went to knock the door down but it came down right before he tackled it. Loki crashed to the floor and gritted his teeth as flames licked more of his flesh. He heard glass shattering and he looked up to see a broken window. Loki pulled himself up and ran for the window. He could smell his flesh burning as he ran through the apartment. He jumped through the fire that was in front of the window and made his way out the window. He started running down the building. He concentrated on getting the flames off of him as he sped down.

Loki heard the roar a split second before he was thrown off the building. The floor he was running past had just exploded. He was flung helplessly to the streets. Loki flipped through the air quickly, unable to right himself or figure out where the ground was.

Then everything was black.

Thanos glanced up to see the entire building up in flames. He looked back down and began tearing at his own flesh. If he could just remove the arm he may have the power to make himself a new one with the gauntlet; assuming the gauntlet was not sucked into the portal as well. Thanos yelled in frustration and pulled a blade out. He cursed from the pain as it sliced through the skin above the gauntlet. The knife was torn from his hand and disappeared into the gauntlet.

Thanos pulled another blade from his belt and started hacking at his upper arm. The blade was small and it was making the process that much more painful. He growled as he dug the blade further into his upper arm. He was thrown backward by a bolt of lightning.

Thor flew down and landed in front of Thanos. He wasn't sure what the creature was up to but he was not going to allow him to do it.

Thanos yelled and flung his gauntlet out, making the god fly backward into a building. He was immediately hit by several explosives.

Stark kept his arm out ready to send more explosives at Thanos. He stayed above the street as he waited to see what Thanos would do. Loki had mentioned a portal, but Stark had yet to see it. He watched as Hulk raced for Thanos. Thanos used the gauntlet to overturn the beast.

Thor erupted from the building and sent another lightning bolt to Thanos which made Thanos fall to his knees. Tony raised his hand to send more blasts but stopped. Thanos' gauntlet was glowing blue from the inside and Thanos was yelling and trying to pull away from it.

"Banner, stay away!" Thor turned to see Hulk running for Thanos. He sent Mjolnir into Hulk's stomach making the beast fly backward. He recognized what was happening and he was not going to allow his friend to be sucked into that.

Tony watched as Thanos was slowly pulled into the blue that was coming from the gauntlet. The creature screamed in agony as his arm disappeared, and was then pulled further into the portal. It sucked in his shoulder, then his head and other shoulder. The Portal pulled in surrounding debris as it sucked in the rest of the purple creature. After a minute the empty gauntlet fell to the ground.

My Dad is visiting, so someone remind me to work on the next chapter and post it.