Fandral tells Thor that Loki will betray him.
Thor says that Loki will try.
"Of ye little faith." Loki said.
Thor and Loki walks through the halls. Loki is now put together.
"You clean up nicely." Natasha commented.
Loki says that this is so unlike Thor and says that it's clandestine. He asks if he's sure he wouldn't rather punch his way out.
A few people started laughing.
Thor sighed, here we go, his annoying little brother being the little shit that he is.
Thor says he might if Loki keeps speaking.
Loki says that he's not even there then he shape-shifts into a guard and asks if ite better.
"You can shape-shift?" Bruce asked. Loki nodded.
Thor says that it's better company.
"Ooh, burn." Peter said.
Loki says that they could be less conspicuous. Loki turns back into himself, Thor gets turned into Sif.
More people started giggling.
"You play the part of 'annoying little sibling' quite well." T'Challa said, stealing a glance at Shuri.
Loki tells Thor that he looks ravishing.
"That sounds weird out of context." Tony said.
Everyone nodded. Thor cringed. Loki rubbed his face and sighed. Never going to live that comment down.
Thor tells him that it won't hurt any less when he kills him in this form.
"Ok, but like camaraderie is on point." Ned said.
Loki says that Thor might perferone of his new companions because he seems to like them so much. Loki turns Thor back into himself, and turns himself into Steve Rogers.
Everyone started laughing.
Steve blushed.
Loki says that this is better but the costume is a bit much.
"Someone agrees with me." Tony said.
He says that he can feel the righteousness surging. He asks Thor if he wants to have a rousing discussion about truth, honor or patriotism. He says 'God bless America'. Thor covers his mouth and shoves him into a pillar, he turns back into himself.
Steve sighed in relief that it was over.
The laughter slowly died down.
"Oh, that was good." Clint said, wiping tears from his eyes.
"Oh, shit." Tony said, still laughing a little.
Thor rips his hand from Loki's mouth. 2 guards walks across the other end of the hall.
"That was close." Wanda said.
Loki tells Thor that he could furnish him with a weapon.
"No offence, but that's probably not a good idea." Sam said.
Thor places something in Loki's hands, the sound of metal clicking is hears. Loki goes to make a comment about Thor's common sense but trails off when he realizes he'd been handcuffed. He gives Thor an unimpressed look.
Thor smiles and says that he thought Loki liked tricks.
Loki sighed and rolled his eyes.
Fandral asks what Thor's going to do next and says that Jane is being guarded by Einherjar who will see him from miles away.
Thor says that he won't be the one who comes for her and he looks at Sif.
"Are you sure its a good idea to send Sif after her, I get the feeling she doesn't Like Jane all that much." Natasha said.
A guard enters the room Jane's in. Jane says that she isn't hungry.
Sif comes up from behind the guard and knocks him out and tells her to come on.
They walk up to Thor and Loki. Jane recognizes Loki.
Loki introduces himself and says that Jane might have heard of him. Jane slaps him.
"She has a thing for slapping the two of you." Natasha laughed.
Thor smirked, it was his turn to laugh.
Jane says that that was for New York.
"Unnecessary, but I totally get it." Coulson said.
"An overused trope said by every lead character in every teen movie ever." Peter said.
Loki smiles and says that he likes her.
"The sarcasm is strong with this one." Tony said.
Sif asks about Odin.
Heimdall says that it is his duty to notify Odin of all crimes against the throne.
"So after all that, he's gonna snitch." Clint said.
Odin and some guards enter the observatory and asks why Heimdall called him there.
Heimdall says that it was treason.
Odin asks whose treason.
Heimdall says that it was his the draws his sword.
"Ok so he didn't snitch." Scott said.
Another guard interrupts and tells Odin that Jane has been taken.
Odin tells him to stop Thor by any means necessary.
"Your dad is such a dick." Tony said.
"He's grieving." Thor protested.
"Still." Tony said.
A group of guards make their way to Sif, Thor, Loki and Jane. One of the guards says to take them on his command.
Everyone groaned.
"No matter how morally right his decision is, they are still committing treason, they are probably going to be attacked more than once." T'Challa said.
Thor goes to she'll hold them off and tells him to take Jane. Thor and Jane leave.
Loki goes to follow. Sif stops him, putting a sword to his throat. Loki smiles. Sif says she'll kill kim if he betrays Thor.
Loki laughs and says that its good to see her too. He leaves.
'Yet here I am. Still alive.' Loki thought.
Volstagg asks what good getting Loki's help and freeing Jane would do if they'd all be dead as soon as they leave the palace.
Thor says that they won't be leaving on foot.
Loki shook his head, remembering Thor's stupid and obvious escape plan. Honestly what was he thinking?
Thor, Loki and Jane arrive at the remaining dark elf ship.
"You're an idiot." Natasha said. "If you were trying to escape why chose the ship of the enemy?" Thor shrugged, he had no idea what his future self was thinking.
Volstagg tells them that he'll give them as much time as he can.
Thor shakes his hand and thanks him.The three of them go to get on the ship.
Volstagg stops Loki and tells him that if he even thinks about betraying Thor- Loki cuts him off.
Loki asks if he'll kill him and says that there will be a line.
"You're making it sound like you want to die." Quill said.
Loki joins Jane and Thor on the ship. Thor walks up to the control panel and starts pressing random buttons. Loki says he thought Thor said he knew how to fly it.
"Clearly, he does not." Tony said.
"Oh, you have no idea." Loki responded.
Thor says that he said how hard could it be. Guards start running toward the ship. Volstagg starts fending them off.
Loki tells him that whatever he's doing he should do it faster.
"Good idea."
Thor tells him to shut up.
Loki says that Thor must have missed something.
Thor says he didn't and that he's pressing every button. He starts hitting the buttons harder in frustration.
Loki started snickering. "I'm glad my frustration amuses you." Thor said.
Loki tells him to press it gently not hit it.
Thor says that he is pressing gently but it's not working.
"You say as you hit the button harder." Strange said.
He hits it one last time, and the ship powers up. Thor smiles
"Huh." Strange said. Thor looked proud and a little smug. Loki looked exasperated.
The guards start tackling Volstagg. Volstagg starts laughing, before he gets taken down.
"Oof."
Thor starts to fly the ship, smashing into columns. Loki tells him that he missed a column.
Thor tells him to shut up and he gets the ship out of the palace.
"You are a terrible pilot." Tony said.
"At least someone agrees with me." Loki said.
Loki tells thor to let him take over because he's the better pilot.
Thor asks which one of the two of them can actually fly.
"Which by default, actually makes Loki the better pilot because he actually had to learn." Gamora said.
Jane collapses. Loki looks over at her and asks if she's dead.
Jane raises her arm and says she's okay.
"As okay as she can be I guess." Thor said, sadly.
Thor smashes the ship into something. Loki opens his mouth to say something. Thor tells him not to talk.
"I wasn't going to say anything." Loki said, barely containing his laughter.
Skiffs start following them, Loki notices he says that they're following them. The skiffs start firing at them. Loki says that they're firing at them.
"Way to point out the obvious." Howard said.
Thor sarcastically thanks him for the commentary and says that it isn't distracting.
"Once again with the brotherly camaraderie." Ned joked.
Thor smashes the head of a statue of king Bor. Loki congratulates him and tells him that he just decapitated his grandfather.
"A tragedy." Quill said.
Thor looked disgruntled. 'Sorry grandfather.' He thought to himself.
Loki says that this is wonderful and that its a tremendous idea.
"Uh-oh."
He says they should steal the biggest most obvious ship in the universe and escape in that flying around the city and smashing everything in sight so everybody can see them. He tells Thor that it was brilliant.
"I mean, he has a point." Vision said.
"Thank you!" Loki said.
Thor pushes Loki out of the ship.
"That's one way to deal with him, I guess." Clint said.
"It seemed to work." Thor said, with a small smirk.
Thor leaves the controls, grabs Jane and jumps out after him. He lands on a skiff, being piloted by Fandral. Fandral says that Loki's time in the dungeons has made him no less graceful.
Loki stands up and says that Thor lied to him. He says he's impressed.
"Do I get that seal of approval?" Natasha asked.
Thor says that he's glad Loki's pleased. He tells him to take them to the pathways like he promised. Loki takes over the ship's helm. They start heading for the mountains, more skiffs start following.
People groaned. More? Really?
Loki dodges the shots and takes them above the skiff. Fandral grabs a rope and uses it to swing to the other skiff. He says that it's nothing personal and knocks out the 3 guards and salutes Thor.
"That was easy." Thor said.
Loki starts taking them further into the mountains. Thor looks panicked. Loki says that if it was easy everyone would do it.
"Very true." Strange said.
Thor asks him if he's mad.
"Definitely." Everyone said.
Loki says he possibly is.
"A bit of a stretch." Tony said.
Thor holds onto Jane protectively. They make it through the portal. "Ta-da." Loki almost sings.
"I like you, you're funny." Shuri said.
The dark elves are on a ship. Algrim walks up to Malekith. He says, in Shiväisith, that they must attack.
Malekith, in Shiväisith, says that Asgard is meaningless and the Aether has found its way home.
"That was the plan."
Thor puts a blanket on Jane. Loki sighs and looks at her and thinks out loud about what he would do with the power in her veins.
Thor tells him that it would consume him.
"Oh dear brother, I think it already has." Loki said, referencing the Mind stone and Tesseract.
Loki says that Jane is holding up alright for now.
'Jane will be okay. Everything will be fine.' Became a running mantra in Thor's head.
Thor says that Jane is strong in ways Loki would never know.
Loki tells him to say goodbye.
Thor says he won't.
Loki says that her life is a heartbeat and he'll never be ready. He says that the only woman whose love he prized will be snatched from him.
"You're talking about your mother." Wanda said.
"Was it that obvious?" Loki asked.
Thor asks if that will satisfy.
Loki says that satisfaction is not in his nature.
Thor says that surrender is not in his.
Loki calls him the son of Odin.
"You're gonna start fighting, aren't you?" Quill asked.
Thor says that he isn't just Odin's son. He asks Loki if he thinks he's the only one who loved Frigga. He says that Loki has her tricks but he had her trust.
"Didn't you say that she trusted him, when you let Loki out of his cell?" Nebula asked.
Loki asks if trust was her last expression when Thor let her die.
Thor was furious. How dare Loki blame him for mother's death! Especially when it was him who told that monster where to go.
"He didn't!" Everybody yelled, feeling that same outrage.
"I know he didn't. I blamed everyone." Loki said.
"Except yourself." Thor said bitterly.
"Especially myself." Loki corrected.
Thor asks what help Loki was in his cell.
"Telling him exactly how to get there." Thor growled.
"Neither of you could have known what would happen. Blaming each other will get you nowhere." Steve said.
The brothers sobered after hearing Steve's words. He was right, blaming each other wouldn't change what happened.
Loki asks who put him in his cell.
"Maybe you wouldn't be there if you'd said what actually happened during New York." Coulson said.
Thor shoves Loki into the side of the skiff and says that Loki knows damn well who put him there. He goes to hit him, but stops himself and says that Frigga wouldn't want them to fight.
Loki smiles sadly and says that she wouldn't be shocked.
Thor says that he wishes he could trust Loki.
"You'd be a fool if you did." Loki said.
"Will there ever be a time, where you don't think me a fool?" Thor asked.
Loki gets back to his feet and tells Thor to trust his rage.
'That's a good idea.' Everyone thought, remembering how distraught Loki was over Frigga's death.
Ian and Darcy are at the mental institution, talking with a secretary. The secretary tells Ian that he needs to sign for Eriks things, calling Erik his father.
The spies looked impressed. Lying to free him, smart.
Ian looks around and says that his father is Dr. Erik Selvig.
"Okay, now he's laying it on a little thick." Maria said.
The secretary lists Erik's things saying that there's a brown leather wallet, a ring with 3 keys and prescription medication. He places the things on the table.
"That's a lot of pills." Bruce said. Wondering if it was actually healthy for a person to be on that many prescription meds.
Darcy walks away and sees Selvig being escorted down a hallway.
The secretary places Erik's devices on the table.
"What even is that?" Scott asked.
Darcy tries to get Erik's attention and tells him that she's Darcy.
Erik hugs her and says that it's good to see her.
Darcy tells Erik that she missed him too.
Erik asks how she found him.
"Funny story, you're naked on the news," Tony said.
Ian says that he was naked on TV.
Darcy tells him that it's time to go. Erik doesn't let go. Darcy says that it's getting weird.
"Cut the poor man some slack, he hasn't seen you in a while." May said.
They start to leave the building. Darcy says that she shouldn't be left in charge of things like this because she doesn't get paid enough. She then says that she doesn't get paid at all.
"Oh, poor Darcy." Natasha said.
Ian introduces himself and says that he's Darcy's intern and he doesn't get paid either. Erik takes the meds. Ian asks if he's alright.
Erik says that he's had a God in his brain and he doesn't recommend it.
"I've also had a God in my brain, don't recommend it." Clint said.
"I've had HYDRA in my brain, don't recommend it." Bucky said.
"I've had a titan in my brain, don't recommend it." Loki said.
Ian says that Erik's gear is beeping at him.
Erik says that its happening sooner that he calculated.
Ian asks what's happening.
"The convergence." Thor said.
A large flock of birds are flying. Darcy asks if birds are happening.
Ian recognizes the birds and gives their name and says that his dad used to take him birdwatching as a kid.
"Nerd."
Darcy calls him a nerd. The birds disappear. Darcy asks where they went. The birds appear again under their feet.
A few people flinched.
"That was unexpected." Thor said.
Darcy asks what that was. Erik smiles. Darcy asks him why he's smiling.
Erik says that there's nothing more comforting than realizing that the world is more crazy than him.
"Facts." Peter said.
Erik throws his pills away and tells them to take him to Jane's lab.
Thor let out a small sigh of relief. Erik was coming back to himself.
Jane wakes up. Jane sees Malekith's ship in the distance.
"Here we go." Steve said lightly.
The three of them walk up a hill. Loki crouches down in front of them and watches the dark elves walk toward them. Thor asks if they're ready. Jane nods.
Loki says he is the he and Thor stand up. Loki tells him that his plan is going to get them killed. "
"I don't like the sound of that." Natasha said.
Thor agrees. Loki holds out his arms for Thor to de-shackle and asks if Thor still doesn't trust him.
Thor asks him if he would and takes the shackles off.
Loki says that he wouldn't then he stabs him and pushes him down the hill.
"You're betraying him!?" Everybody yelled.
Thor looked hurt, how could Loki do that?
"Just watch." Loki sighed.
Loki jumps down after Thor, Jane follows. Loki asks if Thor thought he really cared about Frigga or any of them. He kicks Thor in the face.
"This is fake isn't it?" Thor asked, not believing for a second that Loki didn't at least care about their mother.
"Entirely. It was your plan by the way." Loki answered.
Malekith approaches. Loki says that all he ever wanted was Thor and Odin dead at his feet. Thor tries to call Mjolnir, Loki cuts his hand off. Jane rushes over to him.
"Knowing it's not real doesn't change the fact that that was morbid." Tony said.
Loki picks Jane up and tells Malekith that he is Loki of Jotunheim and he has a gift. He throws Jane at Malekith's feet.
"Of Jotunheim?" Thor asked.
Loki says he's only asking for one thing in return. He says he wants a good seat from which he can watch Asgard burn.
"You say that... and then it happens." Valkyrie said, quietly so Thor couldn't hear her.
ALgrim, in Shiväisith, tells Malekith that Loki is an enemy of Asgard and he was a prisoner in the dungeons.
"And yet, he didn't trust you. Which is a good thing, but strange at the same time." Wanda said.
Malekith walks over to Thor then kicks Thor so he lays on his back. He lifts his arm and Jane starts floating. He takes the Aether out of her. It zooms into Jane's eyes, a universe covered in darkness is shown. Jane drops to the ground.
Thor was relieved. Jane was going to be okay. Now they only had to defeat the dark elves.
Thor calls Loki's name. Loki sticks out his hand and lifts the illusion. Mjolnir flies to Thor's hand. Loki runs to cover Jane as Thor tries to destroy the Aether with lightning. It blows up.
"Wait, did you actually destroy it?" Steve asked.
Glass pieces of the Aether start floating, it pieces back together and Malekith contracts it.
"No!" Thor shouted.
He leaves. The dark elves and Algrim start walking toward Thor. He hits 3 of them with his hammer. One throws a grenade at Jane and Loki, he pushes her out of the way and starts getting sucked into the vortex.
A few people were surprised, seeing Loki save Jane. They honestly didn't think he had it in him to care.
Thor tackles him out of it. The vortex closed. They stand back up, Thor flies over to the dark elf ship, getting knocked away. Algrim starts attacking him. He punched Thor away and he went flying.
"They really weren't kidding when they said none of their enemies could beat him." Scott said.
The dark elf ship cloaks itself. A group of them circle Loki. One attacks and Loki stabs it. Thor stands up, Algrim takes him by the neck. Thor punches him. Algrim throws Thor into the hill. Algrim picks up a boulder. He throws it at Thor, it breaks when it hits him.
"How strong is this thing?" Quill asked.
Thor tried to summon Mjolnir, it bounced off of Algrim's back.
"How?" Thor asked.
Loki quickly killed the rest of the ones surrounding him. He glanced at Thor in the distance, he walks toward him.
'I know that look.' Thor thought.
"Gonna try and be a good brother for once?" Clint asked.
Algrim is continuously punching Thor in the head. A sword pierces him from behind. Loki is revealed standing behind him.
"You should get away." Natasha said.
Algrim pulled Loki onto the sword. Thor screams.
Loki sub-consciously rubbed the place where it scarred.
"Loki!" Thor yelled.
"Relax, I'm not dead." Loki said.
Algrim pushes him off, Loki lands on his back with a groan. Algrim starts walking toward him. Loki says he'll see Algrim in Hell and calls him a monster. Algrim sees a grenade attached to him, it explodes and he gets sucked into the vortex.
"I guess they forgot to account for their own technology when they said he was unbeatable." Steve said.
Loki's breathing labors. Thor rushes over and grabs him and calls him a fool for not listening.
Loki agrees that he's a fool.
Thor had tears in his eyes, despite knowing that Loki lived and had somehow faked that death.
Thor tells Loki to stay with him.
Loki apologizes.
Thor says that he'll tell Odin what Loki did.
Loki says that he didn't do it for Odin the he 'dies.' Jane walks over to them.
"Did you mean any of that?" Thor asked.
"What?" Loki asked.
"That. Did you mean any of it, you obviously faked you death, did you mean any of what you just said?" Thor clarified.
"All of it." Loki responded.
"Wait. How did you fake your death." Strange asked.
"Well, I didn't necessarily fake it. All of that, getting impaled was real. I miraculously survived and didn't tell anyone that I lived." Loki answered.
"So you faked your death but you didn't fake your death." Peter asked.