Present Day

Loki opened his eyes as his projection dissipated from Mary's room.

She would do as he asked of that he was certain, if there was anything the relationship he shared with Mary had taught him it was that she was loyal.

He looked around in the cell that he was being kept in. (in between sessions of torture.) It was made entirely out of Greystone. There was no bed, no chairs just a 4 walls and the hard stone floor.

His hands we chained to the wall created from a metal so strong and magic resistance that he could not break the chains.

Not that he hadn't tried but every single time he attempted to use magic his entire body would start to burn with a fire he hadn't known could feel so hot.

Luckily it only stopped him from trying to escape his projection spells he could produce with the same easiness that he could before.

Obviously Thanos and The Other had not thought that he could and would ask for help bringing them down, it was truly an oversight on their part, as they couldn't honestly think he would allow them to destroy the universe? He lived in the damn universe, he wasn't about to watch the whole universe burn because he had been … denied by his father, and his brother … again.

He breathed deeply for a moment or two Odin and Thor were not blood, as his true heritage was now quite clear to him, but still he considered the two of them family even after Odin had denied him as he lay hanging over an endless abiss.

Loki sighed once more was there a single creature who loved him

Mary's face appeared to him her eyes fearful and scared, but not of him but instead for him.

Yes Mary had shown care, she had always shown that she cared for him even when it was best for her that she didn't. She would still ask him how he was doing even while her body ached after being forced under so many transformations.

He still remembered the days after she had undergone terrigenises it had been the most terrifying time for her and yet she still asked after him...

"She's been calling for you" Isabelle had said as they led him through the observation room.

"Is she ok?"

Isabelle shook her head. "She's the first to transform in several different species, so far she's been a dove, a fly, a snake, a fish - that gave us quite a fright since then we've had a tank put in, a wolf, a dear, a lion, a bear, a spider, and God knows how many else since I've come down to see you."

"Is she in pain?"

"She says she's not but she's very scared that much is clear, she can't seem to get a hold on her form for longer than 2 minutes." She said leading him to the observation room "Look" She said once they were at the window overlooking the holding room.

Their sat Mary naked her legs pulled up to her chest her arms wrapped around her legs her eyes were wide with fear as she rocked back and forth breathing deeply she looked as though she was desperately trying not to fall out of her own skin.

Around her lay ripped pieces of fabric that could have once been clothes.

"Why does she have no clothes?" Loki asked curiously.

Isabelle sighed "The clothes rip off whenever she transforms," She said.

Loki snapped his fingers and a dress appeared on the 16 year olds form, Mary looked down at herself in shock but before she could say anything the control she had over her form slipped and she jerked her form changing into that of a wolf, only this time the dress did not shred it simply disappeared.

The wolf form only lasted around ten seconds however before her shape returned still fully clothed. "Loki?" She called as she found herself fully clothed "Are you here?"

Loki looked at Isabelle for a moment before she nodded and he disappeared reappearing in the holding room.

"Loki" Mary breathed but stayed at her spot.

He walked forward to her and knelt down beside her. "Are you in pain?" He asked her.

She took deep gasping breaths and steadied herself before she shook her head. "I'm fine" She said. "How are you?"

Loki stared at her. "Worried about you" He admitted.

"Don't be" Mary said. "I'm fi-"

She tensed for a split second before she turned into a wolf as black as night.

He smiled at her wolf form as her eyes (which had retained their color and looked more human than wolf like) conveyed fear and pain. He put a hand on her head "Calm down" He whispered to her. "Visualize your human self and will it to happen"

Mary looked up at him sarcastically as she transformed back. "I had actually figured that out genius."

Loki rolled his eyes "Then why the fear?"

Mary looked away and pulled her knees to her chest and rested her cheek on her knees.

Loki's smiled knowingly "Oh darling girl, I could never be repulsed by any form you take, you will still be you as a human, or a wolf, or a snake, or a horse."

Mary scoffed "You just named the species of like 3 of your children" She said. "Those 3 forms don't count, you have to like them."

Loki rolled his eyes "You know what I mean Mary" He said to her. "And those are just myths perpetuated by mortals who didn't know any better, you know better.

She laughed.