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“When were you intending to tell me about this scheme? Or would he mysteriously disappear one day?” Thor's voice boomed when it came to his brother. Thor didn’t mess around with threats like this. “Thor, you had to know that it was coming.” Tony defended his actions when Thor was mad. He was unreasonable and would do whatever he deemed necessary. “when did you come up with this plan.” Thor asked, his voice containing so much betrayal and hatred. “It’s been our plan if Loki ever came back to earth.” A voice said, appearing from the shadows. It was none other than Nick Fury. “When did we discuss this.” Thor said, “During the Sokavia accords, Loki was always a thought in those proceedings due to the fact his appearance on earth caused the Avengers to be fully formed due to the fact you were off-world, you were not informed of these things neither of you was, and yes we should have mentioned those details when you arrived, but due to the fact Loki is unpredictable and insane from what has been seen risking damage to the facilities and people would have been contour productive, we have seen your power Thor, and it is immense we haven’t seen much of Loki’s power, but if it is even close to yours it’s too much to risk on a loose cannon.” Nick Fury announced. Most in the room nodded. Some looked uneasy, but Bruce was mad. Over the last few months, he got to know Bruce very well, and he was so much more than what his power was, but the Avengers didn’t see that all they saw was the Hulk, a crazed beast, not the kind, intelligent man he was. “Thor, we should leave. This is not a safe place for either of us,” Bruce said, seeing people getting into their battle stance. Thor nodded. He waved his hand, alerting Loki to teleport him. They both disappeared in a flash of green, leaving the remaining people in the room shocked by the outcome. No one expected them to side with Loki over them. “They’ll see when he betrays them. They’ll learn we were right.” Nick said, dismissing the Avengers back to their quarters.
They appeared in a field still on Earth. “didn’t side with you, did they.” Loki whispered he knew that would be the result. “Why are we still on earth.” Thor asked, “I’m not healed enough to teleport multiple people off-world at the moment.” Loki was turned from them, standing in the vast darkness of the night sky. “What are we going to do then,” Thor asked Loki, but he didn’t answer. It might be the one question he had no response to: “We have the tesseract, which means we can go anywhere, right?” Bruce asked if he was correct: "Why don’t we go to the collector and get the stone before Thanos ever leaves this god-forsaken planet.” Thor said, “We could, but what if he’s there? What will we do then.” Loki said, “So what, we become sitting ducks until something happens? Come on, Loki, let’s do this.” Thor said, “Fine, let’s do it.” Loki said, summoning the tesseract into his hand and opening a portal, which Loki walked through, followed by Bruce and Thor. They arrived Nowhere in the mining colony. “Here we are in this Shithole again; let’s go find the collector,” Loki said. Everything seemed in check, and with no signs of battle, he walked to where he knew the collector's building was. “This place is a mess,” Bruce whispered to Thor. The streets were packed as they rushed to chase after Loki. “It’s a very lawless place like Sakar. The Collector is an elder of the universe and the brother of the Grandmaster, so they are both a bit weird but leave everything to Loki. He knows how to do this kind of thing.” Thor said, dragging Bruce along. “Will he know who we are?” Bruce asked as they caught up to Loki. “Maybe he will know Loki, but no, me, I’ve never met the man, but from Loki’s description, he’s not the best person,” Thor said. Loki hit him on the arm. “You doult don’t speak ill of him in a planet run by him,” Loki said, stopping at a building. “We’re here,” Loki said, buzzing the com outside the building. A woman responded, “May I ask who this is?” she said, “I’m Loki; Odin is keeping something here for safekeeping. I would like to remove it.” Loki said into the intercom. “what is it you are keeping with the Collector.” The woman asked, “The aether we put in the collection five years ago.” Loki said a noise was heard from the woman on the intercom. “Come in. The Collector will see you now and your guests.” The woman said as the door opened.
Loki gestured for them to follow. Loki would do the talking, not them. When they walked in, a pink woman greeted them. She was delighted it seemed “Welcome follow me to the Collector. He will be very pleased to see you.” The woman said, guiding them through the corridors. Many things were decorating the walls: flora and fauna, objects and beings of many kinds. When they finally stopped, they were in a very open room. It was empty, and there no one was inside. The woman left, and they were left waiting. They stood there for a few moments before a door opened, and a group of people came in. “Who are you.” A man asked, “Where’s the Collector? We’re looking for him.” A voice he knew said, “Gamora.” Loki said, “Loki.” Two people said at once, coming into the light, that Nebula and Gamora were standing there, “You're not here with Thanos, are you?” Nebula asked, “No way in hell; how are you two intact after all these years.” Loki asked, “That’s a real mystery; I would have thought Thanos would kill you after you lost two infinity stones.” Gamora said, “he tried, but I’m not easy to kill. What’s happened with you two in the last five years.” Loki said, “We made a team, the Guardians of the Galaxy. What about you.” Gamora said, “Here and there, became the king of Asgard for a bit, then almost got killed a few times, now stopping Thanos from collecting the infinity stones.” Loki said, “I guess we should introduce you to our friends. These are Rocket, Groot, Drax, Mantis, and Peter Quill.” Gamora said, Gesturing to each person, “This is Thor, my brother, and Bruce.” Loki said, “What are you doing here?” Peter Quill said, “Here to get the Reality stone back.” Thor stated Peter walked forward. “Well, where is it,” Peter asked. They were inches apart. Loki and Gamora exchanged looks. “That’s our question.” Thor said, “Where is the Collector? Is the better question.” Mantis said. At that moment, a door opened, revealing The Collector. “Sorry for my delayed presence. I was quite busy. You both are here for the Aether, Correct.” The Collector said, “Yes, and I would like to obtain it due to the fact it seems this universe is getting quite dangerous.” Loki said, “It’s because of the mad titan. He’s trying to get all the infinity stones.” The Collector said, “It is. You must know the danger we are in.” Loki said, “I do to beings like yourselves who are on his bad side. I’d advise disappearing until this blows over.” The Collector said, “I just need the Reality stone, and we’ll be on our way.” Loki said something was off, and he knew it. “I can’t give it to you.” The Collector said, of course, “Why can’t you.” As red ripped over everything, Loki said, revealing its broken state, “We need to go.” Thor said, grabbing Loki's hand. Loki pulled out the tesseract, rushing everyone through the portal. Just as he turned, he saw Thanos looming behind him. Closing the portal quickly, they landed hard on the ground. Loki had no time to pick where they would go. They were on earth again since there was little else to pick from. “He has two stones now,” Loki said