Warnings: Angst! Character Death! Language! Still no Steve Sorry! (He'll be back soon!)
"Ta-da" Loki says as the ship transports itself, bumping slightly before regaining control.
You stand back up and look at the black, desolate world around you. Loki guides the ship through the wasteland that was scattered with crashed ships.
Jane was still out of it so Thor gently laid a blanket over her.
"What I could do with the power that flows through those veins" Loki says as he looks over at Jane.
"It would consume you" Thor tells him as he sits down on the edge of the ship.
"She's holding up alright" Loki points out before shrugging slightly "for now" he adds making you shoot a look of warning his way.
"She's strong is ways you'd never even know" Thor says glancing over at jane.
"Say goodbye" Loki sighs.
"Not this day" Thor says shaking his head.
"This day, the next, a hundred years it's nothing. It's heartbeat, fleeting. You'll never be ready" Loki says standing up.
"The only woman who love you prize will be snatched from you" loki continues.
You turn yourself away from him, his words being a stark reminder of how differently you age to your brothers. Your death will precede theirs by eons. They will not age a day, but you'll grow old and weak. In the 50 or so years you'd know them, they'd always looked the way they do now.
"And will that satisfy you? Remember brother our own sister does not age like us" Thor demands.
You turn to see Loki glance over at you, his expression faltering slightly before he turns back to Thor.
"Satisfaction is not my nature" Loki retorts.
"Surrender is not in mine" Thor growls.
Loki scoffs quietly "son of Odin" he mutters.
"No, not just of Odin, you think alone were loved of mother? You had her tricks but I, we had her trust" Thor says correcting himself and gesturing to you.
"Trust? Was that her last expression? Trust? When you let her die?" Loki says glaring over at the two of you.
"What help were you in your cell?" Thor says stepping towards Loki.
"Who put me there?" Loki demands "who put me there!" He yells when Thor doesn't immediately answer.
"You know damn well!" Thor growls grabbing Loki and pushing him back.
"Stop!" You yell when you see Thor go to punch Loki.
"She wouldn't want us to fight!" You scold as Thor takes a few steps back.
"Well she wouldn't exactly be shocked" Loki sighs as he sits back up.
You couldn't help but chuckle slightly kicking Loki's foot gently, him smiling back over at you.
Thor takes a deep breath "I wish I could trust you" he sighs the hint of a smile on his face before he turns around and returns to Jane.
"Trust my rage" Loki says standing back up.
Thor glances over his shoulder nodding slightly before sitting down beside Jane. Loki sits down taking control of the ship once more, you moving to sit beside him. After a few moments of silence he turns to look at you.
"I'm sorry sister, for insinuating your life is meaningless just because you don't live as long as we do" Loki apologises his voice barely above a whisper.
"It's okay brother, it's a reality I've had to come to terms with once I discovered exactly who I was" you sigh rubbing your hands together as you spoke.
"It will be hard for me to leave this world before you, but I know it will be harder for all of you, for father" you continue shaking your head.
"I will mourn you" Loki says making you chuckle half-heartedly.
"I expect no less, I've already mourned you" you say making him chuckle.
He nudges you slightly smiling over at you. You smile back not seeing the villain that attacked New York, but your older brother who you played with as a child. The one who created illusions for you to play with. You and Thor had a good relationship growing up, but Loki was always the brother you were closer to.
Later on you noticed Jane waking up, except something was different with her eyes.
Nudging Thor you point over to her "Jane?" He questions as she gets up.
"Malekith" she says quietly.
You follow her gaze spotting the large ship on the horizon.
"Time for us to land" Thor says "maybe put on your armour too" he adds turning to you.
You nod your head in agreement making your armour appear over your clothing. The blue cape fluttering behind you.
"I have to say I've missed wearing this" you say adjusting the leather straps on your arms.
"Have you not been wearing it on earth?" Thor questions.
"No I have a different suit, apparently this isn't subtle enough" you explain.
"Armour isn't supposed to be subtle" Loki points out furrowing his brows.
"Try telling that to Fury" you mutter.
Loki sets the ship down and the four of you climb out.
"Y/N stay with Jane while we see what we're dealing with" Thor says before he and Loki walk off toward the cliff edge.
"They do that a lot don't they" Jane says once they were out of earshot.
"Yep, I see why, considering I'm not a 'god' like them, and I'm their little sister but it's still annoying" you sigh making Jane chuckle slightly.
"At least they're protective" she says making you hum in agreement.
Thor then waves the two of you over, you join him crouching down watching the group of elves approach.
"All right, are you ready?" Thor asks.
The three of you nodding your head and voicing your agreement. You, Thor and Loki all stand moving to the edge of the cliff in full view of Malekith.
"You know this plan of yours is gonna get us killed" Loki points out.
"Yes possible" Thor agrees.
Loki turns holding out his wrists asking for his handcuffs to be removed.
"You still don't trust me brother?" He asks.
Thor glances at you and you nod your head gently. Loki will be no help in cuffs, and despite it only being a small group of elves, you needed all the help you could get.
"Would you?" Thor says as he removes Loki's handcuffs.
"No I wouldn't" Loki says.
Before you get the chance to react Loki turns on Thor stabbing him with a blade before pushing him off the cliff.
"Loki!" You growl.
You go to grab him but he swings the blade, you jump back but it skims the top of your armour sparks flying. Loki takes advantage jumping down after Thor.
"Jane stay back" you say as you run after Loki.
She doesn't listen though as she runs down behind you. You watch as Loki kicks Thor in the head. Thor goes to recall his hammer but Loki slices at his arm, cutting his hand off.
You shout at him before sending a blast of ice his way. He easily dodges it though.
"Loki stop this" you growl making balls of fire appear in your hands ready to fire.
You blast one at Loki but he deflects it, sending it straight back at you. It hits you straight in the gut, your armour protects you but the force of it sends you flying backwards.
Jane runs past you straight to Thor, kneeling down beside him.
"Jane no!" You shout as Loki grabs her pulling her up and away from Thor.
"Malekith! I am Loki of Jotunheim, and I bring you a gift" Loki says throwing Jane down at Malekith's feet.
"I ask only one thing in return, a good seat from which to watch Asgard burn" he demands.
Malekith walks over to Thor who was still on the floor, kicking him in the face "look at me" he demands.
Malekith then lifts jane up and begins to draw the Aether out of her. Both you and Thor begin to sit up. Once the Aether was completely out of Jane, Thor shouts.
"Now!"
The three of you spring into action. The illusion shattering the damaged caused by Loki completely disappearing. You blast Malekith with ice sending him backwards, while Thor grabs his hammer shooting lightning up at the Aether. Loki runs and covers Jane, as the Aether explodes.
As the dust settles you look around to see red shards littering the ground. They then start to float upwards around you. Before any of you knew what was happening the Aether shifts towards Malekith and he completely absorbs it.
"Shit" you mutter.
Malekith and his large companion starts walking back to their ship. The elves that joined them moving to attack. You blast a couple with ice while Thor swings his hammer at the others.
You had just blasted one with a fireball when you saw the large guy throw what looked like a grenade. Loki reacts pushing Jane out of harms way. He goes to run but the bomb explodes and he starts getting drawn in.
Thor however flies over tackling him in mid-air out of the draw of the bomb. The both of them climb to their feet, Thor taking off after Malekith.
You continue to fight the elves that surrounded you, blasting them when you could. Using the hand to hand you had been taught when you couldn't. One had managed to get you into a choke hold but you slam them in the gut with your elbow. Their grip loosens enough for you to slip out creating a ice pick and stabbing it in the chest.
As you turn you see the large guy repeatedly punch Thor into the ground. As you go to help you see Loki stab the creature in the back. The blade going straight through and poking out the other side. You barely breathed a sigh of relief when the monster grabbed Loki pulling him into his chest stabbing Loki with the blade.
You scream as the monster throws Loki to the ground. Before one of it bombs exploded on its belt tearing the creature apart. Once he was gone you and Thor run over to Loki. You crouch beside him pulling his head onto your lap.
"No, no, no, no" Thor says as his hand fumble over Loki's wound.
"Stay with me brother please" you stutter cradling his head.
"Oh you fool you didn't listen" Thor sighs trying desperately to stop Loki from dying.
"I know, I'm a fool" Loki says his voice shaking as he grabs Thor's hand.
"Stay with us, you'll be okay we can get you help" you beg already feeling his head grow limp in your lap.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Loki says beginning to shake.
"Shh its okay" Thor says glancing over at you.
You shake your head tears falling as you held on close to Loki.
"I'll tell father what you did here today" Thor promises.
"I didn't do it for him" Loki says his eyes moving to meet yours.
"I'm sorry sister" he chokes out before completely going limp.
You shake your head begging him to come back, shaking him as his skin turned grey.
"Loki please" you beg "I can't lose you too, not again" you weep.
You fully break down dropping your head down towards his. His skin already freezing cold. You could hear Thor yelling in anguish but you couldn't focus on anything else.
You had just gotten your brother back, and now he was gone forever. No tricks, no illusions. He was gone.
"We need to go sister" Thor says putting a hand on your shoulder.
"I can't just leave him" you say shaking your head.
"I know but we need to finish it, for him and for mother" he says gripping your shoulder tightly.
You nod your head before leaning down go press a kiss to Loki's forehead.
"Goodbye brother" you whisper.