He turned around and leaned his shoulder against the wall "she's not gone, not permanantly. none of them are." he said, all the determination from before was now gone from his voice, replaced by tiredness. "think its a little strange that he shows up right after everyone turns to dust?"
Thor shrugged, walking over to his brother and looking out the window, “There’s no way the two of them are not related. A giant purple dude and half of all people disappearing? Can’t be a coincidence.”
"Then it won't be a coincident when he dies." loki said, shoving himself off the wall and walking out of the throneroom "I'll be in the library if you need me." he called over his shoulder to his brother
“Killing him isn’t going to be easy,” He called to his brother as he left, “And we still need to ask him if he knows where everyone went before we kill him.” Thor didn’t understand Loki as well as he’d like too, his adopted -but still family- brother had very different plans and ideas. Less..peaceful and more straight to the killing plans.
(ha, loki's the fun one)
"I know, but he will die for what he did." loki muttered, opening the door to the library and pulling out everybook on realm beings, extinct and alive he could find. Spot came in and lied beside him on the floor
(XD I agreeeeee)
Thor sighed and waved the first of the nobles in, deciding to get at least a few of them dealt with before he went to the library. Spot had grown quite a lot since the day on the beach, though he still had his same curious puppy demeanor.
"hi Spot," Loki said to the dog as he sat beside him and opened a book and started to read. He stayed there for hours, researching and taking notes once again until.late in the night
His brother came in after a few hours, clearly tired of the nobles as he collapsed into his usually chair and promptly fell asleep. Thor wasn’t too keen on talking after almost strangling a few of the nobles that were really annoying him.
Loki glanced up at Thor's enterance and watched him as he fell asleep in his normal chair. He smiled softly and waved a hand to conjure a blanket for him. He frowned slightly at seeing the color of his magic, "I need you Avalin, I'm trying to be strong but I can't hold out much longer. I'm resorting back to old ways without you." He sighed softly and set the book down, lightly petting spots head rythmacally.
(Should we time skip to like 4years after the snap? I’m really curious as to how much of his old self Loki would be by then XD)
Thor snored as he slept, the blanket on him but only because he hadn’t kicked it off yet. His face was peaceful for the only time in any part of the day, the stress lines in his forehead still slightly visible.
(Yas)
4 years later
Loki paced in his cell, his coat swishing around him as he turned. His magic bouncing off the walls in loud static waves. "You're wasting your time with me." He growled at the guards standing outside.
The guard didn’t answer, their hands tightening around their weapons as they stood stationed around his cell. The cell was a decent size, though it wasn’t terrible big, with only the necessarily furnishings inside.
Loki bared his teeth and slammed his arm against the glass wall. "I swear to you on my mother's name, I will get out of here. You and anyone else who dares stands in the way of me finding my wife will die." He promised, a malicious grin spreading over his features
“Chill Sparky,” One of the guards said gruffly, rolling his eyes and aiming his gun towards the prince before swinging it back to how it was before, “There’s no way you’re getting out of that cell, not unless you’re let out. Your brother is the only one who knows how to open the cell anyway.”
Loki went back to pacing "ah my dear brother, Changes a lot, doesn't he? One minute he's supportive and according, the next he throws you in a cell." He chuckled darkly and shrugged, his magic flaring as his temper rose.
The guard rolled his eyes, though it wasn’t directly visible to Loki. For the next few minutes everything was silent besides the crackle of static from his magic, the guards stiffening when they heard the sound of footsteps heading towards them. Thor appeared and barely glanced at his brother, hammer in hand and a slight flash of a guilty look crossing his face for having to imprison Loki once again. He was a threat though, and he couldn’t have his brother destroying anything more than he already had looking for his wife.
The static grew deafening until it sizzled out and remained a slight him. "Speak of the devil," Loki mused with a grin. "What brings you here? Come to say hello?"
“I came by to tell you that we still have no information on the location of Avalin actually,” He said, still not meeting his brothers eyes, “Figured you’d want to know.” Turning, he started talking with one of the guards in a hushed tone, twirling his hammer in his hand to keep himself busy.
Loki stood in the middle of his room and focused on one spot on the wall, hands clenched at his side. He tilted his head up, unleashing his magic across the room, scattering broken bits of furniture across the room. “You came all the way here to tell me you havnt found her? How conciderate. Come back when you’ve found her safe and in asgard.” He deadpanned, turning away from everyone and sitting in a corner of his room
“I came back to tell you that we’re still looking for her, even if that means we haven’t found her yet. At this point, I think she’s the only one that can make you stop killing or destroying.” He replied, looking towards his brother once he had finished talking to the guard. Stiffing, he turned to his cell and placed a hand one of the walls, “Spot is still doing good, and I promise I’ll tell you if we find her. Until then though, I have to keep you here brother so you don’t cause as much of a mess as you did a few months ago. It pains me to imprison you, you have to know that, I don’t want you to stay like this -in your destruction and anger fueled state.”
"only two things will get me to stop. He safely back in my arms or death." He muttered. "You know that." He glanced over his shoulder "Thank for taking care of Spot." He said, trying to put emotion into his words but failing
Thor nodded knowingly, “No problem, I think your dog is getting attached to me though. He follows me around with a wagging tail, I don’t know how well he’ll adjust when he goes back with you.” The destruction Loki causes was one of the only reasons he was in the cell. A few months prior, he had broke and caused several deaths along with multiple injuries, he couldn’t be trusted anymore after that. “I hate to tell you this brother..but if we don’t find her, I want to ask you to try to start going back to normal. Spending all of the rest of your life in prison is not what she would’ve wanted, especially if it was just because she is gone.”
Loki flinched at the words, we won't find her, she's gone. He stood slowly "don't talk as if she's truely gone. Please don't." He leaned against the wall near thor, magic still humming but for now dormant "if she truely is…gone. the send me to Valhala so I may be with her in the afterlife."
He sighed and went silent, choosing his next words carefully, “Loki…it’s been four years since she disappeared…I don’t want to give up hope…but it’s unlikely she’ll be found. We haven’t had any news on Thanos in a while.” Thor shook his head and fiddled with the handle of his hammer, “And I’m sorry brother, but I won’t purposely send you to the afterlife, live the rest of your life here first, when you pass away of natural causes then you can meet her if she’s truly gone. She’d want you to live a happy life here before meeting her.”
He sighed and shook his head, pressing himself agaitnst he glass "I can't live a happy life without her. I won't. And I would rather die than live a worthless life without her by my side." His magic flared once more as his temper rose "if you've stopped looking for her then let me out so I can continue," he pleaded "wouldnt you do the same for someone you loved? "
“We’re still looking for her, brother,” He said with a sigh, resting his head against the wall of the cell. The kingly demeanor was dropping and how tired and stressed he was showed, making him look like he had aged ten years with stress and worry lines, “And I can’t let you out, I’m truly sorry, you’re too much of a threat like this. And yes, I would do the same for someone I loved, which is why I’m still doing this, it’s your wife for goodness sake. Avalin was like a sister to me when we met officially and still is.” He shook his head and pushed away from the wall walking around for a moment before leaning against the glass again, “Brother, you could live a happy life without her physically by you, I know she’d never leave your side mentally and you could live an amazing life. Plus you’d have plenty of stories to entertain her with when you met her again.”
Loki laughed and shook his head "the thought of her alone is the only thing keeping me from destroying anything and everything in sight. You dont seem to grasp the fact that i need her. Not just mentally but physically and symbolically. I don’t want to wait to live out my life without her. I don’t to be anywhere thays not with her,”
Thor sighed and shook his head, “All I can tell you then is that we’re still looking for her.” He shook his head once again and looked at his brother, who had changed so much in the four years Avalin had been gone. “How about we make a deal? I can see how much you’re falling apart without her, so we’ll search for one more year. After that, I’m sorry, but if she comes back she’ll have to find a way to Asgard herself.
"or you can let me out of here so I can continue searching for her for as long as it takes to find her." Loki countered, clearly losing what little patience he had. "You may have lost faith In finding her but I will not. You'd let her fend for herself out in that world? Not that I do that have faith in her but she doesn't know how to live in that world without some guidance."
“You’re a threat brother,” He replied, pacing and waving the guards away in case things got worse, “I cannot let you out. I’m sorry, and I refuse to let you waste away the rest of your life running from planet to planet with no end causing destruction or death while you look for her. Avalin is strong, she could make it easily on earth without guidance.” Thor was nearing the end of his patience as well, flipping his hammer in his hand to keep himself from doing anything stupid.