The Statement is falling apart, Valkyrie and the sakaarians are helping the half alive Asgardians and survivors into the last escape pod, the people in the pod are mainly elders, women and children. All pods were filled with more people than they are capable of and 5 out of the twenty pods were not exactly usable, with a bit of luck and if the Norns wanted, they would reach Midgard, not the closest realm to Asgard but it was the King's orders. Valkyrie, herself will go on the Commodore with Korg and Miek.

At that moment the whole ship shakes, the alarms go off every where, the ship was really going to collapse. She sends the pod into space along with the rest and turns towards the big pile of rocks.

"Korg, did we get everyone here?"

"Everyone has been taken care of, Scrapper 142. Will we wait for any one else?"He asked, no he pleaded.

"No, our orders are to evacuate and lead the people away, so we are gonna do just that." Val knew he meant Thor, Loki, Hulk and Heimdall, and she had to fight the urge to go help them. If Thor hadn't begged of her to make an oath to protect and lead the Asgardians, Val wouldn't think twice and she definitely would fight.

She couldn't let herself process that after they defeated Hela and survived Ragnarok, she was about to lose her friends and dare she say family, she met the idiots a few months ago and couldn't help but be fond of them. And she would never admit that she felt helpless, because she knew there was nothing she could do against Thanos. Asgard needs her, the last Valkyrie, and she would be there to lead them.

" I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless. It's frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now it's here... or should I say, I am." So dramatic. Could he hurry up? Loki couldn't stop thinking if he had sounded like that in New York. Loki had his own share for the dramatics but he hoped that he never sounded like Thanos.

" You talk too much." Thor has a small and painful smile on his face. The oaf practically has his life on Thanos hands and he can't shut up for once in his life. But Thanos ignores him.

"The Tesseract or, your brother's head. I assume you have a preference." Thanos holds his brother's head with the hand that wears the Gauntlet as he directs his question at the Trickster. Loki can feel Proxima Midnight shift her weapon closer to him, a reminder that his life means nothing to them.

"Oh, I do. Kill away." Centuries of lying or should he say acting, makes it believable, Thanos looked mildly surprised by the surety of the statement but didn't hesitate to use the power stone to pressure Thor's head, his screams fill the room and impregnate Loki's brain, he can't bear to see his brother suffer any longer, to be the cause of his brother's death. Screw the universe, I don't owe it any favors."Alright stop!"

"We don't have the Tesseract. It was destroyed on Asgard." His Brother's rough voice resonates through the ship. Brother, I'm so sorry.

Loki extends his arm, the Tesseract in hand as an offering.

"You really are the worst, brother." I am. Ain't I? But know it, Brother. What I did and do is for you.

" I assure you brother, the sun will shine on us again." The Trickster's voice, usually void of emotion, sounds desperate and almost pleading. Thor, I never make promises, they are not just words for me. Don't take it lightly, please.

"Your optimism is misplaced, Asgardian." Thanos has an smug look on his face as he reaches for the space stone.

"Well for one thing, I'm not Asgardian. For another, we have a Hulk." This sounds much better then 'I have an army'. Hulk comes with full force towards Thanos, Loki tackles Thor out of the way and heal the worst of his injuries, especially his head, he does everything without addressing Thor a single word.

Loki leaves to send a distress signal to whoever happened to be close by, he got a small break thanks to the Hulk (maybe the green rage monster could smash the angry grape) and at least a half of the people escaped but in such conditions only half would live anyways...

The dark Prince claimed to be the cleverest person there is, but he came back to the ship, something that maybe he shouldn't have and this mess was his fault, he just brought more problems to Thor and Asgard...'Wherever you go there is war, ruin...Death' Odin was right, doesn't matter where I go Chaos follows. Loki senses something, it's powerful and very unlikely, dark energy. Is that the bifrost? Selfpity can wait, it's time for action.

He walks carefully behind a pile of twisted metal, in time to see the second to last death of half of an already decimated people. I won't let Thor be the last, I won't let him die.Heimdall's death strikes him as odd, he was not that fond of the gatekeeper as the rest of Asgard nowdays, especially after the treason, but he considered him a friend once, even the father he never had, as a child he would curiously ask about all the worlds within and outside the Nine Realms to the Gatekeeper, those were one of his happiest memories, and was surprised to find he still had such feelings for the man. He can't see or hear the Hulk anywhere; Could they have killed the beast? To the side he can see his Brother, body wrapped in metal and his mouth gagged with it as well, it looked like his muzzle from not so long ago. This was definitely Ebony Maw, this happened too fast and it is far too neat for anyone else have done it.

Loki didn't have much time now, he had to save Thor by sacrificing himself, that's how they worked after all, with one saving the other, cleaning up their messes, even before Thor's coronation their adventures finished with saving each other's skin. Old habits die hard, I suppose.

Thanos always worked by taking half, he just had to get his attention, be bold, act a bit desperate and show a bit of confidence, which he doesn't have right now, and then fake his death just like Svartalheim, they would all fall for it. He just hoped that he had enough energy for the spell, when he was stabbed by the Kursed it worked perfectly, the spell should keep him between life and death, therefore he is neither dead or alive and it is far too easy for everything to go wrong. He decides to pay attention to what they are saying.

"My humble personage bows before your grandeur. No other being has ever the might, nay the nobility, to wield not one but two Infinity Stones." Thanos takes the cube that was the cause of wars and despair as if a fragile being and crushes it. "The universe, lies within your grasp." What is that scrawny fish talking about?! I had the space and mind stones at the same time before the titan could even think about snapping his fingers, well kind of before he was able to do it anyway. The wave of power that comes from the stone filling its spot on the Gauntlet is unmeasureable, and before Loki knew it the conversation was over.

"Father we will not fail you." Promised Proxima Midnight . Aren't you all such devoted children? Well, it's show time. Loki leaves his hiding place and faces the Mad Titan and his Black Order. He acts as nonchantly as possible to further annoy Thanos, the plan will only succeed if the Titan thinks he is dead. "If I might interject. If you're going to Earth, you might want a guide. I do have a bit of experience in that area." He spread his arms wide and promising as if the ordeal on the Earth was a success.

"Well, if you consider failure experience." Thanos scoffs.

" I consider experience experience." Loki counters. He takes each step with more purpose than the one before.

"O mighty Thanos. I, Loki. Prince of Asgard ...Odinson..." Loki looks towards his Brother. Thor, this pledge is for you Brother. I would never say it to anyone else. As he turns his look away from Thor, he materializes a dagger, hidden from his enemy, but there, so that his Brother can see. "The rightful king of Jotunheim. God of mischief, do hereby pledge to you my undying fidelity." With the final word Loki sprints the dagger towards the titan's head.

Thanos uses the space stone to stop the dagger, that the trickster so audaciously tried to kill him with. "Undying? You should choose your words more carefully."

Thanos' hand wraps around Loki's neck and slowly chokes life out of him, his eyes are bloodshot and bruises are visible even with the Gauntlet around his neck. The God of Mischief struggles and fights the Titan's grasp, he can hear his Brother's muffled and quiet screams as he feels the hand tightening on his neck, ready for the final blow. Time for the spell, please work! "You...will neever be...a god." Loki is able to choke out.

And Thor breaks, the screams that leaves his mouth and the filled hate that clouds his face that was caused by his death will haunt Loki forever, he hates himself for ever doubting his brother love.

"No resurrections this time." Thanos throws Loki's body towards Thor. The God of Thunder can't do anything but watch his Brother lifeless body as his own muffled cries echoes across space. I'm sorry Thor. The reformed Prince sees the scene unfold and the guilt that forms for deceiving his brother once more is unbearable, but he tried to warn him this time. He observes his body in the paused state, without life but not falling towards death either, and feels his mind and seidr floating like a ghost, he might as well be one, since nobody can see or sense him.

Thanos and his children leave, and the Statement explodes sending the brothers to opposite ends of space.

Notes: The parts of the text which are on italics are Loki's thoughts, they may be a bit confusing to get it at first but I decided that's what will make Loki Loki on this fic, after all he's also the God of Chaos, and therefore his mind, feelings and thoughts are all over the place, I bet he is really good at multi tasking.I will try to take his personality to another level than the one we know from the MCU.

The quote from Odin is from Thor:The Dark World, when he is sentencing Loki to prison.