Hell is Living Without You ~ Loki

Chapter Twenty

A/N

Oh my Goodness, this is my longest fanfic to date!
I hate to inform you, but this isn't going to last much longer. We only have about an episode and a half left of Loki.
But not to worry, I have a Bucky Barnes x OC in the making (the Prologue is up!) Also, I am thinking of continuing my Erik Lensherr x OC story. If you have read it, I'd appreciate if you left any comments about what sort of thing you'd like to see.
I hope you are enjoying this story so far, again, feel free to leave comments.

Happy Reading!

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Freyja's POV

The "President" Loki lead us back to where the other Lokis were. "You bastards! You led the wolves to our door." The older Loki scolded. "We prefer snakes to wolves." The president Loki said. The kid Loki stepped forward. "I've eaten both. They die just the same." He said. Boastful Loki caught the kid in a headlock with Mjolnir against is head. "Apologies, my liege. I betrayed you, and now, I'm king." He confessed. President Loki chuckled slightly. "About that..." He trailed off, with a menacing grin. "You can't be serious." Boastful Loki cried. "Come on.
What did you expect?" President Loki announced, holding out his arms in victory. "That was not the bargain! I gave you our location. In exchange for shelter and supplies, you give me your army and I take the throne." Boastful Loki said. "Ah, yes. Not so good a bargain. How about this one? My army, my throne?" President Loki suggested. "About that." One of the 'army' members said, as they all turned their weapons to him. "Why you beef-witted, half-faced scrubs. We had a deal!" President Loki cried angrily. I looked at my Loki and we shared a look. "For God's sake." Boastful Loki hissed. Aligator Loki made a noise and started advancing toward the Loki Varaint. "Why the hell is there an alligator in here?" President Loki yelled. "He's a Loki!" The others shouted. With that, the aligator lunged forward and latched himself onto his hand. He started grunting in pain, trying to get him off. When he did, his hand was gone, and the President let out a cry of pain. This signalled the rest of his misfits to start attacking the others. I ran forward and picked up the Aligator Loki, who was chomping happily on the hand that he had just bitten off.

My Loki, Older Loki, Kid Loki and me, managed to escape through a portal. "Damn it! Animals, animals! We lie and we cheat, we cut the throat of every person who trusts us, and for what? Power. Glorious power. Glorious purpose! We cannot change. We're broken, every version of us. Forever." The older Loki spat. "And whenever one of us dares try to fix themselves, they're sent here to die." Kid Loki exclaimed. "That's why I need to get out of here. Nothing can change until the TVA is stopped." Loki shouted. The older one stopped and turned to us. "And you trust her?" He asked, referring to Sylvie. "Aside from Freyja, she's the only one I do trust. And right now, I believe she's our only chance of stopping the TVA." Loki said. "That's good enough for me." Kid Loki nodded. We turned to the Older Loki for his decision. "Okay, okay. We'll help you." He gave in. He looked me up an down. "Freyja my dear. You know you can put him down now don't you?" He asked, gesturing to Aligator Loki. "Oh, right sorry." I chuckled awkwardly. My Loki looked down at me with a smile and a fondness in his eye. "I will warn you though, approaching Alioth is a death sentence. We'll get you to it, but that's as far as we go." Older Loki instructed. Loki and I nodded our heads and we began our trek.

"I have to say, it feels odd walking toward the gargantuan creature. Do you have a plan of action?" Older Loki questioned. "Get inside, find its heart or brain or whatever, and then, you know, do it in." Loki answered. "I mean..." I started, but Loki cut me off before I could say anything. "Just because it's not complicated doesn't mean it's bad." He said. "It also doesn't mean it's good." I admitted. Aligator Loki made a noise. "See? He's on board." Loki said happily. "He's praying. He thinks we're going to die." Older Loki said bluntly. We watched as a large ship got brought through the void. "Alioth is like any animal. He'll go after the big meal first. And while he's busy with that, we can sneak around the back and..." Loki started, but stopped when he realised the beast had finished before he did. "Okay. Maybe we, uh... think a bit more about this, huh?" Loki asked rhetorically. I heard a noise behind me. Kid Loki and I turned around at the same time. "Car." Kid Loki said. "What?" Loki asked, turning around also. "Along the horizon." I said. "Is that bad?" Loki asked. "Well, usually means cannibalistic marauders or cannibalistic pirates." Kid Loki said. "Delightful." Loki muttered. "Now they're slowing down." I said with a frown. "What are they doing?" Older Loki questioned. "Just stay on guard." Kid Loki instructed. Two figures got out of the car and I recognised them immediatley. "Sylvie." Loki said. "Mobius." I smiled.

We ran ahead to regroup with our friends. "You're alive." Sylvie said happily. "What happened? You okay?" Loki asked. "Mobius!" I smiled, embracing him in a hug. "How did you..." I trailed off. "We thought you could do with some backup." Sylvie said, but then went to attack the other Loki Variants. "Oh, no, wait, wait, wait, these are my friends. Well, they're, um...How best to put this? Us as a child, us in the future, and us as an alligator." Loki explained. "It's best not to question it." I informed. "You throw a rock out here, you hit a Loki." Mobius laughed. "So you're all after the giant cloud monster, too, then?" Sylvie asked. "Well, we haven't decided how we're going to kill it, but..." Sylvie cut him off. "I'm sorry, come again? Kill it?" She questioned. "Yes, we're gonna kill Alioth." Loki repeated. "Oh, my God. That was your plan." She said in disbelief. "Yeah." Loki said. "And you went along with it?" Sylvie said, turning to me and the other Lokis. "I had my doubts." Kid Loki said. "Probably unsafe." Older Loki mumbled. "All right, well, what's your plan, then?" Loki said, trying not to look too hurt. "I think the person we're after is beyond The Void at the end of time. And if they are, that thing is just their guard dog protecting the only way in." Sylvie said. I nodded in agreement, as it sounded like a fair plan. "Okay, so, um, how do we get past the guard dog?" I asked her. "I'm gonna enchant it." She smiled proudly.