The Nexus Event (Loki x reader)

Pompeii

A/N: i love not having writers block for once omg. i hope you enjoy this chapter<3

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Mobius is true to his word. One new salad ("I don't see why you needed a new one, the last one was still perfectly edible." Loki had said) ("Shut up Loki." Mobius had said) and half an hour later you are stood alongside the two men in Pompeii, in the year 79AD.

Figures from the past walk around before you, blissfully unaware of what is about to happen to them. No one gives the three of you more than a sideways glance before continuing to go about their business. Their futile, meaningless business.

Far away in the distance, but not quite far enough away for you to feel completely safe, sits Mount Vesuvius, a gigantic mass of rock and earth which takes the horizon briefly towards the sky. You swear you can hear it rumbling away; feel its impending eruption in the earth beneath your feet.

"Any minute now." Mobius says, watching the TemPad in his hands nervously.

"Until this entire town is wiped off the face of the planet." Loki says gleefully. You don't need to look at him to know that he's grinning, and you hate him for it. "All that volcanic ash..."

"Don't sound too excited." Mobius says.

"Oh, come on. It's cool." Loki states.

"It is cool, it's just not in good taste because... well..." Mobius trails off, gesturing at the people who are all about to meet horrible deaths walking around you.

"They're all going to die anyway." Loki shrugs. You turn and glare at him, your annoyance rising in you rather like you suspect lava is currently rising in the large volcano you're stood far too close to.

"What?" Loki asks, when he catches you staring angrily at him.

"You're insufferable." you tell him, looking back to the volcano.

"I guess you like that sort of thing then, hm?" Loki asks cockily, quirking an eyebrow.

Mobius catches you before you fist can make contact with Loki's face.

"Alllright, let's do this. But we need to be careful because even the smallest disturbance could cause a huge branch." he says, pushing you back with one arm, his eyes still fixed on the TemPad.

You step back with an angry exhale, but when you look back at Loki he's watching you with a look of half apprehension, half confusion on his face.

"We're gonna start with very small disturbances, very small..." Mobius is saying, but you're not listening.

You see yourself through Loki's mind, and your eyes are an angry shade of purple.

The realisation that you have your magic back, coupled with Loki's realisation that he has his magic back almost knocks you off of your feet. Which gives him a head start.

There's a flash of green and then you're on your back, winded. You hear Mobius say something which starts with "for the love of-" but then anger overtakes you and you forget to keep listening.

You scramble to your feet, purple magic pulsing around you, but Loki is gone. Everyone within a thirty foot radius of you is either staring or running.

Mobius says something to you, but Loki is grinning at you from atop a cart of goats, and he might be stronger than you but you know how he fights. And you can read his mind.

You use your magic to topple the cart on which he's standing as you walk towards him, and he disappears. By the time he reappears behind you, you've already turned and are halfway towards disarming him of the dagger he'd been about to stab you with.