The Nexus Event (Loki x reader)

The TemPad

a/n: another chapter? it must be christmas xx i cheated a bit and stole a section of this from one of my one shots but I think that's allowed as it fits the story perfectly. happy reading <3

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You walk for what seems like hours. It may well be hours; you have lost all concept of time since you arrived at the TVA. None of the three of you speak while you walk, each of you retreating into your own minds while it's not necessary to be inside one another's.

You think about the old lady whom you'd just left to die, doomed to be obliterated along with the rest of the moon. You think about Asgard, and its own obliteration. You think about Loki. Your Loki.

Finally the train station comes into view, and Sylvie's voice is croaky with disuse when she uses it to alert you and Loki to its imminence.

'There. Look,' she says, before clearing her throat loudly. You and Loki look in the direction in which she'd pointed, and your pace quickens. That train can't be allowed to leave without you on it.

When you arrive at the back of the queue, the air is simmering with tension. The raised voices of citizens and guards mingle as they clamour to be heard over one another. You suspect it won't be long before a fight breaks out.

A wealthy looking couple are being escorted along the platform by a guard, and produce a ticket to show the guard overseeing the entrance on to the train.

'They're only giving out tickets to the wealthy!' a loud voice proclaims, and there's a surge at the front of the queue as people push to be let on board.

'This looks fun,' Sylvie remarks.

'Come on,' Loki says, beckoning the two of you to follow him towards the front of the queue.

'We can't fight our way on. There's too many of them,' Sylvie mutters as you walk past more guards. 'I have a plan.'

'I thought all of your plans involved fighting,' Loki says, cocking an eyebrow.

'Not this one. I'm going to enchant a guard and have us lead him through the crowd,' Sylvie tells him firmly.

'Or we could just...' you let your sentence trail to nothing as you turn invisible.

'What?' Loki frowns at you, clearly still very able to see you. You look down at your torso, and then back up at him, confused.

'Turn... didn't you see?' you ask in annoyance.

'Oh, she's invisible. We can still see you, idiot. Don't forget about the Loki – Y/N connection,' she says, making quotation marks in the air around the word 'connection' and rolling her eyes. You keep forgetting that Sylvie is as much of a Loki as Loki is. Not that you would tell her that to her face, of course.

'That's beside the point. Instead of arousing suspicion, let's just hop on board like this,' you say, holding your arms out.

'No. I have a better plan,' Loki says, and in a blink he's wearing the same uniform as the guards. 'How do I look?'

'Like someone with a shit plan,' Sylvie informs him. You sigh.

'You do what you like. I'm the one who has this,' you remind them, making the TemPad appear in your palm again. Sylvie grabs for it, but you've already teleported on to the train.

Instead of using the space to cram in as many refugees as they possibly can, they've made it into a high class dining area, with booths. Disgust towards the guards fills you, lacking as you are of any clear leader who is responsible for this to pin the blame on.