fiction | Part of the journey is the end

9. Journey into mystery - 1

In the Void, there were many destroyed and decayed buildings, including the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Stephen's jaw dropped and everyone else sucked in a breath.

"The Sanctum?" Stephen said, stunned. "How did it get there? What is this place?"

"I'm guessing it's where everything that's been pruned or reset goes if TVA Loki ended up there," Loki responded.

There was also a building that looked like Avengers Tower, but named 'Qeng'.

The Avengers' eyes widened.

"Uh, that's Avengers Tower," Clint pointed out.

"But it says Qeng, not the Avengers A or even Stark," said Tony. "Who the fuck is Qeng?"

"Maybe that's why the building was pruned?" Wanda suggested.

A giant purple cloud could be seen in the back.

"That purple cloud is moving," said Peter. "That's not natural."

"I don't think Loki's in a safe place at the moment," said Thor, pale.

Loki got up and faced his variants. He asked who and where they were.

"I don't know where he is, but those are clearly Loki Variants," said Loki. He groaned at the thought of more Loki Variants.

Classic Loki said they were in the Void. He pointed to the purple cloud monster and said it was Alioth, and they were his lunch.

Thor clutched his head. "That's horrible news!"

"This just gets worse and worse," said Rhodey.

Classic Loki told Loki to follow them.

"I think the group of Lokis are TVA Loki's best bet to survive," said Natasha.

In the background, Alioth roared.

"What the fuck," said Sam.

"Yeah, that's definitely not a normal cloud!" Bucky exclaimed.

At the TVA Courtroom, Sylvie took Renslayer's TemPad and demanded who was really behind the TVA.

"That's what all of us want to know!" Tony cried.

"And Sylvie's going to find out," said Wanda. "She's determined to take down the TVA and won't stop for anyone and anything."

Renslayer said she was just in the dark as Sylvie.

"Renslayer had so much faith in the Time-Keepers, it must be awful finding out that they weren't even real," said Peter.

Sylvie stomped her foot on Renslayer's shoulder and asked how it felt to be on the other side of it.

"I'm not going to lie; it's very satisfying seeing Renslayer like this," said Steve. Thor and Loki agreed, glaring at Renslayer.

"Especially after she told Sylvie that she didn't remember her nexus event," Clint pointed out. "Dick move."

Sylvie looked around the courtroom. She asked Renslayer if this was the place Renslayer dragged her to after she destroyed her life.

Everyone stared daggers at Renslayer for that reminder.

"Renslayer has to be heartless for arresting a child and thinking it was justified," Bruce pointed out.

"None of the arrests are justified, even TVA Loki's," said Sam.

Sylvie said it would be a fitting place to take Renslayer's life.