The Goddess Of What??? (Loki fanfic)

Chapter 17 - "It's really f**king infuriating.

Loki's POV

Loki wakes up in his bed on Asgard. He turns his head to see Thor asleep on a nearby chair.

"Brother" He says and Thor grumbles.

"Thor, wake up!" He throws a pillow at him.

"What? I'm awake!" He jumps up from the chair.

"Loki!" He rushes over to Loki.

"Brother, you are awake. What happened to you?"

"Thor, she's on Titan." Loki's eyes started to tear up.

"Titan? Shit Loki, that's bad. But how do you know?"

"Charlotte. She is currently trapped in her dream. The witch Agatha has control of her body. Thor, the Starks are there as well. Charlotte said that Thanos was going to... kill them."

"No, no, we will not let that happen! Strange, Wanda and Mobius are on their way back now with a quantum mirror."

"Then we shall go meet them at the Bifrost." Loki gets up from the bed, but can barely stand on his own. Thor grabs him before he falls.

"Whoa, brother, we can wait for them in the war room. You need to eat and see your children"

"OK, Thor. Whatever you say." Loki says, knowing better than to argue with Thor.

"And Thor?"

"Yes, little brother?"

"Thank you,"

"Of course, Loki. Now let's stop by the kitchen and grab you a snack before we head to the war room." Once Thor is satisfied with the amount of food, they grab. They head to the war room and can hear that their friends are already back. They walk into the room to find Strange and Mobius yelling at each other with the quantum mirror standing dusty beside them.

"I told you it was a bad idea!" Mobius yells at Strange standing inches away from his face.

"Well, we did get what we were after, so I don't see the issue here." Strange replies as he pushes Mobius away.

"We lost Wanda! I don't really consider that a successful trip." Mobius takes a step towards Strange. Thor marches up to them and pushes them apart.

"Gentlemen, can both of you calm down and explain what happened to Wanda?" Loki asks then while taking a much-needed seat.

"So we went back to Knowhere."

"Why?"

"To get the mirror from there. I was able to fix it. Sorta."

"Sorta? Really? You Mortals with your sortas and a little luck... it's really fucking infuriating."

"He used his voodoo to turn back time and fixed it. But...." Mobius' stops and Loki looks over to him.

"But what?"

"I used dark magic to do it." Loki jumps out of his seat, launches himself toward Strange. His hands wrap around Strange's throat, and he pins him to the wall.

"You fucking MORON. You used dark magic!!! You are really a fucking IDIOT!!!" Loki squeezes his neck.

"Told you he wouldn't be happy," Mobius mumbles from behind him.

"Mobius, Shut up! Strange, I'm going to give you 10 seconds to explain to me why you thought it was a good idea to use dark magic and if I don't like your explanation. I will ask my brother here to introduce you to the dungeons of Asgard." Thor looks at Loki, confused, but nods his head. Loki lets go of Strange and his body slumps to the floor.

"There was no other way." He chokes out. "Wanda and I agreed it was the only way. So, we conjured a spell to turn back time, but it obviously did not go the way we planned."

"Of course it didn't. Dark magic requires a sacrifice, an exchange of power, and Wanda was that sacrifice. What happened exactly?"

"Once we started the spell... we surrounded the mirror with our magic, and it went a bit haywire. We ended up going back further than needed. We realized that the only thing we could do was for one of us to take the place of the mirror. So, Wanda volunteered."

"So what? She is now stuck in a never-ending time loop?"

"We don't know.... When she took the mirror's place, she disappeared."

"I believe you are leaving something out."

"Tell him Strange. He's already pissed." Mobius grumbles.

"We went so far back that we saw... You." Strange whispers.

"What?!?" Loki picks Strange up by his collar.

"You and Dr. Sloan did not see the message behind the mirror, did you? Have a look,"

"No?" Loki replies, confused. Thor walks around the mirror and reads the message out loud.

"It says, To my Goddess of Balance. Come find me. Love your God of Mischief."

"We assumed you left it there for her?"

"I... I did not, but maybe..."

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Thor asks when he sees Loki's expression.

"If future Charlotte left that note for me on the TVA's mirror, then that would mean that future me left that message on the mirror from Knowhere."

"So?" Thor asks.

"So, mother said that the Norms saw Thanos kill me in the future. How can I have left this message if I'm dead?"

"You are dead. But your variant is not." Mobius turns to Loki. "The man I saw was not you, but my Loki. The Loki that does not have a Goddess of Balance."

"But why would he write that? He does not know about Charlotte? And didn't he get killed by Sylvie?"

"He knew you two were coming somehow, and I'm starting to think that pruning someone does not necessarily kill them."

"So what does this all mean?!?" Thor yells, tired of not getting what is going on.

"We have an ally out there. And our next step is to get the book." Loki says and finally lets go of Strange. He goes back to his seat and grabs an apple off his plate.

"So, Doctor, how do we find this book? And please do not give me another reason to get mad at you. You might not survive it this time." Loki smiles maliciously and takes a bite of his apple. Strange swallows hard and straightens his clothes.

"Simple, really. We just ask the mirror to bring us there."

"That simple, eh?" Mobius says skeptically.

"Yes." Loki takes another bite of his apple and gets up. He walks over to the mirror. His eyes focused on his reflections.

"Loki, are you sure about this?"

"Yes, Thor. Thanos must be defeated." He raises his hand and touches the mirror with one finger. The reflection in the mirror changes to reveal a very different reflection of Loki. The reflection is dressed in black from head to toe. His long black hair matches the completely black eyes.

"What the hell?" Loki says, approaching the mirror, and his reflection smiles.

"Ah. Hello, which one of us are you?" the reflection says while waving his hand, and Loki notices that his fingers are also black.

"This is a fucking nightmare." Loki says.