CHAPTER XI

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"LET THE DARKNESS LEAD US INTO THE LIGHT" ~ "IGNITE" by K391 (and a couple of other people who I don't remember)

The attack lasted a few minutes, and Loki was sure he tore every hair out of his head from helplessness.

Then, it stopped as suddenly as it began. Khione dropped unconscious. Loki quickly moved her to one of the sofas in the sitting room. What the hell was that?

He made himself a drink. Sobriety was overrated in times like that.

Khione was out cold for almost an hour. She groaned.

"Well, that was worse than the last one. How long was I unconscious?"

"An hour," Loki said coldly. She looked at him, turning her head slowly. He was leaning on the kitchen table and his arms were crossed. He looked pissed.

"Don't look at me like that. The last time something like that happened was over... ten years ago? How was I supposed to know that it'll happen today or even in this century?" She tried to sit up and groaned as her a wave of pain shot through her head. Loki didn't move to help.

"You could tell me that it was a possibility. What the hell was I supposed to do?"

Khione tried to shake her head, but winced at the pain.

"Nothing. There was nothing you could do. It just sometimes... happens."

Loki sighed.

"And care to explain what it was?"

It was Khione's turn to sigh. She rubbed her forehead.

"Sit down."

Loki looked at her for a while but complied and collapsed on an armchair opposite to her.

"Talk."

"Do you know what Infinity Stones are?"

"The most powerful artefacts in the universe. Each of them manipulates one part of the universe's structure," said Loki.

Khione smirked.

"And how many there are?"

Loki hesitated.

"Six."

"Nope. Seven."

"Seven?"

"Yes. But let me start from the beginning. First, billions of years ago, there was nothing. Then, in a spontaneous event one being was created. Only one. Her name was Nemesis and she chose it for herself. Nemesis was the first being, the first matter. She was reality, time, soul, mind, power and space. But she was getting bored. She caused another spontaneous event - the creation of the universe. Her creation started to evolve in a random direction. It wasn't what Nemesis wanted. So she changed things. And with every change, with every altering of reality, she created another universe. But she still wasn't satisfied. At last, one of her realities started to expand and evolve more rapidly than the others. It was the original one. She couldn't control it, but she tried anyway. The action broke her into pieces. The Infinity Stones. Power, Space, Time, Mind, Soul and Reality. They scattered across the First Universe. But there is one Stone that nobody remembers. It doesn't control any part of universe's structure. It contains the consciousness of Nemesis. It is the linking part of the Stones, it has a bond with every single one. The Ego Stone."

Khione pulled at the chain around her neck. There was a black locket in the shape of an anatomically correct human heart attached to it. She moved her hand over it and it slowly opened. The room was lit up white again, but it slowly faded. Inside the heart was a crystal. It was still glowing softly with a white colour. Loki looked at it, completely mesmerised. It was the consciousness of the first being in reality, locked in a pebble with maybe an inch in diameter. Khione continued.

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