The Avengers cannot stop him now. An angry and spiteful Loki Laufeyson has seemingly lost everything. After barely escaping Asgard, the former king finds himself on Earth determined to deal the cards in his favor. With the Tesseract now in his possession, it is only the beginning of his plans. But soon Loki will find that the heroes are the last of his worries and that Darcy Lewis is the real problem at hand. ▔▔ [ loki x darcy x lady!loki ] [ post dark world ; canon divergence ]

My name is Kaine, though throughout my life I've been known by many names, murderer killer, sociopath, monster, villain, but recently I've been given a knew name... Hero. A title I ill deserve, but one that I strive every moment of every day to be worthy of. Once I was dying, slowly wasting away into nothing, my life was nothing more then a meaningless and cruel joke. But now... now I've been given a second chance, and I'm not going to waste it.

With the help of an unlikely alliance of heroes, Nightwing must learn to use and control his new orange lantern powers to save the world from an immanent and familiar threat...

After the events of Forever Evil, Batman asks Nightwing to stay "dead". He needs his former Robin to be a mole inside the suspicious spy group: Spyral. Nightwing refuses, enraged he's still treated as a sidekick. Venting insatiable desire of everything from Barbara Gordon to erasing Batman's legacy, an Orange Lantern Ring leads him out of Batman's shadow and into his own light...

Even though Nightwing's plan succeeds and Wally is saved, most of the team have yet to trust him again. And Wally... has rejected Nightwing as a friend. Those who don't have a grudge think Nightwing will just bounce back. After all he is a son of Batman. But even Nightwing has his breaking point...