Loki was again at the healing rooms guarding Diane’s body, he felt angry at himself for reacting so badly in front of their friends.
-I´m sorry love … I messed up- he closed his eyes as he sighed – I’m all a mess myself-
-It´s ok love; you did your best-Diane answered
Loki was startled by her presence for a second then he smiled as he asked –Diane, you are really here?-
-Yes, Loki it´s me. This is the last time I will be able to visit you. You shouldn´t be so hard on yourself-she added offering his hand to him.
Loki timidly reached for her, he sighed with relief when he was able to feel her hand in his.
-I don´t know how I´m supposed to do this Diane. I´m a terrible father- Loki confessed
-No you are not; you are not yourself right now. Everything will be better in time- she reassured him.
-Will Locke´s plan work? We will all be together again?-Loki asked her in hope.
-Talking about me?-Locke just appeared.
-You know we are –Diane told him –Now tell us what your plan is.-
-Well, the plan is simple enough. Dad takes the infinity soul gem from Thanos and resurrects us. The tricky part will be accomplishing this and getting away with it.-Locke simply stated.
-From Thanos?- Loki unconsciously took a step back losing his hold on Diane’s hand as he paled –That can’t be done – he added
-It can with my help-Locke answered –The question is, do you want to do it?-
-I ….-Loki stammered –I do – he was more scared of living without Diane.
-Loki, please! You don´t have to do it. I would rather you to be safe. We´ll reunite in Valhalla when your time has come-
-When? After four thousand years?-Loki looked at her i incredulously – I´ve barely made it through one day without you and you want me to wait until it´s my time?-
-Loki, you don´t scare easily, and I can see you are terrified of this Thanos guy. Please don´t do it! Think of our children-Diane tried to reason with him.
-Terrified is an understatement, I don´t think there´s a word to describe how I feel about him, but I don´t care. I just want you back, you and Locke, back into my life- he confessed to her through tears.
-Baby, please don´t! I would much rather you to be safe. Please think of our kids.-
-They won´t need me long, and after they have go on with their lives I will be alone. I don´t want to be alone. I won´t be able to make it, sooner or later I will try again to end my life, and if I succeed we´ll be apart forever. I need to try, if I die trying at least we will be together.-
-I told you mother, you won´t be able to convince him, he loves you too much-Locke plainly told Diane.
-Loki, please don´t. – Diane tried to convince him again.
-I´m sorry Diane, I can´t …- he tried to hold her hand again but this time his fingers went through hers.
-No, no please! I need more time – Diane pleaded as she realized her figure was fading, her time was up.
-Diane!- Loki shouted as he desperately tried to hold her again.
-Loki!- she was crying, she knew she couldn´t do anything to stop fading away –I lov…-she was gone.
-I love you too-Loki whispered tears over flooding his eyes. It took him a couple of minutes to realize Locke were still there.
-How? Why? – he asked him as soon as he noticed him.
-I´m not bound by the same rules mother is, I can come and go as I please- Locke answered him
-Are you really our child?-Loki asked him
-Well, finally we are going to talk like grownups. Yes and no.-Locke answered him
-What do you mean by that?-Loki was intrigued by his answer
-Yes, I am your son; I was conceived by you and mother. And no, higher powers meddle with my conception and keep meddling, you could say I´m Origin, Eternity and Infinity creation-
-The cosmic powers?- Loki frowned, that made no sense.
-Yes, they also has meddle with you and mum but in a lesser degree, mother’s death made them hurry up their plans-
-What do you mean? What do they want from us?-Loki still didn´t had the whole picture
-To save the universe, to stop Thanos, the usual super-hero stuff-Locke said jokingly
-I don´t think that´s funny-Loki replied
-That´s because Eternity didn´t dump the knowledge of every universe, dimension and timeline into your head like if it was a simple memo.-Locke answered angrily then added.-They meant from the start for me to take down Thanos, everything you and mum has ever experienced lead you to me, but they didn´t counted on evil forces meddling with their plan.-
-The attack was a diversion, they were after her all along-Loki suddenly realized.
-Yes, I knew you would catch up- Locke smiled delighted.
-I wouldn´t be able to save her no matter that I had been there or not-Loki said mostly to himself
– No, you wouldn´t – Locke told him –You would most likely get yourself killed too.-
Loki was overwhelmed by Locke´s explanations, why them?
-I´m not sure- Locke answered having read Loki´s mind- I think they´re hiding some facts from me, but I´ll figure it out. Now, are you sure you want to go ahead with this?
-Yes- Loki simply said to him.
-Ok, you will need some help, my brother and sister for starters-
-Wait, can´t I do this without them?- Loki didn´t wanted any harm to come to them, he wanted to keep them away from Thanos.
-No you can´t. You can try, but you will fail. At some point you will need Thor´s help too- Locke told him
-Why do you want me to risk everything I hold dear? Isn´t it enough that I had lost her? –Loki questioned Locke
-You can always forget about this if taking them along troubles you, but you have to know that if Thanos continues unchallenged at some point he will become too powerful and they will all die at his hands anyway, it´s your choice. You can risk everything now while you have a chance on success or you can live happily and care free for a while until the boot squashes the ants-
-You leave me with no choice-Loki sadly acknowledged
-Sometimes the only choice you can make is a bad one, but you have to choose anyway-Locke sadly answered him.