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Chapter 16- The Convergence

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(Y/n) woke up on what she assumed was Malekith's ship. Two guards stood on either side of her barred cell. They underestimated her if they thought two would be enough. She reached for the bars, jerking back when jolts of electric pain spread up her arm.

"Your precious Earth will be destroyed first, and you will watch as it is," Malekith approached her cage.

"Now?"

"No," (Y/n) answered both statements.

Malekith smirked, "There is nothing you can do to stop me. Your power is now mine. You have nothing. You are nothing."

"The Aether will never truly be loyal to you," (Y/n) growled, "Even if you kill me you don't have a true claim to its power."

"Kill you? Now why would I do that?" Malekith asked before turning away and leaving her with her two guards.

"Son of a..." (Y/n) trailed off, realizing how many curses she had picked up from Tony based on their time together on Earth.

She ran to the nearly nonexistent window in her cell, going on her tiptoes to see outside. Earth, she recognized the buildings and clothing. Oh Gods, this couldn't be happening.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait," (Y/n) looked at the bars of her cell and at herself. No sword, she had never summoned it. What had Loki always taught her? "A dagger is more useful."

She reached down and pulled a dagger from her boot, grinning victoriously. She walked to the front of her cell, reaching her arm through the bars, being careful not to touch them. Adjusting her grip on her dagger she stabbed one of the guards in the shoulder, dragging him against the bars of the cell.

"Go ahead," she growled at the other guard, "Shoot."

She grabbed the key from the guards belt she was holding against the cell. She took out the dagger from the first guards shoulder, throwing it at the other one. When both of them were down she unlocked her cell, exiting easily.

(Y/n) took the form of a Dark Elf, easily running through the halls of the ship without interruption from any of the other Dark Elves. She ran down the ramp leading to the ground, returning to her normal form and joining the fight that would determine the fate of the Nine Realms.

"Thor!" (Y/n) yelled, drawing the Asgardians attention to her, "What's the plan?"

"Jane will control anomalies, but the people-"

"Stay close," (Y/n) somersaulted away from an attack from the Aether, "I need to take the Aether after the Convergence, or Malekith might still be able to control some of it. If he can still control even a small amount, at least a planet will be destroyed. It was never the plan to have him receive the Aether so we must 'wing it'. If you can get good hits on him, weaken him, it might help draw the Aether out."

(Y/n) ran into the nearest building she saw people in, "Go into the basements, the nearest safe place with no windows!"

(Y/n) raised her hand and created a shield as the glass on the windows broke. The people did as she said, running away from the windows to what she presumed was a safe place. Now she had to clear the streets.

As she ran to the street she searched for Loki. Where had he gone off to? Perhaps he was assisting Jane and the others take out the soldiers and control the anomalies, or was hiding away to take Malekith by surprise.

All (Y/n) knew, was that after this, with Loki free, she would take him somewhere safe in a different realm. They could be married in secret. Live a life together, the one she had always wanted.

"(Y/n)!" Darcy yelled, running to her, "What's up?"

"Well besides the fact that the power I worked for my entire life was stolen by someone who wishes to destroy the Nine Realms with it, not much."

"Oh that's great, look out!"

(Y/n) ducked down and swept out her foot, tripping the dark elf. She raised her hand and within a second her sword had appeared. She stabbed it into the soldier's stomach.

"Have you seen Loki?" She asked.

"Why would I want to see Loki?" Darcy questioned.

"Well he kind of saved all of us on the Dark World, and got us out of Asgard before we could be killed for trea-"

A portal opened in front of (Y/n) sucking her out of Earth and into a different realm.

"(Y/n)?"

"Odin, greetings," (Y/n) said awkwardly, she spotted another portal and ran to it, jumping through before more could be said.

"Jane!" (Y/n) ran to the pair, "Have either of you seen Loki, he must be around here somewhere."

"(Y/n), on the Dark World, Loki-"

"Duck!" (Y/n) screamed, the two ducked down. (Y/n) grabbed the black hole grenade, throwing it into the nearest portal. "How long before the convergence ends?"

"Five minutes. (Y/n), Loki-"

"I'm sure he's around here somewhere, be safe you two." (Y/n) ordered, running off before either could say anything more.

(Y/n) ran out to the main area, becoming confused when she saw no sign of Thor and Malekith. They must have been sucked into a portal.

"Darcy?"

"Ian!"

"Jane!"

"Selvig!"

"(Y/n)!"

"Mew mew!"

"What is going on here?" (Y/n) asked, "You're all alive right?"

"Yeah, where's Thor? The Convergence is almost over, two minutes."

"He got sucked through a portal to who knows where."

(Y/n) looked past the columns, cursing when she saw Malekith beginning the end. Why did everything have to go so wrong? Where was Loki? Where was Thor? What was she going to do?

(Y/n) ran out to the field, watching in horror when she saw the Aether beginning to travel to the other worlds. He had to be weakened at the very least, that might give a big enough distraction for her to be able to draw the Aether out.

(Y/n) spotted Thor's cape on the other side of one of the buildings. Erik and Jane followed her as she ran over to him.

"We're too late," Jane sighed.

"Those things, can they stop him?" Thor motioned to the equipment Erik was holding.

"Not from here."

"We can't get close enough."

"I can," Thor grabbed the equipment, "(Y/n) the Aether has expanded, can you handle that much darkness?"

"The soul of it is in Malekith, that is what I need to aim for, the rest should follow. Be careful," (Y/n) warned as Thor ran to the Aether.

She walked towards it, squinting to see what was happening past the red mist that was enveloping the area. She watched as Thor threw the first stick.

"Go!" She ordered Jane, making sure she was safe somewhere else before turning back to the red mist, "Soon Aether, wait for my signal."

Thor threw the next stick, then the last one. When Thor threw the last one the Aether caught it and threw it from the cloud, throwing Thor out as well.

"Now!" (Y/n) screamed, the Aether left Malekith, coming straight for her.

(Y/n) held out her hand, stopping the Aether before it could reach her. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, ignoring the fighting around her. She waved her hand a few times, it seemed as though the darkness left, and the Aether became a brighter red, specks of dark red floating separate from it. (Y/n) held out her necklace. The Aether colored specks went into the necklace.

The rest of the stone slowly floated towards (Y/n). She held out her hand. The liquid landed on her palm, briefly turning back into its original stone form, before it sunk into and under her skin, becoming a part of (Y/n) herself.

"Impossible," Malekith fell to the ground near her. The Aether split up, the majority dissipating now that (Y/n) held the power. But Malekith was holding on to what he could, even in his weak state.

"(Y/n)," Thor called, knowing the only way they could defeat Malekith was if she was angered to the point she lost herself, it was the only way they could get enough power to end this, "Loki died on the Dark World, Malekith had him killed!"

(Y/n) froze. She turned to Malekith. All of the color drained from her body as her face turned angry. It wasn't as if she had seen a ghost, it was like she was a ghost. The markings on her face disappeared, her eyes turned bright red, her clothing changed. She became the original owner of the power, the first Reality Stone.

(Y/n) screamed, a broken, heart wrenching scream that made even Thor tremble. The remaining Aether was ripped from Malekith's body harshly, disappearing in the air. (Y/n) screamed again and it was as though Malekith just turned to dust and blew away, he was gone, dead. With one, final, scream, the ship, and all remaining soldiers, were either killed, or sent through a final portal to the Dark World, never to be seen or heard again.

(Y/n) fell to the ground, her appearance becoming normal as she regained control of herself and her power. Her entire body was shaking and tears were streaming down her face.

"Forgive the circumstances, Lady (Y/n)," Thor pulled her in for a hug, "I am sorry."

"Thor," (Y/n) said seriously, "I can never lose control like that again. What it could do..."

"Rest assured, you have trained to handle the power, and you will."

(Y/n) took her engagement ring off of her finger, gripping it tightly in her hand, knowing she would never have the chance to truly wear it with her wedding ring.

"Control is all I can work for, no family is in my future," (Y/n) whispered.

Thor stayed silent, knowing what she said was true. A love like hers and Loki's, came once in an Asgardians life time. And it seemed, on a rare occasion, it was more temporary than that of mortals.