3rd person p.o.v

(Blood, gruesome medical stuff warning)

"This will be a time skip to a few months when my fights with Nebula started," Illusion-Loki informed the group as he paused the video, the group nodded and turned their attention back to the screen, which Illusion-Loki had resumed. Loki was in the same cell as before, but with significantly more scars on his bare chest. Some of the avengers gasped at the state of the Asgardian, while Thor looked murderous.

Loki groaned as he opened his eyes, he felt like his head had been hit with Mjolnir repeatedly. (because once again, it's Jonathan) He felt the cool metal against his wrists, cuffs. great isn't this just amazing. He thought furiously as he pulled against the cuffs, but to, once again, no avail. "I see you're awake, runt," A voice said from his left. (on your left reference? maybe? Maybe not?) He glared at the silhouette before bellowing; "You pathetic worm, let me go, or I swear to the Norns, you will regret this!" (Hehe, Loki episode 4 reference?"

The figure stepped into the light, she was blue, like the other blue woman from before, but different. She was bald, but the most striking thing was her face, which had metal parts all over in different shades of blue and silver. "What happened to her?" Steve asked horrified, Illusion-Loki replied; "She was in the same situation as I was with her, she had to fight her sister, and every time she lost, she would get a part of herself replaced with machinery." Steve paled at the news. The blue woman clutched 2 batons in her hand that crackled with electricity. "Oh, I'm terrified." She said sarcastically as she approached him. Loki closed his eyes in anticipation of a whip, or pain, or something awful, but nothing came except the clicking of metal.

He opened his eyes and looked at the blue woman, who had begun removing the cuffs on his wrists and ankles. "What are you doing?" He rasped out at the cyborg, who replied in a robotic voice; "My father has ordered that we battle each other, the one who loses shall have pieces of their flesh replaced with machinery." Loki blanched at the news but didn't struggle when she removed the cuffs, causing him to crumple to the floor, seeing as he wasn't used to standing that much since he was cuffed to a wall all the time. The blue woman walked past him, to the door, after a few seconds she turned to him and ordered; "Stand up, runt."

After a few moments, Loki was on his feet, be it rather painfully and swaying slightly, but on his feet nonetheless. The cyborg did a hand motion that clearly said *follow me, and don't step out of line or I will kill you*. Loki stepped out behind her and started following her out the door. He looked at the dark hallway with almost child-like attentiveness, it had been a while since he'd left his cell. She dragged him to a door, smaller than the throne room door that he saw before, but still huge compared to a regular door, miniature compared to the pillars Asgard. His thoughts drifted to Asgard and memories of the gardens, training courts, small pranks he and Thor would play on people, who used to laugh instead of a scowl.

He must have smiled since Nebula turned to look and him and spoke up; "Wherever you think you are, that's a memory, that's it. There's no going back there, so don't think you can go back, there's no escape from here." Loki turned to look at the cyborg and glared at her. Nebula grabbed the door handles and pulled them apart, revealing a large circular room, with a roaring crowd of chitauri in the stands. A large balcony was on top, with a now-familiar space grape sitting on a throne. Loki stared at the chitauri, wondering what in the 9 realms was he doing, maybe he entered the wrong room. He turned to look at the cyborg, who was walking beside him, her face impassive as she walked parallel to him.

he whispered to her under his breath; "What are we doing here, wouldn't we fight each other in a separate arena?" She replied; "Usually for the first few fights, father likes to watch them, he usually brings together a group of chitauri, but never this big." Nebula stopped moving abruptly and kneeled in front of Thanos, but Loki remained standing. 2 Chitauri guards started approaching the Asgardian, but Thanos waved his hand and the chitauri stepped back, Loki heard him say something to Maw; "If we make him kneel now, we will lose the satisfaction of watching him do it willingly." Those words sent shivers down Loki's spine, but he stayed standing.

"He sounds like he's talking about finishing reading a good book, this dude is insane!" Clint shrieked, while Natasha tried to calm him down. When everyone had settled back into their seats, Illusion-Loki resumed the video. "Bring them their weapons!" Thanos boomed to the 2 chitauri guards, who scrambled to follow their master's order. They came back a few seconds later with 2 daggers, seeing as Nebula already had her batons, she didn't need a weapon. "Take your stances," Thanos ordered, Nebula and Loki walked away from each other and got into fighting stances, facing each other.

Maw stepped out of the shadows and spoke up. "3, 2,1 begin!" The 2 opponents rushed to each other, Loki grabbed his daggers and swung them at Nebula, who ducked and hit him in the chest, shocking him with her baton. He gasped and stepped back, and Nebula swung again, this time punching his face. He composed himself and caught her fist before it could collide with his face again. He grabbed her arm and pulled it behind her back, he could hear the deafening shrieks of excitement from the chitauri in the stands.

Nebula grabbed his arm and swung him over her back, making him land on the floor. Hard. He gasped as he hit the floor, Nebula grabbed one of his daggers and brought her baton to it, electrifying the metal. She grinned and brought the now-electrified metal to his face and quickly cut him across the chest, blood oozed sluggishly from the wound and she saw him close his eyes tightly. She spoke up as she gazed at him start convulsing, blood slowly seeping from his mouth. "Do you yield, runt?"

Through the blood oozing from his mouth, he's managed a feeble, yet audible reply; "N- no." She tilted her head slightly before replying; "Suit yourself." She slashed him again across the chest. The cheer of the chitauri intensified until he could barely hear, but she was able to make out the voice of her father through all the commotion. "Nebula, that is enough, it's time for his punishment." She stepped back, wiping the now-bloody knife with a piece of cloth one of the Chitauri gave her.

Thanos stepped up and ordered some chitauri guards to follow him, he treaded leisurely to the Asgardian, who was still choking and writhing on the floor in a pool of blood, which was slowly growing larger with every passing second. Eventually, he made it to the Asgardian and leaned down to look at the Asgardian, who was staring at the Titan with a defiant glare. The Titan smiled slightly and knelt in front of the suffocating Asgardian. "You have lost runt, I will take great pleasure in watching your suffering."

Thanos stood up, and motioned with his finger. 2 chitauri soldiers stepped forward and pulled the Asgardian to his feet and dragged him out of the room, a trail of blood following the group to the door. The chitauri shoved the door open and dragged the Asgardian, who had become unconscious due to blood loss, down several hallways before stopping at a door. Maw stepped up and clicked a few buttons on the keypad, and the door slid open, like a beast opening its jaws. Thanos watched intently as the chitauri laid the Asgardian in the blue force field, suspending him in the air.

The mad titan turned to Maw, and ordered; "Wake him up." Maw nodded and waved his hand in the air, in a second the Asgardian stirred and opened his eyes, looking around the room. "I'm glad you're not dead, runt," Thanos spoke up, Loki's looked up immediately to stare at the Titan. "Where am I?" he said, his voice felt like sandpaper, to his surprise, Thanos answered his question; "You, runt are here to have the same fate as Nebula." Loki looked, if possible, ashen-faced at the news, he struggled in the blue forcefield, but he just waved his arm and legs aimlessly.

"Don't bother yourself, runt, there is no way of escape from this," Maw said as he lifted a finger, and the Asgardian stopped thrashing. Thanos stepped back and watched the scene with an entertained grin on his face, Maw then turned to Thanos; "Should we start with a standard procedure?" "Yes," Thanos confirmed and started back at the Asgardian, who was still frozen in place. "Also, remove your telekinesis, I would like to see his agony." Maw lowered his finger, and Loki relaxed and flexed his fingers a few times.

"Should we begin?" Maw asked, Thanos, replied; "yes, we shall, you," Thanos said, pointing at one of the Chitauri standing by the control panel, who shakily walked forward. "Yes, master?" He said, trembling slightly. "Begin the operation," Thanos replied as he walked to the wall, and leaned against it, watching the Asgardian with a devilish grin. "Yes, Master." The chitauri replied as he left the room.

He came back a few moments later with several pieces of equipment in a box, Loki's eyes widened as he looked at the contents of the box, he turned to the Titan and screeched; "What are you going to do to me, space grape?!" Maw looked murderous and lifted a finger, he telepathically lifted a cord and wrapped it around Loki's neck, The avengers gasped and tried taking deep breaths, but it didn't work, Illusion-Loki spoke up; "Don't worry, this will only last for a few more seconds."

"My lord, I suggest we get rid of him now before his vile words insult your grandeur again." Thanos only smirked at the insult and replied; "That is of no need, Maw. He will learn his lesson soon." Maw sighed and lowered his finger, Loki gasped and coughed for a few seconds, spitting blood on the floor before looking at Maw. "Begin," Thanos ordered, the Chitauri sprang into action, one of them grabbed a knife and cleaned it with a piece of cloth briefly before putting it with the other instruments on the tray.

The other Chitauri grabbed the small knife and brought it millimetres close to the back of Loki's head. He quickly made an incision, around a few centimetres long, the other Chitauri was constructing something out of metal, that looked like a minuscule metallic box with wires sticking out. The Chitauri cut a hole at the base of Loki's skull, which was sluggishly oozing blood, Loki was thrashing and screaming in the force field, but to no avail.

After a few minutes, the chitauri had cut out a large portion of Loki's flesh, down the skull. The other chitauri had finished building the metal contraption and was approaching the Asgardian. Thanos watched the scene with a smirk on his face as he watched the Asgardian struggle. The chitauri stepped back to the tray of medical instruments and picked out what looked like a mini screwdriver with a button on the handle. The chitauri clicked the button and the apparatus whirred to life, the tip of the screwdriver spinning dangerously fast.

*time skip to after cuz I don't wanna write skulls and bones getting broken and stuff*

The chitauri finished cutting the bone, which he grabbed out with a rusty pair of tweezers. The other chitauri approached with the metal contraption, he connected the wires to veins and arteries, the machine clicked quietly when they connected. Loki was still thrashing in the force field, although much more weakly. After they finished, the chitauri grabbed the metal box and shoved it inside of his head, so it fits directly in place with his skull. Loki gasped in shut his eyes as the metal slowly hummed to life.

"Should we test it out?" The chitauri asked the other 2 in the room, Thanos nodded, but Maw spoke up; "The memory access will be useless until we add the projector, until then we can only see his memory files, but not visualize them." Thanos nodded and waved at the chitauri, who made their way to the keypad. Loki looked fearfully at the Titan, who was looking at him with a hint of joy in his eyes. The chitauri clicked a few buttons before returning to the Asgardian.

He pulled put a cord that was hanging from the ceiling, well more like a chain with a small device sticking out. The Chitauri grabbed the chain, and position the device precariously in the slot, before shoving it roughly. He inhaled sharply, but a small whimper still escape his lips; "Are you enjoying  yourself?" Maw sneered as he stared at the helpless Asgardian.

Loki didn't reply. Maw a hideous scowl appeared on his face. "Well, you will learn eventually." The Chitauri paused, then came closer, Loki could smell its abhorrent breath. "If you don't join us, join him. You will have certain. . . unpleasant consequences." "Too bad for you, I'll never join your sick master and your psychotic little club, you heinous fool." Loki hissed back. Maw stared at him for a moment, his expression even-tempered, before replying nonchalantly; "Very well Jotun runt. Suit yourself," He then grabbed the cord and shoved it further in his head, this time he couldn't hold back a scream, a real scream.

He saw Maw smile from the corner of his vision, he then spoke up; "So it begins." He raised a finger, then everything went black. 

Reposted this cuz the ending was randomly deleted.

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