𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 - 𝐋𝐎𝐊𝐈 [ON HOLD]

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟖

ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀʀɪᴀɴᴛ ᴘᴛ 4

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"No. Because while we protect what came before, they're toiling away in their chamber, untangling the epilogue from its infinite branches." Mobius says serious as I nodded, "Ah, I see. So, when they're finished, what happens then?" I asked tilting my head slightly and looked at him.

"So are we. No more nexus events. Just order. And we meet in peace at the end of time." He said making Loki tilt his head at him, oh, something got his attention. "Nice, right?" Mobius whispered to us, as Loki squinted his eyes at Mobius and shook his head.

"Only order?" Loki asked him as Mobius nodded. "Mmm-hmm." I looked at Loki, "No chaos? It sounds boring." He said almost disgusted making me smile. "I'm sure it does to you." He said as I sighed, "You know you called me a scared little boy." Loki began as I cut in.

"And you also called me a lonely little girl." I said annoyed but jokingly, "I called you two a lotta things."Mobius added quickly as I nodded. "Yeah, you did." I said as he chuckled at me.

"You're wrong, though." Loki begins as I looked at him. "You see, I know something children don't." Loki said serious as I kept my gaze on him. "What's that?" Mobius asked also looking at Loki. "That no one bad is ever truly bad. And no one good is ever truly good." Loki explained making me nod.

I took a sip out of my water, "Scared little boy." Mobius said out of nowhere causing me to choke on my water. I banged my fist against my chest as Loki looked at me concerned. I began to chuckle as I got the water out of my lungs.

"Yes, it was quite patronizing. I thought it was a bit too far, actually." He said looking at Mobius whilst patting my back. "I'm fine." I swatted his hand away from me. "You're very clever." He said to Loki and got up rushing away. I scoffed, "Oh please." Whilst Loki said. "I know."

We got up and quickly walked after Mobius and we walked down the same aisle where we got the files. Mobius finally turns to an aisle, "The Variant left something behind at an old crime scene. A cathedral. A candy box. An obvious anachronism." He said pulling out a box.

"I gave it to Analysis, but they couldn't find anything real." He said was unlocking it as I glanced at Loki. "Why does that matter?" Loki said from beside me as we looked closer to the box. "'Cause now we have two variables. Apocalyptic natural disasters and... Kablooie." He said opening it and grabbing a blue wrapped item in his hand.