C•O•N•S•E•Q•U•E•N•C•E•S [ LOKIUS ]

The Lies You Tell Yourself

Mobius was pissed.

He had a right to be. The man that he loved abandoned him to go follow some mysterious girl that was basically him, just a woman.

He glanced at Loki, who was currently being dragged by two hunters.

"This is insulting. I should have the same amount of security as her!" Loki yelled.

Mobius shook his head. He was still furious at Loki, but he couldn't help to love his stupid personality and the words that came out of his stupid mouth.

He and Loki were left in the same room they had talked in when Loki arrived at the TVA. It had brought back a very special memory of Mobius'.. the moment he fell for Loki.

The two sat at the small table and stared at each other, both clearly pissed, until Mobius sighed and leaned back in his chair.

"Say it."

"What?"

"I know you've got something to say, so say it. I'll listen," said a tired Mobius.

"I've got nothing to say to you."

"Oh come on! After you betrayed me back there, you have nothing to say?" Mobius shot back.

"Oh grow up!" Shouted Loki.

"You grow up!" He yelled. "You have got to stop bringing people into your life just to get rid of them later," Mobius laughed.

"I wasn't getting rid of you-"

"Well it sure as hell felt like it!"

Loki avoided eye contact for a few seconds while Mobius rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"What we're you and the variant doing in Lamentis?" He changed the subject.

"And why would I tell you?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because "you aren't getting rid of me" so just maybe, you would say something. I thought we were friends- I thought we at least had some sort of understanding-"

"We do! We are friends!" Loki said.

"Really? Because I don't recall any of my friends abandoning me in a supermarket."

Loki sighed, still avoiding eye contact.

"Look Mobius, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that and I deeply regret leaving you. But if I didn't go with Sylvie-"

"Sylvie?" Mobius questioned

"Yes, " the variant"  prefers to go by Sylvie. Now let me finish," said an irritated Loki.

"Yes, sorry, go on."

"If I didn't follow Sylvie, I wouldn't have gained knowledge about the TVA, that you won't believe if I told you."

"Ah, so what is this piece of knowledge about the TVA?" Mobius said, unamused.

Loki sighed, "The TVA is lying to y-"

"Alright, I think I've heard enough out of you.." Mobius grabbed a TemPad from his suit pocket, and made a portal outlined in red beside them.

"What's that to?"

"Oh, you'll see once you get it there. I'll let you "marinate" in it for a while. Maybe it'll knock some sense into you," Mobius replied.

"Mobius, you don't understand-"

"No, no I think I do-"

"YOU'RE ALL VARIANTS!" Loki yelled

Mobius lifted his eyebrow in confusion.

"Everyone here at the TVA. You all had a life on the "Sacred Timeline." The TVA stole you from your lives just to work here."

The silence between the two was almost unbearable after Loki had spoke.

"Wow.." Mobius started, "You really got me for a second. Hey guys? Come take him," He told the guards outside the doors.

"Wait- Mobius wait!" Loki said as the two guards grabbed ahold of his arms.

"Oh, let him say one last thing," Mobius rolled
his eyes.

"You should really stop lying to yourself," Loki smirked, "You and I both know what I said was true."

Mobius paused for a second, refusing to let his emotions through; before pointing his finger at the portal.

Loki took one last look at Mobius, and shook his head before he was thrown into the portal to whatever or who ever was waiting for him.

•. •. •.

Mobius found himself curious over what Loki had said about everyone being variants.. so he stole Renslayer's TemPad to know the truth; like any other person would do.

And he couldn't believe what he saw. Renslayer was not the person he thought she was.

Loki was right.

Of course I should have listened to him.

Though, to be fair, Loki never had a strong relationship with truth, or trust.

He was going to get Loki, and take down the TVA. For good.