【Hammer Base】Until the Abyss

"Odinson?" Loki repeated.

He dilated his pupils, showing enough horror and bewilderment.

The atmosphere in the room was tense to the limit.On one side is him and Thanos, on the other side is his husband and night than sporadic, and in the middle is their crying child.

He can't go wrong.

Thanos stared at the Omega in front of him.From those beautiful eyes, he could clearly see his own reflection, Loki's fear and surprise, but he wouldn't trust a former agent easily.

"Tell me, Loki, when did Thor come home?"

"This...morning."

"What time is it?"

"I don't remember. I'm not feeling well. I sent a text message to Thor last night, and he was at home when I woke up." Omega replied with trembling lips.

"Then do you know what business your husband is in?"

"Isn't it hardware and building materials?"

But before the complete blankness on Loki's face can be seen, Thanos turns the purple ring again.

"Ah...!" The weak Omega cried out in pain.

The ring controls the implanted chip, which connects to the nerves.Once triggered, the stimulation will spread along the nerves, and the pain will also increase with time. This kind of pain often cannot last long even the strongest fighter.

"Ah... well—"

The sick Omega went limp.At the beginning, he could still cover his left arm and lean against the wall.But it didn't take long for the pain to make him unable to support his body anymore, and painful groans kept overflowing from his mouth.He desperately wanted to grab something, or cry out in pain, but the habit made him hang his head and bear it, and the intermittent and broken moans were heart-wrenching.

"Bossplease…" Thor tried to move forward.

Thanos holds up his hand.Proxima Centauri immediately pressed the blade to Alpha's throat.

And just as Loki was moaning, Thanos bent down and pulled his black hair, forcing his cheek to lift.

He never believed in feigned surrender, what he wanted to see was anger when he was stressed.It's a pity that apart from the cold sweat on that pale face, there is still only thick fear.

"Perhaps you really don't know anything."

Thanos let out a breath and threw the Omega to the floor.

Loki gasped on the ground, the pain making the veins on the back of his hand bulge.He could hear Thor's stifled breathing and Narve's sad cry, both of which made his heart ache, but he couldn't respond to either.

He suppressed the resentment in his heart, sobbed and struggled to crawl towards the child.

This kind of "uselessness" really aroused Thanos' disgust, and Loki could feel the sight of looking at ants.

Good, that's it.

OK……

However, Thanos was more cruel than he imagined, and the tall man stepped over Loki and walked straight to Narve.

"Do you know why I came here?" He asked slowly as he walked.

Loki's heart clenched, but he had to continue: "Yes, is there something wrong with Thor's business?"

"He owes me a lot of money."

"How much? We'll pay it back!"

"You're not up yet." Under the tense gaze of Thor and Loki, Thanos crouched in front of Narve, "Narve, your father mortgaged you, Vali, and Loki to me to pay off the debt."

Loki was cold all over.Of course it's not that he believes Thanos' words, but that Thanos intends to verify Narve's reaction, or in other words: to test himself and Thor through the child.Adults can be trained, children cannot. Thanos couldn't dig out valid information from himself, so he wanted to attack a six-year-old child.

Narve, who didn't know the world, suddenly choked up.

"Papa..."

No, it will be exposed.

Before Narve could say anything else, Loki pulled himself up and pulled the child into his arms.He prepared for the worst, and while protecting Narve, completely exposed his back in front of Thanos.

Thanos didn't expect him to make this move, he missed the child's expression for a split second.

"Please don't." Without keeping his opponent waiting long, Loki looked up.

He's betting that as long as Thanos doesn't strike right away, he can turn the tide; if not, nothing will happen to Narve.

Thanos suppresses his anger.

The father and son sat on their knees on the floor, looking at him with identical green eyes.They were shivering, Loki kept patting Narve's back, and the little boy bit his lip, his big round eyes were full of fear like his father's.As if feeling his Papa's trembling, Narve put a small hand on Loki's chest.

Impeccable.

It doesn't mean he will believe them, but if this kind of stimulation has no flaws, there will be no other gains today.The good thing is that Loki and his children are unlikely to leave the city, and he still has plenty of time to explore.

Thanos does not allow betrayal.

"Thor, from tomorrow you will succeed EbonyMaw as the head of Area A," he said.

"……Yes."

"It was a test just now." When he walked to the door with his hands behind his back, Thanos said again, and this time he spoke to Omega who was limp on the ground, "Your husband did a good job, he was promoted."

"Test?" Loki's shocked expression seemed like he was really a housekeeper who was cheated by his husband, and his tone was full of hysteria. "Then why in my head just now—"

"Vali!" Narve in Loki's arms suddenly shouted.

Thanos paused: "Your brother will be home soon."

**

The door of Villa No. 496 in District D was closed.

Loki collapsed instantly.

Thor didn't care about the bloodstain on his neck, and rushed towards him.

The house is very quiet, the afternoon sun makes the floor warm, but both Thor and Loki are sweating coldly.They stood and sat, exchanging glances, not daring to speak easily.Because it's not known if there are enhanced monitors in the house, if Thanos is still parked nearby, so that he can show his opening when they relax.

The stalemate continued until Narve choked up.

"Narve." Loki whispered, leaning over and kissing the child's forehead forcefully.

He obviously only met at the weekend, but he felt that they were separated by nearly ten years.

Thor squatted down, caressing the little golden head buried in Loki's arms. Alpha's fingertips trembled, and the fear of the rest of his life made him quickly wrap the father and son on the ground into his arms. Narve was completely relying on Loki's secret guidance just now, and Thor didn't dare to think "what if".

It wasn't until being pulled into Alpha's arms and holding the child tightly that Loki regained some sense of reality.

In this city completely controlled by Thanos, life only depends on Thanos's thought.

The two thought of Vali at the same time, and Thanos said that they would bring their other son home, but when is "soon"?

Loki's body swayed a little.

"Um..."

He is so tired.

From encountering an Omega who regained his memory in the dance classroom, to accidentally breaking into Area A, and being almost noticed by EbonyMaw, to following Thor to the "Venice" Casino, setting a trap to strangle EbonyMaw, until he was interrogated by Thano who broke in just now. Always under tension.

He already had a high fever, and when he relaxed a little, he felt that he was at the end of his strength.

Thor hastened to hug him.

"Let's go back upstairs and rest."

Alpha's eyes were full of distress, and he stretched out his arms and tried to wrap Loki's waist, while the other hand was about to hug the child.

Loki hurriedly stopped him.He hasn't forgotten the wounds on Thor's shoulder and neck.After dressing Alpha briefly, the two of them took Narve upstairs together.

The atmosphere in the children's room made the family of three slightly relaxed. Thor found out the children's cold medicine with sleep-promoting ingredients, and Loki sat by the bed and told Narve a story.

Narve is very obedient.

Children who grew up in this city are very precocious, he seems to understand that Vali can't come back immediately, understands the difficulties of the two fathers, and doesn't ask anything.But the green eyes kept looking at Thor and Loki until he fell asleep in a daze after the effect of the medicine took effect.Small hands gripped Loki's clothes, and his body curled up into a ball.

Thor puts his arm around his partner's shoulders.

When Narve fell asleep, the adults quietly left the room, and when they reached the end of the corridor, Thor suddenly grabbed Loki and pinned him against the wall.

"Um--"

The pain of his back hitting the wall brought Loki back to his senses.

Thor is hugging him tight, tight.

Alpha sniffed and nudged against his neck, and his palms lingered on his back, as if confirming his existence.Everything is like a painful pantomime, with fierce beasts outside the door stalking, if one wrong step, the whole family will be dragged into the abyss.

Loki swallows and hangs onto Thor's back.

**

"Your memory?"

"I remember everything."

Loki stood in the bedroom and answered in a low voice. Thanos didn't listen to the evil in the corner, and he could still speak in a low voice here.

He retrieved all the memories before entering Neschet, and even the life of these seven years flashed in his mind.

It was a mixed feeling.

Life has been cut into two parts - the familiar ones of the past month, and the painful, intense and inseparable ones before.In the impression of more than a month, Thor is credible and trustworthy, but always covered with a sense of mystery.And when the memory lifted the veil of mystery, what he tasted the most was the man's affection.

Thor when he was released from prison, Thor who was under the cliff in West Timor, Thor who huddled together in a youth hostel, Thor who covered his lips and refused to say goodbye.

If you use intimacy to describe Yue Yujian's relationship, the current Loki is more guilty.

Contains the feeling of wanting to vomit in the chest.

It's hard for him not to recall many small details: the locator he wore on his hand when he first woke up, the glands that were repeatedly marked, it was Thor who was afraid that he would run away in the empty state, but would become his amnesiac self attacking him reason. Alpha will always remember his preferences, including dishes and programs, and the things in the house will always be placed in his convenient position.The photo of a family giggling in the corridor is a gentle reminder.

The former Thor was obviously careless.

Life has polished this man into the appearance he was most looking forward to, but now he can't bear to see the most.

He has made him an enemy countless times.

But he hugged him, kissed him, bullied him, no matter how many times Loki refused, he would keep a most respectful distance and give him the most complete sense of security.

Thor never gave up protecting himself for a moment.

The two were lying on the bed, talking in low voices.

"The word Odinson is like a key. When I hear it, all the memories come back to my mind. It feels terrible."

Thor immediately looked at him worriedly: "Is there something wrong with you now? Nausea, vomiting..."

"I'm fine, don't worry. You still haven't said, what happened to my memory?"

Thor paused: "Tell me first, the last thing you remember, and I'll explain it later."

"Okay. I remember being caught by Proxima Centauri..."

Loki began to speak.

He disapproved of Thor's plan from seven years ago, talking about following Alpha into Neschet. The last thing Loki can clearly remember is Thor's claim to Thanos that they don't know each other well, and that coming to him by himself is completely wishful thinking.

His gaze shifted to the window.The sea breeze blows into the bedroom along the window, and the light-colored gauze curtains flutter.The salty taste of the Caspian Sea in the air made Loki involuntarily recall the last "remember".He was found by Thor that day, and he didn't remember anything, but the exhausted Thor stubbornly hugged him to take a nap.

Their seven years...

"Okay, it's your turn." Omega said.

He turned sideways, only to find that Alpha was looking at him with those blue eyes, the affection and depression in the man's eyes was like a big abandoned dog.

Loki couldn't help but reach out and rub the space between his brows.

"Mr. Odinson, it turns out that I was so stupid in your heart to misunderstand that what you and Thanos said were sincere?"

Loki's unique way of soothing makes Thor's frown relax.

"After you were discovered by General Black Day, my plan almost failed." Alpha finally said, "The important thing is not the plan itself, but what it means to me to be discovered by Thanos. He wants to use you to blackmail me."

"Ah."

"It's not just as simple as being a hostage, he didn't trust me because of the Odin family's affairs. So at first, he wanted to detain you, but I persuaded him... I said I was just using you, and the two of us are feuds. "

"Does he believe it?"

"Remember Dr. Walker? In order to escape from prison, he investigated and separated us. Later, he wrote your and my origins and origins in the report to Thanos."

Loki is dumbfounded.

Thor shook his head: "Things in the world are so ironic. Dr. Walker became a bridge between JNSA and Thanos, and was cleared by Thanos because of too much exposure, but the information left behind helped us. There is information in JNSA With his corroboration, Thanos believed me."

"Use, do you still like it?"

"It can be regarded as a relationship in which the feud is played in the palm of the hand."

"It's indeed like a relationship Thanos can imagine." Loki sneered.

Thor squeezed his hand: "So he 'rewarded' you to me as a test of my loyalty, and often asked me to witness the process of brainwashing you. At the same time, in order to prevent me from making small moves, he used The key word Odinson hypnotizes you deeply."

"What's the meaning?"

"All the Omega here have 'key words'. For unimportant hostages, the key words can directly stimulate memory recovery; for important captives, the key words are more like opening Pandora's box."

"What would Odinson have reminded me of?" Loki asked, clearly one of the key captives.

"If I didn't tell you, you wouldn't remember anything. But as long as I try to reveal the truth to you, the brainwashing effect will make your memory confused. When you hear the word Odinson under the memory confusion, you will immediately believe that Odin is yours Enemy, the Odin family is a feud with you, and I was the target of one of your missions. After discovering your identity and hostility, I kidnapped you and forced you to become my Omega. You will want... to kill me."

This is an extremely vicious method. If Thor betrays, being chased and killed by his beloved will be the cruelest punishment.If Loki is not important to Thor, he will get one of the most obedient Omega.

"Why didn't Thanos succeed?"

"I've been trying to unlock your memory lock." Thor sat up, crossed his legs and turned his back to Loki, "I don't want you to live in ignorance. I have tried many times, and Sif and Fandral have always helped me, but It failed every time before."

Loki looked at Alpha, he could read the untouchable sadness in that generous back.

During the seven blank years, even though he was with Thor, he didn't remember anything.

"I thought about giving up. Every time you think of something, or a memory before you met me, or something after. But it doesn't take long for you to forget, fainting, convulsions, or even hysteria. Fortunately, your first When I recovered my memory three times, I found that the fragments that I remembered were all stored in your mind, and short-term forgetting does not mean that the effort is ineffective. As long as you proceed step by step, the puzzle of memory will be completed sooner or later."

It will be completed sooner or later, but it doesn't mean that the process is not painful, and it doesn't mean that the one who suffers will be the person with amnesia.

"How many times have I forgotten you and the kids?"

"Thirteen times."

Suddenly there was a rustling sound in the room, Omega sat up, and hugged Alpha's shoulder tightly from behind.

"So this time I remembered enough, and when I was stimulated again, the real memory would come back?"

"I think so."

"What a big gamble." After a long time, Omega said sullenly.

Alpha's answer was to grab his hand firmly.

"After failing to awaken your memory, you will always return to two states. One is to become an Omega who completely obeys me according to Thanos' suggestion, thinking that you were born here, marrying me immediately after division, and wanting to have more children for me. The second is like more than a month ago, I don’t remember anything, I only have a vague impression of what happened before I met me, and I regard me as an imaginary enemy.”

"Then if I treat you as an imaginary enemy, I'll try to kill you. Once Thanos wakes me up with the key word Odinson..." Loki asked suddenly.

Alpha was silent for a moment: "I will be hunted down to the ends of the earth by you."

"you……"

"It's an honor to live with you, to have you as my Omega. But Loki, that's not you."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"In the past, I always wanted to have a peaceful life. You don't have to worry about the hatred of each other's life experience. You can also live easily and have an ordinary and comfortable life. But if these are all based on falsehood, based on you are no longer you. Come on, I'd rather you kill me."

"Thor..."

"Everything you went through today is because of me and the Odin family, I..."

"Thor!" Loki didn't want to hear that.

However, before he could stop him further, the doorbell rang suddenly.

"Ding dong, ding dong!"

The crisp doorbell was like tearing a ray of light in the gloomy villa, Thor and Loki looked at each other, and rushed downstairs at the same time.

Parents' sixth sense for their children is always the most accurate. When Loki opened the door, Vali was standing outside with his schoolbag on his back.

The six-year-old black-haired boy's clothes were stained with grass clippings, and he looked aggrieved but in good spirits.

Loki pulled the baby into his arms.

He hugged him so tightly that Vali's childish voice broke.

"Daddy, Papa, during the lunch break, the teacher suddenly punished me for detention, saying that yesterday's homework was done incorrectly. I have been detained until now, and the teacher sent me back just now."

After that, he turned and pointed to a car parked not far away, the driver rolled down the window and greeted Thor and Loki from afar.

The adults didn't expose the teacher's lies. They only knew that if they made a mistake today, the gun would be on the back of the boy's head.

The door of Villa No. 496 in District D was closed again, and after being appeased, Vali rushed upstairs to find his brother.

Loki stands next to Thor in the living room.

Alpha trembled imperceptibly.

"It's not all good, Odinson." Loki called the surname suddenly, "I love two little troublemakers."

"Ah."

Omega turned around and grabbed his collar: "It's not that there are no good things."

He used a lot of strength, like being angry, resentful, and more comforting.He pushed Alpha hard until he pushed the children's other father onto the couch.

Then he repeated again: "Thor Odinson, these years have not been without good things."

Thor suddenly understood what he meant, and rolled out a whimper like a wounded beast from his throat, grabbed Loki's waist, and kissed him fiercely.

TBC

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This is an update from the lighthouse on Great Ocean Road in Melbourne. Sitting on the beach to finish the last touch, I think Thor and Loki are like the lighthouses in each other's hearts, right?

There is another cliff that looks like Chapter 28 (poke)

I didn't write my feelings very clearly, because I want readers to experience the feeling of unspeakable and stuffed in their chests.

Like the raging waves, it is their lingering love.