【Hammer Base】Until the Abyss

The sound of "Dingduo, Dingduo" came from the kitchen, and the blade was chopped on the chicken breast, and every shred of chicken was cut as if it had been measured with a straight scale.

This is exactly what Thor sees when he returns from the outside.

"Cooking?"

Hearing the familiar footsteps, Loki responded, "Yeah! The kids are coming back tonight and making something delicious."

Their lives are back to the way they were, in a sense.

It's getting colder.

It is impossible to go backwards in time, but the situation will not change much in a short period of time.In order to win the trust of Thanos and to find information about the second database, they are still dormant in Neschet.

The kids go to school as usual, Thor goes to work, and Loki plays the househusband.

Thor took off his coat and hugged his Omega from behind.

"Hiss..." Shivering from the chill all over his body, Loki turned around in the man's arms and gave him a kiss.

Thor complied with the movement and pried open his partner's lips, sucking the soft thin lips wet.

"Now I finally know why my knife skills are so good." Loki smiled lazily, leaning against Thor's arms to gesture to the shredded pork on the cutting board.

"Do so many dishes?"

"It's rare for them to come back two days a week."

But Thor's focus isn't on the ex-agent's admirable knife skills, but on why his partner said it.Seven years of life will make a man like the most cautious hunter in the jungle.

He unconsciously tightened his arms: "You are too anxious."

"... Ibeg your pardon?"

"Don't pretend, since Thanos came, your mood has become more and more bad, maybe there is also the reason why Narve was really sick for several days after that?"

Loki bit his lower lip, and this time he used more force, as if he really sliced ​​the chicken in front of him as if it were Thanos' meat.

"Sooner or later it will be resolved." He muttered.

"Since we all know that it will be resolved sooner or later, don't make yourself like this."

"How? Do you think my limpness is annoying? Or do you think I'm causing you trouble?" Loki threw the knife on the cutting board.

Thor turned the man in his arms half a circle: "You know I didn't mean that."

Damn, it's troublesome to have a husband who knows too well.

Loki sighs, he just can't help worrying.

He didn't want to leave Neschet in a hurry. In fact, he was more sober than anyone else.The world has been messed up by Thanos, and it will not be safe for the family to escape without a thorough solution to this scourge.And Thor and himself, even the children, are working hard on this.

But that doesn't mean he's not nervous or irritable.

Thor's carefulness is acquired through experience, designed to protect his family and be ready to deal with external attacks at any time. Loki's good thinking is more like a talent, he can put himself in multiple angles, observe the situation and dynamics of various forces, and then analyze the most likely situation.

The more you think, the more you worry.

He just hopes the worst doesn't happen.

"It's not going to happen," Thor said.

Loki sometimes suspects that, for seven years, the man has practiced mind reading.But seeing the other party's sincere and silly face, he felt much better again.

"Go and weed the garden!"

He sends Thor off to work the garden while he tosses spices, seasonings, and chicken into the pot one by one.The unlimited preparation of ingredients is to relieve anxiety, but seeing Alpha pushing the weeder in the garden, he sincerely wants to make the food more delicious.

When the food on the stove was steaming, Alpha stood outside the window and twisted his butt at him with a water hose.

Loki opened the window helplessly and indulgently, grabbed the other party's collar, and leaned over to give him a deep autumn kiss.

However, winter will come eventually.

When the meal was almost ready and the two of them were going to warm up before the children arrived home, Fandral's phone call came in.

Thor reluctantly pulls out his phone.

"Boss," said the voice on the other side of the encrypted phone, "you'd better check the international news now."

Thor and Loki look at each other.

Fandral's tone made them dare not delay, pretending to shift positions, the two came to the arsenal behind the laundry room.

Ten days had passed since Thanos' visit.A few days ago, they worked together to retest the bugs at home and added necessary interference. At present, most places in the home are safe, but they still have to be careful.

They quickly sat down at the long table in the armory.

Thor brought up the electronic screen, and with a wave of his hand, the whole screen stood up, and then expanded into three horizontally.He debugged for a while, and the real-world international news was quickly displayed on the screen.

"Synea News Agency reported that the radical armed group 'Strike the Fortress' has captured the capital. This is a sect that supports the idea of ​​Duke Thanos, and its actions are amazing. They announced that they will implement the new policy of Duke Thanos from tomorrow, saying their new policy Only in this way can we ultimately lead the people to happiness.”

"The latest report from the Ta Kingdom, General Shia announced that the King of the Ta Kingdom announced his abdication half a month ago, and he is currently acting as prime minister to oversee the National Assembly and the House of Representatives."

"BSB Media wrote an article today that Duke Thanos' new policy is indeed aimed at fundamentally speeding up the process of technology, solving the energy crisis, and improving efficiency and output value."

Thor and Loki's faces turned paler and paler.

At the beginning, they were still shocked by today's three reports, but soon, the two came over anyway and began to collect news in recent days.

More creepy news was unearthed -

"The success of the Syrian Armed Forces led to the widespread promotion of the 'Reformation Church' to which the 'Struggling Society' belongs in neighboring countries and regions."

"United Nations Secretary-General Ewell said that more than a dozen underdeveloped regions and some developing regions have recently raised their voices towards Duke Thanos."

There are still many cryptic news that only surfaced at the tip of the iceberg...

Thor slumped down in his chair.

"The Fortification Society and the Reformation Church are..."

"A new sect, a fanatical believer of Thanos. But it was just a low-level folk group before, and I don't know when they started. They are actually organized and have a large scale."

"General Shia?" Loki pursed his lips.

"The people of Thanos, supported by one hand. Similar to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State of Ni Vida, West Timor."

Loki immediately launched a search, and a few minutes later he said: "Nivida and West Timor have also changed recently, but it's not very obvious."

"It's all in the last ten days?"

"……Correct."

The room was silent for a while, and no one spoke.

They thought that the matter of Neschet would only ferment and explode in the city, but they didn't expect Thanos' reaction to be so violent.

"It's time." Loki spoke first.

"what?"

"I've been thinking before, how much Thanos will let you know. You were hired by him to maintain the relationship with the nine Nordic countries headed by Asgard. In addition, you mainly deal with the management of Area A and handle some arms. Trade. To put it bluntly, you've been in charge of a small area that you've been good at."

"go on."

"Thanos' division of labor is very clear, but because he gives people of the same level the same rights, when the authority is very high, it will make you misunderstand that you understand the overall situation."

Thor understands that high authority is an illusion, allowing him to speculate on Thanos only from his own point of view when he "thinks he understands".And Thanos is the one who overlooks the overall situation, letting himself know what he doesn't know is just a thought of the other party.

"The death of Ebony Maw aroused his vigilance. Narve and I worked together to deceive him and make him temporarily relieve his suspicion of you."

Thor took up the conversation: "But if he decides... the suspect is not Neschet, he will deduce that it is the hands of external resistance forces against Ebony Maw."

"Yes, and according to the preparation level of Thanos' entire plan, once he reaches this conclusion, he will definitely speed up the process of advancing hegemony, and there will be no mistakes in the efforts of more than 20 years."

Thor buried his head in his hands, pulling at the blond hair.

It's because he underestimated his opponent too much, and was too obsessed with protecting Loki and the children, so he only speculated about Thanos from his own purpose and perspective, and naturally he would be easily led by the opponent.

"Thor, maybe there is no time, let us slowly collect the information of the second database."

"Ok, I know……"

Thanos' actions disrupted all their original plans.

According to the original plan, Thor continued to work in Neschet to obtain as much information as possible from the second and third databases.But if Thanos conquered the world one step earlier, what's the use of getting more information later?

However, what to do now?

retreat?The retreat representatives were immediately exposed, announcing their betrayal to Thanos.That would be extremely dangerous, and completely lose the chance to grab information from the database.

stay? Thanos won't give up on the search for the traitor, and every extra day is an extra day of danger.What's more, if the speed of gathering intelligence cannot keep up with the pace of the other party's invasion of the world, they are tantamount to committing slow and ineffective suicide.

The power of Thanos completely turned the original layout into waste paper.

The communicator in the arsenal suddenly rang.

"Drip drip-"

The communicator is connected to the doorbell, signifying the return of the children.

Thor and Loki had to pack up and return to the villa immediately. Loki went to serve the rice and asked Thor to open the door for the children and get their coats and schoolbags.

Omega's hand holding the rice spoon trembled, and the news and changes just now made him unable to calm down for a long time.

He is not as calm as Thor, and the enemy can still deal with the family first, he restrains himself vigorously, not wanting to worry the two children later.

But at this moment, he heard Thor's anxious cry.

"Vali? What's wrong with you, Vali?!"

Loki dropped the spoon, turned and rushed out.

He runs into the living room and sees Vali in Thor's arms.The black-haired little boy was pale, his eyes were closed, and his small chest heaved rapidly. Narve grabbed Alpha's sleeve and rushed downstairs after his father, almost crying.

"what happened?"

"He suddenly fell while going upstairs!"

"Papa, Vali is not feeling well. He said he didn't want the teacher to see it. The teacher is a villain who watches over us. He feels sick on the way. Is he seriously ill?"

Loki squeezed to the stairs, and put his hands on the forehead of his youngest son, and then his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

**

"Go, go to the hospital."

"The hospital here?" Loki hesitated.

Thor understood his partner's concerns: "Don't worry, Neschet's pediatrics and obstetrics are among the best in the world, and Thanos needs his population."

Loki took a deep breath and nodded.

Ignoring the table of meals, Thor found out the children's citizenship cards, and he helped Vali put his coat back on.

During the period, the little black-haired boy woke up in a daze once, his green eyes full of shame.

"Papa, I'm sorry..."

"You've done nothing wrong, baby." Loki kissed him hard on the forehead.

They rushed to the hospital as quickly as possible.

Thor drives, Narve sits in the passenger seat, and Loki sits in the back with Vali in his arms.The whole time Narve was sprawled on the chair and turned to look at his brother, while Thor checked the father and son in the rearview mirror from time to time.

The hospital in District D is located by the sea, and the tower is extremely high. The building of more than 30 meters has only seven floors.The blue lights, glass and white walls form a strong sense of technology, and there is a kind of coldness, like a large "human maintenance factory".

It was hard for the Agent not to think so.

Due to repeated brainwashing, he has only vague memories of the seven years of Neschet's life.Even so, the sense of threat, like a tarsal maggot, is always there.

He clearly knew that there was no need for useless people in Neschet.Their organs can be sold for a good price.

"Ding", the elevator arrived at the children's department.

Loki hugs Vali tightly.

It was completely different from what he had imagined.If the downstairs is like an inferior human repair shop, the children's clinic is a paradise where you can feel at home.

There are all kinds of children's stick figures on the walls, and the nurses' costumes also have cartoon patterns.There are mini children's playgrounds and snack gas stations on both sides of the corridor.There are various slides, ocean balls and electric cars in the children's playground, and the high-lifting frame even makes the slides double-helix.There are also cola, hot chocolate and various snacks in the snack gas station, and the words: special cooking techniques will not affect the child's condition are thoughtfully posted.

Even Narve got some energy.

"Mr. Hunter, please take the child to Consulting Room 3." The enthusiastic nurse stopped them.

But she said this to Thor who was holding Narve.

Loki who was ignored hurriedly lowered his head.In a hurry to bring the child to see a doctor, he almost forgot that outside of his home, Omega was still a domesticated and inferior citizen.

Thor motioned for Narve to follow Papa, reaching out to take Vali from Loki's arms.

"I'll go back." He lowered his voice.

Feeling comforted, Omega gave him a nudge.

Not qualified to enter the consulting room, Loki can only take Narve to the amusement facility.

He carefully observed his surroundings.

Most Alphas will not condescend to accompany their children to see a doctor, and there are two main reasons to prevent Omega from entering the consultation room: one is that the brainwashed Omega is fragile and sensitive, and the hospital does not want them to cause trouble because they are worried about their children; As his property, the manipulated do not need to know how the children are educated and treated.

So even if they teach bad things, or there are illegal operations in medical treatment, they will not know.

Loki's fingertips trembled and he clenched his fist hard.

Chocolate and cakes cannot conceal the essence of human processing plants: in Neschet, people are labeled from birth and treated well as children because Thanos expects them to give more feedback when they grow up.The children are placed on the balance of interests, and the future contribution value is used as the weighing.

He couldn't help looking at the faces of the Omegas around him, tired, worried, but helpless.At this moment, they are no longer like virtual codes and walking dead.

Thor is destined to see more of this, he can't save everyone, so he can only do his best to hold Loki and the children in his arms.

Just thinking about it, Thor came out of the consulting room.

Loki stood up immediately.

"How about it?"

Thor exhaled: "Cold, gastroenteritis. I just took a film inside, and the doctor said that I have mild pneumonia and need to be hospitalized for a while."

Loki closed his eyes, blasting the random thoughts out of his mind.He went to see Alpha again, only then did he realize that Thor's eye corners had already had fine lines.

Narve sat on the electric car, which rocked the boy back and forth. Loki turned his head and gestured to him that he was fine, Narve nodded sensiblely, but there was not much smile on his face.

For a split second, Loki just wanted to kill Thanos.

However, he has no more energy to think about. Thor's work in Area A will not be relieved because of Vali's illness, and Loki must accompany Vali who is hospitalized alone.It is allowed for Omega to accompany the child in the hospital if there is no major change in the condition.

Vali didn't get better soon, it could be seen that he worked very hard, but his small body was not obedient.

Loki was lying on the edge of the bed with him, and the boy took his hand.

"Am I embarrassing you and Daddy..."

"No, baby, no."

Thanos seems to be in for more action lately, with Thor being assigned a new mission after Vali was in the hospital for a week.It happened to be the weekend, and Narve was there, and Alpha came to the hospital to bid farewell to the father and son. Narve sat on the bed with Vali, while Thor told Loki that he would come back when he went.

Loki can't forget the worry and fear in the twins' eyes after Thor left.

Children always know more than you think.

I don't know if it's the telepathy of the twins, or something else.When Vali's condition had just improved, Narve fell ill again.As is often the case when there are children of a similar age in the family, Loki is overwhelmed.

That day, the blond boy lay listlessly in his arms, his round green eyes forced open.The doctor took Narve away for examination, and the boy clutched at his clothes as if asking for help, unwilling to let go. Loki restrained himself forcefully so he didn't follow.

The diagnosis was a problem similar to Vali's, gastroenteritis and fever caused by anxiety and tension.

Loki knew clearly that it was the sequelae accumulated after Thanos' visit three weeks ago. The doctor frowned and looked at the medical chart, but Omega didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only pretend to be submissive and use Alpha at home to confuse him on a business trip.

The hospitalization of his two children consumed most of his energy.

He sleeps in a narrow companion bed, and every day at five o'clock, he would open his eyes anxiously, wait for the doctor to check the bed, then get breakfast for the children, accompany them for acupuncture and treatment, soothe the emotions of the two children, and then go to each floor to get the test Single, the same in the afternoon.

After all, children are not so strong. After being stabbed twice by a nurse, Vali cried.

Tears were shed patter, and he sobbed softly with his lips tightened.Soon, Narve started crying too, and he cried louder.Crying for a long time quickly caused a high fever, and it was easy to repeat at night, Loki didn't dare to close his eyes for two consecutive days.

In fact, even if he could sleep, he couldn't sleep well.

If the two little ghosts turned over and kicked off the quilt, he would wake up from the bed immediately.

Ten days later, Loki staggered when he went to get Narve and Vali's inspection report on the first floor.His face was cold and pale, and he stretched out his hands to support the wall. After a while, he still felt uncomfortable.The dizziness and nasal congestion like a bad cold make people feel blocked.He can't get sick anymore, he thought.

Omega clenched his fists and walked slowly back to the pediatric consultation room.

Thor is in the hospital room.

He is back.

The man had changed his clothes, covered most of the dust, and was holding a toy, talking to Narve and Vali, the toy he brought back from outside, and the two children looked very happy.

Loki's brows were slightly loosened, and he leaned against the wall at the door, watching the father and son quietly.

The distance was far away, Thor didn't notice something was wrong with him for a while, and coaxed the children again, before standing up to meet him.When not facing the children, Alpha's expression returned to seriousness, as if he had something to say to him.

Loki swallowed the physical discomfort.

"What's wrong?" he asked in a low voice.

Alpha put his arms around his waist, pretending to be gentle: "Bad news..." He hesitated for a few seconds, "Thanos has started to thoroughly investigate his property."

Loki tightens his grip on Thor's shoulder.

He looked into Alpha's eyes.

Alpha nodded.

They had previously discussed this issue: According to Thanos' vigilance, when he suspects an outside rebel attack, will he take other actions besides speeding up his rule?At that time, Loki speculated that Thanos was most likely to thoroughly investigate his own industry, focusing on the arsenal and the three databases.

The arsenal represents the ability to carry out effective military strikes, and the database represents the threat of information.

"Before, he was dealing with the remaining issues of EbonyMaw, and he went to various international conferences. I heard about it after he came back from outside. He set off to check those industries yesterday."

Loki's face pales as he sees what Thor means.

For security reasons, arsenals and databases are distributed all over the world, and even Thanos cannot directly verify them remotely.Although I bought some time, once I started the search, it was only a matter of time before I found the first database.

The death of EbonyMaw has aroused Thanos' suspicion. If the first database is found to be destroyed again, the time of "committing the crime" is too close to make it difficult for them to clear the suspicion.

So the time left for them is ten days?Or 20 days?

Omega felt like he had a needle in his throat.

He wanted to say what to do, what should you do?what about the kidswhat should we do?He wants to look sideways at his two sons, and to check Thor for any fresh injuries.

The anxiety and tension of the past few days rushed to the peak at once, and he felt a contraction in his stomach.

He shoves Thor away and rushes to the bathroom in the ward.

"vomit--"

"Loki!"

"Ugh..."

He vomited heart-rendingly, and the unstoppable urge to vomit made him vomit all his breakfast, even the bile. Thor patted him on the back, but as Loki's discomfort deepened, Alpha's face became more and more ugly, and it looked like he was about to rush out to call for a doctor.

Loki grabs him.

"Don't..." Omega's body was shaking uncontrollably due to continuous exertion, and his fingertips were blue and white.

"you all……"

Loki grips Thor's arm tightly.

Because it suddenly occurred to him that before he regained his memory, and on the afternoon he just recovered his memory, he and Thor...

TBC