【Hammer Base】Until the Abyss

"The instrument of unknown purpose is making a "drip, beep" sound.This is a room full of modern medical equipment, with a silver-blue metallic luster, and there is another one-way glass facing the corridor in the room.

Thor gestured to Sif, took a deep breath, and walked into the room.

The sound of leather shoes hitting the ground woke up the black-haired man lying on the bed.

Thor took a deep breath, and after fully preparing himself, he patted the pillow next to the man's ear with his hand.The pillow with detection function burst out some blue-green data streams under the slap.

"Loki? Look here, yes, look here."

The thin man who just woke up from a deep coma was very weak, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and his emerald eyes blinked lightly in confusion.He still hears his name called though, and after a while, he slowly shifts his gaze to Thor's face.

Thor resists any urge to speak softly to the other.His time is limited, and he must use the shortest and most direct language to hit the point.

"Listen, Loki. I am Thor Odinson, your Alpha."

The sudden news made the black-haired man's muscles tense instantly, but because his strength was weakened by the medicine, he had no strength to resist, so he could only lie on the bed and look at Thor warily.

A flash of pain flashed in Thor's eyes, but he quickly suppressed the pain.

"The year is 2036, and five full years have passed since the time you remember."

The heart rate detector made a barely regular bouncing sound in the ward, and the sound of "beep-beep-" was like some untimely accompaniment in the ward. Thor carefully observed Loki's expression, and didn't continue until he was sure that what he just said didn't cause too much impact on the other party.

"I know I'm your enemy in your heart, but that doesn't matter anymore because it's not the reality at hand."

Loki's lips parted slightly, but he didn't say anything right away, he was like an underpowered machine, already doing his best to process the information that had changed dramatically in front of him.

"Why should I trust you?"

"Because you have no choice, you just need to remember these things I told you. The situation is urgent, you and I are trapped together in a city, I am a little freer than you, but also very limited, and I need you Only with our help can we escape from here together.”

Of course Loki doesn't trust the man in front of him, everything seems so ridiculous.

He still remembered that he had received a mission from JNSA before and was about to set off.The person in front of him is Thor Odinson, the future heir of Asgard's notorious arms dealer family.Although he is not the main target of this mission, it does not mean that he is not in a hostile relationship with him.So for him, he couldn't believe a word of Thor's words.It's just that he doesn't believe Thor's words, and Loki has no way to deduce why he suddenly appeared in this ward at the moment.

Sif's helpless voice came into Thor's headset: "Boss, he doesn't trust you."

Thor tapped the headset twice to indicate that he would keep trying.

"I'm sorry for causing the current situation, but you are missing part of your memory, and I will do my best to help you restore it. But please trust me, I am not your enemy, Loki, the reason why I don't explain is because the situation is complicated .”

"Where's the answer—hmm!"

Loki's words were interrupted by a sudden pain.Originally an agent, his excellent mental quality and physical ability allow him to face all kinds of emergencies, but...emergencies may not include drilling holes in his head.

"Ahh!"

Loki grunted and clenched Thor's palm backhand, so hard that even the muscles of his forearm trembled faintly.It was as if the pain in his head had been disturbed, spreading along the frontal lobe to his cervical spine, and the severe pain radiating from the cervical spine to his whole body made the skinny agent's body tremble violently.He can feel that he can't think, can't touch any memory about the past, once he pursues it, it will be difficult to maintain his current sobriety.

"What the hell did you... do to me?!!"

The pain caused those emerald green eyes to be infiltrated with uncontrollable physiological moisture, and he began to struggle violently, at this moment Loki was like a wounded cheetah.

"Boss, all indicators are increasing."

Thor's face turns pale.

Loki forcibly got rid of the hospital bed, and the instruments in the room suddenly made a dangerous "beep beep beep" hiss.The stubborn agent struggled and fell down, the drip needle detached from the forearm made the skin ooze blood.The sting sharpened his awareness, and Loki saw himself crumbling through the one-way glass.

But what ward needs one-way glass?No, this is simply a laboratory, or where the prisoners are held!This cognition instantly collapsed the already precarious trust.

He tried to attack Thor.

He had to escape here, the blue and white room mixed with modern equipment made him feel like some kind of experimental guinea pig.The realization made Loki's stomach churn, and he nearly stooped to retch.The blue hospital gown wrapped his thin body, and the movement of bending over made the protruding spine bend into a heart-wrenching arc.

However, Thor couldn't stop the decline from spreading.

Before he could say another word, the black-haired man suddenly fell limp in his arms.

They failed again. 』

It was 04:30 in the middle of the night when Thor sat up in bed.He couldn't sleep, and the memory of the past and the stress of the day made it increasingly difficult for him to sleep.Just now he was in a daze remembering some past events, the blond man buried his cheeks in his palms, and let out a suppressed sob like a lion king licking his wound.

But he didn't allow himself to be vulnerable for too long. Thor quickly restrained his emotions and turned to look at his sleeping partner on the other side of the bed.

With the twilight of the morning sun, the black-haired Omega looked extraordinarily beautiful.Although he is no longer as extreme and delicate as when he was in his early twenties, the years have carved him into a more mature and beautiful one.

Thor took the hand that exposed Loki out of the quilt, and gently retracted it into the quilt.

He still remembered their kiss last night, a deep kiss, intertwined breaths, teasing each other's tongue and lips, allowing each other to continue to explore deeply.But this time Loki didn't collapse, nor did he easily draw his sword at him because of his memory confusion.Even though he still doesn't have himself in his memory, Thor is overjoyed.

He didn't want to wake his partner up, and finally just rubbed his hand lightly on Loki's shoulder before letting go.

The man got up and tiptoedly took out a cigarette from the desk drawer.He needs to calm down, and Thor pulls open the door to the balcony, intending to go there and think about what's next.

The opening and closing of the balcony door brought in the cool morning breeze, and the curtains were lifted and fluttered.

So Thor didn't notice that when the balcony door closed again, the "sleeping" Omega on the bed opened his eyes.

**

Loki really doesn't remember anything.

His memory is like a broken hourglass, the grains and fine sand are scattered all over the place, mixed with each other, completely confused.He looked through the glass window complicatedly, looking at the back of the man who was somewhat blurred by the half-covered gauze curtain, unable to tell what kind of mood he was in at the moment.And if you have to say it, his current relatively organized and clear memory is only more than ten years ago.

The clearest of these is probably his first murder.

There is no so-called agent's honor, fear, or thrilling joy after completing the mission, but more pain and emptiness around him.Because before he became an agent, he was a serious murderer——

"

"next."

The 16-year-old boy dragged his heavy shackles and walked slowly to the camera.The original beautiful green eyes lost focus due to hollowness, but simply obeyed the instruction to face the camera, then turned sideways, and let the jailer leave two photos.

He killed people, right in downtown Canterlot.Because the plot was too bad and related to state secrets, he was sentenced to death soon. The most ridiculous thing is that he had not yet differentiated at that time.

After the photo was taken and kept on file, all his personal belongings were confiscated. Loki stares silently as a tall Beta guard puts his watch (the one his father left him) into a Ziploc bag, thinking he'll probably never see it again.Of course, the things belonging to the condemned prisoners will not be returned to their own hands, and more will be taken by the police to sell them soon after.

But he is not very so-called.

The Beta prison guard seemed to notice Loki's gaze, raised his baton and mercilessly stabbed the young man on the shoulder.Shoving Loki back half a step.

"What are you looking at! Grab your quilt and enjoy the last month!"

His execution date was set for one month later.

Loki looked up, in fact he suddenly felt amused, why did the police gentlemen save him in the streets of Canterlot when the sentence was going to be death?

When being pressed to walk towards the cell, Loki faintly heard the voices of discussion coming from behind him.

"See... that's the murderer."

"So young? I heard that the one he killed was a good father, and he was stabbed several times on the street."

"Don't provoke him, who knows what he will do."

The prison guards who escorted him followed one another, and the prison guards walking in front opened one corridor door after another.Every door in the corridor is like a beast's mouth in the depths of hell, attracting him step by step into the abyss. Of course Loki is afraid of death, but he doesn't care about the status quo.Because if he was given another chance to choose, he would still do what he did then——

three months ago.

Loki was standing behind the bar of the coffee shop by the Canterlot Garden Plaza, preparing a sandwich in his hand.Out of the corner of his eye, he kept glancing at a man sitting near the wall hanging a picture. The man was about 35 years old, muscular, tall, with a dark complexion. His name was Sam Thompson. He was a professional killer and also a murderer. The real murderer of Loki's adoptive father.

But no one will do Laufey justice.His adoptive father was a policeman. Before his death, he was involved in a corruption and malfeasance case. He was suspended at home due to corruption. Everyone thought that Laufey hanged on an electric fan and committed suicide.

Only Loki knew that Laufey couldn't have done that.Either corruption or suicide.

Although his adoptive father is a rough bachelor who can't bring up children, but in essence, he is definitely a good person who loves life. Laufey is the kind who will boil all the creamy mushroom soup. When he is tired, he even needs the young Loki to step on the chair and cook for him. He will give Loki as much pocket money as possible to let him buy what he likes. Books, the guy who took Loki to the countryside for fishing and picnics in his spare time, and did his best to send him to the best school.

Adopting a child whose parents died in a murder is something that few police officers are willing to do. After all, such children usually have serious psychological problems, which adds a lot of burden for no reason.But after Laufey carried Loki out of the murder scene, he never left him behind.

However, Loki's only relative in this world was killed by that man not far away.

Loki resents sunny days.Because that was the day he came home from school to find his father hanging from an electric fan.The wires were wrapped around Laufey's neck, and the tall and thin man's body was still spinning slowly with the creaking of the fan blades, but he had already lost his breath.

They all said that he committed suicide, and the case of corruption and dereliction of duty was concluded hastily because of the death of the client. Laufey didn't even have a decent enough funeral.

Fortunately, Loki has found the murderer.

His father taught him enough hunting, tracking and criminal investigation skills.The old Laufey who has been single all his life has to show off with his adopted son, not to mention that Loki is so smart, so smart that Laufey always clamors to save him a student insurance to ensure that Loki can finish his studies without any worries in the future University.

Laufey expects him to go to the best state university in Jotunheim.

Loki withdrew the money and used it as a fund for revenge and murder.Although the amount promised by the insurance company was greatly reduced due to the lack of time, it was enough to hunt down Sam Thompson.

Sam Thompson is a professional, if he hadn't found some abnormalities in Laufey's bleeding spots under the eyes and the color of the tongue coating, and picked out a little fiber of the murderer's clothes from the remnants of the nails, it would have been difficult for Loki to spot him.And it took him more than half a year to find the murderer.

After committing the crime, the murderer stayed away from the city where Loki was located, and came to Canterlot. He pretended to be a single father, divorced, and visited his daughter with his ex-wife every two weeks.But there is no ex-wife and daughter. Sam Thompson will come to the coffee shop in Canterlot Garden Plaza every Wednesday afternoon and order a cappuccino.

After making the sandwich, Loki started to brew Sam's "special coffee".

He poured the best whole milk, added the venom he bought at a high price on the black market in advance, and inserted the heating rod into the silver metal milk frothing cup.The milk quickly released its aroma due to heating, covering up the sporadic smell of the venom. Loki's hand was extremely steady, and he took off the metal cup and paused on the desk until the milk flower was well enough.He also gave Sam a beautiful coffee flower on top of the cup.

"To the gentleman at table 4."

After placing the sandwiches and coffee cups on the tray, Loki told the waitress.

This is a foolproof plan. Laufey's case has long been closed, and he has never met the murderer.Judging by the time, Sam will not be killed in the cafe, he should be able to escape unscathed.

Loki's heart was beating fast, and he pretended to rinse the cup, the slight clink of the cup against the faucet revealing that the young man's hands were shaking.

Because this is the greatest meaning of his life.

Everyone who was connected with him, who ever loved him, is dead.So the only thing he can do now is to avenge his adoptive father.

The waitress brings the meal.

Loki keeps watching the murderer out of the corner of his eye—drink, drink.

……

Sam stood up abruptly from his chair.

And he just took a sip of that coffee!

Loki didn't know what the problem was, only that the perceptive murderer must have noticed, maybe it was the smell of venom, maybe it was something else.The chair fell backwards, and the dark-skinned murderer quickly scanned the entire coffee shop with rounded eyes. Loki ducked down and hid behind the bar for an instant, but when he stood up again, he only had time to see the murderer's clothes disappear at the door of the coffee shop.

He ran away.

Sam Thompson ran.

Loki pales, this is his only chance.

The reason why this professional killer stayed in Canterlot for nearly a year was because it was safe enough.If he sensed that someone was going to kill him, he would be gone before tomorrow morning.He has enough identities and passports, and by then, it might be difficult for Loki to find him.

No, no.

Loki grabs the knife.

He quickly put on his coat, grabbed his backpack on the shelf, and knocked out the back door regardless of the shouts of his colleagues.He shuttled through the alleys of the backstreets. Compared to the decent stone brick roads with flower beds on both sides, the dirty backstreets were full of oil, beer barrels dumped on the ground and slop buckets filled with leftovers.

The weather in Canterlot was gloomy that day, and when he rushed out of the back alley, the bustling streets made Loki a little dazed.

Fortunately, Sam Thompson was running in his direction.

Although he is a professional, he is nothing more than a third-rate killer.The murderer was still anxious about what happened to the coffee just now, and looked back in the direction of the corner cafe from time to time.But even if he didn't look at the cafe, Sam Thompson probably wouldn't pay attention to a boy wearing a peaked cap and carrying a backpack.

Loki thought he would be scared, but when this happened, he wasn't so scared anymore.

His palms were covered with sweat, but there was no panic or fear in his eyes, only purpose.

His footsteps became more and more steady, like a young god of death with evil spirits.

The moment he passed by, Loki slammed the blade into the murderer's abdomen.

"Uh--!"

Time seemed to have stopped, and Loki would never forget the startled look in Sam Thompson's eyes.The man who was a head taller than the boy at that time lowered his head in shock, the sharp pain in his abdomen made him look at the assailant in disbelief.

Loki was faster, he couldn't let Sam's death be complete enough.He quickly pulled out the knife, and stabbed it hard again.

Everyone on the road saw it.

The crowd screamed loudly, but no one dared to approach.

The pain and rage caused the assassin to throw Loki to the ground in an instant, with the dagger still stuck in the murderer's body. Loki's ribs should be broken, he tastes blood in his mouth.But he didn't care, the adrenaline made him not even feel the pain.

And before the boy got up, Sam Thompson pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into Loki's side.

Blood gushed out, and a cold feeling spread to Loki's limbs.With the last of his strength, the teenager reached into his pocket, where there was a Parker pen that Laufey had bought for him.

He pushed off the cap of the pen with bloody hands, and the sharp tip pierced the murderer's throat.Follow it again and again. Blood from the arteries sprayed Loki's head and face as Sam Thompson fell.

"Uh uh..."

And it wasn't until the opponent fell to the ground that Loki let out a painful moan from the back of his throat.

It's raining in Canterlot.

The sky has been boring for several days, and when the thunder struck, everyone felt a sense of relief, and Loki felt it too. Sam Thompson died just a few steps away from him, and he had completed his mission.But Loki couldn't move either, the sharp blade sinking deep into his flank.The crackling rain fell from the sky, merged into the blood on the ground, and twisted into a reddish trickle.

In the distance, sirens sounded.

Loki grinned miserably, of course he was afraid of death, if possible he also wanted to live well, both his biological parents and Laufey hoped that he would have a happy and smooth life.Although if you ask him himself, Loki doesn't know what life means to him now.

——No one will feel happy because of his existence, and no one will feel joy because of his hard work and excellence, and no one will care about his health, or even life and death.He also has nothing to protect and fight for.Even if he didn't come to kill Sam Thompson, he was just living to live.

So, that's fine too.

It doesn't matter if you die like this. 』

Loki took a deep breath, pulling himself out of his childhood memories.

The pain of Laufey's death has long been accompanied by the dullness of time, but that's just the state of not thinking about time.He didn't deliberately make it difficult for himself, but he just needed an unforgettable memory to keep his brain awake.But Loki couldn't help being a little dazed: If time goes back more than ten years, who would have thought that he could still sleep in a safe bed and wake up in the morning sunlight?

This made him unconsciously shift his gaze back to Thor outside the house.

Alpha was still standing on the balcony, finished smoking, and was quietly looking into the distance in thought.

That arms dealer has something on his mind, Loki thought.

It's hard for Loki to call him a "kidnapper" now, and that's not to say he trusts Thor for that, but if Thor really wants to hurt him, kill him, he's got plenty of chances.This Alpha gives Loki a very special feeling: he is obviously a person at the top of the food chain, a combination of maturity, domineering and dangerous, but Loki can clearly feel Thor's uncontrollable tenderness and affection when facing him.

"Cut..." Omega turned sideways.

Loki Laufeyson is not a guy who needs warmth, he is obviously more suitable to walk alone.

The balcony door creaked open.

Omega, who let his thoughts diverge, didn't have time to close his eyes.

The thoughtful gazes of the two collided unexpectedly.

**

"Jingle - jingle -"

In the early morning, the sound of the sprinkler truck passing by the downstairs community eased the embarrassment of the couple, and allowed the two people with their own concerns to recover for a short time.

Thor came over and touched Omega's shoulder.

"What are you thinking about? Let's sleep for a while. There are so many things that can't be resolved in a while. Besides, the children are coming back today."

"……what?"

"Children, you and my child." Thor turned around and went to the desk drawer to take out a photo album and sat back on the bed. His body smelled of the morning dew, plus the faint smell of tobacco and Alpha, inexplicable Loki, who originally wanted to retreat to a safe distance, did not move.

Thor felt happy about it, and even the space between his brows relaxed a little.

He sat next to Loki on the bed, his broad shoulders touching the Omega's thin shoulders.He opened the photo album and pointed to a photo of a family of four smiling silly and introduced to Loki: "Here, our children, Narve with blond hair and Vali with black hair, a pair of fraternal twins. Both are [-] years old this year. I am old, and I go to the boarding elementary school here, and I only go home every weekend."

Loki's complexion was a little stiff. Although he had seen the photos downstairs before, he hadn't looked at them so carefully.

It's really Thor and himself...

"Don't get it wrong, the two little smarties are very good at kicking their noses. If you find out that you forgot them again, or called them by the wrong name, we will have nothing to do this weekend."

……again?

Loki looked up.

Thor pursed his lips and reached out to stroke his cheek, but said nothing more.

Omega's heart tightened inexplicably, he didn't know if it was because of the child, or because of the Alpha in front of him looking at him with sad eyes.

He really shouldn't trust him.

But he can't feel the affection from Thor all the time...

TBC