Zima cloaked herself and Thor as they walked down to the dungeons, stopping by where Loki was held and lifting the spell.

"I see you've returned, love." Loki says to Zima, walking towards them. "And Thor. After all this time and now you come to visit me. Why? Have you come to gloat? To mock?"

"Loki, enough." Thor says unfazed, "No more illusions."

There was a green shimmer in the room, and the whole thing was a mess. All the furniture was upturned and damaged, and Loki was sitting on the floor, leaning against the back wall, and looking completely disheveled. Zima gasped quietly in surprise and ran around the corner to get as close as she could without sending in a projection.

"Now you see me." Loki says as Thor slowly walks around to stand by Zima. "Did she suffer?"

"We did not come here to share our grief." Thor states, "Instead we offer you the chance of a far richer sacrament."

"Go on." Loki says, his interest had.

"I know you seek vengeance as much as I do." Thor continues, "You help us escape Asgard and I will grant it to you. Vengeance, and afterward, this cell."

Loki paused for a moment before laughing.

"You must be truly desperate to come to me for help." He says, "You already have Zima, is she not enough?"

"I insisted." Zima says, "Besides, you and I both know your skill is greater than mine."

"What makes you think you can trust me?" Loki asks.

"I don't." Thor responds. "Zima does, and Mother did. But you should know that when we fought each other in the past, I did so with a glimmer of hope that my brother was still in there somewhere. That hope no longer exists to protect you. You betray us, and I will kill you."

"Do that, and I'll become your next problem." Zima says to Thor, "I won't simply stand by if you do."

A smirk formed on Loki's face at Zima's comment. Even still, she cared.

"When do we start?" He asks.

"We leave now." Zima answers. "Get yourself cleaned up."

Loki stood, and with another green shimmer, he looked like he normally does. Thor and Zima were then able to let him out after a short time, and the trio headed out and down the halls.

"This is so unlike you two, especially you, brother." Loki says, "So clandestine. Are you sure you wouldn't rather just punch your way out?"

"If you keep speaking, I just might." Thor responds.

"Fine, as you wish. I'm not even here." Loki says, changing into one of the soldiers in a green shimmer. "Is this better?"

"Better company at least." Thor responds.

"Still, we could be less conspicuous." Loki comments, and with another shimmer, he returns to normal while turning Thor into Sif. "ooo brother. You look ravishing"

Thor looks down at himself to see what had happened. "It will hurt no less when I kill you in this form." He responds unamused.

"Very well. Perhaps you prefer some of your new companions, given that you seem to like them so much." Loki says, and with another shimmer, returns Thor to normal while turning himself into Captain America and Zima into Black Widow. "Oh, this is much better." He says, sounding like Steve Rogers, "The costume is a bit much. So tight. But the confidence. I can feel the righteousness surging. Hey, do you want to have a rousing discussion about truth? Honor? Patriotism? God bless Amer-"

Zima and Thor cut him off as the former returned them to normal, and the latter moved them to hide by a nearby pillar.

"Quiet." Zima says in a hushed tone, and the trio watch as a couple of guards walk past.

"You could at least furnish me with a weapon." Loki says when the guards were gone, "My dagger, something." There was no response as Thor handed him the weapon. "At last, a little common sense." Right as he said that, Thor also handcuffed him, which he was not amused with.

"And I thought you liked tricks." Thor jokes.

The trio walked mostly in silence, quietly discussing some parts of the plan until they reached the spot where they would meet up with Sif and Jane. Luckily, the two arrived less than a minute later.

"You're.." Jane starts, recognizing Loki.

"I'm Loki. You may have heard of me."

Before he could say any more, Jane slapped him.

"That was for New York." She says.

"I like her." Loki responds unfazed.

Not long after, some of the guards started rushing in to stop them.

"I'll hold them off." Sif says, "Go."

"Thank you again." Zima says as the group leaves to meet up with Volstagg at the Dark Elf ship.

"I will give you as much time as I can." He says.

"Thank you, my friend." Thor says, and the group board the ship. They looked around the interior for a short bit, and the girls stood off to the side while Thor tried to figure out how to start the ship.

"I thought you said you knew how to fly this thing." Loki comments.

"I said 'How hard could it be?'" Thor responds. Soon after, lots of footsteps and combat could be heard behind them.

"Well, whatever you're doing brother, I suggest you do it faster."

"Shut up Loki."

"You must have missed something."

"No, I didn't. I'm pressing every button on this thing."

"No, don't hit it. Just press it gently."

"I am pressing it gently, it's not working!"

The ship came to life at that moment as Thor lifted it up and turned it around, destroying more of the palace as he did so before taking off. They flew a bit wildly throughout the city, much to Loki's annoyance.

"Look, why don't you let me take over? I'm clearly the better pilot." He says.

"Is that right?" Thor asks, "Well, out of the two of us, which one can actually fly?"

"Not the time for this." Zima interjects, "We're not out yet."

Sentry guns started firing at the ship as they continued flying through the city, which they were able to evade. Some time after, Jane collapsed, but Zima was able to catch her, carefully sitting with her.

"Oh dear. Is she dead?" Loki asks, noticing.

"Jane." Thor asks, checking on her.

"I'm okay." Jane responds weakly.

"I'll keep an eye on her, just focus on getting us out of here." Zima adds.

The ship was starting to take fire as smaller ships were in pursuit, trying to shoot them down.

"Now they're following us." Loki states. Boom! More hits. "Now they're firing at us."

"Yeah, thank you for the commentary, Loki, it's not at all distracting!" Thor responds, annoyed.

They had made it out of the main city and were approaching the outer edges, but were still being chased.

"You know, this is wonderful." Loki says, growing increasingly annoyed with the current state of things. "This is a tremendous idea. Let's steal the biggest, most obvious ship in the universe and escape in that. Flying around the city, smashing into everything in sight so that everyone can see us, it's brilliant, Thor! It's truly brilliant!"

During this rant, Thor had opened one of the doors and suddenly pushed Loki out before he could continue further. Zima just rolled her eyes and jumped out herself, landing on the small ship Fandral was piloting. Thor joined them right after, carrying Jane in his arms and carefully setting her down.

"I see your time in the dungeons has made you no less graceful, Loki." Fandral remarks, but Loki ignores this.

"You lied to me." He says to Thor, seeing the Dark Elf ship still being chased and gunned down. "I'm impressed."

"I'm glad you're pleased." Thor responds. "Now do as you promised. Take us to your secret pathway."

Loki took the controls of the ship while Zima closed her eyes and focused with her magic on where they need to go.

"Closest one is to the right." She says after a pause, opening her eyes. "It will get us there."

Loki turned the ship in the direction Zima stated, but they still had one more on their tail.

"Fandral." Zima says.

"Right." He responds, grabbing a rope and moving to the edge. "For Asgard." He then jumped off and swung onto the other ship, taking out the guards and steering it away. The rest of the group continued, heading straight for the mountains.

"Loki..." Thor asks, nervous.

"If it were easy, everyone would do it." Loki responds.

"Are you mad?" Thor asks

"Possibly." Loki responds.

"Everyone hold on. It's about to get rough for a moment." Zima says.

Thor stays near Jane protectively as the ship flies into a cave just barely big enough for it. Many sparks and flashes of light later, they arrived on the Dark World, bouncing through the black sands until they gained control again.