HEIMDALL IS BURNING UP. Sybbyl could see it before she even pressed her bloodstained hand on his forehead. He's clammy and his breathing is hard and ragged, he shut his eyes and rolled his head back and groaned as the pain of the wound overtook him.

Loki glanced over his shoulder to the man writhing in pain behind him. "I think Heimdall is dying"

"There was poison in their blades" Sybbyl noted as she took in Heimdall's state, her hand trailing down his abdomen where she gently moved his hand to the side and saw the greenish-blue open wound. Definitely poison. Heimdall let out a loud cry of pain which caused Loki to raise his eyebrows in shock.

"We don't have an antidote for whatever poison is coursing through him" Loki told Sybbyl. "And we're so close to Earth"

"I know" Sybbyl mumbled and ignored the pulsing pain from her own wound. They've been soaring through space for some time now with no problems or bad encounters. But it would seem that their problems are inside the pod and not outside.

"So?" Loki pressed. "What are we going to do?"

Sybbyl is chewing on her bottom lip as she thought of a plan, something to keep the poison at bay while they get to Earth and heal him. "Alright, Loki, I need you to come over and put your cold Frost Giant hands on Heimdall's wound"

"What?" He hissed and frowned.

"We need to slow down the poison and also bring his temperature down. So one hand on the wound and the other on his forehead" Sybbyl explained. "Hurry!" She rushed him and he mumbled under his breath.

Heimdall is still writhing in pain, with his eyes closed and not really knowing what's going on around him. All he's focused on is the pain he's feeling, the heat from inside his body and the stabbing of the wound. He's mumbling something but neither Loki or Sybbyl understand what he's saying.

Loki did as Sybbyl told him and with one hand on Heimdall's forehead and another on the wound, he concentrated on the cold. Cold spread from his hands and to the nasty looking wound, the cold is supposed to slow down the poison, holding it back until he gets an antidote. In a few seconds, his temperature also decreased and Heimdall stopped writhing in pain, the mumbling stopped as did his loud cries of pain.

"What now?" Loki glanced up at Sybbyl only to see her at the dashboard and tapping something on the screen.

"Stay like that until we get to Earth. I'm sending a message to Maalot asking her to bring an antidote–"

"But we don't know what the poison is!" Loki told her.

"Trust me on this, Loki!" Sybbyl turned to face her friend. "I know what I'm doing. So please keep his temperature under control and the poison at bay. Once we get to earth hopefully everything will be— ah!" She shut her eyes and gingerly placed her hand on her side.

"Sybbie?" Loki softly called out.

Sybbyl inhaled sharply and bit her bottom lip. Her fingers curled into her hand and she moaned in pain. "I'm fine" she croaked out.

"You're not fine. You were stabbed by that hag!"

Sybbyl cracked a smile at that. "You know, for you being adopted there are a lot of similarities between you and Hela" Loki frowned at that. "Maybe Thor's the adopted one" she quietly mused and returned to the screen to finish the message.

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Small objects in the Avengers compound rattled, it probably would've gone unnoticed by the few Avengers inside but when they saw water sway in a glass cup, they stopped what they were doing and discussing and quickly made their way outside.

Steve, Sam and Natasha are at the front of the group, ready for whatever or whoever it is. Bruce, Wanda, Rhodey and Vision are right behind them and they're all staring at the sky. A pod coming down and they have no idea who's inside. As the pod descended, the powerful thrusters shook the windows and the rumbling is really loud. The ship touched ground and a couple of seconds later, the door hissed open and three figures carefully made their way down the stairs.

Through squinted eyes, Bruce immediately recognized the people and quickly pushed his way through Steve and Sam. He eyed Loki who aside from dirt and a few scratches on his face, he's just like he saw him last. His eyes traveled to Heimdall who has his arms thrown over Loki and Sybbyl's shoulders and his head is hanging on the side, eyes closed and beads of sweat on his forehead. He then looked over at Sybbyl who has dirt on her face and a few scratches, her hair is pulled to the side in a braid but it's all messed up due to fighting in Asgard and on the Statesman. Sunlight bounced off her silver headband, and she's slightly pale. Both Heimdall and Sybbyl look worse than when Bruce saw them last.

"You're alive!" He sighed in relief with a small smile. "Well, mostly alive"

"No one can kill us. Not even Thanos" Loki answered with a smirk. He looked behind Bruce and his eyes surveyed the people behind him, he only recognized Natasha and Steve, who the others are, he doesn't know. "Miss me?" he smiled.

"LOKI?" Steve and Natasha said at the same time. He's the last person they expected to see there, and even if they did saw him, they would expect him to be on Thanos' side.

"Surprise!" He grinned.

"Now's not the time" Sybbyl growled. When the three of them stepped off the last step and touched grass, Heimdall nearly fell forward and Sybbyl and Loki quickly held him up.

"Woah, what's wrong with him?" Bruce eyed the injured man.

"Don't you remember he got stabbed?" Sybbyl snapped. "We need to get him inside!"

"Right" Bruce nodded. "Come with me" he began to lead them inside and that's when he noticed that Loki has a hand on Heimdall's abdomen, his hand a shade of blue.

"Uh, Bruce, want to tell us what the hell Loki is doing here?" Rhodey questioned.

"He's on our side...for now" he answered.

"For now?" The others repeated and followed them inside.

"It varies from moment to moment" Bruce and Loki said at the same time. They entered the compound and Bruce lead them to a room where Heimdall can be looked after.

"I'll stand on the sidelines and join the winning side" Loki said. Heimdall yelled in pain and his attention was brought back to the man with his arm thrown over his shoulders.

"The poison is spreading" Sybbyl eyed Heimdall.

"Poison? What poison? I'm sorry, who are you?" Sam asked Sybbyl as he walked behind her.

"Oh, guys, this is Sybbyl" Bruce quickly introduced her to the others. "She's so beautiful and strong and courageous"

"Now's not the time to be flirting, Greeny!" Sybbyl said.

"Greeny?" They asked.

Heimdall yelled in pain and Sybbyl laid him on the first table she set her eyes on. Whatever was on the table fell to the ground, but that was the least of Sybbyl's worries. As soon as she got her friend on the table, she began to work on him, opening his eyes to check his pupils.

"What's wrong with him?" Wanda asked.

"We were on the Statesman when Thanos' ship came and attacked us" Bruce began to explain. "There was a fight but they easily overpowered us. Sybbyl and Brunnhilde and Sif got the families out. And Heimdall, he got stabbed by– I didn't even see but I saw the blade and then he fell"

"The blade had poison" Sybbyl informed. "Loki's been holding it off with cold but— Heimdall" she called her friend's name but he didn't reply. He's out of it. "Heimdall, can you hear me?" She placed her bloodstained hand on Heimdall's cheek. "Heimdall" she tried again but nothing.

"Where's Maalot with the antidote?" Loki asked Sybbyl, his hand still on the wound.

"She should be here soon. I just need to keep him alive a little longer" Sybbyl's eyes never left Heimdall as she spoke.

"Wait, Thor! Is Thor with you?" Bruce looked at Sybbyl, then Loki and behind him, expecting for the tall angsty man to walk in.

"No. We, uh...we might've faked our deaths in front of him" Loki smiled. "And then quickly left before the Statesman exploded"

"Oh my God, you left him to die!" Bruce exclaimed.

"If Hela didn't kill him, I doubt a small ship explosion will" Loki mumbled.

Sybbyl walked around the table, one hand hovering over Heimdall's body. She gently pushed Loki's hand away and slowly guided her hand over the gash on his abdomen. She moved her hand in slow gentle circles and her other hand is on his forehead.

"What are you doing?" Bruce asked Syybyl and tried to look over her shoulder since she has her back to them. Everyone is paying close attention to what she's doing.

"Trying to stop the poison" she answered and walked around the table once again and this time she's facing them. Her left hand hovered over the wound and she wiggled her fingers as gold mist came from her fingertips. "I need water" she told the group. Someone left to get water and a few moments later a bowl of water was placed by Heimdall's head. Sybbyl dipped the fingers of her right hand in the water and then let the drops of water fall on his forehead.

"Is this a baptism?" Rhodey questioned.

"How are water drops going to stop the poison?" Loki asked his best friend.

"You seem to forget Loki, that my mother is a healer," Sybbyl answered. With her middle finger, she softly and gently rolled the water drop down Heimdall's forehead, down his face and down his chest. "She taught me healing just like your mother taught you magic" she expertly moved her hands over Heimdall's body, one hand with gold mist and the other with water. "Water has healing properties, and while it may not expel the poison from Heimdall's body, it can– it can alleviate some symptoms" she suddenly felt woozy. She let out a small huff of air and her hands almost fell from their place. 

"You're bleeding" Vision told Sybbyl.

She looked down and saw fresh blood on her bloodstained shirt. "It'll stop" she shut her eyes for a second to gather herself.

"You haven't stopped bleeding since that hag stabbed you. You have to get that looked at" Loki spoke with concern.

"What hag?" Steve looked around for an answer.

"Thor and Loki have a sister" Bruce wasted no time on sharing this information. But before they had time to register what he said and react properly by freaking out, Bruce continued speaking. "She's much worse than Loki. Tried to take over Asgard, there was this big fight and people got hurt and Asgard was lost, Hela perished with it, and then we got ambushed by Thanos. Yeah, we can't catch a break."

"How are you guys still standing?" Sam asked in awe. There was rattling of small objects inside the compound once more, and Sybbyl heard the thrusters of a ship. Finally she's here.

Maalot is here and she has the antidote.

The floor beneath Sybbyl felt unsteady. She took a step back and her eyes fluttered closed for a second, but that second was all her body needed for her hands to fall to her sides and pain make itself very known. It cried out for attention and this time she couldn't ignore it. Sybbyl cried in pain, suddenly felt lightheaded and her legs gave out.

"And then there was one" Loki smirked.