It was a particularly busy day in the TVA, with this Loki on the loose killing a bunch of minute men, everyone was a little more stressed; naturally. You were making your way through what felt like an avalanche of paperwork crowding your desk, when the voice of Mobius ripped you from your thoughts. “We got another Loki!” Mobius said enthusiastically “Great, what timeline is this one from?” You asked, eyes still focused on the documents in front of you. Mobius was one your best friends in the TVA, even though he could be pretty annoying at times, you loved him. The two of you were “Two peas in a pod” as some of the other workers would say. Mobius helped get you through some of the tougher days in the TVA, and you helped him. Some of the other workers thought Mobius was pretty weird, with his obsession with jet skis, but it just added to his charm in your eyes. “This guys’ from Earth-616. Got a hold of the tesseract when the avengers were on a mission to get the infinity stones.” Mobius said, still leaning against your desk. “Great, we're gonna prune him?” You asked, looking up from the many papers covering your desk. “Nah, I'm gonna talk to him, see if he can help us get the vogue Loki.” You tilted your head to the side and hummed with approval to Mobiuses answer. “Ravonna is ok with it?” you asked, rising from your seat. “Eh, she thinks it's a bad idea- of course, but she's letting it slide.” Mobius said, watching you tidy your desk. “Then we better not mess anything up with him, right?” You said turning to Mobius. “Right, you're gonna tag along?” He asked, cocking an eyebrow. “Yeah, I need a break from all this.” You said turning your head towards your desk. “Right, let's go.” Mobius said, motioning his arm towards the elevators. You and Mobius made your way through the TVA, to Ravonnas court room. “You two better not mess anything up.” Ravonna demanded. “Yeah, yeah.” You said waving a dismissive hand towards her. “I'm serious!” she shouted as you and Mobius made your way towards the door, Loki walking in front of you.
The three of you got to Mobiuses office, Loki questioning the two of you along the way. Mobius opened the door and let you in first, insisting that “Ladies always go first” Which you just rolled your eyes at, deciding that you didn’t feel like bickering with him. After pulling up a third chair, the three of you sat down at mobiuses desk, with you in between the two men. “What do you want from me?” Loki said sourly, switching between looking at you and Mobius. “Some cooperation would be nice.” You said fidgeting with Mobiuses terminal. “Not my forte” Loki said, glaring at you. You just smiled at him. Just as he was opening his mouth- probably to spit some insult at you, Mobius interrupted. “Really? Even when you’re wooing someone powerful you intend to betray?” He asked smugly, “You don't know anything about me.” Loki said bitterly “Maybe we’d like to learn.” Mobius said, opening a josta soda. “We specialize in the pursuit of dangerous variants.” You said, looking up at loki. “Like myself?” He questioned. “Mm, No particularly dangerous variants.” He said, setting his drink down. “You're just a little pussycat,” he said, smiling at Loki. You laughed and smacked Mobiuses arm, Loki didn’t seem as amused; he just glared at you and Mobius “We got a set of questions for you,” Mobius said “Answer them honestly, and maybe we can give you something you want.” You said smiling at Loki. “You wanna get out of here right?” Mobius asked. Loki responded by tilting his head to the side. “Yeah, so we can start there.” You said, turning to Mobius.
He nodded, and asked “Should you return, what are you gonna do?” Loki shifted in his seat and responded “Finish what I started” You hummed, “Which is?” Loki blinked, and looked at you like you should already know his glorious purpose “Claim my throne.” He said Confidently. “You wanna be king?” Mobius asked “I don't want to be, I was born to be.” You took a mental note, He thinks he was born to be king. “I know, but king of what exactly?” Mobius asked. Loki scoffed “You two wouldn’t understand” he said positively “Try us.” you responded “Midgard.” Loki said “AKA Earth.” Mobius added, “Alright your king of midgard, then what, Happily ever after?” you quizzed, shaking your head “Asgard, the Nine Realms.” “Space?” Loki raised his brows “Space?” Mobius nodded “Space is big, that’d be a nice feather in your cap. Loki, The king of space.” You giggled at the thought of loki declaring himself with such a name. “Mock me if you dare.” he said sternly, narrowing his eyes. “No, we’re not.” Mobius said laughing with you. “We’re actually fans.” you said turning towards Loki “We just wanna know why someone with so much range just wants to rule.” Mobius said smiling. Loki paused before answering “I would’ve made it easy for them.” He responded “People like easy.” You added “The first and most oppressive lie ever uttered, was the song of freedom.” “Hows that one go?” Mobius asked “For nearly every living thing,” Loki started “Choice breeds shame and uncertainty and regret, There's a fork in every road, yet the wrong path, always taken.” He finished “Great, you said nearly every living thing, so you don't fall into that category?” You asked, tapping your fingers against the desk. Loki chuckled dryly and sighed, “The time-keepers have built quite the circus, and I see the clowns are playing their parts to perfection.” He said, looking between you and Mobius. The two of you just chuckled, “Big metaphor guy, I love it.” “It makes you sound incredibly smart” you added “I am smart.” Loki said, furrowing his brows “Of course.” You nodded “Okay.” he responded “Okay.” Mobius said before turning the terminal on, It started loading a display of New York.
You and Mobius turned towards the screen “What is this?” Loki questioned “A sampling of your greatest hits.” You responded, grabbing mobiuses last josta. You look at Loki as you crack it open. “He is kinda handsome” you thought to yourself, looking over his features. He caught you staring and grimaced. The display of Loki started speaking, “I'll have that drink now” he said. Mobius went to slide the soda towards Loki, when he realized it was gone he turned towards you. You sipped some of the drink and smiled at Mobius “I would offer you that drink, but it seems someone already took it.” He said jokingly “Cant have a movie without a snack, right?” you joked, motioning towards the large display of Loki. “Right, I remember when I was there, anything else?” Loki said sternly. “It's funny,” Mobius started “For someone born to rule, you sure do lose a lot.” You nodded and finished, “You might even say it's in your nature.” Loki scoffed, “You know, things didn’t turn out so well for the last person who said that to me.” he said, glaring at you. You just smiled “Phil colson, right?” You asked looking towards Mobius, who started fidgeting with the terminal, making it switch to a display of Loki killing Phil. “Didn’t the avengers come together to literally avenge him by defeating you?” Mobius questioned “Little solace to a dead man.” Loki responded coldly “Do you enjoy hurting people?” you interrupted “Making them feel small?” Mobius added “Making them feel afraid?” you finished “Your games don't frighten me.” Loki said, interrupting you “I know what I am.” he said “A murderer?” Mobius asked, “A liberator.” Loki said confidently “Of eyeballs, maybe.” You chuckled at the jab at Loki. The display changed to Loki extracting Doctor Heinrich Schäfers eyeball. “Look at that smile,” Mobius said, “Did you enjoy hurting them?” he asked. Loki shook his head, looking away from the display, “I don't have to play this game. I'm a god.” He said. “Of mischief, right?” you quizzed, “We don't really see anything mischievous about this.” you added. “No, I don't suppose you do.” Loki responded bitterly. Mobius sighed, “Let's talk about your escapes.” He said “You're really good at doing awful things, and then just getting away .” you finished. “What can I say? I’m just a mischievous scamp” Mobius nodded, “This is one of my favorites.” he said turning to the terminal, The display showed Loki, as D.B cooper. The three of you watched the display. For the next hour or so, you and Mobius questioned Loki, who begrudgingly cooperated. At some point Loki started trying to attack you and Mobius, which just ended with him sitting on the floor. As you were trying to help him up, Hunter B-15 came in “ What are you doing?” she questioned “We’re doing our jobs.” Mobius responded “There's a situation.” She said “There's always a situation.” You sighed, you and Mobius making your way towards the door. “Don't go anywhere,” Mobius said, pointing at Loki.
B-15 started yelling at you and Mobius, you decided to stay quiet, letting Mobius argue. You and Mobius made your way back into his office, “Okay, Loki, I think we can finish up tomorrow and just pick it..” He stopped when he realized that Loki was gone. “Where is he?” You sighed. Mobius reached into his pockets, realizing he didn't grab the time twister. You sighed, “I thought you grabbed it.” you said turning towards him, “I thought you did, You were closer!” he argued, you rolled your eyes, “Well there's no point in arguing, lets just go find him.” you said walking towards the door. You and Mobius raced through the halls of the TVA, searching frantically for Loki. After not finding him, the two of you figured he might be back in Mobiuses office. The two of you walked back into his office, to find sitting on a ledge in Mobiuses office. “Nowhere left to run.” Mobius said, time stick in hand. After a moment of silence, Loki spoke, ”I can't go back, can I? Back to my timeline.” Loki asked, looking at the floor. You felt somewhat sorry for him, “I don't enjoy hurting people, I.. I don't.” he said, looking up at you and Mobius. “I do it because I have to.” He sighed, “Explain that to us.” Mobius said. Loki started talking about killing people, you weren’t really listening, thinking about grabbing some pie. As you were imagining the delicious key lime waiting for you in the cafeteria, You were ripped from your thoughts when you felt mobiuses hand on your shoulder, “He's gonna help us catch our guy.” Mobius said, clearly excited about the recruitment of Loki. You turned towards the two men in front of you, and reached your hand out for Loki to shake. “It’ll be great working with you, Loki.” You said cheerfully, smiling at the god in front of you. Loki grabbed your hand and shook it, “You too,” he paused for a moment, trying to remember your name, he found it, and said it in a smooth voice. Loki took a mental note, he liked your name. It felt almost as if it was made specially for him to say. You felt your cheeks heat up a little, Loki was staring at you, still holding your hand, “Alright lovebirds, we have work to do.” Mobius said smugly, You blushed profusely at the stupid nickname “Oh, shut up” Loki responded, clearly annoyed. You decided to just stay quiet as the three of you made your way to the library to catch up on some documents.