As a child, Loki never felt he fit into Asgard; Odin told
him he belonged there and never to forget it. Loki said, “I belong here.” It
was his first lie….
Loki is held in a grip by Nightmare who is trying to
convince him that he is hallucinating a life while dying in his father Laufey’s
stomach…but Loki doesn’t believe him. This was a false fear Loki had implanted
in his mind for Nightmare to use against him. Loki headbutts his foe and they
return to the courtyard of Stark Unlimited where Loki invites Nightmare to look
into his mind again. Nightmare learns that Loki’s true greatest fear is getting
everything he had ever schemed and killed for, only to discover he didn’t want
it, broken beyond repair, never to be a hero—which is his normal life. Nightmare
tries a physical attack wielding a stop sign; Loki counters with Thor’s ax
Jarnbjorn and they duel until Megan Loeb arrives to shoot Nightmare. Since they
are at a standstill and every venue and method of fighting has its drawbacks,
Loki suggests they battle as mortals, winner take all. As they are counting
down to begin the duel, Loki takes out a stolen remote, starts up the experimental
car Tony Stark was building, and has it crash out of Stark’s window, falling
square upon Nightmare, killing him, as he is now a mortal. And as a mortal who
had not sinned, Nightmare finds himself in the presence of the One-Above-All,
the God of Love, which is the last place he would want to be. Loki advises Megan
to seek out Robyn and start up where they left off. Thor and Iron Man arrive
and congratulate him on his first act of heroism. They banter about his being
able to bear Mjolnir as they go off together…
On a future Midgard, the mystery, Mjolnir-wielding figure
saves the little girl from the storm—and then the Unfather arrives to face the
fallen Loki—it is Thor….