"Emily, how aware are you of the complications messing with time?"

That was a question I didn't expect to come out of Loki. Loki had been alerted by a Asgardian (who happened to dwell on Midgard and live right next door to Gary) that Gary has made something pretty not safe. This Asgardian had seen it operate for himself.

Which is the reason why he came to Loki instead of Thor.

Now let me tell you a scene we will be entering soon.

It is at a Hollywood building that has a porch set to the lake side.

"This machine," Gary said. "Is the one capable of making ground breaking history."

Gary is in a tuxedo standing beside a strange machine not familiar to the human eye. Women are in nice formal dresses, decorated in make up, wearing necklaces, and their hair are nicely done. The men and woman sat at tables listening to what is being told by Gary.

"Now, you might be asking," Gary said. "How is this ugly machine groundbreaking?" He walks over to the level side of the machine. "I want you all to stand." Only one stood up. "Okay, that's fine." He aims it at the standing man. "Just what I need."

"What can it do, Professor?" The man asks.

"It can do great things," Gary said.

"And how many times can it be used?" The man asks.

"It can fire five times," Gary said. "Just for tonight and then this kind of power will take time to gather, again."

The long pipe shaped item with various holes all over shot at the standing man, then the woman beside him, and the third man at the same table. Then people started standing up. A couple of people disappear in thin air after the three people fell. Gasps erupt from the crowd.

"Charlie is gone!" A woman shrieks.

"This is also for a good friend of mine," Gary said. "And I need one last shot."

He presses down the level.

The pipe item shot at a short man.

About twenty people vanished in thin air because of his sudden disappearance. You see people are connected through the tiniest ways and their actions affect others. The remaining people flee, panicking, stumbling over one another. I believe this is where we make our arrival.

A streak of yellow field lands across from Gary right at the waterside.

"Glad you could make it here," Gary said. "Loki."

"Gary, revenge does not bring back your friend," I said.

"Yes, it can," Gary said. "And I do not know who you are, lady, but my business is not with you."

I frown.

"Gary," Loki said. "Whatever you plan on using this 'machine' on will not prevent your friend's death."

"The one responsible for his death will never have a reason to do it again," Gary said.

"Motive is always a reason," Loki said. "Turn the machine off for your deceased 'friend'. Tarbhab would never want his 'friend' to steep this low."

So Loki killed Tarbhab.

"This machine..." Gary said, gesturing over to the large gray machine that has many parts and gears sticking out. "When it has struck the target; everything will seem like a dream to the target. Everything including the point where everything changed in their lives. They will forget."

I look towards Loki.

I didn't want to lose him, not at all.

I didn't want to lose another person of interest in my arms.

"Oh, and if that doesn't work?" Loki asks. "You're going to do this all over again?"

"Yes," Gary said, with a nod.

"That is a time-loop,foolish mortal," Loki said. "And you will fail every time."

"Not if you are the target," Gary said.

The machine discharged and a blast of unique colors hurled its way towards Loki. I push Loki out of the way seconds before the big life determining ball had struck. The strike lands first on my stomach (oddly, usually shots strike the chest) then I fell to the ground landing on the side. Loki's emerald eyes had gone small yet not big enough to be a golf ball. Everything seemed to go into slow motion after that.

"Emily!" Loki shouts, coming to my side.

"That was my only shot," Gary said. "I'll do better; next time!" Gary yanks out the gem of time out of the machine as Loki came over to my side. "The one thing that can tear you down easily is love. I should have used that to my advantage."

Loki looks towards Gary in a fleet of rage.

"I dare you to try again," Loki said.

"How do you propose I try again?" Gary asks.

"Grabbing Emily's leg when she is picking a lock on July 1st, 2014," Loki said. "In Boston."

"Another timeline to try again," Gary said, and then he hops into his machine. He puts the gem into a small hole. "It will cost my life but it will be worth it!"

Gary and his machine vanish.

Loki somehow picks me up into his arms when the pain had become sharp and hard in my stomach.

"Why did you do that, Emily?" Loki asks. "Why did you push me out of the way?"

"I could not picture you dying in my arms," I said.

Loki brushes off one of my bangs off my eyes.

"Oh Emily," Loki said.

"Loki..." I said, as Loki held me in his arms. I feel the side of his prince like face using my right hand. "I love you."

"I will find you," Loki said as I lowered my hand. He takes out my flip-phone getting the main page on to some picture. "And he never will succeed. This is a time-loop."

How peachy does this get?

He doesn't know where I live in real life.

I do not live in Boston.

"...I am being sent off to my world," I said. "I'll forget about everything...right after I wake up."

Loki squeezed my hand.

"No, you will not forget me," Loki said, putting the flip-phone that he held into my hand. "Focus on your flip-phone; the image of me as a cat."

I feel tears coming out.

Loki had found my old cell phone after all.

"Loki..." I said, feeling doubtful.

"I love you, too,Emily. " Loki said. I can feel the tears trying to come out. "Focus on the cat; for me."

I nod, slowly, turning my head towards the solid small phone screen. The image becomes grainy, to my teary eyes, and Loki wrapped his hand around mine that held the flip-phone. Loki is beginning to fade from my view. I can feel the memories of Loki slipping away one by one. All the adventures that I've been lucky to have been part of. Yet all I can think of was; I don't want to go. The pain becomes dimmer and dimmer as the surroundings are turning into Lewis's apartment.

I could see the photo of Loki as a cat disappearing from the screen.

"No,no,no," I repeat, as Loki's hand disappeared.

"I will find you," Loki said as his face is fading. "I promise, Emily."

Then I find myself staring at the television screen feeling tired as hell. I heard a faintly familiar voice say my name.

"Emily," The male voice went.

Was that Lewis?

I look over seeing darkness behind a window.

"Just a dream," I said, with a sigh.

Lewis's white cat came along meowing so I turn my head away from the window and down towards the cat. I pick the cat up into my arms brushing my fingers through the cat's fur. This time the cat did not hiss or swat at me using those powerful claws of his. I thought of a ring with a emerald gem inside wrapped by golden claws. The ring seemed to symbolize something to me but I cannot quite pinpoint it.

"I had the strangest dream," I said. "And I can't seem to remember it."

The cat meowed.

"Just a emerald ring and the voice of a man calling my name," I said. "That is about it."