Loki's Thoughts

Loki was bound by an invisible magnetic field. Golden-green armor covered his slender body, his horned helmet thrust toward the sky, and an emerald cloak billowed behind him. Yet only his flesh was tightly restrained, leaving him unable to move. His handsome, noble face looked utterly grim as he watched Ebony Maw take the Mind Scepter from his hand.

Just like that, the Mind Scepter had changed hands.

He had wielded the Mind Scepter for more than half a year. The endless Mind Control abilities it granted had kept S.H.I.E.L.D. running ragged. He had controlled members of Congress and every general with nuclear missiles, once threatening Earth itself.

Although He-El and Tony Stark had created the Mind Disruptor and Mind Scanner to counter him, Loki had never believed the problem lay with himself, nor had he ever thought he would lose to S.H.I.E.L.D. and the others.

Even at the very end, he had used the presidential election to draw He-El away, keeping him occupied with it and unable to stop the Cosmic Cube's internal cycle. In the end, he had successfully opened the space wormhole and led the Kree army to invade Earth.

As far as the plan went, Loki had been very satisfied with the result.

His initial objectives had all been accomplished.

It was only that He-El was far too difficult to deal with. To avoid facing him again, Loki had chosen to cross to the other side of the space wormhole ahead of time.

Of course, he had never expected He-El to have long prepared to capture him. His plan to hide on the other side of the space wormhole for a while, thoroughly study the Mind Scepter, and only then reappear had been shattered.

Having wielded the Mind Scepter for more than half a year, he