~~~~Thor~~~~
"Thor, your father wants to see you."
"Yes Father."
"My son, hell has been cast down upon us. The war is coming. It will surely destroy us all this time. I am an old man with no fight left within. Perhaps I should have already stepped down." He struggled with each word he said to me. Normally, I seen my father as the strongest man I knew. Today, his fight was completely gone.
"I don't understand."
"When I chose to let Loki live, I did not realize the consequences I would be making my people suffer from it. His evil powers are alive and lurking to come out." His emotions were full of regret, remorse and alarm. This is a side of him I had never witnessed before.
"That's impossible. He is still underneath us in the prison cell."
"Yes he is. But his powers have sparked. Come, walk with me." With the request I followed after my father without hesitation.
The glow of the Bifrost was dim. With a bow to Father, the gate keeper backed away. It was a way for the gods to travel between realms. The bridge was supposed to end at heaven, which were protected by another god. Once the light went out, the gods were left unprotected. Anyone could come in and attack their world.
"What happened?" We had entered a dimension of our world we hadn't witnessed before. Now I was on high alert.
"You need to speak to Loki. Try to reach him Thor. Because if you do not, I hate to think of the repercussions."
When a god calls on you do something, anything, you done it without questioning. Loki had his back turned to me as if he knew I was coming. He laughed as a sign I was wasting my time. But I had still had to try.
"Loki I came..."
He held up his hand for me to stop talking and refused to show me his face. "You came here because your father wants to know how I did it. How did I keep my powers alive all these years while in captivity like an animal?"
"Once a upon a time, he was your father too and we were raised as brothers. He spared your life. You cared about our people, I know you still do." It was what I held in my heart all these years for my brother. Now matter how evil Loki really was.
"That's where you are wrong Thor. My so called loving family put me in here to rot away until I die. Now I will watch you all die with me. I have nothing to gain or lose from it. You however, do."
"Fine, I will figure it out on my own."
"Good luck because everyday you take my father's spirit only grows stronger. He will have his day of revenge." Loki still looked away from me and I could almost hear the rejoice in his voice when he said it.
Father was hesitant to give me permission to pass to Earth. It was the last place Loki landed. He spent time there all those years ago. While he walked among the humans when he was hunting down the cube.
But in the end, father knew there was no other choice when he gave me his blessings. When I transported I had to regain my senses on direction. Earth travel was nothing like where I was from. There was only one person I knew for sure how to find. He probably wouldn't be thrilled to see me. But he had as much to lose as the rest of us did.
"Um...Tony, he has to be here to see you." A tiny woman answered the door. She backed away but I posed no threat to her.
"What the...were you just in the neighborhood and universe then decided to drop in?" The tin man was already angered at my sight. He wasn't my favorite person either.
"I need to reach Fury." There was no need for pleasantries to be exchanged or wasted time of explanations. I stated quickly why I came here.
"You don't just reach Fury. He is like the wind, he only finds you. Why do you want to find him?" Iron man didn't give much hope he knew where to locate the missing link in all of this.
"We are all in danger."
"That's a good explanation. Maybe just search under superheros in the phone book."
"What about Doctor Banner?" There had to be one them that could reach Fury. I went down the list.
"Well, I would look under huge, pissy green monsters for him. He probably has a full page ad in the phone book."
"Where can I find this book you speak of?" Just as I waited for his answer.
The small woman approached us. "Tony don't be rude to our guest. May I take your...cape and...hammer?"
"No my fair lady I am fine." I gave a slight bow in respect.
"Would you like a drink or something to eat?" She offered refreshments, a very kind gesture. She was different from her mate, tin man.
"Do you have chard animal flesh?"
"No."
"Perhaps some slain swine?"
"Um..." She hesitated before answering me. "No. I have deli ham, I can make you sandwich. I am going to the kitchen so you can talk to your friend."
"Thank you my lady." Another bow as she existed the room.
"We're not friends Pepper, you know I don't have any. What do you want from me flying man?"
"I told you we are all in danger. Loki's last visit to earth, he left his powers here. They are becoming stronger. The cube must have been found." Once more I expressed the urgency of the matter at hand.
"First of all, if the cube was live again, I would already know it." He led me to a big panel of lights that meant nothing to me. "How did Loki leave his powers here?"
"I don't know."
"Where did he leave them?"
"I don't know."
"Then what the hell do you know?" Tony was in my face now.
"If we do not get this situation under control, we will all stop existing. Every gate way from hell up will be open. Evil will be able to transport from realm to realm, taking it over."
"I'll show you the cube is not active." Tin man wanted to lead me down a long dark tunnel. Hesitation came to me. Did I trust him completely? No was the answer. "Come on big guy. Keep up with me. See this screen. Nothing is on radar."
"What about the dot?"
"That's strange it wasn't there earlier. Something is registering from a town called Charming." He continued to punch a bunch of buttons. While I planned my next move.
~~~Jackson~~~
"Good morning. What the hell are you doing here so early?"
"It's your birthday baby. I came by to give you a hug and your present." Gemma was stranger than usual. She crept around every corner of the house nosing around. When she went down the hallway she jumped like she had been shot as I came up behind her.
"I'm alone if you're wondering."
"I wasn't wondering Jackson."
As far as I was concerned, she could look around all damn day. There was nothing for her to find. Anything I wanted to be kept private, was under lock and key. I went to get my coffee before I got Abel dressed to leave.
"Has any one else came by yet today?"
"Mom, its six in the morning. What is going on with you? You seem jumpy."
"It's just been a strange morning. I'll take Abel to daycare. You can go to the clubhouse."
Nothing ever changes with her. Her love for my son was the purest thing about her. I felt she wanted me out of the house so she could snoop while I was gone. Again, the joke was on her, nothing there of any interest.
"Did they call back on the prepay yet?"
Chibs was having a smoke when I parked my bike. "Yeah the meet is set for this afternoon. They want the shipment of guns we promised Jackie. I don't know how much longer we can stall them."
"All we need is a couple more days. If I can get Alverez on board, the rest will follow. I will follow up with him to buy time. Come on, let's get this day locked down before other shit goes south." But hell, it's was too late for that already.
"You shouldn't ride alone Jax. It's not safe today."
Gemma was already here and following me around the clubhouse. "What the fuck is up with you Mom? Do you know something I don't?"
"Of course not. It's just not safe. I'm your mother and I worry about you."
"I'm fine." There was always a target on my back. With a list of enemies a mile long. Why she was freaking out about it today, didn't make any sense.
The ride cleared my head. I enjoyed the smell of the road and the calm it sent over me. There was nothing like flying down the highway on a wing and prayer. That was until I seen the flashes of light coming from the direction of our warehouse.
"Fuck, the guns."
Chibs was the first one I called for them to meet me there. We had the guns stolen before and another damn warehouse up in smoke would call the game for us. Last time almost killed the club. It wiped out stock and our cash flow. It was how Clay got the club involved running dope. The worst thing that could of happened to us.
The sound of thunder and bolt of lightning almost made me lose control of my bike before I got it pulled over to the side of the road. When I looked towards the warehouse, I seen nothing coming from that direction.
"I need you to come with me." This dude wore what looked like tights and he thought I would really let him anywhere near me.
"Look man, I would like to help you out. But I got shit to do."
"It is important to both our worlds." He was pretty persistent for a crazy man. But, I didn't live in the kind of make believe reality he did.
"Unless you wanna ride bitch on the back of my bike, I can't help you out. And your tits aren't the kind I like."
"Please disrobe. I need to see your markings."
"That shit will never happen. You're kinda gay man. I don't have time for this shit alright."
"No you got it wrong, I'm not happy. I have nothing to be gay over. Our existence is under threat of being wiped out. You must come with me now."
When he tried to get closer to me, I would show him exactly how I handle this kind of shit. "I'm not gonna go anywhere with you asshole."
"What is this asshole you speak of?"
Pulling my gun out from under my cut. "This is your last chance to walk away before I get seriously pissed off. Witness don't mean shit to me."
His voice roared loudly. It almost hurt my ears. "How dare you treat a god like this."
"So now you're god. You must be on a really bad trip. See ya around dickhead." My only thought was he had to be strung out on drugs or some shit.
"I will take you by force if I must Jackson."
"How the hell do you know my name? I'd like to see you try that shit with me. Cause I'll still whip your ass even if you are crazy."
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