Sorry for the long wait times, guys. I will be updating my Transformers stories after I finish the Marvel ones (it's my new interest.) I do not own Marvel nor Pokemon.
Space. It's quiet. Nothing but the light of stars and galaxies lighting up the eternal darkness of the universe.
To the Collector, it was just another average "day," or close to what could be considered a 'day' in the void of space. He was looking at planets with life forms, weaponry, or anything else that he needed to add to his collection. "Hmm…" he said as he stared at Jotunheim. The Jotuns were a dying race, but their ability to control ice made them an interesting race.
"If I could only get them to breed" said the Collector to himself. Female Jotuns were rare, and the Jotuns had a habit of keeping the strong while killing off the runts of their kind. The strongest Jotuns were the most respected ones, but little was known of the runts.
Without warning, several security alarms went off on the Collector's ship. He had a concerned look on his face as he punched in a few controls on the dashboard. Several camera videos popped up, showing dead specimens of his collection. He let out a roar of rage, and then raced to his remaining specimens. Whoever thought to attack his collection would prove to be a very foolish move.
It didn't take long for the Collector to make it to his specimen vault, and he stood there in shock. Killing barely described the devastation in front of him. Whatever attacked his collection proved to be good at sending things to oblivion. Dust floated around the ground in a thick fog as his cages were reduced to nothing more than broken glass and rust.
"The Aether" he said as he raced off to where he kept it. He ran and ran, but came to a screeching halt when he saw burn marks, and the two stones holding the Aether torn apart. "What?" he said, and then something grabbed him from behind.
Next thing that he knew, he was staring in the face of what took the Aether. Red energy was circling the creature as it stared at him with its cold soulless eyes. "No…" said the Collector before the thing opened up its mouth and drained the Collector of his life force.
The Collector collapsed into a pile of dust, then the creature looked skyward. "Odin…" it said, "I haven't forgotten you for my banishment. I shall take all of what you hold dear and make you watch your legacy being torn into nothing."
Asgard. The realm eternal. A magnificent city built for the Asgardians, with golden towers and mystical stones making up the buildings. The tallest and grandest of all was the palace, where the king lived.
On the throne sat Odin…or what appeared to be Odin. Two guards were standing alongside the throne, guarding the king. The kingdom was at peace with the other realms, but no one questioned the whereabouts of 'his' sons. Loki was dead, and Thor was on Earth, which left the king without an heir for close to one hundred years. Many were hoping that Thor would produce a son to take over when Odin died, but even if he did, Thor would have to take the throne until his son was old enough.
Heimdall, the watcher and guardian of the Bifrost, stood at his post, watching the nine realms. "Odd" he said as he turned his gaze out to a corner of the universe. A hole had opened up earlier from another world, but something cloaked in darkness came out. Even with his great sight and gifts, he couldn't see what it was. A chill ran down his spine as he saw the thing camouflage itself with the universe, and he lost sight of it completely.
Whatever the thing was, it had a cloaking ability to rival that of the Dark Elves. There was something else about it, as if he saw it somewhere before, but where?
Days went by, but Heimdall couldn't let the invisible creature leave his mind. A sudden scream brought Heimdell to turn his gaze to the Collector's ship, and what he saw horrified him. "No…" he said as he saw the thing turn its gaze to Asgard, and he saw it smile evilly before it cloaked itself again.
"Where are you?" asked Heimdall to himself as he stared out into the abyss of the Nine Realms, but he couldn't hear, see, or sense it.
Deep in space, the thing flew as fast as its wings can carry it. With the Aether giving it more power than before, the creature now had unlimited power to destroy Asgard and the other realms. Odin, your time shall end. You won't reach Valhalla when I take your soul and life. You shall be a broken spirit forced to watch Yggdrasil die thought the creature.
It took several days, but the entity managed to reach Asgard. On its feather-cloaked wings, it flew silently over Heimdall's Observatory as it made its way to the palace. Soon, Odin, soon I shall take all of what you hold dear and destroy it as you watch it thought.
'Odin' was sitting on his throne as he was thinking about the Jotuns. Destroying Jotunheim would be a good way to get rid of those Jotuns, but…maybe the Dark Elves should go first. They did take Frigga away from me. But…there is also Thor to take care of. Decisions, decisions thought the king when a loud CLACK was heard. The king looked up, and though he could see nothing, there was something there.
CLACK was heard again, followed by a third CLACK. "My liege, there is something here" said one of the guards. "Do you suppose that it could be Loki?" asked the second. 'Odin' looked at the guard, and then said, "It's impossible for whatever's making that noise to be Loki. He's…dead."
"Then, you shall soon join him," said a cold rumbling voice as a creature began to take shape.
The creature was black, with a red underbelly with black lines. Huge claws came out of its tail and wings. Gray fur circled its neck, and two long black horns came out of its head. It had the coldest blue eyes that anyone could imagine, and it gave an aura of pure evil and death.
"Who are you?" bellowed out 'Odin,' but the creature smiled as it said and shook its head "You're not Odin." "Of course I am" said 'Odin' as the creature laughed again, then approached the throne as its clawed feet made a loud CLACK with each step that it took. The guards charged at it, but the creature batted them away with its wings.
"The real Odin would have remembered who I was," said the creature as it grabbed the king and the Aether that it absorbed began robbing the monarch of his magical power. With great force, the creature tossed the king to the ground, revealing Loki in his Jotun form.
Loki coughed hard as some flecks of blood flew out of his mouth, and then turned to the creature in front of him. What he saw the creature doing made his blood freeze in his veins as he watched the entity grab the two guards and watched them turn to dust. The creature then turned its head slowly to Loki as it said, "My real name is Yveltal, but your legends call me Hraesvelgr, the Corpse Swallower."
Yveltal stood upright, showing off his scars as it said "I have gotten all of these scars with those that exist within the branches of Yggdrasil, but it was Odin who gave me this one" as it pointed with a sharp talon to an X-shaped scar over its heart. "I vowed to get revenge on Odin for banishing me to another dimension…and I'll start with you, Loki Odinson" said Yveltal as it opened up its mouth, and a black sphere with purple clouds formed.
Loki got up and began running as Yveltal shot out a beam of purple and black energy, destroying a wall and a few pillars in the process. Yveltal smirked as it watched its prey run, then began walking. The Corpse Swallower wanted to enjoy the hunt as much as it could.
The Jotun ran as much as his two legs could carry him in the winding halls of the palace, wanting to get away, far away. He wasn't paying much attention to where he was running until he ran into Volstagg, in which he collapsed to the floor. "A Jotun!" shouted Volstagg as he withdrew his ax and held it at Loki's neck. Fandral, Hogun, and Sif soon joined him, and they held their weapons at the Jotun.
"I know that you all promised to kill me if I ever betrayed Thor, but could this wait until later?" asked the Jotun. "Loki?" said Sif, and then said, "Give us one reason why we shouldn't kill you right now."
As if on cue, a bright red beam shot in the hallway behind them, obliterating several guards, as a red and black monstrous wyvern came into view. "That's why," said Loki as Yveltal turned its head, and then gave out a loud roar. "What is that thing?" asked Fandral. "That's Hraesvelgr, the Corpse Swallower. He's come here to get his revenge on Odin," said Loki.
"And just what did you do with Odin?" asked Sif as she stared down at Loki. "I know where he is, but we have to hurry. I'm not sure how much time we have until it finds Odin" said Loki as he got up, and then beckoned the warriors to follow him.
After an hour of running, they came to the catacombs beneath the palace. "What is this place?" asked Fandral. "The catacombs of Asgard. I used to come down here when I was younger, when Odin was out with Thor. Mother was doing some other royal duties at the time, so I used to explore Asgard a lot. The catacombs were one of the places that I would explore when I wasn't training up on my magic," said Loki.
It took them twenty minutes, but he managed to lead them to a locked door, then turned to the Warriors Three and said, "I need you three to break down the door." "Why, don't you have a key?" asked Volstagg. Loki looked annoyed, then said, "Normally, I would use my magic, but thanks to Hraesvelgr, I've lost it."
The four warriors looked unimpressed, then Loki said, "I'm not lying this time. That creature took away all of my magical powers, and I'm stuck as this…this…this…monster!" "Well, it suits you well" said Sif as Loki glared at her, and then growled a bit.
Without warning, the door magically opened up, and out walked Odin. "Odin, thank the gods that…" said Loki, but then got blasted by Odin as the elder shouted, "Loki, for what you've done, you're to be executed." Loki coughed up more blood, then said "Yeah, I wish that you were dead too."
Odin glared at Loki, and then said "For taking over the kingdom, I should execute you right now. Frigga isn't here to protect you, Laufeyson." Loki stared at Odin, and then said, "While you were in Odinsleep, the kingdom prospered while I was on the throne. We managed to make peace with some of the Jotuns and the Dark Elves."
The Allfather just stared at him, and then said, "Thor would have done the same. Where is that son of mine? He'd better be alive, Laufeyson." Loki gave Odin an are you serious look, then said "He's currently on Earth with his chosen bride, Jane Foster, the mortal who had the Aether within her."
"WHAT?" shouted Odin, and then bellowed, "I will not have my son marry a mortal. I told him to marry Sif." Sif looked at Odin, and then said, "I don't want to be Thor's wife. He bedded me a few times, but we don't love each other enough to be wedded. I don't want to be pregnant with anybody's offspring."
At this point, Loki laughed as Sif said, "And what's so funny, frost giant?" Loki continued to laugh, and then said, "Even though Odin is the Allfather and true king of Asgard, he makes some of the worst decisions that the kingdom has experienced. First, he didn't tell me of what I was after I became another stolen relic of his, second, he thought that Thor was ready for the throne, third, he thinks that Thor should marry you instead of Jane, and fourth, he thought that it was safer keeping Jane and the Aether here while we were attacked by the Dark Elves. He truly is a worse king than what Thor would have been."
Odin glared at Loki, and then said, "I'm doing what any sensible king would do." Loki continued to laugh, then said "Oh? Like Thor attacking the Jotuns before you banished him. You once said 'How can you protect a kingdom when you can't even protect your friends?' How was keeping the Aether in Asgard while we were defenseless any wiser than that incident done by Thor?"
A cold rumbling voice said, "Odin, you have grown more foolish as you age. It's a wonder that Asgard is still standing with you in charge." The six of them turned to stare down the hallway whence they came, and they saw a dark shadow on the floor. The shadow began to take shape as Yveltal emerged from the floor, and stared at the group with his cold soulless eyes.
The Allfather had a look of pure fright on his face as he stared at his ancient opponent. "Yveltal…but I banished you. You're supposed to never return to this universe," said Odin. "Yes, that is true, but I woke up. I defeated those that kept me in place for nearly three thousand years. You remember what your father told you about my awakening, don't you Odin?" said Yveltal.
Odin stared at Yveltal, and then said, "You weren't supposed to wake up. You were never supposed to wake you up. I placed you in Odinsleep to keep you from waking up." Yveltal smiled evilly, and then said, "I was, but there was this foolish group of people who wanted to use my power to recreate the world. They brought me out of Odinsleep, and as a reward for doing so, I took away their life energy. Every living thing within a hundred-mile radius died. I decided that it was time to return to Asgard and thank you for my banishment."
Volstagg gripped his axe, but Odin gripped the warrior's shoulder as he said, "Don't. Wait until we have Thor before we can fight him. Until then…run." With that, Odin shot Yveltal with his spear, and then cast a fog. Odin then turned and ran, and the others followed him.
Heimdall was busy alerting the guards that the palace was under attack, when Odin, the Warriors Three, Sif, and Loki came out of a corridor. "My king, we're under attack," said Heimdall. "I know. Yveltal has returned. We only have a short time to get all the guards to fight him. In the meantime, we have to find Thor. We need his help if we are to stop Yveltal" said Odin.
Without warning, hundreds of screams were heard when a blast of dark energy blew up the floor, and a gigantic wyvern appeared. It roared, and then Odin shouted, "Stop it. Guards."
Hundreds of guards rushed to stop Yveltal, but the creature fired a red beam that came out of its chest, and it reduced the guards to dust. Odin's color turned pale, then said, "I hate to state this, but we have to abandon Asgard. We have to get as many people as possible to Earth."
Everybody turned to Odin as Sif said "My king, we must stay and defend Asgard against this threat. We can't leave this realm to it." Odin shook his head sadly, and then said "If Yveltal was still weak, we would stay, but…it's too late for that. It has both the Aether and the Tesseract in its possession. We can't defeat a creature that has two infinity stones. We need Thor's help…and his friends on Earth whom he plays with so much."
Loki turned his head quickly, and then snarled "Friends that he plays with? He defeated my army when I invaded Earth. The friends that he plays with are stronger than all of the guards in Asgard put together." Odin then turned his head, then shouted "Oh, and you would know that, you stupid Jotun? Thor happens to be a better warrior than what you had for an army. You've been trying to kill Thor ever since you went to Jotunheim, Laufeyson."
"Oh, are we going to bring up that I'm another stolen relic again, old man? How many relics have you stolen over your lifetime?" shouted Loki as the two began arguing again. Heimdall stared at them, and then said, "I hate to interrupt you, my king, but I suggest that we leave. The Corpse Swallower has just destroyed the ceiling, and the castle is starting to crumble. I suggest that we leave while we still can, my king."
What Heimdall said was true, as the castle began breaking down as pillars, pieces of ceiling, and the walls began caving in on themselves. With that, everybody ran for the stables.
After saddling up, the seven of them rode across the rainbow bridge to Heimdall's Observatory to open up a gateway to Earth. Heimdall placed his sword in the center of the observatory, and set a direct gateway to Earth. He turned to Odin and said, "I will stand here until the last Asgardians pass through. My king, you must leave with the Warriors Three, Sif, and Loki now. Find Thor and tell him of what's happening."
A sudden shake shook the observatory, and thousands of screams were heard. Heimdall looked out across the Bifrost, then turned to Odin and said, "You must hurry to Earth. The Bifrost will soon fail if the Corpse Swallower keeps up his attack on Asgard."
Loki seemed to be planning, when Sif took out a dagger, held it to Loki's throat, then said, "I know that you were thinking of using some of the other entrances hidden in this realm to get to Midgard. You were thinking of leaving us behind." Loki shifted his gaze to Sif, and then said "Oh? And what makes you think that I was planning on that?" Volstagg then drew his axe, held it to Loki's neck, and then said, "We know you too well, Loki. We still want to kill you for betraying Thor."
"I'm so lucky to be surrounded by such good friends" Loki sarcastically said, and with that, Odin turned to Heimdall and said "I was originally planning on staying and ensuring that my people would evacuate in time, but I have to go to Midgard to make sure Loki doesn't try to take over the realm again." "Wise choice, my king" said Heimdall as the six of them entered the portal to Earth.
Author's note: For the record, Yveltal is based off of Norse mythology, as well as Xerneas and Zygarde.