Lokasenna

by ragnarok23456

After "Ragnarök", the future looks bleak for Asgard and Earth. The Aesir fight to survive, and Jane Foster fights to get home. Written as a shooting script, this story follows "Thor: The Dark World" and is a sequel to "Ragnarök". Ties into the Infinity Gauntlet / Thanos storyline; precedes "Yggdrasil". Lokane, Shogun & hints of Amoradall. Movie 2 of the Ring Cycle Trilogy.

1. Scenes 1-2

1. INT. AESIR TENT - DAY

CLOSE ON the face of JANE FOSTER, eyes closed, unconscious.

CUT to EIR, Valhalla's chief healer, who has come to Jane's side. Behind her, out of focus, are two other women, both dressed in white, and both up to their elbows in dried blood.

EIR
(O.S.)
She's waking up. Aurbotha, go tell Sif. Bleik, get water.

JANE
Where am I? Where is -

EIR
Rest, child. There will be time for all that.

Jane struggles to get up.

JANE
No, you don't underst-

Eir sets a hand on Jane's shoulder - kind, but firm.

EIR
I do understand. And your questions will be answered. But you must not struggle.

SIF enters.

SIF
(warmly)
Jane Foster. It is very good to see you awake.

Eir nods to Sif, and moves away to give them privacy. The DEVICE Jane used to create a gate is on the table next to her, just out of focus.

JANE
Sif! What happened?

SIF
You were nearly killed. And Valhalla was nearly destroyed.

JANE
Destroyed? But Loki -

SIF
(nodding)
Hid the city from Surtur, yes. But after Valhalla reappeared, Surtur's demons still remained - and they did plenty of damage. The All-Father was able to banish the first wave - but only at great cost.

Jane again struggles to lift herself out of the bed. Eir, passing by, stops and gives her a look.

JANE
I shouldn't be here. I need to get back home.

SIF
(pained)
I am sorry, Jane Foster - but you cannot.

JANE
No, you don't understand. I have to go back. My people are in danger - I have to warn them.

Eir and Sif exchange a look.

JANE
What? Send me back through the Bifrost. I can't stay here any longer.

Sif hesitates before speaking again.

SIF
(quietly)
The Bifrost was destroyed in the battle for Asgard. And the All-Father - he destroyed Loki's passages to Midgard to prevent the fire-demons from going that way.
(beat)
I am sorry.

Jane looks at Sif in dismay and alarm.

JANE
I'm trapped here?

SIF
Perhaps your device -

JANE
(bitterly)
It won't work without a power source. So unless you have another stone -

Sif shakes her head, and says nothing. She looks down.

SIF
There is more. Jane Foster - you should know -

Sif hesitates, and looks up at Jane.

SIF
(continuing)
Thor is dead.

There is a long, terrible pause.

JANE
(dumbfounded)
No. No - that can't be.

SIF
It is. Heimdall saw it himself - Thor threw Surtur into the abyss, but at the cost of his own life. He saved us all.

Jane is stunned, and stares at Sif for a long moment. Her eyes well up with tears, but she does not cry.

SIF
I know how much he meant to you, as indeed he meant to all of us. I am so sorry.

JANE
- and Loki?

SIF
Dead too, at Surtur's hand.

JANE
(shaking her head)
I - I can't believe it. And Odin. To lose two sons -

SIF
(sharply)
One son. Do not mourn Loki. If it were not for him, Asgard would not have been attacked, and the All-Father -

She trails off, and then continues, with force:

SIF
Loki deserved his death.

Jane looks troubled, but says nothing. Sif's expression softens, and she puts a hand on Jane's shoulder.

SIF
You should rest. I will return for you soon.

2. EXT. JOTUNHEIM WILDERNESS - DUSK

A deafening whistling sound, then a powerful explosion. AERIAL SHOT of a cloud of dust; as it clears away, we see a dark crater, with dark veins of cracking ice radiating outward. The camera pans down to view the horizon - a BODY, prone, silhouetted in the moonlight. The shot lingers until two other figures walk up. One of the newcomers - SKADI - gives the prone body a savage kick.

SKAÐI
(O.S.)
Get up.

There's a low moan from the body, but no movement. The newcomer kicks the body again - much harder, this time.

SKAÐI
(O.S.)
I said get up.

The body stirs and then drops prone again. Skadi draws a sword and prods the body with it.

SKAÐI
(quieter)
Tell me your name, creature, and I will free you from this life.

BODY
Thor...Loki.

Skadi's gaze narrows. The second figure turns to Skadi.

BREÐI
He is delirious.

She drops to one knee beside the body. Skadi's voice is quiet, but menacing:

SKAÐI
(to the body)
You are not Thor. And Loki is dead.

The camera draws near and it becomes clear that the figure is SURTUR. He turns his broken face to Skadi and coughs weakly, sputtering blood.

SURTUR
Loki... is not dead.

CLOSE ON Skadi's face - exquisite and angry.

SKAÐI
(in a savage whisper)
What did you say?