The Summer Frost
Chapter 2
The thick black smoke drew ever higher into the atmosphere as the fires continued to burn. Asgard was blind sighted by this attack. Their soldiers had quickly gone into battle but the damage was already done. The amount of collateral damage lying in the streets was an image that many would never be able to forget no matter how hard they tried.
The Frost Giants didn't have many fighters but their choice of timing was impeccable. Thor was once again about to be crowned King of Asgard and once again was interrupted by their unfortunate presence. He alongside the soldiers of Asgard went to battle immediately. The first war was not lengthy. The Asgard forces had regained control in less then a day but the second fight was far more confusing.
A second wave of Frost Giants was soon sighted by a patrol. When Thor's squad went to fight, they were shocked by a strange revelation; the remainders of the first wave fighters were now battling against the second wave. The survivors fought valiantly but quickly realized they were greatly outmatched. That's when Thor stepped in.
After the second wave was thoroughly defeated and forced into retreat, two prisoners of war were taken. The armor the two were wearing would suggest they were both from the first wave. It was thicker, adapted better to the environment and there was generally more of it. They weren't talking now, but Thor was very interested in what they would have to say when they regained consciousness.
The few last members of the second wave disappeared into thin air and Thor decided it would be safe to return to the heart of Asgard. The Frost Giants wouldn't have many more soldiers considering the amount that had been killed six months earlier on earth. It was surprising that they had enough fighters to have staged even two waves.
As he marched back through the streets with his men, he couldn't escape the cries that surrounded him. The injured were being carried on people's shoulders to the healing centers. A mother was screaming for her daughter as she wandered aimlessly through the streets. A boy was crying as he shook an unmoving woman. The fighters were more pained by these scenes then by the battle.
For Volstagg, it quickly became personal. His wife had scene the warriors returning from her residents and ran to meet him.
Volstagg pulled his fretful wife into a strong embrace.
"Have you seen him?" She asked him obviously distressed. "Did he found you?"
Volstagg didn't know how to answer. He didn't understand.
"Where is he?" She screamed.
Thor wandered quickly to his friend's side.
"Who? Who is missing?" Volstagg questioned finally.
"Who? Our son, Tyr! He's been missing since yesterday."
"What happened?"
"He left a note saying saw them from afar. He went to the palace to warn you. He… he never returned."
Thor could see his friend about to shriek out of fear for his son and told him that he should stay with his wife and search with her. He told Volstagg that the group would search for him as they continued through the city.
The remainder of the warriors were dismissed after they made it back to the palace and were debriefed the king. Thor went back out in search for Volstagg's son. There was little vegetation on Asgard but considering they had already checked throughout the city, he figured there was no harm checking the woodlands. He'd searched for three hours with no resolve.
"Tyr? Tyr!" He called wishing for a response. "If you can hear me…"
A branch snapped a few meters away and Thor ran in its direction only to be met by big yellow eyes.
"Oh oh."
He turned back around and began running. Thor attempted to summon lightning but he was finding it difficult to muster the strength.
"Thor?" A young child's voice rang out.
Suddenly Thor was much less interesting. The bilgeschnipe turned and began running to the source of the call.
"Oh no you don't!" Thor screamed out. Finding the strength was no longer an issue and the bilgschnipe quickly turned into little more then a pile of ash.
"Tyr!"
"Thor! Help!"
Thor laughed in relief when he realized were the nine year old was.
"How did you get up there, boy? Are you okay?" Thor asked staring up the trunk of a massive tree covered in moss and vines. Tyr was sitting on the first visible branch but even that branch was almost ten meters off the ground.
"I'm okay. I was taking a short cut to the palace but the Frost Giants were too quick. I was afraid so I climbed up but now I can't get down. Are my mother and father okay?"
Thor laughed to himself. He began swinging his hammer around to gain just enough power to get up to the boys refuge.
"Your family is fine, child. Well you picked a branch with a splendid view. Do you want to go home now? I know your parents are frightened by your absence."
Tyr offered a quick nod before slowly moving towards Thor and putting his arms around his neck. Thor secured the boy with one arm before using the power of the hammer to fly them through the air before bringing them safely back to the ground in the city. From there it didn't take them long to arrive to Volstagg's residents. Thor knocked at their door. Volstagg's red and watery eyes immediately met his sons.
"Tyr!" He said lifting his son into his arms. With one of his hands we held his sons head into his shoulder. "Joro, Tyr's home."
Joro ran into the room and took his son from Volstagg.
"Thank you." Volstagg said turning to his companion.
"It is okay, my friend. He is safe now. That is all that matters."
Volstagg placed an arm on his friend. "I am forever in your debt."
"You will never be in my debt." Thor responded.
Thor wanted to let them have some time so he bid them farewell with the promise to see them soon. He did not have the energy to use the hammer to get him all the way back to the palace so he had to walk for the last stretch. When he arrived home, he rested for little more then an hour before his father woke him.
"What is wrong, father?"
"It is Loki. He has escaped."
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