"Oh you must be joking," Sif sighed, shaking her head as she looked at the princess preparing her mare. "You cannot come, Sigyn, it is not safe for you." She said, walking over to her, as the youngest there glared at her, the men turned back to their stallions, sharing a look.
"And why, pray tell, can I not join you and my brothers in this nearly suicidal mission?" She asked, a hand on her hip, tilting her head to look up at the other. "I am just as capable of defending myself as any of you are..."
"You said it yourself, this is suicidal, and we should leave at least one heir here to carry on should we fail." She said, the two now standing toe to toe, "besides, you could never fight well enough, not once as we trained..."
"I will show you that thing's have changed, that I am just as worthy to be a child and a warrior of Odin!" She said, clenching her jaw, Loki placed his hand on her shoulder as he steered her away.
"When one of us go, we all go, it's the way it has always been." He said, helping her up onto her horse, Siff merely rolled her eyes and carried on her own preparation.
The seven rode out, through the grand roads of Asguard, over the shimmering beauty of a bridge, the giant doors of their home opening as they approached where Heimdall was stationed, a huge golden sword in his hand, the keeper of the ways. They dismounted, making the rest of the way towards him on foot, Thor leading them though Loki soon rushed to his side.
"Let me handle this," he said with a smirk, going ahead of them. "Good Heimdall..." He began.
"You're not dressed warmly enough," the guard said simply, stumping Loki for a moment.
"I'm sorry?"
"You think that you can deceive me,"
"I'm sorry, you must be mistaken," Loki said, attempting to carry on only to be cut off yet again.
"Enough," Thor said, stepping forward, "Heimdall, may we pass?"
"Never, has an enemy slipped my watch until this day, I wish to know how that happened."
"Then tell no one where we are gone until we've returned, understand?" Thor said, before walking past him, his friends following him.
"What happened," Volstagg asked as he passed Loki, who stood still, "silver tongue turned to led?" Sigyn snarled at him, following once she saw her brother do so as well, not looking near Heimdall and his ever watching his eyes. They entered the golden circular room, walking around the side of its centre towards the door way, Heimdall following, sliding his sword into the awaiting sheath. Thunder crackled around them as the rooms walls spun and moved, a light shooting out of its pointed end.
"Be warned, I will honour my sworn oath to protect this realm as it's gate keeper, if your return threatens the safety of Asguard, my biforst will remain closed to you, and you will be left to die in the cold waste of Jotunheim."
"Couldn't you just leave the bridge open for us?" Volstagg asked, making the princess role her eyes, clinging to her brothers arm slightly, though he once again ignored her existence.
"Leave the bridge open would unleash the full power of the Bifrost and destroy Jotunheim, with you upon it."
"I have no plans to die today," Thor said, standing tall in front of them all.
"None do," Heimdall said, sliding the sword in fully as all but him were pulled from the room and shot out, blasting through space towards the frozen planet.
They landed, standing they looked around them, taking in their surroundings.
"We shouldn't be here," Hogun said, Sigyn nodding in agreement.
"At last a voice of reason,"
"Let's move," Thor said as if none had spoken, leading them inwards, to the crumbling wreck of a world. Deathly silence surrounded them, the wind roaring past the ruins, the sound of distance structures collapsing echoing lightly.
"Where are they?" Sif asked
"Hiding," Thor answered, "the cowards always do." He said, still so sure of himself. Sigyn looked up at Loki, her eyes widening with each step, he patted her head lightly though otherwise continued.
"You've come a long way to die, Asguardians," a deep voice said as the entered what could just about pass for a throne room.
"I am Thor Odinson,"
"We know who you are," it replied
"How did your people get into Asguard?" Thor said, his tone demanding an answer, the figure of Laufey coming into focus, his red eyes the main feature which made his figure stand out against the dark throne upon which he sat, he turned his head to face Thor.
"The house of Odin, is full of traitors,"
"Do not dishonour my fathers name with your lies!" He said, the king of the frost giants rose to his feet, walking towards them.
"Your father is a murderer and a thief... And why have you come here? To make peace? You long for battle, you crave it, you're nothing but a boy trying to prove himself a man." He said, each word infuriating Thor more than the last. The sound of ice shifting, breaking sounded around them as his people began to step closer to the Asguardians, the others glancing around themselves wearily.
"This boy has grown tired of your mockery," he said as the kings peoples hands changed to that of weapons, their bodies encasing themselves in armoury of ice. Loki broke away from his sisters grasp, going to their brother.
"Thor, stop and think, look around you, we're outnumbered." He said softly to him
"Know your place, brother."
"You know not what your actions would unleash... I do," the frost giant said, his eyes growing almost soft, "go now, while I still allow it," with these words he stepped even closer to them, now towering over the two brothers.
"We will accept," Loki said, "your most gracious offer," stepping away from Thor, "come on brother." Sigyn smiled softly at him, nodding her head once as she looked to the other who had began to follow.
"Run back home, little princess..."
"Damn," Loki said, as they all knew that those words would no doubt undo Thor's slight control on his temper. Sure enough he turned, striking Laufey, sending him flying back into a wall. One by one the other's began to attack the charging ice giants, apart from Sigyn who was ushered to the side by Loki who basically bared her into a cave, before he blocked her in just enough and returned to battling with the others. Her view was obscured by the icy 'gate' which barred her in, forcing her to leap and climb up as best she could to get a good view over it, as well as trying to kick her way out in order to help the others. She looked over as she heard Volstagg cry out, narrowing her eyes before they widened, where the ice giant he had been fighting grabbed his arm was blue, near black seemingly dead skin.
"Don't let them touch you." He warned the other before carrying on in his fight. She watched as her beloved brother struck forward at one moments later, only to have it grab his arm. As it had with Volstagg his armour broke away to his flesh. She shrieked out his name, watching closely though was surprised when his arm did turn blue but soon returned to its normal shade. He watched his arm change, clearly shaken by it he looked over to her, nodding that he was alright before carrying on.
"Thor," Sif cried, trying to get the battling leaders attention, Sigyn looked over to her to see that Fandral had been impaled by a set of ice shards, she paled slightly as she continued to try and get out of her prison even more so now.
"We must go!" Loki demanded of him, making his way over to where he had put his sister, freezing once he felt the ice begin to shift beneath his feet, he turned and watched with the others as a giant... Monster was released from it's iced case. He ran to her, ripping away the 'gate', taking her hand as the two ran with the other's, fleeing the huge beast, though Thor was determined to fight on. The creature raced after the six, the ground around them along with surrounding structures began to shake and shift, Loki picked her up, believing them to be away from the beast only for it to appear before them. He held her close, burying her face in his neck, not wanting her to see what happened to them. Suddenly Thor shot through the air above them, right through the throat of the animal., causing it to fall down dead. Sigyn squirmed to see what had happened, just as Thor landed with ease before the corpse fell off the side of the cliff. Before any of them could relax for a moment, the sound of slowly approaching feet came from behind as the warriors made their way towards them, prepared to carry on the battle.