Chapter 7
"So, King Odin, Queen Frigga and Queen Farbauti are you willing to continue this progress of reconciliation between your sister realms and people? Are you willing to leave your wars within your own realms and swear an oath to us? Are you willing to find and give us each of the Infinity Stones?" Lord Summer inquires.
"Lady Winter, Jotunheim and its citizens owe our very recovery and revival to you, so I and my people will pledge to do whatever you ask of us." Queen Farbauti pledges on bended knee.
"As will Asgard, I will pledge my best soldiers to find and deliver the Infinity Stones to you and your siblings." Odin pledges on his bend knee as well.
"We are glad to hear that and so I will start you on the path and offer you a boon. Prince Loki will not awaken until the Mind Gem is destroyed and it is currently on Midgard in the scepter Thanos placed in his hands. It is time the Ice Prince's name is cleared, you must go to Midgard and make the truth known and you must reclaim the Mind Gem." Said Lady Winter
"Yet it must not forgotten that though the Ice child was innocent and not to blame for the loss of life on Midgard, lives were lost and Wergild is owed. Asgard, you and Jotunheim must open your coffers and send payment for the lives lost. It may open the way for Midgard to hand over the Mind Gem in a way that the truth will not. "Lord Summer declared.
Turning to both of the Queens Lady Winter says "Queens Farbauti and Frigga, we know how much you and the Allfather desire the Ice Prince to awaken but know that you will not be able to remove the stone or break the scepter yourselves. Bring the scepter to my temple on Jotunheim with the sleeping prince and I shall awaken him."
Sensing the Allfather's fears and concerns for Loki plus his wife and Jotunheim's Queen, Lord Summer states "We know your concerns Allfather but fear not for either of the Queens or for your sleeping child, I and my siblings will be watching. If the Midgardians refuse to hand over the Mind Gem or if they threaten them during their diplomatic visit to Midgard we will step in."
"Send some of your most trusted Warriors to protect the two Queens but know I will already be on Earth. I have some business that I intend to complete, some people that I need to visit and some people I need to judge." Lady Winter hinted.
"My sister and I will leave you to notify your peoples, to gather the necessary gold and gems and make preparations for the royal diplomatic envoy to Midgard." Lord Summer stated but before the two Eternal Judges left Lady Winter offered one more piece of information to comfort the distressed royals.
"I know you and both of your realms' citizens have been frightened by the fact that the Ice Prince has not awaken after these many months. You must understand he suffered greatly in the Void and at both Thanos and The Thunderer's hands. He needs this time to rest and absorb your love. The Ice Child is a prickly thing and would have resisted the love and support he needed if he were awake as you and the Asgardian citizens are well aware. He hides his feelings and hides his pain; he needs this magically induced rest. Please know that Loptr is safe, he is sleeping peacefully. Thanos cannot hurt him and though he cannot respond he is able to hear and feel your love and concern. While the Queens are gone you must continue to have those who love and care for him at his side at all times, Allfather."
Then there was a bright flash of light and the Eternal Judges were gone. "Talk about knowing how to make an exit." Fandral joked. Sif and the remaining Warriors laughed and began to discuss amongst themselves who should go with Asgard and Jotunheim's Queens and who should remain with the Allfather at Loki's bedside.
"I think Hogan and I should go with the Queens to Midgard while you, Fandral and Volstagg should remain with Loki and Prince Bylestir. He always preferred the company of the two of you over the rest of us. Plus, Loki and I have had a turbulent past and I do not think he is ready to believe that I have forgiven him for the Destroyer nor that I care about him and am ready to reestablish and improve our friendship." Sif states sadly.
"I have to agree with Lady Sif, if Loki considered any of us friends after how poorly we all treated him growing up it would be the two of you." Hogan says to his friends. "Plus I really want to give Thor a piece of my mind for what he did to Loki. He told us over the last two years when we all thought Loki was dead that he regretted all the things he did to Loki and then turns around and rapes him. What the hell was he thinking?"
"Then we must go to the Allfather and the Queens and volunteer." Pointing at Sif and Hogan, Volstagg said "You two will go with the Queens and get back the Mind Gem while Fandral and I stay here with Prince Bylestir and the Allfather at Loki's side."
While Sif and the Warriors Three had been discussing who should go and who should remain, The Allfather with Queen Frigga and Farbauti had been make travel arrangement and collected the required Wergild.
Later that day the Asgardian and Jotnar Royals gathered in the royal gardens. "I have sent word to my son in Jotunheim. Hellbindi is sending two chests full of Gold, Red Diamonds and Emeralds. He says it will be at the Bifrost first thing in the morning. I suggest we get a quick dinner and spend the remainder of the night with our son" Feeling distressed Queen Farbauti goes on to say, "I know we must do it, we must go to Midgard. Our son deserves to have his name cleared throughout all the realms and Midgard suffered when Loki was a marionette of Thanos but I do not want to leave my baby."
"I understand Farbauti but Loki will be ok and when we come back with the Mind Gem, Lady Winter will awaken him. There is nothing I want more, than to see our baby boy open his eyes and hear his voice. Odin, Bylestir, Volstagg and Fandral have each promised that they will take turns at his bed side, he will never be alone even for one minute." Queen Frigga replied.
The Following Morning at the Asgardian Observatory
"I have not changed my mind, I do not trust the Midgardians and would rather just send soldiers take back the Mind Gem but it is not what the Eternal Judges have demanded. Along with the two chests of Gold and jewels from Asgard's vaults, I am sending three of my most trusted warriors to protect you both. General Tyr, Lady Sif and Lord Hogan have each volunteered and will not allow any harm to come to either of you. Come back safely and while you are gone, I will remain with Loki and continue to send him our love and comfort." the Allfather stated.
"Mother, just remember that this is what is needed for Loki to return to us. I want to get to know my baby brother, to show him how much Asgard and Jotunheim have changed for the better, to show him that he is loved and treasured by both of our realms and that his innocence is known throughout the entire Nine Realms. Come back quickly." Bylestir says and then kisses his mother on his cheek.
Seeing both Queens and the Three Warriors were ready, Odin said "Heimdall, open the Bifrost." While on Midgard the alarms at the Bifrost site in Central Park sound.
*****Next Chapter: Asgard and Jotunheim's Queens along with their three protectors arrive on the Shield Helicarrier.*****
