Chapter 7 – Scarif
D28/30 BBY Asgard
In the chamber of the Bifrost stood three men, Odin (the all-father) who had an angry expression on his face and two of the three princes of Asgard, Thor and Baldur.
"Do you realise what you have done, what you have started?", yelled Odin.
"I was protecting my home and those who had followed Baldur to Jotunheim.", Thor replied in an equally angry tone. "None of this would have happened if that idiot had better control over his anger. But you keep turning a blind eye and defending him as if he has done nothing wrong.", Thor said while gesturing towards Baldur, who wore a grimace and was choosing to remain quiet.
"So instead of diffusing the situation through a peaceful manner, you chose to attack.", Odin yelled again.
"We had no choice, Baldur attacked their leader in front of his entire army. I was only holding them back long enough for us to get out of there.", Thor yelled back at Odin.
"YOU ARE A VAIN, GREEDY, CRUEL BOY.", Odin shouted pointing at Thor.
"AND YOU ARE AN OLD MAN AND A FOOL, WHO CHOOSES TO DEFEND THIS LOWLIFE INSTEAD OF MAKING HIM FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS.", Thor yelled back at him.
Odin was silent for a moment then whispered, "Yes, I was a fool."
"Father", Baldur said while moving towards Odin.
"AIEEEE", Odin snarled making Baldur stand frozen in his tracks. Then he said in a booming voice, "THOR ODINSON, YOU HAVE BETRAYED THE EXPRESS COMMAND OF YOUR KING. THROUGH YOUR ARROGANCE AND STUPIDITY YOU HAVE OPENED THESE PEACEFUL REALMS AND INNOCENT LIVES TO THE HORROR AND DESOLATION OF WAR." After that he picked up his spear-headed staff and inserted it in the control unit of the Bifrost bridge activating it. He then move towards Thor, ripped off the circular bearings on the chest portion of his armor and his cape and continued to say in a booming voice, "YOU ARE UNWORTHY OF YOUR TITLE, UNWORTHY OF THESE REALMS. YOU ARE UNWORTHY… OF THE LOVED ONES YOU HAVE BETRAYED."
Thor was shocked to speak with what Odin was doing, he knew that Odin was biased towards Baldur (his student), but not for one moment could he imagine that Odin would turn a blind eye on Baldur's latest, most terrible and definitely deliberate blunder. He then saw Odin walk back to the control unit and say, "I NOW TAKE FROM YOU YOUR POWER", with that Thor's hammer flew from his hand to Odin's, "IN THE NAME OF MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE", Odin continued while Thor's armor had started to fall on the ground, "I ODIN ALL-FATHER…. CAST YOU OUT". With that he pushed Thor into the activated Bifrost using an energy blast from his own hammer. When Thor had disappeared, Odin whispered to the hammer, "Whosoever hold this hammer, if he or she be worthy….. shall possess the powers of Thor." Then he threw the hammer into the Bifrost, which released both Thor and his hammer onto the planet of Ryloth.
D3/1 BBY
Onboard the Rogue One, Thor was deep in thought as he was just thinking about the day of his banishment and how things had spiralled out of control since. He had volunteered to with rogue squadron after listening to Jyn Erso's speech.
On Yavin, just before Rogue squadron was leaving, Thor had spoken to Hera, "This is the turning point. If rogue squadron succeeds, the republic will return. I am going with them to make sure that it happens. Tarre will stay here and help you convince Mon Mothma to send the Rebel fleet."
"Be careful, we don't want to lose you.", Hera told her father before he left.
"Thor", Jyn called out, "we are coming up on Scarif. Lets go over the plan again. We go in, get the plans and find a way to broadcast it off the planet", Jyn told the crew before they infiltrated the base.
Some time later, the entire rebel fleet had jumped to hyperspace to Scarif as rebel command had intercepted an imperial communication about the infiltration on Scarif and due to that had decided to send aid to rogue squadron.
After reaching Scarif, a battle had ensured between the Rebel alliance and the Empire. One could call it the declaration of War. The empire's fleet had outnumbered the rebellion's by a significant amount and the death star itself had shown up.
Thor had helped the rogue squadron, which was now one member (K2SO) short, escape. They had been able to give the plans to the rebellion. Thor had stayed behind and was stuck with Director Krennic. "You think this feeble rabble can win. You have no hope, Jedi. You should give up.", said Krennic.
"You're one to talk, seeing as how your precious empire has abandoned you", Thor retorted, "and you are wrong, there is always hope, if there is but one fool left to fight for it. Also I am not a Jedi, I am more than that. I am someone who your precious emperor is afraid off and has no chance of succeeding against. Finally, I have seen him fall due to his own arrogance. And now you will understand the true power of the force."
Thor's words had scared Krennic (who noticed that Thor had a presence more frightening than both Vader and the Emperor). Thor had noticed an Imperial Star Destroyer attempting to follow the Tantive 4 (princess leia's ship, which had the plans) and through the force he sent a message to his apprentice to follow her. Above him the Death Star was getting ready to fire and Thor decided to show his true form as an Archangel. His wings (three pairs of them) were fully unfurled and his eyes were glowing blue. In his right hand his axe materialized and before he could use it he sensed a presence behind him and swung his axe at the person behind him. His axe phased through the enemy's hand and then his enemy caught his hand. Thor saw in front of him a man wearing a mask, with only one eye hole which showed an eye having a red and black pupil. "Sharingan", Thor whispered before he and his foe were both sucked inside the vortex of his opponent's eye and were teleported elsewhere.
Seeing how the rebellion had got the plans, the rebel fleet started to jump to hyperspace to get away from the empire. As they were jumping, the death star fired a low power shot at the place where Thor was standing and where the shocked Director Krennic was lying. In the process, it destroyed the Imperial station.
On board the Kommrk fighter, Falcon 1 – Tarre and Ahsoka were following the hyperspace route of the Tantive 4, to ensure that they wouldn't be captured by the empire. Through the bond between him and his master, Tarre felt his shock and was momentarily distracted, when he felt Thor say the word 'Sharingan'. This was because, the last of the Sharingan users had died over five hundred years ago as they kept fighting amongst each other for power and control.
"Tarre look out", Ahsoka yelled out as there ship was shot by a very large imperial ship, the emperor's vessel. The shot caused The hull of the fighter to break apart and pushed Tarre out into space. The fighter, with Ahsoka in it were caught in the tractor beam and transported above the Emperor's ship. Ahsoka had fallen unconscious during the process. When she woke up, she was in a holding cell and a medical droid was injecting her with what looked like a red fluid. She tried to use the force but was unable to and then she felt the cold emanating from someone in front of her cell. It felt like the Emperor, but this was much too powerful than before. The door of the cell opened and she saw the Emperor, (as disgusting as ever) with his rotting teeth, his yellow eyes and the utter feeling contempt & darkness radiating from him. "Ahsoka Tano, mine at last", he said.
On Yavin 4, Hera and the ghost crew met with rogue squadron who told them that Thor had not gotten off the planet. Hera was extremely worried hearing this, she didn't want to think the worst but the pragmatic in her thought that she had lost her father forever. "He is not gone, Hera", Kanan gently said. "I can sense that he is still alive. We will find him or he will find us. I promise that.", he continued and hugged Hera.
On reaching the command centre, Hera found out the losses suffered by the rebellion and that Princess Leia was MIA, as were Ahsoka and Tarre. She reflected on her father's words, on how this was a turning point. The rebellion had lost and now its best chances for success were missing, that is to say the two members of the Aesir; an angel and his apprentice. But she wasn't going to accept this as their fate and would do everything in her power to find her missing family members.
On board the Emperor's ship, Ahsoka was taken to a large circular chamber which was in complete darkness, where she saw a human girl with black hair, about 14/15 years old chained up. She was afraid and Ahsoka felt strong in the force. Ahsoka tried to reassure the girl through the force, but was unable to do anything of the sort. "You wouldn't be able to use the force until I allow it, Lady Tano", came a voice as the door of the chamber opened. Behind it was a short bearded human male, wearing some type of an overcoat. Ahsoka could feel that the darkness within him, it was stronger than that of the emperor's. "Sidious has been disappointing me, but I feel that he has finally broken that streak", the man continued. Behind him the Emperor entered and Ahsoka noticed that he was looking afraid.
"Master", Sidious said in a meek tone and bowed down, "the weapon is ready and the archangel has been taken away."(During that time, Sidious did not know of the rebellion's victory on Yavin)
His words worried Ahsoka as the only Archangel she knew of was Thor.
"You have taken your sweet time with this. What of the pagan, Tarre Vizsla?", the man Sidious was bowing down to said.
Before Sidious could answer, there was a high pitched ringing and a bright white light behind the door of the chamber from which they all entered. Suddenly the door was pulled out and entered Tarre Vizsla, his eyes glowing blue and energy radiating from him. He saw Ahsoka and the little girl and suddenly they were both behind him. Tarre had Ahsoka's lightsabers in his hand, which he gave to her and then said, "It was foolish of you to come here Crowley. The angels are on their way."
To Be Continued.
