Alright. Here we go. We've come to the end of the final battle with Hela.
I can promise it's guaranteed that my version of this part of the movie will not be as good as the movie itself. Then again, I don't think anyone can do their own version of this part that's as good as the original. But, I'll do my best.
Alright. Let's begin.
Chapter 9- Ragnarok
Here we go.
Oliver watches with a grin as Thor flies down towards the Bifrost, wreathed in lightning. Dozens of Berserkers are clambering over each other, piling on top of each other, reaching up towards Thor.
(insert Immigrant Song here)
Thor crashes into them, scattering and destroying them in a burst of lightning. He slowly stands, his body wreathed in lightning, and his eyes glowing brightly. Or rather, eye. Oliver sees that Thor's right eye is missing.
Berserkers charge Thor. He leaps forward, spinning rapidly, and tears through several dozen Berserkers. He then engages them hand to hand, lightning shooting from his hand with every blow, swing, and kick, and even just random bolts discharging from his body to destroy Berserkers.
Down the Bifrost, fireworks shoot up from the Commodore. Berserkers take notice and race towards the ship, and Valkyrie, who is calmly walking down the Bifrost towards them. Once Berserkers get within range, Valkyrie attacks and begins just scything through ranks of Berserkers with her Dragonfang.
Below the Bifrost, Hulk is still doing battle with Fenris, landing blows whenever he can. And up on the Bifrost, Loki, Heimdall, and the gladiators from Sakaar continue to fight.
Oliver smiles and actually lets out a laugh. Oh, it's good to be back in the fight, he thinks to himself.
Olvier fires off a grappling hook arrow towards the massive ship hovering alongside the Bifrost and swings up. He rapid fires a dozen arrows, taking down Berserkers that are the biggest threat to Loki and the others. He then comes down with a war cry, swinging his bow down and bashing a Berserker's head in. He somersaults to regain his feet, swinging his bow as he goes and destroying a Berserker's waist. Leaping back to his feet, Oliver leaps over a Berserker's blow before smashing it's head apart with his bow.
Further down the Bifrost, Thor continues to obliterate Berserker after Berserker. None of them even stand a chance against his power, as Oliver, Valkyrie, Loki, and all the others continue to fight, tearing through Hela's army.
In the midst of the chaos, Skurge regains his feet. Looking around, and disgusted with his actions, Skurge throws away his axe, picks up a cloak left lying on the bridge, and makes his way into the midst of the crowd boarding the massive ship.
As he does so, Thor cleans up the last few Berserkers. Oliver and Loki walk up to him.
"You're late, brother," Thor says.
"And you're missing an eye," Loki responds.
"Looks like you don't need your hammer after all," Oliver adds with a grin. A grin that Thor returns.
"This isn't over," Valkyrie says as she hurries past them. The three men follow her a few steps, and all stop, in a line, facing down the Bifrost, and staring at Hela as she walks slowly along the bridge towards them.
"I think we should disband the Revengers," Thor says. Oliver smirks to himself, impressed that Thor can maintain a sense of humor in this situation.
"Hit her with a lightning blast," Loki suggests.
"I just hit her with the biggest lightning blast in the history of lightning. It did nothing," Thor says. Hela is now close enough that Oliver can see that is true.
"We just need to hold her off until everyone's on board," Valkyrie says.
"I thought we came here to kill her, not just to get everyone out of here," Oliver protests.
"Queen is right. It won't end there. The longer Hela's on Asgard, the more powerful she grows. She'll hunt us down. We need to stop her here and now," Thor says.
"So, what's the plan? How are we gonna kill someone that a lightning bolt like that won't even faze?" Oliver asks.
Loki turns to look at Thor and, just in case, adds, "I'm not doing 'Get Help'."
Thor just stares at Hela for a moment, then turns to look back at the refugees. After a moment of looking at them, he turns back towards Hela, and says, "Asgard's not a place, it's a people."
A moment later, he takes a step forward, then turns to Loki. "Loki, this was never about stopping Ragnarok. This was about causing Ragnarok. Surtur's crown. The vault. It's the only way!" he says urgently.
Oliver feels a bit apprehensive. Thor had told him about Surtur while travelling to Asgard. Oliver knows if Surtur returns at full power, there'll be no stopping him. But he understands that's Thor's plan.
Loki recognizes the point too. He takes a deep breath before replying, "Bold move, brother. Even for me." He then turns and starts running back along the Bifrost towards the Commodore.
Thor turns to Valkyrie and asks, "Shall we?"
"After you," she replies.
Thor glances at Oliver. Still staring fiercely at Hela, Oliver nods and says, "I've got your back."
Thor turns back to Hela. Lightning crackles around his body, and he rushes towards her, leaping into the air with stolen swords raised. Hela sends two spears flying at him, but he blasts them to pieces. Thor lands and slashes at Hela several times, but she dodges, eventually ducking under a stab and sending Thor flying over her.
Standing upright again, Hela blocks several slashes from Valkyrie, then knocks her aside. Looking up, she sees Oliver standing about ten yards away with an explosive arrow nocked in his bow.
Oliver growls, and, using his signature line for the first time in over half a year, bellows, "HELA! YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY!" He looses the arrow right at Hela, and she catches it. A second later, it explodes, knocking her flying back a few yards.
Oliver rushes right at Hela, firing arrow after arrow, as the Commodore flies overhead, headed towards the palace. Hela easily blocks the arrows, then conjures a sword to block Oliver's first strike with his bow. Valkyrie takes advantage of the distraction and slashes at her free arm. Her sword cuts Hela, but the wound heals almost instantly.
Hela ducks under another slash and kicks Valkyrie out of the way. Oliver then attempts to strike her several times, but she blocks each blow. Oliver stops swinging to try and push back against her defense, then whips his hand up, grabs an arrow out of his quiver, then reaches under her guard and drives the arrow into her stomach.
Hela cries in anger and irritation, then grabs Oliver and throws him away. She yanks the arrow out of her stomach and throws it at Oliver, nicking him in the leg. Oliver growls.
Thor attempts to strike her again. Hela summons a sword to block his attack. Valkyrie tries to slash at her exposed back, but Hela summons another sword and blocks her attack. Thor and Valkyrie together try and attack her at the same time, while Oliver lays down supporting fire with arrows. However, Hela easily holds Thor and Valkyrie off.
After several tense moments, Hela sends Thor flying towards the ship. Oliver races to take his place as Thor turns to the ship and shouts, "Go! Go now!"
Heimdall hurries back into ship, and the ship revs its engines. Hela quickly sends a spear flying into his shoulder, and uses it to yank him out of the way. Quickly sending Valkyrie and Oliver flying out of the way, she turns to face the ship and summons a massive spear to drive right though the bottom of the ship.
Berserkers from beneath the Bifrost begin climbing up the spear towards the ship. Fury rising in him, Oliver pulls out a tranquilizer arrow and fires it right at Hela. It hits her right in the back, and she stumbles forward.
Not taking the chance whether or not it's affected her, Oliver rushes her and tackles her. He starts slamming punches into the back of her head. He only manages to land a few punches before Hela whips around and delivers a punch of her own right to Oliver's chest, knocking him flying back. Valkyrie rushes forward to take his place.
Back on the ship, Berserkers are beginning to enter the ship. Skurge is feeling conflicted, not sure what to do. Then, he remembers hearing what Oliver bellowed at Hela. You have failed this city, he remembers.
And in that moment, Skurge decides he does not want to be remembered as the man who failed Asgard.
Skurge throws off his cloak, pulling his two assault rifles, Des and Troy off his back, and opens fire. Several Berserkers are quickly destroyed.
Skurge continues to fire until the stream of Berserkers temporarily stops, and his bullets have shattered the tip of the massive spear impaling the ship. A fierce look on his face, Skurge says in a low voice, "For Asgard," before leaping right out of the ship and firing.
Skurge continues to fire, destroying multiple Berserkers. "Hela!" he shouts, determined to make sure she knows he will no longer follow her.
Skurge quickly runs out of ammo. But, determined to keep fighting, he turns to using his guns as clubs. He clubs down two Berserkers before Hela sends a sword flying through his chest.
Oliver races up to attack her, but she dodges his blow and knocks him flying back. She then stalks towards Valkyrie, who is lying further down the Bifrost towards the Dome.
Oliver scrambles back to his feet. His hood is no longer up, and his mask is torn up, so he rips it off.
Thor also scrambles to his feet as she shouts, "Hela! Enough!"
Hela turns back to face Thor and Oliver. Thor takes a few deep breaths before shouting, "You want Asgard? It's yours."
"Whatever game you think you're playing, it won't work. You can't defeat me," Hela replies.
Thor chuckles a bit. Right as the palace begins to break out in fire.
"No, I know," Thor says. He chuckles, before gesturing towards the palace and saying, "But he can."
The top of the place bursts part, burning rubble flying everywhere, as Surtur, restored to his full power, and wielding the massive Twilight Sword, rises out of the remains of the palace.
"No," Hela gasps. Right then, Valkyrie tackles her from behind, driving her sword through Hela's back and into her heart, before yanking it out and flipping around, skidding backwards on one knee. Thor then summons a massive lightning bolt, causing the Bifrost under Hela to cave in.
"TREMBLE BEFORE ME, ASGARD! I AM YOUR RECKONING!" Surtur bellows before slamming the Twilight Sword into the ground.
Oliver stares up in stunned silence at Surtur. In the back of his mind, something makes him think that Cisco would make a Lord of the Rings reference about the Balrog. But, that is quickly buried. Because, for the first time in a long time, he actually feels scared of something as he stares at Surtur.
Oliver controls his fear of Surtur and steps back towards Thor and Valkyrie.
"The people are safe," Valkyrie says.
"That's all that matters," Thor replies.
All of them look at Surtur. "We're fulfilling the prophecy," Thor says.
"I hate this prophecy," Valkyrie says in a depressed voice.
"So do I, but we have no choice. Surtur destroys Asgard, he destroys Hela so that our people may live. But we have to let him finish the job…" Thor replies, but he's suddenly cut off by a loud roar as Hulk suddenly soars over their heads, heading right towards Surtur.
"No," Thor says in a low breath. Hulk roars again, right before Surtur is almost knocked off his feet by Hulk hitting him in the head at high speed.
"Hulk, stop, you moron!" Thor shouts. Hulk, not hearing Thor, keeps punching Surtur in the head a few times. Surtur grabs Thor off his head and throws him away. Hulk lands on the Bifrost and tumbles a few times before stopping about ten yards in front of them.
"Hulk! Stop! Just for once in your life don't smash!" Thor shouts angrily.
Hulk looks at Surtur, then looks back at Thor and says in protest, "Big Monster!" As if that is reason enough.
"Come on! We need to go!" Oliver shouts.
Hulk shakes his head a bit before saying, "Fine!" He runs towards them, picks up the three of them, and leaps right up to the escaping ship.
Once they land on the gangway (still extended), they hurry into the main passenger bay, with a large viewport that is currently overlooking Asgard.
As they come to the viewport, they see that Hela is burst out of the water on what looks like a massive pile of spears. She has thrown several gigantic spears into Surtur's chest, but it's not enough to stop the massive fire demon. He raises the Twilight Sword, and as they watch, drives it down onto Hela and into the ground. Putting more muscle behind the sword, he drives it as deep as he can into Asgard.
Beside the Revengers, Korg is holding Miek, and looking out of the viewpoint. "The damage is not too bad. As long as the foundations are still strong, we can rebuild this place. It will become a haven for all peoples and aliens of the universe," Korg says.
Almost the moment that Korg finishes that statement, there's a bright flash, and Asgard is blown apart, it's rubble flying out into space.
"Now-now those foundations are gone. Sorry," Korg says apologetically.
Oliver stares out at the dispersing rubble. He feels like they failed in a way. They failed to save Asgard from destruction. But, he reminds himself that they have saved its people, and as Thor said, Asgard is a people, not a place.
Oliver stares out into the void out of the viewport. And promises that as long as they need him, he will protect Asgard. Wherever Asgard may be.
And with that, the last battle for Asgard comes to an end. I hope I did the cinematic masterpiece it was justice in my written MACU version.
I hope you liked my inclusion of Oliver's signature line. Since Asgard is basically one big city, I felt it appropriate to keep it as it usually is, instead of modifying it. I didn't have him use that line on Topaz when he shot her ship because I was saving it for Hela.
Well, this story is drawing to an end. The next chapter will be the last, and wrap it up, and maybe fit in a tie to another future story besides the Infinity War story.
I really hope you enjoyed this battle. I am sad to have to be ending this story, but I hope you all have enjoyed.
Please review and give me your feedback on how I did this chapter. And stay tuned for the final chapter. It should be up either later today or tomorrow, but i won't post it until I got some reviews for this chapter.
