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Chapter Ten – Who will help me?

Once safely secured in the throne room, Thor had taken a seat at the chair of his father as Heimdall's hand rested on the front of his forehead. He could feel the Gatekeeper's power pass into him.

He relived everything through the visions. His love, Jane was in a large room, trying to open a gateway into one of the other realms. She did not know where she had locked onto, but she heard a voice that must have drawn her to come close to the portal.

He bore witness to Loki, or his brother imitating his voice to draw her in and grab Jane around the arm.

He clinched his arm as though he could feel Jane's pain as Loki's blue arm burned and singed her flesh.

Jane was shoved back and collapsed to the ground in pain and the portal was closed.

Heimdall had shown him all he needed to see as he released his hold on him.

"I demand to be sent to Earth Realm immediately," Thor blasted out upon standing where he was. "Loki has gone too far now."

"That I cannot allow," his father replied.

"I ask for a reason," Thor challenged.

"You cannot save her," Odin told him. "Her fate has been sealed. This magic is beyond even Loki's level."

"Who in the nine realms has this sort of power?" he asked his father. "There can only be a few who have magic…"

"There are only a few, but her fate has been determined to end…"

"By whom? You?"

"Thor," his mother interjected at his dishonor of his father.

"No wife," Odin said. "I will answer. This mortal woman has been the center of your world since you returned from Asgard." His father walked towards him in stride, his good eye staring him down. He however stayed far enough away on the platform from him. "You were distracted during the war against Lord Surtur. You have neglected your duties as prince. Is this what Asgard needs from her king?"

"I love her!" Thor shouted in a fit of passionate anger.

And the room was silent as all the eyes looked to him.

He was so angry that he could not believe that he had declared his love for Jane Foster in front of all the people that he cared for in his life.

The looks that came from Sif, his mother, and his father were the ones that hurt the most. They were concerned and saddened by his revelation.

"I am asking for one simple request," he finally asked in a soft voice. "She saved me once. Please grant me the honor of returning the favor by saving her."

His father took his seat and leaned back in his throne. "Even if I were to allow you to go," Odin finally said, "how do you intend upon saving her against a magic even more powerful than your brother's? Thor, I cannot allow you to travel to Midgard and endanger yourself. You must accept this is the fate of your friend."

Thor was heartbroken, but knew that he would not accept his father's decision. Jane was worth more than what she was going through.

He put a hand to his chest and bowed down. "If you will not help me father, then I am afraid that I will be defying you."

"What?" he asked.

"I am not going to allow her to die this way," Thor said. "If you will not assist me in going to Midgard, then I am going to have to find someone who will." He turned his back and began to walk away.

"Where are you going Thor?" his mother called out to him.

But he ignored her and left the chamber.

Frigga looked to her husband Odin.

"How could you allow him to leave like this?" she asked.

But her husband remained silent and waited to see where his son would venture off to obtain the help he needed to get to Midgard.

Vanaheim

The large sailing ship carried Prince Thor from the Asgardian royal village and castle toward the ancient island of Vanaheim, the home of the Vanir.

He did not know much about the Vanir. Just that they were legendary farmers and gardeners. It was said that these people supplied the food for all the nine realms. They were also rumored to be very special with the magical talents.

One who was looking for a magical source that could possibly reveal who had attacked Jane on Midgard or one that could take give him transport to Midgard to save her would be found here.

Dockworkers assisted him in tying up his vessel and he proceeded into the main village.

Venturing out of her cave, Amora was walking very calmly through the marketplace. She needed a few more material elements for the next spell and potion that she was working on. They were items that she could not grow, but knew vendors who sold them.

She gave the sluggish looking man a gold coin for the jar of eyeballs and placed them into her satchel.

"By the gods," the vendor said.

"What?" she asked.

"Prince Thor," he whispered again and bowed his head.

She turned around sharply and saw that he was not kidding her. Thor had returned from his war zone and was now on Vanaheim.

He walked calmly, but it seemed as though he was looking for someone or something.

Amora did her best to hide her face behind the veils of her cloak so he would not see her. She wondered if Loki had revealed that she was the one who created the poisoned crystal that was killing the mortal Jane Foster….perhaps he was looking for her now.

But she overheard Thor asked a resident of the village, "Excuse me," he asked. "Could you tell me where I may find the Temple of Earth?"

"Why yes my lord," the small, frail woman said. "Head toward the mountain in the center of the island. The goddess's temple is built into the mountain side so she may commune with the spirits more."

"Most gracious of you," he replied and gave her something for helping him.

Amora, though it was a bad idea, decided that she would follow the prince for a while until he got to the goddess's temple.

Why would he be going to the goddess Jörd's temple? What purpose would he have there?

Thor continued to walk toward the temple, but once he arrived to the gates were guards stood to protect the goddess, she could not follow him further.

She had to travel back to Jotunheim and let Loki know of what she had just witnessed.

The Temple of Earth was a gorgeous one. It was laden with plants and fountains in celebration of the Earth in which the goddess swore protection over.

Nymphs tended to the gardens along the walls outside while fairies used their magic to make the flowers bloom and mature bigger.

Servants came close to Thor, attempting to temp them with their wiles and the fruits in their hands. They wanted to tend to such a strong man, as they said to him.

"Not today ladies," he said.

"Such words from a Prince of Asgard," a calm and powerful voice said to him.

The maids giggled and moved away from him.

"Most would give in to my maids, but you Prince Thor, you are different," the voice at the end of the chamber said to him.

Thor walked faster toward a lush garden that was covered in flowers. More maidens flanked the sides with large peacock feathers fanning and covering over the person who sat in a throne that was in the middle of a pool of water.

"When one is able to resist my maids," the voice said, "their heart has already been taken by someone. This I can feel from you."

He approached a spot where he was supposed to kneel before the stairs that lead to the fountain. Mjolnir was set delicately to the side of him as he did what he was supposed to do.

"Goddess Jörd, Mother of Earth," he offered his praise to her. "I am seeking a way to the realm of Midgard."

The feather fans were pulled aside and revealed the goddess there. Her stunning red hair rained down her form in waves of curls. The green gown she wore resembled leaves of a tree that covered her slimly body. Her bare feet dipped into the water and she walked down the steps toward him.

He did not want to show her dishonor by looking at her so he kept his eyes down.

Soft hands came down under his chin and brought him to look at her. She was radiant looking, much like his mother Frigga.

"Great power I sense in you, Thor Odinson," she said. She took his hand and guided him to stand. He was surprised that he was taller than her even with her ornate hairpiece and tiara, but she was still lovely to lay eyes upon. "Tell me, who is it that you love that you come to me for aid."

She must have read his mind or possibly the tears in eyes.

"Great goddess Jörd, I desire to be sent to the Earth Realm," he asked of her. "There is one there that I love who is on the verge of death. I need to go there so that I can save her."

"Love, the most powerful of all emotions," she stated. "Who is this young woman that you love?"

"Her name is Jane Foster," he said her name.

The goddess closed her eyes, but he could see her eyes shifting underneath her lids. She must be searching for her, he thought.

Jörd slowly smiled and reported from what she had seen through her eyes. "I have heard muted whispers about this lovely woman," she said as she walked away from him. "Your father is refusing to help you in getting to her. Why?"

Thor made his case. "He thinks that this is what fate has planned for Jane," he said. "He thinks that Jane is a distraction and is not good enough for me. She saved me goddess and I am asking for the opportunity to save her."

"Great magick has been used against her," the Earth goddess told him, "but love is the weapon to which will save her. Yes, Thor Odinson, I will aid in your cause."

He was elated and tried to remain calm and in control.

"Come with me," she said. "Away with you all," she ordered of the maidens.

He took her hand and was guided past her throne off to the sides and led into a chamber beyond a crystal laden curtain.

Inside was a large altar of gold that shined underneath the dome of light that shined upon it.

From a statue of herself, Jörd took up a scepter that it held. It was of solid oak and contained a large emerald at the top wrapped in vines.

"Where are we goddess?" he asked.

"This is the Sanctuary of Nature," she told him. "It is where only I and the most holy of my followers are allowed to enter. It is my private retreat center and is where the most concentrated of my power lies.

"Now my son, you desire to travel to Midgard," she asked him. "Do you know where?"

Thor remembered where he had been when he was exiled to Earth. "New Mexico," he told her. "Near Puente Antiguo, I believe is where I was. If I am going to find Jane, I should start there."

"Very well," she said and pointed her scepter toward a tree that grew at the edge of the chamber.

The emerald glowed within the roots and flashed brightly.

Roots from the tree pulled aside the trunk and opened a gaping hole that glowed. It glowed in the same colors that the former BiFrost Bridge in Asgard would have illuminated; if it were usable.

He rushed to the portal and wanted to pass through due to his excited state of getting to Jane, but Jörd spoke out to give him one last piece of advice.

"Pass through this portal to your beloved," Jörd told him. "Once you desire to return, call out my name and I will bring you home."

"I thank you again goddess," he told her. "Thank you."

"Be safe," she said.

And he entered the portal and allowed its waves to deliver him to wherever it was going to take him.

Earth

The clouds opened up and a beam of light struck down at the outskirts of Puente Antiguo. The light shook the ground, causing the people in the city to move away from the blowing wind and dust.

Not that they were not used to these type of conditions before. They were a common occurrence long ago, but it had been a while since they had seen them.

Thor appeared standing very calmly in the light, his cape blowing in the breezy aftermath.

The town looked so different since he had last been there. The businesses were repaired from the damage caused by the Destroyer. The town also had become more modern in their technology.

He searched around and found the one place that he was searching for; the old Smith building that was surrounded in windows. The trailer that once served as Jane's quarters was still parked outside.

That is where she must be, he thought and went running over to it. Especially in her weakened state.

"Jane," he called her name while pounding on the door. "Jane."

He opened it and entered, but it was evident that she had not been there in a while. Most of her personal artifacts, pictures, and clothing were gone.

Thor moved from the trailer and headed into the place where her lab used to be. He called her name once more, but she was nowhere to be found.

All that remained were scraps of equipment, an old sofa, and the dining table where he had eaten breakfast with them all those years ago.

Where was Jane? Where was Darcy? Erik Selvig? Where had they gone?

His heart ached and he fell to his knees. He needed to focus. If he was able to feel Jane's agony from Muselheim, he should be able to use that aura to locate her.

"Hold it right there," a voice called out to him.

Thor snapped up, his hammer ready to defend his life.

What he saw were three men in black and white suits, the same uniform as the Son of Coul. Were these people a part of the same organization he was?

"Stand up," one of the other men said. "Slowly."

He did as he was told. The last time that he had been to Midgard when he was demanding and uncontrolled, he was attacked by the humans. This time, he swore he would handle it like a prince.

"I am Thor Odinson, Prince of Asgard," he introduced himself. "I am looking for a woman who worked in this lab. A Jane Foster of your realm."

"You know Jane Foster?" the younger of the three agents asked him. "How do you know her?"

"We're friends," he told them. "I am looking for her upon a matter of life and death. If I do not get to her, she could die."

The other agents put their primitive weapons down.

"I am going to call Coulson," one of the agents told another, but he was able to hear it. "See what he wants to do."

They were in the process of calling while he was searching around for anything that had Jane's aura on it. There was barely anything around, but he found something that sparkled on the floor near the hand-washing basin.

It was a small ring with a stone that was in the shape of a heart. The band was covered in jewels that sparkled in his hand as he brushed it with his finger.

Touching the ring made him see where it had last been. He saw Jane, in tears as she returned to her lab. She was trying to pull the ring off her hand, but it was resisting her strength.

Jane cried out and it finally came from her finger. She looked to it sparkling in the dark light, but she finally threw it across the room before collapsing to her knees.

He was brought out of his reverie when one of the agents grabbed his shoulder.

"We have a phone call for you," the understanding one told him. "He wants to talk to you."

Thor took the object from his hand.

"Put it to your ear," the agent told him.

He did as the agent showed him.

"Hello," he said.

"Well, I have to say that it is an honor that I get to talk to a god for the first time," the voice said.

"Identify yourself," he said.

"Easy big guy," the voice said. "I am the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, but you can call me Tony Stark."

"Who are you Son of Stark?" he asked.

"I am the one who is going to bring you to Jane Foster," the voice said.

They waited for a period of time until a large object with rotating wings spun around above it. It slowly came down in the field behind Jane's old laboratory, kicking up sand and stones around them.

He was amazed at the power that this transport demonstrated. This was to be the object that would take him to his love.

A door opened on the side revealing a woman in a form-fitting uniform and jacket over her shoulders and a man in a suit that was very similar to the other agents. He wore colored lenses over his eyes.

Both people approached him.

"You must be the great Thor," the man whose voice he recognized greeted him. "I am the one that you called Son of Stark, which is accurate."

"Where is Jane?" he asked.

"Straight and to the point," the Son of Stark replied. "Hop aboard our helo and we will take you to Jane."

He charged toward this helo.

"We should tell you that we checked on Jane this morning and she wasn't doing well," Stark continued to speak to him even as they climbed into the helo's belly.

"How much time?" Thor asked.

"We don't know," the woman said as she closed the door. "She's been holding her own for the past week, but she has been growing very weak since Tuesday."

Stark was on the communication object, talking to someone. He suddenly cursed in anger and closed the object.

"What's wrong?" the woman and he asked at the same time.

"Jane just sent for a lawyer and is signing herself over as a DNR," Stark said.

"What is that?" Thor asked.

"It means that if her heart stops," the woman said, "she does not want to be saved. She wants to die. Liftoff, now!" she ordered of the people controlling the transport.

"Then take me to her," he demanded of them.

The helo left the desert and was in the process of taking him to Jane.

He prayed to all the gods of all the nine realms that Jane would still be alive when he reached her.

While they were flying toward Jane, Son of Stark or Tony as he wished to be called, offered him a position on an elite team of warriors who would protect the Earth in the event it were ever attacked.

They were to be called The Avengers.

Thor took the card with the icon on it and the mission statement he also called it. It would be something to consider.

But for the moment, Jane was all he had on his mind and getting to her side so he could save her.

Kind of scary that Jane is signing herself over to die...will Thor get to her in time? You will have to review to find out.