Thor: Ragnarok Part 7
Thor, Korg, and the other gladiators are now in a pre-combat holding area so they can prepare for the upcoming battle. The holding area is separated from a bar by a glowing forcefield. There were weapon racks that had been restocked full of weapons. Thor and Korg were currently standing at the racks looking for weapons to use.
"Yuck!" Korg said in disgust as he picked up one of the weapons, "There's Still someone's hair and blood all over this. Guys, can you clean up the weapons once you finish your fight? Disgusting slobs."
He then looked over to Thor and asked while picking up a spear with three spearheads forming a triangle, "Thor...wanna use a big wooden fork?"
"No," Thor said as he glanced at the spear before looking back at the weapon rack.
"Yeah," Korg agreed as he held it up in a way to stare down it like one would a rifle, "not really useful unless you're fighting off three vampires that were huddled together."
"I really wish I had my hammer," Thor said suddenly as he picked up a dagger.
"Hammer?" Korg asked.
"Quite unique," Thor said as he thought about his old signature weapon, "It was made from this special metal from the heart of a dying star. And when I spun it really, really fast it gave me the ability to fly."
"You rode a hammer?" Korg asked in confusion.
"No," Thor said, "I didn't ride the hammer."
"The hammer rode you on your back?" Korg asked still confused.
"No," Thor explained, "I used to spin it really fast and it would pull me off the…"
"Oh my god," Korg interrupted wide-eyed, "The hammer pulled you off?"
"The ground," Thor continued, "It would pull me off the ground, up into the air, and I would fly. Every time I threw it, it would always come back to me."
"Sounds like you had a pretty special and intimate relationship with this hammer and that losing it was almost comparable to losing a loved one," Korg said.
"That's a nice way of putting it," Thor said as he put the dagger down.
"Not only that," said a familiar voice abruptly, "but, nobody but him could wield it. Well, I could too."
"Soron?!" Thor said in surprise, "What happened to you?"
"Two guards came and dragged him off," Korg said, "I would've helped, but we're not ready to start the you-know-what."
"Yeah," Soron said frowning, "They took me to the psychotic bitch who abducted me from Asgard."
"She was on Asgard?" Thor asked, "How come Heimdall didn't see it?"
"I don't know," Soron said, "I'm going to figure it out eventually."
"Why'd they take you to Mistress?" Korg asked.
"First thing's first," Soron said, "What is her actual name?"
"No idea," Korg said, "Seeing as she's the Grandmaster's daughter she just calls herself Mistress."
"Okay?" Soron said before shaking his head, "Anyway, according to her I'm her new 'boyfriend.' As hot as she is, I'd rather die than be what she calls a 'boyfriend.'"
"I heard the stories about her," Korg said, "Does she actually cut men's reproductive organs off before tossing the men into a meat grinder?"
"Yeah," Soron said grimly, "She did so right in front of me. Makes me want to rip her heart out as she watches even more."
"Okay," Thor said with an unnerved expression, "I don't know what unnerves me more. The Grandmaster liquefying a guy, his daughter emasculating a guy right before putting him in a meat grinder, or you wanting to rip her heart out while she watches."
"Well I'm pissed," Soron said, "I'm a slave again, which I HATE above all else, and I'm exaggerating. I'm going to kill her, but I'm not going to rip her heart out while she watches. Oh, what happened to Mjolnir?"
"My older sister destroyed it," Thor said sadly.
"You have an older sister?" Soron said in surprise, "The more you learn about people."
"Speaking of which," Thor said as he saw S142 dealing at the bar causing him to frown as he saw the fob device clipped to her belt, "Who's she?"
"Yeah," Korg said, "Scrapper 142. She's strong, and she drinks a lot. Watch out for those Asgardians, man. They are hard to perish."
"She's Asgardian?" Thor and Soron asked quickly before running over to the forcefield.
"Hey, hey!" Thor hollered to S142 who then held up the fob, "Do not zap us with that thing. We just wanna to talk. Asgard is in danger."
Thor then noticed the scars or brands on her forearms and stared with wide eyes and disbelief and recognition.
"My god," Thor said in awe, "You're a Valkyrie. I used to want to be a Valkyrie when I was younger… until I found out they were all women. There's nothing wrong with women, of course. I love women. Sometimes a little too much. Not in a creepy way, just more of a respectful appreciation. I think it's great that there is an elite force of women warriors. It's about time."
"Are you done?" S142 asked in a bored tone.
"Rumbler," said the voice of the warden as a guard came to drag Soron away, "You're up. Lord of Thunder. You're next."
"Please help us," Thor said to S142, "I need your help."
"Too bad," S142 said sarcastically, "I would help, but I don't want to. See ya later."
"Fine," Thor said angrily, "Then you must be a traitor or a coward because the Valkyrie are sworn to protect the Throne!"
S142 suddenly looked and glared at Thor intensely before she spoke.
"Listen closely, your majesty," S142 snarled, "This is Sakaar, not Asgard. And I'm a Scrapper, not a Valkyrie."
The guards suddenly swarmed Soron and began to drag him away while Thor glared angrily at S142.
"Bring him in for processing," the warden said as Soron was still being dragged away.
"And no one escapes this place," Valkyrie continued, "So both you and your friend are going to die here anyway. Looks like he's going to Valhalla ahead of you too."
Thor turned around and saw Soron being dragged away past Korg and the other gladiators. He watched as the door closed behind Soron and then punched the forcefield in anger hurting his hand a bit before returning to the weapons rack.
With Soron…
Soron was now walking out of a big doorway that opened out into an arena, and as he looked around he saw hundreds… no… thousands of people making up the audience. When he looked at the VIP box he saw the Grandmaster, Mistress, and surprisingly Loki up there. All three of the people he hated in one place? He felt that if he was lucky he could kill all of them in one go, but logically he had zero chance of that as the shock-disk was still attached to his neck.
"In one corner of the arena is a man of mystery. A man strong enough to topple buildings. Say hello," the Grandmaster said using a high tech megaphone, "to the Rumbler! Don't piss him off or you'll have to contend with several broken limbs."
Soron looked up at the Grandmaster and his daughter before flipping them the bird. He then looked down at the door opposite him and activated the small device in his hand which formed into a helmet similar to Deathstroke's but with two eye holes and was all one color. His body armor looked more like the imperial light armor from Skyrim, but included actual pants. After he put the helmet on he pulled out his broadsword from its sheath and extended it.
"In the other corner of the arena is a woman you know well," Grandmaster continued, "The woman from Terra. The Earthquake Queen!"
Soron widened his eyes when he saw Daisy walk out of the arena holding a quarterstaff in her hands. She was clothed in what looked like Chinese light armor. On her head was a helmet that had a nose guard but left the rest of her face open.
"Who will be the victor?" The Grandmaster concluded, "We'll just have to see which of these powerhouses will win."
Daisy then ran at Soron, but Soron only leapt to the side in order to evade her attack. Daisy kept up with the offensive, while Soron did the opposite. That only irritated her more which caused her attacks to become less coordinated and wider.
"Daisy!" Soron yelled, "Stop! It's me!"
Daisy suddenly stopped her assault mid-strike when she recognized the voice. She slowly stepped backward and lowered her quarterstaff.
"Soron?" Daisy asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I was abducted from Asgard," Soron replied, "the Grandmaster's daughter is the culprit. What about you?"
"Coulson, Mack, Jemma, May, Coulson, and I were in a bar on Earth," Daisy explained, "The next thing I knew was we were in a room with one of the Kree teleporting obelisks. Then the Obelisk activated and as soon as it touched us… well when I woke up I was the only one around."
"How'd they catch you?" Soron asked.
"I was exhausted after taking down a group of meat-eating creeps," Daisy explained.
Up in the VIP box…
The Grandmaster, Mistress, and Loki looked down on the arena in confusion as Soron and Daisy talked to each other instead of fighting one another. However the Grandmaster and the Mistress' confusion quickly turned into anger.
"What the krutack is going on?" the Grandmaster demanded into his alien megaphone, "Why aren't you two fighting? Fighting to please us is the only reason you exist on Sakaar."
When the two fighters didn't resume the battle the Grandmaster pulled out his remot and then said into the megaphone, "If neither of you will fight, then neither of you will survive. I'll give you 3 seconds."
Back with Soron and Daisy…
"Looks like we don't have a choice," Soron said to Daisy, "I wish there was another way."
"There's always another way," Daisy said, "Especially if we work together."
"What do you mean?" Soron asked in confusion.
"When I say 'now,'" Daisy said as she got into a battle stance, "aim your shockwaves at the ground and direct the trembles at the podium. Don't stop till they have fallen down."
"What will you do?" Soron asked as he too got into a battle stance.
"I'll go get those remotes and free us from the shock-disks," Daisy replied, "now attack!"
Soron then swung his weapon at her, but Daisy used her quarterstaff to block the attack before twirling the staff and then delivering a spinning kick into Soron knocking him back a step.
"Now!" Daisy said as she pretended to swing at Soron who then began to summon his earthquake abilities and then slammed his palms into the ground and sent the shockwaves through the ground till the section where the podium/luxury suite was located began to shake.
Back with the Grandmaster…
"They're revolting!" the Grandmaster hollered as he tried to stay balanced till a piece of the ceiling broke and fell onto him.
"Daddy!" Mistress yelled right before she too was knocked down.
"Oh dear," Loki said before he teleported away just as a rock fell where he had sat.
The Grandmaster's vision was getting blurry due to his concussion, but he could vaguely see a figure appear at the VIP box and bend down. Then he fell into unconsciousness.
With Soron…
As soon as Soron saw Daisy land in the podium he stood up picking his sword up as he did so and prepared to fight the incoming guards that were ran at him as soon as he used his powers on the VIP box.
"I'll take you all on!" Soron yelled as he got into a battle stance.
As soon as the first guard reached him Soron slashed at the guard cutting his hand off. He then slashed again at another guard who ran to his left to try to outflank him. That guard received a gash on his chest. The next guard Soron just blasted with a shockwave, and sent him flying into others. Soron then ran at them blasting them or slashing at them. As soon as he got to the middle he slashed, punched, kicked, blasted. That went on for what felt like hours, and when there was only about twenty of them left and forty on the ground unconscious or dead Daisy returned.
"Come on," Daisy said as she removed Soron's shock-disk, "Let's get out of here!"
"In a minute," Soron said as he cut decapitated one guard who got too close, "If we leave them alive or conscious they'll know what direction we go."
"Doesn't matter," Daisy said, "the citizens of Sakaar would report us no matter what."
"Fine," Soron said, "I'm not leaving without killing the Grandmaster's daughter though."
"You already did," Daisy lied, "The roof slammed onto her head squashing her like a watermelon under a trucks wheel rolling at full force."
"Less that she deserves," Soron said, "but it's good enough. Let's go."
"Yes," Daisy said, "Let's."
Daisy and Soron then used their powers and flew out of the stadium leaving the citizens shocked, and the remaining guards angry as they then ran to the VIP box to help out the Grandmaster and the Mistress.
An hour later, with Thor…
"Lord of Thunder," the warden said, "you're up."
Thor didn't even hear him as he was thinking of ways to escape, so the guards swarmed him and dragged him through the door Soron had vanished behind.
"Take him to processing," the warden ordered the guards who then continued dragging Thor off.
A few minutes later…
Thor is currently strapped to a chair with some guards nearby. There also happened to have been an old man with a white mustache, and white hair holding some strange alien hair cutting device that could be shears.
"Now, don't you move," the old man said as he walked up, "My hands ain't as steady as they used to be."
"By Odin's beard," Thor said sternly he saw the device, "you shall not cut my hair… lest you feel the wrath of the mighty Thor!"
The old man then activated the device causing blades to begin spinning around.
"Please," Thor begged in a panicked tone, "Please, kind sir, do not cut my hair! No!"
At night…
The arena and the Grandmaster's VIP box had been completely repaired and both the Grandmaster and the mistress while Loki was nervous knowing that him not having any damage to his person doesn't exactly make him look trustworthy in the Grandmaster's eyes. That's why he's sitting as calmly and still as he can. There were also some golden ladies in attendance.
Unlike before there were even more civilians to make up the audience, and there were even starships parked in the sky overlooking the arena. A giant hologram of the Grandmaster stood in the middle of the arena as it talked to the audience.
"Wow!" the Grandmaster began, "Look at all of you. What a show, WHAT-A-NIGHT! Who's having fun? Please, I'm your host. Big round of applause for all of our undercard competitors... who died so gruesomely. Good sports. What a show! What a night! This is what
you've come for and so have I."
There was a pause as the audience gave their applause.
"I know that the most recent battle was ended with a surprising and unforeseen complication, but this one will not be like that," the Grandmaster continued, "This time the fight will finish. And now without further ado… it's main event time!"
"Making his first appearance," the Grandmaster said, "though he looks quite promising, got a couple of tricks up his sleeve. I'll say no more, see what you think. Ladies and gentlemen…"
Causing laughter from the audience to come forth.
"I give to you…" the Grandmaster continued, "The Lord of Thunder!"
Thor then walked out into the arena now with a shaved head, trimmed beard, minimalist armor, and was covered in weapons. He had two swords on his back, a giant mace in one hand, and a spiked shield in another.
"Watch out for his fingers," the Grandmaster joked, "They make sparks."
Thor looked up at the screaming fans as he formed his helmet from a small device much like Soron did, and then put the helmet on his head before flipping the wings down locking the helmet in place.
In the sky above, Valkyrie sat down on the top of her ship and popped open a bottle of booze. Then she took a swig of it.
"Okay," the Grandmaster said, "this is it. Let's get ready to welcome this guy. Here he comes. He is a creature. What can we say about him? Well, he's unique. There's none like him. I feel a special connection with him."
Suddenly there came a grinding sound as the floor beneath Thor's feet lowered and across the arena was a door that was getting bigger and bigger. The entire audience jumped to their feet in excitement. The spotlights then changed to stadium lights while the Grandmaster prepared to resume speaking.
"He's undefeated," the Grandmaster resumed, "HE'S THE REIGNING… HE'S THE DEFENDING… Ladies and gentlemen… I give you…"
Suddenly the door exploded open causing some rubble to go flying. Then the audience went wild in applause as they saw their champion. It was none other than, the INCREDIBLE HULK! The Hulk was wearing an armored shoulder guard and a giant Spartan helmet. He carried a warhammer in one hand and a battleaxe in the other. Hulk pounded his chest and roared like an ape, further energizing an already frenzied crowd."
Thor on the other hand drop his hands to his sides as his jaw dropped open. Then he laughed his ass off in happiness and humor.
"Yes!" Thor yelled causing the Grandmaster and everyone else to look confused and shocked.
In the VIP box…
Loki's face went as white as snow in fear as soon as he saw the Hulk. The memories of the Hulk swinging him onto the floor of Avenger's tower over and over sprang up into his mind. All of his thrill of this fight had left him as quickly as his fear arrived.
"I have to get off this planet," Loki said as he got up and tried to exit. However, the Grandmaster stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"Hey," the Grandmaster said, "hey, hey! Where are you going?"
The Grandmaster then pushed him into a chair right in the front row against the glass, so all Loki could do was try to hide his face in his hands.
Back with Thor…
"Hey!" Thor yelled to the audience, "We know each other. He's a friend from work."
The Grandmaster looked at Loki who choked down his fear.
"Where have you been?" Thor asked Hulk, "Everybody thought you were dead. So much has happened since I last saw you. I lost my hammer. Like, yesterday, so that's still pretty fresh."
"Loki!" Thor continued, "Loki's alive. Can you believe it? He's up there!"
Hulk glared briefly up into the VIP box.
"Loki!" Thor said waving to Loki, "Look who it is!"
Loki just sat there petrified by fear of the Hulk.
"Banner," Thor said, "I never thought I would say this, but I'm happy to see you."
Hulk just continued staring at Thor while the audience chanted insanely by saying his name over and over.
"Banner!" Thor said, "Hey Banner!"
That caused Hulk to get angry as he prepared to attack Thor.
"No Banner!" Hulk yelled, "Only Hulk!"
Hulk then charged at Thor insanely fast which unnerved Thor a bit.
"What are you doing?" Thor asked as he began to panic, "It's me."
Hulk leapt at Thor who managed to roll out of the way, but then as Thor stood back up Hulk swung at him shattering his shield in the process and the force of the attack sent Thor flying. Thor drew a dagger and stabbed it into the ground to slow his momentum. He then drew his swords from his scabbards located on his back then extended them as he faced off against Hulk.
"Banner," Thor said placatingly, "We're friends. This is crazy. I don't want to hurt you."
Hulk swung his hammer and axe at Thor, but Thor blocked each strike and dodged the final strike with the hammer which slammed into the ground causing cement to go flying. Hulk proceeded to kick Thor which sent him slamming into a wall.
"Here we go," the Grandmaster said now getting excited.
Hulk then threw his hammer at Thor who quickly jumped down just in time to avoid the weapon. It hit so hard that it remained lodged in the wall. Hulk then charged at Thor again, who quickly jumped up to the hammer and clung to the wall by grabbing the hammer. As soon as Hulk got close enough he used his legs to push off from the wall and in the process he ripped the hammer out of the wall before slamming it into Hulk's face. Hulk then then crashed alongside the arena till he just laid there in a pile of rubble, slightly dazed.
"What?" the Grandmaster asked in confusion.
Valkyrie watched through a pair of binoculars and reacted impressed reluctantly. Meanwhile, Thor walked up to Hulk and called out to him, but Thor had no idea that he was provoking Hulk.
"Hey, big guy," Thor said as he reached out to Hulk, "The sun's getting real low."
Hulk pretended to to accept the little phrase which made Thor relieved a little bit.
"That's it," Thor said while Hulk reached out to Thor, "The sun's going down. I won't hurt you anymore. No one will."
Suddenly, Hulk grabbed him by the leg as he stood up and began swinging him into the ground repeatedly just like he did to Loki during the Battle for New York before throwing him across the arena and roaring in victory.
Up in the VIP box…
Loki suddenly laughed as his happiness returned to him once again.
"Yes!" Loki yelled as he jumped up, "That's how it feels!"
That caused the Grandmaster to stare at him which sobered up Loki quickly.
"I'm just a huge fan of the sport," Loki lied when he saw the Grandmaster's expression.
With Hulk…
Hulk was still roaring in victory as the audience cheered their applause while Thor got up to his feet a little bit angry himself.
"Alright," Thor said as he placed both hands onto the hammer, "Screw it."
Thor then got into a stance as Hulk suddenly ran at him, but Thor managed to dodge the blow when Hulk swung his axe down at Thor. Thor proceeded to swing the hammer into Hulk's thigh. Thor then swung the hammer up into Hulk's face causing him to stumble backwards before jumping up as hulk retaliated with his axe. However, to the Hulk's and everyone else's surprise Thor managed to go flat in the air as the axe swung where he had stood and in the process Thor hit Hulk on the side of his face with the hammer. Hulk stumbled back in a daze and allowed the axe to hit the ground in way that it would stick should he let go of it. That allowed Thor to follow up by smashing the hammer down onto the axe's handle breaking the head off of it. Hulk then stumbled away turning around as he did so.
"I know you're in there Banner," Thor said as he walked up to Hulk while Hulk stood up on unsteady legs, "I'll get you out."
Thor then hit the hammer into Hulk's side causing him to go flying till he scraped onto the ground. That only made Hulk angry, so as soon as he had gotten back onto his feet. He turned and leapt at Thor knocking the hammer out of his hands who tried to move around him and punched him in the face.
"What's the matter with you?" Thor asked as he backed away while pointing towards the audience, "You're embarrassing me! I told them we were friends!"
Hulk's only response was to swing at him, which Thor dodge and retaliated with two jabs into his chest and stomach. That caused Hulk to double over in pain while Thor jumped around to his back. Thor then punched Hulk in his spine which caused him pain. The Grandmaster wasn't looking pleased at all. He wasn't angry… yet, but he wasn't pleased. He was more in shock than anything. He was also silently urging the Hulk to win. As soon as Hulk turned around Thor punched him in the face before pushing him away. Thor then jumped up and swung himself till he was hanging behind Hulk's throat. Hulk tried grabbing Thor to no avail. When Hulk realized he couldn't grab him he jumped up before landing on his back pinning Thor to the ground. Hulk then elbowed down with his right elbow before he rolled off of Thor and Thor rolled to the opposite side. As Thor stood up he grabbed the hammer then ran and leapt at Hulk intending to swing downwards with the hammer onto Hulk, but that was not meant to be as Hulk caught the business end of the hammer before it could reach him. Up in the VIP room the Grandmaster and Loki leaned forward as they got even more interested in the fight.
Hulk slowly moved the hammer away and he glared at Thor who was smiling at him as he stood up. Thor's smile faded away as he saw Hulk begin to uppercut him, and when Hulk did uppercut him he went flying through the air till his fell to the ground and skid-flipped back to head to feet till he stopped on his back with Hulk landing on top of him. Hulk then banged down on Thor twice with both fists before delivering a right hook then a left hook. Up in the VIP room Loki winced in sympathy for Thor, but the Grandmaster did quite the opposite. In fact he was so elated he laughed. Back down in the arena Hulk was hammering Thor with both fists twice yet again before switching to a right hook then a left hook then a right hook which knocked Thor's helmet off. When Hulk delivered a left hook again Thor saw a glimpse of Odin who was wearing civilian clothes and standing on the hill in Norway where Thor first met Hela. Hook delivered a right hook and Thor saw it again, and after the third time he saw Odin his eyes suddenly began to glow a blue-white hue right before he punched upward causing Hulk to go flying cause of a huge blast of lightning coming from his hands. The lightning followed Hulk as he flew upward then disappeared at Hulk began to fall back to the ground. The punch was so hard that it knocked Hulk's helmet off of his head. As soon as Hulk landed on the ground the Grandmaster stood up in extreme shock and surprise, while Loki just leaned forward with an expression of intrigue. The audience were just muttering to themselves while Hulk, now kneeling on the ground, shook rubbed the fog out of his eyes and stood up while Thor, now on his feet as well, walked towards him with lightning arcing all over him. In the VIP room the Grandmaster, completely unhappy with the progression of the fight, touched his head with a weird looking device as he sat in the couches as he debated in his mind on what to do. Unfortunately, before Thor could continue his onslaught the Grandmaster pressed the device, now clearly a master remote, and the shock-disk on Thor's neck activated shocking him out of his power-up and making him shudder till he fell on the ground. Hulk slowly walked towards him while the Grandmaster nodded to himself, and Hulk leapt into the air. Thor slowly looked up and when he did he saw the Hulk falling towards him preparing to deliver a strong right punch, and the last he saw was Hulk's green fist right in front of his eyes before unconsciousness took over.
*updated*
A/N #1 Please reread chapters before leaving reviews. Daisy lied about Mistress having been indirectly killed by soron's quake attack
A/N #2 I know lots of action, which i personally am glad about cause we haven't really had much action till now. i had originally intended to have soron be reunited with Daisy during the Infinity War arc, but since i didn't like the AoS season 5 pilot much i decided to change what happened to them. however, soron will indeed reunite with Daisy during the infinity war arc as his priority is currently the same as Thor's(once he kills "Mistress" of course).