Chapter 13 – For Midgard!
Republic City, Midgard
Everyone stood still as they watch from what it seemed for hours, the mighty Asgardians. They had struck from heaven in order to bring one of their own back, even if it was dead. Both United Forces and Equalists were breathless, this beings looked human, but their power seemed beyond all human. Their leader, Balder, stepped forward once again as he held a golden spear, it was called Gungnir, the spear of Odin.
Balder was huge in comparison to the soldiers and equalists watching, he his helmet was silver and golden, full of runes and decorations, his heroic blue cape flew across the winds. He was armored from head to toe; he extended his hand into the air and spoke once more.
"THY NOT LISTEN, MORTALS? WHERE IS THOR?" Balder, The God of Light, demanded.
For a moment, the men began to tremble at his all-mighty voice, for them it was as if a spirit from the spirit world itself had spoken, but this man seemed to be not human nor spirit. As he had said before, he is an Asgardian, they who came from the land of the Aesir, the sacred land of the north, the realm eternal, the golden realm of Asgard.
"His body is no more, holy one." A voice came from within the multitude of mortals, The Asgardians looked and saw what could be no other than the Destroyer Armor walking through the mortals, pushing and lifting away all who aligned themselves with the United Forces.
"The Destroyer Armor, I see." Balder said with a less impacting voice, he now sounded like a normal man, but his golden aura was still intimidating. The Destroyer walked and stopped, he was now face to face with Balder the Brave.
"You make true of your nickname, holy one. Many men cower at the sight of this armor." The voice within the Destroyer said.
"True enough, but I am no ordinary man Destroyer. But let me ask thee, who controls the mighty armor?" Balder asked the animated armor, who towered above the god.
"My name is not of your concern, but you may call me Lieutenant, second-in-command of the Equalist Forces." The voice in the armor said.
Balder narrowed his eyes, a mortal controlling the sacred armor of Odin the All-Father? Unacceptable, Unimaginable, and Unprecedented, Balder alone could not do anything against the armor itself, but maybe the Asgardian Warriors and the mortals on the side of light could, but Odin's Armor was rumored to be indestructible, created to battle the Space Gods themselves.
"You art who killed my brother." Balder said with cooled anger in his voice.
"Indeed, holy one, I am the one who bested the Thunder God in battle." The Lieutenant said with proudness.
Balder in response held the spear of heaven, Gungnir, in the air and yelled in his mighty once again.
"MIGHTY WARRIORS OF ASGARD, THIS IS HE WHO KILLED OUR PRINCE!" Balder said, now with energy coming out of his eyes.
The Asgardians began to roar in a choleric rage, the berserker rage so long ago fabled to turn mortal men into demi gods. Now the gods themselves began to experience such emotion, increasing their power tenfold.
"HEED MY WORDS, MORTALS ON THE SIDE OF LIGHT…" Balder said as he looked at the soldiers of the United Forces. "…IT IS THY PRIVILGE TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE THE GODS. DEFEAT THY ENEMIES NOW THAT THE BLESSING OF BALDER AND THE BLESSING OF ODIN, THE ALL-FATHER HIMSELF HAS BEEN CASTED UPON THEE!"
The Soldiers of the United Forces began to feel energized by some unseen force; they felt that their bending increased in power too. They gained the confidence to attack the Equalist Forces who were more in numbers.
"GO ON FORTH IN TO THE BATTLE AND ATTACK, OH MIGHTY WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, FOR THOR, FOR ODIN, FOR ASGARD, FOR MIDGARD!" Balder yelled with the berserker rage also increasing his power and anger, he went against the Destroyer itself.
Air Temple Island
Korra and her friends had managed to infiltrate the Equalist HQ, but couldn't stop from leaving in an air ship. The air ship headed towards the mountains outside Republic City. Nevertheless they continued inside the temple, it was vacant. Apparently all the Equalists had gone to the city in order to stop the United Forces.
Team Avatar heard lightning rip through the city and strike it, and a rainbow hitting the earth. Thor once told them that where he hailed from was connected to the world through a rainbow bridge called the Bifrost, she though that he was kidding, but…still they continued through the abandoned temple.
"Bolin and Asami, you two stay here while Mako and I check the attic." Korra told them.
"Roger that!" Bolin said while giving a salute.
Mako and Korra went up to the attic and found something that they wouldn't have expected.
"Tarrlok?" Korra said as she recognized a lone man behind the bars.
"Good to see you, Avatar." Tarrlok said with a sad, tired voice.
"What are you doing here?" Mako asked.
"Yeah, what makes you so special?" Korra added to the question.
Tarrlok hesitated to answer, but he gave in. He was already beyond beaten, his plans turned to dust, and having learned one thing…
"It's because…I am Amon's brother." Tarrlok responded.
They both gasped at the revelation, how could these two men who were complete polar opposites in their goals be brothers, then again they both used extreme methods to carry their on with their goals.
"How do you know?" Korra asked suspiciously.
"First let me tell you this, Amon is not who he says he is. He is a waterbender, and bloodbender like I was." Tarrlok said.
"What?" Mako said with surprise in his voice.
"That's how he could beat benders so easily and beat your friend Thor without touching him back in the arena." Tarrlok said. "When he unbended me, I recognize it as my brother's bloodbending grip."
"Hold on, can you explain all of this?" Korra said trying to understand.
"Very well, I'll tell you everything." Tarrlok said, he was about to reveal who Amon really was and his motive for hating benders.
Hobo City, Tunnels, Republic City Underground
On the place where Thor's body laid was glowing gold, like if his body was being bathed in some sort of divine light coming from nowhere. The hobos approached his body, curious on where the light came from. The hammer began to glow bright blue which scared the hobos back a few feet.
Thor's left hand began to move and rose up from the makeshift bed, and then it turned into a fist. In one sudden motion, Thor stood up. The hobos were scared senseless, the man had been dead for at least three days, now he stood up like if he was sleeping. Then he was once again bathed in divine light, this time his ruined uniform was replaced with the sacred armor of Thor, the God Cloth of Thor! It was clean and shiny, shinier than the brightest star in the night sky. The God Cloth was silver colored with golden decorations and blue writings on it, runes that made the armor indestructible, even his winged helmet surround his head all the way to his chin and was silver in color instead of the bright grey of his normal uniform. His bright red cape was the only thing not to change.
The Mighty Thor swung his mighty hammer, Mjolnir, and went through the tunnels in amazing speeds. He reached to the outside, he felt the presence of…his fellow Asgardians.
"All Hail Thor, The God of Thunder!" One of the hobos yelled as Thor flew back into the city.
Republic City, Midgard
"THY SHALL NOT DECLARE VICTORY THIS DAY, EVIL ONE!" Balder yelled as his blade, the Sword of Frey, collided with the Destroyer's fists.
"I defeated Thor, what makes you think I won't squish you!" The Lieutenant through the Destroyer said.
The Asgardians and The Soldiers of The United Forces battled the Equalists, who wielded advanced weapons and bigger numbers, but they were being crushed by the raging gods and men.
Balder began to lose his strength; the Destroyer was pushing his defensive stance down the ground, making a small crater.
"Yield, holy one!" The Destroyer taunted the God of Light.
"NEVER SHALL A SON OF ODIN RELENT!" Balder yelled with bravery, showing that he earned his nickname truthfully.
Balder was about to break until a hammer hit the Destroyer on the head, knocking the animated armor ten feet back. Balder saw the hammer was floating in mid-air and then returning from where it came from, he turned to see…
"Brother!" Balder yelled with surprise and joy, there he was the mightiest of the sons of Odin, fully armored with the strongest of God Cloths below Odin's.
"Balder, step aside." Thor commanded his brother. "I will finish this brawl."
The Destroyer stood up from the ground to see the resuscitated Thunder God, he was surprise.
"Thor? How!? It doesn't matter, I killed you before and I will do it again!" The Lieutenant screamed through the Destroyer.
"Nay, thy will not for I will not engage thee in battle." Thor said. "Instead, I will do the following."
Thor swung his mystic mallet around, using his divine power to open a portal that through it another dimension could be seen.
"Welcome to thy final fate, Lieutenant." Thor said calmly. The Destroyer was hit by a powerful energy that turned into a claw and sucked him in into the portal.
"Noooooooooooooo!" The Lieutenant screamed as he was to be forever locked inside that dimension. The Lieutenant had lost his spirit forever since it was inside the Destroyer Armor.
Thor turned to face his brother, they looked at each other then they hugged.
"Balder, my brother, it has been so long since I have seen thee." Thor said.
"Aye, I have missed you brother, we all have." Balder said as he looked behind Thor.
Thor turned around to see, he saw his Asgardian brethren standing there looking at him with awe, then in synchronized and fluid movement they kneeled.
"HAIL TO THEE, PRINCE THOR." They all said, the mortals looked at the gods kneeling to Thor. For some reason, they had urge to kneel too, so they all did.
Thor was proud of both immortal and mortal men, they had won this day, he bended over and picked up Gungnir which was on the floor. He raised both of his arms, one holding mighty Mjolnir and the other holding all-powerful Gungnir.
"FOR MIDGARD!" Thor yelled in a triumphant voice. They all cheered, the evil from the city had been cleansed. But now he had to find that one individual who has been in his mind since his arrival to the mortal plane of existence.
"Balder…" Thor said as he handed Gungnir to Balder. "…return to Asgard with our people."
"You are not coming back?" Balder asked.
"Not yet, my brother, there are some things I need to do first." Thor said as he swung his hammer and flew towards the Air Temple. Balder saw his brother fly high, then he turned to his people.
"LET US RETURN TO THE REALM ETERNAL FOR THOR HAS TO ACCOMPLISH UNFINISHED DEEDS HERE ON MIDGARD." Balder said with his godly voice.
"AYE!" was said from all the assembled Asgardians, Heimdall opened the Bifrost and allowed the warrior gods back into the Realm Eternal.
"Wow…I'll never forget this day." One of the soldiers said as he looked at the skies, still thinking on what he had just seen.
Air Temple Island
New Team Avatar had just come out of the temple, Tarrlok had told them all they needed to know and they couldn't wait to reveal it all over Amon's stupid face.
"We should head towards the mountains; they must be hiding in there somewhere." Korra said.
Then Bolin saw something flying at them that came from the city, something bright.
"Hey guys look up there!" Bolin said loudly as he pointed at the sky.
"I cannot believe it…" Mako said.
Korra's eyes widen, this couldn't be, and she saw him dead.
"Hail…" Thor said as he landed. He was glowing even brighter than before, his golden aura was replaced with a platinum colored one, his uniform was now replaced with divine armor that looked like Silver and Gold melted together.
"Thor!" Korra yelled as she ran at the Son of Odin and jumped on him. The only thing that Thor could do was hold her. Before he noticed, she was kissing him, a likeable surprise.
"Welcome back." Korra said once she parted lips with him.
"I never left." Thor said with a smooth yet sincere voice. "And I will never leave thy side again."
They kissed once again; it felt like it lasted a lifetime. The others made noise so they could also say hi to Thor once again. They noticed, and reluctantly stopped.
"Thor, you are back but how?" Mako asked.
"My visit to Hel was one I wish not to discuss, but I will only say that Odin is protecting us." Thor responded. "That's why we will never lose."
"We still have a battle to end." Bolin said.
"Yeah, but we can now ended together." Asami said.
"Yeah!" Korra said.
"We can do this!" Mako said.
"We are Team Avatar." Thor said.
They all said as they placed their hands together in a team circle.
"On second tho, New Team Avatar doesn't sound too good." Bolin said, ruining the moment.
"Then what?" Mako asked with an annoyed voice.
"How about…umm…The Avengers!?" Bolin suggested.
"The Avengers?" Asami asked.
"I like it." Thor said. "We avenge those who have been done wrong, those who are need of help and if we ever fail in protecting this world, we are going we will avenge it."
"Then let's go Avengers!" Korra said, and then she stopped. "How do we go?"
She had a point; they were in the middle of the bay with no quick transportation.
"I have an idea." Thor said, he then whistle and the skies opened. Through the clouds came a golden chariot that was pulled by two massive goats.
"My friends meet Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, my divine goats." Thor presented them. "Let's go in the chariot, its big enough to fit us all in."
"Are you sure this is safe?" Bolin asked.
"Just hold on tight." Thor replied as he smiled.
The goats ran and flew over the city; the group saw the city from above. They were astonished by this, then they concentrated on what came ahead of them. Amon.