Thor: Ragnarok Part 9

Thor just stood in Hulk's room patiently as he waited for Valkyrie to arrive as Hulk had requested her presence not long ago. Hulk was just bouncing a ball off of the wall in boredom as he too waited. Each time the ball bounced a booming sound could be heard. The wall also received dents each time as well. Eventually, Valkyrie arrived with two guards escorting her up.

"Angry girl!" Hulk said in excitement once he saw her. Valkyrie bounded forward and gave The Incredible Hulk a big hug. Hulk laughed and then began playfully roughhousing with her.

"What's going on?" Valkyrie asked in confusion, "What do you…"

Her question was cut short when Hulk stepped to the side revealing Thor, Her smile disappeared before she stared at Hulk in annoyance. Hulk's face then grew saddened as he turned away.

"You're so thick-headed that you can't tell when someone's hiding all the way across the universe and wants to be left alone?" Valkyrie demanded angrily at Thor.

"We need to talk," Thor replied.

"No," Valkyrie countered, "You want to talk to me."

Valkyrie then turned around and headed towards the exit.

"I need her to stay," Thor told Hulk after he looked back towards him.

Valkyrie had just arrived at the exit when the upper jawbone of Hulk's massive skull bed crashed into the door frame, blocking the exit. That caused Valkyrie to sneer at Hulk in annoyance who only snorted in response.

"Stay!" Hulk said, "Please?"

Valkyrie then stared at him up and down as he began bouncing his ball off of the wall again. After that Valkyrie walked over to Hulk's bar, picked up an unopened bottle of liquor. Hulk snorted disapprovingly when he saw that. Valkyrie then put it back down and found something cheaper, and popped the cork.

"All right," Valkyrie said to Thor who was now next to her, "Here's the deal. I'll listen to you till this is empty."

"Asgard is in danger and people are dying," Thor said as Valkyrie chugged on the bottle which she tipped back, "We need to get back there. I need your help...wow."

"Finished," Valkyrie said now that she had finished the bottle, "Bye."

"Odin is dead," Thor said causing Valkyrie to stop leaving and remain silence. Said silence gave Thor a realization.

"Hela, the Goddess of Death has invaded Asgard," Thor explained.

"If Hela's back then Asgard's already lost," Valkyrie said bitterly.

"I'm going to stop her," Thor said confidently.

"Alone?" Valkyrie asked incredulously.

"Nope," Thor said, "I'm putting together a team. It's me, you, and the big guy."

"No team," Hulk said, "Only Hulk."

"It's me and you," Thor revised.

"I think it's only you," Valkyrie said sweetly as she turned to leave again.

"Wait," Thor tried again making Valkyrie stop, "Just listen. The Valkyrie are legend, elite warriors of Asgard. You are sworn to defend the throne."

"I'm not getting dragged into another one of Odin's family squabbles," Valkyrie said sternly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Thor asked.

"Your sister," Valkyrie explained, "Her power comes from Asgard, same as yours."

Valkyrie paused as she thee hulk's ball back to him after Hulk lost it and grunted.

"When it grew beyond Odin's control," Vakyrie explained, "she massacred everyone in the palace and tried to seize the throne. When she tried to escape her banishment, he sent the Valkyrie in to fight her back. I only survived because…"

Valkyrie then trailed off as she brooded before she concluded, "Look, I already faced her once back when I believed in the throne, and it cost me everything. THAT'S what's wrong with Asgard. The throne, the secrets, the whole golden sham."

There was a pause of silence before Thor moved towards Valkyrie, and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I agree," Thor said.

In irritation Valkyrie snatched his hand and twisted till they were face to face as she snarled, "Don't get familiar."

"I agree," Thor said when Valkyrie had let him free, "That's why I turned down the throne. But this isn't about the crown. This is about the people. They're dying and they're you're people, too."

"Forget it," Valkyrie said, "I have."

"Okay," Thor said as he nodded in understanding.

"Okay," Valkyrie said in relief.

"Good," Thor said, "Great."

"Great," Valkyrie echoed.

"Thank you," Thor said.

"For what?" Valkyrie asked in confusion.

"For this," Thor replied.

"Didn't see that, did you?" Thor continued as he held up the shock-disk remote which he then used causing his shock-disk to unclench itself from him. Thor then pulled it off and crushed it.

"There…" Thor said in relief, "that's better. You know, go ahead. Stay here and get drunk and enslave people for that lunatic. Keep drinking. Keep hiding… But me…"

Thor then gestured for Hulk to toss him the ball, which hulk immediately did so.

"I choose to run toward my problems and not away from them," Thor said as he prepared to throw the ball at the window, "Because that's what…"

Thor then threw the ball at the main window, but instead of shattering the glass it bounced off and hit him in the face causing him to fall down which tickled Hulk's humor.

"Because that's what heroes do," Thor said after he stood up. He then jumped at the window causing it to smash.

"Friend stay!" Hulk yelled as he jumped up when he saw Thor jump out the window.

Meanwhile, with Soron and Daisy…

"Here's where we part ways," Soron said as soon as he and Daisy reached the hangar where all the starships were docked.

"Why don't you leave with me?" Daisy asked as she hesitated to steal a ship.

"I have unfinished business here," Soron said.

"What business?" Daisy asked as she began to think that Soron had realized that Daisy lied to him, "The Grandmaster's daughter is already dead."

"I have to help Thor escape from here," Soron replied, "Not only is he my friend, but I owe him so much for all he has done for me. Also, as an Asgardian I have to help save Asgard."

"Asgard's in danger?" Daisy asked in relief, "Is there any way I can help?"

"Thanks for the offer Daisy," Soron said, "but this is Asgardian business. Also, you have to start looking for your friends. Head to Xandar. I'm sure the Nova Corp would be willing to help you."

"Nova Corp?" Daisy asked, "Xandar?"

"I didn't only learn how to fight while on Asgard," Soron said, "Now go."

"I hope next time we meet it'll be under better circumstances," Daisy said before she ran towards a nearby ship.

"Why you being so nice?" Soron hollered after her.

"Just because I don't like you doesn't mean I have to be mean to you," Daisy hollered back as she got into the ship.

"Good luck Daisy," Soron said quietly as she blasted off in her ship.

"Hey!" yelled a voice from behind Soron causing him to curse under his breath, "Hold right there!"

As soon as the voice's owner touched him, Soron spun around and in the process grabbed the guard's blaster rifle. Thanks to his Asgardian strength it was easy to rip the gun from his hands. Before the guard could call for help, Soron blasted him in the face killing him.

"Your rifle is hideous," Soron said as he broke the rifle in half before throwing it off of the edge of the walkway. Soron then threw the guard off of the walkway as well after he put on the outfit and added, "the armor is incredibly uncomfortable. How do they stand this?"

Much Later…

After a lot of complications Thor, Soron, Hulk now in the form of Bruce Banner, and Valkyrie were on their way back to Asgard after they popped out of the Devil's Anus which is a really horrid name for the swirling red vortex.

"So," Valkyrie said, "What exactly is the plan once we get back to Asgard?"

"You, Banner, and Soron will stay on the ship to cause a distraction," Thor said while he flew the Grandmaster's party ship closer to Asgard, "I in the meantime will confront my sister."

"I'm stuck fighting with an ex-slave and a shrimp while you go fight Hela?" Valkyrie said in order to make sure she heard right, "sounds good."

"I'm actually going to go help Thor fight Hela," Soron said now back in his gladiator armor.

"We need all the help we can get when we cause the distraction," Valkyrie said pointedly.

"You have all the help you need," Soron said as he looked at Banner which made Banner uneasy.

"Fair enough," Thor said in agreement, "But Hela is my sister. She's a problem I have to deal with myself."

"You need help fighting her Thor," Soron said stubbornly, "You can't fight her on your own while you're not at full power."

"What are you talking about?" Thor said defensively, "I am at full power."

"I heard what happened in the fight between you and Hulk," Soron said, "you reached your full strength there, but you don't have that anymore. You still need to reach it again. So, until you do I'm going to help you fight Hela."

"He has a point," Valkyrie said.

"I know," Thor sighed.

At Asgard…

Skurge stood in front of a hundred or so Asgardians gathered together with Hela sitting behind him and her gigantic wolf steed laying down next to her.

"Asgardians," Skurge said, "some misguided soul has stolen the Bifrost sword. Tell us where it is, or there will be consequences. Bad ones."

"Well?" Skurge continued.

"You," Hela said as she pointed towards a peasant woman when she got bored. While Hela looked on Skurge closed his eyes and looked downward in regret of siding with Hela.

"No!" said a panicked feminine voice, "Stop!"

The undead soldiers didn't stop at all and instead threw the woman in front of Skurge onto the steps. They shove her and she falls to the floor. The woman sat on her hands and knees as Skurge turned to her. She trembled as Skurge held his battle axe with both hands.

"Well?" Hela said impatiently, "Executioner?"

"Wait!" said a male voice suddenly, "I know where the sword is."

With the Revengers…

"I never thought I'd be back here," Valkyrie said with mixed emotions as she stared at the ruined city of Asgard as the ship descended through the clouds.

"I thought it'd be nicer," Banner said in disappointment, "I mean, not that it's not nice. It's just, it's on fire."

"Here," Valkyrie said as she brought up a holo-map on the center console that showed the mountain where the stronghold was located, "Up in the mountains."

There was a red dot in the mountain, indicating where the Asgardian citizens were as of now.

"Heat signatures," Valkyrie continued, "People clustered together. Hela's coming for them."

"Okay," Thor said as he and Soron went to the exit ramp and opened it, "drop us off at the palace and I'll draw her away."

"And get yourselves killed?" Valkyrie said skeptically.

"The people trapped down there are all that matters," Thor replied in a serious tone, "While we're dealing with Hela, I need you two to help get everyone off Asgard."

"How the hell are we supposed to do that?" Banner said in confusion.

"I have a man on the ground," Thor said cryptically.

Later…

"Now the ship has guns," Thor said as soon as he and Valkyrie finished loading a turret.

"I'll take it from here," Valkyrie said implying for Thor to get off of the ship.

"I found this in the armory," Thor said as he placed a bundle of fabric with gold and white plating as well as a blue cape on the floor of the ship. Valkyrie immediately recognized its significance and while she didn't want to be affected by the gesture she was. They shared a look as the ship began to take off into the sky.

"Your majesty!" Valkyrie hollered down, "Don't die! You know what I mean!"

When Thor and Soron arrived at the throne room they looked around at all the wreckage, but what got their attention even further and caused their eyes to widen was a painting on the ceiling that depicted of darker times prior to Asgard's rise to power.

I do apologize for the extreme flash forward. i'm just getting bored with this story arc, so i want to end it as soon as possible. story arc's not done yet though.