Notes: D: I was so excited because I thought we were a chapter ahead of where we actually are...thus, you may be getting a double update this week! For now, let's start with this!
All Out Assassin Attack
Chapter 27:
King
As Odin avoided backing into the throne, Loki met his sword with his staff.
The king of the gods smirked as soon as they were in the mostly empty area behind the throne. "Loki, we haven't fought like this in a long time."
Loki frowned. "No, we haven't because you aren't really like this." He hit Odin's leg with his staff and his brother cut his leg in turn with his sword.
Loki fell back in surprise.
Odin sighed. "Of course I've always been like this. Unspeakably cruel." He held his sword before him and wiped some of Loki's blood off. "Remember when I imprisoned your children?"
Loki turned red with that memory but tried to ignore his rage. "You were doing it to protect the other gods! It wasn't the right thing to do but I understand why you felt you had to. I remember how you looked that day--you looked so pained! You didn't want to hurt my children or me like that."
Odin opened his mouth to reply before blinking rapidly and narrowing his eyes. "All that has changed, Loki! Without your presence in Asgard, the gods have become divided! Even Thor betrayed me!" He visibly winced.
Loki had forgotten Odin's intense devotion to his favorite son. The pair usually got along well, but since Loki's banishment and Narugami's choice to take his side, they hadn't even spoken.
Heimdall watched from the other side of the throne room, determined to defeat Loki himself. He was about to interrupt the fight when someone tapped his shoulder.
He turned around, contemplating murder if it was Freyr ruining his plans for some dumb takoyaki discussion.
But it wasn't Freyr. In fact, Freyr was currently unconscious, courtesy of Verdandi.
"Skuld, leave me alone! I have to kill Loki." Heimdall growled at her.
The blonde Norn shook her head. "Loki needs to fight his brother. I'll fight you instead."
He ignored her and turned away, heading towards Loki. She snapped her fingers in reply and he fell to the ground, asleep.
"That was easy..." Skuld commented with a sigh. "We won't meet again, Heimdall." Heimdall was not as bad as he seemed, and he had faithfully protected Asgard for millenia. The future Norn knew that his death would be problematic, so it was best to use a spell on him for now. She smiled slightly and walked back to her sisters, confident that the watcher god would wake up in a few hours. By then, it would all be over.
Meanwhile, Loki's fight with Odin had progressed and both were now sweating as their weapons clashed.
"Why did you banish me, Odin?" Loki asked.
"Because you killed Baldur!" Odin answered, gritting his teeth.
The god of fire frowned even more. "Odin, it was self-defense! He was going to kill me."
"You provoked him!" His brother cried.
"No, I didn't! He came after me specifically to kill me and when I killed him instead, he came back for revenge. He took on a new form, befriended me, possessed you, and now he's trying to kill us all! Odin, you're not ruling the gods anymore--Baldur is!"
"You're lying!"
"No, I'm not!" Loki said angrily. "Odin, why would Thor be on my side if I were wrong?"
The white-haired king of the gods fought back tears over Narugami's betrayal and shook his head. "You're lying!" He dropped his sword and covered his ears. "Thor would never side against me! I'm always right...I'm always..."
"Time to remove your evil." Loki said, swinging his staff at Odin and using the old runes to invoke its power. A dark cloud emerged from Odin and was sucked into Loki's staff. His eyes became a pale red and he fell to the ground, unconscious.
Loki sighed. "Well, you should be back to normal when you wake up. Now I just need to find Baldur."
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This chapter is really short and fast-paced. :d I hope you enjoyed it anyway--there are four chapters, an epilogue, and an optional epilogue left! I aim to finish it before my 5th ff anniversary but you people know how I am with dates and remembering to update...thank you so much for sticking with me this far!
