Finding Asgard

When they get to Valkyrie's ship, Bloom is still marching the woman in front of her with one arm twisted behind her back - and her knife pressed into her neck as a warning. "Who are you that you can defeat a Valkyrie so easily?"

She struggles, but Bloom tightens her grip on Valkyrie's wrist and says "Not sure you'd understand half of this, but, you asked. I'm Bloom, fairy of the Dragon Flame, second princess of Domino, and the most powerful being in the Magical Dimension."

Valkyrie goes very still at that, and Loki asks "How much did you actually…"

"Only the part of her being the most powerful from wherever it is she came from. Will it be enough to stop that murderous woman?"

Bloom says "Maybe. The Dragon Flame did create a universe. I've also read stories where it's called the Fire of Life - so, Life against Death. Let's see who wins this round."

"Well, Asgard and Sakaara are as far apart as it gets - unless you have a plan for how to get us there fast, our best bet is to take a wormhole on the city limits. We should get back in ohhh eighteen months."

Bloom claps a hand to her head and stumbles, and Loki catches her while Valkyrie gets out of her grip and a few steps away from her. Thor finds a legendary sword in it's sheathe, Valkyrie is full of surprises.

Bloom says "No, the big gate. Spurting out red, huge, looks really creepy."

"The Devil's Anus?! You've got to be kidding!"

"Ok, my vision didn't tell me the name, only showed me the gate. Banner, you see it up there?"

Banner nods, and says "That looks like a collapsing star inside of an Einstein Rosenbridge."

Valkyrie says "Well, my ship can't withstand the geometric forces of that thing, they'll tear it apart."

Bloom grins and says "That's an easy fix, a few spells to keep your ship together is all. Come on, we're getting out of here now. Fly this thing already."

"Are you always this blunt?"

"Ever since I became part-dragon. Come on, my childhood home and everyone besides my brothers that I knew growing up are either dead or being hunted down by Hela."

Thor sits down next to Valkyrie in the co-pilot seat, and Valkyrie whisper-asks "Dragon?"

Thor whispers back "Large reptile with wings and the ability to breathe fire - very dangerous, very deadly, and that's where Bloom gets her iron grip."

Valkyrie takes off as Bloom starts chanting a spell - nearly freaks when orange energy covers the walls of her ship - then they head off. Ships start following them however, trying to shoot them down.

Valkyrie says "Thor, take the wheel. I'm going to stop them. Can you shoot?"

He nods, and moves to the pilot's seat while Loki takes the co-pilot's. "Where's Bloom?"

They hear their sister yell "Be right back! Sirenix!"

Loki says "Outside, went for some target practice."

Thor grins, and Loki says "She's a far better sister than Hela. She's a far better sibling than I was for a bit."

Thor says "She's a far better sibling than I was for most of her life - most of our lives."

A screen pops up, showing Bloom and Valkyrie jumping from ship to ship and them blowing up moments after. Loki says "This Valkyrie girl…"

"I'm not interested."

"Really? This from the one who wanted to become one for fifty years?"

Thor socks Loki in the shoulder, and says "Tell me you never told Bloom about that."

"Maybe, but she never seemed interested in being one. Besides, is it just me, or does Bloom seem more relaxed to you?"

Thor nods, and says "Yes, closer to New York than the Convergence."

"She said she'd never recovered her memories of being held prisoner under Cloudtower - I know this may sound terrible, but I hope she doesn't get them back." Loki holds up his hands in protest as Thor glares, and says "I'm just saying, she is a lot happier than she was before. Less nervous and jumpy."

Thor sighs and says "Your right there, Brother."

Loki grins mischievously, and says "So, back to Valkyrie."

"Loki…"

"Hey, you said it didn't work out with Jane! And this woman seems very interested in weapons and fighting - we might've found Bloom a sparring partner that won't go down easily if nothing else."

Thor grins at that, and says "They might learn a few moves from one another. I bet the Einerjar will like that – until Valkyrie can't last more than a few moments in a fight."

Suddenly, the computer beeps and Bloom's voice sounds. "Hey, guys, if anyone's in the middle of the ship, get to the sides! We're coming back in!"

There's another beep, and then whatever Boom did - maybe connect her phone with the ship's comm system - is done; and then she and Valkyrie appear in a flash of orange sparkles. Valkyrie seems shocked by the transition, and is twisting and turning like she is making sure she still has all her fingers and toes and everything in between. Bloom grins and says "Yeah, first time is a bit of a shock - you get used to it after a while though."

"Please don't. I might've decided I would rather die fighting that murderous Hela, but I don't want to get used to something like that unless I have to."

Bloom shrugs, and says "Fine, your choice. Hey, Brothers, is the wormhole coming up?"

Loki calls back "Oh, yes, we're almost right on top of it."

"Ok, buckle up - this isn't going to be smooth sailing!"

Bloom's prediction is accurate to a very extreme degree, everybody nearly pukes and ends up losing consciousness.

When they wake up, Asgard is right in front of them - but it's on fire and Bloom can't sense any people in the city. They're hiding in the mountains though, hiding from what she can sense in the city - a great power, great and terrible.

Bloom says "I don't think I like what Hela's done with the place - I can smell the blood from here."

Valkyrie incredulously asks "How can you smell something that far away?"

"There's been a bloodbath in Asgard, everyone else has fled to one of the strongholds in the mountains, and I can sense Hela's power in the city. Also, when your part dragon, your senses tend to get better."

"Right. Anything else I should know of with this whole dragon-thing?" Bloom takes her sunglasses off in response, and Valkyrie takes a few moments to blink in shock. "Okay…not the maddest thing I've seen you do."

Bloom smirks, then puts the sunglasses back on. "Yeah, I'll tell you the whole life-and-death adventure after this one." She then dives out of the ship and transforms, yelling "I'll take care of Hela! You guys get everyone out of the city!"

When everyone minus Bloom gets to the stronghold, they find it's literally packed with people - at least most everyone made it out alive, Sif and the Warriors Three led them out while the Einherjar kept Hela occupied. They are trying to set up a defense of any kind, but everyone is immensely relieved to see Thor and Loki.

Hogun says "This is good. Is there anyone else?"

Thor says "Yes, Bloom. She's going to deal with Hela, maybe kill her maybe not. But we need to get everyone out of here, and we brought a ship to help with it."

Bruce waves at everyone from the inside of the ship, and Valkyrie says "Thor, the ship's not big enough for everyone."

"It flies, we can make multiple trips."

Heimdall says "We can go undetected if we walk."

One person asks "And if we're seen?"

Loki says "That's where we come in."

Sif says "We'll help, fight alongside you one last time."

Thor says "Not one last time, Bloom and Hela are likely fighting as we speak. And I may not know Hela, but we all know Bloom. She doesn't go down easy, not even to a goddess; not even to the Goddess of Death."

Sif says "She's attached to family though, we all know this. If she thinks Hela can change…"

Loki says "If she thinks Hela can change, that there's good in her, then she'll bring it out. If not…" He looks at Thor. who holds his hands up together and lightning arcs between them - then he snuffs it out.

Volstagg laughs and asks "When did you start doing that?"

"When Mjolnir was destroyed. Turns out I never needed it - it was to help control my powers."

Loki yells "Now let's get everyone out of here while Bloom holds Hela off!"

They all cheer, and people start gathering their stuff and preparing to leave.

AN: Epic showdown between the Goddess of Death and Bloom! From what I saw in the movie, it's more of an honorary title than her having power over death itself - she's good at dishing it out, she can't snap her fingers and everybody keels over instantly. She's also got stamina and endurance even better than most Asgardians - meaning, Bloom finally has an equal opponent to fight! Hela won't go down so easily, and she's an incredible swordswoman in the movie - every bit as good as Bloom is, lucky her. More updates coming soon! Enjoy, and have a merry Christmas!