an. so I decided that I'll be nice and post two chapter's tonight :)
Chapter 4: I Won't Make It Any Other Way
Skadi puffed, knowing that Volstagg wasn't listening to her as she pleaded with him to let her go. He just kept walking, apologizing and saying that he was just doing what the All-father commanded him of doing. She could also see Fandral stopping to fight Peter, unsheathing his sword, causing her to pound her fist against Volstagg's back harder, actually earning a groan of surprise from him.
"Don't make me hurt you!" She gave him once last warning. "Let me down now!"
"Again, I'm sorry princess, I'm just following orders." He said, frowning as he reached an open area of the park. "Skurge open the-,"
Volstagg didn't get to finish his sentence as he cried out in pain. Skadi had formed a sharp shard of ice from behind his back, reluctantly jabbing it into his shoulder blade. She didn't want to but she knew she had to harm him and without the use of his arm he wouldn't be able to swing his axe or do much fighting. She squirmed out of his grasp, pushing him backwards with a strong force, digging deep into her muscles and using as much of her Asgardian strength that she could.
As he stumbled backwards, grasping his shoulder in pain, he looked up to give her a somewhat proud smirk. She gave him a confused sneer as a response. He had always rooted for her to be trained in combat and to see her still on her toes made him amused instead of angry at her stabbing him. She didn't give him much more time to think though, sending another ice shard towards Fandral, aiming for his hand as he was about to swipe down on Peter.
Fandral hissed as it was skimmed against his hand, not impeding into his skin but grazed over it. He looked back at her with a smirk, feeling the same way Volstagg felt; impressed. The princess seemed to have grown into the warrior she always wanted to be as a child and was apparently not going with them without a fight. What was it with the children of Odin doing stupid things for mortals?
Peter took one of the Three Musketeers distracted state and swatted the sword out of his hand, causing it to fall a few feet away from them. Peter ignored the citizens gathering at a safe distance, eager to see the new villains the two Guardians were fighting. He landed a quick punch to Fandral's face, smirking as the Asgardian looked somewhat shocked at the mortal's actions. He wiped his hand against his bottom lip, surprised to see that he managed to draw a little blood. Smirking once again, he faced his fist.
"So hand to hand then?" Fandral taunted, throwing his own round of punches at Peter.
Peter was no Gamora, but Yondu made sure he could fight. Could he stand up and go face to face with a trained Asgardian warrior? Peter would soon find out; he'd faired pretty decently against Gamora who was trained by Thanos himself so this guy couldn't be that tough.
Skadi ran past Volstagg, or well tried to as the man swept her up in her arms and held her against his chest. She squirmed and jerked her body around, trying to free herself. The stab wasn't enough to stop him, as he'd been stabbed by far worse than a small ice dagger. She hissed as he once again apologized to her, begging her to not make this hard for herself. She refused to let them take her, using the dirtiest trick she remembered Yondu teaching her.
Volstagg grunted as she kicked him hard in the groin, choking out, "Who taught you that?
"The Ravagers," she responded, dealing him the same hit again, this time also being able to push his arms off of her. She flew up into the air, giving him a swift kick in the face on the way up. "Now, leave because I am not going back to Asgard."
Skadi's warning wasn't heard as she noted that Volstagg and Fandral weren't alone. She let out a flabbergasted sound as she saw the last member of the Warriors Three, Hogun approaching them, heading towards Peter and Fandral. She knew that her boyfriend would barely stand a chance without his blasters against Fandral, let alone Hogun. She swooped down towards them, grasping Peter with her hands, hooking her arms under his armpits and nearly giving him whiplash as she flew them away from the three as quickly as she could.
She only got so far before she felt something wrapped around her feet, causing her to drop from the air, along with Peter. They both landed to the ground with a thunk, Skadi landing on top of her boyfriend before being forcefully dragged backwards from whatever was wrapped around her ankles. She looked backwards to see it was a rope with a ball like weight tied to the end of it, making it lock in place around her. Skadi followed the trail and saw that it was Hogun who'd been holding it. He'd stopped dragging her, letting the Warriors Three make their way towards her. She didn't hesitate, forming a knife out of ice and started to hurriedly cut the rope. It wasn't cutting fast enough, causing her to curse out.
Peter snapped out of his daze from falling. The Terran looked around, seeing her stuck and quickly jolted up and raced towards her. He cursed out himself, wondering what was taking the others so long. He crouched down beside her once he reached her, thanking himself for always carrying a pocket knife on him. In one short swoop he cut her free of the restraint, taking her hand and pulling her up. The two started running, heading towards the busy streets hoping to lose them in the crowds. It felt just like the old days, with them running away to avoid being caught after stealing something; this city was just bad luck apparently.
Peter held onto her hand tightly, determined to not lose her in the crowds, not caring that he rudely was pushing them through it. He wasn't about to let them rip her away from him. Skadi and Peter ignored the shouts of the citizens as they pushed them out of their way, using them almost as a shield in hopes of the Three not being able to reach them. They're breath was heavy, the minds racing and their nerves were erratic.
"Stop!" Skadi shouted, causing Peter to look back to her, unsure why she'd shouted.
Skadi jerked him back without another word, causing him to stumble to stand towards the back of her, confused and angry that she made him stop running. She forced him to let go of her hand, raising her own and quickly formed a barrier of thick ice in front of them from the ground up a few feet just as a woman leapt down from a surrounding building. Skadi had been looking around, even looking above to see if help was on the way and had seen the shadow of the woman running above on the rooftops. Her sword was drawn and would've sliced through Peter if Skadi hadn't pulled him back. The woman grunted as the sword hit the ice, causing it to crack only slightly.
Holding one hand up to keep the barrier strong, Skadi used her free hand to push Peter back onto the ground before using it to smash through the ice and shoot a blast at the woman. The woman was thrown backwards but quickly got up, charging back at Skadi. The princess barely dodged the strike to her head the woman had swung her way. Instead the sword swiped right through her braid, cutting her hair. The braid came apart, her hair now messily resting unevenly at her shoulders. Peter gaped at the close call moving to grab Skadi but was once again pushed by her harder back. Skadi formed another, thicker barrier, knowing the woman did that purposely. She'd never aim to kill, just aim to push Skadi to her limits.
"Sif stop! Please listen to me," Skadi pleaded, dodging another hit, but lead her away from Peter.
Peter wanted to go after them but saw that he now had his own issues to deal with; he'd noted the Warriors Three pushing their way through the sea of people, the woman having given away their position. The crowd of people parted like the red sea, knowing that something was up after realizing that the Star-lord and Skadi were the two running through the streets. Peter now stood in direct view of the Three. Gulping as he saw the stupid mustache man smirking at him, tauntingly. Peter simply clenched his fist knowing that he'd fight his hardest regardless of the odds.
Skadi gasped as the hilt of Sif's sword was jammed into her stomach, causing her to lose her breath. She staggered backwards, tripping over her own feet as Sif swiped her sword down towards them. Sif wore an amused smile, knowing that she was being harsh but the girl deserved it after giving the boys a hard time. Sif was confused as to why the girl didn't want to go with them. When the All-Father called them into his throne room this morning and told them that after all these years he'd finally found his daughter, Sif was the first to eagerly offer to go retrieve her and bring her home. She was ecstatic and couldn't wait to see the princess, but now she was just confused at why she was making such a fuss with them.
"Sif, please I don't want to fight you." Skadi pleaded as she landed on her bottom in a huff. "Let me explain-,"
"There is nothing to explain," Sif said, retracting her sword knowing that the girl wouldn't fight her any longer. Skadi knew that she'd stand no chance against her; Sif was the one who taught her everything she knew about combat back on Asgard. "We are here to finally bring you home, why do you resist?"
"Because I can't just leave!" Skadi said sadly but forcefully, trying to get her to see reason. "I can't go back home, I'm happy here, I don't want to go back."
"You sound like a child. You can't just push aside your duties, you're father misses you so much, so much has happened since you've been gone." Sif nearly shouted. Skadi had no idea how much her people needed her.
"My father doesn't miss me, he wanted to send me off!" Skadi barked, standing up quickly, feeling herself grow irritated. In her anger she shot out another blast, Sif easily moving aside from it.
"I do not lie. You're all he has left, you must come home!" Sif pleaded, moving to sheath her sword, but she heard the sound of one being unsheathed from behind her and quickly tossed her body around.
Skadi was too distracted by Sif's words to have even noticed the green assassin sneaking up behind Sif. She watched as both of their swords clashed, both locked in a narrow stare down. Gamora let out a yell, pushing Sif back with her sword. The Asgardian warrior was intrigued, wondering who this woman thought she was, attacking an Asgardian and thinking she'd get away with it with her life. Rolling her eyes, Gamora didn't let Sif have the chance to fight back, already swinging her sword at her again.
Skadi watched as the two were now locked in battle, both woman being evenly matched. She turned to look back at Peter knowing that Gamora could handle Sif on her own. The princess smiled when she saw that Peter was okay. In fact, he was more than okay. Rocket and Drax stood near him, Mantis and Groot staying on the ship as they called the Nova Core for backup. The small raccoon threw Peter his blasters before reaching to grab his own big gun from his back. Drax was the first to run off into action after Peter twirled his blasters in his fingers, making sure to tell Fandral that they were in for it now.
Drax bellowed, gripping onto his knives tightly as he charged at Volstagg, determined to take down the biggest of the three. He was surely the only one qualified to handle such a person. The two heavy weights met, Drax swiping his knives out, nearly slicing his neck. But Volstagg saw that move coming, along with most of the Destroyers moves. The grey tattooed man was a strong opponent, Volstagg would admit but he was also a predictable one. He grabbed the axe that was resting down at his hip, swiping it up as well, narrowly missing the Destroyer's stomach.
"So you couldn't keep yourself out of trouble could ya'?" Rocket shouted, shooting like a manic towards Hogun and Fandral, forcing the two Asgardian's to take cover behind a food venter stall. "Ya' welcome by the way for coming and save your sorry ass."
"Really not the time," Peter hissed, letting loose on the stall Fandral was hiding behind, wanting to make this asshole pay. "Keep firing, I'm gonna get Skadi to the ship and we're getting the hell out of here."
Rocket nodded as Peter moved to go grab his girlfriend and head to the Benatar. He was surprised though to see her making her way towards were Fandral and Hogun were hiding. He blinked, watching her walk into the range of fire without a care in the world. Rocket stopped firing as he noticed as well, cursing at her to get out of the way. She ignored him though, as she let her eyes slip into the back of her skull, letting them glow as she felt power rushing through her veins.
Fandral came out from his hiding spot first, stating out loud how he wouldn't hurt her, she just had to come with them. Smirking as a reply, Skadi felt cold as she raised her hands up towards the sky, a harsh wind beginning to blow around her. The stalls around the area were nearly blown away and the onlookers were slightly pushed back from the force. Lifting herself up from the ground, she jetted towards him in a blink of an eye, shoulder checking him to the ground with such a force, Fandral felt that it had been her eldest brother who dealt it.
Hogan moved to grab her while her back was to him but she reacted to fast much to everyone's shock. She gripped his arm just as it was about to reach her own, using the momentum to fling him backwards into Volstagg. Interrupting the fight between Volstagg and Drax, Hogan knocked the redhead down to the ground in a heap.
Letting herself fall to the ground, cracking the pavement where she landed, she shot out ice through the crack. It trailed towards each of them, freezing them in their spots. Skadi made it so the damage wouldn't be permanent but they wouldn't be moving anywhere anytime soon. Her actions caused Sif to become distracted, cursing that her fellow warriors let themselves be captured so easily, but at the same time raised her eyebrow at Skadi's work.
Sif hissed soon after, her disappointment towards them was quickly felt about herself as she felt her sword be torn out of her grasp by the green woman. She looked up to see the woman holding her sword with one hand while pointing her own close to her neck. Raising her hands up in defeat, Sif surrendered just as she saw ships and what appeared to be officers rushing to them from the sky and ground.
"Who's the dumb one now?" Peter taunted Fandral, walking over to him.
"That would still be you," Fandral rolled his eyes right back, slightly shivering.
Peter glared at him, letting him have the last word since the Nova Core were here and already heading towards them. Peter moved out of the way, allowing one of the Officers to place cuffs and a collar on Fandral. Smirking, Peter watched as Skadi allowed her ice to melt once they were all ready to be transported to the holding cells. He saw how her face looked conflicted as her eyes followed her old friends being led away.
"You okay?" He asked her, putting an arm around her waist. Pulling her to his side and giving a short but sweet kiss to her forehead, Peter looked down at her with a soft smile, "They won't be able to take you away now."
Skadi frowned, freeing herself from his hold without a word. She walked past her friends and straight towards the Nova Officers sealing her friends up in the back of a transport ship. Asking to be able to ride with them so that she could be there with them as they were booked. The officer, not knowing the full situation agreed, knowing it was better to not say no to a Guardian of the Galaxy.