Chapter 14: Why Don't You Fight It?

Everything had been a blur, from her father dying in front of her eyes, to seeing her newly discovered sister destroying her brother's hammer. Skadi could barely process the events following the moment her brother had so stupidly called out for the Bifrost. She knew that he'd only done so to protect himself and even her, but now he'd done the one thing they knew they couldn't let Hela do and that was getting to Asgard. Skadi hadn't been ready to fight her but would have anyway. She felt sick beyond compare suddenly but that wouldn't have stopped her from saving her home. She wouldn't let her father's mistakes hurt the people of Asgard but now there was no chance of that.

The trip in the Bifrost had been so quick, Skadi scarcely being able to tell what was happening. She remembered Loki pulling her up and pushing her past him, as Thor was now up above them. Thor caught on as if Loki had some silent plan with him because Thor grabbed onto her by her jacket hoisting her up past him as well. In the process, Thor had ripped the jacket off of her. Skadi cried out, reaching down towards it, the Zune had still been in her pocket. With tears now falling from her eyes she could hear Thor cursing out to Loki. She could see Hela quickly catching up to them. The last thing she saw was Loki throwing a dagger down at her before Hela so effortlessly threw him out of the Bifrost.

"No!" Skadi shouted after him, feeling herself being sucked back onto Asgard as Thor and Hela clashed.

Skadi ran out from the Bifrost the moment her feet felt the floor. She was out of breath, rushing over to the sword, seeing Volstagg and Fandral waiting as Skurge mobbed up the mess Thor made when he first arrived. The two warriors saw the distress on her face, sharing a look of concern. Where were Thor, Loki and Odin, they wondered.

"Close the Bifrost! Close it now!" She shouted through tears, waving her hand frantically. She hadn't felt this anxious in years. Her heart pumped up through her ears as she could only think how closing the gate would mean leaving Thor with Hela. Amongst that she couldn't believe she'd lost the Zune. Peter had trusted her with it and she just let it go! She should've left it in her room in the palace or had refused to have taken it in the first place. That was all they had of Yondu and now it was gone. And Loki-

Fandral rushed over to her, checking to see if she had any injures as Volstagg moved to question her. Skadi managed to snap out of it, realizing Fandral fussing over her, glaring at Volstagg viciously. They weren't listening to her, they needed to close the gate. "Do it now dammit! Close the Bifrost before she-,"

Skadi halted, stopping as she was about to push Fandral's arms off of her. She heard footsteps coming out of where she'd just come from and whipped her head around hoping to see Thor but knew that it wouldn't be him. Instead, Hela emerged, taking in a deep breath as she fully stepped out of the Bifrost. Her suit seemed to grow greener, the rips and tears mending themselves.

"Who are you and what-," Volstagg shouted but was cut off quickly.

Hela didn't let him finish his question, rolling her eyes instead. She flung her hand out, a sword appearing from her palm and shot out at Volstagg. The man cried out, rolling down to the floor in pain. Skadi cried out, wanting to reach out for him but was tossed to the ground by Fandral, who moved to charge at Hela. Skadi moved to stop him but was too late as Hela met him with a sword to the gut. She moved further into the room, watching as Skadi still sat on the ground in shock with tears streaking down her eyes.

Fandral and Volstagg were still moving, trying their best to reach for their weapons so they could attack the woman. Fandral stood first, looking at Skadi pitifully before nodding at Volstagg. Hela moved closer, itching to finally begin her conquest again. Not waiting another moment, knowing that he only had so few left, Fandral, charged at the woman again. But Hela was strong and the pair of warriors were so weak compared to her. Dealing one final blow to both Asgardians, Hela inched closer to Skadi, forming another sword slowly in the palm of her hand.

Hela was about to end the girl, looking her once over. She cranked her arm back intending to send the sword straight through her heart but stopped her movements after a quick thought. Instead she throw the sword to land an inch away from where she sat, choosing to let the girl live; who knew, maybe the girl could be proven useful?

Skadi narrowed her eyes at the woman, or well, her sister, seeing Fandral and Volstagg's body's laying not too far from them. Skadi slowly stood up, not wanting to seem threatening to Hela just yet. For whatever reason Hela decided to spare her and wanted to use that towards her advantage. She was clearly a top fighter, her power alone could probably take out a whole army.

The woman looked down at her little sister, sensing power radiating off of her. She seemed like a giant bundle of nerves ready to explode. She knew the girl was up to something even though Hela had been so gracious to give her a chance at living. She had some fight in her and Hela liked that.

Hela was far quicker than Skadi could have anticipated for the moment she inched to outreach her hand and freeze Hela were she stood, her older sister had already fixed a dagger between her collar bone and shoulder. Skadi gapped, stepping back and contemplating ripping the dagger out or leaving it in. She wanted to tear it out, feeling the hot pain shooting through her upper body but knew it would be safer to keep it where it was for the time being. With tears of pain and anger Skadi whipped out her other hand, shooting out a cold blast this time nearly hitting the woman but Hela shifted out of the way at the last second.

"Fuck," Skadi cursed as she felt another dagger pierce her thigh, forcing her to kneel onto the ground.

"Such language," Hela chastised, moving past the girl knowing that she wouldn't be fighting back any longer.

Hela looked at Skurge, who'd been watching each Asgardian fall to their knees, one by one by one, without showing any sign of joining them in the fight against her. The moment Hela reached him, he put down his mop, raising his arms up in surrender.

"I'm just a janitor," he said.

Hela rolled her eyes, amused by the man's cowardliness. She could hear Skadi trying to stand back up but the sounds of her grunts showed that Hela had nothing to fear. Turning on her heels, Hela nearly thought about just killing her right then and there, like she'd done with her brothers. But she was curious about the girl and decided not to.

"You should be more like him, he has good survival instincts." Hela laughed, jerking a thumb back to Skurge. She turned back to Skurge, "How would you like a job?"

Hela didn't let him give her an answer of his own, knowing that he'd never say no to her. She moved past him, walking towards the entrance of the room. It's been years since she'd seen her home and seeing the tall, golden buildings reaching up towards that sky put an even larger smile on her face. She had dreamt of this day for thousands of years and it was finally here. She'd finally begin her conquest without her father there to stop her. Ordering Skurge to secure Skadi, warning her if she tried anything she'd be executed for disobeying her new Queen, Hela stepped out onto the bridge walking closer to her destiny.