"TORUNN YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS !"
"JAMES I WARNED YOU IF YOU WEREN'T READY YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE CAME IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU DIDN'T LISTEN !"
"BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WASN'T GONNA BE THIS BIG I MEAN A FIGHT TO THE DEATH ! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING !"
James and Torunn had been arguing inside the room Amora had set them up in for the past 30 minutes leaving Francis Pym and Azari only to awkwardly watched but nonetheless they were no doubt on Torunn's side
"I agree with James Torunn" Pym spoke "this is crazy, I mean a gladiator fight, to the death ?"
"Well technically since Torunn is from Norse mythology it wouldn't be called a Gladiator fight as Gladiators rose from Greek descent and not Norse so this would actually be-"
"SHUT IT PYM !" everyone yelled
"Right, sorry…."
Getting up from his seat Francis spoke
"Look, everyone, let's just take a breather for a second, ok"
The tension needed to be cut and the glares James and Tournn gave to each other proved it as with a final huff they broke apart on either side of the room
"Now that that's clear let's motion that yes While Torunn challenged the pretty boy to a fight to the death. We have to take in the consideration that we all agreed to come here on her behalf. I mean WE ARE ON FREAKING ASGARD HERE !"
"But at the end of the day this is Torunn's call no ours. It's her homeland and her heritage"
"I'm sorry, are you agreeing with her ?" James said
"Not fully, I'm just….looking at the plays here. With the plan already set and the fight going to happen whether we like it or not the best we can do is help Torunn prepare for the day"
"Your agreeing with her" James breathed as he threw his hands in the air before groaning
While biting his lip Pym stood up and sighed
"Francis is right" he said furthermore making James sigh
"It's Torunn's call not ours, the best we can do is be there to make sure she wins. I mean it is her birth right after all. She's technically just defending her honor"
Silence casted upon the team's argument as Francis just turned his head and smiled at Torunn with a head nod showing he was in full support of her decision. Something that too made Torunn smile back in appreciation
"James….their right. As much as we don't like it, it's Torunn's play. Were just the spectators here"
With his arms crossed as he bit his lip James hated how right they were
Honestly he was being a hypocrite and this was truly Torunn's play he had no right invading it due to his own thoughts so with a final sigh and a groan as he held the brink of his nose with his fingers James groaned before looking up at the group and then Torunn
"Just please…don't die"
Torunn had just smiled brightly
"I promise I won't die"
A knock happened at the door before it shortly opened revealing a servant who just smiled
"Hi yes, Ms Thorsdóttir you've been summoned by the great one. Please meet him at his hut. You can bring your friends if you'd like"
That's all the women said before closing back the door leaving everyone in confusion
"The great one ?"
"Who's that ?"
"Well let's go find out"
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Granted it was a fairly distant walk from the castle the team had made their way to some sort of swamp like area with nothing more then dead weeded grass mud and a single straw hut with an old lady that was waiting for their outside
"Alright, is anyone getting a bad feeling about this ?"
"That gave it away the half mile walk here or the total isolation ?" Francis said
The elderly woman was small when they approached her hair was fritzled and she looked ancient very ancient like her skin was wriggled to heavy heavens. Her hair was frizzled in a dark shade of mudded blonde and she wore dark pale green clothing but even at her olden age she looked almost pleased to see them
"Welcome Children come come"
She had opened the door letting them into the hut and one by one the kids began to enter before she was the last remaining one
The inside was as witch craft as it could get granted it reminded everyone of the witches house from the old Disney Movie Brave they watched a long time ago
"You Children are so pretty" the woman said as she closed the door before walking past the group of kids
"Especially you young man" she gestured towards James
"Your Parents must be so proud to have a handsome and healthy young man as their son"
"Yeah…..yeah their proud"
Ok this was definitely starting to give the team weird vibes as they had just met the lady and she was already grabbing a book ready to cast a spell
"Um i'm sorry we haven't even caught your name ? Who are you ?" Azari said
"You can call me The Great one, sorcerer for King Magni"
"Isn't Amora The Enchantress ? why would her own son need a Sorcerer ?" Torunn questioned
The old lady just cackled as she threw some type of ingredient into the cauldron
"The Queen doesn't use her powers as much like she used to do in the old day's you know she's getting older now over 2,000 years old she is"
Green smoke had appeared from the Cauldron making everyone lean back but the witch just laughed
"Come children nothing to be scared off, just getting her ready"
"Ready ? for what ?" Pym said
"Well you kids of course"
Her answer probably wasn't what the kids wanted to hear as they all raised an eyebrow
"Ummm ? you don't plan on eating us do you"
The witch just laughed at Francis's comment
"No no dear nothing like that come sit. There's chairs right there for you"
The old lady pointed at the 5 chairs set up at the table making everyone raised a brow before heading there
"Ok she definitely seems off right ?" Azari stated in which everyone agreed
"Yes we should honestly leave right now" Torunn commanded
"Guys come on it's an old lady, clearly she's past her hay day if anything happens we'll know so like chill"
Francis's words did melenate with the rest of the team as they just nodded their heads before sitting in the chairs right as the witch had came to the table with a smaller version of her bigger cauldron setting it right in the middle of them before taking a seat across from the kids
Green liquid formed within the cauldron in a pitted stir making everyone second guess about this whole trip but the witch just excused it as she had pointed at James first
"Handsome boy, what do you desire most"
"Excuse me ?"
"What do you desire dear, if you could have anything in the world, what would you want ?"
James had an obvious answer
"My parents"
Turing to Francis he had the same responde
"Parents"
Then Pym
"My mom and dad"
Than Azari
"My Mother and Father"
And finally Torunn who was already more hesitant than ever probably more than her friends
"My desires are none of your business"
The witch took that as is as she just smiled before whisking her hands over the cauldron
"You kids surly are interesting, most interesting band of people I've met in a long long….long time"
Looking up at the group she just smiled
"Let's play a game"
"Ok this is a waste of my time" Torunn began as she tried to stand up but Azari just took her hands
"Torunn it's just a harmless game come on" he said
She just rolled her eyes before sitting down
"The game I made myself it's called Historie. It's norwegian for"
"History yes we know were not dumb" Torunn said cutting her off
"Yes, smart kids. The way you play is I give you a card. You look at the card and describe it to me. One by one you will say things related to the card and I'll try to guess them"
"OH LIKE CHARADES !" Pym smiled making the witch laugh
"Yes Small one like Charades, are you kids ready to play"
Nodding their heads the witch lifted her hands and right there and then green gas emerged from the cauldron revealing 5 cards all that floated into each of their hands
"You may flip" she said and everyone did
On James's card there stood an army man
On Francis's there was a Ronin
Azari had a King's Crown
Pym had a singular cosmic particle
And Torunn had the Asgard Symbol
"Red haired boy go first"
"Ummm, the army"
"Little on the nose huh Rogers" Francis smirked making James roll his eyes
The witch just laughed
"Soldier"
Obviously she was right but what shocked James the most was when he looked away and looked back at the card it changed making his eyes shoot up in utter shock
Now it was a woman that was undercover
"The hell ?"
"Blonde boy what about you"
"I don't know swords ?"
"Is it a Samurai ?"
Francis just shook his head signaling she was wrong and the cauldron lit up in a green glow
"What about you" she said pointing towards Azari
"Royalty"
"Hmm, King ?"
"Sorta but not fully"
"Dang well I guess I'll try again"
Again the Cauldron's green glow brew
"What about you small one"
"Ma'am I promise you your not getting this
The witch smiled
"Don't count me out yet"
"Ok umm, Science"
With her finger on her chin the woman thought
"Hmmmm, I guess you were right this is hard, I guess we'll just skip you this round"
Turing too Torunn the witch looked at her
"What about you"
"Asgard"
"Hehe, well that could mean many things"
"It's your game"
"Why I guess you're right is it the castle"
"No"
"Well damn"
More and more the game had continued the kids listing of their cards The Witch would always get James's right and more and more it would change when he wasn't looking
He didn't know how it was happening but it was
She couldn't guess Francis's but it truly wasn't her fault he kept giving her terrible hints
She got to Azari's and just like James his changed too James could tell due to the surprised look on his face
Pym was different as she couldn't guess his either whatever he had must've been complicated
And last left Torunn who just kept saying the same thing
"Asgard"
When they reached back to James his card changed again this time it was a metal arm with a red star
"Can I ask why you're making us play this game ? what are you gaining from this ?"
The witch just smiled
"Well i'm learning more about you of course"
"And you can't just ask questions about us ?" Francis said
"Well questions aren't as fun. If I asked questions about you all then you would just respond in an unwell answer. I have questions of my own but I don't ask you 5"
"Well what do you wanna know ?" Pym said
Turing to Torunn the lady smirked
"What strengths you ?"
The question was to Torunn and only to Torunn as she just had her arms crossed
"Why do you care"
"Your Father's strength came from his Hammer, your Grandfather from his wisdom, your Uncle was his sword and and your other Uncle was his magic, Your Mother a warrior, everyone within your family has certain things and traits that made them strong but what makes you strong Thorsdóttir ? Is it your anger and abandonment ? your fear of dying in battle like your Mother and Father ? or is it the feeling of outliving everyone close to you because you truly aren't a real Asgardian"
Right there and then Torunn shoved her seat out and stood up leaving this dumb game the witch had created
Everyone watched as Torunn stomped out the hut leaving the guys with the witch as James just sighed
"We….better get going. Thanks for the game"
"And where do you think you're going ?"
Everyone tensed up at the sudden voice changed as her voice went from old weak and fragile to sharp young and sinister as a green light displayed over the woman changing her form right in front of their eyes
The woman had changed from and old lady to Enchantress as the witch held a smile on her face
"Hello Boys"
Immediately everyone shot up out of their seats ready to attack but was stopped when she gripped her hand forcing them to float in the air with a green aura around them
"TORUNN ! TORUNN ! HELP !" Pym shouted but was stopped when a green enchantment covered his mouth
Struggling to break free from his bounds James groaned as Amora pulled him forth
"Such a pretty boy" she said as she ran a finger over his cheek
"Shame your not gonna be here much longer"
A cackling Thunder strike shot down into the Hut revealing Torunn's angry expression as she held her sword tightly
"I knew it" She gritted as Amora just smirked
"Remember this Torunn, remember the faces of your friends. The key to your strength"
With those final words Amora had brought the boys into the air before expanding her arms open
"NO !"
Francis, James, Pym and Azari all yelled out in agonizing pain as they were ripped apart dispatched into nothing more but green particles in the air
And just like that they were gone
Tears began to weep from Torunn's face as she had dropped to the ground leaving her sword with a heavy thud as she did nothing more but just cry for her friends her brothers her only family
"I tried to warn you Torunn, you're not your Father, or your Mother. You are no Warrior. Just a little girl with nothing left"
With that Amora disappeared leaving Torunn cold and alone as she felt nothing had nothing everything she loved and cared about was gone and she truly was alone
"mhm…..huhh…..Francis…Pym….Azari…..Torunn….."
It was bright
Truly bright as James didn't know where he was all he knew was
"GET DOWN !"
Gunshots and explosion rang through James's ear as Immediately he ducked down when he began to get up
More guns and explosions rang as he was purely stuck. His vision was blurry as he felt like he was walking through a warzone
"Where Am I" James groaned stumbling as such
He was so lost that his eyes sprouted up when he had fell into some sort of ditch landing with a hard groan as an explosion happened in the background
James truly felt like laying there not wanting to get up. One minute you're in the air being ripped apart particle by particle and the next
SMACK
A newspaper hit James straight in the face making him groan as he had quickly removed it before reading it
And once he did his eyes shot up in utter shock and surprise when he read it
US ARMY ATTACKS BACK AGAINST GERMANY IN FREEDOM AND LIBERATION 1940
Immediately James had jetted to his feet As he watched in utter shock and disbelief
"Holy shit"
"I'm in the 1940's"