For 3 days
3 unholy impossible days Torunn's had to survive with the fact that her closest friends her family
Are gone
It wasn't fair
It just wasn't fair. The only family she had left the only people she cared about in her life
Were gone….gone reduced to nothing more but atoms in the air
For the past 3 nights Torunn woke up in nightmares and screams. Crying Because her family was gone. And truly enough the days weren't any better as they passed as now she truly was a crying mess. Red face due to too much crying or her pure anger lashing out on anything she could
Torunn knew nothing more than pure anger and hatred. As for the past 3 days her hands bled red from all the training she's been doing. Her knuckles and hands blistered from the grip of her sword as she knew what she needed to do. She had to prepare to take back her Kingdom. To take back the Throne. To Kill her Step Mother and Step Brother once and for all
Standing in her dressing room along the Gladiator Pit Torunn heard a faint knock on the door
"Come in" she coldly said
It was a maid one wearing of blue who was smiling
"Aww you look beautiful" she said referring to her hair in a ponytail and her shiny silver armor. Her sword strapped to her Back
"Thanks" Torunn replied not even wasting a Breath to look at the woman as she went back to doing her air punches
Even Though was signaling the woman to read the fact that she didn't care the maid continued to persist
"You know I have something that you might want in your fight"
"Unless it's my family back I don't want it, now please I request you to leave at once"
Even though Torunn's words were as sharp as her blade the maid didn't seem to mind as she just continued to smile as she pulled something from her robe
"This belonged to your mother" The maid said
Those simple words made Torunn stop as a shiver ran down her spine. Slowly she turned back to look at the woman
"What ?"
Again the maid continued to smile as she brought forth the Silver crown with the red gem in the middle
"Queen Sif would wear this all the time. Even while in the Throne, the higher officials would want her to take it off but she never would as she would always say the same thing"
Handing the crown to Torunn the maid smiled as the blonde young woman slightly hesitated in taking it
"She always said the day I take off the crown is the day my daughter becomes Queen"
Looking up at the maid Torunn held an open mouthed expression as the maid just nodded
"Today is that day"
Torunn was truly for the better words lost in thought as she didn't know how to feel
Joy ? Shock ? Surprise ? Anger ?
For a lack of better words Torunn truly was lost as she just continued to grip her mothers crown within her hands
That was until her concentration was knocked into the wind as the sound of the dressing room door being banged upon before it was soon opened up revealing an Asgardian Guard
"Come with me. I shall bring you to the pit"
His voice was stern and deep reminding Torunn that this wasn't a game it was life or death
"Right, I Shall come at once" Torunn stated as she grabbed her sword strapping it to her back
In the midst of it all she truly forgot about the crown that was in her hand as she could practically feel the maids eyes starting at her in conquest waiting for her to just put the damn thing on already
Truly it made Torunn even more anxious but with a deep breathe and closing her eyes she had quickly put the silver crown above her head before leaving the dressing room with the guard not giving any attention to the maid's smiling face
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Being lead through the dark tunnel Torunn could hear the crowds cheers and chants rumble from up above as the sound and vibrations made her grip her sword tighter
Before the match Torunn had slightly prayed, prayed to her grandfather and her father so that they could lend her their strength.
She wasn't just fighting for the Throne anymore. She was fighting for her family and their deaths. Fighting for all the anger that was buried within her body
But most importantly she was fighting for revenge, Revenge against Amora and everything she took from her
The light at the end of the tunnel overcasted the darkness as soon enough Torunn found herself in the light. And emerging into the giant Gladiator Pit
It was full of cheering and clapping Asgardians as up above the Pit stood Amora's smug look sitting on her Throne as if nothing happened
As if she didn't kill her family
The sight of her face just made sparks emerge from Torunn's eyes as she gripped her sword tighter in a blind fury of anger
Amora from up above looked down from her high point. Of course the Queen of Asgard would have the best seat in the house
The witch had felt the needle Torunn was staring into her soul as she just looked back down at the thunder goddess as she continued to fiddle with her nails in one hand
She wanted to take everything from Torunn and she succeeded. She has nothing now. Now all she needed to do was watch as Magni finished her off. When that was done nothing would ruin her perfect victory as she would've destroyed the last of the Avengers
And truly Amora would've been right
That is if she killed anyone to begin with as James hid Quite up above Amora's high point hidden in the shadows
He had a plan as everyone else as hidden in different sections both Francis and Azari hidden in plain sight among the crowd ready on James's signal
And Pym was was flying amongst the crowd in his small form
James's plan had to involve Torunn being the main sign of distraction so until the fight began they couldn't attack but when he saw Magni fly down from above the lighting and thunder crackling at his feet as he swung Mjolnir with a smirk something told him he wouldn't have to wait long
The cheers among the crowd only fueled Magni's energy as he ran a hand through his golden hair cheering back at the crowd
It was pathetic Torunn had thought a true warrior pays no attention to what the crowd thinks. But here he is gloating to the crowd as if he's actually worthy to carry her Father's hammer
The sight only made Torunn groan and roll her eyes as she brought her sword up in a fighting stance
"Prepare to taste the might of my blade" Torunn spoke a willful demeanor within her
With a smirk Magni only twirled Mjolnir in his hands ready to fight
"I give it to you half sister, you can back out right so no faithful blood has to be shed, between us. It would be grateful if your death was displayed in my hands-"
Immediately Magni was launched back flying by Torunn's strong punch making everyone cheer in excitement
"You have it wrong Brother, It's your death that will be displayed in my hands. Except it won't be ungrateful. Far from it"
With a groan Magni rose to his feet as he wiped the blood from his lips
"Alright. Thou shall play, let's play then"
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The crowd was more entertained than ever as back and forth Torunn and Magni continued to trade blows with one another left and right swing to swing with their weapons as the cheering crowd just boomed
It was a well worthy distraction all things considered as the three guards that stood around Amora's Throne were more or less no longer a problem as James had Immediately attacked dropping down from up above before vaulting over the Throne kicking the two guards off the high stand with a yell
Before the final guard could even react James kicked him in the stomach before sweeping his leg forcing him to tumble off the high ledge
Before Amora could even whisk her hand James readied his widow bite pointing it straight at Amora
"Don't even think about it" he warned
The Enchantress only smirked, staying in her seated position. Her hands parallel to her arm rest
"What foul luck did you possess to somehow come back from death ?"
"Science beat's Magic any day of the week. You just have to find the right friends in high enough places"
Pressing a finger to his ear James spoke in his comm link
"I have Amora, she's in my-"
Before James could even finish his sentence the once raging pain and blinding green light within his head flashed again making him groan in deep pain as he immediately began to clench his head
"AHH !"
"James ? James come in ?!"
After a futile pause only angering the platinum haired boy Francis clicked his tongue and groaned
"Dammit, Pym, Azari report, Rogers went MIA, I'm gonna see why"
"Got it"
Hidden among the large sea of people Francis brought down his goggles to his eyes directing his focus to the Queens Stand as he saw the sight of James on his knees clenching his head as Amors smirked maliciously at him as she began to get up from her seat
"Dammit Rogers, not the time for a headache" Francis groaned before pressing into his earpiece
"Azari, Pym we got a problem"
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James continued to lay frail on the ground clenching his raging and ringing head tightly
It was the worst head pain yet as it felt like his skull was slowly being crushed by every second
Amors had just laughed at the sight looking down upon the young man's struggle to fight. Her hand whisking with green magic
"I have to give it to you truly are special, the amount of Dark Magic I've expelled into you would've driven any man insane by the first blow but you. You've been able to endure full blast and have nothing more than a measly headache"
Amora began to whisk her hands as a flurry of green smog surrounded the two
"So I guess that means I'll have to destroy your mind from the inside out"
James's headache had soon calmed down as he was just left groaning by the leftover pain at hand and shaking his head to grab his mind back in order
Through the midst of chaos that was Enchantress James didn't realize his Shield had flung off his back as it laid there on the stone ground
But within his attempt to reach for it and grab it an Arm had Immediately snapped at him grabbing his wrist tightly almost in the sense to make James Groan
But even more so James's eyes grew white when he saw the Red glove and soon blue sleeve that coated the suit. His eyes had soon followed the arm before sure he enough he stood face to face with
"Dad ?" James spoke weakly
Immediately Steve reeled his fist back before landing a hard punch straight at his face launching him back and making him stumble down to the ground as Immediately a plethora of blood pooled from his mouth
"A punch really ? A single punch did all that ?" Steve mocked
Grabbing James by his blood red hair and forcing him up to his feet with a groan Steve rolled his eyes in nothing but disappointment for his son
"No wonder I died, this is just pathetic" he said before immediately slamming James face into his knee
The attack left James stumbling back again his vision blurry from the hit as he fought the mentality to give up right there
"Dad…" James weakly said "I'm….not gonna fight you"
Steve didn't care how he felt as again he punched him square in the face forcing him to the ground
Before he could fully drop another hand had gripped him by the collar of his suit
"How about me then"
"Mom"
Natasha had immediately slammed James Face into the ground before kicking him rolling him over onto his back
"I never wanted a child" she said before kicking him. Her clad boot landing right in his face
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Blocking Her Sword with Mjolnir Magni had wasted no time summoning Lightning from the hammer of the gods forcing Torunn back as a surge of lighting had brought the distance between the two
Torunn continued to clench at her sword tightly as she began to reel back blocking the lighting that was pressing onto her
"Fall foul sister as you feel the might of the gods upon you AS I AM THE GOD OF THUNDER"
With clenched teeth Magni's surge of lighting only proved to be more powerful as he pushed forth with the hammer snapping Torunn's sword out of her hand flinging it from her grasp
The fight made everyone into the crowd cheer of glory from their king but it felt worse for Torunn it made her feel terrible, unworthy for the blade that her Grandfather had crafted for her
It happened to be even worse when a lightning bolt seized straight into her chest. The attack was a powerful strike one that sent her straight to the sanded ground below leaving her body in complete shambles
Francis, Azari and Pym all went wide eyed at the sight
"TORUNN !"
With their cry for their friend the guards attention was caught look straight at the 2 boys hidden among the crowd
"HEY !"
"Aww shit, I Guess it was true Amora is aiming for our head on a stick"
The guards had quickly began to surround the boys soon grouping them in a tight circle pushing among the crowd of people to move out the way
Yelps and heys echoed through the air but it didn't help their case as the guards had still surrounded them
"Any plans now ?" Azari said
"Yeah one"
Grabbing the two Poles at his sides holsters Francis had immediately connected the two forcing the bow string to appear before shooting a like arrow into the air
"Hang on" he told Azari grabbing him by his arm before soon enough the two zipped up into the air
"Pym, cause a distraction" Francis said
Spears and swords began to be thrown at the two as Azari started to knock them away. Kicking and swaying them back
"What ? How"
"I don't know go big or something"
The words that left Francis's mouth made go wide eyed
"I can't, I haven't done enough tests yet. My Cells can barely handle it and stand alone in my big form as is I…I"
"DO IT PYM !"
With all his emotions getting fluttered within him Pym shut his and suddenly grew from the small pixi that he was into a tall gaint titan
Without a word everyone gasped greatly at the sight of Pym in a mix of horror and confusion including Magni who just titled his head as he twirled Mjolnir
"What is this foul creature that dares attack my home I SHALL HAVE YOUR HEAD"
Spinning Mjolnir within his grasp lighting began to strike all around him
Groaning on the floor Torunn touched her head as her vision was blurry as ever. It felt like she got hit by a train
But through the midst of it all Torunn had seen Pym's giant form.
"Pym…" she smiled
He was alive…Pym was alive
The sudden realization and reaction to see her Brother alive here
It made her feel an emotion she thought she lost as a smile formed on her face
But that smile quickly faded when she saw a storm of lighting attack Pym
The Giant young man used his hand to block the lighting but suddenly a cutlery of different handheld weapons had started to attack him being thrown at him with Great might and force
Pym had quickly found himself struggling having to fend off against the mights that Asgard held against him
The sight was one Torunn wasn't fond of. Not at all as anger began to erupt within her body. Her fingers began to crackle as electricity surrounded around them forcing her sword to float into the sky
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With all the sudden commotion going around with Torunn's fight to Pym's titan appearance it didn't take long for the crowd to disperse in the mind of all the chaos and when Francis and Azari reached their vantage point to see it all they just shook their head and chuckled
"Jesus if Torunn's family could see what we did" Francis said a chuckle unable to escape his lips
Azari himself couldn't refrain from laughing as he used his hand to cover his mouth agreed
Even though the two boys were laughing their fun soon had to stop as a nearby yell grabbed their attention
James
"Crap I forgot, we left Rogers with Amora"
Pulling a arrow from him Bo Francis shot a line launch to the queens podium
"You help Pym I'll help James"
"WAIT WHAT ABOUT THE CITIZENS !"
"I don't know create a diversion and help them leave" Francis echoed already gone from his line
Rolling his eyes Azari knew that wasn't very helpful but he knew that's the best they got
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When Francis got to the seen all he saw was a frail James on the ground clenching his head within a flurry of thin green smog as if he wa sin the midst of a smoke bomb
Leaning down to the young boy Francis began to shake him a attempt to awaken him
"Rogers come on man get up this isn't a time to be sleepy"
Even with the shaking and movements James seemed to be stuck in his trance with closed eyes and small whimpers. The best Francis could hear was words like "Mom" Dad" fail attempts of "No" or "stop"
But before Francis could register more he heard a soft twip of a bow string before Immediately on instinct he caught an Arrow only meer inches from his face
Almost effortlessly like it didn't even happen Francis just snapped the arrow in two as he rolled his eyes
"Listen Witch Bitch, stop screwing around and show yourself"
A flurry of green smog emerged before Amora made her appearance with a smirk on her face
"Francis Barton, son of Clint Barton and Barbara Morse-"
Before Amora could speak more Francis let an arrow fly one that was quickly evaded making Enchantress growl
"Barton"
"YOU FEINE ! YOU COULD'VE HIT ME !"
"Kinda the point snowflake"
Pulling out another arrow from his quiver Francis shot an arrow at the two edges of the podium. Amora only watched as the two arrows expanding creating some sort of holographic wall bridging the two off
Enchantress casted her magic at the wall but Pym's tech just so happened to be strong enough to hold
"I have no clue where you are Rogers but you need to hurry up in there, come on man FIGHT !"
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In a weak attempt to block a punch from his own Father James only failed as Steve's hit connected, sending him stumbling right into Natasha's arms as she wrapped an arm around James's neck
"Say Ahh for Mommy" she smirked before kneeing James right in the lungs causing him to Immediately gasp for air as Natasha let him go
Desperately James continued to grasp for air as in his side it felt like he had a collapsed lung
And Steve didn't make it any better with the sudden headlock he put James in
In a struggle to escape Steve's hold only grew tighter as James felt all his injuries take place at once only adding on to the pain as Natasha continued to strike his face splattering blood everywhere upon the ground
The echo's and sounds of fist hitting fleshed continued to play through leaving him desperately helpless against his parents
"James you need to fight back"
In a burden of desperate confusion James grew more confused on who that voice was
"I can't" James spoke before receiving another tight punch by the spy
"Their my parents"
"Their not your parents James, Your Mother and Father are gone, this is nothing more than a bad figment of your imagination, you must fight back or your gonna die within your mind"
Still utterly confused on who was even talking to him James still knew that whoever was talking was right. As much as it killed him he was gonna have to fight back against his mind
No matter how much it hurt
Clenching his teeth in a flurry of anger when Natasha threw her next punch James took hold of the back of his Father's head flipping up above him forcing his mother to strike his father in blind furry sending him stumbling back a little
Taking hold of his arm James maneuvered to the ground sending Steve flying to the floor as he did a kick up back to his feet
Dodging his Mother's high kick James Immediately swept her leg forcing her to the ground with a thud and a groan
In a matter of time James found himself in a full on 2v1 as it took all the will power within his body to keep from collapsing fighting the two people he never wanted too
Blocking his Mother's punch James Immediately yanked her arm to the side spacing distance between the 3 as James quickly jumped into the air with a kick landing right into his Father's face before turning back to his Mother sending a kick to her knee forcing her to the ground before rolling over her back and sending a knee straight into her face forcing her to flop back on the ground
James only looked at his Mother in pure sadness. The sight of her bleeding nose and bruised face unconscious to the ground
The realization that he did that hurt more than any punch would
But he couldn't dwell on it to much as suddenly in a snap of a second Steve yanked James by his neck putting him in a tight chokehold as he just gripped the tight arm around his neck
Steve had a face of pure anger and hatred within him as James just continued to grunt through it all
"You're not worthy to carry my legacy, to carry my name, my shield, all of it is beneath you. YOU WILL NEVER BE ME !""
Gritting his teeth in anger James only shot a look back
"Luckily I'm not trying to be" James began as he Immediately used his legs to kick Steve's grip away forcing him to drop him
Sending a heavy punch his way James with ease dodged the strike sending a quick jab to Steve's side making him groan as he stumbled back
"Your not my Father, hell you're not even real"
Another attempted swing leaving James to only block sending another jab at his side and a groan
"You're a figment of my imagination, something I conjured up in my mind because I hold myself back"
With a final swing James blocked it square in his fist a look of shock on Steve's face
"And as much as it pains me to say….your dead, and you're never coming back"
Bringing their bodies close together James gave Steve a headbutt sending him stumbling as James just sighed
Grabbing his shield James held a look of sorrow on his face as he looked at the reflected Red White and Blue
"Goodbye Dad" James said before throwing the shield straight at his Father
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Snapping his eyes open James had Immediately woken up from within his mind in a blind and sudden confusion
Turning his head Francis noticed James groaning as he began to get to his feet
"Rogers ! about time you joined the party"
Scratching the back of his head James rose to his feet
"Yeah, sorry. What did I miss"
Before Francis could even respond a loud and ominous voice casted upon to two as the gate Francis created was shattered
"ENOUGH !"
Grabbing the two boys in green dark magic they were soon left grunting and groaning trying to pry themselves free of the grip Enchantress held them in but they found it was no use
With her eyes lit in a bright green glow and magic smog radiating all around her Enchantress was soon face to face with James and Francis tighting the hold that was held upon them as she just gritted her teeth in anger
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I'VE WORKED FOR THIS ! THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE I'VE HAD TO KILL ! THE AMOUNT OF LYING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THE ONE PERSON I EVER LOVED HAD TO DIE ! JUST SO I COULD BE QUEEN, SO IF YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET A COUPLE OF TEENAGERS RUIN MY PERFECT KINGDOM THAN YOU TRULY ARE MISTAKEN"
gripping her hand tighter James and Francis's bindings grew stronger now forcing them to scream in pain
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Through a mirage of thunder strikes and lighting burst Pym continued to groan in his titan size as he swirled his arm around trying to knock away Magni like a fly
It proved to not prevail as with a serious bump Magni had rammed into Pym knocking him down. His giant size falling right into the Stadiums empty stands as the rest of the Asgardians has evacuated long ago
The attack had left Pym groaning and shaking his head before Magni soon landed on top of his tall frame brining Mjolnir up above his head ready to strike Pym
"YOU SHALL DIE WHERE YOU STAND GIANT MAN !" Magni boomed ready to strike
Pym just watched in his big wide eyes of horror waiting for the strike to happen
But luckily enough a bolt of lighting shot by hitting Magni right in his chest knocking him off of Pym as he was suddenly replaced with Torunn who for once in a long time was smiling
"PYM ! YOUR ALIVE"
Pym too smiled back not giving notice to the fact that he was the size of a skyscraper
"TORUNN !"
Immediately rushing to his neck Torunn wrapped the pixie in a tight hug happy to find her brother alive
"No offense Torunn but your homeworld really sucks"
Turning her head Torunn's smile only grew as she didn't waste any time rushing to Azari wrapping him in a deep hug
Azari just chuckled as he hugged her back
"Missed you to Toruun"
Torunn's grip only grew stronger as she was practically trembling in Azari's arms
"You don't know how happy I am to find out your alive"
With a chuckle Azari began to rub her back
"Yeah sorry had a little bit of a mix up but we-"
Azari's comment was shortly ended right when a burst of a green explosion happened at the Queen's podium making Azari cringe
"Shit Shit ! Francis James"
Pressing his earpiece Azari wasted no time speaking
"Francis, James come in"
Nothing was heard as it was dead silent
"GUYS REPORT WHAT'S YOUR STATUS !"
Again the comms went silent giving the 3 a bad feeling
"Crap, we gotta get up there now"
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Pym, Azari and Torunn had all entered the Queen's Podium. Their hearts dropped for the worst as they honestly didn't know what to expect or see
But overall nothing more all 3 of their eyes lit up when they saw the sight of Francis James and Franklin standing upon a pile of green ash and rubble
Both Azari and Pym knew who this was but Torunn wasn't as educated as she was more tense igniting her sword and bringing it forth
"Hey hey, easy Torunn, this is Franklin Richard, Son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm, he's a friend. He saved us from Enchantress"
"And by the looks of it there's not much left of her" Azari commented looking at the pile of ash
"I've never seen Amora with such Physical power before. Usually she used mind games on her enemies spells and witchcraft. But Physical attacks that's a whole different playing field" Franklin said
"She tried to rewrite my atoms and turn me into dust, sadly It didn't work out well for her part as this is all that remains of her"
The news struck Torunn straight in the gut. Like a punch of sorts. She didn't know how to feel at the very anticlimactic ending to this all. She wanted to be the one to watch Amora's life fled from her eyes as she choked on her blood of the might of her sword but she couldn't as all that remained was a pile of ash
"With Amora's new given power my worst fears have come to life"
Whisking his hands in the air, Franklin revealed a holographic screen, a video feed of space. Among the endless glow of pitch black and stars was some sort of random spaceship floating throughout the vacuum of space
"We need to find this ship, it's our only way to confirm my suspicions or not about whether i'm right or wrong"
"Right or wrong about what ?" Francis said but Franklin couldn't respond as loud thunder boomed right below them as the rest of the team heard the sounds of metal and guards yelling up the stairs
"No time to explain here, everyone in the portal now"
Opening his hand a portal appeared right in front of them and honestly It didn't take everyone a second chance to get
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"So what you're saying is you think whoever is piloting this ship is some sort of Space Dealer"
"No James worse, if my suspicions are correct. This could be way worse, Amora's power boost must've came from somewhere, what if that somewhere wasn't a somewhere and more of a someone, and that someone just so happens to be using the Guardian's old ship"
Immediately everyone's eyes grew wide throughout the Helicarrier
"The Guardians" Pym specified "as in the Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Lord, Gamora, Groot, Rocket Racoon, Drax, Cosmo, Mantis"
Franklin only nodded his head
"And if our mystery pilot has access to this ship who wonders what else they have access too" Franklin said
"The Guardians have encountered and defeated so many enemies over the years, found so many artifacts and devices that have access to so many weapons. And if this supplier is the reason for it all than Hydra, Amora, they would've been the least of your worries. Imagine the whole Galaxy with access to things that could level Planet sizes"
Franklin's last sentence left Pym swallowing hard as everyone else had felt shivers run down their spine as truly enough it did sound kinda terrifying
"And here I thought we would finally get a break after traveling to a whole different realm" Francis groaned with an eyeroll
"So what's the plan"
A smirk formed on Franklin's face at Sam's question
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"My Father practically lived for times like these and yes while his love for engineering and tech went on to my sister"
Removing a giant white sheet covering something within the Baxter Building's hangar everyone's Jaws dropped to the floor as Franklin smiled
"I still know a few things about building pretty awesome stuff"
Pym could barely keep it together as he blurted the word
"SPACESHIP !"
"Well Avengers, who's ready to go to space"
