Loki's Pathway
Thor watches as the elven ship continues being fired upon from the boat they are now on several feet below. "Still angry with me sister?" He ask Astrid while putting Jane on the floor. "You know you could've told me." She says with anger while pointing her finger at him the same way Loki does. "Oh, brother... Now it's you turn to be at the end of my queen's anger." Loki says with delight while watching the drama playing out before him. The trickster then notices that Jo responds protectively of Astrid clearly feeding off of her anger.
Thor opens his mouth to reply when they suddenly get fired upon by a pair of Asgardian boats. "Fandral." He booms while pointing behind them. The swashbuckler looks over his shoulder then back to Thor. "I'll take one boat and distract the other." He walks to the edge of their boat. "For Asgard." Fandral says dryly before jumping off.
After watching the exchange between the two friends, Loki is pulled out of his heat filled focus on Astrid as realization hits him. "I'm glad you're pleased. Now do as you promised... Take us through your secret pathway." Thor says finally responding to his brother. The trickster mischievously smirks while taking the helm then stears towards a mountain.
"Are you mad?" Thor ask as his eyes grow wide while Darcy latches onto him. "Possibly." Loki answers ignoring his brother's fear. "Loki..." Astrid says not caring that others can see her fear. "Trust me, my love... If it was easy... Everyone would do it." Loki tells her before the boat goes into the mountain.
Once inside they see a beautiful combination of colorful dirt, rock and finally ever growing swirl of glowing color. The closer they get to the swirl, the trickster the boat squeezes against the mountain walls. Everyone but Loki screams while Jo gets down onto the floor then hides behind Loki's feet.
Just as their screams grow loud enough to hurt their throats were they to continue, they find themselves on the Dark World.