Fire and Ice (a Thor fic)
Disc.: If I was even half as talented as the owners of this movie/comic series, then I wouldn't be writing these fics or disclaimers, but as you can see I'm not which is why I'm posting this here.
A/N: I gotta say that I'm really happy that so many people have reviewed and like this fic! After all, it's for you guys that I write these chapters, and shall continue to do so until the fic is over and done with…and perhaps even afterwards in the form of a possible sequel? Anyway, time to start the next chapter so strap yourselves in because here we go!
Ch.5- Stranded
The sky over the desert was black with clouds swirling in furious anger, lightning striking every few seconds to let the groundborne residents know just how pissed off the heavens were at this very moment. The rumbling of thunder could be heard as clear as day, even at night as a van could be seen driving across the sands feverishly in an effort to keep up with the still raging storm overhead.
"Dr. Selvig, are you recording the readings on this storm? It's vital we get as much data as possible before the storm blows over, so we need to be recording now!" a dark haired woman practically shouted at the blonde haired man in the vehicle with her and another young girl.
"Yes, Jane, the instruments are gathering the data right now as we speak…by god, I've never seen a storm this wild before- this could finally be our big break! Darcy, can you tell me where the eye of the storm is currently located?"
The young brunette girl turned and nodded at the man before she went back to her own gauges and instruments, they were going berserk as she tried to keep the feed stabilized while a particularly powerful lightning bolt came down near their van, the vehicle almost turning over on its' side as they barely managed to get out of its' way.
Jane looked ahead as she saw that the clouds had torn open and a rather violent lightning bolt hit the ground with enough force to burn a shape into the sand below. Around the shape was a crater, the team of weather chasers heading towards it in a hurry to collect data but they were stopped when Jane hit something with the front of her van…or rather, someone, as this person had limped out of the crater and was once more knocked unconscious by the vehicle. Jane immediately put the brakes on and ran out of the van to make sure she hadn't just killed whoever this person was, panic evident in her voice as she ran to the person's unconscious form.
(20 minutes earlier, in the center of the crater)
The black clouds tore open painfully as Thor could feel himself hurtling towards the ground beneath them, his mind still reeling with all that'd happened to him in the span of less than 24 hours…he was mostly shocked that his father thought that he'd tried to kill him in his sleep, he knew full well that he was with his bride but apparently someone had set him up to be banished and separated from Loki.
Whoever had done such a wrong would meet Mjolnir for an act like this, but for now he was pulled out of his thoughts as he was forcefully slammed into the ground hard enough to make him pass out. Roughly 20 minutes later, the blonde haired former Thunder God limped his way out of the crater, his shirt torn to shreds and his body feeling like someone had just hit him with his own hammer. He wandered around the desert for a few minutes longer before he felt himself get knocked back into unconsciousness by something hard and metallic, his vision and hearing barely registering people and voices coming towards him.
"(faded) Oh my god, I hope I didn't just kill him!"
"(faded) Jane, Darcy, get him into the van- we'll get him to a hospital, hurry up!"
Thor then felt his world become darkness as his vision finally faded out and he only knew sleep, his body giving out as it was lifted into the van by the team of weather chasers before they drove off towards the nearest hospital to get the blonde former Thunder God the medical attention they felt he needed.
(In Asgard)
Morning had finally risen over the realm of Asgard, the residents still murmuring about last night's development. Many of them still couldn't believe that Thor would actually try to assassinate his own father to get the throne, but none of them dared go against Odin's decision to have the Prince banished to Earth.
Loki spent the whole day in the room he and his husband to be once shared, tears being the only sound he made aside from sniffling and wailing. He dearly missed Thor, it felt as though he'd lost the other half of his soul after watching his betrothed ripped away from him in a fury by the Asgard King.
After staying cooped up in the room for the better half of 12 hours, the raven haired Prince decided to get up and stretch his legs so they wouldn't become stiff or numb. As he walked down the halls, he ignored the voices of those around him while thinking of who could've possibly separated them and for what reason as he soon found himself standing in front of Odin and Frigga's bedroom. The sounds of the Asgard Queen sobbing could be heard very clearly, she too was torn up by the whole state of affairs just as much as Loki himself was. When he touched the door handle, the raven haired Prince noticed that, compared to the rest of the door itself, the handle was extremely cold.
Loki felt that that was very strange, why would only the handle be cold while the rest of the door wasn't? Upon looking more closely at the handle, the Frost Giant Prince noticed that there was some permafrost and ice around the keyhole…the only things that could leave that behind were either a Frost Key* or a Frigideria Blade*, and the sudden realization that had come into Loki's mind made him reel back in shock.
Someone had set them all up, intent on forcing him and Thor apart. He then opened the doors to Frigga's room and moved to comfort her, his arms wrapping around her still crying figure and relaxing when she returned the embrace with her own.
"Mother, I too feel your pain of loss…after all, I loved him as much as you do. But I feel as if this whole banishment was really the result of someone else's interference."
Frigga stilled at this, what exactly was her son in law getting at?
"Loki, what are you trying to say?"
"That someone has played us all like pawns, we've been set up in an effort to keep me and Thor apart…I think I know who's responsible for this, and I certainly hope that I'm wrong."
"You mean that someone is out to stop the wedding? But why?"
Loki sighed as he and Frigga stepped out of the room and looked at the door once again, the raven haired Prince pointing at the frost residue around the keyhole.
"Do you see this, around the keyhole?"
The blonde haired woman nodded, she could see that the coldness left behind had tinged the gold silver-blue from being there for many hours as Loki continued to speak.
"This is called Permafrost Residue, and it's only left there from either a Frost Key or a Frigideria Blade…both of which can only be found in Jotunheim, I think that someone snuck into the castle masquerading as Thor and set him up."
"But who would do something like this? And who could, for that matter?"
Loki sighed once more, but this time it was from sadness as he knew full well who had done this to them.
"There's only one that I know of who could possibly have the skill level to pull this off, and sadly it's all my fault that he did this."
Frigga was confused, and it was clearly shown on her face as she regarded him with despaired curiosity.
"Who would do this to us, and why do you blame yourself dear Loki?"
"Because he must've come for me, even though my father clearly told him that I was to be Thor's bride."
"Who has come for you?"
"A Frost Giant named Ryordian, he was one of the suitors come to court me when I was young…and also the most persistent of all of them, though I too wished that I'd never known him."
"Can you tell me of him, if you believe that it isn't too painful for you?"
Loki looked at his mother in law, a sigh once again escaping his lips as he sat them both down on the bed after retreating back into the room to tell her of the past between himself and Ryordian.
"Alright, I guess I should start from the beginning…back when I was still a child and Ryordian was my instructor…it all began many years ago, when I was but 4 years old."
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T.B.C.- Sorry it's so short, but the next chapter will shed more light on Ryordian and Loki's time spent together in Jotunheim before all this craziness happened…and now, time for more explanations!
*Frost Key- this is what they use to lock and unlock doors in Jotunheim, it's carved from permafrost found in icebergs and breaks easily if you're too rough with it.
*Frigideria Blade- this is the type of sword that many Frost Giant guards and rulers use to defend themselves and take down their enemies, they're made from some of the coldest icebergs found in Jotunheim. They're very sturdy when used in their own element, but once outside of Jotunheim's cold weather they start to deteriorate and become more fragile. They'll leave behind frost and ice when used in place of a key for picking locks, if used to fight then they'll shatter on contact with a more powerful blade.
Anyway, that's how Ryordian got into Asgard and set our favorite royal family up to be played like chumps! Hopefully, things will be fixed between them all before it's too late, read and review to let me know how I'm doing thus far!