Loki raced through crowds of people, walking in the city market. "Move, move!" A Black flash of something moving fast past over roof tops. Loki was trying his best to keep up with the ghost of a shadow, but he was not that fast. Finally, out of a crowd, and the black shadow slowing down in pace, Loki sped up to make a tackling move, but suddenly a circle sheet of ice formed beneath him, making him slip flat on his back.

A feminine laughter sounded, running past him. It was Skadi. "Did you slip, Loki?" She Kept running ahead.

Loki fumed. She damn knew well what he slipped on. Her stupid ice sheet. Loki rolled off the sheet and stood. He raced once again to catch up, but this time, he switched invisible. Once he caught up with a cocky Skadi, he used his magic to make a clone of himself that ran ahead of her and in another direction, away from where he headed. She stupidly fell for it, chasing the bate. He switched back to visible, chuckling to himself at her. "Nice try to slow me down. Idiot."

Loki continued on to fide the black shadow. He saw it again, and in an instant he flashed to it, grabbing hold of the black furry body. It was Fenrir he was chasing; the wolf didn't have what he needed though. The wolf was snickering, but was still being strangled by Loki, and started to cough. Fenrir squirmed, Loki let him go in frustration. A ground shaking crash landed next to them. Thor's loud laughter annoyed Loki a bit, but he was glad to see that he got what they needed. The ball of light. It was in the mouth of Ratatoskr, who was in the one hand grip of Thor. The rat was upset, wiggling.

"Haha! I got the furry little rascal. You did well, too, friend. Chasing the ruse."

Was he trying to get smacked upside the face? Loki wouldn't mind doing it. Instead, Loki shrugged the comment off. Scoffing, "Never mind it. Good work."

"Loki! You ass!" Skadi was stomping towards him, in a fury that shown greatly. She was soaking wet, and dripping water every step. The drips froze to ice out of anger.

Thor laughed harder. "What in god's name happened to you, Skadi?"

She grabbed Loki by his shirt, "When have you gotten the ability to make your clones physical? Cause that ass pushed me in a lake!"

Loki tried his best not to laugh, but who would he be if he didn't? He honestly couldn't help it. "Not my fault you let my clone trick you. Again. And. Give you a bath."

She was about to punch him, but she shoved him away instead. "Can't believe you two won again."

The game they were playing, was one they played often as younger children. One team would be the ones with the ball of light, and the other team would have to catch them before they made it to a safe zone. Loki and Thor always paired together while Skadi would be paired with Fenrir and Ratatoskr. Never once has Skadi's team gotten close to winning, but the team's never changed up. It was the love of being chased Fenrir and Ratatoskr love to play, while Skadi found enjoyment in playing protector.

Skadi kneeled down to one knee, and began petting the air, but soon Loki was able to see the outlines of Kaldr taking form. Her dog was comforting her. "Thanks my friend," She told the spirit form.

Later that evening, Loki sat at a large dinner table in the palace feasting hall. That dinner was a particular special one, since it was to celebrate the welcoming of the next Smite Conquest games. Thor was having a good laughter with Tyr and Ullr. Ratatoskr and Fenrir were eating their food away from the table, messing with each other. Fenrir snuck a chicken leg from Ratatoskr's plate and that escalated up to a playful fight. Skadi was having a conversation with Sol and Freya. Ymir and Odin were sitting at the two one seater ends of the table, looking upon everyone enjoying the dinner company. They both shared a peaceful look to one another while raising their wine glass to drink. Everyone was enjoying themselves, except for Loki, who couldn't stop remembering the last Conquest finals. They loss. And it was his fault. He wasn't able to do much against the Greek Gods. They stopped him at every turn, every sneak he tried to pull, every team fight he tried to help in. It's like they studied him before the match. They shut him down good. The sudden remembrance of what their God jungler snidely told him made him boil in silence.

'Some great jungler you turned out to be. They should've switched you out with Thor or one of your pets.'

Loki could even still hear Thanatos' dark chuckle that followed after, and the sound of his scythe just before it cut his life points down to zero.

Odin had gathered everyone's attention. "Everyone, thank you for coming. It's always wonderful to see friendly faces. Now, as we all know, the Smite Conquest games are nearing in a month's time. I wish to discuss the roles of the team this year." Loki tuned in to hear. "Freya, Tyr, Fenrir, you three will be solo lane. Skadi, Ullr, you two will be adc. Sol—"

"And of course I'm the one and only mid-lane, for the twelfth time in a row. Can we recruit someone new to the mid-lane team already?"

"Maybe next year Sol," Tyr said. She huffed in detest. She hated being the only one to handle mid-lane.

Odin showed her a soft smile. "I know you won't let us down." She pretended not to hear him, shaking her head. Odin focused back to the calling of teams. There were only two roles left to call. "Jungle will be zoned by Ymir, Ratatoskr and Thor." Loki felt his anger rise. He didn't hear his name called to be a jungler. Had Odin lost belief in his capabilities to be one? Just because of one game? And Why Ymir! He was a support, god damn. He had been shoved out his own role by a giant ice being. As if he could be a Jungler, he'd alert everyone with every step. Just when Loki was about to excuse himself, Odin started the calling the last of the roles. "And supports will be, I and Loki." Forks clanging down on plates and awkward coughs were heard from everyone. Thor nearly choked on his food. Sol laughed at the news of Loki's new role.

Loki honestly didn't know what to say. How could he respond to shocking news like that? Odin had definitely lost his mind.

"Wow! This is great," Sol reached to grab her wine glass, she sipped a good bit. "Hell yeah, we're losing again this year."


Meanwhile, in the land of Greek, they were having a similar gathering. The hall everyone was in was marble white, and the atmosphere was very calm amongst most of the people around. Athena didn't know where to put herself. She didn't know who to talk to, everyone seemed, so, stuck up. Athena kept to a wall and just watched the mingling go on. Her own zone of space was interrupted when a cheery God, Apollo, allowed his presence to her company.

"You're Athena, am I right? Our new teammate and support in the Conquest games this year!"

She nodded. She kept her mannerism of proper authority. "That is right. You're our adc. A great one at that. I've seen all the games with you as the adc. One strives to be you, I'm sure."

He gladly enjoyed the praise with a smile. "Yes, I'm sure all the hunters do strive to be me."

Artemis came from behind. "Don't be so all about yourself. You aren't the only one doing the work of a adc, Apollo."

He lowly countered what she said, "Then why am I always the main one be the hunter in all the games?"

"What was that?" She eyed him with a raised brow. She heard what he said, but dared him to repeat it again. He played it off with a cool smile and shrug of his shoulders. Artemis then turned her attention to the new comer, Athena. Sizing her up. "Do you think you can do well as my support?"

"I'm sure I can. As long as you do well to get the kills in exchange for my many possible deaths."

Artemis took the comeback blow with a simple smirk. "A good support wouldn't be so careless and die. Remember that." Artemis walked away.

Apollo blew a strained whistle. "Seems like she doesn't approve of you yet."

Athena could care less what Artemis thought of her current skills. She didn't want to be in the Conquest games. The only reason why she was thrown into the team was because Zeus made her. He is the king of all Greeks, but why did he have to force her into the team? She didn't know if she could get along with everyone else. Apollo seemed like he could get along with anyone, but the others. She didn't know. That Artemis was a definite no in case of getting along with already. Athena sighed.

"Want to go for a walk?" Apollo asked her. "You seem like you need to get away."

Athena looked at him. She smiled a bit. "That would be great. Yes."

From across the room, Artemis, Scylla and Aphrodite watched as Apollo walked out the hall with Athena. Artemis could just feel the jealous fumes seeping from Aphrodite. "Artemis!" She whined. "Why is your brother leaving with that amazon?"

Artemis fought against rolling her eyes. She knew how the god felt about her brother, but she also knew how her brother felt about her. His exact words were: 'She's annoying.' And she can tell why he feels that way. "To be somewhere private to talk alone, I assume."

"Isn't she our new support?" Scylla acknowledge, arms held behind her back.

This was news to Aphrodite. She was surprised. "She is?"

"Zeus added her to the team. He announced it during the toast when the gathering first started. Weren't you listening?" Artemis said.

Aphrodite shook her head. "Not really. I was with Apollo." The way her eyes slyly lowered a bit and the way her voice said it, made Artemis realize what she meant.

Artemis felt sorry for her brother. Aphrodite would not be an easy shake off. She couldn't believe him. On top of it all, they were teammates. Artemis couldn't help worrying about potential drama being started. But he never thinks about those kind of outcomes.

Apollo lead the way while Athena followed by his side. The stars above them were twinkling and beautiful. "So. Athena. What is your story?"

Athena thought about it. Back to when all she was doing was training to be a Guard's woman of the kingdom. And when Zeus happen to be around, observing the potential new guards. "I caught the eye of Zeus with my abilities. I just wanted to be a woman of guard, but he saw more use for me. I wish I never used my abilities that day."

Apollo was really interested then. "Your… abilities. You don't really look like much of a support, to be honest. Not trying to offend you. Just that, many of the supports that we will be going up against will be very big and tough. What abilities do you have that can allow you to square up to them?"

"It's really just one ability that Zeus felt was worth something. I can transport myself to wherever anyone is, if I focus on them well enough."

Apollo was amazed by what she said. "Anywhere?" She nodded. "Even if I'm miles away from you, you could get to my like," He snapped his finger, "that?"

She smiled a bit at his musical ways of expressing himself. "Yes."

"That's incredible! Having you as a support, would be amazing. I wish you were going to be mine in the games. I'm stuck with Aries."

"He's a good support. Hardly anyone ever escapes his chains." She commented.

"Yeah. But what about when I need help escaping, and he's miles away?" Apollo had a point.

It made Athena see what Zeus saw in her abilities. She guessed it was a good move to put her on the team. She still didn't want to be a Conquest fighter, though. But if she was to seek approval of Zeus, she had no choice. "You are right."

"Athena and Apollo! The unstoppable duo." He chuckled, his laugher was as smooth as a mid-piano chord. "Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

"I suppose so. But. I'm going to be your sister's support the entire conquest," She sadly stated.

"I might be able to change that. At least for one of the games." Apollo winked at her.

She smiled. She truly hoped Zeus was right to put her in the Conquest games.


In his bedroom chamber, Loki kicked throw pillows around the floor. He was livid. Skadi was sitting on the floor against a wall, listening to his cries. "He must truly be mad to put me in the Conquest games as a support! A support! God. I'm going to be a laughing stock." Thanatos's laughter sounded in his mind again. As if he needed to give that dead, skeleton anything more to laugh about.

"Maybe he knows something we don't. Maybe it will actually work." She told him.

A defeated sigh uttered from Loki. He felt at his absolute lowest. He was replaced with Ymir… "I doubt that. Thank you. Skadi."

Skadi stood up, stretching her arms. "Things never change, Loki. You've been using my ears as an outlet since we were young." She smirked. "I haven't gagged you yet, so I guess I never will."

Her words brought a peace of mind to him. He was grateful for her being there for him. "I guess so. Goodnight."

She made her way out the door, waving a hand goodbye in response. Loki collapsed on the bed. He thought about the conquest games heading his way. He thought about the announcer saying his name as the support. And he thought about that hellish Thanatos laughing at him to the point of death. That was actually a nice thought to him. Honestly. Him as a support certainly would be a surprise to see for everyone.


Somewhere in the depths of the world, where lava constantly boiled and smoke shadowed the area, was where the fire giants were held captive. A person in a cloak, and hood covering almost fully over his head, made way to the gate of a fire giant. The fire giant, breathed in deep and with every outtake, a fury that burned through the air. The giant eyed the smaller man and seethed, yanking on chains that bounded him. "Who are you?" The giant asked.

The man in the Cloak smirked as he looked up to the giant. "Someone who can help set you and your people free. Along with revenge on the ones who bound you here."