Chapter 4 – Thor
"How did you talk me into this?" Crash said as he grunted against what could only be considered as an invisible sled. Peach had used her barrier in the shape of a dog sled, raising it up from underneath the blond drunk man and strapping it to Crash's back using what he called an invisible rope. "Look!" Chase said as he pushed from the back with the other two, "Your powers are based on motion, when you get going nothing can stop you except Diaqurotioux Crystal. Scientifically speaking, that should include something pulling you from behind!"
"Yah, but I have to get going first!" Crash said as he struggled against his restraints. "May I be of assistance?" they heard from behind them. There, with his arms folded behind him and a friendly smile on his face, was a green spider monkey. "Can you push with us?" Crystal asked as she struggled with her siblings. "Absolutely young lady!" the monkey said, and placed his hands on what he could only describe as thin air, and pushed. The sled started, the Crash kept pulling, never stopping. It got easier as he pulled, able to go faster and faster as he pulled away. "Thank you!" Crystal shouted back as she jumped on the back of the invisible sled. "Any time!" the monkey shouted back, and they turned around. "Oh shoot!" Crystal said suddenly. "What?" Chase asked. "We don't know where this guy lives, and we forgot to get the name of that monkey!" she replied. "Oh yah!" Chase said, "But if we stop now we'll never get going again."
"Crash!" Peach whispered, "Can you make a left turn at the next street?"
"I think so!" he responded as he pulled against the sled, "Why".
"Because this little critter knows where this man lives!" she responded as she shielded what looked to be a cross between a butterfly and a ladybug. Chase simply shook his head, disbelief charging his soul as she spoke. "Do you think it'll be easier if I put wheels on it next time?" the soft spoken kit asked. Chase and Crystal both tumbled, falling to the sled in an anime style, "Yes Peach!" Crystal said gently, "I think that will make things easier!"
With Peach's directions, Crash came to a stop, letting the sled skid to rest in front of a large house near the castle walls. Peach rubbed her throat, finding a small pain from even whispering so much, "Just nod!" Chase said as he placed his paw on her shoulder, "Is this the house?" She did as he asked, and pointed with her paw towards the door. "I'll get it!" he said as Crystal helped Crash out of his invisible harness. He bent down, crouching on his hind legs before leaping up and kicking the door. "I'm on my way!" they heard someone say from behind the door as the kit landed on his feet. When the door opened, a man with a long white beard an hair opened the door. Not much else could be seen behind his visage, but one could notice the scaled armor of gold on his sleeves and a pair of very strong arms attached. "May I help you?" he asked in a deep voice that echoed throughout the halls inside the home. The man peered through the one good eye he had, the other one covered by a golden eye patch, "Thor?" the man asked as he looked to the drunken man, "Drunk again! This has to be the third time this month!" He bent down, lifting the blond man from the ground, "And I suppose he promised you payment?" the old man asked. "Oh, no sir!" Chase said politely. The old man flinched, expecting to hear a meow or a growl instead, "By my beard!" he said, "I've never seen such small creatures with the ability to speak. Come in, come in!" The old man moved aside, showing them the inside of his home. The kits hesitated at first, looking behind the man in curiosity. The home was filled with furniture, and decorated with brown marble floors and marble pillars with ornate wooden walls. The tapestries hung from the walls with brilliant colors. The kits were distracted long enough that the old man began laughing, "Impressive?" he asked, "You flatter me. No guest has graced the halls of Odin in far too long!"
"I'm guessing that's your name?" Crash asked as he shook off his awe. "Indeed! You may enter my home, make it your own. My son, Thor, will awaken shortly. Until then, if I may, I am curious as to how mortal creatures came to this world!" Odin asked. Three of the four kits were shocked at this, causing Odin to laugh again, "Come in, and I shall explain how I know of the!"
With Thor in his bed, Odin spoke with the kits in his living room, each telling stories of adventures, Odin told of things he had done in his past, while the kits retold their dilemma and the reason they were here, "Hmmm!" Odin hummed as he stroked his beard, "If Shenlong is involved, then that means the Council is desperate!" The kits looked down with a pout, "I'm afraid I cannot help! I know not of the potion you speak!" Odin told them. "Why do you lie to them father?" a familiar voice asked. Odin didn't even turn around, "Thor…" he began. "I know what you will say father!" the man said as he emerged from behind the wall, "And is it not right of us to help those in need when we can?" Odin turned around with a speed that seemed to carry the wind with it, "It is not our battle to wage. These creatures are of the other dimension and children no less. They must be sent back!"
"Even children may defend their possessions with teeth and claw, yet you never seem to lift even your fingers!" Thor said angrily. "I will not allow it!" Odin shouted as he lifted from his chair. "Then, why did you let us in?" he heard Chase ask, "To gloat? Curiosity? Or was it that you actually wanted something to happen?"
"Chase…" Crystal whispered, trying to hush her brother before he angered the much larger man. "I know we look small, but a famous philosopher once said, that you cannot measure a man by his size of his strength, but rather the strength of his heart. We don't intend to ask for your help, but we would appreciate it if you didn't stand in our way!" the fast little kit said with a small growl. Odin glared at the creature, staring at him with all the intense power of what Chase could only imagine was the stars. Suddenly, his eyes softened, "I will not!" he said, and his door opened. Chase looked at the empty door, curiosity and caution mixing in his mind, "You may leave as you wish, I'll not hold you here any longer." Odin told them. Peach smiled as she moved towards the door, "Thank you!" she whispered, and stepped outside. Chase and Crash both followed closely, Crystal trailing behind, her eyes still on Odin, "I'll be watching you!" she said as she exited the door way.
When she turned around, she saw her two brother's in shock, and looked up, seeing what they saw. A large blue man, wearing ice for armor was lifting her sister up, a thick block of ice surrounding her, "WHAT THE…?" she asked loudly, and from her sides, two more reached down, grabbing her brothers and instantly freezing the two. "Oh no!" she said, and curled into a ball, shifting her form into crystal. One of the giants reached down again, picking her up and covering her in a thick coat of ice like her siblings.
"The Frost Giants?" Thor asked as he turned away from the window, "You said…"
"I said, 'I would not stand in their way'. I had called them here before I made that promise!" Odin said. "Then you must rectify this, you must keep your word!" Thor said to his father. Odin shook his head, "I will not!" he said, "And nether will you! They are in the hands of the council now!"
"They are mortal father; they will die in that ice after too long!" Thor told him. "It is out of our hands, and was never in yours! Let them go!" Odin shouted as he sat down in his arm chair. Thor simply growled at his father, turned his head, and stomped away. Odin could quickly hear it as Thor tore apart one of the rooms in a rage. Suddenly a feeling overcame him, a mixed feeling of grief and regret, and he placed his palm to his face, trying to will the feeling away.
End Chapter 4
Chapter 5 - Prison
