Thor had put up with enough and wanted to know what was going on. Frigga was gone all night and Odin wasn't talking to him. They hadn't seen from their attackers since yesterday, but that wasn't the issue at hand, it gave them more time to work their own problems out. Boy did they have problems. Thor marched down the long corridor to the Great Hall, he knew Odin had to be there by now he wasn't at morning meal neither was Frigga.
Thor stopped in his tracks seeing Hogun being helped into the palace by Frandal. Hogun was holding his chest and dragging his right leg behind him just a bit. Thor watched in shock until Frandal looked up at him.
"Can you get the door good man?"
Thor jumped to opening the door for them. Frandal eased Hogun down on a long lounge allowing him to put his leg up. Sitting down in front of Hotun on the small footstool Thor took in the sight of his friend. He had never seen Hogun this beat up before.
"Who did this to you, my friend?" Thor asked.
Hogun panted trying to get settled in on the lounge, he glanced over to Frandal not truly wanting to answer Thor's question. Thor looked to Frandal for an answer since he wasn't getting anything from Hogun.
"It was your brother." Frandal said putting a pillow under Hogun's leg.
Thor was confused he couldn't figure out why Loki would want to do this to his friend.
"Why would Loki want to attack Hogun?"
"Loki didn't attack Hogun." Frandal said sadly
"I don't understand." Thor was even more confused.
Frandral sat down at the end of Hogun's leg glancing down at Hogun as he started to talk.
"Hogun was upset. He thought Loki brought these people here that attacked Asgard." Frandal tried to explain to Thor
"My brother… Loki… Did this to you?" Thor started chuckling thinking of Loki beating Hogun in any fight.
Thor shook his head laughing even louder than he was a moment before. Frandal sat up tall looking at Hogun in surprise. He thought Thor would be upset, but it seemed to be the opposite effect.
"I'm glad you're taking this so well, Thor." Frandal smiled
"I am amazed that my brother now has the strength to kick your butt, Hogun. Do not think I am happy about what you did." Thor chuckled
"I'm glad I could amuse you" Hogun huffed.
Thor got up and walked to the doors of the room he turned back curious to know one thing.
"You know where Loki is?"
"Yes…." Hogun replied
Thor smiled wanting to know where his brother was so he could speak to him.
Sif was in the shack with Loki and Seren she was amazed at the amount of potions Seren had on the shelves. Picking a bottle off the shelf that had small beads in it saying on the said of the bottle –Cloud of haze- Sif turned to Seren holding the small bottle up to her.
"What's this?" asking curiously
"Those are an experiment I did. You take one of those small beads and toss it hard on the ground and you'll get and large cloud around you. It will hide you if you need to get away or something." Seren smiled pointing to the bottle.
"How long does the cloud or last?" Sif asked looking at the bottle seeing how many beads were in there.
"About 10 minutes" Seren nodded happily
Sif was very interested pulling out a large gold coin from her pouch putting it in Seren's hand.
"I'll take it." Sif said putting the bottle in her pouch.
Seren was shocked, she knew Loki was trying to help her sell the potions but a Gold coin was far too much to ask for it. Loki smiled at Seren glancing back at Sif with an even larger smile on her face.
"So sif, what's going to happen with this attack on the Palace? I know Odin won't just let it go unnoticed." Loki asked
"The Allfather knows who they are, but he won't say much more than that. There was no reason for the attack, no demands or requests." Sif said not knowing much more.
"What about the ship that crashed? Has anyone learned anything about it?"
Sif shook her head knowing it would be bad to mention anything to him about information like this.
"It was lost to the sea, we can't get to it. Everyone that has the ability to get down that far has tried." She shook her head again.
He sighed knowing what that meant. Seren gasped out as a man walked up to the shack with a goat for her, she ran out the door as Loki chuckled at her.
"I've never seen a woman so happy to see a goat." He said
"To each their own, I say." Sif smiled at Loki
The next morning Loki was out by the ocean cliffs where the ship crashed. Loki knew he could reach the ship below, no matter the depth it was at. He didn't have to breathe to live his magic allowed this. Even after Odin taking is powers these were Jotun powers he used. Loki stood on a small ledge about 20 feet above the water he didn't want people to know he had been down there once he came back up. He started to strip out of all of his clothes. The boots first and then his shirt, he kept glancing around thinking someone was going to show up any moment. He finally got to his pants taking the leather strap off and pulling them down. He had never been this exposed out in public but then again this wasn't truly public he was over 4000 feet down from the gardens of Asgard.
He looked up to the top of the cliff and then back down to the water below. He took a deep breath and rubbed his palms together with a smile.
"Alright Loki, let's not mess this up." He told himself.
He closed his eyes as his whole body turned blue he took a charging step forward, diving into the water below. Once in the water he started to swim his way down to dark depths where he thought the ship was. Opening his eyes they went from the red back to his emerald green. Swimming around the edge of the underwater cliff side he finally reached the ship. Small bubbles come from the ship as Loki swam around it. Finding the door half open on the bottom side he jumped up through it. Loki's body turned back to his normal color as he stood up. Still completely naked he was soaking wet.
This ship sat sideways on the floor of the ocean, it took Loki some work to keep on his feet as he walked through it. Only a few of the lights were still on, but that didn't bother him, he could see perfectly in little to no light. He finally reached a large oval door Loki looked around trying to find a way to open it. Moving his hand along the rim of the door it suddenly opened without warning.
Walking into the room he saw chairs and panels around the circumference of the room. A silver haired man in armor was hunched over the curved panel in the middle of the room. Loki had to see who these people were. He grabbed the hair of the man pushing him back into the chair to see his face. Loki jumped back in horror almost falling to his knees. His body felt weak and his heart was racing a mile a minute he couldn't think. The man before him looked exactly like Odin, a spitting image in every way from his age to his eye patch and hair style.
The room was very large and Loki was now in desperation mode. He looked around the room trying to find others, he saw a blond haired man face down on the ground. He sprinted to him flipping him over to seeing it was another, this time it was Thor. Loki stood up and rubbed his face the fear ran through him not knowing what was happening.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!" He yelled out
"You're no longer in control, does that scare you?" A deep husky voice said from behind him.
Loki knew the voice but he wasn't willing to believe it was the man he knew it belonged to. Turning around he saw him, the red eyes the blue skin and the green armor.
"Laufey!" Loki said in shock
"I'm surprised you remember me. You only killed me in the bed chambers of the Allfather." Laufey glared at him.
Loki was in too much shock to even reply but he had one question in his head. And even that was something he wasn't sure if he could get out. A few moments passed in silence as Laufey stared at Loki and all his… Glory.
"How is this possibly?" He asked Laufey.
"You think you're in the only dimension out there? There are plenty of them that have the ability to cut through the fabric of space. We ….. " he gestures to all the bodies in the room "Come from another Asgard, one that was destroyed by a warring world. Odin and I became allies after our great war many years ago."
"Why have you come here and attacked us?" Loki asked
"This warring world came from your dimension and you're the only one that has survived their control that Odin knew of."
"Thanos?" He asked quizzically
"Yes, he thought you came from our Asgard. Odin wanted his revenge for what happened."
"Wait…. Wouldn't he of just taken your Loki?" he thought
Laufey lowered his head almost ashamed of his answer knowing it wasn't what Loki wanted to hear.
"We have no Loki in our world. Your mother never told me about you, she left you to die that night. Odin did save your life, I only wish we would have known in our world."
"So Jotunheim and Asgard have been at peace in your realm and I'm not around?" Loki asked
Laufey nodded slowly to him. Loki couldn't help to feel that all this was his fault. If he had never been told about his heritage none of this would have ever happened.
"Asgard would be better off without me. Everything that's happened, everything that's … " Loki shook his head with a sigh
"Go back to them, son. They're your family now. Through everything that's happened good or bad they are your family and care for you." Laufey said calmly
"What about you?"
"It's too late for me it won't be long for this ship to give way. I knew this was a one way trip when Odin asked me to come along." Laufey explained
The ship rumbled a moment trying to settle, Loki glanced around ready to run if he had to.
"Go, don't stay here." Laufey yelled at him
Loki ran out the door back down to the entrance as his body turned blue again he dived into the water swimming up toward the surface he looked back down to the ship he thought, what on Asgard just happened? He finally got to the rocky cliff, climbing up to his clothes. Loki dressed slowly trying to figure out how any of this could happen to him and his realm.
Walking up to the Shack many thoughts ran through Loki's head but nothing was more important than what he just heard from Laufey. He wasn't sure if he could trust anyone with this information. Sif said Odin knew who his attackers were, knowing now Odin was very wrong.
"LOKI!" A cheerful voice called out to him
Loki looked up seeing his brother near the shack with a bright smile and his arms held wide apart for a warm embrace. Loki could say nothing to him, his mind flashed to the dead body on the ship's floor that looked exactly like his brother. Thor wrapped his arms around Loki squeezing the air out him with a loud grown and gasp. Thor set Loki gently down.
"Sorry brother, I seem to forget my own strength when I get excited." Thor exclaimed
"How did you know where I was? Did Sif tell you? Or Frigga?"
Thor looked a bit shocked that the others would know and not tell him.
"No brother, Hogun told me. After he told me how you took him down." Thor smiled.
Loki finally cracked a smile, he still wasn't very happy but he had to show some emotion with his brother there. Seren walked out giving Sleipnir and her goat an apple.
"Afternoon Loki" Seren called out.
Loki waved over to her smiling. He finally spoke to Thor not looking at him.
"I worry, brother." Loki said
"For what, Loki?"
"Asgard….." Loki said as he walked over to Seren.
