Freya and Ratatoskr's fright was normal. Poseidon had fainted out of nowhere five minutes ago and while the two of them were discussing what to do, Poseidon got up quickly.
Still, Freya recovered first, '' You were out for 5 minutes. What happened?''
Poseidon stretched and grabbed his weapons, '' Yggdrasil spoke to me.'' He looked at Ratatoskr, '' She told me there's an even better way to help you.''
'' And what would that be?'' At the end of the day, Ratatoskr was still connected with Yggdrasil.
Poseidon laughed a bit, '' I just need to take the whole tree.''
Silence.
'' ... What did you say?'' Ratatoskr clearly heard what Poseidon said, he just wanted to make sure he didn't hear wrong.
'' You heard. Yggdrasil said it wouldn't be enough just to take a part of it.'' It was a lie. Poseidon forgot to mention Ratatoskr's situation. 'Yeah, it's my mistake.'
But Poseidon indeed wanted to take the whole tree. 'I just have to see if it's possible.'
'' Is that possible?'' Ratatoskr was doubtfull.
'' Yes.''
When Poseidon finished speaking, Freya said, '' But how do you ... talk with Yggdrasil? We never heard of anything like that.''
Poseidon sighed, '' Yggdrasil was here since the beginning of time. She gained intelligence many eons ago. She was the one who pulled my soul out, to have a talk.''
Ratatoskr touched Yggdrasil with affection, '' So you have intelligence. Why you never spoke with me?''
' That's true. Why didn't Yggdrasil talk with him?... Maybe it's because his soul is not strong enough?' Poseidon was almost certain that this was the reason, but he didn't say it out loud.
'' I don't know why, but I do know that she likes you quite a lot.''
Ratatoskr was surprised, '' She does?''
'' You took care of her for eos my friend. If she didn't like you a little bit, it would be weird.'' Poseidon then remembered something, '' Yggdrasil told me if the plan doesn't work, you can use this.''
Poseidon showed Freya and Ratatoskr the seed of Yggdrasil, '' It's a Yggdrasil seed. She said to plant anywhere in another realm and another tree should sprout after some time. You should be safe then.''
Ratatoskr took the seed into his tiny hands. He could feel a connection, albeit faint, with it, ' With only this, I should survive long enough to plant it again...' The squirrel looked at the tree, '' Thank you.''
Yggdrasil shook her 'body' as if saying ' you're welcome'.
After giving some time for Freya and Ratatoskr to digest everything, Poseidon said, '' How about we go to Asgard now? I'll take the tree with me when we are leaving.''
Even though it was a fast conversation, Poseidon and the others were running against time. The realm still would be destroyed in 4 days.
Freya went to Poseidon's side. Ratatoskr said his goodbye to Yggdrasil, '' See you soon.''
Now that Ratatoskr knew Yggdrasil had intelligence, he treated the tree even better than before.
Ratatoskr arrived close to Poseidon and Freya. He opened a portal to Asgard, '' Let's go.''
After that, the trio entered the portal.
ASGARD
One thing Poseidon noticed when he arrived in Asgard was that it was a little different from what is presented in the game. The big difference, however, is that the mountains in this realm were made of gold and not of stone.
Otherwise, everything was practically the same. Forests, rivers, and many other things were around the 'capital' of Asgard, where most beings lived.
The trio arrived almost at the center of Asgard. They noticed the other problem right away. Creatures of Chaos are attacking Asgard too. They could see the people fighting against them, but their numbers are too much for the Asgardians.
Freya closed her eyes, to focus and see if Odin was round. She said soon after, '' I can't sense Odin. He's not here.''
While Odin was not here, Freya sensed some 'friends', '' Thor, Heimdall, and Sif are still here, fighting against Chaos.''
She looked at the Asgardian being massacred. While they were at war before, Chaos was the legitimate true enemy. But it was difficult to just ignore what they did to her people over the years.
Poseidon knew what she was feeling, so he said, '' Let me handle it.''
Luckily for the Asgardians and unluckily for the Chaos creatures, the surrounding area was filled with water, making it a perfect area for Poseidon.
Poseidon began to manipulate the surrounding water, 'Let's see... how many would it take to kill all the creatures?'
This time Chaos wasn't messing around. The situation looked the same as it did when the Greeks helped the Egyptians. At that time, Chaos had more than a few hundred thousand in number, 'Is this twice as many? I'm not sure... It's amazing how Asgard hasn't fallen yet.'
Realizing that trying to focus on all the creatures wouldn't work, Poseidon changed his strategy, 'I'll focus on the Asgardians and make sure I don't hit them.'
As he did this, the water lances that Poseidon was making began to grow at an incredible pace. 100, 1000, 10000, 10000, and so on.
Freya and Ratatoskr felt a chill run down their spines. They could not imagine being on the receiving end of this attack.
The number of spears was so great that they blocked out the light coming from the sun, leaving Asgard in darkness.
When the Asgardians looked up and saw this scene, they despaired. They knew that when whoever was making the spears attacked, they would die.
Suddenly, Poseidon said, "Done.'' He then waved his hand, "Begone!''
Immediately, thousands of spears were thrown into Asgard.
SWISH
Alongise a gust of wind, death arrived at the Chaos creatures. Didnt matter where they are, almost all of them died, only a small number survived but were taken care of by the Asgardians. Of course, as Poseidon only limited himself to not hurting the Asgardians, all houses and buildings were destroyed.
Asgard, for better or worse, has fallen.
Freya looked at this scene with complex emotions. In the end, she sighed, '' Let's help the one who survived.''
Just when the trio was about to descend to the ground, 3 powerful Gods were coming in their direction. Freya recognized them, '' Thor, Heimdall, and Sif... I don't know if they want to fight.''
Poseidon didn't care that much. Literally, he was confident facing all Gods here and winning the fight.
It didn't take long for the trio from Asgard to arrive where the other trio was.
Heimdall demonstrated surprise by seeing Freya, and even more at seeing Poseidon, '' It's you...''
Poseidon nodded, '' Hello again.''
Thor looked at Heimdall and said in a furious voice, '' You know this person!? Are you the one who said to destroy Asgard!?''
This was the conclusion Thor arrived at after seeing Freya alongside the man who destroyed Asgard.
Before Heimdall could say anything, Sif tried to appease her husband, '' Dear, relax for a moment.''
Thor wanted to continue to scream at Heimdall, but even though he was a little bit dumb, he wasn't stupid. It's just that the situation made him mad.
After taking deep breaths, Thor focused his attention on Poseidon and Freya,'' Tell me, why did you destroy Asgard?''
Poseidon looked at them as if they were stupid, '' Are you serious?''
Thor was fuming by Poseidon's attitude, '' Of course, I am! We would be able to defend Asgard from our enemies! In fact, we were winning the fight!''
Poseidon doubted that, but he was curious about one thing, '' You guys don't know?''
Sif realized something was wrong, '' What do you mean?''
'' One second.'' Poseidon tried to use his powers to look at the condition of the Norse Realm, but he soon found out he couldn't. ' Wow. Someone strong put a barrier that doesn't let Gods or others beings see the Realm condition. They really don't know anything.'
Poseidon looked at them with pity, '' The entire Norse Realm will be destroyed in 4 days. I just tried to save as many Asgardians as I could.''
Heimdall was surprised, '' Impossible! I didn't sense anything!'' He tried to use his powers to look at the entire Norse Realm and finally noted something strange, ' It's the same thing as it was the last time I checked the Realm! Someone is messing with my powers!'
The Realm is the same as it was the other day Heimdall checked. This meant that the entire Realm didn't change a thing, even though some good days passed since Heimdall checked. He realized something was wrong thanks to this.
Heimdall was one of the Gods most affected when Chaos took away the ability to see the future. He eventually recovered his strength, but he relied too much on Odin and didn't imagine that someone could mess with his powers like this again without him noticing.
Thor waited for Heimdall to say something, but when he saw him getting pale, the God of Thunder finally realized the person in front of him was saying the truth. He pointed his hammer at Poseidon, '' Speak everything you know!''
Poseidon smiled at Thor, '' First, can you help the people below? Some of them are wounded.''
Sif snapped out of her surprise. She went to action. Before leaving, she looked at Thor, '' Behave.''
'' Wait.'' Ratatoskr said to Sif and the Goddess stopped. The squirrel said to Freya and Poseidon, '' I'll go help her.''
Freya and Poseidon nodded, '' Go.''
Sif, alongside Ratatoskr, went to look for her children and help the others.
When Sif left, Thor looked at Poseidon again, '' Speak.''
Poseidon then proceeds to tell the Gods everything. The Chaos invasion, how the Realm will be destroyed in 4 days, Odin's betrayals, the plan to leave the Realm, etc.
When Poseidon finished talking, he could notice Heimdall trembling. ' Why is he like this...? Oh, he did save Odin from me. I doubt it would change much, but I'm certain it accelerate the process. He must be guilty.''
Poseidon tried to say some words of comfort, '' It's not your fault. You saved a person who you thought you could trust. The destruction of the Realm would happen sooner or later.''
Thor looked at Heimdall, '' You saved Odin from him?''
Heimdall nodded.
Thor wanted to say something, but he held himself back. The God of Thunder was also loyal to Odin, so he could not say he would not help the All-Father.
But Thor also knew how Odin was relentless in search of power. So when Poseidon told them Odin went to Chaos side, he believed right away.
'' ARGHHHHHH!'' When the realization that all is lost hit Thor, he screamed at the top of his lungs.
When he finally stopped, Thor looked at Poseidon and Freya, '' Now what?''
Poseidon was waiting for that, '' I can't promise much, because I don't even know for how long we can hold against Chaos. But I can promise you one thing.''
Thor waited for Poseidon to continue.
'' A chance.''
'' For what?''
'' To have revenge against Odin. Against Chaos. And to live another life, one where you can live in peace without having to fear Odin and his actions.''
'' What's the catch?''
Poseidon shook his head, '' No catch. We just need to win the war against Chaos.''
'' How confident are you of winning?'' Thor asked.
Poseidon smiled bitterly, '' Honestly? Not even 50% ... But!'' Poseidon knows Thor's personality a little, '' I promise you the fight of your life. Even the prophecies of Ragnarok would be small in front of the fight we will have.''
When Thor heard that, he simply stared at Poseidon. Freya even thought the God of Thunder would attack.
But soon after, Thor started to laugh out loud, '' HAHAHAHAHA. I'm in.''
'' That's it?'' Freya didn't trust Thor's words.
'' That's it. To be honest, I don't care that much about the Realm or the others, I just want to fight.'' Thor smacked his belly. Then he looked at Heimdall, '' What about you?''
Heimdall changed a lot over the years, so much so that he had a small friendship with Thor. So when he heard even Thor was going to fight, he said, '' I'm in... But let me tell you, I want Odin's head.''
Even though he know it was not his fault what had happened, Heimdall still was pissed.
Freya snorted, '' Enter the line.''
Poseidon looked relieved, ' I didn't want to have to fight and possibly kill them. So it's good we arrived at an agreement.'
'' Now, how about we help Sif and Ratatoskr?'' Poseidon said and didn't wait for them to rest to respond. Freya followed suit.
'' Wait!'' Thor called out to Poseidon while following him.
'' What is it?''
'' I don't know your name.''
'' You can call me Poseidon.''
SOME TIME LATER
When Poseidon arrived on the ground of Asgard, he noticed the number of bodies of the Chaos creatures. The vast majority of them he had killed, but he was still surprised that Asgard was able to defend itself so well.
''How did you defend yourselves so well?'' Poseidon asked Thor, as he looked around for survivors or enemies that escaped.
''Ha! That fight was nothing to us Asgardians. We were born for war.'' Thor said with extreme pride.
Freya, who was helping an Asgardian out of a ruined building, said, '' Even though I don't want to admit it, Thor is right. Asgardians can fight.''
Thor was almost beaming with pride, '' The ' Queen' knows her stuff.''
Poseidon, Freya, and Thor helped some people and then went towards the most populated place, where they sensed Sif and Ratatoskr presence. Arriving there, they could see a lot of people around.
'' Is that all?'' Poseidon dropped the survivors he found, then asked Ratatoskr.
The squirrel nodded his small head while looking sad. Poseidon could understand why he was sad, ' It's too little.'
The number of survivors was small. Only a couple thousand.
Sif also arrived, '' We did our best to save as many as we could, but... we still got a lot of injured people.''
'' Let me help.'' Freya, even though the Asgardians were her enemies before, put her difference aside to help them in their time of need.
Sif was touched. She knew how much Freya lost, so seeing her willingness to help so easily was quite shocking, '' ... Thank you.''
Freya was already helping one of the survivors, '' Don't mention it. We have a common enemy. Two, in fact.''
Sif knew Freya was right. Now, Odin and Chaos are the common enemies of all living beings across the realms. Sif already didn't like Odin, for what he has done to her husband, so his betrayal meant little to her. She already hated him.
Freya went around healing all she could. After she was done, she approached the group. She asked Poseidon, '' What now?''
'' First, let me explain something. I already told you before, but the entire Norse Realm, including the 9 realms, is going to be destroyed in less than 3 days. Do you get that?''
Sif, Heimdall, and Thor nodded.
'' What do you mean by that?'' A thunderous voice, that rivaled Thor's voice, sounded from somewhere behind the group.
It was Thr d, the daughter of Thor and Sif. She was accompanied by Magni and Modi. Magni was Sif's stepson, while Modi and Thr d were her biological children.
'' Dear...'' Sif was startled by their presence, ' I was so distracted by all of this that I didn't even sense them...'
'' Save it, mom. I heard everything.'' The conversation between Mother and Daughter attracted the attention of all survivors, who were now paying attention to what the duo was saying.
'' You said something about the Norse Realm being destroyed. What is this all about!?'' Thr d voice resounded between the survivors.
'' What!?''
'' Sif! Is that true?''
The survivors started to ask questions and demand some kind of response.
A vein popped on Thor's head when he noted Sif was getting surrounded by people and bombarded with questions. He roared and used Mj lnir to scare off the survivors surrounding Sif, '' GO BACK!''
When thunder almost hit them, the survivors backed a little but still demanded answers.
'' Please, at least tell us what is happening!''
It was understanding why the Asgardians were like this. In one moment they're living their lives like normal, then they're attacked by Chaos creatures, who some people thought were legends of old.
Then, after somehow surviving the attack from those creatures and the spears made of water, they heard their entire realm was being destroyed. It was a normal reaction.
Thor was about to explain, but Poseidon said, '' Allow me, please.''
Thor wanted to decline, but Sif took his hand, '' Let him handle it.''
Seeing his wife like this, Thor nodded at Poseidon, '' Go ahead.''
Poseidon then came in front of Thr d, Magni, Modi, and all survivors, '' My name is Poseidon! I'm a God from a faraway realm.''
When Poseidon said that, some people started to whisper to each other, not understanding what was happening.
Poseidon continued, '' I know all of you don't know what is happening, so allow me to explain.'' He took a deep breath, '' Odin betrayed not only you but everyone across the 9 realms. He allied himself with Chaos, allowing them to enter the entire Norse Realm.''
'' As a result of that, a being powerful enough to destroy everyone arrived at this realm. I tried to stop him but to no avail. He managed to destroy your realm for good. In 4 days, all of this will be gone.''
Silence. Everyone was shocked by this revelation.
Some of them tried to deny reality, '' You're lying! Odin would never do this to us!''
'' Yeah! That's right!''
Heimdall, who was quiet for a while, went close to Poseidon, '' I can vouch for this outsider. What he said is the truth.''
Thr d, the person who initiated all this discussion, looked at her mom. She could at least read her mom's reaction.
After observing Sif, Thr d arrived at the conclusion Poseidon wasn't lying, ' Mom would've said something by now if it was a lie...'
So, knowing that everything was real, Thr d said to the survivors, '' I trust them. Why would they lie to us!? Think!''
The survivors stopped talking. The reality of the situation started to sink in, '' What are we going to do then?''
Poseidon took charge once again, '' I can't guarantee everyone's survival, but I can at least offer you a chance. Me and a few other Gods, are gathering as many survivors as we can.''
'' Why?''
'' So we can evacuate the Norse Realm. My Realm is far away, but we welcome all of you. Again, I can't guarantee everyone's survival, but at least you'll be alive for a while longer and have a chance to fight.''
No one said anything. They started to whisper between them.
When Poseidon saw that, he sighed, ' They are quite hardheaded. I know it's hard to believe, but when almost all of their Gods said it's true, they still don't believe.''
Poseidon was about to say more things, but Thr d said, '' I'm in.''
Poseidon looked at her with another eye, ' She's smart.' He nodded at her, '' Good.''
Thr d's actions started a chain reaction. Magni and Modi also joined, followed by the rest of the survivors.
Poseidon looked at Sif, '' Responding to your question, we will now regroup in Midgard. After that, we will look around the others realms in hope of finding survivors. Then, finally, we will leave the Norse Realm for good.''
One of the survivors asked, '' When are we leaving Asgard?''
'' The sooner the better. Grab all things you may need, and tell us when you're done.'' Poseidon also wanted to search Odin room's. ' I hope it's not destroyed.'
After Poseidon finished saying that, everyone started to move. Thr d, Modi, and Magni now were with the rest.
Poseidon asked them, '' Do you guys know where Odin's room is?''
Everyone knew the place, but Thr d volunteered to show Poseidon, '' Let me show you the place. Follow me.''
Poseidon followed Thr d, while the rest of the group stayed behind to do their things.
It didn't take long for them to arrive at a place which surprisingly wasn't destroyed, ' Amazing! There must be some kind of barrier around the place.'
'' It's here.'' Thr d tried to open the door, but it didn't budge even with her using all her strength.
'' Here, let me.'' Poseidon put his hand on the door, ' Hmmm, I was right. There's a barrier... but not powerful enough to handle me!'
Using his strength, Poseidon opened the door to Odin's room. Inside, there were countless pieces of paper scattered around. And a Chaos portal.
When Thr d saw that, she cursed Odin, '' Son of a bitch!''
Poseidon found that amusing, '' Don't worry about the portal for now. Let's see if there's anything around here that had Chaos information.''
Poseidon and Thr d spent the next couple of minutes searching the place until Thr d screamed, '' Found something!''
When Poseidon went close, he saw Thr d holding a book. She passed it to him, '' Here. I think it's important.''
Poseidon rapidly went through the content of the book. He smiled at the end, '' Jackpot!''