Chapter 11 – The Tides Turn

Before we begin, I would like to thank those who have been reading this story, which is my first story. But I would like for you guys to post some reviews, that way I can improve my writing. Thanks! The Mighty Thor comics and its characters belong to Marvel and The Legend of Korra and its characters belong to Nickelodeon.

Air Temple Island

Korra was still unconscious, but she was safe in her room sleeping on her bed. Thor, now with his divinity back to him, stood by her side, waiting for her to wake up. He left the room only once, when he had to wait for the Air Acolytes changed Korra's clothing while she was still unconscious. In that moment, the rest took the change to ask him questions about his real appearance…

Thor sat on a table; he drank some tea while he waited. Then Tenzin sat next to him, the rest round him.

"Are you okay Thor?" Asami asked.

"Now that I have my divinity back, I look fine but I feel horrible." Thor said. "I could have prevented this from happening."

"You were taken with us, Thor; it's not your fault." Bolin said.

"Still…" Thor said, and then he looked around. "Thou want to know about mine true appearance, right?"

"Well…yes." Mako said. "We have never seen you so…powerful or godly."

"Indeed." Thor said as he stood up. "Let me introduce myself again now that I am me once again."

"I am Thor, God of Thunder and Son of Odin. Protector of Mankind and Asgard It is good to meet you all, my friends." Thor said with humility in his voice despite of his many titles.

"And it is good to meet you too, God of Thunder." Tenzin said.

"Could you show us some of your powers?!" Bolin asked, clearly saying what everyone wanted to say.

"Bolin!" Mako yelled.

"It is okay, there is still enough time until I am allowed to see the Avatar again. Come, my friends to the courtyard." Thor said as he walked outside.

They all walked outside, it was a clear winter day, and everything was calm.

"Behold the power of the Son of Odin!" Thor yelled as his eyes began to glow white and his hammer began to glow as well, and the skies darkened, turning dark grey.

"Wow." Mako said.

"Rain, Thunder, and Lightning heed thy master's call; bring not death or destruction but a showing of thy power, of my power!" Thor yelled at the heavens. It began to rain, and thunder began to be heard, lightning ripped through the skies but never leveled the earth.

"Let my voice be heard!" Thor yelled once again, the earth shook, everywhere did the voice of the Mighty One was heard.

Then it all stopped as suddenly as it began with the elements calming down, and the clouds disappearing. Thor turned around, his eyes and hammer turning normal once again.

"How was that demonstration?" Thor said, with some sense of vanity in his voice but always keeping it low.

"That was amazing, Thor." Asami said with awe in her voice. The other's facial expressions clearly showed what they thought.

"That is not all of my powers." Thor informed, he lifted a concrete statue with his index finger, like it was a dust particle.

"You can lift things?" Bolin said.

"Aye, this is my true strength. But this statue does no show heaviness." Thor said as he placed the massive concrete statue on the ground. "I believe I should go back to Korra's side."

Thor passed through the group, his long red cape flapping to his movement. His winged helmet shined even in the darkest of shadows, he truly was a god. Long have the mortals believe that the Avatar was the most powerful individual in existence outside from the Spirits, but they were shown that there was a race of beings above the once believed all mighty spirits.

Thor sat on a wooden chair next to Korra's bed. He placed his mighty mallet, Mjolnir, on the floor, removed his winged helmet off his head revealing his long golden hair which was brighter than ever before, it glowed like gold itself.

"Korra…I know that you cannot heed my words but I want to tell you this…" Thor began saying, but he did not notice that Korra was fully conscious, but was trying to sleep. But she was listening to his every word.

"…I know that I am a god, but I…" Thor bit his lower lip. "…I love thee, Avatar. Ever since I met thee, I just never had the courage to tell thee. I supposed that a mortal would never fall for a divine one like me, but thy show the soul of an immortal. That is why I have decided to stay here…on Midgard." Thor said as he looked at Korra's unmoving form.

"I will return to Asgard every time I am needed, but I have realized that my true place is among the mor…the people of Midgard, along thy side." Thor said, he still saw that Korra was unmoving, still unconscious, he thought. He could not notice since her back was turned to him.

But she was surprise from what he had just said, a god had fallen for her, she still could not believe it. But she said nothing, but she heard footsteps, she moved to look around the room to see, he was gone. Korra had to decide on what to do now.

Thor stepped out of Korra's room, and he closed the door. He had placed his winged helmet back on his head and held Mjolnir with his right hand. He walked towards the courtyard, alone this time. He watch the skies, he had a journey like no other immortal ever before. But could his father let him stay on Midgard? He would stay even his father took his divinity again and again, he would still stay. He still felt extremely connected to this realm, he felt more at home than in Asgard. But he knew that he had to go back, Loki was still running in the Asgardian Realm causing chaos. The Realm Eternal needed their champion back, they needed the God of Thunder back, but he could not go back. The Rainbow Bridge or Bifrost was blocked off from him. Only Heimdall himself could bring him back, but only with Odin's approval. He was for the moment still stuck in Midgard, but he felt that Balder could defend Asgard until Odin's awakening.

The Next Day, 8:00 AM

Korra had woken up, she found a sleeping Thor besides her sitting on a wooden chair, and she saw that he had his hammer on his right hand, a winged helmet sat on the night stand and a red cape lay on top of her, on top of the thin blanket. She had remembered what Thor had said to her the day before, she had thought about it in the night.

"Thor, wake up." She said as she moved and shook Thor's shoulder which was more muscled than we she last saw him.

"Hnnn…" Thor mumbled as he opened his bright blue eyes which had been covered with bright golden hair. "…Korra, you have awoken at last."

"Yeah, and you better do too. Come on, let's tell the others." Korra said as she put on her fur boots.

Thor stood up, placed his winged helmet back on his head and placed his mystic mallet on his back and strapped his long red cape to his circular metal discs that were on his powerful chest. He then walked out of the room behind the Avatar.

A moment later, everyone reunited in the dining room, Korra was eating breakfast which Pema had made.

"Want any Thor?" Korra asked with food in her mouth as she pointed a bun to him.

"Thanks but I don't need to eat right now." Thor said gallantly refusing her offer; reason being is that he actually did not require sustenance or oxygen to live now that he had regained his divinity.

Korra shrugged and continued eating; Lin had arrived now that she had been notified of Korra's awakening.

She sat down and waited Korra to finish her meal.

"Korra, what happened there?" Lin asked.

"Well, for starters, Tarrlok is Yukone's son." Korra revealed.

"That explains why he could bloodbend, what happened to Tarrlok?" Tenzin asked.

"Well…he was preparing his grand escape and…that's when Amon showed up." Korra said.

"Amon?" Mako said.

"Yeah, he took Tarrlok's bending away, and he would've done the same thing to me if I hadn't escaped." Korra said with a scared voice.

"Amon taking out a councilman, trying to capture the Avatar…Amon is becoming embolden, I fear that his entering his endgame." Tenzin said expressing his concern.

"But why do we worry? We have a living-breathing God of Thunder in our side, we can't lose." Bolin said confidently.

"True, but Amon is more resourceful that we could have imagined no offence Thor." Asami said.

"None taken, Asami. Thou art right; Amon has done some risky acts that wouldn't have work if he had been anyone else. He took out a bloodbender by himself." Thor said.

"Anyhow, I have a council meeting today; we are going to confer on what to do now that Tarrlok is gone and Amon still at large." Tenzin said as he stood up. "I'll be back, and then we can act on this."

Air Temple Island, 9:30 AM

Tenzin had been gone for a while and the New Team Avatar was waiting for the Airbending Master's arrival. Thor was looking up at the cloudy winter sky once again, mesmerizing his role in all of this…

"Thinking?" Korra said as she walked towards a lone Thor.

"Aye, I thought about Asgard, about my father, Odin. I wondered if he had planned all of this." Thor said as he still looked as the sky.

"I was thinking too and I…I heard what you were saying yesterday." Korra confessed.

"You did?" Thor said as he turned his gaze from the sky and into Korra, azure eyes met.

"Yeah and…" Korra said as she began to turn red. "…I say yes."

Thor took a moment to process that response, when he was about to respond he heard explosions coming out of the city. They turned around and saw smoke coming from various spots in the city. Then Equalist air ships began to appear, coming from the mountains.

They ran to where the rest had assembled, they were gazing at the apparent destruction. The airbending kids and Pema had come out too to see what was going on.

"I am going in." Thor said as he moved his hammer around and threw at the sky but held at the leather thong at the end of the handle. He flew faster than any air ship the rest had ever seen.

"Lin, we are going in too." Korra said. Lin nodded since she had promised Tenzin that she would stay and watch over Pema and his kids.

Republic City, Midgard

Thor arrived to a street that was burning from one of the explosions; the smoke blocked the rays of the sun. Thor walked through the ruin street, and then through the smoke he saw four gigantic objects. They were mecha tanks, the same ones that easily beaten him back in the Sato Mansion. But this time things were different, now Thor had his powers back.

"Yield foul ones, thou not wish to taste the bite of mighty Mjolnir." Thor said as he placed his hand unto air and did a 'stop' motion with it.

The tanks did not stop and began to through their steel cables at Thor grabbing him.

"Very well, then." Thor said. The electricity sparked and flew through the cables at Thor. Nothing happened, Thor still stood.

"You should know that you are not facing a simple mortal or bender, thy face the Son of Odin!" Thor yelled as he charged at the tanks.

Thor easily ripped them apart with his hammer and fists; he took out the drivers and took them out of the game. The God of Thunder looked at his surroundings, the ruin, the death and destruction. He raised his hammer up into the heavens and said…

"Heed my words winds; carry this foul smoke of this city, so commands Thor!" Thor commanded, the winds begun to rage across the street, lifting the smoke out of the streets and into the sky.

"Heavens, bring thy rain but not thy thunder. Bring the healing touch of water!" Thor once again commanded it began to rain on the city, taking out the fires.

Thor gazed at his work, even though he had calmed this street, many people had lost business, homes and loved ones because of Amon. Thor felt even more hatred towards that mortal fiend; he swung his hammer and took to the skies once again. He flew through one of the equalist air ships, making a hole through it. He then hit it with his hammer, he hit it with such force that it made fly all the way to the bay.

In an airship, Amon and Hiroshi Sato gazed at the God of Thunder's deeds. Amon had been waiting for this.

"Is that…is that Thor?" Hiroshi asked Amon.

"Yes, it seems that he has reclaimed his divine power." Amon responded.

"He's actually a god?" Sato once again asked.

"Indeed he is, but I have something, a weapon that will bring a god to his knees." Amon responded. "I see that Tenzin has been rescued by the Avatar and her friends, good. Order two airships towards Air Temple Island, keep them occupy while I deal with the god."

Amon then walked out and into the shadows.

"Loki, he is here." Amon whispered.

"Then you know what to do." Loki responded, he spoke to Amon mind to mind.

Amon turned around and said…

"Release the Destroyer." He ordered, then from the airship besides them, the floor gate opened and through it, the Destroyer Armor fell into the city.

Through the crater, the Destroyer stood up, unharmed by the impact. The Lieutenant was in control of the armor, his spirit in it to manipulate the empty armor. The Lieutenant followed Amon's every word.

The Destroyer moved through the streets, blasting and smashing all the metalbeding police officers it could find. The people saw the Destroyer as a mad spirit, and the equalists saw it as the spirit's response to the infidel god.

Thor saw what was going on and flew towards the carnage; he landed and looked at the massacre. There were about 40 Metalbenders lying on the street, either dead or wounded. In the middle of the carnage, there it stood…Thor's eyes widened, he couldn't believe at what he was looking.

"The Destroyer…" Thor said with disbelief. The Destroyer turned and faced Thor, and then it ran towards the Son of Odin.

The Destroyer was blessed with the Odinforce, it was made from an unknown metal that was said to be stronger than Uru, the material that Thor's hammer was made out of. Thor battled the animated armor, throwing strikes at it with all his strength, lightning even fell every time he punched the armor.

"Getting tired?" A voice was heard through the armor.

"You… Amon's Lieutenant." Thor said as sweat dripped from his forehead.

"Nice of you to remember me, God of Thunder, like my new look?" The Lieutenant taunted through the armor, even though he was not physically in it.

"How did thee, mortals, acquire the Gods' Armor, how?!" Thor yelled at the Destroyer.

"Amon's secret, never to be told by me." The Destroyer with the Lieutenant's voice replied back. "Now, let's finish this."

Thor yelled with a warrior's battle scream, he rushed at the Destroyer; it too rushed at the Son of Odin, both creations of the All-Father, one to protect Asgard and Mankind and another to wage war against the Space Gods, The Celestials.

The earth shook from the brawl, Thor threw all he could against the invincible Destroyer, and the street, no, the whole city glowed as two powers clashed. Then it all became silent…

Out of the ashes and smoke came…the Destroyer unharmed with Thor at its hand. The Destroyer held the beaten Thor by his cape, Thor was unconscious or worse…his winged helmet gone, possibly shattered, his combat vest ripped in most places. The only thing that was still intact was his mighty hammer, Mjolnir. For the first time in millennia, did the mightiest of the mighty bled, Thor was bleeding divine blood.

Then the Destroyer swung Thor and threw him with such force that the beaten Son of Odin fell onto the bay, in the other side of the city.

Amon, from high in his airship felt accomplished, he had defeated a god. Now the world's benders awaited the same fate.

Sewer Entrance

The New Team Avatar had just escaped from Air Temple Island after they had returned to defend it against Equalist invaders. Tenzin had to escape with is family and new born son and the Air Acolytes away from the conflict, trying to preserve the Airbending race from extinction.

Team Avatar was about to enter the deeper into the sewers to rest, and to wait for Thor's return when a loud bang was heard outside the Sewer Tunnel. They ran out to check what it was…

Korra and the others were left speechless at what they were seeing, it was the God of Thunder…it was Thor who had crashed into the bay's rocky shore. He was completely beaten up; he was bleeding, his golden hair dirty, his cape ripped and armor broken, but still he held to his mighty mallet, Mjolnir, like if it was part of him.

It took Mako and Bolin to carry Thor inside, they brought the unconscious Thor into what it look like a chamber with connecting tunnels. They still couldn't believe, they were looking at a god…who looked like he was dead. Their friend…

Korra landed on her knees and looked at Thor's face, his perfect visage now was covered in bruises and blood. Mako, Bolin and Asami looked at other directions, they couldn't look at Thor's unconscious state, he looked so powerful…what or who could have done this.

Korra rested her head and hands on Thor's chest which did not move, she didn't hear a heartbeat nor did she feel Thor's powerful and divine aura. Korra, since a long time began to cry…

Asgard, the Realm Eternal

Balder stood on Asgard's outer walls; he looked at the horizon, at his father's kingdom. Then he felt something odd. Something happened, but he didn't know what, everything was still fine in Asgard. Loki had not made a move at Asgard or her allies, what was it then?

Balder Odinson then realized what had happened…his beloved brother Thor…

…was dying.