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With the second to last chapter of Asgard's Avengers.
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Chapter 12
"It's just through that little cave." Loki said as they all rode on Peter's ship, Peter was piloting recklessly as always.
"My ship is not going to fit through that!" Peter said in a panic.
"Put it in stealth now and speed up!" Loki ordered as they headed through a secret portal leading to Asgard.
"Oh my god we're all gonna die…" Brenna muttered.
"Thank you for the vote of confidence Brenna, but this has been done before," Loki grinned and held on as they reached the entrance.
"Shit!" Peter yelled and turned the ship all the way to the side, so it would just fit, everyone fell to the side yelling as the colors of the portal appeared.
They flew through the portal and popped out the other end, still in stealth mode as they flew across the Asgardian Lake, away from any guard posts. Peter slammed on the breaks and landed as quietly as possible, remaining in stealth mode so they'd be invisible from sight.
It was now time for the leader to take over. Steve stood from the place where he was seated, "Peter, scan the area for enemies," he ordered.
Peter did as ordered, "I see a few things, these giant things on the thermal are super cold, and some smaller things that are super-hot, and not sexy hot."
"Frost giants and Dark Elves," Thor responded, naming the two types of enemies.
"Fun," Tony smirked and put on his helmet.
"Alright, Huginn Muninn," Steve looked at the two ravens, "Go ahead and scout the area, warn anyone with a loud call. Clint, Natasha, Brenna, Bruce, and Loki, You all go ahead and find stealth positions where you can take out as many guards as you can. Be sure to hide the bodies. Everyone, turn on your coms," Steve ordered and turned on his com, as did everyone else.
"Sam, fly ahead and destroy the guns. Tony, you destroy the air ships and guard posts … quietly."
"Gotcha," Tony answered.
"Guardians and warriors, you stay here until you get the signal. Once you hear the signal, warriors … I want you Gamora, Drax, and Groot to give land support, while Peter and Rocket you bring the big guns and air support. Hati, Skoll," Steve looked at the two wolves, "When they leave, you leave too. Turn into whatever crazy thing you turn into. Everyone understand?" Steve asked and they all nodded in agreement, "Let's go."
Huginn and Muninn flew out quickly, flapping ahead of everyone. Natasha, Clint, Loki, Brenna, and Bruce filed out of the ship silently, creeping through the forest to the city's edge. When they got about 20 feet away, Steve followed behind to act as backup for any situation that may arise.
They all looked around, seeing the frozen, crumbled ruins of Asgard. It was silent; all signs of life had perished in the wretched cold and ice. Some of the destroyed building were covered in ice. Beneath the ice, charred marking were visible. Fire … the Frost Giants must have burnt the city and then froze it to their liking.
The initial group walked silently through the frozen forest that ran next to the frozen Asgardian Lake, on their way to the city. In the cold air, the group could all see their breath in long white puffs. The land was desolate, preserved perfectly in ice. But dead … the once thriving land now frozen solid, beautifully preserved under sheets of ice. Steve looked around him, horrified, remembering plummeting into ice, and remembering the former beauty that was once Asgard…
(Song Suggestion: Hanging Tree – Peter Hollens)
The group emerged from the forest, only to be further horrified by the site in front of them. They knew the city was frozen – but this – this was tragic.
In front of them, a straight line of demolished buildings cleared out so the courtyard of Asgard was visible, along with the large path leading from the courtyard to the palace. But that was not what horrified them.
The statue of Bor and Bestla, the first rulers of Asgard, had been destroyed and thrown aside. In its place was a statue of Thanos, and next to that, gallows had been erected. With frost bitten Asgardian bodies, perhaps days old, still hanging. There were two women, a child, and one of the former Asgardian soldiers.
Frozen blood had built up in the corners of their mouths; their bodies covered in frost, eyes still bloodshot and open in horror. Their necks were bruised and extended, from the brutal break that the hanging had caused. The bodies had been left hanging there like skinned animals. This was the Frost Giant's message, a warning message for obedience. Each of the victims had missing fingernails, fingers, toes, and were covered in bruises from torture. Each wore prisoner's clothes, exposed to the cold in the thin cloth, poorly sown together.
They looked away, disgusted by the site of the bodies, left to hang in total disrespect. Steve closed his eyes in anger and remorse. Sorry he couldn't have executed this plan sooner, in time to save them. "Bruce, when it's clear of guards, please cut them down. Sam, please help Bruce find a place to bury these citizens of Asgard. If the lake isn't frozen solid, that should work fine…" Steve's morals took over, he knew this was the right thing to do. Bruce and Sam nodded and they all went ahead, to clear the area.
Natasha sat silently in a bush waiting for the nearest guard to walk to the next post, which coincidentally, was right next to the bush she was in. As the Dark Elf started walking towards the bush, Natasha gripped her dagger tight. He stopped in front of the bush and Natasha stood up silently; quickly putting her hand over his mouth and stabbing him directly in the back of his neck, pulling him down into the bush.
Clint stood behind a building watching the guard post, where there were four guards. As they rotated positions, he sent an arrow flying at the Frost Giant that was closest to him. As the dying giant fell, Clint ducked down to hide. A Dark Elf came running when he saw the Frost giant fall. Clint sent a second arrow flying towards the elf; it landed directly in the head of the elf. He then shot a third arrow, hitting the guard who was farthest from him. The fourth arrow took down the final guard, leaving the guard post unattended.
Loki was right behind Clint, facing a different guard tower. He sent one of his ghosts to drag the bodies to a hiding place. Brenna climbed onto the tower roof and knocked out one of the guards, throwing him off the roof. As soon as he hit the ground, Natasha stabbed him and Loki drug the body into a nearby bush. Bruce sat silently waiting, he was not to intervene unless something dramatic happened. The group continued on, hiding behind the next corner and group of bushes, running from hiding place to hiding place.
Overhead Falcon flew, in stealth mode, wearing the suit Tony had made for him. He kicked guards off the guard posts, sending them plummeting to their deaths. Making certain to stab them in the neck so they couldn't scream as they fell.
Tony landed in the first air boat, looking at the tech, "This looks important…," He ripped something out and jumped into the next boat, doing the same thing to the second boat. The pattern continued, until all the airboats had been deemed inoperable.
Steve was 20 feet behind Natasha's team. Anything he saw of the dead bodies, he managed to cover up. He covered up their tracks perfectly as they made their way towards the palace, where hopefully they would all meet Thanos, and take him out together.
Brenna leapt from rooftop to rooftop, knocking men off. When they landed, Loki would kill them. Distracted by the sound of bodies falling to the ground, the guards would walk towards the sound, where Natasha and Clint would silence them with either an arrow or a quick stab to the throat.
In a flash, a Dark Elf came behind Natasha and wrapped its arm around her neck, trying to strangle her. As she was losing air, she quickly slammed her heal against its foot and ankle joint. The elf grunted and she quickly turned around, sending her dagger through its eye socket.
Finally, Falcon had taken out all the high guard posts he could see, and the ground was as clear as it was likely to get. Bruce walked up to the gallows and Sam landed next to him. Quietly they cut the bodies down and carried them to the lake, sorrowful and tired of all the death.
It was quiet as they exited view with the bodies. But now it was too quiet … something was amiss.
Of course … it never went how any of them hoped. Of course they couldn't have a moment of peace to at least give the souls of the innocent dead their final rest.
Huginn cawed loudly along with the sound of a screech in distress. Then the clanging of weapons and the sounds of Bruce "Hulking out," and the alarms ringing. No.
Peter's ship burst open and Thor, Sif and the warriors three, Gomora, Drax, Groot, Hati, and Skoll all bolted out into the city, Hati and Skoll transforming into their beastly selves, their eyes glowing dangerously, ready to slaughter.
Peter and Rocket, who was copiloting, drove the ship into lift off, and began shooting enemies in the city below. Their lasers destroyed everything they struck, flames now arose, melting the ice surrounding it. Like raining fire, the lasers shot at lightning speeds, evaporating its enemies as well as parts of buildings.
Lady Sif and the warriors three stormed into the city, yelling the cry of battle as they slashed and hacked. Hogan swung his mace, crushing a Frost Giant's skull, another came behind him and grabbed him, his bare skin on his arms turning blue. Sif ran at the giant and leapt into the air, slamming her sword into its skull, splitting it in half as it's blue, cold blood spilt out as it fell. Hogan nodded in thanks and they ran off, just as Volstagg decapitated another Dark Elf, and Fandral let out another annoying quip, to piss off, and distract, some Frost Giants.
Thor flew to the courtyard and landed hard in the gallows, with a mighty thud, "Thor, we could use some lightning right now!" Natasha yelled.
"Of course!" Thor yelled and began to wave his hammer, summoning the lightning and shooting it at the incoming horde of Frost Giants and Dark Elves.
Natasha growled in frustration, flipping the dagger in her hand as she ran at a Frost Giant and leapt, vaulting feet first at its chest, she kicked off the first Frost Giant, landing on a second and stabbing its neck, then running back to the first Frost Giant to stab that one as well. Cap's shield flew past her head, clocking a Dark Elf in the face. Natasha jumped and caught the shield out of mid-air, slamming it into a Frost Giant's head, then throwing it back to Steve.
Iron Man flew ahead, "Hate to break it to you guys, but Hulk's headed for the palace and I think he's gonna need backup!" Iron man bolted in the air towards the palace.
"Avengers, lets go!" Steve yelled and the Avengers followed.
Brenna followed, "Brenna you need to stay here!" Clint yelled.
"Shut up you imbecile!" She pushed him aside and ran past, towards the palace.
"Okay…"
Steve spoke over the coms, "Loki, Warriors, Guardians, we need you outside the palace, keeping the forces out of the palace so we can deal with Thanos. One of you control those two wolves!" Steve said as Hati crushed another building between his paws.
Drax was about to run to the palace, but Gamora grabbed him, "I swear I will cut your genitals off…."