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Chapter 8: Nidavellir.
On the Benatar's Space Pod, Thor, Rocket, Groot, Daranak and Salzer were heading to the Dwarven star called Nidavellir to help forge a weapon for Thor powerful enough to kill Thanos. Thor was looking out the window while Daranak and Salzer were sitting nearby, Groot looking at a cup while Rocket was piloting the pod.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"Tinkle in the cup. We're not looking. What's there to see? What's a twig? Everybody's seen a twig before." Rocket said.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"Tree, pour what's in the cup out into space and go in the cup again." Thor said, understanding what Groot said.
"You speak Groot?" Rocket asked, surprise that Thor can understand Groot's language.
"Yes, they taught it on Asgard. It was an elective." Thor replied.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"You know when we're close. Nidavellir's forge harnesses the blazing power of a neutron star. It's the birthplace of my hammer. It's truly awesome." Thor said, remembering his beloved hammer MjĂžlnir, which was destroyed by Hela.
"So what happen to your hammer?" Salzer asked.
"My sister destroyed it." Thor replied.
"Sorry about that. Maybe this new weapon of yours will be powerful than your hammer." Daranak said.
"And carry out its legacy." Salzer said.
"Can I ask you two twin siblings something?" Thor said.
"Sure." Daranak and Salzer said.
"Earlier when I first saw you two, I noticed that your eyes were glowing yellow, and your fists were glowing some kind of yellow energy, so that tells me you both have powers and you're enhanced. What are your abilities?" Thor asked.
"Oh, my sister and I are half ghost." Daranak said.
"What?" Thor said, not believing what he has just heard.
At that moment, Thor saw the familiar bright rings appear around Daranak's and Salzer's waists before they traveled up and down their bodies and changing them into their ghost forms. Their purple eyes turning yellow, their fair skin turning tan, their dark auburn hair turning dark brown, and their casual attire changed into their Guardians of the Galaxy/anti-ghost attire that they have been wearing for four years. The top was red, with a darker red collar, white accents on the sleeves and black gloves. On their chests is the yellow Guardians of the Galaxy symbol. They were also wearing a white belt, black pants and red boots. Thor was in shock as he couldn't believe that there are more half ghost hybirds, two from a different planet.
"You're half ghost? How did you get your powers?" Thor asked.
"A few years ago when we were teenagers, my sister and I were taking a tour on the Nova Corps Headquarters, hoping to join the Nova Corps and serve for the Nova Empire some day. During the time, my sister noticed the Nova Corps new artificial ghost portal which will lead us to the dimension called the Ghost Zone, at least the Xandarian dimensional plane. The Ghost Zone is the home dimension to many ghosts, and it has lots of dimensional planes far away from each other that connects to other worlds besides our home planet. It's like the flip side of the universe." Daranak said.
"I'm aware of the Ghost Zone. Asgard had a ghost portal before it got destroyed." Thor said.
"Really? I didn't know that." Daranak said.
"Anyway, the day we saw the portal, the Nova Corps tried to activate the portal, but it didn't turn on. After all the personnel left, I wanted to find out what's wrong with the portal and I convince Daranak to come in the portal with me." Salzer said.
"Salzer convince me and we went inside the portal. When we look, I found that a loose wire was the cause for the portal not turning on. I plugged it in and we were blasted by the electric currents and ectoplasmic energy and the ectoplasm merged in with our DNA, making us half Xandarian-half ghost hybirds." Daranak said.
"We couldn't control our ghost abilities from the start, but receive the help we can get from both our parents and the Nova Corps. After some time, we both managed to master all our powers. For the next several years, before and after joining the Nova Corps, we use our ghost powers to defend the Nova Empire, especially Xandar, against hostile and powerful ghosts as well as fight in the Kree-Nova War. And we gave ourselves our alter-egos Daranak and Salzer Nova and gain a reputation across the galaxy as we became known as the Nova Twins. After saving Xandar and helping out our fellow Guardians, we discover that we have more potential with our ghost powers than we originally thought since we believe we're the only half ghost hybirds in existence, and the rest is history." Salzer said.
"Amazing. I just can't believe that you two are half ghost as well." Thor said.
"What do you mean?" Daranak asked, confused by what Thor said.
"When we get to Earth, there are two people, who are Avengers and I know them personally, that you might wanna meet." Thor said.
"Well, whoever they are, guess we'll be looking forward to meeting them." Salzer said.
"Yeah..." Thor said as before having a bit of sadness, thinking about his family losses.
Rocket looks at Thor and sees his sadness.
"Okay, time to be the captain." Rocket said as he approach Thor and started to type something nearby. "So, dead brother, huh? Yeah, that could be annoying."
"Well, he's been dead before. But, no, this time I think it really might be true." Thor said.
"And you said your sister and your dad?" Rocket asked.
"Both dead." Thor replied.
"But still got a mom, though?" Rocket asked.
"Killed by a dark elf." Thor replied.
"A best friend?" Rocket asked.
"Stabbed through the heart." Thor replied.
"Man, I feel bad for you, Thor. I apologized for your losses." Daranak said.
"Same. I don't know what I would do without my family. I don't think I can even live without my brother. I'm sorry for your losses, Thor." Salzer said.
"Yeah, I can't recall a time where either Salzer or I were not by each other's side. We always stuck by each other no matter what and I can't imagine having a better twin sister than her." Daranak said.
"You sure you're up to this particular murder mission?" Rocket asked.
"Absolutely. Rage and vengeance, anger, loss, regret, they're all tremendous really clear the mind. So I'm good to go." Thor said with a smile.
"Yeah, but this Thanos we're talking about, he's the strongest there is." Rocket said.
"I agree with Rocket, he's the most powerful being in the galaxy." Salzer said.
"Yeah, he was one of the reasons why the Guardians of the Galaxy was formed in the first place." Daranak said.
"Well, he's never fought me." Thor said.
"Yeah, he has." Rocket said.
"He's never fought me twice. And I'm getting a new hammer, don't forget." Thor said.
"It better be some hammer." Rocket said.
"Yeah, I also know what you're feeling right now, Thor. Salzer and I feel the same after hearing what happen to Xandar." Daranak said.
"Yeah, he pick the wrong planet to invade and attack. Every time my home world and my people gets attack and hurt, it becomes personal for Daranak and I. Thanos better hope he didn't kill our parents and relatives. He's gonna get what's coming to him." Salzer said, making Thor chuckle at hers and the other's statements.
"You know, I'm 1,500 years old. I've killed twice as many enemies as that, and every one of them would've rather kill me, but none succeeded. I'm only alive because fate wants me alive. Thanos is just the latest in a long line of bastards and he'll be the latest to feel my vengeance. Fate wills it so." Thor said.
"Mmm-mmm. And what if you're wrong?" Rocket asked.
"If I'm wrong, then what more could I lose?" Thor asked.
There was a deep silence before Thor got up and sat in the passenger seat.
"I could lose a lot. Me personally, I could lose a lot." Rocket said before he pulls out a cybernetic eye. "Well, if fate does want you to kill that crapsack, you're gonna need more than one stupid eyeball." Rocket said as he hands Thor the eye.
"What's this?" Thor asked.
"What's it look like? Some jerk lost a bet with me on Contraxia." Rocket replied.
"He gave you his eye?" Thor asked.
"No, he gave me 100 credits. I snuck into his room later that night and stole his eye." Rocket said before getting back into the driver's seat.
"Thank you, sweet rabbit." Thor said.
Thor then took out his eye patch, making Groot to look in curiosity. Thor places the cybernetic eye into his right eye socket, making Rocket look.
"Oh. I would've washed that. The only way I could sneak it off Contraxia was up my..." Rocket was cut off when the alarm beeped. "Hey, we're here!"
"I don't think this thing works. Everything seems dark." Thor said, having a bit of trouble with the eye before he got up to look out the window.
"It ain't the eye." Rocket said.
Thor, Rocket, Groot, Daranak and Salzer arrived at their designation Nidavellir, one of the Nine, now Eight, Realms of Yggdrasil. The first thing they see is that the place is dark, no signs of activity and the neutron star is not lit up.
"Is this... how Nidavellir suppose to look like?" Salzer asked.
"Something's wrong. The star's gone out. And the rings are frozen." Thor said.
The space pod passes by the the unlit star and enters inside a multi-ringed megastructure. The pod lands and everyone exits out of the craft. The first thing they noticed is that the place is devastated and not one Dwarf is in sight.
"I hope these dwarves are better at forging than they are cleaning. Maybe they realized that they live in a junk pile in the middle of space." Rocket remarked.
"This forge hasn't gone dark in centuries." Thor said.
"What the heck happen in here?" Daranak said.
"I have a bad feeling about this." Salzer said.
"You said Thanos had a gauntlet, right?" Rocket asked as he noticed something.
"Yes, why?" Thor asked.
"It look anything like that?" Rocket asked.
Daranak, Salzer, Groot and Thor look at the direction Rocket was pointing at. They saw another Infinity Gauntlet sitting at a nearby table.
"What the heck?" Salzer said in concern.
"Uh-oh." Daranak said.
"I am Groot." Groot said.
"Go back to the pod." Thor said.
Suddenly, Thor, Rocket, Groot, Daranak and Salzer were attacked by a giant man, or dwarf. Thor recognized the giant dwarf as Eitri, the King of Nidavellir.
"Eitri, wait!" Thor said, trying to stop a charging Eitri from attacking him more. Eitri stop when he realized it was Thor. "Stop! Stop."
"Thor?" Eitri asked.
"What happened here?" Thor asked.
"You were supposed to protect us. Asgard was supposed to protect us." Eitri said.
"Asgard is destroyed." Thor said, making Eitri feel guilty as he didn't know about Asgard's status. "Eitri, the glove. What did you do?"
Eitri then walked away and sat down to the floor, clearly in sadness.
"300 dwarves lived on this ring. I thought if I did what he asked, they'd be safe. I made what he wanted." Eitri said as he looks at the Infinity Gauntlet near him. "A device capable of harnessing the power of the stones. Then he killed everyone anyway. All except me. 'Your life is yours', he said. 'But your hands are mine alone'." Eitri said as he shows Thor that Thanos has fused his hands off with metal as he looked traumatized.
"Eitri, this isn't about your hands. Every weapon you've ever designed, every axe, hammer, sword, it's all inside your head. Now I know it feels like all hope is lost. Trust me, I know. But together, you and I, we can kill Thanos." Thor said, trying to motivate Eitri.
And that's the end of this chapter. Well, Thor now knows that Daranak and Salzer are half ghost, and that Danny and Dani aren't the only ones. I didn't let him tell them about Danny and Dani for two reasons, it would ruin the plan I had since I wrote GHOSTLY GUARDIANS and build up your hype. Well both Daranak and Salzer, and Danny and Dani are in for a big surprise. I feel bad for Eitri. Guess we now know what happen during the mid-credit scene from Age of Ultron. Well, next chapter, Tony, Peter and Doctor Strange meets the other Guardians and their plan to stop Thanos, Daranak and Salzer, along with Rocket, Groot and Eitri, will help Thor forge his new weapon, and the Vormir scene where the appearance of a certain villain that we have not seen since Captain America: the First Avenger was probably the most surprising moment in the movie. Please review. :)
