Asgard

Thor led Jane and Darcy to Jane's room quickly "I need you both to stay here until I return, I'm sorry but I'm afraid we are out of time. After I return you will go back to Earth, I will try to visit when I can but with how things are here it may be a long time before I can do that" explained Thor as he could see Heimdall and the others heading towards the nearest end of the Bifrost Bridge.

Jane was at a loss for words as Thor looked back at his fellow warriors heading off to battle including his estranged brother Loki. "Be careful and thank you for bringing me here. It's been incredible and just focus on getting back to me in one piece" she said with a smile hoping it would hide her worry.

Thor nodded and pulled Jane in for a hug and kiss, they parted and Thor gave her one more smile before turning and making his way towards the Bifrost Bridge to join the others. Jane watched Thor disappear with Heimdall, Loki, Sif, and the Warriors Three. She sighed as Darcy opened the door to the room and the two headed in.

Frigga stood on a balcony that overlooked the path to the Bifrost Bridge from the palace and shook her head as her two sons headed off into a situation that did not have nearly enough information about. Odin came to stand beside her "If either of my sons die on Alfheim, I'll never forgive you" she stated as she turned away and left Odin to himself.

Odin did not turn to watch her go and instead found his mind drifting to Volla, she had said his time would be coming soon, it was beginning to dawn on Odin that what if this is it? What if this Mangog succeeded in killing him and everything fell upon Thor far sooner than anyone had ever considered. Odin needed to make sure that things were taken care of for Asgard in case his time was indeed ending.

Thor had grabbed Loki and was leading him ahead of the others, Loki looked at Thor "You don't need me to do this you know. Simply use the Bifrost to send Heimdall and the others and yourself to Alfheim whether they know all of you are there or not is irrelevant since Mangog is not working for Malekith" Loki reasoned as they walked across the rainbow bridge towards the Observatory.

"Just do your part Loki and I will do mine" replied Thor without even looking at Loki who rolled his eyes. "I had hoped that you would use the second chance I gave you find a new life for yourself and yet here you are."

Loki shrugged "Guess this is what I get for not abandoning you and Asgard to the fury of Mangog. What's the expression? No good deed goes unpunished."

Thor shook his head "There was no need for the deception, I would have believed you had you come to me. Instead you dragged my friend into this and got yourself captured."

"Well you could always just let me go on Alfheim and next time a monster is rampaging his way towards Asgard, I'll simply ignore it and walk away" Loki said with a slight chuckle.

Thor shook his head "So Mangog killed Faradei?"

Loki's face turned somber "Yes, I'm sorry. I know he was a friend of yours."

Thor nodded "He was a friend and he was quite the warrior himself. Mangog killing him means that the beast should not be underestimated."

Loki looked at Thor "You should work together with Heimdall and the others to destroy Mangog and then handle Malekith and the Dark Elves. I'm telling you Mangog is the real threat here" pleaded Loki as the Observatory came into view.

Thor sighed "I believe you brother, I do…but I will not go against father's plan. Everything that has happened with us and Jotunheim has hurt him, he's not the man he was when you attempted to destroy Jotunheim. I will dispatch Malekith quickly and then join the others against Mangog as father wishes" explained Thor as they came to the Observatory. He put his hand on Loki's shoulder "Be careful brother, despite what you may think I do care about you."

Loki nodded as Heimdall approached "Where is the path to Alfheim?" he asked knowing that the brothers were done speaking.

Loki thought for a moment "We need to go to Svartalfheim first and then to Alfheim from there" explained Loki.

"Why? Is there not a path on Asgard to get to Alfheim?" asked Heimdall curious about the secret paths between worlds that had eluded his gaze for such a long time.

Loki looked at Heimdall "There is a path but Mangog absorbs the souls of his victims and their memories. Unlike Odin, I am not underestimating Mangog. If we take a direct path from Asgard to Alfheim and Mangog kills one of you he will then have a direct path back. It's safer to limit information about these paths as much as we can."

Sif scoffed "Or perhaps you wish to keep this information to yourself so you can use them to escape once we arrive" she said with Volstagg holding her shoulder hoping to calm her down.

Loki looked at Sif and smiled "Guess you'll just have to trust me."

Heimdall nodded "Loki is right, going to Svartalfheim first is a safer option, but I assure you Loki…you will not be getting away from me" he finished as he began activating the bridge to Svartalfheim.

Thor came to Sif and the Warriors Three "Good luck my friends and be careful. I'll finish Malekith quickly and join you in Ljosalfgard as soon as I can."

"No worries. I'm sure we'll have it handled and probably won't even need you" boasted Fandral with a smile. Thor smiled back when the Observatory activated and Sif and the Warriors Three joined Heimdall and Loki as the bridge opened to Svartalfheim. Thor watched as they entered and were transported to Svartalfheim.

Thor took a deep breath and was about to realign the Bifrost when his father's voice called out from behind. "Thor" he said as father and son came face to face. "When you get back we have a lot to discuss. Focus on what you need to do and finish this as quickly as you can."

Thor nodded and Odin opened the Bifrost Bridge to Alfheim "Here goes nothing" Thor said to himself as he stepped through to Alfheim.