Chapter 14

Fireworks

"You are a stubborn old man!" Long Fang snapped at Odin, who still stood motionless. His face was unreadable. "I said bow to me!"

"No matter how much the wind howls, the mountain cannot bow to it." Odin replied blankly.

Long Fang growled. "Then you will kneel in pieces!" He raised his sword, only to be knocked over by Mjolnir. Thor ran into the room, grabbing his hammer again and charging at him. The rest of the team ran in, tying a long rope to a pillar and letting it down. Hogun quickly climbed down.

"Volstagg, get the King!" Sif shouted.

"Sorry your Highness," Volstagg said, grabbing Odin's arm and helping him slide down the rope. Summer helped Darcey as each of the team began to slide down. Marina and Jane were the last before Jenny, who looked over to see Thor was losing against Long Fang.

"Come on, Jenny!" She could hear Jane's voice calling out to hear. Long Fang knocked Thor down and looked over at the rope. Jenny grabbed her sword. She swung and cut the rope before Long Fang could grab it.

He ran towards the edge, looking at the crowd below. He couldn't see Odin anywhere.

"No…" He murmured before letting out an angry howl. He turned, pulling his sword out and walking toward Thor. "You…" He growled, grabbing Thor by the collar. "You took away my victory!"

"No!" Jenny snapped at him, throwing one of her nun-chucks at his head. "I did!"

Long Fang looked at Jenny for a moment. He narrowed his eyes at her. "The warrior mortal…" Holding his sword he began to walk toward her, breathing heavily. Jenny backed away and quickly ran out of the room. She took off down the hall. Summer, Chijo, and Marina caught up to her. They must have found their way back into the palace…

"What's the plan?" Summer asked.

"Um…" Jenny hesitated.

"You don't have a plan?!" Chijo shouted.

"Hey," Jenny defended. "I'm making this up as I-" She paused and looked out a window. She could see a tower with two Asgardians, with lots of fireworks… "Guys!"

"We're way ahead of you, Jenny." Summer replied. The three of them jumped out of the window and headed towards the tower. Summer, shooting fire out of her feet, was able to fly with ease. Chijo and Marina jumped and climbed on the buildings.

Jenny watched for a moment. She heard Long Fang running around the corner. He swung his sword at her. She ducked and he hit the pillar above her head, cracking it. She swung her leg, and kicked him in the chest, knocking him down. She turned and climbed the pillar that was damaged.

Long Fang kicked at the pillar, and it fell through the wall. Jenny closed her eyes and clung to the pillar. She found herself outside the palace, the pillar knocked to its' side. She slowly stood, looking down at the people below. They were gasping or screaming, pointing up at her and staring in shock or horror. Jenny looked up and noticed the roof was close enough for her to jump. She quickly did so and climbed up on the roof. Once she had gotten to the top she looked over at the tower. This spot was perfect…

Suddenly, Long Fang burst through the top of the roof. He walked toward her, sword in hand. Jenny felt through her pockets. She lost her two weapons. One was the sword she had used to cut the rope, and the other was the nun-chuck she threw at Long Fang's head. She had also lost the sword and spear she found at the cabin while she was fighting. The only thing she could pull out was a fan…

"It looks like you're out of ideas." Long Fang growled, smiling at her. He lunged his sword at her. She blocked it with her fan, tearing at the fabric. She turned and snatched the handle, taking Long Fang's sword.

"Not quite," Jenny smiled back at him. She held his sword under his chin. "Ready guys?"

Long Fang turned to see Jenny's friends standing behind him about ten feet. They had a large firework aiming right at his back.

"We are ready, Jenny!" Summer replied, blowing some fire onto a torch. "Light her up!"

Long Fang shouted, trying to grab his sword from Jenny. She sliced at his chest, leaving a nasty gash, then swung her leg and tripped him. He landed on his back and grunted.

"Bye girl," Jenny said, jumping away from him. He turned to see the firework coming right at him. It hit him in the stomach and he went right towards the tower.

Jenny ran towards her friends. "Guys, get off the roof!" The tower exploded just as Jenny was able to slide down another rope. She let go and landed on Thor as he was running.

"Oof!" Thor grunted as they both fell to the ground.

"I'm so sorry!" Jenny said. "I didn't mean to-"

"It's all right, Jenny." Thor replied. "I'm all right…Jenny, you did it! You defeated Long Fang."

"Yeah well… my friends helped." Jenny replied.

"Indeed," A voice said from behind them. They turned to see Loki standing there, fully dressed in his armor and looking much healthier than he had earlier. Momo was perched on his shoulder.

"Loki?" Jenny gasped. "How did you get here?"

"A while after you left, Fenrir returned." Loki replied. "I thought something awful had happened, so I came… but it appears I came too late. The battle has already been won."

The three of them walked to the front steps. Balder was there to greet them.

"Good! Now we can hide Jenny before Odin comes and-"

"Hide Jenny?" Loki grumbled. "Balder, she's a hero!"

"A hero that made a great mess! And blew up our watch tower!" Balder replied.

"Listen you-" Loki growled and grabbed Balder's shirt.

"That's enough!" Odin raised his voice as he walked up to them.

"Father," Thor and Balder said at the same moment.

"We can explain-" Loki added, before Odin raised his hand to silence his sons. They all stepped away. Jenny walked toward Odin and knelt down on one knee, lowering her head.

"Rise." Odin said. Jenny slowly did so, but she did not dare to look in his eyes.

"Jennifer Robinson," Odin said. "You have put your life at risk, disrespected my sons, stolen Asgardian weapons, destroyed my palace, and… you have saved Asgard! …. You bow to no one." Once he had finished, he bowed respectfully to her. She looked up and around to see that everyone had done the same, even her friends.

She looked around in confused awe as Odin straightened and gestured some of his servants to step forward.

"Jennifer, for the courage and loyalty you have shown me, I would like you to have a few gifts." One servant handed her Long Fang's sword. "And this," Another stepped forward, handing her a platinum helmet. It was strangely shaped…it had two sides sticking out… almost like wings. Jenny held it in her hands…it was so heavy… Jenny wasn't sure if she wanted it. But then again, it would be rude to refuse a gift from the Allfather… and it was so shiny!

"Thank you," Jenny said.

"You must know, in the old days, when I was a younger king, we gave things like these to mortal warriors of old." Odin explained. "I am happy to continue that tradition… you really have made your ancestors proud. Thank you for everything."

The crowd cheered. Each of Jenny's friends rushed over for a group hug. The Warriors Three and Balder joined in. They had to convince Sif to join in, and eventually Thor.

Heimdall walked over to stand next to Loki. "I'm sure you still have plenty of questions about that girl."

"What can you tell me about her?" Loki asked.

"Your future with her is not set in stone." Heimdall replied. "But she has much potential, and many enemies. You may want to stay alert. There may be a time I'll need you to pass a message onto someone."

"Who?" Loki asked.

"I can't tell you his name, but you haven't met him yet." Heimdall said. "But I need you to warn him. Are you ready for the words?"

"Yes,"

"Tell him; 'If you continue your current path, you will find yourself lost in vengeance, and the only one who will suffer is you,' you got that?"

"Yes," Loki said.

"Hopefully, you'll never have to pass on that message. But just for safe keeping." Heimdall said. "As far as I can see in the future, it is important that Jennifer Robinson stays alive."

"But, can she and her friends at least get back home?" Loki asked. "I mean, I'd hate to see them leave… but-"

"You are quite right Loki, they belong on Earth, where their home is." Heimdall replied. "Not to worry, we found out what was wrong. Lady Robinson was right about something small. A child left their toy in there and it got caught in one of the gears."

"So…Jennifer was right after all." Loki mused.

I need to explain a few things. Yes, this is based off Mulan a little. Like I said, I can't help but to cross my fandoms.

And I had a friend from Western Samoa say, "Bye girl" to me a lot. It was even funnier with her awesome Samoan accent. I really wanted to put it in somewhere.

Hopefully that makes sense. And I hope you enjoyed.