Alright. Here we go. It's time to start the final battle to save Asgard.
The final battle will be separated over 2 chapters. I won't say right now where this chapter will cut off. But I don't think we'll see Oliver meet Hela until next chapter. But we will see him in action in this chapter.
Let's get started.
Chapter 8- For Asgard
Oliver stands in the bay of the Commodore, ready for action. The ship is hovering over the Bifrost, waiting for the arrival of the refugees.
Suddenly, a loud thud echoes throughout Asgard. A second follows it a few moments later. Confused as to what could be making the sound, Oliver turns to Valkyrie.
"It's Thor. He is using Odin's spear, Gungnir. When Gungnir is struck against the ground, the sound can be heard throughout Asgard. Odin would do this when convening court or summoning his subjects," Valkyrie explains. Oliver simply nods in understanding.
"Hey, guys!" Bruce calls from the cockpit. Oliver and Valkyrie turn towards him. He calls out again, "Looks like she's headed back towards the palace. And those refugees are on their way. They'll be here soon."
"Got it, Bruce," Oliver replies.
Oliver and Valkyrie wait, continuing to watch the ground. Oliver, without looking at Valkyrie, asks, "Are you up for this?"
Valkyrie glances at him. "I've waited too long. It's time for me to finally see that witch meet her end. Even if it costs me my life."
Silence returns to the Commodore, and they just watch. It's about 15 more minutes before they see the refugees arrive and begin walking onto the bridge.
The Commodore descends slightly, though still hidden in the clouds. Oliver is starting to think that they may be able to pull this off without any trouble. Then, Bruce calls, "Guys, we may have a problem."
Oliver sighs, knowing he shouldn't have thought this was easy. Before either Oliver and Valkyrie can ask what the problem is, they hear a loud growling. Oliver and Valkyrie look at each other, and Valkyrie simply says, "It's Fenris."
Remembering Valkyrie's briefing on enemies they may face, and some of Hela's skills and abilities, Oliver remembers the name Fenris.
"Bruce. Take us down. We need to stop Fenris or those refugees are toast," Oliver orders. He then looks at Valkyrie and asks, "You ready for some wolf meat?"
"Never been more," she says with a grin.
Bruce pulls the Commodore, and the Bifrost comes fully into view. The three can see Fenris, running from the dome towards the massive crowd of refugees.
"Light her up," Oliver says fiercely. Valkyrie aims the gun mounted in the door of the bay and pulls the trigger. The gun springs to life, firing at about the same speed as a gatling gun, rounds slamming into the massive wolf. Oliver adds a couple arrows, including some explosive arrows.
As Valkyrie keeps up the fire, the Commodre drifts a little further towards the refugees. Oliver walks up to the cockpit to get a better view of the situation. But, as soon as he enters the cockpit, a chill runs down his spine when he sees an army of Berserkers approaching the refugees from the opposite end of the bridge, led by Skurge.
"Bruce. Get us closer to that army. Don't get far enough away that Valkyrie can't hit Fenris. Just get us close enough I can swing out there," Oliver orders.
Not questioning Oliver, Bruce pilots the Commodore over towards the other side of the crowd. Oliver walks into the bay and says to Valkyrie, "Keep up your fire. Keep her at bay. I'll handle this other army." And with that, Oliver throws himself out of the bay and shoots off a grappling hook arrow.
Down among the crowd of refugees, several Asgardians are preparing to fight. Berserkers are advancing on them when an arrow hits one and explodes, the shockwave destroying several others. Then, before the Asgardians can respond, a green clad archer lands on one knee in front of them before slowly standing.
Oliver glares out at the army in front of him, and its leader. He takes several steps forward, and shouts, "Axe-man! You will go no further!"
"Who are you?" Skurge shouts back.
"I am the Green Arrow! And I am now a defender of Asgard! You have failed your people! Now, your campaign ends!" Oliver shouts, before drawing an arrow and shooting it right at Skurge.
Skurge manages to block the arrow with his axe, then starts running right at Oliver, axe raised. Oliver almost smirks, seeing in the way he moves he's not the most skilled fighter.
Oliver waits for Skurge as he approaches. Skurge runs up to him and swings at him with his axe, which Oliver easily dodges. Oliver vaults over Skurge's head and lines behind him before landing a kick to the back, knocking Skurge flying several feet.
Skurge hurries to regain his feet. He again charges with his axe at the ready. Oliver easily dodges the first two swings of the axe before blocking the third strike with his bow, clashing with the axe's handle just below the blades. Oliver then kicks Skurge in the knee before using his bow to force the axe aside. He then leaps up and swings around, kicking Skurge in the head. Finally, he delivers a fierce blow with his bow to the chest, knocking Skurge back several feet before he lands on the ground, dazed.
Oliver pauses for only a moment to look at his latest victory before he returns his gaze to the army ahead of him. He draws an arrow and fires at a Berseker that has run ahead of the main group, destroying the creature's head.
Oliver reaches back for another arrow. Right as he does, he hears the Commodore approach. He turns around and sees the Commodore descend a bit, right before someone comes falling out it. In a moment, he realizes it's Bruce.
Bruce falls out of sight behind the refugees. Oliver feels very worried, thinking Bruce has lost his mind. After a few moments, Fenris, who had stopped when Bruce fell in front of her, resumes he run towards the refugees.
Oliver quickly draws an explosive arrow and takes aim at Fenris. Then, right before he can fire, Fenris suddenly stops, as if something has grabbed her from behind. Then, she rises up into the air and is thrown back the way she came. And to Oliver's shock, Hulk is standing there. Right where Bruce fell.
Oliver relaxes his bow, the truth hitting him. "Huh. You know, I should've seen that coming," he whispers to himself.
Fenris roars back at Hulk and charges at him. Grabbing Hulk in her jaws, she ends up going over the edge of the Bifrost into the water below. At the same time, some Berserkers are able to get up on the Commodore, sending it crashing down onto the Bifrost.
Oliver turns back to face the Berserker army. Even though he's pretty much alone against them, he feels confident. Several Berserkers rush ahead of the main group, weapons raised.
Oliver charges to meet them. As he goes, he says under his breath, "For Asgard."
An arrow to the head destroys one of the Berserkers. Oliver then leaps over the sword of one of the others and bashes it's head in with bow. The other two attack him, and he manages to block their slashes with his bow.
The ferocity of their attacks slightly takes Oliver by surprise, he having not expected creatures that look kinda like zombies to be able to fight this well. Slowly, he backs up, trying to keep them from getting in behind him. Then, he steps over the remains of the second one he destroyed. Ducking under a slash from one of the Berserkers, he grabs the fallen Berserker's sword and slashes it through one of his opponents' waist. He blocks the last Berserker's strike using the sword, then uses his bow to knock it back before cleaving the Berserker in half.
Throwing the sword down, Oliver reaches back for an arrow. That is, until he hears something off to his side. Before he can look, he hears, to his surprise, Loki shouting, "Your savior is here!"
Oliver turns his head to the side, and sees a ship pulling up alongside the Bifrost, with Loki standing on a gangway extending from the side of the ship.
Oliver grins as the ship pulls up, and the Asgardian refugees start boarding it. As they do, Heimdall makes his way through the crowd up towards Oliver. Following him are Korg, Miek, and a number of the other freed gladiators.
Heimdall looks at Oliver and says, "Good to finally meet you, Oliver Queen."
"You know me?" Oliver asks.
"I have watched you for some time," Heimdall says simply. Remembering Thor mentioning Heimdall and his sight to him on the trip to Asgard, Oliver accepts this without another question.
A few moments later, Loki, wearing a strange helmet with curved horns on the front, walks up. Heimdall looks at him and says, "I saw you coming."
"Of course, you did," Loki says. He then looks at Oliver before he says, "No hard feelings, Queen."
"For now, Loki," Oliver says. Loki simply grins before turning to face the oncoming army of Berserkers.
Oliver faces the Berserkers, grinning. He draws an arrow and fires. He continues firing arrow after arrow, and his volleying is a signal for the others to attack.
Oliver grins as he continues attacking. The range soon closes a little too close, and Oliver switches to using his bow as a melee weapon.
Oliver destroys several Berserkers with his bow. Another Berserker tries to slash at Oliver, but he dodges under it, grabs one of his arrows he's already fired from off the ground and stabs it up through the Berserker, destroying it.
As Oliver stands up again, he sees a cloud gather over the palace. Then, the biggest lightning bolt Oliver has ever seen shoots down from the cloud and strikes the front of the palace.
All combat stops as all eyes are drawn to the sight. Then, Oliver sees something. What looks a person flying towards the Bifrost from the direction of the palace, wreathed in lightning. A second later, it hits him what's going on, and he grins broadly.
Here we go! He thinks to himself.
And, I'll end there. I know it's probably gonna drive you all crazy that I cut off at the best part of the movie, but I had to cut off somewhere, and I thought this would be a good spot. I hope I did a good job with this chapter.
I hope you liked me having Oliver fight Skurge. I did it because in the movie, I had kinda wanted to actually see Skurge fighting, so I took the opportunity to do that here. Plus, I wanted to give a real reason for Oliver to leave the Commodore, as I think he would've considered Skurge a bigger threat than a Berserker.
Next chapter will end the final battle. Then, we'll have the last chapter, to tie this into the Infinity War sequel, and some future stories.
Well. Until next time, please take the time to review, and please let me know new characters you'd like to see introduced to the MACU. And stay tuned for the next chapter.