The second we landed in the large observatory that was Himinbjorb, I placed Darcy and the remnants of the Destroyer down before nodding at the four Asgardians that followed through, my gaze shifting over to the unconscious and injured form of Heimdall lying on the steps.
More specifically, the sword Hofund stabbed into the slot that activates the Bifrost.
"Get him to the Healing Room! Darcy, stay with Sif!" I shouted at them as I pulled Hofund from its holder and flew across the Rainbow Bridge before any of them could stop me, looking down at Hofund as it sparked with electricity alongside Mjolnir before turning towards the Royal Castle of Valaskjalf I was flying towards.
It took me mere minutes to blast through the front doors of the castle and come to a sliding stop in the entrance hall, frowning at the frozen hall before rushing through the castle to where I knew Father's room to be.
As I got closer to his room, the ice on the walls got thicker and thicker until they were nearly the same width as the underside of my boot, quickly open the frozen doors just in time to see my cunning brother kill Laufey with a blast from Gungnir.
"Thor!" Mother gasped as she saw me and I smiled as I wrapped the arm with Mjolnir around her, making sure to keep my gaze on Loki as he stared at the blade in my grasp.
"Well, brother? Are you finally ready to talk or do I need to give you a few broken bones before you start to listen?"
"Thor, what is going on here?"
"Tell them. Tell them how you sent the Destroyer to try and kill me so you can become heir. Tell them how you went and made a deal with Laufey so you could betray him and prove yourself in your own twisted sadistic way to Father. Go on, I'll wait."
'This is not the Loki from the series. This is a Loki that will not hesitate to kill you if given the chance.' While that Loki was one that became one of my favourite characters, this one still has the thought of being king in his mind and a moment of hesitation can lead to death.
"The Destroyer must have been enforcing Father's last command to destroy all not belonging to Asgard. As for my 'deal' with Laufey, clearly this is your idea to get back at me because Father banished you and only you to Midgard."
"Always the liar, aren't you Loki? Like usual, you want to spin the story to make you seem like the victim of my 'cruel' joke when we both know of the many times you were caught red-handed by our parents!" I shouted and he was silent as he stared at me before I frowned at the smirk on his face.
"Well, then I suppose there's no need for theatrics, are there? However, I must ask of you to hand over Hofund, brother. I have need of it."
"No, brother. This is the last time that I will ask you this. My time on Earth has shown me that ba-!"
"Enough with the sappy stories." My eyes widened as Loki cut me off while sending an energy blast from Gungnir at me, quickly placing Hofund and Mjolnir in front of me and parrying the blast to the side with a strained grunt before turning my glare to Loki as he gave me an amused yet sadistic smile.
"Now, hand over Hofund, brother."
"Thor, please, calm down." I heard Mother ask as the thunder rumbled outside, drawing Loki's attention for a split second and just enough as I threw Mjolnir with a roar.
He quickly parried the hammer to the side but wasn't prepared for me to jump over Father's bed with a stomp to his chest, lightning sparking around Hofund as I swung it at his head.
However, Loki was quick to roll backwards with the stomp and leapt backwards to dodge the slice at his neck, his eyes wide as I recalled Mjolnir to my grasp while throwing a Hofund that was covered in dense electricity at his neck.
As he dodged, the wall behind him was blown outwards from the power of my throw and the lightning, the lightning around Hofund wrapping around both my wrist and the sword like a leash right as I pulled it back while swinging Mjolnir at his head.
He slid under my strike right as I unleashed a burst of wind from my feet, leaping over his attempt to stab at my feet with Gungnir before looking up right as I raised Mjolnir high while blue lightning sparked around the hammer's head.
"Feel the wrath of the God of Thunder!" I roared as I swung both Mjonir and Hofund down at him and to his credit, he was able to raise Gungnir in the path of the two weapons to block the strike, but the lightning following after sent both of us crashing through the floors of the castle and into the first floor.
Rolling away from him as a blast of Gungnir's energy missed clipping my side, I spun Mjolnir in my right hand while adjusting the grip of my left hand on Hofund, watching as Loki stood up with a grunt and a kip-flip before he turned and stared at me.
I wasn't even fazed as I raised Mjolnir to the side and slapped another Gungnir blast through the back walls and into the city behind the castle.
"You may have incredible illusions, Loki, but there is no hiding Father's energy when you fire a blast. Now, show yourself!" With a growl, lightning erupted from my form and out to all sides, a grunt from the side drawing my attention to see Loki lying up with a dark burn on his chest.
"Loki, brother."
"I…am not! Your brother!" He growled at me with a glare and I frowned before letting out a soft sigh as I walked over towards him, kneeling besides him with a frown while placing Mjolnir on his chest.
"Yes, you are, brother. Now, please, surrender." I spoke as I looked up, watching as he stood up in front of me with Gungnir aimed at my head.
"Loki, I am trying my best here to not harm you, but you are making very difficult. So, one final time. Will you surrender this foolish endeavour of yours to become king?" I asked and he glared at me before I smiled as he pulled Gungnir with a curse.
"Damn that silver-tongue of yours." He grumbled as he dropped Gungnir to the floor and I chuckled as I stood up while pulling Mjolnir back up to my grasp.
However, my eyes widened as a Gungnir blast impacted my side and drew blood, feeling a burning pain from the attack that also sent me flipping into the stairway.
Barely able to make out Loki as he picked up Hofund, I saw him giving me a look of guilt and sadness before amusement took its place as he quickly ran out.
'You try and give a guy a way out. You just try and he stabs you in the fucking back! Well, you know what? Maybe I'm not cut out for this hero shit after all.' A strained growl echoed in my throat as I pulled Mjolnir to my grasp while cauterizing the bleeding wound in my side, the wind picking up under my form before I erupted from the staircase with the force of a hurricane.
Catching sight of Loki as he had only made it halfway across the Rainbow Bridge, I watched as he looked up at me in shock right as I held Mjolnir to the sky, rage fuelling the storm around me as I spun the hammer before swinging it at his position.
However, my rage disappeared and my eyes widened in shock as Gungnir ripped itself from his grasp to unleash a monstrous blast of pure energy to cancel out my raging lightning, both Loki and I looking to the front to see Father holding his hand above his head and catching Gungnir with a grunt.
"This ends now." Every word he spoke was overflowing with power as the entirety of Asgard rumbled with his voice, making me frown as I floated down to land besides him while his gaze was entirely fixed on Loki who held Hofund in his grasp.
"Loki, I know what you mean to do and I ask of you to place the blade down, my son."
"I am not your son, All-Father. Please do not patronize me with your words."
"You are the master of lies, Loki. Tell me, son. Am I lying?" Father asked and I decided to stay silent as Loki gritted his teeth while tightening his grasp on Hofund.
"Then why?! Why did you deceive me all of those years with the lies?! Why was I told that a throne was destined for me here when you knew you were doing nothing more than feeding into my delusions?!" He exclaimed and Father stared at him in silence as I let out a frustrated sigh.
"Loki, do you not see? With you as King of Jotunheim and I as King of Asgard, years of bloodshed and war would be cleansed away. We would start a new era, an era where the Nine Realms can exist in peace and harmony with one another."
"Oh, look at you! Always agreeing with his words even after he threw you out like filth!" He spat and I frowned at that before surprising both as I nodded.
"He did throw me out, but in doing so, I learned a humbling lesson on Midgard. Being human, knowing that I could perish at any second even though I could be worshipped as a god at my most powerful…it made me want to thrive and grow. Do I hate and resent Father for throwing me out? I do, but I've learned to divert that anger into a more productive form of living and I believe that's something you need to do too, brother."
"Haha~ Of course a buffoon like you would think like that. Well, you want me to channel my anger, right brother? Here's my response!" He shouted and my eyes widened as he threw Hofund off the side of the bridge, Mjolnir already spinning in my grasp as I flew after it and caught the sword before quickly spinning around just as I saw Loki trying to jump off.
Flying over to be under him and throwing a lightning bolt at his back to sent him back up, my eyes widened as my lightning went right through him before I spun back at where I was previously to see him falling into the abyss with a peaceful smile.
"BROTHER!"
"Are you okay, Thor?" I turned to Mother as she sat down next to me, looking at the concerned look before grabbing the hand she placed in mine and giving her a smile.
"I mourn, Mother, but that does not mean you need worry. Like always, Thor will find his fighting spirit and return stronger than before."
"Is that so?" She asked with a soft smile and I chuckled as I nodded, to which she simply lifted our joined hands before laying a soft kiss on the back of mine.
"It is so. Decreed by the god of Thunder himself."
"A mother worries no matter how old or arrogant her little boy is, my dear son, but I shall leave your worries in your capable hands. First, I wish to ask of the young human you brought with you."
"…Are you truly having the same conversation we had a thousand years ago?" I asked as I remembered the first time I actually brought a girl from another species back home and groaned as she smirked and nodded.
"Indeed we are. You understand that compared to us all, she is but a child."
"And if I had brought an older woman back, you would have loved to have her around, would you not?" I asked, rolling my eyes as she simply gave a small shrug with a smirk.
"I would not be opposed to the idea."
"Hah. Mother, I understand why you've come to have this discussion." I said and she looked deep into my eyes before letting out a soft sigh as she nodded while pulling my head down softly to give me a soft kiss on the forehead.
"Then like I've said, I'll leave it in your capable hands. Now then, I do believe your young girlfriend is listening it on us?"
"Not his girlfriend!" I suppressed my smirk as Darcy popped out from around the corner, the girl blushing a bit as Mother stood up with an amused smile and nodded.
"Of course, dear. I'll leave you two lovebirds to your own devices."
"Thank you, mother." I spoke and she nodded before walking past Darcy and back to where the celebration party was happening, the woman in question watching her leave before turning as I cleared my throat and patted the spot besides me.
"You want to take a seat or keep standing?"
"You just want me next to you, don't you?"
"I shall neither confirm nor deny that." I answered with a shrug as I turned back to look at the Rainbow Bridge, smirking as I heard walking closer before she plopped down next to me.
"You haven't even said anything about my new dress." She said and I looked over at the gold silk dress she was wearing before raising an eyebrow at the low-cut cleavage it was showing.
"What? These puppies need to breathe, okay? Besides, the other clothes your mom gave didn't fit me."
"I think you look wonderful in it."
"You would say that, but I'll take it." She said with a smirk and I rolled my eyes before letting out a soft sigh as I focused on the bridge, watching the Bifrost's energy racing through it.
"So, your brother…he's gone?" She asked and I looked at her before surprising her as I smiled and shook my head.
"I don't believe so. Loki is far too resilient and stubborn to die just like that. However, while the god Loki is still alive, I fear that my brother Loki is on the cusp of entering death's embrace."
"You think he's going to a dark place where you can't get him out of?" She asked before a hum came from her as she nodded right before surprising me as she laid her head on my arm while wrapping hers around mine and intertwining the fingers of her right hand with my left.
"What? These muscles are pretty comfortable despite how hard they look. That and I don't want you to run off before we can do our…uh, what was it you called our date again? Ah, a hunt, right?"
"Haha~ Of course, Darcy Lewis. We shall embark on a hunt very soon. Have you ever hunted bilgesnipes?"
"Hunt a what?" She asked with a confused frown and I chuckled as I turned back to the bridge.
"They're big and scaly beasts with huge antlers, the size of three men and having the power of twenty. Fairly powerful too, strong enough to run through a Midgardian house and leave nothing but destruction in its wake."
"How about instead of that, we go join the nice party with your friends and we'll go hunting for bilgeshites another time?" She suggested before glaring at me as she saw the laugh I was holding in.
"Go jump in a volcano, Mr. Odinson." She grumbled with a huff as she moved away before I pulled her back with a chuckle and my arm around her.
"I kid, I kid. How about I go a step above and order for our dinner to be brought to the balcony of my room along with a Midgardian wine of your choice? I would offer you Asgardian wine, but ours are far more potent than that of Midgard."
"How potent are we talking about?"
"That Everclear alcohol you Midgardians love is what we would call a light drink for the night." I answered, not even exaggerating as I remember times when I would drink alcohol so strong that one glass was enough to knock out fifty humans if they took just one sip of it.
"…See, now I wanna see what it tastes like." She said and I rolled my eyes as I nodded and stood up, Darcy standing up before I let out a mental groan to see Father waiting at the entrance.
"…We'll talk in the morning." However, his next words surprised me as well as the amused glint in his eyes as he walked away, Darcy looking between us in confusion while I grinned and gave the old man a mental thumbs-up.
That's a goddamn wingman right there.
A/N: And Thor 1 is finally done! Next up, a small arc before the Avengers begins!
Truthfully, I wanted to capture Loki, but I also don't want to deal with Ebony Maw as he's probably the only one that Thanos would send to get the Space Stone.
That guy is way too broken.
Also, the relationship is developing slowly but surely, a bit too fast for my taste but also just fast enough to fit my plans so I'll leave it as is.
Another also, I completely forgot that in the MCU, Gungnir is also capable of acting as a replacement for Hofung so in this universe, one is only able to activate the Bifrost with Hofung so as to make Heimdall more important to the universe than he was.
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