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[Thor Odinson POV]
Alex had shared a lot with me about Hela, my sister.
A talk I needed to have with my father.
Anywho.
According to Alex, our power was evenly matched, but she outclassed me in battle experience.
My main priority in all of this was keeping my people safe.
So, I had issued a challenge, one I knew she wouldn't resist taking, for if she was anything like me because of our alleged blood relation, there was no other option in her mind but to accept.
Besides, I wanted to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.
After all, in all of Asgard, only I could face her.
Sending Asgard's army to fight her, as Father had done thousands of years ago, would only result in the waste of lives, a pointless endeavor.
"Brother, keeping the seat warm for me?" Hela greeted me as she walked into the throne room, with Heimdall closing the door behind her, as for Hela she was sporting a seemingly happy smile, but even I could feel the wrath within me, like a fire ready to consume everything in her wake.
"I understand your anger," I spoke, standing up from the Throne before walking towards, "It's heavily justified, but even then, I can't let you rule, you only seek war for the sake of it, and I won't stand by it, you don't care for Asgard or it's people, you only care for the thrill of conquest," a few years ago, she and I would've had a few things in common, amongst them, our love for war. But, unlike her, I had the good fortune of meeting my brother, he changed my perspective on things.
"You can't allow me?!" Hela spat, narrowing her eyes at me in rage, "You don't have to allow me nothing, boy, I am the rightful ruler of Asgard! A born true warrior, I built this kingdom from the ground. It's people, everything you see belongs to me!"
I sighed, calling Mjolnir to me by extending my right hand to the side, "You are not fit to rule, and it seems father was also not fit for the role." I sighed once again, grabbing Mjolnir as it landed in my hand.
"And you are fit for the role?" Hela scoffed.
"No," I shook my head with a laugh, "I'm much too immature, but, I'm not alone, like you or father are, I have people to help me through it, and together we might just rule this kingdom right,"
"You would let others tell you how to rule what is yours?" Hela spat, "You truly are pathetic,"
"Perhaps," I chuckled, "Now, are you ready to battle me, Hela?"
Hela grinned, taking a step forward, "Always,"
"Let's then, but not here, one of us will win and will have to sit in the ruins left behind, let's fight outside the kingdom," I offered, and Hela chuckled.
"I suppose rebuilding my castle would take valuable time. Time I can better use in other matters," Hela nodded, smiling.
"Good," I nodded, everything was going fine so far. But just in case, Heimdall had orders to evacuate everyone in Asgard to one of Alex's safe locations, a large villa he had in Italy for vacations.
"Lead the way, little brother," Hela ordered.
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[Sif POV]
Thor's plan was simple.
But it had its merits.
First, we had to evacuate everyone out of Asgard, ensuring no one would die in the crossfire of their battle, second, we would then need to regroup and help him.
He had taken Alex's words to the heart.
And had pushed aside his pride for the sake of victory.
So, as of the moment, both Heimdall and the Ancient One were evacuating everyone in Asgard by the thousands per second.
"Do you think Thor will win?" I asked the Ancient One.
"Hard to say, Thor was raised in a relatively peaceful time, Hela was forged through war," The Ancient One mused, index fingers pressed upon her lips, "Both have a similar level of power, so in the end, it all comes to experience, so going by that, no, Thor will lose, it won't be an easy fight, but he will lose."
"I see," I sighed, worrying about the big oaf.
"Now now, that's just the logical result of the battle based on the information we have," The Ancient One added, looking at me, "There are still a bunch of factors we don't know about them, factors that could drastically change the course of the battle, besides, Thor won't be fighting alone for long, for now, all he has to do is hold his ground long enough,"
I nodded, even if she was more experienced in the art of battle, there was no way she would defeat Thor before finished evacuating the planet.
"The King won't be defeated," Heimdall reassured me.
"He better not," I chuckled.
The Ancient One smiled, before turning her gaze to the forest where Thor had decided to have his battle with Hela, "I'll keep the portal open, there is someone in there in dire need of a timeout,"
I nodded, unsure as to what she meant.
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[Loki Odinson POV]
My day started like any other, with me hating Thor and Alex, not sure which I hate more at this point.
Anyway, everything had started just like any day.
Then, an emergency evacuation was called, ordering every Asgardian on the planet to leave to earth for the moment being.
I was understandably befuddled by this.
So, I took it upon myself to investigate.
Finding, a remarkable surprise.
We had a sister.
I had seen her talking with Thor.
It had taken a lot of my power to avoid being caught by them as I spied on their little conversation.
A conversation that was given me the pieces of a puzzle I didn't know existed.
I grinned, barely containing my joy as Thor issued the challenge.
The two would fight, one would die.
If I played my cards right, all I would have to do to claim my rightful place on the throne would be killing the already worn-out survivor.
Claiming the Odin Force for me.
Never before I had been so happy with Father's negligent style of parenting.
So here I was following the two of them to the forest using a high-class illusion to conceal my being, grinning, eager to see them kill each other, but then as I was about to take another step, all of the sudden, I felt a pull dragging me out of the forest with enormous power.
"Who dares?!" I hissed, turning around, breaking my illusion.
"I dare," I heard someone whisper behind me close to my ear, startling me as I jumped a few steps back.
Seeing one of Alex's friends, the bald one, in front of me, smiling. If I wasn't mistaken, she went by the epithet of The Ancient One.
"You will pay for your insolence," I spat, summoning my daggers. Killing her would only take me a few minutes at most, if anything she had done me a favor, giving me something to do while my siblings battled to the death.
"Oh, my," The Ancient One chuckled, in an amused manner, "While normally I love to indulge children in their silly little games, I'm afraid, I have no time to babysit you, so, it's time out for you,"
Timeout? Babysit? SHE DARED! "Alex might have defeated me! But you are nothi–" and without a warning of any kind, like her casting a spell, I was falling into a seemingly endless void as the Ancient One smiled from above.
"You will remain here for a few hours, that should give you time to reflect on your actions young man," She added, closing the portal, leaving me falling.
Angry, I tried to teleport, but all that did was teleport me within this endless void, she had locked me in!
"I WILL KILL YOU!"
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[The Ancient One POV]
With Loki and his greedy little hands out of the way, there were no more obstacles in our way to ensure our victory.
"Where were you?" Sif asked as I teleported back to the evacuation zone.
"Dealing with the problem child," I smiled, knowing I didn't need to elaborate any further.
"Loki," Heimdall and I said in one voice.
"What did you do with him?" Sif asked.
"I teleported him to a dimension without mass, meaning he will be eternally falling, at least until I decide to release him," I replied with a small smile.
"Remember me not to make an enemy out of you," Sif chuckled.
I chuckled back.
"So, how's Thor?" Sif asked, turning to look at Heimdall.
"They just arrived at the location he selected, the battle has yet to start," Heimdall informed, concern lacing his tone.
I looked at him, and the people coming to be evacuated, we had barely evacuated around twenty percent of all of Asgard, the rest, according to my estimates, would take an hour or so.
Meaning Thor had to battle his sister for an hour without losing.
{How's everything going?} Alex asked.
{Good,} I replied, for the time being, that was the truth.
{I'm glad,} Alex sighed, letting out a breath he probably didn't know he was holding.
{How long till the seal breaks?} I asked.
{One hour and thirty minutes,} Alex replied, {I can however if you guys need, send my golems to Asgard, they should buy us time should we come to need it.}
I nodded, taking note of that, {Be ready to send them, just in case.}
{I will,} Alex replied without missing a beat, {By the way, be on the lookout for Loki, this is the type of opportunity his greedy ass would not let pass by.}
I laughed, {Already taken care of, Mr. Walker, he's currently falling into the void, and will continue to fall, until I feel like releasing him, from that dimension.}
Alex laughed, {Oh my god, you are my idol.}
{I know,} I chuckled, {I am the best, no need to say it out loud.}
{Humble much?} Bucky snorted.
{What can I say? Mr. Walker recognizes greatness when he sees it,} I smiled.
{He does, I mean, look at his girlfriend,} Sif joined to the conversation.
{I almost miss Thor,} Bucky sighed.
{I heard that! And will never forget that!} Thor replied with a teasing chuckle.
{Thor, keep your head on the battle please,} Alex scolded.
{Sorry,} Thor replied.
{By the way, the east side of the capital is fully evacuated,} Bucky informed.
{The center still has people ranging in the thousands,} I reported, {We just have to keep this pace on, our main objective is ensuring the people's safety.}
{Exactly,} Alex agreed, {By the way, Golems are ready for deployment, so awaiting for command.}
{I still don't understand why she sealed you if said seal doesn't do shit,} Bucky commented.
{To avoid fighting Thor and Mr. Walker at the same time,} I replied, the seal was not meant to actually seal him, but to limit his interaction with this battle as little as possible, as experienced as Hela was, not even her had the power to take on Thor and Alex at the same time, especially considering Alex is stronger than her.
{By keeping me here, she has a better chance, granted, I don't think she was aware her seal would only last two hours, I think she was expecting a bit more time, sealing wise,} Alex sighed.
{I agree,} I nodded, {She must have assumed the Lamp of Hel would seal you for at least a day, sadly, she miscalculated by a big margin, which works for us.}
The good thing about fighting people stronger than you, or with big egos was that they always overestimated your capabilities, in turn giving you a great tactical advantage.
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[Thor Odinson POV]
I stood face to face with Hela.
"Are you ready?" Hela smiled, "This is getting rather boring, all the walking, all the talking, at least you got rid of the little roach that had been following us for a while, for a moment I almost thought you wanted to assassinate me by stabbing me in the back, but that didn't feel like you." she reasoned with a sigh.
"No, that was Loki, our younger brother," I replied, tightening the grip on my hammer, "He wants the crown, just you like, but for different reasons, for Loki, getting the crown will prove he has a place in this world."
"Oh, the little frost giant," Hela chuckled, "I had almost forgotten about him,"
Little frost giant? "What did you say?!" I asked.
"Oh, you didn't know," Hela sighed, cocking her head to the side ever so lightly, a sadistic smile perking on her face. "Loki isn't our brother, he's but another trophy the old man collected to stroke his ego, the prince of the Frost Giants, funny isn't it? In a way, he was born to rule, but Father took that from him, like he took it from me."
"You lie!" I barked, I refused to believe that!
"Am I?" Hela smirked at me, "Do you really believe after meeting me, such a thing to be out of Father's modus operandi? I mean, really think about it, he sealed his only child in a world of suffering for thousands of years, his heir before you came, do you really think of him not being capable of such cruelty? I assure you, taking the little frost giant is one of the easiest to swallow things he has done in his lifetime, believe me, I learned from him how to be how I am,"
I… could she be right? I… I just couldn't bring myself not to believe her, after everything I had discovered from father in the last few hours, anything was possible with him.
Hela grinned, "And there it is, the look of shock realization in your face, finally understanding how big of a monster our old man is."
"Be that as it may, it all ends now, I will burn the lies that Father has fabricated," I declared, getting into position to start the battle.
"And just like that, you are way better than Odin himself, but sadly for you, I'm better than you," Hela shot back, summoning two long swords from her helmet.
Father may have started this, but I will finish it, no more his sins would haunt the people of Asgard. For I was now the King, one that aimed to be better than those that came before me.
"We'll see," I roared, dashing towards her, clashing my hammer against her sword, creating a massive shockwave of electricity around us.
"That weapon was mine before it was yours," Hela grinned, her blades clashing with Mjolnir, our faces inches apart, "You will never defeat me with that."
I said nothing, blasting her away with the clap of the thunder, for, in the end, nothing mattered, for I would do what I must.
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