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[Alex Walker POV - Hel's realm]
Three more minutes, and I would be able to actually do something beyond healing them, and distributing potions to keep them on the battle.
I was already nervous, or rather desperate to go out of this fucking dimension, to kick Hela's butt to the afterlife, this time, permanently. No sealings like Odin had done, which was possibly the most stupid decision in his life, not only did that increased her rage for him over the years, but it was basically a fucking time bomb waiting to explode the moment he perished.
The worst part? The absolute moron had not prepared anyone to deal with Hela like I understand you can't bring yourself to hurt your daughter, though I'm pretty sure my reasons are vastly different to that of Odin's, the point was that in a way, I could understand his reasoning.
But only partially.
If he didn't want to deal with the consequences of his actions, he should've prepared Thor for it.
Heck, even Loki.
But no, he went with the old, let's just fake till I make it.
Which had royally fucked us all so far.
Pun not intended.
[2 minutes left in Hel]
One hundred and twenty seconds away!
I can barely contain my excitement.
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[Odin Borson POV]
I hated feeling this weak.
Not because of power, but because I refused to help my people by fighting my own daughter.
When did I become such a coward.
Even now, instead of going to battle Hela like any battle forged warrior should, I was waiting for Alex to break out of Hel, counting the seconds like a damsel in distress.
Like a child.
"Nothing will ever be the same," Frigga spoke, her tone cold and distant. It pained me to hear her speak to me like that, but I knew I deserved such treatment, I had lied to her, for thousands of years.
"I know," I nodded.
"You don't, not really," Frigga replied, her cold and distant gaze on me, "This little secret of yours, could've killed us, Thor, Loki… and then wage wars around the universe, claiming billions of lives every single day, all because you couldn't have an ounce of common sense. I could've helped you, maybe I wouldn't have understood you, but I would've tried, now… it's too late for me to even try."
"I know," I repeated, as Frigga returned to her meditation, seeing what was happening in Asgard.
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[Thor Odinson POV]
Our battle continued in a never-ending cycle damaging Hela, only to see her recover whatever wounds we had inflicted in a matter of seconds, sometimes some wounds just instantly healed.
To top that, this battle had shown me I was severely lacking in the hand-to-hand area of combat.
It had become harder for me to strike her with my bare hands, but if anything, this battle was helping me connect to my godly realm in a more intimate manner.
Before today, Mjolnir was always my focus point to call forth my powers, and unfortunately, as Hela had said, I had grown dependant on Mjolnir and how easy it made for me to summon my lightning.
Thankfully, I was not alone in this battle anymore.
Without Mjolnir, I was not sure how long could I last.
A few minutes tops before she pierces like a training dummy.
{Any idea how to stop her regeneration? Otherwise, we'll be here, forever,} Bucky asked, firing a few shots at Hela, who not only parried the bullets away but in kind sent a flew blades his away, thankfully, Bucky had a few of Alex's golems around his general location, serving as shields when needed.
{None at the moment,} The Ancient One replied, creating hundreds of illusions of herself, each illusion summoning bright orange chains, binding Hela momentarily.
"This is cute, darling," Hela chuckled, looking at the chains around her, before breaking the chains as hundreds of swords emerged from her body, "But you aren't the first Eldritch sorcerer, or in this case, sorceress I have battled in my time, so far, you, like them, leave much to desire."
Growling, I ran towards her, concentrating on charging as much power as possible in a single point, before releasing a massive lightning bolt that struck Hela from the heavens.
"As I said, cute," Hela smiled, as the smoke cleared, one sword pointing at the sky, with the very ground beneath her burnt to a crisp, "The more I battled you all, the more I adapt, or have you forgotten who I am? I have battled more wars and enemies than anyone in existence, and spoiler, I have yet to lose."
I blinked, realizing what she had done, she had used her blade and body as a lightning rod redirecting the power of my lightning to the ground beneath her, effectively neutralizing most if not all damage from my attack.
{I swear to God, if she compliments herself again, I will shoot myself and end my misery,} Bucky complained, and he was right, and people said I was too egocentric, ha! Meet my sister!
"Thor take this," Sif said, drawing my attention before tossing me a common Asgardian long sword.
I swung the sword a few times, familiarizing myself with the weapon before I smiled, it was no hammer or axe, but it would do.
"Yes, please, use a weapon, without one darling, no offense, you are pathetic," Hela chuckled, plunging both of her blades in the ground, before summoning two bigger, meaner-looking ones, "As much as this has been a party by every Asgardian definition of the word, I am remarkably tired of this charade, I have a throne to sit in, and a few thousand traitors that decided to run out of the planet, instead of staying to kill, so as you see, I'm behind schedule as it is."
But before she could move, someone appeared behind her, grabbing both of her arms before pulling them back, that someone was my brother!
"Alex!" I beamed, seeing the look of confusion on dawn Hela's face.
"How did you escape Hel in such a short amount of time," Hela asked, as Alex tightened his grip on her arms pulling them back, even more, filling the entire area with bone cracking sounds. "You should've been trapped there at least for a few extra hours!" she added.
Alex smiled, moving his head close to her ear as he whispered, "Fuck you, that's how," then, with that said and done, he released Hela, pushing her ever so lightly, somehow making her stumbled a few steps forward, before he plunged his entire right feet right through her, impaling her, from her spine to her chest in a bloody mess, his foot right between her breasts that now were coated in blood. "As you can see, those two hours in Hel did wonders to my rage, so excuse me if I don't treat you gently."
It was clear to see, for and anyone near? Alex was beyond pissed.
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[Unknown POV]
For a few silent moments, Alex stared down the Nordic Goddess of Death, his eyes filled with a spark of both anger, and excitement. A dangerous combination.
"This is hardly fair darling," Hela was the first to speak, the wounds Alex had inflicted a few moments ago all but gone. "Five against one feels a bit like cheating."
Alex scoffed, turning to look at his companions for a very brief moment exchanging some looks with them before turning to look at her once again, "Don't worry, this is a one on one, they have no complaints."
Hela smiled, seemingly pleased with his response as she took a step forward, putting one hand on her hip in a suggestive manner before saying, "Then, let's make this our first date.'
"Go to Hell," Alex replied in a cold manner, cracking his knuckles before a powerful crimson aura erupted around him.
Hela, almost as if on instinct jumped back without realizing it, deep down wondering in shock, why had she jumped.
Alex smiled, without saying a word before dashing forward to Hela, who by now had forced herself to recovered her stoic demeanor, as she smiled at his approach.
Blurring out of sight Alex moved in front of Hela throwing a powerful horizontal kick to her face. Grinning in excitement Hela moved one of her blades to block the attack, but much to her shock, the kick broke her blade and arm out of the way, before his attack landed on her face.
Half of her face deformed into a twisted image thanks to Alex's attack, Hela staggered back slightly, her legs trembling as she shakily reached to her face in disbelief, coughing blood, her wounds barely just beginning to heal.
However.
Alex was not about to give her a free chance to recover from his attack that easily.
So, with a wild grin as Hela started to regenerate, Alex extended his right hand at her, inches away from her face, before barely whispering. "Requiem." At this, a massive wave of black energy burst forth from his right hand, engulfing her before exploding.
The explosion created a massive curtain of smoke, that took a few seconds to clear out.
Once the smoke had cleared.
Alex stood, his hand still extended, as in front of him, a skeletal figure laid on the ground twitching right where Hela once stood.
"I think your regeneration is better than mine," Alex commented with an annoyed sigh as he clicked his tongue, his eyes staring into the skeletal figure with intent as a black goo-like substance started to form around it.
That figure was Hela, or what little remained of her.
"I guess I have to up my game then," With a grin, Alex equipped his infinity stones alongside his Godly axes, moving both arms back as he charged his next attack.
As he did this, Hela started to stand up, her trembling body still incomplete, barely reaching the muscular part of her regeneration.
"Ascending slash," Alex muttered, swinging both of his axes at Hela as a gigantic energy wave fired from his weapons, colliding head-on with the still regenerating Goddess who had no choice but to take the entire attack once again. The attack was one that transcended time, space, and power itself, showing it's mighty reach by hurling the spectators around, Thor, Sif, and Bucky several miles away.
Once the smoke cleared.
Nothing but dust stood in front of Alex.
Who in annoyance clicked his tongue.
"How the fuck are you still alive?" Alex complained, staring at the empty spot in front of him, as out of nowhere, seemingly appearing out of thin air, black goo started to appear, the same he had seen when Hela was regenerating.
Hela was still alive.
Even after having her entire body blown to ashes, she was still alive.
"Very well then," Alex chuckled, his eyes full of mild amusement accompanied by unyielding rage as he took a step forward, his hand glowing green, thanks to being powered by the Time Stone. "Perhaps I'm just trying too hard," he added, digging his hand into the black goo substance.
Then, with a smirk, he plunged his hand into the ground, dragging the black goo substance with it, and started to age everything around him, thousands of years each passing second.
This, in turn, made Hela's regeneration speed up, healing all of her wounds in the blink of an eye. However, by the time she regenerated, she found herself trapped, with Alex's hand firmly keeping her in place, impaling her to the ground.
"You plan to age me to death?" Hela laughed, amused by Alex's approach.
"I do," Alex replied.
"Asgardians only get more powerful with the passing of time," Hela grinned, swinging both of her arms at Alex, in an attempt to knock him off her.
However.
Before her attack connected, Alex's body was engulfed in a purple aura, neutralizing her attack before it could even reach him by channeling the power of the power stone as a shield, effectively neutralizing any and all attempts at him.
"Sit back, and relax," Alex smiled, plunging his other arm into her heart as he added, "Taste the passing of time, Hela,"
Hela smiled, before breaking into a fit of laughter, "You truly are everything I've wished for in a partner, in a man." she sighed, "I guess this is it for me."
Alex said nothing as he continued to age Hela, thousands of years each passing second.
For the first few minutes.
No noticeable change was seen.
But as time passed.
Hela's hair started to turn white, with fine lines and wrinkles appearing all over her body, her once flawless skin turning dull and dry, her pores beginning to be more noticeable.
"It was an honor, dying by your hand," Hela chuckled, her voice already sounding like that of an old lady, as she reached to touch Alex's face with a smile.
"You chose this path," Alex replied, allowing her to caress his face.
"I did," Hera admitted with a weak smile, "And I would do it all over again, would the chance present, this world, this universe, is and should be mine," she sighed, her skin wrinkling even more, "Maybe everything would've been different had we known each other during my time? Don't you think?"
"Maybe," Alex conceded.
"I'll see you in Hel when your time comes, darling," Hela smiled, her glassy-looking eyes staring at Alex with a feeling akin to fondness before her body started to become dust, leaving nothing behind as a gust of wind erase any signs of her.
Hela was no more.
Leaving nothing but memories of her.
For even her, was a subject of time.
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