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  Earth [July 2015]

  –Jack Sullivan–

  Looking at the absolutely casual lookih one sword buried to the hilt in the ground and one in her hand, which she used as a mirror to check her face, which was already gaining colour the longer she remained out of her prisohought to himself, why not try his mettle against the supposedly stro warrior of Old Asgard, the bloodthirsty Warm feared civilisation, not the current peacekeeping ohat it had bee.

  “You mind if I go first?” he asked Thor and Loki, both of whom did not seem to have any problem. Loki even did the “you first” gesture which was very annoying, mainly because of the smirk he seemed to have etched on his face. Loki seemed to have fotten the beatdown he received in New York but then again, it was over really fast so him not remembering was warranted.

  Ha! What a sick burn, he should have said it out loud, instead of thinking about it.

  “Let’s dance, shall we?” He smirked at her, eager to send her careening into the ground and avoid any long blown out sibling fight because time was w against them and he would much rather be ahead of Thanos than behind him.

  He just smirked at him as she poihe very pointy sword at him. He also noticed that the ground was withering around the sword she had buried into the ground, the vegetation withering away and the aura seemed to be spreading around them. Well, he didn’t know the long term sequences of having an area irradiated with Death aura but it couldn’t be anything good so better finish this up quickly, before she turned a small perfectly tourism worthy cliff into a death zone, which might also bee a tourist zone for the right Gothid Death obsessed people.

  Ironically, the first person that came to mind whehought of Death obsessed people was Thanos and…he was getting distracted. It was happening more often than not and he was seriously getting worried about it now. He might have to get himself checked by the A One for some magical mental illness or something.

  With a twitch of his fingers, he sent the spinning wheel of death that was still heating the air all around them, rocketing towards the still form of He. Sihey were multiple swords, she had to move but even then, she mao dodge the rapidly turning swords and even deflected one of them.

  He noticed that his e to the sword which was hit by her sword was…dimmed for a ck of a better term.

  He frow that, as He performed what was basically a dance of battle as she leaned out of the way, dodged what she could, and deflected what she had to because he had separated all the swords and was maniputing everything in a way that she probably should not have been able to ter ahere she was, trading small cuts for blows at his swords which dimmed more and more of his e to them until finally, with a particurly savage blow, she sent a sword careening to one side, burying it in the ground, his e to the barrier lost.

  He frowned even more when he realised that she was testing his barriers and the magic behind them, as she repeated the stunt she pulled earlier as all opf his swords, one by one, were sent off to one side, no longer being maniputed by his will because he could not even sehem.

  Not being ected to him any lohe swords dissipated within seds, leaving behind a very fused Jad a smiling He, whose wounds sizzled and then healed up, leaving no trace of the hopefully very taxing battle behind.

  Her clothing also seemed to shift more and maining a darker shade of green the longer she remained oh.

  “That was a good , mortal. Has Midgard ged so mu such little time? I must visit all the other warriors on the dirtball if they proved to be as fun as you or are you the stro Midgard has to offer?” He asked him and he refrained from answering, instead of thinking of how to settle this as fast as possible.

  The obvious answer would be to go into his bined energy form, and hit as hard and fast as he , leaving her no ce to retaliate and then hopefully, once she was tired enough, aks Thor to seal her e to Asgard or something because he could not really done killing her if she could be kept alive without actively threatening Asgard or any people really.

  But then, he realised that while she was not on Asgard, where she would bee invincible, she was still somehow gaining energy that was helping her bee strohen more time went on. Also, her death energy seemed nasty. He did not want to get nicked by a Death sword and the sidelined from the rest of the battles they had.

  “Yes, he is the strohere is oh. Sadly, he is no King. Pathetic mortals deem the ability to speak more important than the ability to fight. It’s unfortunately, really,”

  He meically turned his o Loki who seemed to be enjoying egging on a very dangerous oppo and then giving her more and more information about them. His fiwitched and Loki found a small barrier c his mouth, effectively sileng him.

  “Yes, I am one of the stronger people on the [p but there are stronger people than me. Also, I was not seriht now. More importantly, we are not here to fight, we just want to–”

  “Ah, you speak like a child. Be a man!” She shouted as she threw the sword at him, with almost ptuous ease. It was very slow for him, so he just leaned out of the way and heard a small thunk behind him, He’s eyebrows raising in i . He turo see Loki looking at the tip of a sword which seemed to ooze Neantiergy with a wide eyed frantic gaze, Thor’s massive hand ed around the hilt of the sword, with seemingly no ill effect whatsoever.

  Thor was still looking at He with a stoic gaze as he squeezed and crushed the Death sword, which then dissipated into motes of green light.

  “Excuse me, Jack, I would like to address this family matter internally,” Thor said and he involuntarily found himself nodding areating at the poorly disguised and.

  ing to stand beside Loki, he s Loki who had his tongue sealed with one of his small barriers, “What? Cat got your tongue? Good thing your brother still loves you, otherwise you would just be a corpse with an absolute worst track record,”

  “You must be my rept. He did a good job if you touch my sword and be ued or was it Frigga, who taught you?” He taunted but he could see the way her shoulders had te the earlier dispy of power, another sword f in her right hand, this one more jagged than before and much loo boot, with a bigger bck shroud of energy around it.

  Great, she was being stronger even without stepping foot on Asgard. Theing to Asgard, she might as well bee invincible, even to their current lineup.

  “I am Thor Odinson, curre of Asgard. In my limited authority, I ’t banish you from Asgard but I challenge you to a duel, for the Throhor ihe winds pig up speed all around them as Thor’s dormant energy stirred to life.

  “Oh? OR I could just kill you all here and take the Throne for myself,” He offered cssic Death God strategy.

  Thor nodded, his arms crossed behind his back, showing absolute disregard for the threat that He possessed to…all life really. “You could do that but you would fail. I am giving you a fair ce at a duel, tht the wrongs of my father. He was wrong when he imprisoned you like that, Death would have been a better alternative,”

  “Don’t!” He snarled as she poihe sword which grew even bigger, right at Thor, “Don’t pity me! I have cwed my way out of a prison that would have left ead every one of you a bumbling mess. I, He Odinsdottir, will regain my birthright in the most glorious of ways, by quering my enemies. Do not presume to know me, Mongrel. You might have his blood running through your veins but you will never be my rept. I will be Queen and YOU. WILL. KNEEL!”

  With that st decration, she lu Thor who was barely three feet away from the tip of the sword, intending to kill Thor and finishing the job quickly, as the sword oised to separate Thor’s head from his body.

  He felt Loki tense beside him as Thor didn’t move an inch from his pce as He desded on him like aioner. He s that, it was cute. Thor’s shroud was more than capable of taking care of He’s Death sword, with ease.

  But even he was surprised when Thor held He’s sword with his hand, two fingers gripping the edge, as He looked on, surprised, even as she tried to get the sword back.

  Thhed, thehe swo, stumbling He who immediately switched to aand made another move on Thor, who held the sword once again, in the same two finger grip.

  “ we stop this or do we have to fight?” Thor asked her, seemingly tired of everything.

  “Fight back! Cowardness does not suit the line of Odin!” He snarled as she held the sword with both her hands, and did something to it, a faint outline of a thorny appearing on her head, as the sword both enrged and became more saturated with Death Energy.

  Once again, she jumped and sshed at Thor, this time, the attack being an energy wave that seemed to take a lot out of He as she put the other end of the sword down on the ground, with Thor still standing there in the same pce.

  This time, Thor put his palm forward with the Death wave smming into him, and then being stopped right in its tracks, as Thor seemingly grasped on the wave and then crushed it. He looked frustrated at that.

  “I see your power has yet to return to its peak. I, once again, challenge you to a duel for yhtful p the throne. I will take you to Asgard, let you recover, and then we will have the duel, with Asgard as our witness. Wiakes all. Is that agreeable to you?”

  “Thor!” He shouted in urgency, he couldn’t let Thor uimate He of all people. She was disaster inate. Loki too shouted but he didn’t let the barrier up.

  Thor didn't look back or respond to his pleas at all. They didn’t have time to waste ohey had Thanos and more to worry about.

  He looked at them and then at Thor, dispelled the sword, chug, “You are even more of a naive fool than I thought. Very well, I agree to the duel,” He said and then even she was surprised as a golden glow surrounded both Thor and He as the vow was seemingly sealed.

  “As part of the standard Asgardian Royalty duel, you will not harm my allies or anyone I deem an ally. In this case, all of Asgard and its citizens are my allies, as such you will not cause any damage to Asgard or its people, until our duel is over. As part of the ditions, you will givehing you o heal to your prime, including but not limited to medical supplies, healers, food, and then Asgard’s birthright e,”

  “Yeah yeah, get it over with. I was there when it was written, boy, do not presume to know more than me,” He said and came to stand in front of them, his hands twitg to just bst her bad then flio spad then have Tony bst her with his repulsors until she is enroute to the Sun.

  “You, mortal, Jack, was it? You fight well. Once I am Queen, I will kill you and raise you as one of my loyal undead. Rejoice, for no other mortal has had the honor,” She said and then looked back at Thor, as if saying : Let’s get going.

  His lips twitched at the absolutely voluted underhanded pliment he had ever heard in his life.

  “Heimdall. No, Skurge, take us back,” Thor intoned and the sed, they all found themselves ba the Observatory of Asgard.

  “My Prince!” Skurge bowed very deeply as Thor entirely disregarded them, instead focused on He who was floating mid air.

  “Yes! This is it! I missed this,” He said and then the sed, she fell to the ground as a golden shroud appeared on her hand before disappearing.

  “Tch!” He snorted before walking towards Asgard, as if she had not just tried to break the vow, on the first ce she got.

  “I will handle her. Loki, make sure that the nobles are uninformed,” Thor ordered Loki and then gave him a meaningful look, causing Loki to finally have his voice back as the barrier was dispelled.

  “Finally!” Loki sighed in relief.

  Thor theowards He, to aodate her and also to make sure she does not cause any se.

  He sighed, in exhaustion. He was so not willing to get dragged into yet another family feud. Loki and Thor had been enough.

  Now, they were to wait for He to recover, though she seemed plenty recovered to him and then have the duel. Ohor won, hopefully, then they would have to He to Asgard somehow, possibly with the same vows and THEN go on to hunt Thanos.

  Damn you, ODIN!

  He could hear the old bastard ugh at that.

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