The next thing that happened didn’t made sense, at least not to Morgan. While all the shenanigans occurred, she was tied up with duct tape and gagged with a piece of cloth inside the Commodore, so essentially she made it to Asgard before me, but more on that later.
I stopped walking for one reason, and no, it wasn’t because he said something off, or he made a physical mistake that blew his cover, nope, it was the simple fact that I have been pretending to be clueless for a while, just for the sake of his acting skills.
You see, back when I was a kid my mother taught me magic the best she could, because her short temper wasn’t helpful at all. Well, anyways, one of the things she didn’t taught me was the art of the illusion, because my dad tricked her once with that, so I learned it on my own, and by mistake I guess, Thunder learned as well.
So, in front of me was either Morgan acting suspicious or Thunder being, well, Thunder, I took my chances and pushed him off the bridge, making sure his hands were grabbing on the edge of it, his body just about to face a very long fall.
- Busted – I secured his hands with ice.
- What are you talking about? – I changed my outfit to a plain black t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, a pair of black low-heeled boots that reached to mid-calf, and a leather jacket that had a huge story behind.
- Look, any other time I would’ve asked how you learned to manifest an almost perfect illusion, but I’m busy, so take your bullshit out of my way – his shape faded into a thin wave of white light, indeed it was my cousin.
- How long? – he looked up to me, a bit of shame and disappointment cross his eyes, although I couldn’t be prouder of his efforts.
- Since the “OCD much?” line – It felt weirdly familiar, so that gave him off easily.
- Why didn’t you do something? –.
- Because I wanted to see you so frustrated as you are right now, worth it – I heard the engines of the elevator starting to function, I panicked for a second and started analyzing the hangar for a place to hide.
- Bitch! – he grunted in pain, the ice was melting so he was slipping off, and his vertigo didn’t helped. Out of mercy, and because he’s family, I caught him in the air as he fell, and teleported him far away from the building, literally on the other side of the planet.
- And proud, baby! – I muttered before he disappeared from sight.
Just before the elevator opened I summoned a bunch of guard illusions and hid behind a nearby ship. And then the rest of my family appeared.
- Get help!, please! My brother, he’s dying; Get help, help him! – I literally saw Thor throw Loki on top of my guards, it was very hard to maintain them after that level of damage, so I just drop them to the ground.
- Now, which one’s the ship she told us to get? – I suspect he meant Val, so I smiled, everything was going according to plan.
- The Commodore – and then I saw my bitch ass father cast an illusion.
- Though I feel it won’t make much of a difference – and Thor noticed almost instantly.
- Oh, Loki – he sounded disappointed, but still like, he was used to it.
- I know I’ve betrayed you many times before, but this time its’s truly nothing personal, the reward for your capture will set me up nicely – I can’t tell how much I wanted to strike his ass face with an ice blast.
- Never one for sentiment, were you? –
- Easier to let it burn – asshole.
- I agree – I almost let my laughter escape my throat, Thor electrocuted Loki and leave him there while he took the ship and flee.
Almost 15 minutes afterwards I saw Korg and the rest of the gang, and while he de-activated Loki’s disk I entered the ship and hid with a clothing spell.
As for Morgan, funny story actually, she disappeared right after I closed the door to clean, I lied up there.
Actually, after thunder sent her down a portal, she found shelter with Heimdall and the rest of the Asgardian common folk, she helped to serene the crowd and move the it to safety quicker. Something she would tell me as soon as we went back to the present, but more on that later.
I was hiding from one half of my chromosomes, and as I did, everything he did seemed to pissed the fuck out of me, I was like “Look at that bastard, breathing”, now I can say that it was very immature, but at the moment I far too angry, irrationally, to care.
He was literally bossing everyone, it was so annoying, and kind of fun.
When we got a little close to Asgard, I grabbed one of the escape pods on the side of the ship and set my course for the waterfall under the bridge. I don't know what gave me to go through that passage, and honestly it would be better to delete it from my memories, since when I was about to leave the capsule my brother fell on me.
Fenrir, and all the abysmal weight of him, crushed me along with the ship.
With a bit of luck, I managed to open a portal, this led us right to the edge of the passage. - Oh my... Fenrir? wake up brother - his wolf form dissolved into the air like a pile of golden sand.
- Serpentine? – I was so happy, my brother was alive, - I saw you coming – And yes, he had the power that I liked the least about mom, future vision. – Of course you did – I hold him tighter to my body, tears of happiness falling on her shoulder… and then I realized something.
His body ... how to say that he was no longer male? - Uhm, can you explain? - I had an idea what it was, but I wanted to hear it from her.
- It happened a few centuries ago, I knew that as a man I was not ... me, I don’t hope you understand, but it would mean lot to me if you could at least respect my decision - I hugged her as tight as I could, because we are sisters my temperature doesn’t affect her.
- It's fantastic! I have a sister! You have you tell me the details of your adventure, but later, for now there is something we have to do -.
- You cut your hair! Bitch I told you to wait for me! –.
- Well you never came back bitch, you like it? –.
- I love it! It looks so badass on you, bad bitch vibes –.
So, I took my sister’s wrist and pulled her down the passage until we got to the vault, - What are we doing here? – she questioned me, moving her long white hair to the side, just like mom used to do.
- Our stupid cousin will use the Elderstahl against humanity and the only artefact strong enough to cancel it’s heat waves is the Casket – she hit me on the shoulder laughing, - Good thinking serpentine! – she messed up my hair and hugged me tight, I missed that a lot.
Then, a huge rumble made us fall to the ground, and it weirdly felt tingly.
- Thor found out that he can do fine without Mjölnir –
- About time -
- Right? –
- You have to take the Casket before father comes to bring Surtur back -
- Right, oh hey, I hope the change has not affected your personality, I will need it, there is someone I want you to meet, oh! and the face that Thunder will make when he sees you, it will be mythic –
- Lil’ Serpentine – she sounded apologetic and sad, here’s when I say I wished I could erase this memory.
- Tell me wolfie – I was so naïve.
- Look at me love, I am no longer alive, and as soon as Ragnarök is complete the eternal flame will be lost in the confines of space, nothing that it brought back will remain alive, including me –
- No, I refuse to believe it, I will find a spell, there must be something we can do –
- Tess, no, let me go, I'll wait for you on the other side, and I hope you tell me about all your adventures – she was getting close to the huge hole on the ground.
- Fenris, no please, I lost mom, you are the only one I have left! – she jumped but I caught her arm.
- We’ll be there on the other side then, when your moment comes, but now you have to let me go –
- I beg you, just stay – she was slipping away, on purpose.
- I love you serpentine – a tear fell off her eye, it was shiny and blue.
- I love you Wolfie – my tear was golden; it fell on her cheek as she fused with the dark oblivion.
- Now and forever – I muttered trying to keep my cool, but ended up losing it all.
I crawled away from the hole, feeling a pressure, no, like my heart was being ripped out and slowly incinerated with a lighter, all inside my chest, the same pain as when my mother ... I tried to snap out of it, but couldn't, fortunately I was kind of able to walk and put my hands on the casket, my skin immediately turned blue, it moved as if it were hugging me, the cold and icy power flowing through my veins.
And then I looked behind the pedestal where, my eyes were red, my skin blue, and as much as in my face as my hands and I suppose that the rest of my body outlined circular lines and with a slight relief, felt like scars.
But then I saw a game changer, the Tablet of Life and Time.
On the it was a biochemical formula for a serum, the ever-so-called Lifeline Formula, which could rejuvenate, heal, and grant its user the chance to reach the full evolutionary potential of its race. Irrelevant in comparison with the fact that it can turn the user into an immortal and near omnipotent being.
Though healing effects were permanent, the additional powers it granted were only temporary, as most people were not prepared to use these powers properly.
I just took a picture of it and put the Casket away with my powers, I wasn't going to carry that shit around in my pocket.
I heard footsteps, hidden behind the pillar I saw him again, this time taking Surtur's skull into the eternal flame and bringing him back to life, but not before taking the Tesseract and running away.
Douche, that’s all I could think, disappointment, shame. Omg, I had like a million insults I wanted to scream at his face, so fucking badly. Heck!, I was ready to suffer the consequences of a punch straight to his face. But I let him go, and after a quick realization about Surtur’s rising, I started to run behind him.
I finally made it to the bridge, I caught a sight of Morgan trying to get away from the crowd, struggling to make her way through the panic. She looked rather funny in her Asgardian dress, brown and blue, with a nice corset around her torso, puffy sleeves and a flower on her hair.
When I got near her I stopped midway, walking normal and trying to catch my breath due to the little race I made to be near her faster. Acting cool I walked towards her, while Surtur destroyed everything.
- I’m sorry – that’s all I could say, it was my fault.
- Relax, It’s ok, I learned a lot with Heimdall and the pretty people, but there’s something I should tell you – I was fighting a really strong urge to hug her, I needed to be comforted, but I was deep in a fake sense of denial, and after losing my sister, I only was going deeper.
- What is it? – In her eyes I saw that it wasn’t good news, could it be that she found out about what I really am?
- Is that you…WATCH OUT! – I turned around, grabbing her waist with my arm to put her behind me, in a blink on an eye a huge punch sent me to the other side of the bridge, to the point that I was barely hanging onto the edge, just space to break my fall. It felt oddly familiar.
I was shaking from fear, I didn’t wanted to die, not yet. I watched a glimpse of the other side by mistake, my mother hugging my sister, both sitting relaxed in the halls of Valhalla, they looked happy.
What if I really have no meaning in life? Anthony, Roper, please live happily, I wish you two the best of the world. My best friends, and yet I can’t picture their faces. They’re my best friends and I’ve never even seen them! Tears fell down my face like a river, my body was literally quivering, I couldn’t hang on anymore.
And what was the point anyway? I was nothing but a bother, a monster, unwanted and unappreciated. Easily forgettable.
Then Morgan got into my head, I saw how scared she was, thinking it would ease her, I managed to smile. - No more mischief – Thunder muttered getting impulse and then crashing the bridge with his hands. Morgan tried to stop him, but he kicked her away.
And then I fell.
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