Meta Essence Gacha in Marvel

Third Person P.O.V. 

The Palace of Valaskjalf is in chaos. It's a confused mess but Eidolon feels that something is off, like there's a calm beneath the storm… Like it's a controlled chaos.

'I guess Odin can end this pretty easily but is using the invaders to sharpen his people.' It's one of his guesses. The other is that Odin is truly nerfed and can't show his power, but still has some trump cards… costly trump cards.

That would make him fall into the famous Odinsleep.

From the 4 Eidolons, one goes out of his way to check a certain plot of the movie. He ignores the blade-like Dark Elves ships cutting the buildings of Asgard before crashing somewhere and advances to find Frigga.

In the movie, she died. Things can deviate pretty easily and Eidolon learned to not trust that much in his meta-knowledge but even so, he will not ignore something like that especially when checking it costs nothing.

This Eidolon weaves around the countless battles happening in Asgard to Frigga's location, on his way he helps the Aesir a little and neutralizes some threats from the invaders, but his focus is to arrive as fast as possible and save-

"..."

…save the Dark Elves that ambushed her?

Eidolon pauses in the air and watches with fascination how the mild-mannered middle-aged-looking woman kicks ass. The long dress is not enough obstacle to stop her from making easy work of the Dark Elves ambushing her. 

Even though it seems she doesn't need help, Eidolon steps forward anyway. His overwhelming speed, one of his great advantages against anyone, was used to make quick work of the large number(but weak) enemies.

"Eidolon." Frigga greets him, a little surprised, even before he stops being a blur and pauses in front of her. This shows that she has really good reflexes.

"Lady Frigga… Are you alright?"

"Fufu~, it has been a long time since someone was worried about me in a fight." She laughs in a confident tone, maybe reminiscing about the past. At this moment the, Vikings roots appear on her.

"Then should I direct my worry to your foes?" The hero jokes, giving a look at the fallen enemies that are defeated by her.

"That would be a better use of your worry." She laughs again.

"Anyway, I would feel better if I kept an eye on you back. Those enemies appear to be specialized in sneaky attacks." He says in a diplomatic way, to not imply that she is weak.

"Yes, they are. The Dark Elves are famous for their underhanded tactics." Frigga nods and doesn't appear to mind the hero escorting her.

'Everything good on this side…' He thinks

......…..

Deeper in the castle, another Eidolon advances to a much more problematic area… The Dungeons.

It seems that one of their enemies' objectives was this place. The countermeasures that Eidolon put in place alerted him of the prisoners breaking out, and he sped up to minimize the damage.

Eidolon arrives at the entrance of the Dungeons, only to find it overflowing with prisoners and invaders.

"Hmpf!" He doesn't even change expression before punching lightly but creating a huge shockwave that clears the path. The enemies are sent flying in all directions, some are sent back from where they come from.

Eidolon keeps advancing and in no time he arrives in front of the cells of the dungeons.

It all happens in only a second…

He arrived and narrowed his eyes at the scene. A strange woman was together with Amora, his super fast brain deduces that this is Amora's sister, Lorelei. It seems that Lorelei just released Amora from her cell.

Eidolon dashes at them. The two noticed their presence and Amora quickly released some type of green magic mist in her surroundings. It hits Eidolon but he ignores it, unaffected, but the rest of the recently released prisoners are not so lucky. The mist hits them, their eyes shine green and they jump at Eidolon like wild beasts.

Eidolon is soon covered by hundreds of prisoners, but Amora doesn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief before she watches the black-clad hero reappear after he phased through the crowd.

His momentum was not even slowed. The two make eye contact and Amora shivers. At the side, Lorelei appears to have ended her preparations with some stones and a scroll that shines in a bright multi-colored light that soon engulfs the two. Glyphs and runes cover their skins as they start to become translucent.

But Eidolon keeps advancing anyway, raising his two hands in the shape of claws.

The duo of sorcerer sisters can't even react when they feel their necks being squeezed in an iron grip, the pain is unbearable… But they vanish in an almost disappointing fashion. Simply disappearing. They teleported, Eidolon deduces.

"..." The hero stays in place, looking ahead. Since he entered the dungeon till now, everything happened in a second.

*Drip* *Drip* From his fingers, drops of blood slowly fall on the ground, pieces of skin and flesh too. He didn't hesitate, he had the full intention of killing the two… And maybe he succeeded, after all, he gave them fatal wounds… But this is Marvel. 

His cold eyes finally stopped looking ahead and turned to Loki, one of the few prisoners, maybe the only one, who was still in his cell.

Loki puts on a strong front, but his eyes don't lie… The look that Eidolon gave him and the overall vibe of his body scared him to the bone. That was a ruthless killer. Loki saw clearly his fingers mercilessly sinking into the sisters' necks.

if they were a split second later, they would be dead.

He really tried to kill them! 

He really tried to kill them without even uttering a word…

As their eyes meet, Loki can almost see the gears turning in Eidolon's brain as he debates with himself if he should kill him now. And Loki for an instant fully believed that the hero would do that.

The intent to kill is evident in his gaze.

The God of Lies guard is up to the highest levels already.

But Eidolon simply flies to the exit after another second passes.

Since he entered till he exited, the hero didn't say a word, but he passed a clear message.

...…..

Somewhere in the Nine Realms

In a hideout previously prepared, a circle of runes and glyphs on the ground shines brightly before two fingers appear.

The two women are tightly clenching their necks as blood pours from it like a fountain. Their destroyed throats emitting only grunts and indiscernible sounds, they stagger around the hideout in pain.

Amora and Lorelei stumble in a certain direction, as they walk the crash against chairs, tables, and bookshelves.

They finally reach a shelf protected by some sort of glass and they unceremoniously break it with their own hands, not caring about the shards of glass hurting their skin.

The despair in their actions is evident to anyone who sees it. It seems Eidolon's attack left them in a terrible state if they are struggling this much.

Their clothes are already tainted with so much blood that any normal person would have died but they keep going and eventually, each grabs a flask of unknown liquid.

With the flask in hands their throw the content in their necks, generating a burning sound. They tremble in pain as smoke rises from between their fingers clutching their neck, but they stop bleeding.

The two are a little more relaxed after leaving the danger zone, but they are breathing heavily.

Amora stares at a piece of glass on the ground… there she sees her state in the reflection.

Distraught expression, fearful eyes, disheveled hair… Her neck is burned in an ugly purplish-green color because of the potion that closed the wound. Seeing that, her expression turns malevolent.

"EidOLon…" She spats, voice hoarse and ugly.

Even her voice. Even her beautiful voice was destroyed by that hateful bastard!

She can heal, obviously, but the price will be steep. And she may carry that visible scar forever… And the humiliation… Oh, the humiliation.

That is something that she can only wash away with his blood.

Like a mix of troll with banshee she throws her head back and screams with all she has, she needs to let out this anger or she will explode.

She swears revenge.

.......

Back in Asgard, unlike Amora, Eidolon is not worried.

It annoyed him a little that she escaped but he took countermeasures and kept something on her so that he could track her steps. And she is weak. This is not arrogance, only a fact.

Even his own people received enough boost so that they could deal with threats like her easily enough. She will die next time. If they were not in Asgard, and if Loki was not watching, he would have used a trump card or two to secure the kill 

Not that death is the end in this crazy world. It's not definitive but he will not get mad if people keep resurrecting, he will just roll with it and find a way to keep them dead or seal them. Exactly like how he easily accepted her escaping. Sorcerers are prepared people, hard to kill, and all that.

He couldn't follow because he would take his body too far and the Sword of Actuation was with the body taking care of Jane too.

In the end, weighting priorities… Amora is very low on the list.

Right now, the Eidolon that invaded the Dark Elves Mothership is making his way toward Malekith.

*Boom* *Crash*

He does short work of anyone in his path. The difference in strength is like an abyss. To make things different he takes the Leviathan Axe out and starts attacking the enemies with it as he advances. Sometimes he delivers mortal blows but sometimes he just freezes them in ice.

Freezing them is a good way to not commit mass murder. Now if they died because no one would save them from the ice, that is their problem.

He continues to clear the Mothership with robotic efficiency. Most of the Dark Elves don't even have the chance to attack first before they are dealt swiftly by Eidolon. He obviously admits that they are better than the human soldiers and guards that he dealt with during that Operation with the X-men and the Brotherhood, but the difference is not big enough to be noticeable from the outside view.

He just needs to be a little rougher to keep them down.

Finally, after creating a path of destruction, Eidolon finally finds him… Even with all the protections and wards that try to block his senses, he was still able to find Malekith.

The black-clad Hero emerges from the ground with an explosion, Leviathan Axe in hand… His gaze surveys the whole bridge of the ship and stops on a certain tall Dark Elf, his different armor and imposing figure are enough to single out him from the rest.

And if that was not enough, his half-burned-black face is the final proof of his identity.

Eidolon doesn't even say a word as a greeting before swinging his axe at the leader of the invaders, the air freezing on the arc of his movements, snowflakes forming around him.

*Boom*

Surprisingly, or maybe not, Malekith reacted fast enough to raise a broadsword that was near him and block the hero's attack.

The ground crack beneath the dark elf's feet and his knees bends a little, frost starts spreading from his weapon till it reaches his fingers and hand… *Bam* *Crack*

The Dark Elf doesn't waste time disengaging from the deadlock to stop the momentum of the ice.

The two combatants are forced back and analyze their opponents.

'He is stronger than his MCU counterpart… obviously.' Eidolon sighs in his mind, but he is not that surprised. From that exchange, he can tell Malekith, like Thor and other gods, is cut from a different cloth from the other people in the Nine Realms.

'At least physically stronger than Belasco… But is only that.' Eidolon spins his axe around his wrist, ready to attack again. He can already see victory.

"Who are you?" Malekith asks, after appraising the foe in front of him. He doesn't recognize his figure or his clothes, but Eidolon is too strong to be an unknown individual.

"Don't know me? You didn't even have any spy on Asgard? Shame on you…" Eidolon says lightly "I'm a friend of Thor." And he advances to attack again.

No need to idly chat with him. 

The Leviathan Axe cuts the air in a horizontal slash, cracking sounds are emitted from it as ice is formed.

*Boom* Once again the Axe and broadsword met and a loud sound was emitted from it. Malekith learned his lesson and doesn't let the contact last for long, he use quick movements to deflect the axe and counter-attack.

The two exchange hundreds of blows in some seconds, but none seem to have the advantage.

But Eidolon's eyes are calm despite the storm of attacks, even with only 50% of his power in this body after the Bio-fission, even with Malekith being stronger than he initially thought, he would never lose a close-range fight. 'I understand it now' he is ready to press his advantages

He gives a particularly strong swing with his axe, once again it is blocked by the broadsword, but Eidolon immediately attacks with a left-hand jab.

*Clink* *Crack* *Crack*

The jab on the broadsword broke the weapon like it was glass, the frozen pieces falling on the ground.

One of his advantages is on the weapon… The Leviathan Axe is obviously superior.

Without losing momentum and without resetting his stance, his arm that is holding the Leviathan axe continues to advance towards, the now defenseless, Malekith.

The Leader of the Dark Elves is hit square in the chest by the axe, a huge gash is opened in his torso, but it was obviously closed by the ice so it does not bleed. But this only makes his body more brittle and fragile.

Eidolon raises his fist again… A good punch on his torso can end the fight now.

The experienced Malekith obviously understands this too, so he quickly steps back, out of Eidolon's range… Or so he thinks.

*Boom* Like he recently showed Thor and the others, Eidolon delivers a punch that dislocates the air at high pressure, reaching Malekith even when he is far away.

Luckily for Malekith, he is cautious enough to conjure spells beforehand while he is jumping back. The air pressure hits the spells, creating a huge shockwave that makes the whole mothership tremble, the Bridge becomes a mess of dust, debris, and flickering lights.

Malekith, who barely escaped the attack, is on high alert, paying close attention to his surroundings because the dust and lights are obscuring his vision.

*Whoosh* "So you can use magic too…"

The voice and Eidolon's presence reach his senses at the same time, he turns to the side quickly only to see a black-clad arm holding a stake emerging from the dust and aiming at his heart. The tip of the stake is already grazing his skin, but Dark Elves are not known for their agility and reflexes from nothing.

With his life in line, Malekith breaks his limits and contours his body to evade the fatal attack. The stake ends up sinking a little below his heart, close to where would be his liver.

Malekith once again jumps back, his face contorted in anger… He is furious by being put on the back foot by this unknown foe.

"..." Eidolon looks at him with impassive eyes, tilting his head to the side like he is curious about something.

Suddenly Malekith feels a burning pain when he was stabbed by the stake.

"Argh!" He removes the object quickly, but he can feel something is wrong…

"I hear you guys are weak to Iron…" Eidolon comments in a calm voice.

Now Malekith understands why he is in pain and why this wound is not closing, even when he is using some mystical powers to treat it. Iron… His people's weakness.

"Too bad is only normal iron, I read there's a special type of Asgardian Steel that is more effective." Eidolon comments. "You're weaker than Belasco…" He gives his analysis, and then dashes at Malekith again, ready for the kill.

As he predicted, victory is inevitable. Even if he was weaker than Malekith, he would still be able to secure victory because of his tactics and knowledge about his opponent.

Using his Creation power, a blade of Iron starts appearing from his palm, his eyes ruthless… But suddenly something unexpected happens. Eidolon feels… danger?

Even with an advantage, he is too cautious to ignore his instincts and powers alerting him, so he pauses to check what is this about.

"!" Then he disappears from his spot by using some teleportation powers.

He reappears high in the air, outside the mothership just in time to see a golden beam of light hitting the huge dark ship.

"..." He sideglanced in the direction of the palace and saw that the huge bean starts at the tip of Gungnir, Odin's spear. It seems he finally took action from a balcony of the palace.

The attack was devastating, not even some seconds of contact and the mothership started crumbling, like a sandcastle against a jet of water.

The mothership starts being destroyed, but even so, it moves, space ripples and it disappears into the void.

Odin doesn't appear that bothered by the fact, he stops his attacks and turns around before entering the castle again.

"..." Eidolon watches what is happening with a strange glint in his eyes.

It seems that this invasion is finally over. Eidolon calmly goes back to fuse his four bodies.

......…..

Eidolon stays at the side while a discussion happens in the center of the Royal hall, Thor and Odin arguing about the next step.

Odin doesn't seem interested and doing nothing more than rebuild the destroyed parts of the Asgard and continue normally with his days.

Thor is a little more worried, talking about how they should hurry and go to the birthplace of the Aether, to remove it from Jane and end this whole problem.

"Enough!" Odin says harshly, making Thor pause "We are not taking the Aether to their territory!"

"But they can attack us again! Continue with their cowardly suicidal tactics, taking our people down with their sacrifices." Thor argues "We are stronger now, we can take the fight to them."

"You don't know the risks that you are taking. While the Aether is here, it will be safe and they will not win. End of discussion!" Odin turns around and walks away, not leaving room for discussion.

"Geez, like watching your friend being chewed out by their parents when you visit…" Darcy comments on the awkwardness on Eidolon's side.

"..." Eidolon does not answer, his eyes fixed on Odin.

The gaze of the two meet and it's almost like there's a talk in that split second.

'I see…' Eidolon understands and moves his gaze away. 'It's all a test.'

As expected from an all-powerful god, he is not worried about Malekith, to him the most important thing is Thor's development.

'He saved Malekith.' Eidolon concludes, a little impressed. He can't even be angry, he would have done something similar in Odin's shoes. In truth, he can see himself orchestrating situations like those to teach his future children some precious lessons.

He will not go as far as to say that Odin is manipulating everything behind the scenes, no. But Eidolon can confidently say that Odin is putting Thor in a tough position to make him choose a difficult path.

'It seems the events of the movie should happen…' He starts thinking about ways to navigate this situation orchestrated by Odin and minimize the casualties. At the same time, his other bodies are investigating the defeated foes with many of his powers, he got valuable information 'I see… this can work.' He has an idea at the same time he notices Thor leaving the Hall.

He follows just after Jane and the others.

After they follow the very upset Thor to an isolated balcony, the God of Thunder turns around and speaks.

"Can you believe that he plans to do nothing?" He bellows. Jane approaches him and caresses his arm soothingly

"Calm down, Thor. You have been exiled in a similar situation…" But Eidolon is a little more frank with his words and asks Thor to not do something harsh.

"..." Thor looks a little taken aback by his words, but thinking about it… Yes, it was in a situation very similar to this one that he was exiled. He can't commit the same mistake again, if not it would only show that he grew nothing from his arrogant and impulsive past self. 

Thor takes a deep breath and calms himself "I understand, but is not the same situation. I don't think they are willing to solve things peacefully, you saw how crazy they are… They will not give up."

"On this, I can agree." Eidolon concedes "But there's not much we can do right now…" He says mysteriously

"..." Thor looks to be in deep thought "We can end this before more lives are lost"

Eidolon keeps silent, If Odin wants to make this a trial to Thor he will help him at the minimum possible. At this point, he is confident that he can end this if things get too serious.

"If the Aether is removed, Malekith will have no more reason to attack. And there's also will be no fear of him getting his hands on the Aether." Thor speaks, in the end, he is not someone that would wait and do nothing.

"Too risky, the Aether is in Jane." Eidolon says "We are in a winning position, with all the cards. We just need to protect Jane."

"You protect me but who protects you guys? Or Asgard?" Jane suddenly says, with a sad look "A lot of people died today because of me…"

"No… It's not…" Both Eidolon and Thor tries to deny the idea fast, but Jane continues

"It doesn't matter that is not my fault! They are after me." She says strongly, then she turns to Thor with a determined look "Let's do it. I'm willing to take the risk."

The two lovers share a meaningful glance.

Eidolon on the side raises an impressed eyebrow… 'That's the woman that lifted the Mjolnir, makes sense.' He thinks that she is brave.

At this moment, some Einherjar appears. "We are ordered by the Allfather to take the Midgardian women to a safe room." They declare after arriving.

"Safe room?" Jane frowns

"To your protection." A guard says in an even tone

Eidolon slowly straightened himself, ready to action. He says nothing, but his subtle movement is noticed by both Thor and the Einherjar. The mood gets instantly tense, but Thor steps up and turns to Jane.

"You can go. Don't worry. It will be safe there." He looks deep into her eyes and gives her a kiss to persuade Jane that everything is okay.

After that, Jane and Darcy are guided to a protected room, Thor and Eidolon observe them parting.

"We are gonna do it, right?" Eidolon didn't even turn to look at him when he asked that. A small part of him praises Thor for thinking ahead and keeping the peace for now.

"I'm gonna ask for help." Thor answers without turning to him too. Another wise decision, there are things that a leader can't do alone.

"Then I will steal them." There's a tacit understanding without even the need to plan too much.

"Wait for my signal."

......

Thor discreetly walks into a certain part of the city of Asgard, the place where he is going is a secret encounter point that he and his friends find and use for years in their youth. A secret room in an inconspicuous building, that can only be accessed through a secret passage in a small alley behind some rocks.

His gang used this place to meet, to hide, to drink, to keep their loot from their adventures a long time ago… Eventually, it was abandoned by them too, when they grew old and didn't need to escape or hide from the "adults".

"You're late." A voice addresses Thor when he enters the secret hideout.

It's dark, barely illuminated by some candlelights, but is possible to see crates and chests all around the place. Only by opening it, someone would know how many old items and trinkets are being kept inside. Memories…

"I need to make sure that I was not being followed." Thor explains

"You being cautious… Now that is rare." Now it is revealed that the one that spoke was Lady Sif. Around her, Volstagg and Fandral are sitting in some crates.

"Don't be like that… Eidolon proved that even a bilgesnipe can learn new tricks." Fandral jokes

Everyone allows themselves to laugh a little before addressing the serious situation, but they can't delay it for long.

"I need your help." Finally, Thor speaks in a serious tone.

"Just say what we need to do." Volstagg doesn't even hesitate to answer. The others nodded together.

"..." Thor's eyebrows rise a little in surprise before he smiles happily. There's really no need for any ceremony with his friends. "I plan to take Jane to Svartálfheim. Apparently, beyond the broken chamber, there's an Altar that can be used to remove the Aether from her."

"Svartálfheim?"

"That will be incredibly difficult"

"You will be captured halfway out of Asgard."

"Can you even use the Bifrost?"

They ask in rapid succession.

Thor raises a hand to stop them "There are ways to travel to other Realms without the Bifrost, we used many of them in the past, remember?"

"Yes, but never to Svartálfheim." Lady Sif comments. Certain Realms are out of limits even to them in their adventurous youth.

"I… know someone that knows how to get there." Thor says hesitantly.

"Who?" Volstagg asks, but Fandral and Lady Sif are already showing strange expressions.

"No…" Lady Sif says slowly "He will betray you."

"I will be careful." It's all Thor says, not denying her claim.

"Loki?" Volstagg finally catches up. "Are you crazy?"

"No, I'm not crazy. But he is the only option." Thor keeps his tone calm, he will not back down on that.

"Fine, let's ignore this issue for now…" Lady Sif raises a hand to stop any argument "Any planning will be useless because of my brother." She says.

"..."

Her brother, Heimdall, can see everything. He only needs to tell Odin and everything will go down the drain. He could easily follow them with the Bifrost too.

"To that…" Thor starts slowly "I took a leap of faith, like my friend Eidolon would say." As he finishes his words, the rest can see that another someone entered this secret hideout too.

Thor turns to the newcomer "What do you say, my friend?"

"Putting the choice in my hands is unfair…" Heimdall says, his eyes impassive.

........

Eidolon is sitting in the air with a leg crossed over another, like he is an invisible chair, leisurely waiting for Thor's signal. They didn't specify the signal, but he is already chuckling humorously at that… What kind of signal the God of Thunder would give? The answer is obvious.

"What a drag…" He comments, his eyes never leaving the room where Jane and Darcy are confined.

He is stuck in one of those situations where he can't do much. After he changes the fate of the world with the Operation against the Mutant Haters, he feels a little suffocated.

But maybe is only right, he is not the "protagonist" of this plot. He knows that one of the few things where he can't get involved is in the future Ragnarok… That's something to Thor, and Thor alone, to deal with.

So he is taking a step back and giving space to Odin to prepare his heir.

"I hope the people on Earth are prepared… The invasion will happen." He sighs. He really wanted to end things here.

But when is easy being a hero?

......

Earth, England

"Are you trying to act mysterious even now??" Shego shouts at Fury "When are you gonna start evacuating the people?"

"We don't want to create unnecessary chaos and panic." Fury answers in a casual tone.

"You will cause more than panic when those people are in the middle of whatever comes out from the other side!" Shego is super annoyed.

She really doesn't care about these people, but Hector cares and he gave them a task, she can't fail him like that.

"We still don't know what you come, so we shouldn't create a fuss."

"You are just trying to keep an image! Do you still think that you can keep this under wraps? That your excuse of a gas leak will work? Or are you gonna claim that is a terrorist attack?" She asks, frowning "You can't be a spy and a hero at the same time, Baldy!" She remembered saying something similar to her nemesis in the past.

"..."

"I think she is right." Someone intervenes "We should prioritize the civilian's well-being." 

"Captain…" Fury turns to Steve Rogers, the one who just talked is no other than Captain America himself. But what made Fury pause was the person accompanying him. "Agent Carter." He already knew that the old woman was suddenly young again, but he couldn't help being surprised by seeing her face to face.

"I'm retired, Nick." Peggy Carter, says with a smile. The two know each other for a long time. Peggy was the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. before Nick Fury after all "But seeing that there's eminent trouble in my homeland, I hope you don't mind my help."

"Of course not, capable hands are always welcomed."

"Yeah, yeah… Can we focus on the matter at hand? The Convergence will happen at Noon. We don't have much time to evacuate the people." Lady Jade is already done with him.

"Nick, why don't we already announce the danger to the population?" Peggy asks

"Those kind of things need to be handled with caution. Announcing it to the world can have unforeseen consequences." Fury says diplomatically.

But Shego is tired of it already. "That's it! The only paranoid guy that I like is Eidolon, so I'm taking matters into my hands, You can bend backward to accommodate it…" With those words Shego turns around and walks away, she raises her wrist to her mouth and speaks "Cortana, start the 'First Contact Evacuation Protocol-City Level'."

The words barely left the mouth and suddenly the day grows a tad darker.

"Already?" Black Widow looks up, to the huge black spaceship that is blocking the sun and that just got out of camouflage "No…" She noticed the symbol… The SCP symbol. 

The spaceship looks a little like the Helicarrier but is sleek and all brack with some details in white.

"People of Greenwich! This is the SCP! This area has a high probability of becoming a battlefield in the next hours. Please evacuate!" The sound is transmitted everywhere through the area "Please, keep calm. We are sending this message with hours of antecedence. You are not in immediate danger!"

Suddenly the spaceship opens up in some ways and objects start falling and floating off it.

"The battle will be dealt with as swiftly as possible. The prevision is to last some hours!" The message keeps blaring, and people look up in shock.

*Bam* *Bam* *Thud*

Some heavy objects fall on the ground in open areas. They are huge black cubes, the top is suddenly open and a smaller cube is extended, making it look like a smaller cube is above the bigger one. Then the top is open again and another smaller cup, and another, and another…

The process repeats itself till the cube becomes a tower with an unknown purpose.

Some drones shaped like spheres float around repeating the message, checking on the people, and scanning the area.

Another door opens in the spaceship and what seems to be people start jumping from the ship. The height is not something that a human can ignore, but the humanoid beings jump without worry and land on the ground without a problem.

"Failsafe: Activated."

Hundreds of Failsafe robots walk around and assume positions around the area. They go to the rooftops, to evacuation paths and they also repeat the message.

"Please, evacuate. It will not be safe in some hours."

"If you can't dislocate for any reason, please inform us."

"Keep calm and move and orderly fashion."

"You can leave as many as your belongings behind. We will protect it."

"If the progress of the evacuation is unsatisfactory, in some hours we will take drastic measures."

"This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill."

They say robotically to the awed population.

Surprisingly not many people panicked. Maybe Eidolon's reputation is finally worth something. Most of the people keep cool and collected as they start moving.

Some even stop to take selfies with the scary-looking robots.

The area is slowly secured. A huge spaceship is in the air, and only Eidolon knows how many hidden tricks it has. Hundreds of super-robots. Drones patrolling the air. And many more objects positioned in key parts of the town.

Back at the camp of S.H.I.E.L.D., Fury eyes Lady Jade with a tremendously annoyed look, maybe even angry.

"What?" She shrugs a shoulder nonchalantly "Your people should start moving too. It will look bad if it seems that only we care about the people, right?" She says in a sassy tone.

Steve and Peggy hold back a burst of laughter so as not to rub salt on Fury's bruised ego, but they can't deny that is a little refreshing what Shego just did.

"Fuck bureaucracy." She rolls her eyes.

........

Asgard

Sounds of footsteps can be heard in the dungeons beneath the palace of Asgard. This particular floor is a mess but is surprisingly empty after everything that happened. The prisoners are put in the lower levels, piled up without a care.

But a particular man remains here and Thor stops just in front of his cell.

"Hello, brother." Loki turns to him with a smile. "Is no one accompanying you today?"

"I want to have a talk only between us, Loki." Thor says in a s gruff tone

"Now that is rare. You haven't visited me not even one time since I was imprisoned here…" Loki smirks, his eyes mischievous "What do you want?"

"We didn't have a lot to talk about." Thor half explains his reasons, but he knows that their feud can't be solved with mere words… One of the reasons he never visited before. "I want you to tell me how to get to Svartálfheim."

"You can use the Bifrost to that…" Loki says casually in an infuriating tone.

"..."

"Unless… You can't use it." The God of Lies acts like he just figured something out "Oh brother, brother~ I thought that I was the mischievous one. What kind of plan your small brain is concocting now, brother?"

"You don't need to know. You just need to tell me how to arrive at Svartálfheim. You do that and I will talk with father about releasing you, and if he does not heed my words. I swear that I will release you when I am king."

Loki's face scrunches in displeasure hearing those last words from Thor, but he goes back to normal quickly enough "You don't expect me to believe your words, right?"

"The only God of Lies here is you."

"Exactly! It's in my nature to not trust others easily…" Loki paces around the cell leisurely, like he doesn't care about this talk.

Thor decides to finally bite the bullet "Then what do you want?"

"Now we are talking…" Loki eyes him carefully "I just want to take a stroll… And no, do not look at me like that, and do not deny too fast." He raises a hand "I just want to feel the sun, the wind, the cold again… Let me accompany you during this trip and I promise I will come back to this very cell when everything ends." He proposes with the best innocent smile he can show.

"..." Thor obviously doesn't believe a word that he is saying.

"Please, brother… When did I ever lied to you?"

"..."

"All right, bad choice of words." Loki conceded "Let me use reason then… Even if I tell you, you would not understand how to use the intricacies of the gaps in Yggdrasil to navigate through its roots and branches. You need me. Personally! And…" He extends the word and raises a finger "As much I don't like to admit, you are stronger than me… So you would be able to capture me anyway." He shows his points.

'But you are full of tricks' Thor thinks but does not say anything. He is absolutely sure that Loki is planning to escape at some point. He can even abandon him after guiding Thor into a trap or something…

But that is a risk Thor is willing to take!

"Fine." Thor finally speaks "For old times sake, I will try believe in you, Loki."

"..." Loki's face twitches a little, the emotion that caused that unknown

Without wasting more time, Thor reaches for a certain rune in one of the pillars of the cell, and the golden screen disappears… Loki is free.

......

"Oh, brother… I'm very surprised with you." Loki exclaims in a lower voice as the two brothers sneak around the halls of the Royal Palace of Valaskjalf. "I expected you to barge ferociously while branding your hammer. I didn't know that you are able to be subtle." 

"Shut up." Thor says in a calm tone, trying to ignore Loki's annoying voice and mocking words.

"Now, now~ Don't be like that. This is really like old times, huh? Aren't you a little excited? Aren't you feeling the nostalgia?"

"Not with you here, no." Thor huffs

"Oh would like to be with someone else then?" Green light envelops Loki and suddenly he is another person… Lady Sif. "Is this better?"

"Better company at least."

"Oh, interesting… Tell me, brother, did you tell your little human that you and this one were very close in the past? How did she take it? And how did this one take you prancing around with your new mortal toy." Loki says in Lady Sif's voice.

"..." Thor's jaw tightens, but he does not answer that. He already knows that he can't give fuel to Loki.

And this is a little of a sore spot to him. Lady Sif is a precious friend, and he doesn't want to see her sad, but he can't do much about it… The heart wants what the heart wants.

"Oh, silence, huh? Did you learn it with this one?" Loki, as Lady Sif, asks, and suddenly another flash of green light covers him, and in his place, Eidolon appears. "I am Eidolon." Loki exaggerates in the deep voice

"Still better company." Thor deadpans.

"It seems that you are really enjoying playing with your mortal pets-" Loki used Eidolon's face and voice to say that, but Thor suddenly slammed him into the wall.

"You're talking too much." He says, their faces close. They just avoided a patrol "If you try to jeopardize this… I will throw you back to your cell and figure out how to reach Svartalfheim on my own."

"Geez~" Loki goes back to being himself "You are more fun in the past. At least give me a weapon so that I can defend myself if things go bad…"

Thor seemingly complied, taking something from behind him

"Now this is what I'm talking abou- *Clink*" Loki was smiling happily before he felt his wrists being locked by special handcuffs that even block magic.

Thor is smiling happily seeing Loki's shocked face. "Now let's steal one of those Night Elves ships lying around."

......

On the edge of the Rainbow Bridge, Odin arrives at Heimdall's observatory with calm steps.

"You wanted to see me." Odin says in his imponent voice.

Heimdall stays in place, holding the handle of his sword as he opens his golden eyes to look at the Allfather.

"I have news, Allfather. There has been treason." Heimdall declares strongly

"Oh…" Odin only eyes narrow, but he doesn't look that bothered "From who?" He asks while his eyes appear to pierce Heimdall's soul.

"...Mine!" *Clank* *Fwoosh*

At the same time, Heimdall activates the Bifrost, which captures both him and Odin and transports the two to an unknown place in the Nine Realms.

The Bifrost's rainbow light hits a deserted and isolated place somewhere, the two figures stay upright facing each other.

But Odin, despite what just happened, just turns around and looks at the stars, ignoring Heimdall or his act.

"So he went against my orders…" He says in a distant voice

"Yes." It's all Heimdall says. There's no need to elaborate.

"It was his choice… There was no right answer." Odin comments while looking at the stars, his gaze deep, no one can know what is going through his mind "But I would be disappointed if he did nothing."

......….

"The Bifrost was activated, but that was not the signal…" High in the air, Eidolon keeps his impassive gaze in the distance.

He can see what everyone is doing. Thor and Loki are going to meet Lady Sif and the others who just started fighting some guard to take a Dark Elf ship.

When Thor, notices that Odin is not on Asgard anymore, he abandons caution, and *Boom* *Crack* he starts fighting his way to his people too.

"Now this was the signal." Eidolon chuckles seeing the extravagant lighting attracting the attention of everyone in the palace.

Now his, and Lady Sif's job, will be easier.

He disappears from his spot and moves swiftly to where Jane and Darcy are staying, the security is not that good, only two guards that he easily dealt with, but…

"Time to go." He arrives in front of the two women, startling them a little "But before that… Can we not do that?" They are confused about what he means, but they understand when they look at the door.

Eidolon also turns around to come face to face with Balder appearing at the entrance of the room.

"..." Jane and Darcy can feel the tension in the air. This can be problematic.

"The Allfather ordered to keep them safe here." Balder says, his voice filled with dignity.

"They are from Earth… Under my protection, so the final say is mine." Eidolon says calmly facing Balder fully.

"The Allfather is the protector of the Nine Realms." Thor's brother answers in the same tone of voice.

"You can't keep me here."

"We will see about that." When Balder takes his blade from the scabbard, the situation really gets serious.

Maybe this was a confrontation that was long due, and it just happened to appear a reason. The two face each other in a long tense moment before suddenly *Ziin*

They attack at the same time.

Balder is the God of Light, but you can say that a secondary aspect of his power is being incredibly fast. He dashes at incredible speeds at Eidolon while swinging his sword and Eidolon does the same, without his hand in a chopping motion.

It's like a showdown between samurai in anime, in a moment they are facing each other and in the next instant they already attacked and exchanged positions, now their backs are facing each other.

"..." It looks like a long silence that stretches out without a clear winner.

But Eidolon then straightens himself up, pats his shoulder, and turns around to walk back to Jane and Darcy.

Balder was still paralyzed in place and he only fell after some time, his unconscious body hitting the floor with a *Thud*.

To end this as fast as possible, Eidolon went as far as using Overclock. He also took extra precautions by becoming intangible, to not kill Jane and Darcy with the sheer dislocation of his body. 

Without even looking at Balder, Eidolon grabs the two women and says "Let's go."

......….

"Let me drive." Loki says to Thor after seeing the God of Thunder smash some statues on their path with this stolen Dark Elf ship "You just decapitated your grandfather."

"Shut up."

"I also need to take it to the secret passage." Loki argues

On the side, Lady Sif and the others are looking at the God of Lies with a variety of expressions, from disdain to annoyance.

"Not yet." Thor answers Loki "We are still waiting…"

"For what?" Loki asks, a little concerned because he knows the answer.

"For us." Eidolon appears on the ship carrying both Jane and Darcy, the first quickly going to hug Thor.

The moment is a little beautiful, but then Jane turns to Loki and *Pah* slaps his face "This is for New York." She spats.

Her hand hurt, but she doesn't care, what can Loki do? With Thor and Eidolon here, he can do nothing.

Loki knows that too, so despite being slapped, he doesn't give her the satisfaction of acting angry. He smiles and says "I like this one, brother."

Eidolon uses this moment to speak "You are out of your cell, Loki." He states.

They remember when Eidolon threatened Loki in the dungeons. The hero stares at Loki and everyone believes that he is really considering punching Loki in the horizon or something. Even Loki can't hide his discomfort.

Eventually, after passing the message, or better yet… Remembering Loki of his warning, Eidolon turns to Thor "I still do not agree with it, so we are going separate after we arrive at Svartálfheim."

"Why? What are you gonna do?" Thor asks confused

"After investigating the invaders, I discovered that Malekith doesn't have really absolute control over his own people." The hero explains "To minimize the casualties, I need to take away his bargaining chips…"

Eidolon turns to look at the horizon and smirks "So I'm gonna do what heroes do and… Save princesses." He chuckles "Or in this case… Queens."

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