Chapter 72: CH-72. Thor arrives
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"Yes, I am confused."
"Foolish enough to think you were ready!"
When Loki saw this, he knew that Odin was disappointed with Thor and was ready to add fuel to the fire.
"Father!"
But before Loki could open his mouth, he was interrupted by Odin's angry voice.
With just a glance and a raised hand, Loki was scared away and dared not move forward.
Odin looked at his son, Thor, once again.
"Thor, Odinson."
"You betrayed the king's decree!"
"Because of your arrogance and ignorance, these peaceful star regions and innocent lives will suffer the ravages of war!"
Odin placed the Spear of Eternity on the start of the Rainbow Bridge and slowly walked up to Thor.
He grabbed the honor represented by the armor on Thor's body and removed it.
"You don't deserve the trust of these star regions!"
"You don't deserve your name!"
"You don't deserve the people who love you and whom you betrayed!"
With that, Odin gradually calmed down, his heart heavy with sorrow.
Though he loved his son, he had to punish him to teach him.
He turned resolutely and declared Thor's judgment.
"I'm going to take away your power!"
The armor on Thor's body faded away piece by piece, and Thor watched in disbelief as it happened.
"In the name of my father and all my ancestors!"
"I, Odin, the All-Father, decree your banishment!"
Thor, still in shock, saw his armor turn to dust, his power gradually weakening and then disappearing altogether.
Suddenly, he was swept away by a force, and then teleported by the power of the Rainbow Bridge.
Loki watched with secret delight, knowing that without Thor as a competitor, he could now ascend the throne as the father of all gods.
However, Odin hadn't given up on Thor entirely. Instead, he picked up Mjolnir and chanted a spell.
"Whoever picks up this hammer, as long as he is worthy, will gain the power of the Thunder God!"
The spell complete, Odin released Mjolnir, which was also teleported to Midgard by the Rainbow Bridge.
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After more than a week of travel, Jaxon and the others arrived in New Mexico.
It was late afternoon, but not quite evening yet.
Darcy was driving with Erik, while Jaxon was with Jane.
The two vehicles continued onward, looking for a place to stop and rest.
Suddenly, something strange appeared in the sky.
This anomaly immediately caught Erik and Jane's attention.
Erik grew excited, urging, "Darcy, hurry up and drive over. We need to investigate."
Darcy quickly turned off-road and headed toward the disturbance.
However, the RV could only move so fast on the sandy terrain.
Fortunately, it wasn't far, and they arrived shortly.
The car slowed, but as it was about to stop, a figure seemed to fall right in front of them and got knocked down.
Darcy slammed on the brakes, looking guilty.
Erik leaned out, looking anxious. "We seem to have hit someone."
The two quickly got out of the car to check and saw Thor lying on the ground.
They shone a flashlight on him to assess his condition.
Jaxon and Jane also hurried over to see what had happened.
Darcy quickly defended herself. "I was barely moving. There's no way I hit him that hard."
Jane was too focused on some strange markings on the ground nearby to listen.
"Doctor, look here!"
Seeing that Thor was still alive, Erik instructed, "Darcy, keep an eye on him. We'll take him to the hospital shortly. I'm going to check this out."
Darcy could only watch over Thor reluctantly.
She turned to Jaxon, "You believe me, right?"
"Of course I do." Jaxon replied.
Thor began to stir, squinting against the flashlight and car headlights.
Darcy watched him warily, "Are you okay? Did you drink too much?"
Thor staggered to his feet, glancing around at the desolate scenery.
"My hammer?"
Darcy muttered, "Looks like someone got whacked a little too hard by a hammer."
Thor had regained some balance and started looking around, spotting the Rainbow Bridge's residual mark.
He began to shout toward the sky.
"Hammer?"
"Father!"
The others exchanged puzzled looks as Thor continued his unclear ramblings.
Darcy added dryly, "Maybe he took something and got disoriented?"
Meanwhile, Erik and Jane were recording the patterns left by the Rainbow Bridge, planning to study them further.
Thor kept shouting toward the sky.
"Heimdall, I know you can hear me! Open the Rainbow Bridge and let me return!"
Jane gave him a look of pity, "We should probably take him to the hospital… maybe even a mental hospital."
Jaxon held back, waiting to see Darcy's "famous scene" of taking down Thor on her own.
"Who are you? What realm is this?"
"Alfheim? Nornheim?"
Darcy rolled her eyes, "New Mexico!"
Thor shielded his eyes from her flashlight with one hand, pointing at her with the other.
"You would dare threaten Thor with such a small weapon?"
Before he could finish, Darcy whipped out a stun gun and shocked him, knocking him out cold.
[Achievement unlocked: Darcy takes down Thor!]
Thor lay sprawled after Darcy's shock treatment.
Jane was exasperated, "Darcy, what are you doing?"
Darcy replied innocently, "He scared me."
Jaxon finally stepped in, "Don't worry, he seems fine. Let him rest for the night and recover."
"I think he might need a mental hospital more than rest." Jane suggested.
Regardless, they needed to get him somewhere safe first.
Jaxon lifted Thor easily into the RV, laying him down flat.
As they left, not too far away, a hammer fell from the sky, smashing into the ground with a tremendous force.
Jaxon noticed but chose not to mention it, while Jane, Darcy, and Erik were too busy worrying about Thor.
With concern for Thor's condition and the mysterious pattern left by the Rainbow Bridge, they hurried to get him to a hospital.
Eventually, they reached the hospital. After a quick check-up, Thor was cleared and allowed to rest.
With Thor settled, Jaxon stayed by his side, while Jane remained preoccupied with studying the pattern left on the ground.
She turned to Jaxon, "What do you think this could be?"
"I think we'll get some answers if we talk to our mysterious friend tomorrow."
"You think he's connected to all this?"
"Quite likely."
Unable to decipher the pattern just yet, Jane reluctantly gave up for the night.
Meanwhile, Coulson arrived at the scene and discovered Mjolnir in the massive crater it had created.
The hammer was so heavy that no one could lift it.
"Boss, Jaxon's prediction was spot on. A hammer actually fell from the sky."
Nick Fury, hearing the report, immediately thought, "Jaxon's already there; maybe we can get more information from him."
"I'll handle it." Coulson replied.
As Nick Fury pondered, he knew his troubles were just beginning.
With superpowered beings like Tony and Jaxon, plus mysterious figures like the Ancient One—who, according to Sharon, had even influenced Wanda—it was all becoming too much.
To top it off, Nick Fury also suspected his boss, Alexander Pierce, of aligning with Hydra.
Though both men were aware of each other's suspicions, neither had made a move, only testing each other for now.
Nick Fury's challenges seemed endless, especially with Hydra so deeply entrenched in S.H.I.E.L.D.
Luckily, he wasn't completely alone.
He had recently deployed Natasha, who, with her skills, could maneuver around Hydra and recruit the Red Room's Black Widows to their side, all while avoiding Hydra's watchful eye.