The Girl with the Blackbird Tattoo

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I groaned, opening my eyes, finding that we were back on Asgard. "Thought it'd be a lot nicer, I mean not that it's not nice, just it's, it's on fire." Bruce stated, standing between the seats.

"Here up in the mountains, heat signatures. People clustered together, she's coming for them." Valkyrie told us, looking at the hologram.

"Drop me off at the palace, I'll draw her away." Thor ordered. 

"And get yourself killed?" Valkyrie protested. 

"The people down there are all that matters. While I'm dealing with Hela, I need you three to help get everyone off of Asgard." Thor requested. 

"How the hell we supposed to so that?" Bruce asked, Thor looked at me and I knew what he meant.

"Heimdall...look Thor. I'm coming to the palace, there's something I need, and I can get in without being noticed." I stated, he looked at me ready to protest but I got into his mind. "Please. Just grant me this, before I go." 

"Alright. Be careful." He gave in, opening the hatch allowing me to fly away. 

I cloaked myself into the darkest corners of the palace, ones I had learnt through the little time I spent there. I headed straight to mine and Loki's bedroom, running into the room with haste, and locking the door with magic. Truth was, I didn't need anything from here. I just wanted to remember every last detail. The way we would stand on the balcony, me between his arms as we watched the sunset. The way he would run his hands through my hair as we sat by the fire on colder nights. Even the way I would lay with my head, resting on his chest as we slept, listening to his heartbeat as if it were my own. I sighed, sitting on the small sofa in the corner, head in my hands. I was too upset to notice the woman on the balcony.  "Why must you cry?" I looked up.

"What saddens you?"

"Hela." I muttered, sitting up.

"Oh, you're the girl from the bifrost. Look, I'm terribly sorry about that it's just, I had to get to my brothers. I wanted to come home. Surely you know what it feels like, to want to be free, to go home." She said walking closer, and sitting opposite me.

"Yeah. I do, but that gives you no right to harm all these people." I stated, twisting my ring around my finger.

"Darling, I don't want to kill any of them. All I want to do is get the sword and stop them leaving, they won't be safe in other realms, they only know this life."

"Then why get rid of your brothers? You could have just ruled by Thor's side, on the council." I told her, buying the others time. 

"But where's the fun in that?" She paused.  "Now, tell me, why do you cry?" She asked again.

"Something, is going to change my life dramatically. And I wanted to be here, one more time. To remember," I replied, wiping a tear from my cheek.

"I don't think that's fair, being left to cry alone. Where's that brother of mine? You seemed fond of him."

"Not here, he..."

"Left you. Tell me, how many times has this happened? You've cried for him?" She questioned, handing me a small, velvet handkerchief.

"Many." I confessed.

"That's too many. He clearly doesn't love you if he can do that. Why don't you move on and help me, then he'll see you're worth it." As she said this, familiar words of Friggas popped into my head.

"Don't fall into the trap. She will manipulate you, try to get you on her side."

"I think I'll pass, anyway I'm pretty sure one of your brothers is in the palace, right now. And as much as I enjoyed this chat, it's time for me to leave," I smiled  at her before taking off out of the window, she cursed after me before heading to the throne room, where I knew Thor waited.