Goddess of Light

Chapter 70 ~ Oh Brother

The burning on my cheek had barely faded and the gaping hole in my stomach still hadn't healed, obviously thanks to Hela's magic. She wouldn't want me to be sat in here comfortably when she could do something about it.

I lay on the floor, trying to pretend that I wasn't bleeding and praying that it would eventually stop. I kept glancing around the familiar cell; the one I had visited Loki in a few times. Although the furniture had been tidied up and the books re-stacked, I could still see the flickers of Loki's time in here. The pure white walls were still tainted with scuff marks from the furniture he had thrown against them in despair.

I thanked Odin that I was alone because I wouldn't have been able to bear it if any of my latest enemies had seen me cry.

Cool tears had been bleeding out of my eyes and down my temples for the whole time I had been left here. I was in pain. I was feeling the loss of my haven in Norway. I had been wrapped up in a reality that I didn't particularly want to face, and I was practically awaiting my death, alone in a cell in my own home.

Obviously, Maja's plan hadn't exactly gone correctly.

Even if I could escape right now, I would be launching myself into the belly of the beast without any means of getting past that point.

I rubbed my hand on my forehead and closed my eyes tightly while taking a deep breath, in frustration. I let my hand rub over my eyes before pinching the bridge of my nose and then opening my eyes again to see a completely different scene.

I was stood behind a wall of glass that was overlooking a rather odd-looking city. It certainly wasn't on Asgard and it couldn't possibly have been on Earth.

The buildings were an array of colours that didn't match. The sky was populated with gaping holes in the clouds that opened into space with fragments of debris raining down from them. There were odd-shaped ships floating through the air and large statues of a strange looking man wearing bizarre clothing.

After realising I was not in my cell, I spun around in surprise to figure out where in the galaxy I was and was greeted by a cheesy grin from my twin.

"Thor?!" I half whisper and half shout as I try to contain my bewilderment at what seemed like teleportation to a different planet. "What the hell is going on?" I yell in confusion.

"Sister! I'm so glad our other sister hasn't killed you!" He grinned as he pulled me into a bone crushing embrace, holding my hands to my sides as I remained in shock.

"Where are we?" I struggled to speak from being squeezed so tight as I glanced around the bizarre decor of the room I was now situated in. It had bright red and white walls and floors with extremely large furniture. It was funny seeing Thor, a person I considered to be very tall, stood near the furniture, that made him seem rather small.

"The strangest place in the galaxy! Loki is here too! I'm trying to get out of here and Heimdall just told me how. He also told me to talk to you because he said that you probably needed some motivation." Thor explained before he released me from his grasp, allowing me to breathe properly again.

"Oh my God! Your hair!" I yelled in his face after looking at him properly.

"I know. Some creepy old man cut it off." He sighed as he ran his hands through it whilst looking at himself in a reflective cabinet. As he turned his head to the side, I also spotted a circular looking device that certainly wasn't there before.

"What's that on your neck?" I asked curiously in concern. It didn't look particularly comfortable.

He ran his hand over his neck as if he didn't realise what I was referring to. He then found the device embedded in his skin and sighed. "Some weird torture device that they use to keep the fighters here. But I am going to escape." He smiled with excitement in his eyes.