Frostbitten

A Decision Must be Made

"Clint!" Called the Captain.

The archer passed the man and murmured, "Already on it." Only seconds later, the huddle of Frost Giant guards before them fell to the ground, poisoned by gases emitted from one of Hawkeye's arrows.

"Looks like this it," announced Steve as the group neared what looked to be the final gates before leading into the Throne Rooms where Tyr was presumed to be.

Tony turned to him, "How is this going to go down? Guns blazing?"

"Seems so." he responded with a deep breath. "Shall we?"

It was Thor's turn. The Thunderer stepped forward, Mjolnir in hand and slammed his hammer against the brass of the entryway. The doors erupted from their hinges and were sent flying into the room. Inside, Tyr sat with his legs crossed atop the throne, a sly smirk on his lips. "I see you've brought friends." he observed. Then, with the wave of his hand, a new force of Jutuns came charging towards them. 

However, the heroes were prepared never the less. Each only had a moment to process the situation, but that was all that was needed. They soon collided with a mass of blue bodies and cries of battle filled the room.

As the fight went on, Loki peered above the heads to quickly assess the situation. The assassins were not so surprisingly fighting alongside the other, Banner had yet to transform, but was still carrying one with a gun in hand beside Tony and Steve, and Thor was at the side of the Warriors Three, shockingly (well, not really) laughing. At that moment, Loki could have sworn he felt the ground tremble from the God's booming chuckle.

Loki's heart stopped when realization hit him. Everyone was accounted for, except for the one person he was genuinely fearful for-Sif. He knew very well that the Goddess could hold her own, yet his mind still raced when he could not locate her. Where was she and was she okay? Just then, one of the larger giants broke from the crowd and came barreling towards Loki. Immediately, Loki recognized the giant as Gymir, one of the few Frost Giants he had actually spoken to in the previous years during his rendezvous with Laufey.

"Tell me, Trickster, are you ready to look upon your cursed daughter once more?" he bellowed.

Without even a trace of exterior worry, Loki let loose a soft laugh before a green substance began to swirl out from within his palms. When his laughter ceased, Loki looked to the Frost Giant with a dark malice that could make even the bravest of men cower in fear. "Hela is not my daughter." he exclaimed before sending the waves of power streaming towards the monster. Gymir let out a roar, but it was quickly silenced when the green energy entranced the Jotun before catching fire. All that could be heard in Loki's ears were the screams of Gymir, an otherwise haunting sound, though in this moment, it was almost pleasing. A smirk formed on his lips, unknown to him, he had observers.

Now, it was time to find Sif. Loki hurriedly fought his way through the crowd in search of the warrioress, but he was granted with no such luck. Just as he was about to give up and simply continue in his blind fight, Loki spotted her. Up above all of them, Sif was going  head to head with none other than Tyr, himself.

Briefly, he watched in awe. All Loki could see was Sif's beauty as she fought- a strange thing to focus on in such a time, but in that moment, that was all there was. Just Sif. Beautiful, powerful, strong, Sif. Her raven locks danced behind her as she shuffled from side to side, dodging each blow with great precision. But then, Tyr saw an opening and he took it just as Sif looked down below to evaluate. His blade came slamming down into Sif's arm and she let out a howl of pain.

Loki rushed forward with a blazing temper. "How dare you!" he screeched, sending a swift blow of energy towards the Asgardian. Loki inched closer and balled his fists. He could feel deep pools of rage swirl within him the nearer he got.

"Wait! Loki, I have been awaiting your visit for quite some time now." When the Trickster shot him back a glare accompanied by a quick glance in Sif's direction, Tyr held up his hands in surrender. "I did not mean to harm your, um... companion. Tis' but a flesh wound. She shall heal in no time. But I beg of you, hear me out."

"You have one minute before I rip you apart, limb from limb," Loki snarled.

Tyr smiled and lowered his bruised hands. "I have reason for my actions. They are, in fact, much similar to yours."

Loki clenched his jaw, "Keep talking like that and I'll have you dead even sooner."

"My apologies. All I meant by it was that I do not believe Odin's ways were entirely beneficial to our kind. Under my- our  leadership, Asgard will prosper like never before. Even so, with him out of the picture, you and I could rule not just Asgard, but all of the Nine Realms, together."

"Sorry, but I'm afraid you're a bit late to the offer." said Loki in response.

Tyr did not flinch. "But, I have the Frost Giants at my will, your friends nearly defeated, and best of all, I ask nothing in return aside from your assistance. Wouldn't you like to be King, once and for all?"

Loki swallowed. Tyr's offer was intoxicating, it was all he had even wanted except- "Loki, no..." Sif interrupted.

"Don't let the wench make decisions for you. She is simply toying with your emotions. Join me and you can have any maiden in all of the Nine Realms at your disposal. What do you say?" Tyr held out his hand in offering.

"Long live the Kings." Loki smiled much to Sif's horror.

Author's Note: Look who finally came out of her 4 month hiatus! I want to first start by sincerely apologizing for taking so long to update. Things have just been so busy and hectic at home, I've had literally no free time and when I do have some, I usually spend it sleeping. To be honest, my health is slowly deteriorating... I'm currently taking part in a recovery program, but it's still hard. I'm going to really try and post whenever I can. Once again, I'm so sorry. (Btw, did anyone catch that Monty Python reference?) Also, now that I've already posted this, I realize now how short it is, so again I'm so sorry, I've just been really out of it lately and I hope the next chapter will be longer. :(