༻𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂༺

𝐎𝐍𝐄

"I love you."

~✥~

Athena awoken to a vast field of flowers. It was like the fields she remembered as a child, when her mother would take her to play in the fields of their home. 'This place...' She remembered.

"Hello?" Athena yelled out. The vast fields were filled with marigold's. It was her mother's favorite flower. Athena's memory is so blurry. She barely remembers her mother, but Athena always remembered these flowers.

Suddenly, Athena could see a figure in the distance. It was very blurry, but she could just make out the shape. "Thrain?" Athena yelled, excitedly.

She hadn't seen her father in such a long time. Thrain had slightly tanned skin with long auburn hair. He had the most beautiful hazel eyes. They were always so distinctive.

"Thrain, I knew you would come back for me." Athena yelled. A tear streamed down her face as she started to walk towards her father. Then, everything stopped with one step.

The ground began to suck her into the bottom. It was drowning her like a lake of water. Her blood pumped through her veins as her heart began to race. She screamed for Thrain, her only family.

Thrain ignored her calls and shouts. Suddenly, she was in a pull of marigolds, surrounded by the innocent bodies of her village. "Please, stop!" Athena screamed. She shit her eyes, tightly.

~✥~

Suddenly, she was back to reality faced with a band of pirates. They were all drinking red wine and dancing on their ship.

Her hand and feet were bound together by rope. She couldn't almost breathe, her lungs were about to combust. 'Where is Thorfinn?' Athena's thought screamed, internally. She couldn't scream, it only came out as a muffled noise. They gagged her.

The woman hadn't noticed the resting man lying beside her on the corner of the boat. He was encircled with bright red cloth with his eyes closed in deep thought. Athena would have kicked the man, if she wasn't bound.

Therefore, it was the man that murdered her adoptive father's most dearest companion. 'Askeladd...' She thought. Athena noticed his chest breathing up and down. He was in very deep thought at the moment.

Suddenly, she was met with dull blue eyes. His eyes made her want to drown herself in them. "Well, look who decided to wake up..." He murmured. Athena didn't respond, or even flinch at his response.

"Don't worry, the brat is safe. He is on the other ship. I'm surprised, he decided to hide in the cargo." Askeladd laughed. Athena kept facing forward ignoring Askeladd's taunting behavior.

"Come on, can't you at least look at me, gem..." He murmured. Then, he realized the gag was still around her head. Askeladd, slowly, stretch out his hand to take off the gag. Athena flinched a little at the gentleness of his action.

As he was pulling his hand back, she decided to take a bite out of it. Athena clamped her teeth down as hard as she could on his hand. Askeladd gritted his teeth hard, trying not to show his pain.

"Damn it, gem! You just had to get the last bite." Askeladd grumbled, painfully. Athena glared at the man. "You have no right to say anything, after murdering my companion." Athena growled.

"I guess, you're right. Though, I'm very curious about Thors in question. Zero men died. Few men were injured. How is that possible?" Askeladd questioned. It was a strange question. Athena knew, Thors was not a violent man. That was his past self.

It was very impossible question, but Athena couldn't figure it out herself. The Jomsvikings were always meant to never show mercy, so what changed within Thors? Even, Thrain?