The Weakness

7

I sat on a couch while Fandral yelled.
"Our dearest friend banished, Loki on the throne, Asgard on the brink of war, yet you've managed to consume 4 wild boar, 6 pheasant, a side of beef and 2 casks of ale. Shame on you, don't you care?!?" Fandral knocked the plate off of Volstagg's chest.
"Do not mistake my appetite for apathy!" Volstagg got to his feet and Hogun, Sif, and I rushed forward.
"Stop it, both of you!" Sif yelled. The two faced off and I pulled Fandral away as Hogun pulled Volstagg.
"Stop. We all know what we have to do." I said in a low voice. The boys turned away from each other.
"We must go." Hogun said. "We must find Thor."
"It's treason." Fandral said.
"The hell with treason it's suicide." Volstagg hissed.
"Thor would do the same for us." Sif said. We all nodded.
"Shush! Heimdall might be watching!" Volstagg hissed. All of a sudden, the door opened and a guard stood waiting.
"Heimdall demands your presence." He said in a loud voice, then left.
"We're doomed." Volstagg said.
"Very much." I muttered.
We ran out to the Bifrost, not talking or roughhousing. We knew what could be coming.
"You would defy the commands of Loki our king, break every oath you have taken as warriors and commit treason to bring Thor back?" Heimdall said loudly.
"Yes." Sif said.
"Good."
"So you'll help us?" I asked. Heimdall raised an eyebrow.
"I am bound by honor to our king." He began to walk away. "I cannot open the bridge to you." He was gone.
"Complicated fellow, isn't he?" Fandral asked. Sif turned.
"Now what do we do?" Volstagg asked.
"Look!" Sif said.
We all whipped around to see the Bifrost coming to life. I grinned.
We landed on Midguard in the middle of a hot, dry land.