[2] storm of rage ~ harry potter × marvel

23- Provoke Surtur

"We're in here for almost two days now, when are we getting out—" Again, Narfi is cut off by the ground opening beneath them. Skyler screams in surprise and quickly throws a slow-down charm to the ground.

"Asgardians..." A big, no huge... no gigantic Fire Giant sits on a throne in front of them. And he is chuckling.

"Skyler, daughter of Thor, son of Odin."

"Surtur, son of a bitch. You're alive," Lorelei yells, "Odin killed you half a million years ago!"

"I cannot die..." the Giant says tiredly, "not until I fulfil my destiny and lay waste to the Nine Realms. Ragnarok will be my great escape from this place."

"Funny you mention that," Skyler growls, "Cause I feel really tempted to finish what my grandfather started at the moment."

"You are wrong, princess," Surtur replies, "when my Crown forms a union with green flames, I shall be free and tower over the Cosmos, ruling at my full might."

"Your crown you say?" Vali mumbles, "And where shall your crown be?"

Surtur points to his – what Skyler thought are huge eyebrows – aggressively and booms: "This is my crown, the source of my power!"

Skyler starts to laugh, "Oh really, that's your crown? I thought it was a big eyebrow!"

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"And... how did they react upon the news, Loki?" Bucky asks sadly when he sees Loki emerge inside the common room of the Avengers facility.

"Let's just say things didn't go as I expected," the God of Mischief growls, and a woman jumps forward.

"Did anyone miss me?" Lorelei cackles, eyeing Lady Sif and Fandral, who stand in the common room with the rest of the Asgardian royal family.

"Lorelei!?" Sif screams, already drawing her sword. But Lorelei holds up her hand and tsk-s.

"Tut-tut-tut, now don't do that Sif. It'll make your dearest princess and princes incredibly angry. I, after all, saved their lives and they owe me a favour," Lorelei smirks.

"Oh, my God," Tony Stark gasps, "get her out of here now! One damn night was enough damage!" The entire room looks at his reaction.

"You know each other?" Thor says, surprised.

"I'm shocked," Lorelei mocks, "you didn't tell them, did you Stark?"

"Indeed, I didn't, neither will you," Tony states, "only with my daughter's content."

"Content, my ass dad," Cassidy chuckles, winking at Loki – flashes her an adoring smile in return – before hugging Lorelei. The audience is shocked by the unexpected gesture of emotion, "Good to see you, mom."

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"You had to provoke him into a fight, didn't you Sky?!" Lorelei yells as she shields the princess from being chopped into pieces.

"Thank you, and... no, but it seemed fun to do so," Skyler shrugs, fighting off other Fire Giants that come their way.

"You sound awfully much like your father," Narfi yells, not being able to fight with his harmed leg. His brother is defending him with everything he has, though.

"Four days in this mess and now I'm fighting Fire Giants again!" Skyler says, frustrated. The young demigoddess tries to concentrate her powers. Lightning slowly surrounds her body, electrocuting everything that comes close. The princess of Asgard starts to throw small lightning blasts at the Fire Giants, killing them one by one.

"Well... couldn't you do that sooner?" Vali pants, "It'd have cost us a lot of energy, you know?"

"Uh..." Narfi starts, paling as he stares at something in the dark, "Sweets." Skyler and the other two Asgardians roll their eyes, thinking the fever has finally gotten to his head.

Lorelei suddenly rises, her axe in her hand.

"Maybe if..." the siren says, her axe cutting an iron chain easily. Metal starts to crack, and Skyler can hear multiple other things break and collide above them...

"You broke the barrier!" Skyler exclaims, "Siren's seem to be very smart."

"GUYS! LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE, LORE JUST RELEASED A DRAGON," Narfi screams in fear.

"I take back my earlier words," Skyler pouts, taking Lorelei's arm, dragging her with her. The dragon starts to blast fire, and the two women have to run. They dodge multiple blasts...

"You've absolutely pissed me off at the moment," Skyler growls at Lorelei, who smirks.

"Get used to it," the chestnut-haired woman jests.

The dragon of Surtur comes closer, as Skyler looks at the crown, she'd sliced off the Fire Giant's head earlier. The dragon nears and the fire blasts miss them barely. Skyler throws a few daggers at the creature, but it does not flinch. Another fire blast, and this time, a green shield surrounds most of the Asgardians, sans a tiny part of Skyler's shoulder.

The young princess yelps in pain and puts Narfi's hand on her knee, looking at Lorelei and Vali, who she quickly grabs.

They disappear in thin air and when Skyler feels solid ground on her feet once more, she shoves Lorelei backwards, "Dammit, Lore, couldn't you just keep the dragon in it's cage?!"