The Eternal Valkyrie: War of the Realms (HTTYD fic)

Part 29

Chapter 28

The group ended up seated on the forest green couches in Loki's living room. When they stepped into the Victorian brownstone Jerry explained that the Foyer and stairs separated the three apartments. Loki's place was on the first floor and his living room gave way to a kitchenette. The living room also had a door that led outside towards a garden and from the bay windows the group saw several tomato plants in pots. The living room was also lined with bookshelves filled to the brim.

"Sooooo when is he going to get here?" Dagur asked and then let out a 'manly' scream as Loki suddenly poofed into the living room.

"Right about now I think." Hiccup laughed and Dagur shot him a glare for his sass.

Loki gingerly put the tin with baked goodies on the coffee table and sat down in one of the chairs facing the group. "Now how about you all explain to me what is going on here." He asked as he crossed his legs and looked his houseguests square in the eye.

Meanwhile, somewhere on the streets of New York, Ve and Vili were not having a very good time. "Do you have anything yet brother?" Ve asked as he was getting quite annoyed. All the honking of the cars and the many people passing and bumping into them on the street were driving him nuts.

"The locator spell isn't working." Vili muttered as he held a bowl of water in his hand with a leaf. They did look quite the sight in their armor in the middle of a civilian area. "If only we had something personal of Loki."

"I doubt we'd be more successful." Ve grumbled. "That boy probably masked his presence from everyday spells."

"We'll just need something stronger then." Vili agreed and then looked around before grabbing one of the many pedestrians. "You there Midgardian!" he said as the man in a grey trench coat was startled. Vili dragged the man closer and asked "Where is your nearest sorcerer?"

"What man?!" The guy they had grabbed was startled and held his briefcase close. "I don't know what you mea-" he was interrupted again by Vili who shook him a little.

"A sorcerer? Shaman? An occult shop?!" Vili asked as his impatience was showing on his face.

"I don't know man!" The guy managed to wrench himself out of Vili's grip and move backwards.

"This is getting us nowhere," Ve grumbled before pulling out his sword to be more persuasive. Now the man shouted and ran away and the brothers noticed that they had gathered a crowd.

"Let's go," Vili said as some civilians had called a man in uniform over. The brothers made their way onto the street but the crossing light was red. Several cars screeched to a halt and those behind them had to quickly break as well.

"Hey you dumbasses!" One of the Midgardians shouted at the brothers. "Get off the damn road!"

Ve growled and proceeded to plunge his sword into the front of the man's car. "Do not talk back to me Midgardian. Your metal carriage is no match!"

What the brothers hadn't realized was that the officer that had been called over when they pulled out their weapons had called for backup. Soon several police cars had made their way to the intersection and surrounded the brothers. The officers got out of their cars with their weapons drawn as the brothers sneered.

"Put the swords down and put your hands in the air!" One of the uniformed officers shouted.

Unbeknownst to all, Ymir had been watching Ve and Vili's progress through her ice mirror. She roared in frustration as the Midgardians managed to overpower her two minions. The ice mirror cracked and then shattered as she let her powers free. Cold air filled the throne room as her eyes narrowed. It seemed she had to pick up the slack again.

"What good are lackeys if they can't get the job done!" She growled before getting off the throne and heading into the chamber that housed the crystal Thor was encased in. Her power was slowly recovering itself as she drained Thor. The crystal was pulsating with thunderous power as she started to tap into it again.

"Why don't we go meet your brother?" She smirked and could feel the power fluctuate.

"Ah ah ah," Ymir warned. "Resist me and I will snap his neck the moment I see him. I rather want him alive."

Ymir conjured up an icy dove and relayed a message into it. She then proceeded to send the dove off in the direction of the Bifrost. "It's always good to have a backup plan." She spoke to herself as she settled down to meditate. The power was coursing through her and she proceeded to create an afterimage of herself again. The afterimage proceeded to disappear in a wisp of cold air, traveling to Midgard.

Back in Loki's apartment things weren't going very well.

"No," Loki said as he crossed his arms and glared at the group. "I am not going back to Asgard."

"Dad!" Jerry groaned while Sigyn muttered "Did you not hear a word we said? The Nine Realms are in danger!"

"Does this look like I care about the Realms?" Loki rolled his eyes. "What have they ever done for me?"

"So selfish," Sigyn muttered as her eyes narrowed at the Prince. "Your brother is in trouble!"

"I think I'm allowed to be selfish for once!" Loki stood up and glared at Sigyn. "All those years I've not been selfish enough! It's always; Loki look after your brother, Loki help your brother out, Loki fix the mess Thor made!!" Loki ranted. "I have put aside most of my interests in order to travel the realms with Thor and his party. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO BAIL THEM OUT OF TROUBLE! The bunch of meatheads! The last straw was when I had to procure a wedding dress to get Thor's hammer back because the big oaf lost it! Do I get a thank you?! NOOOOO!! I get a what-took-so-long!"

"Dad breathe......." Jerry tried to calm him down.

"Well it's a little bit more complicated now," Astrid stated. "I get that you want a vacation but we need your help to retrieve Ymir's bow and destroy it."

"You finally have some time to yourself but if Ymir destroys the Realms what good is that time." Hiccup added.

"The beanpole does have a point," Dagur admitted while Hiccup shouted "Hey!" indignantly.

Loki let out a sigh "It's just like my oaf of a brother to get possessed by some spirit."

"Dad are you going to help us or not?" Jerry asked hopefully.

"Returning to Asgard means that I have to deal with all those eyes on me again." Loki groaned and rubbed his temple. "They are just waiting for me to screw up or betray them ever since my heritage was known."

"And this is getting us nowhere." Sigyn stated as she stood up and handed Jerry her Warhammer. "Hiccup grab that tin of cookies."

"What are you doing?!" Loki asked as his eyes widened as Sigyn approached him.

"We are on a time-sensitive mission." She said as she surprised Loki by grabbing the front of his shirt and heaving him over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes before he knew what was going on. "Forgive me Your Highness but we must get you back to Asgard posthaste."