The end of the ice palace

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Tony suits up and watches as his friends leave in the quin jet. I rub at my new bruises and pull out my phone. I scroll through the contact list until I find Valarie's name. I press call and wait until she answers.

'WHAT!' she answers.

'Are you coming back?'

'Eventually,' she hangs up.

Loki watches me as I dodge Tony's lasers for a few minutes then he opens a portal and Valarie walks through carrying a bag. I take a quick peak at her and notice tear stains on her face. I slam into the icy palace wall and fall to the ground groaning.

'Jesus Christ Tony,' I snap as I pull myself up. He quickly moves towards me.

'Leave her,' my father's voice echoes in the room. Tony stops and faces Loki.

'What?'

'I said leave her. She can get up by herself.'

'True that. But it's called sportsmanship.'

'That means nothing to us.'

I sit up and Olaf stands next to me absently patting my head as my ravens that somehow found me fly around the ceiling.

'Oh yeah. Well for me if means everything considering we're only training.'

'Just don't touch her Tony,' my father sighs. He turns to Valarie who stands watching us confused.

'What is going on?' she asks.

'Not much. Raven has a fever and the other day she made an army. Big enough to take over Asgard,' Tony calls out.

I grin and stand up as Valarie glares over at me.

'An army of what? Where are they?'

'An army of snowman like me,' Olaf calls out.

Valarie lifts an eyebrow looking down at Olaf then back at Loki. 'An army of snowman won't do much.'

'I vote we take a break and show her,' I tell Tony.

He nods and we walk outside.

'Why are we going outside?'

'Because that's where they are,' my father replies before the ice door shuts and cuts him off.

I walk down the path with Tony trailing behind me. He starts groaning and moaning.

I look over my shoulder at him. He's pale and shaking.

'We'll send you home in a moment, Tony. Just a few more minutes,' I tell him. He looks at me and manages a small smile.

'What was that? Raven actually cares?' he jests.

Rolling me eyes I stop walking and turn to face him with a smirk on my face. He moves to the side hugging himself. I remind myself to not look at him but instead look at Val.

'So, this is what I've been up to while you were spending time with your family,' I tell her as I gesture out to the snow on either side of me. She looks from to the snow and back to me. She shrugs.

'All I see is snow and Tony freezing his ass off ready to pass out.'

I sigh and stamp my foot. Ice shoots off down the path I walked and out to either side. Giant snow man and women rise out of the snow armed with ice shields, swords, daggers, lances, bows and arrows.

Her eyes sweep around her. 'Holy shit. An actual army of snowman.'

I grin.

'Well I can create my own people too,' she swipes her arm and a fire man armed with a sword appears in front of her. I study the fire man and gesture for the snow sword man next to me to step forwards. He does and I point at the fire man.

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