Rebel Vol.2 | TDW & IM3

E1 - City Of Gold

This chapter should answer a question I asked you guys in the last bonus episode...

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Even though it's been over a year, it still hurts that my mother is gone. It hurts that she never got to see me grow into the hero I am today. That she never got to meet the friends I made along the way. It also hurts that she never got to see her home planet one last time, when I saw it for the first time. But at the same time, I know I wouldn't be who I am today if she didn't leave this universe the way she did.

But, I'm glad she didn't have to see the pain that her biological family has had to endure in the past few weeks. Because of Loki returning, when everyone thought he was dead, it brought mostly unwanted emotions upon my grandmother and uncle. My grandfather, on the other hand, didn't show much sentiment towards Loki, which concerned me. It reminded me of how Clarke told me she remembered her parents.

After the turmoil about her situation, when she was getting settled into SHIELD, I ended up meeting her again. She was able to open up to me after a week, which was surprising to everyone, even Nick Fury. She told me how her parents were distant and didn't pay much attention to her unless she was causing a fuss. And when they did pay attention to her, she was met with a blank poker face, and face of disappointment.

When I saw the same look in Odin's face before he sent Loki to the dungeons, I was concerned. Made me fully realize some of Loki's actions. His sacrifice last year, then when the Chitauri got a hold of him, they convinced him that he was betrayed. So when they wanted the Tesseract and found it was on Midgard, he decided to try and take over the planet to prove his worth to his Father.

I might not be able to relate to the situation, but I definitely see where he comes from with everything. I've already visited Loki a few times in the past week, under invisibility. Odin didn't want him to have visitors. I looked over him and could tell the further away from the scepter he was, it couldn't trap him in his mind. Making him believe all the things that made him attack Midgard in the first place.

I could tell he knew I was there because he would glance over at the place I was standing when I was there. Today I was there, but only for like five minutes, because I knew Sif wanted to train with me. When I was done making sure he was alright, and not still ensnared by the scepter, I left the dungeons heading to the training arena. When I got there, Sif was waiting for me and getting ready. I just magically put everything on and tightened where I needed to.

"Alright, let's do this thing." I smiled at her before we made our way out to the field. We both practiced using the sword and hand-to-hand combat, which we both were reasonably skilled at. Almost at the same level as I had knocked her to the ground after fifteen minutes of combat.

"Damn, you're good at this." She says, and I smirk nodding. We both backed up a bit, as she got up. "Feels good to train with another female." She admits, and I nod.

"In a group mainly of men, I bet." I state, and she chuckles. "At least you know you can beat their asses if you ever wanted to." I smile, and she laughs at that.

"With how they act, they have it coming to them, either one of us could beat them in a fight." She says I guess a little too loudly because the next thing I see is a hammer flying between us. I scoff, glancing at Thor.

"I think someone accepted that as a challenge." I tell her, and look over at him. "You sure about that?" I ask him, and he nods.

"Completely sure, I honestly want to know for myself." He says, and I raise a brow.

"Even if it means losing to a sixteen-year-old girl in front of all of these warriors?" I ask, and he nods.

"I doubt you will, but I'd like to see you try." He says, and I scoff.