Here is the first chap of the day, extra will come later
The 4000 word chap yesterday tired me out a lot, so i had a nap or two, extra chap is today!
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Drecarios's Stargate flickered for a few moments until it shut down and then quickly re-dialled. It would apparently now take them all to a safe world that they could recover upon and work towards saving as many as they could.
"Heimdal, I want you to transport as many of our allies as we can from across the nine realms as soon as possible." Loki asked of the guardian as he watched the last remnants of Midgard stumble away, all of them shocked and awed by the golden city around them.
"It will be done my king. My first target will be the Dwarves, we will need them if we are to rebuild to the same heights as before..." Heimdal intoned solemnly before turning back towards the Bifrost key, stabbing his sword into it once again.
Hundreds of thousands of small arcane runes lit up around the chamber as the spherical coverings spun in a rapid pattern back and forth. Rainbow light pulsed from the city into the rainbow bridge before softly caressing its way into the runes. From these runes the energy was focused into strands of space that wove themselves into a massive tunnel at the Bifrost's exit platform.
Behind Loki, on the rainbow bridge stood the stark white and cyan blue of his, newly adopted; if he had any weight in the subject, brother's inter-Multiversal portal network. The surface shimmered with an ethereal cobalt as it rippled back and forth. This shifting was caused by the rapidly escaping Midgardians who all were forced back through at a rapid clip. Hela was at the forefront of this 'prodding' as she threatened anyone who slacked even an ounce... She had lost her domain and it had withdrawn her into her baser fight or flight responses... It was obvious which one she had chosen from those choices.
"My king, Idun has gathered every single apple from the garden. Additionally she has, with aid from the Seidr, collected all of the soil used below the trees as well as a few pristine specimen that can survive the rough journey." Hogun reported sadly, his usually suppressed emotions colliding upon his face as if he were at war within himself.
"Excellent, we can't afford to waste time or waste resources. Have the royal guard gather all weapons they can carry, we will take everything we can with us." Loki paused and then winced at what he would have to do. "Send word to every Seidr that they are to journey forth to our new homeland as quickly as possible... They are integral to our continued survival on the other side." The last member of the Warriors Three dropped his head in a bow before quickly rushing off past the Stargate, his voice booming over the general din.
Loki sighed as he watched the last remaining barges and ships softly hover down in front of the Stargate, slowly slipping into the oceanic breach before disappearing completely. This continued for several minutes until all of the nearby barges had been sent and refugees were almost physically thrown in their wake. The citizens of Asgard were panicked, frightened and beyond confused but accepted the word of their king and their princess... It was a precarious situation but one that would have to stand.
"Brother! We must secure everything within the treasure vault!" Hela shouted towards him with emergency.
"Curses. Go grab every sentinel you can find within the vault and the palace sister, we could use them on the other side. As for the other artefacts, take them if you can but abandon them if you believe it will take to long to haul them." Loki commanded loudly before turning back towards the Bifrost just as the Dwarves started stepping through.
The Dwarves had a relatively small population with only a few thousand living within the megastructure, Nidavellir. The Bifrost was fortunately designed to send armies however, and a few thousand of Asgard's greatest allies would neither strain nor wound the diaspora of Asgard.
"My king." Eitri, the king of the Dwarves said in what he perceived to be a normal volume, though it boomed out across the bridge and caused a few guards to snap to attention with their weapons.
"Eitri... I apologize for the short warning but I need to get your people to safety..." Loki stated without tact, his tone hard and to the point.
"Why, my king?" Eitri questioned as more Dwarves stepped through the Bifrost and began lining up to the edges of the platform.
"Death has come to the nine realms." He stated in response.
Eitri paled considerably and whipped around to one of his right hand men.
"Tell our brethren to hurry. We cannot afford to dally!" The Dwarven king shouted aloud into the landing chamber, excusing himself without any fanfare, and grabbing every member of his family and pushing them towards the exit of the Bifrost. Heimdal took him aside and was no doubt explaining the evacuation plan whilst Loki witnessed hundreds of Dwarves rush out of the Bifrost before a blast of red energy smothered the distant connection to Nidavellir, cutting off the Bifrost entirely.
"RUN! WE MUST RUN!" One of the dwarven women screamed out as she held her child in her arms, running towards Eitri.
Loki cursed, though it was obfuscated by the echoing voices of the Dwarves.
"Heimdal, connect to Alfheim next. Pull them forcefully, we can't afford to waste time anymore!" He ordered before whipping around and sprinting towards the Stargate.
Loki Odinson- We're in trouble... The dead are spreading quickly!
Drecarios Frost- What has happened?
Loki Odinson- I would presume the undead sorceress from the tear has transported herself to Nidavellir... We were only able to get a quarter of the Dwarven population out before the Bifrost was forcefully reflected
Tony Stark- Damn... They sure have their panties in a twist don't they?
M. Sam Carter- The energy that would be required to stop a stable wormhole of that magnitude would exceed the output of our sun by several orders of magnitude
Drecarios Frost- She has access to the energy of a cosmic entity that is beyond the infinity stones, that was a walk in the park for her
Loki Odinson- We are evacuating as fast as we can and taking as much as we can, but I'm afraid we may not be able to save too many before we have to flee Asgard proper
Luke Skywalker- It's all my fault...
Tony Stark- Dammit Schwartz, stop being so fucking dramatic! Snap out of it and provide helpful advice!
Jester Lavorre- YAH! What he SaiD! 🤬🤬🤬
Gandalf the White- You must focus on saving as many as you can. We know not when this foe could come back for us...
Drecarios Frost- I hate to say it Gandalf but you're looking at this wrong... It doesn't matter how many we save, truthfully, because everyone has to die eventually and then we all end up with her anyway... Unless we're in a universe that has a different 'death' in place
M. Sam Carter- That's not ominous at all... 😧
Hundreds of refugees surged through the gate, followed by another hundred and then even more. It was becoming a full route and slowly slipping away from a controlled diaspora... A single tear slid into the corner of the Trickster god's right eye as he watched his own people running away from an enemy.
Idun passed with her entire garden seemingly strapped to hundreds of guards. The Seidr raced in behind her, all of them grimacing and grumbling as they were forced to abandon thousands of years worth of effort and history. The Royal guards were rushing back and forth between the gate and the armoury of Asgard, hundreds of lance-rifles stacking neatly against the side of the portal whilst civilian blacksmiths, carpenters and various other tradesmen were pushed through the gate by the city guards.
Minutes of constant movement went by as Fenrir rushed back and forth between the palace and the Stargate, numerous treasures and artefacts strapped to his mighty hide. He had been loaded and unloaded thrice already and there were still more objects to obtain from the vaults. Hela was nothing if not persistent and stubborn... She would rather sacrifice herself then let Asgard's history and accomplishments be flushed down the drain.
Drecarios Frost- I am assembling a massive food package for the refugees in the short term, I have also scanned the blueprints for modular houses and will come over to Rakata Prime to create housing for everyone...
Loki Odinson- What is going to happen once we get there? It is your world and yours to rule
Drecarios Frost- Nonsense, I just put a gate on it and got some droids to make some basic buildings for storing artefacts from the world's past owners... Just view it as me giving you a massive parcel of land around the gate for the Asgardians and other peoples to own... Hell, you could probably help me look through a lot of the Rakata technology
Tony Stark- I'm here Elsa, I'll be up in a minute
Drecarios Frost- 👌
Loki shook his head at his friend's altruism whilst Fenrir completed his last trip back and forth. Jormungandr slithered through the gate as the last of the Seidr left Asgard. Hela herself, dressed with the finest artefacts that she could find within the vaults, stepped up beside him as thousands of refugees from Alfheim swarmed out of the Bifrost and straight into the Stargate.
"How many people have we sent through?" Loki asked softly as Hela settled beside him.
"We have already sent 10,000 Asgardians through, including the 200 to 300 Dwarves we have managed to save and the thousands we are now sending through from Alfheim...There is also the thousand or so Midgardians... We need to send 5 times the amount of Asgardians through to get every man, woman and child safe." The former goddess of death informed whilst watching the guards struggle to contain the sheer number of people fleeing through the gate.
"Get those last 40,000 through first." Loki commanded ruthlessly, his gaze taking on a hard edge as he watched his partner's people scrape and scramble in terror. It would seem that this 'Wanda' has also reached Alfheim.
The refugees from Alfheim slowed down to a trickle as a bright red glow impacted the Bifrost from seemingly everywhere, smacking into a dense magical barrier that buzzed in competition with whatever force was attempting to enact its will upon it. Unfortunately for Death, Yggdrasil still lived and had the combined power of 9 solar systems feeding power directly into Asgard... The Bifrost would hold for a while more before things became too bleak... Loki hoped.
"Heimdal, pivot to Vanaheim!" The guardian disconnected his sword and then stabbed it back in, changing the coordinates the bridge would land. The red glow faded immediately, the sorcerer's power fading alongside the disconnection of Asgard to Alfheim.
"That was only 15,000 people... Alfheim had at least 100,000..." Hela commented in shock.
Loki's countenance became grim.
"Yes and it seems that the horrid WITCH is chasing the Bifrost in hopes of coming here." He ground out between his teeth as another ten thousand Asgardians finished the transit to Rakata Prime, another twenty thousand waited in the background.
"My King, Vanaheim is going silent!" Heimdal boomed out as only twenty people stumbled out of the Bifrost, their bodies bloodied and torn into.
"Is there any life on Midgard left?" The king of Asgard asked.
"Surprisingly there is my King! Midgardian Seidr are fighting back against the abominations using the Dark Dimension and their realms of Hell. An entity known as Mephisto and Chthon have imbued their powers into hundreds of them and summoned demonic armies..." Awe tinged the Guardian's voice as he spoke.
"The other pantheons have all had their apocalypses start prematurely... The Greeks are in a state of civil war. The Aztecs have knelt before Death. The Shinto have assembled their entire military for a final strike towards Death's breach..." Heimdal continued.
"Wait... What is that?" The guardian questioned as tears slipped from his corneas onto his caramel cheeks.
"What is it Heimdal...?" Hela hissed out in her curiosity.
"There is an undead boy who looks no older than five and he is simply walking towards the forces of Mephisto and Chthon... He..." The guardian of the Bifrost paused for a moment or two before horror etched itself onto his face. "By the ancestors..."
"Tell us what has happened!" Loki commanded uncomfortably.
"The boy raised his hand and the two entities were erased from reality, their forms torn into millions of fragments... The demonic army is suffering the same fate, all of them having their essence purged and expunged from existence." Heimdal said as he followed his King's orders.
"We need to be gone yesterday." Loki nervously commented before turning towards the guards. "GET EVERYONE THROUGH! NOW!!!" The guards that had been trying to keep an order to the evacuation simply paled and nodded, throwing themselves through the Stargate just as a massive stampede of Asgardian citizens rushed across the rainbow bridge.
90% of Asgard's people had made it through when the Bifrost started to groan, the red light of Chaos spearing down into the massive dome surrounding the rainbow bridge and the Bifrost. This was followed closely by a massive blue-black power that turned into metaphorically physical representations of drills that slammed down into the shield and caused hundreds of cracks to spread through the shield.
Loki didn't even hesitate in pushing his sister through the Stargate as the final resistance of the Bifrost started to sizzle in the air, sharps of glass-like magic fluttering down from the sky onto the constantly pulsing rainbow bridge. Reality screeched in horror as the metaphysical constructs above the shield all merged into an enormous sword that swung upwards and then cleaved downwards.
"Heimdal we must go." Loki insistently called out as he watched the last thousand Asgardians fleeing.
"Unfortunately my king... I cannot do that... The Stargate must be burned from existence less Death chases us down..." The guardian solemnly stated whilst looking up at the sword that plunged deep through the shields and into the core of Asgard, the entire primordial landscape shuddering.
"Let me do it!" Loki roared.
"No." Heimdal pulled his sword from the Bifrost before directing it at Loki, sending a wave of power that slapped into the King of Asgard within less than a second, sending him careening towards the still open event horizon of the Stargate.
"HEIMDALLLLL!!!!" Loki thundered as the Guardian of Asgard abruptly turned and plunged the sword into the Bifrost, setting Asgard as the coordinates for the the last spurt of energy from Yggdrasil.
The effect was instantaneous and simultaneously apocalyptic. Rainbow light filled every single molecule that made Asgard and its atmosphere, the energy of every past king, every user of the Odin Force, every once living Asgardian that had been buried in the home of the Norse Gods... Was expent in one cataclysmic nano-second, just as the shield failed...
The last Loki saw of his homeland, of his home, was the entire continent sized land bursting apart into dust and shadow before the wormhole sucked him through and shunted him into the highly populated glade that Drecarios had placed his first Multiversal Stargate within.
His eyes stung in agony as he felt the hole where the power of his ancestors once rested... As the hollowness of the loss fully made itself known in the absence of the Guardian of all Asgard...
"Fuck death... I will fucking strangle her and piss on her before erasing her from existence, this I swear." He murmured to himself spitefully as a muggy wind swept his hair up into his face.
Loki Odinson- We made it... Heimdal sacrificed himself to ensure our security... Asgard is gone.
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