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[INDENT][INDENT][COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“The Son of Odin does not submit.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor retorted his hands curling into fists, lighting rippling along each finger as the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents steadied their weapons, the red sights dividing between the right side of his chest and his head. Raising a hand to indicate the agents were to hold their fire, the supervisory agent took a step forward before removing her sunglasses as she began to massage the bridge of her nose before speaking.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“I know you’re covering the girl’s escape, what I can’t say for certain is why.”[/COLOR] She answered continuing to walk forward. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“If you don’t come with us, you’re going to leave me with no choice but to tear this city apart to find her. Agree to enter into my custody and I will give you one chance to explain yourself, if I’m satisfied with the answer, the girl will be allowed to go free. Deny my offer and I will be forced to bring you both in by force and I know for a fact that neither of us wants that.”[/COLOR] 

Placing her hand on her weapon, the supervisory agent issued her ultimatum, masking her fear as she stood within an arm’s reach of Thor. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“So what is it going to be, [I]Son of Odin[/I]?”[/COLOR]

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“You have me at a disadvantage, agent.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor retorted. [COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“You know who I am, but I do not know who you are.”[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“I am Supervisory Special Agent Julia Perry and I need your answer now, Thor.”[/COLOR]

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“I enter into your custody by my own accord.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor replied reluctantly. While he was assured that he could escape, Thor knew enough of S.H.I.E.L.D. through Blake’s memories to know that his efforts to protect June thus far would be futile if he did so. The weapons remained trained on Thor as two agents approached Thor bearing a large pair of restraints. Raising his fists, the sound of weapons cocking echoed through the empty street as the supervisory agent drew her own gun and aimed it on Thor.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Allow yourself to be restrained or our deal will be off the table.”[/COLOR] Perry ordered as Thor lowered his fists, cursing the woman as his hands were bound. 

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“SSA Perry to [i]Theseus[/i], drop the pod.”[/COLOR] Perry ordered as she pressed a pair of fingers to her ear, agents clearing the central area behind her. A series of hydraulic hisses echoed above the apartment building before a large chamber descended from the airborne vehicle above. Slowing to a halt before colliding with the asphalt below, Thor was escorted inside as Agent Perry took up the rear, her weapon remaining drawn as the pod began to rise.

The ride skywards was quick and silent. The tension in the small enclosed space was high as Thor watched his escorts’ fingers hover over the triggers of their weapons, beads of sweat visible on the exposed skin behind their goggles and helmets. The pod came to a sudden halt as the opaque hexagonal pattern turned transparent, the pair of doors sliding open as Thor was escorted into the helicarrier’s interior. 

Marched through the narrow hallways, numerous agents paused as they stood along the corridor to watch as the God of Thunder was escorted to one of the ship’s debriefing rooms. A pair of agents entered the room first before Thor was guided in and encouraged to take a seat at the table. On the side of the table, a button was activated and the restraints were drawn to the table as a strong electromagnetic field held them securely.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“We designed these in the hopes of talking to Superman, they weren’t ready by the time the Central City Incident happened.”[/COLOR] Perry said as she took a seat across from Thor. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“The Surfer did accelerate their development, however.”[/COLOR] 

Raising an eyebrow, Thor flexed his arms as he lifted his hands, the restraints easily coming away from the table before he pulled his arms apart in a shower of sparks. Clattering to the floor as Thor crossed his arms smugly, looking down at destroyed restraints before looking back up at the agent.

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“They need work.”[/B][/COLOR]

The barrel of a rifle was placed at the base of his skull as the sound of several weapons cocking reverberated in the small room. Thor raised his hands with an amused grin, indicating his lack of hostility. Standing over the seated man, Perry motioned for the agents to lower their weapons as she holstered her own and returned to her seat.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“I’ll be sure to let our R&D department know.”[/COLOR] She replied trying to cover her own unease with humor before continuing. 

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Twenty-eight years ago on the night of August 11[sup]th[/sup], 1998, an atmospheric electrical phenomenon illuminated the sky above Marville, Oklahoma.”[/COLOR] Agent Perry stated as she looked across the table at Thor. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“I believe you’re familiar with Marville, you made your first appearance there on June 13[sup]th[/sup] of this year.”[/COLOR] 

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Until today, you’ve solely appeared in Marville and in fact based on our intelligence, you only came to Star City today in order to pursue this woman-”[/COLOR] Perry paused as she placed a well-manicured finger on the center of an image of Amora projected on the surface of the table as the interface came to life, opening the ongoing file. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“-who you have seemingly allowed to escape.”[/COLOR] She added looking towards Thor. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“What I need to know is who is she to you?”[/COLOR] 

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“Dead.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor replied as he looked at the image of Amora. [COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“The woman who fled the scene is not the woman who you are currently indicating. That woman is dead.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor nodded towards Amora’s image as he continued. [COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“She was nothing more than a vengeful lich possessing an innocent victim.”[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“How can you be so sure?”[/COLOR] Agent Perry asked as Thor reached to his belt, placing Loki’s amulet on the table. When he had caught June, the necklace had fallen into his hands, due to the arrival of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor had forgotten he had pocketed it before his ‘arrest’. 

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“This was the source of the witch’s spirit, and as you can see it was destroyed during the battle.”[/B][/COLOR] He replied as Perry examined the necklace running her fingers over the craftsmanship before moving to the bridge of her nose, Perry resuming to massage it as she spoke. 

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“I’m going to level with you, Thor. The incident in Central City has a lot of the world running scared, they’re looking to the sky for saviors. New York has their heroes, a teenager who swings from buildings and a maniac with a gun. Gotham has its Bat-Man while Central City has the woman known as the Flash who along with Metropolis’ Superman were both involved with the Surfer. But if something like the Surfer happened in Los Angeles or Houston, there would no one to defend them. There’s only you active in the West, and we need to know if you’re on our side.”[/COLOR] 
 
[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“I am sworn to protect Midgard and all its people.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor replied. [COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“On that, you have my word.”[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Then, perhaps we can help each other after-”[/COLOR]

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“No mortal commands the Son of Odin.”[/B][/COLOR] Thor interrupted as he stared down the supervisory agent. [COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“I will not be a weapon of S.H.I.E.L.D., nor will I be in your debt.”[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Then perhaps allow me to extend a show of good faith. A token of our blossoming friendship.”[/COLOR] Perry replied as she held up the necklace. [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“This is not the first piece of metal we’ve come across with these markings, nor was August 11[sup]th[/sup], 1998 the first time that specific atmospheric electrical phenomenon was encountered.”[/COLOR] 

Opening another file on the surface of the table, the agent rotated an image to face Thor as he looked down at the familiar item.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Near the end of the First World War, the SSR recorded a similar phenomenon during the Battle of the Sambre. This-”[/COLOR] She nodded towards the image,  [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“-was found at the source of the phenomenon, embedded in the ground surrounded by a rune that had been burned into the soil assumably by the electrical forces present.”[/COLOR]

A smile crossed Thor’s face, the same smile he had felt in his first life when the dwarves had presented the weapon to him. His memories briefly aligned as image after image of conflict and war bombarded his mind, but the more he saw, the more his smile began to fade. Thor could feel Blake repulsed by the memories, disturbed by the bloodshed that he assumed the weapon would bring.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“For years we tried to reverse engineer the metal the axe was made from, we were never able to completely do it. We did, however, manage to replicate the forging process but only once. They made a shield to go with the axe, the pair never did end up being used together though.”[/COLOR] 

[COLOR=GOLDENROD][B]“Where is the axe now?”[/B][/COLOR] Thor asked as Perry opened communication with the bridge as she placed her hand to her ear.

[COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]“Set course for the Triskelion.”[/COLOR] She ordered before turning to address Thor, [COLOR=MEDIUMSLATEBLUE]”The axe is currently held in the safest place on Earth. S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters in Washington.”[/COLOR][/INDENT][/INDENT]
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[INDENT][INDENT]Sighing as she entered the hotel room, June placed her bag down on the floor as she inhaled the clean smelling air. After everything that had happened the first thing she wanted to do was soak her stress away in a long, hot bath. Running the water into the tub, June pulled her cell phone out of her pocket, navigating the cracked screen until she found the app she was looking for as she clicked play on her favourite playlist. Soft music filled the room as she girl disrobed, slipping into the hot water, she laid her head back, sighing contently, June closed her eyes and lost herself in the melody.

Opening her eyes sometime later, June realized she had dozed off, looking down she suddenly sat up in panic. The water was turning red as she held up her hand, the palm wide cut bleeding again as the water had softened the scab away. Scrambling out of the tub, June ran over to the nearby vanity, rinsing the cut over the sink as she used her spare hand to open the mirror, checking for anything she could use to slow the bleeding.

Closing the medicine cabinet, June suddenly became hypnotized with her own reflection as she noticed her skin looking much clearer and healthier than it had since before puberty. Absently, her free hand traced the cut before raising a bloodied finger to the mirror as June suddenly realized in horror she wasn’t controlling her arm.

The hand moved in distinct purposeful movements as the bloodied finger began to write as June tried to look away but fear held in her in place until it was too late as she realized what the mirror said, whispering under her breath.

[COLOR=SPRINGGREEN][B]“...Enchantress...”[/B][/COLOR][/INDENT][/INDENT]