54 - Fixing Loose Ends ( 2 )

When Atreus saw Hraesvelgr, he practically jumped with joy, '' Dad, can I pet her?''

Kratos looked at the eagle, '' Why don't you ask her?''

''She speaks the language of giants. You should know a little, like an instinct, so try it.'' Mimir added. If Atreus spoke the language he normally spoke, Hraselved wouldn't understand.

Atreus hesitated a little but tried, '' μπορείς να με ακούσεις?''

Leaving Atreus and Hræsvelgr 'talking', Poseidon looked at Mimir, '' Any ideas of how we can evacuate the 9 realms faster?''

Mimir shook his head, '' None. This is a situation where no matter what you do, you lose. The most we can do right now is take out all the people important to you, and make sure they are okay.''

When Mimir mentioned important people, his face contorted. Poseidon understood quickly, ' His girlfriend is still out there... if I'm not mistaken, she was a Valkyrie.'

It seems that Freya, who was standing next to Baldur, also heard and noticed Mimir's expression, "Sigrún is fine. She's probably waiting to see you. Have you thought about what to say when you meet her again?''

Mimir scratched his head, ''Although I am the smartest man in this realm, even I don't have answers for everything.''

This made Poseidon let out a small laugh, '' As long as your loved one is involved, we all turn into fools.''

At this point, Atreus finished talking with Hræsvelgr and was petting the eagle. Poseidon looked around and saw everyone was ready to leave, '' Let's go.''

Climibin onto Hræsvelgr back alongside everyone, Poseidon pointed in the direction of Laufey's house, '' Go in that direction until we say to stop.''

As Poseidon didn't have Ratatoskr as a translator, Mimir was the one who said that in the Giant language.

When Mimir finished talking, Hræsvelgr took flight.

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A few minutes later, Poseidon and his group arrived at Laufey's house. Poseidon looked at Baldur, '' Listen, you helped kill someone important to the people inside the house. I'll explain your situation to them, but please don't do anything stupid.''

Baldur was a crazy one, and even though he was able to feel again, centuries without being able to feel anything made his action became unpredictable

Freya was the one who said something, '' Don't worry. I'll protect him.''

Even though Freya managed to make Baldur talk to her, she knew she had a long way until he forgave her, so Freya wanted to prove to him she had changed.

Poseidon sighed, '' Okay... Hephaestus, enter first. Pandora must be anxious.''

Hræsvelgr had already landed and was on standby near the house. The whole group was waiting for Hephaestus to enter. The God of Forges took a deep breath and opened the door, '' I'm back.''

What happened next was Pandora rushing and hugging her 'father' while the rest of the Greek Gods also were happy to see Hephaestus again. The atmosphere was nice until Pandora noted Baldur here. She instantly entered battle mode, '' What the fuck is he doing here!?''

Freya, as she said she would, entered in front of Baldur. Poseidon, even though he knew Baldur deserved some kind of punishment, said on his behalf, '' Before you do anything, let's enter. The situation is not good and we need all help we can get.''

Although Pandora didn't trust Baldur, she trusted Poseidon and based on the reaction of Kratos, Atreus, and even Hephaestus, she knew something was wrong.

Pandora stood aside and let everyone enter the house. '' Thank you.'' Poseidon thanked her.

After everyone was inside, Poseidon sighed, '' We have huge trouble in our hands...''

30 MINUTES LATER

After explaining everything about Baldur, Odin, Cthulhu, Chaos, the power boost inside the Chaos, and the destruction of the Norse Realm, the entire house was silent.

'' So we have 5 days to get out of here. Will we have enough time?'' Pandora asked.

'' Probably. The only worrying thing right now is the evacuation of all the residents of the nine realms. And the Chaos invasion, but as of now, I still haven't sensed their presence on Midgard. Which means that they haven't invaded here yet, or that someone has already defeated them.'' Poseidon thought of some creatures that might have protected Midgard, ' Jörmungandr is my best guess.'

Hestia, who hadn't said anything until now, sighed, '' Looks like our Realm will be the last to exist.''

When Hestia said this, Poseidon remembered what Cthulhu had said, 'It won't be possible to rebuild the destroyed Realms...?'

Wanting to know the opinion of the others, Poseidon told everyone what Cthulhu told him.

This made everyone seem to think. Mimir was the first to speak, '' Since we know little about Chaos and this is the first time we have the destruction of an entire realm, that Chaos being may have actually spoken the truth.''

'''But our realm was destroyed once, and we managed to rebuild.'' Iris said, going against Mimir's theory.

"The way it was destroyed was the same as the others?'' Iris shook her head at Mimir's question, '' Then we have to take into consideration what that being said. And if it's true ... only one Realm would exist.''

No matter what the house talked about, it all ended with even worse predictions. In the middle of it, Freya said, '' So, I know we have a big problem, but don't forget what you asked me to do... Who is Laufey?''

'' That would be me.'' Laufey raised her hand. She was the only one resting on the bed.

Freya nodded and went to the Giant's side, with Kratos just behind. Taking Laufey's hand, Freya closed her eyes. Seconds later, she opened them again.

'' And? Is there any way to cure her?'' Kratos asked with anxiety in his voice.

Freya had a blank face. Kratos was already expecting the worst, when Freya said, '' Yes. In two days she should be fine. Better yet, she'll have the strength to fight again.''

Everyone in the house who knew Laufye sighed in relief. Freya asked Kratos, '' Do you have a place for me to make the potion?''

Kratos led Freya to the place where they were heating the food. Freya then pulled a pot/cauldron from her things, '' Go make a fire for me while I get the necessary ingredients.''

Kratos nodded and Freya left the house. Poseidon took the opportunity and went to talk to Kratos, '' Laufey will be okay.''

'' ... At least some good news.'' Poseidon could tell that Kratos was down.

'' What happened?''

Kratos hesitated, but decided to speak, '' It seems that wherever I go, tragedy follows. First, it was the Greek Realm, then I passed the Egyptian Realm and it was destroyed shortly thereafter. And now the Norse realm...''

'' You know it's not your fault, it was just a coincidence. Besides, our Realm is still standing.'' Poseidon tried to comfort Kratos.

''But for how long? You know Chaos won't stop. One day or another they will attack the Greek Realm. And when they do, will the Realm be able to stand?''

What Kratos said was already taken into consideration by Poseidon, who said with a smile, ''Don't worry about it. I have a plan!''

Poseidon was lying. He was as lost as the rest of them.

When Poseidon finished speaking, Freya returned, ''I have the ingredients. She asked Kratos and Poseidon to step aside and let her make the potion.''

Now it was just a matter of waiting. Poseidon then picked up the communicator and called Athena. It didn't take long for Athena to answer, '' Poseidon?''

''Yes, my love. It's me.''

'' We finally got word from you! Pandora said you'd gone to rescue Hephaestus's soul... How did it go?''

''We did it. Hephaestus is back!''

Athena sighed in relief at the other end, '' That's good.''

'' But... I have bad news.'' Poseidon didn't want to say anything, but if they could somehow prepare for what was coming, maybe they would have got a chance.

'' Say it.'' Athena went into strategist mode.

Poseidon spent the next few minutes explaining all that happened in the Norse Realm.

'' And based on what Cthulhu, the supposed leader of Chaos, said, the Realms that Chaos destroyed can't be rebuilt.'' When Poseidon said that, he noted Athena went quiet.

He added, '' But it seems you already knew something about it.''

'' Yes. We send an expedition to the ruins of the Egyptian realm, to see the state and confirm something. But... it can't be rebuilt.''

'' ... Why?''

'' The place where the Realm should've been... has transformed in the Between the Realms. We can't rebuild something that isn't there.''

'' Fuck.''

'' Yes, our situation isn't looking good.'' Even Athena, who tried to think of all variables was caught off guard by that, ' And we didn't even find a portal to test my theory we could get strong inside Chaos.'

'' Love, I forgot to tell you something. When I fought Cthulhu this time, I entered Chaos.''

When Athena heard that her eyes lit up, '' And? You felt anything different?''

She knew something was strange seeing that Poseidon was able to speak so soon after a fight with Cthulhu, ' The last time they fought, he lost in 2 moves. No, sorry, they fought to a draw.'

'' Yes. I got strong enough to injure Cthulhu.''

'' ... It seems we have a fighting chance.''

'' You thought of something?''

'' Yes, but first you have to save those who want to be saved in the Norse Realm. When you arrive here, we can discuss things better. Bye, my love.''

'' See you soon.''

After putting the communicator aside, Poseidon had a lot to think about, ' It seems Athena could think of something. I just hope we will be able to defend against Chaos.''

Poseidon then heard Freya say, '' I finished it.''

Freya took out a green liquid from her cauldron and gave it to Laufey, '' Drink this and rest. When you wake up, you should be 100% again.''

'' Thank you.'' Laufey was trembling when she held the cup in her hands. She gulped down in one go.

'' Now rest.''

Laufey nodded and went to sleep. The rest of the group went outside to talk and not disturb Laufey's rest.

'' Now what?'' Atreus asked. The boy was petting Hræsvelgr.

Poseidon said, '' We wait until Ratatoskr comes to us. But before that, Freya, let's recover your wings.''

This caught Freya off guard, '' ... What did you say?''

'' The way you're now can't be considered good.WHen you recover your wings, you can protect yourself.''

''That's not the problem. How do you know where my wing are?'' Freya was confused. ' Odin isn't someone to tell people about things like this.'

'' Oh, I know many other things.'' Thinking of the future, Poseidon started to give instructions to the people, '' Now that Laufey is getting better, let's fix the loose ends here.''

Recalling the event of the games, Poseidon looked at Kratos, '' Somewhere in that direction, exists a Blue Dwarf named Brok. He created the Leviathan Axe. Go grab him and bring him here. Take Hephaestus with you.''

Kratos nodded. He went beside Atreus, '' Ill be right back.''

Atreus nodded. Kratos and Hephaestus went their way.

Poseidon continued. This time he looked at Mimir, '' Tyr is alive. Odin is keeping him locked in Niflheim, alongside other prisoners of Odin. Get him out of there.''

Mimir was beyond shocked. '' How do you know about this?''

'' Again, I know of things no one should know. Go with Iris. As Odin is currently missing, he shouldn't be there.''

Even with a lot of doubts in mind, Mimir decided to trust Poseidon. He and Iris departed.

Now only Pandora, Isis, Atreus, Hestia, and Freya remained. Hræsvelgr didn't count because Poseidon will use it as a mount and Baldur... well, Baldur is Baldur.

'' Pandora and Atreus.'' Poseidon pointed west, '' In that direction there is a place called Lake of Nine. Inside there lies Jörmungandr, a powerful Giant ally. Go talk to him, and explain all of what is happening. He should listen to you.Go.''

Atreus and Pandora nodded and went their way.

'' Hestia and Iris, both of you stay and guard Laufey.'' Poseidon gave Hestia his shield, '' Im counting on you. And take care of ... him.''

Poseidon pointed at Baldur.

''Don't worry.'' Hestia took the shield and nodded to Poseidon.

Isis approached Poseidon and said in a small voice, '' Be careful.''

Poseidon nodded. Then, Hestia and Isis entered the house alongise Baldur, who was somehow calm.

Now only Poseidon and Freya were left, '' Now, let's get your wings back!''