<hr/><div class="floatright">(http://static0.channels.com/thumbnails/Kenpachi-Thor--2011--Trailer-e13089120.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Name:</strong> Thor Odinson<br/><strong>Title:</strong> God of Thunder<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Asgard, Royal Family's Chambers <br/><strong>Time:</strong> Incomparable to Earth's<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> Everyone; Sif and the Warriors Three</span></span><br/><br/>Thor's heart was heavy as he escorted Loki back to Asgard that day back on Earth when he took part in the Avengers' battle against the Chitauri. He had failed to save Loki once already when his adopted brother had forced him to destroy the Bifrost Bridge, and now was taking him back to a fate that Thor could not have guessed at but knew could not possibly be good. Delivering the condemned to the authorities under his father, Thor could no longer look upon the man he once proudly called brother, retreating to his chambers and cursing himself for his failure. Both times he had clashed with his brother for the man's jealousy and madness ended with Pyrrhic victories, the loss of lives and destruction of irreplaceable material goods insurmountable. Bearing the burden of having failed to see through Loki's schemes sooner, and allowing his emotions to hold him back from dealing with Loki in a way that might have, if not saved the fool from himself, then at least saved the lives of some innocents from his rampage, like the SHIELD agent, the son of Coul, who had been slain aboard the Helicarrier while Thor had fallen into a trap thanks to Loki's trickery and nearly plunged to his death.<br/><br/>Thor did not want to see anyone, not his mother and father, nor the Warriors Three and Sif. No, that was not correct; it was more like he didn't want anyone to see him. Loki had ruined his day of glory once before, when he first enabled the Frost Giants to enter the Asgard vaults. After this latest fiasco, Thor could never look upon the legions of Asgard and believe they could see him as a worthy King. Thanks to Loki, the royal family looked like chaotic fools. It was hard to imagine one person could cause so much trouble, but Loki was always full of surprises.<br/><br/>Uncharacteristic of himself, Thor downed enough ale to put Volstagg to shame, and passed out. There was no way for him to sleep peacefully otherwise, not after his ordeals. For the second time, he had to let his duty pull him away from Jane Foster, the mortal woman who stole his heart, all because of Loki. Thor had wanted no part in the trial that would be held for Loki, nor the sentencing. He had done his part, bringing the rogue back home. He was in no position to judge Loki, having only just a few months ago been brash enough to nearly trigger a war with Jotunheim. It was up to Allfather Odin, whom Thor could only dream of living up to, to figure out a proper way to deal with Loki, whatever it may have been. Thor could feel only the smallest amount of sympathy for Loki. Even after a millennium, his younger brother was still a child.<br/><br/>It was because of his inebriated comatose state that Thor was not able to detect anything wrong. It already took the combined efforts of Earth's mightiest warriors and himself just to capture Loki, it should have been elementary to figure out that keeping him captured would take just as much, if not more, effort. By the time he heard his mother screaming, Thor's head felt like the inside of a thundercloud, and the pounding at his chamber doors certainly didn't help anything. He fell out of his bed and heard his door splitting open, voices crying out, boots crashing across the floor and his body being lifted up, then a bucket of water splashed onto his face. Thor finally had enough and lashed out, as his vision finally came into focus and he saw Hogun and Fandral shaking him, and Sif holding the bucket. He shook his head hard, trying to clear out the last of the alcohol's effects, and looked up to see Volstagg holding him up. Sif then slapped him once, then twice, and Thor finally had enough. He called Mjolnir to his hand and slammed it hard, knocking all four of his friends back and nearly destroying his bedroom floor.<br/><br/><strong>"I'm awake, damn it all!"</strong>he shouted, gasping and panting, now feeling as if he might vomit. He had no idea how similar he was being to Tony Stark on a bad day just now.<strong>"What is going on? Did I hear my mother crying out or was that a nightmare?"</strong>he had calmed down slightly now. His friends were already on their feet. Volstagg was examining the empty tankards of ale and gave an impressed whistle.<br/><br/><strong>"It's terrible!"</strong>Sif spoke up.<strong>"Your father collapsed a few minutes ago. He had not eaten anything nor had anything struck him, so it was not poison nor an attack. We don't know what it was, but his strength is decreasing rapidly. And there's something else..."</strong>she was speaking quickly, her face frantic, but Thor still caught every word.<br/><br/><strong>"...Loki is not in his prison cell."</strong>Hogun shook his head grimly.<br/><br/>Thor's heart skipped a beat. He almost knew that was what was going to be said the minute he heard about his father's blight.<br/><br/><strong>"And we appear to be missing a few artifacts from the vaults. The Tesseract in particular."</strong>Fandral sighed.<br/><br/>Thor gritted his teeth. This was the last straw. Loki had attacked Asgard before, but this was a direct attack on their father of all people, the man Loki owed his very life. The ungrateful bastard son was now trying to murder his own father. Thor no longer cared what Odin had to say about Loki, this was a declaration of war on Asgard itself, not just a mere attempt to subjugate the mortal of Earth. Thor's grip on Mjolnir was so tight the hammer began to shake, creating a small tremor in the palace.<br/><br/>Thor knew Loki could not be in Asgard any longer. The Tesseract would see to that. That meant Thor was once again stranded in Asgard. Unless his father was able to muster the strength to send Thor through the branches of the Yggdrasil, he would be powerless to fight against Loki again. And Thor was going to make sure that this was the very last time he would have to clash with his dishonored kin.<br/><br/>He cast Mjolnir upward, crashing through the roof of his chambers and leaving his friends behind, this conflict too personal to allow for any but himself to be involved, and too urgent for him to travel any slower. He burst into his parents' chambers, his mother distraught as Odin lay in the special bed in which he rested in the Odinsleep. Odin was unconscious, but not still. He trembled, his mouth open and breathing labored. Thor could almost see the life draining out of his father. What was causing this? He looked to his mother but she was just as confused as he. Without Odin to use the dark energy that sent Thor back to Earth during Loki's invasion, Thor was trapped in his own home.