<br/><hr/><div class="floatleft">(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> Odin Allfather, Frigga</span></span><br/><br/>Thor remained by his father's bedside for at least an hour, his mother joining him, weeping softly and squeezing his hand, hoping he would wake. Thor had been gritting his teeth so hard he might have chipped a tooth if Odin hadn't suddenly sat up and gasped loudly, causing Thor to cry out and jump back. Odin's hand found its way to Thor's shoulder and pulled him forward, though after that brief show of fortitude, Thor felt all strength drain away from his father's arm.<br/><br/><strong>"Thor..."</strong>Odin wheezed, coughing.<strong>"Listen well..."</strong><br/><br/>Thor nodded and leaned close as his father relayed to him what had happened to him. Although his life was not in peril, he was now as infirm as a mortal who had reached the age Odin would appear to be. His greatest weapon was in Loki's hands, as well as several others, the Tesseract among them. Loki had poisoned Yggdrasil, the World's Tree, to which the Allfather had been connected, and thus leaving him crippled like this. The worst part was, without the Tesseract or the Bifrost, traveling between the worlds would be even more precarious than before when he had sent Thor to aid the Avengers. He was unable to sense where Loki had gone, and as Loki could now walk freely between the Nine Realms as he pleased, that was costly. However, he believed, as Thor did, that Loki was not finished with Midgard, the realm of the mortals of Earth, and that he would be there wanting to finish what he had started.<br/><br/>Odin asked Frigga, his wife, to leave them as he prepared to send their son back through the void created using Dark Energy so he could return to Earth. In his weakened state, and with the unstable condition of the Yggdrasil, it was going to be must riskier than the last time, and Thor would have little control over where he exited the wormhole. Time was of the essence, so there was none to prepare. Odin barely had time to warn Thor that much like the last time, Loki would not be acting alone. Thor wasn't sure what that meant, whether he intended to reform his alliance with the Chitauri or some other foreign army. With that last cryptic clue, Odin sent what was now his only son into the darkness and could do naught but hope that he could reach the light at the other end.<br/><br/>Thor felt his body lighten, a much different sensation than that of flight when he held Mjolnir skyward and commanded it to soar. The equivalent of many G's of force were now pulling at him as he watched his father's grim visage fade to black and he was immersed in the artificial wormhole. Traveling between dimensions in this fashion was intended only as a last resort and he had honestly hoped this would be the last time he would ever have to endure it. It was much worse this time-he had no sense of direction, every which way he believed he was turning still made him feel like he was upside-down. The air was thin and biting cold, and he was losing sensation in much of his body. Perhaps his father had failed and he was falling to his death. He would never again lay eyes upon his beloved Jane Foster, then...and she would never know what had happened to him. He would be breaking his promise to her, yet again.<br/><br/>NO!<br/><br/>Thor cried out, casting Mjolnir upward and demanding the forces of nature to send him his namesake, the furious thunder that made others see him as a god, and it was so. Mjolnir was struck by bolts of lightning from seemingly nowhere, and Thor felt energized again. It was short-lived but it gave him reason and meaning, motivated him not to give up and to believe in his father. From out of the darkness came dark-grey clouds and Thor knew he was coming out, somewhere, anywhere, and hoping it was on Earth. He didn't care where, he just needed to feel that familiar air and ground beneath his feet. The place where Jane, and the rest of his friends, lived. And then the light was upon him, so great and blinding, he momentarily lost consciousness. In the few seconds before he blacked out, however, he could see a chain of islands surrounded by waters. He couldn't have been completely certain, but the relieved look upon his face meant he believed he had, somehow, made it back to Earth in one piece.