...6:10 PM...

"Wait here," I said.

Thor is aw-struck by the decorations on the wall to the hall.

"I never seen this part of the castle," Thor notes.

"Only the king and those he trusts can enter it," I said, leaving Thor to his very intrigued session on the decorations.

The hall itself is protected under a spell that prevents anything from destroying it. No, it is nothing like Odin's vault because that is a room with a staircase leading to a room with several important items to Asgard. I continue my way out of the hall taking several different turns. I came back into the normal section of the castle. The castle trembles from side to side letting loose discarded items out or off their places. I use the wall as my balance support. One of the blasts from the Dark Elves machine outside had struck a part of the tall tube parts resembling that many Midgardians can compare to pipes on a certain kind of piano called the Organ. Why that is wordy to explain but I really do not know how to refer to them. Towers might be the go-to option for most people except for those who want to be correct referring to individual parts of buildings.

It is not hard to guess which one of these people I am.

I came across the guards I dismissed from the throne room.

"You know how Midgardians fought with their machinery and trenches?" I ask.

"Yes," The 2nd guard said.

"Including ants fighting against intruders," I add.

"We do," The 3rd guard said.

"Use a mix of both," I said. "But without the trenches. You must not make a sound when the reinforcements for the Dark Elves come in. It is the element of surprise we have over the Dark Elves. We know Asgard better than them."

I see a glint in their eyes.

The guards nod and then leave except for one.

The one and only Tenar.

"All-Father," Tenar said. "I am curious if you did order all the children be taken to a building away from the fighting."

Why yes, Knight had gone over board to help the people.

"I did," I lied.

"...But why send The All-Mother?" Tenar asks.

"You know how Knight is," I remind Tenar. "She doesn't want to stand around doing nothing when there are children's lives in stake during a battle."

Tenar nods with a look of realization on his face.

"I understand, All-Father," Tenar said.

"...But I am curious," I said. "How fortified is the building?"

"Picture the thorns from the 'Sleeping Beauty' cartoon movie except every slice taken off is replaced," Tenar said. "Unfortunately I had to see this movie numerous times because Knight and the others love it."

Go figure; Knight loved the movie 'Maleficent'-I only know of this because one thread house during my Wattpadheim days I saw Knight be in a discussion about the movie in the Cafe State-even though it is a stand alone. I nod because I also know about the cartoon movie 'Sleeping Beauty' only once so Tenar probably knows more about the film than I do.

Tenar follows after the other guards.

I resume my walk lasting five minutes. I came to a halt beside a out of place bookshelf. I tilt a small volumed book outwards. The bookshelf slides to the side making an entrance to a large library. Jane is at a table reading one of Odin's great books probably the chapter involving the Aether. I walk into the seemingly ancient room. Jane looks up from the book appearing to be confused yet more aware. I can not exactly pinpoint which kind of 'aware' is on Jane's face but it is there.

"I know what it can do," Jane said. "I can't believe the portal lead me to this."

"It wasn't just the portal that lead you," I said. "It was your fate."

"Fate has nothing to do with my problem," Jane said.

"Why Jane, it has everything to do with the Aether being inside you," I come over to Jane. "You remember the story I told you leading up to Wattpadheim?" Jane nods. "Remember; I have been through this before, somewhat, and I know someone who can end Malekith."

"What do you mean by somewhat?" Jane asks.

"This is a different timeline," I said. "Or you can call this an Alternate Universe if you like."

"Just how alternate is this?" Jane asks.

I sigh.

"Odin and Frigga," I said, in a low voice. "They did not die the first time."

"So it is very alternate," Jane said.

I slowly nod.

"It is," I said. "I helped Thor with a plan to draw Malekith out into the city limits blocking any sort of technology being Dark Elves from being useful and gave a fighting square for Thor to finish off Malekith using the ship against him."

"...A whole ship," Jane said, with eyes wide.

"Yes," I said, with a nod. "It crushed Malekith."

"Are you talking about a spaceship or a boat on the water?" Jane asks.

"A spaceship," I said. "I have someone who can help and this time the fight is not going to be held in the city limits of Asgard." The book closes on its own. "Jane, about Wattpadheim...do you recall what I told you about the Thor in that timeline?"

"I do," Jane said. "He sounded like a big teddy bear."

"That he is,really," I said. "But more docile than frightening."

"...So what about him?" Jane asks.

"You are going to meet my Thor," I said.

At first Jane is skeptical.

"That is not possible," Jane said. "You can't just take another Thor while the one of this universe still lives."

I laugh.

"I am well aware of that," I said. But Jane does not know her version of Thor is dead. I want to tell the news shortly after introducing her to someone she should have met three years ago. "Why not use what is willing to help? " I walk back to the entrance then look over my shoulder towards Jane. "Thor is not going to wait all day."