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The battle raged on, but in the chaos, Loki had slipped away unnoticed. When Thor finally realized it, it was too late.

A scream pierced the frigid air. Thor turned just in time to see Loki standing over Jane, his dagger pressed against her throat. 

"Surrender, dear brother, and I will spare her," Loki taunted.

By this time Liam and his co-ops had taken down almost all of the Frost Giants. Even the Ultra frost giants had been down, thanks to BT and Tony, while Liam took down most using his fire magic and wraith abilities. His sword was super effective as it seemed to be burning on fire all the time while Liam himself moved way too fast for the frost giants to keep up. The most ineffective was probably Natasha. She did her best but was injured at the end, and Fandral had to carry her out of the battlefield.

She was angry with herself but then again, open battlefield wasn't her forte and this time she was facing against Frost Giants, who couldn't be easily killed by one electric shock. Fury had been watching all of this and he was more than happy with what he saw. The World Council had allowed the Avengers to showcase their power and they did with frightful efficiency. 

Liam and Tony had been their start performers. He had dreamt of having his dream team since the Skrull and Kree incident and now that it had come to fruition, he almost had happy tears. Though he was unsure of why Liam had elemental magic that seemed to be coming out of fiction, he was glad that he had. His abilities over fire and earth helped them to win against the Frost Giants. 

But now everything was on hinge once he saw Loki taking away Jane. He cursed himself for not taking away Jane from this place altogether. He didn't expect that Loki would know so much of what was going on. 

Thor, who was battered and bruised from fighting with nothing but his fists, hesitated. He looked on to Jane, as blood and freeze could be seen in his many parts of his own body. The moment when Loki held Jane, his fingers had a spark. Nobody noticed it but Liam did as he stood on one side, with Tony floating nearby. 

His repulsors were ready to take down Loki and so was the bow of Barton and Liam. Thor looked beaten and tired as he looked at the crying face of Jane. He had already decided. 

"Don't you dare hurt her.. I surrender.." Thor said. 

"Ah, brother, how predictable. But I never said I would let her live." Loki grinned as he raised his dagger to strike. It was then when everyone heard a loud boom. A boom created by lightning. The overhead clouds suddenly seemed to come to live as lightning flashed. Liam had a smile on his face when he saw that. 

The boom that was first heard seemed to resonate once more, but this time it was louder. Loki seemed to realize what this was and promptly went to stab Jane on her chest but before his dagger could touch Jane, he was hit by a hammer on the face which led to Loki being blasting away separating Jane and Loki. 

The hammer flew towards Thor with incredible speed. And as Mjolnir returned to the hands of Thor, his attire changed. Power surged through him once more, his armor forming around him in a burst of lightning.

Their beloved champion was back. 

"Does his mother know that he wears her drapes?" Tony commented.

"He did save his sweet girlfriend's life. He can steal whatever he wants." Liam said. Meanwhile, Thor's eyes burned with renewed fury as the clouds above swirled violently. He looked at Loki who was only a few yards away getting up from the rubble. 

"Well... that's unfortunate." Loki said as he looked at Thor. 

He lifted his dagger high up and surprisingly the Bifrost opened and Loki was sucked in. 

"You are NOT going anywhere." Thor shouted and before the Bifrost could close, he went inside and instantly both of them disappeared. 

"THOR.." Jane shouted but the only thing that remained was the pattern of Rainbow Bridge on the ground. Liam didn't expect to see such an abrupt ending but it was for the best. Best to have this kind of fight at their own home. The Warrior Three were also taken aback by this sudden change but they were also happy to see their old friend back in full glory. 

"Let's get rid of the remaining ones" Liam said as he looked at the remaining Frost Giants who now seemed to be trembling. 

"The one with the most kills will treat the other to a unlimited tacos." Tony said. 

"I took down enemies in larger numbers." 

"And I took down the bigger ones." Tony retorted back as both of them lunged into the hopeless Frost Giants. 

Liam surged forward, his movements a blur as molten fire licked at his fingertips. With a flick of his wrist, a blazing arc of flames carved through the battlefield— Bombardier. Liam kicked at one of the Frost Giants who was gearing for a fight against Liam. He was instantly knocked back and then burst into flames. This made the other Frost Giants to get knocked back too, but Liam wasn't done.

As they scrambled to rise, he leaped into the air, conjuring Fusillade, sending multiple burning projectiles raining down on the cowering giants. 

"You know, for someone who throws rocks and fire, you sure do like making things explode!" Tony said as he also summoned a ball of fire and killing the other Frost Giants. 

Liam grinned inside his mask, landing with a Rage Slice, his flaming sword slashing through ice-blue flesh like butter.

One of the remaining Frost Giants roared, slamming a massive ice-covered fist into the ground, sending a surge of frozen spikes toward Liam. He responded by stomping his foot, channeling Up and Away, launching himself high into the air while earthen spikes erupted beneath the enemy, impaling it. Up and away was one of the few water based magic that he could use here. Using water based magic would have been useless against these frost giants.

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