Scared Dumb

"Rabbit." Rocket Raccoon folded his arms. "I want it even more now. Is that weird?"

"Yeah, a little," Thor quipped.

"Fine... let's just call it a free trip." Thor shrugged.

In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, he had gained divine power, but after killing that damned father of his, he had become an ordinary man again.

After a grueling journey, they finally arrived at Nidavellir.

"Why is it so dark?" Quill asked.

"Something's wrong. The neutron star has gone out, and the star ring has frozen over," Thor said.

Everything was shrouded in darkness, without the slightest trace of light.

"Wow, looks like... the weapon that makes your body collapse is gone," Star-Lord said dramatically.

"Let's hope these dwarves are better at forging than cleaning. Maybe they realized they were living in a garbage dump in space," Rocket Raccoon muttered as he walked.

"This forge hasn't gone out for centuries."

"You said Thanos had a glove, right?" Rocket Raccoon suddenly spotted something.

A glove.

"Yeah. Why?"

"Like that one?"

The moment they saw it, the Guardians of the Galaxy were stunned.

"I am Groot." The little tree man sounded the alarm, sensing that something was wrong.

"Get back to the ship."

Thor had barely turned around when a massive shadow pounced on him. A huge flying kick sent him soaring into the distance. The other Guardians of the Galaxy did not escape either, and even Drax, the big-faced brute, was kicked away.

"Eitri, wait! Stop!"

Only then did the giant dwarf recognize the person before him. "Thor?"

"What happened here?"

It would have been better if he had not asked. The question only made Eitri more agitated.

"You were supposed to protect us. Asgard was supposed to protect us."

"Asgard was destroyed. Eitri, the glove—what did you do?"

The dwarf