Asgard, inside the resplendent Bifrost control room.
"Now, I will strip you of your divine power!"
Odin, the All-Father, looked at the tearful Thor with bitter disappointment. As his words fell, Thor's metal armor began to break apart.
But Odin's punishment was not over. He reached out, recalled Mjolnir, and continued, "In the name of my father and my grandfather, I, Odin, the All-Father, banish you!"
"Hah!"
With a roar, Odin raised Mjolnir and fired a blast of divine power, driving Thor into the Bifrost's spatial tunnel.
Disbelief filled Thor's face. Before he could react, he vanished.
Odin brought Mjolnir close to his lips and whispered, "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor!"
Then he hurled it into the Bifrost tunnel with all his strength!
On Earth.
The Ancient One had been resting with her eyes closed when they suddenly snapped open. Her gaze grew unfathomably deep as she looked up, a knowing smile appearing on her face.
"Mjolnir? Odin, you've begun grooming a successor too. But things have changed. Someone beyond time has appeared, and the future is now beyond either of our control."
A portal appeared beneath the Ancient One, and she vanished from the room in an instant.
In Mexico, the Ancient One appeared a short distance from a car. Dark clouds loomed overhead, filling the air with an oppressive feeling, as though a downpour might begin at any moment!
"I was scared! You can't blame me!"
The woman holding a stun gun explained herself to the other two. The white-haired old man leading them said helplessly, "Help me get him into the car first!"
The Ancient One did nothing from beginning to end. She simply stood nearby, calmly watching as Thor was stunned unconscious and tossed into the car.