by Per Holbo
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Loki ran beside Thor for a while gunning down Yetten warriors with his eon rifle. As the Yetten soldiers came closer he had to switch weapon. First from the rifle to a smaller hand weapon and then even that wouldn´t work and he had to draw his knife which he waved in a sort of controlled frantic. It looked like some sort of dance. A dead man´s dance.
He bent his knees and cut the leg of a close by Yetten soldier, sprung his body like a jack-in-a-box and swung the knife cutting an arm and then again made a quick turn jolting the knife deep inside the body of another Yetten soldier right behind his left shoulder blade. The fight went on for what felt like hours to Loki, but was really no more than a few minutes. But even the fiercest and most agile Yetten fighting for his life and his honor has his limitations and Loki felt his strength weakening for every stroke. A somewhat small Yetten warrior had noticed this and decided to exploit Loki´s weakness with a quick series of punches to Loki´s face and neck followed by a strong kick at his knee.
During the fierce battle Loki hadn´t noticed that Thor had changed his direction, but know that his knees gave in beneath him, his eyes searched for his friend and found Thor close by the center stone. With a wry smile he noted the consequences of Thor´s plan in his mind. In a few moments the Fyrkat device would explode and Loki prepared himself for the inevitable impact.
The Yetten commander noticed the changed expression in Loki´s face and turned to look in the same direction. The commander immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and reacted accordingly. With his arms propelling around him he shoved away every obstacle as he plowed his way toward Loki. With a final jump he grabbed Loki´s arm in mid air and punched a button on his belt with his free hand. There was a whooshing sound as small flashes of lightning covered them both and their bodies dissolved just in time before the explosion from an eon grenade shattered the bubble around the center stone and a powerful burst of energy blew out in every direction.
Then everything was quiet... The only thing Loki could hear was the low pitched humming of an engine. Loki looked around and recognized the place immediately. He sighed deeply. He was on a Yetten vessel and on the wall he read the name of one of the most feared space ships in the galaxy: Brimir!