Trapped in Jotunheim, Bruce Banner and
his team (Daman Veteri, Randall Jessup, Patricia Wolman), along with
Thor, are camping in the cold and weighing their options. They are
unaware that “Randall” is actually a Frost Giant under a spell of
illusion. Meanwhile, Bruce is talking to Patty who has revealed that
she is suffering from a terminal disease (Bruce guesses
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease); she explains that her plan was to support
her impoverished father by taking out a large insurance policy then
taking the highly dangerous job of working alongside Bruce Banner,
hoping to be accidentally killed by the Hulk. Bruce also mentions two
explanations for how Thor's hammer Mjolnir can detect who is worthy:
either an advanced type of nanotechnology controlling graviton
particles—or magic; Patty doesn't have time for such things....
Meanwhile, Daman has worked out a means
of using electrostatic separation to extract Eiderdurm from a
waterfall via Thor's hammer; Bruce has already thought of this (of
course). The process works and Eiderdurm is collected—then Randall
reveals himself to be a Frost Giant, punching Thor into the
waterfall. More giants arrive to storm the portal to Midgard. But
Maria Hill and Phil Coulson are heading up a band of SHIELD agents to
fight off the invaders as Melinda Leucenstern keeps the portal
open—and then Hulk steps in, rescuing Thor from the waters.
Together they hammer the ground, turning the waterfall into a river
making huge fissures in the ground which the giants drop into. Thor
then summons lighting to seal up the fissures and Hulk catches him as
he falls from the sky....
As the portal closes, Bruce and his
team hurry through and Thor shows up with the real Randall. Bruce
thanks Thor for his aid and he is is certain that Patty now has the
faith to fight for survival....