At a New York City daycare, a gunman is demanding an
audience with Thor or he will start killing the children. The police have the
place surrounded and a crowd has formed. Then Thor arrives and things go quiet.
He is apprised of the situation by Detective Brady O’Neill and then Thor hurls
Mjolnir up into the air and it comes down through the roof of the daycare,
creating a barrier between the gunman and the children. Thor seizes the man who
claims to be Heimdall under an enchantment by Loki, demanding to be taken to
Asgard so he can prove his claim. Thor walks him out but instead of handing him
over to the police, Thor flies off to Asgard….
At a military base, soldiers in hazmat gear are moving the
huge box containing the Destroyer armor. The cowardly and insecure Colonel
Preston Case, against all warnings, touches the box and it explodes….
Back at the daycare, EMT Jake Olson is looking forward to
dinner with his fiancée when a call comes in about a disruption at the docks
and he dreads informing Hannah….
In Hel, Volla the Prophetess informs Hela, Goddess of Death,
that Thor will soon be in her realm, fulfilling one of her greatest desires….
Thor arrives in the ruins of Asgard where the gunman breaks
down in awe, confessing he is not Heimdall but a mortal man, and he apologizes.
Thor erupts in anger, hurling Mjolnir through the wreckage of the Golden Realm,
confessing that it was only his sense of loss that prompted him to believe the
man. He discovers one of Loki’s arrows, recalling an incident from his
childhood and mourning the loss of the gods. Thor returns the man to Earth
while, behind him, something has been freed by his thrown hammer….
Jake Olson and his partner Demitrius Collins are racing to
the emergency on the docks when he calls his fiancée Hannah Fairmont to tell
her he will miss dinner; Hannah takes it philosophically but her daughter
Amanda is annoyed….
Thor delivers the gunman to the hospital where he meets Jane Foster, discovering she is now a doctor. She tells him of the Avengers in
battle at the docks and he immediately flies there. The Avengers (Captain America, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, and Hawkeye) are helping evacuate the
disaster area when the Destroyer steps out of the fires. The heroes attack.
Meanwhile, Jake Olson is able to revive a patient after Demitrius has told him
to give up. Cap directs Thor and Iron Man to hit the Destroyer hard simultaneously.
They do but they are repelled by the monster, animated by Colonel Case,
exulting in his newfound power. Hawkeye
protects Wanda from a blast then Cap uses his shield to cover them. Then Thor
jumps in and starts hammering the Destroyer with everything he’s got. Jake
finds a woman trapped under the wreckage of a car and tries pulling her out and
hurrying her to safety. Thor calls down a massive storm on the Destroyer;
Scarlet Witch casts a spell of protection over the Avengers; Thor orders the
Destroyer to fall—but he doesn’t. The monster armor, inhabited by a gloating
Case, beats Thor brutally then opens his visor and unleashes the heat blast.
The Avengers rush over to find Thor burned and seemingly dead….
Characters: Thor, Jake Olson, Demitrius Collins, Amanda Fairmont, Hela, Volla, Jane Foster, Avengers, Cap, Iron Man,
Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, Destroyer,