The exiled Thor sits in a wilderness contemplating the broken Mjolnir; from limbo Don Blake is worried that the loss of the magic hammer will leave him trapped. Thor strikes the hammer on the ground and the transformation succeeds, albeit painfully. Don gathers up the broken pieces of his stick and heads to town….
Meanwhile, Balder and Loki attend a dinner at Doctor Doom’s castle, where the supervillain offers the Asgardians a place of refuge similar to their former home with guarantees of freedom and friendship. Balder is suspicious of Doom’s offer but silky-tongued Loki persuades him that the two monarchies have more in common that it might appear at first….
After Volstagg spends quite a bit of time drunkenly (and comically) bemoaning Thor’s fate, Fandral and Hogun suggest that the Warriors Three follow their leader into exile….
In Broxton, Bill Junior receives a visit at the diner from the Lady Kelda, who tells him of her imminent departure and she confesses her love for him but can’t ask him to sacrifice his home for her….
As Don sits in his room, repairing the broken stick with masking tape, he receives a vision of Loki, come to inform him that the Aesir are now departing for their new home in Latveria but actually to drop a bombshell on him: Loki claims to have just discovered that the female body he inhabits is that of the missing Lady Sif and that her human host is on the point of death, so Thor had better hurry up and find her so he can say goodbye….
Late that night, Bill comes to a decision, he drives out to Asgard, climbs into the levitating city, and joins Kelda in the transporter with a sincere, "I love you…"