Amidst the tears of the past, you will have a glimpse of the future

Frigga smiled towards Freya and pointed to the unwanted guest. "I leave Hades in your care..."

Freya nodded and quickly understood the situation.

Hades was not welcome.

In a simple order all the valkyries were in attack position and soon after they concentrated around Hades.

He was being completely forced out of there.

Simply run away cowardly.

Hades didn't have much power within the realm of other gods and all he could do was get away.

If he remained, he would not only be decimated, but he would also not have any kind of help from Olympus.

Odin was too important to be seen as an enemy and Zeus would just ignore the situation as if it had never happened.

Thoroughly pissed off, all he could do was whine once more for missing the opportunity to win Hela.

For a long time, all he wanted was to have all the underworlds in his domains, but something always came up that stopped him.

First, the unreasonable punishment against Hela...

... And now Ina should also be seen as a problem.

Really annoying.

Hela couldn't help feeling relieved to finally see Hades gone.

Freya smiled happily and grabbed Hela for a strong hug.

The serious pose wouldn't last long when she was around her small child.

Hela to her was like a daughter.

"Child, you took so long to visit us..."

Despite feeling slightly suffocated, Hela smiled a little awkwardly and simply surrendered to the hug. "I was busy, sorry..."

Well, it was pretty obvious that Hela hadn't shown up because she was trapped, but that wasn't much more than a tiny detail.

Freya was like a mother, mother of all.

Some might even easily think that she would be Odin's female reflection, but the truth was that she and Odin were one in the beginning.

The same person originating two others.

And just as they were the same, they were different.

Hela didn't have bad feelings about Odin and much was due to that.

After all, it seemed logical to think that Freya had feelings similar to Odin and vice versa.

On some level Odin might have some kind of similar affection for Hela.

Freya was especially excited, she never thought her little Hela would ever get married. "I heard you got married, bring the girl here we should meet her!"

Hela smiled and nodded, when Ina was finally immortal again they could visit Asgard or wherever.

No fear or apprehensions.

"Yes I'll do it..."

Frigga, who stood beside Odin, smiled, satisfied with the conversation between the other two women, but that was not the reason for the meeting.

This was not a simple reunion. "Good... Now that we're all gathered, we should talk about the reason for the meeting."

Loki, who had been sitting on the ground for all that time, finally got up in just one jump. "Yea!"

He wasn't easily shaken, it didn't matter if the problem was Hades or himself.

Details, everything was just mere details.

He got up, briefly cleaning his clothes of any dirt and walked smoothly towards Freya.

Which made him side by side with Hela.

Meanwhile, Frigga kept talking. "It's no secret to us that Odin is unhealthy... The cure is Hela's heart."

Freya who listened to that just laughed in complete disbelief. "Insanity."

The idea of using Hela's heart was simply inconceivable to her.

Hela, who couldn't do much more than simply agree, just nodded in surrender to the circumstances.

"It's already decided..."

"..."

Freya stared at Hela full of confusion and anger.

For Hela to hear Freya's worried sigh was something that truly bothered her.

But what could she do?!

"Does your wife already know?"

Hela nodded. "Yea."

Freya kept silent and just nodded, she couldn't do much either.

Frigga couldn't hide her relief to know that Ina was aware of what was happening, it would be really unfortunate if she found out only when it was too late.

"Great, let's do it now then."

Odin finally got up from the throne and next to him was Frigga.

The two walked to a side door and just waved for everyone else to follow.

Freya went first and Loki soon followed.

Hela sighed a little restlessly, her thoughts on Ina.

She feared what might happen after losing her heart's vitality, but there could be no regrets.

She couldn't look back.

Just move on.

She lifted her gaze again and walked steadily towards the door, Loki watching her patiently.

He reached out his hand to his daughter and despite their disagreements Hela reciprocated.

Loki smiled and whispered. "You'll only understand why I did everything when you see the end of this story... Until then, do what your heart tells you... Understood, Hela?"

Hela could feel the light grip on her hand and it seemed impossible not to smile.

She at that moment boiled down to little Hela who watched her father.

Well, he was her father after all... Yes, we were all family after all.

Shyly she nodded and walked with Loki into the room. "OK..."

When they finally entered the room they could see the huge staircase.

Silently everyone walked up and it was only possible to hear their footsteps as they gradually climbed each step.

The route took a little more than two minutes until a blue light finally appeared, demonstrating that the final destination had arrived.

Hela couldn't contain the feeling of wonder when she saw the highest part of Yggdrasil, the tree that connected all the worlds... Yes, that was the highest part of her that touched the Sun and the Moon.

She had already seen many other parts of Yggdrasil, but mostly the deep roots amid the dense darkness of Niflheim.

It was breathtaking to see how bright and illuminated that place was... Hela hoped that one day Ina would finally be able to see that place.

Yes one day.

There was a Völva ready to perform all the ritual necessary for Odin and Hela to remove and unite hearts.

The woman held leaves covered in oil and burning to create the smoke needed for the ritual.

Odin calmly sat down on the ground and Hela did the same, the two were facing each other and they were staring at each other filled with apprehension about what was to come.

Loki, Frigga and Freya just watched, already aware that they could not interfere.

The Völva was Odin's trusted shaman and she would take care of everything creating the necessary bonds between them and the unknown.

"... I call to Odin... Son of Borr and Bestla... I call to Ymer the first of all... Born in Ginungagap amid the heat of Muspelheim and through the ice of Niflheim.... You made of the drops of crystal clear water your existence... I beg for your blessings..."

The woman babbled and sang as she walked around Hela and Odin.

In circles it maintained its trajectory, steady and steady.

Until finally Hela could see her mind blank and her vision blurry.

Gradually she could see the light being taken over by Niflheim's usual darkness and the roots of Yggdrasil that seemed so far away abruptly appeared as if they were invading an ominous and unknown territory.

Hela filled her lungs with air and despite feeling the lightness of the air her entire body felt enveloped in water.

She felt like she was sinking.

Valkyries appeared on the horizon using armor and weapons, they faced the direction where Hela was and in a few moments they ran to attack her.

Völva's voice came up again.

"... Show me the reason we fight... Show Hela the way to go and Odin the wisdom to deal with his pain..."

The valkyries didn't care what the Völva said, they kept running and Hela couldn't do anything but watch as they approached.

Hela could hear the sound of crying and agony, but when she looked to the side, she was faced with the image of Odin covered in blood and about to die.

The valkyries that used to run, were now all lying lifeless on the ground...

There are a few steps away from Odin and Hela.

"... Show the future, the fruit of the past... The pains and the glories..."

Hela could finally feel that she was no longer surrounded by water, her body was hot and her face covered in sweat... The world around her was devastated.

Yes, they were still in Asgard, but it was as if Niflheim had taken over everything and was spreading like a disease.

Souls ran desperately, lost amidst the immensity of darkness in their hearts.

The warriors once filled with glory had been taken by dishonor and misery.

Hela looked at all that filled with amazement and everything just seemed to get worse especially when she finally realized that she was holding a dagger and it was stuck in Odin's chest.

Blood flowed and Odin struggled to defend himself, but it was in vain.

He didn't have the strength.

Hela could see Thor approaching enraged and even Frigga and Freya were with him until they disappeared like dust, a black mist took over everything making them disappear and in the middle of it was Hades.

He killed everyone who crossed his path.

It wasn't long before Hela was finally taken over by the mist and there was nothing but darkness.

Finally there was silence, people were no longer fighting and walking was like stepping on feathers.

Hela could see a beautiful peach tree in front of her.

She desperately ran in the expectation of finding Ina again, but all she could see was the small jewel given by Chronos hanging on one of the branches.

Hela couldn't bear to see that and started punching and kicking the tree, completely lost in her own senses... Until finally an unknown voice came out.

"The fruit of the past is the tears and blood of warriors covered in dishonor, darkness will take Valhalla and the rotten-hearted witch will fight not to drown in wails... The nightmare will come true when the witch does not know how to differentiate traces of reason in the midst of her madness and thus Ragnarok will begin after the sound of the trumpet..."