Ezekiel was with Hela who was currently dressed in her 'fighting' outfit, which was basically a black and green body suit that hugged her body. While it didn't look like much on the outside, Ezekiel knew it was incredibly protective. Not only was it packed with an armor weave, it was also covered in protective runes and enchantments. It was so powerful that Ezekiel was positive it could easily withstand a nuclear blast and Hela would be fine.
Ezekiel focused on Hela as he asked for a final time, "Are you sure you wanna do this?"
"Yes."
Ezekiel nodded before he opened a portal and let Hela step through it first before he followed behind her. They stepped onto Vormir and the portal snapped closed as they looked over the basically empty planet. Ezekiel glanced around for a second as he asked, "You know you could just talk with them, right?"
Hela shook her head as she said, "Some things need to be said with your fists."
"Just don't kill them…"
A slight smile played across Hela's face as she said, "Don't worry, I won't."
Before Ezekiel could respond a golden beam slammed into the ground and a moment later Thor and Loki stepped out of it. As the beam faded away Thor focused on Hela and a big smile formed on his face as he said, "Sister!"
Loki's gaze also landed on Hela but he said nothing as he stepped next to Thor who said, "I am Thor, you're younger brother."
Thor reached out to pant Loki on the shoulder as he said, "And this is Loki."
"So I've heard." Hela said as she studied the two of them before she asked, "So what do you want?"
"We wanted to meet you and talk… And bring you home if you want."
Hela let out a dry laugh before she asked, "You want me to go to Asgard? For what? So I can kill that bastard Odin?"
Thor's eyes widened and his hand instantly went to his hammer as Loki smirked while his eyes narrowed slightly before Thor hastily said, "I know you and father have… Issues, but it shouldn't be that bad."
"Did he not tell you what happened?"
"He did…"
"And what exactly did he say?"
Thor took a few moments to think back on everything his father told him about Hela before he said, "That you were blood thirsty and power hungry and tried to take over the throne. And only by the sacrifice of the Valkyries was he able to seal you away in Hel before we were born."
Hela broke out into a mirthless chuckle as she looked towards the sky above and said, "Of course that bastard would say something like that…"
Thor shared a glance with Loki before Hela's head snapped back down to look at both of them with narrowed eyes as she said, "That bastard gave up an eye for wisdom and he's still an idiot."
"You can't fix stupid." Ezekiel said with a helpful smile trying to break the growing tension between the two groups.
He was ignored though as Thor said, "You might not like him, but you shouldn't disrespect him like that… He's still our father."
"He stopped being my father long before you were ever born." Hela spit out as the helmet of her outfit covered her head.
Thor's grip on his hammer tightened as he said, "We do not wish to fight you sister…"
"That's too bad, I only came here to fight." Hela said as black necroswords formed above her head before they shot towards Thor and Loki.
Thor raised his hammer as a bolt of lightning slammed down from the sky which covered him in armor. The sword targeting him hit his chest but broke on his armor, while the sword aimed at Loki passed through his illusion. Thor lowered his hammer to a defensive stance in front of him before he said, "Please sister, there is no reason for us to fight. We can still talk, we don't want to hurt you!"
"It's cute you think that… Unfortunately you two alone aren't strong enough for that." Hela said as more black swords appeared around her before they shot towards Thor like bullets.
Thor spun his hammer with its leather strap and a shield of lightning formed in front of him that blocked the attack but forced him to step backwards. Loki's illusion on the other hand didn't dodge and pulled out daggers which he threw at Hela. The daggers didn't even reach Hela and were stopped by another batch of swords before they flew in a random direction.
Loki appeared a moment later as he barely dodged the swords that covered the ground all around him. Hela smiled at him as she manifested a sword in each hand and said, "Hiding with magic won't help you."
Another batch of swords flew towards both brothers who both defended themselves before Thor's hammer flew towards Hela's chest as he yelled, "I don't want to fight you sister, but you aren't giving me a choice!"
Hela slashed at the hammer and knocked it towards Loki who barely dodged it as he threw more daggers at Hela and yelled, "Watch what you're doing oaf!"
Thor charged towards Hela with his hand outstretched as he said, "Sorry!"
As Mjolnir flew back towards Thor, Hela turned towards it and slashed it with a sword that sent it into the ground. While it slammed into the ground, Hela attacked Thor with an overhead slash before she used her other sword to attack from below. Thor used the bracers on both arms to block each blow as he pointed one palm towards the ground. As Mjolnir flew out of the ground into his awaiting hand, Hela stepped forward and headbutted him in the nose as she kicked out behind her.
Thor reeled backwards from the attack while Loki was sent flying behind her. Before Thor could recover, Hela's swords became a blur of black as she ruthlessly attacked him. Thor was forced to retreat from the assault as Loki landed with a thud next to a recliner. As Loki stood up he glanced at the weird piece of furniture to find Ezekiel seated in it with his feet up and a bowl of popcorn in his lap.
Ezekiel gave Loki a friendly nod and pointed the bottle of root beer in his hand towards Thor and Hela as he said, "You might wanna help him."
"What about you?!? Why aren't you helping us?"
"You paid me to find her so you could talk, not help fight her. My job is already done." Ezekiel said with a shrug before he stuffed a handful of popcorn in his mouth.
"Then I want to hire you to help us fight her."
Ezekiel shook his head as he said, "No can do, I'm already under contract with Hela."
"You're working for her?!?" Loki snarled as Thor was being easily pushed back with no way to really counterattack.
"She hired me as transport, the contract doesn't end until I portal her off planet."
Loki was about to respond when Thor yelled out, "What are you doing brother? Come help me!"
Loki shot a glare at Ezekiel before he disappeared from view and Ezekiel watched as he prepared a spell on his daggers to use against Hela. A moment later he threw both of them in a high arc and the two turned into four, then eight, sixteen, thirty-two and just kept doubling. As they flew in an arc towards Hela and Thor, Loki yelled, "Fly!"
Thor didn't even question what it meant as he jumped backwards and threw his hammer upwards while he held the strap. Thor blasted into the sky as a massive swarm of daggers rained down towards Hela. Hela glanced towards the incoming threat before she threw her off hand sword towards them. Her sword basically copied Loki's daggers and doubled over and over again until they slammed into each other.
The fallout from the clash caused daggers and swords to fly everywhere and Ezekiel was forced to move by opening a portal underneath his chair. He could have shielded himself with magic, but it was always good practice to never show potential enemies more than necessary. He doubted Thor would ever become an enemy, but Loki could always be one at some point so he was planning ahead.
As Ezekiel's chair dropped to a new spot a bit farther away, he watched as Thor and Loki tried to work together against Hela. Unfortunately Hela walked them like dogs as she beat the ever living shit out of them. The whole thing lasted for almost five hours and the only reason they weren't pulled away by the Bifrost was because Ezekiel used the space stone. Ever since he awakened his eyes and had access to his personal pocket dimension. Ezekiel basically took ownership of all the infinity stones they've collected so far.
Tao still borrowed the space stone sometimes and was the default owner of the space stone. But Ezekiel had the power stone and soul stone sealed away in his pocket dimension that only he could access. There was always the possibility of someone gaining access to it somehow, but if even the space stone couldn't do it. Well he doubted anyone else would be able to do it.
When both brothers were broken and bloody on the floor but still breathing, Hela finally stopped attacking. The both of them were covered in blood, bruises and looked like they were run over by a truck. Hela on the other hand looked completely fine without even a single scratch on her armor. She stood over the two men who looked up at her with defeated eyes as they stared at the swords pointed at their necks.
Thor looked like he wanted to talk, but his mouth was too swollen to even move properly and Loki was even worse off with a broken jaw. Hela glanced down at the two of them for a few moments before the swords disappeared and she said in a mocking tone, "You wanted to talk to me, go ahead. Talk."
Hela waited a few moments and when neither brother was able to say anything she cupped a hand over her ear and said, "Come on, speak up, I'm waiting…"
Again neither were able to say a word or even had the energy to respond before Hela stared down at both of them and said, "You wanted to talk, to get to know me? Well I just shared how I was trained by your lovely father."
"This is how I was trained since I learned how to walk. Days, weeks, months, countless years I was beaten into the ground like you are now. The bastard turned me into his perfect weapon and only acknowledged me as his daughter once he was finished." Hela spat with venom as her eyes narrowed on the brothers.
She studied them both for a moment longer before she said, "Then he threw me away like trash the moment I was no longer useful and made me kill the closest people to me so he could do it."
Hela leaned down over the two brothers before she added, "When you see that bastard again, tell him he's only alive because I allow it."
Hela stood back up and turned around as she said, "We're leaving."
Ezekiel who was close by nodded and opened a portal which they disappeared through. The moment it closed a beam of golden light slammed down next to Thor and Loki as Odin and an army of men swarmed out of it. But Hela was already gone and they had no way to follow her, so Odin ordered his men to check on Thor and Loki before they disappeared and the planet was left deserted again.