Episode 8 - Past Deeds

Story by: Ana Tinoco and Paul Santos Edition and hand drawing by : Ana Tinoco

Intro
Anaxenite in her time as Lokis General commanding his army for the sake of the Gods morbid purposes. But not all in her past is about violence and revenge; its in times of blind darkness that she finds someone that will change her forever. Is it possible for such warrior to change and find peace?

Airdate
January 3, 2012

***4 Years Ago***

*Its night. In the surroundings of Asgard a luxurious palace can be seen.*

*A wagon transporting a group of slave girls in chains being conducted by a dark figure wearing a long cloak heads towards the palace.* *At the gates of the castle a couple of guards stand.* Guard 1 Look! A wagon, it must be Fjall, the slaveholder with the new slave girls. Guard 2 Whoa, nicehope they are hot! Guard 1 *grins* - Careful with the way you talk around Fjall, hes a very creepy guy. Ive been near him like twice and he gives me chills. And skip the small talk the guy is not much for talking* *Guard 2 frowns.* *The wagon stops near the gates and its conductor jumps out.* Guard 1 Hello Fjall, long time no see huh? *The man says nothing and never looks at the guards, keeps taking care of the horses and the wagon.* *Guard 1 gives a stare at guard 2 as if saying, "told you so"* * Fjall grabs the slaves chains, gives them to the guards and starts walking inside the castle. The guards follow with the slaves*

****************************************************************** *Inside the main room, a large man is seated in a throne, in a very relaxed position, passing his hand through his thick bear.*

*The doors open and a guard gets in.* Guard 1 Lord Nagelfar, Sir Fjall is here. Nagelfar Very well, what are you waiting for? Let him in! Guard 1 Yes my lord. Nagelfar Fjall! Its always a pleasure to see you! Bring me what I asked for? Nagelfar to the guards Go and take the girls! *they do as he says* *Fjall keeps his cloak on and signs with his head.* Nagelfar *with a hearty laugh* - I can see you havent changed a thing, quiet as usual! *Gets up and approaches Fjall. Suddenly he feels a hand on his neck choking him.* Nagelfar *his eyes widen in confusion* - What? Female voice Im afraid Fjall is not longer in the business! Nagelfar Who are you? Female voice *removes the hood* - Dont recognize me? Im disappointed! I used to be your favourite! Nagelfar Ana!? *Hes about to call for the guards but feels a sharp pain in his chest and finds himself unable to speak, and falls on his knees. Ana pushes him to the ground. *Hes dying but still hears what she says.* Anaxenite Pig! Ill see you and your creepy slaveholder in hell. *Ana rushes towards the doors, and goes to the dungeon.* *As soon as the guards see Ana they unsheathe their swords and attack her.* *Ana is unarmed. When the first guard strikes she flips holding the blade of his sword with her hands pressed together. She lands behind the guard and with his sword in her hands runs him through. Another guard strikes from behind. Without turning back, Ana elevates her arms, sword in hands, parries his blow making him stumble. Then she spins around swiftly, and with one knee down runs her sword across his chest. He falls dead.* With the way clear, Ana removes the cells keys from the guards belt and opens the cells doors.* Anaxenite Its your lucky day! Cmon get out! *the slaves dont react immediately still to shocked with what had just happened* Now!! No time to waste! *The slaves follow Ana. They are out of the castle, guards are coming out from the castle in persuit.* Anaxenite to the slaves Now spread yourselves in groups. Meet at the river branch about two leagues from here and follow its flow. Quickly!

*They do as she says and start running. Ana gives them one last look and then turns to the direction the guards are coming.* *Ana fights with many guards, sparing no one that attacks her. Suddenly the attacks stops, the rest of the guards just stand looking at her in fear. Ana takes this opportunity to speak.* Anaxenite Your lord is dead, you fight for a lost cause! Unless you have a death wish of course...Join me and youll have the best of rewards! *A guard steps forward.* Guard What do you possible have to offer us? *A sound is heard accompanied with a flash of light, leaving a proud god standing.* Anaxenite *in low voice* About timeLord Loki. Loki The chance to work for me *creates a bolt energy in his hands for more impact* under her command *points at Ana*. Anaxenite I am Anaxenite, General of Lord Loki. I dont accept losers so do yourselves a favour and leave if you think you are not man enough to fight for me and my lord! *The guards exchange looks among themselves and start screaming in unison.* *Some of the guards start walking away. Loki throws a bolt of energy at one of them killing him in the spot. The other guards gasp in fear and come back.* Loki This is what awaits those who defy me. *Shouts in unison are heard.* Praise Lord Loki and Anaxenite! Praise Lord Loki and Anaxenite! *Loki vanishes, Ana grins looking at the guards.*

****************************************************************** ***Some months later*** *Anaxenite stands before her warriors, after a battle.* Anaxenite Weve done a good work today soldiers, Lord Loki is pleased! You may have your rest. I want you all with your strength back tomorrow! *Ana leaves and heads towards a nearby tavern.*

*When she gets in the voices lower and everyone stare at her, theres not a person in Vahalla that hasnt heard of her by now.* *Ana goes to the counter and calls the bartender.* Anaxenite A mead please. Male voice Two, Ill pay for both. Anaxenite *looks oddly at her side, where a tanned and dark haired man is seated* - What do you think youre doing? Male voice Why cant a guy pay for a drink to a lady anymore? Anaxenite First I am not a lady, second who the hell are you to dare addressing me like that? Male voice uhhI love feisty women! *looks her up down* not to mention stunning! Anaxenite *grabs him by the collar* - Getlost! Male voice ok okcant you take a compliment?! Anaxenite *releases him* Youre pushing it! Ive had a long, long day and my patience is running really short, so my advice is: go away while you still have all your teeth intact. *The man gets up and starts leaving* Male voice ok ok *turns back* By the way my name is Poleon. See you around! *Ana doesnt turn around and rolls eyes* *Outside of the tavern* Poleon *thinking*- Oh boy, thats a very angry chick, but what a woman!Pol step out of it!

Male voice If I were you I would be careful! Do you have any idea who that woman is? Poleon *turns around and sees a tall and built up man leaning on the taverns frontispiece* A warrior no doubt. Male voice Not just a warrior, Anaxenite - Lord Lokis General. Youre not from around here are you? Poleon No, Im a traveling warrior, just arrived to town. With who am I having the pleasure to speak with by the way? Male voice I am Lunt, Anaxenites second in command. A warrior huh? Poleon Yes, why? Lunt You dont look like one. Poleon Appearances are deceiving!...Hey do you think I could enlist in her army? Lunt Well that would depend on your skills Ill speak with her, show up in our camp tomorrow morning before we leave, dont be late! Poleon I will, thanks! *leaves* Lunt *laughs* - A warrior wannabe wanting to enlist in Anaxenites army, oh this is going to be fun to watch. *grins*

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*At dawn, inside Anaxenits tent she is finishing putting on her armour* Male voice My Lady? Anaxenite Come in Lunt. *he gets in* The men are prepared? Lunt Yes My Lady. You have someone here that wants to talk with you. Anaxenite Who? Lunt His name is Poleon. Anaxenite Poleon? Who the hell is him?...Wait Poleon that name sounds familiar *her eyes widen* you gotta be kidding me! The jerk from the tavern? Lunt Im afraid so My Lady. I believe he wants to enlist, he says hes a warrior. Anaxenite I dont have time for this. Send him away. Lunt Yes My Lady. *bows his head and leaves the tent* *Anaxenite grabs her weapons and leaves the tent and sees Lunt talking with Poleon*

Lunt Leave now! This is not for you. Poleon You didnt even give me a chance! Lunt You really are suicidal arent you? *Lunt unsheathes his sword and points it at Poleon* *Poleon kicks the sword out of Lunts hand and grabs it* *Ana sees this and rushes to the spot they are* Anaxenite Enough!! Anaxenite to Poleon You want to enlist? Prove yourself, fight me! *Poleon still with Lunts sword in his hands adopts a defensive fighting position waiting for Ana to grab a weapon* Anaxenite What are you waiting for? Attack me! *Poleon is uneasy because shes still unarmed but strikes.* *Ana deflects his blow and in a very quick move spins, puts her hands on the ground, with one leg hits his knees from behind making him fall on his back and points his own sword at his neck.* *She removes the sword away from his neck offers a hand for him to stand up, Poleon takes it.* *Ana throws the sword back at him, he crabs it. She unsheathes one of her swords and attacks him. Poleon protects himself from her blow, she jumps over his head landing behind him, he turns around quickly and parries her next blow. She kicks him in his midsection making stumble back, somersaults over him and grabbing his shoulders elevates him and makes him land on the other side. He falls again on his back breathing hard only again a tip of a sword on his neck, Ana grins.*

Anaxenite Im impressed! Truly am. Lunt give this man a weapon and an armour! Anaxenite to Poleon You will come with us into the battle today, you survive, you belong with us. How does this sound like? Poleon *is speechless* - Wondwonderful My Lady. *finally smiles at her, his brown eyes sparkling*

****************************************************************** *Its afternoon, Anaxenites army is back at camp*

Anaxenite to the soldiers Gentlemen, we have a new warrior in our army Poleon. *Cheers are heard* Anaxenite to Poleon Congratulations, you did fine today. Poleon *smiles* - Thank you My Lady. *Inside Anas tent* Anaxenite *thinking* - This Poleon, how appearances can be deceiving, hes a fine warrior. Hes not bad in the looks department either. *laughs softly* *After taking a bath Ana dresses up and goes for a walk.* Anaxenite *seats down on a fallen tree trunk* - finally tomorrow a day off after a nonstop tough period of training, battles, and bloodshed, not that I complain *grins* but a little time for myself feels good sometimes. Male voice And well deserved. Anaxenite *turns back* - Poleon. What are you doing here? Poleon Forgive me My Lady, I came for a walk and saw you*hes out of words*. Anaxenite Its ok...So Poleon tell me a little more about yourself. Where are you from? Where did you learn to fight that way? Poleon Im from the northern France, decided to leave after.well for personal reasons and have been travelling across countries, meeting interesting and talented people when it comes to fighting skills. Anaxenite hmm I see. A broken man that decides to leave and see what the world has to offers to him? Poleon *surprised by the expression she used* - Why did you say Im broken. Anaxenite Are you not? You can say the contrary but your eyes do not lie soldier. Poleon *looks down* Is it that evident? Anaxenite What do you really seek now Poleon? Riches, power, revenge perhaps? Every single one of us seeks something, whats your goal? Poleon To rebuild my life, to live each day feeling like I am alive. Anaxenite *smiles and with irony speaks* - Well with us you sure are going to feel that well that is if you survive each battle to fight another day of course. Poleon *almost didnt pay attention to what she just said fixed in her smile* - You know you should smile more often. Theres one thing thats helping me feel alive.

Anaxenite *now its her whos speechless* - Well thank you. You really are a flatter arent you? Poleon Not that often, and only with someone that truly deserves it. *Ana diverts her eyes from him, she hates feeling vulnerable* Poleon I must say Ive never seen a woman fighting like you do. Was it Lord Loki who taught you My Lady? Anaxenite *grateful for the changing of subject* - No, it was Lord Thors General. Lets get back to camp shall we? Poleon But of course. *He extends a hand to help her getting up, when standing she realizes how close they are from each other, their noses only a few inches apart. They stay that way for a while in silence and neither seem to want to move. In a spontaneous gesture Poleon gets even closer and kisses her outing his hands around her waist. Ana doesnt break the kiss, but deeps it and put her hands on the back of his neck. They break the kiss and look at each others eyes* Poleon Wow, speaking about feeling alive, I sure felt that way now! *smiles* Anaxenite *smiles widely and bits her lower lip* - What about some more living? *They laugh and start kissing again*

****************************************************************** *Daybreak, sounds of birds are heard; pieces of armour, clothes, and weaponry can be seen spread across the ground covered with foliage grass.* *Anaxenite and Poleon lying together on the grass, covered only with their cloaks* Poleon *whispering in her ear* Good morning AnaSlept well? Anaxenite *playfully* - Morning Poleon, yes like a rock. Dont forget to address me in such casual way in front of the others too. Poleon eheh dont worry, wouldnt dream of it. Anaxenite Good. We need to get back before they notice our absence. Poleon And we wouldnt want that now would we? *They smile at each other* ****************************************************************** *Months passed by, Anaxenites grew stronger day after day, but Ana was changing.* *Anaxenite and Poleon relationship continued but always kept in secret, they would always behave in front of the other soldiers like nothing was going on, both of them very professional always. What they had made them feel complete. Poleon felt like what once was taken away from him was now being restored and Anaxenite found something to hold on to besides the bloodshed. She started killing only when she had to, as well as sparing people, which didnt affect her victories; nevertheless someone obviously wasnt very happy with her change of ways*

*Lokis throne room, he is standing looking at a portal he had open, observing his army and their leader* Loki Youve changed Ana, and I know exactly why, typical mortals fall in love and think they have everything, fools! I cant let some northern warrior put at stake everything Ive conquered so far! Enjoy while you can lovebirds *disgusted*wont be long *smiles malevolently*.

Loki *screams* Guard!! *A guard rushes to the throne room* Guard Yes my lord? Loki Send word to Armod, tell him Ive got a job for him.

****************************************************************** *Anaxenites camp, the soldiers are preparing everything for the night. Ana is inside her tent* Male voice My Lady, My Lady!! *rushes into her tent panting* Anaxenite *worried* Whats the matter Lunt? Lunt Pardon me for rushing in

Anaxenite Lunt what happened? Lunt *looks down* - Its Poleon, two of our soldiers found him..Im sorry *Anaxenite eyes widen, she rushes outside the tent and sees the soldiers transporting a bloodied body* Anaxenite No, no, cant be! Anaxenite to the soldiers Leave him! PolPoleon no *kneels* no *putting her hands on his shoulders shakes him* Poleon wake up! Lunt My Lady he is Anaxenite No! *shes trying by all means not to cry* Who did this?? Lunt One of our men found this near the place where he was found *hands her a medallion* *Ana grabs the medallion and inspects it, it has Thor symbol on it* Anaxenite Leave, you all leave!! *the soldiers and Lunt do as she says* Anaxenite *looking up screams* Damn you Thor!! Youll pay for this!! *Ana starts crying for the first time in many years she lets tears roll down her face, holding Poleons body in her arms* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Anaxenite *calming down a bit kisses his forehead, and expression of grief on her face* GoodbyeI love you Pol.

****************************************************************** Ana is in her tent lying down on, she cant sleep, a mix of feelings: sadness and grief, rage and revenge thirst. *A flash of light appears, Loki stands looking at Ana, she doesnt look at him. He is disappointed with what he considers mortal weaknesses, but disguises it and tries playing nice.* Loki Im very sorry for what happened to your soldier. I know he was not just another soldier *Ana stares*, cmon give me some credit Im a God after all, well not exactly my department though. *Ana turns away her face again* Loki *rolls eyes* - Cmon Ana step out of that! Youre my general not some peasant widow!! *With this Ana gets up, rubbing her face to dry her tears and recollects herself* Anaxenite Youre right My Lord. Weve a destiny to fulfill.

Loki *grins* Thats right, thats how I like to see you, thats why I chose you. Besides I have new instructions to give you *Ana looks at him, waiting for him to continue, thinking that maybe this would keep her mind busy from the sharp blow she had just experienced* Anaxenite *her voice is now strong and calm* Im all ears Loki. Loki Good. My army has grown strong and powerful Im very pleased, for that I think its time for you to go after the Valkyries. My father took Thors side, and I need to diminish his power not to mention to keep him busy. *By hearing Thors name, rage builds up inside Ana* Anaxenite *her voice is low and would provoke chills in any mortal* Cant wait to start. What are your orders My Lord? Loki *smiles and thinking* I knew killing that jerk would bring advantages.

****************************************************************** A sequence of images can be seen: *Anaxenite in full armour, carrying her swords, chocolate brown hair cascading down her shoulders, her big green eyes cold, her expression closed, shes surveying the great hall of Vahalla.*

*In Asgard, houses, carts and tents are set on fire, people screaming and running.* *Thousands of soldiers invade the hall of Valhalla* *The Valkyries retaliate, but Anaxenites soldiers spare no one.* Anaxenite Lunt! Those ones *referring to the Valkyries captured*...dont kill them, they are to be sold. *smiles evilly* *Battlefield covered with bodies, both Lokis soldiers and Valkyries. *Anaxenite accompanied with some soldiers with torches in hands* Anaxenite To the stables! Burn them to the ground!! I want those flying horses for a barbecue! *Suddenly Ana feels a sharp pain on her neck, starts having blurred vision and before she can do anything, sees everything back and falls down from her horse unconscious.* *A shower of arrows falls over Anas soldiers, many fall.* Lunt Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!! *Lunt is preparing himself to go to Ana and help her but is shot by an arrow in his chest and falls dead.* *One of the stables is already burning but the soldiers didnt have time to burn the others.* *At nightfall, from a distance the city of Asgard can be seen glowing with fire* who were

****************************************************************** *In a dungeon deep below Odin's Palace in Valhalla, Ana is kept in a cell. Locked up in chains and sentenced to death.*

* Ana sits and stares out the window pondering what went wrong. How possibly could she have failed? Three days and nights have passed since her capture. Then one morning Ana sees black smoke pillar form outside the cell window coming close to her. It changes its shape slowly first into a silhouette of a human-like figure then to a fully realized figure of Loki*

Loki - What is my best general doing in a cell? AnaXenite - Forgive me My Lord, it didn't go as plan. The Valkyries are too formidable a foe--Loki - No excuses. You failed to carry out the task. I asked you to do a simple thing and you couldn't even do that. AnaXenite - Let me out then! I still can prove to you my worth! *Loki waves his finger at Ana, as if lecturing a child* Loki - There is no need for that. I must cut my losses. *AnaXenite becomes furious* AnaXenite - Loki!!! How can you do this to me? After all I have done for you? In your name??! Loki - Many would have done the same in my name. You were just and instrument. An instrument now too dull to sharpen. AnaXenite - And I am to be discarded? Loki - Your are spoiled. Too damaged for my uses! Ever since you've met that Norman warrior you have become too soft!

*Ana lets the saliva build up in her mouth then spits everything into Loki's face. At first Loki is shocked then acts as if unphased.* AnaXenite - Leave then you bastard! I suppose this visit was for your benefit to gloat! Let me rot! Loki - Let you rot I can do. *Loki vanishes in a ball of fire and black smoke. AnaXenite sits in silence staring into empty space*

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*Two days after at Odin's Palace in Valhalla* *Thor Enters the Great Hall of the Valkyries. The Hall is empty.* Thor - Brunhilde! I beckon you! Your lord Thor! *A tall built woman with golden hair enters the hall. She is almost as tall as Thor when standing next to him* Brunhilde - Thor! *She runs to embrace him and continues* - Why so formal? Hilde remember? What brings you here to the great hall? Thor *holds her arms to keep her away* - I am here on business. I came to ask you for the release of one of your prisoners. The warrior Anaxenite. Brunhilde *a look of disappointment on her face* - Thor I cannot do that-Thor interrupts - I have the blessings of the all father Odin to have her released to me! Brunhilde - Lord I must protest! Don't you know what she has done? Thor - I most certainly do Hilde. Brunhilde - So now it's Hilde? Thor please! We simply cannot forgive her crime! She tried to slaughter all of our flying horses! Imagine if she had succeeded. How would we ever defend Valhalla? How could we possibly honor our duty to comfort the fallen? Thor - She was an instrument used by my brother Loki. If not her, he would have given the task to some other warrior who he may have seen fit to carry it out. Brunhilde - And what is her value to you? What can she possibly offer? Thor - She has skills I can use. I helped train her myself. She also has the insight of working closely with Loki as commander of his armies. She knows his habits --

his intensions. Most importantly she's a mortal. Mortals have free will that us godlykind do not possess. We are bound to destiny and prophecies. Mortals can choose their own paths. Brunhilde - Very well. I will have her released to you. *Calls for one of her warriors* Kara! *A young woman with red hair enters the room* See to it that Thor collects his prisoner. *Turns to Thor* Know that I will protest to the all father. *Thor leaves the hall with the warrior Kara to the dungeon way below the hall at the palace*

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*In the dungeon of the Odins Palace in Valhalla* Kara to guards - See to it that the prisoner recently captured is released to Thor. *Thor gives Kara a warrior handshake* Thor - Thank you Kara. *The guards takes Thor to AnaXenite's cell and open the door. Shes in chains seated on the ground. Thor goes inside the cell and stands near the entrance looking at her* AnaXenite *looks up at him once and looks away again* - Just what I needed! Thor - I have come here for your release. AnaXenite *with a neutral voice* - For what? Want your toy back, or you decided to give me a punish yourself?...You know you are no better than me *finally looks at him* you murdering bastard! Thor *surprised* What are you talking about? Anaxenite The name Poleon rings any bell? Thor - The Norman warrior? What about him? AnaXenite - What about him? You had him killed Thor! Why? Why did you ordered him killed? Thor - What purpose would I have to have Poleon killed? *AnaXenite retrieves a medallion she kept in her bosom and shows it to Thor* AnaXenite - This you bastard! Is this not your seal? It was left behind by your assassin after Poleon was slaughtered!

Thor - Let me see that! *Ana throws the medallion at Thor. Thor catches and examines it closely* Yes this is my seal, but this not made with the same typical materials of my medallions. Look here! *Thor holds up the medallion to examine it better. As the medallion touches his hand it combusts into a black puff of smoke and evaporates* Thor Hmm magic, oh brother, brother this time you went low. Another deception from Loki.

*Ana holds her head down, as images of what happened to Poleon run through her mind, a tear rolls down her cheek, and she wipes it quickly. She feels betrayed and ashamed of what she has done as well* *Thor is furious with Loki* *Thor gets closer to Ana squats by her side, then with a wave of his hand the manacles surrounding her wrists and ankles open. Hesitantly he puts an arm around her for comfort.* Thor - Loki excels in that. He could deceive sons to kill their own fathers. Brothers to kill brothers. Come! I have your quarters ready from palace. *Thor leaves the dungeon with Ana under his arm.*