In the ruins of Alfheim, Queen Aelsa Featherwine of the Fay and Sir Ivory Honeyshot ready their weapons as a Black Bifrost portal opens. The Punisher steps through and is confronted by the two light elves. Despite being held at point-blank gunpoint by Honeyshot, the Punisher coldly informs them that he's not a servant of Malekith and is working for All-Mother Freyja, offering them a chance at revenge.
In Asgard, a dark elf calls out to Bitterhand to open the Black Bifrost and send reinforcements, but is knocked out by Daredevil, who apologizes to Heimdall for his lapse in attentiveness allowing the Bifrost to be destroyed.
In Svartalfheim, Freyja kills Bitterhand and claims his cursed sword, the Bitterblade, becoming the Guardian of the Black Bifrost.
In Nidavellir, She-Hulk reduces the dwarves to tears with a short, brusque three-sentence command to follow her and smash everything. In Vanaheim, Blade recruits the Vanir to take revenge on Malekith for razing their sacred forests and defiling their temples. In Niffleheim, Ghost Rider recruits the Spiders of Hel, quipping that he didn't think his life could get any more metal. In Jotunheim, Captain America escorts his strikeforce and Thor through a Black Bifrost portal, Spider-Man trying to rescue Wolverine from a Frost Giant. The strikeforce arrives in Avengers Mountain to find it under seige from Fire Demons, Frost Giants, and other monsters, T'Challa instructing Shuri to unleash the power of the Progenitor on their enemies.
Carving a swath through the dark elf army, Freyja lists the ongoing travesty's she's witnessing - Valkyrie lying dead in Manhattan, Captain Marvel and the Agents of Atlas fighting Fire Goblins in China,
In Stonehenge, Malekith smirks and gloats to the Venom symbiote, which he has restrained with dark magic.
In the Avengers Mountain, Odin berates Captain America for letting his wife go to Svartalfheim and leaving her there to die.
In Svartalfheim, Freyja notes that the strikeforces have all made it back and now have mystical allies to aid them in retaking Midgard. She turns to destroy the Black Bifrost, but is stabbed by a dagger of living abyss - the Venom symbiote reshaped in emulation of All-Black. Freyja self-destructs the Black Bifrost; Malekith unable to do anything but watch in outrage and scream ineffectual orders. As the Black Bifrost explodes, Freyja and Odin lean in to kiss each other but are engulfed by the blast before they can do so.
In Avengers Mountain, Thor enters the armory to find the Punisher distributing firearms to the light elves. Wielding a spiked hammer and Jarnbjorn, Thor bursts into the hall, interrupting Jane's speech and declaring that he will lead the battle against Malekith's forces.

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