Divide and Conquer
"Thor you just destroyed their church!” Peter exclaimed as they had all just watched the glass and crystal building come tumbling down “But we got the little space creatures that had been attacking them.” He reasoned and the symbiote made itself known “He has a point.” And Peter was getting frustrated “Our contract wasn’t to kill the biker chickens. It was to protect the church from the biker chickens.” He throws his hands up with a sigh “And can you two stop ganging up on me?” He says looking around contemplating what to do.
Thor takes a step closer and places a hand on Peter’s shoulder “I see that I was wrong and I am sorry.” He sounds genuinely apologetic and that helps to calm Quill’s fraying nerves “At least we got to eat some of their brains.” They can both hear the amusement in Venom’s voice “Well since they paid us prior, I suggest that we get out of here before they start to have a problem with us and I can tell the rest of the guardians are getting antsy. “I wouldn’t object to that.” Thor remarks as the three of them trying to sneak back to the Milano through the remains of colourful and sharp edges of glass and other debris.
They all get sported by Gamora shortly after “Why are you sneaking around or is it that your just sneaking off somewhere?” She raises an eyebrow at them “We were just-“ “Trying to avoid getting spotted by the blue people.” Venom answered and interrupted his host who just groaned in defeat “Yes, we just wanted to make sure we didn’t cause any more damage and leave without any bother.” Thor smirked as the three watched Gamora silently judge them. “Well the ship is just over here so if you want to avoid breaking more stuff then suggest you follow me.” They laugh nervously and follow a few steps behind.
“I think we keep this one off the record.” Quill suggests knowing that it wouldn’t help people hire them is they saw the collateral that could occur “I think that is one of your first good ideas.” Rocket comments from where he is stood near the boarding dock. Quickly get on the ship, they were interrupted by the sound of something screaming “We would also like to give you these as payment.” They appeared to be two large screaming goat like creatures. “I think we’ll just be on our way.” The captain tried to evade the payment. “What do you mean? These could be great to keep on board.” Thor argued and Peter already knew that he wouldn’t win this and one of two things was going to happen: Either Thor was going to take of them for a while and get bored or Venom was going to eat them as he slept.
The other guardians had gone back into the ship and Thor was pretty much pouting like a lost puppy to convince him to accept the offer. “Fine but if they eat my clothes the I’m blaming you.” And Thor now smiled gleefully with a childish hug following after when Venom spoke “If it eats your clothes then we can make new ones.” Peter didn’t even want to think of how that was supposed to work as the goat creatures were dragged on board. What was two more stowaways on the ship.
Thor’s life had only gotten better over the years but for his Ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster, things had somehow managed to just get worse and worse as she somewhere along the line of her scientific career had received the news that she had terminal cancer. Since then every free second had been spent in her lab searching for a cure or some sort of medicine to delay it as much as possible. But currently she had an appointment with her doctor and hoped that the news could be a bit better this time around. “Good book?” She asked the young man sat on the chair next to hers “Oh uh yeah.” He answered giving her a quick glance “I wrote it.” She informed seeing the classic title ‘The Foster Theory’ “No way, you’re Jane Foster?” The man asked excitedly.
She smiled in return “How are you finding it?” She asked “It’s tough. Real tough.” He answered with a sigh “Give it here, you’ll need a 3D model.” She said grabbing the book and tearing a page out “You ever seen Event Horizon?” The man shakes his head “Interstellar?” Another shake “Okay you need to watch that one because it explains it all really clearly.” She informs taking the page and the pen that she had been messing with to stab through a folded sheet to demonstrate how wormholes work. After she finishes explain Darcy arrives with a selection of snacks “I got the hot Cheetos, just like you asked.” She said placing them down on the small table before her tone turned series “So how’s is going?” She asked and Jane answered unexpectedly “It’s going great.” Jane spoke with a deceptive smirk “Jane, it’s stage four.” Darcy reminded “Out of how many?” Jane brushed off “Four.” Darcy clarified and Jane somehow had the positive attitude to joke “That we know about.” She remarked looking away.
Darcy was slightly annoyed the her friend wasn’t taking the matter seriously “You’re trying to get back to the lab! Jane, you need to slow down and see what the universe is trying to tell you.” She argued “I just want to try and fight this thing my way.” Jane shook her head “’My way’ doesn’t have to mean alone.” Darcy looked like she had an idea “You could always play the space Viking card.” She said “It’s not a card.” Jane argued “It is and you should use it.” Darcy remarks “I will deal with this my way and when I need you, you’ll be the first to know.” Jane says looking back on the time she had spent with the space Viking in question.
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Late nights spent in the lab lead to desperation and the idea of Asgardian help kept replaying in her head “It could work.” She says spying a book on Norse mythology. It had a dark green leather cover and tea coloured pages. She skipped straight the description of Thor like she had so many times before “Come on. There has to be something of use in here.” She said re-re-rereading the passages ‘And he who wields the might of Mjolnir shall be impervious to ailment and injury.’ The book describes and suddenly an idea was forming.
Last she heard, the hammer or more accurately what remained of it was last known to be in new Asgard. If she could get there and get her hands on the hammer then maybe it could cure the cancer that was taking over her system. It was a far reach but it was the only thing she could even see to reach out for. Time to pack a bag.
The plan was flawless. The others were off doing whatever on the ship with most in the cockpit or their rooms which were all sound proof. This gave Peter and Thor the opportunity they needed to get a little time to themselves. “Still so beautiful, Quill.” Thor said in between desperate kisses “Save the sap for another time.” Peter said trying to get Thor to use a little more of his goldy strength “Why? Compliments are one of the greatest forms of affection back in Asgard.” Thor said enjoying the feel of Quill’s lips against his beard. “Fine I guess you can keep going.” He shrugged and began to feel cold tendrils appear from his back. “Vee, we talked about this.” Peter said stopping his movement to glare at the black inky limbs “He’s fine. Not the weirdest thing we’ve done.” Thor doesn’t seem to mind as the tendrils wrap around his arms and chest in an odd display of admiration and affection. “See. He likes it.” Venom says in his host’s head “You two are going to be the death of me.” The captain remarks with a shake of his head and to get things moving Peter pushes them all back a few steps.
Thor loses his footing at the abrupt motion and end up knocking into the monitor. It beeps repeatedly with the large text saying ‘Distress calls: 1500+’ Peter’s eyebrows scrunch up as he reads it knowing that the moment has been ruined. “What the heck are all these?” He asks rhetorically as Thor turns to face the screen and Venom recedes the tendrils back only to form his head over Quill’s shoulder. “Plenty of opportunity for adventure.” Thor says but his attitude swiftly changes when one of the videos start to play. “It’s Gorr! He’s here! Where are you Thor!?” It’s a women wearing similar armour to Thor’s and the god recognises her instantly. “That’s Sif. We need to go there now.” He abruptly says as his attitude instantly shifts. The video continues to play “It’s the god butcherer. We need help now!” She says before it cuts off.
Stormbreaker is called upon and flies across the ship to Thor’s hand. “Hold on a second, you can’t summon the Bifrost on my ship. Remember it’ll tear everything apart.” Quill says as the others join them in the room “Are you two done in here?” Nebula asks bluntly “Yeah Quill we could hear you from all the way up front.” Rocket chimes in “Okay that is not important. What is important is the fact that we have over a thousand distress calls about some guy call Gorr the god butcherer.” Peter revealed “That’s on the nose.” Rocket looks bored “He was last seen attacking an Asgardian know as Sif on a planet that was covered in snow and home to some giant creature.” He continued. “That description doesn’t help anyone.” Gamora commented.
Thor has been oddly silent and when Peter goes to get his input the captain sees that his shoulders are slouched and head bowed. “You good, man?” He asks and Thor turns and speaks “Yes but this is something that I have to do on my own.” He says walking towards the lower regions of the Milano as Quill chases after him “You’re not doing this alone, man that’s stupid.” He argues but his tone isn’t aggressive it was concerned “I have to. Otherwise you might get hurt.” Thor tried to reason even if it was an overbearing one “We went toe to toe with Thanos but this is too dangerous for us as a team.” Quill didn’t believe it but by the time he was going to speak again it turned out that Thor was opening the exit of the Milano and it was lucky that they weren’t in space and still on the same planet as before.
“I promise to return once the butcherer is dead but until then I have another adventure to go on.” Thor said and Peter knew that he wasn’t going to convince the god so he compromised instead. “Fine but you better come back to us.” He steps towards Thor and places a single kiss on his lips “Back to me.” He makes Thor promise “I will.” The god says as Peter walks away and watches Thor summon the Bifrost and his armour by using stormbreaker. The bright lights make him wince as he and the once again formed Venom watch their boyfriend leave on a deadly mission but he had a plan.
Peter heads to the cockpit where he finds the guardians waiting for him “So where are we going?” Gamora asks sharpening her sword “We’re heading to Earth and more specifically New Asgard.”
“I’ve got a feeling that we’ll see our new friend there soon enough.”
-End of Chapter 1-