Cosmic

~Chapter Seventeen~

"Doctor Donald Blake?"

"Yes that's him."

And the woman?

"She's with us too, uh...Doctor Ana Watson. They're...together."

"Together huh?" Coulson questioned looking between his colleagues. "Thankyou, Doctor Selvig."

Erik nodded.

Thor and Analia were led out to where Erik was waiting. Thor quickly swiped a notebook from a table and hid it in his jacket pocket.

"You two!"

Analia shot Thor a puzzled look.

"Keep them out of trouble." Coulson said.

A younger looking man handed Analia back her sword, not looking her in the eye. She gave the place one last quizzical look before following Thor and the man outside.

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The peculiar man that Thor apparently knew, led him and Analia to a small home, before taking off in what he told her was a van, to get drinks.

Analia knocked on the door as the man had told her to.

"Analia!" Jane said.

"Jane Foster?"

"Did Erik get you guys?"

"The strange man." Analia stated comprehensively.

"Yes the strange man." Jane chuckled. "Come in." She said further opening the small door.

Analia stepped inside. Her armour clanking.

"Do you wear that all the time?"

Her brows furrowed as she looked down at her battle attire.

"Only in battle."

"Battle. Wow." The small woman said in suprise. "Well I don't have any armour, but I do have some more comfortable clothes for you to change into if you want."

Analia examined the clothes Jane had presented her with.

"Thank you Lady Jane." She said before taking them.

"Bathrooms in there." She pointed "Sorry it's kinda small. Shield sort of took like, everything we had so a caravan is all we have."

"A what?"

"Nevermind. I'm sure you're hungry. I have cereal?"

Analia nodded in confirmation. Not having the slightest clue as to what the woman was talking about. But she politely agreed to whatever it was she offered her. Analia hadn't eaten since before the coronation was supposed to occur.

She changed into the clothes Jane had given her. Strange trousers, a sort of shirt and patterned overcoat to go with it. Although, Jane was right, these clothes were much more comfortable than her armour.

As she exited the bathroom the threw her armour and her sword on a chair, as they landed with a clang and accepted what she assumed to be the cereal from Jane.

"These items of clothing are remarkable."

"Oh yeah, jeans and a flannel, can't go wrong."

"Jeans." Analia muttered to herself.

"Do you like cinnamon toast crunch?"She asked.

"Cinnamon what?"

"Sorry, you have no idea what I'm talking about. Just try it."

Analia hesitantly lifted the spoon and took a bite. To her surprise this bizzare delicacy was not bad at all. It had a sugary deliciousness she'd never relished before.

"This is delightful!"

"I knew you'd like it."

Jane cleared her throat.

"Hey so... uh, if any shield agents or anything ask your name, it's just what Erik used to get you out of that facility."

"Doctor Ana Watson." Analia repeated from earlier. The anomalous name was surprisingly easy to remember.

"Yeah."

"Although, if I may ask, why that name?"

"Well it's more human like than Analia Warrior of Asgard."

"Protector of the house of Odin." Analia added.

"Right." Jane nodded. "No second name?"

Analia paused.

"Felixdottir. But I don't use it much."

Jane nodded.

"Is it hard? Being a warrior?"

"Not at all. Yes there are the occasional louts who believe that because we are women, we are delicate. Lady Sif and I, we are underestimated which can be executed to our advantage more often than you might think."

A loud bang from the door stopped Jane before she could reply. She rushed over to open it and Thor entered, carrying the man from earlier on his shoulder.

Once Jane got the man, which Analia learned to be named Erik, to lay down, she went up to the roof with Thor.

Analia stayed in the caravan, eating more bowels of the delicious cereal until the box was finished. She made a mental note to ask Jane to get more.

When she ran out of cereal, she went up to where Jane and Thor had gone, and found Jane asleep by the fire pit clutching the same notebook Thor had taken from the facility, while he placed his jacket over her.

"You care for her." Analia stated, arms folded and leaning against the wall.

"Well...I- she helped us."

"It's alright Thor, I won't tell." She chuckled, walking over to him and placing a hand on his back.

They walked to the end of the roof and sat down with their feet over the edge.

"I'm sorry about your father."

"Thankyou Lady Analia."

Thor sighed.

"And thank you for staying here with me. There was no need."

"Of course there was a need. Thor my duty as a warrior is to protect you. But it is also my duty as a friend to be there for you. Even if that means sacrificing other relations."

"What other relations?"

"Well my father for one."

"And?"

She exhaled.

"Loki, I suppose." She uttered looking at the ground.

Thor placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"I've never seen anyone look at another the way he looks at you, Analia."

"So you know?"

"Well he wasn't exactly inconspicuous. He despises everyone but you."

Analia chuckled, before her face fell.

"I told him I love him. Cassius said I was waiting too long."

"He was right."

"And now, he loathes me."

"He does not loathe you, Analia. He could never."

"I hope you are right, Donald." She joked as she playfully nudged his arm.

He took her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze, she laid her head on his shoulder as she stared up at the stars. They were different to the stars visible from Asgard. Different from the stars Loki had shown her. Although their difference made her slightly uneasy, she was not alone in her discomfort. She had her friend with her.

It offered consolation to both friends knowing that they were not alone on the foreign planet.