Among The Stars ✰ Thor Odinson

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It was quiet.

Almost silent if it weren't for the repetitive beeping echoing around the cabin of the ship. Milena groaned in her spot, struggling to open her eyes.

The stillness of the world around her was jarring, such a contrast compared to the constant jerking and crashing she had endured what felt like mere minutes ago. Hearing Bruce grunt from beside her and suddenly feeling the pain at the back of her head answered the question that began forming in her head.

The four of them had in fact, successfully made it off of Sakaar. Alive.

Sluggishly opening her eyes, Milena rolled her head towards Bruce who was looking out of the window in shock. In front of her, Valkyrie and Thor also began to gain consciousness.

Milena rubbed her hands over her face in attempt to wake herself up more. Then, she turned to see what exactly Bruce was looking at.

To her relief, it was Asgard.

With no time to lose, Valkyrie regained control of the ship and quickly they sped onto Asgard.

"I never thought I'd be back here. " Valkyrie mused as they flew over the rainbow bridge.

Bruce and Milena unbuckled themselves and stood in between the two front seats. The golden palace was straight ahead.

"I thought it'd be a lot nicer." Bruce croaked. "I mean, not that it's not nice. It's just, it's on fire."

Milena nodded sadly. The main city looked nothing like how it did when they left, who knows how long ago. Another home was burning down right in front of her. Maybe this time she could save it.

A sensor on the flight console began to chime. Valkyrie leaned down slightly to look at it "Here, up in the mountains." a hologram depicting the mountains of Asgard showed a large cluster of red dots in the centre of it. "Heat signatures. People clustered together. She's coming for them"

Milena looked at the hologram worried as the singular green dot on the hologram made its way towards the cluster of red. A majority of Asgard's people were in that mountain, with that monster on the way to massacre them

"Okay, drop me off at the palace and I'll draw her away." Thor asserted.

Milena looked at him shocked "And get yourself killed? I'm going with you."

Thor shook his head sternly. "The people trapped down there are all that matters. While I'm dealing with Hela, I need you three to help get everyone off Asgard."

Bruce furrowed his eyebrows "How the hell are we supposed to do that?"

"I have a man on the ground." Thor assured.

Without any further word, the ship was landed at the palace. Thor quickly unbuckled and got out of his seat, he gripped Milena's arm "You have time to grab your gear. You are not walking into battle dressed like that"

Milena nodded, grateful that she would finally have some sense of security and protection with her armour and sword.

Valkyrie opened the side doors of the ship and Milena and Thor quickly made their way into the palace. Rushing down the familiar halls to grab what they needed.

At one point they split off, Thor to the weaponry and armoury, Milena to her room.

She cursed as she ran down the maze of hallways, the suites were awfully far from where they had landed. Milena was glad she knew the palace quite well even after not being around for such a long stretch of time.