Into the Unknown

Thor the Dark World part 3

I enter the healing room shortly after Thor. Jane is already on the soul forge and she looks at me as I step beside Thor.

"Who are you?" She asks.

I wave at her. "Just your Friendly Neighborhood Geek."

She looks at Thor with a confused look. "Huh?"

"Yeah, I don't understand that either." Thor says.

"First your mother and now you? Has my entire family decided to revolt against me?"

I look to see Odin enter the room and frown.

"Jane is sick." Thor tries to explain.

"They have healers on Midgard called Doctors. Take her to them." He looks at both of us. "They don't belong here in Asgard any more than a goat belongs at a banquet table!"

Jane looks at us offended. "Did he just...?"

"Charming isn't he?" I scowl at him.

"Take them back to their world now." Odin orders as he starts to leave.

"She has the Aether!" I say.

Odin stops and turns back to face me. "What did you say?"

"She absorbed the Aether into her." I repeat.

Odin walks over to Jane and gently takes her arm and runs his finger down it.

"Impossible." He says.

Jane looks at me. "How did you know that?"

Before I can answer, Odin speaks up. "Follow me."

Thor, Jane, and I follow him into another room. Odin tells us how the Aether was made and how his father defeated Malekith and the Dark Elves before sealing the Aether away.

"Does this book say how to get it out of me?" Jane questions him.

"No." Odin simply says.

Shortly after that, the three of us leave. When we are a good distance away from Odin, I stop Thor.

"Thor, I need you to listen to me. Malekith is on the way. He ran away before Bor could kill him. He is coming with the rest of the Dark Elves."

"Why didn't you say anything back there to father?" He questions.

"Because you know very well that he would not believe me." I answer.

"Wait, how do you know this?" Jane asks again.

I look at her. "Because I come from another universe where we know what is going to happen."

"Interesting." She mutters.

I look back at Thor. "You also need to tell Heimdall to keep an eye, or ear, out because their ships will be invisible and he won't be able to see them."

Thor is silent for a minute and I think he is debating on whether to actually believe me when he nods. "Heimdall has heard and will keep an eye out."

"Oh, well, good then." I am genuinely surprised that he would listen to me.

"Heimdall only listens to those he deems worthy." I look over to see Frigga walking toward us.

She smiles as she sees Jane.

"Jane, this is my mother, the Queen of Asgard." Thor says, giving his mother a hug.

Jane looks taken aback. "Oh, hi." She doesn't bow or curtsy.

Then we hear alarms going off.

"The dungeon." Thor says as we all look in the direction of the alarms. He glances at me and then starts running toward the nearest balcony. Mjolnir comes flying by us and Thor jumps off the balcony and grabs it, flying off towards the dungeons.