Goddess | Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 3: Grandmaster

Aloisia groans, her eyes slowly open upon hearing a strange soft voice. Al goes to move but finds her hands strapped to a chair, she turns to look around and finds Thor in a similarity situation to her. The god offers her a relieved smile but it drops as the pair find themselves slowly moving forward.

The walls around the pair light up "Fear not, for you are found. You are home, and there is no going back. No one leaves this place" Thor struggles against his restrains but Al decides against waiting the energy after seeing Thor fail. "But what is this place? The answer is Sakaar." The voice continues. The tunnel walls show images of Sakaar's place in the Cosmos. Surrounded by cosmic gateways, Sakaar lives on the edge of the known and unknown" Images of the wormholes that cover Sakaar's atmosphere appear around Thor and Aloisia "It is the collection point for all lost and unloved things. Like you But here on Sakaar, you are significant. You are valuable. Here, you are loved.
                 
"What...the hell?" Thor mumbles. Al shrugs at him unsure.

"And no one loves you more than the Grandmaster" Images of the Grandmaster, in silhouette, arriving on Sakaar.

"He is the original. The first lost, and the first found. The creator of Sakaar and the father of the Contest of Champions" Images of an arena appear around them. Where once you were nothing, now you are something. You are the property of the Grandmaster. Congratulations! You will meet the Grandmaster in five second Images around the tunnel begin speeding up. Thor, already bewildered, looks on the verge of panic. Al scans the area unsure of what to do as the voice continues "Prepare yourself. Prepare yourself. You are now meeting the Grandmaster" thor screams. But suddenly Thor and Al are somewhere else, surrounded by beings. dressed in armour looking like guards #Thors scream quickly dies as he looks around embarrassed.
  
A man who Aloisia can only assume to be the grandmaster it's infront of them "hmm, hmm, hmm" he mumbles looking at the two. A woman stands either side of him. "He's wonderful, and she's divine. It is a he? The blonde one, and the other one is a she? Yes?"

One of the women speaks up, "yes"
            
The grandmaster turns to the woman the other side of him, "Whenever we get to talking, Topaz, about Scrapper 142...what do I always say? "She is the..." and it starts with a B" but the other woman does not look amused.
                         
"Trash." She deadpans
                   
"No, not trash. Were you waiting just to call her that? It doesn't start with a B" grandmaster corrects.

Thor turns quickly to Al, whispering "that scrapper, 142, she's the one who brought us here. And she's put these things in our neck that electrics us"

Aloisia tuns to Thor, nodding slowly "i dont mean to be rude, but if you're the god of thunder, how are you getting electrocuted?"

"Just because your own fire doesn't burn you doesn't mean you cant get burned. Same for me. I have to channel it for it not to affect me, and i can't control this one" Aloisia nods, satirised with his explanation.
                         
"Booze hag" the other woman, Topaz, corrects referring to scrapper 142

"I'm so sorry. No, "best." I was thinking about "best." Because I always say you're the best. She brought me my precious beloved Champion, you know" Grandmaster says turning to 142.
                 
"You say that every time she's here" Topaz mumbles displeased
                 
"What have you brought today? Tell me"
                 
"A contender. Well actually now she's awake I'm thinking two contenders. She looks strong enough"
                  
"A what?" Thor asks, the same time Aloisia exclaims "excuse me? Contender?"
                 
"I need to go closer. I want a closer look at this. Can you take us closer? Thank you" grandmaster advances on the pair, who tense as he gets closer. He examines them closely and strangely.