Goddess | Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 7: Nidavellir

Back on Titan Quill is taking measurements of the planet using a special device while Mantis jump about in the low gravity. "The hell happened to this planet? It's eight degrees off its axis. Gravitational pull is all over the place"

"Yeah, we got one advantage. He's coming to us. We'll use it. All right, I have a plan. Or at least the beginnings of one. It's pretty simple. We draw him in, pin him down, get what we need. Definitely don't wanna dance with this guy. We just need the gauntlet. Drax Yawns obnoxiously. "Are you yawning? In the middle of this, while I'm breaking it down? Huh? Did you hear what I said?"

"I stopped listening after you said, 'We need a plan.'"

"Okay, Mr. Clean is on his own page" Tony says, turning to Quill

"See, "not winging it" isn't really what they do"

"Uh, what exactly do they do?" Peter asks, pointing to them

"Kick names, take ass"

Drax agrees Quietly as he shifts to a commanding position beside Mantis "Yeah, that's right"

Tony stands for a moment with an expression of hopelessness and defeat as he looks on at them, sighing he says"Alright, just get over her, please. Mr. Lord can you get your folks to circle up?"

"'Mr. Lord." Star-Lord is fine" he says, as he motions to Drax and Mantis

"We gotta coalesce. 'Cause if all we come at him with is a plucky attitude.."

"Dude, don't call us plucky. We don't know what is means. Alright, we're optimistic, yes. I like your plan. Except it sucks, so let me do the plans, and that way it might be really good"

"Tell him about the dance-off to save the universe"

"What dance-off?"

"It's nothing"

"Like in Footloose, the movie?" Peter says, making another media reference. He had forced Aloisia to watch so many movies with hem when he had realised that the woman barely watched TV and was highly uneducated in that area. So he, Natasha and Aloisia had watched many movies together. On multiple occasions when Aloisia had fallen asleep peter would chat to Natasha while she would gently brush her hands through her wife's hair. The two always managed to make time for peter, even if Natasha was a criminal and Aloisia was supposed to be laying low. They were very good at hiding in plain sight and avoiding the government. Peter loved seeing Natasha and Aloisia and hoped that when this was all over, he would get that chance again.

excitedly Quill says, "Exactly like Footloose. Is it still the greatest movie in history?"

"It never was" Peter quickly denies. Quill frowns sadly at him

"Don't encourage this, alright?"

"Okay" Peter says softly.

"We're getting no help from Flash Gordon here"

"Flash Gordon? By the way, that's a compliment. Don't forget, I'm half human" Quill points at Stark and Parker "So that 50% of me that's stupid... That's 100% you"

"Your math is blowing my mind"

"Excuse me, but...Does your friend often do that?" Mantis says, looking confused at Strange, who is sitting cross-legged, his hands poise in a mystic gesture with the Time Stone suspended between them. His eyes are closed, and his head is jerking rapidly from side to side

"Strange, we alright?" Strange seems to snap out of it as he starts forward, letting out a cry and a gasp, panting "You're back. You're alright. Hi" Tony offers

"Hey, what was that?"

Speaking breathlessly strange says, "I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict"