Raven by JustBored21

Chapter 49

It took several moments before the crowd stopped cheering for the alien that was, if the Grandmaster was to be believed, called Beta Ray Bill.

"Excuse me just one second." Harry called out politely to Bill as he gave raised his finger in a 'give us a minute please' gesture before he walked over to the little hole where Thor and the others were looking from. Harry made sure to occasionally glance back and keep his magic up and ready to alert him in case this 'Beta Ray Bill' decides to attack him from behind. "Thor," Harry said as he finally reached Thor. "hey sorry to bother you but can you perhaps explain...the fuck?!" Harry gestured in Bill's direction. "Who the hell is that guy?"

"His name is Beta Ray Bill," Thor explained. "I may or not have run into him before. It's a long story but to sum it up he impressed Odin enough for him to be given a hammer that is similar to Mjolnir."

"How similar?"

"The exact same thing but with an axe head." Thor answered. "He is also...pretty durable and very strong."

"How strong?" Harry asked, not entirely sure he would the answer.

"Strong enough to fight me and win." Thor answered.

"Damn." Harry said in a soft and slightly disbelieving voice as he looked towards Beta Ray Bill who was still standing and waiting for him. "Well this complicates things."

"Well...not really." Thor said.

"What the hell do you mean 'not really'?!" Harry demanded.

"Well it's just that the plan is still the exact same, all you have to do is just put...a bit more effort into it." Thor said with an encouraging smile. "Look, he is a good person and I think if it wasn't for those little device thingies then he probably would not be here. But we have got to stick to the plan."

"Plan? What plan?" Korg asked. "Oh you guys have a plan. Cool, what's the plan?"

"A plan-y plan," Harry interrupted before Thor could reply. "you will find out later." Harry said to Korg before he turned back to Thor.

"Look," Thor said. "all you have to do is stall." He reminded Harry.

"You sure I can't just kill him?" Harry asked. "I mean it would be a lot simpler."

"Please don't hurt him more than necessary, no fancy magic and tying him or that body snap thingie that you do."

"You mean the body bind?"

"Whatever," Thor said dismissively. "you just have to stall for time."

"Thor, are you sure that Loki will come through?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.

"He is different now," Thor said. "you changed him Harry, I can sense it and you know that with Frigga in danger he wants to get back to Asgard as soon as possible.

"Fine." Harry sighed. "You sure this 'Bill' won't...you know...have hard feelings and spend the rest of his life trying to hunt me down or whatever? Like I have enemies already, just saying."

"Pretty sure." Thor smiled.

"He can take a punch?" Harry asked.