Chapter 25: An Old Friend

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Thor made it to the wreckage of space junk and found the Quinjet.

"Yes!" he cheered.

He made inside and looked to see it could still be in operation.

"All right. Come on," Thor urged.

He then scanned his hand.

"Welcome. Voice activation required," the computer voice remarked.

"Thor," he answered.

"Access denied," it informed.

"Thor, son of Odin," Thor tried again.

"Access denied," it repeated.

"God of Thunder," he said.

"Access denied," it repeated.

"Strongest Avenger," Thor decided.

"Access denied," it repeated.

"Strongest Avenger," he pronunciated.

"Access denied," it repeated.

"Damn you, Stark," he mumbled then said, "Point Break."

"Welcome, Point Break," the computer finally said.

Thor laughed in triumph until Hulk tore the back of the Quinjet off.

"Friend stay!" Hulk yelled.

"No, no, no! Stop!" Thor shouted.

"Stay!" Hulk kept going.

"Hulk, stop breaking everything!" Thor ordered.

"Don't go!" Hulk begged.

Then Thor pulled up Natasha's message that she made for him after they defeated Ultron. That made Hulk stop and look at the message.

"Nice work, big guy. We don't know where Ultron's headed, but you're going very high, very fast. So, I need you to turn this bird around, okay? We can't track you in stealth mode, so I need you to help me out. Okay? I need you to--" Nat's message played until it cut off.

Then Hulk started beating himself up, Banner and Hulk fighting each other to see if Banner would come out or remain in.

"No! No, Banner!" Hulk yelled until he finally calmed down, turned back to Bruce, and said, "Oh, jeez."

"Banner. Hey, hey, hey. You all right, Banner?" Thor asked, reaching out to him.

When Thor touched him, Banner freaked out a little.

"Sun's going down. Sun's going down. That's it, breathe. I won't hurt you. Sun's going down," Thor comforted.

"Thor," Bruce recognized.

"Yeah," Thor nodded.

"What happened to your hair?" Bruce wondered.

"Some creepy old man cut it off," Thor answered.

"It looks good," Bruce commented.

"Thanks," Thor thanked him.

"Where are we? How's Nat?" Bruce asked.

"Nat is good, I'm sure," Thor replied.

"Is she okay? And what about Sokovia?" Bruce continued.

"Sokovia?" Thor asked, confused.

"The city, Sokovia. Did we save it?" Bruce said.

"Banner, listen," Thor started.

"What?" Bruce wondered.

"Sokovia. Ultron. That was two years ago," Thor explained.

"What are you saying? What? I've been Hulk for two years?" Bruce asked.

"I'm afraid so," Thor answered.

Banner took the gigantic beads off and asked, "What the hell happened?"

Bruce got up, wrapping his now oversized shorts around himself, and went to the front of the ship.

"Banner, there's something you should know," Thor remarked.

Banner scanned his hand.

"Voice activation required," the computer requested.

"Banner," Bruce stated.

"Welcome, strongest Avenger," the computer welcomed.

"Uh what?" Thor questioned.

"Ship's log," Bruce requested.

Then a video popped up if the Quinjet crashing and Hulk holding on for dear life.

"Thor, where are we?" Bruce wondered.

"Yeah, about that," Thor started.

Then a huge hologram of the Grandmaster appeared in the middle of the city.

"Sakaar, hear ye. Attention please. I have some bad news. My beloved exalted champion has turned up missing. Take to the streets. Celebrate my champion," the Grandmaster announced.

"Who's that?" Bruce wondered.

"He kind of runs the place. You actually lived at his house for a while," Thor answered.

"I did?" Bruce asked, surprised.

"Yeah. Quite a lot's happened. You and I had a fight recently," Thor explained.

"Did I win?" Bruce wondered.

"No, I won. Easily," Thor remarked.

"Doesn't sound right," Bruce pointed out.

"Well, it's true," Thor stated.

"It seems that that criminally seductive Lord of Thunder has stolen him away," the Grandmaster continued.

"Seductive God of Thunder," Thor growled then informed, "We need to move."

Then Banner put his hand to his chest in a panic.

"Oh, no. This is bad. This is really, really bad. Thor, I think I'm freaking out," Bruce said.

"No, no, no. Don't freak out. You're okay. Put these on," Thor replied, handing him some clothes.

"These are Tony's clothes," Bruce pointed out.

"I know, come on," Thor remarked.

"Is he here?" Bruce asked.

"No, he's not here. But listen. Just stay calm, okay? The sun's going down. The sun's getting really low. Sun's going down," Thor assured.

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A/N Thor, I don't think that's helping.

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