Asgard or Midgard

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-Jane, come and see this, there's an anomaly in the data.

The young redhead looked excited at the idea that there was a mistake.

-That's impossible Maeva, let me check it out.

It was already late and they were the only ones still in the modest laboratory. The lab was filled with machines and computers, the only thing not computerized was the huge glass board, characteristic of a scientific office. It stood in the middle of the room like a lone survivor against all these vast technological advances.

Jane stopped what she was doing and joined her friend. When she saw the results on the screen, her eyes widened in shock.

-But that's impossible. We need to check that, I'll call the doctor.

Both of them were very excited. Jane called the doctor and gave him the coordinates of the anomaly as she started the car.

-Jane, what do you think we are we going to find there?

-The result of all our research, I hope.

As they neared the coordinates, they saw a mass of clouds and lights, like a cyclone and lightning storm rolled together, fall down and disappear.

On the ground, there was something abnormal. They couldn't distinguish exactly what it was but, having studied the area for years, they knew it should not have been there.

Indeed, the half-conscious man on top of it also had no clear reason to be in the middle of nowhere.

Jane and Maeva tried to wake him up but there was nothing they could do, the only solution was to take him to the hospital. The car was too far away for them to carry him to so they tried to bring it closer. The man suddenly decided to get up and Jane, who was driving at that moment, ran into him.

She stopped the car abruptly and they quickly jumped out. It was at that moment that the doctor arrived.

-What's happened?

-A tunnel of light burst from the sky and when we arrived there were a man lying where it had appeared.

-And who is he?

-We don't know, we brought the car closer when he started to get up and Jane hit him.

-Put him in the car, we'll take him to the hospital.

The doctor helped them lift the unconscious body into Jane's car and then went back to his own to accompany them to the hospital.

After answering the doctor's questions about the man in their car, they realized that they knew almost nothing about him. He was a blond man with long hair and a tall and muscular build. They didn't even know the colour of his eyes. It was as if he had landed on Earth through this cloud pipe, which was impossible. Where did he come from? The question remained unanswered as the doctor had sent the girls home to rest. He also went home, with a much less busy mind than the two girls.

Early in the morning, the two young women went back to their research.

-Maeva, you don't think that this man might've been there because he was doing the same research as us, do you?

-I asked myself that question all night long but, in that case, how did he manage to arrive before the event occurred and...

The redhead turned to the door of the lab as it suddenly opened with a bang. Eyes wide open, they saw the young man from the night before in the doorway.

-You're the one who hit me last night, aren't you?

Maeva answered as Jane seemed unable to.

-Yes, we're sorry, but you look great. They let you out rather quickly.

-Where is Mjölnir?

-I'm sorry but it there was no one with you when we arrived at the site.

-It is not a person but a rather imposing hammer.

-A hammer? No, sorry, but who are you?

-My name is Thor Odinson, god of Asgard.

Asgard, Thor, Odin, all those words were familiar to Maeva but she couldn't remember where they came from.

The doctor who had just arrived burst out laughing.

-Sorry, a god you said? Have you looked in a mirror at least? You have a face and a body of the most banal young man, you must have taken your dreams for reality, these names only exist in children's tales.

It was at this moment that several men arrived in the laboratory and took all the research from the two girls without saying a word

-But, what are you doing? That's our research.

-Agent Phil Coulson from SHIELD, this research is ours now. I'm asking you to calm down and cooperate with us.

-This research is the result of several years of investigation, do you really think that we'll just let you take it?

The doctor held Maeva by the arm and said:

-You can't do anything about it, if you don't want to get hurt then stand back, it's better.

Maeva stepped back to sit on the chair in her now empty office. All that remained was the large glass board, the only survivor of the kidnapping.

-Mister Thor, you're now our last hope, what were you doing in that place last night?

-Telling you that I landed there thanks to the Bifrost will not be a sufficient explanation I imagine.

-The rainbow bridge..

-What did you say Maeva?

-Nothing.. It's just that I feel like I've already heard all those names somewhere.

-No doubt in the books, replied the doctor, they come straight out of Nordic mythology.

-That's impossible, my mother refused to read them to me or allow me to read them. I don't know why, she always talked about protecting me, but when I asked her what from she was unable to answer.

Jane seemed intrigued and absorbed by this whole story that went beyond any understanding. A god from another planet, how was it possible?

-I have to go back to the place of my arrival on this planet, would anyone be able to help me?

Jane woke up and offered to take him there. The doctor tried to dissuade her but she took the keys to her car and went without saying a word, closely followed by Thor.

-She will come back soon enough when she sees that he is completely delirious

Without listening to him, Maeva approached the board, she took a marker and let herself be carried away by what her spirit dictated to her. She drew a kind of solar system consisting of nine planets, under two of them she wrote, Asgard and Midgard, and at the top of her drawing she wrote "Iggdrasil". She linked the planets together, the drawing resembling a tree made up of planets.

When she finally finished it was dark and there was a torrential rain outside. The doctor's phone rang, Thor had been caught while trying to pull a hammer from a rock. He had to get him out of there.

-Go get some rest, I'll take care of it.