The Traitor, The Avenger, And The Killer

Trouble On The Far Side Of The Moon

The invasion was starting to take its toll on the heroes fighting to defend Earth. SHIELD and SWORD agents were scrambling to cover helicarriers and bases as well as world capitals in concert with the militaries around the world. And then there was the fact that the Kree had an especially strong presence in New York as they tried — multiple times — to take down Avengers Tower as well as the mansion... it had been a long stretch for everyone on Earth.

But no way were they going to only play defense.

Captain Marvel and War Machine were already in the air taking the fight to the Kree fleet, and Noh's ship was right behind them, with Thor and K on board and ready to make the invaders rethink their every decision. It was their third such mission in as many days — with not much time for breaks in between and several days of fighting prior to that — and it seemed like the Kree just kept coming.

The lack of sleep was starting to show through for even the three hardy heroes who didn't need as much as their friends — but then, Noh had pointed out, the Kree were just as tired and likely hadn't expected as much resistance as they got, so now was a good time to strike.

All three of them had coffees in hand, and Noh was surprised at the fact that the caffeine actually seemed to be having an effect on K — though he was also concerned, as it meant that her healing was starting to wear down as well. He supposed, well over a week straight of fighting would do that to a person.

Thankfully, if all went well, the first part of this mission — getting them to the large orbiting station that the Kree had set up that seemed to be a triage of sorts for injured Kree craft — would be simple enough. Noh and Forge had been working together for the past few days to mimic the signature of an injured Kree ship from the correct dimension so that they could hopefully slip in, and then... well, the plan was, as always, to destroy things.

Noh looked over and noticed the way that K was drumming her fingers along the side of her coffee mug and gave her a bright smile. "I can simply catapult you into the station when we are close enough if you find you cannot wait to get started," he teased.

"I could ride on Thor's shoulders too," K replied with a little smirk.

"This would help you to reach those further from the ground," Thor teased her, laughing outright.

"Good thing I keep you around just for opening jars and reaching bad guys when chewing their ankles isn't quite effective," she agreed.

Thor's eyes just twinkled with laughter. "As ever, I'm happy to serve the needs of a good lady and a warrior woman," he laughed. "Even if I am relegated to being a ladder in the process."

"But such a lovely ladder," K chuckled.

Noh just shook his head at both of them and muttered something in Kree, but when Thor responded back with a laugh and something in the same language, Noh looked downright surprised as he turned to face the thunder god. "I didn't know you could do that," he said.

"It's the gift of All-Speak," Thor explained with a scrunched up brow. "When you were an Avenger, you saw it in use."

But Noh waved his hand. "No, I mean — I didn't know that gift applied to dialects outside your own dimension," he said. "I can understand the Kree language here and be understood... but it's a different dialect, and it took some time for me to get used to. You... You spoke my language," he explained, the grin widening with every word. "I thought I would never hear it again."

"I guess it's time you started teaching some of us then," K pointed out with a warm smile.

"I didn't think there was much reason to," Noh admitted. "The Kree in your universe — you deal with them often enough that you should learn their language."