Protector

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After hearing the message of the Grandmaster, the trio decided to try and find a way to get of this planet. Right now they're walking toward the center of the city.

Thor keeps talking to Bruce, telling him things that he missed after he left and many others that Veronica didn't understand. She wasn't really paying attention to their conversation, she was just following them. She only wanted one thing, to get of this planet and they were her only hope to get back home. Well, to get back to London.

The girl was suddenly pulled out of her thoughts when a cloud of green appeared in front of her. Waving her hands in front of her face to clear her view, she noticed that Thor had pulled Bruce aside from all the crazy fans of the Grandmaster's champion. Well, that explains the green.

The superhero duo had a sort of pep talk, again. Bruce really didn't feel well. Veronica did not know what she could do to help him, so she decided to stay aside and wait.

Her eyes wondered to the big crowd of so-called fans. It was big, but she didn't mind, she was used to it. In the corned of her eye she saw Bruce get up. 

"Ready to go?" The man looked at her surprised, she hasn't said much during the whole time that they were together. He was curious. They didn't really had the time to sit down and talk, to get to know each other. 

"Come on, we have to move." 

But they didn't really made it far, 'cause suddenly Thor stopped his tracks. Veronica moved from behind Thor to get a better view of what was blocking their path. Better said, who. The same woman that the girl saw a couple of times before was now standing in front of them. 

The woman was talking to Thor, but Veronica wasn't listening. The girl was trying to find out who the myserious woman was. She didn't even know her name, yet she kept seeing her. Her thoughts were quickly stopped when the rest of the group started moving again.

"Where are we going? We don't even know her!"

"My name is Valkyrie. Now you know me, now you can follow me." The woman said dryly before turning around and walking, not caring to look back if the trio was following her.

"I cannot wait to get of this planet..." The girl muttered, following them eventually.

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They had entered a building and went to the third floor, until they were standing in front of a green door. Valkyrie turned and faced the group.

"Look, I've spent years in a haze, trying to forget my past..." Nikki was confiused to why this woman was suddenly telling them about her life, but decided not to say anything. "Sakaar seemed like the best place to drink and forget, and to die one day..." Before she could continue Thor cutted her of.

"I was thinking that you drink too much and that it was probably going to kill you." 

"I don't plan to stop drinking." That was enough to get Thor to shut up for a moment and let Valkyrie finish her talking. 

"But I don't wanna forget. I can't turn away anymore. So... If I'm gonna die, well, it may as well be driving my sword through the heart of that murderous hag."

"Good."

"Yeah."

That's when Nikki realised that something happened in Valkyrie's past and it's catching up with her. She's going to have to face her past again, and for some people that's hard.

"So, I'm saying that I wanna be on the team. Has it got a name?" The question kind of got the teen by surprise. We're a team?  They never talked about that. The only thing that the she wanted was to get back to London. To get of this planet, and quick.

"Y-yeah... It's called the Revengers... Because I'm getting revenge... You're getting revenge... And you're too. You're too, what were you... Do you want revenge?" Thor asked Bruce for backup.

"I... Uhm... I'm undecided..." The elder one of the group said.

"Well, I don't want revenge." Veronica suddenly said, wich caused all of the adults to look at her. "What? I just want to get of this planet but I don't want to get revenge on anyone!"

This made the others go silent, not really knowing what to say after that. But the silence was quickly over when Valkyrie decided to talk again.

"Also, I've got a peace offering." And with that the woman opened the green door, revieling a black-haired man tied to a chair.

"Surprise." Valkyrie was the first one to enter to room, ignoring the man in the chair. Thor was next but he stopped to take something from a table near the door and throw it at the man. 

"Aw..."

"Just had to be sure..." Then it was Bruce's turn, who was still very uncomfortable in the clothes that Thor gave him earlier.

"Hello Bruce." This confiused Nikki, 'cause appantely everybody exept her knows him. She began to wonder why he was tied up, what he did to be tied up. But Bruce answered her question without knowing it.

"So, last time I saw you, you were trying to kill everybody. Where are you at these days?"

"It varies from moment to moment." Now the girl wasn't only confiused but also scared. Why were they in the same room as this killer? That's why she decided to not enter the room. If anything happens she would have a bigger chance to survive and run away. 

"Is that a Dragonfang?" The girl heard Thor ask Valkyrie and turned her head towards him, trying to be able to understand what they were going to do without having to move from where she was standing.

"It is." 

"My God. This is the famed sword of the Valkyrie." The man was totally amased by the object, however Valkyrie didn't pay any attention to it.

"So, Sakaar and Asgard are about as far apart as any two known systems, our best bet is the wormhole is outside of City Limits. We could be back in Asgard in 18 months." Veronica's eyes widen after hearing that. That's more than a year! Luckly for her Thor quickly disagreed.

"We are going through the big one." Was the God of Thunder's altenate option.

"The Devil's Anus?" Not the most flattering name for a hole. It looked anything but safe to go through it. Fear started to rise inside of her. She has never been on a plane before, let alone a spaceship. Hopefully the others did and knew how to operate one. But what if they didn't?

"Anus? W-Wait who's anus?" That comment made the young girl think that Bruce Banner was the only other normal person in the room, aside from her. 

"For the recond I didn't know it was called that when I picked it." Veronica didn't know why but that comment didn't help to settle her fear. Was Thor always so nonchalant when making decisions? It seemed like a game to him. Like it was so easy. 

"That looks like a collapsing neutron star inside of a Einstein-Rosen bridge." Now the young girl decided to take back her comment of thinking Bruce was normal. 'Cause she didn't get any of the words that came out of his mouth.

"We need another ship. That will tear mine to pieces." Realising that conversation wasn't made for her ears, Nikki focused her attention on the thread in the room. The black-haired guy. 

He seemed to be really intrested in what the three were saying. At the first glace he doesn't look like a bad guy. But once you look at his blue eyes you know he is. They have that look inside of them. A look Veronica can't quite place. She was so deep in thought she didn't notice that Thor, Bruce and Valkyrie moved and that the black-haired, blue-eyed man tried to take part of the conversation. Until Valkyrie throw her bottle at him, making Nikki flinch, taking a step back, only to hit the table creating a loud noice bring the attention of all the adults straight to her.

Shit.