Affliction (P.P.)

Part 10

(Peter POV)

This is the worst road- er, space, trip I've ever been on. I never had siblings, so I have no idea what it's like to have road trip arguments. So, I'm in space, with Thor and Loki, who are arguing over directions. "You passed the jump! We were supposed to head passed Vormir!" Loki shouts. "I know what I'm doing brother! I'm older than you, I've been traveling through space far longer than you have." Thor rolls his eyes. He snatches the "map" out of Loki's hands. Loki refers to it as a map, but it's really a holographic space compass thingy. It tells him where to go, almost like a GPS. It even has a voice. Although for some reason it speaks like Yoda, saying things like, "next left jump, you shall take" and "around, you must turn" which then confuses Loki and Thor, and sends them into an argument.

"You're being an idiot!" Says Loki.
"I'm not an idiot, you're an idiot!" Thor replies.
"WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE STOP BEFORE I THROW MYSELF INTO SPACE?!" I finally shout, unbuckling my seatbelt and walking to the food and drink supply of the ship. "Peter, I'm afraid if you did that you would die." Thor says. I give him a deadpanned look. He stops talking. I grab a Coke from the stash we brought with us, take a sip, and sigh. "Okay. Let's try this again. Where are we right now?" I ask. "Approximately, in earth terms, 1200 miles from Vomia." Loki says. "I thought we had to pass that?" I say, confused. "No, that's Vormir. Not Vomia. There's a difference. A big difference." Loki explains. "Okay then, so, how do we take a space jump thingy, over to outside Vormir, so we can pass it?" I say, trying to keep from getting annoyed.

"Well, we do exactly that. But Thor doesn't know what he's doing." Loki glares at Thor. "This earth technology is still giving me difficulties." Thor shrugs. I pinch the bridge of my nose. "Okay, okay. Loki, do you know what you're doing?" I ask him. "Yes. I can fly the vessel." He nods. "But can we trust you to fly us to the right place?" I raise an eyebrow. He nods solemnly again. "Alright. Thor, switch with Loki." I say. They switch seats. "You May want to sit down Parker." Loki says. I sit in my seat, and buckle up. "Jump in three, two.....one." Loki pushes a button, and slams the ship forward. We zip through the jump, or should I says jump's. He's zipping us through multiple at a time. I look over at Thor. "What is happening to your face?!" I shout over the roar of our speed. His eyes are getting big, like googly eyes, and his face is contorting weirdly.

"He's taking us through too many jumps, it takes its toll on your body as you go!" Thor yells. Loki looks back at me, his nose deformed to take up half his face, and his eyes getting small. "We're almost there!" He shouts back. We all scream as it goes faster, and then finally we come to an abrupt halt. Me and Thor slam back in our seats, breathing heavily. "What the h*ll Loki?!" I say, still feeling weird after all the jumps we went through. "Hey, I got us here didn't I?" Loki says, holding his hand up in a flourish, gesturing our the window at Vormir. "Why does it look so...scary?" I ask. "Because that's exactly what it is." Loki says. "But we better be going, we still have a while to get to Vomia." He gets the engines going again. We turn away from Vormir, and start going at a steady pace to Vomia.

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The ship gives a big lurch, and I startle awake from the nap I had been taking in my seat. Loki is maneuvering crazily. "Loki? What's going on?" I ask him. "Oh nothing, just some blasted asteroids that could potentially destroy the ship." He says. "What?! Where's Thor?" I ask. "Stuffing his face, what did you expect?" Loki rolls his eyes. I look over to the kitchen-ish type area that we have on the ship. It's really just a row of storage drawers full of food and drink, with counter space on top. Thor is sitting there, eating pop tarts straight out of a box. "Okay, what is with you and the pop tart obsession? Seriously? You had to bring impractical food on a trip to space?" I say, shaking my head. Thor shrugs, his mouth too full to answer. I groan. Loki then does a barrel roll around an asteroid, sending me and Thor to the ceiling.

He flips back over, and we land on the floor with a thud, Thor on top of me. "Thor.... you're- you're hurting my bones." I wheeze. He climbs off of me. "Well that took a wild turn." Loki smirks. "I normally admire a good pun, but now isn't the time." I say with an exasperated sigh. We get back in our seats. "Okay, so how far away are we now?" I ask. "We are now 300 miles from Vomia." Thor reads off of the the 'GPS'. I smile. "Well that's great right! How long have we been driving?" I ask. "About ten hours. Feels like longer though." Loki says with an eye roll. "Tell me about it." I groan, stretching my legs out. I look over at Thor and he's suddenly snoring, fast asleep in his seat. "How did he fall asleep so fast?" I say bewildered. "If Thor gets enough food in him, he falls asleep within minutes." Loki says. I shrug. We're quiet for a while, and I watch the stars go by out the windows. "Loki?" I ask.

"Yes, earthling." He says, sideways glancing at me. "This plan will work right? We can get back in time to save Charlotte?" I ask him. Worries have been bouncing around like a tv logo in my mind the whole ride. "Of course. You're with me. I'm the god of mischief. My plans always work." He says smugly. My worry doesn't cease, and he seems to notice. "Don't fret, I'm positive it will go well. Now maybe you should rest. Who knows what havoc will be wreaking on Vomia when we get there." He says. "Havoc? Why- why would there be havoc?" I ask. "I failed their raid mission, so they're probably a bit cross with me." He shrugs. "Oh. Right." I laugh slightly. "But me and Thor have been through many battles together, and I'm sure you've had your fair share of fights too." He says as he pushes some buttons, then goes back turns back to me. He must've turned on auto pilot.

"Yeah, I have." I say. I yawn, and lean back in my seat. "Rest up little mid-guardian, I'll wake you when we arrive." Loki stands and goes to the food area. "I'm not little." I say groggily. "Yes yes I know." He says. Then I drift off to sleep.
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"Thor, Peter, wake up!" Loki shouts. I jolt awake. I look out the window, and land is rushing by underneath us. "We're here already?!" I call to him. "Yes! And we're out of fuel!" Loki has a white-knuckle grip on the steering wheel. Thor is buckled in his seat, still sleeping. "Thor!" I yell, but he only snores in return. "He could sleep through a raging war!" Loki says, annoyed. The ground keeps getting closer and closer by the minute. "Brace yourself earthling!" Loki calls. And suddenly, we start hitting trees. The ship bounces and ricochets off of them, jerking us all around. We ram into a huge tree with a loud bang, and everything goes black...