Survivors

Asgard

We make it outside the ship and I look up.

'So how does this work exactly?' Bellamy asks, running his hand through his hair.

'Firstly we need to change into something more appropriate' I say looking down at both our clothes. I nod and whisper 'Vestis et auri' I wave my hands at myself and Bellamy, within a second gold and white threads wrap around us, the light causing us to close our eyes, when they open I notice a light blue dress with gold accents, I feel my hair and notice a gold leaf crown above a braid. I look to Bellamy and see that he is dressed as a royal soldier. The cape that is draped over my shoulders is also a pale blue. I nod with happiness and see Bellamy eyeing me up.

Before I have a chance to tell him to stop, I instead, grasp his hand and look to the Sky. 'Heimdall when you are ready' I say. I look forward and feel a warm embrace wrap around me, then I feel as though I am free falling, yet being pulled. I realise I am standing and shake myself slightly. Bellamy has ran off to one side to be sick. I laugh a little and turn to the gate keeper himself.

I curtsy slightly and he looks at me. 'Welcome Maria, I see you have brought a friend with you.' Heimdall looks over my shoulder to the slightly paled Bellamy.

Bellamy waves nervously. I walk over to him and take his arm in mine. 'It's okay, we'll walk to the castle' I say to him and nod to Heimdall.

We walk out of the gateway and follow the road down to the palace. By the time we have arrived Bellamy has returned to his normal colour and is walking by my side.

We walk up to the doors and I open them whispering 'fores aperire'.

As we enter the hall is huge, making us feel like mice trapped in a box. Bellamy is too busy looking up before he walks into a pillar. He stumbles backwards, coughs and laughs it off. He walks closer to my side after as well.

As we walk to meet the throne a familiar face calls my name.

'Maria, oh Maria!' Thor calls out loudly, he jumps down from the throne, puts his arms around me and swings me up into the air. I laugh all the while spinning.

'Uncle Thor! Im loving your castle! Remind me why I have never taken up your offer to come here before?!' I tell him as he places me down.

'You look radiant, your outfits are very convincing' Thor remarks.

He walks me through the throne room to the grand hall where he hosts his feasts. Today there is a small selection of food and some light wine and water. We sit together and chat about how Earth is and I discuss with him my ideas and he agrees with them. Whilst I am completely consumed in my chat with Thor I don't notice Bellamy, having passed out on the bench. I put my hand on his leg and realize that whilst I can't get drunk due to my biology, Bellamy definitely can, unfortunately for him, the wine he had wasn't the usual brew, it was truly Thor-ified. I let Bellamy remain asleep and talk with Thor about my dilemma.

'So, onto why I am here' I sit closer to Thor, noticing how engaged he is. 

'Earth will die in 3 years, if we do not fix it' I say looking at him hopefully. 'How can I help' he replies instantly. 

'Well, I was wondering if maybe there was a way to either, turn back time, to just after the continents have shifted, or even a bigger task, to go back in time and prevent the Artificial intelligence from being created? I know that sounds crazy, but with the nuclear reactors in the condition they are in, we don't know if there is any way to contain the explosion, and prevent the world from being destroyed?' I say slowly, to make sure that I don't miss out any ideas or details. 

'Maria, you are a genius, both scientifically and magically. Have you thought about maybe creating a bubble or sphere that can absorb the explosions safely, and have them deposited into a black hole?' Thor asks. 

'I didn't think of using black holes' Maria replies thinking about what Thor just said. 

'Like a flame' Thor says. 

'Okay, well' Maria says pulling a candle stick over using her telekinesis, then as the flame flickers, she focuses her power around it and causes the fire to burn out inside the ball. Once she lifts the ball away from the candle, she destroys it, causing it to crackle' The candle stick remains unlit. 

'Wow, so if i scale that up, I could potentially, contain the explosion of a reactor and throw the energy away, like as you said into a black hole or maybe even fling it to the sun, as Im sure, the energy would just burn out... Uncle Thor you are a genius!' I say excitedly.

'I have had a wonderful time in your company today, feel free to come back at any time, and let me know how you get on!' Thor says with a similar level of enthusiasm. 

I look to the bench and notice Bellamy sound asleep still. Thor nods and as he does a horse appears in the hall with beautiful white hair, I pick up Bellamy carefully and place him over the horse. As I sit on, the horse canters out of the castle, and in an Instant a pair of wings come out the side of the horse as she flies us back to Heimdall. 

I sit motionless amazed at the power of the horse which I should now I guess call a pegasus, as this is the correct term for a flying horse. She gracefully lands and I carry Bellamy in my arms. Heimdall nods and opens the bypass.

We land near the home ship, and I walk whilst still carrying Bellamy, through the halls to the med bay. I place him carefully on the bed. I whisper lightly 'sobrius sursum'. He stirs from his sleep and sits up slowly. 

'What happened?' He asks confused. 'Well, you quickly became drunk on wine and passed out, I carried you all the way home, but hey at least I know how to fix the planet now' I say to him whilst skipping out of the med bay, to the bridge.