After the Snap, the world is without the Armored Avenger, the Star Spangled Man, the God of Thunder, The Archer, and The Spy.
Years later, when an old friend arrives with an idea that gives them a bit of hope and a plan to get the Infinity Stones...
Alrighty! I'm back, guys! And with more emotions here that might not be as much as the last chapter, but still carry feelings. So sit back, relax, and I hope you enjoy it!
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***Theater Room***
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One of the best things about the Compound was the Theater Room. You talk about a home theater? This place was literally the size of a screening room!! Complete with a popcorn machine, a soft drink fountain, and a fridge.
And currently, they were watching Spy Kids and having a good time with it.
On screen, Juni had just tried to punch a wall really hard to show his strength. But it didn't work.
"You're not that strong, Juni!" Carmen said to him.
That made the kids belt out in laughter, Korg and Miek going crazy as well.
"That's so funny because he thought he could do it, but he's not a robot!" He stated before continuing his laugh.
They were so into it, they didn't notice the grown ups walk in.
"Hey guys." Bruce called them. They all look towards the doors and saw the grown ups standing with smiles on their faces. "You guys having fun?"
The kiddos couldn't help but laugh with a big "YES!" since they really were having a good time.
They didn't realize it, but this was the most fun they'd had without their parents around. But they'd have more fun telling them about it when they got back.
"Torrun," Erik called the blonde toddler, "We uh, have someone here who'd like to meet you."
He motioned over to Valkyrie who looked at the little girl in amazement. She could see the resemblance between her and Thor. There was a lot of her in her eyes and the hair too, obviously. And them she saw the necklace with the Mjolnir charm and that brought Thor back to mind full picture.
Here stood his daughter. Ten feet in front of her. Spitting image of her father and her mother as well. But yet, both of them were gone. Her mother who'd been the woman of Thor's dreams, and Thor....her new best friend and fellow warrior and "Revenger". Their daughter stood here, waiting for her to introduce herself.
'Well, here goes nothing.' she said to herself.
She slowly walked forward a little so as not to alarm the girl. "Hi there." She smiled with a wave.
Tori, shy to meet and introduce herself to this new person, looked over to her "Auntie" and "Great-Uncle" for help.
Erik gave her an encouraging nod while Darcy gave her a thumbs up and a wink. That helped take some of the pressure off.
"Hi." She finally replied, not too loud and not looking up at her fully.
But this made the warrior smile even more. It made her feel a bit more confident about this and moved her to make to try and take the next step.
"I'm..." she caught herself before she said "Brunnhilde" and decided to go with something easy to remember. "I'm Val. What's your name?"
"...Torunn.."
"Torunn? Wow, a warrior's name! I bet you're as brave as your father."
"You know my Daddy?"
"Very well. He's one of my good friends."
That made Torunn's head slowly rise. The mere mention of her father had always caught her attention. All she knew was that he was a great hero and that he'd saved her mother countless times. But that one day, he went away to help save someone.
But now, this other new person knew him too. And that just made her day, hearing something about her father.
Torunn's face began to light up, and right there. Right there, Val saw that this was what the girl needed. And she definitely wanted to tell her.
"Would you..maybe like me to maybe tell you about him?"
Torunn gasped at the question. "YES.YES.YES!!! PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE!!!" She exclaimed, jumping up and down like Mexican Jumping Bean. She had never been so excited in her life. Jane, Erik and Darcy had told her stories about her father before. Now, she was gonna hear EVEN MORE stories about her father! WHAT A TREAT!!!
Val held out her hand and the blonde toddler took it and they walked hand in hand out of the room as she began to tell the tale of the "Lord Of Thunder Who Landed On Trash Planet".
Erik and Darcy smiled and the Intern wiped away a few years as the watched Tori laugh at the thing being told her by her father's friend.
This wasn't what they expected when they first arrived, but it still made them feel so glad to see their young ward smiling and not introverted.
Rhodey sniffled a little, as did Rocket. Buy ng the tough guys they were, they did their best to play it off.
Bruce and Betty smiled at the scene too. Course, Bruce didn't know that Betty was thinking that that would've been them if he hadn't had that accident all those years ago. But that was the past, this was the present.
As for the Twins, Nikki was happy for her new best friend. But Jamie... for some strange reason, he began to have a funny feeling in his stomach at the sight of Tori smiling. It wasn't a bad funny feeling, but it kinda felt like butterflies.
He shook it off and thought it was because he was hungry.
"Ok, guys," Bruce started, getting the attention of the Twins and the two aliens in the room, "Who wants lunch?"
Jamie and Nikki cheered, all for it. Korg and Miek nodded, "ready for some grub" as he put it.
"Alright, to the kitchen!"
And the three, plus Miek being held by Korg, raced out of the room and headed for the kitchen.
As the five remaining adults and "raccoon" began to follow, Betty stopped and realized something.
"Wait a minute." she said to no one in particular.
They stopped and looked back to see a confused expression about her.
She turned around and noticed an absence that she was surprised she didn't notice earlier.
"What's up?" Darcy asked, confused herself as to what Betty was looking for.
"Where's Pepper?"
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Val and Tori have officially met now people!! Now begins her learning, not only more about Thor, but also her heritage and Asgardian culture. So, got a lot to look forward to.
As for where Pepper went, well, you'll see in the next chapter. And it's gonna be leading up to a key person in the MCU. ;)
So I hope yall liked that bit, LMK what you thought and I'll be seeing y'all in the next chapter! Ninja-Boy OUT!!!
