Disclaimer: Darcy is watching kitten videos on YouTube. "Sweet" she says as a kitten dressed in a suit rings a bell, "He thinks he's a real person...Awesome!" she laughs. She receives a chat message from someone called The Woman.
The Woman: I have something important to tell you.
D3Kittens: What? You see dead people?
The Woman: No.
D3Kittens: You're in the house? You're going to kill me? The answer to life is not 42? Insert cliché horror/sci-fi trope...
The Woman: Nothing that drastic.
D3Kittens: What then? So, I can finally live my life to the fully.
The Woman: I own nothing.
D3Kittens: _
Darcy, Erik and Jane arrive at the A&E of the County Hospital. They check in the strange woman. "Name?" the nurse at reception asks.
"Xena." Darcy deadpans. The nurse gives Darcy a look. "What we were all thinking it?" They all looked at her and sighed.
"Okay, okay, she said it was Lady something...Sierra...Sangria...Sieve!" Darcy counters.
"She said Lady Sif. I believe, it's spelt S-I-F." Erik corrects.
"Relationship?" the nurse continues.
"Lets see, we've never met, until she..." Darcy points at Jane "...hit her with her vehicle." The nurse stares at Jane.
"She tasered her, after she became conscious." Jane defends.
"True, I feared for my life, you'd have done the same – she had crazy eyes. And he..." pointing at Erik, "...carried her into the vehicle."
+++Lady Sif+++
Sif wakes up in a hospital ward. She takes in the ward from her bed.
"Where am I? What realm is this?"
She recalls the events of the previous night, after she was banished from Asgard. She groans "Will father ever forgive me?"
She notices a man at the entrance peeking through a window, in a white lab coat and glasses. He notices she's awake and seems conscious. He enters the room.
"Good morning Miss..." Looks at the chart, "Sorry La-dy...Sif", he smiles, "I'm Dr. Palmer. I see you've finally woken up. How do you feel?"
"I feel well rested."
"Good. I just have a few questions. What is your full name?"
"Lady Sif Odindóttir."
"Interesting, are you of Icelandic or Norwegian descent?" he asks "That could explain her accent"
"I am Asgardian. What realm is this?"
"Asgardian?! Eccentric rich lady or just plain crazy?", "Err...Puente Antiguo County Hospital."
She stares at him. "New Mexico..." he continues. She still looks lost, so he goes all in.
"United States of America, North America, Earth."
It dawns on her, "Yes, Earth - Midgard. He should know of father and the last Great War."
"I am Lady Sif Odindóttir, daughter of Odin Thorson, son of Thor Borson, son of Bor. The crown princess to the throne of Asgard."
Dr. Palmer takes a step back, "Oh boy, I think we're leaving the eccentric train"
"Your forefathers surely told you about my father, Odin, and the last Great War, where he led the Asgardian army into victory against the Frost Giants, when they invaded your realm."
Dr. Palmer stares blankly... "Oh crap, welcome to crazy town" Dr. Palmer suddenly notices the newly christened crazy woman, looks strong and very capable of knocking him out. Even though, she was hit by a vehicle and tasered the previous night, she has no visible bruises. He quickly lays out his plan - hit the panic button and run. "Hey, I'm only human..."
Confused, Sif continues "How they worshipped us as gods and their saviours?"
Sif notices the doctor's uneasiness, as he slowly backs away towards the direction of a red button. She also notices a look - the same look that pale full-lipped woman had, just before she shot her with that contraption. Not wanting to relive that experience, she leaps out of bed and knocks out the doctor with a right hook, just before he can reach the button.
She carries him and places him on the bed. She carefully positions him under the covers. Quickly, she looks around the room for her clothes, and finds them in the small closet. Changes quickly and leaves the room.
She makes her way out of the hospital and just as she begins to contemplate how she will survive her new life as a mortal on Earth. She gets hit by a sudden impact, that knocks her down to the ground, as she struggles to stay conscious, she hears a strangely familiar voice "Nailed it!"
+++Lady Sif+++
Meanwhile at Jane's office.
Jane is perplexed by last night's event
"It wasn't just an electric storm, was it?" Erik asks
"Look at the lensing around these edges..." she points at the image on her monitor "...it's characteristic of an Einstein-Rosen Bridge." she continues.
"A what?" Darcy asks. "Aren't you a science major?" Erik asks Darcy. "Political science." Darcy replies. Erik's surprised. Jane responds "She was the only applicant."
Erik turns to Darcy and begins to explain the concept of an Einstein-Rosen Bridge. Jane looks up from the monitor and notices Erik is so engrossed in his explanation, that he doesn't notice Darcy is lost from said explanation.
"It's a wormhole." Jane deadpans. Darcy sighs in relief and mouths a silent thank you to Jane as she leaves the two scientists to their musings. Jane informs Erik about the presence of two different constellations on last night's sky – ours and apparently some other world's. While, Darcy looks at the pictures on the notice board, she notices a figure in one of the pictures.
Just to be sure that she's not losing it, she calls Jane and Erik over to see the picture. They both confirm her observation – there is a human shaped figure in the infra-red picture of the vortex.
"Occam's razor" Darcy says. Erik looks at her in surprise. "What? Political science major, remember?"
Jane smiles "I think I forgot something at the hospital."
+++Lady Sif+++
Darcy, Erik and Jane arrive at Sif's room. The notice something's off, first of all, the figure underneath the covers is obviously blond. Then on closer inspection, they realise it's a man. Jane checks his ID – Dr. Z. Palmer. Jane sighs, Erik checks his pulse, "Alive, just unconscious".
Darcy looks around, "Xena, must have just left, if no one has noticed this yet. I think we should leave before they do."
They casually leave the room, nod their goodbyes to the receptionist. Once outside, they run to the jeep. Jane at the wheel, Erik in the passenger, with Darcy at the back.
"I just lost my most important piece of evidence" Jane complains. "Typical" she sighs.
"What do we do?" Darcy asks. "Find her." Jane answers.
"Are you sure? You saw what she did to that doctor? Is this really a good idea?" Erik asks
"Well, our data can't tell us, what it's like to be inside that event, but she can. We must find her."
"Okay." Darcy reloads her trusty taser. "Like I said previously, she couldn't have gone far. Although, it is the County Hospital, and it's never really busy. Maybe, they think the Doc's having a Grey's Anatomy moment in a supply closet." Darcy wiggles her eyebrows, and begins to sing bow-chika-wow-wow.
Erik grimaces, while Jane lets out a chuckle. Jane reverses the jeep right into their query. "Not again..." she sighs.
They quickly disembark the vehicle and they see a barely conscious Sif. "Nailed it!" Darcy laughs as Sif passes out.
"I'm so sorry. Honestly, I'm not doing this on purpose" Jane apologises to the unconscious woman.
Darcy looks at Erik, "Sorry dude, you've got to carry her again." Erik grumbles. "Hey, not my fault, you said next time I tasered someone, I should do it in the car, she..." she points at Jane "...hit her with the car."
Erik sighs as he carries Sif and places her in the back of the jeep again. "I hope this will not be a regular occurrence."
+++Lady Sif+++
At that exact moment, Mjolnir still sitting in its crater is discovered by a man named Chuck. Chuck knows he's discovered something valuable. It might only be a sledge hammer, but something about it is special. "Hello Beauty, you're gonna make me a rich fella!"
He grabbed the handle and pulled, "You're stuck, aren't ya? You just need a lil' loving..." Chuck leaves the Hammer and retrieves a can of motor oil from his pick-up, squirts it around the Hammer. He tries again, it doesn't budge.
He retrieves a chain from his pick-up, forms a crude pulley system, and pulls, it still doesn't budge.
"Maybe, ya like that Disney cartoon, I saw as a young'n – Sword in a Stone...Nah..."
An idea pops into Chuck's head "...whatever you are, ya still gonna make me rich" he smiles as he clears the area of his belongings and leaves.
"Time to get me some suckers!"
A/N: I really I'm a glutton for punishment. Needed a distraction, damn you May!