It took a week for Thor to finally get to Sakaar.
Aya was strolling through the halls, behind Loki and his new lady friend. For the past week, Loki would slip away from their room at night time and she would look outside of the huge window to see him and his lady friend strolling into the night, her arms around his as he would look down at her, smiling and listening to what she was saying.
Aya was happy that Loki found someone that he liked so much. Loki and Aya had a history together when they were teenagers but it was short lived when she was engaged to Thor but there was always their longing glares and small smiles. But when she left, both were able to move on.
Loki would pout from time to time when he tried getting his lady friend to say her name but she was smart enough. It seemed like she didn't have any powers but from time to time Aya would see her eyes glowing golden for some strange reason.. Maybe she was a sorceress?
Loki leaned down once his lady friend tugged him down to tell him something and he chuckled as she squeezed his arm and smiled proudly at her. Aya sighed and called ahead
"I feel like I'm ruining the moment here.. I will be shocked if you guys remembered if I was here but where are we going?" She said and the ginger woman looked behind her and smiled at Aya "We're going to exclusive club that the Grandmaster has. He usually likes to do this before his Contest of Champions battles and sees his Champions beat up some sorry losers" She said as Aya frowned
"Champions?"
"We have two Champions, the Grandmaster tried getting the two to fight against each other but they simply refused.. His male champion looked at the female one and just.. Stood down." The ginger hair woman said in deep thought as she had a small smile "Later she found out that the he had a woman who he cared about deeply.. Who had the same hair color and eyes and he became protective " She said and Loki looked down
"There's gonna be a battle soon?" He asked and the woman nodded "Usually every week there's a battle."
Aya listened to the two speaking and suddenly a woman exited the main room where she heard the Grandmaster usually stays and it looked like the woman was smirking. Loki's friend stopped and squealed, the other woman turned around and she gasped loudly as they both ran to each other and both were giving bone crushing hugs
"Val! It's been forever since I last saw you"
"It has been a while, how have you been?"
"You know.. Grandmaster has me doing a couple of things here and there. We have guests here" She turned to Aya and Loki
"Val, this is Loki and Aya" She said as the woman named Val looked at the two gods with a frown on her face.. Aya was wondering why she had the frown.. Was she remembering something?
"You're very familiar.." Aya stuck out her hand and Valkyrie had forced a smile and took her hand "I don't believe we've met.. But it's nice to meet you"
Valkyrie saw how close Loki and her friend were close to each other and she narrowed her eyes and looked at Loki "Oi, I want you ten feet away from her" She barked and Loki jumped back a bit and the ginger hair woman laughed and shook her head "Val.. I know you're protective but you don't have to scare off all the men" She said as hugged the Goddess and Valkyrie laughed "Oh that's not me.. That's the big guy's job"
"The big guy?" Aya asked and Valkyrie nodded "The big guy is very protective of my dear friend here.. He won't be afraid to smash someone against the floor" She said turning to Loki who coughed
Loki's lady friend coughed and she looked at the two goddesses and Loki "I think I'm going to introduce Loki to the Grandmaster's club.. Why don't you show Aya around a bit Val? Okay bye!" She said grabbing Loki's hand and dragging her with him.
Valkyrie looked over at Aya and she looked at her for a long moment "We all thought you were gone.." She said and Aya frowned "So we did encounter each other before.."
"I'm a Valkyrie, and I know you're Aya.. The Goddess of Protection" Valkyrie said looking at Aya who had wide eyes "I thought the Valkyries were dead!"
"Not all of them.. I'm the only one" She said as she grabbed a bottle out of her pocket and started chugging it and she looked at Aya "What brings you here on this planet?"
"I'm looking for someone.. I lost him while we were teleporting"
"Thor..? He's here on this planet" Valkyrie said taking another chug of her drink and Aya stopped her "Wait.. He's here?!"
"Yup.. I found him today and he's currently with the Grandmaster as we speak" Valkyrie said and Aya's eyes widen "Take me to him!"
"No! I just left him.. I don't feel like seeing him again, he's annoying" Val snorted and Aya raised her eyebrow "He's your king"
"Not anymore.. I don't believe in the throne and Asgard.. I'm a free person" Valkyrie said and Aya snorted "Wow.. I thought you would have better morals but I was wrong"
"Why should you care anyways Princess? Odin kicked you out of Asgard when you were suppose to marry that Prince.. Why do you still care about that place when all it did was give you heartbreak and pain? I would expect Thor to move on and bring whoever the hell he loves back to Asgard."
It stung to Aya because she heard everything.. When Thor brought Jane to Asgard.. All the places he took her, it was a lot of favorite places that she liked going to.
Valkyrie saw that Aya was silent and she sighed "So it did happen?"
"Yeah.. He had fallen in love with a woman from earth" Aya said softly and the other warrior was silent "That's rough"
"The worst part was.. When his mother died.. I attended the funeral, I made sure I was on a high ground so he wouldn't spot me. I saw them and all I felt was pain, that she was the woman that he was going to marry and have children with while I would be alone for the rest of my days, to hear that he was actually going to stay in earth and be with her.. It crushed me"
"That's rough" Valkyrie said as she handed Aya the bottle "I think you need this bottle more than me" She said and Aya looked at the drink for a moment before drinking it and Valkyrie smiled a bit "I believe that Grandmaster was taking him to the club that my friend was mentioning earlier.. You'll find him" She said and Aya smiled "Thank you Val.."
"Maybe you should talk to him, and possibly throw that bottle at his face.. Or both" Valkyrie laughed and Aya grinned "Hopefully I'll see you around?"
"Will do"
Aya stormed into the Grandmaster's club and saw Loki and his friend sitting close to each other, they were speaking over the loud music and Loki was smiling widely and Aya saw that Loki was about to lean in and kiss her for the second try until...
"Loki?! Loki!" Thor's voice called and Aya turned to see Thor was basically stuck in a moving chair with the Grandmaster was busy DJing
The Grandmaster was a strange man.. He seemed to be flirting with Loki whenever the ginger hair woman wasn't around but Aya didn't have a horrible experience with the Elder yet.. He was just so.. Sassy.
"One Two Three Four!" The Grandmaster said as he was playing some music and Loki groaned loudly once he heard his brother calling his name and Loki's friend leaned back "I think you have company, I'll let you get to him"
"I don't know that man, he's crazy" Loki began and Thor kept calling his name until he saw Aya "Thank heavens! If Loki can't save me, I still got you Aya" He whispered and Loki excused himself and quickly made his way towards his brother, Aya following behind.
"Shh!" Loki said as him and Aya got closer to the God of Thunder
"What?" Thor whispered
"You're alive?" Loki whispered and Aya narrowed her eyes "Well he wouldn't be here if he wasn't" Aya whispered and Loki glared at her
"Yes, of course I'm alive." Thor whispered
"What are you doing here?" Loki whispered as he saw the ginger hair woman going towards the Grandmaster and spoke with him
"What do you mean, what am I doing? I'm stuck in this stupid chair. Where's your chair?" He said looking at Aya and Loki and Aya shrugged
"We didn't get a chair."
"Get me out of this one." Thor whispered and Loki shook his head "I can't."
"Get me out." Thor demanded and Loki shook his head "I can't!"
"What? Aya get me out of here" He said turning to his ex Fiancée who looked at him as if he was crazy "I can't get you out now! My sword is back at the room and it will literally be us three against a planet"
"I've made friends with this man. He's called the Grandmaster." Loki tried reasoning but Thor scowled
"Oh, he's crazy!"
"I've gained his favor. The Bifrost brought me out here weeks ago.. I was saved by that beautiful woman over there" He said looking over at the ginger woman and Thor looked over
"Weeks ago? She's very pretty, If I wasn't formerly engaged to a beautiful woman.. I would be going after her, and I would win" He said turning to Loki who scowled and Aya hit Thor in the chest "She is very pretty, but Loki has dibs on her so you can crush on her, just from afar" Aya said and Thor nodded "Deal" he turned to Loki
"I just got here." Thor whispered and Aya saw that the Grandmaster and the ginger woman were silent and she heard another whisper
"What are you whispering about?" The Grandmaster said and the woman grinned "I'm flattered that you think I'm pretty Lord of Thunder, but another Lord came before you" She said turning to Loki who grinned widely
"Whoa!" Thor jumped back, shocked that they heard everything
"Time works real different around these parts. On any other world, I'd be, like, millions of years old. But here on Sakaar... " The Grandmaster turned and winked at Loki who coughed "In any case, you know this, uh... this, uh... You call yourself Lord of Thunder?" He said turning to Loki and Aya
"God of Thunder. Tell him." He said looking at Aya and Loki and it was his brother who spoke
"I've never met this man in my life." Loki said at the same time as Aya said "Of course I know him"
"He's my brother. She's my ex-fiancée" He said and Loki coughed
"Adopted." Loki spoke and the Grandmaster grinned "Oh I'm sorry for you my dear Aya, must having to deal with him" He said and Aya knew that the Grandmaster was just adding fume to the fire "Is he any kind of a fighter?"
"You take this thing out of my neck and I'll show you." Thor said glaring at the Grandmaster and the elder laughed and looked at the woman with ginger hair who had an amusing look on her face
"Now, listen to that. He's threatening me. Hey, Sparkles, here's the deal. If you wanna get back to Ass- uh place, Assberg..."
"Asgard." Thor and Aya corrected him and they both looked at each other and smiled a bit
"Any contender who defeats my champions, their freedom they shall win."
"Fine. Then point me in the direction of whoever's asses I have to kick!" Thor demanded and Aya heard a chuckle from the ginger hair woman and the Grandmaster turned to look at her with the same grin and he turned to hug her "I know you'll be busy, but I'll see you later" He said and she grinned and she went towards Loki "I'll see you later I guess" She said and she turned to Aya and winked at her before walking out
"That's what I call, contender. Direction would be... would be this way, Lord." The Grandmaster said turning on his control to move Thor to another place
"Whoa! Loki! Aya!" Thor called and Aya went to follow and Loki grabbed her arm "Not now.. The Grandmaster will suspect that we're loyal to Thor alone.. We gotta wait a while"
"Fine.." Aya grumbled
"Odin, I bid you take your place in the halls of Valhalla, where the brave shall live forever. Nor shall we mourn but rejoice, for those that have died.."
"...the glorious death." Thor, Aya and Loki finished the prayer and Thor turned to see that Loki and Aya were standing behind him and Aya sat down while Loki stood
"Hurts, doesn't it? Being lied to. Being told you're one thing and then learning it's all a fiction." He said as Thor threw a rock at Loki, who turned out to just be a projection and he raised and eyebrow and looked at Aya
"I'm real, you can throw a rock at me to prove it" She said and Thor smiled softly at her, glad that she didn't use projection to see him
"You didn't think I'd really come and see you, did you? This place is disgusting." Thor threw another rock at him anyways and Aya sighed
"Does this mean you don't want my help? Look, I couldn't jeopardize my position with the Grandmaster. It took me time to win his trust.. Then I had fallen for that beautiful ginger hair woman who won't even give me her name for crying out loud so but it helped me gain his trust more.. He's a lunatic, but he can be amenable. What I'm telling you is, you could join me at the Grandmaster's side." Loki said as Thor threw another rock
"Throwing a rock at him won't do anything Thor" Aya commented but Thor ignored her
"Perhaps, in time, an accident befalls the Grandmaster, and then..." Loki said pointing to himself, Aya and Thor and the God of Thunder just threw another rock
"You're not seriously thinking of going back, are you? Our sister destroyed your hammer like a piece of glass. She's stronger than all three of us. She's stronger than you. You don't stand a chance. Do you understand what I'm saying here?" Loki said as Thor was silent for a moment and looked down, Loki sighed
"Fine. I guess I'll just have to go it alone. Like I've always done. Would you say something? Say something!" He pleaded to his brother and Thor looked at his brother with a stoned expression
"What would you like me to say? You faked your own death, you stole the throne, stripped Odin of his power, stranded him on Earth to die, releasing the Goddess of Death. Have I said enough or would you like me to go back further than the past two days?" Thor said and Aya narrowed her eyes
"Cut him some slack.. At least he wanted the throne"
"You didn't even bother to contact me for over 500 years until you found out I knew about the Infinity Stones, you never wrote or told me why you left.. You just left me thinking for those many years that I did something wrong" Thor said looking at Aya looked at him as if he was crazy
"And if I had come back, Odin would have killed the two of you.. I couldn't do anything but hear from the universe that the God of Thunder had fallen in love with some woman from earth?" Aya snapped and Thor was silent for a moment
"Don't drag Jane into this, she didn't know about you" Thor said and Aya could tell that Loki left because it was getting intense now and she crossed her arms
"So when were you going to tell me that you were planning on settling down with her before you two broke up?" Aya asked and Thor narrowed his eyes
"Why is it your business that I had fallen in love with someone else?" Thor asked and Aya flinched at his words but she didn't back down
"Because you have no idea how many looks I had gotten.. Pity Looks, that my ex-fiancée.. The one that I was set to marry and spend the rest of my life with had found someone else.. While I didn't, I had never fallen in love with anyone else after you.. Why would I when I had you?" She spoke and Thor's eyes soften at her words
"You mean that?"
"I was at Frigga's funeral Thor.. It killed me as much as it killed you that she was gone.. I wanted to just go up to you and hug you.. Talk to you but I couldn't because of her"
Thor was silent for a moment until Aya spoke "You really loved her huh?" She asked and it took a couple of moments before he nodded "I did.. I was ready to settle down in earth and everything until.." He said and she was quiet this time
"I told her about you.. I had to be honest with her, I told her our whole history and how much I missed you" Thor admitted and he saw the shocked expression "And she put me in a spot.. She asked what would have happened if I had to choose between you and her"
"And?" Aya whispered and Thor spoke "I gave her my answer and we broke up.. Then I knew you were protecting those stones so I went to find them.. To hopefully find you too" He whispered and she got up and moved closer to him
"But I never found you, I couldn't find those stones.. So I went back to Asgard and you were back too" He said and she grabbed her hands and squeezed them
"I wish things were different, that I never had to leave.. Everything would have been better" She whispered and he nodded in agreement "Yeah.. I wish so too.. Aya, I've been meaning to ask you.."
"Is she a new guest?!" They heard a soft voice and Aya turned to see a Kronan looking at them and Thor sighed in frustration and Aya looked up and smiled softly "Hello!"
"Oh hello! I'm Korg" He said and Aya stood up and shook his hand "You have a grip on you missy!" He said and Aya laughed "I've been told, Aya.. Goddess of Protection"
"Oh.. You're an Asgardian" Korg said and Aya nodded proudly "Yup!"
"Are you going to fight the two champions too?"
"No.. I will be watching from the sidelines on this one. I know they're dangerous so if anything, I'll jump in if this one needs it" Aya said and Korg nodded
"I saved the female champion.. She would have drowned if I didn't get her. Before, she seemed sad.. Like she was trying to remember something. I would see her crying before battles until our second champion.. Now it's like they're siblings, like those odd couple animals.. Now she looks better and visits me every day so I won't get lonely with Miek" He said and Aya looked over
"She sounds okay"
"She's the best.. I wish she would see me today but she's probably training hard today with the other champion.. Recently she's been looking more happy and giddy" He said. Aya stood up as she heard bells going off "I better go.. Before they catch me" She said and Thor stood up and grabbed her hands "Don't leave me"
"I have to for now.. I promise I'll be there when you fight those two.. If you're dying I'll jump in, but I can't really do anything after that bell rings"
"Otherwise you'll be dead too" Thor muttered and he kissed Aya's forehead "Go.. I'll be thinking about you"
"You're always on my mind" Aya chuckled softly and Thor beamed at that and she quickly escaped before the guards opened the door and dragged Thor away
Loki and Aya were making their away to the Grandmaster's private viewing area, The Grandmaster had yet again started flirting with Loki to which Aya stepped in and said that they were late to the battle. The Grandmaster smirked and told them he had some work anyways
Loki grabbed a drink and handed it to Aya while Loki took another and they made their way towards the seats and they sat down
"Hopefully he could beat those two" Aya said and Loki sighed "I heard they're both savages, they double team real quick and it's mostly the male champion who fights with force.. The female has powers"
"What kind of powers?" Aya asked and Loki sighed "I don't know.. But she's quite powerful.. Rumor has it that she could destroy planets so hopefully she's not in a bad mood"
"Where's your friend?" Aya asked and Loki shrugged "I asked her to join me for watching the battle but she said she had some work to do.. So she won't be around"
"Shame.. You really do like her huh?"
"Yes" Loki confessed and he sighed "It's just.. I want to just take her away from this ugly planet but she won't leave.. And I kinda wanna take over this planet.. Make her my second in command" He said and Aya smirked "Classic Loki"
"Of course I need to still find out her name, I'll probably try to find something that shows her name" He said and suddenly they saw a hologram of the Grandmaster
"Wow! Look at all of you. What a show! What a night! Who's having fun? Please, I'm your host. Big round of applause for all of our undercard competitors, who today died so gruesomely. Good sports. What a show! What a night! This is what you've come for, and so have I. And now, without further ado, it's main event time. Making his first appearance, though he looks quite promising, got a couple of tricks up his sleeve. I'll say no more, see what you think. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... Lord of Thunder. Watch out for his fingers. They make sparks." The Grandmaster chuckled darkly as Aya saw Thor exiting his side and her eyes widen
THOSE BASTARDS MADE HIM CUT HIS HAIR?!
Aya loved his long hair! And they made him cut it off?!
Aya was sadden this his long hair was cut off but she was looking more at him and she thought.. He looked so hot with the short hair as well. Thor looked over at her with a frown, noticing that she was looking at the lack of hair but she smiled at him and waved
It didn't matter if Thor had long hair or short hair. Or no hair at all. Thor was still special to her in so many ways.
She could get used to the short hair after some time.
"Okay, this is it. Let's get ready to welcome this guy and gal. Here they come." The Grandmaster said as suddenly the arena lowered, mostly to protect the crowd and they heard the rumbling of the ground "He is a creature.. She is a monster What can we say about them? Well, he's unique. She's beautiful. There's none like them. I feel a special connection with him and she's almost like a daughter I never wanted. They're undefeated. They're the reigning. They're the defending. Ladies and gentlemen.. I give you Anthea and Your Incredible..."
The Grandmaster didn't get a chance to finish as suddenly the doors broke open and suddenly Aya's eyes widen as she saw Thor's former teammate the Hulk roaring and running out. Her mouth dropped open and she looked over at Loki who looked like he was ready to faint as the familiar ginger hair woman stepped out behind the Hulk, in her armor and with a smirk on her face.. Looking at Loki
Loki's lady friend was Anthea?! The Champion?!
Author's Note: See I'm just writing cute and happy chapters cause I know IW will screw up my emotions, and with our two favorite boys from Asgard? Oh boy Anthea and Loki's relationship will be more like young puppy love, cause Iw will happen and everything will change I love writing Loki and Anthea cause they're so cute and I like writing Loki with a softer side and I feel like Anthea could be the one to make Loki have a soft side So what did you think of Aya and Thor's convo? That was tough! Man three more weeks until IW are you excited? I'm glad everyone is liking this story! A lot of Anthea fans here and I'm glad you guys are liking Aya so far! Yeah I liked Aya and Maria's convo too, they clicked right away in my mind and they both want to protect the universe and both had complications in their relationships Leave reviews! I will be reading and until next time! Next Chapter: Hulk and Anthea vs Thor