The Asgardian's Tale
I don't own Digimon, Guardians of the Galaxy or Avengers
"It has been a while since we talked Star Princess, we must share stories over food and wine sometime." Thor said joyfully patted Daisuke on the back making her stumble from the force from the gentle pat on the back.
"I'd be happy to do that, but once we've stopped Loki and whatever he's planning." She replied as Ex-Veemon landed on the ground with Sylar, Drax and Baby Groot holding on to him while the dragon held the tied-up Loki under his left arm. The Dragon's sudden appearance shocked Steve and Tony both who looked at the Digimon in stunned silence.
"What on Earth is that?" Steve asked Daisuke who smirked as she stood beside her partner.
"Captain America, Tony Stark meet my partner Ex-Veemon. Don't let appearances deceive you, he's gentle most of the time. Just don't piss him off and you'll be good." She explained. The group then heard the jet approaching and land in the clearing and the rear hatched opened. "Vee, you'd better turn back to normal otherwise you'll not fit." She told her partner who nodded and he glowed yellow before turning back into Veemon.
"Cool," Tony admitted making Veemon grin.
"Thanks. Nice to have others appreciate how awesome I am." he said while Drax picked up Loki and carried him to the jet with the others following. "So, how's Asgard?" he asked Thor.
"It is well, the Bifrost was destroyed however. I'm afraid I cannot return to Asgard for the time being." He answered.
"Good. That means we can have a rematch from last time." Sylar said with a playful smirk and Thor nodded.
"Indeed. I look forward to seeing how much your skills have grown." He said as Daisuke closed the jet's rear hatch and Natasha took off and headed for the Helicarrier.
"So, are you guys going to explain how you know each other?" Tony asked pointing at Thor and the Guardians.
"We will once everyone is back together, it's a lot easier to explain it all once then have to keep repeating ourselves." Daisuke answered sitting down beside Sylar who wrapped his arm around her and kissed her temple.
Soon they returned to the Helicarrier and Fury sent several soldiers down to escort Loki to where he would be held for the duration of his stay. While that was happening, Tony was shown his room on the Helicarrier as were Daisuke and the other Guardians of the Galaxy.
"Well at least the beds are comfy," Veemon said sitting on the bed in his and Daisuke's room while his partner removed her clothes and walked into the small bathroom and stepped into the shower and smiled as she washed the dirt off her body.
"Sorry about you not getting to fight anyone today buddy." Daisuke apologised as she finished showering and redressed and sat beside her partner.
"I'll get the chance sooner or later. At least Thor didn't hurt you too badly." Veemon said.
"Well apart from a few bruises, but yeah you're right. And I don't think keeping Loki here is the best idea, it just seems too easy." The door was opened and Sylar walked into the room and smiled.
"Sorry for interrupting but they want us back in the command room, Fury is about to start interrogating Loki." He told the duo who nodded.
"Well let's go." Daisuke said grabbing her jacket and she walked off with Veemon as Sylar wrapped his arm around her. "Well someone's in a good mood." She commented amused by her boyfriend's actions.
"Well someone mentioned that I should do more things like this, so what we may further our relationship." Sylar replied and Daisuke giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck while he held her waist.
"Well if you want we can have some private time on Xandar once we finish our business here." she cooed kissing him on the lips and Sylar returned the kiss.
"Oh god, get a room!" Veemon shouted covering his eyes as he walked off and both chuckled and followed the Digimon to the command room.
"Well you took your time." Natasha commented once she noticed the trio walk into the room.
"Sorry, we were held up." Daisuke told her with a grin making the assassin roll her eyes.
"I don't want to know." She muttered.
"Good. Cause we don't need to hear how those two got all lovey dovey again." Rocket groaned sitting beside Veemon while Drax stood behind them.
"Agreed." Veemon replied making his partner and Sylar roll their eyes.
"It's not like we make out all the time." Daisuke said but both simply huffed and looked away.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said looking at Rocket.
"I am not being childish." Rocket replied before he glared at Veemon who snickered while Drax smiled. "Oh, shut up."
"How do you handle those guys?" Bruce asked Daisuke who shrugged.
"Patience and lots of it mostly. But they're sweet most of the time. It just takes time getting used to him." She answered with a smile at the scientist.
"It's starting." Natasha announced. Everyone turned to the screens in the command room and saw the feed was of Loki standing in a glass cell with his hands behind his back as he looked around the metal room he was placed in.
"In case it's unclear, if you try to escape, if you so much as scratch that glass," Fury said walking towards Loki before typing into a control panel nearby. The floor under the cage opened and a strong wind blew in as Loki glanced down to see the long drop out of the sky he would take if the cage he was in was dropped by Fury. "It's 30,000 feet straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" Fury called over the whooshing wind. He then closed the hatch but Loki looked more amused than threatened. "Ant. Boot." He said pointing to Loki and then the console.
"Did we miss something here?" Sylar whispered to Daisuke who shrugged while holding a finger over her lips and he nodded.
"An impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me." Loki commented with a smirk as he looked around the cage.
"Built for someone a lot stronger than you." Fury told him and Loki chuckled.
"So, I've heard. A mindless beast. Makes play that he's still a man." He said glancing at the camera and Daisuke saw Bruce fidget slightly with his arms crossed before he calmed himself and continued watching the screen. "How desperate are you, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?" he asked Fury making everyone watching the confrontation tense knowing that jab was meant for all of them. "You even call upon those who left this world behind and only returned by sheer chance." Daisuke and Veemon frowned as Sylar held Daisuke's hand and gave it a small squeeze.
"How desperate am I? You threaten my world with war. You steal a force you can't hope to control. You talk about peace, and you kill because it's fun. You have made my very desperate. You might not be glad you did." Fury told Loki who wasn't intimidated by the spy's hardened expression or words.
"It burns you to have come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power. And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share. And then to be reminded what real power is." The Asgardian taunted Fury whose lips twitched before he walked off.
"Let me know when real power wants a magazine or something." He said leaving the room and the screens went black.
"He really grows on you, doesn't he?" Bruce asked the others.
"He's a lot different than when we first met him." Daisuke answered looking at Thor who was tense during the entire conversation between his brother and Fury. "What happened?" she asked.
"I do not know. I never suspected that he'd be one who would give into madness so easily." He answered.
"People change all the time, who knows maybe this happened after whatever happened between you and him at Asgard. He did mention you tossed him into an abyss." Veemon said.
"That was not my fault, I tried to save him but he let go." Thor replied feeling ashamed at how all of this could be happening because of him.
"It's alright Thor, we're not blaming you." Sylar reassured him. "But what's his game plan, sounds like he's got an army to back him up, otherwise I doubt he'd be acting this openly."
"You are correct. He has an army called the Chitauri. They are not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth, in return, I suspect for the tesseract." Thor explained.
"An army from outer space?" Steve asked slightly sceptical as was Natasha and Hill who was listening to the conversation.
"Well it wouldn't be the first time." Daisuke muttered looking at her team who nodded.
"That must be why he's building another portal. It explains why he needed Erik Selvig." Bruce said causing Thor to look at him as he recognised the name.
"Selvig?" he asked.
"He's an astrophysicist." Bruce explained.
"He's a friend." Thor told him.
"Loki has him under some kind of spell, along with one of ours." Natasha informed sounding anxious bringing up the topic meaning she was talking about the person Daisuke had caught her looking at on the screen before they went to confront Loki.
"Why would Loki let us take him? He's not leading an army from here." Steve said.
"We shouldn't be focusing on Loki right now. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You could smell crazy on him." Bruce said cleaning his glasses making Daisuke and Veemon chuckle.
"Well to be fair being sane is boring, it's so much more fun being crazy." Daisuke chirped now sitting on her head with a lolipop in her mouth and Sylar smirked.
"When did you turn into Harley Quinn?" he asked knowing his girlfriend was quite found of the character in the comic books she did manage to find out in space.
"At least I can admit that I'm slightly crazy at times puddin'." She answered.
"More like all the time." Rocket muttered earning a slap on the head from Drax. "What?" he asked.
"Have care have you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard. And he is my brother." Thor said firmly.
"He killed eighty people in two days," Natasha said dryly stunning Thor hearing what his brother had down.
"He's adopted." He sheepishly offered.
"I think it's about the mechanics. Iridium…what do they need Iridium for?" Bruce asked.
"It's a stabilising agent." Tony announced his presence as he and Coulson walked over to the group with Tony now in a casual looking suit. "I'm just saying, pick a weekend. I'll fly you to Portland. Keep love alive." He said sincerely to Coulson who smiled slightly before he walked off.
"You took all this time to dress up for a meeting on how to stop a lunatic?" Daisuke asked him and Tony grinned.
"It means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at SHIELD. No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing." He said patting Thor on the arm who was confused at what the billionaire was saying. "That also means that the portal can be opened as wide and for as long as Loki wants. Raise the topmast, jib the topsails." He instructed standing beside the tall computers close to the table making several agents turn and give him strange looks.
"Has he lost it?" Steve asked looking at Tony baffled.
"Nah, I'm just being my usual self. Not everyone is a stick in the mud capsicle." Tony replied with a grin aimed at the Super Soldier who rolled his eyes. "How does Fury even see these?" he then asked covering one of his eyes to simulate wearing an eye-patch.
"He turns." Hill responded.
"Sounds exhausting." Tony muttered sweeping his hands over the computers and he placed something small on one of them which nobody noticed except Daisuke who smirked knowingly. "The rest of the raw materials Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. The only major component he still needs is a power source of high-energy density. Something to kick-start the cube."
"When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?" Hill asked him.
"Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the extraction theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?" Tony asked dramatically making Daisuke and her team smile.
"The only one who understood it all." Daisuke answered. "Does he need any particular kind of power source?" she asked.
"He'd need to heat the Cube to 120-million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier." Bruce answered.
"Unless Selvig found a way to stabilise the quantum tunnelling effect." Rocket countered.
"Well, if he could do that, he could achieve heavy ion fusion at any reactor on the planet." Bruce said.
"Finally, two people who speak English." Tony said with a small grin.
"Is that what just happened?" Steve asked completely lost.
"I think some of it was Ancient Kree," Drax whispered to him. Tony walked over to Bruce shook his hand and smiled.
"It's good to meet you, Dr Banner. Your work on antielectron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage-monster." He praised making Daisuke laugh at how casually Tony just mentioned the Hulk without a second thought while the others were all nervous.
"Thanks…I think." Bruce finally replied unsure of what else to say.
"Dr Banner is only here to find the Cube. I was hoping you might want to join him." Fury said as he finally entered the room.
"I'd start with that sceptre of his. It may be magical but it works an awful lot like a HYDRA weapon." Steve brought up.
"I don't know about that. But it's powered by the cube, and personally I'd like to know how he used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys." Fury said.
"Monkeys?" Drax asked. "Is this one of your Earth sayings?" he asked Daisuke who shrugged.
"Could be." She replied. "Anyway, I think everyone here is dying to know how we know Thor. So, care to tell the story?" she asked Thor who smiled and nodded.
"Of course."
Flashback: Three months after the Battle of Xandar
"Why the heck are we back on Knowhere, Rocket?" Daisuke asked the racoon as they walked through the streets of the outlaw haven.
"Do you not remember the last time we were here?" Drax asked him.
"Yes, I know. But trust me, I contacted this one guy and he's got parts I need to repair the Hadron Enforcer, and tune up the Milano. You'll all thank me later." He answered as Baby Groot sat on his shoulder.
"Those parts better be legit, I don't want my ship to blow up because you installed a faulty or poorly made part." Daisuke warned him as they stopped outside a shop.
"Don't worry. I'll be back in a minute. Just act natural and try not to cause any trouble." Rocket said walking into the shop with a grin as Baby Groot jumped onto Daisuke's shoulder.
"I should be the one telling you to not cause trouble." She replied before crossing her arms and leaning against the wall with Sylar, Veemon and Drax.
"This is boring. Why don't we go to that establishment that had that liquid we drank?" Drax asked after five minutes.
"To be honest I could use a drink right now," Sylar commented, with everyone in agreement they walked to the bar they had visited the last time they were on Knowhere and walked inside to the bar.
"Hey, four drinks please." Daisuke told the bartender who nodded and filled four glasses with purple liquid.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot said.
"You're too young Groot, if you drink now it may affect your regeneration." Daisuke replied softly and he nodded in understanding. "Can we get some water for the little guy here?" she asked and the bartender put a small glass of water in front of Baby Groot who drank it slowly.
"So, what should we do while we wait for Rocket?" Sylar asked finishing his drink.
"Let us partake in one of the games here," Drax shouted walking off to the table that had the small creatures running around being chased by the larger lizard.
"Yeah, not doing that again. My pockets are still hurting." Veemon grumbled making his partner laugh. "I'm gonna try my luck at cards." With that Baby Groot jumped onto his shoulder while he walked off to a table in the corner and sat down and began playing cards with three other men who looked human.
"Well that just leaves you and I alone." Sylar purred kissing Daisuke on the cheek before moving to kiss her on the lips and she giggled returning the kiss. "Hm I enjoy kissing you."
"When did you get so charming?" Daisuke asked her cheeks turning pink as Sylar smirked.
"I'm a quick learner." He answered and Daisuke chuckled as they heard Drax cheer at obviously winning at the game he was playing. "So now that Ronan is dealt with what do you say for us just going to a peaceful planet and hanging out?"
"Are you asking me out?" Daisuke asked with a smile causing Sylar to blush.
"Well um…yes…is that bad?" he asked nervous.
"No. I'd like that, but first we should tell the others know so that we can drop them off somewhere and pick them up later."
"I am Groot!" they heard Baby Groot shout as someone went flying into a wall and both groaned and saw Veemon flip the table knocking the other two men sitting at it over before he picked up Baby Groot.
"What's going on here?" Daisuke asked walking over looking at the other two men who got back to their feet.
"Your friend here cheated!" one of them spat pulling out his blaster and aiming it at Veemon.
"Calm down. I'm sure we can settle this." Daisuke said gently before the person pointed their blaster at her and she gulped.
"I want my money back." he growled before someone grabbed his arm.
"It's not nice to threaten women," the person said before punching the drunk sending him into a wall.
"You didn't need to do that," Sylar told the person who had blonde hair and blue eyes and wore some strange looking armour. "We had it handled."
"My apologies," the person said before backhanding the drunk's friend who tried to punch him sending him into another table and the people sitting there shouted and ran towards the person.
"I am Groot!" Baby Groot shouted grabbing one of the people with his arms and he slammed them into the ground and then the wall before tossing him away and just like that the bar erupted into a brawl.
"Well this is just perfect." Daisuke mumbled dodging a punch before elbowing her attacker in the back of the head knocking them down.
"You can't go anywhere without causing trouble can you brother?" a person said walking towards the blonde asked followed by four others, three men and one woman all wearing the same sort of armour as the blonde.
"Come now Loki I did not start the battle this time." the blonde said before grabbing another drunk and headbutting them before tossing him away.
"Tell them that." Sylar said blocking a punch before throwing the drunk attacking him over his shoulder into a table which broke from the impact. They heard Drax laugh as he grabbed two people who were trying to attack him and he slammed their heads together before throwing them away.
"This is most enjoyable." He said approaching his friends.
"Can we talk about this later once we get out of here?" Daisuke asked firing her stun blast from one of her pistols sending another patron of the bar to the ground.
"The lady is right, we can discuss this later." The one called Loki said and the group began fighting off the drunks who were attacking them until the entire bar was silent with everyone but the group on the ground unconscious with shattered bottles and glasses littering the floor.
"Sorry about the mess." Daisuke told the bartender who was hiding behind the counter and she handed him several Units. "For the damages. Now let's get out of here." she said to her friends and the newcomers and they left the bar.
"Thank you for your aid back there," the blonde said with a smile slapping Daisuke on the back.
"Don't mention it. I'm Daisuke Motomiya, but people call me Star Princess. This is Sylar, Drax, Veemon and Groot." She introduced.
"Well met. I am Thor Odinson and these are my companions, Sif and the Warriors Three, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg and my brother Loki." The blonde replied.
"What're Asgardians doing on Knowhere?" Sylar asked them.
"My brother wanted to visit this realm using the Bifrost even though father advises us not to do so this much." Loki answered.
"You worry too much brother. Father knows we can handle ourselves." Thor said with a smile.
"More like he knows you will be king soon so he doesn't need to worry about the messes you create for much longer." Loki muttered as Rocket walked over.
"There you guys are, where have you been?" he asked his team.
"We went to get a drink. But ended up in a fight because of some drunks who accused Veemon of cheating." Daisuke answered.
"Damn. You could have waited." Rocket replied with a small pout.
"Sorry, but the next time we get into a bar fight we'll be sure to give you a call." Daisuke said with a smirk and the others laughed. "So, what do you say we get out of here and get to know each other more?" she asked the Asgardians.
"That would be enjoyable." Thor said and the group walked off.
End Flashback
"Wait you guys met in a barfight?" Steve asked stunned.
"Yep. Pretty cool huh?" Daisuke asked with a grin while everyone but Thor and the Guardians sweatdropped.
"Anyway…Stark how about you and Banner get to work on finding the Cube." Fury suggested.
"Of course, shall we doctor?" Tony asked Bruce.
"Right this way." Bruce said and both walked off to the lab with Rocket following them.
The end of the chapter
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