War Prep

Jane and Thor walked ahead of me, Jane comforting Thor on the loss of his brother. I for one lagged behind a bit, personally wishing Meghan or Natasha were here to do to me what Jane was doing for Thor. I instead was left with dark thoughts. We had failed.. Malecath had the Aether.. We would use it to destroy the universe, bring it back to eternal darkness. We were all going to die... I was not even sure returning to Alagaesia would save me, for that to could be a part of our universe. Zeus..Meghan..Hera..Saphira.. Eragon. They could all die because I failed. One thing though was for certain, I would never see Zeus again.. I would die alone, and that alone was a crippling thought.. It took everything in me to keep moving, to not just fall to the ground and wait for the end.

When the sand storm kicked up we took refuge in a cave. Once we entered though, Jane's phone rang. My eyes lit up and for the first time I saw hope. This could be a point to travel between worlds.. There was still a chance to stop malecath. I press the earpiece Leo had given me months ago and say "Jarvis, I need a new suit" The AI however stayed silent. I wondered why, considering I DID have a suit. Perhaps he didn't know where to send it? Perhaps the earpiece was dead.. I did not know, so I let the matter drop.

We found the portal and walked through it, finding ourselves at the place where this all started.. We then got in Jane's car and drove off. I was in the back, and yet again stayed silent, however I did find it kind of funny seeing Thor in a car as small as this. Once we reached our destination we got out and entered. There Dr Selvig was, with the woman and man I recognized from the anomaly site. I nodded at Selvig "Good to see you again Dr." I then noticed he wasn't wearing pants, but I made no comment. Thor greeted The doctor as well, them having previous history. Selvig then asked timidly "Is Loki back as well?" To which Thor replied "He's dead" Selvig cracked a small smile at this "Good..good." He then noticed the look Thor was giving him and quickly said "I'm sorry for your loss."

That was when I interrupted "We need to find where Malecath plans to use the Aether to destroy the nine realms. Time is short." Dr Selvig jumped right into it, explaining about a map being left by the ancients, and then he drew lines when all crossed over Greenwich. We decided that was where we needed to be. That was when Jarvis finally said "Mark 3 on route" I raised an eyebrow at that, seeing as the mark 3 would be a prototype at best, also marveling at how quick Leo had finished it. I saw Jarvis's sense though, it was the quickest suit I owned, and the only one with a chance to reach us in time. I take off my chest piece and leave it at Selvig's, as I would have no use for it and I couldn't just leave it lying around Greenwich.

On the ride I use Jane's phone to contact Phil. "Agent Coulson" He answers. I say "Phil, the anomaly was bigger than we thought. The whole universe is danger. Could you contact SHIELD and have them send as many fighter pilots in as possible. Greenwich is going to turn into a battleground. Thor and I will have our hands full with Malecath." I could tell he was confused, but he knew there was no time for questions. He says "I will contact the base in England immediately. Do you have an ETA?" I shrug and say "A few hours, max." He is silent for a moment then he said "Noted, we've got to finish something up here, but we will be there to pick you up if we survive all this" I nod "Acknowledged, Shuter out" I then end the call.

When we arrive Jane and Selvig go off to do something, Darcy and her intern go off to set up the weird devices that were going to cause the portals. Thor and I stand in the library Jane and Selvig are in, ready to go face Malecath. I look sideways at Thor "Its just you and me my friend. The Children of Thunder against the great Malecath." Thor nods "The fate of the universe rests on our shoulders, brother" I nod and add "That's a first" And it really was. Sure the fate of earth had rested on my shoulders more than once, but never the entire universe.. If Malecath succeeded, everything would be dark.. No more anything in the whole universe.

We looked up when we saw Malecaths ship landing, and a bunch of mortals screaming. Our time has come "That's our que" I say.. Time to save the universe, or witness its destruction.