Thorin had no idea that this man meant so much to his One. She never made mention of him on their entire journey. She mostly spoke of Logan and other friends. But seeing the emotional state of his wife now, he could see why she never spoke of him. Thorin opened his arms to his wife and she automatically walked into them. That was something Logan was going to have to get used to. When She cried before it was his arms she went to. Thorin held his wife tight until she calmed down. *I've missed you Professor* *I missed you too, child* Once everything was calm again the greetings continued. "Professor Xavier your student has spoken very highly of you. And I can see why." Gandalf agreed. "Indeed we can, if anyone can put this arrogant child in such a state you must be special indeed!" Alina gave Gandalf a petulant look and stuck her tongue out at him. Everyone started to laugh. Thorin just pats his spoiled brat on the back.
"Hey you forgot all about little 'ole me!" Tony says through the communicator. Alina facepalms. "Of course how could I forgotten the greatest person aside from Thorin and The Professor" Tony gets mad "HEY!" Alina smirks. Logan and Natasha look at each other and roll their eyes. "My older brother! Nobody better! Tony Stark! Come inside Tony." Tony flies in past the guards and lands next to Alina. It is apparent they are related. Tony's face plate raises and they have the same arrogant smirk on. Lord Elrond and Gandalf exchange a glance. "So this is th infamous Tony Stark? The one that Alina could not stop talking about? Tony puffed out his chest. "Yepper" Gandalf scutinized him further. "Are your sure you two are not twins? Tony barks out a laugh. "No sir I'm 10 years older, but you're not the first to say that. Alina realized "Oh my god. Tony let me introduce you to Lord Elrond of Rivendell, Gandalf The Grey and you remember King Bard of Dale." Tony as well knew a thing or two about being around Royalty. And he would never do a thing to hurt his sister and her husband. So, He did a proper bow. "It is a pleasure to meet you all."
Lord Elrond offers them wine while they are waiting for Thranduil, though Alina drank water, when The kings and Gandalf are summoned to Thranduil's tent. Thorin kisses his wife goodbye. "I Shall return shortly my love, Dwalin I need you to stay and protect the queen. Fili, Kili come with me and…Tony I need you as well." Everyone was surprised by Thorin's choice. None more than Tony, But since his brother-in-law put this much faith in him. Tony was not going to fuck it up. That left Alina, Dwalin, Logan, Natasha and the Professor there alone. Natasha went to sit next to Dwalin and Logan moved next Alina even though Dwalin growled. Logan just growled back. "Well Alina while we wait for the others. Tell me of this new mutant." Charles smiled. Alina leaned forward. "Well her name is Sigrid, She's 18 years old. She's telekinetic, she is the new princess of Dale. Her father is King Bard of Dale. And she may or may not be engaged to Fili of Durin, right Dwalin?" "Aye lass, that's right. King Bard wanted to speak with Fili before this war takes place. So We'll see."
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They were walking toward Thranduil's tent when Thorin stopped Tony. "I need to tell you something important. The Woodland Elves are not like the Elves of Rivendell. They are more arrogant and ridiculous. You and your sister share the same sense of humor so I am confident in saying this: whatever you do, do not laugh at Thranduil or his son!" Tony looked into Thorin's blue eyes. "Wow you know me so well." Thorin snorted "You are exactly like your sister." Tony smirked "Not too much I hope!" Tony said wiggling his eyebrows then walks off. Thorin is stunned, then lets out a roar of laughter.
Upon entering Thranduil's tent, Tony has a coughing fit fighting not to laugh. Thorin was right, Tony had never seen anything so riduculous in all of his life. He was so glad Thorin warned him. Tony was still coughing when Gandalf brought him some water. "Get a hold of yourself boy!" Gandalf whispered in his ear knowing exactly why he was coughing. Of course such antics drew the Elven King's attention. "Ah I see that the Dwarf King has finally graced us with his presence and has brought another human pet along with him." That got Tony's attention. "Hey dude-" But Thorin stepped in front of Tony. "This is my wife's brother and is himself a warrior. He and others from his world have come to offer their assistance. He is here now to offer his help in a unique way." Thorin turned and winked at Tony. Thranduil inclines his head in apology. he introduced himself then his son Legolas. Tony was dying on the inside. but very business like on the outside. He then met Dain and instantly liked him. But they would get to know each other later if they survived.
As they are going over the maps two things became painfully obvious. The army to the East was nowhere to be seen and there was not enough information about the army to the North. No one would get to the north and back again in time. Enter Tony Stark. "Is this all the information you have Legolas." All eyes turn to the Elven prince. "Yes I only know is there were thousands of orcs heading this way." That's when it dawned on Tony why he was there, also to Gandalf. Tony could get there in no time flat. map it out with Jarvis and SHOW it to them. He may even have time to get the main army that's underground. But he would wait on Thorin.
"We do not have the time to send a spy. They will never return in time." King Bard says. That's when Thorin spoke up. Gandalf smiled to himself. "My brother-in -law Tony will go and be back, in a short while." Thranduil scoffed "It is impossible for a human to be that fast." Thorin and Tony looked at each other. Thorin nodded, Tony smirked. "Boy you really do know me well. Well goldilocks you're about to see the impossible." Tony's faceplated lowers. "See you in an hour." He salutes everyone, but bows to Thorin "Bro" Then jets off. Leaving the Woodland Elves in shock.
While they wait for Tony, King Bard addresses Thorin. "By you leave king Thorin. I wish to speak with Prince Fili. Thorin inclines his head. Bard walks out of the tent not saying a word to Fili, but Fili is trailing after him. Bard doesn't speak until they get back to his tent. Where to Fili's surprise Sigrid is there. Bard suddenly turns. "Now boy tell me what are your intentions are with my daughter?" Fili doesn't even hesitate he launches into it. "I intend to court your daughter make her my wife, mother of my children, and eventually queen of Erebor. She is my One. I will love her and no other for the rest of my life. I love her with all my heart. I will die without her." Fili says as her stares at Sigrid. Fili is itching to hold his One. "You will die without her you say?" Bard asks "Just as your Uncle almost died without his One? Is that correct? Fili hesitated. "Yes that is correct." Bard thought on this "Will the same thing happen to you?" Without hesitation Fili answers. "Yes, I need her! She has accepted my feelings and returns them." Bard asks the important question. "Do you have a problem with her being a mutant!" Fili answers in an instant "Not at all even if I had never met Alina and found out what a mutant is. I still would not care. Uncle does not care either. I already have his permission. As a matter of fact Thorin is going to write a law in case any more mutant are born to protect them, though with limits." That impressed Bard very much. Bard understood that Thorin loves his mutant wife but to go that far says a lot. "Sigrid!" She jumped when her father called her. "Yes Da?" Bard's eyes soften when he saw how his daughter looked at Fili. "Do you return this Dwarf's feelings completely?" She looked up at her father then at Fili. "Completely Da? Yes I return them completely, my heart is his." Bard was happy but sad at the same time. "Then you have my blessing. I shall leave you two, I trust you will behave." Fili was taken aback. "Yes of course your majesty." Bard left but as he was leaving he saw Fili pull out a bead from his pocket.
Thorin is about to leave the tent when Fili comes running up to him. "Uncle, King Bard accepted, Sigrid and I are now engaged!" Thorin couldn't believe it. "Engaged already, what happened to courting?" Fili smiled. "We don't want to wait. We want to be married in six months. Besides look at you Uncle. You courted, were engaged and married in ONE day. So you have no grounds to tell me or Kili anything." They had him there. And actually they were only mated not married, so he still needs to do that. As soon as this is over. "Fine you have my blessing as well for six months. Maybe she will be pregnant after the wedding and our children can grow up together." Fili had this concerned look on his face. "Uncle I can not be with you during the battle. I must be in Dale to protect my One. I will be ill at ease the whole time and will only be a liability to you and the others." Thorin thought about it for a bit. If he was in that position he would feel the same way. Just the thought of Alina and the baby being in danger helpless and unprotected made him want to vomit. "Yes Fili your place is in Dale, take Kili with you. I will send more help as soon as I can. Once Tony returns with the information go immediately to Dale with Kili."
Back in Lord Elrond's tent everyone else finally showed up They were all introduced to Lord Elrond and Gandalf. Lord Elrond and Gandalf are having an interesting conversation with Xavier. While the others are talking with the Dwarves. Alina moved to a chair in the corner of the tent. She sat and absentmindedly stroked her still flat belly. Bilbo notices and pulls a chair over to sit next to her. "What is troubling you, Alina?" She is brought out of her thinking by Bilbo's question. "I keep thinking how are we going to keep the Durins safe." Dwalin turned around when he heard this and so did everyone else. "Well we have more than enough people to wipe out the Orcs and then there's Tony's suits so that'll help." Bobby says and everyone agrees. "Yeah but the problem is Azog. I guess what we need to do is keep Thorin and the boys away from Ravenhill." At that moment Tauriel came in. "You needn't worry about Fili and Kili. They will be in Dale protecting Sigrid and the citizens of Dale. And as I promised I will not leave them." Alina sighed in relief, the something dawned on her, that wasn't enough. "Hey you guys have extra communicators?" Natasha nodded "Yeah I brought a bunch." Alina hugged her. "What I need is Tauriel and Dwalin especially have communicators. If they get hurt, The Durins or themselves they need to call me so I can get there and heal them. That goes for the rest of you. You get hurt you call me I don't care if it's a hang nail, you call me." Everyone agreed. "Now Logan will be with professor-" Logan cuts her off "Nope, kid **WE** have already talked about this. Gandalf and Storm will be with the professor and **I** am going with your husband even if I have to shadow him. I am gonna make damn sure he comes back to you and that baby alive! "
The X-men and Avengers agreed. They had all come with the idea of not letting their favorite characters from the movie die. But now that they have seen them, met them, talked and laughed with them it has changed. In the the short time that they have known the Dwarves of Erebor especially Fili, Kili, and Thorin. The X-men and Avenger have come to care for them as friends. And now that Alina was married and pregnant by Thorin, it became even more personal and of the utmost importance to keep Thorin safe.