They walk down hand in hand to where Natasha is training. "Am I hearing that right Logan is that Nat?" Logan grins. "Yeah and she's up against Hawkeye." Alina starts walking faster practically dragging Thorin. "Oh this is gonna be good, is anyone restraining Dwalin?" Logan laughs. "Not yet, we better hurry." Thorin is completely confused. "What is going on Azyungâl?" As he lets his beloved pull him. "Oh you'll see. Nat and Hawkeye have been partners forever and their training sessions get pretty intense, not like mine and Logan's but close, right Logan?" He pulls out a cigar and asks for a light, Alina snaps her fingers and lights if for him. "Pretty much, just not as bloody or violent." Logan and Alina fist bump. Thorin gives them an odd look.
When they get there they see Natasha and Hawkeye going at. Hawkeye keeps throwing punches at Natasha which she counters with her own and a few round house kicks to the face. Clint fires an arrow in response. Which does not sit well with Dwalin. He starts heading for Clint, but Logan grabs him in a Half Nelson first. "It's okay Dwalin, this is the way they train. It happens all the time, watch now she throws a knife at him." And like clock work a knife goes whizzing by Clint's head, Dwalin calmed down. "She can handle it, she's been a trained killer since she was five years old." Thorin and Dwalin looked at each other in amazement. In the end Natasha pinned Clint and made him submit.
Dwalin was very proud of his One. "That was incredible, love. Now try that with a real warrior." Dwalin stepped in front of Natasha. "After all as long as I don't hurt you too badly Alina can heal you." Dwalin smirked. Alina called Natasha over. "Okay remember what I told you. You're gonna have to kick his ass so it'll get through that stubborn head of his that you're not helpless. Oh and if you want me to teleport you to the castle let me know." Natasha gave her a strange look "Why?" Alina smirked "You'll see." Then she walked back to Thorin. "This is going to be so cool!" Alina says in an excited tone. "She is so going to kick Dwalin's ass." Thorin and several others gave her a dubious look. "I very much doubt that my love. Dwalin is a formidible fighter and she is so petite." Alina shakes her head. "Doesn't matter how big he is she'll pin him." A twinkle apppears in Thorin's eyes and a smirk on his face. "Care to place a wager, my heart." She smiles up at him and kisses his cheek. "I have no money to bet with, how about we do it the way Tony and I do it at home?" Thorin is intrigued. "How do you do it Azyungal?" She smiles a wicked smile that makes Thorin uncomfortable in his pants. "Well if I win you are my slave for a week. You have to do everything I tell you. No matter how stupid it is. And if you win you get the same thing. I'll be your slave for a week." Thorin was practically drooling at the prospect. The things he would have her do! "Agreed, we have a wager." They shook hands, then Thorin pulled her to him and gave her a fierce kiss. He whispered. "I can't wait for you to serve me." She remember something. "Oh if it ends in a draw, the bet is void." Thorin nods. The rest of the dwarves were making bets as well. "Logan if you want to bet I will give you the money." Thorin offers. Logan smirks "Nah there's no point I know Natasha's gonna win too." All the Dwarves look at him in disbelief. "How about we do the same thing. To cover your bet Logan, you'll be our slave when Dwalin wins, IF he loses we pay you." That sounded fair to Logan. "You're on." They all shook hands.
"If you great baffoons are finished betting, we'd like to start now. Oh Alina that didn't apply to you of course." Dwalin says. Alina just waves him off. Natasha and Dwalin start circling each other. Logan stands next to Alina and looks down at her. She looks up at him, they both have smug looks on their faces and turn back to watch the match. They are still circling each other, Dwalin suddenly rushes her. Natasha stands calmly before his rushing attack. Suddenly she leaps up, wraps her legs around his neck and with his momentum and her weight, she flips him head over heel to land heavily on the ground with a grunt. She staddles him and declares "I won." Logan and Alina look at each other with a grin and fist bump.
Dwalin tosses Natasha off him and now studies her more carefully. Dwalin pulls out his dueling knives and Natasha pulls out her Shurikins. They go at it again, Natasha punching and kicking at Dwalin slowly wearing him down. Dwalin rushing at her with the knives but she kept dodging him though she kept connecting with him giving him cuts and scrapes. He was no match for Natasha, she was too agile and strong. Not as strong as Dwalin but still. Dwalin was tiring quickly so as a last resort he tackled her. But she grabbed him with her legs and reversed it. She pinned him, then she cheated. "Give up baby?" She rubbed herself against the raging hard on Dwalin had. "I'll make it worth your while…" Dwalin laugh and kissed her cheek. "YES I GIVE UP!" Dwalin shouts. Much to the to the groans and disappointment of the dwarves. Alina and Logan looked at each other with satisfied grins and fist bump one more time. "ALINA!" Natasha suddenly shouts. Alina strolls down to where they are. "Any wounds you need attending?" Natasha rolls her eyes "Okay you were right take us to our room please." Alina smirks. "I told you, no but really anything that needs fixing?" Dwalin walks up. "Later lass, They are nothing serious, first to our room!" They grab Alina's hands and they teleport to Dwalin and Natasha's room.
The Dwarves resentfully give Logan their sacks of gold. "Thank you boys, nice doing business with you." Thorin crosses his arms over his chest as he watches. "You and Alina knew she was going to win." Logan smirks and takes out a cigar. "Of course we did. Do you think we would have bet, if we weren't positive she would?" Then it dawned on Thorin. "So then you conned us!" Alina comes up behind Thorin. "Of course we did my dearest heart, oh I meant my slave. But I will not collect until this is all over. And now Natasha will get a cut of the gold and so will I for starting this bet." She snaps her fingers and lights Logan's cigar. Thorin looks at her in disbelief then lets out a hearty laugh. "My little con artist, I love you." He wraps his arms around her and kisses her. Logan interrupts. "Come on I want you to see how Mutants train."
An hour later Dwalin and Natasha come back. Natasha very content and charged up and Dwalin a little drowsy. "Your welcome, Tash." Alina whispers to her. Natasha only blushes."So what's going on?" She asks while they're walking. "We're going to watch the X-Men train." Natasha is interested in this. "I've never seen them train before. They're going to use their powers mostly, right?" Logan looks back at her "Yeah this will blow your mind. I can't fight because my partner has been grounded by the King" He turn to look at the king. "No she will not fight you." Thorin said in a firm voice. "Well at least let her fight the winner its all powers no physical stuff." Logan argues. Alina looked at her husband with hopeful eyes. He finally sighed and agreed. "But you must promise you will be careful." Thorin said in a stern voice. She pecked him on the lips. "I promise my love!" She squealed and dragged him to the the next fight.
There Storm and amazingly Cyclops was fighting her. Storm would use her control over the weather against Cyclopse while he fires his beam at her. He wounds her several times until Professor X calls it a draw. Alina goes out and heals Storm. Natasha was awestruck, by their powers and their skills in using them. She couldn't wait to see Alina use her's in combat. Natasha only ever saw her use them playing around. Never seriously, it must be a Stark thing. Right then Bobby comes up to Alina, bows before the King and asks. "Alina want to spar like we used to? I'd like to see your new powers, but no claws." Alina perked up "Hell yes Bobby let's go." She took off running forgetting completely about Thorin.
By the time the others reach where Bobby and Alina it was already an instense fight. Bobby had turned into Ice Man and would turn Alina water whips to ice or to snow then he would try to freeze her which she would counter with fire and threw him back with her telekinisis. He got up and started throwing spiked ice balls at her. which see turned to water, which he just froze again. Finally Alina just froze him in his tracks with her new powers of telepathy, like the Professor does. "I win Ice Man." Then she unfroze him. Neither one of them had noticed that there had gathered a crowd of Dwarves Elves and Humans to watch their match. They cheered when it ended. Alina blushed at the attention. Natasha comes up Alina. "That was amazing! I had no idea you were so powerful, you always just play around with your powers at home. And when did you get the Telepathy and telekinisis?" Alina wrapped her arm around her friend's shoulder. "Oh Nat, at home I had no reason to use them seriously and the new powers I got since I've been here."
Thorin was very impressed as he made his way towards his beloved as well. "Very impressive my Queen. I too had no idea how truly powerful you are." He hugged her tightly. "Now we shall go eat and I will continue training afterward." Everyone followed Thorin to the tent where Bombur and others were cooking for the large army. they all sat around and ate. Natasha was feeding Dwalin. While the King and Queen sat very close together and ate. Suddenly Alina got up rushed outside to vomit. Thorin was right behind her rubbing her back and holding her hair. "Are you alright Amrâlimê?" She wiped her mouth and looked at Thorin. "Yes I'm fine the food did not agree with me that's all." Natasha came out with some water so Alina could rinse out her mouth. "Come lets go to the Elves' tent and get you a salad." Thorin reared back. "Why green food? She needs more than that!" Alina placed a calming hand on Thorin's arm. "No I don't, I need something light and a little lemon if they have any. That should settle my stomach. We'll be back, don't worry sweetheart, if you want I'll ask Logan to go with us." Logan appeared at that moment. "Fine I'll go but we're coming back here so I can finish eating, let's go Kid." She kissed Thorin's cheek and they left.
They made their way to Lord Elrond's tent where Gandalf, Professor Xavier and Bilbo were having lunch. A guard went into the tent to announce them. "My Lord Elrond? The Queen of Erebor and her friends are here to see you." Lord Elrond told the guard to invite them in. "Melon nîn, to what do I owe this visit? My goodness my child you look a little peaked." The others agreed. Alina smiled a radiant smile. "The morning sickness has started and I hate to impose but I was wondering if I could have a small salad with lemon to settle my stomach." Lord Elrond gave you the most understanding look. "My dear friend you are not imposing. Please all you join us. I shall have a healer bring you something to settle your stomach."
She gratefully drank the beverage immedietely feeling her stomach settle. "Ugh it's going to be horrible going through the morning sickness." Lord Elrond chuckled. "Well my child I'm sure our healers can leave you something to help with your morning sickness. But who knows how long its going to last? Considering the length of your pregnancy." Alina gave him an odd look then looked at Natasha. "See Alina, Bruce figures since the Dwarves have such long lives their pregnancies are longer, but since the baby is half human your pregnancy will be shorter that 36 month." Alina sighs in relief. Logan continues "But since you have that pesky thing about being a mutant, and one that happens to be almost immortal. Your pregnancy gets bumped up to 18 month. Alina was about to take a drink of water when the goblet slipped from her fingers. Good thing Elves have fast reflexes. "Now my dear child do not be upset." Gandalf says. "All of this was just talk from the other night. I think it would be best to speak more in depth about this when all of this is over."
Alina agreed and finished her light lunch with her friends. Lord Elrond had the healers bring the herbs that were used to settle Alina's stomach so she could take some with her. With that they all said their goodbyes and went their seperate ways. As promised Alina, Natasha, and Logan went back to the tent where everyone was eating so Logan could finish. While they waited for Logan to finish, Natasha and Alina Talked. "Are you okay with being pregnant for 18 months?" Nat asked. Alina sighed "Whether I'm okay with it or not, that's the way it's going to be. I think that as long as I have Thorin and you here things will be easier." From behind them they heard. "Don't forget me, Kid. I ain't leavin' ya alone no matter what the Dwarf King says." Wolverine says between mouthfuls of food. Both women awwd at Logan and he just growled back. "Whenever you're finished Logan, let's find the others." Logan finished his meal washed and dried his hands on his jeans, "Okay I'm ready let's go."
They walked among the training circles looking for Thorin and Dwalin, peeking in on the others as the fought. Natasha found the Elves style of fighting unique and fascinating. They were fast, precise, and controlled in their fighting technique which was something that appealed to the assasin. "I beat him with a wave of my hand and a thought." Gestering towards Legolas who was in the ring now." Alina whispered to Natasha. Logan snorted, Natasha rolled her eyes. Logan wasn't too fond of the Woodland Elves especially Thranduil and his son. So that thought gave him a good chuckle.
They finally found Thorin and Dwalin, well actually Alina caught Thorin's scent. Natasha and Logan were discussing splitting up to find them when suddenly Alina gasped and her eyes rolled back. "Yep, Alina just found Thorin." Logan said laughing at her reaction from behind his cigar. Scent was a powerful thing for a feral especially the scent of one's mate. Thorin smelled of leather, dirt and sweat, but to Alina it was so intoxicating it made her mouth water. It was calling to her like a beacon. She shook her head to come out of the trance. "Uh, guys they're over here." Natasha and Logan looked at each other and burst out laughing. "Yeah we figured that, kid when your eyes rolled back and your nose turned up in that direction and you let out a little moan." Logan said between laughs. "We better get you to Thorin, it must be the pregnancy hormones." Natasha says still laughing.