Chapter 19: Relationships

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter and I had a lot of fun with this one including one of my favorite scenes from Thor. I hope you all like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.

We find ourselves in Meridian, as three of Phobos' men were standing in front of a large supply of food that was to go to Phobos' castle.

Nearby Caleb peeked from behind a building and turns to see Neo, Mala, Astrid and the Guardians.

"Alright that supply has enough food on it to feed all the people for a few weeks. We have to get it or they'll starve." Caleb said.

"So what are we waiting for? Let's beat them up and take the food." Irma said.

"We can't. They can easily alarm backup." Caleb said.

"So then how can we take them out without them knowing we're about to attack?" Hay Lin asks when Astrid gets an idea.

"Ooh Neo let's do Get Help." Astrid turning to him.

"What?" Neo asks turning to her.

"Get Help." She repeats.

"No." Neo said almost immediately.

"What's get help?" Taranee asks.

"Come on you love it." Astrid said.

"I hate it." Neo said.

"It works every time." Astrid said.

"It's humiliating." Neo whines.

"What are you guys talking about?" Will asks.

"Do you have a better idea?" Astrid asks.

"No." Neo said.

"We're doing it." Astrid said.

"We are not doing Get Help." Neo said crossing his arms.

"What is Get Help?" Will asks wondering why they aren't answering.

A few minutes later, the guards were about to leave when Astrid and Neo came out with Neo dangling from her arms like he was barely alive.

"Get help! Get help!" Astrid screams getting their attention. "Please! My boyfriend is dying! Get help! Help him!" As they got close Astrid threw Neo sending him crashing into the guards knocking them all out. "Ah works every time." She smiles.

"Still hate it." Neo groans getting up. "It's humiliating."

"Not for me it's not." Astrid chuckles when the girls came out laughing.

"That was the best move I ever saw." Irma laughs.

"Unusual but very effective." Mala chuckles.

"Where did you guys come up with this?" Taranee asks.

"We didn't my dad and Uncle Loki came up with this move." Neo said.

"Thor threw Loki." Astrid clarifies.

"Can we do that to Caleb next?" Cornelia asks.

"Not a chance. Throw Neo or even Blunk for all I care, but not me." Caleb said before examining the food. "Perfect."

"Ooh tasty." Popping up from behind a barrel Blunk ate some fruit.

"Hey that's not for you!" Caleb said throwing him out of the cart.

"Ow." Blunk yells hitting the ground.

"I know your pain Blunk." Neo groans. "Ugh Astrid sometimes I wonder why I put up with you."

"Oh stop whining you big baby." Astrid said punching his shoulder.

"You see that's what I mean you—" Before Neo could finish Astrid gives him a kiss on the cheek shutting him up. "Nevermind."

Seeing this Will's eyes widen as she tightens her fist.


Back at the Silver Dragon, it was pouring outside and Jane was there helping Yan Lin.

"Hold still Mrs. Lin." Jane said trying to help handle a small cut. "How did this even happen?"

"Eh was showing off my knife skills to the girls and one sort of slipped." She shrugs.

"You are the craziest grandma I've ever met." Jane said.

"Oh please Jane we both know you only came because you wanted to see him." Yan Lin chuckles causing Jane to pause.

"I…don't know what you're talking about." Jane blushes.

"Tall, long blonde hair, good with a hammer. You've been coming here a lot since Thor came back." She chuckles.

"Not listening…does he ever talk about me?" Jane asks leaning in when the front door opens revealing Thor himself.

"Well that was a mess." Thor said closing his umbrella. "Jane. A pleasure."

"Thor." Jane smiles. "Uh yeah just had to help Mrs. Lin."

"I'll leave you kids alone." She smirks walking to the back.

"It's good to see you." Thor said sitting down next to her.

"Yeah same. How's Neo?" Jane asks.

"He's getting better. Let's just say though if he and those girls keep acting like me I'll have to start paying you to treat us exclusively." Thor said.

"I don't know. I'm not cheap." Jane smirks.

"Jane you are something else." Thor said.

"How so?" Jane asks.

"You have no powers, no weapons and yet when any of us are hurt you're the first to rush in and help us." Thor said.

"I'm a paramedic, it's my job. Besides, how many can say they've seen their waiter use a magic hammer?" Jane giggles.

"Very few." Thor chuckles.

Meanwhile downstairs, Sif and Johan were listening as Astrid told them what happened.

"And then when I threw Neo those dumb guards were knocked out like that." Astrid said as the two girls laugh.

"Aw man. I wish I was there to see that." Rayla laughs.

"Yeah I love Get Help." Heather giggles.

"Sure because I'm the one who gets thrown all the time." Neo said pointing to himself.

"Oh man up Prince Neo." Johan chuckles.

Sif giggles when she noticed Will gesturing for her to come over.

Standing up Sif walks out to meet Will.

"Hey Sif." Will said.

"Will, is something wrong?" Sif asks.

"No…well not sure exactly. You've known Neo for a long time right?" Will asks.

"Since Thor brought him to Asgard." Sif nods.

"Great so uh does Neo have a girlfriend back in Asgard?" Will asks nervously.

"No he doesn't." Sif said causing Will to sigh in relief. "Not yet anyway."

"Excuse me?" Will asks not liking this. "So does Astrid really have a crush on Neo?"

"Astrid, Heather, Rayla and quite a few other teenage girls in Asgard." Sif said.

"Y-You don't say." Will cringed not liking this at all.

"Yes, Neo is a member of the House of Odin, he's strong, caring, wise. Marry him and you can live a good life for the rest of your life. Why do you ask Will?" Sif smirks.

"Oh uh well no reason I mean just taking an interest." Will stutters.

"Will do you like Neo? Sif asks sitting down.

"Well I uh." Will blushes.

"Will be straight with me I won't laugh." Sif said.

"Okay yes I like Neo. I liked him before I even knew he was a prince." Will confesses.

"Then you better move fast. You have quite a bit of competition." Sif said patting Will on the shoulder.

"Seriously?" Will asks.

"Believe it or not I once had feelings for Thor." Sif smirks shocking her.

"You and Thor?" Will asks pointing to her and then to Thor talking with Jane.

"We were both young and training to be Asgard's next warriors." Sif smiles at the memory.

"So what happened?" Will asks.

Gesturing with her fingers Sif tells Will to lean in. "Thor wasn't exactly known for his brains." Sif whispers causing Will to burst into laughter.

"No he is not." Will smiles.

"Will, take it from me. Any relationship is never easy but if you want a relationship with an Asgardian you better be ready for the competition." Sif said walking away.

"Competition huh?" Will pauses thinking about when Astrid called Neo her boyfriend in Get Help and when she gave him a kiss.

This was definitely not gonna be easy.


Back at Mala's apartment, Mala and Neo were sitting down together as she was helping Neo with his homework.

"Ugh whoever came up with the idea for homework should have been killed on the spot." Neo groans causing Mala to chuckle.

"Come on this isn't that hard. Just focus on one part of the problem and then move to the next. You need to have this ready by tomorrow." Mala instructs.

"Hey it's not like I'm a slacker but between training, trying to help save Meridian and school it's hard." Neo said

"Nothing worth doing is ever easy." Mala said.

Looking at the answer Neo continued writing before showing it to her.

"I think you got it." She smiles.

"Yes." Neo smiles.

"Alright now that your homework done you can relax." Mala said.

"Thanks mom." Neo said causing Mala to smile.

Her son was starting to enjoy having her with him.

Entering his room Neo sat down on his bed.

"My birth mother. Helping me, my adopted family and friends save an entire realm that she used to call home." Neo sighs.

"Family drama am I right?" Looking over Neo saw Loki standing across from him. "Think you know everything about your family and then something happens and everything changes."

Looking to his desk, Neo threw a pencil at him and it went right through Loki.

"You didn't think I would really come and see you? No, I reckon mommy is still mad at me for that stunt I pulled back in the castle." Loki chuckles.

Narrowing his eyes Neo glares at Loki remembering that dagger Loki pointed at his throat.

"What? I wasn't really gonna do it. Thanks to you knocking that stupid Phobos all over his castle he's more dependent on me than ever. He's terrified." Loki said as Neo threw his eraser at him which went through it. "Look I get it you're mad but hear me out. I lure Phobos into a false sense of security thinking he can best you next time you fight but then I sneak you into the castle, you kick his ass again, I finish him off and then…" Loki points to Neo and then to himself before doing two thumbs.

Grabbing his notebook Neo throws it causing to go through Loki's head causing him to sigh.

"Fine guess I'll have to go at it alone. Like I've always done." Loki said seeing roll his eyes. "Would you say something? Say something."

"What would want me to say Uncle Loki? You threatened to kill me. Look I get you were mad at Grandpa for not saying you were adopted or mad at Dad for always being the favorite. Sure you hate them but what Grandma? She loved you so much. You were her best magic student, when she found out you were allied with Phobos she was crushed." Neo said causing Loki to pause in shock.

"S-She was?" Loki asks.

"Then there was me. I mean you were always there for me for growing up. We had so much fun together. I didn't care that you were a frost giant, you were family and then you threatened to kill me. Is having a throne so important that you're willing to turn into Phobos?" Neo asks.

"I am not Phobos." Loki growls.

"Yeah sure, you're not Phobos. Make no mistake I will stop Phobos but when I do I pray you see what you're becoming before I have to fight you too." Neo said walking up to look Loki in the eyes.

"Neo please, this might be my only chance." Loki said.

"To do what Uncle Loki? Sit on a throne all by yourself and never know love or happiness again? Some life." Neo said.

Looking at him Loki felt a twinge of regret for the first time as his illusion disappeared.

Sighing Neo went into the kitchen for a glass of water.

Pouring water into the glass he suddenly heard a knock at the door.

Walking to it, he opens it and saw Will.

"Hey Will what's up?" Neo asks.

"Hey neighbor was wondering if you wanted to watch a movie?" Will asks holding up a DVD. "I figured we could use a little fun from all the save Meridian stuff."

"Sure come on in." Neo smiles opening the door.

As Will put the movie in, Neo sat down on the couch.

"Hey Will can I ask you something?" Neo asks getting her attention. "You ever feel that no matter how hard you try nothing you do makes a difference?"

"All the time. In case you forgot Neo I'm not exactly the most powerful member of our team." Will said.

"Will." Neo said surprised.

"I mean it. I mean I don't have any powers like you, your dad or the other guardians, I'm not a fighter like Caleb or the other Asgardians. All I can do is use this." Will said taking out the Heart.

"Will you may not be the strongest but without you we don't even have any guardians. You might be the most important member of our team." Neo said.

"Really?" Will smiles.

"Yeah we need you. And if you want to be a better fighter I can show you a few tricks." Neo offers.

"You'd teach me how to fight?" Will asks interested.

"If you think you can handle it." Neo smirks.

Landing next to him Will punches his shoulder. "Oh I can handle it."

"Hey watch it." Neo laughs rubbing it.

"Astrid's right you really are a baby." Will laughs.

"Oh no not you too." Neo groans as the movie plays.

An hour later, Susan walks up to the apartment and knocks on the door.

Slowly, Mala opens it.

"Mala is Will still here? She said she would be right back." Susan asks.

"Oh she's here." Mala leads her in and Susan see both Neo and Will fast asleep on the couch while the movie played with Will sleeping on Neo's shoulder.

"Well I guess I can let this slide." Susan smiles.

"They do look cute together." Mala chuckles.