Talking

Thought

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Werner Reinhardt had lived through many things, altering his body so he regained his youth was not painless, but nothing was as painful as whatever the blonde-haired woman had done to him. The man in white claimed not to need to torture but he didn't know how to classify what he was going through as anything else. He wasn't sure how long she had her hand inside his head, but it felt like several minutes, finally she withdrew it and looked to the man in white as he gasped for air and tried to stop shaking. "I believe I have found everything we require."

"If not, we know where he will be." The man in white replied with a grin.

"What have you done?" Werner gasped out. The man looked down at him and chuckled.

"Tell me does CH93 0116 2711 6558 5295 7 mean anything to you?" He asked and Werner's eyes went wide, that was his most secretive bank account. "Quite the sum there, too bad it will be empty soon."

"She is able to read minds." Werner said, already wondering if he and the woman were like Jiayang. "Her ability is based on some form of osmosis yes?" Despite the situation he was still curious about their abilities, if he was fortunate, he would gain information and be rescued. He frowned when the man laughed.

"Oh, it is so beyond that." The man replied. "And with her assistance I now have access to all of your knowledge on Hydra, assets, bank accounts, spies, moles, government officials." He sighed. "Such a beautiful network, and it's all going to come crashing down like a house of cards." He turned to leave.

"Why destroy it?" Werner called out. "You could take it over; Hydra has in place several systems and with my help and some planning you could position yourself as the new leader."

"I could." He replied but didn't turn around. "What is the saying…Cut off one head…"

"And two shall take it's place." Werner finished.

"Unless." The man looked back, still smirking. "You reign fire down on it." He looked back. "He's all yours."

Werner frowned as the man in white faded into the darkness, his eyes widened as who he spoke to moved towards him, despite the new arm he recognized him. "Wintersoldat." He whispered out, but not in fear but hope as he found his way out. "Желание." He began and grinned as the soldier stopped. "Ржавый. Семнадцать. Рассвет. Печь. Девять. Добросердечный. Возвращение на Родину. Один. Товарный вагон."

"Sorry." Werner flinched back in shock as the half mask moved away from his face, almost as if it were water flowing away. "That old trick won't work anymore." He flexed his robotic arm. "I got my head all fixed up, new arm to boot." He grinned at Werner. "I remember you ya know… remember you ordering me to kill all those people." He moved closer.

"They were in the way of Hydra's return." Werner replied. "We can escape…with your knowledge of this facility and my intelligence we could be free, bring about a new rule of Hydra. I cannot change the past, but I can ensure you have a glorious future."

"Wow." The soldier said after a second. "You krauts really do have a messed up head." Suddenly the restraints holding him were released, with the real arm the soldier grabbed him a threw him across the room. "I was asked not to kill you but roughing you up a bit is fine."

"How did he get so strong." Reinhardt thought as he scrambled to stand, the soldier moved towards him again. "You were never that strong."

He chuckled. "Your right, let's just say he did more than give me a new arm and fix my head."

"He has perfected the Super Soldier Serum?"

"That old thing?" The man replied with a smirk. "He surpassed it."

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The thing about evil organizations like Hydra is that no one trust anyone else, Whitehall had dirt and plans to remove all the heads and key figures should they try to betray them. Bucky and Atok had a fun time taking out the operatives and I let Sif have her fun with the Hydra facilities, leaving behind wreckage that Pierce had to scramble and hide any signs of Hydra. I occasionally joined Sif on her missions but mostly focused on monitoring for the Convergence, I didn't have the exact address of the warehouse Jane found so I would need to look for it by monitoring the energy. The closer it got the stronger the readings, and my stones began to react as well calling out for their sibling.

I started mentioning the stones reacting to something and Sif eventually connected them with the Convergence. So when the time was right her, Bucky and I all went down to England, using nanites to hide Sif's armor while Bucky and I morphed our outfits to look like normal clothing. "So what are we looking for again?" Bucky asked as we walked around the warehouse.

"I don't know what exactly, but I will know when I find it." I replied as we walked.

"Should those be floating?" Sif drew our attention, pointing at two shipping containers that were floating in the air. "I did not think Midgardians had technology of that level."

"They don't." I answered and moved towards the containers. "This is what we are looking for, or at least part of it." I pushed one and it flew away, crashing to the ground once it was a few feet away.

"Company." Bucky said and turned towards one of the doorways.

"Children." I said and waved it off, the noise should have drawn them, and our presence would make them runaway, thinking they would get in trouble. "Leave them be." My stones pulsed, I closed my eyes and concentrated on the Mind Stone first. Opening my mind to what was around me, after a few seconds I felt something, a tug pulling me. Activating the Space Stone to create a portal, I heard shouting but ignored it and moved forward, opening my eyes as I did. I was in the cavern now, looking around I saw I was alone, shrugging I turned back to the pillar housing the Aether, aka the Reality Stone. Walking toward it the red light began to glow brighter. "You do sense each other." I muttered as I felt my stones pulse.

When I was close enough I stuck my hand in, no fear or hesitation. "Come on, time to get this party started." I grunted as the aether began covering my arm, at first it pushed against me, unable to penetrate my skin then glowed for a bit and slipped inside me. I cringed as I felt the aether begin to crawl up my arm towards the other stones, it pulsed as it fed off my life-force I could feel it intensify as if discovered my life force was even more powerful than any past hosts. "Let's not get greedy." I didn't want it to make me weaker, I flared both the Mind Stone and the Power Stone, the aether fed off the Power Stones energy while I tried calming it down with the Mind. As I tried, I instructed it to gather with the other stones and felt the liquid move through my body to the others, I grunted as it broke through my skin again and inserted itself in the armlet. I had to quickly command the nanites to allow the stone to take shape and secure it when it was complete, it took a few seconds but eventually it was complete, and I had control of another stone. "Let's see." I looked at the pillar used to house the aether, focusing it was soon wrapped in red tendrils of energy and in seconds the giant stone shifted into a rose. "Sweet."

I walked over and picked it up, it felt the same as a flower and didn't seem any different, so I gave it a sniff. "A rose alright." I tossed it over the edge, as it fell, I changed it back to normal, the loud crash confirmed it had reformed. "Okay, so let's get out of here." Focusing with the Space Stone I created a portal back to England.

"Find what you were looking for?" Bucky asked as I walked out of the portal, he was leaning against a container while Sif looked to be pacing.

"More actually." I answered with a grin. "How long was I gone for?"

"Four hours." He answered and pushed off the container. "Sif here wanted to call for reinforcements, but I said we should wait, not like you need backup anyway."

"I appreciate both your worrying and faith in me." I replied. "Now let's return to the ship."

"Where did you go?" Sif asked.

"I am not sure." I answered honestly. "I arrived in a cavern, on a bridge of stone with a large pillar." I held up my hand and willed the red energy of the Reality Stone to cover my hand. "In the pillar was a red living liquid, which was actually another of the Infinity Stones, Reality."

"So now you've got four super powerful rocks." Bucky said with a chuckle, he had been briefed on the stones.

"A red liquid." Sif muttered; I hadn't covered her memory of the Dark Elves but it was so long ago I didn't think she would remember all the things involved in it.

"Something sound familiar?" I asked, she looked at me for a second and shook her head.

"No, perhaps I am just overthinking things." She answered, I shrugged and opened a portal back to Atlantis.

"Alright let's head back to Atlantis, I need to practice more with my new stone before it is combat ready." Both nodded and followed behind me as I walked through the portal.

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Using the Reality Stone had two purposes, one really was for me to get more practice in so I could use it more effectively, but the other was to pull in the Dark Elves. I knew they could track it and while I didn't have to use it, I was betting using it would bring them in quicker. Of course, I couldn't just go to Svartalfhheim and wait for them, I wanted to play the part of clueless newcomer for the Asgardians. We were parked not too far from Asgard, it didn't take the Dark Elves long to get there in the movie, so I assumed they were hiding close by. Morgan already had our scanners looking for them, with luck their cloak was not as sophisticated as ours and we could pick them up but if not, she was watching for when they launched fighters. Sif had wanted to contact Asgard about the Reality Stone, but she was informed some strange interference was messing with that particular form of communication, it of course would clear up after the Dark Elves attacked.

"Sir we have picked up small ships appearing from nowhere." Morgan's voice said over the comms as I practiced changing things with the Reality Stone. "Shields have been raised and all personal have moved to their emergency stations."

"On my way." I replied as sped up to the bridge. "How many do we have, shield status?"

"Scanners show ten fighter level ships approaching us." An Asuran answered me as I moved to the control chair, I was excited to finally use the drones on live targets. "No sign of the main vessel but we have several assumed trajectories. The shields remain stable, their weapons are not strong enough to make any damage."

"Load in the trajectories." I replied as I sat down and leaned back, connecting with Atlantis. I looked over the trajectories but more so I could try to avoid it, I didn't want to take them down yet.

The drones flew out from underneath Atlantis, glowing brightly and weaving around each other as I headed to intercept them. The lead fighters moved to cut down the drones, confident in their ship's strength, I grinned as the two leads were instead torn apart by my drones and exploded. The other ships were quick to move after that and we began a game of cat and mouse, luckily my advanced mind was able to track more than one ship at a time, I think the Mind Stone helped a great deal though. While I was I noticed the ones I wasn't chasing were heading straight towards Atlantis, as they weren't firing any weapons I assumed it was a kamikaze run. "Morgan see if you can grab their pilots."

"We will attempt it." I heard her reply.

There were only five fighters left, I wondered why they hadn't deployed more but shrugged it off and continued my assault on them. It took a bit of doing but eventually the ones trying to occupy me were taken out, the suicide ones had hit the shields, but no one reported a problem so I didn't worry about it. Once all were destroyed, I brought the drones back to Atlantis and once they were stored, I sat up in the chair. "Did we get one?"

"Yes, we were able to take two pilots before they flew their ships into the shield, which did little damage." Morgan answered. "Two Asuran's are already in route to take information from the Dark Elves."

"Good." I looked around, not seeing Bucky or Sif. "Let's fix the communication after their done, if Sif asks were working overtime on it." She nodded. "Where are her and Bucky?"

"They along with the Jaffa are standing ready in case we boarded the enemy." She answered. "The Dark Elves are in the brig."

I nodded. "Beam me along with Sif, Atok and Bucky to the brig." I said. "Wait are the Asuran's there yet?"

"Yes." She answered. "We transported them as soon as we had the Dark Elves."

"Good, let's go." I said and a second later I was in the brig, standing outside of one of our cells. The cells were square rooms with four columns and horizontal metal bars surrounding them, force fields kept the prisoners from escaping and gave use a full view of them at all times. Inside each cell was a bed, toilet and small sink, I was not going to allow any privacy to prisoners to ensure they couldn't try anything. The two occupied cells had Dark Elves on a bed with an Asuran standing over them, their hands inside the alien's heads.

"Is the attack over?" Atok asked as he looked around. "We have prisoners."

"Sif." I said, gaining their attention. "Do you recognize this race?"

She frowned and moved forward, studying the elves. "I do not but they do seem familiar."

"They refer to their race as the Svartálfar." One of the Asuran's said from their spot.

"Impossible!" Sif snapped. "The Svartálfar were defeated long ago by King Bor." She gasped. "The Aether." She spun and looked at me. "The red liquid you found, it was the Aether, the source of the Dark Elves power, we have to inform Asgard that the Dark Elves have not been destroyed."

"After being attacked I had Morgan increase the repair of the communication device with Asgard." I informed her. "Hopefully it will be done soon."

"Then we must go there now." Sif urged. "They must be put on alert."

"The Elves found us." I said and held up my hand, coating it with red energy. "If this used to be theirs, they could possibly have ways to track it. That must be how they found us, and I don't think they are going to leave so if we go to Asgard then they will follow." I hummed. "Where is there planet?"

"Svartálfheim?" She answered. "It is part of the Nine Realms but is a barren desolate world."

"So, their home world is empty and perfect for a fight." I responded. "That will add a bit of irony as well."

"'Alright." Bucky said with a grin. "I'm all for taking the fight to them."

"Who knows how large their army is." Sif replied. "And while the Jaffa are strong and fearsome the Dark Elves could match an Asgardian in strength, I do not know how well they would fair against them."

"The Jaffa do not run from battle." Atok said firmly and slammed his spear to the floor. "We are soldiers of the Empire and shall face the Emperor's enemies no matter who they are."

"Equip them with one of these and I think it'll even the odds." Bucky said while gesturing to his weapon. "We have a good amount to pass out."

"Agreed." I replied. "Though we will wait, if we can get a hold of Asgard I am sure they would like to join the fight."

"Yes." Sif nodded. "Odin's father was the one who first defeated them, I am sure he would assist us in defeating them once and for all."

"Will see, their main vessel in invisible and we can't take it out." I informed them. "Their weapons did nothing to our shields; we won't have to worry about them destroying us."

"So, we wait." Bucky muttered. "Great."

"Hopefully it will not be long friend." Atok replied with a grin.

I shook my head at them but let out a chuckle, it wasn't surprising Atok would be itching for a fight. "Hopefully." Which I knew it would be.

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I let three hours pass before we were able to contact Asgard, during which the Dark Elves didn't attack again but I imagine Malekith must have been going crazy trying to figure out what to do. Sif was currently giving Odin a report of our run in with the Dark Elves and her thoughts on the Reality Stone. "You are sure they are Dark Elves?" Odin asked as she finished.

"Morgan." I said and the AI immediately brought up a holoscreen showing both prisoners, sedated and laying on the beds. "Were pretty sure."

"I see…..what are you plans?"

"Lady Sif informs me their home planet is abandoned and desolate, I thought to take the fight there." I replied. "I didn't think taking them to an inhabited planet was a good idea."

"Agreed." Odin said with a nod. "Thor shall gather the Einherjar and be ready at the Bifrost, lure the elves to you and Heimdall shall open the Bifrost behind them. Together we shall crush them between us."

"A sound plan." I answered. "Though will we be large enough to draw the full might of their army?"

"Malekith will not stop until the aether is returned to him." Odin replied. "The size of your army will not matter to him, he will through his entire army at you until it is his."

"Well, he will not gain it." I said. "I possess the Mind, Space, Reality and Power Stones now, I could destroy him alone. However, Sif says the original war was fought by your father so I felt it a courtesy to allow you the opportunity to join us."

I saw Odin frown and stroke his beard. "So you possess four now." I heard him whisper but I don't think the others picked it up. "The Dark Elves are a threat to the Nine Realms and enemies of Asgard, we shall help you rid the universe of them."

"Very well, I will make sure not to unleash the Power Stones energy." I was happy for the help really; it would mean I would lose less men overall.

"A wise decision." Odin replied. "We shall go prepare now; I shall leave someone here to notify you when we are prepared."

"How long do you think it will take you to prepare your army?" I asked before he left. "Just so we can be ready?"

"Not long." Odin replied before walking off.

"Thanks." I thought with a frown. "Bucky, Sif please find Atok and make sure the Jaffa are prepared."

"Can do." Bucky said and headed off.

"Of course, Emperor." Sif answered, she seemed to become more formal since discovering the Dark Elves, I think she was getting into a battle mindset.

I nodded to them as the left. "Morgan make sure during the battle we gather more live subjects and a few bodies." I communicated through my nanites so the Asgardian's on the holoscreen wouldn't know of my plan.

"Of course, sir." Morgan said over the line.

"Notify me when we are ready to move out, 77 are there any Asuran's who would like to join in the battle?" A few surprised me every now and then wanting to help fight.

"Yes Emperor." He replied. "They wish to study the Dark Elves tactics and abilities in person to better understand it and eventually replicate it."

"Very well, have them join Atok and the Jaffa." He nodded to me. "Prepare some nanite kino's as well, we want to have the elves target them so you all will be immune to their weapons. It will make studying them easier."

"I will have them moved to Prime Atok." 77 said, I nodded to him and sped to my room. This would be a true battle for me, with beings that just might be able to hurt me, so I needed to mentally prepare.

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I figured Atlantis was faster than the Dark Elves ship so when Asgard sent word they were ready we bolted to Svartálfheim to setup a defensive position. We took position with a mountain behind us so they could only come from one direction, I wasn't sure if it was the exact location from the scene with Bor but it didn't matter as it worked for our needs. Heimdall could see us and would send down the Asgardians when the Dark Elves moved to engage us, I had made us some barricades by ripping up rocks placing them around us. This would help the Jaffa, who were physically weaker, stay in the battle longer. "Emperor they approach!" I had been sitting on one of the rocks and looked up as Atok yelled to me. The Dark Elves ship was visible and lowering itself to the planet some yards away, a few fighters flew overhead, but none made an attempt to attack us.

"Positions." I called out as I hopped off the rock, everyone began moving into their places. "Wait for the command before opening fire."

"Yes Emperor." The Jaffa shouted back.

I watched as the ship lowered enough for the ramp to drop and hit the ground, several Dark Elves ran down the ramp towards us. I was surprised that there was no attempt at negation, just straight to battle. "Then again they are evil." I thought with a grin, I looked up at the fighters moving towards us and noticed they were moving lower. "Alright." I muttered. "Atok, you have command." I yelled before crouching and launching myself upwards to towards the approaching ships. There were three, one heading straight for us while the other two were come at an angle. I tapped into the Power Stone and channeled the energy into my eyes, mixing it with my heat vision, and unleashing powerful purple beams into the first ship. They ripped through the ship like a hot knife through butter, not wasting time I quickly swung my head to the right and cut down the second ship and then stopped. Flying towards the last ship I decided to see how it would stand up against my strength, I grinned as it started flipping to turn around. I focused and pushed myself to catch up with it, grabbing the long blade and pulling myself up I kept hold with my left hand and pulled back my right. I started with ten percent power, but barley scratched it which was surprising, though I did remember that these ships cut through the Asgardian structure with ease so they must be a strong material. I upped my strength to fifty percent and caused a dent, so I ramped up to eighty percent, which resulted in punching a hole through the blade. "To much, oh well." I then moved down the craft punching holes into it, about halfway the edge began to fold back from the wind. A wicked idea went through my head, grabbing hold of the breaking blade I flew back and ripped it off the rest of the way.

The ship started weaving around as it lost its blade, while it was trying to level out I regripped the blade and spun around. Gaining some momentum, I launched the blade into the ship, cutting into it and causing the ship to go up in a plume of fire and smoke. Nodding I looked back to check on the battle, the Dark Elves were attempting to advance but since I had cleared the field of any cover on their side, they were not making much advancement, seems the SAW's were a good choice after all. "Atok." I said into the comm.

"Yes Emperor."

"Allow them to advance more, Asgard will not move in until there is more room for them to enter." I ordered and started to descend down to them.

"Understood Emperor."

By the time I landed the firing had lessened and I could see the Dark Elves gaining ground. "Have fun?" Bucky asked from his spot behind a rock, he was one of the best shots so it made sense he would stop firing to allow them some momentum.

"Not often I get to fight in the air." I replied and walked towards him, ignoring the red bolts of energy flying towards us. "You?"

"Well without cover it was easy to pick them off, decided to take a nap so we could have a better fight." He replied with a grin. "Sif's itching to get into the fight." He nodded to the woman crouching near him, she occasionally peeked out to get a look at the Dark Elves.

"Once Asgard arrives I will join the Einherjar." She yelled, forgetting I had super hearing. "It should be soon." A roar cut her off, frowning all three of us looked towards the army and saw them parting down the middle.

"Guess Malekith had enough." I saw the kursed warrior running towards us, easily shrugging off any bolts that hit him. I did wonder if it was the second in command again or if they had chosen someone else. "I will handle him." I called out before leaping over a boulder and slowly walking towards him.

He let out another roar when he saw me and quickly ran at me, once he was close enough, he leapt and tried to tackle me. With a burst of sped I moved under him to let him pass over me, he slid a bit but rolled and got back onto his feet to charge me again. I grinned and watched as he threw a punch, which I blocked easily. "I thought you would be stronger." I goaded, he roared at me and threw punch after punch, I blocked a few and dodge some. He tried to grab me a few times, but I smacked away his hands when he tried. "Come on, is this the best you can do?" I pushed him back as I asked, making him stumble a bit but he didn't fall.

He roared again, I noticed he was breathing heavily as well, then I was shot in the back. I frowned, I felt nothing as the Asuran's had already adapted to the energy, I only knew I was hit because my nanites informed me. The soldiers were now aiming at me, seems Malekith was watching and noticed his most powerful warrior was not taking me down as he had expected. "Well, that's just rude." I muttered. "Gloves off now." I sped up to him and grabbed him by his armors collar, turning I flung him towards his own men. A few shots hit him, but he plowed into his own men and took a few out.

"Asgard incoming." I heard Bucky say before the Bifrost slammed into the ground, seconds later I heard cries of warrior which I knew was the Einherjar. I was surprised when instead of lightning a yellow beam of energy slammed into the ship and punched through it.

"Seems Odin decided to join the fight." I grinned as lightning danced across the Dark Elves. "And Thor is here." I hit my comm. "Jaffa, if you wish you may move to close quarter combat." They knew they could be outclassed but it was going to let them make their own decision, the cheer I heard made me believe most would be fighting hand to hand. "Now to find Malekith." With my super speed I moved through the armies and onto the ship, since I had no idea what it's layout was, I had to continue moving at super speed to find the leader.

Malekith stood at a window looking down at the battle. "Not going well is it." He spun, dropping into a crouch and narrowed his eyes at me.

"You are the one who has the Aether." He said and stood straight. "It does not matter that Asgard has joined you, you are foolish to come to me." He stretched his hands out towards me, I felt the Reality stone pulse slightly, recognizing him, but it made no attempt to leave me. "I will pull the Aether from you and crush the Asgard before I bring darkness to the universe."

"Oh, this will be entertaining." I chuckled out and moved to lean against a console. "Go on, pull away." He frowned and narrowed his eyes as his hands flexed, I assume he was putting more effort into calling for the Aether. "Well?"

"How are you blocking me?" He muttered but didn't let up. "It should not be possible."

"The Aether like me better." I replied with a shrug, I channeled the Reality energy into my hand. "Seems to enjoy my strong life force and power."

"Impossible." He muttered, his face showing the surprise. "You cannot control it!"

I flicked my hand at him, using the stone to change the color of his armor to pink. "Seems to be working fine to me." Another flick and he was back to normal. "Well?"

He growled and pulled a device from his side, pressing it and causing it to activate with a glow. "If we cannot have it no one shall." He tossed it at me, I vaguely remember their odd grenades that created a mini short lived black hole like thing, I didn't feel like seeing if I could resist the pull. Quickly using the Space Stone I opened a portal into space, the grenade passing into it easily before I closed it. Malekith looked shocked at where the portal had been, I quickly moved to him tapped his head, feeding in Mind Stone energy to knock him out. "Morgan." I said into the comm as he fell to the ground. "Make sure you strip any of the Dark Elves of weapons and clothing, I forgot about their strange grenades that could cause problems."

"Already taken care of, but I will have the Asuran's look into the weapons they could come in handy." Morgan replied.

"Great minds think alike." I chuckled, that would be a surprise to enemies. "Alright, I've got Malekith so lock on to me and beam up the body next to me. I will be rejoining the battle after he's secured."

"Transporting now." Morgan said and after a second Malekith disappeared. "We will make sure to start harvesting his knowledge first."

"Good, make sure to still grab enough Dark Elves to give us a variety of genetic material."

"I know, I know." Morgan muttered before cutting the line.

I grinned and looked out the window, the battle was going in our favor and I grinned as I saw the kursed warrior fighting Sif, Bucky and Atok. It was strong so I wasn't surprised it would take all three, though they didn't look like they were struggling so I didn't want to intervene. I decided to clear the ship or any remaining enemies, making sure the outside force wouldn't get any reinforcements.

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Despite losing their leader and having no ship to escape in the Dark Elves fought to the very end, the las one dying from being stabbed by one of the Einherjar. As both armies moved around checking for anyone faking death and collecting the dead, Odin approached me. "I have not seen Malekith, this will never be over until he is defeated."

"I disposed of him." I replied. "I'm sure you noticed I came out of the ship near the end of the battle." He nodded. "I went to face Malekith, when he couldn't take the aether from me he tried to use one of those blackhole like devices on me, I used the Space Stone to make it appear behind him."

Odin grunted. "To good of an end for him." I chuckled. "But with this, the threat of the Dark Elves is truly over." He turned and together we looked out over the battlefield. "Your Jaffa fought bravely; I hope you did not lose to many."

"As do I." I said with a frown. "I am sure they tried to fight the Dark Elves up close, some will have been victorious but not all."

"They possess a warrior spirt, much like the Asgard." Odin said. "Tales of this battle will be sung in the halls of Asgard, the Jaffa will be remembered for their courage and strength." I grinned at that. "We will feast tonight; you all will be our honored guest."

"I am honored." I replied, realizing it sounded odd but moved past it.

"Good." He nodded. "Lady Sif seems to be doing well with you, she is happy?"

"I believe so." I answered. "I have not heard her complain and I try to keep her involved with our missions and activities. She has done well in training the Jaffa in more organized combat."

"I saw her on the field, her blade has not dulled." Odin replied. "You should be on alert, now that you have four stones their will be those who would take them from you."

"I assumed so; we will be staying on constant alert." I was glad he didn't threaten me.

"Will you search for the last two?" He asked and I nodded. "When you posses them all you will gain vast power, I hope it will not corrupt you."

"Me too." I honestly replied, he smiled.

"Good, that gives me hope." He turned to me. "I hope you remember the help Asgard has supplied you, the years to come will be difficult and I would like to know someone will answer the call for assistance."

"I would happily assist Asgard if they needed it." I lied, I would but I most likely wouldn't be around long enough to really help. "You're speaking as if you won't be leading much longer."

"I am old." Odin said. "Old and tired, my time draws shorter." He was worrying about Hela I guessed.

"I'm sure Thor would take on more responsibility if you asked." I said to him. "Let you relax a bit more, take some stress off of you. After all heavy is the head that wears the crown."

He nodded. "An accurate statement." He started to walk off. "Now I must gather my son and the Einherjar, we will await you at Asgard." I nodded and looked back around the battlefield, I wondered how bad it could have been without me here.

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Since changing my body and using the Mind Stone I had become more intelligent, my mind opened up and allowed me to think about things and connect things quicker then I ever used to be able to. So it was a surprise to me when I walked into Sif's quarters to talk with her, after we all had left the Asgard banquet, and found she was not only naked, but on top of a naked Bucky and vigorously riding him. They were as shocked as I was, though I quickly left and hoped I didn't ruin their mood. I really should have seen it coming, both were going through personal issues, they spent a lot of time together and Bucky, despite the time he came from, did not have a problem with a strong commanding woman.

"Need to update my nanites to warn me if I might interrupt anyone like that again." I thought as I headed back to the bridge. I decided to walk to calm myself down as a naked Sif was not something I would easily forget.

XXXX

Sif looked uncomfortable when we met the next morning, she couldn't even look me in the eyes, while Bucky didn't look like he had a care in the world. It was nice to see Sif embarrassed actually, made me see her more as a woman then a warrior. "So, I wanted to talk with you two, I feel that very soon we will have the last two stones and then will be leaving." I was going to tell them the truth, whether they agreed or not they would be coming with me, but I was curious as to how much mind warping, I would need to do. "I want to take a minute and explain something to you two, you see I am not really from a different galaxy but a different reality entirely." Sif's head snapped up to look and me and Bucky went from leaning backwards in relaxation to sitting upright.

"What?" Bucky asked. "What do you mean a different reality." Sif nodded.

I activated a map of the universe. "This is the universe we are currently in." The universe itself was blue with white lights showing planets and stars. "Asgard, Earth, Xandar, the Nine Realms, everywhere you know of." As I spoke some of the white lights glowed purple. "And this." A red hologram on a universe with white lights appeared. "Is where the Jaffa are from, most everything I said about them was true we just changed some facts to not give away they were from a different reality." A third universe appeared in green. "And this is my universe, all are full of different life, planets and stars but some have similarities." On all three a light glowed bright yellow. "Each have an Earth, and all share some similarities but more differences." I looked at Bucky. "No Captain America on the other two." A light glowed on the red universe. "The Jaffa knew of a different kind of Asgard, ones not as strong but far more advanced in technology."

"What does this all mean." Sif asked. "Why did you lie to Odin? To us?"

"Being able to travel through realities, to other dimensions is not something you should easily admit." I replied with a shrug. "I meant no disrespect or subterfuge, well just a bit, but nothing nefarious."

"So, the Jaffa are from here?" Bucky asked and pointed to the red universe, I nodded. "And their history is true, the snake things really ruled them?"

"Millions, possibly billions are still there." I answered.

"So you are going to free them?" Sif asked but I shook my head.

"Others are already leading the way; I just help those I came across." I said quickly as she looked upset. "I really am creating an Empire, they deserve a chance at a new life, as do others across the multiverse."

"Multiverse, so like all the different universes?" Bucky asked, he was definitely over his head. "So, your what? Collecting people?"

"People, races, technology." I replied. "Better then conquering them like the Empires of Earths past." Though I would eventually conquer some. "Whatever I can to make my Empire safe and secure."

"I guess that's true." Bucky muttered.

"Why not bring Asgard with us?" Sif asked.

"Do you think Odin, or even Thor would come under my rule?" I asked with a chuckle. "Plus would they so easily abandon the Nine Realms?"

"Of course, that was a foolish question." Sif muttered and looked down. "But you are still willing to bring us?"

"I am more the willing, I am telling you all of this so you will continue on with us." I answered. "You have become friends, and the new Empire has more then enough room for the both of you." The smiled at that, I also noticed they gave a sly look to each other.

"Well, I'm in, this universe, another universe." Bucky shrugged. "Makes no difference, might be better in the long run, a real fresh start."

"I to shall continue on." Sif said. "This is more exciting then staying on Asgard, and I have come to enjoy the company of the Jaffa."

I smiled, that was easier then I thought, the slight modifications to them originally probably helped everything of course. The bigger problem would come when I bring back the Dark Elves, Sif would have words about that. "Excellent, I do ask you not to reveal any of this to anyone."

"Who am I going to tell?" Bucky said with a grin. "Everyone I talk with is here, and they all already know."

"I shall keep your secret as well." Sif said but with a frown. "I do ask before we leave this universe, may I visit Asgard again as I feel my last goodbye was not enough."

I nodded in understanding. "Of course." She smiled at me. "Now, this was a lot to take in so go think on everything and if you change your minds please don't hesitant to let me know. I will not force you to come and I think I can trust you to not share the secret once I'm gone." Altering their mind was on the fine line of forceful after all.

"Doubt it but alright." Bucky said and stood up, Sif quickly following suit. "See you later boss."

"Emperor." Sif replied more politely and with a nod.

"Morgan, monitor them for a few days just to be sure." I ordered through the connection as they walked off, I'd rather be safe then sorry.