Bruce Banner and Alina Macleod met when Bruce went to go visit Hank at Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters. The school was one of the few places that Bruce felt very comfortable, despite there being so many children. He knew that here, he wouldn't be judged or looked down on because of his condition, even if he wasn't a mutant. Which was something Hank wasn't totally convinced about. Hank thought that maybe Bruce had a dormant X-gene that was activated with the gamma radiation blast. He thought that Hulk had always been with Bruce.

Bruce arrived at the front door, ringing the doorbell, he waited for someone to answer the door. When the door opened, there stood a pretty little brunette, her brow furrowed as she looked at Bruce, then suddenly her eyes widen as she recognised him. He smiled at her uncomfortably, he figured she recognised him from the news when he destroyed Harlem. But that wasn't the case at all.

"Oh my god, you're Dr. Bruce Banner, the famous physicist! I studied your work when I was in college. You must be here to see Hank, please come in." Alina said then stepped aside.

Bruce was pleasantly surprised, he thought for sure she was going to tell him she recognised him as the Hulk. He walked passed her into the mansion. The young lady shut the door then turned to him.

"I have admired your work for a long time, Dr. Banner. I've read everything you ever published since I was able to read. You're the reason I got into physics when I was a kid."

"Well, thank you…?"

"Oh, where are my manners, Alina Macleod, at your service, sir."

Bruce chuckled and took her hand, "It's nice to meet you, Alina, and did I hear you right, did you say you've read my work since you've been able to read?"

Alina blushes as she leads Bruce down to Hank's office. "Yes, sir, I've been reading since I was two. Been doing physics equations since I was three."

"Wow, that's impressive, how old are you if you don't mind me asking?"

"Oh I'm 21 years old."

"Oh so you're a junior in college." Bruce observed.

"No, sir, I graduated when I was 16, four degrees."

"Really, in what, and you don't have to call me sir, Bruce is fine."

"I have a degrees in physics, engineering, micro biology and medicine. I'm working on getting a law degree right now."

"That's very impressive." Bruce said truly impressed.

"Thank you, Bruce, that means a lot especially coming from you."

They continued to walk and talk until they reached Hank's office. Hank looked up from his work and smiled at Bruce.

"Bruce, what a pleasant surprise, I see you've met Alina. Has she asked you for your autograph yet?"

Alina turned bright red, then without saying a word she left the two scientists alone. Hank chuckled as he watched Alina rush out of his office.

"My autograph, Hank?" Bruce asked.

"Oh, yes, Bruce, you are Alina's physics hero."

"How is it she knows all my work?"

"I used to read your articles to her as bedtime stories when she was a little girl. She already knew who your were before she was left on our doorstep when she was three."

A sad look crossed Bruce's face, "She was abandoned when she was three?"

"Yes, Alina manifested her powers very early and her mother couldn't take care of her properly, so she left her with us."

"And her father?"

"At the time Alina's mother was trying to keep her away from her father. She felt that Alina's father's family would mistreat her for being a mutant and even though her father didn't others did."

"That's sad."

"Yes it would be if she didn't have such an excellent relationship with her father and if she didn't have Logan. But with their help, she grew up exceptionally well."

Bruce spent several months at the mansion with Hank at Hank's request and Alina's insistance. In that time period Alina and Bruce became very close, to the point that Bruce viewed her as a little sister. After a while, Alina revealed to Bruce that not only was she a mutant but she was the daughter of a Greek god. At first Bruce had a hard time believing that until Alina took Bruce to the Empire State Building, with her father's permission of course.

"Alina, why are we here?" Bruce asked as Alina dragged him into the elevator.

"Well, I know you don't believe that my father is Zeus, so I asked him if we could visit Olympus and he said that was fine."

"Then what are we doing here, shouldn't we be in Greece?" Bruce said with a chuckle.

"Papa had Olympus moved to New York City years ago, this is the way in. Oh, you won't be able to actually enter Olympus, since you're mortal."

Bruce went along just to humor Alina, he was positive she was trying to prank him, so he was just waiting for the punchline. When they got in the elevator, Alina pressed a button that Bruce had never noticed had been there before. As they ascended, he started getting nervous when he noticed that the elevator had already gone passed all the designated floor.

When the doors opened, Bruce was greeted by the sight of a white room that looked like it was made of clouds. There seated around in a semi circle where a group of giants, they all turned when the elevator doors opened. One of the giants looked over at the door and smiled, he stomped over towards the elevator causing Bruce to back up. Kneeling down the man looked at Bruce in the elevator.

"So, this is the mortal that doesn't believe I am your father, Prinkípissa? (Princess.)"

"Yes, Papa, this is Dr. Bruce Banner, noted physicist and a good friend. Bruce this is my father, Zeus, god of the Sky, King of the Olympian gods."

"Ah, yes, I have heard of you, Dr. Banner. Not only from my daughter, but I also saw your alter ego destroy Harlem, it was most amusing." Such a little thing causing so much destruction." Zeus said with a chuckle.

All Bruce could do was wave at Zeus and say hi. With an amused look, Zeus took his mortal form in order to make Bruce more comfortable. Suddenly two other giants got up and made their way over, they also took their mortal forms. They walked up to Alina and gave her a hug.

"Bruce, let me introduce you to my uncle Poseidon, god of the sea and my half sister Athena, goddess of wisdom."

Bruce didn't know what to say, he went to shake their hands but bounced off the force field. Alina sighed and looked at her father, he rolled his eyes at her. With a wave of his hand, the force field came down.

"You may step out, Dr. Banner, but can go no further than a the foyer and only for a few minutes." Zeus informed Bruce.

Bruce hestitantly stepped out, Poseidon is the first to walk up to him to welcome him to Olympus. Zeus welcomed him as well as did Athena. After a while Athena and Bruce began talking about all sorts of things. While they spoke Alina went up to her father to give him a hug.

"Thank you, Papa, for being nice to him, you as well Uncle."

"You are welcome, Prinkípissa, but I must ask should he be someone your uncle and I should be threatening?"

Alina's eyes widen as it dawned on her what her father meant, she looked up at the god, "Ew, Papa, that's gross. Bruce is just my friend, it's like saying something is going on between My Logan and me."

Father and daughter both shuttered at that thought, while Poseidon laughs.

When it was time to go, Bruce reluctantly got back in the elevator, and they left. Alina leans against the wall, "Soo, do you believe me now?"

"Um, yeah, I believe you now, Alina. That was by far the coolest thing I have ever done."

"Well I'm glad you liked it, you know you're the first mortal to ever step foot in Olympus, Papa didn't even let my mother."

This surprised Bruce, "Wow, I'm honored."

From that day on Bruce and Alina became the best of friends, Bruce could count on Alina for anything. Even when he was at the lowest point in his life. When Bruce fled to India, Alina would show up out of a bolt of lightning or every now and then Hermes would show up to check on him and deliver a message from Alina.

So when it came time for Bruce to meet a certain God of Thunder, he wasn't in the least bit surprised. Which kind of freaked out his new friend, Tony Stark.

"How could you not be freaking out that there's an actual god on board of the helicarrier?"

Bruce shrugged, "I've seen weirder." Tony just raised an eyebrow at him.