"How did it go?" Bruce asked.
"Just like Sister said it would, Thor accepted it very well. He doesn't have a problem with me being a demigod and wants to go meet my father."
"Do you want me to go along as well?"
"No, I think this is something that Thor and I need to do alone, though I do appreciate the offer." Alina said as she gave Bruce a hug.
"If you change your mind let me know."
She nods and goes to her room to shower and change. Thirty minutes later she was ready and Thor was already waiting for her in the living room. She was wearing black jeans, black thigh high boots and a a red blouse. Her hair was in a pony tail, she was wearing a little bit of make-up.
Thor stood up when he saw her, he gave her an appreciative look over then smiled. He was wearing a wine colored shirt with the first few buttons undone, blue jeans and boots. he had his hair tied back in a pony tail, Mjolnir was resting on the side of the sofa.
Alina looked down at the hammer and nodded, "Good, I'm glad you're bringing Mjolnir, you'll probably need it." Alina tells Thor.
"Do you honestly think it will come to a fight, my love? Thor asked as he hugged and kissed the top of her head.
"I don't know, Baby, but it's better to be safe than sorry."
Thor looked down at Alina and smirked, "I like that term of endearment, my love."
"What, Baby?"
"Yes."
"Well you are, you're my Baby." Alina said as she looks up into his incredibly blue eyes.
Thor leans down and captures her lips, wrapping his arms around her waist, he begins to deepen the kiss. At this point Bruce comes into the living room, rolling his eyes he clears his throat, gaining the couples attention.
"Alright you two, that's enough, it's already 6:30 so you better get moving. Tony said that Happy will take you, he'll meet you out front." Bruce informs them.
Alina gives Bruce one last hug, and he kisses her forehead, "Good luck, Munchkin, I'm sure everything will work out."
"I hope so Brucey."
Thor comes and shakes his hand, "Banner, we shall see you later."
"Good luck, Thor."
"Thank you, Banner, come my love, we do not want keep your father waiting." Thor says as he takes Alina's hand and summons Mjolnir. With that, they get in the elevator and head down to the ground floor.
Just as Bruce said, Happy was waiting for them, Thor opened the door for Alina then got in after her.
"Where to Miss. Alina?"
"The Empire State Building."
Thor gave her a puzzled look.
"The entrance to Olympus has changed over the centuries, the entrance is now located in the Empire State Building." Alina explains.
Thor only nods.
They get to the Empire State building, Thor gets out first, helping Alina out. She tells Happy that he can go home, that they'll take a cab back to the Tower later. Once Happy leaves, Alina takes Thor by the hand, intertwining their fingers they head inside. Once inside they get into the elevator, Alina presses a button that will take them to the 600th floor.
"I had no idea that this building had 600 floors." Thor observed.
"It doesn't, that floor isn't for mortals." Alina explains.
As the numbers begin to climb, Alina begins to get more and more nervous. She begins to fidget with the hem of her blouse, and wringing her fingers. Thor takes her hands, bringing them to his lips, he kisses them tenderly.
"Everything will be alright, my love, do not worry." Thor says giving her a bright confident smile.
When they get to the 600th floor, the doors open and Thor is floored by the ethereal look of Olympus, he had never seen anything as beautiful as this anywhere on Earth. To him, it almost as beautiful as Asgard. They step out of the elevator and are greeted by two of Alina's sisters, Aphodite and Athena. They hug their baby sister tightly then turn towards Thor.
"Thor, these are my sisters, Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Athena goddess of wisdom."
Thor steps forward, giving them a charming smile he takes each of their hands and kisses them, "My ladies, it is a pleasure to meet Alina's lovely sisters."
"It is a pleasure to meet you Prince Thor, welcome to Olympus." Athena tells him.
"Yes, welcome, Prince Thor, my, my aren't you the charmer." Aphrodite says to him, giving him a seductive smile.
Thor returns the smile, but steps back and takes Alina's hand. Making it obvious that he is only interested in her. There was suddenly a lightning strike in front of the goddesses and Zeus appears. He is wearing his armor with his sword strapped to his hip. He stands there staring critically at Thor, his gaze falls to their intertwined fingers then to his daughter's face.
"Hello, Prinkípissa."
"Hello, Papa." Alina says as she steps forward to give her father a hug and a kiss.
Taking her father's hand, she leads him over towards Thor, "Papa, this is Thor, prince of Asgard, god of thunder."
Taking Thor's hand she pulls him closer, "Thor this is my father, Zeus, king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, weather, thunder, law, order, and fate."
Thor immediately bows low to the king of the gods. He can feel how powerful he is and has no intention of insulting him. He actually begins to think that he is more powerful than Odin.
"Your majesty," Thor says as he stands.
Zeus' eyes narrow, he only nods in acknowledgement. He turns and leads the way further into Olympus, Aphrodite sighs.
"Well, he didn't strike you down, so that's a good thing, shall we?" She says as she takes Thor by the arm leading him towards the dining hall.
Thor turns and looks at Alina, but continues to let Aphrodite lead him. Athena shakes her head and sighs, she takes Alina by the arm and takes her inside as well. They get to the dining hall doors where Aphrodite and Athena lead Thor and Alina inside. Alina is surprised when she looks around, everyone is in their mortal forms, it was not what she was expecting.
Athena squeezes Alina's arm, "I convinced Father that we should all be in our mortal forms, so that you and Thor will be comfortable."
Alina sighs, "Thank you, Sister, I just realized that I didn't tell Thor about your true forms." Athena rolls her eyes.
Athena leads the way towards the table, where once again Zeus stands up. Alina and Thor stand in front of the table while Zeus introduces the other gods and goddesses. Thor in turn bows to each one of them, when the greetings are finished Athena leads them to their chairs. She was kind enough to have them sit together, much to the displeasure of Zeus, he wanted his child next to him and to leave Thor alone, so he could interrogate him in peace, but Athena wouldn't let him.
Once everyone was settled the meal was served, it consisted of roast lamb, olives, grapes, figs, apples, fish, squid and shellfish. Most of this was unfamilar to Thor especially the sea food, but he turned out to enjoy it anyway. Once the meal was over, the interrogation began.
"So, Son of Odin, you have an interest in my youngest daughter, what exactly are your intentions with her?" Zeus questioned.
"Your majesty, my intentions with Alina are of the purest form. I would like nothing more than to court her and get to know her better, and in time marry her." Thor informed Zeus.
"Is that so, then why is it that last night you tried to seduce my daughter? Do not act surprised, Odinson, I know exactly what happened."
"Papa, please." Alina pleaded.
"Silence, I want to hear the Asgardian's explanation." Zeus commanded.
"It is very simple, your majesty, Alina and I simply got carried away in the heat of the moment. Though she did stop and I respected her wishes. She informed me later that she is pure and wishes to remain that way until her wedding night, to which I assured her that I will wait, if she gives me the opportunity."
"So then if she had not stopped you, you would have used her like you use all women." Zeus stated.
"Never, I love Alina with all my heart." Thor said.
Zeus scoffed, "You, you love my daughter? You have only just met her, how can you love her so soon?"
"Because when we Asgardians find the right person we fall fast and fall hard in love with that person. I fell for Alina that night at the party, I knew that she was the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. And I will do anything to prove it."
"Anything, you say?" Zeus questioned.
"Yes, anything."
"Will you fight for her?"
"Without a moments hesitation."
"Good, then you shall fight for her now, and you shall fight her oldest brother, Ares the god of war."
Zeus clapped his hands, the table was cleared and they were all transported to an arena where Ares was already waiting for Thor in his true form. Thor looked up at Ares and smiled, he was not expecting Ares to be a giant, but he was not going to let that stop him from fighting for the love of his life. He summoned Mjolnir to him and immediately he was clothed in his armor ready to battle the giant god.
Alina comes up to Thor, she takes him in her arms and gives him a strong embrace, "I'm sorry, Baby, I forgot to tell you that in their true forms they're giants.
Thor runs his thumb across her cheek, he chuckles, "It is alright, my love, I have faced giants before, though not gods. I am sure everything will work out."
He leans down and pecks her on the lips, causing Zeus to seeth at the sight. Thor has not earned the right to touch his daughter yet and he honestly doubted that he ever would.
Thor hugged Alina one more time then goes into the arena where Ares is waiting for him. Ares holds out his hand and a flaming axe appears in his hand, Thor holds Mjolnir at the ready. Ares charges at Thor swinging the axe yelling a battle cry, Thor stands there calmly. When Ares goes to strike, Thor sides steps and hits Ares in the jaw with his hammer sending Ares stumbling back. Thor's eyes widen, he expected Ares to fall back, but he had underestimated the god's strength as Ares had with Thor.
Now that they have an idea of how strong they are, they begin to circle each other, then at the same time they clash. They punch, kick, slash at each other, both getting seriously injured. The fight went on for several hours until Ares finally pinned Thor, his axe at Thor's throat.
"Do you yield, will you give up my sister?"
"NEVER!"
Thor bucks and pushes Ares away, he gets unsteadily to his feet. Athena, Artemis and Alina look at each other, then their father. Poseidon stands up, he walks over to Zeus and whispers in his ear.
"Brother, the boy has proven himself, he truly loves my niece. Call this off, before Ares kills him."
Zeus glances at Poseidon, then at Alina, he sees the tears gathering in her eyes as she watches Thor stuggle to keep standing. Zeus sighs, the last thing he wants is to see his youngest child cry.
"Perhaps you are right, Brother, I believe the Asgardian has proven himself worthy of my daughter. I shall call a halt to this fight, before Ares kills him."
Zeus stands up, he claps his hands to gain everyone's attention. "Ares, that's enough, I believe the boy has proven himself worthy of your sister. Apollo, go and heal the Asgardian."
Apollo bows and in a bright light appears in front of Thor, he lays a hand on Thor's head. Closing his eyes, Apollo pushes his powers into Thor, healing all of the wounds he has suffered at the hands of Ares. Thor feels a rush of power run through him and his strength return, he stands up straighter, and bows to Apollo in gratitude.
The minute Thor is healed, Alina rushes to his side and throws herself into his arms kissing him fiercely. He hugs her tightly to him and returns the kiss, pulling away, Alina places his forehead against his.
"Are you alright, Baby?"
Thor smiles and pecks her nose, "Yes, my love, your brother healed my wounds, I am fine."
They stand there for a few moments holding each other until Zeus clears his throat. Alina pulls away, blushing as she looks at her father who is looking at her with an eyebrow raised.
"It seems you have proven your worth, Prince Thor of Asgard, to be with my beloved daughter. I see now that your love for her is pure. I therefore approve of your courtship and give permission for you two to become betrothed."
Thor and Alina look at each other, this was something they were not expecting. His approval of their courtship yes, but not of a betrothal. They both smile and hug each other, Alina lets go of Thor and runs toward her father, Zeus turns into his mortal form in time to have his daughter throw herself at him.
"Thank you, Papa, this means so much to us!"
Thor walks around and extends his hand to Zeus, "Yes, thank you your majesty, I promise I will do everything in my power to make Alina happy for the rest of our lives."
"Good I shall hold you to it. Now, Thor, it really makes no difference to me what your father thinks of this arrangement, but if you like I can go and speak with him about it."
Thor bows, "It would mean a great deal to me if you would speak with him about our betrothal, I would like his approval, but if I do not receive it I will marry Alina anyway."
"Then I will go now, you two will go back to the Tower, I shall send Hermes with your father's answer."
With that Zeus disappeared in a flash of lightning. The happy couple thought that Zeus had traveled to Asgard to talk to Odin, but in fact he went to Norway where Odin was now residing since Loki had exiled him from Asgard.
Alina offered to take Thor back to the Tower via lightning which Thor eagerly accepted. They said their goodbyes to the others and Thor shook hands with Ares telling him it was a good fight, which Ares returned. Thor and Alina held hands and with a bolt of lightning they ended up on the landing pad on Stark Tower.
