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Alex
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The next few days were spent in the sort of domestic bliss that Alexandra had been accustomed in her past life, a normal work routine, a supportive family and a meaningful someone waiting for her at night, (the last one being obviously a plus since in her past life she hadn't had the time to engage in meaningful relationships). Thor had proven himself to be a sweet husband and Alexandra had loved to meet that side of the muscly god, after all there was much more than muscles and brute strength to the thunderer.
"Doctor Stark, we have found a Hydra base in Sokovia, readings match with those of the missing scepter" said Agent Palamas as she strode into Alexandra's office after Hill.
"This is a mission for the Avengers," she said, Maria nodded, Alexandra checked her screen for the information and then looked at the agents, "Hill, assemble the original six, Wilson can sit this one out, he's visiting DC, Palamas you get in contact with Sokovian authorities, tell them we're coming"
"Yes Boss" the women chorused, Palamas was the first to leave; Maria hesitated by the door.
"Hill" Alexandra said softly, mind already made up, "Inform the Avengers of two possible threats, a pair of twins by the name of Maximoff, they joined Hydra a couple of months ago and have been volunteering for their experiments, their abilities are not limited to neuro-electric interfacing, telekinesis, mental manipulation, increased metabolism and improved thermal homeostasis"
"Fast and weird?" asked Maria, Alexandra grinned at her and nodded.
"The female one is the most dangerous, she's the mind controller, I have half a mind to call Loki as backup" Alexandra said fiddling with her pen; Maria frowned.
"That bad?" she asked, Alexandra nodded, "It's your call boss"
"Send Thor and Dad up, let's see what they have to say" with that she dismissed Maria and sighed.
Ten minutes later Thor and Tony walked into her office, confused looks on their faces.
"What do you know?" asked Alexandra as they took the empty chairs.
"All about the base, although Maria said something about some freaky twins, that was not included in the package" said Tony, Alexandra nodded.
"Wanda and Pietro Maximoff volunteered for Hydra experiments, said experiments were successful and they pose a threat, Pietro was dotted with superhuman speed while Wanda has some form of magic capable of mind control" she explained, Thor huffed.
"A midgardian witch is no match for an Asgardian" he said, Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"She is" she said, Thor and Tony exchanged glances, "Which is why I've been thinking to bring Loki as backup, I mean, he kind of started this mess when he brought the scepter here, then we need to find a place to hide the mindstone, cause we have one too many of those stones here on earth" she said, eyes on Thor who had paled.
"I'll call Loki and Lady Sif then, if this witch is truly a threat then Sif will be needed" he said, Alexandra tilted her head.
"Sif went against Amora and Lorelei didn't she?" she asked, Thor frowned at her.
"What do you now of it?" he asked, Alexandra shook her head.
"Just that, close to nothing, I know a general outline, the more we change, the more I can't predict," she explained.
"Let's worry about the far off future later" said Tony, Alexandra and Thor looked at him, "Get your brother and friend here, lets storm the castle, capture the enhanced then we can see how we go protecting earth" he said, Alexandra smiled at him and nodded.
"Then it's done" she said, then looked up "Jarvis, Fry, inform the other avengers of their temporary partners, if they ask questions, answer accordingly"
Thor and Tony exited her office and she let out a breath, the next few hours would be tiring, that much she knew.
She joined the Avengers at the compound before they left offering whatever information she could and explaining to Clint why Loki was joining them. Loki and Sif arrived as Clint and Tony were loading the quinjet. Loki strode into the compound dressed in a new armor, his cape black with yellow inside, Alexandra smiled as she saw him.
"My Queen" he said grabbing her hand and pressing a kiss to the back of it.
"Loki" she said, fighting off a grin, "How fares Asgard?"
"The Queen mother has everything running smoothly, I believe she misses you" he said; Alexandra nodded.
"I believe after we wrap this up a visit can be arranged" she said, Loki smiled and Sif and Thor walked in, Sif bowed to Alexandra, "Lady Sif, I welcome to you to Midgard, I believe Thor has informed you of our situation?"
"He has, my Queen" she said, Alexandra smiled at her.
"Good then" she said clapping her hands, "Let's introduce you to our finest warriors then, if you'd follow me"
Thor offered his arm to Alexandra and she took it as they led Loki and Sif around the compound, The Avengers were waiting for them in the conference room.
"Avengers" Alexandra said getting their attention, Tony was smirking at her, "These are your companions for today, you all know Prince Loki, although I believe your first encounter with him was not the most convenient one, rest assured Prince Loki is not the same man that you met back in New York, he's better" she said with a grin, Loki rolled his eyes at her but kept a little smile on his face, "And our most famous warrior Lady Sif, they will be joining you today as our Intel found out about Hydra's newest threat" she said and suddenly the screen lit up behind her with pictures of Pietro and Wanda, "Twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, Sokivian, twenty five years of age, joined Hydra willingly to 'fight' the regime of their country and extract vengeance on Stark Industries because of a Stark Industries Jericho rip-off that destroyed their home back in 2013, Loki and Sif will attempt to contain them while you deal with the base and retrieve the scepter, they are dangerous and the woman has mind controlling powers, so beware" she warned, all of the Avengers nodded, several degrees of frowning on their faces.
"They are young, twenty-five, they are children" said Steve, Alexandra raised an eyebrow.
"Are they, Steve?" asked Alexandra, Steve looked at her, "I am not yet twenty-one, yet I am married, Queen of Asgard and Head of the Stark Industries Security Division, they are not children and won't be treated as such, they joined Hydra willingly, and they will be contained in Asgard until we can assess whether they are a threat or not" she said sternly, Steve nodded, "You leave in ten minutes" Alexandra said before walking out of the conference room, leaving the heroes behind.
Thor found her in her office, leaning on her desk, she smiled at him as he walked into the office and sat on her chair, she ran a hand through his hair, a small smile on her face as she grabbed a blond lock of hair.
"Are you trying to grow your hair as long as mine?" she asked, Thor smiled at her.
"Do you not like it?" he asked, moving in the chair so Alexandra was trapped between him and her desk.
"You look really handsome" she said softly, cupping Thor's face with her hands, "You'll stay safe, right?"
"Always, my Queen" he answered, she pressed a kiss to his brow and stood, cradling Thor's head, he wrapped his arms around her middle.
"Look out for dad, I fear for him" she said while caressing Thor's hair, he looked up at her, chin resting on her stomach.
"No harm shall come to him" he promised; she smiled.
"Good" she said, Thor smiled back at her and stood capturing her lips with his, "I love you" she murmured breathlessly against his lips, he smiled before kissing her again.
"And I you, my Queen" he said, she pressed a quick kiss to him.
"Go before they start to wonder where you went, I'll be here waiting" she said, Thor took one step back, a smile on his face as he grabbed her right hand and pressed a kiss to the back of it.
"As you say, my love" he said before leaving, Alexandra smiled dumbly at the spot he had just vacated and shook her head, the demigod had her going crazy, all the good kinds of crazy.
Alexandra waited a few moments before walking to the main media room where Friday had already pulled a video feed from the quinjet, Maria Hill and Agent Palamas were already there each with a Stark-Pad in hand sitting on the designated chairs, Alexandra took the slightly higher placed chair in the middle and sat in silence observing the Avengers. She grabbed her S-Pad and checked on Bucky as she waited for the Avengers arrival to Sokovia. The former Winter Soldier had been staying in Bucharest under almost everyone's radar. She checked her schedule and decided that she would approach him after hers and Thor's visit to Asgard, she also needed to find a way to approach Wakanda and also to find and stop Rumlow.
There were many things that she needed to keep in mind for the future, she also needed to wait for Dr. Strange to become Sorcerer Supreme and then she needed to assemble all the heroes and explain Thanos to them, and the importance of the stones.
Alexandra watched as the Avengers stormed into the Hydra base, Tony and Thor followed by Steve and the Hulk and then Natasha and Clint as Sif and Loki were to approach from another side as Loki was going to be tracking Wanda with his Seidr and Sif was to take Pietro down. When Loki and Sif were the first to report their success she let out a deep breath. Loki had cuffed Wanda with magic represent Asgardian cuffs and Sif had knocked out Pietro, both Sokovians had been bounded and taken into the quinjet while the rest of the team finished storming the base.
It was several hours later that the team returned, all thankfully relatively unharmed. It was quickly decided that Wanda and Pietro were to be carted off to Asgard's prison as earth didn't really had the means to hold them and until an arrangement was made Asgard would serve as temporary holders of the two sokovian siblings. Loki and Sif were quick to leave after filling the proper forms to be sent to the UN about the sokovians. Dr. Cho was called in as Clint had been shot, but she was quick to treat him, the Avengers lounged for a few days until Tony declared that it was time for a party.
So soon enough Alexandra found herself, after making sure that Tony and Bruce were not poking around with the scepter, thinking that they still needed to decide where they would store that infinity stone. She was changing into a slim fitted dark red party dress and frowning at her reflection on the mirror when Thor walked in.
"Is something wrong?" asked Thor, fixing his red blazer, Alexandra looked at him and shook her head.
"Not really" she murmured still frowning at her reflection, there was something, "There's something though, and I can't put a finger on it"
"You look marvelous, my queen" Thor said standing behind her, he twirled her and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
"You're not half bad yourself" she said with a smile.
"Let's go" he said pulling her hand gently.
Few minutes later they stepped out of the elevator of Tony's penthouse, the party was already in full swing, she and Thor greeted a few of the guest until she sent Thor on his merry way to Steve while she sat at the bar with Pepper, Maria, Palamas and Natasha.
"Did you do something to your hair?" asked Maria, Alexandra frowned and shook her head.
"No, why?" she asked, Maria shrugged.
"It looks different, shinier" the woman explained, Alexandra smiled.
"Well thank you, but no, I haven't changed my hair routine" she said, Maria smiled at her and continued drinking.
Alexandra was currently having a virgin piña colada since she was still a minor and Pepper was a stickler to the rules, not that Alexandra was complaining as she had drunk enough alcohol in her past life to be a borderline alcoholic. They sat at the bar and continued exchanging stories until the party dwindled enough, Palamas had to leave as she was playing babysitter to her cousin next day and dealing with two children aged 3 and 7 was a monumental task.
When only the Avengers, and Rhodey, Maria, Pepper and Dr. Cho remained they moved to a small living room and started exchanging stories, Alexandra was sitting snugly next to Thor who had one arm carelessly thrown over her shoulders, he and Steve a bit tipsy thanks to Asgardian mead. The others were sprawled on the other couches that the living room provided, they started exchanging stories until they started talking about Mjolnir, the hammer had been placed gingerly on the table.
Alexandra giggled as she watched the avengers try and fail to lift the hammer, and she had laughed even harder when Thor tensed as Steve had briefly moved it, Thor had shaken his head and pressed a kiss to her hair.
"The handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code. 'Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints' is, I think, the literal translation?" said Tony from his spot, Thor snorted at the thought.
"Yes, well that's, uh, that's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." Thor said as he stood and lifted the hammer, flipping it as if it weighted nothing "You're all not worthy." He said
Alexandra took that moment to stand, a devious smile on her face as she snatched Mjolnir from Thor's hand and crossed her arms "All?" she asked, Thor grinned at her while the avengers watched.
"Of course not all, forgive me my Queen" he said, grin still on his face. Alexandra looked at the avengers, smirk on her face, Tony was the first to burst out laughing and Alexandra was quick enough to catch his line of thought, she blushed a deep red.
"Dad no, whatever you're thinking stop it right now" she said, Tony wiped away a tear and smiled at her.
"Of course sweetheart, I would never" he said lifting his right hand, Alexandra rolled her eyes at him and sat back on the couch still holding Mjolnir.
"How is she able to lift it?" asked Dr. Cho from her chair, Alexandra smiled.
"I am Thor's wife and Queen of Asgard, when we got married we agreed that ours would be a marriage of equals, so I am worthy of holding Thor's power because of that" she explained, Dr. Cho nodded and looked at Alexandra as if examining the young woman.
"I am curious now" said Pepper gaining everyone's attention, "You never told us your wedding vows"
"Oh, that" Alexandra said, she blushed again and handed Mjolnir to Thor who was again seated next to her, "They were Celtic vows I found on a book I was reading back then about different cultures, since I was to be visiting Asgard for the first time I had started researching old Norse things and the runic system led me to some good Celtic books, I was hooked and the book had several marriage rites and such" she explained.
"Do you remember them?" asked Maria, a curious tint on her voice.
"Yeah, I believe I do" Alex said, "I'll write them down so you can read it, it's a pity we don't have any footage of the wedding, Asgard is not big on videos."
"Yeah, total pity, my only kid gets married in another realm and I have only her word to go by, you're a Stark, it should have been a giant party with full on coverage, me giving you away" Tony said almost glaring at Thor, who shifted uncomfortably under Tony's gaze.
"It was a grand celebration friend Stark" Thor said, Tony raised an eyebrow, "But if you'd like this year we could repeat the celebration"
"You want to renew your vows?" asked Pepper, Thor looked at Alexandra who smiled softly at him and nodded, "Mmmm… than can be worked around, what do you say Alex?"
"I'd like to" she said softly, Pepper smiled at her and looked at Tony who grinned.
"It will be done, you and Pep have fun planning your dream wedding kiddo" he said, Alexandra beamed at him.