His head was pounding and his mind was still covered in the haze of sleep. The last thing he remembered clearly was stepping into the Bifrost, the chaos, pain, then nothing. As his mind cleared he noticed that the surface he lay upon was much softer than the earth he had most certainly landed on. As he pondered this he felt a cool hand gently touch his brow as though checking him for fever. His mind still veiled by the fog of unconsciousness he spoke the name of the one he wished most dearly see after his ordeal.
"Jane?" his voice was surprisingly weak and hoarse and weak, but the hope in his voice was still apparent.
"No such luck I'm afraid" A soft voice answered. As Thor slowly opened his eyes his vision was slow to clear, but as the haze fell from his eye he was greeted by the sight of a gentle looking middle aged woman. She bore the features of Hogan's people, perhaps he was only in some part of Vanaheim? The thought was quickly dashed however, while Vanaheim was not as grand as Asgard this realm was clearly not the realm of the Vanir, everything looked and felt foreign to him.
"I'm glad to see you are finally awake, we were starting to think you were going to sleep forever, my name is Penma by the way" she spoke with a tone reminded Thor so much of his mother.
"Thank you for your kindness fair maiden" His response earned slight blush from Penma, as he slowly rose to a seated position noticing his chest was bare.
"Sorry, we had to remove your armor to check you for wounds, it's quite remarkable from how my daughter described finding you I would have thought you would have been in terrible bad shape"
"How did they find me?" He questioned her hoping to gain some insight into his situation.
"From the way it was described, it sounded like the Spirit World spit you out of the sky" Penma voice held no lies but there was a hint of humor in it as though she did not quite believe it was that dramatic.
"Spirit World?" Thor asked his tone laced with confusion; while he was unfamiliar with this Spirit World he had no the doubt the sight they had witnessed was the malfunctioning Bifrost ejecting him into this unknown realm, but the look on his hosts face told him immediately that he had said something out of the expected norm.
"Never mind my inquires fair Penma, my fall must have addled my mind, I have failed to properly introduce myself. I am Thor Odinson" he said with a sweeping bow; consciously choosing to leave out the fact he was royalty, this act elicited a small giggle from Penma.
"Well I'm glad to see you are feeling well, I will go and fetch my husband, and he should be able to answer any of your question" she said kindly as she turned to leave.
As Thor waited for his hosts to return he helped himself to pitcher of water by his by his bed and drain the whole thing in one great swallow. With his thirst slate he took the opportunity to more closely examine his surroundings. If there was any doubt in his mind before it was washed away now. Nowhere in Vanaheim had buildings and structures in the fashion of what he viewed out his window, and the inhabitants of this realm dress drastically different as well.
As he weighed his options his mind began to wander back to his ordeal within the Bifrost. It had been unlike anything he had experienced in his life, it was almost as though the bridge had been tampered with, but he dismissed the thought there was no one alive in all the realms to poses the knowledge, skill, and desire to do such a thing. Before he could ponder it any more there was a soft knock at the doorway. He turned to see the somewhat grim and yet somehow serene face of a monk bearing large tattoos on his forehead.
"So you must be Thor, It's a pleasure to meet you I trust you are feeling better" There was not mistrust in his voice but no warmth either, it was formality nothing more.
"Yes, your wife has treated quite well" he responded with a smile crossing to room the meet the man who had taken him in and gave his hand a hardy shake, he could not tell if the slight shock on the man's face was from the strength of his grip, his overt friendliness, or if perhaps the ritual was foreign but he did not let his mind dwell on it.
"Well I'm glad to hear that, if you will kindly follow me we will gladly answer any question you may have" the man said handing him a plain shirt to cover himself.
"Of course, and to whom do I own my thanks to taking me in in my hour of need?" Thor asked making to follow.
"Oh of course, you must forgive me these last few days and been rather stressful for me and my family, I am Tenzin and you are currently on Air Temple Island in the harbor of Republic City"
"Republic City? Where is that located" for the second time in less than an hour Thor received a look like he had sprouted a second head.
"Where exactly are from?" Tenzin's confusion was clearly etched on his face.
"From a very far away kingdom" Thor answered cryptically, but it seemed to satisfy Tenzin's question for the time being.
"This material is amazing, it's so lightweight but it's stronger than anything I've ever seen before" Asami said in awe as she examined the Asgardian armor.
"That's great Asami, but could worry about it later, Penma said Tenzin should be on his way here with our guest and we need to concentrate on him first, then you can worry about his fashion choices" Korra's voice had a slight edge to it, but for the most part she was just teasing her friend.
"You don't understand Korra, this material looks like leather, but it's lighter than silk and stronger than steel!" Asami's voice was dripping with excitement and her eyes were burning with a curiosity Korra had only seen before when her friend was tinkering and on the verge of a breakthrough.
"Okay, Okay I get it, it's amazing stuff but we have other things to think about too" She responded in a half chuckle seeing a full grown woman act like a child in a candy store. Asami didn't get a chance to respond, she was cut off by a new voice that had just entered the room.
"By all means study it as much as you wish" they turned to the voice that spoke seeing Tenzin enter with the stranger from the sky. He wore a confident smile on his face but this eyes showed some veiled concern not apparent to most.
"Hehe sorry, I've just never seen anything like this before" Asami replied setting down the armor, slightly abashed by her behavior. Her actions earned a light chuckle from the large man before her.
"Thor this is Asami Sato, and Avatar Korra. Asami, Korra this is Thor Odinson" Tenzin gestured to each of them in turn as he made introductions.
"A pleasure to meet both of you" Thor responded once again bowing as he had done with Penma earlier. This action garnered mild confusion from the others in the room, but the response was polite all the same.
"Good to meet you too" Korra's response almost sounded more like a question than a greeting.
"Korra was one of the ones that brought you hear when you were unconscious" Tenzin stated earning him a slightly annoyed glance from Korra.
"Then I am in you debt lady Korra" Thor said taking her hand gently and placing a light kiss on the back of her hand.
"Hehe, you… you should really thank Jinora she was the one who pulled you out of that crater" Korra's cheeks turned a shade of crimson as she stammered her answer, unfamiliar with the odd gesture Thor had performed.
"Are you not well Lady Korra? Your face seems flushed" his statement only succeeded in embarrassing her even more than she already was, and earning slight giggle from Asami.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine, what about you fell out of the sky like a meteor" she said trying to shift focus from her burning face.
"I've survive far worse" he dismissed it as though he were talking about a cold.
"We are glad to hear you are well, but we have to get down business. I'm sorry if I'm being too abrupt but we are dealing with other issues on top of your appearance. I must ask where you from are, and why are you here?" Tenzin inquired bringing the tone of the room to a serious one.
Thor turned to face Tenzin trying to decide on how much to tell him. This was a realm he was acutely unfamiliar with. He had intentionally left out the fact he was royalty; largely due to the fact he abdicated his claim to the throne of Asgard and it made little difference now, but he was unsure if he should divulge the fact of divinity. He was unsure of these people's relationship with their gods and the last thing he wanted to do was get in a war with their pantheon. He had seen what others gods had done when they thought others were trying to steal their followers, he hated to admit it but many gods could be quite petty and cruel. In the end he decided it was pointless to hide what he was, they would likely find out eventually and besides he had not stomach for deceit.
"My home is Asgard the realm of the Gods, and I wish I knew why I am hear sir Tenzin, but there was… an issue with my transport and I know not why I have been thrust into your realm" he stopped for a moment to allow them to digest the information he had given them. After a few moments of silence Asami was the first to speak.
"So you're saying you're a god?" her voice held some skepticism, but she withheld judgment, she had after all odder thing in her life.
"Aye, I am lord of thunder and storms among other thing" he spoke with a confidence that confirmed either his godhood or insanity.
"But you look so… human" Tenzin interjected, he seemed to have his doubts as well. They may live in a world of spirts, but none he had ever laid eyes looked remotely human. But at the same time he could sense the staggering amount of spiritual energy he seemed to have contained within him, his daughter may have a more refined connection to the Spirit Word but he could still sense it.
"Do you doubt me?" Thor asked almost appearing amused but not quite.
"It's not doubt exactly, it's just… I don't know hard to take in" Korra tried to explain. She had seen this man survive and impact that by all accounts should have vaporized him, that on top of what Jinora explained when they had found him and the apparently otherworldly make of his armor she began to think that maybe the man before them was more than that, more than a spirit, perhaps he was indeed a god.
"It may just be easier to just show you" as soon as he finished speaking what was once a clear sky began crack and rumbled with thunder and lightning followed immediately by a torrential downpour, just when things seemed about as strange as they could get Thor stretch out his hand just as a massive bolt of lightning blasted through the open window in the room. Thor caught to bolt in his bare hand and held it as easily as a man would hold a feather. If not for the fact that the shirt he was wearing was reduced to cinders one would have almost thought the pure energy he held in the palm was harmless.
With a grip that could shatter mountains Thor extinguished the lightening and the maelstrom had stopped as quickly as it had started. Any doubt that any of them had had been snuff out as surely as a candle in a hurricane. What stood before them was more than man.
"This is unacceptable, what is taking so long?" Kuvira did not yell, but there was no doubt about the amount of authority she conveyed.
"I'm terribly sorry, we've had our strongest soldiers and our mecha tanks try to move it with no luck. When we try to earthbend it out the earth collapses around it and our metalbending has absolutely no effect on it, the material is too pure" Baatar Jr. tried to hide his frustration and worry but it managed to show through.
"Then build a lab around it, we need to study it. It's putting out more spiritual energy than anything we have ever seen before." She order walking over to the crater where her quarry lie.
"I don't care what it takes Baatar, I want that hammer"