Chapter Forty Four

I astral projected to the Doctor. He managed to aim the Tardis directly where I was. It materialized around me, and we were flying away.

"The things that you're doing…they're pretty dangerous," the Doctor commented quietly.

"Everything that we do is dangerous," I replied. "Now, I have an idea of where our next stop should be," I said, throwing him a mischievous smile.

...

"That's because she's lost," Thor said. "Lost in a place where we can never find her."

There was stunned silence in the room, until there was a loud, shrieking, booming sound. In the empty space in the middle of the round table, a blue box was appearing.

Everyone in the room armed themselves. Clint took out his bow, Tasha took out guns, Thor his hammer, etc, etc.

Everyone backed up to one side of the room, so they were all facing the entrance door.

The door opened.

"Hello!" A girl said, popping her head out of the side. She gave them a wide, goofy smile.

"Rissa?" Thor asked, lowering his weapon.

"Thor!" she said happily. She walked over to him and hopped over the table, embracing him on the other side.

Confused, Thor slowly put his arms around her.

"How…how are you…alive?" Thor asked.

"Oh, I escaped from the Chitauri, don't worry," she said, stepping out of the embrace.

"Who's that?" Fury asked, pointing at the entrance to the Tardis. Everyone turned and pointed their weapons at the Doctor.

"Woah," he said, putting his hands up. "I come in peace!" he smiled goofily. "Always wanted to say that."

"Everyone, this is the Doctor," Rissa said. "He's an alien."

Everyone tensed up.

"Relax!" Rissa said. "He's sweet, and the rest of his race are dead, so they're not going to come after you."

"Well, how did you get in here?" Fury demanded.

"With this," the Doctor patted the side of the Tardis. "This is the Tardis. Stands for Time and Relative Dimensions in Space-"

"Basically, it's a time travelling machine," Rissa explained.

"Oi! I wasn't finished," the Doctor said.

"Time-travelling?" Fury asked, his eyes lighting up.

"No!" Rissa said. "You keep your hands off! Remember what happened the last time you interfered with alien technology?"

"Could I see?" Tony asked. "I would love to see how it works."

The Doctor lit up. "Yes. Right this way!" He disappeared into the Tardis.

...

We led the entire group into the Tardis. I think that I heard Steve murmur, "It's gonna be a tight fit."

As they fully entered the console area, there were gasps that filled the air. Tony and Bruce rushed to the console, talking about quantum mechanics, or something really complicated.

"It's bigger on the inside!" Steve gasped.

The Doctor gave me his smile and whispered, "I love it when people say that!"

"What are you?" Thor asked, coming up to us.

"I'm a Time Lord," the Doctor said, when he suddenly gets very sad and wise.

"Then I am honored to be in your presence," Thor said.

"Thank you," the Doctor said. "It's amazing to get to meet you Thor, son of Odin."

Thor turned to me. "What of Loki? Did you let him know that you live, before he passed.?"

"Yes," I lied. "I told him. He died at peace." I almost forgot that Thor didn't know that Loki was still alive.

Pulling Thor closer, I continued. "You know that that's the only reason why he tried to destroy Earth, right? The Chitauri were threatening him."

"Yes, I know of something like that," Thor said. "They were going to torture him."

"No," I said, shaking my head. "They were going to torture me."

As I finished that statement, there was a loud clang. I heard the Doctor shout, "No!" but it was like everything was in slow motion.

A Chitauri stood near the console, one that had presumably sneaked on board, and shoved a spear right into the center of the Tardis.

And we were all lost in a flash of bright light.