Hey, everyone. I'm back.

Sorry this took me so long to get up. I've been more focused on getting Flash: Dark Dimension finished. But, since that story is now done, I figured I would get back to this story.

Let's get to it.

texaswookie: Barry didn't talk a lot about his past before Thor left. He was mostly focused on trying to get home. I had a chapter in Worlds Collide, Heroes Clash where he told the team all about his past, but that was well after Thor left. So, I doubt Thor would remember the name Oliver Queen or Green Arrow, but he would definitely remember the name Barry Allen.

Mr.E: I will not spoil the path Oliver will be taking in Infinity War. You'll just have to wait until that story to know what path he'll be taking.

Chapter 4- A Shaky Start

"What did he want again?"

Oliver turns to Valkyrie. "He didn't say. Just that he wanted to see you," he says, suppressing a smirk.

The two turn the corner and walk up the hall towards Hulk's room. Hulk is waiting for them, holding his massive hammer.

"Angry girl," Hulk says in greeting. Valkyrie chuckles as she jogs up towards Hulk. Hulk takes a rather haphazard swing at her, which she easily dodges, and with a single punch and kick, knocks Hulk stumbling. Oliver remains by the door, tightly gripping his bow.

"Hey, big guy. What did you..." Valkyrie starts to ask, but trails off when she sees Thor standing by a case stacked with different drinks.

Valkyrie sighs as she stares at Thor before starting to walk towards the door. "You're so thick-headed that you can't tell when someone's hiding all the way across the universe and wants to be left alone?" she demands.

"We need to talk," Thor says firmly.

"No, you wanna talk to me," she says, still walking towards the door.

"I need her to stay," Thor says. Before Hulk can do anything, Oliver steps into her way, drawing an arrow from his bow.

"He said he needed to talk to you," Oliver says. Valkyrie glares at him before turning around reluctantly.

"All right," she says as she walks over to the drinks case, "Here's the deal. I'll listen to you...until this is empty." As she finishes, she picks up a large bottle.

Valkyrie lifts the bottle and starts drinking. Thor quickly starts speaking, "Asgard is in danger and people are dying. We need to get back there. I need your help."

By that point, Valkyrie has already drained the bottle. Thor looks a little surprised and says, "Wow."

Valkyrie lowers the bottle, then drops it as she says, "Finished. Bye."

She starts walking towards the door again. Oliver is about to try and block her again, but Thor says, "Odin is dead."

Valkyrie stops short. A moment later, Thor says, "Hela, the Goddess of Death, has invaded Asgard."

"If Hela's back, then Asgard's already lost," Valkyrie says, slowly turning to look at Thor.

"If people are willing to fight, then it's not lost," Oliver says as he steps towards Valkyrie. She looks at him incredulously.

"The archer is right. I'm going to stop her," Thor says.

Valkyrie turns her incredulous look to Thor and asks, "Alone?"

"Nope. I'm putting together a team. It's me, you, the archer, and the big guy," Thor says, pointing to Oliver and Hulk as he mentions them.

Behind him, Hulk is bouncing a ball against the wall. When Thor mentions him, he stops and says, "No! No team! Only Hulk!"

Thor takes it in stride and says, "It's me, you, and the archer."

"I think it's just you and Queen," Valkyrie says as she turns away.

"Please, listen. The Valkyrie are legend. Elite warriors of Asgard sworn to defend the throne," Thor says.

"Listen, I'm not getting dragged into another one of Odin's family squabbles," Valkyrie says.

"What?" Thor asks.

"Your sister. Her power comes from Asgard, same as yours. When it grew beyond Odin's control, she massacred everyone in the palace and tried to seize the throne. When she tried to escape her banishment, he sent the Valkyrie in to fight her back. I only survived because..." Valkyrie says, then pauses, painful memories starting to resurface. She pushes them back under and says, "Look, I already faced her once back when I believed in the throne, and it cost me everything. That's what's wrong with Asgard. The throne. The secrets. The whole golden sham." As Oliver listens, he's somehow reminded of Thea when she was getting consumed by her bloodlust, and finds himself being very grateful that they were able to stop it before she went too crazy.

She then tries to walk past Thor. Thor grabs her wrist and says, "I agree."

Valkyrie quickly pulls her wrist out of his grip, pulls out a dagger, and thrusts it up under Thor's chin. "Don't get familiar," she says warningly.

Thor takes a breath before saying softly, "I agree." He pushes the dagger down, but Valkyrie just lifts another up to his chin.

THor ignores that and keeps talking. "That's why I turned down the throne. But this isn't about the crown. This is about the people. They're dying, and they're your people too," he says.

"Forget it," Valkyrie says as she pushes Thor back. She shrugs and says, "I have."

"Okay," Thor says. "Okay," Valkyrie says right back.

"Thank you," Thor says.

"For what?" Valkyrie asks, confused.

Thor smiles as he raises the controller for the Obedience Disk. He smirks and says, "Didn't see that, did you?"

Thor then dials down the disk, and is finally able to remove it from his neck. "That's better," he says in relief.

"You know. Go ahead. Stay here and enslave people for that lunatic. Keep drinking, keep hiding. But me..." Thor turns around and holds out his hands towards Hulk, who throws him the ball he's tossing around.

Thor turns back to Valkyrie and says, "I choose to run towards my problems, not away from them." He throws the ball right at the window and says, "Because that's what..." And he's cut off as the ball rebounds off the window and smacks him in the side of the head.

Valkyrie smirks a bit. Thor jumps back up, trying to save face. He points at Valkyrie and finishes, "Because that's what heroes do."

"Here. Let me make this a bit easier," says Oliver. He draws an explosive arrow and shoots it at the window, blowing a large hole in it, easily big enough for Thor to fit through.

"Thank you," Thor says, before running at the window and jumping through the hole.

Hulk jogs up next to Oliver and Valkyrie. "Friend stay," he calls after Thor.

Oliver smirks as he looks out the window. "You know, he's right," he says to Valkyrie, who turns to look at him. Oliver grins at her and says, "You're not doing yourself any favors by hiding away here. You want to make sure your friends didn't die in vain? You want to make sure your life matters? That you'll actually make a difference? Then help Thor and I kill that b****."

(Grandmaster's throne room, short while later)

Valkyrie and Loki walk to the right and left of Oliver, each of them being trailed by three guards, as they approach the Grandmaster.

"I'm upset!" Grandmaster calls out. Oliver has to resist the urge to throttle him. The way the Grandmaster acts, as if him being upset is a crime committed by nature itself, drives him crazy.

"I'm very upset. You know what I like about being upset? The blame. And that's the mindset that I'm in right now. And you know who I'm blaming?" Grandmaster continues.

"Grandmaster, I can..." Loki begins, cutting off the Grandmaster.

"Hey! Hey! Don't interrupt me!" Grandmaster says irritatedly. Topaz responds by holding out the melt stick with a quick "Here".

Grandmaster looks down at the stick, then at Topaz. "Why are you handing me the melt stick? He was interrupting. That's not a capital violation," he says. Topaz takes the melt stick back.

"Where was I? Oh. My precious champion has come up missing, and it's all because of that Lord of Thunder. It's all because of him. Your brother," He says, gesturing to Loki, "Or whatever the story is. Adopted, or complicated, or you know. I'm sure there's a big history. And your contender..." he finishes by pointing at Valkyrie.

Then, he turns to Oliver. "And you, my friend and guard, why didn't you stop him? You were there," Grandmaster demands.

"The Lord of Thunder was quick. He stopped my attempts and escaped before I could more than begin to try and stop him. I underestimated him. I won't make that same mistake twice," Oliver says in his gruff voice.

"My dear friend," Loki interrupts, "If you were to give me 12 hours, I could bring them both back to you. Alive."

"I could do it in two," Valkyrie cuts in.

Loki shrugs a bit before saying, "I could do it in one."

Oliver chuckles, as if in contempt, and says, "I could have them both back here in half an hour if I really tried. Leave it to me, Grandmaster." It is starting to hurt him to keep acting like this, and Oliver finds himself praying he doesn't have to keep this up for much longer.

"Let's stop there. You know what? I woke up this morning thinking about a public execution. But, for now, I'll settle for this sweet little 'Who's gonna get him first'," Grandmaster says, looking a little excited as he finishes.

He then looks at three of them and says, "So, you're on the clock."

"I will not fail," Oliver says. Of course, nobody knows he's not talking about capturing Thor and Hulk.

Oliver, Loki, and Valkyrie turn and walk away. As they walk through a doorway down the hall, Loki looks at Valkyrie, who's closest, and demands, "What have you done?"

Oliver, who's several yards ahead of them, grins, knowing this is about to get interesting.

"I don't answer to you, Lackey," Valkyrie says.

Loki whips towards her and grabs her wrist. "It's Loki. And you will answer to the Grandmaster," he says harshly.

Valkyrie yanks her wrist out of his grip, makes several quick moves that Loki manages to block, before punching him in the face. She smirks and gives a single contemptuous chuckle.

Loki draws a dagger. "Why would you help me brother escape with that green fool? No offense," he says, directing his last comment at Oliver.

"I don't help anyone," Valkyrie says, drawing her own dagger.

Loki stabs at her. She easily blocks the strike, and the two start fighting fiercely. After a few moments, Valkyrie tries to stab him, but Loki blocks the strike, and in the process, pulls down her wrist guard, revealing her tattoo.

Loki looks at it for a moment before turning to Valkyrie and saying in surprise, "You're a Valkyrie."

He then yanks the dagger out of her hands and slashes at her. She dodges, and with a few quick moves, kicks him back into the wall.

As Loki hits the wall, he gasps and says, "I thought the Valkyrie had all died gruesome deaths."

Valkyrie looks murderous. But, before she can do anything, Oliver decides he's had enough. In a very fast movement, he reaches back, draws a tranquilizer arrow, fits it to his bow, and fires it into Loki's shoulder. Loki cries out in pain, before the effects of the tranquilizer start hitting him, and he falls unconscious.

Valkyrie turns to him, still looking angry. Oliver looks right back at her and says, "That's enough. Are you gonna stay here, and let the Grandmaster keep ordering you around, and show Loki is right about you? Or are you gonna take the chance to show Loki you're better than him, and actually make a difference with your life?"

Valkyrie looks at Oliver, conflicted. Then, Oliver smiles and says, "How about this? I'll fight you. If I can last longer than Loki did, you'll agree to help us."

"Alright," Valkyrie says, feeling this may be the perfect chance to get out of this if she doesn't want to do this. Oliver smiles as he sets down his bow, and Valkyrie puts her dagger back in its sheath.

"You're getting yourself in over your head, Queen," Valkyrie says.

Oliver smiles. "I've fought Malcolm Merlyn, Deathstroke, Ra's al Ghul and Damien Darhk. I think I can handle you at least for a little bit," he says.

Oliver and Valkyrie simultaneously lunge at each other, and begin fighting.

I hope you all liked that chapter. I know it's probably not the best, but I hope it was still relatively good.

I came up with the idea to have Oliver and Valkyrie fight each other when I was finishing this up. I thought they would both be eager to test their skills against each other. I know you all probably hate me for not writing it out, but I thought I would leave it to your imagination to determine how it went.

Well, until next time, please review, and stay tuned.