Chapter 7

Thor found Jane Foster wearing blue scrubs in the infirmary for her first day at work. He walked up behind her smiling as she made notes on a patient's chart by the door of the room in the hallway. He gently slid his large hands around her waist. He spoke softly, "Missed you."

Jane jumped slightly and turned around for she didn't hear him coming. Her expression soon turned to relief upon seeing Thor once more. She grinned, "Thor!" She placed the chart in the nearby holder and wrapped her arms around him. "I missed you too."

He held her tight for a few minutes. He took in her scent and the warmth of her body close to his. He simply stayed in the moment.

Jane pulled back slightly for she was still on duty. She asked, "I heard you stayed on Earth and you working with the Avengers."

"I am," he nodded.

She asked, "I heard a rumor in base. I heard that massive earthquake was actually two separate realities combining into one. Is that true?"

"Indeed," he gave a nod. "You don't have two sets of memories?"

"Just one," she told him. "Do you have two sets of memories?"

"I do," he confirmed. "In one reality my entire race was dying along with all of Asgard. In the other reality Asgard was divided into realms and well…You know that reality. It's kind of strange at times," he confessed. "Sometimes I think I'm a warrior and Crown Prince of Asgard and other times I'm not any of those things."

"What were you in the other reality?" she wondered.

"I was existing in a cloned body that was defective from the cloning process that left me three foot tall, my skin was gray in color and I had no hair. My life was substantiated by cloning and that was failing. In that reality we were looking for a cure to a disease we caused and there was no cure. But under that kind of pressure all of Asgard came together and we decided as a people to bestow our technology onto the Fifth Race…Your race to carry on for us. We were starting to plan out how we would end our civilization."

Jane gulped, "That sounds horrible."

"SG-1 was trying to help us but it was too late at that point," he recalled. "When I first met them in our reality I didn't know what to think of them but they obviously knew me…Now I understand how well the know me."

"How well?" she wondered.

"As well as Stark and other Avengers…Maybe more?" he figured. He smiled at her, "I'm very happy you are working here."

"Phil got me the job," she told him.

"I know," he nodded. He leaned closer and his lips met hers. She returned the kiss grateful to see her love once more.

Thor then heard Jack's voice call out, "Yo! Thor ole buddy!"

He pulled away and spied Jack leading SG-1 in uniform down the hallway. He let out a sigh, "O'Neill."

Jane stood blushing in the hall before the amused team.

Jack finally saw Jane for the first time. He had to admit she was a good looking woman. She had her long brown hair up in a bun and makeup lightly applied. He grinned, "You must be Jane."

She nodded, "I am Colonel."

"Thor's girlfriend," he figured still grinning.

She gave a nod as all eyes fell on her in awkward wonderment. Sam wondered what life must be like with Thor as your love interest. Daniel wondered what special talents she harbored to gain Thor's attention and affection. Teal'c simply smiled pleased as Jane stood blushing before them.

Jack told Thor, "We're going to Asgard. Daniel needs to see what books your old man has hidden in his library."

"My father will not approve," he warned.

"So," he shrugged. "We have a treaty."

"To visit Asgard…Not go through his belongings." he told rebutted.

"You keep Dad busy while we go through his stuff," Jack suggested. He looked at Jane, "Maybe introduce him to Jane. That will keep him busy."

Thor asked, "What is so important that you must use Jane as a decoy to see his library?"

Daniel stated, "I need to see what he has on Atlantis. I'm finding more references now than ever before in books that didn't have much on it before the blending."

Thor gave a sigh, "This is related to the blending?"

Jack smiled, "Of course."

"Very well," he agreed not enthused. He spoke to Jane, "You will have to come with me. Do not tell my father about SG-1 and the library."

"I won't," she agreed. "Should the Avengers come?" she wondered.

"They are staying behind," Jack told her. "Right now they are dealing with a talking raccoon and a talking baby tree."

Jane cocked her head and blinked, "What?"

Jack cheered, "You should see this raccoon. I want to take him home as pet!"

Daniel warned, "Are you insane, Jack? Rocket was caught sneaking weapons out of the weapons locker on base. That raccoon will kill you."

"But if I can teach him to swear, smoke, drink and gamble I could show him off," he kidded.

Daniel joked, "And then take him to Vegas."

Sam shook her head, "That raccoon in Vegas is a scary thought."

"Indeed," Teal'c agreed wary of the rabid like raccoon.

Meanwhile

Peter Quill aka Star-Lord sat across from General Hammond in his office with Phil Coulson by his side. Phil informed, "SHIELD found Peter's mother and she's alive. But she never had a child and has no idea Peter is her son from another reality."

Peter stated, "I'm glad she's still alive." He then admitted, "This whole reality blending thing kind of blows your mind. Of all things I saw that is one thing I never thought I would see much less go through. General, I want to find what happened to my crew."

"Finding out what happened to them will be nearly impossible, Mr. Quill." Hammond started.

Peter interrupted, "It's Star-Lord."

Hammond gave him a displeased look and replied, "You name is Peter Quill in this base. You can be Star-Lord when you get your ship fixed."

"I'm getting my ship fixed?" he asked surprised.

Hammond informed, "We will recover your ship and bring it to Area 51 for repairs and reverse engineering. If everything goes well and you prove yourself we can provide you with a crew and you can work for the SGC."

"I'm kind of a loner," he insisted.

"I see," Hammond replied. He shifted in his chair, "In the meantime you will be working with the Avengers to help map the new universe."

"With who?" Peter asked.

"The Avengers," Hammond repeated.

"Who are the Avengers?" Peter asked.

Phil explained, "The Avengers are a team of people who have each been enhanced with super human abilities through various ways with the exception of Mr. Stark who is a genius inventor."

Peter stated, "I don't have any super human abilities."

Phil replied, "You have a gene we have yet to identify. Dr. Frasier found the gene when she ran blood test on you. I was informed by your raccoon that you were able to withstand the power of an Infinity Stone. That's something most humans cannot do enhanced or not."

"Oh," Peter puckered. "You mean I have a super human ability?"

"You have an alien gene," Phil informed him. "I'm calling in another physician to assist Dr. Frasier in identifying the gene, Dr. Stephen V. Strange. He is a Master of the Mystic Arts and has also had experience with the Infinity Stone."

Hammond stated, "I want Dr. Strange working with the Avengers and the SGC to figure out just what that gene is and what it does."

Peter asked, "Am I being turned into a guinea pig?"

"Of course not," Hammond assured him.

Peter asked, "Then can I request who I work with instead of being assigned?"

"Who would you like to work with?" Hammond asked him.

"Colonel O'Neill," he smiled. He tried to not sound like a fan as he became excited, "I mean have you seen those guys? Of course you have," he winced upon Hammond's expression of disbelief. "I don't want to be an Avenger. I'm a Guardian of the Galaxy. I want to be with those guys, Rocket and Groot."

"I see," Hammond replied annoyed. He could have simply said no but after years of Jack playing jokes on him and occasionally being just plain annoying, Hammond decided to give to him to Jack. "Very well, you will be placed to observe SG-1."

Phil sat befuddled by the decision.

Peter asked, "Rocket and Groot?"

"Them too," he nodded.

"Thank you," Peter cheered figuring Colonel O'Neill was his best chance at finding what happened to his crew.

"SG-1 and Thor will be dialing Asgard shortly. You might want to join them." Hammond suggested, "Dismissed son."

"Right," Peter shot up. He then asked, "Am I supposed to salute you?"

"No," he shook his head.

"Right," Peter nodded and gave a small salute. He then grabbed his own hand and forced it down as he walked out the door eager to find his crew.

Phil asked, "Why did you do that, General?"

Hammond simply replied, "You are too kind to Jack."

"Huh," he pondered the notion.

"I want to know when Dr. Strange arrives," he told him.

"Will do," Phil agreed.

"Have Major and Captain O'Neill see me in my office," Hammond stated. "I don't think they need to be following their father off world."

"Right away," Phil agreed.