"Am…Am I dreaming?", Captain America asked with a bewildered and shocked gaze as Banner, Emil and I walked through the portal, his gaze more focused on both Dr. Banner as well as the Hulk's unconscious form that I floated through.
"No need to worry, Captain of America. The Hulk is knocked out until I decide to wake him up."
"That doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence. Also, it's not Captain of America. It's just Captain America, but call me Steve."
"Ah, well met, Steve", I spoke with a smile as I held a hand out, which Steve returned as he nodded before I placed Mjolnirin his grasp.
Letting go, I watched as Steve grunted while bending his knees, a grin appearing on my face as I watched him slowly standing up before looking over and laughing at Father's shocked face.
"That…is not possible."
"W-What? What is not possible?", Steve asked and I grinned as I pulled Mjolnirback into my grasp.
" 'Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall wield the power of Thor.' Many have tried and even more have failed, except for you, Steve Rogers. That is all I need to trust a man of your calibre."
"That's it. Just the magic hammer letting him lift it?", Fury asked with a raised eyebrow and I snorted while the Reality Stone glowed and I caught Father's subtle nod.
"Indeed. Mjolnir can only be wielded by those that shows compassion, restraint, nobility, wisdom and humility and this 'magic hammer' as you so call it has been by my side for the entirety of my life. It has dragged me back from the depths of Hel, it has vanquished every foe that has faced me and it has helped me decimate armies by the thousands. There is no one I trust more than it."
"Hmm, so the Cap now has your powers?", Black Widow asked before narrowing her eyes slightly as I chuckled and shook my head.
"He did before, but I've just changed it to where only I am able to wield it."
"So you just change the rules like that? Doesn't sound very noble nor compassionate of you if I'm being honest."
"Are you truly telling me that when you continuously lied to my face whenever I asked about the Tesseract even when we both knew that I knew you had it?", I asked with a raised eyebrow and Hawkeye simply retracted his words with a shrug as Father spoke up.
"This needless talking is simply going to lead to infighting amongst ourselves. Therefore, we must focus on the bigger picture."
"This Thanos guy, right? Dr. Banner, since your friend over there is no longer an issue, I assume you won't be helping us?", Fury asked and Bruce looked at me as I smiled and nodded before turning back to Fury with a determined look.
"Actually, as of five minutes ago, both the Hulk and I accepted the offer from Thor to join Asgard as honorary citizens."
"I'll inform Frigga," Father's only response made me stifle my laughter while Emil shook his head as Fury narrowed his gaze at us.
"I understand you, but the Hulk is still US property considering Dr. Banner made him with materials and equipment supplied by our government."
"I've already had this song and dance with Ross, Fury. Just like I told him, as the victor of our battle, they are now Asgard's citizens which I do not believe either of them mind especially since they both have always felt a bit…unwanted by the humans of Earth."
"Well, if you want our alliance, you're going to have to hand him over."
"Then it is a quite a shame that the Earth will no longer be standing after this war," Father spoke up as he walked over towards me and I hid my surprise at his words as I saw him looking at me before his eyes flickered to the Space Stone and I nodded.
"You were the ones who came to us with an offer about an alliance so you must need us for something, right?", Steve asked and I simply created a portal behind us and shook my head.
"No, that was merely me wanting to set things right by apologizing for what I did. I have seen what these stones can do in the wrong hands and I do not wish to hand over a friend of mine to be experimented on by our people."
"Director, I do believe that having the Hulk in our custody will do more harm than good."
"Oh, there shall also be a rise in the sea levels across the globe as I had us fight in Antarctica to test out how strong the Hulk is. Also and this is simply in case you forgot, remember that I did say I could wake him up at any moment? I wish to give my friend a fighting chance so I might just decide to wake him right as we leave and don't forget that without Dr. Banner's morality, the Hulk is simply one monstrous killing machine."
"Do you think your SHIELD will be enough to face off against him, Fury?", Emil asked with a smirk and Fury glared at the four of us before sighing as he gestured for his agents to calm down.
"Fine, you can have the bastard, but I want some compensation," He spoke up and I nodded as I snapped my fingers, his eyes widening before he pulled out his gun and shot at twelve agents.
"I just gave you the ability to detect who your enemies are. Enemies show up as red and allies as blue. Good luck."
"Romanoff, far left, middle left, third from top left and far right! Barton, top right, middle top right, lower left, lower middle, right!", The sounds of Fury barking out targets was all we heard before we vanished, Emil simply raising an eyebrow at me while Banner looked shocked at the sight of Heimdall.
"I assume your trip was quite eventful, my King?"
"Somewhat, Heimdall. Thor, I know you wish to go collect the last of the stones that we can, but I must advise you to first understand the two that you have collected."
"I understand, Father," I nodded and the corners of his lips lifted slightly before he nodded and began walking towards the castle.
"Dr. Banner, will you allow Emil here to escort you to your accommodations?"
"Don't worry, Abomination and I are one and the same so I won't hit you," Emil spoke with a grin as he patted Bruce's shoulder before walking through the portal I had made, Bruce just shaking his head as he gave me a thankful smile and a nod.
"Thank you for ridding me of the one thing that's been plaguing me for years."
"It was my pleasure, Bruce," I spoke with a smile and he walked through the portal, with me closing it behind him right as Heimdall and I raised an eyebrow at each other.
"A vacant planet?"
"If you would," I spoke and he simply twisted Hofung before launching us both through the Bifrost, dropping down onto a barren wasteland with no signs of life that I could see while the Hulk's body flopped down next to me.
"Well, this might be enough," I muttered as I activated the Reality Stone, taking a few steps back while watching as the Hulk's breathing began to grew ragged while his eyes opened.
However, I frowned at the insane look in his eyes as Hulk slowly turned his head towards me, his skeleton glowing brightly enough to be seen from outside of his skin while his body bulged out and expanded.
"WWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHIHHHHHH!", What I was not expecting was the earth-shattering roar that came from his lips as Hulk bounced off the ground and onto his feet, the shockwaves nearly sending me flying as I quickly warped space around me right as a wave of gamma radiation rippled across the land.
Squinting to see the figure of Hulk hidden inside the pillar of radiation shooting upwards, the thermonuclear behemoth was letting out raspy breaths as he slowly turned to glare at me.
With each step, I watched as he melted the ground below him, clenching and unclenching his fists as I took a deep breath before making myself immune to gamma radiation and dismissing the space bubble around me.
"Hulk! If you are to lose our bout, you must swear to follow my command. If not, I will end your existence."
"Hulk understands." The way he spoke calmly and clearly made me frown as I realised he still had Banner's memories, shaking my head as I began to spun Mjolnir.
A tense silence hung in the air as the glowing behemoth and I stared back at each other, neither of us moving as we waited before my eyes widened as he blasted forward.
His fist was glowing as he slammed it down and I was quick to create a portal in front of me right as I created another below his chin, the Hulk's head snapping back as the gamma-infused fist sent him blasting up into the atmosphere.
With a grunt, he froze in space right as I lifted Mjolnir towards him, dark clouds forming from thin air as Hulk looked on right before a storm of lightning rained down upon his body from all sides.
The lightning rained down upon him for a few minutes before I watched as the behemoth's body fell to the floor, the ground shattering as he recovered midair and charged towards me with a roar.
Another portal opened in front of him while another appeared on the ground in front of me, sending him upwards right before I smacked him back through it and sent him skidding back in the direction he came from.
With a roar, I slammed Mjolnirdown upon the planet and a devastating explosion ripped across its landscape, Hulk roaring as the explosion sent him skywards before he clapped his hands behind and shot himself towards the ground.
With a roar, I charged across the landscape right as he did the same, lightning trailing behind me as I accelerated before we slammed arms first into each other.
The ground shattered below us for miles as we pushed against each other, Mjolnir flying through the sky above us as I gritted my teeth and clashed hands with him.
Quickly moving to the side as he pushed too hard, my knee came up and into his chest right as he swung a backhand into my side, the both of us rolling head over heels across the ground before I flipped over and charged back in.
Charging lightning to my hands, the Reality Stone glowed as I leapt up high while pulling a fist back, waiting until Hulk recovered himself before punching the air in front of me as hard as I could.
With a blazing howl, flames erupted into existence in the form of a gigantic serpent that slithered through the air, curling and twisting upon itself around me as I watched Hulk look up before flicking my hand down.
With a screech, it went from a bright orange to an azure blue as the heat in the atmosphere skyrocketed and as it slammed into the ground, it melted within the blink of an eye as Hulk's pained roars echoed over the flames.
However, my eyes widened as I watched a flaming figure shooting out from them, the melted skin peeling away and being replaced by new ones while the glow of his skeleton grew even brighter.
As he grew closer, though, I simply opened a portal below him as Mjolnir crashed into his back, opening another portal right a few feet away from the first portal and watched as he was sent flying from one to another in rapid succession.
'Well, this is getting boring,' With just the Space Stone and Reality Stone, no one was even getting close to touching me unless I wanted them to, especially not the rage monster known as Hulk that needed to hit his opponent to do anything.
Raising a hand towards him, the Hulk froze still in between portals as I dismissed both of them, raising an eyebrow at the fact that he was still able to even tense his muscles before shaking my head with a sigh.
"Hulk, I am usually one to always enjoy a battle, but this is just bullying at this point, my friend. Is there any way I can get you to join me?"
"No!" He growled and I looked at him before scratching the back of my head with a sigh as I snapped my fingers and called Mjolnir back.
"Very well." I muttered before the glow around his body shifted from azure blue to dark violet, Hulk himself gritting his teeth as I took a deep breath and activated the Reality Stone.
Activating my newly found telepathy as well, I reached into Hulk's mind and found myself standing in front of him, the behemoth still held back by chains that I myself had conjured.
"This is something I didn't want to do and while killing you is something that I can do, I'd rather you be a good person even if you don't want to." Reaching into his consciousness, I took a deep breath before I slowly began to add in the parts that were missing.
It felt like hours as I simply stood there, Hulk's eyes a bright red as he looked up at the sky while his mind was being configured, but as I slowly lowered my hands, I smiled as I exited his mind and looked at the confused behemoth
"…What happened to Hulk, Thor?" Hulk muttered with a frown and I smiled before I reached forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"You were engulfed with rage, but I helped you work through it."
"That explains the headache," He huffed as I began to let us drop towards the ground and I chuckled at his words while creating a portal below us right as we were about to hit the ground.
Freezing us both in space the moment we shot out, I slowly turned us and dropped us with a loud thud onto the floor of the Himinbjorg before smiling as Heimdall simply glanced at us.
"Have you succeeded, Thor?"
"Like you don't know, Heimdall." I answered with a smile and caught the slight smirk that appeared on his face before he went back to his usual stoic look as he looked towards the frowning Hulk.
"Will he be trouble?"
"No, I don't believe so. Hulk, you can survive being on Asgard without wanting to smash something, right?"
"Hulk will try," He answered in response and I shrugged before turning to Heimdall as he sighed and nodded.
"Very well. Your mother and your future bride have been here looking for you. I would hurry if I were you."
"Right! Hulk?"
"Hulk will stay here," He answered as he sat down and I looked at him before shrugging as I began jogging towards Valaskjalf with a hum.
I could teleport there…but I'd rather delay the pain that my ear drums are about to receive.
A/N: A bit of a short chapter this week as this one only has the Hulk and Thor fight as well as Thor rearranging the giant's mind to where he can think straight.
He's still the same Hulk, but I'm basing him off of the clips I've seen and remembered from the Avengers animated series.
Basically, calm Hulk during the normal situation and berserker Hulk during fights.
Next chapter, though, is the Power Stone and first battle against the Black Order so look out for that.
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