Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Thunder and Reign

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 02:

“So, the invasion sounds as if it was horrible.” Thor told Kara. “I am sorry you lost so much.”

“Yeah, it was hard. We all lost something. Lives, love, homes, I should have been… I guess I went to a dark place for a while and I’m starting to come out of it. I think… I don’t know. I was moving on and then… he showed back up after 7 months for me, and 7 years for him, married of all things. All the months I worried, thought I killed him, only for him to come back safe and of course… it doesn’t matter. I would make the same decision I did so I guess it is always on me, not him.”

Thor could understand that. Making decisions for the greater good was never easy because those decisions tended to oppose a personal interest. Thats why they were hard.

The two were sitting alone in the bar while Valkyrie, Alex, Loki and Winn sat at a table across the bar. Strangely at a table in the middle of the bar, Mon El sat with his wife but stared at the two of them and tried to appear as if he was not staring at the two of them.

“When I was young, honestly until a few years ago, I longed for battle. Leading my warriors, fighting the strongest threats to the Realms, it was what I lived for. But I have grown over the past few years. I no longer thirst for battle. It causes nothing but destruction. I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy it when it is unavoidable. It feels at times, that those like us are made to fight the wars that others can’t, as if it were our burden. Finding kindred souls can be difficult. Jane did not care for the duties I was given, that I gave myself. She was my first true love, despite my long life. It hurt, but I am learning to move on as well.” Thor told her then ate another rib. They really were wonderful in this bar.

“Do you plan to drink this club soda all night? Have an ale with me.” he suggested.

Kara shook that idea off quickly.

“I really can’t. I drank once and got drunk. I only had one drink and I guess I drank it too fast…”

“Wait, wait. You drank it too fast? Some sort of whiskey or rum?”

“It was in a small glass.” Kara remembered. “But I am not sure what it was, exactly. It didn’t look like what you are drinking.”

Thor smiled, suspecting as much.

“You started too strong and too quickly. Ale, beer as humans call it, is meant to be slowly enjoyed. It won’t affect you like the beverage you drank. Have a taste of mine.”

Kara wasn’t sure about that, but the tall glass did look better than the small drink she had shot before. Taking a small drink, she admitted it tasted and felt different. It was definitely strong than the human beer she had tasted which had zero effect on her.

“Is this some sort of alien ale? It tastes more robust.” he asked.

“Yeah, most of the beverages here are… this is good.” she told him, taking another, longer drink.

“Keep it. I will get another from the waitress when she makes a round. So, he came back, didn’t tell you why he was really here, tried to escape the DEO and when he couldn’t, talked your small friend into assisting him by saying that you would be in danger if he didn’t, correct?”

“That’s pretty much it.” Kara agreed.

“Then you rescued the woman who was in danger, she stayed asleep at the DEO and he never told you he was married to her until she woke, and he kissed her in front of you and introduced her as his wife.”

“Yep.” Kara told him, taking another drink. “That’s what happened.”

“He sounds like an asshole.”

Kara spit the drink she had been taking on the table, laughing, forgetting that Mon El had enhanced hearing and was listening to everything.

The girl wiped her mouth of the foam, glad to see Thor was smiling as well, not bothered by her unlady like response.

“It wasn’t that bad. The situation wasn’t ideal, and I guess it’s just kind of the way he is. So, what happened to this Jane woman?”

Thor shrugged his shoulders. “The usual. I needed to find the rest of the Infinity Stones. They were these small rocks, very powerful and then I had recurring dreams of my home being destroyed… long story short, I had to leave to save the universe and she became angry, told me if I left, to stay gone. I didn’t want to leave but I had to do my best to save the Universe. These things happen, I suppose.”

“It doesn’t sound like she was that understanding. Didn’t she realize how important what you were doing was?”

Thor shook his head. “I have a feeling she was more upset that we had two different lives. She wanted me to fit into hers and I wanted to, I really did. But I am not the type to sit around a house, cutting the yard and… whatever else people do who own houses. I’m not sure. That may have been part of the problem. If you need someone to fight a war, I’m your guy. If you need someone to fix a leaky pipe, not really in my skill set.”

Kara nodded her head, understanding exactly how difficult it was to find someone who understood the responsibilities she had. Thor grabbed another ale and Kara continued hers, while they continued to consume ribs. The two of them had eaten the equivalent of two pigs so far.

Once they were three ales in, the two knew quite a bit about each other’s adventures.

“So…” Kara stopped to giggle. “So, this Stark guy thought he was protecting the world… and this Ultron… Oh my God. The whole city lifted in the air? The people were evacuated by a flying aircraft carrier?”

The man confirmed this brief summary. That adventure still annoyed him.

“Yes, and later I stopped by Earth, hoping to find a lead on a stone and make sure Vision still had his, learned that Rogers and Stark got into a huge fight at some airport, had their own teams and everything. Apparently, there was a giant man, some kid in spandex who stuck to walls, a guy with a metal arm, assassins, Stark’s sidekick, some guy in a black suit who thought he was a cat, a man with metal wings, Natasha and Clint were fighting, Wanda was attacking Vision. Honestly, the entire thing was ridiculous. I wasn’t there, I just saw the videos on Youtube a fan showed me when I signed an autograph. They went viral. Idiots. So, you can see why I am not exactly missing my old dimension. My so-called team couldn’t get along for more than two years.”

“I’m lucky, with J’onn, Winn, and my sister, I have always had a good team, good people supporting me, being there for me. Your brother and you… I guess you two have a complicated relationship. He isn’t going to try and take over this Earth, is he?”

Thor shook his head. “I doubt it, but if he does, don’t worry. He isn’t very good at it. As far as complicated he has tried to kill me a few times but I like to think his heart wasn’t into it. Thats what I am telling myself. Regardless of his past, regardless of our different parentage, he is my brother and always will be. It often comes down to me to protect him from himself. Oh, and he is very afraid of Banner.”

“Right.” Kara remembered, really enjoying this ale the more she drank. “Big, green, rage monster. He seems like such a nice, quiet guy. I couldn’t imagine him angry.”

Thor laughed, remembering Banner saying he was always angry but good at hiding it.

“The Hulk as Earth called him, isn’t a bad guy. Banner was stuck as him for two years and the idiot actually got smarter. He can speak in almost complete sentences and doesn’t try to destroy everything, friends and enemies. I suspect the more they co-exist the more like the other they are becoming. Sort of like your World Killers. They are almost two people in the same body.”

The two continued speaking for a few minutes until Mon El walked to their table and slammed his hands on the top.

“Look, Kara doesn’t handle alcohol well. I think it is probably time for you to go back to the DEO. You won’t be getting her drunk and taking advantage of her. I would suggest you stay away from her permanently. She belongs with me. We are going through some issues right now, but I will not sit around and watch you seduce her.”

Kara in her slightly buzzed condition was too surprised to form a response. She looked over at the table he had been at and saw Imra, her eyes wide and mouth open in shock.

Thor smiled and stood up.

“Mon El may be an asshole, but from what Kara has told me, he would never do something like this.”

Thor grabbed the man by his throat and lifted him off the ground.

“What did you do with him, Loki?”

Mon El grinned and in a flash of light, Loki was in his brother’s grip. Thor set him on his feet.

“I was bored and couldn’t resist. He is fine, just sent him down a few blocks. If he is as fast as Alex Danvers says, he should be back any moment.”

True to word, Mon El did enter the bar, furious, looking for whoever had sent him out of the bar without touching him.

“If you are bored, go find us hotel rooms. I don’t suppose Identification would be difficult for you. Just get word to Valkyrie of the address and then let me know.”

“And how should I contact you? Perhaps a phone? No, we don’t have those, remember?”

“Send a raven if you must. You will figure it out. Good night, Brother. Stay out of trouble, at least for this evening. You can do that, right?”

Loki disagreed, but kept it to himself, deciding instead that he should stay in the event Valkyrie started a bar fight. She was very intoxicated and bored as well. A fight was not far off.

“Very well, Brother. You try and stay out of trouble as well. Good evening, Kara. I look forward to seeing you battle, soon.”

The two were left alone finally, Mon El back at his table, seething as Imra told him what the man named Loki had done.

“Hey, I feel really bad about bringing you here, from your old dimension. You don’t have to get a hotel room. My couch is a foldout. It isn’t big enough for you, but I could sleep on it and you could have the bed.”

“That is very kind of you.” Thor told her. “To be honest, I could use a break from those two and Banner will be at your headquarters all night doing whatever it is he does. Maybe we can talk more about these World Killers and strategize. In the morning I would love it if you could show me the city.”

“Thats sounds great.” Kara admitted. “We could talk more about moving on.”

Thor grinned and asked for the bill, a brief thought of the two practicing moving on tonight.

Across the bar, Alex and Winn watched her leave with the stranger from another dimension.

“Oh great.” Alex muttered. “No, it’s no big deal. She is probably taking him back to the DEO. She doesn’t seem drunk.”

“I’ve never seen her drink alien beer.” Winn commented. “She seems to handle it better than rum. It’s nothing to worry about, Alex. She will probably take him to the DEO and…”

Winn’s agreement was cut short by a burst of laughter from Valkyrie. The two looked at her, wondering what was funny.

“I’ll bet you a Daxamite battleship that you will find him in her apartment in the morning.”

“Kara wouldn’t do that.” Alex told her quickly.

“Of course not. Why would she drink beer and take a man home with her who is 6’5, covered in muscles, and shares so much in common? But if you are so certain, we can bet the ship. This invasion you talk about, there must be ships around. I don’t need it operational, I need it to build my own small ship and an arsenal of weapons that will be needed to take these World Killers out, in the event they do not participate in Kara’s plan of taking them alive.”

Alex took a drink and laughed. She knew her sister well. There is no way she would have a one-night stand. Of course, Alex did, but Kara, sure she had been lonely, and it had been over 8 months now, she was getting over it… but she wouldn’t do that.

“I’ll give you access to a cruiser, if we find him in her apartment in the morning. What do I get when she isn’t there?”

“One of my blades.” Valkyrie told her.

“Deal.”

Winn shook his head, reconsidering his former thoughts. “Alex, you probably shouldn’t take that bet. J’onn wouldn’t be happy and I have a feeling he is going home with her… or she is taking him home. They have been staring at each other since he fell out of that dimensional hole and landed on top of her.”

“This is Kara, Winn. She requires months of planning before she even approaches a guy about liking him. When it comes to boys, Kara can still be in that junior high mindset.”

Loki watched the two leave, amused as he often was with his brother, and having no doubt Valkyrie would have access to one of these Daxamite ships in the morning. His good humor and boredom ended ten minutes later when a wall exploded in the bar.

On the other side, two women floated in, Reign and Purity.

The man’s clothes as well as Valkyrie’s were changed in an instant, armored up and prepared for a fight.

A fight they were not ready for, Loki realized. They needed to take the advantage of surprise back from them, control the battle. The two women were making their way towards their table, no doubt recognizing Alex and Winn.

“Loki, we need a moment to prepare. They have us at a disadvantage.” Valkyrie whispered.

The man agreed and Kara Zor El, entered behind the two World Killers.

“I think we should take this outside. Both of you, now. It’s time to end this for good.” The blonde told them.

The two World Killers turned and took her in, then gave chase as Kara flew away quickly.

“How in the hell did she get here so fast?” Alex wondered, very worried. The World Killers scared her. Reign was bad enough after what she did to Kara, but Purity had taken all of them down as well. Kara couldn’t take both alone. Where the hell was this Thor guy who said he could help her?

“Relax. Valkyrie, whenever you are ready?” Loki asked, grinning and eyes glowing. The woman in the mask looked quite a bit like Hela and that loss still stung his pride. The man was a god. He wouldn’t lose to this so-called World Killer upstart, no matter how powerful she supposedly was.

Valkyrie downed her drink, stretching her arms and swiping her blade a few times in the air.

“I’m ready. Alex, if you really want them taken alive, I would suggest you call your sister and his highness because things are about to get bloody.”

Loki’s eyes stopped glowing.

“My distraction is done, and Kara has just disappeared to their great confusion. Not very smart, these two. Perhaps they are more of Thor’s sisters?”

Loki, staff in hand with the glowing core of a solid piece of star, tensed, while Valkyrie crouched into a fighting position. A few short moments later the two women flew back in, as Alex contacted J’onn and sent a text to Kara.

Loki sent a blast from his staff towards Purity, the energy knocking her back out of the hole in the wall. Valkyrie attacked. Reign, not suspecting an attack from whoever these two were, swung, catching air as Valkyrie slid low and sliced a tendon in her knee. The woman screamed, when Valkyrie stood behind her and stabbed her second blade into the back of her thigh, thinking if she had just stabbed her in the back through the heart, this would be over, but playing nice. They were guests in this Universe after all.

Reign twisted quickly, too fast for the warrior to see, and struck her in the jaw, sending her flying out the window.

Mon El, moved to assist Loki, before a sonic blast drove him and Imra back, just as it had in the tunnel.

Purity looked at Loki and swung her fist, trying to take his smiling head off. She found nothing but air and felt a blade through her back and out her abdomen.

“As smart as my brother, I see.” the man whispered in her ear from behind.

The two World Killers looked at each other, neither knowing what to do and never having experienced bleeding or any pain before. Reign unleashed her heat vision, causing everyone in the room to duck. Stepping outside for a retreat, the two were struck by lightning bolts sending them back into the bar.

Thor stepped inside, lightning rolling around him and eyes lit up, prepared for battle. Kara landed next to him, eyes glowing, unleashing a blast of heat vision at Purity. The World Killer fell out of the way, while Reign stood shakily on injured legs, through the barrage of electricity surrounding her.

Reign and Purity launched out the top, leaving the bar quickly, stunned beyond belief, never having lost a fight to anyone.

Kara started to take off after them until Alex stopped her.

“Not by yourself. Let it go. They are hurt and won’t come back soon. Purity may be dying. She took a blade to back through her abdomen.” Alex added.

Loki shrugged.

“I didn’t attack her in a bar while she was minding her own business and having a splendid time.” the man defended. “She can’t cry about it.”

“That woman, she was hurt but she shouldn’t have been able to fly off that quickly, not with the amount of electricity I hit her with. They are strong, very strong.” Thor noted, not liking this, memories of his sister in the front of his mind.

“And fast.” Valkyrie added, walking back in and rubbing her jaw. Kara noted one of her blades had blood on it. “They are vulnerable to our weapons though. The four of us should have no problem.”

The warrior woman looked around at the empty bar.

“Looks like drinks are on the house.”

Kara checked on her sister, making sure she was okay. Alex seemed fine, perhaps excited from what had just happened. The older sister had become very leery of World Killers after the fight Kara and Reign had on Christmas.

She then looked around the bar. Winn was standing, eyes wide at what had just happened very quickly. Mon El and Imra were finally standing up from the floor.

“You two okay?” the Blonde asked. Both nodded.

“This is why I want you to go back into cryo sleep. You both could have been killed and whatever these plans for this future battle you have to fight could be lost. We got this.” Kara told them, then stood by her sister while she called J’onn.

Thor checked on his two comrades.

“I see you didn’t leave to find a hotel, brother.”

“And miss the entertainment? I suspected Valkyrie was due to start a bar fight soon. I wasn’t expecting this much fun. My staff had the desired effect and our blades ran through them easily enough. If they come back, we will make short work of them.”

“We were supposed to take them alive. You stabbed one through the back?”

“My priority is to live. You said it yourself, we are not going to overpower them. Perhaps you and your new girlfriend can, but we were not in their league in strength. In blades, we were better. Do not complain about my methods. Do I need to remind you this is not my fight?”

“No, that is no doubt why you drew blood tonight and defended these people. Because this wasn’t your fight, I suppose?”

Loki shrugged his shoulders. “As I said, I was bored.”

“Lie to yourself all you want, brother. You were a protector tonight, as hard as you try to paint yourself differently. No chance of them coming back?”

Loki grinned. “I would say they have had a definite set back. Enjoy your evening, brother. They know we are here, but not who we are. Tomorrow, we take the hunt to them.”

Thor patted Loki on the shoulder with a huge smile and left him to find Kara, who was by Alex. He had not felt this close to his brother in a very long time. Hela may have destroyed his realm but in a strange way, she gave him back the brother he loved.

Valkyrie wiped her blade off with a towel from behind the bar and tossed it to the God of Mischief while Alex called for a forensic team to pull a blood sample of Reign and Purity from the floor.

“So that was fun.” Valkyrie mentioned quietly to Alex. “The Reign one struck as hard as Hela, but she doesn’t appear to have her recovery powers from our blades. Losing to Hela was tough to take. It had been centuries since I lost a battle. She was the first battle I lost them and the last battle I lost. Winning was a pleasant change.”

Alex shook her head and took the woman in, now armored and caped as she was when she arrived in this dimension.

“How old are you?”

Valkyrie grinned.

“You are asking the wrong questions. What you should be asking, is how strong am I, how good am I at controlling that strength and how experienced I am… in everything. The answer to all three is very. I am not going to sleep in that office building and have no desire to share a penthouse with Loki. I may be too tempted to kill him. So, are we going to your place? We can check on your sister in the morning and once you see Thor is cooking her breakfast, most likely without a shirt on, we can go to wherever you are keeping the remains of the ships. Shall we?”

Alex had nothing to say, her mouth slightly agape, but followed the woman, regardless. Loki approached a furious Mon El, standing with Winn and Imra. Patting him on the shoulder, he tried his best at comfort.

“Why so sad, Daxamite? You have a beautiful wife to keep you warm tonight. I am the one going to a very nice penthouse tonight, alone. Don’t worry about a thing. My brother is a gentleman. What Valkyrie said is true. I have no doubt he will make her breakfast in the morning. Have a wonderful remainder of the night.”