Chapter 23: Destroyers and Warriors
"Sir, Unidentified blonde male has just attacked several agents and entered the compound." One of the Techs stated as they watched the monitors.
"Send agents to intercept him." Coulson immediately stated as he started watching the screens a little closer.
Me on the other hand, I placed a dozen cameras in various places across this facility and thanks to them, I have a front row seat to Thor kicking ass.
"He's heading for the hammer." I state as I watch Thor take down two highly trained agents like they were regular thugs.
"How can you tell?" Coulson asks in his regular monotone voice.
"You mean other than the fact that the Hammer is the only thing of value in this place? Maybe it's the fact that he is heading straight for it?" I snark.
"Send Agent Smith to the Hammer chamber." Coulson says to my comment "And get me eyes in the sky, with a gun."
I just smirk as the action happens.
Like Coulson will later say, he was making the agents look like minimum wage mall cops, however Thor wasn't as great a warrior as I was expecting. He was sloppy, almost like he expected his own raw strength and power to take care of what he missed. He was still skilled in the sense that he knew where to hit to take someone down, but his fighting style is more like a chainsaw than a scalpel.
That isn't to say that he couldn't fight, his ability to take down heavily trained and armed agents easily shows that he can, but he is cocky and arrogant, believing that as Thor he is more powerful.
In short, The God of Thunder had a God complex. Go figure.
Wait… he just got to the Hammer chamber and met Agent Smith, one of the larger agents in the facility. Because Thor is only human right now, he is much weaker than he used to be and this fight is going to showcase that.
"Coulson, you better call it because I'm starting to root for this guy." I hear Hawkeye say over the coms.
Looks like Thor just beat Smith, if barely.
"Boss…" I hear Barton again.
"Wait, I want to see this." Coulson replies. As we watch Thor grab his hammer and try to pick it up.
"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor." I mumble to myself as I turn off the live feed, Thor collapsing on his knees in the mud and screaming at his father.
"Now for the interrogation…" I murmur.
/
As Coulson leaves the room Thor is in to take his call, I sigh. I really want to go in and tell Loki off for lying to Thor.
That or fanboy and tell him that he was my favorite villain…
But in order to do that, it would give away the fact that I have Future knowledge. I can try to change small things, but in doing so it changes things in ways I'm not expecting. Thankfully my presence has not actually changed anything too extensive yet and hopefully it will stay that way till the Avengers at the earliest. By that point several of my plans will get to a point where they become self sufficient. Who knows, I may even ask Greer out on a date or something…
Anyway, back on topic.
"Goodbye? I just g-" Is all I hear as Coulson enters Thor's cell, closing the door behind him.
On the bright side, not talking to Thor gives me the perfect chance to work on a few of my side projects.
Specifically in finding Kamar-Taj, home of the Ancient One.
You must be wondering, Why? I already have the Extremis/Oz mixture in me making me nearly unkillable, I already have suits of armor that put Starks to shame in durability, Why do I keep making myself more and more powerful?
I have two good reasons and one stupid reason for wanting to go.
First off, I need to become as powerful as possible, Dr. Doom in comics was a master of science and magic and he is capable of defeating beings on par with Thanos. Black Panther is similar and has beaten the likes of Dr. Doom. If I want to beat people like Thanos in one piece, I need magic.
Secondly, survival. I need magic in order to survive against external threats so I can protect those I care about.
Finally, my stupid reason, its magic. What better reason is that? I have no idea why Batman never actually learned magic, it would help him so much.
From what I remember, Kamar-Taj was in Kathmandu, Napal. That said, Kathmandu is a large place and I need to narrow it down to a point where I could walk up and knock on their door. I've narrowed down the possible locations to just a handful of places frequented by people wearing robes similar to what I remember from Dr. Strange.
Originally I was going to walk right up to the New York Sanctum and knock on the door, but eventually I ditched that plan, something tells me they would not have appreciated that.
Oh well… I'll just have to keep looking. Its not like Loki will help, he doesn't even know there are sorcerers till Dr. Strange meets them in Thor: Ragnarok.
Back to searching…
/
(Next Day)
"Umm… Base? We have Xena, Jackie Chan and Robin Hood?"
Wait… What? Turning on a few of my cameras in town, I see something that nearly makes me laugh. The Warriors Three and Lady Sif walking through town in full battle armor straight to Janes lab.
Looks like the battle is coming faster than I expected.
Walking over to Coulson, I tap his shoulder.
"Hey Agent. The Goblin may make an appearance, cover for me?" I whisper.
He just nods as I show him the feed.
"Well… Looks like my job is done here. I had fun Coulson, we may have to do this again some time." I tell him in a normal voice. "Unfortunately I have a meeting in New York tomorrow at noon, so I want some time to rest from this trip."
He of course gets the message that I was going to pretend to leave so the Goblin and Osborn don't get mixed.
Wow… I'm starting to refer to myself in third person… I may need to check and make sure the Extremis really didn't affect anything up top.
Heading back to the room I am stationed in, I press a few buttons on my personal OzWatch, creating a small localized EMP to shut down any cameras that may have been put here. Grabbing my suitcase, I open up a secret compartment in the back and start to take out and put on my original armor.
Normally I would want my heavy armor against the Destroyer, but it wouldn't fit into the suit easily enough and the light armor would be a joke if I get hit by the destroyers blasts.
Flipping a switch on my suitcase, I stand back and watch it transform from the steel colored suitcase to my Adamantine Glider.
The Goblin is in town.
/
Sneaking out of the base was pathetically easy and flying to Jane's lab was even easier. Landing on her roof, I see Lady Sif, The Warriors Three and Thor all talking to each other animatedly. From what I remember they are talking about Thor's dad.
Suddenly a tornado appears from nowhere about half a mile out of town, SHIELD agents are surrounding it as if waiting for something to come out.
"Coulson. Do not engage, I repeat. Do. Not. Engage." I say through the comms. No way in hell would they survive against him. Not in the real world.
"Goblin?"
"This thing isn't Stark's, it comes from the same place the Hammer does and it is not happy. Get your collective asses out of there!" I say as I jump on my glider and try to fly to them as fast as possible.
Getting there just in tome to see the Destroyed destroy the first car, I fly around it and throw a pumpkin bomb down its throat as it was charging up a blast.
The explosion did nothing except get its attention. Yay…
"Shit!" I yell as I barely dodge a blast, the heat coming off of it is intense, its taking all of my maneuverability to dod-
"OOF" I grunt as the Destroyer backhands me back into town and off my glider. Thankfully it isn't as strong as Abomination or Hulk, so th hit didn't hurt as much.
Landing on the street a block or so away from Janes Workshop, I look up from where I landed to see The Warriors Three and Sif walking down the street towards the oncoming Destroyer. Thor, Darcy, Jane, and Selvig were hiding behind a building.
Getting up, I stretch a bit and in the process pop my neck.
"Hello. You must be Lady Sif and the Warriors Three." I say to the oncoming warriors.
"What are you demon?" Sif asks. Her eyes darting between me and the oncoming destroyer.
"Human in a fancy suit of armor trying to beat up that thing." I reply gesturing to the Destroyer. "What do you know about it and how do we stop it. It is obviously too strong for us to attack head on, so how can we outsmart it?"
The Warriors Three just look at me blankly as Sif answers my question.
"The Destroyer Armor is supposedly unbeatable. No warrior has ever successfully beaten it before."
"Great…" I reply sarcastically. "Guess we will have to be the first?"
By that time my glider had found me and was hovering at about shoulder level. Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to use it properly in these conditions, I would have to fight it on the ground while my glider is providing remote back up.
Lowering the bottom jaw of my mask in order to show them I was in fact human while still covering my identity, I grin at them
"See? Human."
"What should we call you, fellow warrior?" Fandral asked.
"I go by The Goblin, now let's kill this thing."
With that, we went to confront the Destroyer, Sif and the three start walking down the street while I fly above them.
"Keep it distracted." I hear Sif tell us as she starts climbing up a building. Fandral and Hogun Run forward and gesture to Volstagg to come forward while creating a step with their hands. Running with all his might, Fandral and Hogun launch Volstagg at the Destroyer.
"Idiots." I mutter as Volstagg yells "FOR ASGA-" before getting swatted into a truck.
The destroyer walks up to the fallen Warrior and is about to blast him when Sif jumps from the building, stabbing her double ended sword into the Destroyers neck.
Like the movie, the light in the Destroyers chest dissipated for a moment, almost like it had turned off before the Destroyer armor seemed to shift. Now instead of facing downwards, it was now facing upwards and straight at Sif. Charging up another blast, Sif barely moves in time to avoid getting blasted and quickly retreats. The Destroyer on the other hand Simply stands up and turns to face us.
I of course do the opposite of Sifs order to 'Fall Back' and charge forward at the oncoming Destroyer, barely avoiding another blast. Grabbing Sif's sword staff thing, I yank it from the ground and slash at the Destroyers leg.
Surprisingly the sword actually damages the armor slightly.
Slightly being the key term.
Turning back to me, he attempts to blast me only for my Glider to launch a couple of missiles into its mouth and distracting it. Ducking under its legs, I try to take out its knees before leaping up and stabbing it through its neck like Sif had done. While the Destroyer was rotating again, I yell at the rest of the warriors.
"GET EVERYONE OUT OF HERE!" With that I rip the Sword from its neck and place a few Pumpkin Bombs in its throat.
Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough and got a face full of the Destroyers fire breath.
Landing on the ground in a heap next to Thor, I groan in pain and the lower half of my face heals from being melted off.
"Stay down warrior, you have done what you can!" I hear him say, Getting up I grab him by the shoulders and look him in the eye. The rest of my mask raises so he can see my face.
Yeah, I know. Risky letting him know, but it isn't like he is going to tell anyone on Asgard.
"Thor. Help Volstagg. I'll help Sif." I tell him. "How the hell are we going to beat that thing?"
"Don't worry, I have a plan." He replies simply, his eyes set determined on his course of action. Patting him on the shoulder, I nod.
"It's been an Honor." I say before grabbing Sif's fallen sword and shield and run over to her.
"Stay down, There is nothing we can do."
"No. I will die a warriors death. There will be stories of this day!" She says while gasping for air. It looks like her rib is broken.
"Then you can tell them yourself My Lady. Now go!" Grabbing her by her shoulders I push her away towards the regular Human group of Selvig, Jane and Darcy as we dodge another blast made by the destroyer. It looks like my pumpkin bombs barely even phased him, closing my mask on the way there.
On the bright side I had already disabled any security cams in the area, SHIELD may know what happened, but they won't get too much information.
Seeing Thor help the Warrior Three, I help Sif corral Jane and the others to a safer place while my glider attempted to distract the Destroyer.
"Wait!"
Turning to see what Jane pointed at, I smile under my mask as Thor walks to confront the Destroyer.
"What's he doing?" she asks in fear as she realizes the answer for herself.
Watching what was happening, my respect for Thor went up a notch. He had no idea what would happen, he could die and Loki could win, but he walked up to the unbeatable and stared it in the face.
"Brother, Whatever I have done to wrong you, whatever I have done to lead you to do this, I am Truly sorry." He says. "But these people are innocent; taking their lives will gain you nothing."
With that statement, The Armor started powering up for another blast. Then Thor said the one thing that Loki never expected him to.
"So take mine… And end this."
With that, the energy died down and the faceplate reset itself. Pausing for a second, the Armor turned away as if it was going to leave for Asgard, but in a vicious move, it turned around and backhanded Thor, still only human, into a car. I could have sworn I heard something break.
"NO!" Jane yelled as she ran over to see if Thor was alright. Lady Sif had a hand over her mouth while Fandral and Volstagg's jaws dropped. Even Hogun the Grim had a look of surprise flash across his face.
The Destroyer looked at Thors prone form for a moment before turning around again, this time to leave earth.
Off in the distance though, I see something… Oh Shit, Thor's hammer. I need Jane to Move! Running over to her, I pick her up Bridal Style before running back to set her beside Eric. She of course was hitting me all the way.
"I'm trying to save your life!" I yell at her. "Look!" Pointing at the incoming hammer, I let Sif take over.
"Thor's Hammer…" And at that moment. Thor became a god again.
Catching Mjolnir, a bolt of lightning comes from the sky and strikes him, his flannel shirt and jeans becoming his usual armor, helmet, and cape.
"Shazam…" I mutter to myself jokingly.
I hear Jane mutter to herself "Oh… My… God."
The Destroyer at that point turned back around at us and sees the newly powered Thor and starts powering up another blast only for the Hammer to fly from the bolt of lightning and slam into its face, knocking the blast off course only for the hammer to come back and nail the Destroyer on the return trip, knocking it down. Landing in Thors hand, the lightning stopped and Thor was revealed in all his glory. Wearing his full armor, Hammer in hand, Thor leaps into the air and creates a tornado on top of the town.
"EVERYONE! MOVE!" I yell. It just wouldn't do if one of these guys got hit by a stray piece of debris.
Slowly, the Destroyer started rising into the air at the force of the winds, my glider was thankfully at my side at this point as the Warriors three, Sif, and I corralled Jane and company into one of the buildings and away from the flying cars.
Just as suddenly as it started, the Tornado stopped with a mighty explosion in the clouds and the falling body of the Destroyer.
/
"Donald? I don't think you've been completely honest with me."
Coulson and about a dozen other SHIELD agents stood in the middle of the town along with the Warriors Three, Sif, Jane and the rest. I was standing close to Sif and the Warriors Three facing the agents. Agent Sitwell was looking at me with mistrust while Phil was talking to Thor.
From what I remembered, Sitwell was a Hydra sleeper agent…
"Know this, Son of Coul. You and I, we fight for the same cause: the protection of this world. From this day forward, you can count me as your ally, if… you return the items you have taken from Jane."
"Stolen." Jane corrects him.
"Borrowed." He replies. "of course you can have your equipment back, you're going to need it to continue your research."
At this point Sitwell has nearly pulled his gun on me as I stare at him and purposely freak him out.
"Would you like to see the bridge we talked about?" I hear Thor ask Jane.
"Uh… Sure?"
With her confirmation, he grabs her and flies off, probably to return to Asgard.
Turning away from the fidgeting Sitwell, I hand Sif her sword and shield as the lower half of my mask opens up to reveal my mouth.
"You weapons Lady Sif. I have to admit, you were a greater warrior than I thought possible, and beautiful as well."
Smirking, she replies. "And you were not too bad for a mere mortal. Your skill with my blade was impressive if not for your use of trickery in battle."
"Trickery? How so?" At this point we were walking outside town to where Heimdall would beam them up.
"You used used those… little balls to make it explode. You used your flying contraption to distract it. How is that not trickery?"
"In my opinion…" I say as I think out my next words. "One should fight to win. In a duel or a contest, yes you should fight honorably, but in a fight to the death like what we just went through, I would rather be known as unhonorable or a trickster if it means I get to live another day to protect those I care about. Besides, how is distracting the Destroyer with my Glider any different than using the Warrior Three to distract him? Does that not too make you a trickster?" I laugh at her wide eyed expression.
"Don't worry my Lady, I won't tell anyone." I laugh as she hits my arm, realizing I was messing with her.
"You are as bad as Loki but twice as charming." She laughs. Somehow, in the midst of what happened, we became friends. Go figure.
"Is that a good or bad thing?" I ask.
"I haven't decided." She jests back before turning serious. "Why must you wear your helmet as a mask? Shouldn't the people of Midgard know who is protecting them?"
Sighing a little, my answer comes out a little rehearsed, but very true.
"If one of my enemies were to find out who I was… they could target my family, my friends, just to get to me. I couldn't live with myself if they were hurt because of me."
Sif just looked at me for a moment before nodding. "I believe I understand…"
"Heimdall!" Huh… this is the third time Thor called for Heimdall. Oh yeah, Loki froze Heimdall.
"Is something wrong Thor?" I ask.
"Heimdal… he isn't responding. If he could he would, but he hasn-"with that, the Bifrost burst into existence behind Thor.
Fandral, who was flirting with Darcy, sighs as he looks at her. "Sorry love, these things happen…"
Thor looks at Jane and smiles. "Whatever fate lies before me, you are a part of it…" he says before leaning forward and kisses Jane.
Turning to Sif, I grin at her. "What? No goodbye kiss for me?"
I of course was just messing. She was a god, there was no way for us to be together even if I thought of her that way. I mean yeah, she was beautiful, but she lived on Asgard. With Thor destroying the bridge, we would probably never see each other again.
Apparently however, Sif missed my joking tone or took it as a challenge as she reached up (I was a couple inches taller than her I absently realized) grabbed the back of my head and pulled me into a kiss.
I'm going to be perfectly honest, In both of my lives, I had never dated, much less been kissed. In my past life I was a nerd, a socially awkward kid who tripped over his own two feet every timea girl looked at me. In this life it was due to planning and becoming as powerful as I could be.
But this… This blew my mind, in fear of sounding like a cliché, it was like a thousand fireworks going off in my mind.
As soon as it started, it finished with Sif smirking at my dumbfounded expression. I could see her slightly blushed cheeks and puffy lips before she turned and walked into the bifrost, allowing Heimdall to take her back to Asgard.
Getting a clap on the back, I see Volstagg the last Asgardian left. "You sir, are a very lucky man." Is all he says before turning to the bifrost, letting it take him home.
Shaking my head with a laugh, I close my helmet fully and hop on my glider before heading to the airport.
"I just hope Greer never finds out…"
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