valyriate

Natasha and Iduna walked into the throne room first followed by Morrigan. They'd just gone out for breakfast in the market area. It was the beginning of a spring season on this side of the golden planet so all of the civilians were selling seasonal foods.

It was the perfect chance for Natasha to immerse herself within the Valyriaten lifestyle and formally get to know the public she's now working with. 

Iduna scrambled to get to the throne. As she lounged along the Queen's seat, she kicked up her feet and sat up right, posing. "Good morning my loyal subjects, for I am Morrigan, Queen of Valyriate, the Fire Tamer, the Goddess of War and of course, Death. Cross me, and I'll crush you and fill your lungs with some bad gas? I'm not sure what you really say but, I think I was accurate." 

Morrigan pursed her lips before flipping Iduna off. "Oh, don't forget how she walks... you ready?" Natasha side steps and lines up with the throne. "I'm going to demonstrate her Queen walk." With her head up hair, eyes boring no emotions with a straight back, Natasha took long steady strides, swaying her body in a rhythmic motion. Iduna gets up and begins to clap. When Nat reaches the throne, she turns around elegantly before giving Morrigan a playful glare. "How'd I do, my Queen?"

The Queen nods slowly. "You have my walk but do you have my reflex?" Natasha braced herself as she saw a dark cloud glide over her friend's eyes. In an instant, Morrigan generates two black shards and throws them like bullets. Natasha flips herself to the side as Iduna descends from the throne and uses her sword to block the attack. 

"You need to stop that." Iduna says coldly as Morrigan gives a hearty chuckle.

Natasha dusts her gown. "We just know you too well."

She was about to respond when something in her pocket buzzed. Pulling out the pager, Morrigan reads two alerts from two different people. "This is interesting." She says as Nat and Iduna see whats in her hand.

"Who's paged you now?" Iduna asks, obviously intrigued because people tend to contact Morrigan even when its not the last resort.

She puts the puts the pager back in her pocket. "Bucky." She makes her way over to her throne. Sitting down she taps the digital screen on her armchair which instantly opens up a holographic screen. 

"What could make Bucky page you?" Natasha asks. "Sam would be around surely."

"Let's find out." Morrigan goes through her functions and opens up a call with Bucky. Iduna and Natasha stand next to her chair and wait for the call to be answered.

When the hologram screen changes, a bunch of destructive noise blasts through from the chair. The picture was shaky and no one could see what was going on. "Is someone dying?" Iduna asks softly as the noise continues. Someone starts yelling while a repeated bashing echoes through to them.

Morrigan shakes her head. "Maybe... hello? Buck? You there?" When the noise stops, so does the camera shaking. It was a still video of of the sky with trees crowding the edges. "Redwing?" All three of them stare in shock as Sam Wilson's tactical drone flies into view.

"Get out of my face Sam or I'll break it." Bucky Barnes says groggily, clearly out of breath.

Morrigan sighs. "James Buchanan Barnes." She yells, her voicing booming across the throne room. The view of the trees jolt and soon enough Bucky's tired face appears.

"Oh, you answered!" He smiles slightly as he holds up the pager. "Hi Nat, Iduna."

The Queen rolls her eyes. "Of course I answered the alert from one of the pagers I gave out and instructed you to page me when I'm the last resort." 

They all watched as Bucky winced, vividly remember Morrigan chastising him and Sam when she gave out her upgraded pagers. "I know you said that but, I didn't think you'd answer my normal call, seeming as though you're doing all that universe relief stuff."

"Are you underestimating my capability to help my friends?" 

Bucky stalled. "No, never, would I do that."

Natasha poked her head into view. "Hey, why are you and Sam in a forest?"

They watched as Bucky twisted in his seat, looking around in his surroundings. "Funny story..."

Iduna then pressed forwards. "Yeah, and what was with all the screaming? I thought someone was dying."

He then looks up at the sky and bites his lip. "Well, I had to jump out of a plane without a parachute you see..." This conversation was hurting her brain.

Morrigan pushes the other two out of the way. "I think the most important question is why'd you page me?"

Her old friend looks into the camera of the pager which directly was aimed at her eyes. "Sam's out here trying to hunt down some super strong soldier and he's convinced it's one of the Big Three..." Bucky watched as the confusion overcame their faces. "Aliens, Androids and Wizards, the Big Three... anyway, Morgan I think we could use your help, seeming as though you are like two out of the three." He used her Midgardian alias. That struck a cord.

She sits on his request for a minute. "So, you disobeyed my instructions to ask me for help in finding some rogue Midgardians?"

"Yes." He replies instantly. "I think we stand a better chance with you before this escalates, you know."

"Give me a second Barnes." She presses the mute button on her end. She then sits back in her seat. "This sounds like a waste of my time and, we have our guests arriving soon and there is that new ship of misplaced people... I don't have the time for this."

Iduna and Natasha give each other a hasty look. "He's right you know, about needing help in general, not about disobeying your instructions." Natasha starts.

"This was easier when I only had Carol and Fury with pagers..." She mutters.

"I can't hear what you're saying but, I'm going to page you the coordinates, hopefully you do come, if not, then you'll hear about this from Strange." Bucky hollers through the monitor and ends the call.

Morrigan's pocket buzzes. "See, you've got the coordinates." Iduna places a hand on her arm. "You've been drowning yourself in work for months now; you need to get some time away." They both knew the reason why.

The Queen scoffs. "Right, to go do more work."

"Morrigan, we got this alright? You need a break from this cycle. Go kick some Midgardian ass and before you know it, you'll be back and everything here would've been handled." Natasha beams. "I mean, this gives me a good opportunity to really get involved without you breathing down my neck and she gets the chance to be Queen."

She groans and closes the hologram. "Fine." The Queen gets up from her seat instantly. "This should be quick. You'll call me if you need me." Her two advisors trail behind her. "I'll send word to announce that you two will lead in my place and all issues go through you. You two will be in charge and the fate of trillions will be on your shoulders." Morrigan whips around and catches them off guard. "Do you understand?"

Natasha and Iduna share a quirky smile, obviously thrilled for their new job. "Yeah, sure... we'll page you if we get stuck with a minor issue." The Queen gave her heir a hard glare before opening up the throne room. She plans to get to Midgard, help Sam and Bucky find the soldier and be back in time for bed, hopefully.

the next chapter will be better and have better interactions !!