A/N: I could literally watch this gif all day and not get bored uwu. Anyways double update today because I've been writing loads now that all my assignments are done (yay me), and I've also been thinking about starting another slow burn but on Asgard this time?? Let me know what you think and give me some inspiration please --->

I hope you enjoy the chapters <3

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You dragged Bruce after Thor and the woman; he seemed a little star struck.

"What are those things on her eyes? Are those the people she's killed? She's so beautiful and strong..." he mumbled as you walked down the street. You were beginning to really worry about him.

"Sorry, but who are you?" you asked the woman.

"Call me Valkyrie." she responded, "Who are these two?" she then asked Thor. That didn't sit right with you. You were right there; she could have asked you herself.

"These are my friends." Thor told her.

"Who? Me? I'm Bruce?" Bruce said.

"I'm Y/N." you said pointedly as Valkyrie led you into a Sakaarian apartment building.

"I feel like I know you." she said to Bruce, ignoring you completely.

"I feel like I know you too." Bruce replied.

"Nice to meet you too." you said loudly, and Valkyrie met your annoyed gaze with a look of... was it respect or just appraisal?

As you continued down the hallway, Valkyrie talked.

"Look, I've spent years in a haze trying to forget my past. Sakaar seemed like the best place to drink and forget and to die one day."

"I was thinking that you drink too much, and that it was probably going to kill you." Thor agreed.

"I don't plan to stop drinking, but I don't want to forget. I can't turn away anymore. So, if I'm going to die... well, it may as well be driving my sword through the heart of that murderous hag."

"Good." Thor said happily.

You arrived at a door, and Valkyrie stopped and turned to face you, Thor and Bruce.

"Yeah, so I'm saying that I wanna be on the team. Has it got a name?"

"Yeah, it's called the Revengers."

"The Revengers?" you and Valkyrie both echoed.

"Because I'm getting revenge, you're both getting revenge..." Thor said, nodding towards you and Valkyrie.

"Why do you want revenge?" Valkyrie asked you.

"She killed my friends." you said, your voice catching in your throat. This time there was sympathy in Valkyrie's gaze.

"I'm sorry." she said.

"What friends?" Thor asked, his voice sounding smaller than usual.

Shit. Your face dropped as you realised what you'd done. How could you have been so stupid? Thor didn't need this now. You struggled to find the right words.

"Thor-"

"Y/N. Who did she kill?" he asked again.

"Fandral. And Volstagg." you could hardly bear to look at him as you said it. A whole range of emotions flashed behind Thor's eyes as he took a deep shuddering breath. You stepped forward and gripped his arm tightly.

"You saw it?" he asked, as though you might have got it wrong. You nodded sadly.

"What of Hogun and Lady Sif?"

"I don't know. I didn't see them; we can only hope they're with Heimdall."

He nodded tightly, and then turned to Bruce.

"Do you want revenge?"

"I'm undecided."

"Okay." Thor said. He'd gone very pale.

"I've got a peace offering." Valkyrie said, before opening the door.

You didn't immediately see what said surprise was, being situated at the back of the group.

"Surpriiise."

The arrogantly bored voice reached your ears as Thor stopped dead in the doorway with Bruce peering out from behind him. What was Loki doing in Valkyrie's apartment? The answer became clear as you looked around Thor's right bicep to see Loki tied up with numerous chains sat on an upturned crate. The rest of the apartment was a mess; there were empty bottles and blood-spattered clothes everywhere, and perhaps most disturbingly: a knife in the wall.

You stepped back as Thor cast around, picked an empty can and then threw it at Loki's head. Loki looked down and allowed the can to bounce of the top of his head, before looking back up at Thor.

"Ow." he said, his voice emotionless.

"Just had to be sure." Thor said.

"Hello Bruce." Loki said pleasantly as Thor moved into the apartment after Valkyrie.

"Hello Loki." Bruce replied awkwardly.

What are you doing here.

You looked at Loki incredulously.

I could ask you the same question.

You could. Who is she?

She's going to get us out of here.

Loki grimaced.

I don't like her.

You saw what had happened in his thoughts and smiled again.

Beaten by a girl?

I let her win. Besides, I never said a girl couldn't best me. You would.

I did.

You did.

"What's happening?" Valkyrie said, bringing you back into the room. She was holding a long object shrouded in a cloth, watching you and Loki looking at each other; a look of confusion on her face.

"They're talking to each other. In their minds. They do that a lot." Thor told her.

"...right." Valkyrie said, clearly trying to work out what the situation was between the two of you. Then she turned and put the object down, unwrapping it to reveal an old Asgardian sword. Thor's eyes widened.

"Is that... a Dragonfang?"

"It is." Valkyrie said shortly. She obviously didn't want to talk about it.

"That's the famed sword of the Valkyrie." Thor said in awe, picking it up to admire it.

Valkyrie decided to change the subject.

"Sakaar and Asgard are about as far apart as any two known systems. Our best bet is a wormhole just outside the city limits." she said, moving to the window next to Loki and pointing to a relatively nice, clean looking wormhole outside the city.

"We'll refuel on Xandar and be back in Asgard in around eighteen months."

You opened your mouth to complain: eighteen months?! But Thor spoke first.

"Nope. We're going through that one." he said, joining you and Valkyrie at the window to point out the horrific looking wormhole he'd shown you earlier.

"The Devil's Anus?" Valkyrie asked. You turned to her with raised eyebrows.

"Pardon me?"

"Wait, who's anus are we going through?" Bruce asked worriedly.

"For the record, I didn't know it was called that when I picked it." Thor chimed in.

"That looks like a collapsing neutron star inside of an Einstein-Rosen Bridge." Bruce said in horror, squinting out of the window at the wormhole.

"We need another ship. That would tear mine to pieces." Valkyrie said.

"She's right. We need one that can withstand the geodetic strain from the singularity." Thor agreed. You and Bruce stared at him.

"And has an offline power steering system that can function without the on-board computer." Bruce continued, still looking baffled at Thor's declaration of physics knowledge.

"And we need one with cup holders, because we're gonna die. So, drinks!" Valkyrie added cheerfully, strolling back towards the back of her apartment.

"Do I know you? I feel like I know you." Bruce said yet again.

"I feel like I know you too, it's weird." Valkyrie confirmed, pointing at him.

"What do you say doctor? Uncharted metagalactic travel through a volatile cosmic gateway. Talk about an adventure." Thor said to Bruce, fist bumping him, except Bruce met his closed fist with a high five. You turned to Loki with an incredulous look; he looked equally as confused.

"We need a ship." Bruce said.

"There are one or two ships, top of the line models..."

"I don't mean to impose, but the Grandmaster has a great many ships. I may have even stolen the access codes to his security systems." Loki spoke up unexpectedly, cutting Valkyrie off.

Valkyrie decided that that was the correct moment to lob an empty bottle at Loki's head; you intercepted it half way across the room with your magic and sent it smashing into the wall opposite, glaring at her. You would allow Thor throw bottles at his brother, but no one else.

Valkyrie glared back at you for a moment, and then turned back on Loki.

"And suddenly you're overcome with an urge to do the right thing." she scorned.

"Heavens, no. I've run out of favour with the Grandmaster. In exchange for codes and access to a ship I'm asking for safe passage... through the anus." Loki said. You frowned at him.

"Um, you're coming with us regardless of 'exchanging of codes and access to a ship'." you told him, before realising you should probably be addressing the other half of the room.

They don't trust me. I need to earn it.

"You're telling us you can get us access into the garage without setting off any alarms?" Thor asked suspiciously. You clenched your jaw, but could find no real reason why Thor should in fact trust his brother.

"Yes, brother, I can." Loki said.

"Hang on, he was ready to kill me just a minute ago." Valkyrie piped up.

"He wasn't trying to kill you." you argued, turning to Loki for confirmation. He just stared at Valkyrie.

"He's tried to kill me before too." Bruce added; you spun back around to glare at him in annoyance, only to find Thor launching into a monologue about how Loki had once disguised himself as a snake and stabbed him. Loki was smiling.

"You're not helping." you hissed to Loki.

"I don't even want to leave; I'm doing this for you." he argued.

"You're planning something." you said, after a pause.

"I am not."

"You are."

"Am not."

"Stop being such a child." you scowled, turning to look at the nightmare wormhole again. You really didn't want to think about its real name.

How about coming back here after we save Asgard?

I'm sure we could find another, nicer place to live. One that doesn't have a creepy old man who has a crush on you on it.

The Grandmaster doesn't have a 'crush' on me.

Yes he does. And will you stop calling him 'The Grandmaster' like he's some sort of weird king. What's his real name?

...I don't know.

Right, well... call him Jeff.

Jeff.

Yes, Jeff.

Thor had reached the end of his monologue.

"If we're stealing a ship, we're gonna need to draw some guards away from the palace." Valkyrie said.

"Why not set the beast loose?" Loki suggested.

"Shut up." you and Thor told him at the same time.

"You guys have a beast?" Valkyrie asked.

"No, there's no beast, he's just being stupid. We're going to start a revolution." Thor said.

"Revolution?" Bruce asked.

"Thor, that's brilliant!" you exclaimed, having read his mind to understand the plan.

"I'll explain later." he said to Bruce and Valkyrie, waving away their confused looks.

"So, it's a deal?" Loki asked.

"Yes, fine. Y/N will tell us if you plan on betraying us." Thor told Loki.

"Thank you brother, I am aware." Loki said, shrugging his chains off as though they were a dressing gown and standing up. Valkyrie scowled, knowing full well that he could have escaped any time he'd wanted to.

"So, what's the plan?" Bruce asked as you and Loki moved across the room towards the three of them.

"I need a wardrobe change." you said, looking down at your blood-stained outfit. Loki touched the back of your hand gently; Valkyrie saw this and looked away quickly.

"Oh, uh, I'll find you something." she said, stomping away to a wardrobe in the corner of the room. She pulled out an outfit similar to the one she was wearing and showed it to you, eyebrows raised.

"Thanks." you told her, even offering half a smile. You couldn't decide whether you liked her or not. Correction: you did like her; you were just jealous. She was so cool, and carefree... and she had an awesome cape, better than yours. The new outfit didn't have a cape. Loki heard this thought and threw you a funny look which you ignored as you disappeared into the small bathroom to get changed.

The bathroom was in a similar state to the rest of the apartment, and you had no worries about dumping your blood-stained clothes and baldric in the bottom of the grimy shower. You doubted you'd be back for them; the thought was a bleak one. When you were dressed you splashed your face with cold water and stared at yourself in the mirror, holding on to the sides of the sink.

You weren't looking great. You were really pale; your Y/E/C eyes were bright with emotion. After tying your hair back you picked up your baldric and sword (saying a mental goodbye to your Asgardian clothes) and went back into the apartment.

"Ready?" Thor asked as you emerged. You nodded.

"Right. Let's go kill a Goddess." Valkyrie said when he was done. She was itching to leave.

"Shouldn't we like, all put our hands in the middle or something?" Bruce asked weakly, holding his hand out: stalling.

Loki was already out the door, closely followed by Thor and Valkyrie. You placed your hand on top of Bruce's, smiling.

"Come on."