Valkyrie #1

 “Hey, Can I ask you something?” A young girl asked, sitting next to a young boy, her age, under the night sky.

“Sure Val, what is it?” the boy answered.

“What’s it like out there? Outside Valhalla? Is it really that beautiful like in the stories?”

“Yep, it's even more beautiful than any place you can imagine. Especially, when the sun sets and you’re flying over the scenery.” He said.

“Really!? I can’t wait until I awaken to my powers. That’s the first thing I’m going to do.” the little girl said, excitedly.

“Yeah, that’s how I met my first love, Ragas Amos. However, it wasn’t till I was a teenager that I realized I was lied to.” Valkyrie said.

“Lied?” a woman asked confused.

“He told me he was a god from a different realm, but he was something different. Something greater.” Valkyrie replied.

“Different? Care to explain?” the woman said curiously.

“Is that really important?”

“I could same thing about a world-renowned therapist needing therapy.” The woman said.

“Ha-ha, you’re so funny. We both know why I need this.” Val said.

“Because your side job requires you to have at least two therapy sessions out of the year. And you don’t like the therapist they hired. So, you came here because you only trust your friends with information about your past.” The woman said.

“Yep, keep calling yourself that… one day it might be true.” Val said.

“Very funny. Now, shall we continue. Tell me… how did you become the hero we know today?” the woman said.

“Well, I roamed the earth for thousands of years, observing humanity. I’ve seen the first man and woman give birth. I was there when the first civilization was destroyed by things, such as greed and desire. But, still you humans always found a way to bounce back. And things were good. However, thousands of years later, the humans were close to extinction from a mishap with a summoning spell they tried.”

“Wait, you mean one of the most apocalyptic events in history was caused by humans trying to summon a demon.” The woman said.

“Well, between the two of us, it was caused by Neuron. He wanted help to get rid of some people. Knowing him, it was someone who was going to expose him.

“Expose him?”

“Yeah, everyone’s favorite rich billion engineer is a…

Suddenly, an alarm goes off. “Yes?” Valkyrie asked annoyed.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your therapy session. A new meta-human is holding up a bank. “

“Really, you called me, a retired superhero, for a meta-human robbing a bank.”

“Well, the reason for that is because she asked for you personally.”

“Alright, I’ll be there in a minute,” Valkyrie said as she hung up. “Sorry, I’m going to have to cut this session short. A sudden emergency had come up.”

“Alright. But next time, I want to hear more about this ex of yours. Call it intuition, but I think there’s a flame of forbidden passion there.”

“Forbidden what?”

“You don’t have to tell me. But I know you loved this Raga. Now that Atomic Master is out of the picture, maybe you can spark it up again.”

“Okay, first off, I broke up with Atomic Master years ago and started dating again months later. As for that spark you’re talking about, it never existed.  Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a pod I need to meet.” Valkyrie said before walking out the door.

“Wow, note to self, mentioning ex-boyfriend, Raga, will allow progress to be made.” The woman said.

Flying thousands of miles above the ground, Valkyrie meets up with a pod and opens. Inside the pod, her armor, and tools she used. Changing into her armor and equipping her sword, Val quickly jumped from the pod and flew to the bank robbery. Once outside the bank, she was stopped by the local police and the female teenage hero, Lash.

“What are you doing here, Val?” Lash said.

“Apparently, to do your job. Now out of my way.” Valkyrie said as she tried to walk past them.

“No can do. This is Social Justice business.” Lash said as she stopped Valkyrie.

Valkyrie sighed. “Alright,” she thought. Flying through the bank’s door, Lash lands in front of the person holding up the bank. The person looks down at her, confused. “Hello, I believe you asked to see me,” Valkyrie said as she walked into the bank.

“AUNT VAL!” a ten-year-old girl shouted as she rushed at Valkyrie, knocking her down.

-Ten minutes later-

“Okay, kid. What’s your name again? And what are you doing here?”

“My name is Veronica Vik, daughter of Thor.”

“See that's impossible, my brother doesn’t even have a girlfriend, let alone a child,” Valkyrie said.

“Well, maybe not now, but in the future, he meets a beautiful woman an… No, I’m getting off-topic. I’ve come here to get your help.”

“What’s wrong?”

“From the time I’m from, the gods started a war against the humans and their heroes, killing most of them. But they didn’t foresee an alien invasion.”

“What?  I can’t believe Avery let the god get away with this.”

“Well, Avery was kinda busy fighting in hell to stop the random hell portals appearing in another world. So, she couldn’t help. And the Nexis agents were busy with preventing giants from invading our universe. Taking most of the good defenders away, including you and the ISL. Which brings me to why I’m here. I came here to bring you back to 2079 with me to help with preventing the god war.”

“Really? You want me to stop the God war. I’m one person.”

“Yeah, one person who is as powerful as Erius Dark.” Veronica said.

“What!?”

“Sorry, can’t tell you any more than that. I need to get back before the timeline’s stream shift or I’ll never get back home. I’m going to prepare the ship to leave. Meet me here in the next hour if you want to help.” Veronica said as she gave Valkyrie a piece of paper. She then flew away, leaving Valkyrie to decide on what she should do.

An hour later, 

Valkyrie arrives at the location that Veronica told her about. However, it was empty. The only thing there was an abandoned gas station.

“Did I get the wrong address?” Valkyrie asked as she looked for the paper.

“It’s the right place. I’m just running a little late. I had to pick up another person that might be helpful.” Veronica said as she floats down, holding onto Sydney, who was unconscious.

“Syd! Oh my Odin, is she okay?” Valkyrie asked as she lifted Sydney.

“Yeah, she’s fine. I just need her specific DNA signature to unlock the DERAD bunker here.  So, we’ll have a safe place to arrive when we get there.”

“A what?”

“A DERAD bunker. The world’s most confided secret in human history. It’s what the Nexis agents used as headquarters so they wouldn’t be noticed by Social Justice. Not even the gods could find these bases, making it the perfect place to activate the time portal device.”

“Okay,” Valkyrie said, confused.

Walking inside the station, Valkyrie and Veronica found themselves surrounded by turrets and agents who were holding their weapons.

“You have until the count of three to let go of Director Amos.”

“Amos?” Veronica said.

“Sydney’s maiden name. I guess she came to her senses and divorced Rick like I said.”

“So, that means she’s my sister. Making Avery… my… NEICE! I’m related to the world’s greatest hero in history.” Veronica thought.

“No, I separated from him, but did you have to say it like that. He wasn’t that bad.” Sydney said as she woke.

“Glad your awake, can you call off your turrets?  I don’t think I could protect all of us from them.”

“Their concussive cannons. Non-lethal meant to keep the worst of the worst from destroying the Earth.”

“Concussive?”

“Don’t underestimate them. They’re strong enough to stop Avery in her tracks. Not that we need to.”

“So, I’m going to let you down now. Don’t want to get me or my niece obliterated.” Valkyrie said as she easily placed Sydney down.

“Niece? Care to explain.” Sydney said.

“I don’t know much about that.  She held up a bank just to get my attention.”

“For what?”

“She wants to take me to the future to stop the gods starting a war with us.”

Sydney sighed. “You know I missed the days when the most dangerous thing we had to worry about was my daughter. Can you think of any reason why they might want to war?”

“I don’t know. I don’t talk to any of the gods. Haven’t since I left Asgard. Who knows what my father and the council was thinking.” Valkyrie said.

“Well, that’s why I and Mai made this organization. To stop threats like that. So, take me with you.” Sydney said.

“What? Syd, I don’t know if I could protect you while in the future. Besides, won’t they need you here.”

“Not really, right now, Nexis is still deep undercover and recruiting from around the world and other dimensions. And you won’t need to protect me. Last time, I checked I beat you when you tried to go rogue and fight Tartarus alone.”

“What? You lost to a human?” Veronica said, shocked.

“It was that one time. And she caught me off-guard.”

“Yeah, I caught you off-guard. Or maybe your Asgardian fighting style was too broad for my human fight styles.” Sydney said, teasingly.

“Wow, if I didn’t know better, I would’ve said you two are like sisters.”

“That’s because, I’ve known Sydney for a long time. Twenty years if I remember correctly.”

“Yep, and not once did she tell she dated my father.”

“Like I was supposed to know Raga was you father. I only realized your daughter when the two of us fought each other.” Valkyrie said.

“What?”

“Long story. But seriously, you can’t come. I can’t protect you against the Gods.”

“Luckily, for me, I have a trick to handle god.”

“Like what?” Valkyrie said with a confused expression.

“You’ll see,” Sydney said.

Valkyrie sighed. “Fine,”

“So, uhm. We need to hurry if we want to beat the Timestream Shift.” Veronica said.

“Timestream Shift. Don’t you have a Time Jet like us?” Sydney said.

“Time Jet? Those exist! I’ve only heard of something like that in stories.” Veronica said.

“What’s a Time Jet?” Valkyrie asked.

“I’ll explain it to you on the way.”