I stepped out of a portal into my living room. Akeno and Asia were sitting on the couch watching TV. They weren't alone though. Cuddling up against Akeno, was Jean Grey.
"Hello Ladies." I said to the three of them.
"Hello aunt Layla."
"Hi Layla!"
"Hello, Miss Layla. You have a lovely home here." Jean said.
"I know right. The crime boss I took it from had really good tastes. Or he just hired a really good interior designer." I said.
"C-crime Lord!?" Jean blanched at my explanation and Akeno giggled.
"Ufufu, Jean dear. Don't bother trying to understand my Aunt's insane life. It will just give you a headache. I've learned to just go with everything that happens. It seemed to work out well for me so far. I got to meet Ororo and you." Akeno said as she hugged Jean closer to herself. Jean blushed.
"That's about right." I nodded sagely. "No Ororo today?" I asked them.
"She's stuck in boring parent teacher meetings for all the kids at the X-Mansion." Jean said. "She won't be able to come until later."
[It's still pretty amazing that your niece is dating two girls at once and both of those girls even live together.]
I was going to invite Akeno and Asia with me to see Asgard, but I now knew that Akeno would probably just want to spend time with both her girlfriends. "Asia, I'm going to Asgard. Do you want to come with me?" I asked her.
Asia perked up and looked excited. "Really!? I want to go! Is the whole place really made of gold?" She asked inquisitively.
"You'll just have to see for yourself." I replied.
"Let me go get changed!" Asia ran off to her room.
Once she left the room, I turned to Akeno and Jean on the couch. I gave the two of them a mischievous stare.
Akeno raised an eyebrow at me. "What is it?"
"We'll be gone for a while, so you all will have the place to yourselves for the whole day…" I trailed off. Instead of constantly living in my Penthouse, the SHIELD agents in charge of guarding Asia had moved to the floors below mine. They'd only come up here when she was alone.
It took a second for what I just said to register in Akeno and Jeans minds. Akeno grinned widely and Jean blushed.
"Ara…the whole penthouse to ourselves? I wonder what kind of fun activities we can do together? I'll have to call Ororo and tell her to come over sooner~" Akeno said teasingly.
Asia came back into the room wearing one of her nicest sun dresses. "I'm ready to go!" She said excitedly.
"Bye, Aunt Layla." Akeno said. "Feel free to be gone the entire day…"
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"It's so pretty!" Asia said as she gazed upon the golden city. We were standing at the end of the rainbow bridge. This spot had the best view and I knew that Asia would love it.
"Indeed it is. Asgard is beautiful and the city is a sight that never gets old." Heimdall said as he walked towards us. "Welcome to Asgard, Princess Layla." Heimdall greeted me with a formal bow.
[Princess?]
"Princess?" I asked.
Heimdall nodded. "As the betrothed of Queen Hela, naturally the nobles of Asgard argued over the proper title to refer to you by. Hence, you have been deemed a Princess of Asgard by them until the day you marry the Queen." He explained.
[New Title Unlocked: Princess of Asgard - MP regenerates 10x as fast when fighting on Asgard.]
I shrugged. That title wasn't bad, but it was pretty situational. I don't know how often, if ever, I would actually be fighting on Asgard.
"Oh! You're a real Princess!? That's so amazing, Miss Layla!" Asia exclaimed in excitement.
"I guess, I am now." I replied. "Come on, do you want to teleport to the palace, or fly there?" I asked Asia.
"Can we fly there? I want to see the city from the sky!" Asia said.
I turned to Heimdall and gave him a nod. "We'll be heading off to the palace then."
Heimdall bowed one last time. "The Queen has already been notified of your arrival. Farewell Princess."
Asia was giddy when I scooped her into my arms. My 10 black wings came out behind me and I flew into the skies of Asgard. I surrounded Asia with a small amount of my Light Energy as I flew high in the air to keep her warm. I learned after almost freezing Natasha last time I flew with someone in my arms.
As I was flying over Asgard, I could sense quite a few powerful auras all clustered together in one spot. Hela's aura was amongst them. On the western outskirts of the city there was a large congregation of people.
"What are they all doing down there?" Asia asked as I flew us towards the large group of people.
"Training for war." I said as we got closer. Below us was an army of thousands of Asgardians. There were hundreds of professional soldiers scattered around and instructing people not wearing any armor at all. I wondered if those were newly conscripted soldiers.
People started to notice me flying above and I waved at them as I made my why towards Hela's location. Hela's aura was coming from a large tent in the middle of the camp. Two Asgardian guards bowed to me as I landed in front of them and set Asia down. They looked at her curiously but didn't ask any questions.
I asked if I could enter and they stepped aside.
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