34 The Battle Of Asgard: II

"Yeah, yeah, right." Jerry shrugged, his mood was a bit off. 

Well, his side of the mission was met with a failure after all. Jerry wasn't able to destroy Malekith's mothership. The ship had disappeared right before his army could infiltrate it, causing the failure. Malekith's stealth system was so advanced that even Heimdall couldn't see it.

Jerry thinks that its stealth is based on the powers of Aether.

"Don't... Get in my way!!" Malekith who had been pushed to the ground by Wanda was frustrated, yelling in rage, he charged but was crushed to the ground again by Wanda. She was also restraining Kurse at the same time.

Jerry walked with his arms behind his back towards the unmoving and growling Malekith. 

Jerry had a really nice grin behind his mask. The failure earlier wouldn't matter when he gets the head of the main villain...

He brought his hands forward, and in his hand was the Sceptre...

A single tap on their chest was all it took for them to become completely silent and enter a trance state.

Thor and Odin rushed to the chamber not long after. The father and son duo were relieved to see everything already concluded for the better. 

Odin hugged Frigga, for some reason, this time he was more relieved to feel her warmth and beating heart.

Odin then turned towards Jerry.

"You have Asgard's gratitude for aiding in the defense and restraining the source of this evil. Jerry Anderson, you shall be rewarded accordingly."

"I didn't really help out for the reward, but thanks.", Jerry gave a short bow of respect. 

This was just a courtesy, he didn't really like Odin after knowing how hypocritical he was in the MCU, but Jerry still cared for his life and chose to 'show' respect at the very least.

Also, this declination of the reward was just for a show as well. Jerry knew that he'd need that favor in just a few minutes to force Odin to agree to his demand.

"Now then, let's get the Aether out of Jane's body."

They walked to Jane's chamber.

"Is that Loki's Sceptre, Son of Ander?" Thor inquired, he remembered S.H.E.I.L.D. taking custody of it.

"Uh..." Jerry didn't know how to correct Thor's misunderstanding of his name, "Yes, well. A malicious organization had stolen this from S.H.E.I.L.D., so I thought that it was better with me than them. And, please just call me Jerry."

Thor nodded and Wanda chuckled lightly. Pietro also came, with a swish. He didn't have any particularly important role in this mission. So, Jerry had just assigned him the task of keeping the citizens out of harm's way. And he did his job well.

Jerry then made the fallen king of the dark elves remove the Aether from Jane's body. 

Malekith pointed his hands towards Jane and the Aether in its chaotic form was slowly extracted from Jane's body.

Jane fell limp after the extraction, Thor carried her to the medical chambers. Jerry then stored the Aether in an organo-metallic container. 

Odin asked Jerry to hand over the Aether as it was a really dangerous tool for destruction. But Jerry requested him to lend him the Aether for a week.

He said that he wanted to learn more about the Aether from the brainwashed Malekith. And this was the sole reason he went this far to help Asgard. He also brought up Odin's promise earlier. 

Thankfully, Odin didn't push this matter any further and accepted Jerry's demand, which included giving him the Aether for a week and the postponement of Malekith's death sentence for a week as well.

"And yeah, this isn't over yet. Malekith's mothership is still hovering somewhere, before we can take that out, we shouldn't rest fre—" Jerry's words were interrupted by a loud crashing sound.

*Boooooooom*

A small dark elf craft had just crashed into the floor below. 

No one had expected this, not even Jerry. This was the second ship that had crashed into the towering royal palace of Asgard today and it was even invisible till the last moment. 

Due to the crash, in an instant, the floor collapsed and everyone present in the room fell. 

Everyone was too surprised, Pietro as well, but he was a bit better than everyone else since he was perceiving everything in slow motion. 

Pietro was fast, but not so fast to protect every person in the room from falling. But doing everything he could, the speedster went to catch his falling sister but found out that she was already secured by an unseen force — Jerry.

He smiled, 'That old coot impresses me sometimes.'

As the dust settled and everyone gathered themselves, they noticed that Malekith and Kurse were nowhere to be seen. 

"Another one is comin—" Pietro warned of another incoming ship that was going to crash into the building.

This was going to be deadly for all of them and knowing that Jerry and Wanda focussed all their telekinetic output to push back and redirect the ship. 

That's when Odin used his Gungir to blast the ship off with cosmic energy.

"Haah~ hah~ I really thought it was the end for us." Jerry panted as he relaxed, he had strained himself too much to stop the ship's great momemtum.

"Yeah." Wanda smiled, wiping the sweat off her face.

But then... 

"Jerry!" Wanda cried.

A sword pierced through Jerry's chest. Dark crimson blood was spurted off his chest. He was lifted above using the sword as leverage, the one behind it was Kurse.

Wanda blasted the monstrous dark elf away and caught Jerry in her arms. 

In the meantime, Kurse and Malekith escaped using another ship that was waiting for them at the edge of the broken wall. The Aether was snatched from Jerry's hands when he was impaled. 

Seeing the heavily wounded Jerry, Wanda's eyes were shedding tears nonstop, and her heart was pricked with pain at each grunt from Jerry's mouth.

"Jerry, Jerry, can you hear me!" Wanda called him out.

Jerry winced in pain as he saw the blood from his chest. 

'The sword has pierced me at a fatal spot. A moment of letting my guard down is going to cost me my life, huh....? How could I be so foolish in this dangerous fuck of universe... Did I become too lax after escaping Thanos... Fuck it, and this is happening when I am this close to my goal...'

Jerry coughed.

'This mainly happened because I failed to destroy Malekith's mothership before coming here. Also, after capturing him, I became too careless, forgetting about my failure earlier.' 

'I'm feeling really weak right now... And my chest hurts like hell. I don't even know why I'm thinking all this. But why is it that I feel so at ease...?' 

"Please be with me, Jerry!" Wanda cried softly as she hugged his head.

Hearing her voice, Jerry came out of his lamentation. As he saw her snotty, crying face, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of pain in his heart.

'So, I'm gonna die, huh... this scene feels familiar somehow... Oh, yeah. I was in this exact same pose when I was acting dead with Gamora... that poor girl. And this one too, they both look so heartbroken. As if I am someone important to them...'

"Wanda, for one last time, enter my mind..." Jerry uttered weakly.

Wanda was heartbroken when she heard that, but sniffing, she nodded and closed her eyes.

They were in a completely white space. Jerry was standing a bit far away, smiling...

"Well, I guess I don't have much time to live, huh," Jerry said, his voice could come out better here.

Wanda couldn't hold back her tears even here.

Jerry walked up to her and cupped her cheeks, "Hey, I didn't say that to make you to cry..." 

Wanda nodded and wiped her eyes, she asked for a way to save him. "Isn't there anything that we can do to save you?"

"Even if we use Asgard's technology, I can't be saved. I have a few more seconds at max to live."

Jerry snapped and the scene changed to a pleasant snow field. "I'm glad that time here works differently, I can say everything I want to without rushing..."

"There is so much that I want to say to you but let me's start with how you will make your country a better place. I can't die without fulfilling my end of our initial deal, now can I?"

Jerry told her about the skeleton of the plan and told her that she shouldn't let the Sceptre get taken away by Asgard or anyone as it was a crucial part of his plan. Brainwashing people in higher positions was a pretty useful skill after all. 

Wanda's brainwashing skill was good but not as efficient as the Sceptre's.

Jerry also advised her against getting too obsessed with revenge against Tony Stark, he especially told her not to get anyone else involved in her personal revenge.

He then showed her the reality of the bomb dropped on their home. About how Tony had literally no hand in that attack, except for making the weapon. 

He also told her about Tony's side of the story, about how he realized that his weapons were used for wrong, and about how he became Iron Man.

"I won't ask you to change your mind, I just wanted you to know the truth. If you still want revenge, go for it. But as I always say, don't overdo it. Just give him what he deserves not what you think he deserves..."

Wanda nodded as she held her tears back. 

He was asking her a lot. But he thought that it was good for her to not stay on the same path as she did in the MCU. The fate of Wanda in MCU was just too pitiful and sad.

He has come to care a lot for her and was just trying to make her life even a bit better...

'Is it really just care... Who am I kidding, I love her... but I know that she won't reciprocate. At least in this disgusting body... that's why I was waiting... but now, there's no time...'

Jerry looked at her face, "Wanda, there is one last thing that I want to say...", He cupped her face, "I have come to love you. I guess I am saying it too late, but I was just waiting to get into my handsome body, oh well..."

Wanda gasped as she covered her mouth, she had loved him too, her heart was in even more pain, now. She sobbed and then kissed him, on his lips.

This surprised him greatly. He never expected to get kissed by her, at least in this ugly, noseless, and wrinkled body. 

Jerry shut his eyes, trying to keep his tears in, feeling even more regret. But there was nothing that he could do. As he kissed Wanda he just hugged her tightly as if not wanting to ever let go...

His body began to crack and fade... but using his last mental strength, Jerry gave her a beaming smile. "Enjoy life, okay? And try to not miss this handsome alien a lot..."

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Jerry was dead. 

This time for real. 

Nobody knew but it should be a cause for celebration.

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