Chapter 1: TVA

(This is my first FanFiction so please give constructive criticism if you have any. There is also Loki season two spoilers for those who haven't watched it yet)

"God! Damn it! Why the Hell! Is the due date Today." Ranger, an aspiring game developer, is met with his worst enemy 'Due Dates.'

"Okay. After the graphics and code are correctly fixed I can call it a night." Clicking noises emitted from Rangers keyboard as He had placed down a finger as fast as he could.

To others hearing this noise could remark it as lighting strikes for how fast Ranger was typing, but in Ranger's mind all he had cared about was finishing his corrections before midnight. Which was the due date.

As the final key sounded off of Rangers keyboard. Ranger swore he could hear a symphony of music in His victory, but all Ranger had cared about was two things first, Firing the Jackass who screwed him up and the Second was to get some shut eye after reading his inbox notifications.

After a brief break Ranger had opened a new tab going to his Email opening any new messages he may find. Once opening his Gmail Four new messages opened up the first being his Boss.

Sender : Jorge Morales Date Sent: December 1,2023 Opened: December 2,2023.

"Ranger you bastard I gave you plenty of chances and this was the Fucking last Straw. I'm tired of your lazy ass work ethic and now I'm happy to tell you your fucking fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!."

The message had read nothing good starting with swear words on how late Ranger was in delivering the finished product. But nothing Ranger hadn't expected so Ranger also wrote a message back to His old Boss.

"Well Fuck you! You uncharitable piece of shit! You expect me to work with people under me who screw me over at the last minute! And Now I'm Fired! Well guess what I don't Fucking care and am happy to be rid of you and hope you go fucking drown in a Godamn River!"

After finishing the last sentence of Rangers' very engrossed message. Ranger had it sent and had felt like a weight that's been aching at him for five years has finally been lifted.

Ranger then exhaled some air in relief and thought "Onto the next one." After opening up the next message it had read.

Sender: Sherry Curt Sent: November 30,2023 Opened: December 2,2023

Sherry was Ranger's Girlfriend from high school they both were the definition of highschool sweethearts and once Ranger had seen Sherry's mail notification a smile had appeared on his downed face hoping to get good news sadly he was mistaken.

"I'm sorry Ranger I can't do this any more for several reasons, one being you still don't have a phone in this day and age and that mainly I'm in love with someone else. So I'm sorry, But I hope we don't see each other again. Or ever."

That Smile that had once been on Ranger's face had soon passed at the start of reading Sherry's message. Several thoughts had left his mind starting with the obvious.

"How long has She been in love? Why did she tell me now of all times, why wasn't I aware?" Several of these questions repeated in his mind until emotions had festered throughout his mind only talking to one emotion. ANGER.

Rangers fingers had once again hit the keyboard with lighting speed and with thunderous rage typing. "Well fuck you bitch! I knew you were a cheating whore from the get go and only kept you for your Goddamn body. I don't need you anymore with my new bitch on the side so go on with your life you Motherfucker!"

Ranger didn't mean any of what he wrote, but with a combination of some alcohol and the anger he already had from his Boss. Ranger had pressed send and the message was then gone from his viewing screen.

Ranger had placed both of his hands on his head thinking "what have I done?" After five minutes of thinking and sighing Ranger steeled himself and closed his tab to then open his next message from the IRS which wasn't very good in its own right.

Sender: Internal Revenue Service[IRS] Sent: December 1, 2023 Opened: December 2, 2023

"Dear, Mr. Croft, I am Richard Creed of the Internal Revenue Service or more commonly known as the IRS. And I'm here to inform you that your Mortgage is down 70% than what it was used to and that if this continues we of the IRS are inclined to take your home from you if you cannot pay the mortgage fees by the end of january. Thank you for your time and please have a nice day."

Ranger wasn't that pleased with the IRS agent's tone of words, but unlike what he did with Sherry he had just decided to ignore the annoying message and went to his last Email He had received today.

Unlike the first three Emails Ranger received, the fourth one was from someone he had no knowledge of.

Sender: Bartheomew Pitt Sent: December 2,2023 Opened December 2,2023

"Hello Mister Croft it is my understanding that you are in need of a job and I have the perfect job for you. I'd like you to please test a world of my very own creation and hope that you enjoy it as much as you do normally if not more than your only worlds you've created. If you are to accept I will reward you with what no man could dream of and hope you enjoy my World. Of Course I won't force you since I respect your opinion and free will and will await a favorable decision."

The weirdness about this message was the coincidence when it was sent. Ranger was honestly freaked on how this person seemed to know of his situation before he could even grasp it.

But before Ranger even cared on how this stranger knew his situation it didn't bother him. As for what had taken his attention was the stranger wording. Ranger was a video game developer yet this stranger calls them 'Worlds.' "What could He mean?"

Ranger had thought to himself on this factor and what it could've meant. Another Piece of information that took Rangers' attention was the unimaginable rewards he could be granted. Greed soon filled His eyes and sent a response to ask a question.

"What kind of rewards?" Without a moment of waiting Ranger received another email from the same Bartheomew Pitt. Where Pitt states "Powers that could rival Gods….." At that one sentence Ranger knew this man was full of it and decided to ignore the rest of the message and just turned off his monitor and stretched out onto his chair.

VROOM

A sudden sound escalated behind Ranger who thought it was honestly just a whistle behind his ears until. Ranger noticed his mug of coffee half drank started to levitate off the ground with the dark liquid floating in the air.

That's what took Rangers' attention as the Liquid started flowing and a huge drop of cold coffee floated around Ranger going behind him. As Ranger turned around, what was met surprised and scared Ranger showing a ripe time. A Portal.

As if it was a story out of fantasy an orange circular portal began sucking up everything and anything in the room from the coffee mug to the chair Ranager was sitting in. As the chair began levitating off the ground so did Ranger, but instead of falling into the portal Ranger grabbed the desk his monitor and laptop were on holding for his dear life until the portal's vacuum became too strong sucking Ranger inside closing with a loud.

VROOM

After the portal closed Ranger closed his eyes finding only darkness even if he opened them until after several long seconds did Ranger hear a voice.

"RJ...RJ...…RJ!!!!!!!" Suddenly Ranger woke up staring at a man He didn't know to question him. "Why aren't you delivering the report on your desk to B1?"

Ranger was confused and had many questions going throughout his mind. But decided against questions until He learned where He exactly was.

"Hey RJ you okay?" Asked the mysterious man.

Ranger then looked at this mysterious figure capturing details on what the man looked like. Seeing that this man was wearing business-like attire with only long slacks and black tie. In the man's coat pocket were two different colored pens, green and orange. Ranger then looked to the man's left hand holding an orange book titled T.V.A. And the man's watch on his left wrist resembles two rectangles touching each other.

Ranger somehow knew this person from one of his newly favorite TV series, the side character in Loki. "Cassey?"

Cassey was confused on why Ranger would say his name like he hadn't known him for long, but simply ignored it telling him as He left. "Okay. RJ I know you're a jokester, but make sure you deliver that report to B15's desk before the day is done."

As Cassey left Ranger to his report. Ranger confused even more than he was before with even more questions than answers. Where instead of last time of not thinking of questions to now where the questions won't stop of why or how he was essentially in the Marvel Universe.

Ranger kept questioning himself if he went insane or not. Until with a swiping of his hand onto the desk by a tantrum of not knowing where He was or if he did He's lost it entirely. At that swipe upon the desk a piece of paper could be heard falling off.

At the sight of the paper Ranger grabbed it from the back side flipping it over to see what was written. It was the report That Cassey had mentioned before. Ranger couldn't describe what he was feeling from what He was reading. As the report was titled "Report on Iron man Hearts."

Ranger, still confused could at least know one piece of information and that was He wasn't in his world any more and instead in the world of his Favorite Marvel Comics.

Out of necessity for answers Ranger ran towards Cassey tapping his shoulder and begged "Restroom! Where is it?"

Cassey was confused and simply pointed towards the hallway saying "Um. Two rights and a Left."

As Ranger heard those words He had followed them exactly running to the restroom in the hall slamming the door. Leading to four urinals and four stalls. Ranger made his way to wash his face off.

"Alight. Alight. I'm in the Marvel universe. Inside the TVA. For whatever the reason is…."

At this Thought Ranger remembered something the last message He received from Bartholomew Pitt "Powers that rival Gods. Since you have an interest I make certain you are interested in my World. So I will send a gateway to where you are so that you may come over."

Everything finally made some sense in Rangers head. "This Pitt was the reason as to why I'm here, but what is this game?"

Suddenly at that thought from Rangers head. A clear red panel with white italics appeared at face view in front of Ranger reading.

"Hello user. I am the Marvel Survival System."

Ranger freaked out and decided to wash his eyes out only to see the same message still saying. "Hello User. I am the Marvel Survival System."

Ranger was confused, but His curiosity outweighed it asking. "Why am I here?"

The System took a minute to answer, causing Ranger to become impatient. Shortly after that the system responded. "User Ranger Johnathan Croft. You are here to Survive this world until your timely passing of natural causes."

Ranger was angry and scared, but mainly the latter since this being known as Pitt placed him in the world of his dreams for free causing Ranger to be suspicious.

Out of caution Ranger asked the System "What does Pitt get out of this?"

The System again took a minute to answer and once it did it had shocked Ranger. "Data."

Ranger soon asked the system to elaborate, but the System didn't answer instead it talked about its three functions.

"My first function is Missions. Each mission the System provides will be mandatory to complete unless the system says otherwise. Missions will also be graded from 1 to 5 in difficulty. Of course with every completed mission the System will bestow the correct amount of Mission points or MP for the System Shop.

My Second function is the Shop. Based on how many MP you have depends on what you can buy. The User may buy both Skills and Items of any Marvel Characters be them living or deceased.

My Third and final function is Inventory where I am able to store a certain amount of items the user gives the current limit amount is Ten Items. Note the User can also use MP to purchase more room for items. Note max capacity is 100 Items in Inventory."

After the description of these Functions Ranger could still hardly believe it until a door opened averting Ranger's attention to Cassey again. Who looked annoyed saying "RJ. B15 is expecting that report on her desk in ten minutes and if she doesn't get it. I don't know what'd happen to you."

The Ranger was nervous to see if Cassey could see the system, but thankfully He couldn't after Ranger pointed to the mirror that projected the System on top of it.

As Cassey stared at Ranger He shrugged and gave up going to his desk to prepare for a pissed B15 and closing the door from the restroom in the process.

DINK

Rangers' attention was taken again by the System seeing a new prompt reading.

"Mission: Deliver Your Report

Difficulty:1

Info: B15 is expecting your report so that she can determine the area you're most suited for in the new TVA after LOKI the Savior of the Temporal Timeline freed them.

Reward: Ten MP, Possible enlistment into TVA

Failure: Death"

After Ranger had finished the debriefing of His first mission Ranger began to sweat bullets at a single five lettered word 'Death?'