Deviation Actions
Literature Text
Artwork by wulfsbane
On an unknown planet far away in an equally as far galaxy…
“Sir, were you able to locate him?” the man asked as Tath Ki continued to rub at the temples of his baldhead, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration.
“It is not that simple Carth. If he is within the dimension of Asgard I am unable to pinpoint his location, it is only when he decides to visit planet Earth that I have been able to pick up small traces,” Tath Ki spoke as his eyes suddenly flew open with excitement, turning to the group of people eagerly waiting behind him.
“He is on Earth, but within three years of a parallel timeline of the Amazon’s location,” Tath spoke as he began to pace back and forth, rubbing a hand across his chin where the single thick yellow line ran from the bottom of his lip to the edge of his chin.
“But Sir, is that even possible? To converge across timelines?” Carth asked, a look of astonishment spreading across his features. Tath brought his pacing to an abrupt halt as he looked to his companion with a smirk.
“You underestimate my power, Carth. I have spanned the galaxies absorbing knowledge from over a million realms. I do not think that teleporting entities from opposing time lines and universes is beyond my capabilities, it will only take extreme concentration,” Tath began as he took a deep breath and stepped away from the distraction of his cohorts that waited impatiently for the arrival of two more gods with which to add to their collection of studies. Tath began to rub at his temples as his telepathic mind went to work, crossing the planes of time. After but a few mere moments, a black portal opened within the center of the large atrium. The group of people behind Tath all began to slowly move backward at the sight of the ominous portal. Suddenly, a female form with dark hair pulled into a bun at the nape of her neck, wearing a suit flew through the portal to the ground with a grunt. She furrowed her eyebrows as she stared down to the floor in annoyance, her hands pushing from the ground to bring her to her feet immediately turning her body in all directions to survey her surroundings.
“Who are you and how have I come to be here?!” the woman bellowed as Tath ignored her and continued to rub at his temples. The portal remained open and only a few seconds after the arrival of the woman, a man with long blonde hair, armor, and wielding a hammer flew through the portal launching right into the woman with a grunt. The two of them rolled to the floor, the man landing atop the woman as he peered down at her with a furrow of his brow. The woman grimaced as she raised her hands to push at his shoulders and seemed surprised when he didn’t budge. The man then raised his head to peer at the group of people focusing on Tath who had since released his temples and therefore, the portal disappeared. The man pushed off the ground, ignoring the woman, as he stood straight up, gripping the hammer’s handle within his palm.
“What is the meaning of this?” the man demanded as the woman leapt to her feet, smoothing a hand over her hair. Tath locked his fingers behind his back as he smiled to the two who just propelled through the portal.
“Greetings, Thor Odinson, Son of Odin, God of Thunder, and King of Asgard. Greetings, Princess Diana of Themyscira, Daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta, Born Queen of the Amazons,” Tath spoke as he looked from Thor and then to Diana in admiration as he did so. Both Thor and Diana took a moment to glance at one another, sizing each other up infinitely.
Diana’s POV
I looked to the man that the bald man referred to as “Thor” and took note at his mention of him being a god. I hadn’t heard of any such god and knew that my very own father, Zeus was the true God of Thunder. I narrowed my eyes at him as my arms crossed over my chest and I started to walk about the room in search of an escape route. Thor gestured to me with his hammer as he spoke to the bald man.
“You think this woman a goddess? She is clothed as if from Earth, she couldn’t possibly be such,” Thor bellowed as my eyes narrowed and I slowly turned around to face him. I cocked my head to one side and brought my arms up, slamming my forearms together where my gauntlets were concealed under my clothes. A bright light flashed through the room sending everyone onto their backs save for the imposter God of Thunder who shielded the blast with his hammer and the bald man who had brought us here. I now stood free of my “Earth” clothes and now clad in my Wonder Woman uniform, red, blue and gold accenting. I watched from the corner of my eye as Thor’s hammer slowly lowered from his face, his expression in a mixed emotion of astonishment and anger. At this moment, I regretted having not brought my sword with me when I went to visit Selina Kyle but managed to conceal my lasso at least. I turned my head to look at the bald man, who somehow shielded himself from my gauntlets without an actual shield to do so.
“Who are you?” I asked the man as he continued to smile at us.
“My name is Tath Ki The-,” the man began to say before Thor so rudely interrupted him.
“Contemplator,” Thor said as he finished his introduction for him. Tath rose his eyebrows in surprise and then nodded once towards Thor.
“You have heard of me?” Tath asked as Thor started to move towards him, raising his hammer as he did so.
“I have made it a point to know all there is to know about your kind, Elder. I would not have pegged you as a collector however, I thought that role to belong to another,” Thor spoke as he continued to move towards Tath.
“Very wise of you to notice, Thor, but I am a collector of sorts, you see. However, I, unlike a collection of material, tangible objects like my counterpart, am a collector of knowledge,” Tath spoke as Thor suddenly raised his hammer above him, a roar of thunder starting to form within the halls of the building we were in. My eyes narrowed in confusion and slight astonishment that he seemingly had the same power to control the stormed skies as my father. I took a stance, ready to fight in whatever battle was currently brewing when Tath raised a finger to his temple and Thor froze in place with the hammer still raised above him. Thor looked confused and frustration was obviously overtaking his demeanor, as he seemingly could not move a muscle. I looked towards Tath as my feet began to propel me forward. I may have not had my sword but it was always secondary to my strength. I watched as Tath raised his other hand to his temple and I found myself frozen in place, just the same. Well, wasn’t this lovely.
“Now that I have both of your attention, allow me to explain why you are here for an infinite amount of time,” Tath began as he released his hands from his temples but continued to keep his gaze on both of us, our bodies still frozen in place.
“Thor is correct. I am The Contemplator, one of the surviving Elders of the Universe and I run a borderline obsession with the thirst for knowledge. You can imagine how in over a million years the knowledge I have been able to consume these past few years has slowly begun to dwindle. I then had the most startling revelation. I had yet to study the powers and overall celestial embodiment that encompasses a god or goddess. Not only that but I had yet to compare those gods or goddesses from different dimensions, different galaxies,” Tath continued as he paced back and forth in front of us, his demeanor calm and collected, his hands still interlaced behind his back. I had not liked where this was going and the fact that a being was able to control me in this way was beginning to drive me mad.
“You two are not the first that I have brought here. In fact, you are the final two that I wanted to study but it took me so long to be able to connect with you on a celestial level enough to teleport you here. You are to remain here for the duration that I see fit long enough to study you. You will do as I command, for you see that I can easily subdue you with the power of my mind. If you try to escape, I will know about it, but honestly unless one of you has discovered the means to create a black hole, I do not foresee that being a problem,” Tath said with a sidelong smirk that I wanted to punch straight off of his smug face.
“Now, I am going to release you from your telepathic freeze and I do hope you play nice. This is only the beginning of the powers that I possess,” Tath said as he waved his hand in front of us and we were both able to move freely again. Thor let out a sudden growl that took me a bit aback.
“This…is…unacceptable! I am the King of Asgard, I have my people to look after, an entire world to protect!” Thor bellowed and I couldn’t help but agree as I too had my own heated affairs on Earth to contend with as I took a step forward to be ahead of Thor.
“I would have to agree. I too have responsibilities to Earth that I simply cannot ignore while playing around as your marionette and curiosity of religious lore, “I spat at him as I watched Thor take a step forward so that he was now ahead of me again. He looked over and down at me with a smirk, his hand twirling the handle of his hammer about in his hand.
“I knew you were of Earth,” he said as I narrowed my eyes at him and took another step forward to yet again, be in front of him, having not been satisfied taking a back seat to his pathetic excuses in claiming himself a god.
“I am a protector of Earth, I hail from Themyscira,” I said as Thor smirked and went to step forward again as I counteracted by stepping forward at the same time.
“And who has ever heard of The Mascara?” Thor asked as I placed my hands on my hips and turned to face him. I could feel a heat beginning to rise up the back of my neck and I was slightly irritated that this man was able to get under my skin so easily.
“As if Ass Guard is so well known?” I asked and Thor took a step toward me now, proving that although I stood tall at five foot eleven he still towered over me another good three to four inches. This however, hadn’t intimidated me in the least. I’d been around much taller men in my time. We stood toe to toe, eyes narrowed on one another as we heard the clearing of a throat. We both turned our heads to look at Tath who had become quite a bit closer to us during our constant competing of forwardness.
“I must admit, this is already turning out far better than I could ever imagine. I had a feeling the two of you would have quite a bit to talk about. As far as your realms, I assure you they will both be fine in your absence. There are others to uphold your responsibilities there,” Tath spoke as I simply could not fathom why this man was so purely obsessed to gain knowledge from us that he inadvertently kidnapped us with interdimensional portal travel. The fact that I even thought those words was baffling, let alone the act itself. Thor stepped forward jutting his hammer in the man’s face for extra emphasis. What was the deal with this man’s hammer anyway? He held onto it as if it were an alternate life force.
“I will not stand for this Contemplator. I will send for the Valkyrie and you will regret having ever brought me here in th-,” Thor began to say before his body suddenly slumped to the floor unconscious. My eyes widened and then narrowed as I moved to step towards Tath, again in a fit of defense.
“Relax, Diana. He is merely asleep. You are obviously the more intelligent one, having accepted your current fate,” Tath spoke as I slowly shook my head at him clenching my fists so tightly I could feel my nails begin to dig into my palms.
“I have accepted nothing, Tath. I will find my way home and you will pay for your insubordination,” I said hotly as he again cracked that wicked, lopsided grin of his.
“Yes, but for the moment, you have accepted the advantage to playing nice. This is why I believe you to be stronger than our Norse god here, but we will keep that our little secret, shall we?” Tath said as he leaned forward when speaking of keeping secrets. I cocked an eyebrow at the mention of the man being Norse and looked down at his still form on the floor. He was certainly not unattractive. Chiseled face, wavy blonde hair, striking blue eyes, masculine build. I’d admit that I was intrigued at this point, but given his brash nature and ridiculous comments, I had yet to make any sort of final decision on my overall opinion of him.
“Come then, I will show you to your room,” Tath said as he motioned to one of the men behind him towards Thor. No doubt giving him the signal to move him to his own room. I began to walk alongside Tath as I peered behind me for a moment watching as four men struggled to pick Thor up and had to call over a fifth to help them. I smirked to myself as I turned back around as we approached a marble door. Tath pushed the door open to reveal a rather expansive space that would serve as my prison cell for the indefinite future. Tath nodded once at me and moved to close the door but paused to speak one last moment.
“As I said, I will know your attempts to escape and therefore your door will remained unlocked. Think of yourself not as a prisoner but as a glorified science experiment instead, hmm?” Tath said with a smile before closing the door behind him. A science experiment? Yes, because that made me feel better. I slowly made my way around the room running my fingers along the different items I passed. The décor was futuristic with a classic quality to it, but there wasn’t any clue given as to what galaxy I was even in. I could millions of light years away from Earth for all I knew. I let out a sigh when suddenly I heard a loud growl and then a very loud crack followed by a metallic, BONG! Sound. My eyes widened as I turned my head towards the source of the sound, seeing part of Thor’s hammer now sticking through my own side of the wall. I crossed my arms over my chest with a sigh. This was going to be interesting.
