Infinity

Chapter 8 Things Are Different Now

"So, you're a god?"Bruce asks, "Or goddess?"

I chuckle a bit, "As much as I'd love to tell you yes; I'm afraid that I can't. My heart beats the same as yours. My lungs breathe the same as yours. They will both stop eventually, just as yours will, but it'll take an extra five thousand years."

"Five thousand years?"

"I'm afraid so." I say, "Hopefully they fix the Bifrost within the next century, so that I may return and take my place as Queen."

"You're royal?"

"Not here, but at home, yes."

"So how old are you really?" He asks.

"Guess." I say with a smile.

"I would judge, that by your looks, that you are somewhere between three to five hundred years old." Bruce says, continuing to work.

"Wrong."

"Am I close?"

"No, I am a thousand years old." I say, hopping down from the countertop.

He looks at me with disbelief and I can't help but smile; mortals are always so shocked by such information.

"What are you doing?" I ask, picking up a tablet that sits beside him.

"Trying to track any gamma-radiation in order to locate the Tesseract, but so far, I keep getting the ship's coordinates." He says, continuing to tap and manipulate the items on the screen.

"I could help you." I say, pulling down one of the screens.

"Well, if you can figure it out, it would be appreciated." Bruce says.

I start to calibrate the locaters for gamma-rays. Each one wants to show the ship instead of the Tesseract. I continue to zoom in to the coordinates; they show up within the lab.

"Weren't you involved in a gamma-radiation accident?" I ask Bruce.

"Yeah."

"Do you think that you may be shedding some radiation?" I ask.

He scoffs a bit, "No. That would be impossible."

"Then what else could be in this roo-" I start, immediately looking at Delvameg, "Why didn't I think of this before?"

"What?"

I walk over and pull Delvameg from the corner, "The infinity stone within my staff. It is composed of the same matter that the Tesseract is, so surely it would put off the same signals and radiation."

Bruce nods.

"We can scan Delvameg and get specific readings and signatures, and find the Tesseract that much faster." I say.

"Let's do it." He says, clearing his screen and starting from scratch.

I set Delvameg down on a table and we start processing the information immediately. We quickly go through levels of gamma-radiation, energy surges and patterns of the two.

"Stuttgart, Germany. 28, Konigstrasse." Bruce says, "That's the only place with any similar signatures."

"I'll notify the others, so they can retrieve it." I say.

"You mean you're not going?"

"No." I say.

"Why?"

"Not feeling like saving the world today. I figured I'd save that for next Tuesday. But, I may not make it that far; after all, once they get the Tesseract, I'm going home."