Space is not my jam

Katherine "Kitty" Pryde * 24 years old * X-Men * A brand new world

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Carol’s eyes scan the world around her. She heard people panicking and breathed in dust all around her. The woman wasted no time and stood up slowly, with such strength that it was as if the fall didn’t hurt her at all. Though it did hurt, she had to be ready for anything. Carol heard footsteps behind her, she gradually turns around to face the two women approaching her. Carol narrowed her eyes slightly at them, ready for an attack if there would be one.

The women looked powerful themselves. One had lovely long blonde hair and fierce eyes that reminded Carol of the most frightening storms, the kind that amaze an you. The other was more soft, with light brown hair, and eyes that could see right through you. It was the soft one who introduced herself quickly, trying to avoid an attack.

“Captain Marvel.” She replied, her head was a bit dazed from the sudden fall. X-men? She wasn’t quite sure who that was. But judging by how this Kitty was calm there must be nothing to worry about. How did she land on Earth? The skrulls…

Carol tensed and quickly looked up at the sky. “Nice meeting you ladies but I need to go.” She immediately tried to gain up all her energy. But there was already so much lost from being pulled from her universe. Energy glowed around her but not enough to make her spark brighter than the sun as it always did. She knew she had to rest and work up her energy but the Skrulls needed her. Carol strained herself, taking deep breaths and holding her head for a moment. “I need to go. There was dust. They turned to dust. I have to go!” She tried again, blasting hersef into the air for a few seconds with her remaining energy then falling to the ground. She took deep breaths. Even if she couldn’t muster up her energy she looked fierce while trying.

Torunn looked over at Kitty, assessing how the other was moving. She’d know Kitty for some months now. The brunette had helped her adjust to this new world since the pair were going through exactly the same things. She had seen enough to know Kitty was a skilled warrior and her judgement was usually quite good. So for now Torunn would hold back and not charge blindly into attacking the newcomer.

Besides… Captain Marvel? The name rang a bell.

When the blonde moved about Torunn tensed again, silently watching and trying to work out if this stranger was friend or foe. Torunn eventually began to lean slightly towards friend more than foe….

When this Captain Marvel began to speak of people turning to dust, Torunn blinked and looked over at Kitty. That had happened FIVE YEARS AGO, hadn’t it? Neither Kitty nor Torunn had been there for it happening but they knew about it from what the survivors had told them. Had this only just happened to the female?

Torunn was about to comment when the female tried to fly away and failed. She stepped forwards and offered her hand to the female who had fallen to the ground. “We know,” she remarked, as softly as an Asgardian could. “Many turned to dust. It happened everywhere. From what planet have you come from?”

As far as Torunn was aware only THIS UNIVERSE had been affected by Thanos - if this woman was speaking of people turning to dust then it made sense she was from here, and if she could fly and come from space then it also only made sense she was from another planet. Not Asgard though….. 

“You’re alright, rest for a moment. Are you sure you’re alright?” A warrior at heart, it still hurt Torunn to see someone in pain. And if the dusting was still fresh for this woman then Torunn didn’t want to put pressure on her or make the situation worse. “You’re on Earth,” she then added, hoping she was helpful and flashing a bright smile.

Certainly weirder things had happened to Kitty than a female falling from the sky and landing in front of her. Being a member of the X-Men almost meant it was an everyday occurrence at certain points in her life. But whilst back then such things had been fine and were commonplace, now it was a cause of concern.

The whole arrival was a worry. Kitty moved forwards with Torunn, worried about Carol - sure she wasn’t HER Carol but any Carol was bound to be a good person. “You’re not alright and you need to rest.” There had to be somewhere close by they could take Captain Marvel, just to give her a bit of a breather. But aside from run-down diners there wasn’t too much else Kitty knew about. The X-Mansion was way outside the city limits, as was the Avengers mansion. Maybe Torunn knew a place?

Thinking quickly, she said, “We know about the dusting. It happened here too. It happened--” No. She couldn’t just come right out and say it had happened five years ago. That might not help the situation, and she didn’t need an enraged Captain Marvel on her hands. “You can’t help anyone if you’re injured yourself or have no energy. You KNOW that. Stubbornness is a nice trait - sometimes. Right now, not so much. It won’t help anyone.” She straightened up and added, “We can’t really stop you leaving - not if you really want to go. But maybe we need to have a talk about this dusting, huh?”

Captain Marvel was a huge asset to any team. She was powerful and strong-willed (at least the Captain Marvel Kitty knew was). And if she did just come from out there in space, maybe she’d be helpful. It’d be good to know the state of other planets.

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Originally posted by where-our-stories-start

A blast sparked in the sky and they saw what appeared to look like a meteorite or shooting star headed towards the city. It was bright gold and seemed to have been flickering, losing light. It crashed onto the ground, revealing a woman’s body as soon as the light around her disappeared. Last Carol remebered, she had completed her goal.

The ship of Skrull refugees landed on a lush green planet. Far from the war. Skrull families walked onto the planet altogether. Their cheers rose into the air, full of happiness, but gradually those cheers turned into screams as their loved ones filled that air with dust. The remaining families cried out to Carol, reaching out to her. But then she felt a rip in her very body, like being torn apart. She had been transported to another universe.

Now she lay in the rubble trying to process what had happened. Carol groaned and stood up. City folk surrounded her in confusion and shock.

Torunn was glad that some parts of normality had remained - sure this starbucks they were drinking was not as good as the original (so she had been told). It was a knock-off, but it was something. They all needed caffeine and they all needed something that reminded them of what life used to be like.

People were REBUILDING, they were making anew. Not everyone who remained was willing to carry on with life - a lot of people were mad and angry, some went into hiding. But life had to go on. People had to keep going. It had been five years, things like this knock off small coffee cart was nice to see.

She was about to reply to Kitty when the Earth broke - or the sky opened or… something HAPPENED. Torunn tensed, then relaxed and spun around into a fighting stance. Her eyes narrowed and she focused on the source of the disturbance. “What is–” She glanced at Kitty, nodded, then rushed forwards.

It was a WOMAN, Or an alien. Who knew. They were FEMALE like. And she looked almost familiar. Friend or foe?

The few people out in the street -about a dozen or so, stopped and stared, then nearly ALL of them ran. Torunn didn’t blame them. They had seen far too much to need to get involved.

“Who are you?” she questioned, readying herself to summon her sword and lightning if need be.

Her coffee cup dropped from her hands and fell to the sidewalk as she looked at Torunn and the two moved forwards almost as one. Kitty was used to weird things happening - and things falling from the sky? That actually happened A LOT. 

But this wasn’t a good place for anything to fall. People were only just starting to come around and if this was a new invasion or anything like that then there would be no hope for the people of this earth. They couldn’t survive anything like that.

As the dust settled, Kitty tensed and prepared herself. She fought that FLIGHT instinct and remained in case she had to fight. Quickly her eyes scanned the scene. Most bystanders had fled, and only the figure in the smoke remained. When her eyes adjusted she almost gasped.

“What the flark?” she muttered then held out a hand to Torunn to get her to stay and remain calm. “I know--” No. She DIDN’T know this Carol, but she knew the Carol Danvers on her Earth pretty well. “That’s Captain Marvel,” she whispered quickly and confidently. Well she HOPED it was Carol. And she sure had a way of making a dramatic entrance just like the Carol Danvers she knew.

Kitty rushed forwards then stopped a few feet away. “Hey! Hey, you alright?” she said, eyes scanning over the female. “That was quite the land. Pretty grand entrance, you got everyone’s attention. But that had to hurt. You okay?” She glanced at Torunn then back to Carol. “I’m Kitty, Kitty Pryde. Member of the X-Men - well, sort of. I’m not really a member of this X-Men, there’s sort of a--” 

Yeah, she was babbling.

“What happened?” She asked.

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Man, Rogue and Kitty are dressed to kill! I mean, listen, anyone drawn by Alan Davis looks nice, but still.

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Torunn didn’t know much about Kitty - she’d met her a few times here and there. Had sparred once… but that was a LONG story. 

The blonde princess gaped for a second, then gave a hearty laugh. “STARKBUCKS” she exclaimed, almost in wonder. It seemed as though Tony Stark was the same in every universe. He needed a fix, needed his caffeine to work. 

“The Tony I know– knew would love to hear about that idea,” the blonde said, before taking a sip from her Starbucks cup. “He would be setting up shop everywhere that he could.” She loved Tony more than she loved most people, more than she loved nearly every single other person. He was crazy, eccentric, and loved his coffee. But… Starkbucks seemed a step too far.

“A-are you just kidding?” She sometimes was a bit slow with jokes

Kitty gave an amused grin, looking at Torunn over her cup of coffee. Aw, little thing. She’d never had the delight of a Starkbucks drink - and she believed everything. 

“Maybe. A little.” She held up her index finger and thumb, doing that universal gesture of little. “There WAS a Starkbucks campaign, ran for a month or two. A little promotional event in honour of Iron Man. They did things for other Avengers too. But it was never an official and complete name change.”

Kitty shrugged, then took a sip of the life-giving coffee. Man, she really needed this. It sometimes amazed her that places like STARBUCKS could still remain open. Yet at the same time, people needed normality. They needed the familiar. And they needed coffee.

“Surely the Tony you knew was always drinking coffee too? Never without some form of caffeine nearby.”

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Every time that Kitty thought she knew what was going on in this new world, something happened to throw her completely off her game. There were so many similarities between this world and the world she grew up in - but those tiny differences were crazy and kind of made the x-woman feel homesick. 

But this time she was glad that there was a difference. Fucks sake it was a good thing that there was no STARKBUCKS in this universe. Tony totally didn’t need his ego inflated more than it already was.

“Boy am I so glad this is called starbucks, you have NO IDEA how insufferable Tony Stark was when the Starkbucks line of coffee shops opened....”