Sat alone in the training room, Naomi quickly grew bored of counting the cracks and playing with the bottle in her hand, and several times she had caught herself reaching for her phone in her bag. It was practically useless now- the Sakaarian atmosphere messed with it somehow, or at least thats what Naomi hoped. Either the planet was causing the screen to glitch out of control overtime she tried to access the internet- or her phone was broken from her fall a week ago. Seeing that her phone was one of the few ways she could prove her claims of knowing the future, it was kind of important that it started working again once she got off of Sakaar.

Gathering her things and heading back to the med bay- where she still slept- seemed like the best route to go, until Naomi heard large footsteps thumping down the hallway outside. An amused smile on her face, she shoved her water bottle back into her bag and stood up. Just as she predicted, the green giant himself walked through the doors, looking very restless indeed. Hulk hardly noticed her as he stalked to a busted punching bag in the corner, intent on breaking it even further. It might have been intimidating, but after day two of meeting Hulk, she figured out that he got antsy after being still for long periods of time. Even after waking up, the champion could be seen- and heard- thundering down to the training room to break something.

"Hey Hulk. Did you want to keep training?" Naomi asked, hovering around the edge of the room. Hulk whisked around at the sound of her voice, started somewhat, but calmed down once he saw it was her. Frowning, Hulk considered her offer, sending a quick glance around the room to see that he hadn't left much unbroken equipment for himself after his first bout that morning. He grunted, showing off his teeth in an animalistic show of frustration, before turning back to Naomi.

"Hulk sit for hours." He complained, throwing his hands up for emphasis. If Naomi hadn't known not to annoy him, she might have laughed. He truly was a giant, green, muscular toddler. Instead, she kept her face passive, and a little sympathetic. It was a skill she picked up from working in an office. Crazy to think that dealing with her eccentric boss helped her deal with the Incredible Hulk later in life.

"Hulk want to fight!" He clenched his fists, a new fire in his eyes. "Hulk fight now!"

Naomi hesitated for a moment, unsure what to do next. A riled up Hulk was right in front of her, itching to punch something that could fight back. It also made sense that the contest of champions had been set for tomorrow, so it had been nearly a week since Hulk last fought someone in real combat. Searching for something to say, Naomi managed, "Uh, who do you want to fight?"

This took Hulk aback slightly, as he probably hadn't figured out who yet. He thought for a moment, and looked at Naomi. "War Girl need fight. Good training." He decided. Starting to get a bit nervous, as the Hulk still seemed quite serious about this fight, Naomi resorted to her last line of defense. Comedy.

"Are you sure you wanna fight me?" She nervously laughed. "I mean, I have been getting pretty strong lately." Naomi stretched her arms out in front of her over-exaggeratedly, keeping a cocky smile on her face. It was a bit of a last-ditch effort, but hopefully Hulk would find the implication that she could beat him funny enough to distract him from actually fighting her.

For a few, painstaking seconds, the Hulk didn't say anything. His face was frozen in its previous expression-a frown- and he didn't move. Naomi felt her heart slow down, keeping the sarcastic grin on her face despite her increasing apprehension. Gradually, his face began to clear, and then all at once the Hulk began to laugh- great big roars that followed in quick succession. Naomi's sense of relief was so immense, that she could of sworn she had never felt so grateful to hear someone laugh. Even if the Hulk was hurting her eardrums a bit. Needless to say, the champion found it hilarious, and had even begun to bend over slightly, clutching his stomach with one arm as he wheezed for breath.

After a bit, Naomi almost began to feel offended that he thought so lowly of her strength, but she pushed the thought away. Obviously she would never win against him- she was a human with little fighting experience- and he was a giant who lived to rip people apart. Naomi was just glad that he got the joke.

"Oh yeah?" Naomi grinned, drawing the Hulk's attention. "What's so funny?" Despite herself, Naomi let a few giggles slip as the sight of the Hulk incapacitated with laughter was rather peculiar. "I'm very strong, wanna see?" Naomi smirked widely, and put up her fists in her battle stance. She was aware that she was now inviting the Hulk to do the one thing she had been hoping distract him from, but Naomi was fairly certain that he wasn't taking this 'fight' seriously anymore.

Hulk calmed his laughter a bit, walking out to the center of the room with a giddy smile. "War Girl funny." He said. Naomi chuckled as she walked out to meet him. "Funny Girl," Hulk laughed.

"Well Funny Girl is about to win this, huh?" Naomi boasted, putting her hands on her hips and jutting out her chin in the picture of sarcastic confidence. Hulk cackled once more, and put up his fists. Naomi copied his posture, and soon started in with a series of punches to his stomach, which he didn't even bother to block. The entire situation was obviously the funniest thing in the world to him, as he jokingly stepped back with every punch as if it affected him. Naomi played her part well, with overly dramatic grunts and wind-ups to strike, even if she fell prey to laughter several times.

Deciding to 'fight back,' Hulk reared a giant fist back, and began to bring it down onto Naomi with a grin. Seeing the oncoming attack, Naomi brought up her own fist to meet it, and the pair subsequently knocked their hands against each other, and the Hulk fell back with the 'force of the blow'. It was reminiscent of a moment in the fight between Hulk and the Hulkbuster, but Naomi wasn't about to bring that up. Instead, she giggled unabashedly as the Hulk roared in defeat, splayed out on the floor.

-----Valkyrie POV-----

While Loki hadn't tried to poach any of her booze, he was still the recipient of several dirty glances from Valkyrie as they trekked through the hallways of the Grandmaster's tower. She led the two princes through the never-ending always that seemed to create a small maze, and yet somehow she knew her way through them and never wavered in choosing a direction. Thor and Loki were left to trail behind her in the small pocket created around Valkyrie as she sifted through large crowds. Clearly, she was a woman of some eminence in the tower, and was recognizable to the staff.

After a few moments they traveled into a more exclusive area, populated much less with only a few attendants darting about. This was the general living space for all persons of importance in the tower, but Valkyrie wasn't a tour guide and thus didn't bother explaining that to the princes. Her own quarters were located in the complex, but they didn't need to know that. What was important, was that the Hulk's private training room was just a few twists and turns away from where the group was currently walking.

"You've made a great big show of yourself," Loki began to speak, unable to see Valkyrie's expression immediately sour from his position behind her. "But just because you know Naomi doesn't mean you have the authority to order us around like-"

"What my brother was trying to say," Thor cut him off, ignoring Loki's subsequent glare. Valkyrie kept her gaze ahead the entire time, focused on leading them to the training room instead of getting caught up in another royal family fight. "Is that we do not know your name, my lady."

Valkyrie cocked an eyebrow upwards. Even if the melodramatic one hadn't any manners, the eldest brother knew how to act civil, which Valkyrie supposed was enough for an answer to his question. They would find out from Naomi soon enough anyway, so there was little harm in it. "Call me Valkyrie." She said shortly.

She couldn't see their faces, but if she did Valkyrie would have rolled her eyes in amusement at their shocked expressions. They were almost as surprised as when she casually mentioned Naomi's name, though her name had had a greater effect on Loki than Valkyrie's name did.

"You mean you are a Valkyrie?" Thor spoke again, not bothering to mask the awe in his voice. "That is wonderful, my brother and I, we are from Asgard-"

"I know." Valkyrie cut him off curtly. She already knew enough about both of them to form her opinions, even if she had hardly spoken to them. Thor was polite enough, and good in a fight, and Loki looked like Hela reincarnated. She sensed that they had infinitely more questions, and began to brace herself to reply to all of them with grunts and eye rolls that they couldn't even see. However as they rounded the final corner, and the door to the training room became visible, a loud roar sounded from behind the doors- no doubt the Hulk training. Valkyrie carried on, unperturbed by the noise as she heard it all the time, as did everyone else on the planet, but she sensed the princes had halted in their tracks behind her.

Sighing, Valkyrie stopped a few feet away from them and swung around, arching an eyebrow at their antics. Thor seemed overjoyed for some odd reason, and Valkyrie vaguely remembered Naomi telling her that they knew each other back on Earth. However if Thor reacted positively at the monstrous sound, Loki was his exact opposite. His face had gone even paler than usual in stark contrast with his hair, and his eyes were widened in what Valkyrie identified as fear.

"Loki, it's Banner!" Thor cried, shaking his brother arm with childlike excitement. Loki remained unresponsive toward his brother, which Valkyrie guessed was fairly common, ad instead continued to stare across the hallway at the door with dread.

"I have to get off this planet." He muttered weakly.

Valkyries eyebrows immediately shot up, and her lips even parted slightly against her better judgement. Her expression, which easily held the most emotion they had ever seen her produce, drew both of their gazes to her.

"She said you would say that." Valkyrie commented, mostly to herself, before turning away and heading for the door.

Strangely, her vague mention of Naomi brought a bit of color back into Loki's face, even if neither Valkyrie nor his brother noticed.