Valkyrie took blow after blow, unfortunately without her shield. And that meant she was getting sliced and diced and scratched. Some of them too fast to heal over instantly. The power of the God's were not as quick as she'd have liked sometimes. Thankfully, Hulk took on Mastodon and got rid of him. But his almighty roar forced her to tremble and cover her ears in pain. Damned those Asgardian heightened senses.
But then she heard the alarm and panicked. She could fly fast but wasn't sure if she could make the blast radius in time. Luckily, Hulk had picked her up and scaled the air so fast with his jumps to avoid the blast. She had been sent in to rescue him but he ended up rescuing her. How the rides had turned. Valkyrie held on tight in his big strong arm, the feeling of flying so fast in the air was invigorating. She always loved that.
Upon setting her down before the massive green 'monster', who was really a big softie at heart, and no-one would ever really see that side of him often. Valkyrie's armour was partially hanging off, cut to pieces, her leather armour torn to shreds. Her bloodied wounds were starting to heal over slowly as her body glowed golden. Although, she had to kneel after taking such a beating from six highly skilled killers. She panted slightly and removed her winged helmet to reveal her long brown wavy hair, slightly frayed. "Thank you. For saving my life." Came a small smile from her lips and a tiredness in her eyes. A 'monster' would have left her there to die.
But she was still more concerned for his well being than her own, she could heal over in time but his damage was more from a mental torture. "Are you...alright?" She wasn't sure to call him Hulk, Doctor Banner or both. The SHIELD helicarrier had escaped the blast zone and started to make its way toward Valkyrie.
Finally, she used her sword to stabbing it into the ground and lift herself up by leaning on it and then introduced herself by placing a dainty hand on her chest. She looked too gentle underneath all that armour to be a warrior. "My name is Victoria." She showed no sign of fear around this hulking great creature, whereas most would have probably bolted from him by now. But she just smiled at him as if he were any other normal person. Like it did not matter to her. After all, who was SHE to judge? She was an Asgardian but not Asgardian? She didn't really understand herself let alone others with stranger powers. It is what it is.
"SHIELD sent me in to rescue you, but I think it was
you, rather, who rescued
me." She let out a light chuckle. She knew he wasn't all that bad despite what people had said or what she had seen. He was more -misunderstood-. He used to be a brilliant scientist, a good man, from what she heard, and he must still be in there somewhere.
"I can take you back to Australia if you want to be left alone again." She offered with a kind and gentle tone. Straightening herself out, clearly she was in some pain as she winced holding one of her shoulder blades, the wing seemed to be dangling as if broken. Once again, she seemed to know how he was feeling. Her empathy was a wonderful gift, heightened by the Gods. "Or anywhere else you'd prefer to go?" After all his Australia camp had now been compromised...