The Fallen Gamer Ch 154 (Patreon)

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Layla noticed a rare opportunity in front of her! She had snuck into Natasha’s room to wake the woman up. She could see the beautiful spy/assassin was still asleep in her bed. Layla could hear her faintly breathing.

“Wake up Natasha!” Layla yelled as she jumped over the bed and tried to land on top of the other woman. To Layla’s surprise, the blankets flew up at the last second and she felt herself being grabbed at the last second. “Uh oh…” Natasha flung Layla over her shoulder and the Fallen Angel flew through the air and collided with the floor! “I’m ok…”

Natasha sighed. It was too early for this. Somehow, Sif had managed to find a place that delivered real Mead last night and the three women had all had a fair amount of drinks. Natasha envied Layla who seemed to be completely fine no matter how much alcohol she had. She wondered if her Angelic lover just had a high tolerance or if Angels couldn’t get drunk in general?

“Is there a reason you woke me up so early, Layla.” Natasha asked as she clutched her head.

Layla reached over and a glowing purple light immediately started healing Natasha’s hangover.

“Thank you.” Natasha said. She felt much better already.

“I woke you up because Tony is here and Andrea is awake. I ended up getting some information that I kind of have to act on post haste. I could be gone for a couple of days. Which is awkward because I just got back.” Layla lamented. She didn’t want to pass up the chance of acquiring her magic eyes though! Who knows if some other gamer had the same idea as Layla and sent the Naruto gamergirl a better offer!?

[You're just being paranoid, Host.]

Layla knew that too!

“So what? You want me to babysit your niece and the church girl?” Natasha asked.

“Mostly just Asia. She has the power to heal anything and she’s way too nice and naive! I don’t want to trap her in my apartment, but someone has to monitor her because people will try to take advantage of her.” Layla explained. She wasn’t going to be like the church and not let Asia outside. The Hand was still around though, and so were the remnants of Hydra. Layla was just worried about the girl’s safety. It also wasn’t fair for Akeno to have to keep watching Asia all the time either. Layla knew Akeno was almost 18 and should be able to live her own life.

“Any injury huh?” Natasha asked in surprise. That was an amazingly valuable ability and Natasha knew many organizations that would try to kidnap the girl the second they heard about it. “Alright, I’ll keep an eye out for her. I'll also have Fury assign her a full time detail. As long as she promises to occasionally heal some of our agents I’m sure he’ll agree.”

Layla nodded. She knew Asia was too nice to not agree. The girl would probably heal anyone for free if she could.

Following her conversation with Natasha, Layla went to speak with Sif next. She had to cure her other lover's hangover as well. It turns out that drinks on Earth were far more developed than they were on Asgard. It's no surprise considering their culture pretty much stagnanted for 1000 years under Odin's rule. As it was, Sif wasn't used to drinking Mead that had so much alcohol added to it.

Sif told Layla that she had been assigned a mission by Hela while she was on Midgard. Thor had yet to return back home. He had apparently been spending most of his time with Jane Foster…according to Heimdall. That once again confirmed for Layla that he was the universe's biggest voyeur…

Before Sif left, Layla pulled an Apple of Idun from her inventory and handed it to Sif. “Here, this is for Jane. It would suck for Thor if he meets his soulmate only for her to die of old age in a few decades.” Layla knew it would actually be much sooner for Jane… That woman couldn't catch a break. Layla still felt bad about Jane getting temporarily taken over by some crazy extra-dimensional fangirl… “Shove the apple down her throat if she refuses to eat it.” Layla said.

Sif grinned. “I'll make sure that she does. Thor is one of our best warriors and it will be hard to convince him to return to Asgard if he has to leave her behind. Especially since his father isn't around to bully him anymore.”

Layla decided not to wake up Akeno or Asia. Natasha would tell them she had urgent business and had to leave. Before Layla left, she found Tony and Andrea in her living room. They were sitting on her couch and seemed to be getting along.

“I can’t believe you got together with Pepper. That’s so weird. She’s like a sister to me!” Andrea said.

“Well, now she’s going to be your actual sister because we're engaged.” Tony replied.

Andrea made a playful gagging sound. “I hope you didn’t knock her up unexpectedly. She was instrumental in running the company.” Andrea said.

“Mine too! I don't know what I'd do without her!”

“Yeah…” Andrea trailed off with a far off look.

Tony caught her look and sighed. He realized he accidentally hit a landmine with that comment. It was hard for him to believe there actually existed other universes. Let alone one that got overrun by actual zombies. He was proud of his alternate female self for surviving the whole thing though. Tony could admit he was a narcissist and now he had proof that he really would be able to survive in a zombie apocalypse at least!

“Hey, Tony. Would you mind setting up some US identities for three girls.” Layla cut in and asked.

Tony glanced at Layla and casually waved. “That’s easy. All I need are the girls' basic info and a few pictures of each of them. Text it all to my phone and I'll take care of it all no problem.” He then went back to talking with his sister.

“Thanks Tony!” Layla called out before she walked out of the room and let them get back to their conversation. She’d need to stop by the Sanctum before she took off to get some pictures of Heather.

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