“Man,” said Thor, pacing back and forth across the lobby, “what the hell am I supposed to do?”
“You fight him,” said Chester A. Arthur XVII, “and you kill him.”
“And then the world ends,” added Queen Victoria XXX.
“The world’s ended, like, twenty times over, Vicky,” said William H. Taft XLII. “I don’t think this one’s going to be any different.”
“But Thor thinks it will,” said Catrina, “and I believe him.”
“So do I,” added Queen Victoria XXX. “This is the first thing he’s taken seriously since we met him.”
“Maybe, but I’m with Billy. I don’t think one more apocalypse is going to kill us,” said Chester A. Arthur XVII. “Besides, regardless of whether Thor is somehow right or, more likely, just completely insane and more than a little full of himself, Quetzalcoatl is causing some serious damage and threatening what little semblance of order and civilization is left on this planet. If we don’t stop him, he might just end the world himself.”
“We?” asked William H. Taft XLII.
“Yes, ‘we.’ I’m not about to leave the fate of my lunch up to Thor, much less the continued existence of society.”
“Really?” said Thor, his eyebrow raised.
“Is that a ‘do you not trust me with your lunch’ question, or a ‘are you seriously coming with me’ question?”
“The second one.”
“Then, yes. I’m coming with you,” said Chester A. Arthur XVII.
“Me, too,” said Catrina.
“And me,” said Queen Victoria XXX.
“You guys are all fucking crazy,” said William H. Taft XLII. “I’m staying here.”
“You’re coming with us, Billy. Or I hurt you.”
“Really, Vicky? How is that helpful?”
“Shut up and get your rocket launcher out of the car.”
“Fine,” sighed William H. Taft XLII.
“OK, so I guess we’re… fighting this guy then,” said Catrina. “To the death. Great. You sure you’re good with this, Thor?”
“Not really, no,” said Thor, “but the world’s apparently pretty fucked no matter what happens. Might as well at least try to do the right thing.”
“It’s about fucking time you grew a pair,” said Judy, sitting on the concierge desk. “The helicopter’s just been wasting fuel out there.”