The Avengers, eight in total, were sitting around the coffee table, being very bored and such and arguing about what the heck they should do with themselves, when they got the phone call.

"H-hello? I-is, is this th-the Avengers?"

Thor picked up the phone.

"Greetings, Midgardian. You have indeed contacted the Avengers? What predicament do you find yourself in, mortal?"

Tony rolled his eyes at Thor's Asgardian talk, but at a glance (or maybe it was a death glare) from Natasha, he politely said nothing.

"Five bucks says it's another bank robbery," whispered Clint.

Nat smirked back at him. "Deal"

Others were also making bets around the table, with a high of twenty-five bucks at stake.

"C-can you g-guys get down here r-right now?"

"Where is that exactly, good sir?"

"The z-zoo, oh n-noble… Hank, how do you address an Avenger? … y-your majesty…"

"Oh, no need for formalities such as those, dear man. Have you been robbed?"

"N-not quite. S-some h-h-hooligan set all th-the animals l-loose."

"And you need us to apprehend the foul villain!"

"N-no. W-we've got the m-man. W-we need you t-to get the a-animals b-b-back in their c-cages. If y-you could…s-sir."

Money changed hands.

"Th-the zoo h-has been secured, s-so n-none of them h-have escaped… Th-they're j-just very, very w-wild."

"Many thanks for the call, good sir, we will be over as soon as we are able. May the all the luck in Valhalla be with you."

The line went dead.

"Are you sure about zis?" asked Wanda. "I think ve are better at catching robbers…"

"No no, zister Wanda, remember ze time Father's pony farm got loose in Sokovia? Ve handled zat very well."

"Oh, ya ya. Zat vas exciting. Ve only let three people get trampled. And zey vere not hurt too badly…"

"Well, um, I guess that settles it!" said Tony. "Off to the zoo then!"

"Oh dear," Bruce moaned.

A few dozen complaints and minutes later, they were outfitted and off in the Avengers minivan (the zoo was too close to take the jet) onto the streets of New York. Steve was driving (because he was more responsible about these sorts of things) and both Tony and Natasha called shotgun, then arm wrestled for it. So Tony sat in the back between Bruce and Thor and Clint and the twins took the middle.

"Oh wait a second," said Tony. "Aren't zoo animals usually calm and sleepy and stuff? Can't their zookeepers handle them?

"Usually yes," Steve replied. "But Fury gave me some extra information. Apparently while the keepers were all hung up grabbing the perpetrator, the animals ate all of the candy and stuff lying around at the zoo. So now they're very, very hyper zoo animals."

"How wonderful..."

And that's when they hit traffic.

I'll get the second chapter up soon! Any specific animals you'd like me to try and work in? (Aside from the usual - y'know, elephants, lions, tigers, bears, oh my, etc.)