Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers or the Bourne movies, sadly.

Chapter 1: Dinner and a Show!

After the disaster of Manhattan, the Avengers all went their separate ways. Tony took Bruce to Stark Tower to work on random science experiments, Steve went off to explore the modern world, Thor took Loki back to Asgard, and Clint and Natasha went to Hawaii and Honolulu together.

But eventually, the assassins went back to SHIELD, extremely relaxed and tanned. Bruce and Tony contacted SHIELD, and Cap got lonely and decided to return as well. Fury had him doing minor missions to keep him busy, and Tony was going back and forth between the Helicarrier, Stark Industries and his lab in Stark Tower, where Bruce was constantly conducting experiments about goodness knows what.

Thor had just returned to Earth because the Rainbow Bridge was finished being rebuilt. Fury had also given Thor a device that gave off traceable signals, and as part of Loki's punishment, Thor made him place a spell on the device that would enable SHIELD to track it in Asgard and send messages to Thor.

Everything was going pretty well at SHIELD - no major problems like the world ending. Clint and Natasha were still the best agents they had, and they along with Steve were training some of the new recruits between missions.

Tony, being the billionaire that he is, built a new mansion in the outskirts of Las Vegas, Nevada, which he named the 'Avengers Mansion'. It was fully equipped with a training room, meeting room, shooting range, infirmary, gym, computer room, research lab, secure room, arsenal chamber, cinema room, kitchen, dining room and living quarters for up to twenty-four people.

So now, all of the Avengers were currently at the Avengers Mansion, the seven of them, including Pepper, surrounding the dining table. Tony had invited them all to have a "family reunion dinner" because Thor had "zapped back down to Earth" in Tony's words. Pepper had cooked two roasts, one just for Thor, and one for everyone else to share. Apparently in Asgard it was normal for one person to eat a feast suited for five mortal men for every meal, and Thor said that his friend Volstagg eats nearly double the amount that he eats. Pepper only hoped that she didn't ever have to cook for him; it was hard enough to cook for the team. Just the thought of cooking a meal for someone with that appetite made her exhausted. She felt bad for the Asgardian cooks.

Pepper looked around at the people seated at the huge, expensive dining table, happy that everyone was enjoying the meal. There was friendly conversation being passed around the reassembled team, talking about random things like movies and sports. The current conversation was a debate between Clint, Bruce and Tony on which sport was the hardest, while Steve and Thor watched on with Pepper.

"Skateboarding has got to be the most difficult sport out there. You need to have coordination, balance, skill and speed, as well as having to watch out for other people," Bruce stated, finishing his dinner and leaning his elbow on the table.

"I think football is the hardest sport. Because you have to work as a team, tackle your opponent, try not to get tackled, score a goal and defend your own end all at once. Now that is my definition of hard work," Tony said, counting on his fingers before leaning back in his chair and wiping his face with a napkin.

"Well, what about martial arts? That's pretty hardcore if you ask me," Clint argued.

"Na, that's easy. And besides, its mostly fun to bash the snot out of someone, especially if its Happy."

Thor looked up from his roast. "Who is this happy person you speak of?"

"Happy is my chauffeur and my personal trainer. He's called Happy because he's hardly ever happy," Tony explained, and Thor nodded, although he didn't look like he actually understood. It was quiet for half a minute then, before Natasha spoke up.

"Has anyone ever tried gymnastics?" she asked. The answer she received was just four shaken heads, from Tony, Thor, Bruce and Steve, who looked at the others questioningly.

"I grew up in a circus," Clint shrugged.

Tony turned expectantly to face Pepper. "I did gymnastics when I was a kid. Its not the nicest sport one can do."

Then he turned back to Natasha. "I've done gymnastics since I was three. You need flexibility, strength, coordination, balance, skill, good memory, speed and technique just for one skill. Then there's the rest of the routine, and there's four routines that you have to remember perfectly." She counted on her fingers. "Then there's the training. Its almost as hardcore as SHIELD training, but imagine being a twelve-year-old doing SHIELD training. That's how hardcore it is. Then there's the money. You have to have enough money to pay for the year at the club, and the national and international competitions are extremely expensive. I'm pretty sure its safe to say that gymnastics is, without a doubt, the hardest sport out there," she finished, looking at everyone's faces.

Clint and Pepper didn't looked shocked at all, but the same couldn't be said for Tony, Thor, Bruce or Steve. They all had similar looks on their faces - their jaws were nearly touching the table.

Once they'd all recovered, they nodded. There was a chorus of 'yeps' and 'yeses', along with one 'definitely'. Natasha smirked triumphantly at the group, before standing with her empty plate and walking over to dispose of it on the stone countertop. She then took a tub of ice-cream out of the freezer and scooped some into a bowl. She walked back to the table and sat back down. It was silent for a few more seconds before another conversation started up again.

After dinner, the Avengers plus Pepper migrated into the cinema room to watch the Bourne movies on the 80" LCD screen. Everyone got comfortable on the $10k couches and Tony told JARVIS to cut the lights.

Throughout all of the movies, Clint and Natasha, who were sitting together, were making quiet remarks to each other on how easy Matt Damon made being an assassin look. Although they had to admit that some of the stunts were pretty cool, a few of the details of the series weren't very realistic. Thor and Steve would also occasionally ask questions when they didn't understand, but the mostly let it slide.

They had gotten through the whole first two movies and were halfway through the third when Fury started calling. Tony made JARVIS mute the phone, but he knew that Fury would eventually override the system, which would hopefully not happen until after the movie ended.

Just as the credits rolled onto the screen, the credits music, which Tony made everyone get up and dance to, was cut off by Fury's annoyed voice leaking through the speakers.

"Stark! I told you not to do that!" he yelled. A picture of Fury's face popped up on the wall.

"Yeah, well, we were just watching The Bourne Ultimatum, and we kinda wanted to finish it. And we did, just in time, so thank you for your patience, kind sir," Tony replied sarcastically in a posh, old man voice. Pepper hit his arm, knowing that Fury wasn't on for jokes.

"Anyway, I need six Avenger butts in my office, pronto. We need to talk, all of us," he said sternly before hanging up.

"Wouldn't it be cool if you could buy Avenger butts?" Tony asked. Everyone just rolled their eyes and exited the room, not wanting to leave Fury waiting forever.