"Seriously? You want us to track down two old geezers? What did they do, make a noise complaint? Or did they drive too slowly?" Tony asked incredulously, looking at the pictures of the two old men Fury had asked them to bring in.
They were obviously brothers, both sharing the same large nose, squarish face, and big ears. One had and a blue and yellow raincoat; you could see a red turtleneck underneath, and the other had a mullet and wore a red beanie, a white shirt, and wore a long brown coat.
Tony slid the pictures and files across the table to Steve and Clint, sighing inwardly. Of course Fury had to put him on a mission with the two most annoying people on the team- Bird Brain and Captain Stick up his Ass.
"Stark, take this seriously. The one called Stanley has committed several crimes. Drug smuggling, tax evasion, theft..I could go on." Fury said with a glare at Tony.
"It says here that you tried to recruit them a few months ago?" Steve asked, his eyebrows furrowed.
"You're trying to force them into recruitment, aren't you? If you arrest them, they have no choice but to stay here. And if they're staying here, they might as well just join SHIELD to get out of prison." Tony said smugly, and Fury's scowl told him he had figured it out.
"Not only that Stark, but there were some mysterious "earthquakes" in Gravity Falls, Oregon. I had some agents there at the time and when they came back, they were very..twitchy. Scared. An earthquake doesn't do that to someone. I believe that the Pines have something to do with this." Fury admitted sourly, and placed another set of pictures on the table.
Tony examined them, feeling his eyes widen slightly. The sky was a dark shade, a large X drawn across. It looked like space was pouring from the X. A man in a trench coat and a child were seen looking up at it. The next picture was of a yellow, one-eyed, pyramid shaped triangle with a bow tie, arms, and legs. It looked like a corn chip.
There were various weird things in the other pictures such as a water tower with teeth, monsters, and a giant flaming lumberjack, but the one that alarmed Tony the most was one of the old man in the trench coat falling out of a floating pyramid, a glowing blue collar and chains fastened around his neck. It was obvious that he was trying to hang himself.
Steve gaped a little at the pictures, and Clint muttered, "What the hell is this?"
"No idea. That's why we're trying to find the Pines." Fury walked around the room as he spoke, and stopped near the door.
"You'll find them in New Jersey. They docked there yesterday." With that, Fury opened the door and swept out, black coat fluttering behind him.
Tony snorted from where he sat at the table, and said, "Who's ready to beat up some old men?"