Disclaimer: I do not own The Avengers, Marvel does. I also do not own the Garfield comic strips that helped inspire these adventures. Garfield belongs to Jim Davis. I do however own Zell, Oliver, Toby, Xavier, Samantha, Rikuto and Skyler so please do not take them. Thank you.
Mini Adventure #1
Though it was winter and the cold had a tendency to slow things down a bit, the same couldn't be said for S.H.I.E.L.D. The organization had experienced quite the situation with the Underground recently, but everything had worked out. The Underground boss was arrested and his hydra creature had been destroyed by the Avengers, so everything was once again returning to normal... at least by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s definition.
With everything taken care of, rubble being cleared and construction crews rebuilding the storage bunkers, everyone was aware that what they had lost had to be replaced. Granted, the scientists could re-make the sleeper guns, the extra medical equipment and other things they were capable of doing. But everyone knew that it'd be hard to replace the all-terrain jeeps, the standardize guns, the tazers and other things used on the field.
Fury replied that those concerns were where Tony and his connections with Stark Industries would come in handy. Tony was willing to help out, but he also said that he could upgrade a few things for S.H.I.E.L.D. although he would need a place to do that kind of work. Surprisingly, Fury agreed to that and said that everything would be done within 48 hours, which Tony was fine with... he and Pepper were stuck at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters for a while due to weather anyway.
When the two days were up, Fury told the Avengers that Tony would have a workshop on S.H.I.E.L.D. grounds, it would be on a lower level so Tony could work in peace and if anything blew up. The weather had cleared up quite a bit, the sun actually being out when everyone came into work, Steve had brought Zell in with him because the female wanted to thank everyone for their kindness before her flight to Texas left at noon.
Steve, Bruce, Natasha, Pepper, Thor, Clint and Phil stood in the hallway as Tony talked with Fury as they headed toward the group. Zell appeared next to Steve causing the super soldier to smile wider as Tony and Fury came to stand at the door to what would be Tony's new workshop.
"It's behind this door and down the stairs Stark, be sure that you don't blow this place up on purpose." Fury stated
"No promises Fury, but I'll do my best." Tony replied
Fury merely rolled his eye as he walked off, Tony rose an eyebrow when he saw the others.
"Well, we got the gang here huh?" Tony asked
"We wanted to make sure you will like the new lab, we even put some of our own touches down there." Natasha replied
"I don't know if I should feel honored or afraid to touch anything." Tony joked
"You'll be fine, Bruce, Pepper and I supervised." Steve said playing along
"That makes me feel better, thanks Spangles." Tony said
Steve nodded "Anytime."
Tony looked to the door "Well, I better check it out then."
The male opened the door and headed down the stairs, the group stood silent knowing that Tony would really enjoy what was down there and they had thanked Pepper for helping them. No one else besides Rhodey knew Tony like Pepper did, the strawberry-blond was a really big help. Zell didn't know everything about what was going on besides the fact Tony would be helping S.H.I.E.L.D. but she kept her place next to Steve when they all heard something.
"It's as if a dark curtain has been lifted from over my soul." Tony's voice echoed up the stairs "My life has meaning again!"
Zell looked up at Steve with a confused expression, Steve smiles at the female as he looked down at her.
"New tech in Tony's lab." Steve stated
Zell nodded in understanding as various mechanical sounds started coming from the downstairs area, it sounded like Tony had started working already.
"Can I get a hallelujah!" Tony shouted
Natasha smiled "Come one, let's leave Tony to play with his new toys... besides, you have a flight to catch Zell."
I really enjoyed this one, I always pictured Tony geeking out when he sees new tech, so a Garfield strip helped inspire that. This mini adventure ties in with a current Avengers fanfiction that I am currently writing, thus my character Zell being in it.