"Glad everyone's enjoying the evening," Tony Stark grinned from his place up on stage, "Here at Avengers Tower, it's great to be spending Halloween with all of you!"
Out in the crowd, notable heroes such as Professor X and Beast clapped, and Wolverine pumped his fist in the air as Bruce and Cap whistled. Thor hooted, and smashed his mug on the ground, calling for another.
"So, this next one's gonna be pretty spooky, brace yourselves..."
As Tony spoke, backstage, Natasha was rigging the lights. Suddenly, she felt something like a wire wrap around her midriff, and pull her back to the holder.
"Good evening, Miss Romanova," drawled a thick Russian accent, and he tightened his whip around her, "It's almost midnight!"
Two more villains came up behind him as she struggled. "I'm afraid ze show's over," Red Skull said in his German dialect, tightening a fist from behind Whiplash. "Well," Loki said as he appeared, flashing a manic grin, "Yours is anyway."
"I've got a few… lessons for the Avengers," the Mandarin said, and he lifted his arms, signalling to Obadiah Stane to flick off the lights. "Sorry, Natasha…" Obadiah smirked, "But we don't want to be dull villains on Halloween."
Back on stage, Tony was in the middle of the intro to the next Halloween-themed Marvel cartoon.
"Okay, everyone, now it's time for a change of pace -"
When suddenly, all the lights went out, and another one of Whiplash's electric whips fastened around him at his place at centre stage.
Loki entered onto the stage, and a centre spotlight was cast.
"Right you are, Stark… It's All Hallow's Eve, you know, and with just the right touch," he said, and with a flick of his wrist, Tony had vanished into thin air.
There was a collective gasp throughout all the heroes, but the villains in the audience stood and held them back from doing anything as the main villains started music, and started to sing.
Obadiah:
This could be quite the place!
The Mandarin:
Full of wholesome, happy faces
The Abomination:
Hanging out
Red Skull:
Feeling fine…
Whiplash:
Vere eweryvone's a friend of mine!
Obadiah:
Inside this evil joint
Red Skull:
Every guest gets to ze point!
Malekith:
This day will live in infamy
Loki:
Avengers Tower is history!
Villains:
It's our house now
It's our house now
It's the fact you can't ignore
Shut the windows, lock the doors!
It's our house now
Raise your mugs, my evil friends
Our devious rules we never bend
It's our house now!
Red Skull:
All ze cunning rulers fit in so perfectly...
Loki:
Every evil king gets due respect!
(Mystique to Loki:
Love your work...)
The Mandarin:
You'll forget your troubles, put your trust in me…
Obadiah:
You had your fun
Malekith:
You've made your play
Villains:
But every hero has their day!
It's our house now
Abomination:
Down and dirty
Villains:
It's our house now
Dark Elves:
What a party
Magneto:
What a place for 'breaking bread'...
Hydra Hailers:
Shoot the enemy
Mandarin:
I'll shoot him in the head!
Villains:
It's our house now
(What a party)
Join the fun with no regrets
Only greedy, dirty deeds are allowed!
Loki:
Get my brother!
Obadiah:
Game over, Tony!
Red Skull:
Hit ze road, Captain!
Abomination:
Lay low, Banner!
Villains:
It's our house now
(Don't bother coming back)
It's our house now!
The villains all laughed as the heroes were thrown out, and Loki used his magic to change the A on the tower to 'V' for 'Tower of Villains.'