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"Tell me why we're doing this again?" said a grumpy Clint the following morning, as he rubbed his tired eyes.

The whole gang had been awoken at the crack of dawn by an excitable Captain America, dressed in his best outdoor gear, with backpack already on his shoulders.

All of the Avengers (as they were now popularly known) were now huddled in the foyer of Stark Tower, awaiting a car to take them to their 'doom'. As Bruce had so optimistically put it.

"Yes, I still do not understand the true purpose of this... camping," said Thor in his usual booming tones, stretching and getting to his feet. "Is it a dangerous sport?"

"Of course it is," said Tony, strolling casually out of an elevator and clapping Thor firmly on the back. "Have you never seen Brokeback Mountain?"

Steve rolled his eyes, moving in front of the group.

"Listen guys," he said placing his hands on his hips. "this trip will be great. The smell of fresh air, a campfire….you can't beat it. No boundaries….just us and the wilderness."

Tony raised his eyebrows. "All right Bear Grylls, as long as it helps me win the bet," he uttered with a cocky smile.

"You wont even last an hour," said Steve, walking towards him. "Empty your pockets."

"M-My pockets?" said Tony, spinning on the spot as the Captain advanced on him.

Stark managed to dodge out of the way as Steve made a lunge for him, but he didn't mange to avoid Natasha's vice-like grip. Tony yelped as the super-assassin, pinned his arm to his back, just long enough for Bruce and Steve to pat him down.

"Cell phone," said Bruce, extracting a thin device from Tony's pocket and tossing it down onto the floor.

"Second cell phone," said Steve, shaking his head and pulling even smaller gadget from Tony's back pocket.

After around three minutes the pair had removed seven more items of modern technology from Tony's person.

Tony growled as Natasha finally let him go. He rubbed at his sore arm, pouting as Steve turned to the rest of the gang.

"Right, now it's everyone else's turn," uttered the Captain sternly.

"What?" said Bruce, narrowing his eyes.

"I want you all to leave any electronic devices you might have back here at base. Stark will go to any lengths to get them off you-"

"Hello?" said Tony, raising a hand. "Right here-"

Steve shot him a look before continuing. "So you need to leave everything behind."

"But what if Fury needs to contact us?" said Natasha folding her arms across her chest. "What if there's an emergency?"

"That's where I come in," said a sudden voice behind them.

The gang turned around to see Coulson stepping from the elevator.

The Captain turned back around. "Coulson here will be our only contact with the outside world. He will be in change of the only modern technology on our entire trip."

Coulson smiled proudly as he stepped towards Tony. "And if you even think of trying to cross me or play games with me-"

Before he'd even finished Tony spotted the object just visible in his inside jacket pocket.

"Yeah, yeah…you'll taze me and watch Supernanny while I drool into the carpet…" he murmured with a scowl.

"It's The Voice now actually," said Coulson coolly, before turning to Bruce. "I just can't get enough of Cee-Lo…"

Bruce looked a little bewildered and flashed a quick look at Clint who shrugged.

A car horn suddenly beeped from outside and Steve clapped his hands together.

"Right now everyone empty your pockets, looks like the cars are here," he said as everyone grumbled as begrudgingly did as they were told.

Tony, hands stuffed into pockets, strolled over to a large screen on the wall.

"Well JARVIS," he said sadly. "I'm going to miss you."

'YOU WILL BE GONE ONLY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, SIR,' came JARVIS' quick response.

Tony let out a sigh, as he heard a pair of high-heels click-clacking across the floor behind him.

"Well it's nice to know exactly who you're going to miss during your trip," said Pepper throwing Tony a teasing smile.

"Well I still have that photo of you in my wallet I can look at," he said pecking her welcomingly on the lips.

Pepper pulled away suddenly, a look of horror on her face. "The one of me at the Christmas party?"

Tony grinned. "The one where Ms Potts got totally trashed and ended up with puke in her hair. Yeah that's the one."

Pepper scowled. "I swear Tony, if you show anyone-"

But she was cut off as Tony planted another kiss to her lips.

A few moments later they pulled apart and Pepper shoved a large bag into Tony's arms.

"What's this?" he asked frowning.

"Just some supplies for your camping trip," she said with a smile, before turning on her heel and walking away.

"Have fun guys," she said with a last wave at the others as they all made their way out of the foyer and into the awaiting vehicles.

Tony stared after her long after the elevator doors had closed before begrudgingly making his way after the others.


Yes, I'm using a little artistic licence with this story with the inclusion of Thor ad indeed Coulson. Forgive me.

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