Clint frowned as he watched Tony talk to Pepper via JARVIS and Peter tap away on his phone, 100 words per minute. He didn't get it, the genius apparently had no problem with the two hero teams working together and only seemed to be worried about how the public would take it and how well the teams would get along. Clint didn't think it mattered what the public thought or how the League and the Avengers got along but apparently it mattered to Tony…
"Stop that."
Clint lifted an eyebrow, turning to the person in question "What?" Tony rolled his eyes, facial expression clearly reading 'Don't what me, I know what you're doing'. "I know what you're thinking Barton, that's your 'Stark is doing something stupid face' and you should wipe it away because I actually do know what I'm doing. For once,I'm not just following my gut." Clint narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms, throwing one his best scowls that Natasha usually called the pouty bird look.
He was not pouting, he was a man goddamn it!
"Come on Clint, it's only bad if you make it bad. At least try and make friends with Green Arrow." Clint cocked his head in slight curiosity, edging Tony to continue his thought. "What? Just because we're both archers we're suddenly best friends?"
"...yes?"
Clint growled slightly, slowly rising from his perch on top of the couch only to be stopped by a hand on his shoulder. "Calm down Clint, what's so bad about bonding over arrows? It's what you talk about most of the time anyway." Natasha voiced plopping down on the cushion next to Clint, looking just as calm as she usually did. "Tasha that's like saying you and Wonder Woman should become BFF's because you're both strong independent woman. It's offensive." Natasha rolled her eyes in amusement "Whatever you say Hawkeye-"
"Um sorry to interrupt 'make fun of Hawkeye' time, but I've got a thing to be at…" All eyes turned to an awkward Peter "A thing?" Tony questioned looking up at him suspiciously, "Yeeeah, MJ said she was going on another Spider-Man hunt and promised to help her this time…" The two assassins and the genius all noticed the little wince and tense body language from the teen but didn't voice it. "Alright Peter-pie, can't keep the lady friend waiting, don't stay out too late." Peter nodded, quickly rushing out of the room
"He's hiding something."
"Yup."
"Kids have secrets, get used to it."
Clint and Natasha jumped slightly, heads whipping to the common floor entrance only to see Batman standing there nonchalantly. How the hell did he get here and how did they not see him? "Bats how many times do I have to tell you that you can't do that! If they shot you I wouldn't have felt any remorse whatsoever." Tony voiced eyes dropping down to the Stark Pad placed in his lap as if this happened everyday. The bat smirked at the Genius then turned around, walking toward the floors elevator. Tony rolled his eyes then groaned getting up to follow the bat. "You know normal people actually voice when they want to talk you know!" Clint and Natasha looked at each other then back to where the two heroes had vanished. Both very confused and very curious as to what was going to happen.
"So...are we going to follow?"
"Of course."
/|\^-_-^/|\ NANANANANANANANA BATSY /|\^-_-^/|\
Peter swung from building to building, carefully staying clear of the avengers tower. Spider-Man getting caught near there wouldn't look good in JJJ's books. To Peter, that sounded ridiculous but anything he did was a crime to that man. Landing upon a roof, Peter looked down upon the city, his thoughts whizzing around in his head a mile per minute. The meeting from a few hours ago was still prancing around in his head. In fact, the whole thing felt surreal to him. The Avengers and the Justice League working together to stop something big that hasn't even happened yet? Even to him that sounded incredible yet highly unlikely, to say the least. It was like a dream out of a really bad storybook. Peter couldn't doubt that that the whole thing was a great idea, two big teams coming together to become an unstoppable force. Might as well start calling them Avenging Justice if this was going to be the case...it did sound pretty funny to him...in a strange way.
"Well if it isn't our friendly neighbourhood Spud~"
Turning around, Peter glared at the intruder, though it didn't really come across since he had his mask on.
"How many times do I have to tell you it's Spider-Man, not Spud!" The intruder let out an eerie cackle as he hopped around the Spider, taunting blue eyes covered by a glossy black domino mask.
"How many times do I have to tell you that I don't care~" Peter rolled his eyes at the others antics, his lips twitching into a slight smile.
"What do you want Baby Bird? Shouldn't you be with Batsy right now?" Robin frowned at that, he blamed Tony for that annoying nickname.
"Bats is with Tony at Avengers Tower and Tony told Bruce you went out to hang with MJ but instead I find you here." Peter shrugged his shoulders then turned back to enjoy the scenery, he was never good at making up excuses, especially when it came to lying to a bat.
"I just came out to think."
Robin watched Peter, calculating his every move. Something was definitely bothering him but knowing Starks, they wouldn't say anything until they were either ready or forced…
He could wait.
This time.
"Well maybe instead of thinking you can come hang with one of your favourite people?" Peter smirked then gave the other a cautious look "As Peter or Spider-Man?" Robin grinned then turned to leave "Whether as a nerd or as Spud is up to you~" Peter growled then chased Robin off the rooftop, neither teen realizing the shadow watching them from the distance.
/|\^-_-^/|\ batsy used line-break! /|\^-_-^/|\
Steve stared at Superman from across the table, his body tense from the meeting before. Everyone else had scattered, leaving the two alone to discuss… Well, whatever this whole thing was… Steve was having doubts, sure teaming up seemed like a rational idea, it didn't mean he had to like the whole ordeal though. Clearing his throat ,Steve folded his fingers together, a stern glare adorning his face.
"So...I hear you're a god?"
Superman stared at him, shifting uncomfortably in his seat "Um well I mean I wouldn't say that but I've, uh… heard other people say that…" Steve nodded his head, arms crossed over his chest. "That's pretty modest for the man of steel, not what I was expecting to be honest…" Superman narrowed his eyes, mirroring the other's body movement, "What were you expecting?' Steve shrugged his shoulders a nonchalant look adopting his features. "Well from what Tony's told me you're an adorable boy scout who's too precious for this world and needs to be protected at all costs and then the usual praise and complains from the media."
Steve smirked slightly at the blush adorning the other's cheeks, Steve was starting to understand why Tony and Clint loved teasing him so much. It was also a relief being the one who got to do the teasing and not the one being teased. "That doesn't really explain what you were expecting.." Steve nodded his head his eyes glancing to the side of the empty room then back at Clark as if he were going to tell him the secret of the century. "With all that praise I thought you would be more of a pompous ass more than anything, you know 'I'm stronger than you and better than you so I might as well get what I want' kind of pompous."
Superman huffed out in annoyance his face looking calm and serene but his eyes showing how he truly felt. "Yeah well I don't think you're all that self righteous either, you maybe fooling others with that whole American sweetheart act but I'm not falling for any of it." Steve sent him a cheeky grin (one he may or may not have gotten from Tony) then lifted his arms to cross them behind his head, the tenseness from his shoulders slowly trickling out. "Yeah according to Ironman and Hawkeye they should start calling me 'Captain Smartass', and apparently that being a little shit fits my personality more than the American sweetheart thing."
Steve grinned when he heard Superman let out a snort of laughter, "Yeah well I'm going to have to agree with them there." Steve rolled his eyes playfully "And I thought you were going to on my side!" This time Clark let out a full born laugh and Steve couldn't help but laugh with him, the other man wasn't so bad and if the rest of the Justice League was anything like him then then this whole ordeal couldn't be entirely bad…
"So how are we going to do this?" Steve hummed, how were they going to get everyone to work together and trust each other by some degree? "We both know this is what's best but we also know this isn't going to be easy." Superman nodded his hand scratching his head in thought making Steve feel slightly...uneasy? "Yes of course, as mentioned before the teams don't trust each other. But whether we like it or not that's going to have to change." Steve bit his lip in thought, how were they going to do that?
"You mean like trust exercises?" Superman shrugged his shoulders, his face scrunching up in what was no way adorable...
"Sort of but, less like couples counselling and more like team building."
"Patrol?"
"Patrol."
/|\^-_-^/|\ wibbly wobbly line breaking batsy...stuff /|\^-_-^/|\
Bruce watched Tony move around his lab, smiling at how gracefully the genius moved between each instrument. The simple movements turning into a small waltz as he worked on new projects that would probably benefit to his fellow Avengers. "Bru, I know I'm some hot piece of ass but you're going to have to say something." Bruce rolled his eyes but kept silent watching as the genius worked, knowing he didn't mind as much as everyone thought he did.
The two stood in a comfortable silence Bruce watched Tony work and Tony tinkered with what looked like...purple arrows? "New arrows is how you bribe the pretty bird upstairs" Tony answered sarcastically feeling the questioning gaze upon him. Bruce slowly inched closer to the genius, smirking at how tense Tony was starting to get. "You do know those assassins you house are going to break in here to see what we're going to talk about right?" Tony gave Bruce a deadpan stare eyes looking up at the whites of Bruce's cowl. "Well they are my assassins Bats, besides who's fault do you think that is?"
Bruce pinched Tony's cheek making the other growl slightly, "You're being cheeky today."
"That's also your fault!"
Sighing, Tony crossed his arms and turned to face the man, resting his hip on the edge of the worktop. "Why are you here Bats?" Bruce frowned slightly, "You don't sound happy to see me." Tony shook his head a small smile falling upon his lips, "You of all people should know I'm always happy to see you." Tony looked away, his teeth nibbling away at his bottom lip. "You're worried about Peter?" Tony shrugged his shoulders not answering the other man's question, "It's okay to be worried, if you tell anyone I told you this I'm going to deny it but even I get worried when Robin goes out on missions. It's something you can't help and it doesn't get easier but you learn how to trust him."
"I trust him! It's just that-" "You're still going to worry about him, I know but the kid has a lot of responsibility put on his shoulders right now all we can do is wait and see how he handles it."
Tony narrowed his eyes at that "What do you mean by-" "Nothing your genius brain can't figure out."
"Bruce!"
/|\^-_-^/|\ Batsy is a great line breaker /|\^-_-^/|\
Robin stood on the S.H.I.E.L.D helicarrier deck, watching as the alarms went off and a group of young heroes stood before him in battle stance.
"Is this supposed to happen?" He asked Peter curiously, the other shrugged his shoulders.
"It happened the first time I came up here, I forgot about it till now." Robin nodded then glanced back at the teen heroes that seemed less tense but more cautious.
"Calm down guys, it's alright he's with me." The teens got out of battle stance and the alarms finally silenced, laser pointers not pointing anymore.
"Uh...Hi?" Everyone stood around awkwardly, wasn't this a nice?
"So Web-head, gonna tell us who this is or you just going to stand there and build suspense?" The one with the bucket-shaped helmet asked.
"Calm down Nova, he isn't bad, he's a close friend." The teens gave him a 'yeah right' look but let him continue talking
"Guys this is Robin, Robin this is my team, Nova, White Tiger, Iron Fist and Power Man." Peter introduced pointing to everyone with their respective names. Robin stared at Peter's team, his calculating look once again adorning his face, these were the people Spud trusted his life with?
"Wait, Robin as in the boy wonder? As in Batman's partner? How would you know the boy wonder?" Nova asked as he hovered above Peter's head, face in close proximity "What? Is it so much of a surprise that I know other heroes besides you guys?"
"Well, you are you~"
"Shut up, buckethead-" Robin watched the exchange between the pair, the whole thing reminding him of Wally and Artemis. Glancing back at the other teammates, Robin pointed at the two bickering heroes and his mouth behind his hand as if telling a secret.
"Do they always fight like this? The others nodded their heads exasperatedly, "All the time, you have no idea…" White Tiger voiced as she glared at Spidey and Nova, she didn't have time for this.
"Earth to idiots! We have a patrol to do so are you coming or are you going to fight like old ladies for the rest of the day?"
Spider-Man and Nova stopped glared at each other than at White Tiger. "I bet I can bag more crooks than you can!" "Bring it on web-head!" As the two resumed their bickering, the others sighed and left the two at it.
"HEY, YOU CAN'T LEAVE US!"
"YOU CAN LEAVE THE BUCKET HEAD BUT YOUR TEAM LEADER IS A MUST!"
/|\^•.•^/|\ batsy is whelmed /|\^•.•^/|\
"This is gross." Hawkeye grumbled as he walked behind Natasha a clear pout on his face. Clint and Natasha didn't get pretty far with mission "spy on Tony and Batman to see what they'd talk about in private" thanks to JARVIS. Now they had to meet the League and of course Clint was less than happy about that. Natasha rolled her eyes and ignored her partners childish complaining. She had to admit, patrol with JL didn't sound like the best thing in the world but it was important so she wouldn't question it.
"Shut up Barton, we follow orders, we don't complain about them." Clint huffed but kept silent, following Natasha to the Avengers tower entrance. Once there, Clint could see the unwanted guests standing there, looking just as uncomfortable as he felt.
"Where's Cap?" Clint asked realizing that the only avenger who wasn't there was their 'oh so fearless' leader.
"Cap said he and Supey had something to do so we should go ahead and get ourselves acquainted." Tony answered in full Ironman get up and looking extremely bored, Batman was standing next to Clint and seemed to be giving him a really...disturbing look. Was he angry? He looked like he wanted to kill him. "Supey? Really?" Tony smirked, not fazed by the Bats glare at all "Is Batsy-boo jealous?" Batman growled, this already seemed to be going downhill fast. Clint sighed then walked over to walk Tony upside his armourless head, "Don't be an ass." Tony scowled, not enjoying the smug look Batman had upon his face.
"Great, you're all here." Superman voiced as he and Cap walked in to join the rest.
"Well it's about time, what were you two doing?" Green Arrow asked, his eyes wearily watching Hawkeye from the corner he was standing in. Clint could feel the others eyes on him but chose to ignore them. "We just needed to put you all in teams." Cap replied, everyone glanced at each other but nodded their heads anyways, he was in his serious leader mode, so that meant no talk back.
"We thought it would be easier to patrol if you were split into smaller groups since there are so many of us. So that means we have to work together, I don't want to hear anything about it. Especially you Iron man." Cap finished, his icy blue eyes squinting at Tony, clearly suspicious. "Yeah, yeah Cap, I got you. Less me more us. Got it…" Cap chose to ignore the sarcasm and nodded his head, at least he got some kind of concept into the other's head.
"Well since that's out of the way, let's get to work."