Apologies in advance for the placement of the animal cages. I'm not using a zoo map or anything so I don't really know where things are supposed to be, and I wasn't really thinking through the layout of the zoo or anything, so there might be some placement of cages that doesn't always follow usual zoo rules like the whole organization by habitat thing. Sorry again. Maybe you can just think of it as a zoo with some really weird owners who decided to mix things up a bit... Anyways, hope you like the next chapter!

Tony was ready to face whatever came at him. After all, these were only animals. And he had a metal suit. There was no way anything could go wrong. He would just blast some things and scare the animals back in their cages. No problamo. Tony was the man. He could handle anything.

And that's when the lion came hurling at him.

"AAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" he courageously screamed while hurling the lion off and running for his life.
"JARVIS, power up the blasters pleasepleasepleasehurryI'mgonnadie!"

"Sir, I believe the keepers wanted the animals back in their cages, not dead."

"IT'LL STILL BE IN ITS CAGE! LET ME BLAST IT AND THEN I'LL DRAG IT BACK! NO ONE'LL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE THEY SLEEP ALL THE TIME ANYWAY! HURRY JARVIS HURRY IT'S CATCHING UP!"

"I do not advise this, sir."

"Can't I just singe his mane a little?"

"No."

Tony pouted. "Fine." He turned around to face the beast when-

SLAM!

There was Steve, smacking the lion in the nose with the flat part of his shield. The lion dropped unconscious to the ground. A bald eagle flew over and landed on his shoulder as he triumphantly stood over the fallen cat. Tony pouted some more. Steve slowly dragged the animal to its cage and walked back over as Tony began complaining.

"Aw, come on, I had that! You can take care of yourself, alright Capsicle?"

"Uh-huh. You know you had your suit speakers on, right? And I saw all that beautiful running away you were doing. Yeah, Tony, you were totally handling that." Steve smiled a little too smugly and raised one of his eyebrows.

"I was psyching him out, y'know? Make him think he's winning and then turn around and BAM! Off with his head. Um, figuratively of course… But fine then, Mr. Patriotic, how about you handle this?"

Steve held up his shield to hit whatever Tony was going to blast him with when he got bowled over. By Thor. Wresting a bear. In a tutu. Steve decided not to ask, but instead stood and ran to help, but was stopped by a cry from Thor.

"Halt, good Captain! This beast and I are engaged in a contest of honor! To accept aid would be to forfeit and be forever shamed!"

"Um, why the tutu, buddy?" shouted Tony.

"'Twas a blessing dropped upon me from the heavens by a white winged angel! I wear this frilly apparel to appease the gods who gifted me with it!"

"So a loose dove dropped a tutu on his head so he's wearing it now?" Tony whispered to Steve. Steve nodded slowly back, both Avengers watching the scene unfold before their eyes in stunned silence.

"So, beast, you dare to challenge me? I am Thor, Prince of Asgard, defender of Midgard, protector of the Rainbow Bridge…" he continued listing his titles as the bear roared in response. They wrestled on the ground, fierce and violent, with power radiating from each, until… The bear's claw snagged Thor's tutu.

"AAAAHHHHH! MY BLESSING! YOU HAVE MARRED MY GIFT FROM THE WARRIORS OF VALHALLA! YOU SHALL PAY, BEAST!"

Thor pushed suddenly, gaining new strength through his ripped tutu, and slowly began pushing the bear backwards. Tony and Steve suddenly noticed that the bear's cage was nearby and began frantically pointing in that direction. Thor ignored them, and slowly backed the angry bear into the wolves' area. Thankfully, no wolves were residing there at the moment, as they were out rampaging cotton candy stands. Thor slammed the door of the cage.

"Well done, beast. You were a worthy opponent. You only need have more respect for god-blessed items." Thor fingered the rip in his tutu while the bear moaned.

"Great," said Tony. "Now we just need to get the bear out of there and into its own cage."

Thor smiled proudly, oblivious to the fact that he had just caused more work for everyone, began strolling off to find more animals. Washington the eagle screeched, fluttered over to Steve's other shoulder, and he and Tony began discussing how to deal with the bear.

I'll try and update again soon, and I'm still taking animal suggestions if you have any! Thanks!