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VIII. It Was Bucky's Idea!
Bucky wanted to do something. He was bored out of his brain and would have shot the arguing Vision and Ultron if Steve hadn't taken away his guns. Seriously! Did his best friend think he was a child?
He smashed into the living room where everyone, even the girls, were chilling out. Only Vision and Ultron were missing because they were arguing somewhere in the tower.
"I am completely bored out of my frickin' mind with people flirting and reading files or books! Can't we do something fun like bowing up the Malibu Mansion!?"
"Hey!" Shouted Tony.
"Language!" Steve scolded. Bucky growled. Steve was either a really good friend or the damper of the current mood.
"Well I have an idea," said Betty. "We could have a tournament of some sort."
"And the winner can dictate which Christmas movie we watch tomorrow!" Added Pepper.
"Why tomorrow? Why not tonight?" Asked Sam.
"Cause tonight Tony has some meeting with New York's senators."
Rhody snickered. "Man, that sounds like fun."
"I hate you Rhody. Almost as much as Jarvis."
"I take that as an offensive comment," Jarvis said in his calm robotic voice. Rhody just shook his head slowly, a large grin stuck on his face.
Suddenly "EUREKA!" Screamed Ultron flying through the wall. "We will have a video game tournament. Unfortunately in order to have a tournament tournament we need 32 people or 16."
"Bro! I am so good at MarioKart! You'll never win against me!" Bragged Vision.
"Well how many do we have now?" Asked Tony.
Vision began to count, pointed to each person as he counted. "One…two…three…"
"Twenty," said Jarvis.
"Boy you count fast," Vision grumbled. Jarvis was about to explain but Tony stopped him.
Jane stood up. "I'm no video game player so I'll drop out."
"I don't like video games. Too frustrating," said Magnito.
"I might Hulk out if I loose," snickered Bruce. The Avengers protested loudly and finally Bruce agreed to stay.
"Count me out," said Betty. "I'll be a ref."
Tony looked around. "So! Anyone else want to give up a spot? We just need one more to leave." No one said anything. "Nothing? Anyone? Ugh."
"I guess I could drop out," pondered Steve. "I've never really played one of these kind of games where you sit at the TV."
"Are you kidding me?!" Screamed Scott.
Lorna giggled. "I haven't either but I want to try!"
"Then let us have a boulder, scroll, double-pivot swords game and see who is kicked out to make sixteen!" Shouted Thor eagerly.
"Umm, dude. It's called Rock Paper Scissors," said Sam.
The Avengers began Rock Paper Scissoring. Thor had to be retaught and Lorna didn't know how to play. While Jane taught them the rest battle one another. The losers of each match would then battle each other until there was one person left.
In the end it was Scott that lost the whole thing. "I'm with team Hope," Scott said enthusiastically. "Can I be the announcer?"
"Can I announce too?" Asked Jane. Scott nodded. Then everyone turned to Magnito.
"I'll be the crowd with Jarvis."
So it was set. The Avengers agreed to play Marvel Heroes vs. Marvel Super Villains. Tony hooked up enough controls for everyone, stating that they were to all fight at the same time and the top half would move to the next round. Then he went over the controls. Only Hawkeye and Black Widow didn't pay attention. Clint already knew the controls and Natasha figured she'd get it straightened out in seconds.
The Avengers crowded around, scattered in a movie-theatre way around the couch. "Three…two…one…GO!" Screamed Scott.
"And they're off! And Wanda sprints out with her Mystique figure, followed closely by her brother Pietro and his Whiplash! On the other side Steve and Steve hasn't gone anywhere while Hope and Mrs. Marvel clash with Mystique! Ooh, Bruce and the Hulk just did a Hulk smash, knocking all the villains but Vision and Loki get up first!"
No one was listening to Scott. They were too busy concentrating on the game. The Avengers had all claimed themselves and Lorna called her father. That just left Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, Loki, Ultron, Whiplash, Mystique, Doctor Doom, Red Skull and the Winter Soldier unoccupied. Ultron and Bucky made a dive for themselves. So Rhody called for Doctor Doom, Sam wanted Black Panther, and Pepper choose Red Skull. Vision was stuck with Loki.
Scott continued. "What's this? Captain America is finally moving. Magnito's wandering in circles, OOH! Doctor Doom just blasted Black Panther off his feet!"
"In yaw face, man!" Whooped Rhody.
"Black Widow and Hawkeye making a move towards the middle of the field, here comes Ms. Marvel behind them-wait! It's Mystique Marvel! She throws Hawkeye but Black Widow's got her down! Whiplash has got Widow tied up-no! Iron Man blasts Whiplash and knocks him into Red Skull, freeing Captain America!
"Meanwhile, Thor is having a face off with the Winter Soldier and Ultron. He's being aided by the Hulk-this oughta be interesting-there's a million Loki's across the field and Panther's trying to find the real one. Magnito's got Iron Man pinned to the ground, Whiplash is back up and whipping! Ow! That's gotta hurt. Whiplash was just shot in the back with an explosive arrow courtesy of the bowman."
"You got that damn right!" Snickered Hawkeye.
Scott resumed. "Winter Soldier and Red Skull are now up against Captain America, who's doing pretty well considering this is his first time playing an intense video game. Same to you, Lorna. Speaking of Lorna, her Magnito just magnetized Ultron. Friendly Fire! Friendly Fire!"
"Hey! Lorna I'm on your side!" Complained Ultron.
"Sorry!" Squealed Lorna. She released Ultron. "But I can't tell who's on who's!"
"The Avengers are against us," Vision said.
"It's a blur of confusion and action!" Screamed Scott. "Too much to take in! My eyes are about to explode!"
Hope sighed and used her Ms. Marvel to team up with Hulk and smash Red Skull and the Winter Soldier. "Have Jane announce then."
Without hesitation Jane stole the plastic microphone toy Scott had been holding. "We're back to battle, Thor's low on health (don't know why) but he's surviving on the end of the line!"
"That's my line!" Yelped Steve.
"While Thor continues to beat up Doom, Iron Man seems to be running on the ground instead of flying, Black Panther's behind him-BLACK PANTHER IS ATTACKING IRON MAN! Oh wait, it's Mystique. Never underestimate the power of the Black Panther.
"Meanwhile Ultron and Loki are gathering around Red Skull an the Winter Soldier. Magnito's running in circles again-"
Scott smacked the mic out of Jane's hand and caught it before it hit the ground. "Whiplash is attacking Thor! And Thor is dead! Sorry buddy but you're not moving on." Scott handed the mic back.
"Bummer!" Whined Thor.
"Loki and Ultron are blasting people with their magic and the Winter Soldier and Red Skull are shooting. But wait, Iron Man's warming up for something. Hulk's in front of him. Iron Man unibeams the Hulk into the four and takes out all their health! That's gotta hurt."
Jane passed the mic back to Scott as Bucky, Pepper, Ultron and Vision all complained. "I'll feel your pain, my friends," said Thor reassuringly.
Hawkeye and Captain America were dead next. Then Ms. Marvel died. Then Black Widow and Black Panther died at the same time. Then Magnito. Next to go was Hulk followed closely by Mystique. Doom died next and Whiplash was last.
"And the winner is Iron Man!" Cheered Jane and Scott. Tony leapt up and did a victory dance. Magnito and Betty just clapped.
"Jarvis give us the list of who's going to the next round," said Betty.
Jarvis thought for a second. Finally he began to speak. "The players moving on to the next round are: Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, Lorna Maximoff, Bruce Banner, Wanda Maximoff, James Rhodes, Pietro Maximoff and Tony Stark."
"All Maximoffs made it!" Squealed Wanda. She wrapped her little sister and brother in her arms.
"You're cutting off my air valves!" wheezed Pietro. But Wanda didn't care.
The next round, everyone used the same characters. Unfortunately Pietro was kicked out because Betty saw him using his mutant power and cheating. But when Jarvis announced the new winners, the other older Maximoff had lost along with Sam and Bruce.
"This is intense!" Yelled Scott. "It's the semi-final round and we now will change the rules a bit. Every man or woman for himself! GO!"
Immediately Magnito picked up Iron Man and Doom and bashed them against a tree. That was until Black Widow attacked him/her. Doom got up and began shooting at Iron Man, who just used a repulser on him. Then Iron Man blasted Black Widow and Magnito. Scott and Jane were all wound up, switching off who got to scream into the plastic mic.
When the battle was over Jarvis announced that Tony and Rhody were the only ones still standing. The Avengers readily took sides. Most of the new Avengers went for Rhody while the older ones were with Tony. Hope and Bucky was on Tony's as well while Lorna and Ultron sided with Rhody.
Tony and Rhody began clobbering each other with their Iron Man and Doctor Doom figures. The spectating Avengers cheered their side on and even drowned out Scott and Jane. Magnito got dizzy so he stopped watching. Betty couldn't tell if the boys were playing fair or not.
As the day drawled on Tony and Rhody continued to fight ferociously. Their characters were starting to run low of health. Suddenly Doom blasted Iron Man into a tree and Iron Man's health bar began blinking red.
"I get it!" Snapped Tony. "I'm loosing!" He unibeamed Doom. Now both health bars were blinking red. The figures engaged into a punching battle until…
The power went out. Just for a second but it erased everything. "Nooo!" Screamed Tony. "Now we'll never know who wins!"
"I say I was winning because you started blinking red first, man!" Rhody sneered.
"No way! I was doing better than you!"
"Man, your punches were so bad it was like you were a toddler trying to play with the controls!"
"Yeah? Well a toddler could do better than you any day!"
"Shut up!" Shouted Jarvis. "I have calculated the points of both players. The winner for this tournament is…James Rhodes!"
"WAHOO!" Rhody began moonwalking. "In ya face, man!" Tony sulked and Pepper patted his shoulder. The others just blinked.
After a minute of watching Tony sulk and Rhody dance, Tony nodded at his best friend. "Nice job. Now if you'll excuse me, Pepper and I will be going off on our date. Choose a good movie. Something with a lot of girls."
Rhody snickered. "Oh man, you're gonna love what I choose to watch tomorrow." An evil grin was cast upon his face.
"Does anyone find that expression somewhat tripping?" Asked Thor.
I don't own MarioKart.
Please give suggestions for future chapters! This is day 8 and I'm barely ahead. Currently I'm working on day 11 to lead up to the completed day 12. lol I'm all over. But seriously.
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Also, take guesses on what Rhody's got planned. Ehehehe
