Ch 11

Ready. Set. Go!

NOTES:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for this late release! I really thought I uploaded this chapter days ago...

Anyway! Hope you will enjoy! :D

'Okay guys, here we are!' Peter said as he looked up at the large blue brand name on the front of the building. 'We should be able to get what you need here, Quill. If Walmart doesn't sell it, no one will.'

The small trickster looked up in awe at the massive complex. He stared at all the people walking in and out of the store, some leaving with just a small back and some with iron carts on wheels which were stacked till the point where Loki wondered if the person pushing it could even see where he was going.

Peter looked at Loki and chuckled, 'Okay, so, since I have been trusted by Thor to supervise you, I thought we should just go inside and-'

'HEADS UP, GUYS!'

The raven and the teen turned around, noticing how Quill was running towards them with a shopping cart. He stopped just in front of the two and smiled, 'Who's in for a little fun time?'

'Oh! I am! I am!' Loki jumped up and down in excitement as he raised a hand but Peter was quick to lower it as he squinted his eyes.

'I am all about fun time, Quill, but to be honest, I really don't feel like we should do whatever it is that you're up to. So, let's just get in and-'

'Ah, you're just like Thor,' Quill scoffed as he ignored the teen's words with a lazy wave of his hand. He then picked up Loki and placed him in the front of the cart. 'You ready, kid?'

'I am ready captain Star Lord!' Loki laughed as Quill's contagious excitement took over him, though he had no idea what was going to happen.

The starlord casually leaned against the shopping cart and he looked at Peter. 'Well?' he asked, signaling the teen to hop in with a nod of his head.

'Wait, you want me to get in as well?' Peter asked in disbelief and he crossed his arms. 'First of all, no. I am sixteen, I'm way too old for that. Secondly, it can be dangerous to-'

But again, Quill chose not to listen to him. He placed his hands on the teen's waist, causing him to flinch and giggle at the touch and the starlord pulled him into the cart behind Loki. 'You guys ready?'

'Yes!' Loki shouted, raising his hands in the air.

'No!' Peter said worriedly, not even wanting to know what Quill was scheming.

'Okay, hold on tight!'

At that moment, Quill dashed forward, running into the store like he was chased by death himself. He agilely moved through the crowded aisles, taking sharp turns and spinning the cart every time he had the space to do so.

Peter wrapped one hand around the raven, while the other clenched on the bars of the cart, making sure to hold on tight. 'Snacks are on your right! On your right!' he shouted, noticing how people dodged into the shelves to avoid getting hit. 'And slow down! This is a grocery store, not a race track!'

'Can't hear you over the sound of having fun, kid!' Quill laughed as he made a sharp turn to the left which nearly tipped over the cart.

Peter grumbled softly. He thought he only had to keep a close eye on Loki, that he had to watch one child, not two! If Thor would see them like this, he would surely take him to Asgard and lock him up in some creepy dungeon for torture or whatever Asgardians do with prisoners. Peter flinched as his vivid imagination started to portrait this scenes in his head.

'Are you not having fun, brother?' Loki turned around and smiled. 'Try to raise your arms, like this!' The small trickster waved his hands in the air, feeling the breeze run through his fingers as Quill took another rapid turn.

'No, Loki, this is dangerous, if Thor sees this,'

'Like this!' Loki repeated, stretching his arms as far as he could.

Peter remained in doubt for a moment but as he saw Loki's hopeful eyes on him, he just decided to give it a try, it is not like Quill was going to listen to him anyway.

Starlord smiled as he heard a careful chuckle coming from the teen which was quickly followed by loud laughter. He started to run even faster, the two in the cart now shouting and cheering.

Peter smiled and laughed. Never had he thought he would sit in a cart again after he had grown too big for the kid's seat at age four. But here he was, shouting and having fun with a guy from space who he hardly knew and a small kid who was actually supposed to be a full-grown man. Peter snorted softly, it sounded weird when he thought of it like that. But it does not feel weird, it feels… like fun.

Suddenly, Peter's laughter came to an abrupt end as his spider scenes tingled in loud alarm. He looked up, noticing an elderly man who was slowly shuffling behind a rollator. 'Quill… QUILL! Look out!'

Hitting the brakes as hard as he could, Quill somehow managed to dodge the old man. He threw his entire body into a sharp turn, causing the cart to spin out of control. One of the wheels hit the edge of a small promotion stand, launching the three Avengers into a huge pile of bright purple colored, lavender-scented toilet paper.

With a soft grunt in pain, Peter managed to sit up straight. Never had he been this grateful for toilet paper as it had broken his fall. He shook his head and looked at his side, noticing Quill's legs sticking out of the soft purple pile. He snorted, serves him right! His eyes then grew wide as he now came to realize he was one person short. 'Loki?' he called out but got no reply. Shit, Thor was going to kill him. 'Loki?!'

'That was amazing!'

Peter suddenly heard a voice from behind him. He turned around and started to laugh as he saw the little trickster wrapped up in toilet paper, a grin on his face so wide that the teen could easily count all his teeth.

After a seemingly endless lecture on responsibility, safety and shopping carts from a manager, who seemed to be about done with his life, the three Avengers were sitting outside on the sidewalk in front of the store. The summer sun was starting to go down, leaving an orange hue over the usually grey and dull parking lot.

'Well, that's just another one for my "stores-I'm-banned-from" list.' Quill smirked, taking another sip from his XXL slurpee.

'I can't believe this,' Peter mumbled in defeat, his head resting in his hands. 'I am the friendly-neighborhood-spider-man. I can't be banned from stores, I protect them! My dads are gonna kill me when they find out… Oh no, wait, let me rephrase that, first Thor is going to kill me, then he'll bring me back to life, and then my dads are going to kill me.'

'Thor can bring people back to life?' Quill asked in surprise, completely missing the point Peter was trying to make.

'No, he cannot,' Loki said, sitting between the two men, his legs crossed. 'I do not believe anyone can.' He added, taking another sip from his strawberry flavored slurpee.

Peter stared at the two in despair, 'but what should I do? What should I tell them? "Oh hey, yeah, sorry I can't run that errant for you, dad. I got banned from the store because I used it as a race track and ended up in a pile of freaking expansive toilet paper".' Peter let his hands run through his hair, a shiver running down his spine as he imaged the looks on his fathers faces. 'Damn, Tony's gonna flip, I just know it. And Steve… well I bet he would just let out this huge disappointed sigh and stare at me wondering how he got to be the father of a criminal.'

Quill couldn't help but laugh at that, imagining the picture Peter just described. 'You really worry too much,' he smiled, 'You're an Avenger, right? Just wear a disguise when you have to go to the store. Tell you this, you put on a baseball hat and some sunglasses, maybe throw in a hoody, and I bet you no one will recognize you.'

'As if it's that simple,' Peter scoffed, the mere idea of it making him shake his head.

'I think you'll be surprised, kid.' Quill laughed. 'It was awfully nice from the shop owner to still let us buy these slurpees by the way!'

'Sure was, and all thanks to these big innocent green eyes.' Peter laughed, amiably ruffling Loki's hair, starting to understand why the man fell for the trickster's charm as a loving smile now colored the child's face.

After finishing their drinks, the three went back to the Avengers Compound. Drax was the first to notice Quill's lack of snacks, making Peter and Starlord stare at each other as they tried to come up with an excuse. Luckily for them, they had a little Liesmith on their side and Loki was quick to convince everyone that they already ate all of their snacks on their way to the compound.

'Peter?' Loki said as he took a sip from his orange juice which was handed to him by Wanda.

'Yeah?' Both Peters replied simultaneously, looking at each other while raising a questioning brow.

Loki giggled, 'I just wanted to say that I had a lot of fun today.' He smiled brightly. 'Also, from now on, you,' he pointed at the younger Peter. 'you will be my brother Peter. And you,' he looked at Starlord. 'You will be my uncle Peter.'

'Cool! You hear that, God-man?' Quill smiled, wrapping an arm around Thor necks. 'We're family now!'

'That is just absolutely terrific,' Thor managed to conjure an awkward smile on his face. 'I cannot wait for the next family reunion on Asgard…'

NOTES:

Shout out to everyone going to DCC! (Dutch Comic Con) this weekend!
I will be going tomorrow (24-11) and will be dressed as Thor in disguise! (Ragnarok version, when Thor and Loki visit Earth in search of Odin and meet Doctor Strange)
I even have my own Mjolnir XD (a black umbrella)
Friends of mine will be going as well! Dressed as Ragnarok's Bruce Banner (in Tony's clothes), Steve Rogers (also in disguise) and Spider-man. (You have no idea how hard it was to find sunglasses in the middle of November XD)
So for those of you who are going as well, please let me know and we might see each other there!