They were hopeless.
Camille had tried and tried again to teach Thor, and Steve about the modern day world, but she had finally decided.
These two were hopeless. The suffix -less, to be without. The base word hope, a feeling of expectation. They were without a feeling of expectation!
"Are you sure?" Steve had the manual upside down as he and Thor tried to construct an Ikea table.
"It states: "Place your ingatorp table upside down to secure its legs." Thor scratched his head. "Where is the ingatorp?"
Tony flounced into the living room.
"Tony, what's an ingatorp?" Steve asked the billionaire.
"An ingatorp is a cheap table bought at Ikea. its catchphrase is :"Two monkeys could build it!" JARVIS answered.
"Thank you sky god!" Thor looked at Steve who still had the manuals upside down.
"Two monkeys indeed." Tony chuckled and left the living room.
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That night, the Avengers sat in the living room watching the Matrix. Not the best choice of movie for Thor and Steve who could barely grasp the concept of Wifi. Their "table" sat in the corner it was lopsided, and missing a leg which Thor had chucked off the balcony in a fit of rage.
"Are you sure this is legal?" Steve whispered for the fifteenth time.
"It's a movie Steve." Camille answered for the twentieth time.
"I for one, think this movie is delightful!" Thor shouted causing Clint to drop his popcorn. "What is the name of the bear again?" He looked to Camille.
"Where did you see a bear Thor?!" Camille asked and and tossed up her hands.
"Is this not the sequel to the lovely bear film we watched last night?"
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When the movie was over, all of the Avengers headed to their rooms, save Tony and Bruce who would hide in the lab all night. Camille had put the last of the dishes from dinner away, when she heard a loud banging sound.
"What on earth?" She walked down the hall and was followed by the bleary eyed Avengers. Minus Thor, and Steve.
When they reached the elevator. Steve was standing outside of it, and Thor was apparently on the inside.
"I think he hit the emergency stop button accidentally." Steve jumped as the god bamged on the doors again.
"HELP! I HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED BY A FOUL BEAST!"
"Thor!" Camille ran up to the door.
"IT IS DARK IN HERE!"
"Call security." Camille sighed at Tony.
When security did arrive, it took a lot of machinery to release the God from the "foul beast"
He hugged each workman, sending two to the ER, and then walked to bed holding a furry bear. When they got the call saying someone had pushed the emergency button and they were trapped in an elevator, maintenance had thought only a child would be so idiotic, so they brought a bear to reward him for being such a good kid. Thor was hugging it like he was one.
"Goodnight everyone..." Camille mumbled and stumbled to her bed.
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Camille was woken up by an alarm blaring.
"Fire drill Miss." Jarvis' voice was barely audible over the alarm.
"WHY!" Camille screamed, but the AL was silent. She was asking that question too many times to expect an answer.
Outside, The team, the maintenance crew, and an IT guy who, as far as Camille was concerned was a vampire, were the only ones outside. (Tony was too arrogant to have security guards.)
"Tony..." Camille was preparing for a lecture.
"You can't argue about common safety Camille!" The billionaire looked astounded. "You of all people, should know how we need to practice for the event that there is a fire in the building."
"We are the only ones here!" The IT guy waved and looked back at his phone. "And you set things on fire all day." She paused. "Wait a minute..." The team grimaced. "You don't even have fire alarms!" They sighed collectively. "Why do you look like you're hiding something."
"We aren't!" Bruce said too quickly and Camille looked at the Avengers.
"Where. Is. Thor?" Camille demanded bitterly and the team looked at the ground. "Where. Is. Steve?" They took a step back.
"We don't know." Clint said at last.
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"Thor!" Nat screamed from the roof.
"Steve!" Bruce yelled into the gym.
"Thor. Steve" Tony mumbled from the kitchen where he was "looking" in the ice cream tubs.
"Steve!" Clint yelled into the movie theater.
"Steve! Thor!" Camille ran out of the Stark tower business center.
"For Peggy..." Steve mumbled from his bed, raising his fist into the air.
"For Asgard." Thor whispered, still clutching the plush bear, from his.