AN: Hello readers! FD here with Starla to once again bring you not one, but two special chapters for Ask or Dare the Avengers!, celebrating the 5th anniversary of this Fanfiction account! Honestly, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than to write in one of my favorite stories currently on this account. Though, *sigh* due to college, I wasn't able to get this chapter out on the exact date, so...whoopsie!
Now, quick warning, things are going to get crazy, as this chapter with feature many, many, many characters from across many different fandoms, most of which are ones that I, or my sister, have written for in the last 5 years. However, since these next chapters are only special chapters, I'm not changing the categories/fandoms for this story. Regular chapters with the requested truths and dares will resume after the special.
Not much else to say other than let's dive right in. And another quick heads-up, this chapter will feature a much longer intro than the other chapters, but there will be truths and dares (well, more dares), I promise!
Round 7: A 5th Anniversary Celebration (Part 1)
The studio has never been more crowded than it is today (unless you count that one fiasco post-Infinity War).
Most of the furniture is pushed against the walls, leaving the center of the room more spacious, though there are some cocktail tables scattered around and larger tables full of food and drinks. Colorful balloon and streamers line the walls, and a big banner hangs over everyone's head with the words 'Happy 5 Year Anniversary!' written in big, bold letters. The general mood of the room is lively, as there are some cheerful pop songs playing in the background as characters of all shapes and sizes mingled and got to know one another.
"And this is the big room itself," FD announces proudly as she leads a group of young men and one teen girl, all dressed in various forms of casual suits/dress, into the room. "Now, I have to warn you that some of these guys just came back from either the dead or the Snappening (now called the Decimation). I know you are pretty new to my little head-space/canon, so tread carefully and do try to get along with everyone else okay? College has given me enough of a headache as it is."
"Of course, Draco-san," one of the taller men with olive-brown hair and bright green eyes, named Makoto, says with a closed-eyed smile, speaking for all of them.
"Please, all of you, call me FD!" the authoress says with a casual wave of her hand.
When they entered, all the newcomers are floored by what they see. There are people and even a few anthropomorphic animals chatting with each other in large groups, with a few of the more brooding characters preferring to stand or sit by the walls. However, despite the wide array of characters gathered before them, Nagisa, the blonde and smallest of the newcomer group, immediately makes a bee-line for the buffet table, followed by his very exasperated friend, Rei, who adjusts his red glasses and tries in vain to reel in the energetic youth.
The first to notice the group entering is a small, flying creature, who immediately begins swooping and flying all around their heads, bubbly chatter being left in its wake, "Ooh! Ooh! New friends! Who are you?! Are you nice!?" Several of the guys duck in surprise, or fear in Makoto's case, but that doesn't deter the orange, fluffy creature from chittering excitedly as she sniffs and inspects them in curiosity.
However, FD grunts and waves the slightly annoying, yet adorable creature away, "Cut it out, Fidget! I told you not to be so annoying to the other guests." Fidget's bright green eyes and orange ears droop, and the creature gives FD a kick-puppy dog look.
"Hey! That's not a nice thing to say!" the teenage girl of the group with long maroon hair, named Gou, says as she brushes by the authoress to face the creature, "It's okay…don't be sad…" Before the girl can say anything further, the little cat/fox/dragon hybrid creature giggles and immediately flies into her arms, snuggling before flying off, most likely to try to cause some mischief elsewhere.
"Gou," Rin, her older brother with nearly identical features to her but with shorter hair, taller stature, and sharper teeth, reprimands, "you shouldn't talk to strange creatures that you don't…"
This causes the smaller girl to retort, leading to a sibling spat that the others in the group know better than to intervene in.
Having then noticed the new additions to the party, Peter Quill makes his way towards them, with Gamora in his arms and followed by Steve, all dressed in their own casual party wear.
"Hey FD!" Peter greets her before turning to the remaining group of boys and one girl, "Who are these guys?"
While the heroes don't recognize the anime swimmers, they sure do, and nearly all of them stiffen at being addressed by the iconic Marvel heroes. Gou, having halted from her argument, does not even bother to hide the fact that she is ogling Steve and Peter, whose bulging muscles are not hidden at all by their tightly fitted shirts. In fact, she's starting to notice that the room is filled with strong, muscular men and women. She's almost drooling at the sight, making her brother chuckle and wave his hand in front of her jokingly to snap her out of it.
The authoress greets the heroes warmly, "Hey guys! Good to see both you and Gamora are well," she then gestures to the people behind her, about to introduce them to everyone when an all-to-familiar monotone, British voice cuts in.
"Japanese…swimmers…all of them…except for the girl," Sherlock, in all his glory, dressed in a neat blue suit, announces his presence as he eyes the new group up and down, his finger folded under his sharp chin in a thoughtful manner. He then points to the raven-haired teen with blue eyes, "College student. Has an infatuation with water. Lives by himself though parents are still alive, merely absent, but is being taken care of by his friend, most likely from childhood," he then turns to face Makoto, who stiffens under the man's analytical gaze, "You're the best friend. You live with one…maybe two younger siblings, hence why you care for your other friend here, though I'm guessing there are other reasons. You are also fond of cats and use to swim, backstroke most likely, though you keep in shape in order to not feel like you're being left behind by your peers."
His eyes then go to the tallest boy in the group, who so far is the only one able to look directly at the detective, "You're also a bodybuilder, but with a bad shoulder, though it may be on the mends. Your family owns a restaurant. And you're close friends with the siblings, though not so much with the dark-haired boy." Of course, his gaze immediately falls on Rin and Gou, "Siblings, though I'm guessing you've spent some time apart. The boy is obviously a competitive swimmer, but with many insecurities and has most likely gone through a rebellious phase during his time away from home. The girl is in high school and dating a boy she knows her brother won't like. She is also, in part, a leader of the group…no…manager sounds more like it." Finally, his quick eyes go to the last man in the group with bright pink hair and a nervous smile, "Not a swimmer…basketball player…has a younger brother, and is interested in him," he gestures to Makoto, who flinches with a nervous smile, and continues with his analysis, "Uncle owns a real estate business. And no…I'm not interested."
All of that was said in 1 minute, leaving everyone stunned silent, except for John Watson and Inspector Lestrade, who facepalm and shake their heads upon hearing their friend.
"What? Am I right?" the egotistical detective asks giddily.
The group has no idea how to respond, and all just look at each other and at the detective, too stunned and slightly confused to speak properly. Sherlock's Absol then appears silently by his side, and immediately draws most of the group's attention.
"Is that a…Pokémon?!" Gou and the pink-haired teen exclaim excitedly, gesturing at the creature.
"What do you mean insecurities?!" Rin screeches in aggravation at the same time in an accented English, glaring at the man, who simply shrugs and points to his teeth. John sees this and whacks his partner on the shoulder, ignoring the other man's indignant looks.
The commotion catches the attention of a few more people, and soon, nearly everyone in the room is crowding around to meet the newcomers to the party, who are becoming a little overwhelmed. Realizing that now might be as good a time as any, FD and Starla, who came to her sister's side, gesture for everyone to take a step back, and the authoress finishes her introductions. The raven-haired, blue-eyed teen is Haru; the taller, dark-haired, teal-eyed teen is Sousuke; and the pink-haired teen is Kisumi. (The others were introduced above! Pay attention! If you're still confused, I recommend looking them up and watching the anime).
Once introductions are finished, and both Nagisa and Rei rejoin the group, they all turn and bow politely in greeting to everyone, "Hello! It is nice to meet all of you!"
"Uh…are they speaking in Japanese?" Clint asks, voicing everyone's confusion at not having understood what they just said.
"They sound fine to me," Peter Quill adds with a shrug.
"That's because we've got universal translators on Star-Dork," Rocket rolls his eyes.
FD, meanwhile, smacks herself in the face, "Oh right…sorry about that. Here, allow me." She snaps her fingers in front of the group, making the Marvel characters flinch. Nothing seems to happen at first. "Come on guys, say something," she encourages the anime characters.
Rin speaks up first, "You know, some of us speak English, and I am fluent. I could've translated." Only now his voice is slightly changed, and there's almost no sign of a Japanese accent. He then grips his throat and looks at FD in shock. She, in turn, smirks.
"Wow! My voice is so different!" Nagisa also lightly touches his throat, but then jumps forward in front of Peter and sticks his hand out, "Hello! My name is Nagisa! Please to meet you!" Peter smiles and they enthusiastically shake each other's hands.
"How is this possible? I barely know English, yet I am speaking it just fine," Rei is touching his own throats like it's going to reveal all his answers.
FD just pats the boy on the back and turns to face the group, who are all also testing out their new voices, "Don't worry. I just put you guys in your dub-modes so that everyone here can understand you."
"Dubber," Starla hisses with an irritated frown.
"Subber," FD retorts with a s**t-eating smirk, "Though I could give them their 50% Off! voices..."
"Please don't," Rin says with a deadpan look.
After more greetings have been exchanged, the gathered crowd splits back up into their groups, and the Free! gang spread throughout the room as well, joining with different groups.
FD and Starla look on with smiles.
"This isn't as bad as I thought it'd be," Starla nods her head, looking around and making sure all is in order.
Grinning, FD elbows her sister playfully, "I told you that this would be a good idea. Come on. Let's join them!"
Starla wastes no time before heading over to speak to Dust, a gloomy, teal colored anthropomorphic character wearing some simple clothes, a large cape and a large hat that hides most of his face. The orange, flying creature from before, Fidget, is also hovering above the two, doing much of the talking for the silent, caped character. Sly Cooper then slinks his way over to them and pats Starla on the back as she introduces him to Dust and Fidget.
Happy that her sister is in good hands, FD continues to walk around the room and couldn't help but eavesdrop on a few conversations.
In one corner, a small green turtle, named Bentley, is tinkering with some sort of device on the floor for Tony, Pidge, Aviva, Koki, and Rocket to see.
"...have you tried re-routing the circuitry to the sub-battery source?" Aviva asks, "It might help with the surges."
"Maybe," Bentley thinks and picks up his tools again.
"No way," Pidge scoffs, pointing at the device, "That won't do any good. It might just end up overloading the battery."
"We can try to find another component to diverge the energy," Tony suggests.
"That'll just waste the power!" Koki points out.
Rocket all the while, just rolls his eyes and kneels beside the turtle, deciding to just work alongside the creature rather than hear the humans debate.
The device suddenly begins to fizzle, causing the group to recoil in fear, and Pidge even picks up Bentley to get him away from the smoking device.
"Guys! I don't want to see a bomb over there!" FD scolds, glaring at the sheepish group. Though, the only one not sheepish is Rocket, who flips the authoress off.
In another area of the room, Steve, Bucky, Rhodey, Peter, Shiro, Allura, Coran, Chris and Martin Kratt, John Watson, and Lestrade are all chatting together warmly, while sharing some drinks. FD has no worries about these guys causing a fuss.
"No way," Rhodey shakes his head in disbelief.
"…yea…it was crazy…we had to save all of reality and all the different branches of existence," Shiro is telling the group about his show's season finale, while also flashing Allura a grateful smile. She smiles back in kind, but the rest of the group are just stunned.
Steve then chuckles, "Wow. We're still trying to defeat Thanos, who wiped out half of our universe."
"Thanos?" Coran asks, twirling his bright orange mustache in his hands, "Sounds like quite a fella."
"You have no idea," Bucky grumbles.
"He's the Mad Titan. Pretty much just a big purple nutsack chinned son of a b**ch," Peter answers crassly, gripping his drink tightly. "He'd better not be enjoying retirement too long."
Steve pats Star-Lord on the back reassuringly, "We'll get him in due time."
John and Lestrade are a bit put off by the sci-fi heroes and their heroic deeds and could only muster nervous smiles and laughs, though they are intrigued by their stories. Chris and Martin, however, didn't even bother trying to hide their child-like giddiness and pleading eyes for more details.
FD is then delighted to see Rei and Bruce talking to each other animatedly about something most likely science related, and Rei has a look of an eager student willing to absorb every bit of knowledge given to him. Nagisa is mostly loitering by their side, idly munching on some food as his eyes travel around the room.
Near one of the buffet table, Thor and Drax are amazingly getting along quite well, and have even somehow dragged in Murray, a big, purple anthropomorphic hippo. All are talking excitedly about some of the crazy things that they've seen and done, and both Drax and Thor are surprisingly willing to listen to Murray talk about his own adventures in his world.
Looking around some more, FD sees Natasha, Pepper, Wanda, Gamora, Mantis, and Carmelita Fox chatting amongst themselves, most likely about some of the idiotic things that the guys have done at one point or another.
"And don't even get me started on the time Sly disappeared on me only to travel back in time," Carmelita huffs and takes a sip of her water.
"That must've been horrible," Pepper says sympathetically, seeing through the anthro-fox's tough mask and the worry underneath.
Carmelita shrugs nonchalantly, "Can't be helped I guess. So how are things with you guys?"
The MCU characters cringe and didn't really know what to say.
"Mind if I join you?" Allura walks up before them with a warm smile, "It's been a while since I've had a chance to talk to other girls."
"Of course honey," Pepper grasps the Altean's arms and drags her into their group.
"So, what's your story?" Wanda asks nonchalantly, taking a sip of her scotch.
Allura tells them a bit about herself. From her planet's destruction to her 10,000-year sleep to her adventures with the paladins and finally her sacrifice. "Needless to say, it's been a bit hectic."
Everyone gapes at the Princess. Though Gamora does place a comforting hand on her shoulder, and the Altean smiles in gratitude. Wanting to steer their conversation to a much lighter mood, Natasha asks them about some of the craziest missions they've had.
Groot, meanwhile, is sprawled out on a chair playing a videogame, with Jimmy Z casually watching over his shoulder and giving some tips to the teen plant alien. He then pulls out one of his own games, quickly garnering the moody teen's interest as he grabs the console and checks out the game.
Keith, Lance, Clint, Sam, Makoto, and a silent Haru appear to be sharing some funny stories.
"Oh...don't even get me started on this guy getting his a** handed to him at the airport by a high schooler!" Clint laughs as he grips a disgruntled Sam's shoulders, trying in vain to stand up straight while laughing so hard.
"Heh...not as bad as Lance getting tricked by a pretty alien and getting chained to a tree while his Blue Lion gets stolen," Keith smirks.
"Hey! I thought we agreed to forget that!" Lance grunts under his breath at a smirking Red Paladin.
"Makoto once had to sumo wrestle in an Iwatobi-chan mascot outfit. And won," Haru suddenly speaks up in his usual monotonous, deadpan voice.
This causes the others to burst into laughter, much to the taller teen's expense, "Ha...Haru-chan! Why did you say that?!" he whines, covering his bright red face with his hands.
Haru shrugs, "You were cool. Thought it'd be a fun story. And drop the -chan." Makoto sighs and slumps against his friend.
FD chuckles and continues her rounds around the room.
At another buffet table, Hunk and Pietro are amicably talking over a plate of food, with Hunk doing a lot of the talking and the older man listening while leaning against the table.
FD's eyes then fall to the edges of the room, where the more silent and brooding characters, like Sherlock (whose eyes are still scanning the room, most likely trying to deduce everyone still), his Absol, and Nebula, are each leaning against the wall, acting cool when, really, they're just out of their elements in these social situations. The authoress knows better
In another corner of the room, Nick Fury, Vision, and Logan are sitting on some armchairs in a circle and chatting like gentlemen, with mostly Logan expressing how good it is to see Nick again after so long.
"You think you'll be joining our universe any time soon?" Fury asks curiously.
Logan shrugs, taking a sip of his drink, "Don't know. Heard from the crazy authoress that some merger had happened so maybe."
"Well, in any case, we look forward to your appearance," Vision adds, "Perhaps you and your friends will be the key to us defeating Thanos."
Logan, again, shrugs, "Maybe."
Sousuke and Rin have found seats for themselves and are mostly just watching the party, still a little uncomfortable with being surrounded by such intimidating characters (even though Sousuke ironically towers over quite a few of them). They ended up sharing an armchair, with Sousuke sitting on the seat and Rin perched on the armrest.
FD walks up to them, "You guys really should learn to mingle."
"We're just gonna stay here," Rin mumbles, which is so unlike the usually social teen.
The authoress sighs, "None of them are going to bite. Well, maybe Deadpool...but that's Deadpool."
Both Rin and Sousuke still seem hesitant, so the authoress shakes her head and is about to head out before she remembers something, "Oh right, before I forget. I changed the song for one of the chapters you guys are going to be in for Free! The Musical [plug - really, just check it out!]." She hands them both a script with their new roles. "Starla gave me the idea, and I thought about making it into a mini-series within the series."
"This is a completely different story," Sousuke points out.
She shrugs, "True, but it works. Plus, I kinda feel bad about just rewriting 'Call Me Maybe', so this seems more fitting. And you get some more story time."
"I hate the ending," Rin grunts, looking away from the open script. Sousuke places a comforting hand on the other teen's leg, and the maroon-head immediately relaxes.
"Just stick with me, okay?" FD asks with a wink.
"Like we have a choice," they grumble at the same time, to which the authoress laughs and shakes her head, waving to them as she heads off.
FD then spots Gou hanging around Kisumi as the two awkwardly look around the room by the food table. Though, Gou is still a bit star-struck by all the manly men around her. She also sees Molly Hooper playing around with her food all by herself. Sighing, FD marches over to the two anime characters and drags them by the arms to Molly, "Gee you guys. I know that it's hard, but this is just getting awkward. Hey Molly!"
The young woman looks up from her food, and her eyes widen at the sight of the authoress dragging the two characters to her.
"Bring out your Pokémon!" the authoress urges, though not unkindly.
"I…I don't…are you sure it's…" the pathologist stammers.
"Yes yes yes," the authoress reassures, winking at the two shy characters beside her, "I know that these two have been dying to meet some actual, live Pokémon."
Molly looks over at the anime teens and looks away shyly, "O…okay." She grabs her 5 pokeballs from her purse and throws them into the air. In several bursts of bright light, Minccino, Espeon, Nidoqueen, Skitty, and Aurorus emerge, much to the utter delight of Gou and Kisumi and the wonder of those around them to see the group of Pokémon.
"John! Sherlock! Lestrade! Let your Pokémon out too!" FD shouts to them, and soon, the room is bustling with the emergence of several iconic Japanese creatures.
Gou is now cuddling up with Minccino and talking ecstatically with Molly. And all around the room, everyone is either petting or staring in awe at the creatures before them.
Kisumi is giggling when Skitty wiggles in his arms, but stills when his eyes fall onto a certain speedster as the older man marvels at the sight of all the Pokémon in the room. His eyes glisten with interest. Cuddling the squirming Pokemon close to his chest, the now shy young man approaches the honorary Avenger, who's now on his own.
"H...hi," he curses himself for stuttering, but he did catch Pietro's attention, so he flashes his most charming smile.
"Hey. You're one of those Free! kids right?" Pietro's accented, yet lilting voice nearly makes the pink-haired man swoon, but he maintains his composure.
"Yea! I'm Kisumi!" He then winks, "And yes, it sounds like 'Kiss Me'."
Pietro blushes and looks off, "I...I...uh..."
Kisumi laughs brightly, though tries to hide it to no avail behind his hand, his own cheeks sporting a light pink dusting, "I'm teasing."
The speedster Avenger chuckles slightly uncomfortably but smiles nonetheless.
"So...I heard that you're said to be one of the fastest Marvel heroes. Is that true?" Pietro brightens up as he never passes on the opportunity to brag about himself and his 'amazing' skills. Wanda looks up and over towards her twin and shakes her head before going back to petting Aurorus. Meanwhile, Kisumi absorbs every word the slightly older man says, with literal sparkles in his eyes.
Having grown tired of flying loops around Sherlock's Pidove, Fidget spots a brooding Loki leaning against a wall far from the rest of the party, not even trying to hide his disdain. Smiling mischievously, the little trouble-maker doesn't hesitate to fly over.
"Ooh! You look lonely! Wanna be friends?!" Fidget chirps cutely.
But Loki simply sneers, "Get away from me. Can't you see I'm in no mood for your…presence."
Fidget just pouts and crosses her tiny arms, "Come on. I just thought you might like some fun," a devilish smirk suddenly spreads across her cute face, "I know that you're the God of Mischief. And I have some ideas that you might like."
Loki raises an eyebrow, but the bored part of him can't help but be a tiny bit intrigued by the winged creature's words, "I'm listening."
"I can help too," a whisper comes from their side, causing both god and Nimbat to turn and face a smiling, blond teenager.
Loki sneers, "How can you help us mortal?"
Nagisa simply smiles and winks, "Oh trust me, Mr. Loki. I have a record. This isn't my first party. And it most definitely won't be my first-time pranking people."
The Asgardian merely arches a delicate eyebrow, but Fidget seems more than happy to welcome another person into their group.
"If you guys are planning on pranking people, you'll definitely need me," all three characters turn to see a tall anthropomorphic raccoon twirling his sharpen cane around his shoulders, a confident smile on his lips. Loki, once again, looks at Sly Cooper with a scrutinizing gaze, but the character simply holds his hands up, "I've been pick-pocketing these suckers the entire time without any of them noticing. I even managed to get this," he holds up a phone, "It's Starla's phone. Imagine all the things we can do with this."
Nagisa and Fidget are awed, but Loki just rolls his eyes, though he is slightly impressed that the raccoon was able to steal something from the self-proclaimed master thief.
"Ooo…is this a gathering of all the mischief-makers in the room?" another voice pops in, this time belonging to a certain merch-with-a-mouth, "Cause if so I want in!"
Nagisa is immediately on board, being a huge fan. Fidget and Sly look at each other before giving Deadpool a welcoming smile. And Loki once again just rolls his eyes, "Whatever. Let's just do something already. Odin knows how much longer this party will be till FD makes us start doing dares and s**t."
"Oh, language Loki!" Deadpool smirks while throwing his arm around the scowling god's shoulders, and then throwing his other arm around Nagisa, "There are children here!"
Nagisa giggles, "I'm all good. Besides, that loud beep covered it up."
"Right…the 'beep' guy," Deadpool mutters lowly with a dangerous growl. However, before anyone can voice their concerns, the red-clad hero immediately perks up, "Anyway. We should get started before this long-*ss intro finally ends."
Agreeing, the group huddles together and then sneaks as inconspicuously as possible away from their spot and into the party.
Having long since given up on stopping Deadpool from entering her story, FD just sighs as she watches the group of troublemakers sneaks off to do Lord-knows-what. She doesn't trust them at all and begins patting herself down to make sure she didn't lose anything important.
Looking at her watch, FD begins making her way to the front of the room, where the large, flat-screen TV and her and Starla's chair reside. Once she's in her seat, Starla is there by her side.
"Most ambitious crossover in history," Starla proudly declares with a smirk.
"Check," FD and Starla share a high-five. "Now, let's get this round started!" Raising a blowhorn into the air, a loud blast pierces the festive atmosphere, causing some characters to wince and others to look up. The music halts. With all eyes on her, FD announces, "I think we've delayed this long enough! Would the main Avengers cast please take a seat and everyone else head to the audience seats?" As soon as those words leave her mouth, the wall at the back of the room rolls back to reveal rows of comfortable red audience seats. With a wave of her hands, the couches and armchairs move back to their regular places in a semi-circle facing the screen and the hostesses at the center of the room.
After a few parting waves and best wishes, the Avengers cast makes their way to their seats at the center of the room, while the rest of the gathered characters take a seat in the audience seats, each in their own groups of their own universes for the most part. Even the Pokémon are left out of their pokeballs to watch the show.
Seeing that everyone has settled in, FD looks up to the cameras with an even brighter smile, "Hello readers! And welcome back to another special round of Ask or Dare the Avengers!" The words appear overhead once again with a burst of sparkles and light, this time, highlighting the banner for the 5-year anniversary. The audience bursts into claps and cheers.
Once the noise dies down a bit, FD continues, "Today, we'll be celebrating the 5-year anniversary of this FanFiction account! Though knowing me, this chapter may not have come out on the exact date."
"It didn't!" Deadpool exclaims.
"Shut up!" She then gestures to the Avengers cast present, "And as you can all see, everyone is back!"
"Yea, mind telling us how that happened?" Natasha asks, crossing her arms.
The authoress sighs, "It wasn't easy," she then looks back up at the cameras, "Some of you guys may be wondering what happened since the last chapter. Well...since somebody decided to rally the troops and go to war with a retired Mad Titan," she did not bother hiding her glare at her sister.
Starla rebuts with her own glare, "Hey! I thought that purple, death-f**king, s**tface Snapped you too! Sorry if I wanted to avenge you."
"Except I wasn't Snapped!"
"You could have at least texted me!"
Rolling her eyes and ignoring her sister's obscene gesture, FD goes back to the gathered group, "Anyway! After cleaning up that mess. I uh…bargained with the Titan."
"The hell did you do?" Tony and Steve ask immediately, and nearly all the Marvel characters tense up.
But FD just waves her hand inconsequentially, "Oh relax. This isn't a permanent thing. You guys still have a movie coming up and your own mess to clean. And let's just say I got Thanos something he may have…subconsciously…always wanted." The authoress shudders and seems to be holding in a gag.
"What was that?" Vision asks hesitantly, and Wanda snuggles closer to his side.
The authoress blinks and licks her lips nervously, shuddering once again, "I got him…uh…some time alone with…Mistress Death…"
Thor and Loki immediately shot to their feet, each with a small wisp of either lightening or magic on their fingertips as they glare at the authoress. And she is quick to wave her hands, "No! Not your sister! Mistress Death! The cosmic embodiment of Death!"
"Oh! I know her!" Deadpool suddenly jumps up with a raised hand.
"Shut up, Deadpool!" Starla shoots back.
"She sounds scary," Fidget shakes and ducks behind Dust.
"There's a cosmic embodiment of Death?" Lestrade whispers to John incredulously.
"Why am I not surprised?" Rhodey collapses into his seat, glaring at the ceiling.
"Anyway!" FD draws everyone's attention back onto her, "Long story short, IgavehimandMistressDeathaFiftyShadesofPurplestoryandhebroughtmostofyouguysbackforthisonestory! There done! Let's get…"
"Woah!" Chris exclaims with a bright blush on his face that matches most of those in the room that got that quick reference. He then waves his hands frantically at some of the younger members of the room (i.e. the anime characters), "There are children here!"
"Ugh, we're in college!" Rin exclaims, but then looks down a beet-red Rei and Makoto, "Though I guess some of us still have the innocence of 12-year olds."
Nagisa just bursts into laughter along with Kisumi at their friends' expense. Gou, meanwhile, is staring off into dreamland, most likely thinking about Grey.
"So, wait…does that mean…" Tony looks at the authoress hopefully, but she shakes her head, making the older man sag in his seat and bite his lips to stop the sad sigh from escaping.
Quickly getting back on topic, "That all being said, the Avengers aren't the only ones with us today." She gestures to the groups in the audience seats, "Please welcome representatives from Guardians of the Galaxy, X-men and Deadpool, Sly Cooper, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Ironman, Voltron: Legendary Defender, Sherlock and Pokémon, Free! Iwatobi Swim Club, and Wild Kratts!" Claps and cheers once again fill the room. "As some of you may realize, these are some of the fandoms that my sister and I have written (or will write) for and have held some fond memories of over the last 5 years. So, they will be joining us today as part of the audience along with you readers!"
"Less talking! More truths and dares! This intro is way too long!" Deadpool yells from his seat beside a very disgruntled Logan. FD shakes her head and rolls her eyes.
"Hey! Keep it down will ya! It's not like you are the one getting embarrassed!" Sam turns and yells back from his seat.
"Exactly!" Pidge surprisingly intervenes with a smirk, "So what are we waiting for?!"
Cheers, claps, chirps, and laughter once again erupt from the audience.
The authoress smirks, "Okay okay guys! Let's get started so settle down." Once the room has quieted down, FD, again, turns to the cameras, "But before the first truth/dare, let me just say that I will not be doing requested truths/dares since this is a special chapter. Instead, I'll be using some truths and (mostly) dares that I've found. But not to worry, I will be getting back to all the requested truths and dares in the next round. And so, without further ado…Starla?"
The cyan-haired girl looks over to the panel in the wall, which slides open to reveal Stephanie, Tiffany, and Timothy, all alive and well and dressed to impress in their best dresses and mini tuxedo. In Stephanie's hands is a black top hat that she hands over to Starla before she, Tiffany, and Timothy stand to the side, smiling at the Avengers cast.
The master thief thanks the trio before handing the hat over to her sister.
"Okay, so first up…let's give a hand to the first Avenger!" FD gestures for Steve to step up as the audience claps. Reaching into the hat, Steve is pleasantly shocked as he reads the first dare…
Visit a children's hospital dressed in your silliest costume.
"Oh, come on!" Tony exclaims with his arms raised indignantly, "This is rigged!"
FD doesn't bother to dignify that with a response. Meanwhile, Steve is looking up with the biggest smile on his face, making everyone else smile in turn at his adorable cheerfulness.
"Is this real?" Steve asks the authoress, and she nods.
"Yep! Oh, and to make it more fun, why don't you bring a group with you with some members of the audience?"
Captain America then turns his piercing, analytical gaze to the audience, some of them waving their hands wanting to get picked. With some thought, Steve slowly points to the people he knows first, "Gamora, Groot, Mantis…" he then struggles with some of the others, "Chris and Martin, since I know you guys are good with kids…uh…" he points to the Cuban teen in light blue with blue markings under his eyes.
"Lance…" FD helps.
Steve smiles in gratitude. This goes on until Hunk, Molly and her Pokémon, and Makoto also joined the group. Once everyone has gathered, FD opens a portal for them to step through. But before they could, she snaps her fingers, making the MCU characters flinch, and Cap is dressed in his Captain America uniform. But not his regular one. It's the uniform from his time in the USO tour, fake shield, tacky boots and all.
Realizing he is wearing his old dancing monkey uniform again and the snickers coming from his group and teammates, Steve lets out a sigh and droops.
"Come on man," Lance tries to cheer the captain up through his giggles, "Its…for the…children."
"Yea, it's not so bad!" Martin adds with a cheer.
"Trust us, we've dressed in worst," Chris gives Steve a thumbs up.
"I'm sure the children will love it Rogers-san," Makoto says softly with a comforting smile, even though a giggle is about to burst from his own lips.
"I am Groot," Groot says with a smirk, though his eyes haven't left his new videogame.
"What was that?" Molly squeaks nervously while clutching her Minccino close to her.
"It's not important," Gamora says quickly, while also shooting the talking tree a reproachful look.
Seeing everyone's cheerful faces, Steve stands up taller. With a parting wave to everyone else in the room, the group heads out and the portal closes, but not before the authoress reminds them to take pictures.
Haru rests his head in his hands despondently when he sees Makoto disappear, which doesn't go unnoticed by Rin, who smirks knowingly, "Miss your boyfriend already?" His only response is a glare.
"Well! Since that dare might take a while, onto the next one. Who would like to go next?" when no one volunteered, FD randomly chooses from her iPad, "eh…Thor. Come on up."
With a prideful step, the God of Thunder draws out a small piece of paper…
Drink a small cup of a concoction that the audience makes.
"Bring it on! No substance on Earth can harm me!" Thor stands tall and proud, quick to discard the paper.
The authoress and her sister just shrug, "Okay."
FD turns to face the in-studio audience, "Well, you guys know the dare. You can use any consumable liquid substance, and please don't use anything from the Pokemon. Make enough for this God of Thunder to drink, and you have 30 minutes."
Nagisa immediately looks up from his drawing with wild excitement in his eyes and an evil grin on his face. Having grown slightly bored, he decided to sneak over to a sleeping Drax and draw a d**k on his face with a Sharpie, much to the amusement of Peter and Sly.
Turning in their chairs to face one another, the members of the group actually interested in participating begin whispering/conspiring as to what to put into their drink.
"Okay, so what do you guys think?" Rhodey asks to start things off.
"Well, it obviously can't be anything poisonous…" Lestrade adds with a thoughtful look.
"Water…" Haru mutters without looking at anyone. The ones who don't know the boy look at him questioningly, while his friends groan.
Rin is the first to snap and whack the stoic teen on the head, "Really?!" The teen just shrugs.
"How about Tequila?" Aviva suggests, earning her a look from her friends, "What? I had my college days too!"
"If we're going that route, how about whiskey?" Kisumi suggests next.
"Lemonade?" Pepper says shyly.
"Honey and/or syrup?" Lestrade adds.
"At this rate, you're just making a fancy alcoholic drink," Logan grunts, though is mostly lounging around at the edge of the group, not paying too much attention.
"He's right guys," Deadpool jumps in, notebook and fluffy unicorn pen in hand, "We need to really make this thing good!"
"How about NightQuil?" Nagisa pulls out a bottle to show to the group.
"Nagisa! How did you get a NightQuil bottle in here?!" Rei exclaims, but the boy just shrugs.
"OOH! That's good, little boy," Deadpool jots it down in his notebook. Everyone just shrugs, and they continue to rattle off some more ideas.
Coran is the next to add something to the list, pulling out a bottle of a familiar drink to the paladins, "Nunvill…Nectar of the Gods!"
"Hey Rocket, you still have some of that smuggled Contraxian juice?" Peter asks the smaller creature.
Rocket gives Quill a dirty look, "Come on! I was saving that for a special occasion!" But Peter's pleading eyes plus the hilarious image of Thor drunk off his mind from the drink is all too good to pass up, and the raccoon-like guardian hands over a bottle of some pink liquid.
"Okay, so we have tequila, whiskey, lemonade, honey, syrup, NightQuil, nunvill, Contraxian juice…anything else?" Deadpool looks up expectantly but is met with some blank looks.
Their silence is then interrupted by the master thief herself, slamming a bottle of soy sauce on the arm of a seat before them, "You guys suck."
"I like her style," Deadpool jots that down.
"Melted butter!" Jimmy Z puts in out of nowhere.
"Slush syrup," Pidge adds cheerily, looking at the growing list in the anti-hero's hands.
"Phencyclidine," Sherlock says monotonously, which confuses some of the group, making the detective roll his eyes and pull out vile with some clear liquid in it, "Also known as PCP."
"Sherlock! Where the fu…" John is about to reprimand his partner when…
"Sold," Deadpool gleefully grabs the vile.
Shiro and Keith then both step before the group, carrying between them the large punchbowl from the buffet table. "We can use this too," Keith says with a sly smirk.
Soon, the group is forming a barrier around the punchbowl as it rests on a small table, with Deadpool being the one mixing in the ingredients gathered and Stephanie bringing in some from the back. Even Sherlock's Umbreon is helping by levitating some of the ingredients into the air to be mixed. Just as Nagisa is pouring in the entire bottle of Nightquil, much to the displeasure of Rei, Fidget flies over with some plants in her paws, "What about poison ivy?!"
"Ye…" Deadpool cheers
"No!" Pepper and Lestrade are quick to stop her before she could drop the plant into the bowl, much to the disappointment of a few.
Starla managed to also add some dry ice to their concoction and together, she and Deadpool let out an evil cackle as smoke seeps out of the overflowing punchbowl. A few other characters join as well. Bentley also blasts the liquid with some sort of ray gun, making the liquid bubble some more.
The group's mirth does not go unnoticed by the authoress and the Avengers though, as they give their audience some wary glances, some even with pure fear. Thor is also looking less and less confident with each passing moment.
Looking at her watch, FD calls out, "Okay…times up!"
"And here you go," Deadpool utters smoothly as he pours the unholy liquid for the Asgardian into a solo cup, still bubbling and steaming. Thor gives a wry smile as he accepts the drink, and Deadpool prances back to the audience.
Now all eyes are on the God of Thunder as he eyes the liquid in his hands. Gulping, he takes a deep breath and downs the entire cup in two big gulps before gagging and coughing at the awful taste.
Some of the Avengers make to help their teammate, with Bruce patting the god on the back as he pants for breath and Loki standing next to him. Once he stops, he sorta just…
…stares off into the distance.
"Is he okay?" Rei squawks nervously, earning his a shush from everyone else as they all stare at Thor.
Thor then sways on his feet and smiles like a goofball before declaring, "There are pop tart rabbits!" And he collapses on the floor in a giant heap, completely out of it.
A while later, Thor is resting on a makeshift bed as John and Bruce, the only really certified doctors in the room, look the god over. Eventually, John stands up and nods to the surrounding group of anxious Avengers and other characters.
"He'll be fine. Just knocked out from whatever s**t we put into that drink."
"That's good to hear," FD sighs in relief before glaring at the sheepish audience members. Okay…only a few of them have the sense to be sheepish, the others are just trying to put on their best innocent angel looks, "As for you guys…don't think I've forgotten to punish you d**kslices."
"Hey, the dude was an Asgardian!" Peter says indignantly.
"Plus you said we can use any consumable liquid substance,'" Deadpool points out.
FD glares at everyone and tells them all to head back to their seats, with only Loki remaining by his brother's side, who is now saying some nonsense about puppy dogs swimming in the clouds of Valhalla with Valkyrie singing Jump on the Line.
"With that done, onto the next person," FD clicks on her iPad and lets the device pick for her, "Bruce."
Sighing, the doctor goes up to the hat and pulls out his truth/dare…
Beg and plead the person to your right not to leave you for that other boy or girl.
And that lucky person just happens to be…Tony. Of course.
Sighing once again, the doctor goes on his knees before Tony, giving him a shy and apologetic look, and begins his spiel, "Tony! Please don't leave me for Pepper! Uh…What about all the good times we've had?! Do those mean nothing to you?! Do I mean nothing to you?! Eh…please don't leave!" He pauses, trying to think up of something else to say.
Feeling bad for his friend, Tony decided to play along and help, "You were the one that left first."
"I'm sorry that I left! I shouldn't have, I know, but I was really in a dark place and didn't know anywhere else to go," his tone and voice suddenly got pretty serious, making the others in the room look to each other in confusion. But Tony's eyes remain fixated on Bruce's face, "I'm a wreck from top to bottom, and you deserve someone who could give you more than me. Hell, before the Avengers I couldn't even stay in one place long enough to call home. I lost my girlfriend. Her father is hunting me like game. And I couldn't even make whatever it was between me and Nat work."
Natasha, in turn, inhales sharply, but she doesn't say anything.
"I was a mess and yet you were willing to still…work with me. You even read my studies and understood them," Bruce isn't even looking at Tony anymore and is, instead, looking off to the side, "You listened to me and accepted me when all anyone else did was be afraid of me. You weren't afraid. Hell, I can't remember when was the last time someone offered me snacks in the lab. All you ever wanted was to help me even when I didn't want to help myself. Tony…you make me a better scientist, a better friend…a better person. I don't know what I'd do without you. So please…don't leave me! I want things to go back to the way they were! I want us to be the Science Bros again!"
All is silent as everyone gazes at the pair, some with hands covering their gaping mouths. Tony has a shocked look on his face, while Bruce is looking anywhere but at Tony.
Tony is the first to react. Sliding off the couch, he kneels in front of Bruce and pulls him into a tight hug, earning them an 'aww' from the audience and even a few sniffles, "Of course we're still the Science Bros. You're one of my best friends, Bruce. No one can replace you."
Claps and cheers from the audience and other members of the gathered Avengers fill the room as tissues are passed around by both Stephanie and Tiffany. Pepper lets out a sigh of relief seeing her fiancé so happy and is glad that they're finally reconciling.
FD is holding in her tears as best she could. She's a professional goddammit! "That was beautiful Bruce. Well done." As soon as the scientist sits back down, she clicks on her iPad for the next victim...I mean player, "Okay…Sam! Let's see what you get!"
The Avenger stands up and picks his piece of paper, only to surprisingly find that it is a truth…
What is the most childish thing you still do?
Sam gives it some thought, "I don't really know…"
"Didn't we establish that you read Harry Potter? And that you were a big enough fanboy to watch fan-made songs about it?" Bucky asks with a knowing smirk and an arched eyebrow.
Sam scowls, but the authoress nods, "Yes, we established all that. But come on…there's got to be something else."
The Falcon sighs and thinks harder, "I do like to sing. Used to sing a bunch of Broadway musicals and…"
"And?" FD encourages.
"I may…still play with Legos," he mumbles the last part, though everyone can still hear.
"HA!" Bucky laughs, only to fall back in his seat with a confused look, "What are Legos?"
FD pulls up a picture for all to see, and Sam explains himself, "Aside from drama, I thought about engineering as a kid, so I use to, and still do, love to just build stuff with Legos. Haven't had much time recently though…being on the run and all."
Tony looks away guiltily, though no one really held anything against him.
"Sounds good to me! On to the next one!" One random selection later, "Clint!"
The archer hops out of his seat and grabs his piece of paper, praying that it's something mercifully easy…
Drink a glass of water while standing on your hands.
"Okay, this has to be rigged in some way," Pietro groans in his seat as Clint hops for joy at the easy dare, "He's a f**king SHIELD agent! How can you let him off so easy!?"
FD just shrugs. So what if she feels kinda bad for the guy post Infinity War? That's something the others don't need to know just yet.
Tiffany, with Timothy following close behind, brings out a pitcher of water and several glasses. The archery Avenger prances up to them happily and waits for the woman to pour the glass of water.
"Okay Clint…" but before the authoress can say anymore, Clint is already in an impressive handstand. He then decides to show off some more by going on one hand, earning him a few claps and awes from the audience. However, the Avengers have seen this all before, so they just rolled their eyes at their friend showing off. Grabbing the offered glass of water with his free hand, the archer curves his head up and, with some maneuverability, pours the water into his mouth. Dropping the glass, Clint swallows before getting back onto his feet, bowing before the clapping audience.
"That was too easy," Starla grumbles.
"There's an easier way of doing this you know," Pidge declares, adjusting her glasses so they reflect the light in the room.
"Definitely," Haru speaks up, though his eyes seem to only be on the pitcher of water, "I'd like to try."
Clint scoffs and plops down in his seat, "Fine by me. I did my piece, so I'm done."
FD nods and gestures for both Pidge and Haru to come forward. Tiffany pours two more glasses of water and presents it to both of them, though Pidge asks for a water bottle instead.
Once ready, Haru goes into his own handstand over the glass of water. Gingerly lowering himself, he sips the water from the glass, getting a few of the audience members to clap. Getting back on his feet, Haru finishes the glass of water, sighing in content for the refreshing feeling.
Though, Pidge merely smirks and pushes her glasses up again, "Watch and learn everyone."
Instead of going into an expected handstand, Pidge sits cross-legged and leans forward to grab the water bottle in her mouth, before raising herself up on her hands. Holding that pose, she tips her head back and drinks the water straight from the bottle. Once finished, she gets to her feet and bows as well, everyone clapping for the young girl's ingenuity.
"Pssh…whatever…I did it cooler," Clint pouts in his seat.
The authoress laughs, and as the two head back to their seats, she continues. "Well, I think that's good for that dare. Up next we have…Loki!"
The trickster god grunts from his place by his still delirious brother's side and with a wave of his hand extracts a card from the hat.
What is the most expensive thing you have stolen?
"Asgard," is his short, blunt reply, while also having the most deadpan expression ever.
"Yea right," Sly could not help but snort, looking up from a small gadget he swiped off of Aviva. Loki doesn't bother retorting.
"It's true…technically," FD nods, pulling up the pictures from both Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarök.
"You've got to be kidding me!?" Tony exclaims, "How the f**k did Reindeer Games get his hands on an entire planet!?"
"Talent Stark," Loki couldn't help but answer with a sly smirk, "Something I'm sure you had only dreamed of having."
"Ohhh… snap!" Murray exclaims, making some of the others smirk.
"Why you little…" Tony makes to fight the god once again, but FD stops him.
"That's enough Tony. And since you seem particularly active right now, why don't you go next?"
Grumbling, the billionaire picks a card out of the hat and cringes.
Let the group pose you in an embarrassing position and take a picture.
The other Avengers are immediately intrigued.
"And to make it more fun, the audience can shout out any suggestions as well," FD smiles widely, her eyes shining with mischief.
As soon as those words left her mouth, everyone turns their leering eyes on the sweating inventor, who chuckles nervously and gulps, slowly backing up against a wall.
AN: Stay tuned for Part 2! Which should come up in the next month or so, hopefully before Avengers: Endgame. In the meantime, please favorite and follow and leave a request/review. Until next time, this is FD signing off!
Peace!