Chapter 38-Saltine challenge
By: MysticFantasy
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"I think those challenges should never be performed in this tower again."
"I think we all agree on that." Bruce said. "I'm really surprised the other guy didn't show up during the cinnamon challenge."
"Honestly, I am too." Clint said.
"But now we know that Lady Natasha is a fierce challenger." Thor said.
"Now you know why I don't make bets with her." Clint said.
"At least the saltine challenge went over better." Steve reminded.
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"This is going to be the easiest challenge so far." Tony proclaimed.
"Six crackers in sixty seconds. Sounds simple enough." Clint said.
"Why must you jynx it?" Bruce asked.
"Makes it more interesting." Clint answered with a smirk as he took a seat as Steve passed out the crackers.
"Shall we ask Lady Natasha to join?" Thor asked.
"No way. This is man time." Tony declared.
"Still burned that Natasha beat us all in the cinnamon challenge?" Clint asked with a smirk.
"You ready?" the inventor replied getting the stop watch ready.
"Ready." the others answered.
"And...go."
Clint grabbed two of his crackers and shoved them in his mouth. He quickly learned that he, literally, bit more than he could chew.
Each time he chewed his mouth became more cramped and his jaw soon began to tire.
"Another stupid idea." Bruce said around a mouthful.
"Forty seconds left." Tony announced as he tried to place another cracker in his mouth.
Having bigger appetites than the others, Steve and Thor were both on their third crackers.
"You two are out of these contests from now on." Tony declared.
"It's not easy." Steve said before eatting his forth cracker.
"My mouth feels as dry as the plains of New Mexico when I visit Lady Jane." Thor added.
Clint tried to swallow the crackers he was still working on and felt the large lump go all the way down his throat. For a minute, he was worried that he would choke but when it cleared he relaxed.
"How much longer?" He asked.
"Thirty one seconds." Tony answered.
"Screw it!" The archer declared. He grabbed the remaining four crackers and shoved them in his mouth.
"There's no way that you can finish that." Bruce said.
"Waff me!" Clint muttered and began to chew like crazy.
"Twenty two seconds!" Tony announced as he stared between his phone and his friend.
Clint squeezed his eyes shut as he felt his jaw start to cramp.
Thor finished his remaining crackers as did Steve but all eyes were on Clint as he continued to chew.
"Fifteen seconds." Tony announced.
Clint groaned but felt that he had chewed enough and tried to swallow.
"Stand by in case he starts choking." Bruce said as Steve quickly positioned himself next to the archer.
"Ten seconds."
One small portion down...another...
Clint felt that his mouth had become like a sand desert mixed with sandpaper but continued on.
"Six...five...four..three..."
Clint swallowed the last portion painfully and gasped loudly when it cleared.
"With two seconds to spare, he did it!" Tony exclaimed. "Three out of five isn't bad."
"You alright, Clint?" Bruce asked. "That sounded painful."
"It was." the archer answered and was given a glass of water by the captain. He drank it greedily but felt much better after. "It was a little rough going down though."
"I'm surprised you didn't choke." Tony admitted.
"Came close." Clint replied. "But I think this should be the last of the food challenges."
"You're right." Tony agreed.
"Really?" Thor asked sounding a little dissapointed.
"For now anyway." Tony answered. "There's still plenty of other challenges that we can do in the mean time."
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"Are Pepper and I really going to have to babysit the lot of you from now on?" Natasha asked.
"I wouldn't mind." Tony answered with a smirk.
"That's going to be Pepper's job. I already have one man I need to keep an eye on." Natasha said taking Steve's hand.
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To AssassinsVow2012 (Guest
The second Avengers movie will deal with Thanos. The big red guy at the end of the movie. Don't know about part three though. There will be two new heroes for certain in the second part. Scarlett Witch and QuickSilver. Thanks for the review.
To LonelyAngelofAsgard:
All of these topics are taking place in the same day. Just in the course of a few hours since the chapters are so short.