CHAPTER 3
GLITTER!?
A/N
Me: I apologize for every time the characters are OOC. Also sorry, please don't kill me for not updating for so long (you guys must be really *Beep*ed at me) … *dodges various weapons, a few laser beams and Loki's sceptre*
Me: I said sorry, what more do you guys want!?
Angry Mob: An update a day!
Me: That's not even possible!
Angry Mob: *Angry Mob lights torches, sharpens stakes and thrust pitchforks into the air* GET HER!
Me: WAIT! Wait, wait, wait!
Angry Mob: you have five seconds! One… Two…
Me: How did you guys get Loki's sceptre?!
Angry Mob: That's for us to know and you too find out!
Me: Well, that doesn't matter anymore… its mine now! Bow before me! *Evil cackle* world domination, here I come!
Angry Mob: We screwed up big time *Running away*
Me: That's right you puny mortal people, run! *Evil laugh*
Me: *Sceptre disappears* Wait, where did it go?
Loki: You're stealing my job
Me: Ohhh, heeeyyy Lokiiii
Loki: *Slowly backs away*
Me: *Glomps Loki*
Loki: "Someone help meeeee-"
Me: *Knocks Loki out and slowly drags him away* "ah, sorry about that" *rubs back of neck* "on with the story then!" * *
Loki: *Slowly crawling away in the background*
Aphrodite lounged across the Captains lap in in a proud manner, like she expected the occupants of the room to fall at their knees and worship her. "Oh great, another Demi-god" Tony commented sarcastically and rolled his eyes. The expression on the woman's face changed to one of fury, she stood up and straightened to her full height. The atmosphere in the room seemed to darken and get colder. The woman's aura turned from a light flowing presence to a crushing weight, terrifying all in the room, even Fury. "I'll have you know, that I am no Demi-god, mortal" she spat the last word with distaste at Tony. Tony, being the genius-billionaire-playboy philanthropist that he was, raised an eyebrow, not at all sensing the atmosphere or just, stupidly, choosing to ignore it. "Oh, come on, you're just another pretty face with no real power, I bet I could beat you, no effort! Even non-Hulked out Bruce could probably knock you straight on your ass!" Tony arrogantly stated. "Tony" Bruce pleaded "don't insult her and don't bring me into this, I don't want to die." Tony glared at Bruce, "thanks for backing me up" he said sarcastically "you just quit and back out anytime there's real drama" Tony spat.
"You, mortal, you have angered me and that is a very bad idea, most other gods would smite you on the spot, for the disrespect you have shown, but I give you ONE, ONE more chance to see the error you have made or I will do it for you" her voice crackled with power, like a live wire. Tony scoffed "Error? There is no error. How bout I give you a choice? You show me respect, or I through you out of my tower, back to wherever you came from. How's that sound?"
"I have warned you mortal! You have chosen to not head my warning, now bear witness and face the consequences." The woman seemed to glow with power. In an instant Tony's face and skin became wrinkled and spotted with veins, and covered in liver spots, his hair whitened and fell away in some places. His back hunched and his body shrunk and became brittle, his clothes hung of his thin, bony limbs. His muscles degraded and his skin became slack. His now wide eyes were sunken into their sockets.
Silence rung throughout the room; "what have you done to me?!" Tony croaked Shakely as he starred horrified at his now fragile, gnarled, wrinkled and spotted hands. "This mortal, is the price you pay for your vanity, your pride and offending me, choose carefully what you do next, lest you stay as you are" Aphrodite sneered.
"Tony, apologise, now! She's giving you a choice, take it!" Natasha commanded. "Heed my daughter's advice, the only reason you live is because of your friendship with her, you are replaceable." Aphrodite agreed. Suspense hung thick in the air, everyone on the edge of their seats, just waiting to see what Tony would do.
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… A few minutes later...
Tony swallowed his pride and muttered something incoherent under his breath. "What was that?" Aphrodite coaxed smugly. "I'msorryforinsultingyou." "What?" "I said I'm sorry", Tony spat out through gritted teeth. "What? I didn't hear that" Aphrodite raised an eyebrow. "Mother!" Natasha yelled. "Hmph, fine", head held high, Aphrodite waved her hand and Tony disappeared in a cloud of…
Black Widow POV
"Mother!? GLITTER, really?!"I raised an eyebrow at her. She could be so dramatic at times. I mean come on; it was a cloud of GLITTER for the Olympus' sake! GLITTER. And to add to that it was pink! Though I am aware that mother can go a "bit overboard sometimes", well not a just bit, and not just overboard, and not just sometimes. It does have its perks; I can just imagine the expression on Tony's face. I suppressed a snicker, I am never going to let him forget this; this is going to be fun.
Captain America POV
What in the world, is going on? First a strange girl appears in Stark's tower, out of nowhere, she sits on my lap, I blush at that thought (ah, Steve, always the gentleman), then we find out she's Natasha's mother, then she tells us she's a god, then she somehow ages Tony and then Stark disappears in a cloud of pink glitter! I wish Bucky was here, he would know what to do. I sighed. The world has changed so much from when I was last in it. I don't know where I fit in anymore. Life was so much easier back then, with Bucky and her. I sighed sadly again.
Hawkeye POV
I burst out laughing. Oh, my, God! Glitter! Pink glitter! This too funny to ignore! I'm taking a photo of this or maybe a video! I grinned; Toney's never going to hear the end of it. Tasha's mum is awesome! Maybe we should prank Tony together some time.
Thor POV
Ah, the Man of Iron should never have angered Lady Love. That is, was and will always be a bad idea. I still remember what she did to me the time, as a mere child, that I used her, as she calls it, 'Make-up' as war paint… I shiver. Never again.
Bruce POV
Glitter?! I'm never going to let Tony forget this. I told him not to, but noooo, he just had to go and insult the all-powerful goddess! This is why I didn't want to get involved. Sometimes I wonder about the man's mental health…
Tony POV
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WTF!
OUCH! What was that! I walk into something, and fall over again and face plant.
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Fury POV
What can I say? Karma's a real bitch. Stark got what was coming. Now, someone better start explaining or heads are gonna start rolling.
Agent Hill POV
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Glitter? Why did I ever get involved with the Avengers initiative? Why?!
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Normal POV
No one could see Tony through the glitter. Suddenly the glitter stirred and a thump was heard, someone or something was moving inside, and then…..
(A/N LOL! You thought it was going to be a cliff-hanger, didn't you?)
Out came a hideous monster, its skin was pink and mutilated and it was roaring an awful croaking sound, it walked in an odd fashion and its skin crumbled away with each step it took. It was! It was! …
It was Tony, covered in pink glitter, trying to get away from the glitter cloud. His eyes were closed so that the glitter wouldn't get in them, which made it hard for him to walk without tripping over or walking into something. And he was coughing because he didn't breath while in the glitter cloud, because that would end up with him probably chocking to death; not the best way to die, especially if you were Ironman. Each step (or fall) he took would shake free some of the loose glitter, leaving a trail of it behind him.
(A/N Leave a comment if you thought it wasn't Tony/ also if you want an Oc in here fill out one of the forms in chapter one and put it in the comments/reviews :D)
If anyone were able to see the expression on Tony's face, through the glitter, they would have seen a hilarious mixture of confusion, shock and disbelief. Tony made his way (however clumsily and slowly it was) over to one of the chairs and basically, collapsed. Meanwhile everyone was either staring at him in shock, amusement or a mixture of both.
Fury cleared his throat and glared at the woman. "Ok Ms. 'Aphrodite' or whatever your name may be, I want an explanation and I want it now. How did you get into the avengers tower and why? What and who are you? Are you a threat?" Aphrodite laughed, "oh you silly little mortals and your silly little thoughts. Weren't you listening when I told you who and what I am?" If it could, Fury's glare darkened. "If you do not answer my questions I will have to consider you a threat to the United States of America and the City of New York, so I suggest that you tell me what I want to know" Fury said coolly.
Aphrodite looked as if she was about to take that as a challenge, when Natasha whispered something to her. "Mother, please don't cause any more trouble than you have to". Aphrodite sighed but nodded, "only for you Tasha". She turned to the one eyed man. "As I have ALREADY told you I am the divine and heavenly deity, the goddess Aphrodite of Love and beauty, the last born child of Uranus, born of sea and sky, the eldest of the gods and the youngest sister of Kronos, at your service" Aphrodite grinned. "I have many more tittles, but bragging does get tiering" The goddess feigned a yawn.
"Then how did you age Tony if your domains are love and beauty?" Bruce curiously asked. "I am a god I may do whatever I so please, whenever I so please, to whomever I so please to" Aphrodite answered. Natasha rolled her eyes. "That's true mother, but it's also because as a goddess of beauty you have the right and power to take away beauty". Aphrodite pouted, "I know that Natasha darling, but, my explanation sounded way cooler; it had spunk! You know?" Natasha smirked and rolled her eyes at that. "Anyway darling, getting on with the interrogation. Am I a threat? Well, that just depends on whether or not I want to be. As to how I got here and why… well, ummm… I just wanted to visit Natasha darling here, there, that's it! Can't I visit you anymore just because I want to?" "Mother!" "Fine! Igotcompletlywastedandonaspurofthemomentdecisiondecidedthatiwantedtovisityousoiteleportedandsortofblackedoutinyourloungeroombecauseiwassodrunk!" "mother I don't think even Hermes could have understood that" Natasha raised an eyebrow. "Fine, but you're not allowed to laugh at me" the goddess huffed and crossed her arms. "I got completely wasted and on a spur of the moment decision decided that I wanted to visit you, so I teleported, and sort of blacked out in your lounge room because I was so drunk. There! Happy!" "Very" Natasha snickered. Meanwhile in the background everyone else was just watching the ongoing conversation go on like a tennis match. "I knew you would laugh at me" Aphrodite pointed an accusing finger at her daughter. "I never agreed to that" The red haired assassin supressed a smirk.
"Wait, so let me get this straight. Since you're a goddess and Agent Romanoff here is your daughter, wouldn't that make her a demigod?" Tony asked, interrupting the conversation. While Aphrodite just huffed and glared at Tony, Natasha answered him. "Yes, it does. Did no one ever wonder why I choose to seduce my targets? No? I inherited some of mother's abilities."
"Well, that's enough about me then." Aphrodite sat perched on the edge of the table, "Go on with your meeting, I'll just sit here. Maybe if I feel like it I'll help you with whatever your problem is." Fury glared at her but he sighed angrily and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Normally, I would say no, but since you might know what it is, you can stay." The director of shield took a breath and started to continue what he was saying; "Earli-" before he could continue, Fury was dive tackled by a goddess-y blur. "YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Aphrodite screamed, forcing everyone to cover their ears or become deaf.