Chapter 2 Some Assembly Required
Location: Avengers Mansion
Date: May 12th, 2012
Time: 8:58 am EST
It had been a week since the Battle of New York, Natasha and Clint waited in an unmarked SHIELD car parked on the street in front of the huge mansion. SHIELD had blocked off the surrounding area just in case anybody recognized them. They got here early, all they were doing now was waiting on…
"There he is right on time 9:00 am" Clint stated as Steve parked his motorcycle behind them
Widow smirked as she watched Steve pull his helmet off and got off his bike. Both Agents got out of the car and greeted him.
"Captain" Barton called out extending his hand
Steve smiled shaking his teammates hand "Come on Barton we've been over this call me Steve when we're off duty…" he turns to Widow "...Nat"
"Steve" she smirked
Before they could continue the greeting the large gates adorned with a stylized A on them began to open as a certain billionaire walked up to greet them
"Good morning team Welcome to Avengers Mansion if you would all follow me inside..."
"Good to see you Tony but shouldn't we wait on Sam and Bruce?" Steve asked following behind
"We're already here Steve" Sam said meeting his teammates at the open door with Bruce beside him
"We were just helping Tony put the finishing touches on a couple things before you guys arrived" Bruce finished
"Good now that we're all here let's get this party started then" Tony called out as he ushered everyone inside the house
Everyone marveled at the size of the mansion. The noticed the large A symbol in the floor as Tony began his tour
"It's more than just a swanky home-away-from-home, This was a museum for the Maria Stark Foundation and while Stark Tower was being built I was using the sub level as a lab but I figured we could use it as a proxy base until my tower is rebuilt. The mansion is run by JARVIS, my personal A.I. say hi JARVIS…"
"Greetings Avengers"
"Hello...Jarvis?" Steve asked wondering where to look for the voice finally finding the voice coming from a small panel on the wall every gave a small smile at his questioning nature as they continued along
"...full kitchen with chef on call, there are 12 bedrooms with laundry and maid service, a theater slash lounge just the bare necessities."
"Seriously Stark this is what you spent a week preparing" Clint spoke up
"No the fun stuff is yet to come Barton, you already have your Avenger ID cards you can use them to access the entrance behind the fireplace. If you would all follow me!"
They team followed him to the high speed elevator and in no time at all they slowed down and the door opened to a huge wide space. "Welcome the to sub levels, one of my labs in over there, and over there is the assembly hall complete with multi holo monitors to monitor danger and over here... "
"That's a big pool Tony" Steve called out looking to the huge
"Actually Cap, the pool is on the roof…" Tony tapped his watch a few times as the water parted ways to reveal a sleek looking jet "...this is the hanger with two fully equipped aerial shuttles called Quinjets much more advanced than the jump jets I designed for shield, including weapons, shields and air speed of mach 8 and housing for hoverbikes for those of you who can't fly it can also go into space too...then there's the training room...which is why I had Sam and Bruce here early to help finish shall we give it a try?
"Sure why not I think a team exercise would be great" Steve responded
The rest of the team all looked around except Bruce and smirked
20 minutes Later
"Exercise complete" Jarvis called out as the entire team minus Bruce
"Ok that was intense" Sam said breathing heavily
"That was only leave 1 of 10" Tony stated with a chuckle lifting up his mask as Bruce walked out of the control room joining them
"Well that sounds like fun" Clint joked
"Indeed" Natasha agreed with her best friend with a slyest of smirks
"I swear you two are not human" Sam sighed
Steve smiled "Come on team I think it will be best to keep us in top shape"
Tony led them to the war room "...and finally the War Room where we can monitor threats, well everyone welcome to Avengers Mansion take time to explore on your own so what do you guys think?"
"This place is actually pretty sweet Tony, thought I won't spend all my time here" Clint responded
Tony nodded "Of course we all have our lives and what not this is simply a place to meet and work and stay for those long overnight missions"
Steve cleared his throat "Speaking of missions we will need to keep a log of every single mission we go on, I propose we change the log keeper every month to keep a fresh perspective of each mission"
"Well i've already keeping and Avengers Chronicle Log of my own I could just count it as the first log" Tony stated pulling up a hologram showing him recording the first log
"Sounds like a plan...so who wants to join me in taking a crack at the level 10 session" Steve said with a smile
Widow smirks "You're on old man"
13 Days Later
Location: Avengers Mansion, Tony's Lab
Date: May 25th, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm EST
Tony sat down in his lab chair "JARVIS start recording"
"Yes sir"
"Avengers Chronicle Log #2: Mission Log May 25th 2012. While helping to rebuild the city The Avengers faced off against a villain named Graviton boy was he tough one. An event we're calling 'the Breakout' released villains that SHIELD previously captured consisting of about 74 of them broke out from the four main prisons, the Vault, the Cube, the Bighouse and the Raft." "From the files I...borrowed, Franklin Hall was a scientist ten years ago working for SHIELD. While there Franklin conducted experiments with graviton particles, and when Fury ordered him to cease the experiment, but Franklin ignored and pulled up the lever which caused an explosion engulfing Hall. He woke up cuffed to his hospital bed, angrily asking to be released and activated his gravity powers. He asked for Fury, the director gassed the room, knocking Franklin out."
"Needless to say Hall wasn't the biggest fan of Fury, can't say I blame him but we couldn't let the professor kill the director so we sprung into action. Hall was a literary force to be reckoned with but luckily we had a Hulk. While big Green and I held off Graviton, Cap led Falcon, Widow and Hawkeye to protect civilians. This allowed us to push Graviton away from the city and the public. Then while using Gravity to hold us down, thunderstruck."
FLASHBACK
Date: May 25th, 2012
Time: 3:30 pm EST
Thor who just came from Asgard swung his mighty hammer around building up power and then slammed all of it down on Graviton "FOR MIDGARD!" ending the threat
"Great timing goldilocks" Clint joked as he struggled to get up
"Aye tis fortunate I ended my business in Asgard sooner that expected" Thor smiled
"I'll say" Sam responded
Steve who was holding Sam up nodded "Glad you're back Thor we're gonna need all hands on deck to recapture the villains that escaped
Present Time
"This time we saved the day this time without much damage as they moved the battle out to the wasteland. After that we got back to helping the city rebuild...ya know after finally calming the cheering crowds down. Well that's it for today chronicle log #2 end recording Tony out."