Ok, just a quick word about this next chapter:

We did this "ghost bus tour" because the hotel concierge said it was very popular. I have no idea why. It was cheesy, uncomfortable, and the only good part about it is when we drove past St. Barts and saw where BBC filmed the episode of Sherlock where he jumps off the roof of the hospital. And the bus was packed! We nearly didn't get on because so many people had bought tickets. And they enjoyed it! People were clapping! It was god awful!

See for yourself

Steve knew that the tour was going to suck as soon as he saw the bus. It was an old double decker bus painted black, with dark curtains lining the windows, a shrunken head hanging from the rear view mirror, and the words 'London Necrobus' painted across front. But, being the optimist he is, decided not to judge until the end.

Big mistake.

"Steve, these guys have a prop shrunken head in the front window, are you sure this is the tour Coulson signed us up for?" Bruce asked.

Steve looked down at the printed out confirmation. "Yes, it's a london ghost bus tour, and it said to meet right here."

"You don't know Coulson." Clint said. "He'd do something like this just to screw with us. Watch it be a total waste of time."

"If we bail on this there's still time to catch the 8:45 showing of Phantom of the Opera." Loki suggested, nose buried in his guide book.

"Guys, just give it a chance." Steve said.

"Yeah, and if they suck, they'll have a negative Yelp! review from Tony Stark, no one can combat that." Tony replied. "Let's get a seat in the front."

The line to board the bus was long, and the group was the last to get seated, filling two sideways benches in the back of the lower level. Suddenly, the lights dimmed, and a man dressed in a victorian style trench coat entered.

"Welcome to the London Necrobus, before we get started, please remain sitting the entire tour, please no flash pictures, and respect the curtain." He said, the curtain being the one separating the seating area from the loading area. "I'm Chip, I'll be your guide this evening."

The bus started to move, heading towards Trafalgar Square. Chip began talking about the history of the 'necrobus', that it used to be a hearse back in the day.

Clint rolled his eyes. "Of course this was a herse back in the day."

Passing Buckingham palace, they drove south towards the river. As they made the turn, some delighted screams sounded from the upper level.

"What's happening?" Thor asked.

The curtain was thrown aside to reveal a large man dressed similarly to the guide Chip, only he resembled more a meth addict than a cheerful tour guide. Staring sullenly ahead, he marched to the front of the bus, looking down at some of the passengers, before stopping and turning back. He remained in the center of the bus.

Chip gave a nervous laugh. "Well, isn't this a surprise, this is Mr. Bell, with the tour company. Looks like a surprise inspection."

"'Surprise inspection' my ass." Natasha muttered.

They crossed the river and entered South London. Chip proceeded to tell them of some ghosts from the Victorian age, before the bus ground to a halt.

"That's strange...the driver's telling me the bus won't work." Chip explained. "Let's give him a second to restart the engine."

"The engine never turned off." Tony scoffed. "He must think we're all stupid."

"While we're waiting, the building behind me is St. Barts hospital, and the far corner is where they filmed the episode of Sherlock where Sherlock jumped from the roof."

Every one of the avengers stood up and whipped out their phones to get a shot.

When they sat back down, the lights started to flicker, and poor quality sound effects started filtering through the 'hidden' speakers.

"Wha..what was that?" Chip asked dramatically. Screams sounded from the upper level as a voice crescendoed down the loudspeakers.

"MARTHA!" It shouted in a hoarse, ghosty voice."

"Oh, no! A ghost, Brucie, save me!" Tony mocked.

"Everyone, just remain calm..wait-"

"We need to evacuate this bus, there is a ghost on board." Mr. Bell said, confiscating the microphone. "I got a photo of it on my camera."

"Ghost, you must be joking!" Chip said in a fake cheery voice.

"Clint, be a doll and wake me up when it's over." Natasha said before leaning her head on Thor's shoulder next to her.

The bus started up again, and Mr. Bell returned upstairs to show off his photo. Chip returned to telling his semi-believable ghost stories. Ten minutes passed without incident, and Natasha, Loki, and Bruce had nodded off. Steve looked on in embarrassment. They should've just bailed and went to see the theater show.

The lights started to flash again, and the ghost voice started chanting 'Martha' again.

"Who's Martha?" Mr. Bell asked.

That's when Steve fell asleep.

When the bus finally reached the hotel again, Tony just about cried. He had suffered through the most cheesy, low budget, C-list horror plot of a tour, and he wasn't even lucky enough to have fallen asleep. As everyone gave 'Chip' and 'Mr. Bell' an enthusiastic round of applause, Tony reached over and shook his teammates awake. Stretching, the group couldn't leave the bus fast enough.

"Alright, on a scale of one to infinity, how terrible was it?" Clint asked, cracking his lower back.

"Sorry, guys." Steve said. "I thought Coulson would plan something interesting."

"Eh, we'll get him back when we go home." Tony replied as the group started walking back to their hotel.

"So I fell asleep early, how did they resolve the 'ghost' story?" Bruce asked.

Tony rolled his eyes. "So some senile old lady was murdered on the bus and allied with the ghosts of the people who rode in the bus to try to take it over. I don't really understand it myself."

"I think the best part was seeing where they filmed that episode of Sherlock."

"You think a tour that bad wouldn't be popular, but you saw how crowded that bus was." Natasha remarked.

"Yeah, as these 'ghost tours' we've done go, I think this was the worst." Clint replied.

"Truly." Thor agreed. "I enjoyed last year's one the best."

Steve hung his head. "Despite running out halfway through, I have to agree with you."

"If you guys want, there's a 10:00 showing of The Lion King." Loki said.

The group exchanged looks, checked their watches, then hailed a taxi.