BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!

Ray's blaster fired at the target, hitting true every time.

Clint was impressed. 'Surprised you can see through all that hair.'

Ray laughed, blowing a strand out of his eyes. 'I get that a lot.'

'Ever considered cutting it?'

Gerard, who was standing beside his afro-tastic friend, snorted. 'Now that is something you don't want to see.'

'That bad?' Clint said.

Ray gave his friend a look that read God-dammit-do-not-show-him-the-picture.

Gerard gave him a look that read Watch-me.

Bruce and Nat, who were walking past the training room stopped at the sound of yelling and gun-fire.

'I TOLD YOU NOT TO SHOW HIM THE PICTURE!' came Ray's voice.

'C'mon! You look sexy as hell!'

More gun-shots.

'Let's go,' Bruce said, scampering down the hall, Nat giggling beside him.

Back in the training room, Clint had separated the two fighters by firing an explosive arrow in between them.

'How do you guys expect to work in a team and take down BLI if you can't even look past a terrible photo,' Clint cried. 'No offense, Ray, but you look like an onion.'

He quickly drew back an arrow before Ray could lunge at him.

'I know you've been living rough and living paranoid for a while – but god dammit, trust each other and work with each other. You're the fudging Killjoys; you guys are the real-thing.'

He looked between the two.

'Go to your rooms and get cleaned up.' They hesitated. 'NOW!'

'I didn't know you knew anything about guns,' Tony said to Bruce as his partner busied himself with a screwdriver.'

'I used to make bombs, Tony. It's how I became the Hulk,' Bruce reminded him.

'Sodon't fancy any of them, Tony,' Bruce laughed, pecking Tony on the cheek. Tony snorted, but Bruce could see it in his eyes that he was relived.

'So,' Tony whispered, 'wanna go do something fun?'

Bruce rolled his eyes and kissed Tony on the lips. 'I can't – I have to examine this weapon. It's BLI.'

'C'mon, Bruce. Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce,' Tony moaned.

The door slid open and Steve walked in.

'Deja'vu!' Tony cried, grabbing his head. 'Uh, I hate deja'vu.'

'You okay, Steve?' Bruce asked, ignoring Tony's moans for attention.

'Just checking up on you,' he explained. 'So, what's been happening.'

Tony straightened up. 'Steve, stop trying to seduce Bruce – for whense thee came, Rogers.'

Bruce laughed awkwardly.

Steve rolled his eyes. 'You think I seduce everyone. You thought that I was, to quote, "Jizzing for the Fizzing" yesterday over a can of coke.'

'I just think you're sexually frustrated, that's all,' Tony countered casually.

'I'm not -'

'90-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, COMING THROUGH, GUYS!' Tony yelled as Gerard ambled into the room, he quickly turned on his heels and left, though.

'OI! POSION!' Tony called after Gerard (Party Poison). Gerard appeared at the door again.

'If I come in, will you stop talking about sex? I could hear you all the way down the corridor. Bruce, I suggest you do what he wants; he's not going to stop pestering you.'

Tony gave Bruce The Look. He turned to Gerard. 'Well, we were going to offer you join us in a gang-bang, but that seems out of the question.'

'Tony!' Bruce snapped.

'That's gross,' Steve complained.

'Joking!' Tony cried, palms outstretched. 'God, you guys are such Seniors – no offense, Cap.'

'You got anything on the gun yet?' Gerard asked Bruce.

'Working on it. It' odd, I've seen these readings before. They're kinda like -' Bruce's face fell. 'Oh gosh.'

'What is it, Bruce?' Steve said.

'These are identical to the Gamma Readings from Loki's sceptor.'

'Loki?'

'Norse-god, Power crazy, insanely attractive,' Tony listed quickly. 'Are you sure?' He asked his boyfriend.

'Positive. It explains why BLI are near impossible to take down.'

'So ...?'

'Loki's back.'

'I thought you'd say that ...'

'Impossible!' Thor boomed. 'My brother is on Asgard, in prison. You are lying!'

'Sorry, Thor,' Steve said. 'He's working with BLI.'

'This is a funny coincidence,' Mikey chuckled.

The Avengers glared at him.

'If what you say is true, then we have to do something. But this is beyond SHEILD now,' Fury stated.

'We're not members of SHIELD, though,' Thor stated. 'I can take my brother on again if required.'

'We've fought against BLI at its worse,' Ray said. 'We could easily handle them now.'

'I don't think you understand the situation, Ray,' Steve said. 'Loki is insanely powerful, and near invincible. We called you in to take down BLI, but that isn't the case now I suggest we send you home.'

'No offense, Cap,' Nat piped up, 'But that isn't your call to make.'

'It's not even ours,' said Fury. He looked towards the four men. 'It's yours.'

The Killjoys looked among each other, then sighed.