The Trouble Makers Club

Disclaimers: I do not own Marvel, Disney, or any companies affiliated with the before mentioned companies. All characters -except Mary- are owned by Marvel and it's affiliate companies. This is a work of pure entertainment and no copyright infringement is intended.

Summary: I am having some writers block on another story so I'm writing this to get my brain unblocked. Tony discovers that he has a kid a fully grown up kid. His worst nightmares have come true. Thor has Loki on earth because Asgard is full of jerks. Bucky is there too because Steve loves his Bucky bear. This story is basically why it is a really bad idea to put three insane individuals with the maturity of twelve year olds under one roof. Agent Coulson resumes his role as a glorified babysitter for a Stark.

Warnings: Mary wakes up. She talks about her life. Her physical goes smoothly but will be mentioned later. Her psychiatric exam has a few problems. Tony looks at her in a new light. Bucky decides that's it's almost Halloween so maybe costumes could cheer her up. Thor is not amused; everyone else is amused. Tony makes the Trouble Makers Viral. I ship Science Bros. Look up the elements atomic symbols.

Chapter 4: Reality Sucks: Let's Have Fun

Mary wakes up on the couch. Part of her wishes it were another horrific nightmare but this is reality. A reality where everyone knows about her connection with Hydra. A reality where only she can provide answers.

Tony walks in rubbing his neck and sees her awake. He watches as her eyes move quickly from side to side. He's seen her do that only when she's looking over schematics it's strange to see her eyes do that while staring into nothing. "Hey. I brought coffee."

She looks up and wraps the blanket tightly around herself. "Thank you. I would like to talk with everyone at once. My past is something everyone should understand."

Tony looks at her and hands her a cup of coffee. "You don't have to do this. You don't have to do anything you're not comfortable with."

She looks into her coffee. "Comfort is a construct of the mind. Nothing is ever truly in a state of peace. The natural state is entropy." She takes a sip and looks at it. "No sugar. Gross."

Tony jumps up and goes to the kitchen. "Sorry. Need any cream or milk?"

She shakes her head. "It's fine. Would you mind getting everyone here? I want this day to be over quickly."

Tony nods and sends a mass text. He gets coffee for everyone and Mary sets out breakfast burritos. She looks at the table and puts plates where everyone can find them. Everything looks like a normal day except Mary knows the truth.

Everyone quietly files in and takes a seat. Fury, Coulson, Bucky, and Loki sit where they can see her. The feel of the room is a morbid mix of dread and anticipation. Bruce looks at Mary. "You don't have to do this now."

Mary looks up from her spot on the couch. "No. I do have to do this. You deserve the truth. I'm an escaped Hydra prisoner. My name was Sihf. Pronounced Sif but spelled S-i-h-f. It was an acronym for Super Intelligent Human Female. I was born March 23, 1989 to Veronica Rollins in a Hydra facility in Russia. Floyd Rollins sold her to Hydra. She was killed when she refused to give me to the doctors. After that my intelligence was tested, honed, and used on numerous occasions. I was often beaten, tortured, experimented on, and drugged for any infraction. My life was Hydra. One day a prisoner came in with a tattoo. It was a rose with red petals and his wife's name on it. I asked him questions. He answered them. A guard saw me talking to him. I was beaten, starved, drugged, and forced to watch as they killed him through internal radiation poisoning. I was fifteen when he died. I was locked away and tortured until it was confirmed that I had learned my lesson. I kept track of prisoner records for three years. One day I heard them talking about testing on an school for gifted children. I snapped. An hour later I opened the prisoner cells but they wouldn't leave. They were broken. I wiped everything and made sure to set the self destruct. Nothing survived. I took the only real name I had ever seen and used it. Everything you have on file is a construct. Lies. I was never given a name. I created a birth certificate and got a social security number. I'm sorry I didn't tell you but this construct was almost normal and happy."

Bucky looks at her and sees something else. He sees a new person. Something Hydra never expected. "You're strong. What kept you alive?"

She looks around the room. "I built and designed what they told me to design. I played the good dog. I pretended to be happy being a pawn. I made my reality a little more bearable by reading my textbooks until they were worn. Making schematics in my head that they could never touch. I found freedom in my head.

Loki looks at his food. "You learned that freedom is an illusion."

Everyone looks between Mary and Loki. "Not an illusion. Just in your head. Illusions are never real. Freedom is very real."

Loki looks at her and tilts his head. "What do you mean?"

Mary looks at him. "Illusions vanish but what is real cannot be changed unless you allow it. Never allow anyone to take you freedom from you. My mind made me free."

Fury looks at her and stands up. "Why do they want you now?"

Mary looks at him. "I escaped before the project was completed. They had to improvise after I escaped. That's why Hydra had to take a messy road to world domination."

Fury looks at her. "That wasn't always the plan?"

She looks at him. "No. There is a frequency nearly inaudible to the human ear but it's there. The messages broadcast through the signal would be nearly inaudible. A seemingly harmless noise. That frequency would have put messages of complacency into the minds of people worldwide. Everyone would willingly hail Hydra and wouldn't think anything of it."

Natasha looks disturbed. "Does it work?"

Mary wraps herself with her blanket. "It did before I destroyed it."

Steve looks at her. "That's how you took down the facility without a single shot fired. But why didn't the prisoners leave."

Mary plays with her hands. "They couldn't leave. They were broken. They were psychologically unable to leave. Their fear outweighed the need to live. When the director let me out. I told him to wait five minutes and self-destruct the facility. By that time I had wiped the computers and servers. Yes. What I did was terrible but the damage could have been worse."
Fury looks at her. "You could have had the power of a god at your finger tips and you destroyed it. Why?"

Loki looks at her. He sees something flit across her features that seems like a mother answering a curious child. She smiles kindly at Fury and looks directly at him. "When we give men the powers of gods all we receive in return are demons. I refuse to be a demon."

Bruce clears his throat. "I think it's time to go down to medical. Excuse us. Come on Mary."

Mary follows him out. "You're afraid of me now."

Bruce finds himself unable to respond. He glances over at her and sees a young woman but at the same time he sees something else. She's like Uranium. She has the potential to be a power that lights homes and provides power to everyone or the power to destroy entire cities on a whim. "I am scared of you. You have a mind that can do many terrible things."

She looks at him when they are on the elevator alone. "Everyone has the potential for evil. I made a choice. I chose to use my mind to protect people. I've told everyone that I will not have a legacy of death and blood and rubble."

Bruce looks at her again and leads her to the exam table. "Time to get started."

Loki and Bucky are sitting with Tony. Tony looks shaken. Loki and Bucky nod to each other. Bucky taps Tony on the shoulder. "Mr. Stark. Why don't we cheer her up? It's almost Halloween. I'm sure being stupid in costumes would make her laugh."

Tony looks at Bucky and then Loki. "What do you say Reindeer Games?"

Loki smiles and stands up. "She knew who we were when she met us and still has extended nothing less than friendship to us. We should return the favor even if we must be childish."

Tony nods and looks at the remaining team. "She's not hurt anyone. She refuses to make weapons and she cooked for us. In my tower food means you're okay. Great food means you're at least a friend. Come on. She needs a good laugh after spilling her heart to us. Willingly may I add."

Fury looks at Tony and stalks over. "This had better make her laugh."

Tony smiles and claps his hands. "Time to play dress up kids!"

Bruce sits with Mary as they wait for the Psychiatrist. She looks calm but her eyes are darting from side to side. "It's okay. She just wants to see if you need help."

Mary nods and picks up a magazine. Bruce watches as she flips through pages and puts it down. She does this to three other magazines before sitting back and sighing. "How much longer will this take?"

Bruce chuckles and looks at her. He sees the psychiatrist open her door. "I think she's ready now."

Mary nods and follows the woman into her office. Bruce waits outside and looks through the magazines. Two are journals of psychiatric medicine and one is a women's magazine full of inane beauty tips. He starts reading because this may take a while.

Tony and the others return to the Tower carrying their costumes. "If she doesn't laugh at this then she has no sense of humor."

Loki smiles and carries his bag to his room. "Let's get changed. I can't wait to see her face."

Everyone rushes to their respective rooms. They enjoyed the trip to the costume shop. It is a shame that Thor couldn't have come along.

Bruce is sitting bored when the door opens and the doctor sticks her head out. "Dr. Banner, could you please bring me those magazines and come inside please."

Bruce nods and picks them up as he walks into her office. He sees Mary sitting there looking withdrawn. He knows this cannot be good.

The shrink looks at Bruce. "Dr. Banner, what is the name of the article on page 54 of issue there in Mind Medicine Monthly?"

Bruce finds the magazine and looks through it until he finds the page. "Human Personality: The Many Facests."

The shrink looks at Mary. "Dr. Banner. She has a very unique gift. A computer like memory."

Mary looks at the shrink and gets up. "You have everything you need. We are done." She rushes passed Bruce and walks out.

Bruce tosses the magazines into a chair and follows Mary. Apparently she doesn't like to be compared to machines. He finally sees her in front of the elevator. "You okay?"

She looks at the floor for a moment. "No. I'm not a machine. I'm a person. I offer people a glimpse of my intelligence and I'm labeled a living computer or a human oddity. I just want to be a real person."

Bruce looks at her and looks at her. "You are a real person and here you are normal. Always remember that you are not what people say about you."

She smiles and the elevator stops. "Likewise Dr. Banner." She steps off the elevator and starts giggling.

Bruce looks and sees Tony dressed as Fury. Fury is dressed like Bruce in a lab coat. Natasha is dressed as Clint. Clint is dressed as Natasha. Steve is the Hulk. Bucky is dressed like a teddy bear. Loki is dressed like Thor. Tony though smiles when he walks over to them. "Halloween isn't too far away so we figured we could run amock in the Tower. Here's your costumes. Let's have some fun."

Bruce bursts out laughing and takes the costume bag. "I'm afraid to ask but I will go along with it."

Bruce walks in to the room dressed as Phil. He looks sharp but he's carrying a toy gun and a remote. "Seriously Tony. Phil?"

Tony smiles and shrugs. "Iron Man was taken."

Mary walks in wearing an Iron Man costume,a fake goatee, and spiky wig. She looks like a shorter version of Tony. "Who wants to party?"

Phil walks in and sees everyone. Tony claps his hands. "It's about time Agent. We have one costume left. Steve, care to do the honors?"

Steve hands Phil a costume bag and Phil looks inside. "Really?"

Steve nods. "Bathroom is that way. I have a feeling we are about to terrorize the cafeteria."

Phil walks quickly to the bathroom. He's definitely not condoning the terrorizing of the people in Stark's personal food court, but it isn't everyday this happens.

Tony leads the "team" to the cafeteria. The place is crowded in a mid-afternoon rush. "Avengers and friends we have a very important decision to make. What the hell are we going to eat?"

Captain Coulson looks at a Hungry Panda. "Chinese?"

Tony looks at the "team." "Any objections?"

Mary grins. "Nope. I agree with Capsicle for once. Let's raid the Hungry Panda!"

People are staring. It is hard not to stare. The Avengers are basically acting like kids in a place full of people. Social norms clearly don't dictate their lives, but the place goes quiet when the real Thor walks in and sees them.

Thor walks up to the table and looks confused. "Why is everyone dressed as another? Friend Stark, what is the meaning of this?"

Mary looks up from her sesame chicken and grins. "It's called eating. You should try it. Pass the egg rolls Point Break."

Loki passes the egg rolls smirking. "By Odin's beard these are delicious."

Thor looks at Loki. "Brother this is not amusing."

Loki looks up at him. "Nay I'm Thor. Loki has vanished and even Heimdall cannot find him. Perhaps good sir you may know where I may find him?"

Thor frowns. "Son of Coul. What madness has befallen them?"

Bruce looks at Thor. "I'm not sure sir. But I think they are having fun."

Everyone chuckles. Mary looks up at Thor then at Loki. "Maybe he's Loki!"

Loki jumps from his seat. "By Odin's beard! Brother! I've found you!"

Thor's clothes morph into a Loki costume. Thor scowls. "Loki!"

Loki grins. "Nay brother! I'm Thor! That is the Man of Iron. The good Captain. The Son of Coul. Dr. Banner. Hulk. The Widow. The Archer. The Director of Fury. And a particularly foul mouthed child's toy."

Thor looks at them like they've lost their minds until he sees Mary smiling. "I know who they are Thor. I'm impressed that you can remember so many people at once without assistance."

Tony smiles and gets an idea. "Let's make a video of us being our costume. We could call it Disassembled."

Fury, Phil, Bruce, Thor, Steve, and the Assasins politely decline. Tony smiles. "Good. Smaller cast more parts. Let's get stupid."

Bucky is in his costume jumping on the couch. Loki and Tony walk in and act shocked. They both shout. "Stark!"

Mary walks in to the shot. You can only see the Iron Man mask.

Tony frowns. "Stark! Explain this!"

Mary laughs madly. "Science!" She runs off camera. She's wearing a white tank top and a pair of boxer shorts.

Marshmallows hit Loki and Tony and Loki before Bucky runs off camera. The video is an instant YouTube sensation. Tony likes seeing Mary smile so this is definitely going to be a weekly thing.

Tony goes to sleep after texting Bruce. The message is straight forward. Thanks for letting Mary have a good time before cracking open her past again. Iodine Livermorium Uranium.