Aren't you cold?
"Alright Jack." Banner said. "The chamber is set up and there are benches and couches against the walls." He sighed. "Tony and Loki will be joining you. Tony stupidly bet that he could last longer against Loki in the cold."
Jack just shook his head. "I swear they're going to end up killing each other by the end of the century." He said. Banner grunted in agreement. The blind winter god walked over to the bookshelf and ran his fingers over the spines. He quickly found what he was looking for and pulled it from the shelf.
"I still don't understand why twilight is the only thing shield has in Braille. Are they trying to torture their agents?" Banner asked. Jack shrugged. Jack didn't mind the books, given that they were the only thing around to read. He'd been at shield enough times and bored enough times to have read the first three books in the series.
The blind winter God had left to find more books earlier in the day but only found a few in Braille. So he 'borrowed' them.
"Hey Jack." Loki greeted as he walked in. Tony stomped in behind the mischief god and grunted his hello. By the sound of a high pitch swishing he assumed Tony was wearing a snowsuit. Jack waved his staff and sent a freezing cold wind through the room.
"God that freezing!" Tony squealed in surprise. Jack burst out laughing.
"And you think you're going to last longer than me?" Loki asked.
"It just surprised me!" Tony defended himself.
"Boys!" Banner interrupted Loki's reply.
"What?" All three said at the same time.
"Get in there!" Banner laughed. Tony and Loki started to walk towards the chamber. Jack picked up the rest of his books and followed. As soon as he entered the room Jack tapped his staff against the floor.
The room was exactly as Banner described except there was and large table with four chairs around it. On the table there was a tray of snacks and pop. The condensation had already frozen on the drinks.
"Well what are we going to do?" Tony asked. Jack shrugged. He set his books down on one of the benches in the corner and walked back over to Loki. "I brought cards; they have the little Braille thingys to."
"Why not?" Loki said. "Want to play asshole?"
"I love that game!" Jack smiled. "It's not good with three people though. Could play the old way where we each had two hands?" He suggested.
"Sure, but you'll have to teach me." Tony said.
"I'm sure you will catch on, genius." Jack smirked. After a few rounds Tony finally caught on with Jack's expert instructions. Banner soon announced that it was -10°c and said that he would announce when it was -20°c and every ten degrees after.
Tony was grumbling about how slippery the cards were when he wore gloves and how cold his fingers were when he took them off. The trio continued to play with Jack and Loki tying at three each and Tony with one. Ironman picked up one of the glasses of water and went to take a drink, but Jack heard a 'thunk' and an "Ow!"
"Nice job genius". Jack laughed. The water in the cup had frozen and Tony hadn't noticed. "Oh the irony, what hurt you will now heal you."
"That sounded out of place." Loki said. Jack shrugged. Tony groaned.
"I'm going to have a nap." He grumbled. The billionaire got up and stumble to the nearest couch.
"Now what do you want to do?" Loki asked.
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Jack suggested.
"Or rock, black hole, frosty the snowman?" Loki said. Jack could hear the smile in his brother's voice.
"Nah, rock, paper, scissors. It's easier for me to tell when you're lying." Jack smirked. Seconds after he had finished his sentence Banner announced that it was now -20°c.
The two brothers started to play. Jack easily picked up Loki's pattern and played accordingly. The blind boy could tell what Loki had thrown by the sound of it hitting the table. After winning 34 times in a row Loki finally caught on and changed his pattern.
"Dammit!" Loki cursed as Jack figured out his new pattern. Even if he tried to be random the mischief god would eventually fall into a pattern.
"Giving up?" Jack asked.
"Never!" Loki spat. They continued to play until the temperature dropped below -30°c. Tony finally sat up and groaned.
"I'm done." He mumbled and walked out with his teeth chattering. Jack shrugged and they kept playing. The winter god thought it was funny how fast Tony had given up. People that lived far up north lived in -40°c every day. "I give up." Loki sighed.
Jack blinked. He hadn't realized that he had kept playing let alone winning. "Moohohaha! You really suck at this."
"Not my fault you're so good." Loki grumbled. He got up from his chair and stomped over to the couch. "I'm going to read."
"What are you reading?" Jack asked as he floated over to his books.
"Nightshade." Loki said. "It's like twilight only better. The main character is a werewolf."
"I'll have to add it to my reading list." Jack said. "It's starting to get pretty long." He picked up Breaking Dawn and flipped to his book mark.
"-50°c". Banner said. They must have been too focused on their game to notice the earlier announcements. Jack shrugged and continued to read. He got pretty far into his book and a couple of temperature announcements later he closed the book.
"Hey Loki? You cold yet?" He asked just after Banner announced -70°c.
"Nope." Loki said. "What about you?"
"I'm good, but my butt has officially fell asleep." Jack said with a smile. Loki laughed. The winter spirit rolled off the couch and stood up. He started to pace. "Banner should have put a TV in here."
"What would you watch?" Loki asked.
"Probably Criminal Minds." Jack said.
"Never heard of it." Loki said. The blind boy gasped and clutched at his throat. He tripped and fell backwards and landed dramatically on the floor.
"How could you?" He gasped. Then went limp on the floor. Loki raised an eyebrow before laughing. Jack smiled as he sat up. "That was an appropriate reaction. Don't give me any of that 'act your age not your shoe size' crap. I don't even wear shoes!"
"I was kidding anyway. I just wanted to see your reaction." Loki Smirked. "It was worth it. Lady Jane talks about it every time Thor visits her and decides to drag me along."
"Hmm, I still haven't met her yet." Jack hummed as he laid back onto the cold floor.
"Would she see you?" Loki asked.
"I don't know. I've never met her!" Jack pointed out.
"You're just going to lay there?" Loki asked. Jack nodded and closed his eyes. "You pick the most uncomfortable places to sleep."
"-100°c." Banner announced. Jack sighed and rolled onto his side. After a few minutes Jack could hear Loki's teeth chattering.
"You're cold." Jack said.
"Yes."
"You don't need to stay." Jack said. "I'm just going to take a nap."
"At least move to one of the couches?" Loki asked as he closed his book and stood up.
Jack shook his head. "Nope, I'm good." He shrugged. "If there were rafters I'd be up there."
The blind boy knew Loki was shaking his head as he left. He relaxed and soon fell asleep. His sleep was dreamless and restful. The winter spirit woke up a couple of hours later. He rolled over and grabbed his staff from where it rested beside him. Jack started to yawn.
"-268°c."
Jack jumped to his feet in surprise. He whirled around then blinked. The blind boy remembered where he was and who was speaking. "You interrupted my yawn!"
"Sorry." Banner laughed. "We can't go any lower. Congratulations, you made it down to the coldest us humans can muster."
The winter god stretched. He could already feel it getting warmer. Jack grabbed his books and unlatched the door and walked out. "Yuck it's hot!" He sneered.
Somebody stomped up to him. Jack could tell it was Tony. "How are you not cold!"
"I love cold!" Jack smiled.
"Why did he last longer than Loki?" Banner asked.
"They are both frost giants, so they should stand the same temperature, but Jack lasted and whole lot longer." Tony speculated.
"I'm the god of winter, that's why!" Jack laughed.
AN: Happy Halloween! I know I'm a day late. Any-who. Also what one-shot would you like to see next? Sorry it took me so long to update! I've been working on Alpha and thinking about what I'm going to write next. OMG! It snowed!