Hello readers! Looks like I'm on a roll or something! Two chapters in one day/night two days ago! You guys are awesome for inspiring me to continue this! Well then, I present to you chapter 3!

The following day presented itself to the world as a stormy and cold one. The wind howled and blew everything within its path several feet away from their original spot, sometimes toppling stuff over before dragging them along for a ride.

Underneath the cliff in which the Avengers Mansion rested upon, the ocean water crashed against the small, private beach shore and drew away the majority of its sand.

However, inside the mansion, it was warm, cozy and the windows were thankfully sound-proof. All the Avengers were still in bed, with the exception of Natasha of course since she always seemed to wake up earlier than everyone else.

The Russian redhead snaked her way into the kitchen after quietly walking through the dark, empty corridors. She flicked on the light switch and almost yelped in surprise when her green eyes met with bright red ones that were no less than three inches away from her face. The owner of the red eyes chuckled quietly and drew back.

"Well, well, well, you are up early,"commented the albino.

Natasha heard the almost inaudible pit-pat of booted feet coming up from behind her. She instinctively whirled around in a round house kick. A gloved hand caught her ankle before it could come in contact with the person's head. She glared at the grinning blue-eyed blond and tore her foot free from the man's hand.

"Bonjour, madame," purred the Frenchman.

"What are you all doing here? Shouldn't you be sleeping?" Natasha questioned the two jesters that now stood side by side.

Both jesters grinned and replied in unison,"Likewise, ma'am. Shouldn't you be sleeping right now? After all, you'll need the energy soon enough."

Before the redhead could ask what they meant by that, a sudden bang came from the direction of the living room. Natasha immediately turned tail and ran out of the kitchen, leaving behind two grinning jesters standing there. Mistake number one.

Skidding to a halt once she reached the doorway, Natasha's eyes roamed over every object within the room. The light that was slowly coming in from the ceiling to floor windows made out easier for her to see, too. After inspecting every corner of the place, she titled her head in bewilderment. Taking a tentative step forward, she crossed the room until she was standing at the center of it. Everything was quite and calm, and no objects had fallen out of place. So the question was, what caused that 'bang'?

Suddenly, the windows exploded. Natasha threw herself at the ground as glass fragments rained down on her and the furniture.

An inhuman guttural roar echoed throughout the room. The Russian redhead heard heavy thuds approaching fast towards her. Without thinking, she kicked the coffee table's legs and it toppled over, providing a crude shield. Natasha quickly scrambled up and screamed,"JARVIS, sound the alarm!"

No reply.

"JARVIS?!"

After a receiving no response yet again, Natasha winced at the loud roar that came once more and instantly dashed out of the living room with the 'thing' hot on her heels.

She ran down the halls, looking for a panel that could trigger the alarm. She finally found one when she rounded the corner that lead to the hall where all the rooms of the other Avengers were located.

When Natasha was about to make a sprint for the panel, something latched onto her foot and pulled it from underneath her. She landed on the floor with a sickening thud. The Russian involuntarily panicked and reached for her gun, only to find it missing. She turned her head to look what was behind her and almost screeched.

The creature had not only one head but two with no face other than a mouth that was gaped wide, exposing long black tongues that lashed around and razor sharp teeth. Its 'skin' appeared to be made of a whole bunch of worn out potato sacks stitched together. The creature roared again, spitting bits of black plasma that landed on Natasha's black cat suit and face.

The creature quieted down when loud chuckling echoed through out the hall. Natasha's head whipped forward and saw the British jester standing a few feet away from her. Her eyes narrowed when she noticed her gun clenched in his gloved hand.

Noticing her glare, 'Diamond' raised the gun and waved it. "Do you want this?" He teased.

Angry green eyes narrowed further into a glare that promised a slow painful death. The sudden bone crushing hold on her foot caused her to forget her anger and instinctively cry out.

The black and white jester's smile grew and with the snap of his fingers, the loud alarm blared to life.

In the blink of an eye, Diamond disappeared along with the creature. At that same moment, every closed door bursted open and out stepped the still half asleep Avengers.

They all looked around, but they saw no danger. Not until Clint saw Natasha still lying on the ground did they lower their weapons...and shut the alarm up.

Every pair of eyes stared at her until Tony whistled,"Don't you think you're a little too old to play soldier?"

Natasha didn't reply. Her eyes had this shocked and enraged look on them that made everyone slightly uncomfortable. Without a word, Natasha limped up and leaned against the wall before asking,"You didn't hear that? Any of that?"

Thor tilted his head like a confused puppy,"Heard what, friend Natasha?"

"The...the 'thing'!"

"...what thing?"

Screaming in frustration, Natasha limped away towards the living room. The other Avengers were quick to follow, throwing confused looks at each other.

All the males of the team reached the room and stood next to the stunned Russian. It all looked in order. "B-But this place was destroyed a moment ago!" She cried.

"You sure you're not on drugs or something?" Asked Tony.

Natasha turned and looked at the inventor ,"Of course not! Ask JARVIS or look at the security tape! This place was destroyed five minutes ago!"

"That true, JARVIS?"

The AI's smooth voice replied,"No sir. Not a single piece of furniture has been moved all night or morning."

While the six Avengers argued, four figures dressed in black and white grinned a smile reserved for the mentally insane from their spot down the hall. They slowly lurked through the shadows before emerging.

"What seems to be the problem?" Asked Club with an air of innocent curiosity.

Natasha's head whipped around (it seemed to do that a lot lately) and stared at the jesters.

Glaring at them, she hissed,"What did you do?"

One by one, like the domino effect, their grinning faces turned into hurt expressions.

"Us?" They said in unison "What would we ever do?!"

"Don't play innocent!"

"We didn't do a thing. Ask the AI. We were just walking around the mansion."

Just before anyone could say a word Tony growled,"Alright everyone shut the hell up. It's too damn early to be arguing about random shit that DIDN'T happen. So if you don't mind, I'm going back to bed."

And with that, the billionaire walked out, followed closely by a half-asleep Bruce.

"I agree with Stark," murmured Steve"we can talk about this later." The walking American icon turned and half-dragged a drowsy Thor.

The only remaining people left in the room were the four jesters and the Russian agent. She growled under her breath and stalked over to the unmoving quad.

"They may believe you, but I don't. I know what I saw and I warn you, mess with me again and I will not hesitate to murder you all." Natasha then stormed out of the living room.

Soon enough, the quad was left alone. They all grinned once more like madmen and snapped their fingers simultainiously.

And as if a universal button had just been pushed, everything slowed down until it froze. The wind outside stilled, the crashing waters underneath froze over in mid-wave, and the swaying trees in the backyard that were bent at awkward positions froze as well.

Not able to hold it in any longer, all the nations bursted out in laughter. Their laughs echoed throughout the still mansion, bouncing off walls and overlapping each other before the sound became distorted.

After laughing like maniacs, they all squealed out like little kids in Christmas morning,"One down, five more to go!"