Thank you so much to everyone that's reviewed! It means a looot. So, thank you.
And a big thank you to Arrows for continuing to beta for me!
(*COUGH* ... DERP. I must apologize to those that have this story on their alert list, because I accidentally put the wrong chapter title initially...My bad! However...now you kind of know what to game to expect next. Lol! ;) )
Now on with the show...
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"Movin' on, next game is called Sound Effects," Fury stated as he stood up from the desk, mic in hand once again. "This 's for Tony and Clint, now I need two victims from the audience " The Director continued as he stepped down and walked over towards the front row. There was at least one terribly familiar face staring back at him with a gigantic, goofy smile on his face. Apparently, Thor had finished his pop-tart snack and had decided to take a seat in the front row. Idly Fury glanced to the seat next to Thor, remembering that he needed two for this skit, and promptly did a double take.
"You! What the - hey, who let him in here?!" Fury growled out, coming ever so close to leaping back and taking up a fighting stance directed towards the person seated next to Thor. Fury had to check himself as even now, his free hand was itching towards his service arm that he had hidden at the small of his back, but he held back at the last moment as Thor did not seem at all concerned by things.
"Worry not, Director of fury, for it is safe. It was my understanding that this be a game you midguardians play - I merely thought I might bring my brother along for a short while." Thor said with a grin, leaning back slightly and slamming his hand down hard on Loki's back, nearly causing the smaller being to fall right out of his seat. Made easier because Loki's hands were still bound, though he wore no muzzle. "Some fun for him to partake of before his return to exile." Loki growled at Thor, glaring daggers which the bigger one chose to ignore, his attention still focused on Fury. Noticing he was not being paid any attention, Loki huffed and grumbled under his breath something along the lines of, 'Yes, fun.' Then Thor turned serious and, his hand still on Loki's shoulder, added, "He has given his word that he will do no harm." Loki had settled a little in his seat, though from the corner of his eye he was still glaring daggers at his so-called adopted brethren.
Fury seemed to be considering things for a moment, but then, glancing back at Tony and Clint who were presently standing on the stage, a sly grin began to form on his face. He turned to the two Asguardians. "You two, you're up." Fury said, indicating Thor and Loki. "Get yer hides up on that stage! C'mon, move!" Thor seemed confused at first, Loki looked highly reluctant and somewhat frightened, supposing this some form of punishment, but was forcibly dragged along by his 'brother' as Thor made his way over to the stage, clomping up the steps and over to stand by Fury's desk where the Director had been ushering them towards. Handing off a mic to Thor and Loki each, he was suddenly stopped by an annoyed squeak from Loki.
"Hang on! How d'you expect me to hold this thing?!" Loki shouted, motioning with his still-bound, in front of him granted, hands. Fury waved it off with,
"Hold it with both hands, you'll be fine." Fury assured with a dismissive wave of his hand. Steve and Natasha, still seated, were sharing a look of unease. This may only be a game, but Loki was still a villain and a threat.
"Are you sure about this, Fury?" The Captain spoke up, his tone full of distrust.
"I agree, this seems unwise.." Natasha seconded.
"Aw c'mon," Tony put in as he walked a few steps back to stand in front of the two, leaning forward and oozing haughtiness as he towered over them. Because they were, y'know, still sitting. "Are ya gonna let the public down now in arguing with the Director's decision. Granted, he is usually wrong. But! This -is- just a game."
Steve stared at Tony for a drawn-out moment, his expression hard, and then leaned back and crossed his arms with a sudden, much-too-satisfied smirk. "Sure. A game -you'll- have to play with him." The super solider pointed out, far too eagerly as he nodded in Loki's direction. Tony's face fell as he scowled and then spun on his heel, rolling his eyes and muttering something (thankfully) incoherent over his shoulder as he stalked back to his original position. Natasha simply gave an amused snort.
Fury, having ignored their earlier comments, now sat down and grinned much too innocently at Tony, whom was standing up unusually straight and was still scowling. Clint was no less pleased but was presently preoccupied by glaring at Loki. Fury was planning on having some fun himself at the expense of these two - and, Hawk had been really annoying him lately, so...
"Thor, you're Tony's sound guy; Loki, you're Clint's. Whenever they," here Fury makes a point of gesturing to Clint and Tony, so that hopefully the two Asguardians would understand. "Prompt you, you two will have to provide the sound effects for the scene. The scene is, Tony going to an opening of a new Zoo. During Tony's opening speech, his bodyguard - that's you, Clint - notices someone trying to make off with several of the zoo animals. You two must put a stop to it. Go."
"Welcome, to the grand opening of the first robotic animal petting zoo!" Tony declared without missing a beat, quite loudly and with his arms raised towards the crowd. As if no one had ever see that one coming; still, the audience cheered in applause. And then Thor made a strange 'baa'-like noise into his microphone. Tony quickly dropped his arms and turned to face the Asguardian with an expression of confusion mixed with afrontment.
"What was the heck was that?!" Tony yelped, throwing his hands up again but in a, 'what?' type of gesture.
"I think a sheep exploded." Clint helpfully provided, very matter-of-factly. In the background, Loki gave off a strangled noise as he lifted his bound hands-plus-mic up to cover his face. Thor was still painfully unaware of the Midguardian animal kingdom... They did -not- have all the same type of creatures here as they did back home. Still, Tony was prepared to roll with things. Looking off in the other direction, he spoke up again.
"Ah! That must be it...I put in a fail-safe so that if the robotic animals leave these walls, they explode." Tony sighed, pocketing his hands and shaking his head. "Robo guts and pieces everywhere, what a shame...true shame."
Suddenly Clint jumped forward and clapped Tony on the shoulder, pointing towards the crowd. "Look, someone's trying to make off with a robo duckling! No worries, I'll get him with my trusty bow and arrows." Clint said, running back a step and leaning down, "Gotta get my bow first," he muttered to himself, acting as if he were quickly opening a case to get out his bow.
"Click." Loki deadpanned into the mic, providing the sound effect for opening the case.
"Makes a good clicking noise, don't it?" Clint inquired of Tony, rising his brows with a look of feigned appreciation, to which Tony mutely nodded as he too pretended to be in awe. Clint went on to flick his wrist in a motion as if he were extending out his bow.
"Swish." Loki again helpfully provided his wonderful sound effects.
"It's also more swishy than I remember." Tony observed, cocking his head as he stared at the 'bow.'
"Yeah, well, 's had a few upgrades lately." Clint said with a shrug, then stepped forward again and sighted a random someone in the crowd and said, "Hey you! Put down the duckling!" A pause. Then, "They always have to do this the hard way," Clint muttered, grabbing something from the air behind his back and then making the motions of notching an arrow.
"While you do that, I'm gonna go suit up. I doubt these guys'll be scared off that easy." Tony said, hooking his thumb to the side then walking off a step. "Good thing I brought the 'football' case." He said to himself, pretending to hold up a briefcase he then threw to the floor.
"THUD!" Thor bellowed, having been eagerly awaiting for his time of contribution. Tony grinned.
"Ah, yup, still packs a wallop even in brick-form." He then lifted a foot and stepped onto it. "Time to suit up!" Tony declared, reaching down then extending his arms out wide from his sides.
"CLINK, CLANK, CLINK, CLANK CLANK. ROBO MAN COMPLETE!" Thor proclaimed.
"Uh, I uh...added in a voice recognition to let me know when it's at one hundred percent complete-assemble without me having to look." Tony supplied with a nod. Then he took on a fighting stance as he tried to look for more peoples stealing the animals.
"I'm gonna let 'er rip!" Clint announced, making the motions or releasing his previously notched arrow.
"Swish... ...thunk. Ah, ow, ow." Loki quietly aided, even providing the less-than-steller sound effects of the villain (his or herself) getting hit.
"Yes, got 'im!" Clint grinned, raising his hands in triumph.
"Is that Loki?" Tony asked, acting as if he were trying to ascertain the identity of the now felled villain that had attempted in stealing a duckling. Loki inclined his head then narrowed his eyes as Stark. Clint dropped his left hand and shielded his eyes with his right hand.
"Huh, I do believe it is. What is he doing trying to steal a robo duckling?"
"Make an evil robo duckling army? People'd be drawn in by the cuteness, then - bam!" Tony said, pounding his fist into the palm of his other hand.
"CLANK!" Thor quickly provided, making the sound effect for the two metal gauntlets coming together. Loki was almost looking thoughtfully impressed at the idea of this cute robo duckling evil army thing...hmm.
"Oh! Look, someone's trying to make off with a rabbit! I think not!" Tony declared, raising his right hand with flattened palm up and out. "Replusors, engage!"
"...FIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. ZZZZZZZ." Thor provided, unsure what kind of noise to actually make with that one. Tony quickly whipped his hand around and looked at it with a surprised concern.
"Uh-oh, must've accidentally put in my cola-firing replusors instead of the energy-firing ones. Whoops."
"I've got this!" Clint declared as he stepped over to Tony's side, reaching back to grab another 'arrow' and then making the motions to notch it.
"Click." Loki added in.
"Oh, so it clicks now too?" Tony couldn't help but say as he dropped his hand, looking over at Clint.
"Apparently," Clint said with a shrug, sighted his opponent, then released the 'arrow.'
"Swish..." Loki developed an evil grin, this time adding, "Squeak! Squeak!"
"Oh no! You hit the rabbit!" Tony exclaimed, feigning exaggerated outrage.
"I did not-" Clint started, but was cut off.
"The rabbit! Poor rabbit." Then Tony shrugged, "I suppose a Hawk does have to eat, but I hate to remind you that this -is- a robo rabbit..."
Clint twitched a little, then shouted, "It was an evil rabbit!" Tony quirked an eyebrow, but said nothing so Clint went on. "It was the ring-leader, man! You just couldn't see its evil little grin, like I could, as it was whispering its plans of world domination to its co-conspirators."
"Uh-huh." Tony nodded once, clearly not believing a word of it. But then, the buzzer sounded.
"Finally!" Loki exclaimed, raising his head to the ceiling with a look of relief.
"Aw, the game of noises is over so soon?" Thor inquired, clearly disappointed.
"Peace out," Tony grinned, making a peace sign as he retreated to his seat. Clint was much more silent and quick about his own retreat.
"Yep, so hand 'em over." Fury stood and grabbed the handheld mics from the brothers and shooed them back to their seats. "Everybody give the Asguardians a round of applause, because the script calls for it!" Fury shouted, addressing the crowd, whom did not need any encouragement to do just that. Thor grinned broadly and waved as he returned to his seat, still dragging his brother along by his other hand. Loki did not look up from the floor as he shuffled along behind Thor, dragging out each step.
"All right, now that that's over," Fury spoke after stashing the mics once again, and was looking over his cards again. "Next game..."