Okay my darlings here's the thing ... the excuse I have to give is classic computer crash. Love It !
That was sarcasm just FYI, the apology is in the reviews of this story under JJ and its a guest review and super long so Im not going to apologize again. Anyway due to my lovely little crash I lost six chapters, and so until my grades in school are amazing and I'm not stressing over grades I will only be giving you this chapter plus the two part fight scene that I just recently wrote. I am sorry for any inconsistencies and will welcomely take any crap you guys give me so long as none of you are terribly rude!
Anyway please enjoy, and expect updates every two days. ( and for those of you that have no Idea when that will be ... you will see part one of the fight on Wednesday)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these, If I did YJ would not be ending and Iron man 3 would already be out.
It had been three days since the 'tiny warriors' as Thor had named them, made their first appearance. So far they hadn't had any luck finding them, and now the Avengers were on stand by aboard the helicarrier.
"So Thor when did you come back?" Steve asked.
"About Six of your days ago."
"Why? I was under the impression that you had things to attend to on Asgard."
"My only objective was to bring Loki back for his punishment."
At the mention of his brother Thor's eyes filled with a grieving sadness. He loved his brother... More than he should, but by Odin he couldn't help it. Loki would forever be in his heart, no matter what the crimes he did. Even if Loki decided to hate Thor for the rest of his life; he would still love him. It made his betrayal all the more bitter.
"I'm sorry Thor." Bruce said softly.
Thor scoffed. Not because he doubted the sincerity of Dr. Banners words, or hated the pity. Though he did hate the pity. No it was mostly because he was sorry too. When all he should feel was anger.
"There is no need to apologize, friend. Loki knew the consequences of his actions. And now he must pay. It is the unwritten law for life."
The words burnt his tongue as he said them. They had been his fathers words when he had sentenced Loki to a life of torture. Bound in the dark; poison dripping on his face; his agonizing screams when they burnt his flesh; His please when they were leaving him...
They would forever echo in Thor's mind.
"I was sorry for what its done to you."
Thor gave a small smile. "I am well friend, I am earths hero I have no qualms."
"Your not earths only hero." Tony muttered. Steve gave him a glare."Arrogance aside Tony is right Thor. You are not earths only hero, you could take a break if you wanted."
"Yeah." Tony added in arrogantly.
"Or maybe he returned so soon to get his mind off of things." Clint said from his corner.
"Perhaps I could speak for mysel-"
"Or maybe you just don't know when a break is needed! when a moment should be put aside!"
"What are you getting at Mr. Stark?"
"What I'm getting at? Did you even grieve Phil's death!"
Tony's emotions were running high. Firstly sleeping on the couch did not help him maintain his bright-eyed and bushy-tailed persona; and secondly being so close to where Agent Coulson had died, it was screwing with him. And Clint had become a convenient target for Tony's negative feelings. Unfortunately Clint wasn't about to take Tony's crap.
"That's not your place to judge, we had a crisis on our hands. We couldn't have stopped just for one man. He wouldn't have wanted that, If you were his friend you would have known that."
"I think it would be good if we all calmed down."
"Stay out of this Banner!"
"Tony! Don't talk to Bruce that way!"
"What ar-" "ENOUGH!"
Natasha had both her guns out. One pointed at Clint and the other at Tony. Her eyes were shooting daggers at Steve. She started talking in a deadly calm voice. One that promised the most brutal form of punishment if they deterred from what she said.
"I think we got a little side tracked. We all need to calm down and shut up... Okay? Now director Fury would like to see us."
Without waiting another second the Avengers were out the door and headed to the control room. None of them dared to say a word. When they got to the control room, screens were up showing a group of familiar teens.
"Where?" was all Tony asked. However Fury decided to play jack ass and decide not to tell them.
"We're not going to be sending the Avengers in quite yet."
That went over well.
"What? The whole point of calling us was to handle these kids."
"S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to try to contain the threats before sending in the Avengers. Besides its been brought to my attention that you had not been planning on giving them to us. That you had instead planned on taking them to STARK tower." Crap.
"If we bring them back here all your going to do is lock them up. Or worse kill them before they have a shot at being heard!"
"Calm down Dr. Banner. The last thing we need is for you to get angry."
"I'm always angry."
"Where?" Tony demanded. He swore if he didn't get an answer this time he was going to start hacking S.H.I.E.L.D. again. Thankfully Fury grew a brain and told him
"Central park west."
Tony turned to the exit. Not caring if the Avengers were following him or not. Then he realized. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were blocking the doors.
Discreetly Tony called for his Marks 7 suit.
"I'm Sorry but until needed the Avengers will remain here."
Natasha came up to Tony pulling him closer so only he could hear her.
"How 'bout we bring the party to them." Tony was about to give a smirking answer when they heard gun shots come from the screen. That's when all hell started to break loose in the Helicarrier.
Robin and Wally had been at it for three days non-stop. And so far not even a dent had been made. The team could tell that the two were pushing themselves to work as quick as possible, but it was starting to wear down on them. With such hard work and so little results the two boys were starting to get depressed. So the team had dragged them away from their 'oh so charming' apartment and was now forcing them to relax.
It took a while but soon the tension had rolled out of their shoulders, and the frowns on their faces were turned upside down to the wonderfully familiar smiles that the team knew and loved. They walked for a while taking in the sights and comparing their two worlds. Which weren't really all that different. They ran , climbed tree's (even though they weren't suppose to), and in Robins case flipped around doing acrobatic wonders. However Robin faltered quite a few times since his shoulder wasn't as strong as it should be. But each time he would fall he would get back up and start laughing.
It was exactly what they needed. Soon they were tired for reasons other than work and they quickly found a spot in the park they were in to rest; smiles still on their faces. Of course the moment couldn't last forever.
"sooo, what was up with those guys the other night?" Wally asked.
Superboy just grinned, while Kaldur chuckled, Both remembering the awesome things they did. Of course Robin being Robin took the serious route.
"That was S.H.I.E.L.D. Its kind of like this earths Cadmus. Only more open to the public about things and less scary genetic experiments."
"Oh.. What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for?" M'gann asked innocently
"Strategic Homeland intervention enforcement and logistics division."
Everyone just stared at Robin. Sometimes it was hard to believe he was the Bats protegé. But others it was hard to forget. This was one of those hard to forget moments.
Annoyed Robin asked."Didn't you read the info I gave you?" He swore if he did all that research and did all that work on the machine and they hadn't touched the little bit of homework he gave them he was going to pull a superboy and punch a tree.
"Yeah. But how did you remember that?"Artemis asked. He was going to answer with a smart ass 'Because I'm just that good'. But Wally's big mouth beat him to it.
"He's like a robot or something."
Robin rolled his eyes from behind his glasses. "Yeah Wally I'm a robot, don't make me mad or you wont like what happens to you."
Wally gasped and very wide-eyed asked. "Are you going to probe me?" If the team didn't know Wally as well as they did, they'd think he was an idiot. But then again he was the team dummy for a reason...
"Thats an alien stupid." Robin said. Then quickly added. "No offense Megan or Conner."
"None taken."
(Grunt.)
"Oh... So are you going to probe me?" Yep It was official. Wally was now Kid Idiot.
"Sure Wally. Lets call me sticking a bat-a-rang up you-'' ''No! Stop right there. I don't need to hear this!" Artemis said placing her hands over her ears. Though secretly she was happy the two were acting normal again. She had been worried. Especially for Wally. He hadn't smiled in a day; and she had missed the sound of him laughing. Though not as much as she missed the feeling of his lips on hers. Both of them fighting for dominance as their tongues rolled...Oh god.
"I thought you had bird-a-rangs." Wally's voice cut through Artemis' jog down 'hot' memory lane.
Robin gave him a look and then."I have both."
" Whats the difference between the tw-" "SHH!" Robin cut Conners gruff voice off. The team looked at him curiously. Then he briefly placed two fingers at his temple. M'gann quickly set up a mind link.
"Everyone here?" M'gann's voice asked.
"Here"
"Present"
"Hi beautiful."
(Grunt)
"Good, Okay we have people at 2, 7 and 9 o'clock." Robins voice rushed through the mind link. "They look like S.H.I.E.L.D. but after the last time they're going to see us as a threat. So right now they are the enemy until further notice."
"Plan?" kaldur asked.
"First try to disappear. If that doesn't work. and it more than likely won't. Then buy your self some time to change into uniform that way we can have some cushion in our fight. Were at a disadvantage, 'cuz we're on their turf and they most likely sent the big guns out this time."
"Okay do we just scatter?" Wally asked as he vibrated in place.
"No Baywatch, we have to be discreet. Everyone will get up and start walking at ... well 5 o'clock it's the only open path."
"No. " Conner disagreed with Artemis. "They have even more people down that way."
"Great." Robin growled out.
"It is fine. We will change, there are bathrooms nearby and then we will fight our way out. Meet up at the apartment." kaldur commanded. Everyone nodded. And started walking to the bathrooms acting like they were oblivious to the surrounding agents.
Once everyone was changed they ran out. Their first objective was to try to get out without having to engage in combat. But with what looked to be about 200 agents waiting for them that seemed like it wasn't about to happen.
"Superboy clear a path for us, Miss Martian take Artemis and attack from the sky. Kid Flash, You are with Robin and I on the ground. Move!"
The team went into action with practiced ease. M'gann set Artemis in a particularly high tree away from the mass amount of chaos that the boys were left to deal with. She then flew back a little and began sending both mental and physical attack to the enemy below. Up rooting trees and benches, really anything that's big enough to do damage, as well as sending psychic blast to the soldiers below. Showing them grotesque creatures, and scenes from their worse nightmares.
All the while Artemis showered the back up squadron with her arrows. Either trapping them with nets or knocking them out with one of her trick arrows. There is no way she is going to let them get to her team mates. Not if she can help it. In her peripheral vision she sees a group of agents try and sneak past her. She quickly notches three arrows and send them flying, they pin two of the agents while the last releases a powerful knock out gas that has the rest down in seconds. She doesn't have time to celebrate her victory though as gunshots go off and bullets lodge themselves in the bark next to her head. It's a warning shot. Artemis smirks as she flips up to a higher branch. 'lucky for you I don't do those.' She thinks. Then proceeds to take out the most immediate threat.
Furthest back the boys are struggling to get through the sea of agents. Superboy, invulnerable as ever, doesn't tire as he storms through; attacks bouncing off of him as he clears a path for his team mates. He only blocks and punches; occasionally hearing a brutal cracking sound if he hits too hard, but he pushes through. He can feel sorry for the damage he's done later, right now he needs to help the others get out who are quickly getting tired.
Aqualad, Robin, and Kid flash were fighting what seemed like their thousandth agent, but in reality it was probably closer their sixtieth, Kid flash probably his ninetieth. Whoever managed to get past Superboy the three would take out, And a lot of people were managing to get past Superboy. At least it felt that way... What they had first thought was about 200 agents hand quickly increased to about 400. And after a couple of days without proper training or a good nights rest, the team just wasn't up for it.
Like Robin had said these people weren't playing around. They got beat once and now they were here to set the record straight. They were bringing out the big guns. Both figuratively and literally. Kid Flash was zipping around as much as he could, disarming people of the flipping scary heavy artillery and then zipping around again to knock them out in a flurry of punches. However for every person down three more seemed to come back at them.
"Geeze what are these people? Hydra?"
"Why did I even do the research? You know if you did the Homework you would Know that a group actually existed here by the name of hydra... And no they are not them!"
"Well sorry! I was kinda busy helping you get through Batman's stupidly paranoid, Coded notes!"
"And yet I was still able to learn about this dimensions history!"
"Congratulations you're a nerd."
"Says the gee- KF look out!"
Kid flash turned to see Aqualad using his water bearers as whips to deflect bullets that would have made KF look like swiss cheese.
"Perhaps." Came a very agitated sounding Aqualad. "We should focus on the matter at hand."
The two boys didn't object as they focused on their fighting. Though the feeling of shame was tangible through the mind link.
"I'm glad your ok KF."
"So am I Birdy, Thanks kal."
"All is well, that is what matters. But I ask you to focus while we are fighting from this moment on."
"Yes Kal."
"Won't happen again."
The three continued to fight the stragglers that got past Superboy. Despite the fatigue they were starting to feel. Eventually Aqualad joined Superboy in clearing the path. His water bearers making short work of the wall of agents ahead of them. While KF and Robin played off each other to fend off the remaining agents. Kid Flash continued speeding around and punching people out, but occasionally he would be used as a vault for Robin to spring off of and into the air so he could execute a certain kick or move. It was like a dance, watching Robin fight.
His graceful, muscular limbs moving purposely, Rhythmically, Powerfully through the air. A flip here, a punch there. Carefully placed chops, Brutal undercuts. A twirling round house kick. The flare of his cape as he set loose a barrage of bat-a-rangs. It was like a performance. Robin was the star and the battle field was his stage.
Robin was not alone though in his exceptional fighting, the others were all showing displays of impressive skill. Hours of brutal practice was paying off as they finished off the agents. All the bruises, all the cuts and injured bones. Every time they ate the floor. All being transferred from the team to the agents that lay scattered across the ground; and then finally it was done. The team may a have been panting, out of breath from the strenuous activity, their knuckles and ribs my have been a little worse for wear, but unlike the training exercises they were the victors. And at that moment they were proud, their only wish being that their mentors were there to see it.
They started moving only to be stopped by what looked like Red Tornado on Jenny Craig, and his band of misfit toys.
"Great. Team let me be the first to introduce you to S.H.I.E.L.D. way of killing us." Artemis seethed through the mind link.
"Babe don't be a downer. We'll just beat these guys and head to the apartment."
"Babe.. he called me babe."
"Artemis?"
"Great KF, I think you broke her."
"Did you two not say you would focus?"
Everyone shut up at that. Robin breaking the silence to share what he thought to be valuable tactical information.
" The goal is to get out of this alive, You do not necessarily need to beat them, only subdue them enough to get away."
"Okay I pick R.T's twin." Conner growled.
"I shall take the one that wields the hammer."
"I call Star spangled banner!"
"Robin hood is mine."
"Artemis you can talk again!"
"Focus KF...Well since you guys picked all the good ones me I'll deal with Red."
"I'll help You Conner when I'm done with the little guy." M'gann said blushing a little.
" Okay we have our targets, get this done as quickly as possible, try not to get separated and be sure to use teamwork."
"Oh I am so not feeling the aster right now."
"Focus."
"Oh I am."
Again Robin made the first move to attack. Cackling all the while.
"GUNS! YOUR SERIOUSLY FIRING GUNS AT CHILDREN!"
You should be surprised to know that it had not been Tony, nor Bruce, nor Steve that yelled this. It had been a very enraged Natasha.
"They are a threat. one that needs to be taken care of by any means necessary." Director Fury calmly replied. Though he didn't like the situation any more than Natasha, but he knew he couldn't take the risk of not containing what he thought was a possible threat. The last time he did that the island of Manhattan had almost been blown to pieces.
Natasha's response was all but calm. In seconds she had grabbed Fury and thrown him on to the nearest control panel. Her gun pressed to his temple. Of course the reaction to her reaction had been less than calm either. But at that moment Natasha's anger was getting the best of her. She would not sit back and watch as children's lives were at stake, she would not have that kind of guilt resting on her shoulder, not again.
"Have you really become that afraid?" She sneered." Did the Chitauri invasion really just pulverize the man you use to be? That now you're so spineless, so desperate that your willing to kill children.?"
"Its necessary." Came Fury cold response, the gleam in his remaining good eye nearly betraying him. "Besides we do not know that it's really children that we're fighting, agent Romanov. At one point you wouldn't have hesitated to do the same."
Natasha's eyes flashed with a menacing glint as her voice dropped to a deadly whisper."Yes, at one point I wouldn't have. I'm not one to deny that. I've got a lot of red in my ledger but I'm doing my best to clean it out. You on the other hand are making that exceedingly difficult."
"Agent Romanov stand down or we will shoot you." Agent Hill warned. Her gun level with Natasha's head.
"Natasha." Clint prodded gently. "Threatening Fury won't help those kids."
She sighed."Your right."
But instead of withdrawing her gun she pressed it closer to his temple."You have five seconds to clear a path to the door before I do something were all going to regret."
"There's no need for threats agent Romanov." Fury grunted out. Calm as ever."If you look to the screen you'll see that the Avengers are needed."
Sure enough when the Avengers turned their attention from Natasha and her extreme actions they saw the kids kicking but once again.
Natasha roughly released her hold on Fury, who gave the order for the other agents to stand down .
"You okay?" Steve asked. She nodded as she straightened out her hair.
"Wow! Look at those kids go! This is two for two! I think S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to invest in better training."
"Because normal people against young Avengers is so fair" Clint mumbled, but it was heard non the less.
"You named them?"Bruce asked
"Thor already named them." Tony Pointed out.
"Yes Tiny Warriors."
"WALK AND TALK PEOPLE! IF WE CAN SAVE THE WORLD AND TALK; WE CAN DEFIANTLY WALK AND TALK!"
No one argued until they were well on their way towards the kids. And when they did it was over what to call them. Eventually it was decided that the kids would decide once talked to. Even if Bruce had a point in saying that they couldn't keep them.
Finally they had landed and were now face to face with the 'super kids'(Tony's choice.) Who looked tired to say the least.
"They look tired." Steve said, stating the obvious.
"They're just kids. And S.H.I.E.L.D. sent this many agents after them?" Bruce whispered astonished. He still had yet to Hulk up. But he wasn't planning to unless absolutely necessary.
"Look at the damage they did I think they were justified in sending this many."Clint defended.
"With guns?" Natasha asked in a dangerous tone.
"They seemed to be able to handle it."
"Regardless children are to be protected, are they not? We shall feed them and see to it that they get a proper nights rest. The 'Tiny Warriors' have earned it."
"Yeah sure, we'll take them for shawarma afterwards. But first how 'bout we talk to them." Tony asked as he observed the 'super kids'. They seemed to be doing the twitchy thing again.
"What are they doing?" Bruce wondered aloud.
"Call me crazy but I think they're communicating." Tony said turning to face Bruce.
Bruce looked like he was about to say something; when the Avengers heard an eerie cackle and then a mass of red, yellow and black slammed into Natasha. Before Tony could check on her though he heard Hulk Jr. roar and turned to see him and the rest of the kids come rushing at them.
Okay yes I know major OC-ness from Black widow. But when ever I see her or read of her I always see this eccentric and suppressed side to her. Though that side most likely isn't a crazy maternal side I think that this is a very entertaining Idea. Besides if anything Natasha can sympathize with kid heroes considering she must have gone through a difficult ( non-existent) childhood.
Any way sorry if the oc-ness bothers anyone, this wasn't my most favorite chapter but its a nice little filler so it will have to do. Please Review so I can get better and better entertain you guys .
Until next time!
J.J.