((I'm a whole two years late with this thing. I swear, I forgot all about it. I don't even write like this anymore X|. I think this story is cute, though. Anyway, you may like it, you may not. It's finished, so I'll be uploading the whole thing. Here you go!))
12 Years Later…
A little green light floated through air, down past the huge roaring waterfall, pass the five bungalows on the sand, and into the lush green forests. The light was, in fact, Pym, in his shrunken state, glowing the way he normally was. He flew past a bush, not noticing the two catlike eyes watching from inside. As soon as he had passed the eyes disappeared. Those eyes belonged to Azari, who rapidly jumped from branch to branch to keep up with Pym, but stay out of sight at the same time. Pym flew into a brighter area of the forest, which was sort of a bad move. Electricity shot out and struck him, causing him to fall to the ground suddenly. He sat up, realizing he had just been hit.
Hearing footsteps behind him, he was just about ready to fly away again, when Azari caught him in his hands. He brought him to his face and said happily: "Tag Pym." Pym folded had his arms folded an angry look on his face. "No fair, Azari." He protested as he jumped out of his palm and returned to his normal size. "You didn't give me enough of a head start!" "No fair?" Azari repeated. "Aren't you the one who called 'no powers' and shrunk and flew away?"
Pym thought for a second. Well he had said that. "Yeah well…" he said, scratching his head and thinking. "I meant no powers for you!" he pointed dramatically at Azari. "Of course." Azari agreed, shrugging. "Guess what Pym? You're it." Azari back flipped onto the nearest tree branch. "Hey! Not so fast!" Pym protested as Azari jumped onto the next branch. "And no powers!" Pym added, though Azari was already gone. Pym looked longingly after him, wondering how he was supposed to keep up with Azari. This is so unfair. He thought, shrinking and flying off to catch up with him.
Tony had been watching them from the cameras. He was in the main room, the computers set up on the desk in front of him, his only light coming from them and the bright sun outside the open doorway. "Jocasta." Tony called. "Adjust environmental controls in the hanger plus two therms. Radar seven needs realigning and…let's get lunch started shall we?" Tony leaned in his black swivel chair. "Commands in progress." A robotic female voice agreed.
Pym was flying in the thickest part of the forest. Why had Azari come here? Of course. He thought, zipping around in the air, still frowning. It's easier to hide and harder for me to find anyone. "Enemies from above!" a voice rang. "Wha…AH!" Pym screamed and soared back as Aisha jumped down from the canopy of the trees. She landed on the ground with her knees out to her sides, hands balled and her claws protruding from around her knuckles. Yes, she had claws, three on each hand, and they came straight out of the space between her knuckles They were sharp as knives and as shiny as metal, and like she always boasted, could cut through anything.
"Always be prepared, Pym." She said, standing up straight. "Always be prepared." "Yeah because I never know when you might jump out screaming." Pym added, folding his arms. "Whatcha doing, anyways?" Aisha asked, her claws retreating back into her hands. "Playing tag with Azari, wanna play?" "Hm." Aisha thought for a second, flipping her black hair back. "Let's go get Torunn. We'll see if she wants to play." "I don't like playing with her." Pym muttered, but soared off anyways. "Try to keep up!" he added. "Go as fast as you can!" Aisha challenged, running off after him.
There was a circular sort of island surrounded by sparkling blue water, pillars surrounding the edge. Each pillar had an Avenger's name on it, the island connected to the forest. "I dreamt of Asguard again, father." Torunn said, kneeling in front of the small grey stone pillar with the word 'THOR' engraved on it. "The Bifrost Bridge stretched out to me, and I could see the glow of the realm eternal." Torunn's sword was pushed into the ground, the sun glinting on its silver blade. "I know thee to be real father, and hope that one day soon you will come for your daughter."
Pym, still shrunken, flew over to the island and landed on the ground behind Torunn. He grew back to his normal height as he tip toed over to her, and then he saw her sword. I wonder if I can lift that. He wondered. He grasped the handle and tried to pull it out, but it was wedged in the ground. He gripped it with both hands, and Torunn heard his grunting and straining behind her. "And father, lastly I beseech thee." Torunn added. She jumped up and faced Pym quickly. "Give me the power to smite Pym once and for all!" "What." Pym froze. He ran away as quickly as possible and Torunn walked over and picked up her sword with one hand. Pym shrunk and tried to fly back away, but Torunn threw her sword. It swung around and around and headed straight for Pym, who almost bumped into a big rock. He froze and looked behind him.
He ducked, just as the sword stuck into the rock inches from his head. He looked from the sword to Torunn, wide eyed. "Ah!" he gasped, flying up and over the rock. Azari now sat on top of it, Aisha standing with her hand on her hip right there next to him. Pym flew and hid behind Azari. "That's not how tag works, Torunn." Azari explained. "You're supposed to run from Pym, not attack us." "Yeah." Aisha agreed. "But I think attack is a bit of an understatement. How about attempted murder, I like that better." "That's a human rule." Torunn shot, flying over and yanking her sword out of the rock. "An immortal Asguardian warrior runs from no one." She patted her sword in her palm for emphasis. "Yeah…do they kill people instead or something?" Aisha asked, smirking. Azari rolled his eyes. "You, Pym, Azari and James are about to taste my swords wrath!" Torunn stated, pointing at the three. Aisha and Azari gave her blank looks, while Pym, who was back to his normal height but was still hiding behind Azari, just looked on with fear. "Hey!" Torunn said, and then quickly caught herself. "I mean, forsooth! Where's James?" "Does it matter?" Aisha asked, smirking.
Torunn, Aisha, Pym and Azari stood in front of James's bed in his pigsty-I mean bungalow. Well, it was as messy as a pigsty. Clothes were all over the floor, along with books, papers and all sorts of trash. The bed was a mess too, and you could hardly see the sheets. James's legs poked out from under the sheets as he groaned in his sleep. Torunn put her hand on her hip and Aisha chewed her gum. "Does he get the sword, the spark, the sting, or the claw today?" Torunn asked is if it was routine. Because it was. "It's his royal highness's turn." Pym teased, pointing at Azari. "I hate you Pym." Azari shot, going over to James. "What else is new?" Aisha said, rolling her eyes. Azari went over, his tattoos started glowing and electricity started to spark. He pointed his finger at James's foot. Electricity shot out his finger and shocked James.
Everything was quiet outside.
Until Azari flew out of the bungalow and landed in the mud.
James walked out barefoot and still in his pajamas, scratching his head. His glove was on his arm, the holographic shield on it. He pressed a button on his glove and his shield disappeared, Torunn, a shrunken Pym, and Aisha followed him. "If you dorks are all done bothering me now, I'm going back to bed." James said coldly. "I'm so not a dork!" Aisha shot, balling her fists. "I'm a mutant! Mu-tant! Get it straight!" "Dork." James muttered. "If you go back to sleep you'll miss the game!" Pym protested.
Azari walked out of the pile of mud and brushing himself off, Pym flying over next to him. "What is your problem James?" Azari asked. "You've been sleeping all day, missing training, blowing off your chores-""Which I had to do, and you owe me for." Aisha broke in. "And generally acting like Aisha! We don't need another one of her!" Azari finished, Pym going back to his normal size. "Yeah James." Aisha said. "I'm trying to be original here." "Who cares?" James shot. "So I sleep a lot, what am I going to miss, Laundry Day? So what if we don't do the chores and train?" he asked. He back flipped over the railing behind him, landing on his feet right behind Azari and Pym.
"For what? Seriously, nothing's ever gonna happen in this place." James said. Azari had his fists balled, Torunn was standing with her hand on her hip, Pym was looking sort of confused, and Aisha was leaning on the railing, popping her gum. "You can act like a king." James said, pointing at Azari who steeled his eyes. "Pym can play superhero." He said, pointing to Pym who looked down sadly. "Aisha can act like an animal." He continued, and Aisha stood up straight and glared angrily at him, growling. "And Torunn can live in a fantasy land saying 'aye' and 'verily' 'til she's blue in the face. What's the point?" James asked, walking past Pym and Azari. "The point is to not be such a jerk!" Torunn yelled, turning away from them. "Oh, I'm sorry." James faked an apology. "There's not point for us 'cause out parents are dead. Your dad just abandoned you so there's still hope."
That did it.
That set Torunn over the edge. In two seconds she had whipped out her sword and jumped over the railing, and would have slashed James if he hadn't put up his shield quickly. The two were both struggling, Torunn trying to drive her sword into James and James trying to push her away with his shield. "Man." Aisha said, walking down the stairs to join Azari and Pym but not taking her eyes off Torunn and James. "The way she goes around swinging that thing, I'm surprised we're all not dead." "Huh." Pym agreed. "You think Asguardians really say 'jerk'?" "I dunno." Azari said, shrugging. "Wanna see?" Aisha asked. "Because I can throw you up there to see 'em." "N-no thank you." Pym stuttered. "Your magic sword doesn't scare me, Torunn." James spat. "Then allow me to put the fear of it into thee!" Torunn yelled, lightning and thunder rumbling behind her.
"That's enough." A voice made the two freeze. They both stood up straight, James's shield disappearing and Torunn placing her sword at her side. Tony Stark stood in front of the two, arms folded and a look of displeasure on his face. "Aw crap." Aisha muttered. "We're in trouble now." "Tony!" Azari yelled, running in front of Torunn and James. "I was about to tell them to break it up!" "James, Torunn, go to your bungalows and cool off." Tony ordered. The two walked away silently. Pym, Aisha and Azari watched them go. "Ha ha!" Pym teased. "You, Azari and Aisha too, Pym." Tony added. "Aw…" Pym groaned and Azari glared at him and Aisha rolled her eyes. The three went towards their bungalows.
"James, wait." Tony called. James froze, but didn't look at him. "I know you feel trapped here with just the six of us but, try not to take it out on your brothers and sisters. If you want to be mad at someone, be mad at me." "I'll apologize to them." James stated and then added. "Later." "Your father was never very good at doing nothing either." Tony said. James squinted his eyes at the mention of his father. "You know you can always come talk to me, James." Tony assured him. "But it's not the same is it?" James asked, looking at him over his shoulder. "Like you say, you're not my dad." James whipped his head forward and finished up the stairs. Tony sighed and turned to walk away.
An alarm suddenly went, sending bright red light shooting across the area. Tony froze. "James, go to your room." He ordered. Torunn flew over, Azari jumped from his bungalow to join the group, landing like a cat on his feet, and Aisha ran over as fast as she could. "What's going on?" Pym asked flying over. "What are these lights? And that noise?" "Everyone, inside James's bungalow until I give the all clear, now!" Tony ordered. Aisha balled her fists. "Is this an attack?" she asked. "I can help you!" "Go now, Aisha!" Tony ordered. Azari jumped over to the landing of James's bungalow and Torunn flew over with Pym by her side. Aisha reluctantly turned and jumped up all the stairs at once, landing on the landing and then heading inside with everyone else. James poked his head out of the doorway and watched longingly as Tony ran off into the forest.