"Here, just take this and go." The Game Master ordered as it handed Tony a pin and note similar to the ones it gave Loki.
"I don't like-" Tony started, but the Game Master cut him off.
"Being handed things. I know. Either you take it, or you're stuck here for the rest of eternity." The creature growled. Tony gulped and took the pin and note from it.
"Good. The door's over there. Bye, Snarky Sharky Starchy Stark." The Game Master smiled at him and teleported away.
Tony turned around. Sure enough, there was a white door. He shook his head.
"Why did it have to be white?" He complained as he opened the door and entered it.
~o0o~
Back in the Mystery Room, Tony and Loki blinked. They looked around, then at each other. The duo stood up, brushed themselves off and walked away from each other.
"Tony?" Bruce asked cautiously.
"No."
"Stark, what was that?" Steve questioned as he took a step towards him. Tony took a step back.
"No."
"Stark, you better answer before I throw you into the floor." Natasha threatened. Tony appeared to think about it before answering.
"No."
"Alright, that's it." Natasha growled as she launched herself at the billionaire. Tony instinctively flinched, preparing himself for the attack.
The hum returned right as Natasha was about to throttle her target.
"Ah, ah, ah, Agent Romanoff. I can't allow you to do that. You need him AND Loki, whether you like it or not." The Game Master scolded.
The occupants of the room could practically see the smug grin they were undoubtedly recieving.
~o0o~
In another room, not too far away, the Game Master smirked at the screen. Thor and Clint stood on either side of the Game Master, looking over their shoulders.
"So, how are they getting out of this one?" Clint asked as he sent Loki a glare.
"Aye, I would like to know this as well. I also ponder how you have come to hold my brother captive, L-"
"Thor, shush. I have one and a half rooms to go, wait until then."
"My apologies, Master of Games."
"Anyway, try and figure it out yourself. It's a Mystery Room for a reason, is it not?" The Game Master smiled at the Avengers occupying the space behind the chair.
"True." They replied. With that said, they returned to staring at the monitor.
~o0o~
In the Mystery Room, Tony and Loki refused to talk about what had happened to them while Natasha glared at the ceiling. An awkward silence filled the room before someone spoke.
That someone was, surprisingly, Thanos.
"Loki, what was it? If you don't tell me, you know what will happen." He spoke, slowly and authoritatively.
Loki gulped. "It was that day, in the Man of Iron's fortress, when the green beast threw me into the floor."
Tony stared incredulously at the God of Mischief and Lies.
"Did we see the same thing?"
Loki whipped around to face Tony. "You must be joking, Stark."
"Reindeer Games, I am dead serious."
Loki opened his mouth to say something, probably a retort of some kind, but he closed it instead. He didn't have any words for what just happened.
The hum returned again. Everyone waited for the Game Master to say something, but it never happened.
There was only laughter. Loud, boisterous, fall-out-of-your-chair kind of laughter.
"LOKI, YOU LOOK LIKE A FISH."
Then silence.
Loki opened his mouth to yell at the Game Master, but was cut off when they started to talk again.
"Okay, so Loki's a fish, and y'all need to go into the next room. Mister Fish and Mister Snarky Sharky Starchy Stark have already unlocked the door. Go on, move it. And I'll be taking Loki and Thanos now."
The occupants of the room looked around at each other. Suddenly, the flash of light returned. When it disappeared, Loki and Thanos were gone.
The door on the far side of the room opened. The remaining captives-I mean Avengers- shrugged their shoulders and entered the door way.