A/N AKA the one where Angie is a Social Justice/Mutant Rights Activist
"And just what the hell is this?!" Peter winced when a paper landed in front of him. Angie had both hands on her hips as she stared at him with utmost judgement. On the front cover of the Bugle, there was a picture of Spiderman and Dragon in action with the title 'Animal freaks menace New York Jewellers' and the small Photograph by: Peter Parker in the corner. Angie crossed her arms as she stared at Peter, who was shrinking in on himself now.
"In my defence, I just take the pictures" Peter said quickly "Jameson writes the articles"
"So now I'm an 'animal freak'?" Angie demanded "First of all, spiders aren't really animals! They're arachnids! Second of all, dragons are the most majestic shits out there, right up there with unicorns and fairies. Finally, how on earth did Jameson mess up so badly?! I thought reporters were supposed to be unbiased and get actual quotes from live people who saw the damn thing go down! We were helping them!" Angie was glowering at Peter, who was trying to sink deeper into his seat.
"It's an easy way to make money" Peter defended "Snap pictures of the heroes of Manhattan, get paid"
"Just make sure to keep Nat and Clint out of them" Angie sighed "Who knows who will see that paper and recognize those guys?" Peter nodded.
"Oh, and if Jameson keeps slandering my name, Dad is gonna get pissed and buy him out, I hope you know that" Angie added
"I know" Peter grinned slightly. Angie sunk into the seat beside Peter and leaned back into her chair.
"So...you ready for our exams?" Angie asked
"Yeah" Peter nodded "Aside from English. Why can't I be good in English?"
"Because you don't know how to shit an essay" Angie said "You're a terrible liar and can't make bullshit connections"
"Is that why you actually do better than me in it?" Peter grinned
"Well, that and my god-mother is Pepper Potts" Angie nodded "She has to write so many reports and things lying about Dad it's hilarious" Peter snorted. Angie glanced at the paper again and grinned.
"I have an idea" Angie smirked "A great idea. One that will show Jameson just how wrong he is"
"This is a terrible idea" Spiderman muttered, staring down at the group of protestors.
"It's a wonderful idea" Dragon smirked "We go down and just sit there. What can Jameson write about that? 'Animal freaks peacefully sit at protest'?"
"Well, he can say that we're protesting with them" Spiderman pointed out
"Not with these" Deadpool passed both heroes signs. They were signs about Galactus and hailing Zod. Spiderman slapped his forehead.
"This is the worst plan. Ever" Spiderman muttered
"That's a lie" Dragon said "C'mon. We have a point to prove" Dragon took her sign and flew down. She sat on the steps of the building and propped her sign up beside her. Spiderman followed, sitting a bit further from the door. The protesters quieted. Neither Spiderman nor Dragon said a word. They just sat there, staring at the protest.
"What...what are you doing?" someone asked. Neither hero answered. Dragon stared into one person's eyes until they had to turn away, not being able to handle the stare. Dragon saw Deadpool on the building opposite, snapping pictures of the event. The corner of her mouth turned up in the tiniest smirk possible.
"What the hell is a Galactus?" someone demanded. No response. Bystanders were drawn towards the scene, wondering what the two teen vigilantes could be up to. Dragon's phone suddenly rang loudly. She put her sign down and flew to the top of the building.
"Hello?" Dragon answered
"Stop it" Clint's voice came from the other end "You're making everyone uncomfortable"
"That's the point" Dragon said before hanging up and flying back down. She retook her post and settled into a meditative position. She saw Clint walk by, staring at her. She stared right back. Suddenly, a rock hit her shoulder. Dragon slowly turned her head to the woman who had thrown it.
"You're going to hell for supporting this, freak!" she yelled. Dragon didn't respond. Other people lifted rocks and Spiderman sent her a look.
"Dragon..." he warned.
"Go" Dragon said simply. Spiderman swung away. The protesters all stared at her. She saw Jameson among the faces of the mass assembled to watch what would happen. Another rock was thrown at Dragon. Then another. She simply lifted her hands to protect her face. One hit her wrist, another pelted her side. When the rocks stopped, Dragon lowered her hands. The protesters were staring at her. She still didn't say a word to them. The crowd that had amassed around the protest was staring at her as well. Slowly, Dragon climbed to her feet. The protesters all backed up when she took a step down.
"Thank you for hearing what I had to say" Dragon said simply before picking her sign up and flying away. Spiderman and Deadpool were waiting for her.
"You just got stoned!" Spiderman exclaimed "I can't believe you let them stone you!"
"I'm gonna unalive every single one-" Deadpool started
"No need" Dragon smirked "They won't be protesting there again"
"Why not?" Spiderman asked
"Because Jameson was there, watching the entire thing" Dragon smirked "I made my point. With the pictures you have, well, Jameson won't be able to deny what happened. And if he twists what happened in any way, he'll seem like the bad guy for supporting a cause that stones people that don't fight back"
"Are you kidding me?" Spiderman demanded "That was all to mess with Jameson and get you a better rep?" Dragon just grinned.
"You can explain this to Iron Man then" Spiderman said "When he sees your bruises, he's gonna be pissed beyond belief, and it's not going to be my fault this time" Dragon grinned.
"Speaking of which, I'd better run" Dragon said "Gotta catch Barton before he reports to my dad about this whole incident" Dragon flew off and found Clint passing an alley, Starbucks in hand. Dragon flew down into the alley.
"Clint" Dragon hissed. He didn't respond. Dragon sometimes forgot the man was literally deaf. Dragon stuck her foot out of the alley as he walked by, tripping the archer. His head snapped towards her. Dragon made a gesture for him to not say anything as she moved further into the alley.
"What?" he asked "Done protesting?"
"You saw nothing, okay?" Dragon muttered "If you say anything to my Dads about this, I will sick Tasha on you. I'm serious. Tasha and Jarvis, because Jarvis likes me better" Clint sighed.
"You make a compelling argument" he muttered "But I won't forget how they treated you"
"I've seen people get treated worse for just walking by" Dragon dismissed "But, I broke up the protest, no one get hurt, and my reputation across the city is going to be great" Clint shook his head.
"You're crazy"
"I was raised in Stark Tower" Dragon said as she flew off "What did you expect?"
Angie walked down the streets towards the café where she was meeting with Wade when she saw a group of people crowded outside the public school she was passing. She saw their signs and stopped dead in her tracks. They were protesting mutants. They were actually protesting mutants. Angie walked up to one of the protesters and tapped them on the shoulder.
"Excuse me, sir" Angie said "Could I ask what you're protesting?" The man turned to her and looked her up and down.
"Mutants and their unnatural abilities" the man said firmly. Angie stared at the man, straight into his eyes, unblinking. She didn't move, barely breathed, just stared up at the man.
"What are you doing?" he demanded
"I can do this thing where I see people's souls through their eyes" Angie dismissed "Sorry to say, but I couldn't find yours. You might want to get that checked out" With that, Angie spun around and walked off. When she got to the café, Wade was waiting for her, smiling.
"Hey, what took you?" Wade asked
"There's a protest about mutants down the street" Angie said "Thought I'd stop to put my two cents in" Someone snorted and Angie faced them. It was two women, holding hands.
"I'm sorry, that must've given you the wrong impression of me" Angie apologized "I stopped and passive-aggressively made one of the protesters rethink his choices in life" The women stared at her.
"I'm good friends with a few mutants" Angie continued "If you ever need it, give me a ring and I can make sure you're not bothered, okay?" The women gawked as Angie fished a business card from her purse and handed it to one of the women.
"Ask for Angie and tell whoever answers that I know what to do" Angie said "And please, have a good day" Angie smirked as she faced Wade, who pecked her cheek.
"You're the greatest person I've ever met" he decided "Like, seriously amazing" Angie shrugged.
"People should be treated the same no matter what" Angie said "I mean, aside from people like Obidiah Stane, because he should be treated like the shitload he is" Wade snorted.
"And people like you who should be treated way better than they are by society" Angie added. Wade wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Okay, now what do you want?" Wade smirked
"What?" Angie tilted her head
"The only time where you bring up Stane is when you want me to go hurt someone" Wade smirked
"I don't-I didn't mean-" Angie stuttered. Wade gave her a knowing smirk.
"Okay. Fine. We go undercover and disband that protest" Angie sighed.
"I'll get the signs!"
Angie and Peter held signs high in the air, receiving dirty looks from many of the people around them. Angie held a sign that read "Kneel before Zod" while Peter held one that said "Galactus is Nigh". They weaved through the other protestors until they got to the doors, where Wade was dressed in his full Deadpool garb, casually cleaning his knives. He had promised not to kill anyone until he was sure they needed to be "deaded", and even then he would try to seriously injure and not kill, just to avoid some legalities.
"Parker! You have 3.2 seconds to explain why you're protesting and not working!" Peter winced at the loud voice and Angie walked over with her friend.
"You're gonna make the Bugle look bad" Jameson snapped
"Actually, Mr Jameson, I believe that Peter's improving the image of the Bugle" Angie said
"How?" Jameson demanded
"Well, by protesting the fact that these people are protesting human rights makes the Bugle seems less like a bigoted paper run by phobic wieners and more like a paper run by actual decent human beings that don't horribly distort facts about Spiderman and his partner" Angie said flippantly. Jameson gaped at Angie, ready to yell at her, when she cut him off.
"Not to mention, mutants and mutant supporters make up a good portion of your sales, undoubtedly, so having Parker here showing everyone how terrible they are will no doubt just raise the publics praise of the Bugle"
She turned to Deadpool, who gave her a big thumbs up. Suddenly, Thor landed in the crowd.
"What are we protesting?" he asked loudly. Then, his eyes landed on a sign and thunder rumbled quite loudly.
"Ah" The displeasure was very evident in the Asgardian's voice "You protest my brother's in arms. And how does it affect you how people contribute to the world with their natural born abilities?"
"We're just trying to keep them out of hell" someone was brave enough to yell. Angie snorted.
"Hell?" Thor tilted his head "You think to dictate whether or not someone will suffer eternal damnation due to how they were born?"
"It's unnatural!" someone else shouted
"Oh, yes, many Asgardian's say that too" Thor nodded. Angie snorted a laugh. Thor was actually sassing a crowd. He had been hanging out with her for way too long now.
"Really?"
"No" Thor said firmly "And to prove to you that it does not matter what talents, I set out a challenge to those here"
"Here we go" Angie smirked and Deadpool chuckled.
"Those who can lift my hammer will go your so-called 'heaven', as they are worthy in the eyes of the All Father" Thor announced "Those who cannot will go to what you call 'hell'. Deal?" The protesters all nodded and Angie laughed as Thor put his hammer down. She walked over.
"Hey, Thor" Angie smiled
"Angela" Thor nodded to her "Sir Jarvis suggested I may find you here"
"What's up, Thunderer?" Angie asked, watching as one man walked forward, towards the hammer.
"I heard of the protest and suspected your involvement" Thor admitted "I did not wish you to face such discrimination alone"
"Thanks, Thor" Angie smiled "But, I'm not alone"
"Ay, I saw Peter here as well" Thor nodded "And is that not Deadpool?"
"Ay" Angie grinned "They're helping out; making sure couples aren't harassed on their way to and from the building"
"You are doing a great feat of good here today, Angela" Thor said "Your fathers will be proud"
"I hope so" Angie nodded "It took Deadpool and I an hour to find these signs again"
"Again?" Thor tilted his head
"Oh yeah" Angie grinned "You make it sound as if you're surprised that this is the first time I've protested a protest" Thor's laugh rumbled through the air.
"I could disband this protest quite quickly" Thor said "Should it be deemed necessary" Angie opened her mouth to say something, but a shout cut her off. Thor and Angie turned to where Mjolnir lay on the ground. One man was trying to lift it, uselessly, of course. Angie chuckled under her breath as she walked over. Thor put a hand on the man's shoulder.
"I am most sorry" Thor said, and he actually sounded genuinely sorry "Perhaps Hela, my niece, will accept you into her ranks" The man paled before glaring at Thor.
"Mutant!" the man growled.
"I...I'm not..." Thor started "I do hate to say this, but your mythology is based off of the customs of my people. And my people are of Asgard, another realm"
"What he's saying is that he was mistaken for a god" Angie said "He's actually an alien. But his dad, the All Father, he does actually deem who is worthy or not to lift the hammer. And you're not"
"Oh, like you are" the man snorted.
"Of course she is!" Thor nodded, grinning. Angie glanced at Thor, who nodded. Angie reached down and grabbed Mjolnir, feeling the cool leather hilt warm beneath her palm. As Angie pulled up, the hammer came with her as if it weighed nothing. Angie grinned and tossed it into the air, easily catching it again.
"And out of the two of us, who supports the mutant community, hmm?" Angie tilted her head. Angie dropped Mjolnir to the ground. Deadpool appeared and wrapped his arm around Angie's waist.
"You show em, babe" Deadpool murmured.
"Angie, just once, when I walk down the street, can I not find you at a protest?" Angie winced at Tony's exasperated tone "And I don't even walk often!"
"Mr Stark! Mr Stark!" one of the protesters called "You're against mutants, right?"
"Uh, no" Tony gave the protester a look "Where on earth would you have come up with that?"
"But you're normal, right?" another called
"I'm spectacular, what are you talking about?" Tony snorted "Point Break, what're you doing here?"
"I have set a challenge for those who protest the rights of mutants" Thor said "This protest implies that those who are born as 'mutants' will go to Hell and those who are not will go to Heaven. To show these people that anyone can be denied entrance to an ideal afterlife, I have set forth a challenge; those who can lift my hammer are worthy in the mind of the All Father, but those who cannot will not be granted entrance to heaven" Tony snorted.
"You mind if I try, Thunderer?" Tony asked. The protesters all watched in eagerness. Tony turned to them.
"I support mutants!" Tony called before throwing up a peace sign. Tony leaned down and scooped up Mjolnir. Tony grinned as everyone stared. He dropped Mjolnir and smirked.
"Ladies and gentlemen, your protest is invalid" Tony bowed dramatically before walking off "I suggest you break it up now before the storm rolls in" Overhead, clouds had begun to gather. Angie chuckled.
"Hey, Peter" Angie called "Mario Kart 8 in ten?"
"Hell yeah!" Peter nodded "Meet you there" Angie turned to Deadpool.
"You in?" Angie asked
"Always" Deadpool grinned "But fair warning, I'm picking Rainbow Road"
A/N I am so sorry. That's it. So very sorry. You know why.