Chapter 58-Haunted maze
By: MysticFantasy
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"Six thousand was a pretty fair price for a first time painter." Bruce said.
"Should have been more but I'll agree." Tony said. "At least I didn't try sculpting."
Clint chuckled.
"Yeah, you would have been bad at that." he said.
"Not as bad as whoever made that maze we went through for Halloween last year." Tony stated.
"Yes. That great labyrinth of vegetation was most confusing to pass through." Thor agreed.
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"Here we are fellow ghosts and ghouls." Tony mused as they climbed out of a van they rented for their cover. The inventor was dressed as the famous game figure Mario with Bruce dressed as Luigi.
"What is this?" Thor asked as he climbed out of the van next, dressed as a Spartan warrior.
"It's a maze." Steve answered as he stood next to the Asgardian. He'd somehow been talked into dressing like the famous mobster Al Capone and Natasha dressed in a black beaded jazz dress with a long string of pearls around her neck.
"You walk into it and try to find your way out." Clint added as he appeared dressed as a ninja.
"Is it a race?" Thor asked with a grin.
"We can make it one." Tony said.
"Let's not." Steve said. "I thought this was going to be for fun."
"A race can be fun." Tony insisted.
"Better count me out then." Bruce said. "I don't think running around a maze would be very comforting to the Other Guy."
"Fine. You can keep track of who comes out first." Tony said. "OK people. Everyone in, find the center of the maze, take a picture for proof and hurry back out."
"Shall we team up then?" Thor asked.
"It's more fun if we do it alone. Although I'm sure some people will break that rule." Tony said as he eyed the couple.
"I was told this was for fun. Not a race." Steve stated.
"Fine. The rest of us will race. You two go grind corn. Winner gets a steak dinner." Tony said. "Alright. Ready? GO!"
Tony, Thor and Clint ran into the maze and quickly vanished from sight.
"Hope you don't feel too lonely out here." Natasha said as she and Steve made their way into the maze.
"Don't worry. I brought a book or two just in case this situation came up." Bruce said as he sat in the open door of the van and pulled out a thick book. "Have fun. Don't get lost."
"I say we should." Natasha said with a lustful tone.
Steve lightly chuckled.
Clint lightly huffed as he continued to jog at a steady pace. Turning in different directions on just guesses.
He lightly scoffed when he came to a dead end. He turned around and started running the opposite direction and almost jumped out of his costume when a spring loaded scarecrow popped out in front of him. Causing him to skid in his steps and land on his bottom.
"I hate these things." He panted as he stood and brushed the dust off his costume. "So glad no one saw that."
Thor walked down a path as quietly as he could. He heard the sound of what seemed to be a recorded laughter and someone shout in surprise. It made him laugh before he himself was surprised by a fake ghost flew by on a wire.
"These spirits are not like the ones back home." he said and then looked at his hand. He had unknowingly raised his toy sword, ready for action, as if it were Mjolnir.
"I best hurry from this maze." he said and kept walking.
"This is going to be a piece of cake. Cake for dessert after a steak." Tony said as he walked down a path with his hand trailing along the wall of corn.
He figured that keeping his hand along the wall as he walked would somehow lead him to the center of the maze. He just hoped that it would happen soon so he could see everyone's faces when he won.
"Maybe I should try to use my genius. That counts as trying to find a way out."
Steve and Natasha were walking at a leisurely pace, not at all caring about the race or prize. They had just been surprised around the corner by a man dressed like the villian from Nightmare on Elm Street.
"Think the other three have made it yet?" Natasha asked.
"Without them cheating, maybe." Steve answered as they came to a house with a sign that said they had to walk through. They entered and were in a small metal bridge was inside a spinning tunnel with flashing strobe lights and other lights of ghosts and witches spinning around.
"Charming." Steve said. "Shall we?"
"Let's not." Natasha said as she threw her pearls around his neck and pulled him close. "Let's stick around with our ghoul friends for a while."
Steve chuckled as they closed the gap between them.
Bruce turned the page and ended another chapter when he heard hurried footsteps.
"Me first!"
"No! Me!"
He chuckled when Tony and Clint raced out of the maze at the same time. Clint was covered in dirt and Tony was missing his moustache.
"Looks like we have a tie." Bruce declared.
"Dang it. I wanted to win." Tony stated.
"What else is new?" Clint asked playfully when he spotted Thor walking out of the maze. The three were both surprised and not surprised to see the thunder god eatting the corn. Cob and all.
"What?" Thor asked when he saw the looks on their faces. "I became famished."
"Well, at least you removed the leaves." Clint said.
"Was I suppose to remove something else?" Thor asked.
"You're not suppose to eat the cob." Tony answered.
"Then how am I suppose to be filled with just these tiny pieces of corn?" Thor asked. "Besides, it's tasty."
The three simply turned their attention away from their friend as he continued to eat the entire piece of corn in his hand.
"Where are Lord Steven and Lady Natasha?" Thor asked once he was done.
"Probably found that spinning tunnel." Tony mused with a sly grin.
"We did." Natasha announced as the two appeared. "It was dull."
"So you say." Tony said with a smirk.
"It is. Got a problem with it?" Natasha asked.
"No." Tony quickly answered and practically dove into the van.
"So, who won?" Steve asked as they began to climb back into the van.
"Clint and Tony tied." Bruce answered and shut the door.
"That means, we all get steak." Tony declared.
"Excellent. That cobbed corn did not satisfy my appetite." Thor stated.
"What?" Steve asked with a confused look while Clint, Tony and Bruce began laughing.
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"Are we going to participate in another journey through a maze this year?" Thor asked.
"Don't know. Are you going to eat it again?" Tony replied.
"The corn was tasty but not filling. I don't know why the rest of you don't eat the cob as well."
"It's not suppose to be eatten." Bruce answered.
"I don't believe that I will ever understand your customs." Thor said while the others laughed.