Lloyd sighed to himself as Bow-Man deposited him into a large and comfy living room where several other people around Tony's age were sitting around with 3 teenagers around Peter's age, making Lloyd wonder if there was an age limit on being a superhero (not like he was one to talk)
"Clint? What are you doing with the dimension traveller?" a blonde-haired man asked
"found him in the vents cap, turns out he left an important detail out during his interview with Tony and Nat" the now-named Clint replied
"Technically I never left it out, you never asked" Lloyd replied and Clint rolled his eyes
"point is, Atomix here was in the vents with webs, then he shot me with some sort of green blast, launched me right back into the wall vent"
"left a huge dent too" Peter added, jumping from the vents
"So that's what that sound was," Nat said, joining them
"Nat? I thought you were briefing Fury about him" Cap said to Nat indicating to Lloyd
"Finished already, said he would try and get information from Strange about any dimension travellers"
"woah, you're from another dimension? that's so cool! what is it like there? do you even have the Avengers? Is that why you didn't know who Mr. Stark was?" Peter asked excitedly
"Kid calm down, give him a chance to answer," Tony said as he entered the room, he went over to Peter and gave his hair a friendly ruffle before turning to Lloyd, the fatherly action made Lloyd's stomach twist, while his own father hadn't ruffled his hair, Kai was no stranger to ruffling his hair. Seeing the action made Lloyd miss his big brother even more "Anything you'd like to say?" Tony's question snapped Lloyd out of his thoughts
"do you mind untying me? I've had enough experiences being tied up that aren't all friendly" Lloyd said dryly before turning his attention to the large windows, he could see many skyscrapers, but none of them were as tall as the building he was in. The sight reminded him a bit of Ninjago City, his stomach twisted at the thought of Ninjago City, it had gone through so much in the past couple of years, two of which he had been responsible for, but yet the city thrived. Its citizens had grown stronger, and the city had grown stronger and more advanced when Cyrus Borg had come in and rebuilt the city after the overlord, but of course that had backfired greatly. But Cyrus decided to rebuild both his company and Ninjago City from the ground up, while they didn't have flying cars or big technological buildings, their buildings were a lot more structured with all of them having underground bunkers in case of another invasion, or attack or anything else, but he highly doubted Cyrus had anticipated a merge of the 13 realms, so who knows what had become of his beloved city.
"hey kid, you still here with us?" Tony's voice jolted him from his thoughts
"yeah, sorry... it's just that...outside looks a lot like my home city" Lloyd sighed sadly
"Look, I know you miss home but answering our questions will make it a lot easier" 'Cap' (he highly doubted that was someone's actual name) said sternly and Lloyd sighed
"fine. fire away"
"first off, what did you blast me with? Are you a mutant?" Clint asked
"I have no idea what that is, and I blasted you with my elemental power, which is energy"
"elemental power?" another man asked, he had long brown hair and...was that a metal arm?
"yeah, my friends and I are elemental masters, I'm the master of energy"
"ok, second question are you a ninja? 'cause the last time I checked, ninjas don't tend to wear green" Tony asked
"Yes, I'm the green ninja, leader of the Ninjas who are elemental masters and masters of Spinjitsu"
"spin-wha?" another man asked, he was wearing in a flight suit of some sort
"Spinjitsu, it's a form of fighting where I'm from, very hard to master but once you do, it can give you a big edge in battle"
"where you're from...as in Ninjago?" Nat asked and Lloyd nodded
"Can you tell us about that place?" Peter asked excitedly
"Sure, but first, do you mind untying me first?" Lloyd asked and Tony shared a look with the others, before nodding to Clint who released him from his bindings "ok, before I start, I want no interruptions alright? questions can be asked at the end, but listening to the whole story is easier. alright?"
"are we going to learn about Ninjago? or about you?" a young woman with red hair asked and Lloyd looked thoughtful for a second
"just about Ninjago for now, I don't trust you enough to tell you everything" Lloyd eventually answered
"come on kid? what else do we need to do for you to trust us? we haven't killed you yet, we've been fantastic hosts, what else do you need?" Tony asked exasperated
"From my experience, the best manipulators wait until the best moment to betray you," Lloyd said coldly before beginning his tale "Long before time had a name..."
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"so, basically one guy created your own world? as well as others?" Tony asked several minutes later after Lloyd gave them a basic rundown of his realm's history
"yeah, basically" Lloyd shrugged
"And now, you're learning from his son and others who are descendants of elemental masters?" Cap Steve asked and Lloyd nodded
"so, you're the master of energy, what are your friend elements?" a teenage boy around Peter's age asked
"Kai's the master of fire, Nya's the master of water, Zane's the master of ice, Cole's the master of earth and Jay's the master of lightning"
"earth, water, fire...no air?" Tony asked curiously
"he's dead" Lloyd said curtly, not wanting to relive the horrible moments of being trapped in his own mind while Morro used his body to hurt his friends
"So, you guys protect your home as ninjas?" Bucky (metal arm man), asked and Lloyd nodded
"Yeah, we're the main protectors, but we try and help wherever we can"
"so you're a bit like us," Clint said and Lloyd nodded, after telling his story, they had given him a quick rundown of who they were which was the 'Avengers' (strange name if you asked him), the main members were; Tony, Nat, Bruce, Cap, Bucky, and Sam (flight suit), Peter, as it turns out, was an Avenger in training along with Harley and another girl named Kate, and while Clint was retired he still came by occasionally as he was Kate's mentor
"how do you get around? by ship?" Peter asked curiously
"Yeah, our flying pirate ship, the Destiny's Bounty"
"a pirate ship that can fly? yeah right," Tony scoffed
"Seriously? So you believe in crossing over realms, people who are born with superpowers, a kid who can stick to walls" Lloyd indicates to Peter "But you don't believe in flying pirate ships?"
"I'm a see it until I believe it kind of guy" Tony shrugged, Lloyd rolled his eyes but dropped the subject
"so, are you hungry? we were just deciding what to have for dinner" Bucky asked
"I could eat, I did skip breakfast 'cause of the convergence" Lloyd answered
"you allergic to anything kid?" Tony asked and Lloyd shook his head "great! FRIDAY order our usual with an extra order of...you like noodles kid?" Lloyd nodded his head "extra noodles"
"Sure thing boss" a female voice echoed through the tower, making Lloyd jump in surprise
"don't worry about her, it's just Mr. Stark's AI assistant, FRIDAY" Peter said from his spot on one of the couches
"wow, does she have a physical body?" Lloyd asked curiously, hoping that FRIDAY wasn't always in the tower, for the longest time he and his friends were unaware of how uncomfortable P.I.X.A.L was being in a computer instead of the physical world, it hadn't even occurred for them to ask and that was one of his biggest regrets
"I do not have a physical body, as I am very comfortable living in the tower. however, I do like to think of the tower as my body" FRIDAY replied
"do you have AIs in your world?" Tony asked curiously
"Well I currently only know of two, P.I.X.A.L and Zane"
"wait...Zane as in master of ice Zane?" Clint cut in "How can a robot control ice?"
"we're not sure, his inventor Dr. Julian was very secretive about exactly how he built Zane, and I think that was the best option. P.I.X.A.L was a different story, she was created by Cyrus Borg, which I think is our realm's version of you" Lloyd said, indicating to Tony who pumped his fist "Later she became our closest ally as well as Zane's girlfriend"
"awwww!" Peter and Harley exclaimed "Two robots in love!"
"Actually we prefer to call Zane a Nindroid, Ninja, Android, Nindroid. but yeah, it's cute"
"ohhh, we should build DUM-E a girlfriend!" Harley suggested and Peter nodded enthusiastically while Tony rolled his eyes but moved over to them to listen to their conversation and even occasionally added to the conversation
"Hey kid, come over and choose a movie for us to watch" Bucky said, waving his hand over and Lloyd slowly walked over to where Sam and Bucky were scrolling through a large collection of movies "What kind of movie do you like?"
"uhh...action movies I guess" Lloyd shrugged "Sensei Wu mostly has ninja movies so we have to sneak any other movies we want to watch"
"huh, do you like spy movies?" Sam asked and Lloyd nodded "Great, ever heard of Mission Impossible?"
"no"
"what? how could you have never watched Mission Impossible? Even Grandpa #2 here has"
"very funny" Bucky said dryly to Sam
"uhh...guess that's another difference between our realms" Lloyd shrugged and Sam seemed to accept that answer and brought the first movie up, the rest of the heroes settled in to watch the movie until the food arrived
no, the Avengers do not know that Loyd is the grandson of the first Spinjitsu master, he doesn't trust them enough to share that information just yet and the two events he is thinking about is the Great Devourer and Harumi (which is technically linked to the great devourer so he blames himself).
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