"Seriously, how did you end up spending that much on a simple escort mission?"
Thor snarled at Tony. Apparently, he wasn't paying attention, and was more focused on the bill he had gotten from various vendors and one pissed off car driver.
"I already told you Stark, we were hit by some strange device that Luthor created to drain mine and Vegeta's powers. We had to take someone else's car, and then Vegeta started, how do you mortals say it," He paused for a moment, "'screwing around' and drove the cost of what was the original price significantly."
"Ugh, this is probably going to put a dent in my wallet." Tony grimaced, "How are you on your powers, anyways?"
"Our abilities came back after about two days, maybe a little less than that." Thor answered.
"Alright. So, we have another thing to look out for when we fight the bad guys then. Good to know." Tony mumbled.
"How did that robot do? I heard some explosions after beating Shao Kahn, what happened?"
"He won. Something about better durability, speed, and strength." Tony replied, "Some of the others are more hyped to see Lucario fight Renamon."
"Hmm. Champion Red must be excited to see another one of those pocket monsters."
"Oh yeah. I was wondering why he was excited."
"You doing alright, man?"
Batman remained silent. It was a tough reality accepting that the person who played his personal hero, The Gray Ghost, had passed away. He had grown up with that man. Hell! He had even went out to see the movie when the comeback came around. But now…
"Look man, there's nothing wrong about mourning the man. I;m sure everyone here has had a hero that they looked up to on television or something. But you can't beat yourself up about this." Spider-Man comforted.
Batman had a long sigh escape his lungs.
"I know. It's just hard to believe. We all think ourselves to be immortal, but now we have people like that great man passing away. It's hard. Knowing that there are so few heroes out in the real world, and that we can't do anything about it."
"Well, I guess we're still just here to do our own thing. We inspire people. That's our job."
"I guess." Batman trailed off, "I just hope that he's doing alright up there."
Spider-Man stopped for a moment, and thought about his Uncle Ben.
"Yeah. Me too."
X: A bit off topic here, but I recently got a job at Costco. Meaning that updates might be a little more scarce.
Wade: That's neat. Bummer that updates won't be as frequent, but it's cool to see that you got a job.
X: Well, I'm on the 90-day probation. So time will tell if I keep the job or not.
Pinkie: Well, it's not as great as being a party planner living in a bakery though.
X: I've also had some issues going on on the TvTropes page. Here's a little something:
Wade: What are you doing?
X: To anyone who thinks about vandalizing the Aftermath TvTropes page: This is your first, and ONLY warning. You do that, and I will call you out on it.
Pinkie: I don't think he's kidding guys.
