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”I must say that I think this is the stupidest idea you Midguardians have ever come up with.” Loki said as he continued to eat the Carmel covered vanilla ice cream Peter had offered him, his voice somehow sounding both equally disgusted and amazed.

Eddie snorted into his cup of coffee at the bold statement Loki said and didn’t bother to hide a smile as Venom partially detached himself from Eddie’s back and grinned at Loki, loudly proclaiming that he fully agreed with the god of mischief.

“Oh and of course the aliens agree with each other.” Tony said as he finished his 4th cup of coffee in the last hour and went to get another refill. Rhodey eyed the cup in his hand disapprovingly but Tony ignored him.

“You realize that to us and every other planet, the people who live on Earth are also included in the alien category, right?” Rocket said, sounding completely done with life itself as he looked at the pancakes on Peter’s plate with so much disgust on his face you could have guessed it had personally insulted his mother.

“I am Groot.” Groot said while sitting on Rocket’s shoulders, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” and all the Asgardians that heard Groot tried to hide their laughs and smiles at what tiny Groot had said. Well, everyone aside from Rocket who was scolding Groot for bad mouthing Tony.

This very much annoyed all the humans who could not understand what Groot had said.

Tony opened his mouth to ask what the tiny tree man had said but was quickly interrupted by Nebula who was sitting on the couch with Gamora, Mantis and Quill.

“If we’re speaking logically, quite a lot of the people in the room would he considered as “aliens” to Earth.” She cast Tony an unimpressed look. Tony looked around the room and started pointing at everyone, mouthing each number as he counted everyone who wasn’t from Earth.

There were around 30 people in the “New Avengers” which included, Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Loki, Thor, Stephen Strange, Bruce Banner, James Rhodes, Vision, Eddie Brock, Venom, Pepper Pots, T’Challa, Shuri, Scott Lang, Hope Van Dyne, Wade Wilson, Carol Danvers, Brunnhilde, Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Danny Rand, Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Groot, Rocket, Nebula, and Mantis. Shuri and T’Challa were not currently with them but they were on there way with the Rogues.

“Oh shit” Tony said, sounding very surprised at the fact that 11 in 30 of them were considered aliens. His reaction made everyone laugh and continue eating their breakfast, Peter was giggling as Loki started taking some of the pop tarts off of Thor’s plate when he wasn’t looking. Carol shook her head fondly at how childish her team was but in truth? She wouldn’t want it any other way.

[Sir, the estimated arrival time for Princess Shuri, King T’Challa and the Rogue’s is 1 hours and 11 minutes.]  FRIDAY said, instantly killing the calm and playful mood. Tony groaned and tried to ignore the fact that he could feel his heart rate increase.

Wade gave a childish giggle and dangerously leaned back on his chair. “This is going to be the biggest of shit show of all time. I mean, how do you think they’ll react when they notice that they have been replaced?” Wade said, Scott looked almost as uncomfortable as Tony did.

“I agree, I don’t think they will be that happy. I definitely don’t think Steve will be happy to see me after I denied to fight with him.” Scott said, Hope put a comforting hand on his shoulder and he gave her a great full smile.

Loki scoffed, taking another large bit out of his ice cream. “You think you have it bad mortal? How do you think they will react to seeing me? It’s not like I mind controlled one of them and attacked New York or anything.” He said, a flash of hurt took over his face but he quickly composed himself and pulled out a book from the pocket dimension and started reading it it calm his nerves. 

“Now brother, you’re an Avenger! What you have done back then was not your fault. Friend Stark has already revealed that to the world, you were not in control of your own actions then, nobody blames you.” Thor said loudly, everyone either nodded their heads or said their agreements.

“They couldn’t attack you anyways. My job is too protect the royal family and that includes both of you nutjobs so unless they want to loose a limb they would be smart to not try anything.” Brunnhilde sternly said as she sharpened her sword. The threat to the Rogue’s clear in the air even though they hadn’t arrived yet. Nobody bothered to tell her that it was probably a bad idea but they all knew the Valkyrie could beat all of the Rogue’s ass’s.

A few months after Civil War happened Thor, Loki, Bruce and Brunnhilde had come to Earth. Thor had explained how they had defeated his and Loki’s sister Hela before she could rule over Asguard as queen. He and Bruce had also explained how Loki had redeemed himself and later on Loki admitted to being mind controlled by Thanos during the attack on New York.

It had taken many months and a lot of effort but eventually Loki had proved himself to the world that he really was a changed man, sure some people were still against him joining the Avengers but a lot more people had felt bad for the god after Tony explained what really had happened that day. The council had let Loki become a member of the New Avengers only 2 months ago so it was still relatively new to him.

Since Asguard still needed a king Thor would visit Earth for 1 day once a week while Loki preferred to stay on Earth and get used to things, Brunnhilde had also chosen to stay on Earth but she would sometimes leave for a week or two to go back to Asguard. But she always ended up coming back in the end.

“Even if they did try anything just let Peter’s aunt have a go at them. That women is just as scary as you are Mrs. Pots.” Danny said, getting laughter out of everyone because that couldn’t be more true.

Peter shook his head and gave a small giggle. “No, Aunt May’s working at the homeless shelter today so she won’t be back until dinner time.” Peter said, his voice was mostly fond and happy but there was a tinge of sadness that Wade and Vision picked up on.

“Wait- but Loki becoming an Avenger was all over the news for weeks, it’s still on the news! Wouldn’t they be able to see that?” Bruce asked before taking another bit of scrambled eggs. Tony sighed and wished it had been that easy, he passed Bruce the ketchup bottle because only monsters eat scrambled eggs without ketchup.

“Sadly no, T’Challa declined them all contact from anywhere that wasn’t on Wakanda soil. He said that if no countries felt safe with the Rogues on their land then they shouldn’t need to know what is happening either because it’s none of their business.” Tony said, Bruce made a noise of understanding and now Loki looked just about ready to throw himself off a building.

“I’m going to go get my suit ready, some of us still have our identities to keep secret.” Matt said, finishing the last bit of his toast before walking out of the room. While most of the New Avengers had revealed their identities to the public, very few had decided to keep it a secret. Those few people being, Matt Murdock, Wade Wilson, and Peter Parker.

At first the S.H.I.E.L.D was very incredulous at the thought of not knowing their secret identity’s but they had good reason to keep it hidden so they agreed as long as everyone in the New Avengers knew their identity so in case they went rogue it was possible to find them. Matt, being the amazing lawyer he is, had managed to get them to agree to these terms. Which in all honesty wasn’t bad at all! 

Peter’s excuse was the best because he was a minor and there was no way in hell that information was going out to the public. Matt, Wade and Peter even had their own little group called “Team Red” and by god were they a force to be reckoned with. 

Tony sighed and resisted banging his head against a wall, although he was a little curious to how they would all react, he was mostly nervous. He unconsciously started rubbing his chest and started to take a few calming breaths. Pepper who was standing beside him gave him a side hug and a kiss on the cheek. When Tony looked at her she mouthed ‘It’s going to be okay’ which made him smile at her and kiss her back, earning a fake gag from Loki.

“Eddie! We’re hungry!” Venom yelled practically in Eddies ear and Eddie looked just about ready to either cry or punch someone. Loki pulled a chocolate bar out of thin air and threw it at Eddie. Venoms smile widened as he caught it and ate it, wrapper and all. Peter, Harley and Wade laughed at the disgusted look Rhodes and Bruce gave Venom while Carol, Tony, and Stephen all sternly looked towards the alien symbiote. 

“Okay wait wait wait! I think we need to set some rules because I do not like the look on your face” Tony said as he pointed at Harley, Peter stifled a giggle at Harley’s mock offended expression while everyone else in the room groaned and complained.

Carol nodded her head, a serious look on her face that she directed to the rest of her team. “I agree with Tony, the rogues are coming here in just over an hour and even though not many of us like them-“

“The correct term would be hate.” Quill muttered under his breath, everyone except Tony, Scott, Stephen and Carol nodded their heads and murmured their agreement. Carol gave Quill a sharpe glare for the interruption that he didn’t see because he was focused on the movie that was on the TV in front of him.

“I do still feel quite uncomfortable being under the same roof as Miss Maximoff.” Vision said from beside Tony, he had a sad expression on his face that broke Tony’s heart. Tony gave visions shoulder a measuring squeeze and Vision gave him a small smile in return.

“I feel uncomfortable with any of them being here. I have no doubt in my mind that the moment they see me they will engage in combat.” Loki said, scowling as he stood up and went to get more ice cream from the freezer. Scott and Peter both nodded their heads and at the same time said “Same here.” Making them laugh a bit.

Carol sighed but couldn’t find it in herself to be annoyed or upset with them, as the leader of the New Avengers she was suppose to be a good example to the rest of the team so she had to hide the fact that she agreed with all of them behind a mask.

She didn’t want them here either.

“Anyways, without further interruption.” Carol said, raising her voice slightly to make sure she had everyone attention. Even though Matt wasn’t in the room she knew he could hear her with his super hearing. “Though most of us do not like the Rogue’s we must be professional about this. If someone were to step out of line it would be best if it were one of them and not us. It’s clear that none of us want them here but the Compound is owned by the UN so its not up to us.”

Tony decided to add a bit to the conversation to try and lighten the mood when he saw everyone’s annoyed expressions. “We likely won’t even see them often because they will be on a totally different floor than us and will not be granted access to come up here. There are 80 floors in this building and because we all have rooms on the 77, 78, and 79 floor, their rooms will be on floor 35. That way they’re away from us and most of the important floors.” 

That news seemed to exceedingly brighten the mood of everyone in the room, well. Everyone except Loki and Scott who still looked uncomfortable with the thought of the rogues living in the same place as them. Dr Strange cleared his throat to get everyones attention.

“It would be wise to meet up with them as soon as they arrive. If they are to get used to living here it would be unfortunate if we didn’t introduce ourselves and let’s say Loki or Eddie and Venom ran into them and they think that there are intruders in the Compound.” Stephen said, instantly recking the mood as almost everyone in the room childishly groaned in annoyance. Eddie and Venom looked a little offended from being chosen in all the people Stephen could have said while Loki and Scott somehow looked even more uncomfortable than before, heck. Even Peter looked like he was starting to get nervous.

The Cloak of levitation got off of Stephens shoulders and slapped him, making it quite clear that it didn’t like the idea very much either. It flew around the room for a moment before choosing to float beside Jessica, Luke, and Danny who were all in the back of the kitchen looking at all the different types of milk there were in the huge fridge. It was clear that they were listening based on their expressions but they just didn’t have anything to say.

Stephen glared at the Cloak but didn’t say anything, only watching to make sure the Cloak didn’t try anything funny. Matt came back into the room wearing his suit and Peter quickly finished eating his breakfast and left to go get his suit as well.

Thor noticed Loki’s tense shoulder and gave him a clap on the back. “All is good brother! No need for your worries!” He loudly proclaimed, gaining most of the rooms attention.

Loki snapped the book shut and glared at Thor over his shoulder. “I’m not worried you insufferable dolt!” He hissed, swatting Thor away from him with one hand as he tried to continue to read his book, it was a mystery book about a man named Sherlock Holmes and his partner John Watson.

Everyone else in the room smiled at the two bickering brothers. Ever since Loki have moved into the tower the two’s relationship has been getter better and better everyday, the proof was that the last time Thor had patted Loki on the back Loki had stabbed him in the hand.

“Ow! V!” Eddie shouted in frustration as Venom pulled him over towards the fridge and pulled out an unopened bag of tater tots, opening it with his tendrils and dumping the whole thing in his mouth, most of which missed and fell onto the floor.

“Shit!” Both Eddie and Venom said in unison as Eddie bent down and started cleaning up Venom’s mess.

“Sorry Tony, someone is still learning their manners.” Eddie said, the irritation towards Venom clear in his voice but there was also some panic in there. Venom just pouted and used his tendrils to start helping Eddie pick up the tater tots.

Tony laughed and waved them off. “Not a problem you guys, as long as you clean up your mess afterwards. Everyone here is more than used to V’s eating habits.” Tony said, his tone light and playful to calm the anxious reporter.

Both Eddie and Venom were found 9 months ago by Peter while out on patrol, it turned out that Venom needed to eat lots and had a very strict diet, one of either  brains or chocolate because both had some sort of chemical that he needed to eat to survive.

It had taken a while but after Eddie and Venom told them about what had happened and how they had stopped some crazy scientists named Drake and his own alien friend called Riot from taking over the world it was surprisingly easy for them to be accepted to become Avengers, as long as they kept to eating bad guys to the absolute minimum.

It was also just easier for everyone, since Venom obviously couldn’t live off chocolate both Tony and Danny would buy pig brains whenever the alien was feeling hungry. Sure it was weird, and really, really gross but it worked out better for everyone. Besides, neither Tony or Danny minded buying things for their friends.

Eddie was a very kind man and extremely funny but he was almost always anxious around the team, FRIDAY told Tony that it was because Eddie and Venom didn’t want to take his money for granted. While a few people payed for their own things, Tony, T'challa, and Danny payed for most of it.

Not that either of them cared, they were both billionaires and had loads of money to spend, just the fact that everyone on the team felt uneasy about using their money for their own use was proof that they were all good people.

Loki on the other hand, didn’t have this problem because apparently being able to turn things into gold is also something that Loki’s magic could do so in all honesty their team of 30 was made out of three billionaires, one infinite gold maker, and 27 people who spent as little of their money as possible.

“Where is Illusion?” Loki asked, looking around to see if he could find his cat.

Months after Loki had arrived on Earth it was plainly obvious that he had severe PTSD from the months of torture done by Thanos, he would have flashbacks, nightmares and severe panic attacks to the point where he had on multiple occasions attacked the team thinking they were someone else.

Tony had decided that for Christmas getting the god of mischief a cat would be a good idea, a 1 year old black female cat with bright green eyes. It was what you would call a therapy animal or as some people would call it, an emotional support cat. The cat provided a gentle and calming presence so whenever Loki was feeling overwhelmed he would hold the cat for a few hours, which the cat didn’t mind at all, if anything it loved it!

Since that cat was Loki’s he got to choose the name for it and he decided to call it Illusion, sure it sounded more like a boys name but nobody said anything about it, especially since Loki was doing far better with the cat around.

At first Carol was worried that getting the cat wouldn’t have been the best idea because both Thor and Loki would live a lot longer than it but her worry’s were washed away like sand in the ocean when Loki had told them that he had cast a spell on the cat making it so it would age as fast and he and Thor do. 

So in all honesty it was perfect, Loki had his own emotion support cat and on occasions the other members of the team would hold or let her as well if they were anxious. Loki was still Illusion’s favourite that much was clear but it was still nice. Also, nobody had any cat allergies so it was a win-win.

“The last time I saw Illusion it was resting in your chambers Loki.” Thor said, watching as Loki relaxed slightly and nodded his head in understanding. The black cat had won its way into all of the Avengers hearts but nobody’s more than Loki’s. Loki was the one who fed it, watered it, changed its litter box, he even slept with it! It was like a lifeline to the younger god.

“Oh, yes right.” Loki mumbled, popping a raspberry in his mouth. He still wasn’t very used to eating breakfast since he didn’t often eat because gods did not need to.

“Oh shit.” Muttered Wade before he started laughing hysterically, instantly gaining the attention of most of the people in the room. “H-How do you guys  think Captain America is going to react finding out that he’s no longer the captain?”

Carol couldn’t help but groan and rest her head on the table while half of the room started either laughing or groaning along with her. Carol was deemed to be the leader of the new Avengers by everyone, including the UN, S.H.I.E.L.D and the council. Just because the Rogues were coming back to American soil didn’t mean that they were the Avengers anymore, that time had long since passed.

After a few moments of laughing a comfortable silence filled the room, the only noises that could be heard were Venom, Loki, Wade and Harley talking, the background music from the dragon movie Quill, Gamora, Mantis and Drax were watching, and the Defenders arguing about which milk is best for Lucky Charms.

Things would be okay, maybe not for the Rogue’s. But for New Avengers, it would be.

As leader, Carol would damn right make sure of it.

[Boss, they have arrived.] FRIDAY said, sounding incredibly annoyed for an AI. Tony could feel the air in the room get thick as everyone stopped talking and looked at each other, waiting to see who would speak first.

“LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!” Yelled Wade as he tried to run out of the room, but before he could make it to the elevator Carol grabbed his arm.

“I’d say it’s in our best interest to let them get settled in their new rooms before introducing ourselves.” Carol said, keeping her tone light but stern. Wade pouted and returned back to the couch and everyone else let out a sigh of relief.

Pepper nodded her head and sat up from the couch to go get herself some warm cinnamon tear. “Carol is right, we have to be professional about this.” She said, giving Peter, Harley, Wade and Loki a side look which none of them saw.

Loki looked at Thor worriedly but quickly schooled his expression and looked back down at Illusion who was sitting in his lap when his brother looked back at him so Thor wouldn’t be able to see him panicking. Scott, Eddie and Peter all also looked worried and tried to ignore the pool of uneasiness in their stomach.

“Hey FRIDAY, tell Kylie to show the Rogues their new rooms and explain the situation to them. Let her know that T’Challa and Shuri can use the private elevator and come up here” Tony said without taking his eyes off the TV, they were watching a show about a black dragon and a young viking become friends. Friday responded with a quiet [Yes Boss] before going silent.

“Um, Tony… who’s Kylie?” Harley asked as he chewed on some Carmel popcorn. Tony turned to him and smiled, ruffling the curls on his head.

“1, don’t talk with your mouth full. 2, She’s the young lady who works at the front desk remember? She runs the main floor of the Compound and makes sure that things down there are in order.” When Harley didn’t look like he recognized her be brought something else up. “She’s the one I asked you, Peter and Pepper to help me make that gift basket for a few months ago because of all the stupid shit she deals with everyday.” Tony said, honestly he felt a little bad for the girl. She was only 20 but she had been working at the front desk for nearly a year and a half now. The amount of shit she put up with everyday was one of the main reasons he payed her 140 dollars an hour.

Harleys eyes lit up with realization and his mouth was shaped like an o as he nodded his head and refocused on the movie at hand. Peter (who was now in the Spider-Man suit) felt a tad bit jealous but it only lasted a moment because he knew that Tony saw both him and Harley as his kids,  the Cloak of Levitation was on Peter’s shoulders and he was sitting crisscross on the ceiling.

“Meow” Illusion let her voice be heard which made everyone chuckle, Loki let himself relax as Illusion crawled up onto his chest and started purring loudly. He sighed and started scratching behind Illusions head and smiled down at the cat when she pushed her head into his hand.

Everyone watched the movie but the silence was broken after a few minutes when FRIDAY spoke up again, this time she actually sounded more pissed than annoyed.

[Boss, the Rogues are demanding to see you and Rogers has stated that they refuse to go anywhere until you talk to them face to face. King T’Challa and princess Shuri are also there but they have not yet entered the building.] 

Tony let out a loud, miserable groan. Trying to hide in internal panic, Jessica, Luke, Venom, Rhodey, and Nebula looked ready to kill someone while everyone else either looked really annoyed or tired. Most of them looked to Carol to see what she would say, she was team leader so she made most of the calls.

Carol had a flash of discomfort crossed her expression before she looked to Tony with a hint of worry and gestured to him, letting him know that it was his decision to choose what would happen next. Tony sighed and mumbled something nobody but Matt and Peter heard which caused Matt to let out an amused snort and Peter to gasp.

“Okay, let’s get this over with. It’ll be quick, this is what we’ll do. We get our introductions in, explain to them what the rules are and where they can and cannot go, let them do their stupid speech and then make a few sassy comments. After that we can come back and continue watching the movie. Sound good?” He asked, some people were already making their way towards the elevator before he even finished his sentence. 

FRIDAY, being the amazing AI she is, paused the movie for them to watch later.

Everyone said their agreement and because of the new renovation Tony did a few months ago the elevator was huge and could fit all of them so there was no worry of any of them getting split up. The Avengers Compound used to be only 3 floors was now almost as tall as the Avengers tower, having 80 floors.

“Ugh, I can hear them all yelling.” Matt said, a scowl clear on his face as he crossed his arms over his chest. Danny gave him a sympathetic pat on the back and Tony put on his glasses to hide the uneasiness, he felt a tiny bit bad for Matt, having super hearing definitively had its ups and downs.

When they were all in in elevator nobody had to say anything because FRIDAY already knew that they were headed to the main floor. She was an incredibly smart and loyal AI with her own thoughts. She was a self aware AI and had her own emotions, but one of her main priorities were to protect her Boss, that also included the New Avengers.

“I feel as though this will end horribly.” Loki said from the back of the elevator, he was smart so he knew that if he was at the back the chances of the Rogues seeing him were much lower than him being in the middle or up in front. Thor moved his body so it was protectively in front of his younger brother and Loki cast him a small smile. Brunnhilde had a half full bottle of spirytus vodka in one hand while the other was on her sword belt, she was standing protectively in front of both gods.

“If the witch try’s any mind fuckery I’m going to rip out her spine and choke her with it.” Jessica said, sounding dead serious which only slightly scared most of the guys in the room. Peter looked up and realized that they were only on floor 73 and still had a long way to go before they made it to the main lobby.

“There won’t be any need for that. If Maximoff tries to use her powers I will simply cast a revoking spell and temporarily take them away.” Stephen coldly said, the Cloak of Levitation seemed to perk up on that idea which made anyone who noticed laugh.

Unbeknown to everyone Stephen had cast that spell the moment he sensed Wanda walk into the Compound, so now if Wanda tempted to use her magic on one of his team members her power would instantly evaporate. He had also casted a mind protection spell on everyone late last night for extra protection, that way if Wanda tried to get into any of their heads she would feel excruciating pain and Stephen would be alerted.

He’s protective of his teammates, so what?

“A table has been broken.” Matt said, sounding not at all impressed. “Barton is aggressively shouting at a women, when are we going to be there?” He stressed, surprising most of the people in the elevator because a lot of the time they forget that Matt was blind. Pepper was starting to feel bad, already knowing the women who was being shouted at was Kylie.

“Cool it red hot and spicy” Wade said and everyone grimaced at the awful nickname. “We’re on floor 60 so I’d say we got about a minute and a half before we reach the bottom.” He said, sounding like a kid about to open Christmas presents.

“FRIDAY?” Tony said, watching as the number at the top of the elevator door went from 58 to 57.

[Yes Boss?]

“Send Kylie the most expensive, high quality food gift basket you can find and remind me to give her a big fucking apology. Also, put in my notes to raise her pay check by 10%.” He said, looking down at his suit and flattening out all the wrinkles.

[Will do Boss, the most expensive food gift basket available is 23,550$. Do you want me to purchase it?] FRIDAY asked, sounding like she already knew the answer to the question. Everyone except Danny’s, Pepper’s, and Tony’s jaw dropped at how expensive a food gift basket could be.

Tony waved a dismissive hand towards the camera in the corner and nodded his head. “Yeah go ahead and buy it, it’s her birthday in a few weeks anyways and Pepper was very clear that I should get her a gift for dealing with all the shit she does.” Tony said, making Pepper smile and give him a playful shoulder nudge.

[The order is confirmed, it will arrive in 3 days time.] FRIDAY said, Peter put on his mask when the number at the top of the elevator door reached 45. He looked at Wade and Matt who also had their mask on.

“Remember, Wade, Matt and Peter still have secret identity’s so no saying their real names. They will only go by Daredevil, Deadpool and Spider-Man when the Rogues are around, understood?” Carol said, when everyone simultaneously nodded their heads she smiled and let herself relax a bit.

“What am I supposed to say? I can’t exactly tell them I’m training to be the next Iron Man. Can I?” Harley asked, the question was directed towards both Carol and Tony but Peter quickly spoke before either adults could.

“Just say you’re his personal intern! I’ve used that card so many times and it never fails me.” Peter said, technically he wasn’t wrong. Both Peter and Harley were Tony’s personal interns.

“You can tell them whatever you Want Harley, lie or don’t. I don’t really care.” Tony said, it was true. If it made Harley more comfortable to lie to the Rogues about what he does then so be it. Harley looked at Pepper for confirmation and beamed when she nodded.

“I am Groot.” Groot said, he was sitting on Gamora’s shoulder and chewing on an M&M.

“No you can’t attack them when you see them.” Quill said, casting Groot a small glare. Rocket and Drax snorted and Gamora winked at Groot which made the tiny tree man let out a small giggle that just about melted all of the Guardian of the Galaxy’s hearts.

“……32……..31……..30……..” Mantis started counting down the floors they were on for Matt when she saw the frown on his face at the fact that he had no clue which floor they were on, he sent her a great full smile.

“What if they do attack us? Are we allowed to fight back in self defence or will that get us in a shit tone of trouble?” Danny asked, clenching and unclenching his fist. Luke shuffled from foot to foot and nodded, also curious.

“If they attack us first then by law we have full permission to use self defence to protect ourselves and handle them as we would a threat.” Matt smugly said, using his “I’m a lawyer” voice. Loki, Nebula, Venom, Hope, Drax, and Deadpool seemed to get excited from the news, all of them staring at the door as if they could open it with their mind.

“So should Venom like- fully come out or just stay like this.” Eddie says while pointing at Venom who was beside him, the block goo coming out of his back so only venoms head was formed.

“Definitely stay like that.” “Stay like that for sure.” Both Quill and Danny said at the same time. Eddie shrugged, not really caring. Venom didn’t look like he cared much either but he lowered his head and his large smile turned into a scowl.

“Hungry…” Venom said moodily, Loki once again wasted no time and pulled out 5 large Kit Kats before he quickly threw them at Venoms head, Venom grabbed them with a tendril and ate them all in one bit. Giving the god a small hum in thanks, nobody batted an eye. Already used to Venoms eating habits.

“Lets rock and roll!” Wade shouts, punching the air in excitement as the elevator doors open. Everyone stepped out of the elevator and instantly the Rogues attention was on them. Their angered faces turn into ones of shock at how many people stepped out of the elevator even though they were only expecting Tony. There were so many unfamiliar faces that it was a bit overwhelming.

“Oh thank god” Kylie muttered, sighing in relief and going back around the front desk to sit back in her chair. Tony and Pepper both sent her an apologetic smile but she just looked at them and mouthed ‘It’s fine’.

“Tony!” Steve said, false cheer in his voice that Tony instantly picked up on. He stiffened when Steve walked towards him and tried to even his breathing. Pepper put a hand on his shoulder and he felt himself relax slightly.

“Rogers.” Tony blankly said, a sharp frown on his face as he tucked his hands behind his back and raised his chin. Steve looked shocked for a moment but quickly composed himself and started using his “I’m Captain America so you have to listen to me” voice.

“Tony we need to talk about Bucky-“ Steve was cut off by Wanda yelling and with the quick distraction Tony noticed that Barnes wasn’t in the room- like at all.

Which was a good thing, based on what T’Challa had told him Barnes was staying in Wakanda to become a citizen there.

“She said that we can’t go to our rooms! She was refusing to let us come back into our home!! She should be fired! Why would you hire anyone like this!?” Wanda shouted like a child who had just been denied candy. Kylie rolled her eyes in annoyance as she started writing something down onto the computer on the front desk.

Tony resisted the urge to scoff at how childish Wanda was acting. “She was doing her job, and I’m not going to fire her for that. The fact that she even put up with you is enough proof that she can handle the job pretty well.” He said, cautiously eyeing the red magic leaking from Wanda’s fingertips.

“This young lady was being very rude.” Steve said with a frown, honestly surprised on why Tony would hire someone like her. They weren’t causing a fuss or anything and the women just straight up decided that she didn’t like them.

“If you have a problem with me, write it on a piece of paper, fold it and stick it up your ass.” Kylie muttered so only the Rogues and the people with super hearing could hear her, causing Steve’s eyes to practically pop out of his head. He was going to lecture the women on manners but T’Challa and Shuri walked through the front doors.

“Mr. Stark, thank you for inviting Shuri and I over.” T’Challa said as he held the doors open for his sister to come in. He and Shuri walked over a joined the larger group, Shuri instantly started talking to Spider-Man and Harley in a hushed whisper.

Tony shook T’Challa’s hand and shook his head. “It’s always a pleasure to have you visit, thank you for coming even though you didn’t have too.” Tony said, and he really did mean it. Now all of the New Avengers were together.

“Who are they?” Clint said, looking at all of members of the New Avengers. The Rogues didn’t seemed to notice either Scott, Vision or Loki who were at the very back of the group.

Carol stepped forward, her whole aura screaming power as she raised her chin and looked at all of them slowly one by one, as if she was analyzing them in her head. Her gaze sent a chill down all of their spines, including Natasha’s.

“My name is Carol Danvers but you can either call me Captain Marvel or Caption Carol Danvers. I’m the official leader of the Avengers and behind me is my team.” She said, there was a threat somewhere in her voice but Natasha couldn’t pick up on what the threat was.

“You must be mistaken ma’am but I’m the leader of the Avengers.” Steve sternly said, all of the rogues nodded their heads behind him. Carol stared at all of them for a moment before speaking slowly, as if she were talking to a child.

“No, I’m going to politely inform you that you are incorrect. You are no longer the Avengers, that was decided when you choose to go rogue. Over the past year Tony Stark has been recruiting people to join the new Avengers. S.H.I.E.L.D, and the UN had made an agreement that you were no longer part of the Avengers.” She said, her voice was one of steel and it was a clear warning for Steve not to try anything.

Steve balled his hands into fist, his face turning red from anger. It didn’t make sense- it just didn’t! He was the leader of the Avengers not- not some lady.

He took a deep breath and motioned for his team to stand down when they looked like they were going to argue. He was a born leader and he was meant to  be the leader of the Avengers, they would realize that eventually but for now it was best to just role with it. His team seemed to understand because they instantly relaxed, though not completely.

“So if we’re no longer the Avengers it would only be professional for them to introduce themselves.” Steve said, putting on a fake smile. Carol didn’t look at all bothered by the mood change and nodded her head.

“That’s why we’re here. Everyone introduce yourselves.” She said as she stepped back, it wasn’t a stern order but he watched as everyone nodded their head, Tony stepped forward and looked at them as if they were ants eating from his picnic basket.

“My name is Tony Stark, genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Owner of the biggest tech company in the world, and Iron Man. You can call me either Mr. Stark or Dr. Stark.” Tony introduced himself like they hadn’t known him for years. It was disrespectful.

Pepper took Tony’s place when he backed up, looking at all the rogue’s with so much hate in her eyes that if looks could kill they all would have shrivelled up into ashes by now.

“Pepper Pots, CEO of Stark industries and newly fiancé of Tony Anthony Stark.” She said, her voice which was hard and ice cold at the start of her sentience ended in a fond tone. She held out her right hand for a moment and let the rogues see the gold ring on her finger that had multiple small white diamonds all around it and a large blue diamond in the middle.

Even if the rogues didn’t know a lot about money, they all knew that thing must’ve cost a lot.

Tony smirked at all of the rogues shocked expressions when Pepper stepped back, letting Rhodes step forward. Steve noticed that unlike Tony, he was wearing an iron man suit, the war machine one to be more specific.  

“James Rhodes, you can call me Colonel James Rhodes. I’m known as War Machine, best friend of Tony Stark.” He said, his expression was blank his his eyes held so much hatred that was directed towards all of them it almost made them flinch.

Rhode steps back and the next person to step up was Bruce. Natasha perked up at seeing Bruce because he had left without a trace but but she faltered when he didn’t even look at her.

“Bruce Banner, also know as the Hulk. I’m a renowned scientist, physicist, and medical doctor with 7 PHD’s. I would prefer if you referred to me as Dr. Banner.” Bruce said, he gave Natasha a sad look but he quickly turned around and returned to where he was standing beside Tony and Rhodes. 

Carol looked at T’Challa and Shuri and gave them a so-so gesture. Because T’Challa was king he didn’t typically take orders from everyone but he decided better of it then to question the meet and greet that was happening. He gently tugged his sister arm and moved forward to introduce himself, even though they already knew full well who he and his sister were.

“King T’Challa of Wakanda, I’m called Black Panther in battle. Warrior of my people.” T’Challa said, Shuri decided to quickly say hers and get it over with.

“Shuri, princess of Wakanda. Genius and main technology designer of Wakanda.”  She said, wasting no time to get back to the group and talk to Peter. They hadn’t seen each other in weeks!

When the king and princess did their short introduction and went back into the group is when the people who the rogues didn’t know start making an appearance. A guy in a weird outfit and wearing a red cape took a single step forward.

“Stephen Strange. Known as the Sorcerer Supreme, and the primary protector of Earth from all magical, mystical and dimensional threats. I am the jurisdiction of magic. In short, I keep track of magical users and threats to Earth and the people that live on it. I am keeper of the Time Stone. You can refer to me as Dr. Strange.” He said but he didn’t go back towards the group like the rogues thought he would. They all watched as he tugged on his cape and the cape moved off of him and waved at them.

“This is the Cloak of Levitation, a fully sentient relic that can feel emotions just like humans can.” Right moment he finished speaking the “Cloak” did a mock bow and waved at the rogues. When none of them waved back the Cloak slumped down a bit and went back on his shoulders. Stephen rolled his eyes and started patting the sulking Cloak.

The rogues looked at each other worriedly, the wizard seemed strong but they could take him if he tried anything, for sure. They were a team after all.

Hope grabbed Scotts hand and pulled him forward so they were now in front of the Rogues. A flash of surprise flew across Steves face when he saw Scott and he opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Hope. 

”My name is Hope, I’m the superhero know was Wasp. My farther Hank was the one who built the Ant Man suit.” She said, giving Scott a small shove silently telling him to get it over with.

“I’m Scott Lang, mainly known as the superhero Ant-Man.” Scott said uneasily, not bothering to say anything else. Hope nodded her head and pulled him back towards the back of the group. She and Scott could feel Steve’s disappointed stare directed at Scott.

Quill motioned for his group to step forward which they all did. (His group referring to Rocket, Drax, Groot, Gamora, Nebula, Mantis and himself)

“My name is Peter Quill, but I’m also called Star Lord. Known as one of the Guardians of the Galaxy.” Quill said, Gamora and her sister took a step forward and looked at the rogues like they were monkeys in a cage.

“My name is Gamora, daughter of Thanos. I am one of the Guardians of the Galaxy.” She said, Groot was on her shoulder and looked at all the rogues angrily before saying “I am Groot.” Which made Quill cough in a desperate attempt to hide his laughter. The rogues looked at Groot confused while Nebula looked at all of them in disgust and scoffed.

“My name is Nebula, also the daughter of Thanos.” She said before harshly grabbing her sisters arm and pulling her back into the group.

Honestly Nebula has only just met the rogues and she can already tell she won’t like them, she pulled her sister near the back of the group where Loki was hiding away from the rogues view from behind Thor. It mad her mad that the rogues are so bad that they make the person she and Gamora see as a younger brother nervous.

Not that they would ever openly admit to seeing Loki as their brother, but they understood him. They knew what it was like to have a horrible father who would show little to now care for you only did when he wanted something.

Rocket stepped forward and his eyes narrowed when the rogues looked at him slack jawed (except Natasha). He made sure to show off the large gun on his back as a warning to them that he will use it if he has too. 

“The names rocket. I make deadly weapons out of scrap and I’m a Guardian of the Galaxy. That’s all you’re getting out of me.” Rocket said, Carol sent him a warning look and he rolled his eyes. Mantis and Drax were the next two to step up.

“My name is Drax, Drax the Destroyer. And this is Mantis, we are Guardians of the Galaxy.” Drax said, Mantis awkwardly looked at him because he had introduced her when she was supposed to do it but she didn’t say anything. She looked at them for a moment before nodding her head and turning around to go where Quill was.

“So what? You’re trying to replace the Avengers with aliens? Very mature of you Stark.” Wanda said, looking oh so pleased with herself as Clint, Natasha and Steve nodded their heads in agreement.

“Yeah, and what’s a Guardian of the Galaxy? That just sounds stupid.” Clint sneered, Carol frowned at him and silenced him by raising her hand to get their attention.

“You should be smart and not speak ill of my teammates. One, calling names is childish, two, yes you have been replaced we went over this. We are the Avengers, not you, or anybody else.” Carol sneered, the hair on her head started moving from side to side as if the wind was picking it up even though there was no wind. It just made her look at the more intimidating.

“You guys are very rude.” Mantis said bluntly, the Rogues cringed when she looked over at them and frowned. Her eyes were freaky.

“Eddie can I eat them? They act like bad guys.” Venom said from the exact middle of the group, unfortunately he wasn’t talking in Eddies head and actually said that out loud.

“The fuck?!” Yelled Clint, taking a step back and grabbing on of his sharpened arrows to use as a knife. He didn’t have his bow on him because it had been taking away before he entered the building. The rest of the rogues got into a fighting stance.

“You stupid parasite look what you did, you got them all fucking riled up.” Eddie whisper-yelled making Tony give a loud bark of laughter before he could stop himself. Venom’s neck expanded so he was only a foot away from Steve.

“Eddie he’s obviously a bad guy!” Venom snarled before opening his mouth and moving forward to bit Steve’s head off much to everyone’s horror. Eddie however acted fast and started back up while pulling on what would be considered as Venom’s neck to get him away from Steve was had taken a fighting stance and looked horribly pale.

“Venom no! What is wrong with you we went over this earlier today!” Eddie hissed, in all honesty he sounding more annoyed than actually made or scared. Everyone gave a sigh of relief when Venom focus was now on Eddie and not Steve.

“Idiot! Get your tiny hands off of me! He is a bad guy! I am more than happy to eat the American!” Venom loudly said, Eddie looked really sick at the thought and shook his head.

“No, no! You cannot eat the American- fuck” Eddie realized that everyone in the room was looking at him and Venom.

Eddie did a grand open arm gesture towards Venom. “I’m a nobody reporter named Eddie Brock and this is my alien parasite friend. We saved the world from an alien invasion a few years ago. Nice to meet you, bla bla bla. We’re leaving.” Eddie said as he speedily walked inside of the elevator in embarrassment, ignoring Venom enraged yell of “I AM NOT A PARASITE!”

“You need to get your shit together because if what you just did right now got out to the public we would be in so much trouble you-“ The elevator doors closed before Eddie finished his sentence but Matt let out a snort so it was clear that he was listening.

“What the fuck was that.” Sam said in a dead serious tone of voice, it would have been threatening if he had his wing suit but since that belonged to Stark it was taken away the moment they landed.

“Not a what, a who. Just ignore them they’re just having another lovers scuffle. Don’t worry they’ll get over it later today, they always do.” Tony said, acting as if Steve wasn’t almost EATEN ALIVE.

“YOU CAN’T HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE TEAM!” Wanda screeched, her voice full of anger but had a touch of fear in it. Tony gave her the most unimpressed look he could muster.

“Well Miss Maximoff, S.H.I.E.L.D, the council, the UN and all of us agreed to Eddie and Venom being on the team so you can go ahead and write your complain on how to make the team better and put it into the suggestion box.” Pepper said as she pointed to the garbage can near Kylie’s desk.

“The thing threatened to eat Steve!” Clint yelled in frustration, not understanding why the others didn’t see the big deal. Natasha saw a green and black robe behind Thor and was trying to see who it was but they were perfectly hidden just enough so she couldn’t see them.

Carol nodded her head in understanding. “Yes and I will have a nice, long conversation with him later today. Right now however we are going to continue our introductions, show you to your rooms and then head back up to our floor.” Carol said, there was a hint of anger in her voice.

Loki poked at brother brothers shoulder blades from a few times until Thor inclined his head and looked at him. Both of the Asguardians trying to ignore the people around them arguing.

“What is it brother?” Thor quietly asked, Loki gave him a flat stare before motioning to the rogues.

“What am I suppose to say to them? Do I just introduce myself or simply stay here and wave at them like an idiot until they notice me.” Loki asked with a raised eyebrow, Thor was going to answer but was cut off by Gamora and Nebula.

“You have a past with these rogues, do you not?” Nebula asked Loki, for a moment it looked like the god of mischief wasn’t going to answer but he nodded his head after a few seconds.

“I was mind controlled by your father who used the mind Stone to force me into trying to take over Earth and get him the infinity stones, I was forced to fight them. You see the one yelling at Carol?” He asked, when both Nebula and Gamora nodded their heads he continued. “I was forced to mind control him to kill innocent people, so you can imagine he doesn’t like me very much.” 

By now Thor was no longer listening to the conversation and was focused on the argument at hand. Gamora looked deep in thought at Loki’s words, that did sound exactly like something her father would do…

“Just introduce yourself like you have never meet them before. There are far too many people here for them to attack you. Doing so would be incredibly stupid.” Nebula said, sounding as bored as Loki felt.

“THE ALIEN TRIED TO BIT CAPTAINS HEAD OFF! THATS ATTEMPTED MURDER! IT’S ON CAMREA WE COULD SEND HIM TO JAIL!” Clint yelled in rage at Tony and Carol. Tony seemed to think about Clint’s words for a second before he called FRIDAY’s name, drawing all the attention onto him.

[Yes Boss?] Said FRIDAY, Carol gave Tony a questioning look that he ignored. While looking Clint and Steve dead in the eyes he said;

“Delete all security footage from the past 2 minutes.” 

Peter always thought the saying that you could hear a pin drop was fake but no, you could actually hear a pin drop from the other side of the room that’s how silent it was. The rogue’s facial expressions were priceless and Wade couldn’t help but start laughing hysterically. Especially the FRIDAY sassily added-

[It’s done Boss]  

“PPFFFTTTTT- HAHAHAHAHAAA! WHA-WHAT YA GONNA DO NOW BITCH!” Wade yelled before he started cackling, Peter and Harley were trying to hide their giggles with their hands. Wanda seemed to get more pissed off as red sparks flew out of her palm but Steve put a hand on her shoulder to try and calm her down. 

Loki summoned 3 small tubes of salted caramel vanilla ice cream and offered one to both Gamora and Nebula, much to Loki’s surprise they both took one. He pulled out 3 spoons, one for each of them and they all started eating. They weren’t sure how long the rogues would whine so they might as well get comfortable.

“Deadpool. Enough.“ Carol said, successfully silencing the man-child who crossed his arms and pouted. Carol sent a pointed look at Tony but he could tell she was inwardly praising him based on the small smile she gave him.

Wanda turned towards Kylie who was in between watching and listening in on the Avengers and Rogues conversation and actually doing her job. She jumped a bit when Wanda marched up to her desk and smashed her hands on it.

“You saw didn’t you? That horrible alien beast tried to eat Steve! Any one of us could be next! You’ll tell the police that you watched Stark delete the security footage right?” Wanda said, letting loose on the waterworks. Honestly Kylie was a little impressed by her acting skills because both Steve and Clint went over and started trying to comfort her.

Kylie looked at her boss before looking back at Wanda and shrugged. “I’m not sure what to tell you, I didn’t see or hear anything. I was busy scheduling a meeting for Mrs. Pots.” Kylie said in false sorrow, Wanda looked ready to either scream or Start fake crying but quickly choose against it as she sniffled and let Steve embrace her in a hug as he murmured reassurance to her.

The brat.

“Lets hurry this the fuck up because I’m bored and much too sober to be dealing with this.” Jessica said, as if she were the leader of the group everyone in the Defenders stepped forward when she did.

“The names Jessica Jones, I’m a detective and navigation journalist. I have super strength and durability and I am one of the four Defenders.” She said, but before the other Defenders could introduce themselves as well, she continued.

“I’m sorry but I have to get this out here now, if you” she pointed to Wanda. “come near any of my teammates with your mind controlling fuckery you’re going to wish you were never born. I will rip out your spine and hang you with it from the ceiling fan.” She said, pointing at the spinning fan above them.

Wanda looked like Jessica had just kicked a puppy in front of her, her teeth started to grind together in anger as she clenched and unclenched her fist. Stephen took a deep breath and reminded himself of the protection and revolving spell he casts earlier to try and calm his nerves when Clint took a step forward, glaring at Jessica.

“Was that a threat?” Clint ask in a low voice, trying to make himself sound more scary and dangerous than he really was. Jessica look unimpressed and shrugged, not even bothering to waste anymore of her time and give him a vocal answer. Danny stepped forward and spoke before another argument would break out.

“My name is Danny Rand but in battle to go by Iron Fist, I’m a master of K'un-Lun's martial arts and can punch through just about anything. I can harness and channel chi, or as I would call it, spiritual energy and us it as weapon or a method of healing myself. I’m also one of the four Defenders.” Danny said, his usual childish attitude that the Defenders usually see was gone as he stared at the rogues with uncertainty. Natasha was keeping notes of everyones superpowers in her head.

Luke decided to step up next when Matt made no move too. “I’m Luke Cage, my superpower is superhuman strength and stamina, my skin is so tough that not even being in a train accident would cause a scratch. I’m the 3rd of the four Defenders.”

Steve was starting to get upset but knew better than to interrupt, right now he and his team were gathering as much information as they could on these strangers that have the audacity to call themselves the Avengers. He wanted to know what the hells the “Defenders” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” were. If these strangers all claimed themselves to be the “New Avengers” then why did it seem like they were split up in groups?

The rogues watched as a guy wearing a red devil armour walked up to the front, he by far looked one of the scariest out of everyone. Clint noted how there was something covering where the eyes would be on the suit so most of his face was covered except the mans jaw.

“I’m Daredevil, I have heightened senses to a superhuman level, including hearing, touch, smell, and taste. I also have enhanced stamina, agility, reflexes, balance, endurance and Accelerated healing. I can tell when someone is lying based on how fast their heart is beating, I heard you coming before you even walked through the doors.” Matt said, he smirked when the rogues heart rates rapidly started to increase. He could only imagine the rogue’s shocked expressions.

Shame he couldn’t see them.

“I’m the last member of the Defenders, but I am also one of the 3 members in Team Red.” Daredevil said proudly before spinning on his heel and going back exactly where he was. He could practically feel Wade’s and Peter’s excitement. He started to tune out the rest of the conversation and tried to listen to what Venom and Eddie were saying on the 78th floor.

“It’s my turn!” Wade shouted, pushing past anyone who was in his way to get to the front of the group. He looked at all the rogues and clapped his hands.

“Now! At first I was like- super duper excited to meet you guys but then I realized, wow. You’re all assholes! Big, dumb, selfish, assholes. You two being the worst out of everyone.” Deadpool said as he used both his hands to point towards Wanda and Steve who looked like they were going to say something but Wade spoke again before either of them could.

“But anyways! Enough about you because you guys suck ass. I’m Deadpool! My power is that I’m extremely handsome and practically have immortality but I don’t think old age counts, I can regrow my limbs like a lizard!! Oh! Oh! Oh! And I am also one of the 3 people that are in Team Red, obviously the best group.” Said Deadpool before he whooped and did a little victory dance, he didn’t bother to go into detail with his powers so he just mentioned the obvious ones.

Spider-Man laughed and jumped over everyone’s heads but before he touched the ground he webbed the ceiling so he was now beside Wade at the front of the group hanging upside down.

What can he say? It’s always nice to give a grand entrance!

“As you should already know my name is Spider-Man, I have enhanced stamina, strength, balance, agility, reflexes, hearing, smell, eyesight, endurance and highly accelerated healing. I can sense danger before it happens and can stick to walls with or without my suit. I’m the last member of Team Red.” Spider-Man said, the lenses on his suit we’re narrow and he purposely hunched his shoulders more to make it look like he was going to jump at them.

“God I can’t believe I keep forgetting how awesome you are Spidy-baby!” Wade gushed which ended up with most of the Avengers laughing. The rogues however, didn’t look very pleased.

“Why are they in suits? Shouldn’t we be able to know what their identities are? It’s only fair.” Steve said making the younger members of the Avengers face palm and groan.

“We’re wearing out suits because we don’t trust you to know out identity’s.” Spider-Man said, looking to Daredevil to see if he would decide to go all lawyer mode on them.

Harley’s lips thin tightly and he looks just about as mad as Jessica feels. He didn’t enjoy the Rogues being here and he definitely didn’t like how they were already started to question them. He took a few steps forward and caught all of their attention, he hesitated for a moment before composing himself and giving the Rogues the best glare he could muster.

“Hello, my name is Harley Keener, Mr. Starks personal intern and trainee to be the next iron man. Due to the fact that we all have the right to choose not too answer that question you have asked you would need to take that up with Nick Fury.” He said, surprised with himself at how cold and steely his voice came out.

Peter and Tony were inwardly cheering Harley on, unlike the rogues he had read the accords and memorized it the most out of everyone and- and that just reminded Peter that the Rogues have yet to actually sign the accords.

Steve opened his mouth to say something but this time was cut off by Tony. “No Rogers. You heard what Harley said, we don’t have to answer any of your questions. The introductions are almost done and then we can take you to your new rooms and explain some of the new rules that have been set.” Tony said, he didn’t want to hear Steve demand his questions to be answered noir did he want to listen to Steve’s little rant.

“Jesus how many people are there.” Clint says with a scowl, Wanda nodded her head in agreement. Sam so far hasn’t really done much and has just been standing in the background while Natasha had that look on her face like she was trying to solve an 100 piece puzzle in her head.

Brunnhilde raised her hand to get their attention, not bothering to move from her place beside Thor, blocking Loki from the Rogue’s view. “I am Brunnhilde, the last of the warriors of Asguard called Valkyrie and I am under the oath to protect the royal family at all cost.” She said, Clint didn’t know why but for some reason based on the look she was giving him he could guess that she was speaking directly to him.

Brunnhilde pulled out a large bottle from behind her belt and at first the rogues wondered what it was but when she pulled out the cap with a loud *POP!* it was clear that it was booze, the rogues could tell that it was really, really strong booze from the smell.

Steve looked at Carol with discrimination in his eyes, the fact that Carol only looked at Brunnhilde who was now chugging the booze and didn’t say anything about it was a clear sign that this woman was not fit to be a leader. 

“What kind of leader are you to let her drink on the job?” Steve demanded, pointing to the glass bottle Brunnhilde was holding, his nose burning from the smell dear god it was really strong.

Team Iron Man didn’t look at all impressed.

“They couldn’t stop me from drinking if they wanted to, besides I could beat all of your ass’s drunk or not.” Brunnhilde said, by now the bottle was empty and she threw it in the trash can that was at the other end of the room, when it landed inside the trash the sound of the glass breaking echoed around them. Some of the Avengers let out a small cheer and laughed, like this was all just a joke to them.

“Lucky shot.” Clint mumbled as he crossed his arms and scowled at the trash can, Steve looked ready to scold the women but by the look all the women in the group were giving him he shut up and decided it would be better too just wait. Clearly these people weren’t fit to be part of the Avengers, they were too irresponsible, too silly, and too childish. 

“As you all know I am Thor Odinson, son of Odin and the King of Asguard.” Thor said, and the rogue’s minds all blank for a second that the fact the Thor said King instead of prince.

“Wait what? You a king now?” Clint asked, sounding skeptical. Thor narrowed his eyes at him and nodded, not saying anything else which was rare because Thor was known to talk a lot.

“What happened? Did your father…?” Steve trailed off, not wanting to upset the God of Thunder. Thor looked sad but quickly brushed it off and nodded his head again.

“My father past two years ago.” And that was it, Thor didn’t say anything else about the matter. Natasha saw movement behind him again and took a step to the side to get a better view of who was behind him but Brunnhilde saw her movement and blocked it. A bored expression on her as she readjusted the sword on her belt.

It clicked with all of the rogues that they were dealing with two kings and a lot of enhanced people that all didn’t seem too fond of them. Steve already had a plan in motion though, he would slowly take back his place as leader of the Avengers. He was Captain America, it should be clear in the name that he should be the leader. All he had to do was show them what real leadership was.

The last two who hadn’t introduced themselves were Vision and Loki, they were in each other’s eye sight and gave an uneasy glance before Vision sighed and levitated off the ground so he wouldn’t have to move up and he was still safely at the back behind all of his friends.

Wanda gasped at seeing Vision in the back of the group but a frown made its way onto her face when he made no move to come to her, her heart ached for her to run to him and hug him. To listen to him apologize and forgive him for everything he put her through.

Vision looked all around the room, his eyes staying on Wanda for a moment before he put both his hands behind his back and looked down (literally) on all of them. His posture mimicking Tony’s and Pepper’s which Wanda didn’t like at all.

“My name is Vision and I am the current… owner of the Mind Stone.” Vision said, unsure what else he could add to the sentence. He saw Wanda take a step forward towards him and floated backwards.

“Vis, it’s me! Wanda…” Wanda said in a soft voice, she stopped moving as Carol, Tony, Pepper, Banner, Stephen, and Rhodes moved in front of her like a human barricade to stop her from getting any closer to Vision. Her eyes blazed a vibrant red as she started to collect her magic into the palm of her hands.

“Get out of my way, Vision! Tell them to move!” Wanda shouted and Vision flinched- he flinched away from her. Her powers stopped by themselves as something in her heart shattered when she watched Vision float further away and didn’t tell his teammates to back off, if anything he looked thankful. 

Tony looked back at Vision when he saw him move away and scowled at Wanda, he could remember talking to Vision on so many nights discussing how what Wanda did was wrong and that it was an abusive relationship. He could remember him and Pepper reassuring him that when Wanda arrived they would do everything they could to try and keep her away from him and here she is- not even 15 feet away trying to go on up and give him a hug like all was forgiven and she didn’t throw him through over 11 floors and have him buried in concrete.

“Maximoff you need to back the fuck off. Vision obviously doesn’t want to talk to you after what you did so I highly suggest you let. It. Go.” Pepper said, her posture relaxed and calm but the stone cold look in her eyes and the amount of seriousness in her voice would prove otherwise.

Wanda contemplated over what to do next before she put her acting skills to use, tears slowly started falling from her eyes and she started sobbing. Steve and Clint were instantly at here side comforting her and sending Vision glares of hatred.

“What the hell Vision! You put her through all this shit and after a whole year and you can’t even be bothered to say hello!?” Clint shouted, rubbing soothing circles on Wanda’s back as Steve put a reassuring hand on her shoulders.

“Dude! Please do us all a favour and fuck off!” Yelled Quill, sounding absolutely done with everyones bullshit but he was only feeling half of what Pepper and Tony were. By now Vision had lowered himself back down to the ground so he was out of the rogue’s sights. Peter was instantly at Vision’s side and started ranting about some cool project him and Harley were working on to try and distract him.

“I j-just wanted t-to say hello!” Wanda cried, pathetically sniffling and wiping away the fake tears from her eyes. “I th-thought you missed me Vis…” She wept, hell. Even Natasha looked angry at the Avengers like they were the ones who did something wrong!

“Vision I know you and Wanda have been going through some tuff times but come on man, now you’re just being rude.” Sam said, his voice unwavering but his posture stiff and he had a nervous energy.

Vision faltered at Sam’s words and suddenly looked unsure of himself, even as Peter ranted and tried to distract him from Wanda he couldn’t help but feel like… like HE did something wrong…? Maybe if he used better wording during Civil War she wouldn’t have hurt him like that. But Mr Stark said that there is no excuse for hurting someone, right…?

Carol took one look at Vision and instantly her mom energy appeared, the same went with both Tony and Pepper. Everyone knew that Vision was the youngest out of all of them by far, even if he did act insanely mature. He was no older than a few years and was still getting used to things.

“Okay, shut the fuck up you stupid, knock off witch.” Said Harley, a scowl clear on his face as he stared at Steve and Wanda. Spider-Man jumped onto the ceiling and nodded his head, fully agreeing with Harley.

“Yeah um, I went to acting class for like- 2 years and got all A’s. I can tell when someone’s faking it.” Spider-Man said, everyone could practically sense the frown on his face even though he was still wearing his mask. Wanda let out a growl that both Spider-Man and Daredevil could hear with their enhanced hearing but she covered it up with some more sniffling as she continued to wipe fake tears away.

God what a drama queen.

“Kids let the adults deal with this. I don’t know what Tony said to get you on his side but what we did was right, you shouldn’t even be here.” Steve said, pausing at the absolutely seething look Tony and Pepper had.

“Don’t fucking tell my kids what to do Rogers! You dropped a fucking loading dock on Spider-Man without knowing if he had super strength! If he didn’t he would have died because of your stupidity! Anyways, they’re right! Wanda is clearly playing with my son Vision’s emotions and I'm absolutely sick of it. I recognize manipulation when I see it and I’ve been though enough relationships to know what abuse is, both psychical and mental.” Tony said which made most of the members on team Iron Man nod their heads seriously. Both Peter and Harley beamed at Tony when he called them his kids while Vision looked shocked at the fact that Tony called him his son.

“N-no! I’m not! I love you Vision! Don’t you remember everything we’ve been through! I-i would never hurt you Vis!” Wanda cried while looking pitifully at Vision who now looked unsure and lost and uncomfortable and so damn scared.

Tony and Pepper did not like that at all.

“ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GOD DAMN MIND!? IN WHAT WORLD DO YOU THINK IT’S OKAY TO THROW SOMEONE THROUGH OVER 11 FLOORS AND LEAVE THEM BURIED UNDER CONCRETE!? YOU LEFT VISION FOR DEAD! HE MIGHT NOT BE HUMAN BUT HE IS THE CLOSEST THING TOO IT! YOU’RE LUCKY HE DIDN’T WANT TO PRESS CHARGES OR YOU WOULD BE SO LOW TO THE GROUND YOU WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO GET A JOB AS A METRE MAID!” Tony yelled, his voice full of so much raw fury that it made even Natasha step back. Pepper put a hand on his shoulders for him to calm down but the fire in her eyes were just as bright as Tony’s as she stared at the Rogues.

“Vision was in the hospital for weeks after what you did to him. You left him for dead, even the kindest of people have their breaking point.” She said, shaking her head and giving Vision a comforting smile to try and ease his nerves. 

Wanda paled and let out a small gasp, obviously this information was new to her. She looked at Vision longingly but Vision gave her a sad look and shook his head, turning away to listen to what Mantis and Drax were whispering about.

“Look, does it really matter?” The archer asked much to the horror of every member on Team Iron Man. “Visions a robot, a cyborg. He doesn’t actually have feelings and can’t feel pain right? So typically it shouldn’t matter and you’re just making a bigger deal out of it than it really is to try and get back at Wanda.” 

That was not the right thing to say. Especially when everyone looked at Vision’s horrified expression, he really did look like the child he was.

“You fucking bitch-!”

“- Mr. Stark can I web his mouth-“

“ARE YOU SERIOUS-!?”

“I didn’t think that anyone-!”

“-HE CAN FEEL PAIN YOU MOTHERFU-!”

“Dude thats a low blow-!”

"SUCK A COCK!"

“I am Groot!”

“-FUCKING HEARTLESS!”

“-he really have kids?!”

“You are on thin ice-“

“FUCK YOU!”

“-am tempted to stab him brother-“

“Piece of shit-!”

“-WAS UNCALLED FOR-!”

“-wonder his wife left him!“

“UNGRATEFUL ASSHOLE!”

“Danny hold me back-“

“TAKE THAT BACK YOU SELFISH SUN OF A-“

By now with all of the yelling everyone was in battle positions ready to jump at each others throats, Clint looked shocked at how negatively the “New Avengers” reacted to what he said. Which didn’t make any sense, he was right was he not?

“Quiet!” Carol barked and instantly everyone shit up which surprised Steve, that was kind of good, at least this women could give proper orders to her team so not all Hope was lost for the Avengers. He was still going to take his place back as leader though.

Carol looked at Clint with a fire in her eyes that promised pain and suffering towards anyone who interrupted her.

“I don’t know who you think you are but I will not have you speak to my teammates like that. It’s disgusting. I will not hesitate to put you in your place. Stop acting like you are superior to us because you’re not.” She said, her voice cold and firm. She sighed and took a step back, turning her back towards the Rogue’s to show her confidence that they wouldn’t dare attack her.

“Assholes.” Rhodes mumbled, only loud enough for those around him or with super-hearing to hear what he said making them snort and nod their heads.

“How did you defeat captain America?” Shuri asked Spider-Man and Harley who both smiled at the question, a mischievous glint in Harley eyes as he elbowed Spider-Man playfully which caused Shuri to snort. Everyone looked at them curiously because they had all heard the question.

Peter snickered as Harley cleared his throat and put on a German accent “Shot him in ze legs because his shield is the size of a dinner plate and he’s an idiot”

“Shuri!” “Harley!” “Spider-Man!” Shouted Pepper, T’Challa and Tony. Their voices were not angry but more so exasperated as most of Team Iron-Man laughed. The younger kids didn’t look at all apologetic and shrugged, Harleys accent was spot on to which made everything ten times funnier. Even Sam looked like he was trying to hold back a smile but the Rest of the Rogue’s didn’t look at all pleased with the joke.

“Are we done the introductions yet? I want to get back to my bedroom.” Muttered Wanda, her arms were crossed and she looked really uncomfortable. All of the “New Avengers” looked at each other in uncertainty before Tony sighed and punched the bridge of his nose.

“Come on out and get it over with.” Said Tony as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and checked the time. The Rogue’s watched in curiosity as someone who was out of their view the whole time stepped out from behind Thor.

“Hello, I am Loki Laufeyson, Prince of Asguard. Birth son of Laufey, adoptive son of Odin. God of mischief and Chaos, and the current holder of the Reality Stone.” A familiar voice said, sending shivers down Barton’s spine

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“Hello, I am Loki Laufeyson, Prince of Asguard. Birth son of Laufey, adoptive son of Odin. God of mischief and chaos, and the current holder of the Reality Stone.” Loki said smoothly, taking a few graceful steps so he was fully in the Rogues view. He summoned the Reality Stone and it floated in his hand but he had it cradled close to his chest, the reason for this was because very few people could touch any of the infinity Stones without being burned so he didn’t want the Stone to accidentally make skin contact with any of his friends.

Cue there once again, being absolute silence.

Before anyone could do anything an arrow was thrown straight towards Loki’s head, luckily for the god of mischief he had good reflexes and the Reality Stone in hand.

Everyone gasped when the arrow was inches away from his face and Loki used the Reality Stone to turn the arrow into dozens of small green dragonflies that flew around the room for a few long, quiet moments before disappearing entirely. He scoffed and quickly put the Reality Stone into the pocket dimension using his magic when Thor moved protectively in front of him so he was once again being completely blocked from view.

“That was just sad.” Loki said with a fake pout and he honest to god wilted when Tony, Carol, Pepper and Thor all sent him warning looks. Rolling his eyes and slightly kicking the ground as he crossed his arms and looked away. Already knowing that he was in no real danger and that even though he wanted to mess with the Rogue’s he probably shouldn’t.

…okay maybe just a bit.

Clint’s mind blanked for a moment when Loki’s head popped out from behind Thor and the God stuck his tongue out at him and he almost fell over from shock but that shock was quickly replaced with rage as he charged at the god of mischief with a different arrow in hand that he pulled out of his back pocket. 

“YOU FUCKING MIND CONTROLLING ASSHOLE!” Clint shouted at the top of his lungs, he didn’t have a plan or anything, he only saw red as he charged at Loki as fast as he could.

However he didn’t make it very far because before he was 5 steps in there was a flash of blue, silver and green and he the next thing he knew was that he was being pinned to the ground, a knee digging into his back as his arms were painfully pulled behind him, he blinked and there was a fancy looking knife on his throat threatening to break the skin.

“Move and I’ll cut your tongue out.” One of the three women said from above him, he turned his head and saw that the person holding the knife up to his throat was the the blue robot women called Nebula while the one who had him pinned down was the green women called Gamora. He felt another blade on the back of his his neck and he looked up the best he could to see Brunnhilde’s shoes in front of him so she must’ve been the one wielding the second weapon against his neck.

“HE KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE- HE DESERVES TO BE BEAT UP AND LEFT TO ROT IN A PRISON CELL!” Clint yelled, but he didn’t dare move. Both of the blades on his neck so close to cutting his skin it was painful.

“Maximoff also killed hundreds of people and I don’t see her in a cell, no. I actually see her standing right in front of us perfectly unharmed.” Tony snapped back at Clint. The rogues were all in their battle stances ready to fight the moment Clint hit the ground and Loki seemed to be getting increasingly bored.

“She’s a misguided kid Tony.” Steve defended Wanda, an angered look on his face at how fast these women had Clint pinned down. He also didn’t understand why Loki was right there in front of him, standing in the back of the group completely free. No cuffs, no chains, no ropes, nothing.

“God give them patience.” Kylie muttered as she used her hands to make a cross on her chest which made Danny, Quill, and Luke laugh. Loki and Thor both looked up at her in confusion at the sentience before remembering that it was just an Earth saying.

The Cloak of Levitation quickly moved towards the elevator faster than a gun shot and was out of sights in seconds as the elevator doors closed. Stephen looked shocked as he quickly looked between his team and where his Cloak went.

Tony waved a dismissive hand at him and rolled his eyes. “Go get your kid Stephenie.” He said, his smile growing at the weird look Stephen gave him for both the nickname, and because he called the Cloak of Levitation his child. If anything, he was more like an underpaid babysitter of the relic.

Stephen looked at Carol before nodding. “FRIDAY where is the Cloak heading?” He asked, resisting the urge to tap his foot repeatedly on the floor tiles.

[The Cloak of Levitation is heading to the Boss’s personal lab.] FRIDAY said, and what was that- is almost sounded like the AI was fighting back the urge to laugh. He raised an eyebrow and opened a portal before entering it and yelling “I’ll be back in a moment.” before the portal closed behind him.

Steve didn’t know whether to engaged and help Clint or just wait, if a fight started his team was very outmatched so it wouldn’t be at all fair. He also knew that he and his team were already in trouble with the government so it would be best to try and not make a scene. “Tony. Why is Loki here? And why is he not in chains?” He asked, using his “leader” voice that made Tony inwardly cringe.

“They didn’t have them in my size.” Loki nonchalantly said causing Matt to snort. Loki just shrugged and took the last bit of his ice cream before he made the tube and spoon disappear. Nebula’s and Gamora’s that were now on the ground also disappeared with his.

“Get the fuck off of me!” Clint snarled, wondering why the hell his teammates weren’t helping him.

Steve looked at Clint who was still being roughly pinned on the ground and gave Tony a disappointed look. “Tony let Clint get up.” He demanded, once again using his “leader” voice.

Tony looked at Clint who still had his eyes trained on Loki, ready to try and kill the god the moment he would get up. Nobody said anything as Tony looked at Clint and back to Loki before his gaze landed on Steve.

“No.” Tony said, sounding so serious that it took all of the rogues by surprise. Gamora and Nebula smiled at Tony while Brunnhilde looked positively pissed at the man she and her friends had pinned down.

“What the hell Stark!? Why the fuck not!?” Clint sneered from the floor, letting out a strangled gasp when the foot on his back pressed down harder.

Tony motioned for them to ease up on the pressure but not to let him off the floor. “Because the moment you get up you’re gonna be stupid and try to kill Reindeer Games who is not only an Avenger but also one of our only two field medics. You’ll only be let up if you promise to behave yourself.” He professionally said which was the truth, only Dr. Strange and Loki could heal both themselves and others which made them some of the most important people on the team.

“He tried to take over Earth Stark! You’re putting someone on the team who mind controlled me! You have no idea how that feels!” Clint shouted in frustration, looking at Tony the best he could like he had gone mad.

Tony’s mind came to a halt and he looked at Clint with such an incredulous look on his face that anyone else would have thought that Clint had just said 1 + 1 = 3.

“Oh, I'm so sorry! Does having someone on the team who brainwashed you make you uncomfortable Barton? Bruce and I would have no idea how that feels you’re right!” Tony shouted, taking a step back and doing a grand arm gesture as he looked between Clint and Wanda.

Pepper was quick to notice the slight panic in Tony’s voice, she put grabbed his hand with hers and locked in her fingers, gently rubbing the back of her soon to be husbands hand to try and get him to calm down.

“I will let you up but if you even try to kill the prince than you would have all of Asguard to deal with. Killing or attempting to kill Asguard’s prince doesn’t paint a good picture of Midguard to the rest of the Nine Realms. Especially since his brother is the king.” Hissed Brunnhilde, increasing the pressure of her sword on his neck a bit before shoving him away roughly with her foot and backing off. Both Gamora and Nebula following her movements.

They were all told about Earths rules in self defence so they all made sure to follow those rules, they acted to protect Loki which was completely in their range of rules as far as they all knew. 

Clint wasted no time backing up to be with the rest of his team, his eyes still narrowed at Loki who was smirking at him from the back. Clint wanted to wipe that smirk right off the gods face, Loki deserved to be locked up and tortured for the rest of his life for what he did to him!

Sam seemed to get Wanda’s mind reading powers because he took a step forward and spoke. “Why is he here. After what happened in New York people would assume you could tell the difference between a bad guy and a teammate.” Tony was treating them like they were the enemy! It didn’t make any sense, they did nothing wrong! 

“Loki is here because The council, the UN, S.H.I.E.L.D and the public all agreed that he could be an Avenger. He has more than proved himself to be a changed man since what happened in New York.” Vision said, he wasn’t there when Loki tried to take over New York but he knew well enough that the god wasn’t himself at the time and it wasn’t his fault.

“You also would get rid of our only off world translator so…” Quill said, wincing and putting his hands up in surrender at the deadly glare his girlfriend Gamora sent his way.

“I am Groot.” Groot said with a slight pout. Gamora picked Groot off of her shoulder and gentle gave the tiny tree man to Rocket who put Groot on his own shoulders.

Now Steve honestly just looked more confused than mad as he looked between Thor, Loki and Tony. Clint being the smart mouth he is decided to talk again instead of staying silent and listen to gather information like Natasha.

“The fuck you mean “off World Translator” Clint mocked, using finger quotations. Just about everyone except the rogues either sent him cold glares or rolled their eyes at him like he was nothing but an annoying fly in their ear.

“It means exactly what you think it means dumbass. Loki’s the only one who can read and speak all languages. Both on Earth and other planets. Which would come in handy if there were any need to have a conversation with someone out of this world that doesn’t speak English. It’s another important reason he’s on our side.” Tony snapped, absolutely done with Clint’s bullshit. Carol and Pepper both sent him a look that reminded him to try and keep it professional.

“I want a fucking apology for everyone you put me through!” Clint yelled, the only thing holding him back from charging at the young god was Steve and Natasha. There were unushered tears forming in his eyes.

He could remember it all, the feeling of his mind being invaded and having to sit and watch as his body moved on its own like a puppet. Killing everything that was in his path, he remembered fighting Natasha and not holding back, trying to kill his best friend against his will.

Loki paused and thought for a moment, a dark shadow overcoming his features before he gave a small frown at the archer. Thor and Brunnhilde once again put themselves in front of Loki, Thor had his wished he had his hammer but Hela had destroyed it years ago.

“I do not have anything to apologize for.” Loki quietly said, tilting his head to the side slightly. His face was the definition of childlike innocence. Clint was about to run straight at Loki once again despite the looks everyone was sending him.

That was, until the elevator dinged and the doors opened.

“BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!” Dum-E came wheeling out of the elevator with Cloak and Stephen right behind it and the machine wasted no time throwing the fire extinguisher it was holding at Clint, hitting it’s target in the chest area. Everyone jumped and got startled by this except Loki who gave a hysterical laugh at the pained look on Barton’s face as he got on his knees and held his stomach. Wade and Rocket let out a loud “OH SHIT!” Before once again breaking down into hysterics just like Wade had been minutes ago.

“OW- FUCK!” Clint angrily exclaimed, Dum-E made a happy trill of beeps as it wheeled its way behind its creator. The Cloak was shaking in silent laughter while Loki, Peter, Harley, Groot, Danny, Drax, Wade, Rocket and Quill weren’t very silent and didn’t bother to hide their laughter, even at the mad look Carol sent their way.

“Shit! FRIDAY how did Dum-E get down here?” Tony asked, looking amusingly at Stephen who suddenly had an overly innocent look on his face.

[The Cloak of Levitation thought that since everyone was introducing themselves Dum-E should as well Boss.] FRIDAY said, causing Rhodes to try and fail to hide a smile. 

“I told you bringing Dum-E to the Compound wasn’t a good idea Tony.” Pepper scolded, no one even took notice to the fact that Clint had tears in his eyes and was muttering curses under his breath as he tried to stand up.

“He’s never been to the Compound before Pep! Decides you know how antsy Cloak gets when they don’t get their playdates.” Tony said, he pouted while gesturing to Dum-E and Cloak who were now going in happy circles around each other. 

The members of the New Avengers watched fondly for a moment as the Cloak and Dum-E spun in circles, both the robot and the relic always acted like young children. Dum-E beeped happily before it went and hid behind Tony and the Cloak went back on Stephens shoulders like nothing had even happened.

“I hate that carpet…” Clint groaned as he kept his hands wrapped around his abdomen. A pained grimace on his face as he avoided eye contact with anyone, obviously embarrassed to have been taken down by a robot and a fire extinguisher.

“It’s a Cloak.” Stephen said in a silent warning for him to not mistake the Cloak for a carpet again, the Cloak of Levitation wilted on his shoulders when it noticed Stephen’s glare but puffed itself up a bit when it saw Peter, Harley and Shuri giggling.

“Oh yeah- ah! Big difference.” Clint muttered, letting out a small hiss of pain when he put too much pressure on his stomach.

Yup, that was gonna bruise.

“Are you alright Clint?” Steve asked in worry, sending his best disappointed look towards Stark and his team. It was clear to him that these people couldn’t hold themselves together and would obviously mess up their missions.

“Apologies Hawkeye, that will not happen again.” Carol said, doing a really good job at keeping her poker face even though on the inside she was laughing her ass of.

“You really should get your team in line. I find it hard to believe that they can take orders in the field.” Natasha said, eyeing the Cloak wearily. It was still somewhat hard to believe that a fabric could be sentient.

“Excuse you miss leather straps! Spidey, Devil and I stopped one of the biggest child trafficking units in New York 2 days ago! You may be pretty but your not pretty enough to be that stupid!” Deadpool said, the other two members of Team Red nodded their heads.

“It’s true, over 120 children were rescued because of these 3. It was all over the news, you should have seen the titles, “Team Red, The New Hero’s of New York!” Danny said, doing a playful grand-gesture towards Team Red.

“Wow, that’s great, uh- good job.” Sam said, the whole situation was super awkward but he knew that being nice would eventually have its effects.

“It is indeed a great job, at least one of the 5 of you mortals has enough common sense to know that.” Loki stated, keeping his hands behind his back as he anxiously fidgeted with them. A small anxious bad habit he had gained thanks to what had happened in his past.

“Loki that’s enough.” Pepper looked over at him, the warning was clear in her voice and to the Rogues surprise Loki’s shoulder sagged down in disappointment and he looked away.

“Yeah Loki, that’s enough.” Clint mocked and by god did he really not understand the situation he was in right now? Steve sent his own warning look towards the archer.

“Clint man, come on don’t try and piss them off.” Sam said, his shoulders were raised and he looked ready to either punch Loki in the face or turn towards the door and start running for the hills.

“Don’t you all see what’s going on here? Loki clearly has them all under some mind control spell.” Clint hissed, obviously thinking connected the dots which made the rest of the Rogues look at Loki like they were ready to try and jump him. Clint reached for another arrow in his pocket but realized that he had run out.

“Do not play me for a fool mortal, I am fully capable of bringing back the dinosaurs and commanding them to eat you.” Loki sneered, raising one of his hands to produce a small green flame in the shape of a T-Rex.

“No no no, double no, and no with a side of fuck that shit. For one- no bringing things back from extinction. Two, Barton if you don’t get your head out of your ass I am more than welcome to have FRIDAY lock every door in this building, then you’ll have fun getting around. Nobody here is under any sort of mind control.” Tony said, his voice started off with a slight panic but ending in a threatening tone.

[I would be more than happy to do that Boss.] FRIDAY happily responded, earning sputtering laughter from Harley.

“I can assure you that no one here is under any type of spell.” Stephen said, the Cloak on his back perked up at the lie because it already knew that Stephen had put a revoking spell on Wanda in case she tried to read someone's mind. Clint didn’t look like he believed him for a single second.

“Fuck, I kinda wanted to see dinosaurs. Do you think if a T-Rex ate me I would just constantly regrow inside their stomach or would I digest fast enough to come out as their shit?” Deadpool asked much to the disgust of literally everyone in the room.

“Well An adult human would be too big for a dinosaur to swallow whole, so chances are reasonable that you would be ripped into two more-manageable morsels. I’d say you would probably just keep getting digested in the stomach.” Bruce mumbled and nobody even bothered to ask why he knew that.

Loki blew out the flame in his hand and it took the form of a beautiful dark green dagger, if a fight were to break out he would rather already be armed than not. 

Loki would rather die than admit it but the Avengers Compound was one of the places he really ever felt like he wasn’t in danger, and now there will be people who want him killed living with them!

Yeah, anyone would be able to understand why he’s not very happy. He can’t even imagine what Stark was thinking at the moment.

“I don’t wanna be here Steve, can’t we go back to Wakanda?” Wanda asked, she put both of her arms under her chin so it sorta looked like she was praying but her hands were in fist. Steve looked at her and opened his mouth to respond but was very quickly cut off.

“No. As Warrior and protector of Wakanda as well as King I have made it so it has already been written that you all are no longer allowed on Wakanda soil. My people do not feel safe with you on their lands and as king I look out for my people.” T’Challa said, his tone no longer one of a friend but one of a king that was not to be messed with.

“Wakanda wasn’t some place you could just put your feet up and relax, it was a place for you to stay so the other countries of the world felt safe knowing you were under the highest supervision at all times and were nowhere near them.” Shuri said, she didn’t look nearly as intimidating as her older brother but her words stung.

“You guys do know that you literally can’t go anywhere right? You’re lucky Tony even agreed to see your ungrateful ass! He has hundreds of places he could be right now but he choose to see you! Nobody is going to take pity on the rogues because no one wants anything to do with you guys!” Harley shouted, finally at wits end. Sam looked deep in thought for a moment before speaking up.

“What do you mean exactly when you say we can’t go anywhere?” He said cautiously, it was clear that he wasn’t sure if he wanted the answer or not.

Harley looked ready to bash his head into a wall but before he could continue his yelling rant Matt stepped in, using the voice he usually would when he was dealing with a client, not that he would ever accept these scumbags.

“What Mr. Keener means is that you are not welcome in any country other than the USA, and even that’s on thin ice. Canada, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Ukraine, South Korea, France. 117 countries don’t want want you on their soil and have threatened to shoot any of you on sight. NATO agreed that you are only ever allowed to be in America and even then you’re on a short leash because you will constantly be monitored.” Daredevil said, smirking when the rogue’s heart beats increased even more.

“Sokovia has agreed to let you stay here but they said that the moment you step out of line Wanda Maximoff will be shipped off for them to deal with.” Matt continued, he heard a sharp inhale from Wanda and could practically feel the sudden fear radiating off her.

Wanda knew full well that if she were to go back to Sokovia they would have her killed. She had outright murdered so many of their citizens that there was no doubt nobody would bat an eyelash at her death.

“The people of Wakanda did not feel safe with you being welcomed into their home after the news of what has been happening got out. Your friend Bucky Barnes is the only one who they all agreed could stay and he has been given Wakanda citizenship which is the reason he is not with us today.” T’Challa said, looking over at younger sister Shuri who was now talking to Spider-Man. Clint opened his mouth to say something, probably about Bucky but was interrupted.

“Can you believe that Canada won’t even take you in! They all made it very clear that if you crossed to their side of the border they would drag your ass straight back and let the Americans deal with you!” Wade said, sounding like an overexcited child. Being a Canadian himself he was always very proud and made that very clear to all his friends. Harley, Peter and Stephen giggled at Wades choice of wording.

“What are you saying? That we’re stuck here?” Steve demanded as he took a step forward, Sam looked confused but Natasha looked incredibly uncomfortable.

When Harley saw most of the Rogue’s facial expressions he honest to god wanted to take Deadpools katana’s and stab them with it. It was almost like dealing with children and explaining to them why stealing was bad.

“I can explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you!” Harley snapped, not that what he said was hard to understand anyways. He was just dealing with a bunch of idiots, Kylie tried to cover up her laugh at the sassy remark but failed miserably which earned her a few hard glares from the rogues.

Tony agreed with what Kylie said earlier, God give him patience because if God gave him strength he would punch Steve so hard that not even the best doctors could put his face back together.

 “For the love of- yes Rogers you’re stuck here! What the fuck did you think was going to happen?! You all killed hundreds- innocent people in Lagos, Berlin, Bucharest, New York! People are dead Rogers. Dead because you wouldn’t bother to read the damn accords and dead because you guys” Tony pointed towards, Clint, Sam, and Natasha. “couldn’t get your heads out of his ass and you” This time Tony pointed at Wanda who was hidden behind Steve. “decided to mind fuck innocent people and get them killed. I’m not that surprised no country wants you, not even the people of Wakanda can stand you anymore!” Tony shouted, sending a quick apologetic look towards T’Challa and Shuri who didn’t look like they cared very much for the comment.

It was true after all.

Steve was enraged at what Stark said about him and his team, the nerve he had to walk to them like like. “We’ve saved people Stark! Hundreds of people! More than you ever-“

“177 dead and 341 injured.” Spider-Man interrupted, it wasn’t loud, not a shout noir a whisper. But everyone heard it and turned towards the young hero.

“What?” Steve asked, confused by the random numbers the young hero said.

“177 people dead and 341 of them seriously injured in the Battle of Sokovia.” Spider-Man said and Steve felt his mind blank. 177- no, no no no no no. 177 people dead…? He didn’t think it was that bad.

“I’ve been Spider-Man for over two years and I count every people i’ve gotten seriously injured and how many deaths had happened while I fight. Do you wanna know how many?” Said Spider-Man, the rest of the Avengers looked curious to what the kid was going to say. Steve found himself nodding his head before he realized he was doing it.

“5 dead and 7 badly injured. You killed more people- innocent people in a few days I have ever to anybody my time of being a vigilante, and deep down I know that the deaths weren’t even my fault but despite that I still blame myself. You wanna know what happened?” The kid asked again, this time he sounded like he was going to wait to see whether Steve wanted an answer or not but this time it was Sam who nodded his head.

“Um… it was the only time Spider-Man ever teamed up with the police. There were 8 police officers with me and we were on a drug bust and when he all entered the building there was gas- gas everywhere and-“ Spider-Man stopped talking do a moment, his voice sounding like he was fighting off tears. He stared at a nearby wall as he spoke.

“The suspect was supposed to be alone in the building but he had his kids with him- his son and daughter, neither of them could’ve been older than five years old… And *sniff* rather then surrender and face a few years in prison he dropped the lit cigarette he was using. *sniff* I wasn’t able to stop it and- and I didn’t react fast enough because the gas lit on fire and started to spread everywhere… and because of the chemicals in the room mixed with the fire there was an explosion.” Everyone could already tell where the story was about to go but nobody had the heart to stop the kids story.

“I tried to block the explosion with my webs to keep the police who had walked into the he room with me safe but it didn’t work very well because the explosion was so big it ripped right through my webs like it was air. *sniff* After the smoke was clear I used one of the officers radio and explained what had happened he that we needed ambulances but when I looked up- *sniff* there was-“ A small hiccup escaped Spider-Man and his shoulders started to shake but and he turned his head to look at the rogues who were all staring at him, waiting for him to continue.

“There were bits and pieces of them everywhere- it was heard to see and I couldn’t- I couldn’t tell what was what but I knew was that it was the dad and his kids and there was fire everywhere I looked *sniff* and my ears were ringing to the point where I couldn’t even hear the other officers speaking to me and right there, right in the middle of all the chaos was the little boys toy, a handmade stitched dragon doll with green scales with black button eyes… *hiccup* it was perfect. completely untouched and somehow despite the fire and explosion there wasn’t even a scratch on it.”

Spider-Man made a choked noise and looked away, the Avengers looked at him worriedly because none of them had ever heard this story before but Spider-Man quickly regained himself and looked back at the rogues, his eyes still narrowed at them.

“The officers, 7 severely injured and one of them- her name was Olivia, she had accidentally inhaled some of the drugs in the room, it was fentanyl. She died less than 5 minutes before the ambulances arrived. 4 dead. 7 badly injured.”

Everyone waited in baited breath as Spider-Man seemed to stop moving entirely, he was as still as a statue and they all waited for him to continue because he had said 5 dead and 8 badly injured before.

Spider-Man took a shaky breath and closed his eyes, he could barley hear Karen trying to get him to calm down.

“Then there was my uncle… we had gotten into a stupid argument and I yelled at him and stormed out of the restaurant. *Sniff* I went shopping to buy myself something to drink while I calmed down and saw someone stealing from the cash register. I didn’t say anything and let it happen because I just thought “So what? It doesn’t affect me.” No one else seemed to notice so I didn’t think it was worth my time to try and stop him…” Spider-Man hiccuped and listened to Karen who was instructing him to take big, deep breaths.

“I hadn’t realized my uncle had been following me… *sniff* he was outside the store but saw what happened through the window and tried to stop the robber when he tried to run away but the robber had a gun on him. If I had only kept my mouth shut and didn’t run out of the restaurant my uncle wouldn’t have followed me into the store and would still be alive and he wouldn’t have died in my arms on the sidewalk.”

“My uncle was the reason I choose the become a superhero. I had the power to stop the robber but I stood by and did nothing and that’s what happened.” Tony stared at the kid in shock and wondered it May knew about this.

“Two months later I found the guy, and I just couldn’t- I couldn’t keep my anger inside and I lashed out…*Hiccup* I stopped pulling my punch’s and I wanted him dead because he had killed someone important to me…”

{Peter, your heart rate has increased by 8.9%, you need to calm down.} Karen said and Peter was glad that no one other than him (and Matt) could be able to hear her.

“But then I realized that if I killed this man then I would be just as bad as him. So I left, i webbed him upside down and called the police to let them know what had happened and to come pick him up.” Spider-Man said, taking deep breaths through his nose.

Peter felt like a tone of bricks had been lifted off his shoulders after telling them that, he knew that Tony and aunt May told him to not keep things bottled up and to tell people how you feel and he never though much of it but he felt like he could float himself off the ground because of how light he was.

“But you.” Spider-Man pointed at them and took a step forward but stopped when the Cloak grabbed his arm and pulled him back a bit. “Killed 177 people, and that’s just the ones we know about! *Sniff* You ruined so many innocent families lives! Are you the ones who had to go over and knock on a young w-women’s door with 3 kids and tell her that she’s now a single mom because her husband was thrown off of a motorcycle by Captain America? No! No you’re not! It’s t-the police who have to go and deal with the mourning family’s of the people that you killed! You act before you think and that is not what a leader should ever do. A leader is someone who looks out for everyone, that includes your teammates, the bystanders, and the enemy.”

Spider-Man took a deep, shaky breath and tried to ignore everyones eyes on him. “With great power comes great responsibility Rogers. You’ve abused that power.”

When Spider-Man finished talking he quickly marched passed everyone and went out the front door, there weren’t many buildings near the Compound like there were in the Avengers Tower so he just decided to climb up the building to get to his bedroom floor. He had said what he wanted to say and he hopped that he had knocked some sense into the rogues but he doubted it.

Also if he stayed with them any longer the rogues would have lost a few teeth.

“Spider-Man!” All of the New Avengers shouted, though it was not in anger but in worry. The Cloak which was no longer on Stephen’s shoulders quickly flew off and went after the web-slinger, ignoring Stephens protest. Dum-E made a serious of freaked out beeps when it’s relic friend flew out of the room.

“Spidey!” Deadpool yelled as he ran out the doors and started following Spider-Man which didn’t make much sense to the rest of the Rogues. They all watched as Daredevil followed Deadpool out the doors but more calmly.

“And there goes Team Red.” Luke muttered, which earned him a slap on the shoulder from Jessica and an eye roll from Danny. Steve crossed his arms and looked at Carol disapprovingly. 

“You can’t even keep you team members in line Carol, how are you meant to lead the Avengers?” Steve asked, his tone stern but also soft and caring like he was talking to a frightened animal. Not showing any care at all for what Spider-Man had just said to him seconds ago. 

Which made the Avengers boil with rage. 

“Okay first off, it’s either. Captain Marvel or Caption Carol Danvers to you Rogers. Secondly, you need to mind your own business because you guys are no longer the Avengers. We are. Lastly, did you not hear anything of what Spider-Man said?” Said Hope, her head was held high and she was still holding Scott’s hand but inside she was boiling with rage at how easily Steve brushed off both the young superhero and her team Leader.

“Yeah, even when the accords are signed you guys won’t just… magically be put back into the Avengers. And have a heart Dude, Spider-Man just poured his little heart out and that’s the first thing you say? Really?” Scott said, avoiding looking his childhood hero (Captain America) in the eyes. He shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot when he could feel Steve’s gaze land on him from the near back of the group.

“Scott right?” Steve asked, giving Scott a warm and welcoming smile when he nodded his head. “I understand was your probably going through but I promise you that if you-“

“No.” Hope cut Steve off, her helmet snapping on. Both Scott and Hope were wearing their superhero outfits.

“No. I don’t wanna hear it and neither does Scott. You’re a bad man Rogers and I won’t have you put false information and promises into my friends head.” Hope snapped, shaking her head and giving Scott’s hand a reassuring squeeze at the nervous look he sent her way.

“You guys see yourselves as hero’s, but you act like villains.” Mantis said in curiosity, tilting her head slightly to the side as she peeked out from behind Drax who was nodding his head in agreement.

“I envy the people who haven’t meet you guys,” Shuri said causing Rocket to smirk and Loki to huff a laugh, when her brother sent her a warning glare she gestured the the Rogue’s as if she was saying “you know you feel the same!”

“Rest in Peace the Rogue’s, how long do you think we can hold May off from going angry mama bear mode on them?” Quill said which made Tony smile and Pepper smirk.

Both Peter and May both had their own rooms in both the Avengers tower and the Compound so the chance of May finding out that the rogues made Peter cry was very, very high.

“I’m not dealing with that women a second time. Let her go at them.” Stephen said seriously, raising his hands up in surrender. The last time he was the one to deal with one of May’s angry rants was when Peter had gotten shot during on of their missions.

And by God that women could be scary. Especially since she was almost just as protective over Peter as she was with Loki and Harley. There was no doubt that Peter would always come first if May could choose but both Loki and Harley were tied for second place no doubt. How they had won their way into the crazy aunts heart nobody has a clue, not even them!

“Anyone that has the name “May” can’t be that bad.” Wanda moodily muttered to Sam who tried to stifle a laugh and crossed his arms. She must have not been as quiet as she thought because all the attention was now on her.

“Trust me that when I say that May is not someone to be messed with, despite her not having powers like the most of us she is no doubt one of the most feared people I’ve ever encountered when mad.” Said Loki with amusement as he examined his nails, Clint glared at the God of Mischief. 

“I don’t give two shits about who “May” is and I still don’t understand why he’s here Stark. He killed thousands of people and mind controlled hundreds! Why is he walking around freely after everything he’s done?” Hissed Clint, suppressing a flinch when Loki’s gaze landed on him. 

Loki put his hands up in mock surrender and shrugged. “Didn’t the witch do the exact same thing? That’s what I was told.” He said, looking at Pepper and Stark for an answer.

Pepper nodded her head and ignored the Rogue’s disagreements with Loki’s comment. Stark cleared his throat to try and get the Rogue’s to shut up and when they did he answered Loki’s question.

“Technically yes she did.” Tony said, when the rogues looked like they were going to argue he continued. “She voluntary wanted to be experimented on Hydra, killed and tortured hundreds of men and women for years in the process. She was sided with Ultron when he was first made and it was her who put the idea into my head to create Ultron so there’s that for starters. Then she decided to switch sides ONLY because she found out that even though she was working with Ultron he wouldn’t keep her and her brother alive so she wanted the world to end but only with her and her brother to be alive. She used to powers to dispose of a bomb and threw it directly at a building killing over 5 citizens in Lagos and and 2 Wakandan rescue workers as well as injuring 20 innocent people.”

Tony took a deep breath and looked at the Rogue’s facial expressions. Sam looked shock, Natasha looked like she already knew all of this, Rogers and Barton looked ready to hit Tony and Wanda was seething in rage. Tony could guess that the only thing holding her back was the fact that even she new she would lose if she tried to start a fight.

“Then, because of the fact that she killed innocent people I was the one dealing with all the people who wanted revenge on her because she killed their family’s. Wanda here decided to go be a prick and throw Vision through 11 floors of the Compound and left him buried under concrete!”

“You had her locked up in a cage Tony! What did you think she was going to do!?” Steve snapped making Tony laugh and look at him incredulously.

“She was under house arrest Rogers! Wanna know why? Because she killed people and a lot of people wanted and still want her dead! I was protecting her and giving her a chance to redeem herself but she decided to be an idiot and throw that chance straight into the nearest garbage! If I knew she was gonna hurt my team I wouldn’t have let her step foot onto my property and let the wolfs have at her! The whole damn reason she was under house arrest was because I was fighting to keep her from being deported back to Sokovia!” Tony yelled, doing a grand arm gesture as he looked at all of the Rogue’s shocked and angered faces.

“In fact at this moment Sokovia has come into an agreement with NATO saying that the moment you’ve overstayed you’re welcome or try to attack us we can and will send you ass straight back there.” Tony hissed, Wanda paled and instantly the magic in her hands disappeared.

Steve’s eyebrows furrowed and he tried to get Tony to understand. “Tony you can’t compare Wanda and Loki together. I know it may not seem like it to you but we did the right thing-“

“A mother came up to me during Civil War Cap.” Tony said nonchalantly and instantly Steve was about to scold Tony for talking about his love life during such an important moment.

“She came up to me and told me straight to my face that her son Charlie Spencer was murdered because of the Avengers, she told me that her son was an American citizen and an early staged engineer...” Tony continued, his mask slipping for just a second before going back. He inhaled sharply through his nose when he felt Pepper’s hand on his shoulder.

“She was a mourning mother who blamed me for her son’s death, she said I murdered him and that the Avengers only fight for themselves.” 

Tony took a look around the room like he was seeing it for the first time, his voice was careless and free but if anyone saw his eyes who were being blocked by his shaded glasses only a blind man wouldn’t be able to see the pain in them.

“But she said something interesting that got me thinking, she said “Who is going to avenge my son?” and I thought about it for a while, I know that people get hurt and die in our battles but I payed for a lot of the damage done by myself along with a little help of S.H.I.E.L.D. So I wondered why that women blamed me and if I really was the cause of her son’s death…”

The New Avengers glared towards the Rogues hardened like wet moulding clay in the desert. No one in the room was relaxed aside from Tony.

“But then I found out that, it wasn’t actually me who killed him but you.” Tony pointed towards Wanda, he was also slightly gesturing towards the rest of the Rogues.

“So for over a year i’ve had to live with the fact that the mother of Charlie Spencer, a young adult still new to the world blames me for a death that wasn’t in my hands AND Charlie Spencer, a now dead man wouldn’t get avenged.”

Tony chuckled darkly and his gaze landed on Wanda and Steve who were standing side by side. Even with the shaded glasses keeping his eyes out of sight his stone cold look could be felt sending a shiver down Wanda’s spine.

“How do you feel about that Steve? Still think you made the right choice!?” Stark shouted in anger, the look on the mother’s face still engraved in his mind.

Steve opened his mouth to talk but he had suddenly found himself without anything to say, he felt bad for the mother and son, he really did but what had happened is Sokovia wouldn’t have happened if…

…if he had kept a better eye on his teammates and had them train more. That must be what the point of Tony’s story was, to train more and help Wanda get better control over her powers! That had to be what Tony meant, right?

“Tony you’re not listening to us man, you can’t compare Wanda to Loki! Wanda was just a scared, misguided kid who didn’t know what to do and Loki is a grown ass adult who knew exactly what he was doing.” Sam said, he looked rather uncomfortable with the whole conversation but felt the need to say something and stand up for Wanda. All the Rogues nodded their heads like sheep.

Tony stared at Sam in absolute shock, the fact that the story he had just told had gone completely ignored by all of the Rogues made his blood boil with rage he had not felt in a long time. 

Thor surprisingly was quick enough to catch Starks angered expression and decided to intervene before a fight broke out, even though he was certain he and his teammates would win it would be rather upsetting to start a psychical fight on the first day of the Rogue’s return.

“I was giving the impression that the age of children for Midguard was 17 and under.” Thor said, and everyone who wasn’t from Earth nodded their head in confusion.

“Oh my lord.” Harley mumbled, sounding absolutely astonished as he pulled out his phone and started texting Peter to ask if he was okay. He smiled when Peter quickly texted back.

“Also, why would it matter if miss Maximoff is underage? Would that decrease the amount of trouble she would be in?” Loki asked, he sounded a mix of curious and angered. 

“Well yes but since Wanda is a 26 year old women and in fact, not a child it doesn’t matter. If she were a kid, let’s say 15 then things would be different and this whole situation would’ve been easier to deal with.” Tony said, the anger was still clear in his voice but an involuntary shiver racking down his body when he saw the red magic at Wanda’s fingertips come closer to him but it quickly retracted back into her palms when Stephen glared at her.

“So because by Midguard terms I would still be considered… underage. If I had said that during one of the council meetings would it have made it easier for the world to forgive me?” Loki asked, successfully for the 3rd time silencing everyone in the room.

Everyone but Thor and Brunnhilde was staring at Loki incredulously, you could practically hear everyone’s jaws hit the floor that’s how quiet it was, even the birds chirping outside seemed to stop chirping.

“W-wait what?” Harley asked as he tried to suppress his own laughter, the silence in the room mixed with everyone’s expressions didn’t make it easy.

Loki looked at all of them in annoyance while Brunnhilde and Thor were just confused on why everyone else in the room was so quiet.

“My friends, did you really not know?” Thor asked in amusement, Brunnhilde didn’t bother to hide her smile at the now uncomfortable look on Loki’s face. He obviously regretted saying anything.

“Norns, don’t tell me you don’t know our Midguardian age.” Loki said, he honestly thought everyone on the team knew already. Tony seemed to be the first one to snap out of his trance.

“How old are all of you? And don’t fuck with me with your Asguardian age I mean in human years.” Tony said, praying to god that he didn’t actually have a minor on the front lines of his team.

“In human years I would be 16, Thor is 23 and Brunnhilde 27. I- my apologies I thought you were already aware.” Muttered Loki, Harley and Shuri gasped in delight and Harley started texting Peter about what they had all just learned while everyone else in the room aside from the Asguardians looked like they had drank a gallon of lighter fluid.

“What the fuck…?” Whispered Sam, it was clear in his voice and on the Rogues faces that they didn’t believe Loki but everyone else did. Especially when Thor and Brunnhilde nodded their heads in agreement.

“Indeed, it is the reason why Loki never excepts any of the drinks you offer friend Stark. By Midguards rules he is still underage.” Thor teased, Loki spun around and pointed an accusing finger in his amused face.

“I will not hesitate to turn you into a tree like last time Thor.” Loki snapped, usually he loved being the center of attention but right now? He would rather fight his sister again. Dum-E beeped unpleasantly at the threat but it was still hidden behind its creator.

Stephen sent Loki a warning look that Loki totally ignored, a green flame popping up in his hand as he continued to glare at his brother who had an obnoxiously big smile on his face.

“I offered a minor a drink, multiple times.” Tony whispered in horror as he remembered how many times he had offered Loki a drink and all of the times Loki declined. Just the fact that Loki was the same age as Peter and Harley freaked him the fuck out. 

Now it made sense why Thor would often dot over Loki. It was because Loki was a literal child with dead parent’s and the only family had left was his big brother Thor!

“Okay that’s enough of that.” Brunnhilde said, not wanting to have to explain to her human friends how Asguardian age works differently than theirs. “We did our introductions, can we leave now?” She said, trying to cut the meet and greet short.

Carol looked at her team and only now noticed that all of them looked just about ready to walk into the elevator and leave the room. She sighed and nodded her head towards all of them.

“Yes, anyone who doesn’t want to stay can leave while Tony, Pepper, Bruce, James and I discuss the living arrangements. Anyone who wants to stay can.” Said Carol, she watched as most of the people in the room started heading towards the elevator. Tony looked rather annoyed that he didn’t get anymore information from the Asguardians and was interrupted but he definitely planned on asking Thor more about it.

Hope and Scott walked into the elevator first while Luke and Danny and Jessica chose to stay, the Guardians of the Galaxy also went into the elevator but not before Quill flipped the Rogues the bird, Nebula decided to stay and Gamora sent her a confused look at Nebula brushed off. T’Challa sent Shuri upstairs and Harley followed her great fully. Thor, Loki and Brunnhilde also went into the elevator and Loki smirked right at Clint while playing with his dagger as the elevator doors shut just to piss the archer off more.

Now the only people in the room were the Rogue’s, Tony, Pepper, Rhodes, Carol, Jessica, Luke, Danny, Dr Strange, Nebula, Bruce, Vision and T’Challa

It still wouldn’t be a fair fight if the Rogues decided to start anything, they no longer had their weapons on them. Also you can’t forget the fact that FRIDAY and Dum-E were also there.

“Well!” Tony said after a long moment of silence, he gave the Rogues one of his shark-like smiles “Let’s get down to the order of business.”

Chapter Text

“Well” Tony said, doing a single clap and bringing his hands in front of himself. “Let’s get this show on the road shall we?” He motioned for Carol to speak. 

“Before I get started on your living arrangements, I would like to first let you all know that Mr. Stark will no longer be paying for any of your things. That includes-“

“Whoa! Hold on, what do you mean Stark’s not paying for our things?! He has more than enough money!” Clint rudely interrupted Carol who kept her expression calm and professional.

“Wow.” Stephen deadpanned, not even looking at any of them as he patted down the wrinkles on his pants. Tony couldn’t see the man's face but he could imagine the blank glare he would have given the Rogues.

Danny, Jessica and Luke all sent each other incredulous looks before Jessica whispered something under her breath that made Danny laugh.

“This is not a laughing matter. Tony has paid for our stuff over the years, why is he stopping now? There’s no reason to.” Steve says, purposely ignoring the look Nebula sent him.

“Oh my god he’s serious…” Danny said in both awe and horror, Natasha raised an eyebrow Bruce backed up a bit from the rest of them when his skin started to shift into a pale green colour.

“Steve you promised everything would go back to normal, Stark should be paying for our stuff.” Wanda whined childishly, her eyes watered as she gave Steve her best puppy eyes to which he immediately agreed with her.

“Tony come on, you have more than enough money to spare… I know after everything that’s happened it’s been a bit rocky but we can move past it…” Steve said warmly and to be honest the way Steve was talking to him was actually starting to make Tony uncomfortable. Pepper grabbed his hand and locked her finger together with his to try and comfort him.

“Oh my god get your heads out of your fucking clouds! Tony’s not your fucking sugar daddy!” Rhodes shouted in frustration at how childish his old friends were acting, Tony was very grateful for his best friend finally cutting in.

Rhodes inwardly gave himself a few pats on the back when the Rogues angered expressions turned into uncomfortable ones, as if they had only now just thought of it.

“Mmh, a sugar daddy is actually a very good way to explain it.” Luke mumbled, making Danny snort and have to psychically look away to hide his laughter.

“Whats a sugar daddy?” Vision asked, slightly lowering himself closer to the ground and tilting his head to the side, his face was the definition of childlike innocence. 

“PFFT-!” Tony put a hand over his mouth to stop himself from bursting out laughing. Danny was not even bothering to hold back his laughter anymore, Jessica snorted and looked away while Pepper gave her fiancé a tired look and turned to face Vision. Stephen’s and Bruce’s shoulder were shaking and they weren’t looking at anyone which was enough proof that they were trying to hold back their own laughter.

“A sugar daddy is… someone who gives you money and gifts but doesn’t expect a lot in return.” Pepper said kindly, not lying but not telling the whole truth either. 

Vision looked at her with confusion written all over his face. “So the Rogues have been living off of Mister Stark’s money for years without giving him anything aside from accompanying him during missions?” He asked, Steve frowned and opened his mouth to say something but Vision continued.

“…And then… during Civil War Mister Stark was trying to help them and at the time he was paying for Miss Maximoff’s actions during the mission gone wrong in Lagos when multiple people were killed because of her. Soon after Miss Maximoff broke multiple floors of the Avengers Tower…” Vision faltered and suddenly looked very unsure of himself.

“…They broke multiple floors in the Avengers Tower because they didn’t read the accords and despite Mister Stark’s warnings to them they ran off which dubbed them to be called the Rogue’s. So after the fight with Rogers and Barnes, they left Mister Stark for dead to freeze to death after Rogers threw his shield through his suit and into Mister Stark’s chest…”

Vision looked like a kid trying to solve an 100 piece puzzle and Tony couldn’t help but wonder what was going through his sons friends head.

“So now after everything they still want to continue using Mister Stark’s money and not give him anything in return but they are also staying in one of his buildings?” Vision mumbled the last part of the sentence and by now he was facing Tony.

“Mr Stark why would you ever want to be a sugar daddy? I see absolutely no benefits to it.”

Tony choked on his spit before he doubled over with laughter. Vision was much too innocent for his own good, he looked at the Rogues who had a mixed of offended and grossed out expressions on their faces.

“That is why Tony is going to… stop being a sugar daddy towards the Rogues because while they live here they will be paying for their own things as well as rent for living here.” Carol said kindly, putting a hand on Vision shoulder and praying to god he wasn’t reading anyone’s minds. She knows he would never do that without permission but…still.

“Wait what?” Natasha questioned, either not believing what she had heard or actually not hearing because she her focus was on Bruce most of the time.

“Jesus…” Rhodes groaned, the helmet of the War Machine suit snapping on. Tony wasn’t technically wearing his suit, the nanotechnology would activate on command either when he got too stressed or if he wanted it to.

“Um… You guys were told that before you came here right…?” Bruce thought carefully before turning to look at T’Challa who looked just as confused as everyone else.

“Do not look at me. I was told by a man named Fury that they were to be sent to this location, we already had plans to move the Rogues to America and let their government deal with them.” T’Challa answered honestly, not even bothering to look at the Rogues as he directed his attention to Bruce and Tony. He obviously thought that Fury had contacted them beforehand and they knew that they would have to explain everything to the Rogues.

Not even T’Challa knew the new living arrangements the Rogues would be living in, not that he cared. He was only staying at the Compound for a few days to be sure that everything was in order and was running smoothly.

Also for the fact that Shuri practically begged him if they could stay for a few days so she could hang out with Peter, Harley and Loki. The 4 of them together were truly a group to be feared when they put their minds together and brainstormed what kind of pranks they should do.

Even after months sometimes he still found pink glitter in his Panther Suit just as a friendly reminder.

Tony groaned and put his head in his hands, of course Fury would be the one to just dump Cap's Team on him and expect his team to explain it all to them instead of doing it for himself.

“Don’t worry, I’ll have a chat with Fury once this is all over. I’m sure he has a very reasonable explanation for not saying anything.” Pepper said smoothly, her voice and relaxed posture was nothing compared to the rage in her eyes.

They almost felt bad for Fury.

…Almost.

“So wait- you aren’t paying for our things AND we have to pay to live here?! Tony come on, now you’re just being petty!” Clint started complaining, obviously not happy with what he was told and everyone else on Team Cap looked ready to back him up.

“…I think this group of humans are the only things that are impossible to underestimate.” Nebula said with no emotion in her voice, Rhodes and Bruce both muffled their laughs into their hands.

“Do not insult me and my teammates.” Steve said harshly, not that the blue alien robot women seemed to be bothered by him at all.

Steve was starting to feel ridiculous, after Vision's little speech and everyone laughing and just taking things as a joke- maybe Clint was right in the first place. Maybe they were under control by Loki and that was the reason they were all acting like this.

He made sure to keep that idea in the back of his head, it seemed most likely to be true at the moment.

“Wait, so we need to pay for our own things now…? As in like get a job?” Sam asked anxiously, it was clear that he knew the odds of getting a job were low.

Carol nodded her head in confirmation. “That is correct, you will all have to pay for your own things, that includes living here, food, water, the hydro bill, your weapons damage repairs, and anything that you buy will be out of your own money.” She said seriously, giving Rogers a look that practically dared him to say something.

Which he did.

“Tony come on… can’t we just put this all behind us?” Steve said- practically begged which actually made Tony hesitate for a second before shaking his head. No. No. Steve wasn’t his friend. Friends don’t try to kill each other and friends definitely do NOT leave the other in a desperate time of need.

“Are you out of your damn mind?! You left him for dead on Sokovia! If it weren’t for the tracker in his suit he wouldn’t even be alive because of you!” Pepper shouted, trying oh so hard to contain her anger because she knew it would get them nowhere.

She saw red when she noticed Wanda trying her best to hide a smile.

“Peps right.” Tony quickly said, taking off his glasses and putting them in his pocket. “I’m not paying for any of your shit anymore, you’ll have to pay for your own things like adults. I know it’s probably hard for you guys but I believe in you.” He said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

“Since I’m not a monster you will get one month free of rent, that means that I will pay for your food, water and the electrical bill. By the end of the month hopefully you will all have jobs so you will have to start paying with your own money or I will cut it off. I don’t care if you become a mailman, a pizza delivery person, a stripper, I honestly could care less. However if you break anything you will have to pay for it yourselves so be careful because most of the things here are worth more than you’ve made in your entire lives.”

Tony took a deep breath and collected his thoughts, he had originally written a script and read off of it for weeks but somehow he had completely forgotten all of it.

“If you either don’t pay, whether it’s because you guys do not have enough money or you are outright refusing the pay me back I will cut off everything and you will be kicked out of the Compound.”

Carol signalled for Tony to stop talking which he did, he was grateful that someone noticed his anxiousness and decided to step in for him

“We will have a talk with Fury later and then we can discuss your weapon situation but as far as I’m concerned anything that is Stark technology will be returned here. Your stuff is exactly the way it was before you left and has just been moved to your new rooms.” Carol said, her posture was relaxed and tense at the same time so not even Natasha could tell what her next move would be.

[Boss, Eddie and Venom politely request if they can order more pig brains, we seem to have just run out.] FRIDAY said, Tony looked up at the nearest camera and the rest of the Rogues looked at Tony accusingly.

Wow. Perfect fucking timing.

Tony huffed a laugh and ignored the look Steve and Clint were sending him, he looked at Danny who instantly gave him a thumbs up. “Yeah FRI, let them know that it’s okay as long as Venom stays out of the fridge.”

[On it Boss.] FRIDAY quickly responded, Pepper watched as the light on the security camera in the corner of the room turned green which meant that Shuri was watching from the cameras. 

[Boss, they wanted me to tell both you and Danny that they greatly appreciate it and are sorry for bothering you.] FRIDAY spoke again, relaying Eddie’s and Venom's message. Tony smiled and waved it off.

“Its cool, just don’t let Eddie stress himself over it.” Tony said seriously, Eddie always hated when Tony or Danny spent money to keep him and Venom fed. 

Everyone tried to make it clear to Eddie that it was fine but for some reason the man couldn’t help but feel like he was taking Tony and Danny for granted, that in itself was a clear sign that Eddie needed help and support. Eddie has some serious anxiety issues and was jittery around everyone, Venom was always there to help calm Eddie down but still.

Most of his teammates felt as though they didn’t deserve to use Tony’s or Danny’s own money, that was proof that they were all more than trustworthy.

“So what? They get to use your money but we can’t? Playing favourites now Stark or are you really just that petty?” Clint sneered, taking a step forward to try and intimidate the man.

Which he did not. 

“I don’t give money to people who either hate me, or want me dead, OR people who have tried to kill me in the past! Plus, when you have an alien that needs to eat brains to survive and will, if it gets hungry enough, eat human brains you don’t really care how much money you spend as long as your head is off the menu.”  Tony joked, he knew that Venom wouldn’t eat any of them.

“IT EATS HUMANS?!” Steve demanded loudly, it was official, Tony had gone insane if he was letting something that ate humans on his team.

“No! No. Well I’m pretty sure Venom is a he and erm… well not its not Eddie thats eating them technically- but never mind. Venom has a very strict diet and needs a certain chemical that can only be found Chocolate and brains called phenethylamine in order to survive.” Bruce quickly explained, not wanting a fight to break out.

“Me and Tony both do our fair share of spending money on Venom and Eddie because they have a very, interesting diet.” Danny jumped in on the conversation, obviously feeling left out.

“Sorry, who are you again?” Sam questioned, he watched as Danny’s happy expression faltered for a moment before coming back.

“Hi! Once again, I’m Danny Rand but I’m known as Iron Fist in battle. I’m one of the four members of the Defenders and am one of the only 3 billionaires of this team!” Danny said, he looked more at ease than he did before and he had some of his childish personality back which made everyone on Team Iron Man smile.

“You’re a billionaire?” Wanda asked greedily, this was perfect. With 2 billionaires she could get whatever she wanted, all she had to do was act. Steve and Clint always gave her what she wanted.

Jessica’s and Luke’s eyes narrowed at Wanda when they noticed the look she was giving their teammate, Jessica wasted no time in grabbing Danny’s shoulder and pulling him backwards so he was now near the back of the group.

“Hey!” Danny protested but he shut up at the deathly glare Jessica and Luke gave him.

“I do not mean to brag but I am by far the richest person in the room.” T’Challa said, smirking when both Tony and Danny turned around and looked at him in betrayal.

“No, you might be the richest when it comes to resources because you're king of a very rich country but when it comes to money? Pretty sure I win that one.” Tony said, he put on a thinking face and ignored the incredulous look Danny sent his way. 

“Heh, Tony you know I don’t choose favourites and have nothing against you but T’Challa is for sure the richest out of all of us.” Danny said, rubbing the back on his neck and giving Tony an apologetic expression.

“It is true, I am sorry to say that you are stuck in second place in this scenario my friend.” T’Challa chuckled at the affronted look Tony gave Danny and him before crossing his arms and mumbling something he couldn’t hear.

“T’Challa is the richest.” Bruce said mater-of-factly. “Don’t let Stark trick you into thinking otherwise.”

“Hey, 2nd place is better than 3rd!” Danny said cheerfully, gasping and doubling over when Jessica elbowed him in the ribs.

“Yeah. Let’s not talk about who is the richest in front of the poor people.” Rhodes commented, Danny barked out a laugh before profusely apologizing to him.

Tony snorted and shook his head. “Yeah, let’s not talk about this in front of the Rogues.” He said, clearly pointing out to everyone that the Rogues were poor.

“Back on the task at hand…” Carol interrupted, a smirk playing at her lips when Tony and Danny groaned. “Before I continue do you guys have any questions?” 

Clint honest to god raised his hand and then spoke before Carol called out to him. “Yeah I have one, where are my wife and kids?! I’ve been gone for over a year and I didn’t get a single phone call from them, I tried calling them hundreds of times but I never got an answer! What did you do to them Stark?” Clint demanded, stepping forward to try and get into Tony’s personal space but he was harshly pushed away by Nebula.

“Perhaps if you give the man some space instead of practically humping his side he could give you an answer” Stephen said lightly, once again putting his hands behind his back only to startle himself when he remembered the the Cloak of Levitation was no longer there.

Clint’s face turned red but Natasha’s hand on his shoulder stopped him from saying anything in return. Instead he kept his gaze locked with Tony’s and waited for him to speak.

Tony didn’t look at all shocked or amused with Clint outburst, if anything it seemed to piss him off because Tony took a big step forward towards Clint. Everyone else on his side doing the same

“I didn’t do anything to Laura or your kids Barton! You left them in the middle of the night and didn’t tell them anything! I’d be SHOCKED if Laura answered any of your calls! She came up to me first asking about what was happening on the news, ya know, with her husband suddenly being wanted by the government and all.”

Clint opened his mouth to speak but he found that he could not form any words, what Tony was saying was true, even he knew that but he didn’t expect his wife to act this way. Surly she didn’t have the right to take his kids away, right?

“And I already know what you’re thinking, “She’s not allowed to take my kids” but suck it up Barton because it’s too late. She’s moved to a secret location away from everyone, the government gives her enough money and resources so her kids can get a good education- a great fucking education because your kids are smart and she’s already filed and submitted the divorce papers.”

Tears formed in Clint's eyes, his kids- his babies and his wife didn’t want to see him anymore? But that didn’t make sense, he did NOTHING wrong he didn’t do ANYTHING to deserves this!

“Shut up I’m not done talking” Tony snapped when Clint opened his mouth again to speak, Natasha glared hatred towards Tony. He’s already screwed up their lives so much but now he had ruined her best friend's relationship with his wife and kids!?

“Laura has full custody of the kids and there is nothing you can do about it, neither her nor her kids want to see you because you left them in the middle of the night without even saying goodbye! You didn’t even bother to leave a note and you didn’t accept any of your wifis calls!”

“Mr Barton I know this is probably a lot for you to take in so we will continue to discuss this later. Perhaps if we are lucky we can get you in contact with Laura and your kids.” Carol said calmly, that seemed to shut Clint up quickly. He nodded his head and didn’t say anything more, wiping away the stray tears from his eyes.

“I also have a question. Why are you all so calm with Loki on your team, as you said before he’s on the front lines because he’s one of the only medics on your team. You would assume that you would be more cautious about letting a mass murder on your side Tony.” Natasha said, raising an eyebrow when most of Tony’s team stiffened.

Carol cleared her throat, sending a look to her team to let them know she would answer this. “Miss Romanov, as we have already discussed before, Loki has been with us for over 2 years and has proved himself to be more than trustworthy to be on our team. If you would have the time and let us talk we can tell you that the alien invasion in New York wasn’t actually his fau-“

“He deserves to rot in hell! And if it weren’t for that stupid gem he had, my arrow would have struck him and he would’ve been there already.” Clint cut Carol off in anger, seeming to completely forget what she told him only seconds ago.

“Isn’t that a valid reason to kick them out? They’ve already tried to kill one of us.” Luke whispered to Jessica and Danny, Jessica smirked while Danny’s mouth went into an o shape and he looked at Jessica curiously.

“We’ll talk about that with everyone else, I’m pretty sure FRIDAY has been recording this whole thing so I like our odds.” Jessica quickly whispered back, mouthing “later” to Pepper when she turned to look at them in curiosity.

“I can’t believe you would try to kill a minor, shame on you Barton. Shame on you.” Tony said, shaking his head from side to side. There was humour there that only Pepper, Rhodes, Jessica and Stephen picked up on. Pepper quickly turned to him and grabbed his attention.

“Tony we will need to discuss Loki’s age later today, I don’t know how to feel with him being underage and at at the front lines during battle.” Pepper said worriedly, her motherly instincts kicking in at the mention of Loki.

Tony seemed to notice Pepper's anxiousness because he was quick to soothe her. “Don’t worry Pep, I don’t exactly feel very heroic with a minor on the front lines of battle either. We’ll discuss this later okay?” He asked, smiling when Pepper nodded.

It was true though, both Tony and Pepper didn’t know how to feel with Loki only being Peter’s age, even if he was hundreds of years old he was still considered a child to Earth. Something deep within Tony sparked, it was an emotion that he’d only felt for Vision, Harley and Peter and he instantly knew what was gonna happen.

Fuck it. Why not, looks like he has a new member to the Stark family.

“You guys don’t actually believe that Loki is a child right? The guy who tried to take down Earth? The same guy who mind controlled Clint? He’s a murderer!” Sam said in confusion, he didn’t understand why they were all believing Loki’s word over theirs. 

Sure they fought against each other once, but at least they didn’t kill hundreds of people!

“Watch it ostrich. A bird's useless once its wings are clipped so tread carefully.” Warned Stephen, flexing his hands into fists out of habit. The feeling of not having his Cloak with him was slightly putting him on edge, he was always so used to the Cloak hovering around him and demanding attention like a child that it was weird for it not be be there.

“No, Sam is right. Why are you all believing Loki? He’s the God of Lies, it’s in his name.” Natasha said, she stood tall and her expression stayed blank.

“That’s enough.” Carol spoke, her voice had the tone of a leader which made everyone’s attention snap to her.

“We’re getting off track, if you don’t have anymore questions I’ll continue. Rogers, I know that this will be a big change for you and your team but you need to suck it up. You’re no longer living in luxury, deal with it. I will not have you all doubting my teammates capabilities and trust just because you do not trust him.” She said, not breaking eye contact with Steve as she spoke

“Now, there are some new rules that you will see once you’ve read the Accords. If you were to break any of these rules you will be instantly banned from the Compound and we will have Fury come pick you up.” Carol said, sending shivers down some of their spines.

“Rule number one is the most important rule. No fighting unless it is in the training area. If you are caught attacking or harming one of my teammates there will be hell to pay.” Carol said seriously, she may be the leader of the New Avengers but she didn’t know all of the rules in the accords so she quickly motioned for someone else of her team to talk.

“The rules are all in the Accords, when you read them you will know the rest.” Vision raised himself higher off the ground, keeping his gaze above Wanda’s head instead of looking at her.

Stephen froze when he felt the binding spell he put on Wanda break, the spell was meant to make sure she was unable to use her power to harm others.  He could feel the mind protection spell he put on her still perfectly intact which was somewhat a relief. He looked at her and took in her facial features, she didn’t look like she did anything or even knew of the spell, her full attention was on Tony and Danny.

“Uh… if you have any weapons on you that is Stark Technology please return it and put it into the basket over there. Once you do that we can get started on signing the accords.” Bruce said, finally finding his voice. He pointed to a basket that was sitting on the ledge of Kylie’s desk.

[I’m sorry to interrupt Boss but Mr. Brock seems to be having a panic attack, Daredevil has secretly asked for your assistance in the matter.] FRIDAY spoke again and Tony didn’t know whether he was relived or horrified now that everyone’s attention was on him.

Tony knew Brock the most out of everyone and the two of them were actually good friends, they had a similar sarcastic attitude and the same type of humour practically built into them so it was easy for them to tell when something was wrong with the other. Venom also had a habit of blurting things Eddie would think or feel out loud much to Eddie’s horror.

Inwardly Stark knew that Matt could hear the conversation and his racing heartbeat from all the way upstairs and was just giving him a get out of jail free card. Which he would gladly be taking thank you very much.

He made a mental note to actually thank Matt later.

“Okay, thanks for telling me baby girl I’ll be up there soon. Anyways, let’s hurry this up people!” Tony said, clapping his hands together as if that would speed up the process. He knew that Matt heard him which is why he didn’t ask FRIDAY to relay the message.

“God, Stark’s new teammates must really be useless.” Wanda whispered to Steve and Clint who nodded their heads in agreement.

Stephen snapped his fingers and a pile of papers fell into his arms, he walked forward with the confidence of someone who had just been promised by god himself that he would be protected and handed the papers to each member of the Rogue’s.

“This is the Accords, please read through them this time instead of just assuming you know what it says.” Stephen said sarcastically, Pepper quickly and quietly moved towards Kylie’s desk.

“May I please take some of these? I promise to return them.” Pepper said, pointing to a cup that had about 10 pens in it. Kylie looked up from the computer she was using and gave Pepper a smile that could almost match Peter’s. It was clear that the girl was anxious with the Rogues being here based on the way her leg kept moving up and down.

“Of course, take as many as you’d like.” Kylie responded kindly, she was glad that Pepper had asked instead of just taking them like most people would.

Pepper smiled at Kylie and took 5 pens from it, one for each member of the Rogues. She handed each of them one and gave them a shark like smile that none of her teammates could see.

“As Dr Strange said before, please read them this time before assuming you know what is on the paper. If you sign the paper with anything except your name you will instantly be kicked out.” She warned, her voice was a whisper was she could tell they got the message based on the way most of them paled.

“This is way more papers than before!” Clint said in shock as he looked down at the pile of papers in his hands, he looked at his teammates to see if he was going crazy or not.

“Some rules were changed, we made it more adjustable for everyone.” Carol commented, when she said “everyone” she actually meant the younger members of her team but she wasn’t about to tell them that.

“We just added some rules, aside from that nothing much has changed.” Bruce said, quickly looking Natasha in the eyes before turning his head away and averting his gaze onto something else.

“Oh great, instead of fixing the stupid papers they wrote more rules.” Wanda muttered, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms.

Natasha decided now was her time to shine, she took a step forwards and put the papers under her arm. “T’Challa why would-“

“King.” T’Challa said, cutting Natasha’s sentence off with so much venom in his voice it actually made some of his teammates take a small step back. Natasha swallowed and nodded her head in apology.

“King T’Challa, I thought you said you disagreed with the accords, what’s changed your mind?” Natasha corrected kindly, the words tasting like acid in her mouth.

T’Challa stepped forward and glared Daggers at Natasha, obviously not amused with the Russian spy.

“Do not twist my words Romanov. I said that I agreed to the accords but not of the politics. Two people in a room can get more done than one hundred.” T’Challa said coldly, his back straightening so he was at his full height.

T’Challa could remember that day well, it was the day his father was killed and Wakanda had lost one of their best kings.

And unknown to him, gained a better one.

Nobody was prepared when a large explosion of Red magic suddenly erupted from the palm of Wanda’s hands, most of the New Avengers quickly got into their battle positions and tried to shake off the wave of nausea that washed over them.

Luckily for the New Avengers, Tony, Pepper, Rhodes, Luke, Carol, and Bruce were mostly unaffected from the explosion, they were pushed back a lot but they didn’t hit the walls like their unlucky teammates. Tony, Pepper and Rhodes because their suits stopped them before they could, Luke because of his super durability, Carol because… well she’s just that awesome and Bruce was mostly okay and just looked a little dazed now- OKAY never mind Hulk is here and he looked pissed.

Tony vaguely caught Kylie’s scared expression as the young girl tried to duck and hide behind her desk but was too late and was also flown into the wall behind her from the force of the explosion. Unlike everyone else she was the only one who got knocked out from the blow.

‘Look on the bright side…’ Tony thought sarcastically as the alarms started going off and he watched Vision, Danny, Jessica, T’Challa, and Dr Strange all fall to the ground from the forced of the explosion, his unharmed teammates all stood up and got ready for a fight, already knowing the rest of their team were well on their way. ‘At least Stephen’s mind controlling spell is still working so Wanda can’t control us…!’

That was when the Cloak of Levitation flew in through an opened window and threw itself at Wanda with bullet speed, wrapping itself around her head, while forcefully and repeatedly slamming her head into the hard floor tiles as she screamed.

With The Others

“No- Levi I’m fine I promise. I just needed some space.” Peter tried to reassure the Cloak of Levitation, Tony and himself had nicknamed it Levi a few months ago and the Cloak didn’t seem to mind the same so they stuck with it.

“The tale you told was one of a mighty warrior man of spiders!” Thor said, trying to cheer Peter up in his own special way.

Peter nodded his head, a ghost of a smile on his face. “Yeah… I just- I needed to get away from them or I- I would’ve-…” Peter made an angry noise when he couldn’t find the right words, the Cloak quickly tried to wipe away his tears making him huff a laugh.

“You would have stopped pulling your punches?” Matt asked softly, remembering the words his younger teammate used.

Peter paused and thought about it for a second before nodding his head, he pulled his knees up to his chest and rested his chin on his knees. “Yeah…” he mumbled, slightly pushing away the Cloak of Levitation when it tried to get close and comfort him.

“If we’re punching people I call that archer. What was his superhero name again? Pigeon poop?” Quill asked, making Harley and Peter let out a few giggles.

“No, it was Hawk-eye.” Mantis corrected, obviously not catching on that Quill messed up his name on purpose and was making fun of the archer.

“I think bird brain would be a better suited name for him, and if we’re attacking anyone I would like to request using my daggers.” Loki helpfully commented, flipping a page in his book as he listened to Illusion purring in his lap. He gave the cat a small scratch behind the ear making her let out a small “meow” that made Thor go “aww”.

“Nobody is attacking anyone, as much as we don’t like it the Rogues are stuck here either until Fury can find someone else to put them or until they break the rules and get themselves kicked out.” Hope said, it almost sounded like she was suggesting the idea for some reason.

“I really, really hate Rogers.” Scott said, there was a thick layer of emotion in his voice that everyone picked up.

“I mean- don’t get me wrong I have no doubt that everyone here dislikes the guy but- he was my childhood hero. I had posters of him in my room, I wished to be like him.” Scott continued, everyone stopped talking and let the man vent.

The Rogues being here probably put more stress on him compared to most people aside from Tony and Loki.

“Did you know that when they came to me I was with Cassie when Black Widow and The Falcon came over? They started going on about how me joining them was for the greater good but I refused. When I told them no they threatened to take Cassie away and said that I had 24 hours to decide. Only a few hours later Mr Stark called my phone and told me his side of the story, when I told him what happened he gave Cassie and I a safe place to stay for a few weeks until it all blew over, h-he said that I didn’t need to fight on either side because it was my own choice. Who knows what would’ve happened if he didn’t come along.” Scott said, his voice was wet with emotion as he held back tears. He could still remember holding his little girl that same day and praying to god that she would be safe.

Hope scowled and wrapped her arm around Scott, she knew how much Cassie meant to Scott, Cassie was Scotts whole world and she had no doubt that if Tony didn’t call him he would have sided with Captain America’s team to keep her safe.

“The Falcon guy already hated me before so he was more than glad to scare me. He was the one who brought up the idea of finding a way to never let me see Cassie again. Something about framing me for doing something bad like dealing drugs…” Scott continued, he winced at the memory and tried to remind himself that Cassie was safe, under the protection of the Accords.

“Hey um… I don’t mean to pry but… what are they talking about?” Peter shyly asked, wanting to change the sour and depressed mood. He looked in between Matt and Shuri. He knew that Shuri had access to the cameras on her phone but he also knew that it didn’t come with the microphone so she was basically watching them on mute and just trying to read lips.

“Pepper is currently trying to explain to Vision what a sugar daddy is.” Matt said, silencing everyone in the room as they looked at him with unbelievable expressions.

“What is a sugar daddy?” Loki asked, he fumbled with his book when all of people who lived on Earth either turned to look at him in horror or laughed.

“Never mind, I don’t want to know.” Loki quickly dismissed his question, scratching Illusion behind her ear which made her lick his hand. Loki fought back a smile when he saw Thor looking at him.

“Will you stop looking at me like that you insufferable dolt?” The God of Mischief snapped, waving off Thor with one hand as he scratched Illusion with the other and used his magic to make his book float in place. Thor just gave him that smile he always did and looked away to talk to Brunnhilde who for the first time today didn’t have a bottle of beer or whiskey in her hand.

“Peter what is a sugar daddy?” Gamora whispered to Quill which made both Matt and Quill choke on their own spit. Matt quickly schooled his expression though Quill could see the mirth in his eyes.

“Do you want the clean version or the adult one?” Quill whispered back, Peter quickly plugged his ear and wildly shook his head.

“Let’s not talk about it please! Some of us have super hearing!” Peter loudly pronounced which made everyone laugh at their youngest member's childish antics.

“I could not see them as heros.” Mantis suddenly spoke, sitting on the carpet in front of the TV and fidgeting anxiously with her shirt, these people didn’t look like hero’s, and didn’t act like hero’s, so they must’ve been some pretty bad hero’s.

“Yeah well they can kiss my ass for all I care.” Quill said seriously, yeah sure, he thought the rogues were assholes but he didn’t think they were THAT bad. Gamora leaned down and kissed him on the cheek making him grin bashfully and look the other way, he still wasn’t used to his girlfriend 

“That was the scariest 20 minutes of my entire life.” Scott said, he sounded breathless even though he has been sitting on the couch for the past 5 minutes.

“Agreed, I hope Mr Stark is okay…” Peter said worriedly, he forced his body to relax and just laid back so he was completely on his back while on the ceiling.

“That was more awkward than when we all went to a Team Red lookalike contest and lost.” Wade muttered, smiling when Peter snorted and seemed to relax.

“I can hit you and make it look like an accident.” Matt deadpanned which made Scott put a hand over his mouth to muffle a laugh, even though he knew Matt could hear it anyways.

Peter laughed at the memory, he could remember how angry Matt was when his lookalike winner was an 8 year old in a red painted cardboard outfit.

“Hey you guys.” Deadpool loudly said, turning his head so he was now facing the readers. “Yeah you guys, I bet you 10 bucks that these Rogues do something dumb on the first day that gets them kicked out.” He said, hopping onto the table and swinging his legs like a kid at a bench waiting for his parents.

“Uh… who are you talking to?” Gamora asked, genuinely confused to why Deadpool was talking to nobody. Hope and Scott both looked at Deadpool curiously to see what his response would be.

“Well my adoring fan of course! Who else would I be talking to? Jesus?” Wade asked incredulously, as if he wasn’t just talking to thin air a moment ago. Everyone looked away, they knew that their teammate was a little bonkers but DAMN.

“Ignore him, he does that a lot.” Matt said and everyone listened to Matt, he was usually always right and they all knew that it was better to not ask. Peter didn’t look bothered at all, already used to Wade talking to himself. He hit Wade with his walking stick when he sensed the man open his mouth to make a snarky comment.

“Ow-! Christ almighty! Who pissed in your cereal and why did you eat it?” Wade asked, rubbing his sore head before cackling at the glare Matt sent his way.

“Grow up and stop acting like a child for heavens sake.” Matt grumbled, hitting Wade one more time over the head making Deadpool let out a colourful choice of words that made everyone laugh. 

“Bitch I will fuck you up!” Wade shouted trying to duck away when Matt swung at his head for a third time. Matt gave him an overly innocent look and tilted his head to the side just to complete the look.

“You would attack a defenceless blind man? Shame on you.” Matt said, shaking his head seriously from side to side like he was scolding a child. Wade gasped and immediately Quill started laughing at the affronted look on Deadpool face.

“Defenceless my ass! I’ve see you take on over 20 armed guys by yourself! Back me up Spidey-Baby!” Wade shouted in misery, looking up and sending Peter his best puppy eyes.

Peter resisted the urge to laugh and gave Wade a straight face, his acting skills coming into good use after all those years. He shook his head the same way Matt did moments before and crossed his arms over his chest.

“Threatening an innocent blind man. I thought I knew you better than that Wade.”

Wade gave a long, overdramatic gasp and covered his mouth with his hands as he stared at Peter with utter betrayal which made most people in the room laugh at his antics. “TRAITOR!”

“Humans are a weird species.” Loki observed, as if he hadn’t been living with them for the past 2 years and didn’t already know this. Thor and Brunnhilde murmured their agreements.

“Wait- so are we gonna talk about this age thing? You do know that Tony and Pepper are gonna bring it up again later today right?” Harley asked there was amusement in his voice but also genuine curiosity. Loki groaned and hurried his face deeper into the book he was reading.

“I am Groot!” Groot said with a huff, putting his hands in his lap and looking down at them as if he were in trouble and was getting scolded. 

“Let’s not talk about it, I feel as though that was not something I should have brought up. I thought that you were already aware of my Midguardian age.” Loki said, his eyes anxiously shifting to everyone in the room and checking to see how many people were looking at him. He couldn’t help but feel like he was being judged.

”I’m ordering McDonald’s, does anyone want anything?” Shuri was quick to change the topic when she noticed Loki’s anxiousness, making sure to continue to look through the security cameras through her phone as she made quick glances at everyone. She watched as Dr Strange used his magic and handed all of the Rogues a handful of papers that were no doubt the Accords they needed to sign.

“OH! I want a 10 piece nuggets, but let them know that if there is 9 instead of 10 like last time I will personally walk all the way over there and burn the building down!” Wade said joyfully, everyone panicky turned towards him because they all knew he was being serious.

“Jeez Wade, I thought Canadians were supposed to be nice?” Scott mumbled, moving slightly closer to Hope at the murderous look Wade gave him, the look went from murderous to a happy, childish smile in less than a second though.

“Oh we are! There are certain things that piss us off though like referring us to Americans or saying that America and Canada are the same, calling Canada the 51st state, saying that we say “eh” a lot, telling us we say “a-boot” instead of “about” pisses just about every single one of us off cause it ain’t true, doing a fake Canadian accent because some dumb fucks think it’s funny. Saying our money looks like Monopoly money, Disrespecting hockey…”

Loki sighed and put down the book he was reading, tuning out Wade as he kept enthusiastically talking. “Man of Ants, I am going to stab you once for every finished sentence the man in red says when this is over.” Loki promised, a dark look crossed his face that made Scott wince, even the Cloak of Levitation looked pretty pissed with him at this point.

“Canada is actually known for being the world's number 1 nicest country, and one of the best to live in according to Google!” Everyone sighed as Wade continued to list a whole bunch of things about his favourite country. Once he got started he never stopped and Scott suddenly looked like he very much regretted asking.

“They invented Hockey, Baseball, Basketball, lacrosse, they even invented this wheelchair game that couldn’t give less of a fuck about if I tried but it’s there anyways- OH! It’s also known for, poutine, free healthcare, maple syrup, marijuana, and lots of other things!” Wade laughed and continued listing things while everyone else started to tune out the overexcited Canadian.

“Brother, maybe we should go visit the lands of Canada. Our teammate speaks very highly of it.” Thor said, his enthusiasm only increasing Wades who instantly started talking about the amazing sights and why Thor should go there. Brunnhilde snorted when Loki grimaced and picked his book back up, putting it very close to his face as if that could drown out Wades voice.

“Oh my god someone kill me.” Harley whispered in misery, he liked Canada, he really did, it was a beautiful country and he had been there for vacations lots of times but Wade. Never. Shut. Up. About. It. When. It. Was. Mentioned!

He can’t really blame the man for being proud of his nationality though, which pissed him off even more.

“Canada doesn’t have weapons nearly as strong as America’s military but here’s a fun fact for ya! Canada has some of the best trained military soldiers in the world! Canada also has never actually lost a war- hey! Hey! Hey! Hands off the merchandise!” Wade yelled in shock when the Cloak of Levitation flew in fast circles around him and started patting him down as if it were searching his pockets or seeing if he had any injuries.

“What’s gotten into this thing?” Wade pouted and pushed the Cloak of Levitation off of him. The Cloak didn’t seem pleased, if anything it seemed to get mad as it floated towards the corner of the room and stayed there. Crossing its “arms” as it pouted.

“I said I was sorry Eddie!” Venom yelled as Eddie walked past the living room and went towards the kitchen, he was all jittery and flinched every few seconds like he expected to be attacked. Venom was still partially detached from his shoulder like he was when everyone was introducing themselves to the Rogues.

Loki got startled when Illusion suddenly jumped off of his chest and ran down the hallway, obviously scared by the loud noise Venom created. Everyone watched as Venom and Eddie started getting into a heated argument, not sure whether or not they should stop the platonic couple or let it continue.

“Yeah, well sorry doesn’t cut it anymore V! Do you know how much trouble we would be in if you ate Captain America’s head!?” Eddie yelled back, he made a noise in the back of his throat that sounded like a dying mouse.

“He was acting like a bad guy! We eat bad guys Eddie!” Venom snarled, clearly not understanding the situation.

Eddie facepalmed and whined, trying to figure out how to explain this to Venom without the alien causing havoc.

“V you can only eat bad guys like rapists or Hydra! We made a deal earlier today that you wouldn’t try to eat anyone!” Eddie hissed, obviously agitated but he also looked genuinely tired and stressed.

Venom for his part didn’t know what to say, on one hand he didn’t understand why Eddie was so mad at him, but on the other hand he did almost break a promise he made with Eddie today…

“One wrong move from either of us and we’re toast! The government will drag us off to some government scientists just like Drake so they can do their weird experiments on us the first chance they get!” Eddie shouted, and Venom was started to look more pissed by the second.

“They will kill us just like all of those homeless people before- we- we won’t be able to do anything…! We’ll be nothing more but lab rats for the rest of our lives…!” Eddie’s breathing was becoming worse and worse, his emotions were linked with Venoms so that didn’t help either because now Venom was starting to freak out.

“They will split us a-apart and do their own crazy experiments on us like Drake wanted to do last time! There will be literally nothing either of us can do about it!” Now Eddie was shaking, his breathing was starting to become laboured and he looked on the verge of tears.

“NO! I WOULD NOT LET THEM!” Venom snarled in rage at the thought of someone trying to keep him and Eddie apart.

“I know V, I know… Fuck I’m gonna have an anxiety attack…!” Eddie wheezed, quickly using the wall to support him so he didn’t collapse. Before he knew what was happening heard lots of footsteps and felt a few sets of hands on him keeping him upright, his mind instantly went into panic mode as he tried to get them off him.

“Mr Brock please sit down!” Peter whisper-yelled, not wanting to make the older mans state any worse than it already was.

“Shit!” Eddie’s legs gave out from under him and before he knew it he was being held up by Peter and Loki. Venom used his tendrils to help lower Eddie onto the floor, mumbling “Not again” and “my fault” under his breath as he worriedly hung over Eddie’s shoulder. Eddie on the other hand was whispering about “Riot and Drake” and “Experimenting in labs” and someone named “Annie”.

“Brock I am going to need you to take deep breaths.” Loki stated, his voice wasn’t warm or comforting but firm and controlled as he put his hands on Eddie’s shoulders making Eddie flinch.

“Fuck is he alright?” Harley’s voice echoed around the room, most people either backed up to give Eddie space or moved forward to try and help him.

“FRIDAY, let Stark know that Eddie is having a panic attack and that I request his assistance with the situation.” Matt said quietly, he knew that it was just loud enough for FRIDAY to hear and that nobody else could hear because they were all too focused on Eddie and Venom at the moment.

In full honesty he could hear Tony’s heartbeat from all the way up here and despite how good at acting Stark is, Matt was almost impossible to trick. He could tell that the man a freaking out and Matt was half listening to the conversation downstairs while the other half of him was focusing on what was happening in front of him.

“Everyone back the fuck up, you’re making it worse.” Brunnhilde was quick to snap at her teammates who all nodded their heads and backed up. Everyone except Loki, the Cloak of Levitation and Peter.

“V-Venom try to wrap yourself around him like a weighted blanket.” Scott suggested, he’s had his fair share of anxiety attacks in his life.

“I do not know what a weighted blanket is you moron!” Venom shouted back making Scott shrink in on himself, that didn’t stop the alien from enveloping Eddie’s back so he was wrapped up like a blanket. Eddie’s body got a little less tense but his breathing was still too quick.

“FRIDAY what do we do?!” Peter’s voice was full of concern as he watched Eddie curl in on himself, flinching whenever Loki tried to touch him. He had dealt with a lot of Tony’s anxiety attacks before but he knew that everyone was different so he didn’t know how to handle this.

[My suggestion would be to create small talk, try and get Mr Brock’s mind off of what he is thinking at the moment.] FRIDAY replied, Peter quickly nodded his head but he couldn’t help the awful feeling settling in his gut.

Everyone knew that Eddie was a jumpy, anxious guy. Probably from what he had been through a few years back, nobody blamed him and everyone did their best to try and help the guy but with Venom being so overprotective it was hard sometimes.

Nobody had any bad thoughts towards Eddie and Venom, after all, they had saved their planet from being invaded just like Tony did so anxiety attacks and sudden panic attacks were not an uncommon thing.

Eddie got along great with everyone, same went with Venom but the only difference was that Venom clearly had favourites out of everyone in the team and was not afraid to let it be known. They all just wished that they could help out more, what Eddie and Venom went through was a traumatic experience and Eddie outright refused to go to a therapist so he was practically left to deal with his issues on his own because the only person he really ever opened up too about his problems and emotions were Venom.

“W-Well since we were going to be ordering McDonald’s, do you guys want anything?” Harley asked, pulling out his phone and getting ready to finish putting everyone’s orders in his notes app. If he knew one things that always cheered him up, it was McDonald’s. 

“...Hash browns please...” Both Eddie and Venom whispered from the floor at the same time making everyone chuckle, Harley gave them a reassuring thumbs up and quickly put it into his notes before he started asking what everyone else wanted.

Eddie did his best to focus on everyone else’s voices, he felt embarrassed for having a panic attack in front of his friends but he was happy that they were there for him. He caught sight of one of Venom's tendrils and gently grabbed onto it, letting everyone’s voices slowly bring him back to the real world as he tried to steady his breathing.

The Cloak of Levitation suddenly jolted and started anxiously moving around everyone, doing the same thing to everyone in the room that it was just doing to Wade. When it finishes it quickly waved goodbye and went towards the door Peter entered from before diving out it, surprising everyone in the room before they all calmed down and remembered that it was probably just going back to Stephen.

“That thing still creeps me out.” Rocket stated, not even bothering to glance up at the rude looks everyone gave him.

“The blanket of death is a true fighter, one that should be greatly feared by all enemies.” Drax said seriously making Eddie snort and try to hide his hysterical giggles, everyone knew that the Cloak of Levitation was more like an overexcited child if anything. 

“Dude you gotta stop calling it a blanket because one day either that Cloak or its wizard father is going to snap and one of them will end up strangling you.” Quill said, he rested his head against the couch and dropped an arm over his eyes. He quickly glanced at Eddie and smiled when the man seemed to be calming down a bit, listening in on what they were saying.

“I wouldn’t judge them for it at all, calling a sentient relic something it is not is admirably rude. It would be as if I started calling all humans pigs or ants, it’s offensive.” Loki said, flipping the page in his book.

Peter gasped, his eyes practically sparkling. “Wow! Loki that’s a great way of putting it!” He said, now finally understanding why Stephen and the Cloak got so agitated whenever someone called the Cloak a carpet, cape or blanket.

“That does make sense…” Hope said, she was side eyeing Eddie and Venom but didn’t comment any further and looked away when Venom made eye contact with her. She was still trying to understand Eddie’s and Venoms relationship, from what she understood it was a platonic one.

“Something is wrong…” Venom said which made most of the people in the room on edge, Venom, just like Peter had a six sense of when something bad was going to happen before it did.

“Why do you think Levi just- suddenly left? Do you think it has like, some sort of mind bond with Strange?” Harley asked curiously, Peter opened his mouth to reply but stopped when Shuri gasped.

Shuri looked down at her phone again, she was very thankful that Tony had given her access to the Compound's security cameras, she watched as her brother stepped towards the Rogues and said something that seemed to anger Wanda because red magic escaped from the palm of her hands and-

“What the fuck?!” Shuri screamed, taking out one of the modified guns from her belt that she made and rushing towards the elevator, her phone still in her hand as she kept frantically glancing at it. The light coming from the phone turned red and before anyone knew what was happening Matt put on his mask and was following her towards the elevator.

“Shuri? What’s wrong?” Peter asked as he hurriedly stood up, his spider sense was going haywire but he wasn’t able to pinpoint what was the matter.

At that moment the building started to shake, the emergency alarms started to kick in and everyone jumped up into their battle positions out of habit. Everyone covered their ears and looked at each other, fearing the worst while Deadpool smirked at looked straight at the readers with a look that practically screamed “I told you so”

[Emergency, the Rogues are attacking. Repeat; the Rogues are attacking on floor 1. King T’Challa, Vision, Danny Rand, Jessica Jones and Dr Strange have been injured. Requesting immediate backup.] FRIDAY said, she sounded genuinely panicked. The alarm system got louder as the building started to shake more and Venom and Eddie hissed in pain and Eddie curled in on himself more, bringing his hands to cover his ears as he scrunched up his eyes from the pain.

“FRIDAY TURN IT OFF!” Eddie and Venom shouted in agony, Venom's tendrils started slamming into the walls to try and break the speakers that were inside of them which made everyone either hide or try to dodge them to avoid getting hit. FRIDAY didn’t turn off the alarms but she decreased the volume a lot so it would no longer cause pain to Eddie and Venom.

“Are you alright?” Matt hurriedly asked as he waited for everyone else to get into the elevator, he didn’t get an answer as Venom enveloped Eddie’s shaking figure and loudly snarled in rage. Too angered from the sudden loud noise to let out a verbal answer.

Everyone quickly grabbed and put on their gear and either teleported, (Loki) jump out the window, (Spider-Man Venom, Eddie, Hope, Scott and Deadpool) or ran towards the elevator to get to floor 35 as fast as they could.

Deadpool was the last one to leave, he was about to jump out the window and follow his other teammates but he stopped and looked at the readers last minute.

“You all owe me 10 bucks suckers! I’m gonna be so fucking rich! Whoop!” Deadpool said with a hysterical cackle before pulling out two handguns from his belt and doing a flip out of the window to follow Spider-Man, Eddie and Venom.

Chapter Text

“FUCK!” Tony shouted as he attempted to dodge at Wanda’s magic that was thrown his way, apparently the whack job at the entrance of the Compound had either forgotten or completely ignored their duty because instead of checking the Rogues for weapons like they were supposed to they just let them walk on in.

Fucking lazy piece of shit-

Tony knew that the rest of his team was coming and would be there in a few seconds- probably a minute at the most. He knew that his suit could easily kill all of the Rogues on command but he really, really did not need to deal with that paperwork.

Why on god’s green earth didn’t he equipped FRIDAY with tranquilizers? That was definitely going on his list of things to do.

“Hello man of iron.” Loki casually greeted Tony as he teleported into the corner of the room, Loki used his magic to summon daggers but he faltered at the look Stark gave him.

“Yeah hello to you to Reindeer Games- woah!” Tony quickly flew backwards and blocked an arrow that was heading for Stephen, the man still seemed disoriented from the blast. “No killing Loki! Put those daggers away!”  Tony shouted, somewhat amused when Loki pouted and did as he was told.

“GET OFF ME!” Wanda screamed, pulling and hitting the Cloak of Levitation that was wrapped around her head and was dragging her around the room.

“How did they even get weapons in here?!” Rhodes shouted over all the commotion, he shot his repulser towards Rogers who narrowly dodged it.

“Not sure, we can discuss that later. Try and find a way to restrain them without causing them harm.” Carol said, grabbing an arrow that was sent to her head and snapping it.

“Ugh… ow.” Danny moaned, pulling himself on his knees and holding his aching head in his hands as he tried to blink away the black dots in his vision. He noticed Jessica trying to stand up but falling back down and holding one of her hands to her chest, breathing fast.

“WE GOT A HULK PROBLEM!” Tony yelled, flying higher towards the ceiling when Hulk grabbed a large chunk of the wall and threw it towards Natasha who was quick to avoid it. He watched as Hulk grabbed his head and backed away, clearly fighting over control with Banner.

“Let us help you! We know you’re under one of Loki’s spells!” Steve shouted, ducking down and throwing a piece of rubble at Pepper.

Loki scoffed, forming balls of green magic and throwing them towards Clint as the archer tried to get close to him. “Oh no, you caught me, what ever shall I do?” He asked sarcastically.

“I fucking knew it! Once a villain, always a villain!” Clint sneered, his scowl turning into a smirk when Loki’s eyes widened in shock and faltered for a moment before scowling and throwing magic at him.

“WHATS UP BITCH’S!” Deadpool yelled, busting through a window with Venom as Spider-Man quickly went through an already opened one.

A sickening series of cracks echoed around the room when Deadpool hit the ground, his legs wobbled and instantly gave out from underneath him as he started cursing like a sailor. Spider-Man winced but wasted no time firing his web shooters at Sam, eye lenses widening when Sam somehow saw this coming and hid behind a nearby pillar.

“Superhero landing!” Deadpool cried with both joy and an unbelievable amount of pain as he snapped the broken bones in his legs back into place and stood up.

Scott and Hope also came barreling through the window not a second later, their landing was much more graceful than Deadpool’s. Hope was flying in the air and holding onto Scott’s hand, both releasing the other once they were close to the ground.

“Mhmhmhmhm…” Venom chuckled and walked towards the pillar he noticed Sam was hiding behind. “I wonder how fast you can run? I’ve always liked fast food…” He asked tauntingly, crouching down before punching straight through the pillar, Venom’s smile widened when he heard Sam shout in fear and back away.

“Venom! Don’t do that!” Pepper scolded, quickly pointing to the broken pillar before firing at Natasha as the Russian spy threw some back widow bites at Tony.

Wanda’s frantic shouting and her out of control magic hitting the walls caused the building to violently shake, large chunks of rubble started to fall from the ceiling and Tony’s team wasted no time protecting each other.

“It hasn’t even been an hour! I expected this to happen in a week at most!” Spider-Man yelled, the left foot of his suit had a scratch on it from the broken glass on the floor.

“10 bucks baby!” Deadpool cackled, pulling out one of his katanas and throwing it at Steve when he got too close to Spider-Man.

Deadpool rolled his eyes at the glare Steve sent his way before he turned his head to look at the readers. “Don’t forget you all owe me 10 bucks, if you don’t get the money you lose a limb. Your choice on which one! Put it in the comments!”

“Psychopath…” Tony muttered under his breath, unconsciously eyeing around him to see if anyone was watching them.

Spider-Man squeaked - actually squeaked when one of Clint’s arrows sliced the side of his arm, his Spider sense started going haywire and he quickly jumped to the ceiling to get a better view of everyone.

When Spider-Man saw Kylie laying on the ground he quickly swung over to her, the poor girl had been knocked out by Wanda at the beginning of the battle and was quite literally in the middle of it. Since Spider-Man was mostly on evacuation duty when he went on missions his instincts kicked in and he gently picked Kylie up, quickly swinging out the open window he came in from to get the worker away from the fight and to a safer location.

Hope saw Scott looking at Natasha and Sam, his angered expression mixed in with his anxious one making it clear he didn’t know what to do. She grabbed his hand and ran towards Sam, if he couldn’t choose which one to fight she would.

“So… they’re not staying here anymore right?” Scott said into the coms, shrinking down and punching Sam in the jaw as Hope moved at the speed of light as she grabbed his hand and lifted him up when Sam tried to step on him.

‘The Falcon tried to kill me’ Scott thought in shock and horror as Hope flew them backwards to a safer zone and they went back to human size before going back into the fight. They had to be careful when they shrunk in fear of being stepped on.

“Of course not! I’m dumping them straight onto Fury’s ass when this is over.” Stark scoffed, wincing when Sam howled in pain when Hope kneed him in the stomach.

“Ha! That means they’re homeless!” Wade said, grabbing the katana he threw at Steve off the ground.

“Letting out anger and beating up homeless people so they can get a good bed in the hospital. Nice.” Rhodes deadpanned, everyone could hear the smirk in his voice.

Venom stood by and watched Hope and Scott fight Sam, ready to intervene if needed but Eddie said that the two of them needed to get some of their anger out, plus he could feel Eddie’s fear of fighting them so he decided it was best too hang back for now. Since his and Eddie’s emotions clashed together he may accidentally kill one of the Rogues if he tried to fight any of them. He let out a loud, menacing laugh when Hope punched Sam in the nose after he made a rude remark about her suit.

“Talk shit, get hit.” Venom teased, if Eddie’s emotions weren’t going to let him fight then he would gladly sit back and watch his team members do it for him.

“Less talking more fighting!” Carol told them, still on guard and looking around the room as she checked her injured teammates to try and figure out who had the worst injuries. It looked like Danny had a broken arm, Stephen might have a concussion and was bleeding from the head, Jessica definitely had a punctured lung based on how she was breathing while Vision and T’Challa were a little scratched up and just looked a bit dazed.

“Holy shit!” Deadpool pulled a different gun out of his belt when the first one ran out of bullets, throwing the empty gun at Natasha’s head. “Did they pull their weapons out of their asses somehow?! I could’ve swore I didn’t see those before! Is that why they were acting like they had a stick up their ass?!” He shouted, making Tony, Rhodes, Peter and Scott laugh.

Deadpool didn’t have enough time to react when Carol tossed aside another one of Clint’s arrows as she used herself as a barrier between her injured teammates and the fight, sending the arrow flying towards him and straight through the back of his head and into his right eye.

“FUCKITY FUCK! FUCK! THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE EYE! ” Deadpool whined, blindly shooting in Natasha’s direction as as he used his other hand to pull the arrow out. The lenses of his suit grew comically when he saw purple liquid on the top of it.

“Yo feather ass! If you just shot me with some type of love potion I will cut off my own cock and made you choke on it!” Deadpool shouted, throwing the arrow back in Clint’s direction.

“What the fuck is wrong with him?” Clint murmured under his breath, he caught Natasha’s eye and watched as she ducked away from Rhodes before shrugging.

Over all the loud noise Loki heard the small *Ding!* from  the elevator meaning that the rest of his teammates had arrived, the fight was a bit hard he’ll admit but it was not very entertaining. Loki was a known adrenaline junky, absolutely everyone knew it and he wanted to spice it up a bit so he did something he never thought he would do.

He let one of Clint’s arrows hit him.

The timing could not have been more perfect, both Thor and Brunnhilde being at the front of the elevator stepping out just in time to see Loki hiss in pain as he grabbed his arm and stumbled back a few steps from the arrow Clint fired at him and he smirked at Clint’s joyous expression before it turned into one of horror when the archer saw Thor.

“Brother!” Both Thor and Shuri yelled at the same time, each of them rushing towards their injured brothers. Brunnhilde followed Thor, her sword was no longer in her hand because she threw it into Clint’s shoulder the moment the elevator doors opened, leaving Clint hissing in pain on his knees and bleeding.

Everyone quickly stepped out of the elevator and evaluated the situation, it took less than a second before they were all fighting. The Rogues may be skilled but now they were severely outnumbered. The fight would last 2 minutes at most .

Shuri ran to her older brother and helped him stand, she started to lead him out of the building to a safer place while Thor and Brunnhilde beelined towards Clint and Loki, both looking more murderous than anyone had ever seen.

“You DARE TOUCH HIM?!” Thor shouted and ah! Perfect, big brother Thor to the rescue, just like Loki expected. He quickly backed off and pulled the arrow out of his arm, his eyebrows threatening to disappear into his hairline at how much blood started coming out.

Maybe this wasn’t the smartest option.

Before he knew what was happening Brunnhilde had run up to him and ripped off part of her shirt, using it to wrap around the cut and stop the bleeding.

Thor marched towards Clint and was about to roast the man alive with his lightning before remembering that they were still inside and he could possibly harm one of his teammates if he did that. It was moments like these that made him wish he still had his hammer. Without stopping Thor grabbed Clint by the neck and pinned him up against the wall, not bothered as Clint started hitting his arms and kicking his chest in desperation to be let go.

Clint wheezed in pain, his windpipe being completely crushed by the god of thunder. He was unable to breathe in. The pain was unbearable and it felt like someone had shoved hot coals down his throat. He saw Loki in the corner of his eyes and wanted nothing more than to kill the god who put him through so much pain and misery-

That was his last thought before he blacked out, Thor didn’t even bother to pull the sword out of his shoulder and he wasted no time in dropping Clint to the ground and running up to check on his little brother. Ignoring Steve’s and Natasha’s shouts for Clint to stand up and answer them.

Best to say he wouldn’t be doing that anytime soon.

Loki did a half frown, half pout as he watched Clint hit the ground. That wasn’t nearly as exciting as he wanted it to be, talk about anticlimactic! He got hit with an arrow for nothing! He examined the arrow in his hand and took note of the purple liquid that was at the tip of it, for some reason his throat started to feel hot.

“Don’t be a dumbass next time. I know you saw that coming.” Brunnhilde growled, harshly poking Loki in the chest before rushing over to Clint and pulling her sword out, she looked at it with disgust before looking towards Loki who was now slightly pale.

When Loki saw the look Thor and Brunnhilde were giving him he quickly waved them off, taking one last look at the purple liquid on the tip of the arrow in his hand before putting it into his pocket dimension and letting more of his magic out so there were now over 20 Lokis attacking the Rogues. He also including casting an illusion over himself to make his skin less pale and look more healthy.

Sadly he wasn’t allowed to kill the Rogues so he was unable to use his full power and show off.

He would eventually though.

Natasha made a beeline towards Hulk, sliding down and narrowly avoiding an illusion of Loki and Tony’s warning shots at her. Once she was close enough to Hulk she smiled, slowly raising her hands to show she meant to harm.

“Hey there big guy…” Natasha said warmly, her ice cold heart melting a little when she watched Hulk hesitate. “The Suns getting real low…”

Hulk hesitated, looking in between Natasha who was calmly walking closer and the battle. He seemed to be having an internal debate with himself and Natasha wondered if Bruce and Hulk could talk to each other through their minds but her train of thought was cut off when Hulk shouted.

“NO! YOU HURT PUNY BANNER!!” Hulk roared, waving his arms and sending Natasha flying across the floor, her warm smile immediately wiped off her face as the Hulk chased after her and threw her at Clint’s unconscious body. A loud *CRACK!* echoing around the room as she hit her head on the ground and stopped moving.

“She’s alive!” Matt quickly said to ease everyone’s nerves when he heard everyone’s heartbeats rapidly increase, he rushed over towards Luke who seemed to be having a hard time walking straight as his friend leaned against the wall.

“Aww…” Wade whined, obviously wanting the witch to be dead. If there was one thing they all knew about Deadpool it was that he was NOT above murder.

Loki unwillingly shivered when Hulk roared and started smashing the area around him more, throwing big chunks of debris at the Rogues.

“I’m back guys- ACK!” Spider-Man hissed in pain as he swung back into battle only to be met with one of Wanda’s stray magic attacks sending him into a wall.

“PETER!” Tony, Pepper, Matt, and Wade all yelled, all of them forgetting about the battle and rushing towards their youngest member. None of them realized that they had said Spider-Man’s real name out loud.

“That’s a broken rib for sure…” Spider-Man moaned, pushing himself onto his knees before he quickly activated the coms on his suit when he noticed some of his team members running to him.

“I’m fine!” Peter yelled back at them, wincing when he heard the bone shift slightly making a horrific chalk snapping noise.

{Mr Stark, Peter has appeared to have broken two ribs on the left side of his body.} Karen called out, making Tony quickly turn around to see Peter who was holding his stomach.

The snitch.

“Kid, sit this one out. Let the adults handle it.” Tony said desperately, practically pleading with the kid to stay out of the fight. His eyes narrowed as he watched Peter get up and jump to the ceiling.

“No! Honestly Mr Stark it’s just a scratch! I’ll take care of- NO! MISS CAROL LOOK OUT!” Peter cried, jumping back down and activating his web shooters when he saw a piece of rubble the size of a door break from the ceiling and fall towards Danny who was laying on the floor with a dazed expression.

Carol was faster, she quickly flew up and threw the large piece of rubble away. Peter let out a breath and ran towards her, helping a pissed off looking Jessica stand up.

“Why aren’t you fighting, Captain Marvel?” Peter asked with confusion, Carol was no doubt the strongest one of the team so he didn’t understand why she was standing here instead of in battle.

Carol huffed a laugh at her younger teammate, she wasn’t surprised that he used her superhero name instead of her real one. She swiftly motioned to the ceiling. “Someone’s gotta make sure they don’t get crushed, wanna help a girl out?” She asked, and Peter already knew what she meant.

She had obviously heard Tony through the coms, just about everyone on the team probably did so she was offering him a way to help and stay out of the fight.

God, Carol was awesome!

“Of course!” Peter quickly bent down and scooped up Jessica up in his arms before he swung away despite her protest, he was prepared to put her exactly where Kylie was. Once he got his injured teammates out of the danger zone he would join in.

Carol watched as Stephen groaned and tried to stand up, his legs and hands were shaking as he gripped the wall with one hand and put his other hand where the large cut on his head was, she quickly helped him up but her attention was drawn to Venom screeching in pain.

“STOP SHOOTING!” Venom hissed at Rhodes, Tony, and Pepper, the high pitch noise from their repulsers getting ready to fire was starting to affect him. He quickly used one of his tendrils to grab Sam by the neck and throw him through the glass doors. Shuri quickly ran back inside, kicking Sam in the groin on her way in.

This was the main reason why when on missions, Venom and Eddie were never partnered up with Rhodes, Pepper or Tony.

“Can’t exactly help it V!” Tony called back, trying to get close to Wanda but failing every time because her magic kept pushing him back. The Cloak of Levitation was still dragging her screaming ass around the room as she tried to get it off her.

“Dammit- this fight should be over already. We’re slacking guys!” Tony joked, he stopped shooting when he saw the deadpanned glare Harley directed towards him.

“Maybe we should increase our training, what do you think Stark? 5 hours a day, 7 to 12.”  Matt joked back, looking over Sam and scanning him to make sure Venom didn’t throw him too hard and that he was not dying.

“Abso-fucking-lutely-not. No. No way in hell am I waking up that early for training.” Deadpool shouted back at the couple. Not enjoying their jokes in the slightest.

“Guys that’s enough chit chat! Pepper, Wasp, Rocket, Venom, and Daredevil, you five evacuate anyone that is in the building!” Carol shouted, puffing up with pride when her teammates didn’t even blink before following her orders.

Venom may have hesitated for a second but that was fine, the alien was still trying to get used to working with a team.

“Loki! Ant Man! Deadpool! You three deal with Wanda!” She shouted again, frowning when she watched a pillar collapse landing near a now unconscious Clint. Her gazed turn from stern to concerned when she noticed how pale Loki was and his bloody shoulder.

“Quill, Drax, you two take care of Clint, Natasha and Sam, get them out of here but make sure they’re tied up. Thor, Iron Man, War Machine, you deal with Steve.” Carol quickly scanned the room, catching sight of Nebula, Luke, Mantis and Gamora.

“Nebula! Gamora! Mantis! Luke! You four are on Hulk duty!” Carol called out, turning her head towards Mantis and watching as she started nodding, too freaked out and in the moment to speak while Luke, Gamora, and Nebula were already making their way towards Hulk.

Carol stared at the ceiling to make sure no more rubble would break off and fall. She distantly heard Deadpool go “Whoop!” before another one of Wanda’s magic blasts shook the building even more.

“Spider-Man! Shuri! You two get them to safety, I’ll cover you.” She said, pointing to Danny, Vision and Stephen who were all covered in bruises and had cuts all over them, their main priority was to get the injured people away from the fight. Stephen was bleeding from his head and Danny’s arm was bent a certain way that definitely wasn’t normal while Vision just looked lost and confused like he didn’t know where he was.

“Harley! Stay back and get Fury on call!” Carol Tony yelled when he noticed the teen who was still standing by the elevator with baby Groot sitting on his shoulders, he smiled when Harley nodded seriously and pulled out his phone.

Shuri and Spider-Man looked at each other and seemed to read each other’s mind because they each went for different people, Spider-Man quickly helping Vision stand up while Shuri helped Danny with his footing as they both tried to lead their injured teammates away from the fight.

Stephen stopped leaning against the wall, stepping forward and putting shaking hands out in front of his as he started doing gestures that nobody except him understood. “If… if you can keep them busy for a minute or sho I can recast my…” Stephen stumbled over his words, his speech was slightly slurred which worried Carol greatly. “…my revoking spell, I am unsure as to why the… why the first one broke but I can as-assure you that won’t happen this time.” He mumbled, watching anxiously as the Cloak of Levitation picked Wanda up by her head and dropped her to the ground before slamming her head into the ground again.

Carol looked at Stephen and nodded, her gaze landing on the large gash on his forehead that was bleeding an impressive amount. Tiny, bright orange lines started to appear in front of his increasingly shaking hands as he looked at Wanda and the Cloak.

Stephen wasn’t nervous that the Cloak of Levitation would accidentally snap Wanda’s neck, no. He was nervous because despite the Cloak being a very powerful relic, it would stand no match for Wanda once the girl got her bearings which was why he needed to act fast.

“Tony just let me help you! We can go back to how it was before!” Steve cried, and holy shit were those TEARS in his eyes?! Tony couldn’t help but feel bad for Barnes, if that man had to deal with Steve for all those years he must have the patience of a saint!

Honestly Tony was more so surprised how silent the Rogues have been during the fight.

Tony scoffed and rolled his eyes. “FRIDAY! Code A!” He shouted, looking out the door and watching Peter and Shuri rush back into battle and towards Captain America to fight.

[Yes Boss. Activating code A.] FRIDAY responded, sounding oddly relived with the request.

“Need some help?” Shuri laughed, pulling out some sort of small stick from her belt and pressing a button-

“IS THAT A LIGHTSABER?!” Peter shrieked in awe before webbing Steve’s foot to the ground, Shuri cackled and tried to imagine Peter’s shocked expression in her mind. Both of them started making their way towards Rogers.

“Kid- kids! Don’t even THINK about having a 2 on 1 with Rogers, he’s twice your size!” Tony snapped, waiting for FRIDAY to go through with his command.

“Everyone is twice my size Mr Stark! I’ve saved babies bigger than me!” Peter shouted in frustration, finally at wits end. He was on the Avengers whether Mr Stark liked it or not, he may not be ask skilled as everyone else on the team but he wasn’t just some defenceless kid. Shuri outright laughed at his sentence before finally deciding it was probably better if they didn’t get in trouble, she grabbed Peter’s arm and backed up, taking him with her.

Within a few seconds and some loud crashing noises, a Iron Man suit that perfectly fitted Steve encased the man making him unable to talk or move as the helmet snapped on. The last thing Tony saw was Rogers shocked and fearful expression.

Serves him right!

“Fury’s on call! What did you want me to say?!” Harley panicked, rapidly pointing to his phone as he waved it around. Harley didn’t have his Iron Lad armour at the Compound so he couldn’t be much help in the fight, all the other Iron Man suits didn’t even fit him so he couldn’t wear those even if he wanted too.

He didn’t even have his potato gun!

“Pass me the damn phone!” Tony growled, flying backwards and going over to where Harley was. He didn’t mean to sound mad at the boy but this whole situation was not helping his anxiety.

“Stark! What is going on over there?” Fury demanded, obviously referring to the noise from the fight.

“You want to know what going on Captain Hook?” Tony snarled, quickly turning the phone camera so Fury could see the fight. “What’s going on is that you’re going to have some new guests in your empty cells and then you are going to give me and my team a huge ass apology for putting us through this shit! I’m going to burry Cap’s team with so many lawsuits they won’t ever see the sun again!” He shouted in anger.

Fury’s shocked expression was the last thing Tony saw before he hung up the phone and gave it to Harley who was staring up at Tony in awe, very, very few people ever yelled or raised their voice at Fury.

Tony patted Harley on the back before he looked around and realized that Hulk was no longer in the room, meaning that Nebula, Mantis, Gamora and Luke had been able to somehow get him outside. Quill and Drax had tied up and carried Natasha, Clint and Sam out of the Compound.

Stark quickly took in the situation, his uninjured teammates who were outside were Hulk, Gamora, Mantis, Luke, Nebula, Quill and Drax. His injured teammates like Jessica, Danny, T’Challa and Vision were also outside the Compound, plus Kylie was out there with them. He didn’t bother to count the Rogues.

Pepper, Wasp, Rocket, Eddie, Venom, and Daredevil were still inside the building evacuating all the people in it, since it was the bottom floor that was damaged the most they wanted to make sure everyone was out of the building in case it collapsed.

Peter, Loki, Scott, Thor, Carol, Brunnhilde, Wade, Rhodes, Shuri, Harley, Stephen and himself were still in the building and the building was shaking so it was probably best if they moved. But there were still people in the building and he couldn’t leave them all there but the Compound was huge and-

‘OH, THANK GOD IT’S A SUNDAY!’ Tony inwardly cried with relief, barely over 50 people that worked at the Compound actually went to work on a Sunday so there wouldn’t be nearly as many people as usual but they still needed to get them out. He trusted Venom, Eddie, Matt, Pepper, Hope, and Rocket to get them out but what if they needed help-?!

Tony’s train of thought was rudely cut off by Loki “Strange! Tell the Cloak of Levitation that we cannot deal with Wanda if it does not allow us to come close!” The youngest God hissed in annoyance, Ant Man, Brunnhilde, Loki, and Deadpool were all helplessly chasing Wanda around the room trying to catch her but the Cloak of Levitation still seemed too pissed off with the witch and refused to release the women despite her cries of pain.

“STEVE! CLINT! SOMEONE PLEASE GET THIS CRAZY THING OFF ME!” Wanda screamed, obviously unaware that her teammates had already been dealt with.

Spider-Man swung back into the room and looked around, there were no more people in immediate danger which meant he could now fight. His ribs ached in protest as he swung over to Loki, Deadpool, Ant Man, and Brunnhilde to try and help them with the chase.

Tony scowled at Wanda before turning towards the suit that still had Steve encased in it. “Baby girl, make sure that suit’s locked up tight and send Cap with the rest of his team.”

[On it Boss] FRIDAY happily responded, Tony watched as the suit lifted itself into the air and slowly went out the door. He vaguely wondered what Rogers was probably trying to say to him but he knew it wasn’t worth his time.

“AHH!” Scott, Peter, and Loki shouted from both shock and pain as they got sent flying through a wall when a blast of Wanda’s magic hit them, now leaving a giant hole. Deadpool and Brunnhilde quickly ducked so they avoided most of the blast but they still got pushed backwards which made them both hiss in pain.

“BROTHER!” “LOKI!” “SCOTT!” “ PETER!” Most people in the room yelled, Tony, Wade, Thor, and Brunnhilde all ran towards them to check if they were alright.

Rhodes flew towards Wanda but made sure to stay a good distance away from her as to not piss off the Cloak anymore than it already was. “Okay guys! Four down, one to go lets wrap this up!” He called out, a tiny piece of rubble landing on his helmet making a loud *THUNK* sound.

“FRIDAY, call Dr. Cho and tell her it’s an emergency and to get multiple beds ready. Everyone else, round her up.” Carol commanded, making sure to stay right beside Stephen in case more rubble fell.

Wanda must have heard Carol’s sentence because the woman screamed in fury and the Cloak’s firm grip on her faltered for a moment and she took that slight mistake as a chance to make her move, in a sudden flash of blinding red light-

*RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPP!!*

Everyone cried out as they were all sent flying backwards, by now most of them were bleeding and bruised but their attention was on the Cloak as Wanda tossed it away from her like it was nothing more than a dirty towel, they watched in horror as it was thrown into a wall but didn’t move once it hit the ground. Stephen just finished his revoking spell but he too stared at the Cloak of Levitation, looking for any signs of movement at all.

There were none.

The silence in the room is almost defining aside from the large chunks of rubble on the ceiling falling down, the loud ringing in their ears and Wanda wheezing as she tried to form words, large bruises all along her neck were already starting to form and before she could to anything else Deadpool hit her in the head with the end of his handgun, knocking her out.

Within seconds the pain in Stephen’s head was forgotten as he sprinted over to the Cloak and held it in his arms, the blood dripping down his face didn’t bother him at all as he watched the Cloak of Levitation slightly jerk and twitch in his arms, almost as if it were flinching away from him in pain.

He let out a breath he didn’t even know he was holding, his Cloak wasn’t okay but it was still alive and moving, that is what mattered most. He needed to get it back home, he could fix this- he had too. Wong knew more about the Cloak of Levitation than he did and was very well known for healing.

He needed to get the Cloak to Sanctum Sanctorum, Fast .

Wade groaned loudly, pulling off his mask as he stumbled onto his feet, the blood from under his mask smearing it all over his face. “FRIDAY, time?” He asked, only sounding a little winded to his credit.

[It took exactly 1 minute and 57 seconds to take down all of the Rogues.] FRIDAY responded, Wade cheered and fist bumped the air before collapsing onto the floor.

“The Avengers Tower, NOW!” Carol barked, watching as Stephen quickly and gently put the cloak of Levitation on the ground beside him and started forming two different portals. She looked around as saw her less injured teammates help the more injured ones. The building was no longer shaking but there was still a chance of it collapsing so she quickly used the coms to tell Hope, Matt, Venom, Eddie, and Pepper to continue evacuating everyone and make sure they’re all outside.

She prayed to god that Dr. Cho and her medical team was ready, Loki was knocked out and Stephen looked too focused on the Cloak of Levitation to heal her teammates.

1 hour later

Tony walked back and forth in the waiting room for what felt like days, maybe it was-? He couldn’t tell but whatever was happening was taking too damn long.

Stephen had created a portal straight into Dr. Cho’s office and made sure everyone who was injured got through before he left, Tony hadn’t heard from the man since, not a phone call, a text, he just outright grabbed his Cloak and teleported away.

Which worried Tony because he knew that Stephen and the Cloak were both injured, he may know Jack shit about how to heal the Cloak but he was thankful that Stephen was a neurosurgeon so he had enough medical knowledge to keep him alive.

A good chunk of his team were hurt and being examined by his top doctors, plus some of the people who worked at the Compound had also gotten injured by the shaking building and the falling rubble so they were also there. Caps team hadn’t even been with them for over an hour and they somehow screwed everything up.

9 out of 30 of his teammates had been harmed during the fight, the Rogues were also here and being examined but they weren’t getting nearly as nice of treatment as Tony’s team were. He made sure they were all heavily sedated so there was no chance of them waking up.

The Compound was completely evacuated and nobody was allowed inside because is wasn’t supported enough and the possibility of it collapsing was too high of a risk.

Almost everyone except him, Pepper, Thor, Brunnhilde, and Carol were resting, Pepper had called May practically right after the battle so Peter’s aunt was also there with them but unlike everyone else she was in the room with Peter because they were related, despite his pleading to Dr. Cho she denied him entry to any of his teammates until they were all checked over and in stable enough condition.

Margaret Lang had been called by Hope and at the moment was with Scott in his medical room along with Cassie, the look of absolute panic that was on both the girl’s faces when they raced inside was just as bad as May’s. Despite being divorced and no longer having many connections with Scott, when Margaret got the news about the fight she told her husband Jim Paxton and left as quickly as possible with Cassie to see if her ex was alright.

Which, big fucking bonus points to that woman because damn, most people wouldn’t do that for their ex’s. The last thing he heard from Scott was his cheerful, yet tired shout of “Peanut!” as his daughter ran into the room and the doors closed.

Thor had almost broke down the Avengers Tower when he was informed he couldn’t see Loki but Brunnhilde had managed to get him to calm down. Thank god for her, Tony didn’t want to deal with anymore fighting.

Gamora, Nebula, Brunnhilde, Bruce, Thor, Drax, Mantis, Rhodes, Pepper, Tony, Luke, Harley, Shuri, Rocket, Groot, Venom, Eddie, Quill and Carol were the ones who had not been injured during the fight. They all had some bruises and scratches and were a little dazed at most but aside from that nothing was wrong with them so most of them got checked up on anyways.

However, Loki, Scott, T’Challa, Matt, Wade, Peter, Vision, Jessica, Hope, and Danny were the ones who were hurt and currently in the hospital beds despite their protest, some of them were in much worse condition than others but they all needed medical attention no less. Some people completely denied to get checked up on like Thor, Brunnhilde, Carol, Rhodes, Shuri, Harley, Eddie, Venom, and Bruce.

Eddie, and Venom had been silent when they went to the Avengers Tower, after Carol had managed to calm down the Hulk Bruce acted the same, they just locked themselves in their rooms and refused to come out for anything except the bathroom and food which everyone could totally respect, they needed their space.

Tony jumped and spun around when he heard the familiar medical doors slide open, relief flooded his system when Dr. Cho walked towards him smiling, a small chart in her one hand and a pen in the other.

“Yes, everyone is fine. A little banged up, but still fine. Most of them will all make a full recovery in a day or two, maybe some soreness but that’s it.” Cho quickly eased the rest of Tony’s worrying. Carol, Thor, Brunnhilde, Shuri, Harley, and Pepper got up from their seats and quickly walked towards the pair, relief overlapping their facial features at Dr. Cho’s assurance.

“But…” Shit. There’s always a but. “While indeed most of the members on your team are not injured there are a few that will take much longer to heal under normal circumstances. Unless one of your teammates can use their… healing magic on them it will take weeks or even months for some of them to fully recover.”

Tony felt like his stomach just started doing flips, his throat suddenly clogged up with emotion and he opened his mouth to say something but was beat by Pepper.

“Please, what are their injuries?” She asked, there was a perfect mixture of patience and impatience in her voice. Harley, Carol, and Brunnhilde didn’t look all too worried but their concern was still clear.

“Well Jessica has one broken rib and a fractured arm, her left lung had been pierced with the rib bone but we managed to stitch and bandage her up, she likely won’t wake up for a day or two and even then have to stay in bed for her own safety.” Dr. Cho said grimly and Tony had to physically force himself to take a breath, reminding himself that Stephen or maybe Loki could heal her.

“Danny Rand broke his right foot and two fingers on his right hand as well as a broken left arm, luckily it was a clean break. We sedated him and put the bones back in place, based on his enhanced healing my guess is that he will heal anywhere between 3-6 days.” Dr. Cho looked down at the boards he had in her hand and begun reading off it.

“Scott has a sprained foot, a concussion and a couple of bruised ribs, although he is handling it remarkably well.”  She said, remembering the pained look on Ant Mans face before his daughter and ex came into the room and he covered up his expression with a happier one to not worry the two.

“King T’Challa only has a minor concussion, he and Shuri are currently talking in their room.” She motioned towards T’Challa’s medical room.

“Since Vision is not… human” Dr. Cho chose her words carefully. “We cannot tell what is wrong with him but from what we know he only seems to be a little dazed and confused. I suspect that it may be trauma related memories from his past but that is not my expertise so I cannot tell. Aside from that he seems fine.” Tony put a hand against the reactor on his chest and took some deep breaths, he would talk to Vision about what happened sometime today and make sure he was okay.

“Hope got hit by a piece of rubble while helping some people evacuate but luckily for her she only has a minor concussion. On a random note, have any of you gotten in contact with Dr Strange?” She asked, looking up from the clipboard in her hand.

Pepper shook her head, a small frown on her face. “No, he left almost right after he teleported us here. He’s a doctor though and uses magic a lot to heal people so I’m sure he can… take care of himself.”

Dr. Cho nodded again, writing that information down. “Well if you do get in contact with him, please tell him to see me as soon as possible so I can check up on him. Heaven knows how stubborn men are…” she muttered the last part under her breath.

“Peter broke most of the bones of the right side of his body but his healing factor has already kicked in and so I would guess that if he stays in bed and rest properly he should recover in a few days.” She smiled when she heard everyone let out a relived breath.

“Wade… do I even need to explain his situation?” She asked with an unimpressed look on her face and a raised eyebrow, huffing when everyone shook their head negative.

“What about Loki?” Brunnhilde asked finally, her patience had run out, she was relived that the rest of her team eats were all alright but Loki and Thor were and always would be her top priority. She saw Thor straighten his posture slightly at the mention of his brother.

Dr. Cho hummed and tapped the clipboard with her finger. “Loki seemed to be completely fine, a few bruised ribs and that’s it. You Gods are resilient I’ll give you that, we disinfected the hole that was left from the arrow and are keeping him on bed rest for the day.” Thor sighed in relief, he knew his brother was fine and definitely not that easy to kill but he had thought he lost Loki so many times it was a habit for him to worry.

“On the topic of those three, Wade, Loki and Peter were hit with some sort of chemical from Hawkeye’s arrows, we’ve examined the chemical but haven’t been able to fully make out what it is. Our best guess is that it’s Ricin which is mostly found in Castor beans, Castor beans mainly grow in East Africa so we guessed that he had somehow gotten his hands on it from Wakanda. Ricin comes in many different forms like mist, liquid, powder and pellets.”

Dr. Cho took a breath, looking up and taking in everyone’s faces who had all gone pale, most likely at her mention of poison. She quickly raised up a hand when it looked like they were going to speak.

“Once again, we are not certain what the chemical really is but our best guess is Ricin. I would probably guess that Hawkeye added some type of chemical to the ricin to try and make it undetectable but failed to do so properly.” She looked back down at her clipboard and flipped another page.

“What mainly confuses us is that Castor Beans need to be chewed and swallowed for the ricin inside them to work so what we assume is that it somehow got though their blood vessels and into their system. The symptoms of Castor beans are oral irritation, increase in thirst, burning if the mouth and throat, vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions and kidney failure. We will be closely monitoring them for the next 2-3 days before we can allow them to leave.”

Suddenly, the temperature in the room dropped rapidly and everyone shivered, they all looked around in confusion from the change before-

“GET THAT NEEDLE AWAY FROM ME YOU BRAINLESS MORTAL OR I WILL TURN YOU INTO A MOUSE AND FEED YOU TO MY CAT!!” A familiar voice rang out through the hallways, making Thor light up like a kid on Christmas day.

Ah. That would explain it.

“LOKI!” Thor’s happy voice boomed and echoed around the room as he charged in the direction where Loki’s was shouting from, Brunnhilde cursed under her breath as she chased after her king.

Dr. Cho sighed while Tony and Pepper laughed a little, the brotherly relationship between Loki and Thor always amazes them, sometimes Rhodes liked to describe their relationship as Thor being a golden retriever and Loki being a moody cat.

“They should all be fine as long as they are closely monitored, since Loki is a God and his immune system is very different than ours I cannot tell whether or not the ricin would affect him. Wade should be fine due to his ability to regenerate, he’ll probably just have a stomach bug for a while…” Dr. Cho’s sentence drifted off as she thought of what to say next. It was clear that she was uncertain herself on what the side affects would be for Wade, Loki and Peter since all 3 of them were not normal.

“…Peter’s enhanced healing has already kicked in, his body is fighting off what’s not suppose to be there and his bones are healing themselves at a remarkable rate. All in all my best guess is that they are all going to be pretty sick and thirsty for the next few days.”

“As for everyone else that was in battle, they only have a few bruises and scratches and will be walking around at an hour at most.” Dr. Cho sneezed into her arm and muttered “Bless me”.

Everyone in the room gave a sigh of relief, the battle had taken them all off guard which was why they reacted so poorly so the fact that everyone made it out without any life changing injuries was a gift from heaven.

“Only 2 workers had been injured during the fight, would you like me to tell you their names and injuries?” Dr. Cho asked and Tony found himself nodding without realizing.

Dr. Cho hummed and looked down at her papers, flipping one before reading what was on the page. “Miles Smith has a broken right leg and left foot as well as concussion, it says here that he was trapped under a fallen piece of rubble. Kylie Henson has a concussion and bruised ribs along with a broken wrist, I was told that she was quite close to the battle so she got lucky.”

Pepper, Tony, and Carol 100% agreed with Cho, the fact that only 2 civilians had gotten injured during the fight was remarkable, the amount of debris that had fallen must have been insane so god appeared to be looking down on them today.

Tony would buy them lots of gift boxes and give them both paid leave for a few weeks, probably months.

“Would you like to know about the Rogues injuries?” Dr. Cho asked after a moment of silence, the question caught them all of guard but Tony was quick to respond.

“Is it bad?” He said, his voice sounded a mix of urgent and disgusted. Dr. Cho nodded her head and he didn’t even bother to hide his smile as he stared straight into her eyes.

“Good. That’s all I want to know. ” He cleared his throat and looked at one of the corners of the waiting room, trying to figure out why he felt a sudden wave of happiness wash over him. He may be a hero but he couldn’t give less of a fuck about the Rogues anymore, his old friends were long gone.

“Thank you, we don’t know what we could’ve done without you here.” Carol said seriously but the sincerity in her voice was loud and clear, Dr. Cho smiled and nodded.

“It’s my job after all, someone’s got to make sure the New Avengers are in good enough shape to protect Earth.”  Dr. Cho’s watch beeped and she took that as her cue to leave, she gave one last reassuring smile to the group before turning around and heading back from where she came, she stopped right at the doors and looked over her shoulder at them.

“You should be able to visit everyone sometime within the next hour, I’ll have a nurse come by and let you know when.” She said at last before the sliding doors opened in front of her and she walked away from the group who were now moving towards the chairs in the waiting area.

Tony mind felt fuzzy, on one hand, he was happy that his team would make a full recovery- he was overjoyed. But on the other hand he was pissed, pissed at the Rogues, he would run them into the ground, they would never see the sun again- he would make sure of it.

He was startled out of his thoughts by a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head and locked eyes with Pepper’s, her eyes were filled with kindness but there was so, so much hidden rage behind those eyes that Tony felt his breathing come to a halt.

He did a quick scan around the room and took notice how the only ones left in the room were Pepper, himself and Carol, there were no longer any workers in the room which made the silence a tad bit unsettling. Carol was sitting in one of the waiting chairs. Phone in hand and she typed something at rapid speed, a serious, stone cold expression on her face.

“Stop stressing yourself Tony” Pepper said, her eyes glinted with something that made Tony smile. “Everyone’s okay, just let me handle the Rogues .” she said the word Rogues with more disgust and hatred that it totally betrayed her calm expression. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before turning around and walking out the door, her phone somehow magically appearing in her hand.

“She’ll deal with them.” Carol said with conference, looking up and smirking at Tony who had absolutely no doubt about it. Tony sighed gave her a small smile and pulled his own phone out of his pocket.

He looked down at the contacts in his phone, while he was usually the one on the receiving end of being spammed he had called Stephen 7 times since the fight and not once had the sorcerer picked up his call, he held his finger over the contact, internally debating with himself.

Fuck it, he never liked the number 7 anyways. Tony pressed Stephen’s contact which said “Magic Man” and put the phone up to his ear, praying to God that Stephen would answer his damn phone just to let Tony know that he was okay and not passed out in some alleyway or something.

With Dr Strange

Stephen sat on his bed, ordered to bed rest by Wong despite telling the older man that he was fine and it was the Cloak he needed to worry about. Wong didn’t listen to him in the slightest, and Stephen really couldn’t blame him when he looked in the mirror in his room. Apparently he looked like he just escaped the “zombie apocalypse” is what Wong said to him.

Which, o-Kay. Rude.

The Cloak of Levitation was laying on his bed beside him, Stephen wouldn’t let it out of his sight. The gaping hole that was in the fabric just an hour ago was slowly starting to repair itself and now was only the size of his hand. He starting to run his fingers over the corner of the fabric, unsure whether or not the Cloak of Levitation could sleep- and not wanting to wake it if it was.

He had never seen the Cloak stay in one place for such a long time before, he was always used to it demanding his attention or pranking strangers whenever he went out in public- or hell, even it just floating around the room! Watching it now, looking so still and dead to the rest of the world…

It was scary.

Stephen jumped when his phone rang again for the hundredth time, ever since he left his team was slamming him with worried text and phone calls that he couldn’t bring himself to answer. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the phone, looking at the ID his breath came to a halt when he realized Stark was calling him.

His finger moved before he registered what happened and within seconds Stark’s concerned voice was talking to him, to be honest he wasn’t sure why he had answered.

Perhaps it was because he knew Tony was under a lot of stress and he didn’t want to worry the man more, Tony had serious heart problems and too much stress or anxiety did not help. Maybe it was because he needed the comfort, reassuring words that neither Wong nor the Cloak could give him.

“Stephen are you okay? How the Cloak doing? Where are you? Do you need help?” Stark had an endless line of questions and Stephen was quick to cut off the man before he could ask anymore.

“Yes I am fine, i do not need your assistance , your concern is welcomed but not needed. The Cloak is…” Stephen hated himself for the way he hesitated, his one hand was still resting on the corner of the Cloak as he looked down at his injured friend. While the Cloak of Levitation may not be human it was as close as it could get, being able to feel and express its emotions and pain…

His Cloak was in pain and all he could do was wait.

“…Healing.” He said stiffly, unable to think of a better word without keeping Tony waiting. “The Cloak is currently in the process of healing thanks to Wong, he cast an old spell that not even I was aware of. It is thanks to him that the Cloak still lives.”

He heard Tony’s sigh and relief and let himself relax slightly, his fingers gently petting the corner of the cloak like you would with a cat, he wasn’t sure whether or not this gesture brought comfort to the Cloak or if the Cloak could even feel his touch in the state it was in.

“How close of a call was it…?” Tony asked and Stephen’s relaxed posture came to a very sudden halt, the Cloak of Levitation must have sensed something was wrong because it flinched away from his touch which caused him to instantly reel back his hand.

He let out a stuttering breath, his concussion which was healed by Wong was now only a small, dull headache in his skull that was becoming increasingly worse. From stress or just a natural reaction to Wong’s magic he wasn’t sure.

“Seconds.” He said miserably, his voice filled with so much raw emotion. A tear rolled down his eye and his nose started to get runny but he refrained from sniffling, not wanting the other man to know he was crying.

“A few seconds longer and Wong said he wouldn’t have been able to do anything. The witch would have killed the Cloak.” He stated, gently running his fingers along the Cloak when it twitched violently and tried to reach out for him. Like a child who had just woken up from a nightmare and was seeking its parent’s comfort.

“I’m here, it’s okay, try not to move too much, you’re still healing.” Stephen quickly reassured, keeping his voice quiet enough that Stark couldn’t hear him trough the phone. He smiled and tried to ignore the way his throat started clogging up from his emotions, shaking his head fondly when the Cloak relaxed under his touch.

He heard Tony inhale sharply before someone else’s voice came through the phone, he waited as Tony pulled the phone away and talked to someone- it might have been Carol based on the the voice but Stephen wasn’t 100% sure because it was too far away.

“How is everyone else?” Stephen directed the conversation elsewhere, while he didn’t mind talking about the Cloak he much more preferred to know the state of his other team members.

He heard Tony quickly mumble something too the other person before answering. “Everyone’s totally fine.” Tony said, his voice heavy with sarcasm. “It’s the usual, some family reunions, a few broken bones, a pierced lung, concussions for everyone, a little dazed, some soreness, fractures, sprains, cuts, bruises, a handful of anxiety attacks, past traumatic memories starting to resurface for some of us, chemical poisoning-“

“Jesus Christ…” Stephen mumbled, he wanted to run his fingers through his hair but one of his hands was holding his phone and the other was petting the Cloak so he just closed his eyes and sighed loud enough for Tony to hear.

“I’ll come over and heal everyone in a moment, let me just get- ah! ” He made a pained noise and grabbed his head when he tried to move off the bed.

Bad choice.

The Cloak flinched violently when it felt him move away and fell off the bed causing Stephen to curse loudly and jump up to try and catch it before it hit the ground. Unfortunately his vision blacked out the moment he jumped up so he stumbled ungracefully onto the cold hardwood floor along with the cloak, both of them tangled up in the sheets and blankets.

“Strange? Strange?! What happened?!” Tony’s voice rang out around the room, Stephen closed his eyes and tried to take some deep breaths. He must have pressed speaker on his way down.

“I’m fine!” Stephen mumbled with agitation as he started trying to move his sheets and blankets and find the Cloak along with his phone. He sighed when he found his phone and quickly put it by his ear, moving his neck to the side so he didn’t need to use his shaking hands to hold it.

While looking for the Cloak of Levitation he quickly that it was underneath his leg and wasted no time in standing up to get off of it but that once again brought of a huge wave of nausea that sent him tumbling back down onto the floor, landing on his knees with a *THUD* so loud he would be surprised if the neighbours didn’t hear it.

“Strange! You better not be out of bed! The healing procedure takes days to finish and I won’t have you moving around and ruining its progress!” Wong’s voice shouted from the hallway making Stephen wince and roll his eyes.

Usually his and Wong’s magic was stronger but both of them have been dealing with lots the past couple of weeks so neither had gotten a good night’s rest in a very long while. Therefore slowing down their magic and making their spells weaker, Wong’s healing magic which would usually only take hours to be completed wouldn’t be finished until a few days from now. Plus with the fact that Wong had just used a great proportion of his magic to heal the Cloak of Levitation.

“Calm yourself! I haven’t ruined anything and couldn’t get up if I wanted too!” Stephen’s hoarse voice shouted back as he struggled to get back onto the bed, once he was in a proper sitting position he used the last bit of his strength and picked up his phone from where it landed, using his other hand to pick up the Cloak and set it gently on his bed beside him.

“Stark… I’m not going to be able to leave for a while, apparently I’m… stuck on bed rest until my injuries get better.” Stephen sighed and glared at the door when he remembered Wong’s 30 minute scolding session. “My best guess is I’ll be able to drop by the Tower in… a few days, can everyone hold out until then?” He asked skeptically, all of his remaining energy quickly fasting away.

“Yeah I don’t know what Wong told you but I agree. Whatever I heard seconds ago definitely sounded like a guy who could use a week’s worth of sleep.” Tony quickly agreed, making Stephen roll his eyes. He didn’t even bother to pick up his sheets and blankets from the floor, the tea Wong gave him earlier must’ve had some type of sedative because he could feel the exhaustion weighing him down.

“You sure you’re okay? You’re not going to pass out on me are you?” Tony asked hesitantly, though the concern was still there.

Stephen sighed and pushed himself into a better sitting position, letting his phone fall beside him as he pulled the Cloak closer when it started to shake again.

“I can’t promise anything, Wong’s healing spells always did make me tired…” Stephen trailed off before shaking his head. “You didn’t answer my… my question. Do you think everyone will be able to hold out for a few days…?”

Tony pulled the phone away and mumbled something under his breath before answering Stephen. “No! I mean- yeah, yes. Of course, it’s not like we don’t deal with… this kind of stuff everyday. We were just caught off guard this time. I still got to figure out how they managed to sneak their weapons into the building.”

Stephen hummed to let the other man know he was still awake. “Yeah, sorry to say but you were slacking pretty bad I admit.” He snickered quietly, knowing full well that his choice of words would piss Tony off.

“Excuse you?! I saved your magic ass back there!” Tony instantly barked back, his tone light but defensive.

“Uh huh.”

“I did!”

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.”

“Whatever helps me- listen here you little shit-!”

Stephen cackled despite his sore throat and his pounding headache, he was only half listening but Tony’s annoyed voice was still hilarious to him, he could feel sleep slowly pulling at him, nagging him to just close his eyes and fall into the comfort of his bed but he couldn’t, soon, but not yet.

“Yeah, I’ll give you something to laugh at Mr. Magical ass.” Tony threatened, obviously not actually upset about the matter but more so just trying to ease his own nerves.

“Like what?” Stephen asked without missing a beat. “Isn’t your height funny enough?”

The silence on the other end of the phone only made Stephen laugh harder as the man tried to imagine Tony’s offended glare. After a few seconds he managed to contain his giggles, before officially stopping when a random thought crossed his mind. His smile quickly turned into a small frown as he rubbed the edges of the Cloak.

“Stark?”

“Hmm?” Tony made a noise of acknowledgement, muttering something along the lines of “ungrateful” under his breath.

“What happened to the Rogues…?” Stephen asked tiredly, wanting to know what happened to the people who did this before he hung up the phone with Stark.

The other end of the phone was silent for quite some time and Stephen thought that Tony had hung up on him but before he moved to check he heard Tony’s angry grunt.

“Pepper said she would deal with them. Even though Carol told us to try and not harm them, I’m pretty sure they got more roughed up than we did. Definitely not complaining tho.” Stephen could practically hear Tony’s smirk through the phone.

“May was absolutely livid, you should have seen it, I swear the scene would had made the bravest of men shit themselves. Pepper was the only one who was able to calm her down and even then she still looked pissed.” Tony laughed, and Stephen shivered at the image. Not even he would go up against an angered May, especially when she was in her “Mama bear” mode.

“Don’t interfere.” Stephen spoke, silencing the other man for a few moments.

“…What? Don’t interfere with what?” Tony asked skeptically, unsure if he was actually talking to his Stephen or a hyped up on some type of magic version of Stephen.

“With Pepper you idiot...” Stephen mumbled, gently pulling the Cloak of Levitation closer to him so it was laying on top of his chest. “ She knows what she’s doing… do what she tells you to and… don’t… interfere… with her work…”

Those were the last words before Stephen pressed End Call and finally let sleep take over him. The sooner he was healed and rested enough he would be allowed to go back to the rest of his team. The Cloak of Levitation finally relaxed when it’s chosen started to get some rest, going completely slack as it felt Wong’s magic slowly start to stitch itself back together piece by piece…

It took only 3 days for Dr. Cho to give permission for everyone to leave the medical bay, Loki was still feeling sick from the arrow but his symptoms only lasted a day and a half along with Peter but Wade’s lasted two days. They all threw up a few times and were too dizzy to walk, plus they were extra thirsty and their throats were sore but those were the only symptoms Dr. Cho could find. After 3 days Dr Strange and Wong came back with the Cloak of Levitation and used their magic to heal the rest of the team so by day 4 everyone was completely healed.

Stephen had explained the reason his spells broke was because he had not been getting enough sleep lately so the spell was weaker but also because he cast too many in such a short amount of time, the Cloak of Levitation wasn’t nearly as lively as it usually was and no longer floated but was instead carried around like a baby but that was to be expected Wong had told all of them, easing their worries for the living fabric slightly. Wong had explained to them all that the Cloak would be unable to fly for a week or two so Strange would have to carry it around with him for a while.

Those 3 days were probably some of the worst 3 days of Tony’s life if he were to admit it, having not even talked to Eddie, Venom, or Bruce because they had locked themselves in their rooms didn’t help his anxiety either. He was thankful when the 3 of them finally came out of hiding, apologizing to him and telling him they just needed some alone time.

But in Pepper’s opinion 3 days couldn’t have been better timing, wanna know why?

Because it was just enough time to gather her team (plus Matt and Nelson) and edit all of the evidence they had to so she could bury the Rogues into the ground. They messed with her family, now they were going to pay the price.

There was A LOT of paperwork and a shit load of questions from random reporters, the news of The Rogues attacking the New Avengers spread like wildfire but like sensible people, they all sided with Team Iron Man. Especially when Pepper took the whole thing into her own hand and posted every single video of the Rogues attacking, shaming, and name calling them as well as explaining how they were in the right the whole time, there were hundreds of different videos, each one making the citizens more sick than the last.

No lawyer would take any of the Rogues as their client, for both their own reputations and because the Rogues had no money to pay them. With the information Pepper’s team had managed to scrounge up, the Council had a very clear decision to make when they had the trial, which took place only two weeks after the Rogues attacked the New Avengers.

Steve tried to get in contact with Bucky but the man completely blocked himself off from his old friend when he found out what the Rogues did. Bucky made it very clear that he didn’t want to be part of the trial in any way and Pepper respected his wishes, deciding not to contact him and even helping block Steve and the rest of the Rogues off from coming into contact with him.

All of them were found guilty with multiple different charges, when Pepper dug a little deeper and found old evidence on them it only made their case worse.

The videos of Wanda torturing and killing men, women, and children were in the hundreds. There was no excuse for it, plus her murder attempt on the New Avengers. She was charged with murder, attempted murder, harassment, destruction of private property, as well as numerous Accords Violations. Since she was not a US citizen she was sent back to Russia, word got out that she was killed the day she arrived, shot right in the head. That was the last anyone heard of her.

The same thing happened with Natasha, she was sent back to Russia. Apparently she somehow managed to escape the plane flight and was nowhere to be seen, going completely off grid. She had enough skills that if she really didn’t want to be found she wouldn’t be, although with her injuries that hadn’t been fully healed yet, it was only a matter of time before the Russian Government caught up too her.

Clint and Steve couldn’t be sent to a normal jail, one of them being a incredibly skilled spy and the other having enhanced speed, strength, and durability. Both were taken in by S.H.E.I.L.D. and locked up for the same crimes as Wanda. Most of them, anyways. Clint wife Laura and his kids did not bother to pay him a visit after everything he had put them all through. Steve somehow convinced himself that Bucky wasn’t visiting him because he was being held hostage in Wakanda.

When in reality, Bucky was living his best life shortly after he became an official Wakanda citizen.

Sam was sent to a highly secured prison for a few weeks before he was attacked by multiple inmates and was moved to where Steve and Clint were located. Apparently because he had put a good amount of the criminals in prison, it wasn’t safe enough to keep him there. He was sentenced to 67 years, unlike the rest of his team he was the only one who did not get a life sentence.

T’Challa and Shuri went back to Wakanda a few days after the fight. They had to talk about what happened to their own council, with T’Challa being the king and Shuri the princess it was a big deal that they were attacked by people with the intention to kill. However, Shuri, Tony, Matt, Pepper, and T’Challa managed to handle the situation with great care so there were little to no consequences. 

Loki escaped the Avengers Tower medbay which caused a whole new wave of anxiety to Tony, but the God of Mischief returned just as fast as he appeared. This time, he had his pet cat Illusion with him. The poor thing was forgotten during the battle and left at the Compound, though it was lucky and appeared to be uninjured. Loki was scolded by Tony, May, Pepper and Thor when he arrived back but he dismissed them, not caring about what they had to say about his recklessness as long as his cat was safe.

The New Avengers were back to normal in a week at most, a lot of them were more shocked than anything, definitely not expecting the Rogues to have attacked them in broad daylight, and only 30 minutes after their arrival! Most people forget that the Rogues are actually a strong team which was another reason why so many people were surprised how the New Avengers got hurt by them in battle. It seems like a lot of people tend to forget that most of the Rogues were in the original Avengers which meant they were strong and has skills of their own. Not like that mattered anymore.

The Compound was under construction due to the fight, it was considered an unsafe place to live. Danny wanted to pay for it but Tony quickly waved away the mere thought when the other billionaire brought up the idea.

What happened to the Rogues was on the news for months, it was the talk of the town- “Rogues Attack New Avengers, Get Their Butts Handed To Them!” was what Peter said he read in the paper which made everyone laugh. Crimes went down all around the state when the criminals heard what Tony and Pepper did to the Rogues. Their lives were so quickly ruined in only a couple of days because the pissed off couple (mainly Pepper) handled the situation.

Most of the Criminals feared Tony the most obviously, unaware that Pepper was the one who really sent the Rogues to their graves. But Pepper wasn’t upset by this, on the contrary, she was overjoyed! She didn’t like getting too much attention and very much preferred the attention being on her fiancé than herself. What happened to the Rogues were all mere grains of sand compared to what she would really do if someone messed with her or her family.

Because she knew that they had her back, and they knew that she had theirs. As weird as it sounded, they were a family, and they would always be there to protect each other.

No matter what.