Party Pooper

Author's Note: Hi all! I will be away for around 2 weeks(ish), and WiFi may be a bit iffy. If I can get another chapter out, I will, but hope this ties you over :) x

Around 20 minutes later, the safe room door slides open and Nat is standing on the other side, "There's the sane Stark sibling."

You, Pepper, and Happy follow her out, "What did Tony do now? The phone cut out." Pepper asks.

"He has done many idiotic things, but this might take the top spot," Nat replies. "He's ok though."

"Good, because I may kick his ass," Pepper states with zero sarcasm. 

"I'll get everything ready for a press conference," Happy starts typing away on his phone.

Nat stops in front of an elevator, "Take this to the meeting room. We will meet you down there in a bit."

You and Pepper sit after getting some drinks. Minutes later, you hear the commotion of the team in the elevator, and then see a disheveled Bruce walk in.

"You look..." Pepper analyzes him. "Uh...great?"

Bruce rubs the back of his neck, "Yea, well, the Big Guy did a number on Loki up there."

You raise your glass, "Of course I left before the real fun."

His eyes dart to you, "You...you met Loki?"

You nod and take another sip, "You guys get him?"

Bruce matches your nod, "Bringing him to a holding cell now. Thor will be taking him to a place called Asgard soon."

"If Tony tries to talk his way onto that trip, send him to me," Pepper chimes in, causing you to laugh.

Bruce smiles even though he knows that Pepper is serious, "You got it. See you both later." He heads down in the next elevator.

Over the next few days, you get to know Thor, Steve, and Clint a little better. No more thought really goes into Loki, and you do not even see him until you're standing next to Pepper in Central Park.

"Loki will answer for his crimes when we return to Asgard. When I return to Midgard, I will come by and grace you with my presence," Thor explains holding his hammer with one hand, and Loki's shoulder with the other.

"Great; do hurry back," Tony side-eyes Bruce, his voice laced with sarcasm that Thor doesn't pick-up on.

Just as Thor takes the glass tube with something called the Tesseract, you make eye contact with Loki briefly, before they're both gone in a beam of light.

"Anyone else for a drink?" Tony says walking back to the car.

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Time jump - 3 years later

"So when are they coming back?" you ask grabbing a water from the fridge.

"Any second," Pepper says from the couch. "Tony said the mission went well; got whatever it was that they needed." 

"The team will be landing on the roof now, Ms. Potts, Ms. Stark," JARVIS's voice echoes through the room.

"Mark this down. He's on time," you both laugh.

Less than a minute later, the team steps out of the elevator carrying the scepter.

"Bring that to the lab," Tony instructs.

Your eyes lock onto it, and suddenly you're held against the wall again. 

"Y/N," Tony calls to you, but you don't completely hear him. "Y/N!"

"Yea? Sorry," you blink a few times.

Tony's standing right in front of you, "You alright?"

"That's...from the invasion, right?" you nod at Bruce as he leaves with the scepter.

"That is it," Tony pours himself a drink. "You didn't answer the question."

"I'm fine, Tony. Like I always say," you put on a fake smile.

"Hm," he takes a sip. "Which reminds me, JARVIS, schedule a party for 3-days from now. Send the usual invitations."

Thor walks in with a few of the others, who all disperse around the room, but he comes to you, "Why did you lie to Stark?"

You swish your water, "No idea what you're talking about, Hammerhead."

Thor puts a hand on your shoulder, "You may be able to convince your brother, but I have more....experience, one might say, with liars." He pats your shoulder twice before walking away, leaving you confused as to how he saw right through you.

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A few days later at the party, you take a seat at the bar that Nat's handling, "A spy and bartender; dangerous combo."

"You get the most information, about everything and everyone, when both," Nat winks giving you a drink.

You take a sip, "And you make a better drink than Tony."

Tony's walking behind you, "Heard that! I'm hurt, Y/N."

"Hey, you can mix the technology, but Nat's got you beat here, brother," you hand Tony your glass for sip.

He sniffs it and takes a sip, "Hm. Passable."

Nat rolls her eyes, "You flatter me, Stark. Do stop gushing."

Tony waves his hand and walks away, "I'm done with your company."

Nat shakes her head and laughs, "As previously mentioned, you're my favorite Stark sibling."

You both clink glasses as Pepper joins you, "Y/N help me with some final snacks? I saved the best for us, now that everyone else has cleared out except for the team."

You down the rest of your drink, "You had my help when you mentioned the word 'snacks'."

While you head to the kitchen with Pepper, Nat joins the team in the sitting area, where they try lifting Mjollnir.

Thor's laugh becomes louder and louder each time, "You are all not worthy!" 

He throws Mjollnir up and catches it, while you and Pepper walk back in. You place the food down, when a high-pitched screech is heard all around.

The sound of metal moving and breaking causes all of your heads to turn, "How could you be worthy? You're all killers."

"Stark?" Steve questions; the entire team now standing.

"JARVIS?" Tony calls out.

Everyone is staring at this almost 7-foot tall messed-up version of Tony's suit.

"Had to kill the other guy," the suit speaks again.

"You killed someone?" Steve asks it.

"In the world, we're faced with ugly choices," the arms and legs move, but not without pieces falling and clanking from the metal.

"Who sent you?" Thor's grip on Mjollnir tightens.

"I see a suit of armor around the world," instead of the suit, now Tony's voice says that, playing through the suit almost like a speaker. 

Bruce looks to Tony, "Ultron."

"In the flesh. Or...no, not yet," if the suit could smile, you're sure it would. "I am on a mission. Peace in our time."

There's 3 seconds of silence, before the walls behind Ultron shatter and more robots fly out.

You instantly grab Pepper and duck behind the bar, as the robots begin fighting the team.

"Stay down!" Tony calls to both of you.

You peek over the bar and see one of the robots take the scepter that had been on display for the party. 

Glass continues to shatter everywhere, along with pieces of furniture and robots.

After nearly 3 minutes, Ultron stands battered at the front, the other robots now taken down, "There's only one path to peace." He pauses, "The Avengers' extinction."

The team is all spread out around the main room, but you see Thor's hammer a few feet away. Without thinking, you run to it, pick it up, and throw it at Ultron, sending him into the wall, breaking into 100s of pieces.