"What the-"
"OMG"
"Oh for God sake..."
"Loki!"
"Swear to God I'm going to punch that guy in the face so hard-"
"We're not going to solve this with violence!"
Fury had had enough. It was August, and the sweat was pouring down the back of his neck as he listened to the sudden bickering. Truth be told, he wasn't happy about what had taken place no less than five seconds ago, and was none the less put out about it.
He envied Odin. That Man had so much power, so much authority, and with the Council being petrified of him they allowed whatever Odin said to be the final word. Fury had tried to explain on countless occasions that Odin didn't know Earth as well as he did, but then Odin would just come back saying he had a man named Heimdall watching all of the time. Fury got the shivers when Clint Barton and Tony Stark both then very kindly pointed out that this Heimdall could see him in the shower.
However, there was another reason why he was particularly disgruntled with Odin on this particular occasion. The Asgardian had decided, through all his knowledge and wisdom, that Loki was to spend time on Midgard, the very place he'd attempted to destroy. Fury had argued relentlessly with the God at that, because 'He tried to take over the world', which didn't go down very well because Loki then butted in 'Technically it was only Manhattan.' Technically, it was only Manhattan, but still. That was beside the point. He wasn't going to be siding with the God of Mischief any time soon.
No, today it wasn't the fact that Loki was on Earth that was the problem. Well it was; that was entirely the problem to begin with. The biggest problem Fury was facing at the current moment in time were the seven bickering people squabbling in front of him.
"You all suck." Tony seethed, he'd grown red in the face in the argument and looked as though he was in danger of turning into the Hulk, rather than Bruce who looked surprisingly calm about the whole situation.
"What do we suck Tony?" Clint grinned, trying to enrage him further.
"Your moms-"
"That's enough!" Fury barked, as he got up from his chair and stalked around the six highly flustered people. Pressing a button on his desk, he snapped "Someone bring Coulson down here now! And tell him to bring Loki with him!". Fury sat back down and allowed the arguing to continue. Clint and Tony had rounded on Steve Rogers now, Natasha Romanoff and Pepper Potts were backing up Steve, and Bruce Banner was having a polite conversation with Thor Odinson over what they thought was going on.
A few moments later, Coulson appeared standing in the doorway. Loki was no where in sight.
"Sir, you might want to see this." Coulson said, slightly breathless. He then nodded to the Avengers, along with Pepper, and then did a double take. "Never- never mind..." Coulson shook his head as he rushed a figure into the room.
"Oh for God sake! Why's everyone taller than me?" Tony moaned and Pepper kicked him in the shin to shut him up as Loki stalked into the room. He smirked as he lay eyes on his handy work.
"I'm guessing it worked then?" Loki grinned, looking innocently up at Fury who snarled.
"Explain. Now." Fury spat, Loki looked slightly disgusted, but spoke anyway.
"I got bored." He shrugged, walking over to a chair and flopping himself into it, flinging his feet over the arm as he did so.
"You got bored?" Fury asked disbelievingly as Loki surveyed the people in the room again.
"Well, yes."
"Turn them back."
"No."
"Do it."
"Or what?"
"Or I'll make you."
Loki showed mock apprehension on his face as Fury's snarl broadened. He himself couldn't help but grin.
"Why would I want to do that?" Loki smiled, watching as the short fuse behind Fury's eyes grew closer to the dynamite. "Look, I've done you all a favour." Loki shrugged. Fury raised his eyebrow.
"Explain."
"Well, I've de-aged them all. Including myself. But to a specific date. The date is the same as it was two hours ago, but the date we've been transported to is different, and sort of in an alternate universe. Does that make sense?" The look on everyone's face clearly showed that no one had understood. Loki sighed and continued anyway. "Look, basically I've changed everyone's age. To their eleventh birthday."
"Why?" Pepper groaned from the corner. "I have a meeting with the board of directors in an hour and a half. I don't need this!".
"I thought I fired those guys?" Tony muttered, and Pepper rolled her eyes. Loki jumped to his feet.
"See?! This is what I mean! Everyone could do with a new look on things! Start over!" He exclaimed, pointing at Pepper and Tony. "Have you ever read Harry Potter?".
What do you think? Should I carry on with this or not? It's only the first part because it's like... The beginning? Sort of? Chapters after this will obviously be longer. What do you think? Let me know :)