N/A: So... I love Jarvis and Paul Bettany and couldn't help it. Jarvis becomes a human, fluffy ensues and Darcy is amazing like always.

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Do you believe in magic?

"What do you think Loki was planning to do with this?" Tony asked, turning the –legitimately- alien object in his hands.

"I have no idea, friends." Thor replied with a sigh. "I do not recognize this instrument."

"It kinda looks like an ostrich egg." Clint observed.

"And you know all about birds, don't you, Tweety?" Stark teased.

Clint showed his expertise by flipping him the bird.

"I shall return to Asgard and enquiry about this." Thor stated, getting up like he was really going this instant.

"No hurry, big guy." Stark yawned. "Now that we have it and the building is secure, Loki can't get in here. I'm gonna put this in the vault and tomorrow we will run some tests in it."

"Maybe that's not a good idea, Stark. Loki was planning something with the Statue of Liberty, for pity's sake. As far as we know, this could blow up the whole building." Steve said.

"Chillax, Capsicle." Tony rolled his eyes. "I have everything under control, and..," He stopped talking when Steve started protesting again. "The very little I don't have under my control, Jarvis does. Right, buddy?"

"Yes, sir." Jarvis' prim voice answered. "I have the whole Tower under surveillance constantly."

"That's my man." Tony beamed proudly. "Let's get some rest, some drinks… The egg will still be here tomorrow."

Tony walked to his super secure vault and put the "egg" there. It was a curious object. It looked like a very old ceramic egg and it was kind of heavy for its size. Tomorrow he would pull out all the machines: scans, x-ray and whatever else he needed to figure it out.

Tony locked the vault and threw a look at the table where his newest project lay –literally.

Clint had challenged him to build an android, terminator style. It was proving to be a bit harder than Tony expected, but with Jarvis' help, they were getting somewhere. For now they only had something that resembled a skeleton, with many wires and weird eyes. But Tony was not letting the bird think it was over.

The Avengers left the lab and the lights were turned off.

It could have been the silence, or maybe it was just magic and meant to be. Whatever it was, the egg cracked and inside it there was a small golden doll. Its shine leaked from the vault and consumed the whole lab.

N/A: Any opinions?

Next week we have the return of Toni Stark, the Iron Lady, in her newest adventure.