[Avengers Tower, after the party]
The main six Avengers, in addition to Darren, Rhodes, and Hill, were all seated on the sofas and armchairs in the center of the room, around Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, debating with the God of Thunder about the logistics of being able to pick it up.
"Seriously, though, it's a trick.", Clint remarked, skeptical of what Thor was telling them. "I promise, it's much more than that.", Thor replied, unmoved. "Oh, sure... 'Whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power.', Whatever, man, it's a trick!", Clint fired back, quoting the line about being worthy in a mock accent.
"Then please, be my guest.", Thor invited, gesturing to the weapon in question. "Really?","Yeah, c'mon, let's go.", Darren chimed in after Clint asked, prompting him to get up, and walk around the table to the hammer.
"Clint, you've had a hard week. We won't hold it against you if you can't get it up.", Tony said smugly as Clint lined up in front of the hammer. "Y'know I've seen this before, right?", the archer said confidently, grabbing the hilt, and tugging with all he could manage, and not getting it to budge even a little.
"Feel the silent judgement?", Tony said smugly. "Please, Stark. By all means...", Clint said, motioning to the hammer, and sitting back down. Tony then stood, and unbuttoned his jacket in a cocky manner, and took Clint's place.
"I'm never one to shrink from an honest challenge. It's physics...", Tony claimed, before looking to the God of Thunder once more. "So, if I lift it, I rule Asgard?", he asked. "Yes, of course.", Thor said, still paying this no mind. Then. moving his hand through the leather strap at the base of the hilt, Tony then yanked, and again, Mjolnir wasn't moved at all. "One moment...", Tony simply said after letting go, then left the room.
He came back with a gauntlet from his suit, using it to try harder at lifting the hammer. That did nothing, so he had Rhodes put one of his on, and they both made an attempt, with no greater level of success. "Are you even pulling?", Rhodes asked. "You on my team?", Tony fired back. "Just represent, and pull.","Alright, let's go..." they gave it one more yank, with the same result, stepping down to let Bruce try.
When that did the same amount of nothing, it fell on Steve to follow up. "C'mon, Cap, you got it.","yeah, no pressure...", Darren and Tony chimed in as he rolled up his sleeves. He grabbed Mjolnir's hilt, and tugged. Darren wasn't sure, but he almost thought he saw it nudge, by no more than a millimeter or so, before holding fast like with everyone else so far. Steve gave a sportsman-like shrug and a smile, before sitting back down.
"And, Widow?", Tony asked, as they all looked to Natasha, who just smiled and shook her head. "Oh, that's not a question I need answered...", Nat said simply, before turning them all on Darren. "What about you, Matchstick?", she asked teasingly, and everyone else murmured words of agreement.
He looked at everyone for a moment, before shrugging and standing up. "Ehh, couldn't hurt could it?", he said nonchalantly. He stood in front of the godly weapon, cracked his knuckles and other joints, rolled his shoulders, then grabbed onto the hilt, tightened his grip, and tugged.
When it didn't budge, he pulled harder, his eyes and arms starting to faintly glow orange and heat up. A few seconds later, it was clear that he was as worthy as the rest of them. So, not at all... "Huh, guess not.", he said casually, before taking his seat in the chair beside Nat's again.
"All hail the man who wouldn't be King, but it's rigged.", Tony said. "You bet your ass.", Clint agreed. "Steve, he said a bad-language word.", Hill joked, getting and eye-roll from him.
"It's an imprinted security code, isn't it?", Tony guessed. "Oh yeah. 'Whosoever holds Thor's fingerprints?', huh? We getting warmer?", Darren asked. "Yes, that's a very interesting theory, my fiery friend. But I have a much simpler one: You are all not worthy.", Thor said with a condescending smirk on his face, earning a collective scoff from everyone else.
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Pyromancy
Fanfiction(Scarlet Witch x Male OC) In the aftermath of Project Insight, thwarted by Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon, all secrets hidden by SHIELD and Hydra were revealed, including all the secret projects planned by the latter. One most prominent am...