ᴀɴᴀʀᴄʜɪsᴛ sᴇʀɪᴇs | B. Barnes, S. Rogers, L. Laufeyson

Dancing Monkeys | 23 |

He gulped nervously, not sure if she was joking or not.

"One minute people!" Tony called.

She flashed Nat a smile, and made the 'I'm watching you' symbol at Loki.

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6:10 pm
October 31

Three Avengers stood on the balcony of the tower.

"You guys ready?" Tony asked Thor and Harli.

She nodded in confirmation. The three were the ones who could fly, so they were up top, Clint and Steve were on the fourth floor. Both Nat and Bruce opted out of it, but that was alright.

Tony put a hand up to his ear, "Cue the lights."

Stark Tower went dark, and the spotlights on the ground flicked on. Harli glanced over the edge, there was a huge crowd of people down in the streets below.

"Alright, maybe I'm a bit nervous." She admitted, laughing slightly.

There was a moment, then a voice echoed out of the speakers placed on the tower.

"Introducing the Avengers-" Tony readied his blasters, "IRONMAN!"

He soared off the balcony to screams and cheers from the crowd. Doing tricks and flips in the air, he riled up the mass of people.

"CAPTAIN AMERICA!" Steve burst out of the fourth floor, launching himself off the balcony. He did a flip, then landed in the iconic superhero pose, shield on his arm, as the crowd cheered.

"THOR!" The god leapt off the balcony next to her, hammer spinning as lightning flashed through the sky. Thunder crackled and boomed, and he landed next to the two already on the ground.

"HAWKEYE!" Clint shot an arrow through the air, hooking it into the building opposite, and swinging through the air. Four bundles were thrown into the air from cannons on the ground, and he shot each of them, explosions of purple and black smoke coming out of each of them.

"AND LAST- ICARUS!" Harli hurled herself off the balcony, spinning and flipping through the air, setting off sparks of gold as she flew above the crowd.

This is stupid. Kronos's voice grumbled.

It's for the press, the more people see it, the more support we'll get. Basically meaning we'll be allowed to operate more freely. Harli thought back, sending another wave of golden light through the air, her eyes glowing the same color.

I don't like it. I feel like a damn dancing monkey.

Suck it up.

She landed next to Clint, grinning and waving at the crowd, her wings flared behind her.

There was a few more minutes of that, smiling and waving around, autographs being signed as they walked down Main Street.

"Icarus! Icarus! Over here!" She turned to a little boy, waving a picture of her in the air. She smiled, walking over and crouching down.

"Could you sign this?" He asked, his brown eyes shining.

"Of course, what's your name?" She asked, popping the cap off a Sharpie and taking the picture, being careful of her claws.

"Peter! Peter Parker!" He said, bouncing up and down.

Harli froze for a moment, stunned. Then she relaxed, "Of course." She scribbled her signature, handing it back to him.

She waved, and turned to walk away, "Wait! Could you get Ironman to sign this one?" He held up another picture, and she hesitated.

I shouldn't.... fuck it.