𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 | Marauders x Avengers

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Fury enters the lab that Stark and Banner had been working in.

FURY: What are you doing, Mr. Stark?

TONY: Uh- kind of been wondering the same thing about you.

FURY: You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract.

BANNER: We are, the model's locked and we're sweeping for the signature now. When we get a hit, we'll have the location within half a mile.

TONY: And you'll get your cube back, no muss, no fuss. What is Phase Two?

Steve enters, and slams a large HYDRA gun on the table.

STEVE: Phase Two is SHIELD used the Cube to make weapons. (to Tony) Sorry, computer was moving a little slow for me.

FURY: Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract. This does not mean that we're-

TONY: I'm sorry, Nick. (Tony turns the screen towards Fury. It shows a plan for a missile) What were you lying?

STEVE: I was wrong, Director. The world hasn't changed a bit.

Thor, Aurora and Natasha enter. Banner looks to the two women.

BANNER: Did you know about this?

AURORA: You wanna think about removing yourself from this environment, doctor?

BANNER: (laughs) I was in Calcutta, I was pretty well removed.

NATASHA: Loki's manipulating you.

BANNER: And you've been doing what exactly?

NATASHA: You didn't come here because I bat my eyelashes at you.

BANNER: Yes, and I'm not leaving because suddenly you get a little twitchy. I'd like to know why SHIELD is I'd like to know why SHIELD is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction.

FURY: (pointing at Thor and Aurora) Because of them.

THOR: Us?

FURY: Last year earth had a visitor from another planet who had a grudge match that leveled a small town. We learned that not only are we not alone, but we are hopelessly-hilariously, out-gunned. Not to mention that Aurora is the reincarnated Goddess of Power.

AURORA: Our people want nothing but peace with this planet.

FURY: But you're not the only people out there, are you? And, you're not the only threat. The world's filling up with people who can't be matched, they can't be controlled.

STEVE: Like you controlled the cube!

THOR: Your work with the Tesseract is what drew Loki to it, and his allies. It is the signal to all the realms that the earth is ready for A HIGHER FORM OF WAR.

STEVE: A higher form?!

FURY: You forced our hand! We had to come up with some-

TONY: Nuclear deterrent! 'Cause that always calms everything right down.

Everyone becomes hostile and begin cutting each other off, while Aurora sits there looking at the scepter worriedly.

FURY: Remind me again how you made your fortune, Stark?

STEVE: I'm sure if he still made weapons, Stark would be neck deep-

TONY: Wait-Wait! Hold on! How is this now about me?

STEVE: I'm sorry, isn't everything?

THOR: (to Aurora) I thought humans were more evolved than this.

Everyone begins arguing over each other.

FURY: (to Thor and Aurora) Excuse me, did we come to your planet and blow stuff up?

THOR: Tis your champion.

FURY: YOU'RE NOT MY CHAMPION!

TONY: (to Thor and Steve) You furious? I'm furious.

"Fast and furious?"

NATASHA: (to Banner) We all are!

As they argue over one another & the scepter glows strongly.

THOR: You speak of control, yet you court chaos!

BANNER: It's his MO, isn't it? I mean, what are we, a team? No, no, no. We're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're- we're a time bomb.

FURY: You need to step away.

TONY: Why shouldn't the guy let off a little steam?

STEVE: You know damn well why! Back off!

"LANGUAGE!"

"LANGUAGE!"

"LANGUAGE!"

Steve groans. "Can we not?"

Aurora laughs. "Nah we gotta," Wanda high-fives her.

TONY: Oh, I'm starting to want you to make me.

STEVE: Yeah, big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?

TONY: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.

Natasha and Aurora tilt their heads in a way of saying 'he's not wrong'.

STEVE: I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you.

TONY: I think I would just cut the wire.

STEVE: Always a way out. You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.

TONY: A hero, like you? You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle.

The ramp opens and Barton nocks an arrow, takes aim and lets it loose. The arrow swings in the air and attaches to the side of one of the carrier's enormous engines, flashing.

Steve smirks.

STEVE: Put on the suit, let's go a few rounds.

THOR: (laughs) You people are so petty, and tiny.

AURORA: (groans) This is so not the time, Thor.

BANNER: Yeah, this is a team.

FURY: Agent Romanoff, would you escort Dr. Banner back to his-

BANNER: WHERE? YOU RENTED MY ROOM!

FURY: The cell was just-

BANNER: IN CASE YOU NEEDED TO KILL ME. BUT YOU CAN'T, I KNOW, I TRIED!

Aurora gasps. He stops, everyone is staring at him.

BANNER: I got low. I didn't see an end so I put a bullet in my mouth and the other guy spit it out. So I moved on, I focused on helping other people. I was good until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk. You wanna know my secret, Agent Romanoffs? You wanna know how I stay calm?

Remus looks down. He knew how it felt to turn into a monster.

Everyone is watching Banner, Fury and Natasha reach for their guns, while Aurora looks concerned.

STEVE: Doctor Banner, put down the scepter.

Banner looks down, surprised, to see the spear in his hand. The monitor makes a noise, signaling the Tesseract has been located. Banner puts the scepter back on the table and walks over to the screen on the other side of the room.

FURY: Got it!

BANNER: Sorry, kids. You don't get to see my party trick after all.