The Avenger's Adventure

ch:11 Steve's Birthday Bash

"Are you really going to put 72 candles in that cake?" Said Sam.( who was better known as Falcon) He steadily poked the raw burger meat that rested on the grill. For some reason, the meat in particular wasn't cooking, and it had been sitting in the cooking furnace for what would have been 15 minutes.

"Duh." Tony responded, a little late than usual.
"That's how old the man is."

Tony jabbed each candle into the cream colored cake, making sure that his 'Stevie' would be pleased.

"Where are the others?" Sam questioned, not looking up from the raw meat.

"They should be on their way." Tony said, looking back at the empty backyard. Balloons were tied up on chairs and cupcakes sat on a nearby table absorbing the heat from the sun.

Tony made sure Sam's fence door was open for visitors who were invited to Steve's surprise party.

"How are those Burgers?" Tony asked, stuffing a vanilla cupcake in his mouth.

"They are good I guess." Sam pouted, he couldn't get over why exactly the meat wasn't cooking.

Just as a sigh escaped Tony's mouth, Clint made his way to the backyard receiving waves from his friendly companions.

"Clint!" Tony screamed wrapping his arms around the archer.

"Um..hey Tony...oh, Hey! Sam!" By the way this is a nice backyard Sam, you have done a really good jo-"

"Where's the others??!!!" Tony yelped over clint's shoulder.

"Dude, be patient. Your invite said not to come til 2:00, relax its only 1:30. I came early so I wouldn't have to get stuck in traffic." Clint said, as he shoved tony out of the way.

"Yeah, yeah.. did you bring the pool, like I asked you?" Tony questioned, looking at the flat, folded rubber object in clints hands.

"Yeah, but there is one problem...its a kiddy pool." He breathed. Clint knew that it would have been hilarious to bring a baby pool. He avoided traffic early in the morning just to see tony and his face once he gave him the pool.

"Wha-why!?" Tony asked, red-faced and upset.
"How am I supposed to swim in that?"

"Well aren't you short enough?" Clint joked trying to mess with the shorter man.

"Arrgh! you little-"

"Guys! Guess who's arrived!" Natasha yelled across the yard, with a present in her hand. she handed it to tony and saw his peachy face. "You okay?" She asked very concerned.

"No." The billionaire mumbled.

"Hey Sam!" Nat called.

"Its nice to see you again." Sam waved, he was happy to see another friendly face.

"What are you doing?" Nat said, as she raised an eyebrow.

"Cooking burgers."

"Why are they raw?"

"I don't know....somethings not right."
"Can I see what could be the problem?"

"Sure."

Natasha searched the small grill for any problems. After searching, she finnaly found the mistake.

"Sam.."

"Yeah?"

"I know what's wrong."

"What?"

"The grill was never on."

"Oh."

Bruce soon arrived to the party, surprisingly wearing a huge smile.