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Chapter 8

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AN: Sorry this took soooooooo long guys! I was on vacation in the USA. We went shopping. I hate shopping unless its books or video game/movie/comic related stuff. For example I got Starsky and Hutch season 2, avenger's bracelet and a Thor one too. That's the only fun parts. The rest was clothes shopping. Yuck!

"No." Bunny said. "I just find it odd that a scientist, like yourself still believes in us."

"Hate to burst your bubble, but as soon as you stepped through the portal to Asgard, everyone on Asgard can see you, even if they don't believe." Jack said with a shrug. "If we go back to earth and they don't believe they won't see us." He said gesturing to the avengers.

"You burst my bubble." Bunny pouted.

Jack rolled his eyes. "Oh you poor baby." He cooed.

"Daddy!" Amelia whined.

"What?" Jack asked imitating her tone.

"Cam we play hide and seek?" She asked still whining.

"Fine." Jack said exasperatedly. "Do you guys want to play?"

The group of adults looked skeptical, but nodded. After a quick king counter North was made it. The rules were simple; players could only hide outside in the training area or the court room that connected to it. They were not allowed to fly to get to a hiding place.

North started to count down and everyone ran in different directions. Jack stayed to watch were Amelia hid. She went over to the guards and hid behind them.

The assassin ran into the court room and quickly looked around before deciding to hide in the rafters. Jack hopped onto the window sill, then jumped onto the mantel of the fire place and hauled himself up onto the beam. The winter god jumped through the rafters until he was at the centre column and sat leaning up against it. He made sure nothing was hanging over the edge of the beam.

Jack heard footsteps coming into the room. Tony, Steve and Thor each looked around before going to their hiding spots. Tony hid in a cabinet and Steve hid in the curtains next to it. Thor hid under the glass table in the centre of the room. The thunder god was the worst at hiding, but sometimes he picked such bad spots that no one would be stupid enough to hide or look in and never got caught.

The winter spirit listened. He assessed every sound, matching it to a cause. He could hear North finishing his count down and starting to search. He quickly found Sandy. "Ah Sandy! You're too bright to be good at hiding." North laughed. The Christmas spirits boots stomped further away. A couple of minutes later North along with 3 other sets of steps headed closer to the court room.

The winter god could tell each pair from another. He knew that Clint, Natasha and Bunny and of course Sandy who was completely silent was with North. The group was walking closer to Jack. They quickly stopped.

"Hey, there's Tooth." Clint said.

"You ratted me out!" Tooth squealed.

"Sorry." He quickly answered. "Who's still hiding?"

"Tony, Steve, Bruce, Thor, Loki, Amelia and Jack." Bunny said.

"With Loki, you might want to poke everything." Natasha said.

"Why?" North asked confused.

"He can create and control illusions." Clint said.

"Oh great." Bunny mumbled. "Is that even in the rules?"

"Never covered it, so yes." North said. "Let's start poking around."

Jack heard a quiet laugh coming from a vase of flowers. The vase was sitting in the doorway leading out to the training area. North did to. He quickly walked over to the vase and poked it. The vase laughed again. The illusion melted away to reveal a laughing Loki.