Project Alpha

Ch. 13 - Prank Gone Wrong, or Right?

Clint was officially considering himself to be the man with a plan. And no, not the star spangled varient, because that was Cap's job and so 1940s.

His logic was pretty questionable, according to Natasha. But she still continued to go through with it, hoping to distract herself from the feeling with in her. The feeling of hopelessness for Peter. They had nothing on his case- including his whereabouts.

Clint wanted to prank Tony for what he was doing to Steve during Monopoly the other day. Preferably when he owed a literal billionaire a measly ten dollars. Kinda pathetic if you ask the archer himself.

The plan was to lure Tony out of his lab and into the common room. Then, when the elevator doors would open, the ceiling vent would open and unleash a mountain of gorilla glue and, in one dollar bills, the money Steve had owed him.

Step one was to lead- no, drag Tony away from his lab station and whatever crap he was tinkering with. Clint's first thought was Pepper seeing as she could manage to get Tony to eat and sleep on occasion, but she was out of town. She also refused when Clint and Natasha's true intentions were revealed.

The next option was Rhodey, who was completely okay with the plan. But unfortunately, something government related came up, and apparently the army gets more priority than pranking Iron Man.

Luckily, Clint thought he had a fool proof way. All he had to do was be extremely annoying a destroy something valuable. That would get Tony's attention, fast.

Step two was successfully keeping the elevator clear for Tony and only Tony. That's why Natasha told Jarvis to warn everyone except for the victim. Jarvis agreed with a slight eagerness- was he excited to do this?

Step three, Clint realized, was that the steps don't make any sense and that they're pointless. That's why he ripped it into pieces and shot it with a flaming arrow to complete rid of the evidence. Natasha merely watched, unsure of she should be amused or concerned by her best friend's behavior.

When evening finally came, the team started prepping a pizza dinner. And of course, they had all taken the stairs to get there to save a special treat for Tony. That was when Clint finally made his move.

"Oh no! Jarvis, tell Tony that somebody has destroyed his very pricey oven!" He smirked. He knew his prank was bullet proof, unlike the kitchenware he started shooting at because he was Clint, of course.

Back in the lab, Jarvis delivered the message. Tony didn't even glance up from his work. He was too sleep deprived to care enough to listen and take in what the AI had just reported.

"Sir, your kitchen is being wrecked as we speak."

"Sure it is. Pull up the security footage..." He trailed off, noticing that Jarvis was already displaying a live photo of his smoking oven. "What the fuck?"

"I have one more message for you, sir. Caw caw, motherfucker!" For the message, a distorted version of Clint's voice filled the room, temporarily replacing the calm voice of the butler Tony had grown up with. Tony also thought he could hear a faint "language" from Cap.

"YOU'RE DEAD, BARTON!" Tony roared like a lion and ran for the elevator. But the doors didn't open, much to his unamusment. "OVERRIDE!"

"It appears my system was hacked. I cannot open the doors until the elevator makes its stop, sir."

"Who's in there?" Tony demanded; he wanted to punish the culprit of this.

"Unidentified."

***

Peter almost laughed when he heard the music in the elevator. It was the Pink Panther theme playing, for whatever strange reason. Peter wondered if it had been Bucky or his mom.

Another thing to add to his list of growing worries. Hydra, Bucky, his mother, and even the mystery of his father. It had to be someone, right? Maybe they're apart of Hydra? Peter wanted to find out, but he wasn't in any rush. No, his current goal was to find Bucky.

That's why he was breaking into Avengers Tower.

Peter had counted on the AI being easy to hack, which it was. He counted on the vents and elevator being empty had this exact moment. He counted on the Avengers asking questions first, before shooting.

But what he hadn't counted on, was the sticky substance that drenched him, and his spidey-sense clearly didn't alarm him quick enough. Peter wasn't even sure if it was a solid, or a liquid. His enhanced senses went haywire. He couldn't see, hear, taste, or even feel without pain overcoming his body.

Every fabric he wore, every raspy breath he took, every waft of the unidentifiable smell near his head shot a white, hot pain through his head. Peter didn't even realize he was succumbing to the land of unconsciousness until he was already there.

He also didn't realize the elevator doors opening with a beep, revealing the Avengers standing over him.

**What's the best way to convince your brother to watch Infinity War and Endgame when he's never seen any of the other movies?

Whatever it takes...
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