Hello, everyone! Again, I apologize for not posting a part last week. Time keeps seeming to run away from me. I guess you can expect an Avengers’ Isle post every other week now… but we’ll see.
Red Skull threw aside the stick he was writing in the dirt with, making Banner wince. “Tell no one,” he growled at the guy with the metal arm. Banner was pretty sure the guy’s name was Bucky, but he wasn’t sure. Red Skull wiped out whatever they’d been writing for the past half-hour and motioned for Bucky to follow him out of the clearing. Apparently Red Skull didn’t like being beaten by his minions in tic tac toe.
Banner glanced around. There were still a few natives. Thor was still unconscious, and Fury was leaning his head back against the tree as he slept. How could he sleep?
“Quit staring at me.”
Banner looked away, uncomfortable. So maybe Fury wasn’t asleep. But his one eye was closed, and the other still covered by the eyepatch. “Sorry. I thought you were sleeping.”
Fury opened his eye and looked over at Banner. “You make a habit of watching people while they sleep?”
Banner shook his head. A grunt somewhere in the forest drew his attention away from the director. Two more natives entered the clearing, carrying an unconscious Natasha Romanoff.
“Good,” Fury said, leaning his head back against the tree as the natives tied Natasha to the tree next to Thor.
“Good?” Banner asked. He frowned at Fury. “It’s good that half of the Avengers are tied to trees now?”
“No,” Fury said without opening his eyes. “Good that she’s alive.”
Thor stirred a little and moaned quietly, but didn’t wake up. Banner felt like moaning himself. If he wasn’t in such an uncomfortable position, he’d fall asleep in a heartbeat. He wished this was all over, that he was back in India, working and not hurting anybody, or being hurt.
Red Skull stepped back into the clearing, followed by Bucky. “Well, I trust you two have been resting well, correct?” he asked.
Banner looked over at Fury, who didn’t move. He shrugged. “Not exactly.”
Red Skull sighed and motioned to the clearing. “I’ve been as hospitable as possible.” His eyes went to a spot behind them. “The job’s been done?” he asked.
“Yes,” someone said.
Fury’s eyes popped open. Banner frowned. For once he looked surprised, even shocked. “You’re…”
A guy with brown hair stepped into their view. Banner had no clue who he was, but Fury apparently knew him from the expression on his face. “Miss me?” he asked.
Fury’s eye closed. “Barton.”
Like to wake up Natasha and Thor, comment to start shaking some sense into Hawkeye…
*gaaaaaaaasp* Hawkeye????? What is this? Tragic villains reunion organized by Red Scull?
Loved the image of a tic-Tac-toe game. Of course Red Scull is a poor sport. XD
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XD Hahaha… Yeah, Red Skull would not be happy about losing.
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I’m surprised Bucky’s still alive after beating him. XP
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Well, he doesn’t get that mad. 😛
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He does on certain occasions, tic-Tac-toe unincluded. 🙂
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XD Of course.
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I’m remembering a certain meeting with Nazi superiors in particular… Let’s just be glad he doesn’t have the cube.
Because he doesn’t.
That would be ridiculous.
Right?
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Thank you for the idea. 😛
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nonononono…… *hands over mouth* no cube! It’s crazy enough here!
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*wiggles eyebrows* You shouldn’t have mentioned it…
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*slaps forehead*
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Aw, don’t worry, I may or may not use it. We’ll see. 😉
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I think I’m giving you more crazy ideas than dissuading you from them. 😛
You know what you should do… if you’re out of time for making an episode you could use that short story generator I posted!
Now that’s a bad idea. XD
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Don’t worry, I probably won’t do that one. 😉
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Good. 😛
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*raises hand* I would also like to *cough* politely and unobtrusively put in my vote for every week. 🙂
Your writing is loved. 😀 ❤
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Aww! 😀 Thanks! I hope I can do it every week, it just depends on how much time I have.
And might I add that I love your new gravatar. Drop. Your. Sword.
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Yeah, I understand. Time gets away pretty quickly on writing deadlines. 😛
Thanks! 😀 On the road trip, Princess Bride was one of the only movies we had on our ipod, so I watched that a lot. 😉
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Ooh, that sounds like a fun road trip!!! 😀
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It was! 😀
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As soon as Natasha gets loose, she needs to do cognitive recalibration on Hawkeye. Just sayin’.
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😀 Oh yes. I’m definitely going to try to work that line in, or something like it… did you see the other sort-of quote I worked in? 😉
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I’m guessing it’s the watching-while-you-sleep thing?
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Yep. I couldn’t help it. 😛
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I’m literally crying over here… NO… HAWKEYE… NOOOOOOOOOO.
Why?!?! I’m so sad… Clint was one of my favorites… 😥
First it was Bucky, now it’s Clint?!
…I won’t be able to go to sleep anymore till next week now.
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Great writing btw. I look forward to this every week. 😀
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Aw, thanks you!!!
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Awww! You might want to sleep, otherwise you might have trouble reading it when next Thursday rolls around.
Gravy, I’m cruel…
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Hi! I really like reading your Avengers Isle posts and I always loved the suspense and such. But this… this is CRAZY!!!!! I love it, but this… I don’t know what this is!!!! Hawkeye and Bucky are working for the Red Skull and Loki, Thor, Tony and Natasha are unconscious. WHAT IS THE RED SKULL DOING?!?!? Sorry… I’m just really, really shocked.
Why is Hawkeye doing this? And I.. I’m so confused… I thought I knew my superheroes….
You should also make this into a movie or something like that when it’s done.
By the way, what is Captain America doing?
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Actually, Loki and Tony aren’t unconscious, they’re just asleep. 🙂 Hope that eases your mind a little.
Thanks so much for this! It makes me so happy when people like my stories. 😀
At the moment, he’s eating trail mix and thinking. It’s his turn next for a post, but…
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They’re sleeping? Oh, that eases my mind quite a bit. -_- I’m still not happy with Hawkeye… he needs to quit being used by the bad guys. *sighs*
What do you mean by “but”?
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I think I may skip over him and head back to Tony and Loki.
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NO. Back to Steve. I want to know his idea. Or do both. You skipped a week, after all…
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Yes, I know… but don’t you want to know what Loki and Stark do when they wake up and find Natasha’s gone?
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Well… Yeah. But Steve actually has a plan.
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Great! You portray the characters quite well 🙂
Aul
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Thank you! 😀
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*starts walloping Loki in the head* Gah. You. Little. Bugger. GIVE ME MY HAWKEYE BACK.
Yes, Natasha, I know that this may not be the most effective way to go about it, but it’s certainly the most satisfying.
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…shouldn’t you be walloping Hawkeye on the head? Cognitive recalibration and all that.
Also, if it eases your fears, Hawkeye’s not being controlled by Loki. 😛
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*keeps walloping Loki* No, but this is cathartic!
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XD Now I’m feeling sorry for Loki.
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*slaps Clint once, then goes back to chasing Loki with a teddy bear* STOP. BREAKING. YOUR. BROTHER’S. HEART!!!
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