Ultimate Paintball
Janet's POV:
Hank and I woke up at 5 am and decided to get a jump on our morning routine. After my shower Hank quickly jumps in one as I lay out his clothes for the day. I decide to have him where his favorite pair of dark jeans and a red shirt. I on the other hand slide into some skinny jeans and my favorite Harry Potter tshirt.
Once both of us are ready it's about 6 so we head up to the common floor, but no one is there yet. I hack my way into Tony's surround sound for this floor and started to play my music. I have always had an obsession with rock music, not the classic rock like Tony does , but the newer stuff.
Hank smirks and kisses me because he has always had a hidden love for this kind of music. Our relationship always raised questions because we are so different, but I have been in love with this guy since I was in high school.
I was the loud, expressive art/music major with the hidden specialty in science. Hank was the quiet science nerd who would skip lunch to stay in the science lab to avoid the crowds. That was actually how we officially met, I had a bad day at school and my Father said the next suspension then I would be sent to boarding school. My father happened to be Dr. Van Dyne, a very famous scientist with plenty of money to send a misbehaving child to school in europe. So instead of punching the very loud and skanky cheerleader in the mouth I skipped lunch and headed for the science lab. I happen to walk in on Hank doing one of my favorite experiments, and that was a start of a very long and surprising friendship.
One of my favorite bands comes across the speakers and snaps me back to reality. I look up to see Hank dancing and I can't help but laugh at his dorky moves. He smiles and grabs my hand before spinning me around, and for the next few songs we dance like idiots until we collapse on the floor laughing.
"That was fun Janet," Hank says a little breathless.
"Yup," I smile and kiss him. "We should fix breakfast because I am absolutely starving."
"Of course dear, let's head to the kitchen and we can make a nice breakfast for everyone."
"Perfect," I respond as Hank stands up and pulls me up.
We start getting things ready and Hank laughs at my height impediment. I am so short that I have to use a step ladder just to grab a frying pan from a hook above the kitchen island. Before long Hank starts pancakes and I start cooking the bacon and sausage.
"Morning guys," I hear Bobbi say and I turn to see her and Clint ready for the day.
"Morning," we both respond.
"You guys need some help?" Clint asks.
"Yes, we need someone to make eggs and start coffee," I say flipping some of the bacon.
"Clint can make coffee and I will start the eggs," Bobbi says as she grabs a pan and the eggs.
Clint starts the coffee as we keep cooking until Black Veil Brides come across the speakers. "What in the heck are y'all listenin to?"
"Fallen Angels by Black Veil Brides," Hank answers quickly and Clint looks down right confused.
"Jarvis can you blend Clint and Bobbi playlist with ours?"
"Yes Mrs. Pym." Jarvis soon has a mix of modern country, pop and rock playing over the surround sound.
Soon Bruce joins us and borrows a coffee cup and starts making his tea. Hank and Bruce carry on a conversation as Hank start to form huge stacks of pancakes. Thor and Sif comes next and soon after comes the newly engaged couple. Tony was a bit surprise to see so many people in the kitchen with a large variety of music playing over the speakers. Thor and Sif set the dining room table and start to carry food out to the table.
"Where is Cap and Widow?" Tony points out and everyone shrugs.
"I will go get her," Clint volunteers before crawling into the nearest air vent opening. "Uh, Nat isn't in her room, the bed is still made from yesterday morning."
"What? Are you sure?" Pepper asks.
"Duh, I am specially trained in this stuff. Plus Nat doesn't make her bed unless we have inspections which Tony did yesterday." Tony curses and starts having Jarvis locate her.
"Sir, Ms. Romanoff is in bed with Mr. Rogers."
"What? It's 8:30, Cap is usually up and on a jog by now," I point out since I occasionally try to jog with him in Central Park.
"Alert them both that they have 10 minutes to get their asses dressed and up here at the dining table." Tony sets a timer on his phone as we all take our seats and talk quietly amongst ourselves.
The elevator dings open to reveal a freshly showered Steve and Natasha right as Tony's timer goes off. Steve blushes as he makes his way to the head of the table across from Tony and Nat sits on his right.
"Well good morning," Tony says with a smirk before taking a sip of his coffee.
"Morning Stark," Natasha speaks up as Steve sips his own coffee.
"Well then, let's eat up," Pepper says reaching for the eggs and trying to ease the tension. Everyone starts eating and talking quietly and eventually steve starts talking to Thor. Once everyone is full Steve and Natasha offer to wash the dishes even though Tony has a dishwasher.
Tony calls everyone into the large kitchen while Steve washes the dishes and Nat rinses. "So Pep and I decided to plan something for today."
"Oh and what is that?" Bruce questions.
"Well I rented out a huge paintball arena in upstate New York. So once everyone is ready we will prep to leave and go play some paintball."
Clint groans, "But I hate using their guns and uniforms they are just so frustrating." Both Natasha and Bobbi quickly agree.
"Well good thing Tony and I specially made weapons, and Janet designed special uniforms that are a lot like your normal uniforms." Hank smiles as everyone looks shocked.
"I even took the liberty to to design a uniform for Pep and Betty, plus they are super easy to clean because Tony hopes this will be a monthly thing."
By this time Steve is drying his hands with a towel as he leans back against the counter. "So is this Avenger paintball with allies or one on one?"
"Couple Vs. Couple," Tony says with a smirk and Clint and Bobbi high five.
Bobbi's POV:
Janet and Hank both go to retrieve our uniforms and I can tell Clint is excited. Janet passes out everyone's uniforms and I can easily tell that it looks exactly like my normal suit except it's a dark purple where the white should be.
"So everyone go change into your uniforms and then report back here for weapons and then head to the roof."
Clint and I head towards the nearest bathroom and we change facing away from each other so we don't get distracted. Clint helps me zip up my suit before we walk out so the couple behind us, Steve and Nat, can change. We then head over to see Tony who is clearly very astonished, "Did Cap just go into the bathroom WITH Natasha?!"
"Yeah he did, so what?" Clint responds as he grabs the bow on the table and starts messing with the string.
"Steve got laid last night! Pep kept saying that they might not have done anything but they clearly did. I mean he wouldn't go in there unless he has already seen her naked right?"
"Tony just stay out of their business," I say as i pick up my bo staff and two paintball pistols.
"Fine, you spoil everything Bobbi." I spin swiftly with my staff and it hits him behind his knees sending him falling onto his ass. Clint laughs and kisses my cheek before grabbing my hand and leading us to the rooftop.
Natasha's POV;
Once Steve and I change he opens the door and we walk out. I notice Bruce and Betty are wearing matching green suits and are holding hands while talking quietly in the corner. Once we reach the table I notice that Thor, Sif, Clint and Bobbi have already taken their equipment. Tony smirks at Steve and he wraps his arm around me tighter.
"So how was your changing session?"
"Tony we didn't do anything you Perv."
"So Steve how was it?" Tony wiggles his eyebrows and laughs when he sees Steve blush.
I punch him in the gut and he doubles over groaning. "It is NONE of your business and if you make one more remark about it I will not hesitate to murder you in paintball Stark." I take my widow bites and 2 guns off the table and walk off. I watch as Steve grabs a gun and his shield before following me.
"Baby, I am so sorry," he apologizes and I stop to turn and look at him.
"Steve, why in the world are you apologizing?"
"I gave it all away, I am sorry you have to deal with Stark."
"Steve, you apologize for everything even if it wasn't you. It's okay, I am glad that we took that next step in our relationship. Tony just wants to be an jerk about it." He hugs me tight and whispers that he loves me and I whisper it back.
Sif's POV:
Thor and I are sitting on the edge of the roof holding hands and just relaxing while waiting on everyone. Tony and Hank fashioned a hammer of sorts for Thor that flings paint rather than shoot lightning. I have a slingshot like I had when I first began training as a warrior. Our armor is now much tighter and not as durable as our others. It is also black with red accents and Thor doesn't have his usual cape.
Thor loves to bring me to the rooftop and we sit on the edge like we used to do on the highest balcony of the castle. We shared our first kiss on that balcony along with our first date all those years ago. Thor was shockingly the romantic yet awkward teenager, despite being a fierce warrior at any other time.
"I love you Lady Sif," he whispers before kissing my neck.
"I love you too Prince Thor," I smiles knowing how annoyed he gets when I use that title.
"Alright lovebirds time to go," calls Janet as we all start to load onto the quinjet. Natasha and Bobbi pilots the jet and Tony begins his explanation.
"So each team has a different color. Steve and Nat are blue, Bruce and Betty are green, Clint and Bobbi are purple, Hank and Janet get yellow while Thor and Sif have red and Pep and I have gold. Now all of us have special weapons and gear but now the trick is that you can only use the powers that you possess naturally. Now only one couple gets to win and the others will have to be defeated."
"Sounds like the Hunger Games," Betty points out.
Thor laughs loudly, "Fight to the death, there may only be two!"
"The first ever Paintball Games!" shouts Clint and every laughs.
Thor and I sit back in our seats and listen to the MP3 player together. We love all genres except for the musical form of poetry. Across from us are Bruce and Betty who sit talking quietly, and Bruce on occasion steals kisses and it is so sweet.
It doesn't take long before the jet starts to descend and land and the back opens slowly. Tony is the first off and starts to talk to the purple haired teen with multiple facial piercings.
"Good morning, welcome to The Ultimate Paintball Arena. We have 10 acres of terrain for everyone to enjoy," Say the bored sounding teen.
"Well if you could lead us to the entrance, we have everything we need," Steve speaks up and smiles.
"Oh wow," the young teen says and I notice Nat grip Steve's hand tighter.
"Sorry but I don't think we will be needing your assistance," Natasha replies sharply.
The girl scoffs, "Sorry but I wasn't talking to you."
Natasha steps up closer to the girl and Steve quickly steps back beside me. "What are you doing back here?" Thor questions.
"If Nat fights and I get in her way I will be out of my apartment for at least a month," Steve says quickly.
"Don't worry I will grab her if it resorts to that," I say with a smile.
Steve goes to respond but the young teen punches Nat straight in the nose. Nat brings her hand up to her nose and brings it down to see the blood. In a split second Nat punches the girl and a fight ensues. Janet and I step up at the same time each of us grabbing one of her arms and drags her off the teen. The teen then moves toward Janet and breaks her nose with a loud crunch. Janet leans over holding her nose as her hand overflows with blood. Hank runs up to her as I turn to push Nat towards Steve and I hear a louder crunch and the teen screams. I can't believe what I see when I turn around. Betty is standing over the girl clutching her fist as the teen's nose gushes blood.
"Oh my Betty," Bruce says as he rushes to her. She smiles and responds, "dang that hurt."
"Why did you do that?!" Bruce asks as he examines her knuckles.
"She was going for Sif while her back was turned, and that's not fair."
"Well Thank you betty," I say as Bobbi steps up and handcuffs the girl.
Bruce and Hank then both start trying to reset Janet's nose while Clint's on the phone.
"Well I contacted SHIELD, and Coulson's team is on the way to pick her up. Coulson is ticked because the teen did that to his favorite female hero." Clint says and we laugh as we remember learning of Coulson's obsession with Janet.
"Well while we wait for them shall we play our game of paintball? If Janet and Betty are up to it."
"Hell yes!" Both girls respond and we all head inside where we split up into teams.
Natasha's POV:
"You have to wait exactly 10 minutes before you can fire," Tony explains before we all disperse.
Steve grabs my hand after he shifted his shield to his other hand. "So what was all of that about Natasha?"
"Nothing Steve," I say as I pull my hand away and walk ahead.
Steve grabs my shoulder and gently turns me around. "That wasn't nothing, you don't randomly start fights with civilians Natasha."
"I got jealous okay, not a big deal." I turn to try and leave but Steve won't let me.
"You have no reason to be jealous baby, I am all yours, I promise."
"People break promises Steve!"
"Natasha…" He starts but I cut him off.
"Eventually there will be a mission or a person that will take you away from me."
"Nat, there is no one but you. You are my partner in every mission and in life. I love you, I promise Natasha," Steve raises my chin and kisses me softly.
"We should prepare Rogers, I do not want to lose."
"Yes ma'am," Steve says as we take off to find a good spot. We find a decent place to hide while we strategize and wait for a buzzer that means we can start the game.
We start moving to find the others with Steve in front with his shield as I cover our backs. It takes a while before we finally run into Bruce and Betty. We easily take them both down with one clean shot each.
"Thank you Natasha," Bruce says as he and Betty walk towards the exit of the arena.
Steve and I keep walking and we see Thor and Sif ahead of us so we quickly duck behind trees. Suddenly Thor gets shot from above and Sif uses her Shield to block the paint from hitting her and she manages to attack both Bobbi and Clint who happened to fall out of the tree during her attack.
We wait in silence for Sif to walk away before we come out of our hiding place and head in a different direction then Sif. Steve watches my back as we walk so no one can sneak up behind us.
After a while Tony and Pepper walk in front of us with the paint repulsors raised. Steve turns quickly and raises his shield at the same time both of our opponents fire. I laugh as the paint hits the shield and I raise my gun firing at them both.
Tony groans as he wipes the paint from his forehead, "Screw you Red." Pepper rubs Tony's back as the walk towards the exit.
I turn and kiss Steve, "One more couple down, we are so close to winning."
Janet's POV:
Hank and I are walking slowly just chatting. Hank always lets me ride on his shoulder while I am tiny, We walk until I hear a snap that came from our left.
"Go duck behind a tree while I go check that out," I tell Hank before I fly off his shoulder and in the direction of the noise. I fly until I spot Sif and quickly fly behind her shooting her as i go before returning to normal size. "Got Ya!"
"Good luck against Steve and Natasha, little one," Sif says before walking off a little upset she was taken out.
I jog back to Hank and he hugs me and kisses my cheek, "I seen you taken out Sif, so that leaves Captain and Widow."
"Yup," I smile taking his hand as we continue walking.
Eventually we are confronted by the other couple in a clearing not far from the exit. Natasha smirks as Steve keeps his shield raised and she quickly raises her gun and shoots at Hank. Hank quickly shrinks to dodge the paint as I quickly move forward knocking the gun out of her hand and shoots her with some paint.
I look over and see that hank returns to his normal height as he moves toward Steve as they fight. Hank quickly gets rid of Steve's gun and hits Steve with some paint and a buzzer goes off signaling end of game.
Hank steps back and shakes Steve's hand, "No hard feelings?"
"Not at all Hank that was a smart move, that I was not expecting." Steve says as I lean in to hug Nat.
"Great job Janet, I don't think I have ever had such a great opponent in a paintball game." We all walk to the exit together and everyone is talking about their experiences all at once.
Tony let's out a loud whistle which silences everyone, "Okay so the winners are Hank and Janet. Congrats, I guess," Tony says while rolling his eyes, obviously jealous.
"So I think losers prepare dinner tonight for the entire team," I announce and the others quickly agree.
"Alright, so everyone brings a dish to dinner tonight, 8 o'clock sharp," Tony says as we all aboard the plane and head back to the tower.