The avengers get iced
The ice bucket challenge was becoming a big hit, and the Avengers were loving it! Sam was the first to be nominated, by an old army friend.
He of course did it and donated a fair sum of money. He nominated Steve, and after some convincing—“It’s for a good cause! It won’t be nearly as cold as the Arctic!”—Steve agreed.
Steve’s video was a massive success, getting thousands of hits in an hour. He nominated Bucky and Tony: “Now that I’m soaked, I think it’s only fair to nominate my boyfriend Bucky Barnes to see him as drenched as I am, and Tony Stark, because shucks, that will be funny. I’m sure he will make a sizable donation to the cause as well.”
“You bastard,” Bucky said right after the video finished, “I don’t wanna be soaked, doll, how could you do this?” he whined, playing hurt.
“It’s not that bad, Buck, don’t worry…not nearly as cold as the Arctic,” Steve said, flashing a grin.
“I still can’t believe you did that, you punk,” Bucky groaned “Fine! But only because I love you, Kotenok…”
Bucky’s video appeared two days later. He went through it stoically enough until he finally got drenched, yelping, “Holy shit, Stevie, that’s so cold!” Everyone could hear Steve laughing in the background of the video.
Tony’s video consisted of models in bikinis dumping buckets of iced champagne on his head. Pepper was not thrilled, to say the least…that is, until she got to dump the last bucket on him and saw him trying to hold back a scream.
Everyone laughed when Tony nominated Natasha and Bruce. They did it.
Natasha’s video consisted of her sitting in a bathtub of ice as more is poured over head. She drank vodka as the ice water showered over her without flinching. The people loved it and Natasha garnered the most views of anyone. She nominated Clint.
Bruce was hesitant, because: “What if I Hulk out, Tony?”
“Don’t worry, Bruce, it’ll be fine. We’ll make sure that even if you do, nothing bad will happen.”
Bruce did end up Hulking out, but the Hulk ended up enjoying the ice bath. They left him with an oversized rubber duck. The Hulk didn’t nominate anyone.
Clint glared at Natasha as she nominated him (he was pouring the ice on her) but he decided to do it.
Clint stood there as they explained everything, and he showed nothing as they counted down. Then, they poured it on him.
“Holy shit, guys! What the hell?! I told you to warn me!” he cried, flailing.
“We did, Clint, we counted down and everything,” said Steve, confused.
“I’m not wearing my hearing aids! Do you know how much it would cost if they got wet?!” Clint protested.
They all shuffled their feet and apologized, embarrassed they forgot. Well, except Natasha, who was laughing too hard to speak.
“I could have warned you, but I wanted to see your face,” she signed.
“Oh haha, very funny,” Clint said sarcastically, failing to suppress a little chuckle.
“I nominate Thor! And hmmm,” he smiled evilly, “Loki.”
The video ended.
“Well, Thor’s in the area, conveniently. I don’t know about Loki though. We’re on okay terms, though, and I also kind of want to see his face. The cheeky bastard,” laughed Tony.
Thor comes by a few hours later, “Man of Iron! Greetings! Thank you for allowing me and my brother to stay in your tower!”
“It’s no problem, buddy…only one condition: you have to do an internet challenge,” Tony smirked.
“Of course, my friend! Your hospitality is greatly appreciated I will repay you by doing this ‘internet challenge.’”
“Excellent!” Tony said, clapping him on the shoulder, “You have to have an entire bucket of ice water dumped on you. You man enough for that?” Tony questioned.
“Of course. I should jump into the icy sea to prove I am worthy of this Challenge!” Thor boomed.
“You don’t have to, but actually, you know…that would make an excellent video.”
A week later, all the Avengers are gathered above the Arctic ocean in mid-June on the Helicarrier.
“Dude, how can he offer to do this willingly?” Sam asked as they lowered into the water and Thor prepared to jump.
“Well he is a god, for a start.” Bucky responded, “Probably won’t even affect him.”
A few minutes later, Thor burst out, holding Mjolnir to the sky and grinning triumphantly.
“You want to come inside, Thor?” yelled Clint.
“Of course!” he shouted above the wind
Thor reentered the Helicarrier as they flew back toward New York.
As they returned, Jarvis informed them that Loki had arrived at the tower.
“Excellent, now Reindeer Games can prove his honor as well,” Tony grinned.