"Santa Clause is coming ... to toooown...." Saint Nick sings as he swings onto the roof. Well, not the St. Nick, but close enough for the orphans. And when Clint found a Ronald McDonald House that not only had an actual chimney, but a chimney large enough for him to conceivably fit through, his (poorly hidden) inner child couldn't help himself. The ( Read more... )

Mist still surrounds the crashed remains of the quinjet, but that is the least of the Avengers' problems. Seven super powered warriors and countless guards surround the heroes, and overseeing the action is Superia herself.

"Take them down!" she orders. "Dead or alive!"

Wonder Man wanders to his room in the West Coast Avengers Mansion and just flops on the bed ( Read more... )

The battles with zombie hordes and the Avengers rages on both coast, but much has been revealed in the fighting ( Read more... )

Most people scoff at the idea of a real Santa Claus. There simply is no way that an immortal elderly-appearing fat-man could travel the world in one night, giving gifts to good boys and girls all over the planet in a flying sleigh pulled by reindeer... and that's even before one considers the difficulties in spying on all the children of the world ( Read more... )

Victor smiles as he faces down his "grandfather." "Certainly, by now you have realized that there can be no defeating my father or stymying his plans. Indeed, all you can do is stall them for a time." Metal framework around the room springs to life, attempting to coil and wrap around Pym.

"Or, in my case... speeding up his process." He grins

The recuperation from that Sin/Crossbones debacle has been long and arduous, but at least the West Coast weather is nice. A few complications here and there to work out, even a bit of surgery, but he's been on the mend, occupying his mind with thoughts beyond the minutiae of science, since Jan hasn't been letting him get much work done ( Read more... )

...No really, but that's what it feels like at the dusty old West Coast compound, having Blue Hank run all these tests with Antman Hank's equipment. the rest of the Avengers are out fighting armies of the dead or something. Consciousness is a fleeting thing, so that might not be happening anymore. Who knows? He's here as a test dummy, feeling ( Read more... )

Consciousness slowly came back to Nick. Darkness slowly released its hold on him and he felt like a swimmer breaking the surface of the water ( Read more... )

After the zombie hell and and the kids and everything, it was nice to just sit back and do something mindless. Beer in hand, popcorn on table she starts flipping through channels - and notices why it's so damn quiet around here.

"Honey, did I miss a memo? Why is Captain America on TV trying to play poker?"