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No new adventures lately.. But hey, that's to be expected after a big one like we just had. The world needs a little recovery time. As it stands, I wonder if I should treat you to one of my past adventures, or perhaps just introduce you to the group, considering you readers probably don't know them.... Just let me know which you'd rather do.

In the meantime, check out this funny little tag I found!

I have more abilities than I know if sarcasm counts as a super power.. Hmmm, maybe I wasn't the last in my family to get a super power, I just didn't know it..

Lloyd out!

Continued from Boom!

Though it's been awhile, I'm gonna continue from where I left off:
BOOM!

I'm thrust forward on my holographic computer screen, "Lloyd out!" on you guys, and rush to see what the problem is. An explosion makes Bruce go crazy and become Hulk, but I'm barely able to make sense of everything before I suddenly feel an indescribable pain in my back and I black clean out.. Shot from behind.
No, don't worry. I'm fine..

Apparently the S.H.I.E.L.D ship fell under attack by some weird dude named HawkEye-- A guy supposedly on our side, but was under mind control before Black Widow cracked him hard in the head. He's really good at shooting arrows. Like, No. Stinking. Kidding. He killed me and I missed EVERYTHING!
..Well, he would've killed me if not for my instant healing abilities; but that's why I passed out.. Thing is, when the damage inflicted is hard enough to kill me, it usually knocks me out for about an hour or so, so my body can focus completely on healing. Things like cuts, burns, dropping from a great height and splatting on the pavement, acidic baths, deep gashes, or weapons passing through one of my appendages in an attempt remove it, the damage would be healed before it could be done.. But don't get me wrong. I still feel the pain as it happens and it's a wonder I haven't gone into shock yet.. But maybe that's what the passing out thing is all about. =/

Anyway, I wasn't gonna let Mr. HawkEye know what happened though, considering he was only just recovering after having a very rough day, and it wasn't technically his fault at all, but yeah..

I was out and thus I wasn't around to help Black Widow when Bruce was hurt and went crazy Hulk all over her; though she seems to be fine enough now- (Made of sterner stuff and all that.) Thor intervened and managed to knock Hulk off the ship, but he's invincible so he didn't need my assistance. Then Thor gets caught in Loki's fish-bowl and dropped.. But Thor is also kind of invincible and didn't exactly need my help either. Lavender wasn't hurt, but we discovered that Loki's pure energy spear can go right through her pure energy shields when she tried to stop him from getting on an escape jet.
What I really, REALLY regret is Phil. I wasn't able to help poor Phil, and he didn't make it.

***********

Guess what: Apparently the fish-bowl they locked Loki in, had a Tic-Tac-Toe lock!  

UN-STINKING-BELIEVABLE!

Talk about being set up. Who in the world comes up with a lock like that?! Much less chuck me, of all people, in a room that holds a bad guy in a cage with a lock like that! I showed him the square you use to win every single time.

I don't care if I was being annoying and can't die, Nick Fury is evil and it's all his fault! Did you know he was making weapons with that Tesseract-energon-cube thingy? They were talking about it while I was in there trying to figure out Loki's favorite color.. Which I did, only I didn't.

He said it was "haima".

I thought that was Asgaurdian for purple or yellow.

Lav tells me it's greek for "blood".

So it's red?

No, Thor says his favorite color is green.

So Nick, WHY did you send ME in there to figure out his favorite color if THOR already knew it?!

*********** 

So then we were mad. Every single one of us were very, very mad and we head to Midtown Manhattan, New York City to take it out on the someone who deserves it. AKA Loki. Loki's got some crazy portal open though and is letting in his alien buddies from the planet Boogers.. Seriously, you do not want to see them. They were like a flying, armored version of what comes out of your nose each morning, and they were ripping the city apart. Que the fighting to save/avenge the Earth as we know it..

 Here's a pic on how that turned out:

There's a lot of explosions and chaos-- You might have seen the news.

I don't really do much fighting because I've only got one ability, and it's not very damaging. 

"All right, listen up! Until we can close that portal up there, what we need is containment. Barton: I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark: you've got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash. Thor: you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal, slow them down. You've got the lightning - light them up! You and me: we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. Lloyd: you're with Lavender- heal anybody who's got hurt and get everybody to safety. And Hulk: smash!" Says Captain America.
SQUEE!!! He said my name!!... My super hero name, but my name nonetheless.
 

So Lav and I are set on civilian protection. Lavender held force fields to defend fleeing personnel, and I used vials of tears that I had saved from the last time I cried-- FYI, after I heard about Phil, to heal wounds as everyone moved to safety. Surprisingly, even though there is a non-stop of alien lifeforms flushing out of the portal, most people in the tall glass buildings are doing nothing but staring out their windows with jaws hanging open! GET TO SAFETY PEOPLE!!! Don't wait to panic and flee after it shatters through the wall, because by then it's too late, okay?

I call on the the Mythical Gang to help get people to safety so the Avengers can focus more on the fighting. Genovia, Phoenix, Fairy, Gryffin, and Dragon all lend a helping hand in moving people from the buildings to a totally different part of the city.

"This isn't doing any good. As long as the portal stays open, they're gonna keep coming." Someone says over comlink.

"The Mythical Gang has everyone pretty much in the clear. I could try to get us a head start by plugging it up for a bit, buy us some time to figure out how to close it." Lavender offers. Iron Man orders her to Stark Tower to see what she can do. I tag along because, as Lav said, the gang seemed to have everything pretty much under control- but I left a few vials of tears with Fairy, just in case.

Apparently Black Window is gonna meet us there, so we dodge and weave our way through the streets and up to Stark Tower. "I thought Loki was here." I said nervously once we get in the elevator. 

"I hope so. I have a score to settle with him." Lavender growled.

"What score?" I asked.

"I'm famous for my impenetrable shields. Nobody, I repeat, NOBODY breaks through one and gets away with it." She said. 

Just then, the elevator clicked and we entered to see a dazed Loki laying on the floor. Fortunately enough for him, Hulk beat us to the punch, which meant Lavender didn't get to "smash him" even though she really super wanted to. She did laugh at him and smugly ask if it wasn't ironic that what goes around comes around- Doing her whole villain-thing of kicking the dog while it's down, and I was just like:

"Lav... Leave him alone and get over here."
Then we got back to business.

We raced outside, looking for a way to get to the roof when suddenly my foot caught on something and I fell clean over, flat on my face.

"Lloyd! Lavender!" Black Widow called, "Can you toss that up to me?" 

"Lav has a better arm then me." I say, rubbing my nose and making a note that if I miss, it'll fall back on to the street and waste precious time. So Lav snagged it and threw it up toward Black Widow who narrowly caught it, then vanished on the rooftop. 

"What do you think she needed that for?" I asked. The answer was soon clear when Black Widow announced that the staff could close the portal. 

What happened after that was just classic..

Iron Man is the sarcastic selfish type who never does anything unless there's something in it for him, so it's only the final irony when the faceless S.H.I.E.L.D masterminds send a nuke bomb our way and Iron Man is willing to risk his own life to redirect it up into the alien space ship beyond the portal. It's been my expirence when someone selfish does something pretty brave and selfless; they're rewarded for it by a lucky turn of events..

We all thought he was gone as the portal began to close-- But out he falls; missing the shut portal by a toe.

And so ends this whole mess. The Avengers go get Loki and the Tesseract, then we all treat ourselves to weird sandwiches at a weird place that Stark really wanted to try, then we all go home... Well, almost.

Just before Loki and Thor disappear, I was sure to give Loki a piece of my mind by smiling victoriously and drawing a Tic-Tac-Toe pattern in the air, then crossing out the X's that had won me the last 6 games I played against him. From the look on his face, I think he got it. >=D 

I know a brief summary of what happened is not as interesting or funny as when it's fresh in my mind, but I couldn't find a spare moment to sit down and write for the past few days. Anyway, the Avengers have all gone their separate ways now. Lav and the gang are all back at the Myth Mansion living it up, and I'm happily at home with my family.

So to end this adventure Loo-Kee style:

 "When Lloyd ate too many doughnuts, she lost her mind and couldn't think right, thus putting herself and her friends in a dangerous situation.. Remember that too much of a good thing can definitely be a bad thing. And we learned from when Lloyd taught Loki Tic-Tac-Toe, that you should never give your X's and O's away to just anyone. Bye for now!"

Lloyd out!

It's Fury's Fault..

Whatever happens now is totally Fury's fault. I am not taking the blame, I am not responsible. It was Fury, and I want it in writing-- Which is why I'm taking a moment to post even though things are very hectic right now.

When I get a spare moment, I'll fill you in on what just happened..
Just know, that Loki escaped and it was Fury's fault!

Lloyd out!

Doughnuts & Tic-Tac-Toe

Amazing what a following day can bring to report. Forget my story from last night, I have something far more interesting, weird, and just plain irritating to tell you about today. It started with Lavender's voice.

"Lloyd! Will you please stop fiddling with stuff?" she snapped, calling me from my thoughts. I  found I had been absentmindedly playing with the touch-sensitive holographic items on one of S.H.I.E.L.D's computers, and tossing the information around like crazy. Instead of correcting myself when I realized what I was doing,  I became more intent on my fiddling and tried to figure out if I could access the internet from it.
Lavender quickly snatched the computer from my hands and glared at me.

"I'm bored! Why doesn't S.H.I.E.L.D have an activity center or something?" I asked, slumping to the ground.

"Because it's S.H.I.E.L.D. A super secret C.I.A.." Lavender replied, turning back to whatever-on-earth she was working on. "If you're so bored, why don't you go shake hands with Captain America again- You seemed pretty happy to do that. Or how about matching wits with that Iron Man/Tony Stark fellow? You know, I think you two would hit it off: He's annoying and talkative and so are you."
With this she flashed me a playful smile.

"Oh boo. His jokes aren't nearly as funny as mine." I said, smiling a little. "How about a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors?"

"Seriously Lloyd?.. I'm working." Lavender replied.

I suddenly realized then that Lavender seemed to be enjoying this whole S.H.I.E.L.D operation thing. "Do you like working for S.H.I.E.L.D, Lav?" I asked cautiously.

"I've admired their work for a long time, yeah." Lavender admitted, "But I didn't tell you because your opinion on them was obviously very low."

"Admire their work? For how long?.. Even when you were a villain? ...Wow.. I had no idea." I said, feeling a little awkward. I shuffled my feet on the metal floor for a moment, then suddenly noticed a large host of escorts heading down the hall. Glancing up, I noticed they had captured Loki! In unison, Lavender and I let our jaws drop and looked at each other.

"They caught him already?" I asked.

"So, does that mean we're going home now?" Lavender asked uncertainly. I shrugged; but for some reason I highly doubted it- Heroes instinct or whatever you want to call it, I had a feeling this was far from over. Heroes instinct did not come into play a short time later, however. The fact that I really can't die, I had just eaten 5 doughnuts from the catering table, and that Loki was currently neutralized in a fish-bowl, all sent my heroes instinct on vacation and let childish giddy take over. But we'll get to that in a minute..

First, I abandoned toying with the computer and went to toy with something more dangerous.. Something a kin to playing with fire or poking a hand in the lions cage- Don't know why the temptation to do so is so strong, but it never fails. So out I went, into the hall and down to the room I knew Fury would be.

"Whach'ya doin'? Is it interesting? .. Because I'm bored." I said to him with a heavy sigh.

Nick kinda looked at me as though he were shocked to hear I was in desire for entertainment, but brushed it off with a simple and dismissive; "Then go entertain yourself.".

"With what?" I asked earnestly.

Suddenly I felt two fingers poke me on the shoulder. I turned and found a tall agent looking down at me with a smile. He addressed himself as agent Phil Coulson, then quietly asked if I liked doughnuts-- Yes, I love doughnuts! They are my favorite food next to pizza and ice cream. Phil led me to the mess hall where there were as many expensive, ultra-delicious doughnuts as one could ever hope to see in their lifetime! My face was literally like this:

 

I decided then and there that I liked Phil very much! .. It's actually impossible not to like him. He's funny and friendly, and the only person who ever smiles on this stupid ship. So anyway, I shyly made my way to the first doughnut, then a second. Phil and I exchanged a little chit-chat about our careers for awhile. Then he went back on duty, and I went for a third.. Then a fourth... And soon a fifth...
...I know, I know.. But I love doughnuts and Phil told me I could have as many as I wanted. Any that weren't eaten would be thrown out.

Needless to say, within the hour I was very giddy and incredibly hyped up on the sugar of 7 very expensive doughnuts. I happily took Nick Fury's advice, but I won't give you the full detailed account of what I did to, quote on quote; "Entertain myself"... Mostly because I was so intoxicated with chocolate and rainbow sprinkles that I can hardly remember.

I believe in the long and short of everything, I made a nuisance of myself by (As the witnesses claim):
Shouting "BOING! BOING! BOING!" as I lept one bunny hop after the other down the hall.
Spinning in speeding circles singing 'Lemon Tree' repeatedly.
Making polish-angels on the hard steel ground.
and eventually ironing Tony Stark's arm while cheering: "Iron Man- Doin' it wrong!" (Seriously though, not even I know where I got the iron.)

It was after that incident that Tony lost his mind and demanded why I had to be there. Lavender insisted they could throw me off the ship, and that I'd be okay so long as we weren't over water- Considering I can't swim. Thor wondered aloud if I was mentally unstable and referenced to some weird Asgaurdian creature who reacts the way I was before dying. Phil seemed to be the only one who still had patience for me, but he was suddenly in doubt as to my age.

"Common guys, she's only, what- 15?....12... 8?"

"Dude! You're going the wrong way.. I'm 19!" I vaguely remember saying.

"5." Either Lavender or Bruce corrected- Probably both at the same time.

"Alright buster!" I said, rolling up my sleeves in a tough motion.

Lavender shifted her weight to one leg and folded her arms. "What are you gonna do? Heal us to death?"

"No. I have another power-" Then with a hand beside my mouth as though I was revealing a secret, I whispered hoarsely: "It's annoying." And proceeded to poke a random agent's forehead and laughing rhythmically as though I were sending a coded message. THAT was when Nick lost it. He seized me by the back of my neck and dragged my toward the prison room.

"AH! Let me go, Nick! You fun-nazi!!" I shouted. Then I saw Captain America, and proceeded to blush crimson and fall very silent. Apparently, I'd been annoying enough to warrant execution-- I mean, termination-- I mean, interrogation..
Yes, interrogation. I was to interrogate Loki to find out what his favorite color was.
Where was the harm in it? I couldn't die, and Nick figured the worst I could do was click the big red 'drop-the-jerk' button.

Now, after he tossed me in and blocked the hallway behind him, I pathetically pounded on the wall for a few minutes... And then:

I realized I was not alone. But worse than not alone, I was not alone with the worst person to not be alone with! Even if he was in a giant glass mixing dish, smirking evily!


I turned my back against the door and tapped it twice more, then chanced a stiff: "...Helloooooo."
"Hello."
"AH! Don't talk to me!"
In case you're wondering, yes, I have been more stupid then letting this loon know I was intimidated right off the bat-- Can't think of any references at the given time, but I'm sure I'll remember shortly, then I'll get back to you. Anyway, it would've been an awkward stare down if Loki hadn't decided to milk my terrified state by, oh you guessed it, speaking to me.

I'm not quite sure what he said, but I think he was trying to coax me closer to the glass. "Nooooo." I replied, slightly humored. Then he threw me for a loop.

"Might I know the rules of that little game with the X's and O's that you play?"
"What?"
"The game."
"You mean Tic-Tac-Toe?...."
"Yes, that's the one."
"...Wait a minute. Tic. Tac. To-- You want to know how to play TIC. TAC. TOE.. The game?"
He nodded.
"...I thought Fury said you could have a magazine if you were bored-- Which goes to show how hard-core that guy is. I would've offered a video game console or something. You know, beep! beep! beep! Boom!" and I settled down right beside the glass to teach him Tic-Tac-Toe.

 ... What can I say?.. The doughnuts hadn't worn off yet. 

He advanced a pace- like a snake with two legs, at which time I instantly felt intimidated again. I spoke the first thing on my mind. "Alright, you're tall and scary. Sit down if you wanna learn the game."

Oh the adrenaline rush when he did. Directly in front of me- Inches away with only the glass to separate us. 'The game, the game, the game.' I told myself in my head, 'Aw man! I just lost the game...'

And you did too... Just now. MUHAHAHAHA!! But that's beside the point.

I taught him Tic-Tac-Toe in the most effective way of teaching- By example. I exhaled on the glass and drew out the familiar # pattern. Before he could do anything though, I put up my index finger and declared: "Inferior goes first.".. He didn't argue with that, and seemed rather pleased as I quickly marked an X. I won 6 times before he started looking bored and a little impatient as he kept glancing at the door behind me expectantly like he was hoping something would happen..

And then it did dflvb;jhub'

BOOM?

Lloyd out!

Start in the middle...

I know this is my first post on my brand new blog, but unfortunately, you're not starting at the beginning. I've been in the super hero biz with my friends and family for some time now, and as a super hero, I'm used to charging right into things... So let's get started!

My most recent avenger-- I mean, adventure took place... Today, I believe.
Genovia, Fairy, Pheonix, Dragon, and Gryffin have all finally returned from their galactic exploit, so Lavender and I decided it would be fun to take everyone shopping and get brought up to speed on the universal news. From what I've been told, Earth is a wild-life preserve under the protection of a galactic armada and my very own space-traveling sister, Galaxia. Details were mostly classified, but our alien buddies made us aware that they had all been called away as representatives of their planets, to protect Earth from alien invaders that would do it great harm and had been arguing with senators and fighting for their lives for at least 8 months solid.

Half way to the mall, we were ambushed by some of Lav's old team mates, who in turn were ambushed by some of Nick Fury's team mates.

"I didn't know you were friends with S.H.I.E.L.D!" Gryffin calls, all excited like.

"I'm not." I replied stiffly, taking a few steps back. I have it on good authority that S.H.I.E.L.D isn't fond of mutants or aliens, so what were they doing saving our necks?

"You're to come with us. Agent Fury wants to see the two of you." One of the men says, pointing between myself and Lavender. I can hardly believe the excitement in the eyes of my team mate as she willingly starts toward one of the big armored helicopters. Naturally, I had my protests.
Nothing too bossy or outrageous, just something along the lines of:

"ARE YOU NUTS?! THESE GUYS WORK FOR S.H.I.E.L.D!! You know, Super Hero Initiate Exterminating Legal Defense?"  

"Lloyd.. That doesn't even make sense." Lavender said skeptically

"It's like alien abduction! They're taking to you to their leader! Do you even know who their leader is? It's Nick Fury, for crying out loud! That guy in freakish black cape and one burning eye! Don't go! This is a trap! Besides, we're totally supposed to be spending time with everybody." I end in a moan.

"It's called a trench-coat." Lavender said.

"We'll be fine. We'll wait for you two back at Myth Mansion. Go on, this could be important." Genovia insists. 

"Common Lloyd! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity." Gryffin begged, pushing me along.

Despite feeling as though my extra terrestrial friends were trying to get rid of the Earthlings again, I continued my protest:

"When S.H.I.E.L.D picks you out, it's not an honor.. It's a threat!" I argued. The majority of the Mythical Gang waved goodbye to us as we ascended into the sky, and eventually vanished from sight.

"If you don't like S.H.I.E.L.D so much, why are you coming?" Lavender asked.

"Don't let them fool you. I didn't really have a choice. S.H.I.E.L.D tells you what to do and you better do it! If you say 'no', you're a public enemy! Besides, I'm coming for your sake. I won't be able to save you, but at least I can try to heal any damage that may be inflicted upon you.... AS YOUR DRAGGED KICKING AND SCREAMING OFF TO SOME MEGA FISH-BOWL CONTAINMENT UNIT!.. The only one who might be able to help us is Genovia- Assuming of course they haven't invented someway of keeping phasers from phasing through things."

"Actually, I think they have." Lavender says thoughtfully.

"Great, then we're all doomed." I sigh.

 "Lloyd, stop being such a drama-queen. You're embarrassing me." Lavender snaps, then turns to the officers standing nearby and smiles. "Just ignore her.. She always gets like this after a tough fight. So what does Agent Fury want with us exactly?"

Puh! What indeed!
Now comes the part where I must introduce you to a parasite-- I mean, person called Loki:

No... No, that's Loo-Kee. He's a cute little blue-tailed squirrel-like creature with a good moral lesson who appears at the end of every She-Ra: Princess Of Power episode. As far as I know, he's a good guy- But even if he weren't, he's not who I'm talking about at all! No, no.

THIS is who I'm talking about. This here is Loki. He comes from another planet- er, dimension- er, whatever.. Point is, he's a tourist and we all know how annoying they are! Apparently, he took a wrong turn on his way to Asgaurd's Rehab For Psychopaths, and instead ended up on Earth- More importantly, inside a popular American haunt called; "One of S.H.I.E.L.D's secret bases", where they were running tests on something called the Tesseract. From what I understand, Loki popped in, snagged this bite-sized energon cube, called a taxi, and made a quick get-away...

Now back to us. Turns out, Nick needed Lavender's expertise on pure energy- She can make pure energy force-fields that are pretty much impenetrable after all, and I was to tag along because I was supposedly Lavender's leader. We're now on Nick's flying.. Uhm.. Battleship thingy, but I'm not content. A little while ago, as soon as I had an opening, I crept up to Nick and scowled hard at him.

"So how'd you get my phone number?" I ask.

"We're S.H.I.E.L.D." He replies bluntly, then turns his computer at me. "And we discovered your website."

"Blast!"

................ I'm gonna have to pause my story for now. I just received word that Captain America is on this floating junk pile and I wanna meet him!.. No, I won't go crazy fan girl all over him, but I do wanna meet him.

Lloyd out!