The Mary Sue Virus: Lights, Camera, Avengers! - The Index

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Title: The Mary Sue Virus: Lights, Camera, Avengers!
Fandom: something like the Marvel Universe, leaning mostly toward the Movie!Avengers branch
Rating: 18 and up
Warnings: lots of sex and violence, language, anything else i can toss in. probably some drinking.
Disclaimer: the recognizable characters and places contained herein are the property of Marvel and whoever the hell else owns them.. i'm merely borrowing for the sake of entertainment. no money is being made from this venture. the Sues are the sole property of their originators, dazzledfirestar, mistress_o_muse, ginevrasm, rylan_m, and ladydeathfaerie. the concept and title of The Mary Sue Virus are used with permission from Dazzledfirestar.

The Mary Sue Virus: Lights, Camera, Avengers!

Chapter	Title	Timeline	Major Events	Characters
Chapter One	Busy Hands	day 0	Tony is throwing some gala event, to which he's invited everyone. Astrid is tinkering with one of her inventions when she's approached by Thor. Alex is teasing Elsa about Steve, trying to encourage her to go dance with him or proposition him. Miri and Coulson are in a closet, engaging in a bout of sex. Alex is at the bar when Miri finds her and they discuss how its happened again, then talk about rounding up the gang. Clint approaches the two of them and comments on how they look. Alex shoos him off, unimpressed.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Clint, Phil, Thor, Pepper
Chapter Two	Long Night	day 0	the girls head to a diner to talk about their new adventure. there is discussion of who is who and who likes who. a call from Coulson breaks the party up. Miri heads to their usual hotel to meet up with him. Astrid heads home to her apartment and her toys. Elsa returns home and  thinks about what Alex has said about her having it bad for Steve. Alex heads to the SHIELD gym to work out her pent up aggression. Clint interrupts her. it turns into a fight that sees him besting her. Miri and Phil have a post coital discussion that leads to another round of love making.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phil, Clint
Chapter Three	Morning After	day 1	Elsa wakes to find she's dreamt of Steve and considers that maybe Alex might be correct in her assessment of the situation. she also considers what Fury's hiring her to look into the Super Soldier program means. Miri and Phil are still in their hotel room. she entices him back to bed with her and they're in the middle of a round of sex when his cell phone goes off. Phil takes the call, Miri still and silent on top of him, then finishes up with Miri when he's done. Astrid is in the midst of work in her office at Stark Industries when Thor drops in to woo her. they go to the park. Alex is woken from a bizarre dream by the shrill of her phone. its her mother. they have a chat about church, men, babies, and lesbianism before her mother asks if she's going to have dinner with the family.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phil, Thor
Chapter Four	Assignments	day 2, 4	Tony shows up at Phoebe's book store to discuss her hacking into SHIELD's database and tell her that she's going with him to SHIELD headquarters to chat with the director. once there, Fury gives her the option of working for him or going to jail. Phoebe chooses to work for Fury. Elsa is pouring over her grandfather's notes when Steve comes to her lab to let her take blood and saliva samples for testing. Thor once more shows up at Stark Industries to see Astrid. they go to lunch, despite her being unable to understand why he keeps coming to see her. Miri finds Alex on the firing range, using pictures of Clint for target practice. Miri tells Alex Coulson wants to see them. when they arrive, they're given two assignments. Miri is going to Scotland to sift through an empty Hydra base. Alex is going to Cali to monitor a house reportedly being used by Hydra agents. with Clint posing as her husband	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Tony, Steve, Nick, Thor, Phil, Clint
Chapter Five	On the Job	day 4	Alex and Clint make it to LA in one piece. Alex ignores him much of the time until they land. Clint learns Alex has been to LA before. he also learns she doesn't know how to cook. they make it to their rental and settle in for their intelligence gathering mission. Miri arrives in London and is met by her MI6 contact, who helps her make it through customs. they go to MI6 headquarters for a quick debrief, then to her hotel to sleep	Alex, Miri, Clint, Phil, Pete Wisdom
Chapter Six	Distances	day 5	Phoebe is displeased with Tony watching her every move and tells him so. more than that, she's displeased that she's found he isn't the man she thought he was. there's more substance to him than he lets on and she's far more attracted to that than she wants to be. Tony makes a bet with her about the backdoor she used, saying if he finds it in five minutes, she goes to a function with him. if he doesn't, he leaves her alone the rest of the time she's at SHIELD. she agrees, confident he can't find the back door. she loses. Elsa is on a ladder, reaching for a binder, when Steve interrupts her and causes her to lose her balance. she falls off the ladder and he catches her. Steve tells her a little about her grandfather. Elsa stares at his ass when he retrieves the binder. they chat about science for a bit, then Steve asks Elsa out on a date. Thor takes Astrid on a carriage ride through the park after dinner. they talk a little bit, then Thor kisses her. Miri calls Phil, frustrated with Pete Wisdom's advances toward her, and engages in phone sex with him to deal with her stress.	Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Tony, Steve, Thor, Phil
Chapter Seven	Dates	day 7	Astrid and Thor have a date at her apartment. she cooks for him. they talk about her family and why she hasn't seen them in a while. they end the evening with a very heated kiss. Phoebe attends Tony's function with him. she feels out of place, not knowing anyone there. she and Tony have a candid chat about why she doesn't like him and it disturbs Phoebe to realize that he's listening to her every word. more disturbing, he's taken her claims of disliking him as a challenge to change her mind about him. Steve and Elsa go to a diner on their date. they talk about his life before the serum and what it was like after. Alex and Clint go to a beach party at one of the neighboring houses to get a closer look at the Hydra house. Alex does not like the locals. after dancing with Clint and putting on a minor show for the party goers, Alex slips away to plant a listening device on the Hydra house. she's almost caught, but Clint comes to save the day	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Phoebe,  Thor, Tony, Steve, Clint
Chapter Eight	Fireworks	day 8	Miri and the team at the abandoned base discover vital information left behind by Hydra. she calls Phil to let him know that she thinks they've hit paydirt when one of the team calls her over to show her something else. it turns out to be a timer and Miri orders everyone to evacuate. Wisdom pulls her from the base and gets her to relative safety before the bomb explodes. Miri suffers a concussion and loses ten hours. she wakes in a Scottish hospital. Wisdom gives her a ride to her hotel and then kisses her, prompting Miri to punch him hard enough to break his nose. she gets into her hotel room to find that Phil is waiting for her. Phoebe is working out in the  SHIELD gym, trying to vent her growing frustration where Tony is concerned, when she's confronted with a person in all black. they launch an attack. when Tony comes looking for her, its enough to distract her so that the attacker can slash at her with a knife. Phoebe takes a cut on the arm, then uses a leg to disarm the man and he takes off running. Tony uses his shirt to bandage Phoebe's arm. she finds herself distracted by his bare chest. Alex is mad at Clint for leaving the toilet seat up and argues with him while trying to listen to the Hydra house. she hears a conversation talking about a weapon, about agents from MI6 being killed in Scotland, and an agent working to end the threat to their security. realizing Miri is in danger, Alex goes for her phone to call HQ, but notices movement in the shadows and realizes that they're targets. she grabs her weapons and alerts Clint to incoming danger. the two of them engage in a gun battle with Hydra agents. Alex leaves the house to take on more agents, blows the Hydra house up, and ends up fighting a man bigger than her. Clint saves the day by putting an arrow through his head	Alex, Miri, Phoebe, Phil, Clint, Tony, Pete Wisdom
Chapter Nine	Awkward Conversations	day 27	everyone is back at SHIELD HQ for debriefing and to meet Phoebe. Miri talks about the base in Scotland. she shares pictures of the place, plus images of the files they found. a circle with Celtic knotwork under the base is named as a summoning circle. Phil, Miri, Clint, and Alex get sent home. Clint gives Alex a ride and gets a call from her mother, who hears Clint's voice. Alex claims he's her boyfriend to avoid her mother trying to set her up and Clint is invited to the Quinn house for Sunday dinner. Thor and Astrid are lounging after indulging in a little love making. he tells her about the circle. Miri wakes in Phil's bed and wonders at the change	Alex, Astrid, Miri, Phoebe, Nick, Tony , Steve, Thor, Clint
Chapter Ten	The New Recruit	day 29	Phoebe finally gets past Hydra's security and into their mainframe. she prints off information and finds several mentions of Loki. she takes the files to Miri. the girls discover there is another Sue amongst them. all the Sues get together to coach Phoebe on how to navigate the universe. Elsa and Steve go to an art museum and admire the art. then they go for ice cream and share a kiss. Phoebe returns from the gym to find Tony at her door. they discuss why she doesn't like him and he brings up what he knows about her family. the heat of their argument leads to a fiery kiss, but Phoebe pushes him away and orders him to leave.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Steve, Tony
Chapter Eleven	Turning Point	day 32	Elsa and her research have been moved to the Helicarrier for her safety. Steve shows up to take her on a picnic in a room filled with a living garden. the picnic is put on hold, though, when the two of them start kissing. Alex and Clint arrive at her parents' house for Sunday dinner. Alex decides there isn't enough alcohol in the world to help a person survive her family. Phoebe is hard at work at her desk when thoughts of Tony intrude. she digs deeper into SHIELD files on Loki to push thoughts of Tony aside, making notes about everything. once finished, she searches her parents' names to find information about the crash that killed them. doing so brings her memories to the surface. she finds herself crying on Tony's shoulder	Alex, Elsa, Phoebe, Steve, Clint, Tony, the Quinn family
Chapter Twelve	Unpleasantness	day 32	Clint and Alex leave her parents' place. as soon as her family goes back inside, Alex takes off, intent on walking home in the rain. she just wants to get away from Clint. he catches her and Alex, not thinking rationally, throws a punch. which starts a fight. which ends with the two of them going to his place and getting busy. more than once. Miri talks to her mother on the phone. the woman needles Miri about her career and insists she should find a man before she's too old. Miri cuts the call short when someone knocks on her door. its a neighbor, bringing her a piece of mail. they make plans for dinner. Mrs. Goldman leaves, there's another knock, and this time its Phil. he gives her a backrub to ease the tension brought on by her mother's call. there's a promise of something more. Thor distracts Astrid from the drawing of the circle with sex. when she calls him on it, he tells her that he isn't using sex to distract her and that his feelings for her run deeper. he admits he loves her, then gets up to leave when she has a hard time accepting the fact. after sex with Clint, Alex wakes up and freaks out about what she's done, so she gets up and gets dressed and goes home.	Alex, Astrid Miri, Clint, Phil, Thor, Marjorie Grant
Chapter Thirteen	Misdirection	days 33, 36	Phoebe wakes after her night of crying to find herself still in Tony's arms. she pulls away from him and the two of them have a discussion why nothing more will ever happen between them. Phoebe tells him its because he's an alcoholic. Tony tells her he's done and then leaves and Phoebe feels alone. Miri is woken by Phil's cell phone. he gets an assignment and has to leave. Miri is left feeling lost and calls Alex, only to have her call go straight to voice mail. something it never does. Clint shows up at Alex's apartment to make sure she's okay. Alex gives him the cold shoulder to protect herself. Phoebe looks up from her hacking duties to find Pepper there. Pepper asks her to lunch and then asks what happened with Tony because he's sober. Astrid figures out where she's seen the circle before, but its too late because Loki shows up and kidnaps her.	Alex, Astrid, Miri, Phoebe, Pepper, Tony, Phil, Clint, Loki
Chapter Fourteen	Disturbances	day 36	Astrid is being held captive in Loki's stronghold. he uses a basin to show her what Thor and her friends are doing. with each image, he works to undermine her trust in the people she loves and cares about. Elsa's equipment is not working properly, though maintenance insists its been checked and was found to be in perfect working order. Steve arrives in time to hear her give someone on the phone a good chewing out, then the two go walking together. they end up talking about the equipment breaking down all over the helicarrier, then Steve warns Elsa that bad things will happen. Alex is working out in the SHIELD gym when Natasha interrupts to warn her not to mess with Clint's heart. she derides Alex and tells her the only reason she made it into SHIELD is because Fury liked her uncle. Alex launches an attack against Natasha and gets her ass kicked.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Steve, Natasha, Loki
Chapter Fifteen	Off Guard	day 39	Astrid considers her situation, locked away in Loki's stronghold. he takes her to the basin to show her what's going on with her friends once again. this time, she finds herself with her friends but unable to communicate with them. she sees Coulson and his team dealing with parts of a staff. Miri goes with Alex to dinner at her family's house. MM mentions Alex bringing Clint home for dinner. Loki shows Astrid another image in his basin., this time a meeting between Nick Fury and some of the Avengers. Phoebe and Tony spend a night in her quarters. they're just about to engage in sex when a warning bell starts chiming. Tony leaves to see what's going on. Elsa is questioned about her relationship with Steve by her staff and, after some ribbing, they go back to work. only to be brought to a halt by the sound of an explosion. Loki drags Astrid with him to the basin again, telling her its time. he shows her the fighting taking place both on the helicarrier and on the SHIELD base. then she's on the helicarrier with Loki, watching Coulson, Clint, Steve, and Thor talking about courses of action. Astrid tries to warn Thor, touches him, and draws his attention. Thor promises retribution, then the helicarrier is gone and Loki is threatening Astrid.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Phil, Nick, Clint, Thor, Tony, Loki, the Quinn family
Chapter Sixteen	Chaos	day 39	Phoebe decides to take her chances out in the halls rather than wait in her quarters. she and her dogs go in search of the armory and the others. Loki uses the basin to try and shake Astrid's faith in her friends, sharing secrets they've told no one. Alex is trying to find Miri in the chaos. she's confronted with a Hydra agent. Miri is pinned down in an office, low on ammo, when Maria shows up and lends a hand. they plan on heading to the comm room and raising the helicarrier. Phoebe sets the dogs on a Hydra agent and, in the process, Tex is injured. Loki shows Astrid Miri and Coulson next. Miri confronts the enemy in the hallways. Alex is still trying to get to Miri when she finds Natasha. the two women dispatch half a dozen of the enemy. Loki shows Astrid Steve and Elsa next. Elsa tries to recall what happened and take stock of her injuries. Miri and Maria make it to the comm room. Alex and Natasha are there. they make ready to contact the helicarrier, only to hear the carrier's distress call, made by Phil	Alex, Astrid, Miri, Phoebe, Maria, Natasha, Loki
Chapter Seventeen	Destruction	day 39	Tony leaves Phoebe's quarters and heads for his armor, intent on suiting up and helping in the fight. running into the enemy sees him using a door as a shield and he takes them all down with it.  Coulson issues orders to Steve, Clint, and Thor. when the others leave to get into position, Thor waits and hears Astrid's voice. then sees her and Loki, though only as shades. he realizes what's going on and heads off to find Loki. Clint raids the armory and seeks out a sniper nest in order to pick off the enemy. he takes out his pent up aggression on anyone who gets in his way. Phil heads for the bridge calmly, intent on keeping the helicarrier from enemy hands and from crashing in a high population area. his thoughts turn to Miri. Steve fetches his shield before engaging the enemy. he ends up helping people instead of fighting Hydra. Thor goes to Asgard searching for Astrid. she's not there. a display of temper has Thor discovering one of Loki's old journals, which reveals the location of a secret palace.  Thor rescues Astrid from Loki and takes her home. Clint has a place on a catwalk that he's using to snipe Hydra agents. one sneaks up on him and injures him, which sends him falling to the floor below. Steve keeps trying to rescue the injured. he finds one of Elsa's assistants, who tells him Elsa needs help. Phil, realizing the helicarrier is going down, determines to set it down where people will not be hurt. his last thoughts are of Miri and how he should have told her he loved her. Tony helps clear Hydra away from the exterior of the base. Fury sends him out to help the helicarrier. he draws the planes away and reaches the helicarrier in time to see it crash.	Astrid, Clint, Nick, Phil, Steve, Tony, Thor
Chapter Eighteen	Wreckage	day 39	Fury sends two teams into the helicarrier to find survivors. Miri heads up one team while Alex heads up the other. Tony goes with Miri into the less stable parts of the wreckage. Alex's team finds Steve and Elsa and gets them out. Tony keeps studying Miri, setting her nerves on edge. they find Phil in the wreckage of the bridge. Thor arrives on scene and is torn a new one by Fury, then sent in to back up Alex's team. Tony helps Miri get it together, making comment on her feelings for the other man. Alex and her team find Clint. Thor watches her reaction to seeing him injured. he isn't able to stop her before she shoots the Hydra agent responsible for his injuries.	Alex, Miri, Nick, Steve, Tony, Thor
Chapter Nineteen	Numb	day 39	Miri checks in on all of the injured, then ends up in the chapel to think about Phil. Elsa wakes and tries to recall what happened. Steve is sleeping in a chair next to her bed. Astrid is watching the news, staring at the images flashing on the screen. it takes her a bit, but she finally turns it off. Phoebe waits anxiously to find out how badly her dog is injured. Tony is there with her to lend support. Alex is venting in the gym. Miri comes to check on her. the two of them end up in a fight over their feelings for the men in their lives. Fury interrupts them to send them on a mission	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Steve, Tony, Nick
Chapter Twenty	Retribution	day 40	everyone gets together in Elsa's hospital room. Astrid wants to apologize. Miri nearly chokes her out, but backs down then Alex pulls her back. Alex and Miri are given the task of clearing the Hydra nest. Thor and Steve go with. Steve takes exception to how Miri runs her OP and gets a gun to the face for his troubles. Nick breaks the fight up and sends everyone home to sleep.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Steve, Thor, Nick
Chapter Twenty One	Gossip	day 41	Phoebe wakes snuggled in Tony's arms, thinks about what happened the night before, and cries. Tony holds her closer in comfort. after, she tells him about the events of the night before. an intimate situation is interrupted by the telephone. Astrid and Thor talk about Loki and the things he said and did to her. Steve and Elsa visit in her hospital room. they discuss what Elsa heard and saw the night before. she admits she loves him and they kiss. Miri visits Phil in the hospital and has a visit from Maria Hill	Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Maria, Tony, Thor, Steve
Chapter Twenty Two	Exchange	day 42	Clint wakes in the hospital to find Natasha there. they talk about Alex and Tasha lets him know she won't be coming to see him. after Natasha leaves, Clint realizes he cares deeply about Alex. his thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Tony Stark and they talk about what happened in the attacks. Tony also gossips about couples. Steve finds Elsa working against doctor's orders and chastises her for being careless. Phoebe and Pepper meet for lunch. they discuss the attacks and Tony, then talk about spending time together as friends. Miri seeks out Alex and finds her at the family's church. she does not like the way her friend looks and decides to do something about it.	Alex, Miri, Elsa, Phoebe, Clint, Steve,Tony, Natasha, Pepper
Chapter Twenty Three	Peace	day 45	Phoebe and Tony watch Tex and Denver play. conversation turns to whether or not Tony's been sleeping. he insists he's fine. Phoebe suggests otherwise.  when she falls asleep, he carries her off to bed. Phoebe convinces Tony to come to bed with her. Miri takes a break from reports to get a bite to eat, where she runs into Natasha. reminded of Alex's words, she follows after Natasha and corners her, demanding she tell Miri what she said to Alex. Phil finally regains consciousness to find Miri at his side.	Miri, Phoebe, Tony, Phil, Natasha
Chapter Twenty Four	Visits	day 55	Steve tells Elsa she has a visitor, ignoring her chilly demeanor. Astrid has arrived to chat with Elsa. they discuss how things are going and how everyone is doing. Elsa assures Astrid that the friendship between herself and Miri and Alex will be repaired. Thor greets Astrid when she returns to her apartment. Miri makes a trip to the file room to find information on Alex's first partner. she takes the information to Clint to convince him to seek out Alex. Clint reads the information Miri gives him later that night.	Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Steve, Thor, Clint
Chapter Twenty Five	Reconciled	days 56, 57	Clint shows up at Alex's apartment to ask her about Mitch and why she pushed Clint away. their conversation turns to other pursuits. he makes breakfast in the morning.	Alex, Clint
Chapter Twenty Six	Healing	day 60, day 84	Phoebe goes to speak to Fury. he offers her a position working for him at SHIELD. she agrees. upon learning about her new job, Tony suggests they celebrate by taking the dogs to the park to play and picking something to eat up on the way. Alex goes to see Fury and talk about her position at SHIELD. he answers questions about her uncle. Miri is patiently explaining to Phil why he can't do any work when Alex and Clint stop by to visit him. Elsa gets her cast off finally. afterward, they go to the diner where they had their first date and Steve asks Elsa to stop working on the serum.	Alex, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Nick, Tony , Clint, Phil, Steve
Chapter Twenty Seven	Confrontation	day 90	the girls all meet at the diner. Astrid has Phoebe call Miri and Alex in the hopes of trying to mend the rift in their friendship.  the meeting does not go as planned. Thor calls a meeting of the Avengers in Coulson's hospital room to apologize for his actions and discuss ways to bring the girls back together as friends. the meeting breaks up when Miri arrives to visit Phil. Phil asks Miri about the encounter with Astrid in Elsa's hospital room the night of the Hydra attack. Clint and Alex go to SHIELD to spar. if Clint wins, Alex has to answer his questions. if Alex wins, Clint won't ask her anything. naturally Clint wins.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe,  Clint, Phil, Steve, Thor, Tony
Chapter Twenty Eight	Domesticity	day 93	Astrid and Thor are having a quiet night in, sharing dinner at her apartment. during their meal, Thor tells Astrid he'd like to take her to Asgard to meet his parents. Astrid agrees. Clint arrives at Alex's apartment with take out for their dinner to find that Alex has been looking at houses and feels that its time for the two of them to share a home. Tony cooks for Phoebe to show his appreciation for her. Tony isn't much of a cook. Miri heads to Phil's to spend time with him and finds him on the treadmill. she finds other ways to help him strengthen back up. Steve makes dinner for Elsa, but he ends up becoming the main course.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Thor, Clint, Tony, Phil, Steve
Chapter Twenty Nine	Just a Normal Day	day  97	Elsa is working on an experiment, involving Steve's blood, in her lab when Steve calls to ask her out. she agrees to go on a date with him, then goes back to her experiments and suddenly realizes that she has the information needed to solve the mystery of the serum in Steve's blood. Tony takes Phil to lunch to let the man know that Miri is in love with him. Tony and Phoebe spar later, and Tony tells her about his conversation with Coulson. Clint and Steve spar and Steve asks Clint how to deal with Miri. Thor and Astrid go to dinner at a very upscale place	Astrid, Elsa, Phoebe, Steve, Tony, Phil, Clint, Thor
Chapter Thirty	Coming Together	day 99	after attending a briefing, where Fury is filled in on how rebuilding SHIELD is going, Phil asks Miri out on a date. Alex and Clint are looking at a house. Miri calls Alex in a panic because Phil asked her out on a date. the girls all meet at the diner to give Miri advice on her date. Coulson calls Fury for advice on his date with Miri. Steve stops Miri to talk to her and offer his apologies for how things went down during the raid on Hydra.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Phil, Nick, Clint, Steve
Chapter Thirty One	Games People Play	day 104	Phil and Miri go on their date to a Japanese restaurant. Tony gloats at Phoebe about hooking Miri and Coulson up. Phoebe beats Tony at Monopoly. Elsa and Steve pay a visit to Astrid and Thor and ask them to join Steve and Else for their night out on the town. the four of them go to Coney Island. Alex and Clint spend a night watching Bond flicks after working on packing up her apartment. they decide to throw a house warming party to announce they've moved in together. Phil and Miri take a turn through the park, where they both admit they love one another. then they retire to Phil's apartment where he spends the night showing her how much he loves her.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Phil, Tony Steve, Thor, Clint
Chapter Thirty Two	Going Home	day 128	Alex and Clint have their house warming party.	Alex, Astrid, Elsa, Miri, Phoebe, Clint, Phil, Steve, Tony, Thor, the Quinn family