Five days had passed since the battle with the Destroyer. The town had begun reconstruction with the help from S.H.I.E.L.D.
Thor had returned to Asgard with Mjolnir in hand, which he was finally able to lift after the destroyer incident but now he felt it was useless.
Meanwhile, back at Tony Stark's Malibu villa things were far less quiet.
A massive boom echoed from downstairs. Raizen who was sleeping just few min ago was now watching tony dig holes in the villa.
Raizen: "What's with all the noise early morning"
Tony: "I'm telling you, Raizen this place needed more sunlight anyway."
The iron framework of the living room now exposed. A large portion of the wall had been blown apart by what he proudly referred to as a "controlled repulsor misfire."
Raizen sat calmly at the far end of the room sipping a green tea as if it were a sacred ritual. Tony told him that Nick had given him his father's stuff and he found new power source in it.
Raizen: "At this rate, your entire house will collapse"
Tony: "Great! Then I'll build a better one. It needed an upgrade anyway" He paused eyes narrowing. "But while we're on the subject of upgrades..."
He strolled toward the couch and casually flopped down across from Raizen tossing a holographic tablet onto the table. It showed replay footage from the Destroyer battle particularly the moment when Thor was given fruit by Raizen.
Tony: "This little clip right here it's been haunting me."
Raizen didn't respond.
Tony: "I asked Jarvis to cross check the footage and then, voila Jarvis noticed a weird fruit which did not exist in any database."
He leaned in.
Tony: "You gave him that didn't you? Some kind of magical fruit?"
Raizen sighed and placed the bottle down with a soft clink.
Raizen: "You're too observant for your own good."
Tony: "So? What was it?"
Raizen stood walked to the window and stared out at the ocean. The waves rolled in gently, but his mind was distant.
Raizen: "Let's call it… a rare power fruit from my homeland. Something that finds the worthy."
Tony raised an eyebrow.
Tony: "Right. So, just to clarify you handed the Norse God of Thunder something that makes him more godly?"
Raizen smirked faintly.
Raizen: "He owes me now"
Tony leaned back crossing his arms.
Tony: "We are best friends right? So how many more of these 'fruits' are you carrying?"
Raizen didn't answer. That silence said enough.
Tony's curiosity only grew.
Tony: "Okay. New question. If Thor got one does that mean you think I'm less worthy than the guy who thinks his father rules the galaxy well technically he can think like that and..... ?"
Raizen turned away he knew Tony wont shut his mouth.
Raizen: "I think you're dangerous enough without one."
Tony grinned.
Tony: "Flattery will not work."
Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Coulson who entered through the hole in the wall.
Coulson: "Director Fury sends his regards. He placed the boxes with materials and backed away."
Tony gave a mock salute and laughed.
Tony: "Noted."
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The soft whir of machines echoed across the dimmed halls of Tony Stark's private lab. Sparks danced along the arc welder as he adjusted the casing on the newest prototype of his miniature reactor an attempt to refine the energy output.
A week of obsession, calculations, sleepless tinkering… and staring at Raizen with curiosity burning in his veins.
He was able to create the new element which he named Badassium to replace the palladium poisoning his arc reactor caused. This element is synthesized using a particle accelerator based on research left by his father Howard Stark
Tony: "You know, you're the most frustrating roommate I've ever had."
Raizen: "Then move out."
Tony: "This is my house."
Raizen (smirking): "Then why does it feel like I have better property rights?"
Tony: "You remember that little gift you gave Thor?"
Raizen: "Your still on it ?"
Tony: "Got another one?"
Raizen thought for few mins.
Raizen: "You sure you want it?"
Tony: "Are you kidding? Give me one?"
Raizen stood up. There was a strange quiet intensity in his gaze now.
Raizen: "Close your eyes."
Tony: "Whoa, whoa, hold on. I didn't say ask for kiss."
Raizen: "Close. Your. Eyes."
Tony rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine, but if you fool me you are dead"
In a flash, Raizen summoned the fruit from his system which he received after the destroyer incident. The fruit looked like artificial one maybe it is given by system so.
Before Tony could open his eyes, Raizen shoved it straight into his mouth.
Tony: "MMPH?!"
He tried to pull back but Raizen was relentless. The entire disgusting fruit was stuffed into his mouth and forced down.
Tony: "GHHK WHA "
Tony collapsed to his knees coughing and his face twisted in absolute betrayal.
Tony: "What the hell was that? That tasted like garbage truck juice mixed with sewage and regret!"
Raizen: "Oh, I did not know you have tasted garbage truck juice mixed with sewage."
Tony's pupils narrowed.
Tony: "You're insane. What if I wanted to test it first? Run diagnostics?"
Raizen: "No. You will lock it in a vault and forget it existed."
Tony sat down on the nearby bench his heart racing fast, his eyes wide open and body.....
Tony: "What's happening to me?"
[Author Note: Any guess]