Sherlock had no idea that Black Egg had finally discovered his little prank. After arriving in New York with doro, Sherlock did not immediately get involved in the Avengers' affairs. Instead, he used the Anywhere Door to head straight to the rooftop of the New York Sanctum.
The moment he opened the Anywhere Door, the corner of Sherlock's mouth twitched involuntarily.
How should he put it? He had been mentally prepared, but seeing Ancient One lying on a lounge chair positioned at just the right angle to overlook Stark Tower, with a face mask on, sunglasses over her eyes, and an iced drink giving off cold vapor at her side, Sherlock still could not quite hold it together.
For some reason, Sherlock always felt that Ancient One had a bit of a prankster streak. She absolutely loved watching the fun, and even with the Chitauri invasion happening now, she had no intention of stepping in.
"You're just watching? Didn't they say the Sorcerer Supreme was supposed to protect Earth?"
Sherlock helplessly closed his Anywhere Door and, as he spoke, stuffed it into his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.
Ancient One, meanwhile, did not seem surprised by Sherlock's arrival. Like a young woman enjoying a sunbath, she elegantly picked up the iced drink beside her lounge chair, took a sip, and only then spoke to Sherlock.
"Want some?"
As soon as Ancient One finished speaking, without caring whether Sherlock wanted one or not, she snapped her fingers. The next second, Sherlock felt a weight in his hand. Looking down, he found that he was somehow holding an iced drink identical to Ancient One's.
And it was not just him. Ancient One had not forgotten the doro in his arms either.
Unlike Sherlock, the little glutton doro's eyes lit up the instant it received its