WIIWD chapter1
(3rd person)
The fight was starting and Captain America was, even though he hated to admit it, a little scared. He was scared to be semi-responsible for not only lives of civilians but of the lives of the other Avengers. He knew they could all hold their own, but he didn't really want to be responsible when they couldn't.
(1st person)
Stark had some kind of plan to distract Loki while the portal was opening so I went in the hellicraft with Hawkeye and Black Widow. As we drove I preoccupied myself by observing Hawkeye fly the plane. He did it with such force and I as I looked over at Agent Romanoff, who was Navigating and controlling the communication with Stark, I had a sudden random thought…..Agent Romanoff would fly this thing with much more finesse. I was snapped out of my day-dream by Miss. Romanoff getting a connection with Tony Stark.
Stark we're in a three, headed North-East Romanoff said through the transmitter.
What, did you stop for drive through? Stark yapped angrily and it made me feel a bit defensive, we were coming as soon as we could, no reason to snap at the lady.
Swing up Park, I'm gonna lay 'em out for you.
As we got closer to where Stark sent us I saw Romanoff push a button and grab a joystick. I was a bit confused until she started pushing the button on the joystick and heard the distinct sound of gunfire. As we took out a few of the enemies we flew off to see where else we were needed.
When I looked out the windshield and saw Loki and Thor fighting I realized that we needed to try and take Loki out from here. Agent Romanoff was apparently one step ahead and I could tell had her weapon loaded and ready. Barton on the other hand was not so observant and quickly asked
Got em? I was a little astounded. Did he not trust Miss. Romanoff to take down the bad-guy himself, or was he trying to be in a position of power over her. I could tell that the Black Widow tensed too but she calmed herself down and responded.
See em.
But as Hawkeye turned the aircraft I knew we were in trouble, Loki had pushed Thor to the ground and saw us coming. He raised his staff and shot a ball of energy at our left wing. It hit the engine and rocked the ship and I knew; we were going down.
As we fell to the ground Barton and Romanoff desperately tried to regain control to no avail. Trying to get out of the aircraft before it crashed I punched a hole through the roof of it. But with the out of control shaking all I could do was hold on for dear life as I was thrown around. When we crashed to the ground I panicked and looked to Romanoff and Barton to see if they were all right. They were, seated and strapped in they had faired a bit better than I, but I picked up my shield and headed out of the aircraft. Hawkeye and Black Widow close behind.
As we ran out I realized there wasn't much we could do from the ground and none of us could fly. Realizing the problem and hoping to make sure they did too I said.
We got to get back up there.
Then we heard a great rumbling and looked up at the portal. I was Captain America, the Super Solider but I had never seen anything as frightening as the metallic creature as big as a block in Manhattan flying through the sky with thousands of evil soldiers following him. I look up in amazement as creatures jumped off the creatures back and said.
Stark, you seeing this?
Seeing, still working on believing. Where's Banner, has he shown up yet?
Banner? I asked in complete confusion.
Just keep me posted. Stark said and stopped talking to me.
I looked around and joined Romanoff and Barton behind a yellow cab.
We've got civilians in danger down there. (?) said Barton. I looked around and realized he was right.
Loki. I said. And it was pure chaos down where Barton was referring to.
They're fish in a barrel down there. I said a bit angrily.
As a smash of glass above my head lead me to duck and Barton to run to the other car the Black Widow stood up, two guns in hand and shot at the oncoming monsters. As pretty a dame as she was, she was fearless in battle. She kneeled back down at me calm and said.
We got this. It's good. Go. Somehow reading my eagerness to get down to the place where the civilians were trapped.
You think you can hold them off. The question was more for Barton and it meant more, will you both live and be able to hold them off. I don't think Barton got my double meaning but his Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure. Along with his reloading of his arrows was pretty reassuring so I took off.
As I jumped over the ledge dodging laser fire and flipping cars I saw out of the corner of my eye Hawkeye getting people out of a bus while Romanoff was shooting. As I hurdled across cars I came upon the police force and decided to tell them what I knew. It took me defeating about 5 'bad-guys' for them to trust me and then they did exactly what I asked. I looked up and saw Iron Man battling the giant 'thing'.
As I was heading back to Romanoff and Barton I was distracted by what was going on with them. Hawkeye used his Bow to swipe the feet out from under a creature and then stabbed him with an arrow while Romanoff did her signature legs wrapped around the neck move. Which was pretty amazing looking seeing as her legs were gorgeous. But the best part was the maneuver. She started out on his back, knees digging into where his shoulder blades would be and then she wrapped a leg around him. When she took him down she grabbed his odd weapon thing and while Barton got tackled by one of the monsters she used the weapon, one she had probably never seen before, on the monsters who were surrounding her. I was getting closer but still far away. Too far to help her but she was holding her own. At first she used the weapon like a spear and then she must have figured out how to use the firing power and swung it around her shoulders and shot down monster after monster. Barton finally got back up and while Black Widow resorted to using the weapon as a staff he shot off arrows. They worked very well but they did not work as a team. Merely two people fighting next to each other. Not in-sync.
As one of the monsters was about to stab Barton in his back while he was turned I jumped in and blocked it with my shield. Now in the thick of the action I didn't notice the other two as much as before. No time to watch their every movement. We had a lot more monsters to take down when all of a sudden they were all electrocuted and Thor came flying out of the sky. When he landed he stumbled and I figured he must have gotten injured fighting Loki.
What's the story upstairs? I asked him.
The power surrounding the cube is non penetrable.
Thor's right. Starks voice came up on my transmitter. We've got to deal with these guys.
As we turned we all saw the horrible things going on and Agent Romanoff surprised me a bit when she asked me a question as if I were the leader.
How do we do this?
As a team. I responded, and she did not protest.
I have unfinished business with Loki.
Yeah? Get in line. Hawkeye said dryly.
Save it. I said a bit annoyed at their childish behavior. Loki's gonna keep his light focused on us and that's what we need. Or these things could run wild. I started to take control and was pleased when everyone listened to me.
We've got Stark up top. He's gonna need us to...The moment was ruined by an old-sounding engine. Turning around proved it was Banner on a old motorcycle.
So, this all seems... horrible.
I've seen worse. Countered Romanoff and I felt bad about her whole Hulk experience.
Sorry. Dr. Banner apologized, re-earning my trust.
No, we could use a little worse.
Stark, we got him.
Banner?
Just like you said.
Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you.
Around the corner of a building Iron Man flew and then, a few seconds later, was the huge beast following him. Romanoff said what we were all thinking.
I-I-I don't see how that's a party.
As the creature uprooted the whole street I looked at Dr. Banner knowing he was our only hope and I asked him something I never would have dared to as politely as I could.
Dr. Banner! Now might be a really good time for you to get angry.
That's my secret Captain he said, the creature getting closer, I'm always angry and he turned into the Hulk he pounded his fist into the creatures face. Effectively stopping it in it's tracks. With the lack of momentum, or more like the amount of it, the creatures body followed up over the creature and all it's scales came apart exposing flesh.
Stark rose up and said a quick Hold ON. and shot a laser beam at the skin. It flamed up and as I saw Thor and Hawkeye duck for cover I realized the creature, and a bunch of flames were coming down on us. As I turned to duck under my shield I saw Romanoff, not moving standing there and ran in front of her. She must have understood what I was trying to do because she kneeled behind me and I protected us both with the shield. For the shield to work our bodies had to be very close and she was below me. She was crouched so low she was almost on all fours and I used one hand to steady myself above her, as to not fall into her. With her hair glowing from the fireball and her toned body in a tight-fitting jumpsuit just inches away from me I was very distracted until she started to get up and so did I, helping her on the way.
The creature crashed to the ground but it seemed to anger it's followers and after they roared the Hulk sent out his own. We stood in a circle, backs to the middle as Iron Man descended down to meet us. I had Iron man on my left with the Hulk on his left with Hawkeye on his left with Thor on his left and Natasha on my right completing the circle. We all had our weapons drawn and I realized that Stark had his suit of Armor, me and the Hulk had brute strength and I had my shield. Thor was a god with a magic hammer and Hawkeye had a bunch of gadgets in the form of arrows but the Black Widow had three things. Not counting the gun in her hands she had hand-to-hand combat skills, mastery in many weapons and she had extreme skill in killing and yet she was outnumbered in powers in compared to us and that made her all the more special. The least genetically engineered of us and yet she held her own very well. Maybe that was why I admired the dame.
Then she said. Guys. And I saw two more huge monsters come up. Followed by a lot of other creatures. We all turned to face it and I took control again.
Alright Guys listen up. Until we get that portal closed our priority 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 pst 3 blocks you turn it back or you turn it to ash.
I'll need a lift. Said Barton to Stark.
Right. Might want to clench up Legolas.
As they flew off I returned my attention to Hulk Thor and Agent Romanoff. I decided to send Thor up with the thunder and Hulk to just wander and wanted Romanoff on the ground but where should I go. I decided to stay with Romanoff and then passed on this message.
Thor, you've got to try and bottleneck that portal. Slow them down. You've got the lightning, light the bastards up. He swung around his hammer and flew off. I turned to Romanoff. You and me we stay on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk. He turned towards me. Smash. He grinned and jumped off to do his job, so I turned back to Romanoff and got ready to fight. I saw lightning ripple through the crowds and then on to a tall building and finally onto and through a bunch of the monsters. They were immediately crushed and sent down to earth. I saw Stark and Barton doing a lot up in the air and Hulk take down another giant beast and I was confident with my plan.
Then I looked over to see the Black Widow get smashed on to the hood of a car, head bleeding, lip cracked open with a monster on top of her. I was worried for a split second when the creature was about to stab her with his weapon until she grabbed him by the neck with her arms and did another leg-neck maneuver which left me a bit in awe again. She then grabbed his weapon and I jumped in to help her. She hit the monster and turned around weapon pointed at me. Her hair was wild, her face was cut and she, a deadly assassin, had a weapon designed by Gods in her hands and she looked beautiful. I regained focus and she put her weapon down. I noticed her check was swollen. I walked over to her and she said, while panting, which I found hot too, Captain none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal. Our biggest Guns couldn't touch it. I said back on track. Maybe it's not about guns. I glanced at her quickly admiring her determination. I then realized she wanted to go up there and figure out if she could close it from the base.
If you want to get up there, you're gonna need a ride. I gotta ride she said and walked to the opposite side of the overpass from me dropping the spear. I could use a boost though. She threw over her shoulder. I looked up realizing she wanted to ride one of the creatures aircrafts. I was astounded by two things. How determined and risky she was, and how arousing this determined riskiness was. I again forced myself to focus and realized it might not be the best idea. But I trusted her so I backed up and asked Are you sure about this. Just for my conscious. Yea. She said as her voice broke, which was also arousing, It's gonna be fun. She didn't look to sure but I was distracted by her running towards the car next to me, on which she had been pinned moments ago. She leapt off of it with one foot to reach the height my shield was at. She jumped on it with two feet and I used all my strength to give her the biggest boost I could. I watched as she spun in the air and grabbed onto a passing hovercraft at the very last second. I grinned a little while painting, cause damn, that girl was amazing.
I was so distracted that when a monster shot at me I barely had time to raise my shield. I turned to him and lost all thoughts of Natasha Romanoff for a bit. There were a lot of monsters but I knew if Agent Romanoff could jump onto a moving hovercraft and control the creatures I could do this. I twas nice when Stark came down and helped me out a bit, but he left and I could hold my own. But I had to save the people in the bank.
After getting thrown out of the window onto the car I looked at the scene and lost a little hope. It seemed so useless. We were horribly outmatched and I saw what was happening, it did not make me feel any better. As I was standing outside the bank I saw Loki on a machine chasing after Agent Romanoff and I was worried for her when Barton took care of it I was a little jealous it wasn't me who had her back. But she soon landed on the roof in a move that had my heart turning. A few flips of her body and one of her hair and she was safely at the edge of the roof while the Hulk was beating the scrap out of Loki. I saw Romanoff approach the tesseract.
I was distracted by how bad everything was. Iron Man had just gone through his last bit of big energy. Hawkeye had one more arrow and jumped off the side of a falling building. THe Hulk was even overpowered by all the Gunfire on him and even he couldn't do anything about 15 enemy ships. And then I heard Fury say that a missile was on its way to Manhattan and I didn't know what we could do. Then I saw Stark Fly off and had a bit of hope. Me and Thor were fighting together on the ground when I was hit so hard I couldn't get up. But both Thor's helping hand, the country, and my loyalty to my team, got me to stand up. Then Romanoff's voice came over my transmitter.
I can close it. Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down.
Do it I yelled.
No. Stark argued.
Stark these things are still coming. I said confused
I got a nuke coming in it's gonna blow in less than a minute…. and I know just where to put it.
Stark you know that's a one way trip.
He did not reply to me but started talking to his suit. I was nervous because if he went through the portal, he was never coming back. I saw the nuke and I saw Iron Man position it to go straight into the portal. Then it disappeared along with the man I had gotten to know. About 25 seconds later all the creatures stopped working and I knew that Stark had succeeded. But he was still in space. I knew we couldn't afford any more time and I heard Romanoff on the transmitter. Come on Stark. And I knew she had to close the portal so I took a breath and said it.
Close it. It was painful but we couldn't afford to lose anymore time. Or risk the explosion coming back into the world and though I don't think Thor understood I think Romanoff did because, after a few grunts from what must have been very hard work, the portal started to close and I looked down. Then I looked back up at a sigh from Romanoff and saw Stark falling. Sun of a Gun. I said in amazement and then Thor said. He's not slowing down. And when I looked again I saw he was right. But before Thor could fly off The Hulk smashed into Iron Man and broke his momentum and fall to the ground. We rolled Stark over and took off his helmet. He wasn't breathing and when I thought about checking his heart I remembered he didn't have one. Than the Hulk grunted so loud that Stark woke with a gasp.
What just happened. Please tell me nobody kissed me.
We won. I said in slight disbelief.
Yea, Hurray. Good Job Guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day of. Have you ever tried schwarma? There's a schwarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is but I want to try it.
We're not finished yet. Said Thor.
And then Schwarma afterwards.
We then cornered Loki and decided to send him and the cube home with Thor. I saw a few news articles saying we were to blame for the destruction of Manhattan and how we weren't showing up in public. But I also saw stories where people directly thanked individuals on the team for directly saving their lives. Some were disheartening while others were heartwarming. We had schwarma like Stark wanted but it was so bad we didn't even talk while eating. Then we sent Thor and Loki home. Stark and Banner went off to research and me, Hawkeye and the Black Widow went our separate ways.
Three months later Fury told us we needed to be at HQ all the time or we weren't going to be allowed to be recognized as a team. So we all moved into Stark Tower's 23 floor, which had 8 bedrooms. One for Dr, Banner, one for me, one for Thor, one for Barton, one for Romanoff, one for Fury and one for Agent Maria Hill, whom we all got to know a lot better.
