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"Stark, we're heading north east."
"What, did you stop for drive-thru? Swing that park, I'm gonna lay 'em out for you." Stark's voice said throughout the jet. October jolted awake by the sounds of fighting. She spun around looking for the source when the jet shook and headed for the ground. Everyone in the jet braced themselves as the jet crashed into the ground, sliding. October followed Steve out of the jet and looked up; her eyes widening at the strange airship emerging from the portal.
"What the hell is that?" she exclaimed. Steve gave her a quick glance before turning back to it.
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Steve asked.
"I'm seeing, still working on believing. Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?" Tony asked.
"Banner?" Steve questioned confused.
"Just keep me posted." Tony said before cutting communication.
The group of four ran through the streets fighting off the Chitauri. October and Natasha fired on the strange creatures as Steve hit them with his shield. They ducked behind a taxi as more Chitauri landed near them. Steve turned to Natasha and Clint,
"You think you can hold them off?" he asked.
"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure." Clint said while he and Natasha started shooting at them. October looks over at Steve and follows his lead, heading for the cops nearby. He jumped onto one of the police cars while October kept a look out for any Chitauri.
"I need men in these buildings. There are people inside that can run into the line of fire. You take them through the basement or through the subway; you keep them off the streets. I need a perimeter as far back as 39th." Steve instructed pointing at each building.
October took down two of the Chitauri when another two got passed her. She sent the two in front of her flying down the street with a push of her hands. She spun around to stop the others.
"Why the hell should I take orders from you?" the officer said. The two Chitauri approached Steve as he turned around and took them down with his shield. October laughed as the officer started repeating Steve's orders. They went back to Natasha and Clint and continued to battle the mass amounts of Chitauri. Steve was to October's left when she saw one of the Chitauri make its way to Steve. She ran over next to him and raised her hands in front of her. The Chitauri didn't stop running at them.
"Oh come on! Please work!" October groaned and raised her hands again, closing her eyes.
"Tober…what did you do?" Clint asked with his head tilted to the right. October opened her eyes and stared at the levitating Chitauri soldier in front of her. Steve, Natasha and Clint were staring back and forth from the two.
"Uh…right…there's something I've been meaning to tell you." October said sending the soldier flying into a building. Thor arrived shortly after and landed next to Natasha and Clint.
"The powers surrounding the cube are impenetrable." Thor said looking up. Every looked to the portal as they head Tony's voice.
"Thor is right; we gotta deal with these guys."
"How do we do this?" Natasha asked.
October kept her eyes on the portal when a thought came to mind. She didn't get a chance to share it as Steve drew her attention to him.
"As a team." He said.
"I have unfinished business with Loki." Thor responded. October turned to Clint as he told Thor to get in line.
"Save it. Loki's gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's gonna need us..." Steve said. October heard the sound of a motor approaching their position. The sound got louder as a motorbike came into view with Bruce driving it. October smirked as she listened to Bruce's and Natasha's conversation, but the sound of a roar had her turning around.
"I don't' see how that's a party." Natasha said. October agreed and took a step back watching the ship.
"Seriously Tony, this is your idea of a party?" October mumbled. Steve heard her and gave her a smirk.
"Dr. Banner now might be a good time for you to get angry." Steve said.
Bruce turned around and smirked. "That's my secret Captain. I'm always angry."
October didn't have time to gawk as Bruce transformed in to the Hulk and took down the ship. She shook her head and stood next to Steve as more ships appeared from the portal. She groaned and rolled her eyes. Tony landed beside her as everyone looked up at the ships.
"Call it, Captain." Tony said.
"Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal up there, we're gonna use containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash." Steve commanded.
Clint turned to Tony as they flew off. Tony lifted Clint onto his designated roof top before flying around the city's perimeter. October turned back to Steve listening intently.
"Thor, you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal, slow them down. You've got the lightning, light the bastards up. You two are with me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk, smash!"
The three of them were fighting off Chitauri left and right. October stood further away from the two firing away when she heard a thud behind her. She glanced over her shoulder to find a Chitauri.
"Shit." She said dodging to the side. The Chitauri soldier continued to swing his weapon at October as she dodged left and right. October miscalculated her step and was hit in the side as she was sent flying onto a car. A groan escaped her lips as she felt blood trickle down her forehead and lip.
October glanced up and rolled off the hood of the car just as the same Chitauri went to strike her again. She lost her balance and landed on her back.
"I do not have time for this." She growled lifting her hands and freezing the Chitauri in midair. October launched the monster over her head making him land on the one Steve was fighting. Steve turned around looking where the creature came from and gave October a two finger salute.
"Captain, none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal." Natasha told Steve as they kept fighting.
"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it." Steve replied.
"Well, maybe it's not about guns." Natasha said as October came running over to them.
"You wanna get up there, you're gonna need a ride." Steve said as he took in the dried blood on her head.
"I got a ride. I could use a lift though." She said looking up. October followed Natasha's gaze and her eyes widened. She looked back over to Natasha only to find her running at Steve who gave her a boost with his shield. October jogged over to Steve before sending another Chitauri flying back. He looked at her and brushed a hand over her forehead.
"What happened to you?" he asked concern lacing his words.
"I was thrown onto a car. I've had worse." She smiled running down the street. Steve followed her and fought off the Chitauri that came after them. They both ended up near Stark Tower where Thor stood. October looked up the building as Steve appeared in front of her and knocking the unseen Chitauri away.
"Thanks." She said getting back to fighting.
The Chitauri kept coming wave after wave. October's breathing was labored from all the extensive fighting. She saw Steve take a hit only to be helped up by Thor. Heavy breathing sounded in front of her as she turned around. October threw her hands up to stop the creature when he was hit with Thor's hammer. Steve and Thor appeared next to her as she plopped on the ground.
"They just won't stop." October panted trying to catch her breath. Natasha's voice filled October's ear making the woman cringe. She shook her head and tuned Natasha out as she went back to catching her breath. Tony's voice however made her perk up.
"I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I just where to put it."
October watched as Tony flew toward the portal directing said nuke.
"Tony don't you dare! What about Pepper?" October said. Tony didn't answer her, but she had a feeling she knew why. She hung her head as Steve spoke up confirming her fears.
"Stark, you know that's a one way trip."
Tony ignored Steve and kept flying toward the portal. October didn't look up when she heard Steve tell Natasha to close it. She clenched her hands into fists and shook her head, not wanting to believe Tony was gone.
"Son of a gun!" Steve said looking up.
"He's not slowing down." Thor said. October's head shot up to the sky as she saw Tony free-falling. Without thinking she jumped up and raised her hands trying to slow Tony down, but nothing happened. She cursed and tried again, but still nothing.
"Dammit! Why isn't it working?" she said out loud. Steve grabbed her around the waist and pulled her away as the Hulk landed where she previously stood. He set Tony on the ground and stepped away. October ran to Tony's side trying to get his helmet off when it's ripped off before her. Steve knelt down beside her as he looked at Tony. The Hulk didn't like Tony being nonresponsive so he yelled. October cringed away just as Tony was startled awake.
"What the hell? What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me?"
"We won." Steve said.
"Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it." Tony said. October rolled her eyes as she placed a hand on Steve's shoulder.
"We're not done yet." Thor told them.
"And then shawarma after." Tony said earning a chuckle from October.
/LtR/
October walked down the sidewalk, her flat riding boots hitting the pavement. She made her way over to Natasha and Clint who climbed out of a SHIELD issued car. Steve was the next to show up on his motorcycle and parked before approaching the three assassins.
"Leave it to Tony to be late." She said when Tony drove up with Banner in the passenger seat. Thor led Loki to the railing as Tony opened the briefcase holding the Tesseract. October stood at the back of the group watching as Thor and Loki disappeared back to Asgard.
"Tober hold on a second." Tony said casually walking up to her. She stuffed her hands in the pockets of her black jeans as the wind blew through her hair, tank top and purple cardigan.
"What is it Tony?" she asked.
"If that's the way you're going to act I'll just turn your room into a new lab." Tony jested. "On second thought I retract my previous statement. You're welcome to stay at Stark Tower since your apartment was destroyed. Would you like a ride?"
"Thank you Tony, but I'm just going to walk. I need to clear my head." October said patting him on the cheek. Steve sat on his motorcycle watching the exchange.
"Was that a yes or a no on the staying? If it makes difference Capsicle will be staying too."
October turned around and gave him a smile. Tony understood the meaning behind it and climbed into his car driving off to take Banner to the airport. October started walking down the sidewalk watching as children ran around the park. She smiled to herself as she remembered when her father would play catch with her as he mother watched. The sound of a motorcycle caught her attention. She turned to her left and saw Steve sitting on his bike.
"Uh…I was wondering if you'd like to get coffee with me." He said rubbing the back of his head.
"I'd love to." October smiled climbing onto the bike. She wrapped her arms around Steve's waist as he pulled away from the curb.
/LtR/
Steve and October sat outside the small café neither saying anything. October lifted her cup to her lips and took a drink. Her eyes landed on Steve who was slightly slouched in his seat tilting his cup.
"I heard you are going to be staying at Stark Tower." She said trying to make small talk.
"Uh yeah Tony offered me a place to stay until I get used to this time. I have a feeling it won't be anytime soon." Steve answered looking at his cup. October reached across the table and grabbed Steve's hand.
"If you would like I could help. Any questions you have I can answer…or at least the ones I know the answer to." She smiled. Steve turned his hand over and held Octobers.
"Thanks." He said with a smile. A beeping interrupted their conversation. October reached into her pocket and pulled out a cell phone. She looked at it confused since she didn't have a cell phone. The last one broke while she was on a mission and never bought a new one. She hit the accept button and held it up to her ear.
"Hello?" She said as Steve watched her.
"I see you and the Capsicle are out on a date." Tony said.
"When did you slip the phone into my pocket?" October said rolling her eyes. She looked at Steve and mouthed 'Tony' as she answered his unasked question. Steve nodded his head and looked around.
"I might have snuck into your room while you were sleeping or was it when you were in the shower?"
Steve's head turned when he heard the anger in October's voice. "You snuck into my room while I was in the shower? The next time I see you you're a dead man." She exclaimed.
"Sorry gotta go. Oh and Pepper wants to see you and bring the Capsicle, she wants to meet him too. I don't know why, but whatever." Tony said hanging up.
October pulled the phone away and glared at it. She put the phone back in her pocket and looked at Steve.
"Come on there's someone I want you to meet." She said standing up. Steve pulled out his wallet and set a few dollars on the table before following October to his motorcycle.
I hope you all enjoyed! Coming up next Steve's meeting with Pepper and other...interesting things.