AN: I know, I know, this is a pretty short chapter, and I am sorry but please enjoy, and review.

Location: Unknown

The man in Black/Yellow armor sits, watching the many battles throughout the AIM HQ, until he zoomed in on Hawkeye, Torunn, and Shadowcat. He laughs to himself as they slowly begin to realize that they are losing, but before the mechs are able to finish the heroes, the man presses a button, "Not yet, heroes. Not yet."

Location: AIM HQ, Brazil

Torunn is hit by a blast of energy, falls to her knees and spits defiantly at the mech preparing to finish her. Hawkeye draws an arrow and aims at the head attached to the fist bearing down on him. Anne is leaning against the wall, shooting streams of ice as a barrier between surges of pain, as the three mechs around her, but before any of these enemies can deal the death blow, they suddenly make a whirring sound and freeze where they are. "The hell just happened?" Hawkeye yells as he pokes the fist, resting inches from his face. "They appear to have stopped." Torunn yells. "But why? Their job is to kill us."

Anne shakily stands to her feet and freezes the outer hull of the closest mech and punches it, shattering the armor, "Let's ask a pilot." Torunn reaches in and tosses the man against the wall. He looks up to see a sword at his throat. "Why did you stop attacking?" Torunn demands, "We didn't!" He yells, "Someone shut down their power. If not for that you scum would be dead right now." Torunn slams the hilt of her sword into the side of his head. "Leave the others in their machines. We must find James."

"And William and Roberto, right?" Hawkeye asks with a large smile on his face. "Of course, I meant them too." She says slightly blushing, "I was simply trying to avoid a longer statement."

Hawkeye begins jogging down the hall, laughing, "Well, good job."

Farther in the base James, William, and Roberto shove through a door and are faced with the last vestiges of AIM's army disabling a large, metal door while retreating towards the few transports left. "Don't let them escape!" James yells as tosses his shield into one of the ships engines, causing it to begin leaking a dark liquid onto the floor. He catches his shield and scrapes it across the floor, making small sparks, one of which touches the liquid and ignites it. The flames spread across the floor, dancing toward the damaged engine. James backhands a soldier with his shield, turns toward the flames, and crouches, preparing for the inevitable explosion.

"BBBBOOOOMMMM!" The first ship explodes, launching AIM soldiers in all directions. "BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOOMM!" The other ships soon catch fire and add to the already intense explosion, but despite chaos happening in the room All three heroes turn as they hear something large slamming into the door AIM disabled. Numerous AIM troops try to run, and fail to get far enough away, as the door finally gives to the force behind it and collapses to the ground. All in the hanger can now see the large, molten rock creature follow the falling door into the room, and proceed to blast and crush the last fighting enemies. The BLA secures the hanger, and rounds up the surviving AIM soldiers. Amara's golem figure kneels down and begins to break apart, revealing her lying on the ground, drenched in sweat. "AMARA!" Roberto yells as he runs and kneels beside her. He lifts her head and wipes the hair away from her face. She moans in pain, and says, through sporadic coughing fits, "It's been awhile since I've done anything on that large a scale. It hurts more than I remember." Roberto runs his arm across his forehead in relief, "Don't you dare do that to me ever again." Amara begins to sit up, "Find me somewhere to sit, so I'm not here sitting on my ass." Roberto chuckles as he carries her over to a mostly intact table and sets her on it before. "Carlos! Come over here." Amara yells at a man in his early 30's sprints over to Amara, "Yes, General?"

"What do our numbers look like right now?" Amara asks.

His face falls at the question, "We have at least forty dead and one-hundred more injured."

"And on their side?"

"At least, two-hundred dead, and we are searching the rest of the base for more."

One hour later:

Most of the AIM soldiers have been rounded up and the BLA is focusing on finding anymore survivors when suddenly…

"Amara!" Torunn, Hawkeye, and Shadowcat run out from where James, Roberto, and William came from. "Are you ok? You look hurt."

"I'm fine, Torunn, just tir-." Torunn grabs her shoulders mid-sentence, "Did you find James." Amara just laughs and points to where James stands lifting ruble to free injured BLA soldiers. Torunn flies over and scoops James up in a bear hug. "What the?! Torunn, stop you're crushing me." "It's been over a year, you dumbass. I will crush you if I like." She eventually lets James go, only to punch him in the gut, "What was that for?" James asks breathlessly. "For leaving me and the Avengers in the first place." James smiles genuinely for the first time in a long time, "We'll talk later, but for now we have other duties.

Location: AIM HQ Security room, Brazil

A swirling, blue portal opens into the room where Daken lies, motionless. Out of the portal steps two AIM soldiers followed by the man in armor. "Grab him." He orders, "This base is gone now. We must salvage all we can, including him." The soldiers drag the limp villain through the portal, leaving the man standing alone. He presses a button on his gauntlet to reveal a small USB drive. He place it where Daken was, while stepping back into the portal, "And now the real fun begins."

Again, sorry for short chapter, but the next will be the normal length.