A/N: Ohmigod, it's been 7 chapters, and no avengers. I'm so sorry, there's just so much to build up 'till they get here.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers.
The girls were talking and eating in the mess hall, everything felt normal, yes they were sad over the Avengers being gone, but things were feeling as if they were young once more.
That was until loud blaring alarming went off.
"That's not good." Cora sarcastically said while jumping up, followed by everyone else.
The alarm was followed by a rocking jolt to the the helicarrier. They were sent across the room, smashed into the wall, both Toni and Theo raised one arm up to gather they're weapons.
The Iron Maiden suit came flying and Mjolnir, Stephanie scrambled up, running out off the room, or trying to, Loki and Lori create a protective shield for the other team mates, so when they were getting ready, they were not to be harmed, Cora ran after Stephanie, to get her arrows and bow, while Benny found out a way to hulk out.
Toni blasted a hole in the wall, to the outside, the wind made napkins and trays to fly out into the air. Iron Maiden flew out the hole, to see what cause the ship to tilt in such a way, what she saw, she almost didn't comprehend.
A Leviathan was tearing through the Helicarrier.
Toni flew back in, all the girls were back in the lunch room now.
"A Leviathan is tearing through the ship, Steph, call it." Toni said, rather calmly.
"Okay, Uh-I want you, Theo, and She-Hulk out there, now, Toni, I want you to fix what's wrong, I want Cora by where it is, shoot it's weak spots, and call it habits, Natalie, go tell Fury what's going on, Lori, Loki, you and me, were going to get people away from the hole and into Jets, or on the other side of the Helicarrier. Got it? Good let's go." Stephanie ordered, they scattered where they were order to go.
Theo flew out there with Mjolnir, while She-Hulk had to smash her way through. Once on there She-Hulk copy what she had seen Hulk do last time they were there, she tore off one of the spines off the body, and jammed it into the neck of the animal, to finish it off Theo hit the spine with her hammer.
Though, unlike they thought it would, the Leviathan didn't fall limp, it charged itself further into the Helicarrier. With it charging, Theo was thrown off of the creature, before free falling in the air, she grabbed something, anything she could get ahold of, that something was her sister's hand.
"I'm not going to let you fall." A small smirk was across her face, she started to pull her up.
Maybe Lori wasn't all bad.
"If I remember correctly you're the one who dropped Thor, and I." Theo groaned as she tried to help her sister get herself up.
"Technically, Loki's the one who pushed the button." Lori's smirk grew bigger.
"Yes, but you thought about it."
"Don't anger me." Lori warned in a dangerous manner.
"Why, what would you do?" Theo asked just getting her foot up, getting levge to help herself.
"Out of which one of us is handing off the ship?" Lori raised an eyebrow, as she help Theo up. "Get out there." Lori order, because the doppelganger of Thor was grinning at her.
An arrow flew by, landing in one of the monster's eye, then another flew by into the other eye, blinding it.
Theo jumped off, landing on Leviathan's head, hitting the spine in it's neck further.
Natalie yelled at everyone trying to go the way to the hole, once she got to the main part, she had to find Fury.
"Sir, we have a Leviathan attacking the ship, we need everyone, on this side of the ship, and get ready for evac." Natalie grabbed Fury's shoulder, he gave a startled look to the Brown Recluse.
"Is that what caused the jolt?" He asked.
"Yes." She nodded.
"Miss. Romanoff, Miss. Stark said, and I quote; Get your ass over here." JARVIS said smoothly in Natale's earpiece.
"Where is there?" She asked pushing down on the piece.
"By engine one, and three."
"I'll be over."
"J, tell me what's happening." Toni ordered.
"Engine one and three are down, if not fixed, the ship will fall, Miss. Stark." JARVIS informed the young brunette.
"Thanks, can you tell Nat; 'to get her ass over here'?" Iron Maiden flew to fix whatever she could, so she'd be ready when Natalie came over.
"Miss. Stark, she is on her way."
"Good, because I am done, fixing the relays, and I starting to fix cool system." Toni just pushed in the relay panel. "Tell Nat to stand by the red lever, she'll know what I mean by that."
Natalie ran out onto the ledge of the broken metal.
"Stack?!" She shrieked.
"Miss. Romanoff, she said to stand by the red lever." JARVIS informed her.
"She is not think about doing what I think she is! Toni! What the hell are you thinking?" Natalie pressed down on her ear piece.
"It's won't started without a jump." The simple reply came.
"You're not Stark!" The Brown Recluse yelled. "You might die, I can't let that happen."
"You're right I'm not my father, I'm not Tony, but I can try to be, and try to make him proud." Toni slipped through the propellers, and started pushing. "Stay by the red lever, pull when I say."
More alarms went off.
"Theo, and She-Hulk just took down the Leviathan. What on your end?" Cora asked her friends, them gathering around.
"Toni just restarted the engines." Natalie answered.
"We have everyone on the right side of the ship." Stephanie replied.
"What are the alarms about?" Theo asked.
"Toni and I set them up." Benny said, de-hulked. "I'll get to them." She left to the labs.
When she got to them she went straight to the computers.
"Oh, my god." Benny let out a whisper. "Guys, suit up, get to a quinjet, now."
"Why what wrong?" Cora asked.
"They attacking."
"Where is it?" Stephanie asked as they ran to a quinjet.
"California, they everywhere." Benny answered.
"Out of which one of us can fly one of those jets?" Lori asked.
"I can." Natalie said opening the back to one of the jets.
The team piled into the jets, Natalie didn't waste anytime flying off.
Benny was right they were everywhere, all over California, in every direction you looked one was there attacking the innocent people.
"I'm going to drop you off while I stay in this attacking from the air." Natalie ordered, while not really landing but hovering.
Letting the team out of the back.
"First thing we need to do is set up a perimeter. Toni, anything get outs more than three block, you turn it back, or turn it to ash. Theo do the same, and knock out any Leviathan. Cora, call out pattern, and strays, on the roof. Benny, hulk out, and smash. Us three we're to stay on the ground, let's keep the fighting here." Stephanie ordered.
"Just like old times." Toni smiled in her suit. "Want me to give you a lift?" She turned to Cora, who nodded. "Clench up, Katniss."
Those two flew off, along with Theo.
Benny hulked out.
Theo flew to one of the Leviathans, she summoned lighting, and slammed her hammer on the Leviathan. She-Hulk jumped up helping her out, ripping on of the spins off, jamming it into the neck of the beast. Theo slammed her hammer on the spin, pushing it down fluther.
One arrow flew, in the eye of the monster, then another one, both blowing up.
She-Hulk slammed another spin in the neck, killing the Leviathan.
Theo flew off to the next one, She-Hulk jumped.
As Toni flew off, turning any Chituri into ash that she could.
She noticed another creature, it wasn't a Chituri, nor Leviathan, but a Hulk sized monster, it looked like a bigger version of a Chituri.
It hit it's fist on the ground, making the cement ripple like water.
She landed, shooting a missile at it's head, it didn't die or weaken. It turned to her, it's red eyes burning into her soul.
"Umm..Guys there's other thing than Chituries and Leviathans, like a bigger Chituries." Toni told them as she used her repuser to shoot at it. The energy bounced off, and hit Toni, knocking her down. "I gonna need a little help." She groaned, hoping the other would hear her.
She looked up to see the beast raise it fist upon her head.
"I'm sorry, dad." She whispered
Toni thought the fist were going to hammer her into the ground, until she knew no more. But something stopped them, she heard a small tink, then loud sonic boom. And houses crumpling, gun shoots. She looked around, with her head press against the concrete, seeing people running away, dying, fires, guns, and blood, realising that this was real, this was happening.
This was no movie.
"Toni? Toni?" Stephanie's voice was muffled, and sounded as if it was under water. "Toni Stack? Come on, wake up."
She was awake, but stunted into realising, that they weren't going to make it out of here.
"Toni! Wake the hell up!" Miss. America shook, the iron shoulders.
Some would say she was having a nervous breakdown, or a shut down.
She wouldn't move, she closed her eyes, shaking inside the suit, trying to wish herself back home. Just as she had those many times she had tried to wish herself back to this world.
Out the corner of Iron Maiden's eye she saw a large cat-like Chituri animal, stalking Stephanie.
It jumped, claws out, ready to lash out on the American hero.
Toni pushed the blonde off of her, shooting her repulsors at the animal, still laying down, it landed on the brunette, it's claws trying to dig their way into the suit, the jaws snapping at her neck. Toni wrestled the animal, trying to gain the upper hand.
A shield hit the animal, getting it's attention.
Toni leaped up, and attack the creature, shooting a missile at the large animal, finish it off.
"Thanks, cap!" Iron Maiden saluted, flying off.
"Welcome." Steph smiled, and saluted back, then looking for some type of officer.
A couple a smaller Chituri circled her, she took them out with ease, throwing her shield into one, it bounced off, hitting another. Miss. America did a round house kick, hitting two of the beast in the head. Grabbed her shield as it came back, hitting another one in the head with it.
Running off she found an officer, he look as he had been in the force a bit, still shell shocked though.
"I need men getting these people off, and away from these streets, take them underground or three blocks out. Get the people out of the buildings. Three blocks out we're setting up a perimeter, if you want to help, if you see them out there -the aliens- kill them." She ordered, flashes of last time got in her vision for a moment.
"Why should I take orders from you?" He asked.
A Chituri came to the two.
"Not this again." Stephanie muttered under her breath, doing a move most people would think only Natasha, or Natalie would do: wrapping her legs around it's waist, then twisting, landing on her feet.
The police officer did exactly as the last one did when Stephanie, or Steve gave order to them.
"Why did you get to have the scepter?" Lori kicked a Chituri away, after stabbing it.
"I know what it does." Loki stabbed thru an alien, turning around he tossed three daggers, all landing on his target.
Lori twisted her foot around a Chituri's foot, spinning it around so it face away from her, she kick it in back. It flying into another two. Miss. Mischief spun on her heels, hold a dagger, with a tight gripped, she slit one their throats, a black blood squirted out.
"Something to tell you, if you stab one then shoot a ray of energy, it'll disintegrate." Lori smiled, as Loki did as she said.
A grin curled his lips.
"I'll have to remember that."
Picking up a energy rifle Lori muttered: 'Finally something better.'
Natalie banked the corner, so the Chitauri that were following her, hit the building, not knowing around the corner was a Leviathan, running into, she pulled the emergency cord, herself flying outside of the jet. The parachute did expanded, she was sent flying in a chair. Unbuckling the the seat belt, Natalie jumped off, swearing that she was going to die. Someone grabbed her.
Landing on the ground, the redhead mumbled: "Let's not do that again." Turning to Theo.
"I would rather not"
The Brown Recluse took off, grabbing the guns on her belt. Creating a perimeter on the ground.
Rubble laying on the ground, civilians three blocks out, died 'aliens' all over, the girls stood in a circle.
"We won." Stephanie let out in a worn voice.
"Yay, alright, let's not come in tomorrow." Toni copied her doppelganger. "Have you ever had Ethiopian food, there's a joint about a block away from here, I don't know what is, but I want to try it."
Cora let out a chuckle, "Boy, did I call it." She turned to Natalie. "Ten bucks, you owe me."
"What did you call?" Toni turned to them.
"I was starved while leaving, and Cora said you'd find something for us to eat." Natalie answered drily.
"Well, let's go!" Toni called, smiling, a little bit happier with the team.
Hours later the girls went to the Helicarrier. They were called into a meeting, so there they sat around a table, with Fury standing in the front of the room. Arm crossed, stone gaze.
"You did the job, you got it finished." He sighed looking at the table. "Though it's not all that you see, when you were there in California, another attack broke out. As you see the ship is standing on it's last leg, they came attacked the ship, destroying the lab." Fury sighed again. "We're in the air, communication, locations of the attacks, all gone."
The girls had that sink in, they didn't win, they failed.
"We do know that there was two attacks after you left, somewhere in the world, they're attacking, we can't do anything about it." Fury looked up, at the girls faces, along with the person who brought them together. "Five years ago, I brought together a team. They saved the world, something we couldn't do. Now, half of that team is gone." Fury gulped. "Maybe we had that coming but we still have you. Now, I know, you are not confident in yourselves, you think this world is to end, when the war starts but remember last time wasn't much different." Fury walked behind the team. "When you win this war, we will remember your name." Fury stopped to let it sink in. "The Avengers"
Toni jerked up, storming out of the room, followed by Benny. Lori and Loki, stood up, walking away calmly. Stephanie, Theo left. Cora stayed with Natalie, for a bit before putting a hand on her shoulder, and leaving. Fury left.
"What do you think is wrong with them?" Coulson asked.
"They just faced the fact that I had faced a long time ago." Natalie sighed. "We're not the Avengers, and we're never going to be."
"Today there was an extraterrestrial attack in lower California, we're lucky that we won. Though, the group known as the Avengers: The Earth's Mightest Heroes, weren't the one who did the work. No, they left that to a group of female heroes, who looked like they were drastically out of their league. Where are the so called Avengers now? Why aren't they helping us?" Benny glared at the tv, the goddamn new reporter doesn't know anything. "The heroes are scattered, leaving us defenceless against stronger forces, leaving us in dark times, when we need them the most."
The girl turned the tv off, before she started turning green. She sat back with a huff, noticing they didn't say anything about another attack.
And it sunk in.
"Oh my…."
Cliffhanger, haha. Poor Natalie always looking down at herself :(
Anyways, review are appreciated, not expected. However, if you are going to drop one by, I have a question; Now that the girls have changed a bit, did you change your favorite? If so, who's your favorite now?
