8


Can we go back, this is the moment,

Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'till it's over,

So we put our hand up like the ceiling can't hold us,

Like the ceiling can't hold us...

~Can't Hold Us; by Macklemore


"So, this all looks horrible." Banner threw his arms up sarcastically, taking in the scenery with an equally sarcastic smirk on his face.

"I've seen worse," Natasha said hesitantly.

"Sorry."

"No, we could use a little worse."

"Stark, we got him," Steve said.

'Banner?'

"Just like you said."

'Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you.'

We all turned when we saw Tony flying over with some big Leviathan thing following behind him—it was crashing into buildings, nearly breaking them in half with the force of the impact. Not to mention it was just barely on Stark's heels, trying to get to him.

"I don't see how that's a party," Natasha stammered, sounding more confused than scared.

The moment Tony was just a couple feet away, he immediately started flying closer to the ground so the Leviathan would follow suit, and when it did, it was causing even more damage.

"Dr. Banner, now might be a really good time for you to get angry," Steve said quickly.

"That's my secret, Captain," Banner said, walking in the direction the Leviathan was coming in. "I'm always angry." His body started stretching and bulging, getting bigger and turning shades of green while it grew and expanded. Right as the Leviathan was just a couple inches from him, Banner had finished growing until he was giant and green, punching it in the snout while it made him skid back a couple feet from impact. If Tony hadn't reacted—shooting whatever it was into the Leviathan before it fell on us—it wouldn't have ended well, but in no time at all the Leviathan exploded. Thor covered me from the blast and any remnants that might've flown off; I threw out enough energy to shield the others.

With the Leviathan out of the way, we all gathered around into a circle, getting our weapons ready. The Chitauri gathered on buildings or flew overhead on their little ships, screaming at us.

"Guys," I said, looking at the portal. More of those Chitauri and Leviathans were coming out.

"Call it, Cap," Tony exclaimed.

"Alright, listen up," Steve exclaimed quickly, "until we can close that portal up there, we're gonna use containment. Barton, I want you on that building, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you've got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."

Tony went behind Clint and gave him a lift to their destinations.

"Thor, you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal," Steve went on, pointing to Thor. "Slow them down. You've got the lighting, light the bastards up."

Looking over at me, I gave Thor a small, supportive smile and nodded. Whatever he got out of that look made him nod in return before flying off to a building closest to the portal.

"We're staying here on the ground," Steve told us, "keeping the fighting here. And Hulk." Steve looked over at the Hulk, a look of utmost seriousness on his face. "Smash."

With a smirk, the Hulk jumped off to do just that.


The amount of Chitauri attacking us was overwhelming to say the least. They were dropping from buildings, from the skies, from every possible angle—Natasha shot them, Steve threw his shield or fought them head-on, I used whatever I had around me to my advantage and tried making sure Steve and Natasha remained untouched by their weapons.

Right as I was about to take down a Chitauri Steve had missed, I was thrown onto my back with a burning sensation on my side. Quickly sitting up, I put a hand on my side and felt blood.

"You OK?" Steve called.

"Uhm, it's just a scratch," I exclaimed, throwing out enough energy that it took down a small handful of the Chitauri, falling with a sickening crack on the ground. "I can barely feel it." When more Chitauri started showing up, I swallowed thickly. "You guys might want to get down," I called. When Steve saw the look on my face, I think he knew what I was thinking of doing. Having Natasha kneel behind his shield a couple feet away, I lowered my barriers just enough to let out an overwhelmingly large amount of energy. All the Chitauri flew back, hitting whatever was around them with enough force that it let out the most sickening sound. Not only did the Chitauri fly back, but so did everything around me; the ground cracked at the force of the release.

'I got a major energy reading,' Stark exclaimed. 'What the Hell was that?'

"That was me," I said, grimacing. My head exploded in pain, white spots danced in my vision for a split second. "Sorry."

'Don't apologize, half-pint,' he said. 'That's the kind of fighting we need. Whatever you did, keep doing it.'

That's easy for you to say, I thought bitterly. But if it means getting rid of these things quicker, then what the Hell.

Rubbing my forehead to ease a little bit of the pain, I saw Natasha and Steve rush over. "I'm OK," I said. "Just a little headache."

"You think you can keep that up?" Natasha asked.

I thought it over. "I mean, it usually takes a lot out me," I sighed. "It'll take a bit to reload. The more I do something like that, the more exhausted I become." When I saw Steve and Natasha look at each other, I sighed. "I'll do as much as I can, but I can't guarantee it'll be as powerful as before. How does that sound?"

"It'll have to do," Steve said.

More Chitauri started falling from the sky, jumping from buildings. We got ready for another onslaught.


Author's Note:

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