Chapter 10

I concentrated on my powers quickly, which wasn't hard considering they were all riled up. I felt the blue energy crackling around my hands and feet and I wasn't falling anymore. He spotted me beneath him.

"That is like my suit, just without the suit. Split up here." He made a sharp left and I zoomed right. The creature turned after Stark, so I started taking out Chitauri on their vehicles. I shot boilts of energy that sent them flying off their vehicles and down to the streets below.

I heard Rogers in my ear, "We got Stark and Alex up top. They're going to need us to...", his voice broke off. There was a small pause when he spoke up, "Stark, we got him."

"Banner?"

"Just like you said."

"Then tell him to suit up. Alex meet me in the middle. We're bringing the party to you." I swerved sharply and came up alongside Stark. The monster followed noisily behind us. We were speeding towards the rest of the group.

"I don't see how that's a party", Natasha stated. We sped over them, the beast closing in. I saw Banner transform and hit the monster, making it come up vertically.

"Hold on!" Stark said. I created a barrier over everyone below, just like one the Tesseract had around it. Stark fired a small rocket at the beast and it exploded into bits of debris. I glided to the ground, lifting the barrier, and Tony landed beside me. Roars of outrage sounded around us, and then more Chitauri started filtering through the portal, including the behemoths.

"Guys", Natasha warned.

"Call it Captain", Stark said.

"All right, listen up. Until we can close that portal, our priority is containment. Barton I want you on that roof. Eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you to turn it to ash."

Barton looked at Stark, "Can you give me a lift?"

"Right. Better clench up Legolas." He grabbed Barton and shot into the air.

"Thor you got to try and bottleneck that portal. Slow them down. You the lightning. Light the bastards up. Alex, go with him. Use your powers to try and keep as many from coming out as possible." I nodded and Thor wrapped an arm around my waist.

He swung his hammer quickly, "Let's go little sister", I gave him a strange look and he launched us into the air. He flew up to the tip of a tall scraper. I made a barrier to stand on, not touching the building so I wouldn't get electrocuted. Thor held his hammer in the air, summoning lightning from a building storm. The lightning coated the building, crackling with electricity. With a yell, Thor launched the lightning at the portal, destroying many Chitauri.

Holding up a hand, I created a barrier that covered the portal. I closed my eyes to help my concentration stay on the barrier, I only hoped Thor would watch my back while I was exposed. I felt the energy draining from my body the longer I held the barrier. The portal was just so big and so far away it was draining all the power I had felt invincible with a moment ago. I found it difficult to stand up straight and a hand grasped my shoulder to steady me. I opened my eyes and looked over at Thor.

"Let it go. It's too much for you."

"I can't." Then my powers snapped from the exertion. The barrier covering the portal flickered out and the panel beneath me vanished. I slipped from Thor's grasp as he was caught off guard. I fell down into the air, and struggled to gain control over my powers to keep myself from dying. I heard Thor yell my name, but he couldn't leave his position due to the flood of Chitauri through the portal.

A huge jolt hit me and I was suddenly flying through the air. I looked behind me and Loki was holding me by my waist. He was on one of the alien aircrafts. He kept a firm hold on me and wedged me between him and what I assumed was the steering wheel.

"Let me go." I wriggled, trying to get away from him.

"I don't think so", he purred into my ear, while pressing me closer to him. I felt my energy coming back into me, and my power becoming strong once again. He turned a sharp corner and I saw Natasha on one of the aircrafts. Loki fired a couple of shots at her, but I blocked them from reaching her with a couple of small barriers. Loki growled at me in distaste.

She kept going straight, towards the building I knew Barton was on. I saw Hawkeye release the arrow and speed towards Loki. At the last possible second, he grabbed it and smirked at Clint. Then the arrow exploded. Loki and I flew off the vehicle and landed in a heap inside of Stark tower. I saw Natasha jump from her craft onto the tower's building.

I untangled myself from beneath Loki and stood up. A hand wrapped around my ankle and I was yanked to the floor. He loomed up over me as the Hulk tackled him. I got to my feet and ran over to Natasha. She turned to face me.

"The scepter", we both looked down at Dr. selvig, who had woken up.

"Doctor", Natasha stated.

"Loki's scepter. The energy. The Tesseract can't fight, but you can't protect against yourself."

"It's not your fault. You didn't know what you were doing.", she knealt down beside Selvig.

"Actually I think I did. I built in a safety to cut their power source." I looked over at the barrier surrounding the Tesseract. I pressed my hand to it and to my suprise, it slipped though.

"Or you could shut it down", Selvig said. He stood up and opened a laptop. He pointed at the barrier around the Tesseract. "Right at the crown."

"Guys, Alex can close the portal", Natsha spoke into her headpiece," Can anybody copy? Alex can shut the portal down."

Rogers responded, "Do it!"

"No wait", Stark interjected.

"Stark these things are still coming."

"I got a nuke coming in. It's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know exactly where to put it."

"Stark, you know that's a one-way trip." Natasha and I watched as Tony flew over us towards the portal, the nuke in his grasp. He went through it and disappeared. Within moments Chitauri started falling dead around us.

I waited with bated breath, "Come on Tony", I whispered.

"Close it", Rogers ordered. I thrust my hand into the crown of the device and the pillar of light disintegrated. The portal was closing rapidly, and just as it was closing completely Stark passed through.

He approached the ground quickly, accelerating, until the Hulk swiped him out of the air. I let out sigh of relief and let the energy around my arm vanish. We waited on the others to get to the tower, then we approached Loki.

He was pulling himself out of an indention in the floor. He turned and noticed all of us standing above him.

"If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now", he gave a small smile.