Thor dropped Tony off at Stark Tower, directly on the landing pad.
"Thanks, Goldilocks." Tony joked. "Care to stay for a drink? Seems fair, since I offered your brother one."
"I'll have to decline, Stark." Thor replied. "Ever since I was forced to destroy the Bifrost, the nine realms have been plunged into chaos. I must go to restore order." With that, Thor was teleported off Earth and back to Asgard.
"Dick." Tony frowned, looking at the marking on the pad. "I'll have to have this repainted." Tony walked into the destroyed tower, being met by Pepper.
"Tony, thank God!" Pepper wrapped Tony in a bear hug. "I thought you were dead!"
"I thought so too." Tony told her. "Hey, watch the ribs."
"What are you going to do about Stark Tower?" Pepper asked, indicating it's ruined state.
"I believe this calls for redecorating." Tony said, pulling up a three dimensional blueprint of the building. "And it gives us a reason for remodeling." Pepper laughed, and the two began making plans on how to fix the tower, and how to improve off it.
England
1601
Solomon Kane, dubbing himself the "Puritan Avenger" after being inspired by Stark's stories, had tracked down a group of raiders to a cave, where a campfire was still lit. Sneaking up on one of the raiders, Kane stabbed the man through the chest, killing him instantly. Solomon whirled around, slashing another bandit through his stomach as he pulled out his sword. Two of the raiders attempted to attack simultaneously, but Solomon slashed one's face, and as he locked blades with the second, his leg lashed out, kicking the raider to the ground.
A third raider jumped at him, but Solomon simply pulled out his pistol, shooting the man in the head, before finishing off the second bandit by pulling him in close and stabbing him in the heart. Kane pulled out a second sword, awaiting for the first raider to get back up, and once he did, Kane used both swords to hack and slash his attacker. Two more raiders tried to kill Solomon, but he blocked and parried their sword strikes, kicking the one on the right in the stomach, then punching the left raider in the face.
Both raiders got back up, with a third joining them, as Solomon stabbed the first raider through the stomach and turned around to stop the second from coming up behind him. Using both his swords, Kane went on the offense, disarming the second raider's sword and decapitating him by slashing his swords in a snipping motion, not unlike a pair of scissors.
With the third raider, Solomon slashed chest, before throwing him dangerously close to the fire, killing him from the wounds as a final raider ran at him. Solomon cut open the third bandit's neck, before confronting a fourth raider, knocking him down with a single punch. The man got back up, and Solomon quickly disarmed him, before cutting him across the face. As he knelt down, Solomon plunged his sword through the bandit's chest. More raiders began running toward him, and Solomon made quick work of them, easily slicing through them and not posing a threat. One of the raiders tried to surprise him, but Solomon was ready, using both swords to cut off the man's head, and disarmed the last bandit.
"What are you?" The raider asked, standing still in fear. Solomon stepped closer to him.
"The Puritan Avenger." Solomon replied, before slicing the man's throat, killing him. Kane looked around the campfire, seeing that the raiders were all dead, and saw that his work finished. As he was walking back to his horse, Solomon Kane allowed his swords to rest on his shoulders, the same way they rested when he was a dreaded sea captain. It had taken years of murder and greed, but Kane finally understood God's plan for him; to protect the innocent from the evil lurking in the shadows. And he was ready for them.
The End
