Three reviews in the night! :D *spazzes* There will probably be one or two chapters left. I think I'll just go by the same stagey and post the next one today or tomorrow if y'all ask for it. Thank you so much for liking this story guys!
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvels or any of the heroes associated with it.
The threesome walked into the flyer and walked up to Black Widow, "It's time to go."
"Go where?"
"I'll tell you on the way. Can you fly one of those jets?" Steve said, with a nod.
"I can." Barton said, walking in.
They all looked at Natasha, to confirm Barton's loyalties. After she nodded Steve turned to him, "You got a suit?"
"Yeah."
"Then suit up."
Stark came up to Dragon after he had suited up and reached for her arm.
"What are you doing?" She asked, pulling away, "Don't touch me."
"We need every man. And everything we can. This is not helping." he said, motioning to the constrictor.
"You're putting yourself at in a lot of risk taking that off."
"I know."
Steve, Barton, Natasha and Dragon made their way to the jet. Determination in every step.
"You guys aren't authorized to be in here."
"Son, just don't." Steve said.
"But-"
Dragon took a step forward and punched him in the face.
"Sorry, the conversation was going nowhere."
"Let's go."
"You guys go ahead. I've got my own ride." Dragon said, taking her jacket off and her wings stretching out to full capacity, "It's time to give these babies a work out."
"Sir."
"Agent Hill?"
"Those cards, they were in Coulson's locker, not in his jacket."
"They needed the push." Fury said, watching Stark fly by, followed by the Jet and Dragon.
"They found it. Get our communications back up, whatever you have to do. I want eyes on everything."
"Yes, sir."
Stark arrived at Stark Towers, the Iron Man suit battered and beaten.
Selvig was creating a device powered by the Tesseract.
"Shut it down, Dr. Selvig." Stark warned the scientist.
"It's too late! IT can't stop now. He wants to show us something! A new universe!"
"Okay."
Stark used his suit to shoot at the device but the Tesseract had other ideas and shot a blue bolt into the sky, opening a doorway to outer space, where the Chitauri's army was waiting.
"The barrier is pure energy. It's unbreachable."
Stark landed on Stark Towers and unsuited, walking into his penthouse where Loki was waiting. A smirk on his face.
"Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity." Loki said, a sense of victory lingering around him.
"Uh…actually, I'm planning to threaten you."
"You should have left your armor on for that." Loki said with a nod towards where he unsuited.
"Yeah, it's seen a bit of mileage. You've got the blue stick of destiny. Would you like a drink?" Stark asked, walking over to the bar and pouring himself a drink.
"Stalling me won't change anything."
"No, no, no! Threatening. No drink? You sure? I'm having one."
"The Chitauri are coming, nothing will change that. What have I to fear?"
"The Avengers. It's what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. 'Earth's Mightiest Heroes' type of thing."
"Yes, I've met them." Loki said with a nod.
"Yeah, takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one. But, let's do a head count here. Your brother, the demi-god; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins; a couple of genetic experiments, and you, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them." Stark said, putting on an Iron Man suit homing bracelet when Loki turned.
"That was the plan."
"Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you."
"I have an army." Loki said with a gesture.
"We have a Hulk and… two psychopathic maniacs."
"I thought the beast had wondered off. And as for your 'maniacs' one of them is dead."
"You're missing the point. There's no throne, there is no version of this, where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us, but its all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it." Tony said, his eyes narrowing.
Loki smirked, walking closer, "How will your friends have time for me, when they're so busy fighting you?"
Loki hit Stark on the chest with his scepter, plotting mind control.
"This usually works." Loki said, confusion mixing in his expression.
"Well, performance issues. You know?"
Loki growled and grabbed Stark's throat, planning to strangle him if he couldn't control him.
"It's because he doesn't have a heart."
Loki was thrown back against the wall and Stark dropped.
"And why do you say that?"
"He created me."
Loki looked up and he frowned when he saw DJ standing in front of Stark, her ears laid back and death in her eyes.
Stark reached up and grabbed her arm, unlocking the constrictor, earning a slap to the face that slammed him out of the window.
The homing bracelet, thankfully, worked wonderfully and the suit flew out to him, catching him before he hit the ground.
"There's one more person you pissed off! His name is Phil."
The Chitauri warriors began to flood the city, attacking the streets of Manhattan as Thor arrived on Stark Tower.
"Loki, turn off the Tesseract or I'll destroy it!" Thor yelled, landing next to DJ who was staring at everything as if she'd just seen it for the first time.
"You can't. There's no stopping it. There is only war!"
Thor looked at DJ who nodded, "So be it."
horsez913: here's your next chapter! :3
Looking4Misteria: Thank you so much! As for their freedom...you'll have to stick around til the last few chapters to find out ;)
Musical cake: I am too! I considered killing her off in that moment to give a bit more despair to the whole idea but I think Coulson's death was enough of a kick to push the Avengers into action. :)
