"Stark, we're heading north east." Natasha said.
"What, did you stop for drive-thru?" Stark snapped. "Swing that park, I'm gonna lay 'em out for you."
Natasha fires the machine gun at the Chitauri taking them out as more crash while trying to follow Tony. Clint looks out to his left window, finding a target.
"See them." Natasha said.
"Yeah." Clint said.
He banks the jet towards Stark Tower, aims the mini gun at Loki as Loki aims the scepter at them and fires a blast of energy. Thor gets to his feet, tackling Loki down hard. The Jet is soon caught on fire. Clint maneuvers one wing of the jet dropping out of the air passing over skyscrapers.
"Everyone hold on." Vanessa said as she started to concentrate while a blue light engulfs the jet. The jet is still falling, but much slower until she is able to mentally land it on the street. The impact is still rough, but far less than what it would have been.
With everyone okay, Clint and Natasha unfasten their seatbelts and open the ramp. Steve runs down, followed by Clint, Natasha, and Vanessa. Each one has their respected weapons in hand.
They arrived in the middle of a four-way street. Suddenly, the city lurches to a stop. With a deep primal roar, a shadow comes over them. From the portal, a Chitauri leviathan comes out carrying hundreds of soldiers. As it passes over from both sides, soldiers jump off and attach themselves to the sides of the buildings, sliding down. Some crash into these buildings and begin firing from their energy rifles at innocent people.
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Steve asked.
"I'm seeing, still working on believing. Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?" Tony asked.
"Banner?" Steve questioned confused.
"Just keep me posted." Tony said. "Vanessa, how about your friends?"
"The X-Men and Ghost Rider have got a containment unit around the city. The Fantastic Four, Dare Devil, and Spider Man are out there getting people out of the city as fast as they can, but it's up to the Avengers to stop that machine." Vanessa replied.
"Good." Tony said before cutting communication.
The group ran through the streets fighting off the Chitauri. Natasha fired on the strange creatures as Steve hit them with his shield. Vanessa deflected the blasts with her shield as she used her psionic knife to cut through the enemy. They ducked behind a taxi as more Chitauri landed near them. Steve turned to them.
"We got civilians trapped up here." Clint said just as some flyers buzzed by overhead.
"Loki." Vanessa breathed out as he watched him go by.
"They're fish in a barrel down there." Steve said as he surveyed the scene before him. More firing went off making everyone spring into action.
"We got this. It's good. Go." Nat said gesturing to the crowds.
"You think you can hold them off?" Steve asked, still unsure.
"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure." Clint said while he and Natasha started shooting at them along with Vanessa who started to tear them apart telekinetically. She used her shield and blocked some of the aliens off while Nat and Clint got people off of a bus.
"Just like Budapest all over again." Natasha said to Clint.
"You and I remember Budapest very differently." Clint said.
"Guys, we've got major incoming." Vanessa said as they battled massive amounts of Chitauri. Reaching her hands out she started to lift cars and throw them at the enemy crushing them just as Steve came back and started to help them. Thor arrived shortly after and landed next to Natasha and Clint.
"The powers surrounding the cube are impenetrable." Thor said looking up. Everyone looked to the portal as they head Tony's voice.
"Thor is right; we gotta deal with these guys." Stark said.
"How do we do this?" Natasha asked.
"As a team." He said.
"I have unfinished business with Loki." Thor responded.
"Yeah well get in line." Clint said.
"Both of you are just going to have to wait behind me." Vanessa snapped wanting to make it clear that Loki was to be left to her. This incited a three way glaring contest.
"Save it. Loki's gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's gonna need us..." Steve said then the sound of a motor approaching their position cut him off. The sound got louder as a motorbike came into view with Bruce driving it.
"So this all seems horrible." Bruce said as he walked up to them.
"Doesn't it though." Vanessa said as she formed a shield so they could have a moment of respite.
"I've seen worse." Natasha said eyeing Bruce apprehensively.
"I'm sorry." Bruce said sheepishly.
"No we could use a little worse right about now." Natasha replied.
"Stark, Bruce is here just like you said." Steve said into the com link.
"Good, tell him to suit up." Stark said. "I'm bringing the party to you."
"I don't' see how that's a party." Natasha said as a leviathan came flying around the corner following Stark.
"Dad, this is by far the worst party you have ever thrown." Vanessa deadpanned.
"Dr. Banner now might be a good time for you to get angry." Steve said as everyone tensed ready for the fight.
"That's my secret Captain. I'm always angry." Bruce turned around and smirked. He nodded to Vanessa who took that as her queue to lower her shield
They all watched wide eyed as Bruce transformed in to the Hulk and took down the monster with a single punch. Stark flew up and blew the rest of it away before it had a chance to fall on them. The aliens screamed angrily. Tony landed beside them as everyone looked up at the angry invaders. That's when the rest came through the portal.
"Never rains, but it pours." Vanessa grumbled.
"Guys." Natasha said.
"Call it, Captain." Tony said.
"Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal up there, we're gonna help with containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash." Steve commanded.
"Better clench up there Legolas." Stark said as he grabbed Clint and they flew off. Tony lifted Clint onto his designated roof top before flying around the city's perimeter.
"Thor, you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal, slow them down. You've got the lightning, light them up. Natasha and Vanessa are with me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk," Steve said with a smirk as the Hulk turned toward him. "smash!"
With one last smile Hulk leaped up into the air and started to tear through alien like they were tissue paper, Thor blasted lightning from the Empire State Building at the portal slowing down the incoming, while Steve, Vanessa, and Natasha were fighting off Chitauri left and right.
"Crap." Vanessa said dodging to the side. The Chitauri soldier swung his weapon at her as she dodged. She rolled behind the Chitauri and stabbed him in the back with her psionic blade only for another to grab her and throw her into a bench nearby.
Vanessa rolled out of the way and to her feet just as the same Chitauri went to strike her again. It jumped at her its weapon raised high for the strike. The alien rushed her jumping into the air. She raised her hand stopping him midair then closed her hand into a fist crushing its skull and dropped it back to the ground. Forming her blades on each hand she really started to go at them cutting down any who came near her sending her body count sky rocketing.
"Captain, none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal." Natasha told Steve as they kept fighting.
"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it." Steve replied.
"Well, maybe it's not about guns." Natasha said looking up.
"You wanna get up there, you're gonna need a ride." Steve said as he took in the dried blood on her head.
"I could give you a ride." Vanessa offered.
"I got a ride. I could use a boost though." She said looking up at the Chitauri flying overhead.
"You sure about this?" Steve asked following her gaze.
"Yeah, it's going to be fun." Nat replied with a nod though she did not seem so confident.
"Be careful." Vanessa said. Natasha gave her a brief smile before she ran at Steve who gave her a boost with his shield as Vanessa held the Chitauri back. Steve joined the fight sending another Chitauri flying.
Suddenly a new wave of Chitauri surged at them from seemingly all directions. Vanessa glanced around before she spotted an oil tanker, a wicked smile lit up her features. Just as the wave passed over them she lifted it up in the air, pulled one of the alien weapons over to her, and shot it causing it to explode taking the entire wave out.
"Nice shot." Steve commented as she shielded them from the debris. Vanessa nodded before looking to the tower again.
"I'm going after Loki now. Someone needs to confront him." Vanessa said as she started to take off.
"Captain, the bank on 42nd past Madison. They cornered a lot of civilians in there." Barton said. Steve looked up at Vanessa who looked from the tower then back at Steve and nodded.
"We're on it." Steve said as they ran down the street. Steve and Vanessa jumped in through a window into the bank.
"Captain, bomb." Vanessa said pointing to the alien. Steve threw his shield hitting the alien and knocking the bomb out of its hand.
"Dove, get down." He said as they jumped behind a desk as they opened fire on them. He kicked the desk taking out two of them as the other scrambled for the bomb. Vanessa leaped over the desk stabbing another in the gut then kicked it over the railing.
"Every one, clear out." Steve ordered as he was grabbed from behind. The alien ripped his mask off as another got ready to fire on him only for Steve to flip over so he hit the other alien instead.
"It's about to go off." Vanessa said as the bomb tempo increased. The alien that fired tried to grab the bomb and throw it at them, but it was too late. Steve rolled grabbed his shield, as Vanessa put up her own shield and they jumped out of the window as it went off. They landed on top of a car crushing it and laid there for a few seconds gathering themselves.
"You ok?" Steve asked as they pushed themselves off the car.
"Physically yes mentally I'm about ready collapse." Vanessa said as she looked around wearily. "We need to get to the tower."
"Then let's go." Steve said pushing himself from the car then took off down the street ready for the next wave as Vanessa followed.