Rebecca raced through the sky, trying to find the missile before Tony did. She had Jarvis track the missile wherever it was so that she could find it, but so far she was still chasing it.

''Jarvis, where's my dad?'' she asked.

''Mr. Stark is currently flying over Manhattan, miss.''

Rebecca nodded to herself, wondering how much time she had. She had no idea where the missile was yet, but she wasn't going to give up, she was going to find it.

Back down on the ground, Steve was struggling to fight off the Chitauri since he was left on his own. However, Thor joined him not long after realizing he was fighting against an army by himself, and they worked together to hold the warriors off, but they just kept coming. The portal wasn't closing, and the Chitauri was never-ending. They continued fighting, even after Steve was struck down by one of the warriors, Thor held them off long enough to help Steve to his feet.

''You ready for another bout?'' Thor asked.

''What, you getting sleepy?'' Steve told him as they both walked back into the battle.

Everyone was fighting against the creatures, but they were neither winning or losing when the portal was letting more and more through. The more they stopped, the bigger the next group would be. They wondered how many of these things existed, and how many they should expect, but it was like they were never going to stop. Not until they got that portal closed.

Tony was still flying through the air searching for the missile as well, and just as he spotted it, he saw something else flying through the air as well. It was a silver suit, and he knew it was Rebecca. He thought she was pursuing some of the Chitauri, and he immediately felt guilty since she had no idea what he was about to do, but then she turned, flying toward the missile now, and she grabbed it from underneath, steering it away from the city.

''Bec!'' Tony shouted, soaring over beside her. ''Let it go!''

''To blow up the city? No way!''

''I'll take care of it, just let it go!''

''I know how you'll take care of it!'' she told him, looking up to the portal in the sky. ''I don't want you to do it.''

Tony shook his head. ''I need to do this! The missile will blow the rest of the army up, and it won't do any damage here!''

''But you'll have to go up there.'' she told him sadly.

Tony just nodded his head. ''It's either that, or this place gets blown up by a nuclear missile and none of us get out.''

Rebecca kept flying though. ''I don't want to watch you kill yourself again.'' she told him bluntly.

Tony didn't know what to tell her. He knew there was a big chance he wouldn't make it out of that portal, but if he didn't try, everyone in this city would be dead. He didn't want to make her watch him do something stupid again, but this was the only way, and he had to get her to see that.

''Bec, if this missile hits...we're all gone. All of this, it's for nothing. Phil...he would have died for nothing.'' he tried to explain. ''These guys would win, dead or not, they won and we're done too much to get this far and just stop.''

''I know...but if you go up there, you won't come back.'' she told him. ''You won't.''

''There's no other way.''

Rebecca ignored him, unable to even explain what she was feeling. Instead she just sped up and took the missile with her, still in her grip. They only had two minutes, or less, to get rid of this thing, and Rebecca knew she was being selfish. Everyone's lives were in danger, the whole city was in danger and this missile could kill everyone once it hit, but this was her dad, she didn't want to lose him.

Her whole life, it had been just the two of them, until Pepper came along, and she couldn't imagine him not being here anymore. When he was kidnapped in Afghanistan, she was just an empty shell, she had no one. Those three months were hell, and she couldn't do it again for the rest of her life if he went up into that portal. She was sure he wouldn't come back and she couldn't deal with that.

She could have taken this missile up there herself, but she knew her dad would follow, and it would solve nothing. But if he was going to risk his life like that, than so was she.

''I can close it!'' Natasha came over their communicators. ''Can anybody hear me? I can shut down the portal!''

Natasha had found Loki's scepter and discovered it was the only source of power strong enough to penetrate the barrier around the portal, she knew how to stop it.

''No, wait!'' Tony told her.

''Stark, these things are still coming.'' Steve told him, as if he couldn't see them.

''I got a nuke coming in.'' he told them. ''It's gonna blow in less than a minute.'' Tony looked over to Rebecca who was staring back at him. ''And I know exactly where to put it.''

Tony's hands pried hers away from the missile and he grabbed onto it, flying upwards into the sky, heading for the portal.

''Dad! Please!" she shouted, trying to get him to stop.

''I gotta do this Bec, it's the only way.''

''We'll find another way, just please don't-''

''I love you kiddo, and you've always made me proud.'' he told her, wanting to make sure he said that before it was too late, or he didn't come back. ''But I gotta do this.''

''Stark...you know that's a one-way trip.'' Steve told him.

''Please don't leave me...'' she pleaded desperately.

Tony took a deep breath, scared of going through the portal. When he looked back, Rebecca was following close behind. She wasn't going to let him do this alone, if he went in, so would she. However, Tony didn't want that for her. He was doing this to protect her, and he knew the chances of not coming back, and he didn't want her going through it was well.

''Bec, go back!'' he yelled.

''No! Who says you get to tell everyone else what to do when you're doing something like this!''

I have to do this! Or we all die!''

''I don't care!'' she shouted.

Tony sighed. ''Thor, you can get up here, can't you?''

''I can. What is it you need?'' Thor answered.

''You gotta stop Bec.'' he told him. ''Take her back down.''

''No! Thor, no!'' Rebecca told him. ''Stay where you are, I know what I'm doing.''

''You're going to get yourself killed Rebecca!" Tony yelled.

''So are you!'' she shouted back. ''And I'm sick of it!''

''This thing is gonna blow any second!''

Tony sped up, flying faster toward the portal, and Rebecca wasn't slowing down either. Thor tried to get up to stop her, but he wasn't fast enough when they were so close. There was nothing Tony could do to stop her, and Rebecca was too stubborn to leave him do this alone. The portal was black and menacing as they reached it, it was like storm clouds brewing right in front of them, but the storm had already arrived.

Back in Malibu, Ben was watching everything unfold on the television, a live feed of what was happening in New York, and he could feel his heart racing in his chest. He could see Rebecca flying up to the portal, following behind Tony, and he knew she was being stubborn. His mind was on their conversation a few hours ago when she told him not to come back to New York, and now he knew why. When she told him she loved him, he now realized it was because she didn't know if it was going to be for the last time. He couldn't stand watching her do this, but he had to know if she was okay, and so he couldn't look away no matter how much it hurt him. His mother sat by his side, rubbing his shoulder for comfort, but the only comfort he wanted right now was flying toward the portal in space.

Tony knew the missile was going to blow up anytime now, and he had to go through the portal quickly, but he didn't want Rebecca going through it as well. It was one thing that he might not come back, but knowing that she might die as well, he couldn't think of it. Quickly, he turned to her and put his hands on her shoulder.

''I'm sorry, I can't let you do it.'' he shook his head.

Tony had always implanted a special system in the suits, and now that he had got the chance to work on hers, he was able to implant it in her suit as well. It basically powered down the suit, unable to fly and unable to follow him through the portal. He hated having to do it, but it was the only way to get her to stop.

''No, no, no! Please!''

''I'm sorry.'' he looked at her once more before grabbing the missile and flying back up. ''Thor you gotta catch Bec, suit's powered down.''

Thor nodded his head, watching as Rebecca appeared in the air, falling, and flew up to go catch her. Tony made his way into the portal then, the darkness enveloping him.

''Shall I call Ms. Potts?'' Jarvis suggested.

''May as well.'' Tony sighed, thinking of how to say this to her.

He could see the Chitauri in front of him, a big floating crater that was full of the aliens, and as he flew toward it, he let go of the missile, watching as it flew into it, exploding the army and shutting it down. He could feel himself becoming weaker, oxygen levels were quickly descending, and he was having trouble keeping his eyes open. He was in a whole other universe, he was outer space.

''Sir, we're losing altitude.''

Pepper was on a plane from D.C, and she was watching the whole thing on a live feed. She was watching Tony fly into outer space, all the while knowing that he wouldn't come out. Her phone was sitting next to her, but it was completely ignored as she watched the footage, not knowing that Tony was trying to call her at that very moment.

''Call failed.'' Jarvis told him, although he could barely make out what he said since everything had gone blurry now.

Tony took one last look at the exploding Chitauri, knowing he had fixed it, no more would come, and then his eyes closed.

Rebecca opened her eyes to the rooftop where Thor had taken her after catching her from her fall, and she was watching on as the portal began closing. Natasha had waited as long as she could, but she knew there was big chance he wasn't coming back, and if they didn't close it soon, she didn't know what would happen. The black circle began closing, but there was no sign of Tony yet.

''Dad...'' Rebecca spoke to herself. ''Come on...please.''

Natasha looked up at the portal from where she stood as well. ''Come on Stark.''

All of them were watching, waiting for him to come back, but he wasn't. Rebecca's heart was beating faster than ever before, and she began to think she was never going to see her dad again. She shouldn't have let him go alone, she should have took it herself. Thor looked down in sympathy, one hand resting on her shoulder as she continued looking up. Just as the wormhole to the portal closed, through the smallest of gaps, something appeared to be falling. It was red, and it was metal.

''Son of a gun.'' Steve smiled.

Tony fell down through the air as everyone looked up happily, sighing with relief, but none of them knew he was unconscious inside. They watched, awaiting him to begin flying, but he never did.

''He's not slowing down.'' Thor observed before swinging his hammer around, preparing to fly over and stop him.

Just before Thor took off, the Hulk came out of nowhere, grabbing Tony in the air and catching him, latching onto the building nearby. No one was expecting it, and at first they didn't know if he was being friendly or if he was still in 'smash' mode, but it was soon clear that Bruce was saving Tony from hitting the ground. Once they made it down, the Hulk threw Tony off of him, pushing him aside as Steve ran over to see if he was okay. Thor and Rebecca made their way down to the ground as well, and as soon as her feet hit the ground, Rebecca ripped off her helmet and immediately bent down next to her father's body.

''Is he...'' Steve asked himself, looking over him. ''Can't be.''

Tony wasn't moving, he wasn't giving them any indication that he was okay or anything that would make them relieved, instead his eyes remained closed as they all watched on. Rebecca pushed on his side a few times, trying to wake him up, and she even yelled for him to wake up. It was heartbreaking for Steve and Thor to watch, not knowing if he would wake and having his daughter watch the whole thing. When Rebecca gave up, she sat back and put her hands over her mouth in horror. He couldn't be gone, he just couldn't be.

Moments later, the Hulk let out a mighty roar, one that would truly shake buildings if they weren't already damaged, and they all jumped in surprise. It was so loud, and when they opened their eyes, Tony was wide awake, gasping for air and looking around at what the noise was that woke him.

''What the hell!'' Tony breathed, looking around with completely shock. ''What happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me.''

Steve sighed in relief and looked up to the sky. ''We won.''

''Alright. Hey, alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it.'' Tony began babbling, trying to take his mind off of what happened and try and convince them he wasn't shaken up, he just wanted it all to be over now.

He thought he was going to die, and he should be dead after what happened, but luck was on his side that day, and he made it back, barely.

''We're not done yet.'' Thor told him.

Tony took another deep breath. ''And then shawarma after.'' he looked around. ''Where's Bec?''

When they all looked over, Rebecca was on the ground, laying on her back, with her hands on her face. Once they went silent, they could hear her taking deep breaths, trying to come to terms with what had happened. She thought she had just watched her dad die more than once in one day, and it had just taken it's toll on her more than she could imagine, and she had to take a moment to regain her breath.

''Bec, you alright?'' Tony asked.

''No I'm not alright!'' she yelled. ''You just...through the wormhole...falling down...didn't wake up...I thought y-you were d-dead!'' she stood up, throwing her hands about like a regular teenage tantrum, except she actually deserved to have a tantrum after what the day was like. ''God! Just, j-just give me a minute.''

They all understood her need to take a moment, and they were all glad to rest for a little while as well and process everything that had happened. Aliens, armies, wormholes, outer space, it was a crazy day, but in the end, they had won. It wasn't all for nothing. Taking the missile into space, taking matters into their own hands, standing up to Shield and working with them on their own terms, it was all worth it, but they weren't finished yet.

Okay, I hope you guys liked this chapter. I really wanted to stick to the movie on the whole 'Tony going into space' because I think that is a really big deal, and I really didn't want to take that away from the story, but I also wanted to show Rebecca's determination as well. I hope you guys liked it. I'm extremely critical of my writing and I just hope you guys enjoyed reading it because there are bits that I myself don't like, but nevertheless, this is how it turned out. Please review, and thanks for reading. x

Oh, and I went and seen this movie that was so amazing and honestly was the best movie I've ever seen, I think it was called IRON MAN 3! I hope you all enjoy it as well! Those who have seen it, feel free to message me and we can totally freak out over it, but don't post anything in the reviews out of respect for those who may not have seen it yet! :)