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Kai ran over to Steve as he slowly got off the top of the car he'd been blown onto. The civilians in the building Steve had been fighting in were being escorted out by the police officers.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked. His helmet had fallen off and he didn't make a move to put it back on.

"There's no way we can take out all of them." He told her.

"Do you have a point with that or are you just being depressing?" She asked, cradling her injured arm against her chest. A squad of Chitauri raced towards them, firing the whole time. Steve held up his shield to deflect them back and then they went to meet the aliens head-on. Lightning struck around them, hitting the Chitauri but avoiding them. Thor landed next to them and they went to fight another squad. As they were fighting, Steve got hit in the stomach with one of the weapons and he went down. Thor threw his hammer at the alien as Kai helped Steve to his feet.

"Are you ready for another bout?" Thor asked.

"What, you getting sleepy?" Steve asked. Clint walked over to them, wiping the blood of one of his arrows.

"They invaded my rooftop." He reported, sounding a bit peeved by the whole thing.

"You ran out of arrows?" Kai asked.

"Yeah. I'm collecting my old ones again." He motioned towards the one he had in his hand.

"I can close it! Can anybody hear me? I can shut the portal down!" Natasha's voice came over the radio.

"Do it!" Steve cried.

"No, wait!" Tony's voice came in.

"Stark, these things are still coming!" Steve reminded him.

"I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know just where to put it…" Tony flew past them, aiming the nuke at the portal. Both of them went towards it. Kai reached up to push the button on her radio.

"Shouldn't you let go about now?" She asked nervously.

"Gotta make sure it gets to the mothership…" Both him and the nuke disappeared into the portal. They all waited, watching the portal.

"Close it." Steve told Natasha.

"No, wait!" Kai cried, turning back to him. He just shook his head at her. The portal started to close. Come on, come on, she silently pleaded. All around them, the aliens were dropping dead, their mothership destroyed. Kai watched as Tony fell through right as the portal closed.

"Son of gun!" Steve said behind her.

"He's not slowing down…" Thor started to spin his hammer around, getting ready to fly. Hulk caught Tony and hit the side of a building, sliding down it and taking most of it with him. They both hit the ground and Hulk shoved Tony off him with a little more force than necessary. Kai, Steve, Clint and Thor ran over to them, but Kai reached them first. She tried to pry his mask off, but couldn't do it. Thor grabbed it and ripped it off instead.

"It doesn't look like he's breathing." Steve said, as if that wasn't already obvious to the others.

"Tony! Dad!" Kai yelled. Hulk roared in fury and Tony jerked awake.

"What just happened?! Please tell me nobody kissed me." Tony told them. Thor chuckled quietly, Kai rolled her eyes and Steve sat back on his heels.

"We won." Steve told him.

"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 said.

"We're not finished yet." Thor reminded him, looking towards Stark Towers. Tony nodded slightly.

"And then Shawarma after…"

The Avengers surrounded Loki as he lied on the floor, still recovering from the damage Hulk had done to him. He looked at them and didn't move.

"If it's all the same to you… I'll have that drink now."

They escorted Loki to a semi-private place in the park. After Thor and Loki disappeared in a flash of light, the human Avengers were left to go their separate ways. Kind of. Bruce and Tony got in Tony's car to head for a relaxing day at Stark Towers. Clint and Natasha climbed into Natasha's car.

"Have fun with your obviously favored protégée." Kai told Clint.

"One of these days, we're going to go at it again. I'll beat you up." Natasha warned her. Kai rolled her eyes, unconcerned.

"You didn't last time."

"I was mind controlled and you weren't my mission!" Natasha protested.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, Red." To be honest, Kai wasn't looking forward to going another round with Natasha. She patted the side of Clint's car and stepped back so he could drive off. Then she walked over to Steve, who was waiting on the back of his motorcycle.

"Ready?" He asked.

"I'm going to warn you, I have a pretty good poker face."

"You don't know how to play poker."

"That's why you're going to teach me, Stevie. Let's go." She climbed on behind him and wrapped her hands around his waist. He rolled his eyes and then pulled away from the curb.