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Things must come to an End

Peter, who was on a roof, surveyed the area. He and Caitlin had just finished clearing the Oscorp or O-Corp building of Chitauri. A couple had actually gotten into Harry's office, and him and Frost took care of them. And told Harry and M.J to find someplace to hide, before jumping out the window to fight some more. He shuttered at the thought of losing them. And he didn't want to think of what was going on with Aunt May, whether she was safely at home or not. Those thoughts made his resolve to take care of all of this to grow stronger.

They had also gone and defended The Daily Bugle as well. Needless to say it went as quickly like it did at Oscorp. Although it involved more yelling, threats and Peter losing his temper, by yelling at Jamenson to shut-up, and then webbing his mouth. Frost surprisingly was the mediator between them (he probably had Caitlin to thank for that), and told Robbie and Betty to get Jamenson, and anyone else on the floor, to the ground floor or basement, so they can get to safety.

Peter did get an odd sense of satisfaction of yelling and webbing Jonah's face. He was just glad he didn't do it as Peter Parker, or else things would've gone differently.

He then saw the red and blue of Kara took off, and assumed she had Romanoff with her.

"Girl of Steel just took off. Any of you see them?"

"Aye, I seem them Man of Spiders. They made it safely." Thor said.

Peter nodded, and said," Alright, let's keep-"

His Spider-Sense went off like crazy, and he had to leap off the building before it exploded. The resulting shockwave made him feel dazed for a moment, until he got his bearings and fired a web, and swung.

A couple of more energy blasts tried to get him. And he then turned around to see a familiar face on a Chariot.

"Guys, I found Loki. And he's gunning for me. I could use some help!" He said.

"Send him my way. I got him." Clint evenly said.

Considering Loki mind controlled him, and made him do things against his will, Peter knew he wanted payback, so he didn't question it. He had people shoot at him before, and they followed him when he led them away.

Clint from his position, saw the two approaching. He got the arrow he wanted out of his quiver, placed it in the bow, and aimed it.

"Alright kid move!" He said.

Clint released the bow string, and the arrow sailed through the air. Peter had already gotten out of the way, and the arrow would've hit Loki in the face, but he actually catches it without looking, and it was inches from his face.

He looked to where Hawkeye was, and grinned, thinking he failed. The arrow beeped, and exploded in Loki's face. He was then thrown off of the Chariot, and he happened to be nearby Stark Tower, and landed inside the Penthouse where Stark and him had talked earlier.

He got up, slightly shocked, but then heard a roar. Hulk had leaped into the room, and kneed Loki in the chest, as he tried to defend himself, and hit a wall.

Loki got back up, and he seethed with rage, and confronted the green giant. Hulk slammed his fist into the floor, ready for anything.

"ENOUGH! You are all beneath me! I am a God, you dull creature! And I will not be bullied by-!"

Hulk wasn't phased by the small puny man's outburst. So he grabbed his leg, and then proceeded to smash him into the ground. Swinging him back and forth like a ragdoll, made huge dents in the floor when Loki made impact. After he did that a couple of times, Hulk dropped him in one of the craters and walked off.

Loki was left a broken, humiliated heap, completely dazed and hurt.

Hulk then started to hear Loki whimper in pain, and he snickered a little. And it made him think of what he said earlier.

"Puny God." Hulk said.

Kara, who had heard the commotion from where she had dropped off Nat, flew into the room. She surveyed the scene, and snorted in amusement at Loki, and looked at Hulk.

"He's not so tough. Nice job big guy." Kara praised with a smile and held her hand up in a closed fist.

Hulk grunted and slammed his hand into hers. Kara grimaced, and hissed slightly.

"Now, go and smash some more. You earned it." She said.

Hulk grinned and said, "Will do." And he then jumped out the window.

"Guys, we got civilians trapped inside a bank on 42nd past Madison, and being held hostage. I could use some help." Steve said.

"I'm on my way. Also, Widow and Dr. Selvig are looking for a way to close the portal, so it take some time guys." Kara answered, and took off.

She landed next to Steve who was near a window, and then looked inside the building.

"From what I can see, there are about a dozen civilians inside. They're all being held in the center of the bank. And it looks like the Chitauri are setting up a bomb."

Steve nodded and said," Well, let's greet them."

Both Kara and Steve fly or jump through the window, and into the building. Kara immediately punches one, while Steve throws his shield at the one with the bomb. Kara then throws a desk at two more. She hears a grunt, and turns around to see a Chitauri has Steve in a headlock, and had removed his helmet.

Kara sees Steve's shield, picks it up, and throws it at the Chitauri. Steve moves his head in time, and it gets flung back.

By that time, the bomb starts to beep faster.

"Everyone! Clear Out!" Steve yelled at the civilians.

Kara immediately covers Steve with her body, while he uses his shield as well. The bomb goes off, and sends the both of them through another window, and they land very hard on a car.

Kara groaned slightly, and then looks at Steve, and Steve does the same, their faces seem to be inches apart. Kara gets off of Steve, and the car. Steve does the same, and they both seem to have some pink on their faces.

"You alright?" She asked, not making eye contact.

"Yeah, I'll live. The civilians?" Steve said, not looking and scratching the back of his head.

"There fine, let's go find the others." Kara said.

Peter, Frost, Bette and Clark were on the ground, when they what Kara had said. Frost rolled her eyes and said.

"Well, tell Widow that- AAH!"

A blast hit Frost in the shoulder, and Clark fired his Heat Vision at the Chitauri that had shot Frost. Everyone geared up for the next round.

Peter went to check on her, and saw her shoulder was slightly smoldering.

"Crap, are you alright?!" He asked.

Frost grimaced and said," Hurt's like hell. Just give me a minute."

'They better hurry up, things are getting worse by the moment.' Caitlin fearfully said.

"Well, you better hurry, we got more incoming." Clark said as he saw more approaching.

Peter dodged an incoming blast, and said sarcastically," You don't say."

Bette had stopped using her powers, and started using a discard Chitauri rifle. It was surprisingly the same weight as an M16, while her other Rifle was a little bit heavier. But she fired with good accuracy. Frost created spikes, blades, and temporary shields to get them. Peter dodged, webbed, punched, and used his agility to take out the troops.

Clark was punching, knocking out, and using his powers. He heard a loud clang, and saw that Kara, Steve and Thor had joined as well. Everyone was feeling fatigued, but they knew they couldn't let up, or else. Kara did wonder where Clint, Rhodes, and Stark were, but she would hear either bullets firing, Repulsar blasts or the sound of an arrow sailing somewhere.

They were a few minutes in, when Natasha's voice rang out.

"Can anyone hear me? We can shut the portal down!"

Kara wondered for a second by who 'we' was, but remembered how they found Dr. Selvig. He was a little dazed, but was free from Loki's mind control. But overall she was relieved, and was ready just be a recluse for at least a couple of days after they cleared this whole thing up.

"Do it!" Steve said.

'Yeah, that is a negatory! Don't do it yet!" Winn voice rang out.

"What, why?" Peter asked.

Back at the DEO, just like the Helicarrier, everyone was talking into comms and looking at maps, and trajectories. Winn had a signature on a monitor that was currently approaching Manhattan.

"Fury said that a Nuke is coming in. it's going to wipe out the city." Lucy said in a controlled voice, but on the inside, she was freaking out a little.

Everyone was in a state of shock. Sure everything looked bad, but was everything bad enough for a Nuke to come and destroy the city with everyone on it?

"This is not a joke people. It just passed Washington Bridge… and I know just where to put it." Stark said.

It didn't take a genius to know where Stark was referring to. It was a good idea, but the implications of what could happen, was bad.

Rhodey's voice then came on and said," Good God Tony, please don't tell me."

"Stark, you know that's a one-way trip?" Steve said.

The response was Tony cutting the connection to his comms.

Kara face fell, and saw that Steve's face did as well.

Tony had already intercepted the Missile as soon as it passed the bridge, and managed to direct from behind, and then wrenches it away from the city, and was now heading towards the portal.

"Sir. Shall I get either Miss Potts or Miss Felicity?" JARVIS asked.

"You might as well."

Felicity and Pepper were currently watching the news on the Private Jet they were on. Felicity herself was pretty worried, and she was sure she could feel a couple of grey hairs.

Thanks dad, you just made your 16 year old daughter have some grey hairs!

That was a huge turn off for guys. She smirked internally when she thought of that one conversation she had with her dad about dating. And he immediately declared she was too young, and would only allow it over his head body. That conversation was a couple of months ago during their weekly phone calls when she was at MIT.

Pepper had been in the room, laughed about, and told her that she would keep Tony busy, when ever she would go on a date.

That ended with Tony saying he needed a drink, and saying something along the lines of scaring people as Iron Man.

She got out of her thoughts when she heard the sound of a phone ringing, and realized it was her phone. She pretty much swiped it when she saw her father name and picture on it.

Pepper noticed and went beside her.

"Dad?" Felicity said.

"Hey Fel... your watching the news aren't you?"

"Y-yeah, are you ok? Did Uncle Rhodey make it?" She asked.

"Yes Rhodey made it. And I am ok... but I'm about to do something that is both heroic and stupid. Something on par with the good Captain."

Felicity wan't sure who he was referring too, but it was important. She felt her stop beat faster, and had a bad feeling and said," Please tell me that I'll see you again."

"Possibility... if not. Then I just want to say that I love you, and you were the best thing I had. Pepper is a second, just don't tell her that."

Felicity could feel the tears closing in and said," T-thanks daddy. I love you too."

Tony sounded like he was about to say something else, but the connection was caught off.

Felicity was then held by Pepper, as she started to cry softly, and the woman, who she felt like was her mother, tried to comfort her.

Back at New York, Kara saw as Tony shot into the portal. And if she had used her super hearing, she would've heard both DEO headquarters, and the people on the bridge of the Helicarrier erupt into cheers. Or the soft crying of something who had just lost her father.

Kara had a good view of the portal, and had saw a small bright flash. That was when she heard screaming throughout the city.

It wasn't civilians, but the Chitauri. They all started to collapse, dead, and she head explosions, which were Chariots falling from the sky, and impacting the ground or on the sides of buildings. She also saw a Leviathan go into a nose dive, and ended up landing dead on a building.

She could only guess they were being controlled by whatever Tony had just blown up.

She may have heard of them, but she didn't have the interest of looking more into them back on Krypton.

"Close it." Steve solemnly ordered.

Kara held her dead down in silence. She didn't know Tony very well, but what he did was brave, and Kara held a new found respect for the Billionaire.

She also found herself hugging Steve, which he hugged her back.

She looked back at the closing portal, and she saw something. With her vision, she let out a sigh of relief when she saw it was Tony.

"Son of a Gun." Steve said.

Back on the plane, Felicity and Pepper had saw this, due to the cameras showing Iron Man coming out of the portal. Felicity let out a happy sob, while Pepper did the same.

And also silently vowing to kill her former boss, now boyfriend for scaring her and his kid, who she felt was her own as well.

But Kara's smile faltered, when she noticed he wasn't slowing down. Before she, or anyone who could fly was about to save him, it wasn't necessary. The Hulk grabbed him midair. He then crashed into a building, using his hand to grip it and then jumped onto the street.

The small group ran to where the Hulk landed. Thor turned him around, and tore off his faceplate. Steve went to check his breathing, and Peter stood next to Kara.

"Is he ok?" He asked.

Kara couldn't hear a heartbeat, and the Arc Reactor wasn't shinning. She was just about to tell him, when the Hulk let out a roar. This made Tony woke up in shock and looked around. Everyone around him, let out a sigh of relief.

"What the hell? What just happened?" Tony gasped.

Tony looked around, and said," Please tell me nobody kissed me? I mean, it would've been ok if one the female side of the heroes did it." He added the last part.

"We won." Steve plainly said.

Everyone would've been cheering, if for not how exhausted they were.

"I am so returning back to Earth 1 for a while." Bette tiredly said.

Frost, who had just turn back to Caitlin, who was now wearing a mask, said," I just want to sleep."

'Same, so don't bother me for at least a day.' Frost said, and Caitlin heard her yawn.

Peter looked at her confused and said," How long have you had that?"

"I have it incase of emergencies."

Peter was too tired to comment, so he merely nodded.

"Good to have that cleared up. Let's not come in tomorrow. But have any of you 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.

"We're not finished yet." Thor said, and looked at Stark Tower.

Loki, as best as he could, hauled himself out of the crater. He was in too much pain to stand up, and he was forced to crawl.

He was replaying the events of today, and he felt shame, fear and other things for what he had done. He was glad that he was back in control, and not in the Mind Stone's control. Even though he had to get beaten up to do so.

He cursed Thanos, but now he was scared of what was to come. He knew he had to find a way to stop Thanos's plan from happening, or to figure out a way to hide, and to never be found.

He stopped for a moment to rest. But he felt something behind him, and there seemed to be a lot of shadows. He slowly turned around.

The Avengers stood behind him. All of them looked tired and hurt, but standing strong and stoic. For they had beat the odds that were stacked against them, and came out on top.

Clint, Rhodey, and Bette aimed their weapons at him. Challenging him to make move.

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

Holy crap. I need to get started on the next chapter. It's going to be good, I promise. Not right now, because as I am writing this, it's already past midnight, and I need some shuteye.

Also, for those of you who don't know, Marvel had confirmed that Loki was under mind-control during Avengers. What I did was only a mention. Now if you want a better version of finding out Loki was under mind-control, then I suggest reading 'Redemption for the Blue Heart' by TheGirlWhoLikesTooMuchStuff2.0, she has done an amazing job of writing a Loki centric story that details how he had a bigger role in Infinity War. It's great, I recommend reading it.

Till next time.