Thor led the Avengers minus the Hulk back into Garrett Castle where Loki was still waiting for them. He felt an old twinge of the Ravens Spire in the air, as if Loki's magic were swirling all around them. "Be vigilant everyone, Loki is up to something" he said just as a magic blast shot out of the dark and knocked Hawkeye through a wall and out of sight.

"Oh brother, you have no idea" came Loki's voice echoing all around the Avengers who circled up hoping to spot the trickster. Another blast shot out that Thor dodged but failed to mention to Iron Man who was sent back through the Hulk sized hole in the wall. "You have underestimated me one too many times Thor" shouted Loki as he dropped from above them and sent a magic shockwave through the ground that leveled the rest of the Avengers.

Iron Man pulled himself up and was about to rejoin the fight when Curt Connors approached him "Tony Stark" he shouted. "I think I can help you" he said prompting Iron Man to stop in his tracks.

"What's up doc?" replied Iron Man holding back a laugh.

"Loki's machine is about to work" he said quickly knowing there was not much time to lose. A loud woosh ripped through the area as the machine finally generated the portal Loki had been waiting for.

Loki laughed as the portal grew, Thor stood up and waited for the planet brokers to appear but nothing happened. Thor looked around as Loki drilled Captain America with his staff. "Where is your so-called army Loki?" Thor asked prompting an even bigger laugh from Loki.

"Oh Thor, you really are a fool, Planet Brokers are not real, it was all just to distract you all from the truth. Earth has found itself on a nice isolated patch of the universe for its entire lifespan thanks to everything Father has done for it but now I have undone all of it in one simple move." Loki struck Thor and who slid along the ground as Loki approached him. "Earth is a garden world that has one intelligent lifeform on it, that does not happen to planets very often, Father chose to tuck the Earth away from the rest of the universe for one reason or another but I am putting it back on the map, ringing a dinner bell if that simplifies things enough for you" explained Loki who failed to notice Curt Connors and Tony Stark approaching the portal.

The Hulk finished loading the Wrecking Crew into the Quinjet and turned his attention back to the castle where the others were fighting. The small voice in the Hulk's mind was telling him to calm down and to let everyone else handle the situation but the Hulk was not one to listen to the words of puny men.

Cap stood and tried landing a few strikes on Loki who dodged and blocked the strikes with ease and countered sending the hero flying. An arrow shot from the dark hitting Loki in the shoulder who turned to look just in time for Black Widow to land a solid kick to Loki's side. The magic of the area was giving Loki one hell of a boost in power but he knew it wasn't going to last long if he didn't hurry and end this fight. He sent out another shockwave sending Black Widow into Thor and then fired a magic black towards the direction that the arrow had come from.

Tony was typing away on the screen and finally found the off button thanks to quick directions from Connors who had remembered seeing a few things when he was in his Lizard form. The portal vanished prompting a sigh of relief from Tony and a loud shout from Loki who turned to find a now suit less Iron Man. "Uh oh" stated Tony backing up. The portal suddenly reappeared prompting Tony to trip and have the top half of his body fall through the portal.

Loki moved closer only to get drilled in the side by Mjolnir and sent flying out of the castle. Loki landed and was dazed leaving the Avengers in the castle with the portal. Cap made his way to the portal as the others approached and reached for Tony and pulled him back through "You okay?" he asked seeing a shocked look on Tony's face.

"Yeah, I'm fine" replied Tony standing and turning his attention back to the machine.

"What's happening?" asked Black Widow keeping her distance from the portal as it kicked around the air in the room.

"It's self-sustaining now" explained Tony without his usual cocky demeanor clearly shaken by what he had seen on the other side. He looked around, the machine was off and turning it back on would do nothing to solve the current problem, the portal would simply continue to exist now unless they figured out a way to shut it down.

"Okay, what are our options?" asked Cap knowing that they only had a limited opportunity to work before Loki would return with a vengeance.

"Well we can leave it here and just make sure that nothing bad comes out of the other side, since it is running through the machine despite the machine being off we could move it I suppose but who knows how that might destabilize the whole thing" explained Tony noting that Cap's face was telling him those were not options.

"What if I have Heimdall use the Bifrost?" asked Thor garnering looks of confusion from the rest of the Avengers. "We use the Bifrost to move through the nine realms and other parts of the universe, perhaps Heimdall could move the portal away from Earth" explained Thor hoping he has provided and solution to the problem.

Cap nodded but Tony was quick to speak up "That is a solution but it does not solve the actual problem, this thing is a door now, a door that can be walked through on both sides, moving the door does not change the fact that it is a door. Enemies of Asgard or Earth and anywhere we put it will be able to use it anyway they please…we don't have time to deal with this in a long drawn out way."

They were about to start brainstorming again when the Hulk entered the room and picked up a large stone and smashed the device with it. The room fell to silence as the portal vanished and machine lay in pieces. Tony looked carefully and laughed "Well that was one way to deal with it, incredibly lucky I would have thought a portal pushing out that much energy would have had a pretty bad reaction to the barbarian approach."

Tony laughed until he heard the voice of Loki behind him "What's so funny Tin Man?" Loki sent out a shockwave that leveled the Avengers and then fired a blast that sent the Hulk through the back wall.