All right! Here's the next chapter, everyone! We're probably only, like, around two or three more chapters to go before this story comes to an end, but I already have an idea for the next fanfiction. Hopefully I can get that one up soon after finishing this one.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my OC Robin.
In a loud, thunderous roar, the sky cracked open violently, only a black abyss could be seen beyond the now imperfect sky blue. The sound was so loud that I had to cover my ears and shut my eyes tight, cringing as it still could be heard rather loudly through my blocked hearing. When I looked up again, I saw odd, strange creatures flying through the hole in a hurried fashion with a much less than friendly attitude. I widened my eyes as the invaders started shooting at everything they could see. I suddenly realized that I was still standing in the pool. Shit, I was absolutely useless in the water. I jumped out as quickly as I could, the other Avengers following suit.
I ran towards the chairs and grabbed the nearest towel, trying to dry myself off as quickly as possible. If I was wet, I would be unable to create my own fire. I looked to everyone else after my quick rub down to make sure they were okay. "Anyone know what the hell is going on?" I asked in a bit of a panic. The ugly creatures were already headed this way.
"You are not the only one being sought after," Loki said quietly.
I looked at him in concern, "What do you mean?" One of the damn things flew right by us, and I ducked momentarily before getting a good look at it. I widened my eyes, "What the hell are the Chitauri doing here?!"
Loki sighed, "I was warned that if I failed to win the Earth and get them the Tesseract, I would be found by them and either tortured or killed. It seems that they've come to fulfill that and more."
"Well, shit," I sighed. "How did they manage to do that, then?" I pointed at the large, gaping hole in the sky.
Loki shrugged, "They possibly found another means of transport. I am unsure."
"Yeah, you and I both, buddy." I gasped as I saw a bright blue laser flash by, "Look out!" I shouted and dived for cover just as a car nearby exploded. I peeked up from where I had hid and looked to Loki, "You all right?"
He nodded, "Yes. And you?"
"Meh, no scratches. But there's no way in hell I'm fighting in a bikini."
He chuckled softly, "I can understand that."
"And Stark Tower's so close," I said, "but what if we're too late by the time we get there?"
"I could always teleport you there."
"Sounds like a plan," I said, and then paused, "but we need to bring Stark with us."
He looked at me curiously, "Why?"
"He's gonna need his suit, and I'm not carrying the damn thing to him."
He chuckled, "All right," he looked over to where Stark was, he was trying to avoid the fire as we were, "Tony!" Loki shouted.
Stark looked over to us, "What?"
Loki gestured for him to get over to where we were crouching behind an overturned table and Stark nodded, carefully, yet quickly reaching us in a way so that he wouldn't get hit by the lasers. "We're going on an equipment run," Loki explained, "You're coming with us."
We paused when we heard a loud, guttural roar. I peeked hesitantly over the white table and saw a huge, muscly, green monster launch itself at a group of the swarming Chitauri. I let out a sigh of relief, "Looks like Bruce already hulked out. We should have enough time to grab our shit and everything."
Stark nodded and looked to us, "All right, let's go."
Loki nodded and placed one hand on Stark's and I's shoulders, and in the blink of an eye we were in Stark Tower. Stark immediately ran off to get his Iron Suit on. I ran towards my room and threw on my black armor, strapping on my throwing knives and quickly running out into the hall. I met Loki outside of my room, both of us decked out in our full gear. I ran into the rooms of the other Avengers, grabbing as much gear as I could carry and handing some of it to Loki when I couldn't quite hold all of it. When we had everything, we immediately made our way back to the pool. Once there, we split up to hand off the gear. I tossed Clint his bow and arrows with his tricked out quiver as well as his armor. Then, I handed Natasha her suit with all of her weapons attached to it. I looked over and saw Loki tossing Steve's shield to Steve, as well as his red, white, and blue jumpsuit, then, Loki proceeded to hand Ayame's gear to her.
I covered for Clint and Natasha by launching fireballs at the Chitauri to hold them back. Stark was already whizzing around in the air and shooting small missiles at the flying aliens. One of the damn things landed beside me and swung his weapon at me. I ducked down and barely missed getting clonked in the head. While the gray creature was recovering from the swing, I kicked him in the shin and swept my leg under his foot, causing him to fall over. I showed no mercy and stabbed his neck in a killing blow with a dagger. I heard the sound of a body hitting the ground behind me and turned around in surprise. There lay another dead Chitauri at my feet, a throwing knife in the back of his head. I looked up and saw Loki looking at me in concern. I could only assume that he had killed the alien that quite possibly almost killed me. "Thanks!"
"You really should be more aware of your surroundings," Loki replied.
"I am most of the time," I countered, and then in one swift movement, I threw out three throwing knives and brought down three incoming Chitauri aliens.
He chuckled softly, "All right, I believe you for now." He then jumped back into battle. By this time, the other Avengers had all gotten their gear on and ready and started battling it out. But we would only be able to fight off the Chitauri for so long.
