Author: So I have myself set on a bit of deadline to finish this story. Thankfully we don't have a lot left to do. Once again thank you to absolutely everyone for your reviews and well-wishes. Enjoy some Chitauri (yes I did misspell a million times) and general craziness.

On the rooftop, the Tesseract activated and a beam of blue energy pierced the sky, literally.

Fifty thousand feet above New York City, a hole opened up and on the other side: space and the Chitauri. First dozens, then hundreds of them began to pour through on small machines like flying motorcycles.

"What the hell?" Tony thought, flying up to meet them.

There was no sign of the rest of the team but he hoped they were somewhere nearby because he really didn't want to have take on the entire army of Chitauri alone in suit that hadn't been field tested.

Tony blasted the Chitauri out of the air with repulsors and shoulder-mounted mini missiles but a lot of them got past him and flew low over the street of New York. They shot wildly and destroyed everything in their path.

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Clint glanced down at the blinking light on the control panel. "That's a communication trying to come through." he muttered.

"Stark?" Steve asked.

Nat shook her head and said, "Probably Fury."

"I got it." Rain told her, slipping between them.

"Agents. Do you have any idea how stupid of a plan you took part in? Stealing a Quinjet and terrifying a tech?" Fury told them as Rain let the communication through.

Natasha rolled her eyes and mouthed, "Stupid?"

"To be honest sir, I don't think any of us find our plan stupid. If anything it was necessary. We needed a way to get to New York City to stop Loki and the Chitauri. It's no riskier than other missions we've run in the past." Clint said.

They heard Fury sigh and mutter, "You three know what Loki is capable of. He could kill countless civilians and the entire team."

"We're aware of that sir. And that's a risk we are all willing to take." Rain said.

"Alright then... Fury out." he said, before the communication clicked off.

"He didn't try too hard to discourage us." Natasha pointed out.

Rain nodded as Steve piped, "He knows what we're doing is right. But it's part of his job to try to stop us."

"Doesn't mean he has to try very hard right?" Rain smirked.

Clint chuckled then paled as a Chitauri flew by. "Pretty sure that's one of his army." he whispered.

"Ugly bastards aren't they." Natasha sighed.

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Loki stepped back as Thor dropped out of the sky. "Do you not die?" he growled.

"Loki! Turn off the Tesseract or I'll destroy it!" Thor roared.

Loki laughed and cried, "You can't.. there is no stopping it! There is only.. the war!"

"So be it." Thor snarled.

Loki jumped down from the rooftop and slashed with the scepter, which Thor blocked with Mjolnir. As they battled furiously, pieces fell away from Stark Tower onto the roof of other buildings nearby.

Around them, the city fell in chaos as the Chitauri army marauded through the streets.

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Natasha watched as Tony zigzagged through the city and tapped the communication button. "Stark we're on your three, headed Northeast." she told him.

"Did you stop for take-out?! Swing up Park Avenue, I'm going to lay them out for you." Tony snapped. He angled north and banked back around, with the Chitauri behind him following.

"Nat." Clint hissed.

"Got them." she said, shooting as many of the Chitauri as she could with the belly mounted cannon.

"Sir, we have more incoming." Jarvis said.

"Fine. Let's keep them occupied." Tony muttered.

Clint swung the Qunijet near Stark tower as Nat kept firing at any Chitauri that came within range. "Down there." Rain said, pointing down to the Tower.

"Nat?" Clint whispered, nodding to where Thor was fighting Loki.

"I see him." she smirked.

Clint brought the Quinjet around and slowed it to a near hover so Nat could target Loki. "Almost got him." she muttered.

Loki glared up at the Quinjet and fired a blast of energy from the scepter that hit the hit the jet's left wing engine.

"Motherfucker." Clint growled, trying to keep them from crashing straight down.

"Language." Steve hissed as the Quinjet landed hard in a plaza a few blocks from the Tower.

Rain stared at him and scoffed, "Really Cap?"

He shrugged sheepishly and led them out of the Quinjet. "We need to get back up there." he said, nodding to the Tower.

Tony was shooting down Chitauri as fast as he could but there were plenty of Chitauri still flying over, strafing the streets.

"Shit... look at that." Rain whispered, as another giant creature came through from the Chitauri space.

It was hundreds of feet long with a mouth that gapped open as it swam through the air. Instead of wings, it had fins and bony spikes sticking up from it's back. "It's a giant ass skeleton fish." Clint thought.

"Moby dick from hell?" Rain asked as portals on its sides opened and Chitauri foot soldiers leaped out.

Natasha snickered as Cap asked, "Stark? Are you seeing this?"

"Seeing. Still working on believeing." Tony answered, flying after the Leviathan. He had no idea how to fight something that destoryed whole floors of buildings with a flick of it's body. "Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?" he asked.

Cap raised an eyebrow and muttered, "Banner?"

"Just keep my posted." Tony told him, having a feeling they were going to need Banner before this was all over. "Jarvis find me a soft spot." he added, flying alongside the Leviathan.

"Gotta distract this thing. Otherwise, it's gonna to destroy the city without help." Tony thought, firing off minimissiles. They didn't hurt the Leviathan but it turned to come after him with a roar. "Well... we got its attention. What the hell was step two?" he yelped, darting away.

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Thor grabbed Loki and forced him to stare down at the destruction the Chitauri were causing. "Look at this! You think this madness will end with your rule?"!" he raged.

"It's too late. It's too late to stop it." Loki whispered, trying to look away.

"No... we can. Together." Thor told him.

Loki looked Thor in the eye... then stabbed him with small knife hidden in his sleeve. Thor groaned and clutched at the wound, hissing in pain.

"Sentiment." Loki chuckled.

Thor snarled and slammed him onto the stone balcony. Loki yelped, sensing Thor's rage and looked for his scepter. "Damn." he thought, seeing it out of reach. Then he rolled off the edge of the balcony and let himself fall.

Thor rushed to the edge and stared as Loki landed on a passing Chitauri flying machine, leaving him alone on the roof.