AN- Be warned! Some mentions of blood as well as amateur medical knowledge that shouldn't be taken too seriously ahead!
Ash's POV
After breaking off from Steve and Nat's position on the ground, I flew up to an onslaught of flying Chitauri heading toward a building that had yet to be fully evacuated, and fired several molten blasts that melted each warrior's vehicle into glowing liquid.
You got bogey's on your six, Ash. I heard Clint's voice and when I turned back, sure enough, more warriors were right behind me, seeking vengeance for their fallen comrades.
"I can see that." I bluntly stated.
On my signal, fire right above their heads.
"Ok." I flipped myself over in the air to where I was flying backward facing the threats behind me, readying one hand for a blast while the other was flying me.
Now! I fired a blow right as a few arrows were sent their way and, on collision with my flames, exploded and rained fire on any Chitauri who were close by.
Nice one Matchstick.
Hey, I give the nicknames around here... although, Imma let you have that one since it's pretty spot-on. Tony came onto the comms as he and Clint started chatting,
But seriously if she's gonna be fighting with us she needs a cool call sign like... Fire girl.
"I do not approve of that name."
Yeah neither do I… ummmm what about Spitfire? Tony's voice came through.
I rolled my eyes at Tony's suggestion before saying and asking,
"No, that doesn't feel right either. " I looked to my surroundings and asked, "Where's Hulk?"
Aren't you supposed to be watching him?
"I got a little sidetracked." I answered while spin kicking a Chitauri off its vehicle.
A block from your current position, and he's gettin' a little rampage-y around civilians so check on them too.
"I'm on it." I let one flame in my hand die out to where I fell through the air strategically before reigniting and making it to the building the Hulk ran straight through as the people inside stood by the broken windows terrified of what was happening.
"These people are trapped, I can't see a way out of the building from here." I reported as soon as I landed among the broken shards with the people looking at me in awe and fear.
JARVIS give'er some light. I heard Tony through the comms before the AI's voice came through,
A couple paces to your left in the back of the room, there should be an emergency exit to the underground basement that is not blocked by any debris but will require some persuasion to open.
"Alright, thank you."
You are quite welcome.
"Everyone follow me please!" I ran through the wreckage to the red-lined door JARVIS directed me to before I held my hands to the bar where a lock was located and melted it enough to open.
"Everyone head down to the basement." I instructed the people and they all hurried, some limping, down the stairs until an elderly man with a thin stream of blood on his face held an unconscious little boy in his arms and pleaded,
"My grandson needs help."
"I'll see what I can do." I assured him before urging him to head down with the others and following once I was certain we wouldn't be followed by the Chitauri.
It was dark in the basement, but I lit up the space with my hand until I found a power switch to turn some lights on.
After ensuring everyone was accounted for, I announced into the comm,
"I have some injured civilians in here with no way for medical services to get down here in time," I turned back to the people, taking note of those who were sitting or leaning against others in pain before saying, "I'm going to have to stay here to help stabilize anyone who needs it until they arrive."
You do that, just don't take too long cause we might need you in a little bit. Steve answered and I responded an agreement before facing the people as they all tended to each other as best they could. I walked over to the man with his grandson before another man stood in between me and them in a defensive stance,
"Hey hold on, how do we know you're not one of them?"
"I am no Chitauri, I only want to help. Medical services won't arrive in time..." I assured him gently holding my hands out in a non-threatening manner.
"Please let her through." The elderly man urged as the boy let out a small whimper of pain. The other man hesitantly let me pass as I kneeled down to assess the boy's condition as he lay on the hard floor with his guardian's sweater propping his head up.
He had lost a considerable amount of blood from the size of the still-growing red spot on his side, he had a cut over his forehead, and his breathing was irregular.
"I need to cauterize the wound before it worsens, do any of you have a small piece of metal?" I asked the other people in the room after seeing the long cut on the boy's side.
"Here." A woman in a dusty red outfit handed me a small spear of pointed metal that, after cleaning it to the best of my abilities, heated it up in my hand before I lightly applied it to the boy's skin.
"Uh?" I heard the boy lightly whimper before I used my other hand to smoothen the hair out of his eyes as he looked at me and my glowing hand in wonder. I gently smiled at him before gently asking,
"Hello, does it hurt too much?"
"N-no." He answered in a little voice.
"Good," I leaned his head back from where he was straining to keep it up.
"You're... an alien?" The man asked me and I gently responded,
"Yes, my home was taken from me by the Chitauri, the beings invading your city now, but I won't let them win this time." I explained, keeping the last part of the sentence in a deadly low voice to show I meant what I said.
A few seconds later, the wound had stopped bleeding and I ripped pieces of the uniform's sleeve I wore underneath my suit to help cover the wounds.
"That should hold until medical aid arri-" I was stopped mid-sentence when the man seized me in a hug and cried,
"T-thank you... I'm... so sorry about your home."
I hesitated before returning the hug and turning to the other people to stabilize their injuries, setting a few broken bones here and there, and securing some makeshift bandages around a piece of shrapnel in someone's leg to stem the bleeding until it could be removed professionally.
"Everyone is stable down here until paramedics arrive." I stood up and spoke into the comms.
Great cause uh Thor's gonna need you up here pronto. Steve responded in the middle of fighting from the sounds of grunts in the background.
"Where is he?"
Uh on top of one of those flying thingies.
"Leviathans, I'm on my way." I turned back to the people and announced,
"Stay here and out of sight, help should be here soon." I turned around and headed up the stairs, making it just beyond the doorway about to fly out through the broken windows when I heard behind me,
"Wait!" And I turned back to see the man who had confronted me before standing in the doorway, "Who are you?" I lifted the corner of my mouth in a half-smile before responding,
"You can call me the Ion Phoenix." Before lifting myself off the ground a few inches with my flames and flying out the windows above the buildings where I saw Thor and Hulk fighting on top of one of the Leviathans.
"I found them, now what?!" I yelled into the comms, unsure of what I was supposed to do.
Get any civilians out of the way, they're about to bring it down!
I flew my way down to the large building that they were steering the Levithan toward and grabbed some people out of the way before the Leviathan's giant head came crashing through the wall, sending rubble and dust flying everywhere, temporarily blinding me.
When I could see again I looked to the crashed monster in time to see Hulk punch Thor before smirking, no doubt from the bitterness he still held toward Thor after their first fight.
Thor looked ready to punch him back until I stepped in and told them,
"You both can sort through your issues with each other later, we still have work to do." I motioned to the Chitauri that were alerted to the crash and were starting to flood into the building to overwhelm us.
"Split up, take them out one by one!" Thor announced with a confident tone. I was about to protest when he and Hulk already went their separate ways, leaving me astounded at their lack of tactics before shaking it off and getting back to firing at the incoming Chitauri.
A few minutes later, all the soldiers lay dead around me and I shook my hands to extinguish the flames before Nat's voice came onto the comms,
I can close it! Can anybody hear me? I can shut the portal down!
Do it! Steve's voice came through urgency before Tony interrupted,
No, wait!
Stark, these things are still coming!
I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know just where to put it.
As I wondered what that meant a feeling of horror struck as I realized what he meant and flew to the top of another building closer to Stark Towers, watching with dread as Tony flew another device right up into the portal opening, disappearing into the void beyond it.
"Come on Tony…" I clutched my hands together as I waited for some sign that he was OK to show itself.
3rd Person with Ash
A few seconds later, the stream of blue energy that was feeding into the portal stopped and the hole began to warp in on itself, signaling that the portal was successfully closing.
In fear, Ash flew in the air directly under the rapidly closing portal when she saw the Iron Man suit falling back toward the ground.
Instinctively, she blasted toward Tony with all the speed she could conjure for the second time in one day, attempting to slow his descent as she grabbed a hold of the suit in one hand while the other tried to keep them propelled.
Why is this suit so heavy? She thought to herself as she was dragged right down with him.
Suddenly, a roar was heard and they were both snatched out of the air by Hulk as he scraped down the side of other building to fully slow down before launching off and crashing into the street below, shielding Tony and Ash from impact.
Tony was thrown off right after landing but Ash was put down more gently as she had blacked out from the impact. Looking down at her in concern, Hulk started poking Ash's head lightly right as Steve rushed over to them to check on Tony.
While Steve ripped off Tony's face mask to make sure he was still alive and Thor, Nat, and Clint gathered around as well. Hulk had woken Ash up when her eyes groggily opened right and he turned to roar right in Tony's face making him gasp awake.
Still gasping for air, Hulk gave another roar in triumph, Ash giving a small whoop as well as Tony panicked,
"What the hell? What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me?"
Making everyone smile a little at Tony's antics before Steve spoke solemnly,
"We won." There was a moment of silence as they surveyed the destruction all around them until Tony broke it with,
"Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys." He struggled to sit up before suggesting, "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."
"We're not finished yet." Thor spoke up looking toward Stark Tower, making everyone but Ash realize what he meant.
"And then shawarma after."
Meanwhile, inside the Tower, Loki was struggling to pull himself up the stairs climbing out of the crater he had been beaten into by the Hulk earlier until he senses someone behind him and turned to see the whole team; Clint raising his bow ready to loose an arrow, Nat with the Chitauri scepter in her hands, Tony in his beaten suit, Steve with his shield in his hands, Thor with his hammer, Ash with flames flickering around her hands, and Hulk glaring down at him warningly.
"If it's all the same to you." Loki started as he painfully flipped himself to a leaned back sitting position, "I'll have that drink."
Hulk snorted at him as they all prepared for what they knew needed to happen next.