Tony could only stare. Loki was flat on his back, and his daughter was quickly making her way back to him. While it was easy to figure out what happened, he was having some trouble comprehending it. When Loki got to his feet, though, he quickly snapped back into action and finished his sentence. "His name was Phil."
The moment Loki raised his staff, Tony fired off a shot from his blaster, taking pride in the pained cry as well as the sight of Loki flying back a few feet. Turning towards Kagome, he could only smirk as he saw the pride in her own eyes.
"Did you miss me?"
Rolling her eyes, Kagome replied. "Like you need to ask."
"Can't be too sure, thought I heard you finally call me dad. But we'll talk about that later, you're going to need to jump."
She nodded her head in understanding. Arm reaching back to get a grip on her bow's slip, she took a few quick steps back. Getting a quick and short running start, she launched herself at her father, easily getting comfortable in his hold.
No sooner than she was secure in his arms, a light shot up and quickly tore a hole in the sky. The dark vastness of space and distant stars were all they could see at first, until the first trickles of aliens came through.
"Right. Army." At Tony's mutter, Kagome could only wonder at what had happened since he took off for Germany the day before.
AN: Decided to update after all. Read, enjoy, and review.