Father and daughter turned towards Stark tower, grimly taking in the bright light that continued to allow the Chitauri through.

"Like I said, I can get past the barrier but I am not going through all that again. I need someone to watch my back." She bounced her bow in her light grip, anxious to get this done and over with so she could find the nearest source of water and soak the unmentionable -stuff- on her away.

"Romanoff went up there when we realized Kagome hadn't managed to turn the machine off." the Captain let them know.

"Alright, then I'm ready for round two." she turned towards her father, thumbing in the direction of the tower. "Think I can hitch a ride?"

With a nod of his head, Tony moved a little closer to Kagome but turned towards Thor, the Captain and the Hulk. "Make sure Loki is distracted, I don't want him anywhere near Kagome." he didn't exactly wait for a response, instead opting to try and to reach the Tesseract and end this mess.

The three of them watched as Tony took Kagome back to the top of the tower, dropped her off and then quickly took care of all the nearby Chitauri.

"You heard the man, we need to keep Loki distracted and away from Kagome."

"He is not likely to fall for the same trick twice." Thor furrowed his brows, guilt filling him over his broken oath to keep her safe.

The Captain furrowed his brows, expecting something of the sort to be said about Loki. "All the more reason to fight that much harder."


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