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Chapter XXVI: Assemble!
Last Time.
"What happened next?!"
"I was able to stay for a little longer but I do end up coming back here, now it's a week unless the others call me," Naruto replied after finishing his story, making sure to hide his name from his fan.
"OK, how about when the Avengers formed?" Kamala asked.
"It wasn't that long ago."
"Yeah but we only know the battle, but you have said you all got together before to try and stop Loki before it came to that," Kamala said as Naruto shrugged. "OK, it all started when Fury came to get me."
"Not Black Widow?"
"No, she was in Russia I believe at the time before getting Hulk," Naruto replied before leaning his hands on the table.
Now.
(Flashback.)
Six Months Later, Dark Energy Mission Facility, Mojave Desert. Night.
Another six months passed since Naruto and Widow stopped Leviathan. Fury in that time has kept an eye on the hero and contacted several more for the Avengers Initiative. Only for it to be scrapped a couple of months after Fury extended the offer to Naruto due to Asgardians fighting in Puente Antiguo New Mexico.
And due to that, the World Security Council now wants weapons to defend the planets from other attacks on that scale.
Fury and Maria now landing on top of the facility about the Tesseract, an artifact used by HYDRA during World War Two to power their weapons. Was giving off strange quantities of energy.
They got out and saw Coulson waiting for them.
"How bad is it?!" Fury asked over the helicopter.
"That's the problem, sir, we don't know!" Coulson replied before taking them inside and to an elevator and went down for several minutes.
They got to the floor where people were working and leaving. "Dr. Selvig read an energy surge from the Tesseract four hours ago," Coulson explained.
"I didn't authorize any testing."
"He wasn't testing it. He wasn't even in the room. It was a spontaneous event." Coulson said to the Director.
"It turned on itself?" Maria asked as they walked to the other end.
"What's the latest energy reading now?" Fury asked Coulson.
"Climbing, we've ordered evacuation when we couldn't shut it down."
"How long until everyone's out?"
"Campus should be clear in the next half-hour," Coulson replied before Fury turned to him.
"Do better."
Coulson nodded and left the duo who went down a flight of stairs.
"Sir, evacuation may be futile," Maria said to Fury as they walked down.
"We should tell them to go back to sleep?"
"If we can't control the Tesseract's energy, there may not be a minimum safe distance," Maria said as they continued down the stairs.
"I need you to make sure the Phase 2 prototypes are shipped out." Fury aid ignoring Maria's worry.
"Sir, is that really a priority right now?"
"Until such a time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on." Fury said stopping at a door. "Clear out the tech below. Every piece of Phase 2 on a truck and gone."
"Yes, sir," Maria said before leaving with a small group of men who were helping evacuate. "With me."
Fury walked in the other room and spoke. "Talk to me, Doctor."
A Caucasian man with graying hair walked out from a device with a blue glowing cube in it. He's wearing a blue plaid shirt and khaki pants.
This is Erik Selvig.
"Director." He said before walking over.
"Is there anything we know for certain?" Fury asked the doctor.
"The Tesseract is misbehaving," Erik explained.
"That supposed to be funny?"
"No, it's not funny at all," Erik said as he stood in front of Fury. "The Tesseract is not only active, but she's also behaving."
"I assume you pulled the plug?"
"She's an energy source," Erik said as they walked back. "We turn off the power, she just turns it back on. If she reaches peak level..."
"We prepared for this, Doctor. Harnessing energy from space." Fury said as Erik went to a computer.
"But we don't have the harness. My calculations are far from complete. And she's throwing off interference, radiation. Nothing harmful, low levels of gamma radiation."
"That can be harmful." Fury said remembering the Hulk incident. "Where's Agent Barton?"
"(Scoff.) The Hawk? Up in his nest, as usual." Erik replied pointing in the rafters behind him.
And showed Hawkeye without his glasses sitting in the shadows.
"Agent Barton, report." Fury said in his comlink and had Hawkeye jump down. "I gave you this detail so you can keep a close eye on things." Fury said to Hawkeye as they walked away.
"Well, I see better from a distance," Hawkeye replied.
"Have you seen anything that might set this thing off?"
"Nothing's come or gone. And Selvig's clean." Hawkeye replied as they stooped at the Tesseract. "No contacts, no IMs. If there was any tampering, sir, it wasn't at this end." He finished having Fury turn to him.
"'At this end'?"
"Yeah, the Cube is a doorway to the other end of space, right? Doors open from both sides." Hawkeye explained crossing his arms.
A pulse went out from the Cube startling the two. Suddenly, the building shook as everyone looked around. More pulses came off the Cube before energy circled around before it shot a beam at a platform, exploded, and opened a portal where Loki holding his staff knelt. Everyone who had a weapon aimed it at the Asgardian who stood smiling.
"Sir, please put down the spear." Fury said to the Asgardian who looked around.
Loki looked at his staff before firing a blue beam that hit the men around him.
BANG-BANG-BANG-BANG!
Men shot him only for the bullets to fly off his armored chest plate as Loki jumped at a man and slammed him on the ground. He then threw knives at the other men and hit a scientist with another beam. He continued attacking until everyone was dead or knocked out leaving only a few who didn't attack alone.
Hawkeye got up, only for Loki to grab him and place the tip of his staff on his chest. Hawkeye's eyes glowed a light blue and followed after Loki who walked to others putting them under his control as Fury put the Cube in a metal suitcase.
"Please don't," Loki said as Fury started walking away. "I still need that."
"This doesn't have to get any messier."
"Of course it does," Loki said walking over. "I've come too far for anything else. I am Loki, of Asgard and I'm burdened with glorious purpose."
"Loki," Erik said checking on a scientist. "Brother of Thor."
We have no quarrel with your people." Fury said raising his right hand.
"An ant has no quarrel with a boot," Loki said with a shrug.
"You planning' to step on us?"
Loki just smiled. "I come with glad tidings, of a world made free." He said walking in front of Eric.
"Free from what?" Fury asked while narrowing his eye.
"Freedom. Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart…" Loki explained before turning and puts Erik under his control. "You will know peace."
"Yeah, you say 'peace.' I kinda think you mean the other thing." Fury said as blue energy formed just above him.
"Sir, Director Fury is stalling," Hawkeye said walking over. "This place is about to blow and drop a hundred feet of rock on us. He means to bury us."
"Like the pharaohs of old." Fury said looking at them.
He's right. The portal's collapsing on itself." Erik said after typing on a computer. "We've got maybe two minutes before this goes critical."
BANG!
Hawkeye shot Fury before picking the case up as they left for the parking garage. They got out there and saw Maria with a walkie-talkie in hand.
"We need these vehicles."
"Who's he?" Maria asked looking at Loki as they got in a short bed truck.
"They didn't tell me."
"Hill! Do you copy? Barton has turned!" Fury came up on the walkie-talkie having Maria quickly turn and jump away from a shot from Hawkeye.
Hawkeye got in the truck and sped off with Maria getting in a Jeep and followed. "They have the Tesseract! Shut them down!"
Several cars joined Maria before Loki shot them with his staff. Maria got in front of the truck and pulled the handbrake to spin around and took several shots. She spun around when Hawkeye hit the gas and sped past the agent. The tunnel started to collapse as they speed to outrun it. As soon as the truck got to the exit, the tunnel collapsed on Maria leaving her stuck before digging herself out and ran out as well.
Fury, back in the helicopter shot at the truck before Loki hit the blades with his staff and forced the copter to crash as Fury jumped out before it hit the ground.
"Director? Director Fury, do you copy?" Coulson asked as Fury watched the truck speed out in the dark.
"The Tesseract is wit a hostile force. I have men down. Hill?"
"Lot of men still under. I don't know how many survivors."
"Sound a general call. I want everyone not working rescue looking for that briefcase." Fury ordered.
"Roger that."
"Coulson, get back to base. This is a Level Seven. As of right now, we are at war."
"What do we do?" Coulson asked after a moment having Fury look to where the truck was.
Next Morning, Naruto's Cabin.
Naruto, wearing faded jeans and a white shirt with a black ball cap was fishing in a river by his cabin before speaking. "What?"
Looking back, he saw Fury with several band-aids on his face. "Calling in on that promise you gave Natasha several months ago."
Naruto sighed before reeling in his line and let the fish on his stringer free. "I knew I shouldn't have promised. And really? Just six months and you need me again? I thought you scrapped that?"
"The world is at risk. I'm bringing it back."
(A/N: Everything up to the meeting on the Heli-Carrier is canon and will be skipped.)
A Few Days Later, Heli-Carrier.
Naruto, wearing faded jeans, a black shirt, and tennis shoes dropped down from the small jet on the Heli-Carrier that's on the water.
He saw a strongly built Caucasian man with blonde hair wearing a leather jacket over a button shirt and gray pants walk out of a small jet with Coulson.
And Natasha who is wearing a black leather jacket over a red top and jeans.
"Agent Romanoff, Shinobi, this is Captain Rogers," Coulson said before leaving for inside.
"I read your files. Didn't think you'd be so young." Steve said to the ninja who shrugged.
"Weren't you like 18 when you joined the Military? So, you're in this too Natasha?" Naruto asked directing the last question at the spy who didn't answer before walking to talk while waiting for the others.
They saw a slender man with fair skin, messy dark brown hair, brown eyes, glasses wearing a brown suit.
"Dr. Banner!" Steve said getting Bruce's attention who walked over for a shake.
"Yeah, hi. They told me you would be coming."
"Word is you can find the Cube," Steve said as Bruce looked around.
"Is that the only word on me?"
"Only word I care about."
"Same for me. You and I have more in common then you think." Naruto replied hands in his pockets.
"Must be strange for you, all of this," Bruce said to Steve looking at what would be sci-fi tech to the soldier.
"Well, this is actually familiar," Steve replied looking at the men running around.
"Gentlemen, you might want to step inside," Natasha said before walking inside. "It's going to get a little hard to breathe."
"Is this a sub?" Steve asked as Naruto walked inside.
"Nope." He said as they started floating up in the air.
They walked in the main room where agents are working.
"Gentlemen." Fury said walking over as Steve gave him a 10 dollar bill. "Doctor, thanks for coming." He said shaking Bruce's hand.
"Thanks for asking nicely. So, how long am I staying?"
"Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're free to go." Fury said before Coulson explained that they're looking over everything they had to look for Loki through any camera connected to a satellite.
Bruce volunteered his time to help before Natasha took him to a lab.
They waited while looking for Loki, Coulson talking to Steve and tried to get him to sign some trading cards before a man spoke up on a match for Loki.
"Stuttgart, Germany. 28 Königstrasse." A picture of Loki in a suit came up.
"He's not hiding," Steve said before Naruto spoke up.
"He's arrogant and thinks he doesn't need to hide."
"Captain, Shinobi."
They turned to Fury who spoke. "Suit up."
They left to get into their costumes as Fury saw a video of Loki in a party looking around.
Stuttgart, Germany.
Loki attacked a man and tossed him on a tale before stabbing a device in his eye, killing him as it teleported his eye else wear.
Loki looked up to the escaping guests at the gala before standing and had his armor appear as he walked outside. Loki teleported to the front of a fleeing crowd. "Kneel before me!"
The crowd flees the other way; Loki teleports in that direction and creates four more of him. "I said… KNEEL!" The Loki's then slams their staves on the ground, releasing a thunderous shock wave that scares the crowd into submission.
"Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It is the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel." He said to the group.
An old man then stands up. "Not to men like you."
Loki just gave a smug smirk at that. "There are no men like me."
"There are always men like you."
"Look to your elder, people. LET HIM BE AN EXAMPLE!" Loki yells and fires a blast from his scepter at the old man.
Only to have Captain America jump in and deflect it back with his shield, knocking Loki down. Shinobi flipped over the crowd and landed in a crouch as he stood up beside the war hero.
"Ya know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing," Cap said looking at the Asgardian.
"The Ninja, and the Soldier. The man out of time." Loki said as he stood.
"Nope, that'd be you," Naruto said as a jet appeared behind him Cap with a minigun under it.
"Loki, drop the weapon and stand down." Black Widow said from the pilot's seat.
Loki shot at the jet before Cap threw his shield and Naruto threw several shurikens at the Asgardian before running over. The two heroes ganged up on Loki and hit him one at a time as Loki blocked several hits and swung his staff throwing the two back.
Naruto fell on his back and flipped to his feet as Captain America got up from the nearby fountain. Cap threw his shield having Loki swat it away before running to fight. Naruto followed suit and threw punches at Loki when Cap dodged one of Loki's strikes.
Cap was kicked as Loki hit Naruto back then walked to him and placed his staff on his head. "Kneel-OOF!"
Naruto grabbed him from behind and Cap punched him several times before Naruto tossed him away just as they all heard Shoot to Thrill by AC/DC over speakers.
Iron Man shot his beams at Loki before he landed, and then stood with weapons opening on him. Naruto walked over and held two kunais as Captain America got his shield.
Loki said and looked at the two as Cap walked to the duo.
"Make your move, Reindeer Games." Iron Man said as Loki surrendered losing his armor.
He then glanced over to the other two beside him. "Mr. Stark." Cap greeted panting a little.
"Cap, Ninja."
Later, Naruto, Captain America, Iron Man, and Black Black Widow are transporting Loki in the Quinjet. All with their masks and helmet off.
"Is he saying anything?" Fury asked Widow who was piloting.
"Not a word."
"I don't like it," Naruto said as he sat on a bench in the back. "It was too easy."
"You're too paranoid," Tony said standing with Captain America.
"In my world, if you weren't you'd die at an early age. The paranoid ninjas are the ones who live to have grandkids."
"Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in," Steve said to Tony.
"There's a lot of things he didn't tell you," Tony replied as they came into a thunderstorm cloud.
Steve looked to see Loki was slightly nervous. "What's the matter? Are you scared of a little lightning?
"I'm not overly fond of what follows," Loki replied.
Suddenly, Thor arrives, and wordlessly opens the door and flies off with Loki in a choke hold.
"And now there's that guy!" Tony said putting his helmet on as Widow looked over her shoulder.
"Another Asgardian?!"
"That guy's a friendly?!" Captain America asked fixing his mask.
"Doesn't matter. He frees Loki or kills him, the Tesseract's lost." Iron Man replied and walked to the open door.
"Stark! We need a plan of attack!"
"I have a plan. Attack!"
Iron Man then flies after the two Asgardians as Cap put on a harness and gets ready to go after the three.
"Damn it!" Naruto cursed following Cap in putting a parachute on.
"I'd sit this one out, guys!"
"I don't see how we can!" Cap said as Naruto got to the opening.
"These guys come from legend. They're basically gods."
"He's the second person I fought that thought that!" Naruto said before jumping as Cap looked back at Widow.
"And there's only one God, ma'am. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that!" He then straps on a parachute and jumps out of the Quinjet.
Thor And Loki.
(A/N: This will be canon till the end, feel free to skip.)
"Where is the Tesseract?" Thor asked as Loki laid on the ground on a cliff's edge.
"I missed you too."
"Do I look to be in a gaming mood?!"
"You should thank me," Loki said looking at his stepbrother. "With the Bifrost gone, how much dark energy did the Allfather have to muster to conjure you here to your precious Earth?" He asked standing up.
Thor dropped Mjölnir and grabbed Loki by the front of his clothes. "I thought you dead."
"Did you mourn?"
"We all did… Our father-!"
"Your father." Loki interrupted as he pulled away from Thor's grasp. "He did tell you my true parentage, did he not?" Loki asked walking to a fallen tree holding his side.
"We were raised together," Thor said turning around. "We played together, fought together. Do you remember none of that?"
"I remember a shadow." Loki replied turning around. "living in the shade of your greatness. I remember you tossing me into an abyss. I who was, and should be, king!"
"So you take the world I love as a recompense for your imagine slights?" Thor asked looking at Loki. "No. The Earth is under my protection, Loki." He finished walking forward as Loki laughed.
"And you're doing a marvelous job with that. The humans slaughter each other in droves while you idle fret. I mean to rule them, as why should I not?"
"You think yourself above them?"
"Well, yes," Loki said after a moment of silence.
"Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother. A throne would suit you ill." Thor said and walked back to the cliff.
"I've seen worlds you've never known about! I have grown, Odinson, in my exile. I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it..."
"Who showed you this power?" Thor asked interrupting his brother and walked back to him. "Who controls this would-be king?"
"I am a king!"
"Not here!" Thor yelled grabbing his brother again. "You give up the Tesseract! You give up this poisonous dream!" He then grabbed Loki by the neck. "You come home."
"I don't have it," Loki said before Thor lets him go and called Mjölnir. "You need the Cube to bring me home. But I've sent it off, I know not where.
"You listen well, brother-(GRUNT!)" Thor was then hit with a blast.
"I'm listening," Loki said as Iron Man landed with a slide.
"(Groan.)" Thor groaned as he stood and looked to Iron Man who's faceplate lifted up. "Do not touch me AGAIN."
"Then don't take my stuff!"
"You have no idea what you are dealing with," Thor said as Iron Man looked around.
"Uh... Shakespeare in the Park? Doth Mother know you wear-eth her drapes?" He mocked the Asgardian who narrowed his eyes.
"This is beyond you, metal man. Loki will face Asgardian justice!"
"He gives up the Cube, he's all yours. Until then," Iron Man said as his mask comes down. "Stay outta the way." He then silently added. "Tourist."
Thor threw his hammer at Iron Man who was hit in the chest and sent flying back into several trees. "(Groan) OK." Iron Man said as his screens blurred.
Thor called his hammer back as Iron Man got up and started spinning it. Iron Man shot forward and kicked Thor into a tree, breaking it.
Thor got up and raised Mjölnir in the air and had lightning hit it and threw the bolt at Iron Man.
"Power at 400% capacity." A male voice said in Tony's suit.
"How about that?" Iron Man asked impressed as the screens now glowed brightly.
He then shot a larger beam at Thor sending him flying back before they flew at each other and attacked through the forest.
Loki smiled before feeling a hand on his shoulder. "Thought you'd get away?" Naruto asked before pulling him up and towards where Cap landed as they heard a loud clanging noise.
Getting to the others, Naruto saw they calmed down before speaking. "Are we done with the pissing contest? Yes? Then let's go."
Heli-Carrier.
Fury looked at Loki who's in a glass circular container. "In case it's unclear." He said at a console. "If you try and escape if you so much scratch that glass," He then typed and had a door open underneath the cell. "It's 30,000 feet straight down in a steel trap. You get how that works?" He asked before closing the opening.
"Ant." Fury said gesturing to Loki. "Boot." He then gestured to the control.
Loki just chuckled at that. "It's an impressive cage. Not built, I think, for me."
"Built for something a lot stronger than you."
"Oh, I've heard," Loki said before turning to a camera and smiled. "A mindless beast. Makes play he's still a man. "He said knowing the others are watching. "How desperate are you, that you call on such lost creatures to defend you?"
"How desperate am I? You threaten my world with war, you steal a force you can't hope to control, you talk about peace, and you kill 'cause it's fun. You have made me VERY desperate. You might not be glad that you did." Fury said walking to the cell with a narrowed eye.
"Ooh. It burns you to come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power, unlimited power, and for what? A warm light for all mankind to share. And then to be reminded what "real power" is." Loki taunts the spy.
"Well, lemme know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something." Fury taunted back and left.
Up with the others, they watched the conversation on a table with screens on it.
"He really grows on you, doesn't he?" Bruce asked as he was standing.
"Loki's gonna drag this out," Steve said before looking up to Thor who's without his cape and helmet. "So, Thor, what's his play?"
"He has an army called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard nor any world known. He means to lead them to your people. They will win him the Earth. In return, I suspect for the Tesseract."
"Oh, great, another person who wants to rule the world," Naruto said, arms crossed after he pulled his half mask down. "I swear it's like once a month."
"So he's building another portal," Bruce said taking off his glasses. "That's why he needs Erik Selvig for."
"Selvig?" Thor asked looking to Bruce.
"You know him?" Naruto asked leaning forward on the table.
"Loki has him under some kind of spell. As well as one of ours." Widow said as she leaned on the table as well.
"I want to know why Loki let us take him," Steve said from his spot. "He's not going to lead an army from here."
"I don't think we should focus on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You could smell crazy on him." Bruce said before Thor took a step forward."
"Have care how you speak. Loki's out of reason but he's still of Asgard. And he is my brother."
"He killed 80 people in two days." Widow deadpanned as she looked at the Asgardian.
"He's adopted."
"I think it's the mechanics. Iridium, what do they need iridium for?" Bruce asked before Tony n a suit walked in with Coulson.
"It's a stabilizing agent. I'm just saying, pick a weekend I'll fly you to Portland." He said directing the last part of Coulson. "It means the portal won't collapse on itself like it did at S.H.I.E.L.D." Tony then looked at Thor and raised his left hand as he walked to him. "No hard feelings, Point Break. You've got a mean swing."
"Also mean the portal can open as wide, and stay open as long as Loki wants it too." He said before walking to and stood at Fury's command post. "Raise the mizzenmast, jib the top-sails." He then points to a S.H.I.E.L.D. operator. "That man is playing Galaga! He thought we wouldn't notice... But we did." He finished before covering his left eye and pointed to his left.
"How does Fury see these?"
"He turns," Maria replied from behind the billionaire before he put something under the nearest keyboard. "Rest of the materials, Agent Barton can get easily."
"And from what we've gathered. He's gotten most." Naruto said as Tony looked at the holo-screens.
"Only thing left is a power source of high-energy density. Something to kick-start the Cube."
"Anything in particular? Something we can get to before they did?" Naruto asked as Bruce paced.
"He would have to heat the Cube up to a 120-million Kelvin just to break through the Coulomb barrier.
"Unless Selvig has figured out how to stabilize the quantum tunneling effect," Tony said remembering reading the files he got from Fury as he walked over to the scientist.
"Well, if he could do that he could achieve heavy ion fusion at any reactor on the planet."
"Finally, someone who speaks English."
"OK, anyone else following this crap?" Naruto asked as the two continued to talk. "Please tell me it's not just me."
"Dr. Banner is only here to track the Cube." Fury said walking in after Tony was talking about Bruce's other side. "I was hoping you might join him."
"I'd start with that stick of his," Steve said looking at Fury. "It may be magical, but it works a lot like a HYDRA weapon."
"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the Cube. And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys." Fury said as Thor looked confused.
"Monkeys? I don't understand-"
"I do," Steve said as Tony rolled his eyes as Steve looks proud of himself. "I understood that reference."
Everyone left to different rooms while they waited for Tony and Bruce's studying of Loki's staff. Missing the man pull up Galaga when Tony left.
Later, Naruto, saw Steve arguing with Tony as he tried to get Bruce angry and bring out the Hulk before leaving.
"I understand where Bruce is coming from," Naruto said leaning on the wall before Steve looked to him. "He doesn't come out if I get angry or anything but I do have a being in me that people saw instead of me. I, like I'm sure Bruce is… Am tired of people seeing only the being inside of us. People who want to kill us when we walk down the street."
"Is it really that bad?"
"I had the occasional drunk beatings before I was five. So yeah, it's worse." Naruto finished walking away as Bruce talked about Tony's new building, Stark Tower.
And how that will be run on clean energy when talking about Fury using the Cube for energy purposes. Steve looked around before walking down the hall to a closed off room.
Down in Loki's cell, Widow looked at him as he had his back to her.
"Heh, there's not many people who can sneak up on me." He said turning to the spy.
"But you figured I'd come."
"After," Loki said as he walked around his cell. "After whatever tortures Fury can concoct, you would appear as a friend, as a balm. And I would cooperate."
"I want to know what you did to Agent Barton."
"I'd say I expanded his mind."
"And once you won," She said walking to the cell. "Once you're king of the mountain, what happens to his mind?"
"Oh… Is this love, Agent Romanoff?" Loki asked with a smile.
"Love is for children. I owe him a debt."
Loki then started to walk backwards. "Tell me."
"Before I worked for S.H.I.E.L.D… I, uh… Well, I made a name for myself." She said before sitting on a nearby chair. "I have a very specific skill set. I didn't care who I used it for, or on. I got on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar in a bad way. Agent Barton was sent to kill me. He made a different call."
"And what will you do if I vow to spare him?"
"Not let you out." Widow replied as Loki sat on a bench.
"No, but I like this." Loki smiled at her. "Your world in the balance and you bargain for one man."
"Regimes fall every day. I tend not to weep over that. I'm Russian. Or I was."
"And what are you now?" Loki asked resting a hand on his knee.
"It's really not that complicated." Widow said standing up. "I've got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out."
Loki followed suit and walked up to the spy. "Can you? Can you wipe out that much red? Drakov's daughter. São Paulo, the hospital fire? Barton told me EVERYTHING. Your ledger is dripping, it's gushing red, and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything?! This is the basest sentimentality. This is a child at prayer. Pathetic!"
"You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own code, something that makes up for the horrors… But they are a part of you, and they will never go away." Loki then slams his fist into the cage glass, snarling with fury. "I won't touch Barton, not until I make him kill you. Slowly. Intimately. In every way, he knows you fear."
"And then he'll wake just long enough to see his good work, and when he screams, I'll split his skull! That is my bargain, you mewling quim."
Black Widow tearfully turns away. "You're a monster!"
Loki just chuckles scornfully. "Oh no. You've brought the monster with you."
Widow turns around, showing no signs of tears. "So, Banner. That's your play."
Loki Confused at that, just asks. "What?"
Widow puts a hand on her comms and walks away. "Loki means to unleash the Hulk. Keep Banner in his lab, I'll meet you there. Send Thor as well." She then turned to Loki. "Thank you… For your cooperation."
Up above, Naruto saw everyone was in the lab after Tony hack and revealed S.H.I.E.L.D. making weapons due to Loki's and Thor's fight in New Mexico.
"What the hell is going on here? There's some kind of weird energy coming off from here, some of your men are fighting each other." Naruto said as the others were arguing.
"You speak of control, yet you court chaos," Thor said to Fury before Bruce picked up.
"That's his MO, isn't it? I mean, what are we, a team? No, no, no. We're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're…we're a time-bomb."
"You need to step away." Fury said to Bruce as Tony placed a hand on Steve's shoulder.
"Why shouldn't the man let off a little steam?"
Steve roughly pushed his hand away. "You know damn well why! Back off!"
"I'm starting' to want you to make me."
"Yeah. A big man in a suit of armor. Take that away, what are you?" Steve asked walking around Tony.
"Uhh, genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist."
Widow shrugs condescendingly but concedes Stark's point.
"I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you!" Steve said with narrowed eyes.
"I think I'd just cut the wire."
"Always a way out. You know, you may not be a threat, but you'd better stop pretending to be a hero."
"A hero? Like you? You're a lab experiment, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle." Tony said annoyed at Steve.
Naruto turned to his left as he sensed something. "Guys..."
"Put on the suit. Let's go a few rounds." Steve said enraged as he ignored the ninja.
They then started to argue more before Naruto yelled. "GUYS ENOUGH!" They turned to him before he spoke. "Right now we got a guy who wants to take over the world and has us at each other's throats. Now, Bruce drop the damn spear and let's go!"
They looked to see Bruce had the staff in hand before dropping it and they left.
BOOM!
Just as several explosions rocked the carrier Sending Widow and Bruce to the floor underneath and Thor out the window.
"Gear up!" Naruto said pulling his mask up as masked men all in black ran in and started shooting everyone.
Naruto dived at one and grabbed his rifle as he broke his neck and shot several men beside him. Naruto got up and ran down the halls as he shot several men as well. He then created clones to help out as he took several shots at another man.
"He's angry!"
Naruto heard Widow over his comm before feeling the carrier shake. He heard Tony volunteer to fix the engines before running down the hall to help protect him before running into Steve.
They got to the hole with a catwalk before seeing Iron Man who flew outside. He flew to the damaged engine and started scanning and fixing it. "Get to that engine control and tell me which relays are in overload position."
Steve nodded as he and Naruto parkoured up to a control panel. They opened it up and deadpanned.
"Tony! We're not the right guys for this!" Naruto yelled in his comm.
"The relays are intact! What's next?!"
"I'm gonna have to get in there and push. The red lever will slow the blades down so I can get out. Stand by it and wait for my word!" Iron Man said before he flew and started cutting things off.
Naruto picked the rifle he took up and started firing on men that attacked from the doors as Steve stood at the red lever beside them. He then saw the Hulk on a jet before it exploded forcing him to jump off to the ground. They suddenly started falling before seeing Thor drop in Loki's cell and got memories of his clone saving Coulson by hitting Loki with a Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere.)
"Now!"
Steve hit the level having the level out as Iron Man flew and tackled another man who ran out to attack.
"Hey, if we decide to make this into a movie, let's leave out this whole repair thing. I feel that'll be really boring to watch." Naruto said before Black Widow.
"Clint's back to normal." She said before hearing Fury.
"Loki just killed five of our men."
Naruto looked to the other two. "You gonna let him take over the world and kill billions? This is now bigger than your egos."
"Ego..." Tony said taking his helmet off.
He then looked up and explained Loki was going to use his tower as the entrance to inflate his ego before they walked off to get ready. Naruto and Captain America walking down the hall and got together with Black Widow and the newly freed Hawkeye. They walked to a Quin-Jet and got in.
"Hey, you guys aren't authorized to be here." A man said from the pilot seat.
"Son, just don't," Cap said before they let the man off and left in the jet.
Iron Man.
In his damaged suit, Iron Man saw a large device on his new building and tried shutting it off. Only for a shield to deflect the blat hitting him and Erik who was beside it away. Erik hitting an air conditioner unit. Iron Man regained his bearings before flying to the helicopter pad just near the top and landed on a walkway beside it.
"Sir, the Mach 7 isn't ready yet," J.A.R.V.I.S. said as Iron Man looked down.
"Then skip the spinning rims, we're on the clock."
He started walking as the floor opened up having a ring follow him and started taking his suit off as he got closer to the doors leading in. Eyes on Loki who was inside as well. Tony got inside just as the last of his armor was off and inside the walkway before he looked to Loki.
"Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity," Loki said with a smile as Tony walked in, hands behind his back.
"Uh, actually, I'm planning to threaten you," Tony replied taking off a fit bit and put a new one on as he got to his bar on the lower floor with Loki.
"You should have left your armor on for that."
"Yeah. It's seen a bit of mileage and you got the, uh, Glow Stick of Destiny. Would you like a drink?"
"Stalling me won't change anything," Loki said holding his staff in both hands as Tony looked around.
"No, no, no. Threatening. No drink? You sure? I'm having one." Tony pulled out a bottle and poured a glass of whiskey.
"The Chitauri are coming. Nothing will change that. What have I to fear?"
"The Avengers."
Loki looks confused at that as Tony continued. "It's what we call ourselves. Sorta like a team. "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" type of thing."
"Yes. I've met them."
Tony smiled at that. "Yeah. Takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one. But let's do a head count here. Your brother, a demigod; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breathtaking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, one who's an actual ninja, and you, big fella... You've managed to piss off every single one of them."
"That was the plan," Loki said with a shrug as Tony took a drink.
"Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you."
"I have an army."
"We have a Hulk." Tony shot back walking up to Loki.
"I thought the beast had wandered off."
"You're missing the point. There's no throne, okay? There is no version of this where you come out on top. Now maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it." Tony threatened as he stopped in front of the Asgardian.
"How will your friends have time for me…when they're so busy fighting you?" Loki attempts to use his scepter on Tony, but it clinks harmlessly on the arc reactor in Tony's chest.
Loki gained a confused look at that. "This usually works."
"Well, performance issues. It's not uncommon. One out of five-!" Loki throws him across the room. "J.A.R.V.I.S., any time now!"
Loki walked over and grabs Tony by the throat. "You will all fall before me!"
"Deploy! Deploy!"
Loki throws Tony out of the window, but his Mark VII armor reaches him and attaches itself to him before he hits the ground; he flies back to the penthouse and blasts Loki before flying off as a portal opened in the sky.
A large group of aliens on hover devices came out with guns.
"Right." Iron Man said looking up. "Army." He finished shooting what he could while flying.
The Chitauri flew around the city attacking before Iron Man saw Thor fighting Loki on his helipad as the others flew over to the battle.
Loki shot them down having them crash land and ran out. "Shit." Naruto cursed before pulling a kunai out and threw it at an alien having it crash.
"We need to get back up there!" Cap said as they ran down the street towards Stark Tower. Where only the 'A' is left on the side.
(GROWL!)
They heard a loud deep growl before seeing a large armored serpent-like creature fly out and had Chitauri shoot out from it onto buildings.
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Cap asked looking at the wave as more came out.
"Seeing. Still working' on believing. Where's Banner, he show up yet?"
"Banner?"
"Just keep me posted."
The four hid by a taxi as they looked around.
"Got civilians trapped up there," Hawkeye said as Naruto stood.
"Leave that to me." He said glowing red as he put his hands in a cross shape. "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!)"
Countless clones filled the streets and on top of buildings before they started helping people out. "My clones will handle the people, we'll focus on the fight!"
Cap ran off having the three keep whatever Chitauri at bay. Naruto ran to one Chitauri and stabbed it in the eye as Hawkeye and Black Widow fight the wave of Chitauri behind them.
"Just like Budapest all over again!" Widow said shooting her twin pistols.
"You and I remember Budapest very differently!" Hawkeye said taking another shot on his bow.
They continued fighting even taking the aliens weapons and used it on them before Cap and Thor dropped down to them.
"What's the story upstairs?" Cap asked Thor panting.
"The powers surrounding the cube is impenetrable."
"Thor's right, we gotta deal with these guys." Iron Man said as Naruto blinked.
"How the hell did you hear that? Thor doesn't have a comlink on."
"How do we do this?" Widow asked reloading her guns as Cap turned to her.
"As a team."
"I have unfinished business with Loki," Thor said as Naruto noticed a wound on his side.
"Yeah? Get in line." Hawkeye said in a pissed tone.
They started coming up with a plan before Bruce in different clothes ride up on a motorcycle. "So. This all seems… Horrible." He said stopping at the others.
"I've seen worse." Black Widow said remembering running from the Hulk earlier.
"Sorry."
"No, we could use a little worse."
"Stark? We got him." Cap said over his comm.
"Banner?"
"Just like you said."
"Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing' the party to you."
Just then, Iron Man flies into view, chased by a Leviathan."
"I-I don't see how that's a party." Widow said as they flew closer.
Iron Man drops low to the ground, forcing the Leviathan to crash onto the streets; Bruce begins walking towards it. "Dr. Banner! Now might be a really good time for you to get angry." Cap said as Bruce turned to him.
"That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry." He turns back, morphs into the Hulk and punches the Leviathan.
He killed it having the tail end fly up before Iron Man shot it with explosive, destroying it. "Would love a better explanation on how he controls it but screw it, that was awesome!" Naruto yelled as more Leviathans came through the portal.
"Call it, Cap," Hawkeye said as they all looked up.
"All right, listen up! Until we can close that portal, our priority is containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."
Hawkeye turned to Iron Man. "Can you give me a lift?"
Iron Man then grabbed him. "Right. Better clench up, Legolas." He flies Barton to the indicated rooftop.
"Thor, you gotta try and bottleneck that portal. Slow 'em down. You got the lightning. Light the bastards up." Cap ordered Thor who nodded and flies off on Mjölnir. Captain America continues speaking to Black Widow. "You, Naruto, and me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk?"
Hulk turns to Captain America who points to the Chitauri. "Smash."
Hulk grins and leaps into battle, smashing every alien he could grab. Naruto created more clones to help out as he saw Thor shoot a large bolt of lightning at the portal and killed whatever came through. He and Widow attacked the groups near them as he heard Hawkeye and Iron Man kill a group in the air before seeing Hulk jump through a building on a Leviathan before Thor dropped on it.
"They're endless! We gotta shut that portal down!" Naruto yelled before throwing a kunai at a Chitauri.
"Our biggest guns couldn't get it," Cap said panting.
"Maybe it's not about guns." Widow replied leaning on a car and looked at the portal.
"I can get you up there," Naruto said and started to turn around for her to get on his back.
Only for her to jump in his arms bridal style before he jumped on a lamp post and then to a building where he started running up the wall.
The military showed up to help as Naruto's clones pulled more people out of destroyed buildings from the fight.
The real Naruto landed on Stark towers as Loki was blasted to the bottom room where the Hulk jumped and tackled him inside.
Loki got up and furiously looked at the Hulk who walked to him. "ENOUGH! You are, all of you, beneath me! I am a GOD, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by–!"
Hulk just grabs Loki and slams him into the floor five times like a rag doll, then leaves him lying face-up in the resulting crater
Hulk snorted at him. "Puny god." He then stomps off, leaving Loki groaning in pain.
Naruto dived down the building and landed on a flying ship before breaking the alien's neck and flew towards others, shooting them as well. He saw Iron Man fly in a Leviathan and blew it up from the inside. Everyone started to get overwhelmed as more and more Chitauri came through the portal as Naruto's clones started to help with various jutsus.
Iron Man then flew off towards a missile that was flying to the city. The others continued fighting the groups, Caps mask getting ripped off as Naruto's shirt also tore from the fight. Iron Man grabbed the missile and directed it to the portal. Several minutes went by before the Chitauri suddenly collapse as an explosion came out of the portal before hearing Widow was able to close it.
They saw Iron Man fall from the portal and didn't fly.
"He's not stopping!" Thor yelled before Hulk dived, caught him, and fell beside the group.
They ran and Thor pulled the face plate off showing he was unconscious.
"(ROAR!)" Hulk roared startling Tony.
"Please tell me no one kissed me!"
"We won," Steve said as Tony cheered.
"Alright. Let's take a day off. You ever try shawarma? There's a shawarma joint not far from here I'd like to try."
"We're not done," Thor said looking up at the tower.
"Shawarma after then."
Up in the tower, Loki groans in defeat as he sees the assembled Avengers. "If it's all the same to you…I'll have that drink now."
Later, after arresting Loki, the Avengers gathered at an empty Shawarma Palace and eat in silence.
Central Park, A Few Days Later.
The Avengers become the center of media attention, admired by the public as heroes, but are also met with some concern and fear, with some finding their appearance during the battle to be too coincidental.
All joining in Central Park, the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. watch as Thor escorts Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard. Afterward, the Avengers diverge, until such a time that a new world-threatening menace emerges, the team will reassemble.
(Flashback End.)
"Sure, we go our separate ways from time to time though. But we get back together when needed."
"So cool!" Kamala said before turning off the recorder. "An interview with my second favorite hero!"
"Second?"
"Behind Captain Marvel."
"What does she have that I don't?!"
"It-It's nothing like that!" Kamala said trying to diffuse the situation as Naruto cooled off and stood.
"OK, I gotta get going anyway. See you later."
"Bye," Kamala said before checking him out as he left and blushed.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.
Beta: Jebest4781, Chaos-PSD.
Thank you for an amazing year. Sorry, I haven't done this every time for all my stories, it's been because I or my betas get busy at the time until a few weeks after.
Sorry for any canon stuff if it seems long, really tried to keep only the stuff I thought was important to/explained the plot.
OK, I'll also try to do at least 1 or 2 updates for this and my Earth's Mightiest story as I'm going to be busy this week, hopefully, I can still write during the night and I may be able to do 3.
Nothing else to say.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.