"How'd you know where to find me?" Shannon asked softly, when she heard the footsteps of two men.
"We knew Coulson too Shannon." said Steve.
"What Capsicle said."
"Phil always thought you were one hell of a genius Tony. As you for you Steve you already know."
"He never talked much about you." said Tony
"A lot of it is technically classified... But he knew my folks, when they worked in Shield he's my godfather..."
"Was he married, did he have any other family did he have?"
"He was seeing a Cellist."
"I'm sorry. He seemed like a good man."
"He was an idiot."
"Why? For believing?"
"For taking on Loki alone."
"He was doing his job."
"He was out of his league. He should have waited or told you to back him up in there Commander. He should have..."
"Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony."
"Right, I've heard that before."
"Is this the first time you've lost a soldier?"
"WE ARE NOT SOLDIERS! I am not marching to Fury's fife!"
"Neither am I! He's got the same blood on his hands that Loki does. But right now we've got to put that behind us and get this done."
"He made it personal."
"Yeah and?" I said
"That's not the point."
"That IS the point. That's Loki's point! He hit us all right where we live. Why?"
"To tear us apart."
I had a thought come to my head, "True but it can also backfire."
"Yeah, divide and conquer is great, but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? THAT'S what he wants. He wants to beat us, he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience.
"Right. We caught his act at Stuttgart."
"Yeah, that was just previews. This is - this is opening night. And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right? He wants flowers, he wants parades. He wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered..."
Tony looked at me then at Steve as we all figured it out, "Sonofabitch!" He said as he left to suit up.
"Right Stark Tower. That has to be it."
"We're going to need more people, and a ride."
"Noted, and I think I know who to ask."
Steve and Sharon found Natasha with Clint Barton, who was finally back to his old self Shannon noticed as he saw her.
"Shannon?"
"I hope Natasha gave you a better headache than you did to me under Loki's spell."
"That was actually two Grenades, Shannon."
She looked a bit surprised, "I was only out for a few minutes."
"The Tesseract is at Stark tower we need a ride."
"Clint and I can do that."
"You think you can hold them off?" He said to Clint.
"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure."
"Do you have a suit?"
"Yes sir, it's time for a little payback."
"Then Suit up, and let's go."
Onto the Battle Of New York
Shannon ripped off the emergency door off the back of a School bus full of kids that were trapped thanks to the Chitauri. Steve and Shannon took turns covering each other with their shields as she evacuated the kids from the bus.
"You're turn, Captain," Shannon says as she grabbed a weapon from the ground and shot at the Chitauri warriors, after they managed to shoot her shield out of her hands.
"Run!" She yelled out as the kids ran off.
"The kids have been evacuated." Steve says as one child comes back holding her shield.
"Thank you kiddo, but you better run back with your friends."
"You're welcome Miss America." said the Kid as Shannon found herself smiling again as she continued fighting with the rest of the Avengers. 'Did he say Miss or Ms? Was that a hint?' she thinks as a joke as they both continued to fight the Chitauri. Perhaps maybe there was something between them two besides having a tragic career fighting whatever came after you both. Shannon and Steve met up and help out Black Widow and Hawkeye back near the foot of Stark Tower.
"This keeps getting worse." Said Natasha.
"You and me both girl." Shannon agreed as she help her up, only to see reinforcements coming at a much larger scale. The gang and you then hear the sound of a motorcycle as they all see Dr. Bruce Banner arrive.
"So... this all seems horrible." Bruce begins.
"I've seen worse." Natasha replies
"Sorry." He apologized.
"No, we could... use... a little worse."
Steve turned on the channel to contact Stark, "Stark? We got him."
"Banner...?"
"Just like you said."
"Then tell him to suit up... I'm bringing the party to you." He said on the channel as they saw Tony in his new Iron Man suit leading that big Leviathan into view, heading our direction.
"I - I don't see how that's a party." Said Natasha.
Shannon looked at Natasha and shakes her head. Banner goes into Hulk Mode as he gives that monstrous Leviathan one hell of a punch to it's head as it lowers down to the ground after Stark.
"Call it Captain." Iron Man says.
"Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal, our priority's 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."
"I could use a lift." Hawkeye said looking at Iron Man.
"Right. Better clench up, Legolas."
"Thor, you gotta try and bottleneck that portal. Slow 'em down. You got the lightning. Light the bastards up."
Thor nodded as he swung his hammer as he flew up high into the sky.
"Ladies you and I are going to stay on the ground, oh and Hulk?"
Hulk looked right at Steve as you felt scared the big green giant might squash Steve, but then Steve said, "Smash!" The Hulk smiled as he jumped around doing just that. You made a sigh of relief as the three of you got ready to attack.