A/N: Well, this is the end. Just a little thing to cap off the story. Thank you to everyone who stuck around to read it. I hope you all enjoyed the story.

Chapter 15

Director Fury watched the assassins approach.

"Tash, babe, you need to step back; I'm tripping over these things!"

Natasha reluctantly gave Clint a little more room, so he could maneuver on his crutches. However, once they stood still, to listen to Fury, she took a step closer, watching him protectively.

From their place in the two chairs left on the partially destroyed terrace, Loki and Thor looked over. "Agent Barton, would you like the seat?" Loki stood to make way for the assassin.

"Nah, I'm a good leaner." Clint waved one crutch briefly to demonstrate, and Loki sat down again.

"Agent Romanoff?" Thor gestured to his chair. Natasha shook her head.

"So, Peggy's on her flight back to London?" Steve asked, as he crossed onto the terrace.

"Yeah, doctor's appointment." Coulson nodded, with Pepper on his arm.

"I wish I could have gone with her to the airport."

"My cousin Sharon will take care of her, don't worry."

"I know…it was just hard saying goodbye, with the cab waiting for her and everything."

Coulson grimaced, "I understand."

There was an awkward silence between them, before "Oh!" Tony's assistant pulled back and pulled a camera out of her pocket. "I promised her I'd get a picture of 'her boys.'" Pepper grinned.

Steve and Coulson looked at one another, before Coulson put his arm around Steve's shoulders. They smiled.

"Perfect." Pepper said, clicking the photo.

Clint let out a low whistle, as Bruce and Tony came forward. "Looking good, doc."

Bruce briefly fidgeted in his new shirt an pants that had arrived with Pepper. "I can't believe you bought me new clothes." He mumbled.

Tony shrugged. "I said, you have a great ass, you should have pants that fit you."

"How do you even know my measurements?" Bruce exclaimed.

With a smirk, Tony murmured, "I have a very good eye."

"That's terrifying," Bruce said in spite of the grin that spread across his face.

Tony leaned in to kiss him.

"Ha!" Hawkeye laughed and turned to Natasha, "Remind me to get my twenty bucks from Maria when we get back."

Natasha rolled her eyes fondly.

"Well, team, great job." Nick Fury addressed the Avengers, before turning to the new addition, "Loki, welcome."

Loki nodded awkwardly. Thor wore a small smile.

"I understand your vacation did not go as planned but–"

"I vote since our 'vacation' was really not a vacation, that we all get another vacation, preferably at a vacation spot where there are no alien attacks, so we actually enjoy a vacation."

Fury promptly ignored Tony's pointed babble. "–But, I applaud your work, and I know the planet is grateful. You are now free to go your own ways until the next call."

Fury watched as Natasha nodded and helped Clint hobble onto the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicopter. Steve followed them after shaking hands with Tony and Bruce and waving to the gods.

Thor raised a hand to Fury before proudly proclaiming "Home, brother!" Thor held out Mjollnir. Loki quirked a small, half-smile and grasped the handle, and the two brothers disappeared in a flash of light.

Tony wrapped his arm around Bruce's waist and guided the scientist off the terrace; the two already beginning to chatter about nuclear physics.

Coulson laced his fingers with Pepper's, and the two followed Tony and Bruce. Fury let a smirk grace his lips, watching the four leave.

The blades of the chopper began to spin. Fury strode to the aircraft.

He nodded, taking one last look around the semi-destroyed former resort.

Turning to enter, Fury commanded, "Alright, Baker, let's go."