Tense would be the words to describe the quin-jet as the team of heroes flew as fast as they could to New York. Agents Romanoff and Barton were seated at the front of the ship flying it as Steve and Beatrice stood farther back. Beatrice was once again playing with her rings, spinning one them on her finger as she watched the clouds pass them by from the front windshield. Steve would take turns from watching the sky to watching Beatrice fidget nervously. After a little while longer, the team reached the city to see it being attacked by flying objects they thought to be the Chitauri.
"Stark, we're heading north east." Agent Romanoff said into the headpiece she was wearing, her voice slightly echoing into the other three's ear pieces. A slightly static-y and annoyed voice came though on the other end, Beatrice knowing Tony's sarcasm anywhere.
"What? Did you stop for drive-thru?" He asked, then quickly added, "Swing up Park, I'm gonna lay 'em out for you."
Agents Romanoff and Barton maneuvered the ship till they saw Tony fly passed them; quickly being followed by Chitauri soldiers. Agent Romanoff fired at them using the ship ammunition before flying to STARK TOWER. Beatrice could see Thor and Loki on the building battling savagely against each other.
"Yeah?" Agent Barton asks, looking at the two fight. Agent Romanoff looks out Barton's side window and nods.
"See them." She replies. The swing the jet around until it is facing the fight and then start to fire at Loki who had just thrown Thor to the side. Loki turns to the jet and fires a blast from his scepter, hitting one of the jet's wings.
"Hold on!" Agent Barton yells as the jet starts to fall out of the sky. Steve thinks quick as grabs onto the polls hanging from the ceiling. The jet sways as Agent Barton tries to keep it steady for the rough landing. Beatrice copies Steve and grabs onto one of the polls, using her power to make her hands silver and grip tightly to the poll.
After trying to avoid the building and only working with one wing, the jet crashed in the middle of the street. Beatrice let out a sigh of relief and dropped from the poll, looking out the windshield to see an upturned taxi cab and smoke billowing in from somewhere. The four heroes quickly made their way out of the jet once the ramp was down to the chaotic scene around them. Civilians were running around and screaming as the Chitauri fired aimlessly down from the sky.
"We gotta get back up there." Steve said, all his attention focusing on the STARK TOWER. They started running towards the tower, jumping over debris and avoiding the abandoned cars. They made their way back to the street they fired on the Chitauri before when Beatrice saw Steve stop and stare up at the portal in the sky. The rest of them stopped as well and watched as a large Leviathan like creature came through the portal with more Chitauri soldiers. The creature flew right over them as it also released more soldier from it's sides.
"What the hell is that?" Beatrice asked, her voice low from the mere shock of watching this thing exist.
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Steve asked through the comm.
"I'm seeing, still working on the believing. Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?"
"Banner?"
"Just keep me posted. Jarvis? Find me a soft spot."
Tony signed off after that, leaving the rest of them to watch the Chitauri soldiers climbed and attacked buildings and people on the street. As more and more Chitauri soldiers came through the portal, the four heroes on the ground took cover behind an abandoned taxi. "We got civilians trapped down there." Agent Barton said. Beatrice looked around but caught a glint of green and gold quickly pass by on one of the Chitauri vehicles followed by a couple other Chitauri. They started to fire at the civilians on the street level as Beatrice could hear their screams.
"Loki...Those people need assistance down there." Steve said, just before a shot smashed the taxi window right near his face. Chitauri soldiers landed down in front of them and started to fire at them. Agents Barton and Romanoff started to fire back with Barton's arrows and Romanoff with her guns.
"We got this; you two go." Romanoff said, looking at Beatrice and Steve. Beatrice's eyes widened at being mentioned.
"You think you can hold them off?" Steve asked. Agent Barton turned from where he was squatting with a small smile.
"Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure."
"Beatrice, you gotta move fast and follow my lead; understood?" Steve asked, well more like ordered. But Beatrice didn't even notice as she nodded her head and prepared herself for the fight of her life. Steve jumped up, followed by Beatrice as they jumped from the landing that they were on to the bus below them. Beatrice stumbled for a seconds before following Steve as the Chitauri fired at them from above. They jumped to the car below them as a shot flung the car forward, flinging the two farther ahead just to miss another shot.
Beatrice followed Steve as he jumped over abandoned cars and avoided shots from the sky. All around were groups of civilians cowering in the debris of the city; a lot of them being families with children. They finally got to a point in the street where many police cars were grouped together as cops fired on the aliens. Steve jumped from a larger piece of debris landing on the top of an abandoned car.
"I need men in these buildings. There are people inside that can run into the line of fire. You take them through the basement or through the subway. You keep them off the streets. I need a perimeter as far back as 39th." Steve ordered. The police sergeant looked at Steve like he had just escaped from the loony bin.
"Why should I take orders from you?" he asked. Just then, Beatrice jumped down onto the car Steve was occupying as more of the Chitauri came their way. Two Chitauri soldiers landed on either side of Steve and Beatrice and started to attack as the cops watched. Steve and Beatrice moved almost in sync as Steve used his shield to smack the alien on his side around before him and Beatrice changed sides and Beatrice slammed her silver fist into the Chitauri's face. Steve knocked down the Chitauri on his side to the ground before the two heroes switched again and Steve took out the other one, making it fly into a car window a few feet away. Beatrice moved the silver to her foot and jumped off the car to the Chitauri on the ground, hearing a crack as her foot connected with its head.
"You were saying?" Beatrice asked the cop as she nonchalantly pushed her bangs away from her face. The sergeant stood frozen for a seconds before taking charge and ordering his men to do what Steve told him before hand.
"I need men in those buildings, lead the people down and away from the streets. I need a perimeter as far back as 39th."
Steve jumped down from the car and moved to Beatrice's side, watching as the silver came back to her hands. "I think you're getting the hang of this." He said with a small smirk. Beatrice turned to him and smiled before running her fingers through her hair and taking a deep breath.
"If we survive this, you owe me a meal Captain." She said just as another Chitauri soldier tried to attack a family. Steve watched as she ran from him, taking out the Chitauri that was about to attack the family and knocked it down and out; then tell the family to head for the subway. He smiled at her before remembering where he was and rushing to Beatrice's side. As the two fought more soldiers, Tony's voice came over the comm,
"We got his attention. What the hell is step two?!"
No one responded though as they were too busy fighting off the invasion. Steve and Beatrice ran back to where they left Agents Romanoff and Barton; Steve throwing Beatrice up like he did in the storage room before jumping himself onto the landing. Steve hit back with his shield as Beatrice landed a couple hard punched before watching a strike of lightning took out the rest of the Chitauri they were up against. Thor flew down from the sky and landed rather roughly, having to lean against an abandoned car for support before walking towards the group.
"What's the story upstairs?" Steve asked as the group met Thor halfway.
"The powers surrounding the cube is impenetrable."
"Thor is right. We gotta deal with these guys." Tony said through the comm.
"How do we do this?" Agent Romanoff asked. Beatrice watched as two more Chitauri soldier flew overhead.
"As a team."
"I have unfinished business with Loki." Thor said to Steve.
Agent Barton was collecting some of his arrows from the Chitauri he took down when he said, "Yeah, get in line."
"Save it. Loki's gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's gonna need us..." Steve was cut off the sound of a motor coming in their direction. Beatrice took her attention from the sky to see Bruce coming towards them on a battered old motorbike.
"Bruce!" Beatrice said with a smile as she ran towards him, the rest following her. Beatrice reached the doctor and checked him over for injuries before asking, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Beatrice. So, this looks horrible." Bruce said as he looked around the broken and beaten city.
"I've seen worse." Agent Romanoff eyed Bruce as he and Beatrice stood in front of the rest of the group.
"Sorry."
"No. We could use a little worse."
Steve watched Bruce as he spoke into the comm to Tony, "Stark, we got him."
"Banner?" Tony asked.
"Just like you said."
"Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you." As his words settled in, Tony flew around the corner followed by the Leviathan looking Chitauri. Everyone tensed and got ready as they watched it get closer.
"I-I don't see how that is a party." Agent Romanoff said more to herself then anyone. Tony flew passed the group but the Leviathan came at a much more slower pace as it came in contact with the street. Bruce looked over his shoulder at the creature before making his way towards it.
"Doctor Banner!" Steve called, getting Bruce to turn to him, "Now might be a really good time for you to get angry."
"That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry." And with that, green started to fade into his skin and Bruce grew to the size and shape of the Hulk. Beatrice backed up till she was near Agent Barton and watched as the Hulk punched the Leviathan straight in the face. The creature was so big that when the Hulk stopped it with his fist, the rest of it's body kept moving till it stood straight up.
"Hold on." Tony called as he fired a small missile at the Leviathan's opened armor. The team all took cover; Steve protecting Agent Romanoff and himself with his shield, Agent Barton pulling Beatrice down with him so they were up against the side of the upturned taxi, and Thor merely looking away from the blast, not needing cover.
The team got together in a small circle each facing outward to the Chitauri that watched and howled at them from the building sides.
The Avengers had finally all come together.
ahhhhhhhh! yes! i think there will be two more chapters of the plot before a small side chapter i thought i'd do after reading a different story that did this. i hope you guys liked it :)