Here's chapter 12 everybody.
Chapter 12: Attack on the Helicarrier.
The Helicarrier is in chaos. Clint had cause the massive explosion that blown the Avengers to different parts of the ship and the explosion has also disabled one of the Helicarrier's turbine engines.
"All hands to stations." an agent on the intercom said.
S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers grab weapons preparing for the pending battle, while other agents monitor the situation. Fury recovers from the blast and tries to contact Hill.
"Hill!" Fury said trying to contact Hill through his earpiece.
"External detonation. Number three engine is down." Hill said looking through her monitors.
"We've been hit." a random S.H.I.E.L.D. agent said.
"Can they get it running?" Hill asked.
"Fire in engine three!" another random agent said.
"Talk to me." Hill ordered.
"Turbine looks mostly intact but it's impossible to get out there to make repairs while we're in the air." another agent said while looking at his monitors.
"If we lose one more engine, we won't be." Hill said before putting her hand on her earpiece. "Somebody's got to get outside and patch that engine."
"Stark, you copy that?" Fury said, contacting Tony.
"I'm on it." Tony replied.
"Coulson, initiate defensive lock down in the detention section then get to the armory." Fury ordered before trying to contact Natasha. "Romanoff?"
Meanwhile, at the depth of the ship, Natasha regains her composure before realizing her leg is trapped under some rubble and she's in pain. She struggles to get free before looking around. She noticed Danny is crawling slowly towards a nearby wall. Danny allows his ghostly healing to make him recover fast, but he is still dazed. Natasha then saw Bruce hunching on the floor, groaning.
"We're okay." Natasha replied to Fury.
Natasha looked at Bruce again. She hears strained panting from him, clinging his fist, and shaking a lot.
"We're okay, right?" Natasha asked.
Back outside, the stolen Quinjet landed on the deck and the enemy soldiers dressed as S.H.I.E.L.D. assault troops is led by Clint. They open a vent, big enough for them to get inside.
"Keep that engine down!" Clint ordered.
"Yes, sir." a random soldier said.
"Detention, wait for cameras to go dark." Clint said to one team.
"Got it."
"Stay close." Clint said as he and other troops goes around the corridors.
Meanwhile, Tony and Steve runs through a corridor before Tony said to Steve...
"Engine three. I'll meet you there."
Tony then walks in a large room and press a button on a device. The wall in front of him opened, revealing his Iron Man Mark VI armor before Tony press another button to activate it.
Back at the bowels of the carrier, Natasha thought it was a simple injury for Bruce, but it's something far much worse and it's about to occur.
"Doctor?" Natasha called, only to hear Bruce groan more loudly. "Bruce? You got to fight it. This is just what Loki wants." Bruce still struggles against the transformation into the Hulk. "We're going to be okay. Listen to me." Natasha said as two agents went to check on her, but she tells them that she's fine and didn't need them, for their safety, before turning her attention back to Bruce. "We're going to be okay. All right? I swear on my life, I will get you out of this. You will walk away and never ever..."
"Your life?!" Bruce said in a monstrous voice.
Bruce then screamed and groan in agony, as his clothes starts to rip apart, his eyes flash green and his skin starting to turn green. Bruce looked at Natasha with sorrow look on his face.
"Bruce." Natasha whispered.
With that, the Hulk starts to take over. At the same time, Danny has regain his senses, when he heard an monstrous growl behind him. He went wide-eyed and slowly turn around and saw Bruce transforming in the Hulk!
"Oh geez!" Danny yelled.
Danny then saw Natasha, with her leg still trapped in the rubble. Danny raced to her and turned her intangible to free her just as the transformation of the Hulk has finished as the Hulk pounded his massive green fist on a nearby pressure tank and release a loud roar. Both Danny and Natasha looked at the Hulk as they know what's about to happen next. The Hulk look behind him and saw Natasha and Danny and growl at them. Both Danny and Natasha run, with the Hulk roaring and chasing after them. The roar was so loud that is can be heard from Loki's cell, which result in him smirking. His plan is working. Back down, Danny and Natasha were running from the Hulk until Danny mentally slap himself in the face.
"Wait a second, I got ghost powers!" Danny said.
Danny stops running and shoots a green ecto-energy blast at the Hulk. It managed to make the Hulk back off a bit.
"Go Natasha! I'll distract him!" Danny yelled.
"What about you?" Natasha asked, concerned for her young half-ghost teammate.
"Go, now!" Danny said.
With that, Natasha runs out, leaving Danny to deal with the Hulk on his own. The Hulk charges towards Danny, but Danny keeps blasting him. It has little affect.
"This hurts me more that it hurts you, Banner!" Danny said.
Danny didn't like to hurt his monstrous teammate, but he has no choice. He has to make sure the Hulk only focus on him and no one else on board the Helicarrier. The Hulk has had enough of Danny blasting him and charges at him. Danny didn't have time to go intangible as the Hulk pounded Danny with his massive green fist with such force, making him fly and crashed into a nearby wall. Danny crashed into the ground, seriously hurt. With that Hulk starts going after Natasha.
Meanwhile, Fury has reached the bridge and starts giving out orders.
"Bring the carrier about to a 1-8-0, heading south! Take us to the water!" Fury ordered.
"We're flying blind. Navigation's recalibrating after the engine failure." a random agent said.
"Is the sun coming up?" Fury asked the agent.
"Yes, sir." the agent replied.
"Then put it on the left. Get us over water. One more turbine goes down, and we drop." Fury ordered.
Meanwhile, at a corridor near the damaged engine, Steve opened a door, where trapped S.H.I.E.L.D. agents thank him for opening the door. Steve then stands near a ledge at the damaged area.
"Stark!" Steve called out. "Stark, I'm here!"
"Good." Tony said as he appears and fly towards the engine in front of Steve. "Let's see what we've got." Tony then check the damaged rotors from the air. "I got to get this superconducting coolant system back online before I can access the rotors, work on dislodging the debris." Tony then pushed a piece of debris before turning his attention back to Steve. "I need you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position." Tony said, pointing in the direction of the engine control panel before flying to a different part of the engine.
Steve then make a big leap and grab some metal over a large gap, which Tony remove pieces of damaged metal to get inside the engine. Steve managed to make it to the engine control panel. He open the control box and was dumbfounded by the lights and wires inside.
"What does it look like in there?" Tony asked.
"It seems to run on some form of electricity." Steve replied.
"Well, you're not wrong." Tony said.
Meanwhile, back at the depths of the carrier, Natasha has been running from the Hulk. Danny has managed to buy her some time and distance, but she knows that Danny will not be able to distract the Hulk for long as she hasn't hear him roar for a few minutes. Natasha was hiding in a dark area, and knows that the Hulk is nearby as she can hear his heavy footsteps. She had her pistol ready. Suddenly, the Hulk appeared out of no where and roar at her. Natasha fired her pistol at a pipe above the Hulk, resulting in hot steam hitting him. Natasha then starts running away from the Hulk, but the gigantic behemoth is chasing after her. Natasha runs through a glass corridor. The Hulk goes through the same, destroying the glass and structure, causing sparks and small explosions. The Hulk finally reached and hit Natasha, sending her crashing into another bulkhead. Natasha groan in pain as the Hulk snarled and starts to approach her. As Hulk was about to hit Natasha again, he was suddenly tackled through the wall by the god of thunder Thor, leaving Natasha alone to deal with her mixture of emotions, one of them foreign to her: fear.
Meanwhile, Thor and Hulk came crashing down in an hanger bay where there was parked aircraft and other agents running away from the Hulk. It's been a very long time since Thor faced an opponent with such strength like the Hulk. The Hulk roar at him. Thor managed to blocked a blow from the Hulk and gave him a right hook, making him stumbled back a little. Hulk then tried another blow but Thor stop his punch. Thor groan trying to stop the Hulk's fist.
"We're not your enemies, Banner. Try to think!" Thor said as he tried to reason with the Hulk, but Hulk responded by throwing a straight punch, sending him crashing into some containers.
Back outside, Tony has cleared more debris by firing his repulsors while Steve checks the relays.
"Okay, the relays are intact. What's our next move?" Steve said as he close the control box.
"Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re-engage without a jump. I'm going to have to get in there and push." Tony said.
"If that thing gets up to speed, you'll get shredded." Steve said, not liking the sound of that plan.
"That stator control unit can reverse the polarity long enough to disengage maglev and that could..."
"Speak English!" Steve yelled, causing Tony to sigh, as if he has to explain this to a child.
"You see that red lever?" Tony asked Steve, which he noticed the red lever on the other side of a large gap. "It will slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it. Wait for my word."
Steve made a large leap and managed to reach the lever. Now all he has to do is wait for Tony's word.
Back at the fight between Thor and the Hulk, Thor was once again thrown by the Hulk, crashing into the concrete floor. The Asgardian warrior look up, hearing Hulk roar from the distance. He wiped the blood that was dripping from his nose. Thor then smirked before raising his hand to call for his mighty hammer Mjølnir, seeing the Hulk as a worthy opponent. Thor had to wait for his hammer as he left it on another part of the carrier. It took a few seconds for the hammer to arrive, crashing through some containers. Thor managed to grab Mjølnir just as Hulk reached him. Thor then gave Hulk a massive uppercut with Mjølnir, sending the massive beast crashing into a nearby parked Harrier fighter jet. Hulk was stunned and became more angry that Thor hit him. Hulk then rip a piece of the Harrier's wing and threw it at Thor, but he dodged it and throw Mjølnir in return. Hulk managed to catch Mjølnir, but it send him flying as well, crashing into the ground. The Gamma-Giant tried to lift the hammer but couldn't because, in Asgardian terms, he's not worthy to lift it. Thor took advantage by running his knee to Hulk's face. Thor then climbed on Hulk's back and puts him in a choke hold with his hammer, but unfortunately, Hulk leap up and both crashed through the ceiling, back to Bruce's lab.
Back at the bridge, Fury was checking his monitors on the situation before saying to Hill...
"We need full evac on the lower hanger bay."
Hill was about to leave the bridge until she saw an object rolled on the floor.
"Grenade!" Hill yelled as the grenade exploded, sending her and some agents to the floor. Fury has his pistol drawn as two enemy soldiers in S.H.I.E.L.D. gear entered the bridge. Fury made a sneak attack and punch one soldier and shot the other before punching him. One enemy soldier was about to shoot at Fury but Hill managed to kill him.
Meanwhile, Coulson was scanning his eye to open a vault.
"We've got a perimeter breach! Hostiles are in S.H.I.E.L.D. gear. Call-outs at every junction." a random agent said through the intercom as Coulson opens the weapons vault.
Back at the bridge, Fury, Hill, and other agents were engage in combat against the hostiles while others monitor the fight between Hulk and Thor.
"We have the Hulk and Thor on Research Level 4. Levels 2 and 3 are dark." an agent said through the PA.
"Sir, the Hulk will tear this place apart!" Hill said to Fury as he killed another hostile.
"Get his attention." Fury ordered.
"Escort 6-0, proceed to Wishbone and engage hostile. Don't get too close." Hill said, contacting and ordering one of the pilots of one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s F-35B Lighting II fighter jets, which was escorting the Helicarrier.
"Copy." the F-35 pilot replied as he flies his F-35 below the ship to the window where he can see the Hulk throwing Thor like a rag doll. He sets his F-35 to VTOL. "Target acquired." the pilot said as Hulk threw Thor one more time, unaware of the jet that is outside the window. "Target engaged."
The F-35 pilot then open fires his machine guns at the Hulk. Thor threw himself out of the room to avoid being shot. The Hulk covers himself momentary as bullets keeps hitting him, before becoming more enraged. Hulk then made one last roar before launching himself towards the F-35.
"Target angry, target angry!" the pilot said before Hulk lands on the jet, sending it into a tail spin and losing control.
Hulk begins ripping the F-35 apart. The pilot ejected, but the Hulk caught him and roar before throwing him and the parachute opens, which the pilot parachuted to safety. The F-35 exploded, sending Hulk plummeting to the ground below.
Meanwhile, Danny was slowly getting back up, clutching his hands to his head.
"Ugh...my head." Danny groaned.
In his years of being a superhero and going through worst battles, he has never had been hit very hard like the Hulk did. Danny slowly stumbled back to his feet, still holding his head. He looked around, the area was a total mess and the Hulk is no where to be seen. Suddenly, Danny gasped as blue mist came out of his mouth. His ghost sense has went off.
"Oh no, not now!" Danny groaned.
Danny suddenly heard something behind him. Danny turned around, but as he did that, he was blasted by an unknown pink ecto-energy blast, sending him crashed towards another bulk head, rendering him unconscious and changing back to his human form.
Back outside, Tony was firing his palladium powered red laser to cut a piece of debris. He jumps on it, dislodging it from the turbine blades. Meanwhile, two enemy soldiers has their sights on Steve, who looked confused as to why there was S.H.I.E.L.D. assault troops there. Steve noticed one was about to throw a grenade. Steve took action. He leap over the gap and deflected the grenade before it exploded. Steve then punch the first soldier before knocking back the second. The other soldier tried to attack Steve, but he grab him and threw him to the gap, falling to his death. Steve then noticed the other soldier point his machine gun at him. He grabbed the other machine gun as the hostile open fire at him. He threw the gun at the hostile, but miss. The hostile opens fire again, as Steve retreats and grabs another machine gun and fires back. Both Steve and the hostile were engage in a shootout.
Back at the bridge, Fury had just killed another hostile soldier.
"They're not getting through here, so what the hell..." Fury said before the brain-washed Clint shot an arrow at a control panel from a vent, causing an explosion and knocking down two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Clint fired more explosive arrows before Fury shot at him, but misses. However, the last arrow that Clint fired blacks out the monitors and screens and malfunctions the systems and powers down engine one.
"Engine one is now in shut-down." an agent said through the PA.
Because engine one shut down, it result in the Helicarrier to bank to the left and losing altitude.
"We are in an uncontrolled descent." one random agent said.
"Sir, we've lost all power in engine one." another agent said.
"It's Barton. He took out our systems. He's headed for the detention level. Does anybody copy?" Fury said waiting for a response.
Natasha heard Fury's comment. She recovered after that ordeal with Hulk.
"This is Agent Romanoff. I copy." Natasha replied before heading down the corridors to go after her old partner.
Back outside, Tony was preparing to push a turbine blade in order for engine three to start functioning again. He's also aware to the Helicarrier losing altitude.
"Stark, we're losing altitude." Fury said to Tony from his earpiece.
"Yeah, I noticed." Tony said.
Tony starts rocketing the blade. It started to move slowly, but eventually starts going faster and faster. At the same time, Steve is still engage in a gunfight with one of Loki's soldiers, until he back off too far and almost fell of the Helicarrier, grabbing onto a wire and hanging on for dear life.
Meanwhile, Thor had arrived to Loki's cell, where he saw his brother exiting the cell.
"No!" Thor yelled, before leaping to tackle him, however, he vanished and Thor landed inside the cell, with the door closing behind him. He got up and saw Loki standing outside staring at him.
"Are you ever not going to fall for that?" Loki asked.
Meanwhile, the brain-washed Clint was making his way toward the detention level when he heard someone behind him. He spun to attack, but was stop by Natasha. The two entered martial arts combat and exchanged blows at each other. Natasha, however, was holding back, not wanting to hurt Clint. Clint, under Loki's control, will not hesitate to kill Natasha.
Back at Loki's cell, Thor growled and swung Mjølnir at the glass, causing a crack and the safeties holding the cell to collapse. This gave Loki an sinister idea. Loki crackled and walk towards the cell's control console.
"The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?" Loki said.
Before Loki can do anything else, one guard, under his control, was knocked down and stood Agent Coulson, holding a deadly looking gun.
"Move away, please." Coulson demanded, making Loki move back away from the console and his hands up. "You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer. Even I don't know what it does. Do you want to find out." Coulson said as he powers up the gun.
Before Coulson can pull the trigger, the agent gasped in pain as someone has stabbed him from behind. The stabber is no other that Loki himself! The Loki Coulson was threatening disappear! Another duplicate! Worst, the real Loki has his scepter!
"No!" Thor yelled in anguish.
Loki retracted his scepter out of Coulson's body and he collapsed on the floor. Loki then walked to the console. Loki push a button, opening the floor. Loki push another button, causing the cell to plummet to the ground with Thor in it.
Meanwhile, Clint and Natasha were still in combat, exchanging blows. Natasha managed to get the upper hand when she forced Clint to ram his head on a railing. Clint groan in pain and dazed as the color in his eyes returned to normal. He looked at Natasha.
"Natasha?" Clint asked.
Natasha didn't reply and instead knocked him out cold.
Back at the plummeting cell, Thor knows that he has to break free from the cell fast as it is approaching the ground at top speed. Thor was able to eventually break through the cell with all his strength just before the cell impacted the ground. Thor crashed into a flower field.
Back at the Helicarrier, Loki was about to leave the carrier when he heard a weak voice from Coulson.
"You're going to lose." Coulson said, weakly.
Loki turned to face Coulson, who is slowly dying.
"Am I?" Loki asked.
"It's in your nature." Coulson said.
"Hmm. Your heroes are scattered. Your floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?" Loki said.
"You lack conviction." the dying Coulson said.
"I don't think I'm..." Loki said until Coulson fired the gun at Loki, sending him through a wall.
"So, that's what it does." Coulson said.
Back at the bridge, Fury checks on Tony's progress and the Helicarrier's altitude through his monitors.
"All hands to crash stations immediately." an agent said through the PA.
Outside, Tony is still pushing the turbine blade while Steve holds on to a wire for dear life. Tony still rockets the blade with all his strength and the turbine is start to rotate fast and managed to get it operational again. The Helicarrier is gaining altitude again.
"Cap, hit the lever." Tony ordered, unaware of Steve's situation.
"I need a minute here!" Steve said.
"Lever now!" Tony said.
Steve managed to get back to the Helicarrier, but the hostile soldier is still shooting at him, causing Steve to duck. At the same time, Tony lets go of the blade but the engine is fast that Tony's back now lies on the blade behind him.
"Uh-oh." Tony said before he gets trapped and hit by the blades. "Help!"
Steve has manage to reach the red lever and pulls it down, saving Tony. Tony rockets away from the turbine and rockets towards Steve's attacker, knocking him and himself out. However, Loki managed to escape when he boarded the stolen Quinjet with several of his soldiers and took off. The battle is over.
Sometime later, Fury rush to Coulson's aid.
"Sorry, boss." Coulson said weakly. "The god rabbited."
"Just stay awake. Eyes on me." Fury ordered.
"No, I'm clocking out here." Coulson said.
"Not an option." Fury said.
"It's okay, boss. This was never gonna work if they didn't have something to..." Coulson said before his eyes close. He's gone. After a moment of silence, Fury reported.
"Agent Coulson is down." Fury said.
All the other Avengers that were still awake, and Hill listened closely.
"A medical team is on its way to your location." a random agent said through the earpiece.
"They're here. They called it." Fury reported.
Everyone lowered their heads at the terrible news. It was a blow to them. They know that Agent Phil Coulson wasn't the only person to die in the attack, but his death is too personal. Phil Coulson wasn't just an ally to the Avengers. He was a friend.
Minutes later, Steve was walking through the corridors when he saw an unconscious body at his right. He recognized the person.
"Danny!" Steve said running towards Danny.
Steve check Danny. He managed to see that he's breathing, so he's alive. Afterwards, Steve carried Danny to the infirmary.
That's the end of this chapter. Now what ghost could have appeared at the Helicarrier and attacked Danny. Well you will find out in a future Danny Phantom/Marvel Cinematic Universe story (Danny Phantom solo). Anyway, please review. ;)