Anywho onto other things
I have been extremely busy with a great deal of things.
I have recently been 'recruited' per say in a major project involving Broadway, personal project really. It's a big hope of mine and I have invested a great deal of my time into it.
Let me get a bit more personal here.
Sees recently a lot of things have been taking up my attention from my two jobs to personal ambitions and desires that I want to accomplish.
I recently have gone through a bit of a revelation or more like long term soul-searching for the past few years. It's been really tough as I had a lot of pressure on me, something many of you obviously understand. I've been getting into serious fights with my family to the point of me walking out multiple times.
Granted these fights happen all the time in my family but not with me.
While I am extroverted, I always held back when it came to lashing out at my family. I always said to myself, 'You'll be like them and you won't be any better in doing so'.
That has changed now as I am now more than willing to stand up for myself and fight for the way I view the world.
I'm at a point in my life where I have opportunities presenting themselves and I also have the ability to create them when I want.
So I am living my life as I see fit and it has been a hell of a ride these past few months. Granted a part of me is upset at myself for not focusing on these stories but I'm glad to say I haven't forgotten them or my passion for them. Writers block is a pain in the ass since I also have an original idea for a science-fiction novel I have been working on for a few years now that I hope to one day publish.
In short, I have been extremely busy living life, enjoying and struggling with everyday obstacles while also focusing on many goals and ambitions that I have in mind and in front of me right now.
Follow your ambitions guys. Dreams are nice, but that's just what they are, dreams. But ambition, passion and a drive to do what you love, what you enjoy, what brings you happiness even in times of turmoil. That is achievable.
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The League Of Avengers Chapter 5: In The Aftermath, AVENGERS ASSEMBLE
What remained of the team were currently in the semi-destroyed bridge of the Heli-Carrier.
Clint, Nat and Dinah were sporting some wounds so they resided in the med bay patching themselves up.
Thor, Hulk and Superman all fell down to earth in the assault on the Heli-carrier.
Leaving only Steve, Tony, Diana, and Flash to preside over the conference tale, all in a rather somber state after hearing what transpired with Coulson. Batman decided to brood elsewhere.
"These were in Coulson's jacket" Fury said nonchalantly, flinging a deck of bloodied cards in the direction of Captain America
Steve picks them up, gazing intently at an old card of himself along with Diana, smiling brightly and triumphantly. He wasn't feeling so triumphant right now.
"We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor, Superman. I got nothing for you" Fury said in a bittersweet tone "Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming"
There was a pause
"Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract" Fury admitted with no shame "I never put all my chips on that number though, because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea, Stark knows this, called The Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson still believes in that idea, in heroes"
Tony stood up and walked out not wanting to hear anymore
"Well" Fury said tiredly "It's an old fashioned notion"
Down below in the meadow that Thor landed in, the Asgardian god approached his hammer after recovering from the fall.
Just as he reached for Mjolnir, Thor paused for a moment.
He glanced at his hand, tightening it into a fist in doubt.
Bruce Banner in the meantime had at last awoken in an empty warehouse in a large crater of rubble. He groaned, sitting up realizing that he was naked as well.
Up on the rubble, a security guard stood with his broom gazing down on the naked scientist holding a rather calm but still surprised expression
"You fell out of the sky" The janitor/security guard stated casually
"Did I hurt anybody?" Was the first thing Banner asked
"Nobody here to hurt" The guard reassured "Did scare the hell out of a bunch of pigeons though"
"Lucky"
"Or just good aim" The guard said thoughtfully "You were awake when you fell"
"You saw?" Bruce asked nervously
"The whole thing" The guard said nonchalantly "Big, green and buck ass nude. Here…"
The guard tossed Banner a pair of pants
"I didn't think those would fit ya until you shrunk down into a regular sized fella" The guard said
"Thank you" Banner said gratefully
A pause
"Are you an alien?" The guard asked abruptly
"What?" Banner said in confusion
"From outer space" The Guard repeated, gesturing upwards "an Alien?"
"No"
"Well then, son. You've got a condition" The guard remarked getting a mirthful laugh out of the doctor
"You could say that again" Banner said giving the man another nod of thanks when he tossed him a button up, moving to get out of the pile of rubble
"So" the guard began again "Which one is it?"
"Sorry?"
"Are you a big guy that gets all little?" The guard explained "Or a little guy that sometimes blows up large"
"You know" Bruce shook his head in amusement "I'm not even sure"
"You got somewhere to go?"
Bruce pondered momentarily
"Stark Tower" Bruce said before shaking his head "No"
The guard looked at him expectantly
"Yes" Unsure now
The guard walked up to Banner
"I'd expect some confusion of the mind since your bodies kind of all over the place" The guard waved his hand to follow
The two began walking out of the warehouse
"But it has to be one or the other" He said rather sagely
"I know where I could do the most good" Bruce Acknowledged "But it's also where I can do the most harm"
"Well that's no different than anybody else" The guard said good naturedly
Elsewhere Superman stood over a Cliffside nursing a bruise that was healing rapidly thanks to the sun shining down upon him.
'Hit harder than I thought he would' Clark thought to himself, feeling the bruise disappear after a few moments.
The man of steel sighed.
What a predicament he was in right now.
One moment he was on a technologically advanced flying fortress.
Now he was down here, recovering from his brawl with Hulk.
"How did I get roped into this mess?" Superman joked to himself
Still though, he was already knee deep in it and he couldn't ignore it.
There was a collection of extraordinary people that were gather together for a reason and that reason was coming up soon. Today it was time to discover not that if the world was ready. But if they were ready for the responsibility that comes with their actions. Now more than ever.
A determined glint flashed across Clarks eyes.
Slowly ascending into the air, Superman used his super hearing to get the last piece of the puzzle.
Catching wind of a conversation between two people, Superman flew higher and towards the direction of the good doctor.
The Heli-Carrier
Bruce Wayne stood alone, staring at the empty cell container, contemplating on his next move.
In reality, he actually wanted nothing to do with whatever is happening right now.
When Fury first came to him, Batman flat out rejected the invitation to be a part of this Initiative.
But the Dark knight had to give the man credit, he did not relent. Up to the point where He caved in somewhat and would consider it.
And now, now his conscious was clear.
As much as this was unlike him, Batman knew within his heart he couldn't just leave.
The world was shifting and if he didn't shift with it, he would be left behind.
"I thought I'd find you brooding about somewhere" A voice said behind him laconically
Bruce didn't need to turn to acknowledge a man he never would have thought he'd call a friend.
Tony strolled over to the control panel and leaned on it, crossing his arms
"I could see why you do it though" Tony sighed dejectedly, somber face and all
"I don't think standing around here doing nothing is the best course of action to take" Bruce stated
"Really?" Tony asked sarcastically "Then tell what it is you are doing here and now?"
"Contemplating"
Tony snorted at that one, looking down to the closed cell.
The two billionaires stood in the room in silence, the only noise being was the sound the Carrier itself.
Their silence ended when Captain Steve Rogers entered, not glancing at either men, instead opting to stare at the same space they were looking at.
"Was he married?" Steve asked
"No" Tony said "There was a uh….Cellist, I think"
"He'll pull through if that's what you're wondering" Batman said
"He's a good man" Steve nodded
"He was an idiot" Tony scolded
"Why? For believing?"
"For taking on Loki Alone"
"He was doing his job" Steve argued
"He was out of his League"
"And we're not" Batman interjected "This is something I don't think anyone of us have been trained to handle"
"He should have waited" Tony Rebuked "He should have…"
"This coming from you?" Batman retorted
"Sometimes there is no other way out, Tony"
"Right, how did that work out for him?" Tony said, walking away
"Is this the first time you've lost a soldier?" Steve inquired causing tony to stop and turn round to face Steve
"We are not soldiers!" Tony exclaimed calming down a moment later "I'm not marching to Fury's fife"
"Neither are we" Steve said, gesturing to the ever silent Batman
"He's got the same blood on his hands as Loki does" Batman went one "Right now we've got to put that aside and get this done. Now Loki needs a power source, if we can put together a list..."
"He made it personal" Tony interrupted suddenly after an intent stare at the bloodstain on the wall
"That's not the point" Steve said, slightly exasperated
"That is the point" Tony pressed on "That's Loki's point. He hit us right where we live. Why?"
Batman then picked up on this
"He wanted to tear us apart" Batman said gravely "He wanted us to destroy ourselves and in order for him to win he needs to defeat us and he wants to be seen doing so"
"Like in Germany?" Steve said
"Exactly, but that was just the opening act" Tony said "He's a full blown diva, he wants flowers, adulation, a parade. A monument built up to the sky with his name plastered on…"
Steve and Bruce look at the armored hero expectantly now
"Son of a bitch"
On the roof of Stark Tower, the brainwashed Doctor Selvig continues his setup of the device he had been working tirelessly on. The Tesseract in the middle of it all.
Back on the Heli-Carrier, Black Widow had finished patching herself up along with Canary when Steve walked in, in uniform surprising the two.
"Time to go"
"Go where?" Nat asked
"I'll explain on the way"
"Did you find the tesseract?" Hawkeye asked
"More or less" Steve said "Can anyone pilot one of those jets?"
"We can" Dinah said gesturing to herself and Clint
"Then suit up and meet us there"
With Flash He was alone when Batman came up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
With a simple nod, realization dawned on Barry's face.
Nodding his head in return, Flash held up a ring and quickly tapped it.
A red new suit came out and Flash spun around and now stood before the Dark knight with a new suit.
Thor lifts his hammer up, regaining his confidence. He holds his hammer up as lightning crashes down onto Mjolnir whilst he completely armors himself.
Superman glances at the sun momentarily before closing g his eyes, inhaling deeply, feeling power course through him. Opening his eyes, Clarks eyes briefly glow red before returning to their natural state. A sonic boom was heard as a red and blue blur flew towards the city of Manhattan.
Captain America places on his helm and shield while Wonder Woman was beside him, finishing her sharpening of her sword.
Batman places on sharpened wrist gauntlets and readies his batarangs
Canary checks hidden knives that were secured on top of wrist. The blades popped out on the top of her hand before sliding back in.
Widow put on her electrified gauntlets and batons.
Hawkeye readied his specially made arsenal of Arrows.
Tony finishes welding his Iron Man helmet before placing his suit on, eyes glowing once the helmet slid on
Batman entered his personal Batwing jet while Steve, Clint, Dinah, Natasha, Barry and Diana walked together in the hanger bay of the Heli-carrier.
They entered the Quinjet where a pilot saw them, unsure of what to do.
Before he could say anything, Diana pointed her blade at the man and said in a clam but strong voice.
"We will be needing to commandeer your ship good sir"
The man's jaw dropped, eyes widening in fear.
Behind Cap, Clint and Barry leaned on one another, guffawing silently while Nat and Dinah smirked at the Amazons boldness.
Steve just rolled his eyes, sighing in amusement.
"Son…" Steve said "Just don't"
Wordlessly, the pilot closed his mouth before nodding making a few gestures before exiting the jet.
Clint and Dinah moved to the front while Nat and Barry sat down.
Steve just stared at Diana with a smirk and an arched brow.
Diana noticed and grinned at him
"What?" She said innocently "That always works"
Steve snorted "I know, I'm glad it still does"
Fury stood in the bridge of the Carrier, facing the window, fiddling with the bloody card.
"Sir" Agent Maria Hill approached the director with a knowing look
"Agent Hill"
"Those cards" Hill began "They were in Coulson's locker. Not his jacket"
Fury sighed to himself in slight shame "They needed the push"
His spirits lifted when he saw Iron Man fly off with the Batwing and a Quinjet in pursuit.
"They found it" Fury declared, turning to Hill momentarily "Get our communications up, whatever you have to do. I Want eyes on everything"
"Yes sir" Hill said, walking away already giving out orders.
Fury looked on, giving a rare silent prayer in his head for the battle to come.
Iron Man flew into the Manhattan Skyline, flying right towards Stark tower.
"Sir" JARVIS spoke up "I took off the Arc-reactor. The device is already self-sustaining"
Iron man continued on his flight path before stopping in a hover just above the roof of his new tower w her he saw Selvig with the device that held the tesseract.
"Shut it down, Dr. Selvig" Iron Man demanded
"It's too late now" Selvig said aloud "It can't stop now. He wants to show us something. A new universe"
"Ok" Tony said, holding up his hand to fire a beam at the device.
The moment the beam hit the device, a shield was seen and then it repulsed the energy with its own, a wave so strong it sent both Selvig and tony flying back.
Down below, Citizens of New York looked up seeing the blue wisps of energy fade in the sky with Iron man in the air.
"The barrier is pure energy" JARVIS said "It's unbreachable"
"Tony, what was that?" Batman chimed in
"I don't know bats…." Tony glanced down and saw Loki looking up at him expectantly and smugly "But it's time for plan B. be ready for anything"
"Sir, The Mark VIII isn't ready to be deployed" JARVIS said to his creator
"Then skip the spinning rims, we're on the clock" Tony said, descending down to his personalized landing pad.
The two lock eyes and begin to walk into the penthouse, Tony's suit being removed by his machines.
They enter, Loki standing before Tony whilst casually walked over to the bar.
"Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity" Loki said mockingly
"Uh, actually I'm planning to threaten you" Tony said nonchalantly
"You should have left your armor on for that" Loki remarked
"Yeah, it's got a bit of mileage on it" Tony said "You with your blue stick of destiny. Want a drink?"
"Stalling me won't change anything" Loki said
"No not stalling, threatening" Tony reiterated "No drink? You sure? I'm having one"
Tony popped open a bottle of scotch while Loki looked out to Manhattan
"The Chitauri and my forces are coming. Nothing will change that" Loki faced Stark "What have I to fear?"
"The avengers" Tony said with a shrug
Loki looks at him in confusion
"It's sort of like a team" Tony explained like talking about the weather "It's sort of what we call ourselves. 'Earths Mightiest Heroes' type thing"
"Yes" Loki said condescendingly "I've met them"
"Yeah, it takes us a while to get any traction" Tony admitted pouring himself some scotch "I'll give you that one…but first, let's do a head count. You're brother, the Demi-god"
Loki scowled at that
"An legendary Amazon Warrior who's bestie is a super soldier, living legend; who kind of lives up to the legend"
Tony began placing on special metal bracelets that glowed red in the center.
"A man with breathtaking anger management issues, along with one of the most brooding human beings I've ever met. The fastest man alive, a man of steel, couple of master assassin's and you big fella" Tony pointed at Loki tauntingly "You managed to piss off every one of them"
"That was the plan"
"Not a great plan" Tony remarked going around the bar, walking up to Loki "When they come, and they will. They're coming for you big guy"
"I have an army" Loki said
"We have a hulk" Tony shot back
"Oh, I thought the beast had wandered off"
"You're missing the point. There's no throne, there is no version of this, where you come out on top. 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 damned well sure we'll avenge it" Tony stated with conviction and determination
Loki slowly approached the hero, eyes narrowed.
"How will your friends have time for me, when they'll be so busy fighting you?" Loki said, raising his scepter to Tony's chest, the edge glowing….
Only for the tip to hit Tony's chest piece and nothing to happen.
Confused, Loki tried once more only to be met with the same results.
"This usually works" Loki said in befuddlement
"Well Performance issues" Tony said, pretending to be understandable "1 out of 5"
Loki silenced Tony's rambling by grabbing him by the throat and tossing him towards the window.
"JARVIS. Anytime now" Tony Groaned out when Loki picked him by the throat once more
"You will all fall before me" Loki snarled lifting him up
"Deploy" Tony choked out "Deploy"
And was thusly thrown out the window, free falling down towards the streets of Manhattan.
Loki heard a ding and turned around in time to see a red pod shoot out from the wall, knocking him aside.
The pod rocketed towards the free falling Tony as beams aligned itself with Tony's bracelets. Once synchronized, the pod opened up and began assembling itself on Tony and just before he went splat on the ground, the helmet enclosed itself around his head and Tony activated his thrusters, flying back up to the top of his tower.
"And there's one other guy you pissed off" Tony stated, hovering before Loki "His name is Phil"
Tony blasted Loki back with a quick beam shot.
Just as he did so, the Device containing the Tesseract activated and shot a large beam in the sky.
The beam stopped high in the air and formed a vortex which then opened a portal into space.
And on the other end…
The Chitauri.
The army of the Chitauri swarmed down from the portal, descending upon the city of Manhattan.
"Right" Tony murmured, clearly feeling a sense of foreboding as his HUD changed to battle mode "Army"
Thrusters igniting, Iron Man ascended towards the oncoming army of the Chitauri at full speed already firing upon and killing several Chitauri flying chariots.
Tony fired and fired when he got grazed. That did little to deter the shell head as his shoulder pad opened to reveal several dozen miniature rockets which locked on to chariots and fired, destroying everyone it hit.
It was useless however as thousands of Chitauri began swarming through the portal and were unleashed upon the streets of Manhattan.
Civilians could only flee in terror as the Chitauri began firing upon them with no mercy, destroying cars, damaging buildings and of course, killing innocent people.
Loki walked out onto the balcony, materializing his entire combat garb, looking out at the pandemonium. He flinches somewhat at the sight at the Batwing flying out from behind the Stark tower, engaging the Chitauri chariots.
He was about to fire and destroy the batwing when the arrival of Thor gained his full attention.
"LOKI" Thor's voice boomed "Turn off the Tesseract or I'll destroy it"
"You can't" Loki said, gaining a mad glint in his eyes "There's no stopping it. There is only, the war"
"So be it" Thor said regretfully
Loki let out a battle cry as he jumped down from one platform to the other, his scepter clashing with Thor's hammer.
Meanwhile the Police, firefighters and medical personnel were frantically running about while hell reigned down from above.
Multiple people saw the batwing and Iron Man in the air combatting the alien invaders.
The Quinjet then at long last arrives.
"Hey Stark, how's it going?" Clint said "I see you and Bats started the party without us"
"What, did you stop for drive-thru?" Tony remarked sarcastically "Swing up Park, I'm gonna lay them out for you"
Tony curved around his building, the long trail of Chitauri in hot pursuit. With expert maneuvering, Tony made several Chitauri crash into the ground.
The remaining Chitauri followed after Tony who then flew by before the Quinjet giving Dinah a clear shot of the Chitauri. She unloaded a hail of lead onto the Chitauri killing dozens.
"It is high time we entered the fight" Wonder Woman declared, readying her sword and shield.
"Bout time" Flash said, yellow lightning crackling around him.
Steve only nods as he punches a nearby switch which opened the back ramp.
Of course this action was proven to be useless as suddenly the wing was struck by several Chitauri's firing at them.
The Quinjet began to fall towards the ground.
Thankfully Wonder Woman flew out and held up the Quinjet, gently placing it down on the ground.
Steve came out first nodding in appreciation when he glanced up to see Chitauri chariots fly by.
He wordlessly looked to Diana who merely nodded in turn. Brandishing her shield and sword, Wonder Woman flew into the air, instantly slicing a chariot in half with a might war cry.
"Come on" Steve said to the others, waving his arm.
Flash, Hawkeye, Canary and Widow all ran out following after Steve.
The team arrives on an elevated four way road when suddenly the city shook from the sound of a guttural, primal roar coming from the portal. A shadow was cast over the heroes, a sense of dread coming over them.
From the portal comes out a gigantic Leviathan of a monster, clearly Chitauri. The Leviathan descends down upon the city, passing over the heroes with hundreds of Chitauri foot soldiers shooting out from its sides, either grabbing onto the buildings or crashing through the windows, firing upon the citizens of Manhattan.,
The heroes look on clearly out of their element
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Steve muttered
"Seeing, still working on believing" Tony said in turn "Where's Superman? Where's Banner? Have they shown up yet?"
"Banner?" Steve said in confusion
"Just keep me posted" Tony said "Jarvis, find me a soft spot"
Down below, the team could only watch on as the Chitauri leviathan sails in the air, crashing into buildings.
"Guys"
The team whirled around to see Superman floating down towards them, his eyes on the Leviathan.
"Superman" Steve greeted "Glad you can make it"
"What are we going to do about all this?" Superman asked
"Right now, let's focus on saving as many people as possible" Steve announced
Superman nodded in agreement.
"Flash and I can handle that" Superman said with determination
"Roger that" Flash stated, already dashing off to help the first person he sees with Superman flying off to do the same.
Meanwhile, Batman puts the Batwing on autopilot and jumps out, spreading out his cloak as he glides down to the others.
Landing before them, Batman goes right up to Cap.
"The Chitauri have control of the air" Batman said to the team "Even if we have Superman and Iron Man in the air they have the numbers. By the time we can get a sizeable dent, the dead would have already been replaced
"So What's the plan?" Hawkeye asks the war hero
"Right now? We gotta focus on making the Chitauri hit us and…" Was all Steve managed to say before a new roar emanated from behind Batman.
The team turned to face a reformed stone golem charging at them.
"Cinderblock?" Batman said in clear surprise "Nightwing told me he was destroyed"
"Not right now he's not" Hawkeye quipped, firing several explosive arrows at the stone monster which did little to deter the b east.
"Great" Dinah sighed "Now's there's this guy"
Thor and Loki were still locked in combat, struggling to push one another back.
Thor took the moment to speak with his brother.
"Look at this" Thor shouted in Loki's "Look around you"
Down below, pandemonium reigned
"You think this madness will end in your rule?" Thor snarled in Loki's face.
"You can't stop it" Loki barley looks away "There's no stopping it"
"Yes you can" Thor said determinedly "We can, together"
There was a glimmer of hope in Thor's eye when Loki looked at him only to end abruptly when Loki stabbed him with a knife.
Thor fell to his knees.
"Sentiment" Loki said to himself.
Suddenly, Thor burst at Loki, punching him before lifting him in the air and throwing him down hard.
Loki groaned before grabbing his scepter and rolling out from under Thor falling onto a specifically made chariot for himself.
Thor simply pulled the dagger out of his stomach and tossed it aside.
Loki in the meantime flew downward with a large contingent of Chitauri following after him.
Flying over Caps group, Loki saw the flash streaking about, helping people to safety.
Deciding to put an end to it, Loki mentally commanded all Chitauri to begin firing down upon the streets below.
The explosions caught Flash off guard momentarily.
He skidded to a halt to avoid a beam and then dashed once more, pouncing on a child.
Grabbing the kid, Flash pivoted his body in mid air to land on his back.
"You ok kid?" Flash asked the child in his arms who nodded in awe at the hero who just saved him
Not a moment too soon, the child's mother came over to get her son out of harms way.
The woman briefly thanked Flash who merely nodded and told them to get to safety before running off again.
Back on the bridge, Cap, Hawkeye, Widow, Batman and Canary were now fighting Cinderblock along with the Chitauri foot soldiers.
Batman and Cap were tackling Cinderblock whilst the trio of SHIELD agents were combating the Chitauri forces.
"Those people down there need help" Cap grunted as he back flipped away from a smashing fist
"Go, we'll handle things up here" Batman said to Cap, throwing several high powered Batarang explosives which managed to stumble Cinderblock momentarily
"We've got this" Hawkeye said firing an arrow at a group of Chitauri. The arrow embedded itself into a head then the tip fired bullets in a circle taking out several more Chitauri that stood beside the already dead one.
Steve nodded and dashed off, jumping off the bridge onto a bus.
From above Chitauri fired upon Cap who simply kept on running with all his might, jumping off the bus, landing on the ground in a full on sprint.
Black Widow and Black Canary were currently aiding a large group of people trapped in a bus. Canary opened the doors whilst Widow guided them towards a safe route.
Hawkeye and Batman continued to fight against Cinderblock who just couldn't stay down.
Together, Clint and Wayne through specific arrows and batarangs at Cinderblock which when landing on the golem, exploded coating the stone monster in a gel like substance which immobilized him giving the duo the chance to join Widow and Canary in combatting the Chitauri.
"Just like Budapest all over again" Nat said to her longtime friend Clint
"You and I remember Budapest very differently" Hawkeye remarked
"You still never told me about that" Dinah stated
"Never will babe" Clint said grinning at her while killing a Chitauri point blank
Down on another street, the cops continue firing at the Chitauri though it p roves to be useless as they just seem to be unaffected by it all.
A young cop rushes to the main officer in charge
"We need to get out" the young cop said panicking "We've got to call the national guard"
"National Guard?" the sergeant said incredulously "Does the army know what's happening here?!"
"Do we?"
They're conversation ended the moment Steve jumped on the roof of the police car in front of them, gaining the attention of all officers
"I need men in these buildings" Captain America said in a complete military voice "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"
"Why the hell should I take orders from you?" The sergeant demanded
Before Cap could answer an explosion behind him caught his attention.
Chitauri attacked Cap but the Captain easily fought them off with his superior skills, stunning the policemen silent as he beat them back without breaking a sweat.
The Sergeant then turns to his officers
"I need men in those buildings, lead the people down and away from the streets. I need a perimeter as far back as 39th"
Iron Man in the meantime swerves around a building coming face to face with the Chitauri Leviathan, firing a small volley of flares in the face of the monster.
It roars in annoyance and turns around to chase after Iron Man.
"Alright, we caught it's attention" Iron man said realizing what he just did
"UH, what the hell's step two" Tony rhetorically asked, blasting away from the leviathan.
On the bridge road, Hawkeye tripped a Chitauri and stabbed it in the head with Batman performing a spinning kick which knocked the soldier over the edge to its death.
Canary unleashed her cry which caused multiple Chitauri to stop and clutch their ears in agony which ended shortly after thanks to Widow tossing a grenade the soldier over the edge to its death.
Canary unleashed her cry which caused multiple Chitauri to stop and clutch their ears in agony which ended shortly after thanks to Widow tossing a grenade in between them.
Some tried to sneak up on the team but thankfully, Cap came in and swatted them aside.
More Chitauri advanced upon the group, rifles at the ready only for them to get incinerated by lightning.
Thor fell from the sky, landing before them in a slight stumble.
Chitauri chariots blew up in the sky thanks to a red beam which came from Superman who also joined the group.
The rest of the Chitauri were defeated at the hands of The Flash who arrived on the scene as well.
"What's the story upstairs?" Cap asked Thor only for them to get interrupted by a roaring, free Cinderblock who charged at them.
That hurrah was short lived as Diana landed in front of the golem and with a powerful punch, sent Cinderblock hurdling back far enough for the team to lose sight of the golem.
Turning to the others, she only received blank stares save for Steve who only grinned at her.
"Where were you five minutes ago?!" Clint exclaimed jokingly
Steve just snorted before looking to the Thunderer
"Thor?"
"The powers surrounding the cube in impenetrable" Thor informed the team
Everyone heard Tony through the comms
"Thor's right, we've got to deal with these guys"
"So how do we do this?" Superman asked
"Together" Diana said fiercely "As a team"
"I have unfinished business with Loki" Thor said snippet like
"Yeah?" Clint said, checking an arrow over "Get in line"
"Save it for later" Batman said getting in between the team "We have to take care of the Chitauri now"
"Right" Cap nodded "Loki wants the fight on us and we have to keep it that way. If we don't these things will run rampant"
Cap was getting into leader mode when everyone heard the sound of an engine stopping.
Banner had arrived.
Everyone moved to greet him.
"So" Bruce said approaching them "This all seems…horrible"
"Dude, trust me, this isn't even the half of it" Clint remarked with a joking grin
"We could use a little worse" Canary said with a shrug
Bruce merely nodded
"Stark?" Cap contacted the shell head "He's here"
"Banner?"
"Like you said"
"Then tell him to suit up" Iron man said "I'm bringing the party to you"
Iron man rounded about a building with the Leviathan right on his tail.
The team stood at the ready.
"I…I don't see how that's a party" Nat remarked casually
Iron Man swoops the street. The Chitauri Leviathan also swoops down, barreling down the street like a Freight train that keeps building and building its intensity. Banner looks behind. Cap looks at him. Banner begins to walk towards the monster.
"Doctor Banner" Steve spoke to the doctor "Now would be a real good time for you to get angry"
"That's my secret Captain" Bruce said melancholy "I'm always angry"
Bruce then turned and began expanding in size and changing in color, curling his hand into a powerful fist before…
SMASH
A full on punch to the nose of the Leviathan.
The creature died instantly, its body flipping over.
"Hang on" Tony said to the team below, firing a missile at the upper body of the dead Leviathan
The missile exploded and the team took cover.
From above the Chitauri army roared in anger down at the heroes.
Down below, The Incredible Hulk roared, ready for battle
Thor prepped his hammer.
Lightning coursed around Flash
Batman had his batarangs in hand
Hawkeye and Widow had their weapons at the ready
Canary cracked her knuckles
Superman and Iron Man landed together
Wonder Woman tapped her sword against her shield and Captain America stood tall, shield in hand
The Avengers had assembled at last
Up above on Loki's personal Chariot, the god of mischief looks on undeterred
"Send the rest" Loki says silently.
Now a dozen Leviathans came through the portal.
"Guys" Flash said in worry
"Call it Captain" Iron Man said
"Alright" Steve said "Until we get that portal closed, our first issue is containment. Barton, I want you on that Roof, call out patterns and strays. Tony, Flash, you guys have got the perimeter, anything gets out more than five blocks you turn it back or you turn it to ash"
"Copy that Cap" Flash said already running off to do just that
"Wanna give me a lift?" Clint said to Tony
"Right, better clench up Legolas" Tony quipped flying up with Hawkeye to drop him off
"Thor" Cap said to the Thunder God "You gotta bottle neck that portal"
Thor nodded
"You've got the lightning. Light the bastards up"
Thor twirled his hammer and lifted off.
"Superman" Steve faced the Man of Steel "Those giant snakes are only gonna cause hell for the city. Don't hold back, beat those sons of bitches down and out of the city"
Superman was already flying towards the first Leviathan he saw.
"Diana" Steve spoke to his old friend "You're gonna have to do the same, but more importantly. You need to get Loki and take him down. That scepter must hold an answer on how we can close that portal. Also be on the lookout for any of Loki's other forces. Primarily this Amora character"
There was a dark glint in her eyes
"My pleasure" Diana said flying into the air, already cutting through Chitauri Chariots once more
"The rest of us will need to keep the fight here, focused on us" Steve said to the rest of the Avengers
Then Steve realized he forgot one last crucial thing.
"And Hulk"
The jade giant turned to face the super soldier.
Cap simply pointed up "Smash"
Hulk grinned before jumping into the air.
Instantly he smashed the bodies of two Chitauri, killing them.
Hulk rapidly climbed up the walls, killing more Chitauri before jumping to the building on the other side, throwing a dead Chitauri at another.
He flipped about crushing alien after alien and then with his mightiest leap, soared into the sky, smacking a Chariot, destroying it.
In the skies, Thor flew towards the Chrysler building, landing on the metal pillar.
Thor glanced up at the portal a determined glint in his eyes.
Mjolnir began crackling with lightning as Thor called upon the storms he had command over. Focusing on the portal, Thor reared Mjolnir back before unleashing all the power he stored up, a torrent of lightning just tearing through all the Chitauri chariots with ease.
Then the bolts of lightning struck a Leviathan coming through, halting it in mid flight.
The behemoth let out a cry of agony and tried to push through only for Thor to roar out in defiance which seemed to empower the lightning even further and next thing anyone knew who was watching the portal, a gigantic explosion covered the entrance.
Superman in the meantime was flying alongside Iron Man and Wonder Woman, the trio using everything they had to take the flying chariots while also targeting a heavily armored Chitauri.
Iron man did a barrel role in the air to fire at several Chitauri behind him before flying off in a different direction when his radar picked up on some Chitauri getting past the perimeter he was told to maintain.
Wonder Woman flew down to rescue a group of civilians that were under fire from Chitauri.
Leaving Superman in dealing with the Leviathan.
The Man of Steels eyes glowed red before he let out a shout and unleashed a powerful beam that tore through the Leviathans armor which made the creature cry out in pain.
Not letting up, Superman flew underneath the monster and began punching the beasts belly. At first it did nothing but harm the Leviathan further.
But with every punch, Superman increased his power and because of that, the Leviathan began going further up above the Manhattan skyline.
Superman kept this up until the Leviathan was high enough in the sky. Thanks to his super sight, Superman saw just the place to put the Leviathan.
Backing up somewhat, Superman unleashed his most powerful punch he ever made which sent the Leviathan careening far out of the city, towards the sea until he was but a speck in the horizon followed by a large splash.
Clark grinned in triumph before returning to the battle below, already grabbing a passing Chariot before promptly throwing it at another one.
Flash was currently running at hyper speed, throwing whatever metallic or dense object he grabbed at Chitauri foot soldiers and Chariots which was more than enough seeing that they were being thrown at super speed.
He skidded to a halt running in the other direction as he was now pursued by a dozen Chitauri Chariots.
Thankfully they were taken care of quick by a large piece of debris that were thrown at them by none other than Hulk who let out a guttural roar of victory before jumping up another building.
"Man, glad he's on our side" Flash whispered to himself, running once more
Atop Hawkeyes rooftop, the master archer was firing left and right, each arrow hitting the mark.
"Stark, Flash, you've got a lot of strays sticking to your tails"
"I know" Tony grunted, dodging fire "Just trying to keep them off the streets"
"Well they can't bank worth a damn" Hawkeye said, pulling out an arrow and firing at a flyer without even looking "Find a tight corner"
"I will roger that" Tony said
"Bet I can get more than you" Barry challenged
"You're on speed McQueen" Tony shot back
The two went their separate ways with their only trail of Chitauri following after them.
Flash of course had it easy as every wall he ran toward, he did a 90 degree angle and every time he did so, Chariots crashed and burned.
Tony made his Chitauri follow after him through tunnels, open garages and around blocks. He glanced back. None left
"Nice call" Flash remarked "What else you've got for us?"
"Well Thor's taking down a squadron down on sixth" Hawkeye casually stated "oh, looks like it's a royal rumble now. Wonder Woman joined him"
"And they didn't invite me" Tony said in mock hurt
Captain America was fighting back to back with Batman and the two were already working in sync with the shield and batman's gadgets constantly being traded between the two in rapid succession.
Cap tossed his shield at a cluster of Chitauri foot soldiers. While it ricocheted off multiple aliens, Batman narrowed his eyes before throwing an explosive batarang at the shield.
The batarang exploded right next to the shield which caused it to accelerate into other Chitauri which then bounced back into Caps hand.
The two nodded at one another and went back to fighting.
Canary and Widow were also working together in tandem.
Widow was fighting a Chitauri gun man and managed to disarm the alien with a swift flip kick.
She glanced down at the alien weapon in hand and inserted her hand into the weapon.
Curious, Nat briefly fidgeted around inside before gripping something tightly and then suddenly fired a beam right into the chest of a charging foot soldier.
Widow blinked momentarily in surprise before grinning madly and now began firing away.
Canary was using all of her years of martial arts training to her fullest capabilities.
She used her canary screech against two Chitauri which momentarily stunned them.
That was all she needed to perform a powerful split kick which effectively snapped their necks.
She used a destroyed car hood as a jumping off point to ram her knee into the face of another Chitauri.
Landing on her feet, Dinah saw more Chitauri running towards her.
Inhaling deeply, Black Canary Unleashed a powerful Canary cry which sent the ones up front flying back while the rest clutched their heads in agony, some either died or passed out from the frequency and the rest were taken care of thanks to Nat, Bats and Cap rushing in to aid their comrade.
Wonder Woman in the meantime was fighting a glorious battle with Thor, Iron Man, Flash and Superman.
Hulk was leaping about from rooftop to rooftop, taking out Chitauri left and right leaving the other heroes down below to hold back the waves of ground forces that attempted to enter the subway in order to wreak havoc on the civilians.
"HIYAH" Wonder Woman exclaimed tearing through the Chitauri with her blade.
Any that tried to sneak up on her were dealt with by her allies and she returned the favor in kind as they covered each other's backs.
"Whoa Whoa" Hawkeye chimed in "We've got a bit of a problem"
"What is it?" Flash asked, running circles around a group of Chitauri which then turned into a cyclone, blowing them away.
"We've got a skimpy looking lady with a big death metal axe looking dude and that stone giants back up with them"
"Amora the Enchantress and Skurge" Thor said grimly
"Yeah, rocksteady and bebop over there with slutty O'Neill are walking towards Caps team"
"I'll go take them on" Wonder Woman said determinedly "I have a score to settle with Amora"
"Well you better do it fast cause Hulk just jumped in front of them and is already fighting body spray and rocky. He could definitely use some help" Hawkeye informed them
"Thor and I will handle them" Wonder Woman said and flew off to meet with Amora
Thor simply followed after her, seeing no point in arguing with that statement.
Hulk was sadly outsmarted momentarily and was punched high above out of sight over a building.
Amora was busy readying a spell to cast at the fighting heroes to remove them from Loki's equation.
Just as she fired her spell, it was abruptly stopped by the arrival of Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman lowered her shield, the smoke fading away from her shield as she gave the Asgardian sorcerer a challenging look.
Amora snarled which then turned to shock when Thor landed beside the Amazon, Mjolnir in hand.
"I am in no moods for petty talk Amora" Thor said in total seriousness "So I'll only say this once. Leave Midgard now and I will allowed you to walk away unharmed. I cannot promise anything for my friend Diana though"
"Please choose the difficult way out" Diana said "We have a score to settle"
Amora merely grit here teeth and fired another spell which was blocked again by Wonder Woman.
Just as Skurge, Cinderblock and Thor were about to charge at one another, they heard a roar.
More like two.
A shadow passed over them and they looked up to see Hulk had returned and this time with a friend that he was currently punching and pulling by the face down towards them.
Thor didn't even hesitate as he powered up his hammer and launched himself at the Leviathan.
Wonder Woman took advantage of the distraction and smacked Amora back fiercely with her shield.
Skurge growled in anger and with Cinderblock attacked Wonder Woman.
Diana used her blade to stop Skurges axe and shield to stop Cinderblocks stone fist.
She pushed off against both and began dueling them at the same time whilst above her, Thor was absolutely destroying the Leviathan with Hulk with their combined might.
Amora returned to the fray, attacking Diana but the warrior princess leapt into the air, the spell missing its target and the two heavy hitters running into one another.
Diana then fell back down and smashed her shield down onto Cinderblocks head with all her power then gave a roundhouse kick to Skurge.
Meanwhile during all this insanity in Manhattan, Director Fury was fighting his own little battle.
With the world security council of SHIELD
"Director Fury we have already made our decision" The First World Councilor stated
"I recognize the council has made a decision" Fury said irritably "But given that it's a stupid ass decision I've elected to ignore it"
"Director, you're closer than any of our subs" the Councilman argued "You scramble that jet…:"
"THAT is the Island of Manhattan Councilman" Fury seethed calmly "Until I am certain that my team can't hold it I will not fire a nuclear strike on a civilian population"
"If we don't hold them in the air, we lose everything"
"I send that bird out, we already have" Fury said with finality ending the call
Back in Manhattan, Loki was currently fighting both Superman and Flash at the same time from his personal chariot. He was firing energy beams at them which they dodged each time.
Widow in the meantime was showing clear signs of exhaustion as she leaned against the railgun she had stolen from one of the Chitauri foot soldiers.
Beside her, Canary was nursing a wounded arm that Batman bandaged up.
"Guys" Steve had returned to them
"Cap, none of this is going to mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal" Widow said tiredly
"Not even our best guns could touch it" Cap said grimly, looking up at the never ending wave of Chitauri. He growled when yet another Leviathan came through the portal.
"It's not a gun we need" Batman stated "It's the kill switch. Loki's scepter must be the key"
"What makes you think that?" Canary asked
"Cap said earlier that Loki's scepter might be important in this fight" Batman explained "My best estimate is that since both of these objects, the cub and the scepter, are other worldly and react to one another there must be something we can exploit there so we can close the portal"
"World's greatest detective" Captain America praised
Their conversation ended when a red and blue blur crashed into the road.
The team ran up to the newcomer and saw that it was Superman, struggling to get up out of the crater. Blue energy coursed around him as he got on his knees.
Cap and Canary went down to help up the Man of Steel.
"Superman" Steve said "Are you alright?"
Superman only grunted a small thanks
"I really hate magic sometimes" Superman exhaled shakily, giving the two a nod that he can stand on his own
"Loki got a direct hit on me" Superman said, rubbing his singed S emblem "Definitely something I don't want to deal with again"
"So what's the game plan now?" Canary asked
"If we could just get up there and with the scepter" Cap said
"Then I'm gonna need a ride" Widow said determinedly, looking up in the sky
The others followed her gaze and saw the multiple Chariots flying by.
"You know I could get you up there easily" Superman stated, feeling his strength returning
There was the sound of a roar then an explosion and a building that sounded like it was about to collapse.
Everyone looked over to see a Leviathan smash its way into a building.
"Right" Superman said exasperatedly "Nevermind then"
Superman lifted up into the air and flew over to deal with the Leviathans.
Black Widow looked to Cap and gestured her head.
Wordlessly the two positioned themselves, Steve holding his Shield up.
"You sure about this?" Steve asked
"Yeah, it's gonna be fun, don't worry" Widow said
"You don't sound like it" Canary said dryly
Natasha just ran at Cap and jumped on his shield and Cap then boosted her up.
She grabbed onto a passing chariot.
"Surprised that actually worked" Batman admitted
The moment was cut off when Wonder Woman jumped in between them before she jumped up to deliver a wicked haymaker into Skurges face.
"Greetings warriors" She said exuberantly making Steve chuckle before ducking at energy beams.
They saw more Chitauri coming down from above, weapons up pointed at them.
A leviathan than sailed over them, flying down towards a street, unleashing more Chitauri.
Wordlessly, Black canary flipped over the stone railings down towards the lowers street, going into a sprint to reach the Chitauri terrorizing the citizens below.
Captain America and Batman shared a look before Steve loosened his shoulders, Batman cracked his knuckles.
The duo ran right at the oncoming Chitauri, energy beams sailing past them.
Captain threw his shield, Batman, his batarangs.
The following written scene is a one-shot. You know the one
Up in the skies, Black Widow was maneuvering her new Chariot around to dodge the incoming fire from the Chitauri behind her
Iron Man then pulls up and whirls around to fire at the Chitauri before descending down, firing at several beams before ramming through several more.
Tony skidded to a stop to deliver a powerful lariat on a Chitauri Batman tossed at him
With Cap and Bats, the trio fought off the Chitauri
Cap held up his shield and Tony instantly fired, Cap using the beam to destroy a large chunk of the Chitauri.
Iron Man took off, clearing the building walls of Chitauri.
He flew past Hawkeye who booted a foot soldier off.
Looking down, the master marksman pulled back three explosive arrows and fired.
The explosive arrows reigned down on the Chitauri that were beginning to surround Black canary.
Dinah didn't even need to acknowledge the explosion, knowing her lover has her back while she roundhouse kicked several Chitauri before unleashing her Canary cry at such a level, the Chitauri in front of her went flying.
Behind her came more Chitauri but they quickly taken care of by the Flash who punched at kicked them all away at sonic speeds before dashing off once more.
Flash ran several block taking out Chitauri left and right before running up a wall.
Flash jumped off the wall and landed on a Leviathan that was currently holding Skurge, Cinderblock and Wonder Woman.
Flash shoved the two behemoths back giving Wonder Woman the chance to beat them off the leviathan before stabbing her sword in the back off the creature and dragging it through its body.
The creature was then torn in half by superman who grabbed both chunks and tossed them away as far as possible into the sky.
Superman fired his laser beams from his eyes, spinning around to clear the sky around him before flying up to avoid the mouth of another Leviathan.
And that leaves us with Hulk and Thor currently battling multiple Chitauri on the creature, the two powerhouses cleaning house.
Hulk broke of a large metal piece of the Leviathans armor before stabbing it into the monsters back.
Thor instantly saw this, summoned a bolt of lightning and slammed Mjolnir down, both piercing and electrocuting the monster to death.
The Leviathan let out a cry of agony, crashing down into Grand Central Station dead.
Hulk and Thor looked around to admire their handy work when…
PUNCH
THUD
Hulk huffed a smirk
Meanwhile several Humvees arrive on the scene sporting high caliber machine guns.
Black Canary is the first to meet up with them, directing their fire towards the chariots weak points.
Diana once more is facing off against Cinderblock, Skurge and Amora only this time she had the aid of Thor who was "hammering" Cinderblock to pieces.
Wonder Woman slid on her armored boots to duck underneath Skurges axe to attack Amora.
The enchantress fired a powerful ball of energy but Diana merely slashed the spell in half with her enchanted blade.
She landed in front of the sorcerer who attempted to move back but Wonder Woman proved faster as she bashed her shield into Amora's cheek and slashed at her with her sword.
The arcane user managed to bring her arm up so she would only get a cut on her arm rather than her face.
It was s till painful as Amora cried out, clutching her bleeding arm.
Skurge saw this and jumped over to her.
Using his axe to open and escape route, Skurge placed himself between Amora and Diana and Thor.
They backed away into the portal with Amora quickly summoning the remains of Cinderblock with her.
The beaten stepped through the portal and the vortex vanished a moment later.
Diana exhaled a tired breath, resting her hands on her knees.
"One less problem taken care of" Diana murmured
"Aye" Thor said shakily, eyes glaring at all the flying Chitauri "Many more still left"
"Then what are we waiting for" Wonder Woman said with a challenging grin
"Aye" Thor returned the look "What is holding us back?"
The two let out war cries leaping into the sky once again.
Batman currently was holding off a small battalion of Chitauri from entering a building where people were being held safe by the army.
His suit was in taters but still the dark knight pressed on.
A Chitauri tried sneaking up on him but he merely grabbed its head and held it tight.
He used his gauntlet to block a swing from another soldier, kicking it back with power.
Twisting the Chitauri's neck, Batman hurled the body at a cluster of Chitauri.
Gritting his teeth, Bruce Wayne steadied his heart rate.
He then unleashed a flurry of punches, kicks, knees and head butts, taking out any unfortunate Chitauri that came close to his reach.
He finished clearing out the area only to get shot in the shoulder.
Thankfully, his bat suit took a great deal of the damage
Still, his suit was wearing down and Batman stumbled back, clutching his shoulder.
Pulling out his last explosive batarang, Batman threw at the next wave of Chitauri. The batarang detonated in the center of the cluster, killing them all.
"Bats" the voice of Hawkeye rung through the comms "You alright?"
"Give me a second" Batman said, pushing himself off the wall, running towards the first Chitauri he sees.
Captain America in the meantime continues to fight on the bridge, taking out the last of yet another wave of Chitauri.
"Cap, the bank on 42nd past Madison" Hawkeye chimed in through the comms "They've got a lot of Civilians cornered there"
"I'm on it" Captain said, already running towards his next destination
Dozens of civilians are gathered in bank. Tension and uncertainty surround them. THREE CHITAURI SOLDIERS oversee them, pointing their weapons at them. One of them charges a BOMB. It beeps, signifying its armed.
Captain America jumps through the window and throws his shield at the Chitauri bomber. The other two Chitauri hold up their rifles, but Cap heads for cover under a desk, which he kicks at them.
Cap jumps over the desk, headlocks a soldier, while backhanding another one over the railing. The crowd moves away. A Chitauri soldier attacks him from behind and The bomb begins to beep faster. Cap elbows the soldier away, moving towards the civilians
"Everyone clear out!" Captain America shouted
Steve flips over the SOLDIER, grabs his shield and just as the bomb is about to go off, The Chitauri bomber dives for the bomb, trying to stop it, but it goes off, sending Captain America through the window, landing very hard on a car. The civilians look up from below. They're okay.
Steve slowly gets to his feet, taking a moment to observe the madness and the chaos as civilians run about with firefighters, police officers and army soldiers guiding them to safety.
"Cap" a soft voice said beside him
Steve turned to see a concerned Black Canary, placing a hand on his shoulder
"Sorry Canary" Steve said melancholy "Just getting my second wind"
Dinah just smiled weakly at him. The two then jogged off to continue the fight where it began.
Flash was running, showing visible signs that he was getting tired when suddenly, an explosion beside him sent him flying into a nearby stores glass window.
Barry groaned in pain.
"Man" he murmured "What a workout"
Black Widow was still on her chariot, using it's back as a bat of sorts when she pulled up beside another chariot and made a sharp turn.
The back of her chariot whacked the other flyer, causing them to fall to the ground and crash. She was then promptly shot at, the energy beam, grazing the bottom of her chariot.
Looking around, Nat turned back to see her pursuer.
"Oh" she said bored and all "It's you"
There was a mad glint in Loki's eye as he chased after the master assassin and spy.
He fired with his scepter hoping to take her down.
Nat began maneuvering herself in the air, dodging each beam but with close calls on every one.
"Nat, what the hell are you doing?" Clint asked from his spot, bewildered
"Um, not sure" Nat admitted "A little help"
Hawkeye drew his bow, arrow nocked in.
"I got him" Hawkeye said with a confident grin
Clint fired.
The arrow sailed in the air only for it to get caught by Loki without even looking.
Loki glanced at the small arrow and then looked back at the archer with a smug look which soon ended when the tip of the arrow opened up and then blew up, sending Loki down to where he first unleashed the Chitauri and dueled with Thor.
His scepter fell to the ground, landing blade first into the ground.
Loki got up when suddenly a roar followed by a jade giant jumped up to the tower and smashed Loki inside..
Loki hurtled into the wall, crashing hard. He glanced up in time to see Hulk ready to charge at him when the trickster god snapped.
"ENOUGH" Loki yelled with such force that Hulk stopped momentarily from attacking
"You are all of you, beneath me" Loki snarled "I am god you dull creature, And I will not be bullied byAH"
Hulk suddenly grabbed Loki's leg
SMASH
SMASH
SMASH
A moment to look at the groaning God
SMASH
SMASH
Hulk left Loki in the small body crater he had made and walked away
"Puny God" Hulk remarked leaving Loki to only groan in stunned defeat
Widow, flew past the roof of the Stark tower and jumped down from her chariot at the right angle, rolling on the roof to take the momentum of her fast fall.
She got up, staring at the machine that kept the portal open to the other side of the universe.
Made Nat feel a helluva lot smaller than she already was.
But right now wasn't the time for thinking small. Right now she needed to shut this thing down. Question is, how in the hell can she do that?
"The scepter" A murmur from behind
Natasha turned back and saw a groggy Erik Selvig seemingly snapping out of his trance that Loki had placed on him.
"Dr. Selvig" Nat said, kneeling down to him
Coming fully to, Selvig looked up to Romanov's face
"Natasha" Erik murmured in realization "It's opened, isn't it?"
"It wasn't your fault, Doctor" Nat said firmly
"I still did it" Erik said dejectedly "I was a part of all this madness"
"And you can stop it" Natasha said, but in the back of her mind, she knew this was a bit of a gamble.
A gamble that immediately paid off when a look of realization dawned on Selvig.
"We can close it" Erik said with no doubt which changed "But we need the scepter. We need Loki's scepter"
Selvig quickly elaborated
"While I was under Loki's control, I still remember studying and working on the Tesseract. During my research I found out that both the Scepter and the Tesseract have similar energy. They are both distinguishably different but there is a connection between them and we can exploit that connection and close the portal"
Nat placed her hand to her earpiece.
"Clint, when you blew Loki out of the sky, did you see his scepter fall anywhere?"
"Yeah…and I'm looking at it right now" Clint remarked "And boy oh boy, does it look dire"
Surrounding the Scepter was a gathering army of Chitauri foot soldiers.
Meanwhile
Thor landed on a Chitauri chariot and smacked off all three occupants.
He twirled his hammed to fly off only for a Leviathan to burst through a building, running right through the Chariot.
Thor fell to where Cap was currently fighting.
Iron man was flying alongside the Leviathan that knocked Thor aside.
"Sire we will lose power before we can penetrate that armor" JARVIS said to his creator who was firing a tri laser beam at the side of the gigantic beast.
Iron Man flew ahead, getting a rather inspired idea.
"JARVIS, you ever heard the tale of Jonah?" Tony asked whimsically
"I wouldn't consider him a role model" JARVIS remarked
Weapons popped up around the Iron Man armor as tony flew head first into the mouth of the Leviathan. Tony fired everything he had.
The Leviathan convulsed from the internal explosions that were happening from within before it's lower half blew off and it fell dead.
Tony also fell from his inside flight, landing hard on the ground.
Iron Man groaned in pain, getting on all fours to get up before he got shot back by Chitauri foot soldiers.
Back on the Heli-carrier, Fury kept a vigilant watch on the current events transpiring in Manhattan.
Right now, the Chitauri were still being contained right within the established perimeter of 'Cap's plan', but the director could tell, this stalemate was slowly becoming one sided. No matter what, the aliens were still swarming through the portal with no end in sight.
His musings were cut short with an alarmed Maria Hill crying out…
"Sir, we have a bird in motion! Anyone on the deck, we have a rogue bird! We need to shut it down! Repeat! Take off is not authorized!"
Fury didn't waste any second as he ran out the bridge, grabbing an RPG on the way out.
He ran out on the runway in time to see a jet plane halfway through its run. With precision that could make Hawkeye proud, Fury shot the legs right off the jet, preventing its liftoff.
It was all for naught however as another jet was already on the lower runway, lifting off to fly towards Manhattan.
Hawkeye was firing off his final arrows when one Chitauri got the jump on him.
He shot the soldier point blank and when he reached for another, Clint realized he was empty.
But not helpless. He beat back two more Chitauri and turned around in time to see a dozen Chitauri chariots converging on his spot.
Not wasting any second, Clint pulled out his last arrow from the head of a soldier, placed it back in his specially holder, placed a grappler on the tip and jumped off the roof, the chariots raining down fire on the spot where Hawkeye stood.
Hawkeye maneuvered himself in midair and fired, the grappling arrow embedding itself into the stone of the building.
Clint swung in the air and crashed into the window of the building, groaning as he sat up in pain.
Hulk was also in a similar state right now.
He was punching and kicking Chitauri left and right.
Clearing the rooftop he fought on, Hulk got a rude shoulder shot.
Hulk looked up and roared at the several dozen chariots that surrounded him.
The lead Chitauri pointed its arm down and they rain down a never ending barrage of energy beams unto the hulk until he was buried in fire.
Batman in the meantime was in a frenzy as he single handedly tore through the Chitauri guarding Loki's scepter.
The Dark Knight dove for the scepter, dropping his remaining explosives in the process, effectively taking out the remaining Chitauri.
He fell from the bridge and landed hard on the ground.
The Dark Knight grit his teeth and forced himself to stand, pulling out his signature grappling gun, pointing it right up at Stark Tower.
He fired and began to ascend up at a rapid pace.
Iron Man was not so lucky at the moment as multiple soldiers surrounded him.
The situation got worse when Fury chimed in on their comms.
"Team, You've got a missile headed for the city"
"How long?" Tony asked
"3 minutes tops" Fury said "Someone stay low and stop it"
"I've got it" Superman said
"No Supes" Iron Man said "You keep those giant snakes back. This one's mine. Jarvis put everything we've got into the thrusters"
"I just did sir"
Iron Man sputtered upwards before rocketing off.
Elsewhere, the rest of the Avengers were fighting together with everything they had.
Thor, Wonder Woman, Black Canary, Superman and Captain America all fought side by side.
Captain America's shield and Mjolnir returned to their respective owners and they turned in time to whack back several Chitauri.
Superman was in the air, utilizing his eye beams.
Canary was using a much more powerful version of her Canary cry, making Chitauri Soldiers fly away.
Wonder Woman was barely using any more grace. She was simply swinging her sword left and right seeing that there were only enemies surrounding her.
Cap whirled round only to get shot right in the stomach.
He felt the wind got knocked out of him as he fell to the ground.
"STEVE!" Diana cried out, jumping in front of him, shield up to defend him.
Thor did not take to kindly in seeing his comrade get shot down. He blocked several shots before using a destroyed car as a weapon of sorts.
He uppercut the car which made it flip forward, ramming down multiple Chituari.
He then turned around and threw his hammer in a straight line, taking out a row of Chituari.
Steve was helped up by Diana who helped steady him.
"You ready for another bout?" Thor asked
"Why, you getting sleepy?" Steve shot back playfully
Thor merely grinned back in turn, recalling Mjolnir.
Meanwhile on the rood, Natasha was using the remaining clips in her pistol to fend off any Chitauri that got to close while Batman positioned the Scepter to enter the force field with Selvig clacking away at the computer to prep the shutdown.
"Right in the center" Selvig said, typing in the last of the commands
"Everyone" Batman said through the comms "The portal can be closed"
"DO IT" Steve said right away
"NO, Wait!" Iron Man cut in
"Stark, these things are still coming" Steve said
"I got a nuke coming in that's gonna blow in a minute" Iron Man said with steel "And I know just where to put it"
Iron Man flew right underneath the nuke and grabbed onto it, now guiding it to its new location.
"Stark" Steve said through the comms "You know that's a one way trip"
"Save it for the return trip J" Tony said to his AI
"Sir" Jarvis said solemnly "Shall I call miss Potts"
Tony hesitated "Might as well"
Speaking of Pepper Potts
She was on a private Jet plane with her crew watched on in horror of what was occurring in New York. Behind her, her phone vibrated with Tony's picture on it.
Tony kept flying at full speed towards the portal with many watching from the streets below to the heli-carrier crew.
Picking up speed, Tony didn't even falter in his course and then flew right through the portal.
Tony's eyes widened in horror at what he saw on the other side.
An entire Armada of ships, leviathans and so on. Things they didn't even encounter yet, and they were all moving towards him and the Earth.
Systems began shutting down, the last image from his HUD being Pepper. Tony just stared wide eyed in disbelief and terror, letting go of the nuke allowing it to fly towards the center of the Armada.
The nuke sailed through, until it finally detonated in the center of the armada.
The explosion was nothing short of a heavenly display as the combined explosions of the armada warped into a supernova like explosion.
Iron Man simply continued to drift back towards where he came from, the explosion radius getting larger.
On earth, the resulting explosion was some type of trigger as every single Chitauri, be it foot soldier or Leviathan seemingly dropped dead.
This would have been a great victory had the heroes not stared up at the portal, seeing and hearing the nuke going off. And on the other side was their comrade and friend as well.
The flames drew closer.
"Come on Stark" Natasha muttered
No one came through.
Thor glanced over to Steve who also held hope, but knew time was drawing short.
"Close it" Steve said hesitantly
Batman thrust the scepter into the tesseract before pulling it out. The machine shuts down and the portal closes rapidly.
Just as it closes a small figure falls through
Iron Man
"Son of a gun" Steve said with a relieved smile
Iron Man continues to fall. And fall. And fall.
"He's not slowing down" thor said in alarm, already twirling his hammer.
Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman were also ready in going up(Or down from Batman's point) To rescue shell head.
However that honor was taken by none other than Hulk who jumped from a building and caught the falling Avenger before jumping from the building he was scaling down on to fall back first to the ground.
Landing hard, Hulk saw Iron Man was secure and safe, promptly tossing him off.
"Ok" Superman said blinking "I don't think Tony need a rough landing on his return trip"
Superman, Cap, Wonder Woman, Thor, Diana and Hulk surrounded the down Hero and they were joined by Batman who glided down.
Steve kneeled down and tore off Tony's face helmet and saw his eyes closed.
The gathered heroes stared at the unresponsive expression of Iron Man, the seconds seemingly rolling by.
Superman was about to use his X-ray vision to see if tony was even alive right now when once again, Hulk beat everyone to the punch by roaring furiously at the down hero which jolted the man awake.
"What the hell?!" Tony gasped out "What just happened?! Oh god please tell me nobody kissed me"
The team just looked on in amusement whilst Steve just leaned back a bit, exhaling tiredly
"We Won' Steve said with finality
Tony stared at the Captain before falling back down in relief.
"Oh alright, hey, yay, good job guys" Tony said weakly "Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just *Grunt* Take a day"
"You ever had Shawarma?" Tony asked Hulk directly for some reason who merely grunted a no of sorts "There's a shawarma joint just down the block. I don't know what it is but I wanna try it"
"We're not finished yet" Thor said gesturing to Stark tower
A beat
"And Then Shawarma after" Tony said with finality
Stark Tower
Loki groaned and crawled to the steps that lead up to the bar. He managed up two steps when he stopped, sensing something behind him.
Loki whirled around to face the Avengers.
All 11 superheroes stood side by side, united for one purpose.
Hawkeye had the pleasure of holding up an arrow right in the face of the trickster god.
"If it's all the same to you" Loki said good naturedly "I think I'll have that drink now"
Hulk merely growled
Ah finally completed the introduction arc to my Mega Crossover
Really proud of this right here.
Don't care what anyone says this is a personal favorite of mine since both DC and Marvel have been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Hell it would be awesome to work for either company, so I really wanna pursue something with them if I ever get the chance.
So yeah, really proud of what I did here, personal accomplishment in my regard and this hasn't even scratched the surface of t he craziness that's to come.
From spinoffs to one-shots, origin stories and alternate realities, so many possibilities all the time in the world.
Anywho one last thing to write
Outside the dust had finally settled, the streets of Manhattan with a rare instance of silence.
That seemed to affect the superheroes that saved the city little to none as they sat crowded around a small table that held their table.
They all just sat there, several eating the Shawarma.
Thor took a large bite out of his meal, the rest just sitting back
All in all, underwhelming, but they couldn't help but feel a certain charm to it all.
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