WARNING; There is quite a bit of swearing... Just thought you should know.

"Yippe-ki-yay, motherfucker!"

Bridge street. Day. Daphne

Thousands of Chitauri soldiers and even some more Leviathans flew out towards the group. Daphne mentally cursed to herself. Of course. We can't get a break for one minute.

Nat turned to the rest of the team. "Guys."

Everybody looked towards Steve, the natural leader of the group. "Call it, Cap," Tony said.

"Alright, listen up. Until we can close the portal up there, we're gonna use containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays," he began. "Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."

Hawkeye turned towards Iron Man. "Wanna give me a lift?"

"Right. Better clench up, Legolas." Daphne snorted a laugh at the nickname, remembering to get Steve to watch Lord of the Rings.

Tony flew up with Clint hanging on to him tightly, transporting him to the nearest building.

Captain continued to give orders. "Thor, you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal. Slow them down. You've got the lightning. Light the bastards up," Thor nods and uses Mjölnir to fly away. Steve turns to the remaining Avengers. "Us three, we stay here on the ground, keep fighting here. And Hulk... Smash."

The Hulk grinned widely at that and leapt up, soaring high into the air and latching on to the nearest building, hitting several Chitauri soldiers. He dived to the building on the other side of the street, throwing the dead aliens towards the other soldiers. They tried to shoot at him, but Hulk just backhanded them easily.

Daphne span around when she heard a noise behind her, taking notice of the soldiers behind her. Deciding not to use any powers, she took off at a run towards them, sliding underneath the nearest's legs which seemed to take them by surprise. She swiftly unsheathed a sword and slashed at them. Dodging and weaving their own attempts at firing at her, she stabbed one of them in the chest. Daphne grabbed the fallen alien's energy weapon and fired at the remaining soldier, blasting it into the next building.

She surveyed her surroundings, firing occasionally at soldiers, killing them. She could vaguely hear Cap and Nat's conversation. "Captain, none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal."

"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it."

"Maybe it's not about guns," Widow replied, gesturing at the flying chariots.

Daphne was cut off from listening by a soldier sneaking up behind her. She backflipped over it and snapped it's neck. They need some new tactics...

Glancing at the battle in front of her, she caught a glimpse of someone inside a wrecked building, staring at her through the rubble. He was gone as suddenly as he appeared. She jogged towards the building, hoping to catch sight of the mysterious man.

As she approached the building, a massive tremble ran through the earth, causing the large, stone building to start collapsing. Right where Daphne was. Aw shit...

Large pieces of debris fell first, followed by the majority of the structure. Summoning her energy, she focused on making a shield strong enough to hold the weight of the building.

A familiar golden sheet of protection encased her. She heard someone yell her name loudly, though it seemed muffled to her. She closed her eyes and felt a huge pressure on top of the shield. Worry flashed through her. What if it didn't hold? Then I'll be a pancake.

More and more concrete piled on top of her, adding to the pressure, making it infinitely more harder to hold it up. The movement suddenly stopped. Daphne opened her eyes to complete darkness. Am I dead? Gosh, death sure is boring...

"Daph!"

Who was that?

"Daphne! Are you okay?!"

It was a masculine voice. Very familiar. She tried to picture a face for the voice and came up with a muscular, incredibly handsome man with blonde hair and stunning blue eyes.

Steve.

She felt bone-tired though her strength was rapidly replenishing itself. She slowly managed to lift off the tonnes of rubble, using the shield that was somehow still intact.

Daphne ran her hands down her face and body, laughing loudly. I'm alive! Woo! Not everyone can say that they survived a building falling on them!

Suddenly a strong pair of arms found their way around her waist. She nuzzled into the persons chest, breathing deeply, still reveling in the miracle that had jusy occurred. Even covered in blood and sweat, he still smelt good somehow.

"What were you thinking?" Steve's voice murmured into her hair. His chest rumbled rhythmically as he spoke, which was oddly soothing.

"That I could really use a massage. God, I ache! Is this what it feels like to be elderly?"

The pair laughed in relief and amazement before remembering that they were in the middle of a war. They broke apart and continued to fight against the Chitauri.

Hawkeye's voice sounded through their headsets. "Guys, the bank on 42nd past Madison, they caught a lot of civilians there."

"We're on it," Cap responded.

They both ran towards said bank, jumping through the window. Surprise bitches!

Steve threw his shield the a Chitauri soldier who appeared to have a bomb. It was activated and beeping loudly. Two soldiers fired at them but the two ducked for cover, Steve kicking a desk at them. He quickly got up and put an alien into a headlock as Daphne kicked the other in the face, sending him flying. A soldier moved behind Steve and pulled his helmet off.

The bomb began beeping faster.

"Everyone! Clear out!" Captain yelled at the civilians and they wasted no time in escaping. The two Avengers continued fighting the aliens. One of the Chitauri rushed over to the bomb as it went off, sending Steve and Daphne through the window. The super-soldier landed on a car roughly as Daphne crashed into the pavement, rubbing her ribs. Ouch. That's gonna leave a bruise...

Steve clambered off the car looking around the city, Daphne picking herself up to stand beside him.

Manhattan. Day. Steve

Daphne had joined him to look upon the horror that was New York. He still couldn't believe that she had survived that crash. When he saw the building collapse on top of her, he automatically feared the worst, especially when she didn't answer his calls. He didn't want to lose anybody else.

It was then that Thor had turned up and the three battled side by side, killing as many enemies as possible, determined to win the war. A stray blast of energy from a Chitauri had struck Steve down hard, Daphne took dealt with that alien quickly as Thor rushed over to help him up. Captain raised his shield back up, prepared for more.

"Ready for another bout?" Thor questioned him.

"What? You gettin' sleepy?" He joked back.

Thor's deep laughed echoed through the street before asking Daph the same question, to which she replied enthusiastically; "I was born ready!"

A soldier had managed to creep up on her, probably seeing her as the weakest link. Oh, what little they knew.

She just simply summoned a ball of gold energy, molding it until it resembled a large bundle of fire. Daph smirked, unleashing it onto the Chitauri, watching it flail around.

"Yippe-ki-yay, motherfucker," she muttered.

That was another thing about the mutant woman. Her vulgar language. Women back in Steve's day would never speak in such a matter, though it suited her personality in some strange way. However, whether it suited her or not, he was determined to break the habit of hers.

"Daph, language."

She just turned and gave him a withering look, amusement lingering underneath.

"Hey, Stevie Wonder. We're in the middle of a war, I think a bit of swearing is allowable. Hell, it's necessary." She grinned at him.

He marvelled in the fact that, even covered in blood, of her own and of alien origin, she still managed to look beautiful.

He shook his head, amazed at her positive attitude. "Whatever you say."

She opened her mouth to say something when Romanoff's voice came to their ears. "I can close it! Can anybody hear me? I can shut the portal down!"

"Do it!" Steve ordered, eager to get this over with.

"No wait!" Tony yelled, also speaking through comms.

"Stark, these things are still coming!" Cap warned, incredulous.

"I got a nuke coming in. It's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know where to put it."

They watched as Iron Man held on to the missile, guiding it towards the portal.

"Stark, you know that's a one-way trip?" Steve informed him.

Tony flew higher and higher towards the still-open portal, gaining speed and suddenly flinging himself into the deep space beyond. All of the Chitauri soldiers and Leviathans suddenly keeled over and start shaking. They fell still, dead.

Daphne held her breath beside Steve, tapping her foot impatiently. They waited, hoping that Tony would fall through at the last second.

A massive supernova started coming towards them through the portal and Thor nodded to Cap.

"Close it," he said quietly to Black Widow through comms, guilt spreading through him.

The portal slowly closed up, but, just before it blinked out of existence, a small figure plummeted through, heading towards the ground fast.

Iron Man...

Steve smiled. "Son of a gun!"

Tony kept on falling, never slowing down.

"He's not slowing down," Thor stated worriedly. Just as he prepared to fly up, Hulk jumped into the air and grabbed Tony, them both crashing to the ground safely.

Hulk gently put the billionaire on to the ground. Thor, Cap and Daphne rushing up to them. The demi-god ripped off Tony's helmet. He looked to be dead. They all lowered their heads in sadness. Hulk let out a yell of rage, startling the genius awake unexpectedly.

"What the hell? What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me?" He asked aghast, until he added. "Well, unless it was you, Kitty." He winked at her. She rolled her eyes at the eccentric billionaire.

"We won," Steve told him, slightly in awe at what the group had achieved.

"Alright. Yay. Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day." He paused, seeming to think of something. "Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is but i wanna try it."

They all laughed quietly at his comments, relief showing through. No matter how agitated Steve could get with Tony, he was glad that the genius was still alive.

"We're not finished yet," Thor reminded them, looking up at Stark Tower.

"And then shawarma after."

Daphne laughed softly, helping Iron Man up from the ground. "Yes, Tin Man. Can't forget about shawarma." He smiled up at her, then frowned slightly.

"Tin Man? Excuse me?"

"Well, I can't exactly call you 'Titanium-alloy man'. That just sounds stupid. Therefore: Tin Man."

She grinned at him, putting on an innocent face.

Steve chuckled at the two of them, thinking of how similar they are despite their differences.

This chapter is completed! Yeah! *high fives self* Hope you all enjoyed. Please review. Criticism is appreciated and respected. Wooh, I'm having fun with this.

Love you all,

-Jess xo