AN: Hey everyone! Let's start with.. you guessed it. Many thanks to my awesome Beta MegaDiary123. I know this chapter is smaller than you are used to and I am sorry about that, but I am not sorry for how I closed it. Hope you enjoy...

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Skye's POV

Stark, wearing his suit and all, managed to get to New York sooner than Nat, Clint, Rogers and I did with the Quinjet. By the time we arrived there was a portal on the sky, high above the Stark Tower. From there a whole army of the Chitauri, since that's what Thor had named them, was storming in towards the city and Stark was trying his best to destroy as many as he possible could. Though for every one he shot down, two were taking his place.

That's how we got into the play, as we contacted Tony and instructed him to fly right in front of us for Natasha to shoot them, as she handled the Quinjet's weapons, under Clint's piloting supervision. And we did assist, taking down a reasonable amount of enemies until we closed in the Stark Tower and saw Loki fighting with his brother in the balcony of Tony's building. And I guess that Loki didn't particularly appreciate us opening fire in his direction and so, with a simple blast from the spectre, we were shot down.

There was no need for words as we all braced ourselves, Captain and myself mostly since we were not sitting anywhere and were just holding onto the handles over our heads as the Jet fell from the sky. We were, however, very lucky since Hawk was piloting and the abrupt fall of the small aircraft was smoothened as much as possible.

"We got to get back up there" Rogers said, taking the lead and running towards the Tower.

We hadn't even covered a decent amount of distance before we came to a slow stop, all of us looking at the portal as a giant thing crossed over. I had never seen anything like it before in my life. I mean, it was enormous! And could it be that this alien had only its size or external armour for its advantage? Pfft, of course not. It was also carrying a fair amount of Chitauri who jumped off the creature and on the buildings that surrounded us.

Suddenly there was a blast echoing nearby and we all snapped out of the daze we were in and run to take cover. "There are still civilians trapped up in there" Clint informed us, pointing at a bus that had stopped in the middle of the ruins.

The blasts echoed once more as Chitauri Chariots flew right above us and started firing at the street next to where we were hiding. People trying to run and survive the alien attack, but as they were like that in the open, it was like they were all carrying large targets on their backs. "They're fish in the barrel down there" Roger said, as if we didn't have eyes to notice that on our own.

"Take cover!" I said as I sensed a large number of aliens coming our way when the others were distracted. I lifted my hands and send a huge vibrational wave to the upcoming enemies, sending them flying a few meters back. But they were fast to get back on their feet and resume their advance on our position.

"We got this. It's good. Go" Nat said, looking at the Captain who in turn asked Clint if he thought they could hold them off.

"Captain" he started and I could see his mischievous smile play on the edges of his lips. "It would be my genuine pleasure" and with that he stood from his hiding spot. The head-shot instantly killed the alien but this was not the only trick up Hawk's sleeve, as the arrow was specially designed and shot the Chitauri in the surrounding proximity.

Just like that Natasha was on her feet, shooting at the enemy force but I knew that this couldn't possible hold for long enough. And there were people trapped in the bus nearby, but with the cover that Nat was creating, I doubted that Clint would have the time to get everyone out.

I could feel my heart beating in my chest as I heard my sister yell for me to cover for her as she changed ammo in her guns.

Well Skye, I thought to myself. You wanted to come and stop Loki, this is what you get. Peachy… and with those thoughts I stood up and threw my hands above my head, creating a dome with my quakes, shielding the bus and the three of us.

In the mental image that I had constant in my head from the surrounding area, because of all the vibrations that were cursing through the streets and in to my legs, I could mentally see Natasha stop and turning to look at me. "Why didn't you start with that?"

As if to answer her question, all the enemy forces who were dealing with us shot in my shield simultaneously and I fell on one knee, just as the dome shrank just a little bit. "I haven't perfected it yet" I replied though greeted teeth, as I did my best to hold off the Chitauri until everyone was out of the unstopping vehicle. "Maybe hurry up?" I managed to get out as a second wave of shots were fired to the shield.

"Ready" Natasha stood next to me before I had the chance to ask as I had noticed the bus having been fully evacuated.

"Ready" Clint joined in at my other side, his bow tightly held and the string pulled back for when the first shot would be needed.

I looked from side to side, looking at my siblings. I was used to them being next to me like that but it was different now. It was not like all the other times we stood next to each other all those years. The seriousness, the vibes they externalised were different. These people next to me were not my brother and sister. They were not Natasha and Clint, or even agent Romanoff and agent Barton.

No.

They were Black Widow and Hawkeye.

And they meant business.

And there was no way in Hell that I was going to be the one to slack off in the last minute. Because despite the lack of words I knew that they both waited to see what my next move would be.

So I stood.

With shaky legs because of the force trying to keep me down, but I stood.

I stood tall.

And I took my place among the two Avengers and I became Quake.

"Ready"