Thor, trapped in the glass cage, bounces off the jumbling cell pod. As it draws closer to land, Thor tries to swing at glass, but misses. Land draws closer. In a final attempt before crashing, Thor positions himself onto the glass door and leapfrogs just as the cage is about to hit the ground. The cell crashes into the shore as Thor crashes out into the meadow. Loki has no remorse as he looks down. He closes the hatch and proceeds to leave.
Phil: You're gonna lose.
Loki: Am I?
Phil: It's in your nature.
Loki: Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky...where is my disadvantage?
Phil: You lack conviction.
Loki: I don't think I-
In his last act, Phil shoots Loki with the weapon, sending him through a steel wall.
Phil: So that's what it does.
Back in the bridge, Fury sees on his viewscreen that the hatch has been open. Knowing Agent Coulson was sent there, he goes too. Iron man continuously spins Engine 3, giving it all he has. The rotors are now running at full speed as the helicarrier levels itself.
Tony: Cap, I need the lever!
Steve: I need a minute here!
Tony: Lever. Now!
Tony lets go of the rotors. They spin by themselves. Tony is then caught in one. He is now fucked. Iron man slips into the rotors, getting chewed up. Cap climbs up the loose cable and reaches the railing. Barton's last soldier opens fire once more. Cap pulls himself up and finally pulls the lever. A vent opens up from Engine 3. Iron man falls out, but the suit heavily damaged, hardly keeping him up. Iron man heads for Cap. Barton's man turns his aim to Iron man, who tackles him into the wall. Iron man rolls over, tired. Cap lets out a sigh of relief. The carrier that brought Barton and his team now leaves, taking Loki and his scepter. The carrier flies into the distance. Fury runs in finding Agent Coulson still alive, barely.
Phil: Sorry, boss. They got rabbeted.
Nick: Just stay awake. EYES ON ME!
Phil: No. I'm clocked out here.
Nick: Not an option.
Phil: It's okay, boss. And tell y/n I said bye. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to...
Agent Coulson looks away. Sighs his last breath. Nick Fury looks on grimly at Coulson. The medical team arrives.
Nick: Agent Coulson is down.
Agent Hill is being treated for a gash on her head, listens on her headset, standing up.
Agent: Paramedics are on their way.
Nick: They're here.
Nick: They called it.
Fury gathers Tony and Steve back into the briefing room, everyone there has a look as if in a daze. A look of numb shock is shown on their devastated faces.
Nick: These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. Guess he never did get you to sign them.
Fury throws Coulson's CAPTAIN AMERICA TRADING CARDS on the table towards Steve. Steve picks them up, stained with blood.
Nick: We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor. I got nothing for you. Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming. Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract. 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 died still believing in that idea, in heroes.
