The Infinity Stone

10

Tony saw her whole body go limp, and caught her before she could fall. All the Avengers watched as the purple shield slowly break apart, allowing the army to come in. Loki watched, worried about what this meant for Aria. 

Tony laid her on the surface of his tower roof. " Hey, you okay?" He asked lifting his face mask, brushing the hairs from her face.
" Never better." She coughed out, acting as if she had been only punched.
" Good, this isn't quite over yet. Take it slow. Better yet, avoid anything else." 

Tony knew there was no chance of her actually listening to his words, so he sighed and lowered his helmet down again. He carried her down to the others, panicking for a moment when she jumped from his hold, landing on a Chitauri that was about to shot Steve. 

" Told you so Star Spangled Man." Tony claimed before flying away. Aria had no idea what he meant but Steve had, she had saved him regardless of how he's treated her.
" Thanks." He said to the winded woman.
" Anytime," She panted. 

" You good to fight?" Nat asked, while Aria blocked a blast, and then conjuring a knife, throwing it in the aliens head.
" That's hardly a choice." 

The four run behind upside taxis, they look up and see Loki taking his army down the streets and fire at it. Chain of explosions erupted, smashing cars and hurling people as it goes off in one final conflagration. 

" Son of a bitch." Aria cursed at the arrogant wannabe King.
" Those people need assistance down there." Cap said to the three, Chitauri soldiers landed near them and began firing. Aria stopped moving one while conjuring another dagger, stabbing it in the neck. 

Nat pulled both pistols and starts firing at the other. " We got this. It's good. Go!" Nat said turning to Cap, who turned to Clint.
" You think you can hold them off?"

" Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure." He shoots an arrow into a creature's head, gaining a few seconds for Captain AMerica as he falls down the bridge, followed by an explosion.
" Can we all agree that suit is an interesting choice." Aria said when he was out of ear shot.

 Finally someone else sees it. Tony said on the other line. 

Aria focused on covering Nat and Clints backs, feeling drained. She watched her father from a far as he went against another levithan. As Aria stopped another creature from getting to Clint, Steve showed back up. More Chitauri show up, the three circle around Aria, keeping her from danger. The aliens were blasted back in a massive shockwave, and dropped down as Thor landed. 

" And who said you were useless?" Aria asked glad to see him.
"You did actually. All the time," He replied.

" What's the story upstairs?" Steve said before Aria could say another remark.
" The powers surrounding the cube is impenetrable." 

Thors right. We gotta deal with these guys. 

" How do we do that?" Nat asked, making them all turn to Aria.
" Don't look at me, that was a one time use only card." 

" As a team." Steve said.
" I have unfinished business with Loki." Thor declared, making Clint snarl.
" Yeah, get in line." 

"Save it. Loki's gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him these things could run wild. We got Stark number 2 up top, he's gonna need us..." They all heard a motorbike engine come closer, and turn around to see Bruce.

" Bruce!" Aria yelled with a smile on her face. " Hey." He said getting off, looking around the city.
" So this all seems horrible." 

" I've seen worse." Nat said to him.
" Sorry."