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"We've got to get back up there," Steve shouted, as the four of us burst from the downed jet and emerged out onto the rubble-littered city street.
As a unit, we all looked up to the top of the Stark tower, and the portal miles above us. Before anyone could move, the sound of something colossal moving rumbled the earth. It sounded like a massive boat creaking in the water, but it was deeper than that. It resonated in my bones.
And then, I saw it. The massive, serpentine, iron-clad beast that was easily the length of the titanic. It released a menacing roar that shattered my ear drums.
"Holy shit, we're gonna die," I said breathlessly.
It dipped down towards us, smashing everything in its wake before it pulled up just above the ground, coasting right over us. More Chitauri deployed from within its armor, shooting off in different directions to unleash havoc.
"Stark, are you seeing this?" Cap said into his ear piece, as the four of us trailed the serpentine alien with our eyes.
"Seeing. Still working on believing." Stark's voice came back in response. "Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?"
"Banner?" I frowned.
"Just keep me posted," Tony answered.
A swarm of Chitauri rounded onto our block, and Nat pulled me along with the others to take cover behind an overturned taxicab.
"We've got civilians still trapped up here," Clint said.
I watched as the Chitauri flew past us, and caught a flash of green.
"Loki," Steve said what I was already thinking, "They're fish in a barrel down there."
Behind me, Nat fired off a few shots from her pistols at some Chitauri who'd dropped from the serpent. "We got this, it's good." She said to Steve.
"You think you can hold them off?" Cap asked.
"Captain," Clint said, loading an arrow, "It would be my genuine pleasure."
With that, Steve dashed off for the civilians that had been trapped by the Chitauri led by Loki.
I turned my focus on the advancing enemy. Pressed down on the button at my thumb and felt the armor on my palms pull back. And then I rained fire on them.
I threw rods and sheets of pure flame on the advancing Chitauri, knocking them off their feet before they could attack the fleeing civilians. I prayed to god that Mae and Gale were nowhere near this.
"Fuck," I winced, as one of the Chitauri crept behind me and got close enough to bash my legs with its weapon. I whirled on it, pulling a wave of flame from thin air and knocking it off its feet.
That gave the other Chitauri enough time to encircle me. One let off a shot in my direction, but it never reached me. Cap had made his way back, diving in front of me and deflecting the gunfire with his shield. The two of us made quick work of the others. We turned to take on more, just as those surrounding us crumpled to the ground from a bolt of lightning. Thor dropped from the sky, his hammer held firm.
"What's the story upstairs?" Steve asked, as we huddled together as a group.
"The power surrounding the cube is impenetrable.
"Thor's right," Stark's voice came over the earpieces, "We've gotta deal with these guys."
"How do we do this?" Nat asked.
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