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As soon as I was out of the building, my eyes widened at the damage done to the city. The battle had started not even twenty minutes ago, and already the city was in ruin. I cursed under my breath, and decided to contact my brother to see what the hell was happening.

"Clint? What's going on up there?" I asked, taking off towards where all the action seemed to be. There was the crackle of the other line picking up, and then Clint spoke.

"Well, it looks like Thor's taking on Loki. Gonna see if we can help him out..." He said. I looked back at the top of Stark Tower to see his jet hovering nearby where I assumed Loki and Thor were fighting, but it was waaay too far up for me to tell. I felt a twinge of fear for Loki, but quickly shook it off. He chose his side, and I chose mine. No going back now.

"Damn it! We're hit!" I heard Clint shout, and immediately back looked up to see the aircraft falling from the sky. I blanched, and used all of my muscle power to sprint to where they landed.

"Clint? Natasha? Steve?" I gasped out as I ran. Come on, come on! Answer God damn it! "Clint! Answer me!" I shouted, still running. There was silence, before the crackle of static came on once again.

"It'll take more than a god to bring me down, Sammie," He responded. I nearly cried out in relief as I took in his voice. I shook my head, and couldn't help but smile at my brother. Clint would always be Clint.

"I'm heading towards you, Clint. Be there in a second," I huffed out.

Thankfully I was in pretty good shape, what with me becoming an Agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. and everything, so I made it to them relatively quick without being too exhausted. I met up with the three of them, and stared up at the portal, where the aliens kept pouring out like an angry hoard of bees. Just then, a giant monstrosity of an alien came out, looking bigger than a skyscraper! How in the hell were we supposed to fight that?

It flew right above us, and we stared in a horrified awe at the sheer size of it. It kept on shooting out aliens onto the buildings, who clung to the walls and let out battle cries.

"Stark, do you see this?" Steve asked, staring at all of the hostiles.

"Seeing, still working on believing," Tony said, his voice showing all types of emotions. "Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?" He asked.

"Bruce?" I asked, the surprise evident in my voice. Bruce was still lost, and I doubt that he would be able to make it in time for this battle.

"Just keep me posted." Tony said, and signed off. We moved behind an abandoned taxi, looking around and trying to figure out our next move.

"I've got civilians trapped right by you," Tony said, and we all peered over the car to see a bunch of civilians running around like startled ants.

"Loki..." Steve said, nearly spitting the name. We watched as Loki sped through on one of the speeders, we watched as he shot down and killed so many people.

"They're fish in a barrel down there," Steve pointed out. I shot out of my hiding spot and sent off three shots at the aliens that were flying around, and was pleasantly surprised when two of them dropped from the sky. Damn it, I was pretty good!

I smiled, and moved next to Clint, who was eyeing a couple of aliens who fell to the ground not too far away from us. Natasha looked over at Steve, who obviously wanted to help the civilians out.

"We got this. We're good; go," She said.

"Go get 'em Steve," I shooed him with one hand. Steve hesitated and held back, worrying about us.

"Think you can hold them off?" He asked, looking at the aliens, then to the citizens. Clint smirked, and spoke.

"Captain," He set up his arrows, his high tech bow switching to a different set of arrowheads. "It would be my genuine pleasure."

With that, he shot up from his position and sent off an arrow which hit an alien in the head. The arrow set off a chain reaction, and sent other arrows into the heads of three other enemies. Damn, my brother was awesome! Steve took off, and I shot a couple more aliens, each of my bullets hitting their marks. Some of my brother's skill must have been in me, because I never missed. Or maybe it was the adrenaline pumping through my veins, I didn't know for sure.

As soon as he was gone, I pointed out a bus with trapped people inside.

"The door's stuck," I said, and Clint and I rushed to help them. We helped a little boy and a few other people off, and then pried the doors open for the rest of the civilians, who ran off to safety. If there was a safe place in New York, that was.

We moved back to Natasha's side, and began firing at every alien we could see.

"Just like Budapest all over again!" Natasha shouted to Clint, whose eyes widened as he shook his head.

"You know I remember Budapest very differently," He said, looking around. I followed his gaze and realized that the Chitauri were coming up from behind us. We were surrounded.

"Well, this should get interesting..." I muttered, and launched myself at a Chitauri who got a little too close to Clint for my liking. I wrapped my leg around its neck, holding myself up on top of it before bringing my gun to its temple and shooting it straight through the head. I jumped off before it fell to the ground, and wiped sweat away from my brow.

"Where did you learn all of these moves, Sammie?" Clint asked as he sent an arrow at another alien. I smirked, and sent him a pointed look.

"I learned from one of the best,"

He smiled over at me, before we resumed our fighting. I mostly abandoned my gun for now, seeing as all the hostiles were in hand to hand combat range, but I shot off a few rounds here and there.

There was a clang of metal on metal, and I looked over to see that Steve had joined us once again. We stood together, and were about to continue fighting when half of the Chitauri in front of us were electrified, and fell to the ground, lifeless.

Thor landed in front of us, his eyes showing more pain than I could imagine one person going through. He stumbled a bit, but was able to walk over to us without a problem.

"What's the story upstairs?" Steve asked, and I listened in intently.

"The barrier is up, and the cube is impenetrable," He said.

"Thor's right. We have to deal with these guys," Tony cut in, talking about the Chitauri. I held back a groan. How long could we keep this up?

"How do we do this?" Natasha asked, clearly wondering the same thing I was.

"As a team." Steve said.

Thor shook his head.

"I have unfinished business with Loki," He said. I let out a laugh, not believing what he just said.

"Yeah? Get in line," Clint and I spoke at the same time. He looked over at me, raising an eyebrow. Steve shook his head at us.

"Save it. Loki's going to keep the fight focused on us, and that's what we need. We've got Stark up top, he's going to lead us to-"

He trailed off as we heard the sounds of a motorcycle. We turned around to see Bruce riding a shabby looking vehicle, smiling uncertainly at us. He got off, and walked towards us.

"So... this all seems... horrible," He said, holding out his hands at the mess surrounding us. Natasha looked him up and down, and spoke.

"I've seen worse," She said.

Bruce raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry..."

"No, I mean we could use a little worse," She clarified. I walked up to Bruce and clapped him gently on the back.

"Good to see you, Bruce," I smiled, and he nodded back at me.

"Stark, we've got him. Banner, just like you said," Steve spoke to Tony.

"Good," He said, and I backed away from Bruce, knowing what was going to come next.

"Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you,"

Stark came around the corner of a building in front of us, and the giant alien thing came crashing after him. All of the color drained from my face, and I moved closer to Clint, clutching his hand like I used to when we were kids.

"I don't see how that's a party..." Natasha shook her head in disbelief.

The giant Chitauri flew low to the ground, knocking down almost everything in its path. Bruce started walking towards it, smiling slightly.

"Dr. Banner, now might be a really good time for you to get angry." Steve advised.

Bruce only smiled.

"That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry."

He turned around and Hulked out, growing to more than twice his size and turning very, very green. He brought up a fist, slamming into the Chitauri, bringing it down with the sheer force of his punch. It skidded, and then started flipping over.

"Hold on!" Tony shouted, and shot explosives into the newly exposed flesh of the giant. Natasha and I hid behind Steve's shield, and I was nearly knocked to the ground from the blast. I stood up and was nearly deafened by the cries of all the Chitauri, probably surprised that we managed to bring down such a mighty beast.

The seven of us stood back to back in a small circle, me with my two guns drawn and ready to fire. I caught Clint's eye, and smiled at him.

"Let's kick some serious ass!" I shouted, and Tony laughed.

"I'm right behind you, Sammie darling."

"All of us are." Steve smiled down at me, and for the first time, I knew that this was where I was always meant to be. Even if we were fighting to save the world from the man I loved.

A/N: Okay, another short chapter, but I got it out as soon as I could. The next chapter will be longer, I swear!