"You seem to be doing better, Izzy." Steve says defeating three Chitauri in one attack.

"And?" I raise an eyebrow choking a Chitauri with my legs wrapped around its neck until cap finishes him with me. Teamwork.

"Loki, he had his spell casted on you." He reminds and I stand to my feet firmly, "And you recovered very quickly."

I grumble, "I've got a job to do. Stop chatting and do yours." A Chitauri pins Steve down and chokes him slightly. I attempt to run to him but a Chitauri shoot my leg while I'm distracted. I yelp and shoot my gun at it, using the rest of my bullets. While I was doing that Steve managed to break the aliens leg who restricted him. He claimed a victory and I claimed a not so slick one. He picks up his shield and throws it past me. A Chitauri gets pushed by it and tumbled over the bridge.

"Izzy, are you alright?" Steve is now at my side.

"We don't have time for concern." I croak and try lifting myself up. Steve helps me annoyingly. I peek to see his face close to mine and my heart collapses slightly.

"Let me help you." He faintly pleads. My face beams red as I let him do so. There's no way I can walk in this condition. My wounds from the jet fall were reopening and my leg was burnt badly. He assisted me to a destroyed car to sit on.

After I sit I tell him to fight the Chitauri around so I can attend my wounds, "I can protect myself," I tell gesturing to the alien gun I snuck. Steve nods acceptingly carrying on the fight on the bridge. I rip the top I'm wearing because I'm not so blessed to have a superhero uniform. The shirt is now cropped oddly and I tightly wrap my leg with the cloth. I moan in pain and pull it tighter as I finish.

Steve returns and smiles gently at me, "Izzy-"

"I don't need your pity." I defend.

"You know, I don't pity you in any form." He replies simply, "But I do care about your wellbeing."

I take a moment to respond, "Well I guess I feel the same."

His cheeks tint pink, "about me?"

"No I was talking about myself." I wink while I use the most amount of sarcasm possible. I pull a Chitauri weapon from beside me and shoot past Steve. A Chitauri cries as it's killed and I smirk at Steve. "You let your guard down solider."

"Lovebirds, the bank on 42nd past Madison, they caught a lot of civilians there." Hawkeye informs us.

"You're the bird, Clint." I hiss.

"We're on it." Steve says seriously. He supports me as I get off the car. I lean on him feeling his build in the process. I groan and decide to walk by myself, leaving the kind and oh so honorable Captain America's aid. Lovebirds?

"If they're in that building we need to find a proper entrance." I say as we run. The destruction is all around us. I don't know how to describe chaos in great detail when I'm in this much shock. I run past destroyed cars and buildings that crumble. I advise Steve as we pass this monstrosity, "And don't step on any glass."

"We're getting close." he indicates and I see it in view. We notice an open window and we help each other up high enough to jump gracefully inside. We hear a bomb tick and Steve gets vile. He throws his shield at the one possessing the bomb. I brought the enemy's blaster I snuck from the bridge. I aim it at two Chitauri who pick a fight with Steve and blast. Steve kicks a desk he used as coverage at them, finishing off the job. Steve jumps over the desk and headlocks an alien soldier while I backhand one beside him. The Chitauri I fight goes over the edge with ease making the crowd move. Steve is still fighting, I see his mask rip off and I breath in.

"Everyone! Clear out!" I bark with worry and the abide. Steve flips over the alien and grabs his shield gracefully and I stare at the Chirauri. It tries to grab the bomb, anxiousness of it going off is seen in his movements. But the bomb goes off and Steve is flung out a window while I'm thrown back over the railing. I grab ahold of it and flip back over and rush to the window Steve fell from. He landed harshly on a car but thankfully the civilians are all ok.

I finally get back to Steve who is now in a daze. Him and I look like a wreck, him in a whole other world of thoughts.

"You ok, solider?" I question worriedly. It takes him a second to come back. He was captured by the cities destruction. "I know it's a lot."

He nods denyingly, "We need to help as many civilians as we can."

"We will." I confirm, "Together." This makes him look at me again. Every time we have a moment of eye contact it feels like a story is being told. Like we actually could understand each other's thoughts. And every time we stare at one another I go against every moral I've ever had.

-

Chitauri surround us. Thor throws his weapon as does Steve but Steve isn't so lucky. After I degrade some of the enemy we get a slight break.

"You alright, Steve?" I ask and he just nods with pain masking his face. He had been stricken with a Chitauri energy blast and was taking it badly. I nudge him and he looks at me. "At least now we match."

Steve grins and then Thor speaks up, "You ready for another bout?"

"What you getting sleepy?"