This chapter is bigger than the others

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A conference room where office workers sit around a table. But the noise has caught one worker's eye, then another, and soon they are all rising, stepping to the window, mesmerized by what lies beyond. A Chitauri leviathan floats right in front of them. Suddenly, another noise catches the worker's attention.

The Hulk crashes through their floor. He slashes through the room, pounding away and jumps out onto the jaw of the Chitauri leviathan. The Chitauri leviathan begins to head down, trying to wave off the hulk.

Natasha, using the energy rifle, is taken off her feet by a Chitauri soldier. She takes it down by cutting its throat. She grabs the energy riffle and turns to attack. Steve stands there and she slumps back, tired.

Natasha: Captain, none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal.

Steve: Our biggest guns couldn't touch it.

Natasha: Well, maybe it's not about guns.

Peter and Tony snort and everyone turns to look at them who just shrug. 

Nastasha gestures to the flying chariots.

Steve: You wanna get up there, you're gonna need a ride.

Natasha: I got a ride. I could use a lift though.

Natasha backs up, giving herself a running start. 

"Don't tell your gonna" Lily starts. 

"Yup" Nat responds. 

Steve lifts and angles his shield.

Steve: Are you sure about this?

Natasha: Yeah. It's gonna be fun.

"FUN??!!!" 

Natasha runs at Steve and uses her feet to run up the car and jumps on Steve's shield who gives her a boos with it. She grabs onto a flying chariot.  

"Oh merlins beard!" 

"Are you crazy???" 

"I didn't actually think you'd do it!!" 

Natasha climbs onto the chariot and cuts the turret shooter's linkage to it. She then jumps on the rider and sticks her knives into his nervous system. She gets him to bank over a building.

Tony arrives and shoots any other Chitauri riders following her. He makes his way down to Steve, who fights off more Chitauri soldiers. Tony points his hand boosters at his shield. The energy comes off and Steve uses it as a reflection beam and takes down nearby Chitauri.

"Woah!" 

"So cool" 

From above them, Clint sends down remaining arrows. He sends one across the street, taking down a Chitauri following Tony.

Thor and Hulk fight on top of the back of the Chitauri leviathan, tearing apart and fighting soldiers. Hulk breaks off a massive piece of armor and slams it down onto the spine of the Chitauri leviathan. Thor raises his hammer, drawing lightning to it from all sides, and brings it down with a final blow, the Chitauri leviathan crashes into a museum, dead. 

"Sucks to be that" 

"Blaise!" 

Thor and Hulk stand on the back of the Chitauri leviathan after bringing it down. Hulk punches Thor and he goes flying. Hulk smirks. 

Laughter breaks out in the room, while Thor huffs. 

Selvig wakes up from Loki's mind control. He looks around, confused where he is. He looks up at the sky, amazed.

Several soldiers aim their guns into the sky, fighting and shooting at the Chitauri. 

"Took them long enough to come" 

Steve fights off a Chitauri soldier who is pinning him down with an energy rifle. Steve breaks its leg and stands up, picking up his shield.

Clint: Captain, the bank on 42nd past Madison, they caught a lot of civilians there.

"Do you know where that is old man?" Nat and Tony tease. 

Steve: I'm on it.

Dozens of civilians are gathered in the bank. Three Chitauri soldiers oversee them, pointing their weapons at them. One of them charges a bomb. It beeps.

"Oh no" 

Steve jumps through the window and throws his shield at the Chitauri bomber. The two Chitauri soldiers aim their rifles, but Steve heads for cover under a desk, which he kicks at them. Steve jumps over the desk, and headlocks a soldier, while backhanding another one over the railing. 

Natasha whistles teasingly and Steve blushes. 

The crowd moves away. A Chitauri soldier attacks him from behind and rips away his helmet. The bomb is beeping faster.

Steve: Everyone! Clear out!

Steve flips over the soldier, grabs his shield and just as the BOMB is about to go off, Chitauri bomber dives for it, trying to stop it, but it goes off, sending Steve through the window, landing very hard on a car. 

Natasha gasps softly and grabs Steve's hand, even though she knows he was okay. Steve squeezes her hand in reassurance. 

The civilians look up from below. 

"Atleast they're ok" 

Steve gets off the car, looks around the city. Destroyed. The police and firemen arrive, pulling out those civilians he saved.

Back on the bridge, Fury sees the world on his viewscreen.

World security council #2: Director Fury, the council has made a decision.

Fury: I recognize the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.

World security council #2: Director, you're closer than any of our subs, you scramble that jet...

Fury: That is the island of Manhattan, Councilman. Until I'm certain my team can't hold it, I will not order a nuclear strike against a civilian population.

"That would kill everyone!" 

World security council #1: If we don't hold them in the air, we lose everything.

Fury: I send that bird out, we already have.

Fury shuts off his viewscreen.

Natasha, still driving the chariot with the rider, is hit at her side. she looks behind.

Natasha: Oh. You.

Loki follows in hot pursuit. They race downward, trailing between buildings. Clint looks at Natasha.

Clint: Nat, what are you doing?

"You barely even seem surprised" 

"She's done worse things" 

Natasha: Uh... a little help!

Clint pulls the trigger twice, nocks an arrow, and points it at Loki, smiling.

Clint: I've got him.

Clint fires the arrow down the city, straight at Loki's head. And Loki grabs the arrow straight out of the air, and looks at Clint, smiling. Then, the arrow explodes in Loki's face, crashing him into the Stark penthouse pad. 

People cheer. 

Natasha looks down and builds her momentum, she jumps off the chariot, lands on top of Stark Tower, rolling herself to the edge.

As Loki looks up, shocked at what just happened, the hulk leaps up and kicks Loki, hurtling him towards the glass window. He collapses as he hits the wall. The Hulk jumps in, ready to attack. Loki rolls himself up in a flurry of broken glass, standing up to Hulk.

Loki: Enough! You are all beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by

Hulk grabs Loki by the legs and smashes him against the floor repeatedly and finally throws him aside to the ground.

Hulk: Puny god

Loki whimpers in pain. 

Laughs erupt in the great hall, while Peter looks at the screen in worry. 

"Was he ok?" Peter asks. 

"Unfourtunatly" 

"That's my brother, man of Iron!" 

"He tries to take over New York!" 

"He's adopted" 

Natasha walks up the CMS machine. Selvig, slumped down, weakened, looks at her desperately. The Tesseract's energy is firing towards the portal, gaining in strength, at the surge of energy moving through the sky.

Natasha: Doctor.

Selvig: Loki's scepter, the energy...the Tesseract can't fight. You can't protect against yourself.

Natasha: It's not your fault. You didn't know what you were doing.

Selvig: Well, actually I think I did. I built in a safety to cut the power source.

Natasha: Loki's scepter.

Selvig: It might be able to close the portal. (Looks down and sees a gold gleam) And I'm looking right at it.

Thor rides on top of the chariot, smacking several riders with the hammer. As Thor takes the reins, a Chitauri leviathan crashes through a building, knocking him down to where Steve is, fighting off soldiers. Tony flies right next to the Chitauri leviathan and aims his laser booster at it. Nothing.

"I don't think it's powerful enough, if you let me take a look at it I can make it more po-" Dumbledore is cut off by Tony.

"You know what, you can kiss my-" Tony says. 

"Stark!! Kids!!" Steve says. 

"Sorry Capsicle, you know what, you can kiss my-" Tony covers Peter's ears "Ass." 

Once Tony uncovers Peter's ears, Peter looks up at him and huffs while playfully glaring at him. 

JARVIS: Sir, we will lose power before you cut through that shell.

Tony flies up ahead, facing the oncoming monster.

Tony: JARVIS. You ever hear the tale of Jonah?

"Who's that?" 

"Don't worry about it Ron" 

JARVIS: I wouldn't consider him a role model.

Tony flies towards the Chitauri leviathan, unleashing every arsenal on the suit. The leviathan opens it mouth and Tony flies in and bursts out the other end, making the Chitauri leviathan collapse.

"Are you crazy!!!" 

"Yes he is" 

"Underoos!" 

Tony rolls down the street. The wind is knocked out of him. He looks up with an overwhelming sigh as a small band of Chitauri soldiers rush towards him, holding out their rifle.

Clint turns to fire his last arrow. Using his bow as a staff, he knocks some Chitauri soldiers, before yanking his last arrow off the dead body of a Chitauri soldier. Clint nocks his arrow, dives down the building and fires his grappling arrow up into the side of the building. Falling down, Clint finds the momentum and swings himself into a building and cannonballs in.

"I think I just had a minor heart attack" 

(Whoever understood that reference, YOUR AMAZING!!!) 

THe Hulk holds Chitauri soldiers by the face and slams them down. More keep coming. Hulk looks up. Hundreds of riders hover over him, and begin to fire energy blasts. Hulk takes them like he's running through light rain. Blocking the stream of streaking blasts, as though swatting at bees.

A lone pilot sits in his cockpit, listening.

World Security council #2: is no longer in command. Override order, 7 alpha 11.

Pilot: 7 ALPHA 11, confirmed. Prepare to take off.

He ignites his engine.

Back on the bridge, Agent Hill sees on her screen 7 ALPHA 11 preparing to leave.

Hill: Sir, we have a bird in motion! Anyone on the deck, we have a rogue bird! We need to shut it down! Repeat! Take off is not authorized!

"Oh no!" 

"What's a nuke again??" 

"How dumb are you Weasley?" 

Fury runs out on the deck holding a gun. He aims and fires, hitting the tail of the jet. The jet skids off towards the edge, pilot unharmed. Suddenly, another 7 ALPHA 11 jet flies off. Fury stands there, knowing he can't do anything about it.

Fury: Stark, you hearing me? We have a missile headed straight for the city.

Tony: How long?

Fury: Three minutes, at best. Stay low and wipe out the missile.

Tony fights off as many Chitauri soldiers as he sustains.

Tony: Jarvis, put everything we got into the thrusters!

JARVIS: I just did.

Tony leaves the streets and flies up into the sky.

7 ALPHA 11 arrives outside the city. He flips the switch to press the button. He presses it. The missile is flying out.

Pilot: Destination is in 2 minutes, 30 seconds mark.

"Oh no" 

Steve and Thor battle side by side, they throw their respected weapons. Thor catches MJOLNIR, but as Steve turns, an energy blast strikes him down hard. Thor runs over to a broken car, swings the hammer and flips the car over and over on its side, crushing a few Chitauri soldiers.Steve tries to get up. Thor helps him back to his feet. Steve raises his shield back up.

Thor: You ready for another bout?

Steve: What? You gettin' sleepy?

Selvig, back in scientist mode, clacks away at his laptop. He nods. Natasha grabs Loki's scepter, slowly breaks into the force field, almost touching the Tesseract.

Natasha: I can close it! Can anybody hear me? I can shut the portal down!

Steve: Do it!

Tony: No, wait!

"Why??" 

"Because he wants them to lose" 

"Shut up Gandalf!" 

Steve: Stark, these things are still coming!

Tony: I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute. And I know just where to put it.

"No" Peter whispers and cuddles close to Tony and buries his face in Tony's chest, not wanting to see the screen. Tony runs his hands through Peter's hair and whispers calming things to him, to calm him down. 

(WE STAN IRONDAD AND SPIDERSON!!!!!) 

Tony catches up, now comes at the missile from behind. The missile speeds on. Tony grabs it from behind, gripping it tightly. With a mighty effort, he wrenches the rocket off its course. Steering it from behind, he accelerates quickly, flying straight up into sky, towards the portal.

Steve: Stark, you know that's a one-way trip?

Tony: Save the rest for return, J.

JARVIS: Sir. Shall I call Miss Potts?

Tony: You might as well.

Pepper, along with her crew, watches on T.V., in horror, the destruction in New York. On the table, her cell is vibrating, with Tony's picture on it.

Back in the bridge, every single agent holds their breath as they too watch Tony fly up into the portal.

"They're just going to let you do it??!!" Natasha yells. 

"Knew you cared for me Little Red" Tony smiles and Nat rolls her eyes fondly. 

Tony climbs higher and higher over the city, gaining speed, suddenly flings himself through the portal. Communications die. The suit begins to freeze. Tony looks in horror.

A tear rolls down Peter's cheek and Tony wipes it. 

"I'm right here underoos" Tony whispers to him. 

Every single agent cheers. Fury smiles. He tries to communicate with Tony. Nothing.

We then see Tony's horror. The black sky is filled with what must be ninety ships in a vague cluster. Most of them hang still in the air. Some move swimmingly about. Tony lets go of the missile. It whistles off into the blackness as Tony falls back down the portal's opening. The missile reaches the main ship. The main ship implodes causing the entire armada to burst into a supernova, creating a spectacular heavenly display.

Suddenly, all of the Chitauri soldiers kneel over and begin to shake, then stop. They all fall over. The Avengers look up at the sky.

Still holding the scepter in hand, Natasha shifts around, waiting.

Natasha: Come on, Stark...

Thor and Steve see the supernova coming towards them. Thor nods to Steve.

Steve: Close it.

"NO!!!" 

The marauders and Lily smirk, thinking about how Tony deserved it. 

Without hesitating, Natasha pulls the scepter out, the tesseract turns off its energy beam. The portal quickly closes. A small figure is hurled backwards into the open now closed portal. Tony. Plummeting to the earth.

Cheers fill the great hall, the marauders and Lily frown. 

Steve: Son of a gun!

Tony He keeps falling. And falling. And falling.

Thor: He's not slowing down.

Thor swings Mjolnir around. Just as Thor flies up, Hulk snags Tony out of the air, both crashing and sliding down a building. Hulk throws Tony off him. Thor and Steve run over to him. Thor rips off Tony's helmet. He appears to be dead. They stand around not sure. Then the Hulk roars in fury, the sound making Tony open his eyes. 

Peter lets out a shaky breath and hugs Tony tightly, refusing to let go, and Tony gladly returns the hug. The Avengers smile at the duo, happy that they had each other. 

Tony: What the hell? What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me?

Steve: We won.

Tony: Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it.

Thor: (looking up at Stark Tower) We're not finished yet.

Tony: And then shawarma after.

Everyone laughs. 

"Only you Tony" Bruce shakes his head. 

Loki crawls onto the stairs. He turns around to find the Avengers staring at him, pissed.

Loki: If it's all the same to you. I'll have that drink now.

The Hulk snorts at him.

The Avengers take Thor and Loki, who is handcuffed and muzzled, to a blocked area. Thor shakes hands with his team and gives Selvig a hug. Tony opens the Tesseract's case. Bruce takes it out and places it inside a glass tube, held by Thor. Thor gives Loki the other end, who reluctantly takes it. The Asgardians leap into the energy beam. Then, one-by-one, the group splinters off, strolling into different directions. Bruce climbs in with Tony in his sports car. Steve rides away in his Harley. Natasha and Clint climb back into SHIELD cars. They all part. For now.

Fury is facing once more members of the World security council.

World security council #3: Where are the Avengers?

Fury: I'm not currently tracking their whereabouts. I'd say they've earned a leave of absence.

World security council #2: And the Tesseract?

Fury: The Tesseract is where it belongs: out of our reach.

"Yeah bitch!" 

"Language!" 

"Oh my god" 

World security council #1: That's not your call.

Fury: I didn't make it. I just didn't argue with the god that did.

World security council #1: So you let him take it and the war criminal, Loki, who should be answering for his crimes?

Fury: Oh, I think he will be.

World security council #1: I don't think you understand what you've started. Letting the Avengers loose on this world. They're dangerous.

Fury: They surely are. And the whole world knows it. Every world knows it.

World security council #1: Was that the point of all this? A statement?

Fury: A promise.

Fury and Agent Hill walk together, toward the window looking out into the world.

Hill: Sir, how does it work now? They've gone their separate ways, some pretty extremely far. We get into a situation like this again, what happens then?

Fury: They'll come back.

Hill: You really sure about that?

Fury: I am.

Hill: Why?

Fury: Because we'll need them to.

Hill turns around. Fury looks out, smiling.

Tony and Pepper unveil a new design for Stark Tower. The letters for "Stark tower" have been blown away, and all that remains is a giant A.

A note falls on Steve, he picks it up and reads it out loud. "That's the end of the first movie. You will start the next one shortly. Also, some new people will be joining you." 

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Pretty long chapter, around 3000 words. I hope you liked it. From now on, I will try to make longer chapters, so that I can finish the movies faster.