Chapter 48: Battle of New York

Harry was sitting down with Captain Rogers and Tony Stark after repairing the engine and clearing the ship of the hostiles. They had eliminated the ones who were fighting efficiently, uncaring if they lived or died.

By the time anyone had caught on as to what was happening, Loki had managed to escape.

That wasn't the worst part. They had lost Thor, who fallen nearly twenty thousand feet in the steel trap. Banner was also lost somewhere on the East Coast after he had attempted to destroy an F-35 that had opened fire on him.

Harry also was kicking himself for not recognizing the spell on the scepter. He should have recognized it immediately. Because of his failure, the Helicarrier had nearly been destroyed by the Hulk, though Harry had been able to repair the damage Hulk had caused before anything else happened or anyone got hurt.

The real shocker for Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. was when Harry had saved Phil Coulson's life, healing his wound when Loki stabbed him.

Everything Harry had predicted that Loki would do had happened.

Which is what brought him here.

"These were in Phil Coulson's jacket when he was stabbed. It looks like he never did get you to sign them," Nick Fury said as he tossed the Captain America trading cards onto the table. Captain America grabbed one and looked at it. He gave a heavy sigh, apparently feeling as though he had failed Coulson.

"We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, the location of the Cube, Banner, Thor…. I got nothing for you. I lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming," Nick Fury said as he took a deep breath. "Yes, S.H.I.E.L.D. was going to use the Tesseract to build an arsenal of weapons. However, I never put all my chips on that, because I was playing something even riskier." Fury walked around the table to them. "There was an idea. A simple idea I had, Stark already knows this, called the Avengers Initiative. The plan was to bring together a group of remarkable people and see if they could become something extraordinary. To see if they could become something more. To see if they could work together when we needed them to, and fight the battles we never could. Phil Coulson still believes in that idea. In heroes."

Stark got up and walked away. Clearly, he was unable to hear any more.

"Yeah well, it's an old fashion notion," Fury said as Harry got up to follow Stark. Captain Rogers followed them.

Harry and the Captain followed Stark as he walked all the way to Loki's prison, not to see Agent Coulson in the infirmary like Harry had expected.

"Stark," Harry said as he walked up to him. Harry ducked underneath some loose lighting before casting a reparo on it, causing it to jump back into place.

"This is bigger than any of us can handle," Stark said, turning to Harry.

"You getting cold feet all of a sudden Stark?" Harry asked.

"You need to shape up and face this like a soldier," Rogers said.

"We are not soldiers!" Stark snapped aggressively. "I'm not marching into Fury's fife," he continued as he tried to calm down a bit.

"No one is saying we are," Harry said. "However, Loki has us beaten because he preyed on our instability as a team. We need to come together and become the Avengers. No more cowboy act, no more lone star actions. The only way we're beating Loki is if we come together. You spoke of a power source. Can you make a list of possible locations so we can try to stop..."

"He made it personal," Stark suddenly interrupted.

"That's not the point," Rogers said.

"That is the point. That's Loki's point. He hit all where we lived why?" Stark asked.

"We know he's trying to tear us apart, he's been after that since the beginning," Harry replied.

"Yeah, divide and conquer is great, but Loki is after something else. Something bigger. He needs to be seen beating us. Because he knows he has to take us out to win, right? Not only does he want to beat us, but he wants an audience for the event." Stark said as gesticulated wildly, pointing his finger at Harry and shaking it several times.

"Right, I caught his act in Stuttgart," Rogers said.

"That's just previews. This is opening night, and Loki is a full-tilt diva, right? He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built to the sky with his name plastered…" Stark paused as if he just realized something. Harry suddenly caught on to what Stark was implying. "Son of a bitch," Stark finished.

Harry took action. "Stark you fly ahead and see if you can stop it. We'll meet you at Stark Tower. Captain, you get Romanoff and see if she can get us a Quinjet."

"I'm on it," Captain Rogers said as he took off down the corridors.

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