an hour later they were flying over New York City and something out of this world was in view. This was different from the movie! At the top of Stark tower was the Tesseract using the machine built by Dr. Selvig. However that is where the similarities stopped. About a hundred feet above the device was a giant prism. A massive thousand foot radius hole was above Stark tower. While the beam also refracted its energy through the prism. Creating four, five hundred foot portals scattered above New York. While another three portals were shot down to the ground allowing for Chitauri to deploy both air, and ground troops.

Attention User! You entered a dynamic event!

Objective: Figure out a way to close the auxiliary portals.

Objective: Close each auxiliary portals in succession then close the primary portal.

Note: The primary portal has a one way shield and will remain open until all additional portals are closed.

Comment: Now this is a battle!

The main portal was spitting out leviathans, giant mechanical bio-mechanical snake creatures. They were long, serpentine, and had razor sharp fangs exposed up front. While the rest of their body was covered in a metallic shell. Along the back were ridges that helped glide the creature through space, air, and water if need be. While it had several dorsal fins. Electricity bounced between the ridges. On occasion Chitauri foot soldiers would repel out of the leviathan as it passed by buildings.

Following the leviathans wake were hovercraft vehicles. 1-3 passengers with a driver interfacing directly with the machine. While one or more soldiers were sitting on the back chained to it to keep them from flying off. There was barely any cover on the skiff looking vehicle. The armor looked golden, and two gun pods were placed on the underside that show blueish energy shots.

From the auxiliary portals in the air dozens of fighter craft came flying out. These were interceptors, and bombers! The interceptors had a single narrow pilot module in the middle. While the wings opened wide when they pass threw the portals. The wings look like the letter 'L' but upside down, and sideways. Gun barrels from the tip of the wings. While the bombers looked much the same, they had an additional module connected to the pilot that shot out self guiding energy missiles, and dropped contained energy bombs.

The ground portals had hundreds of ground troops spilling out. While the Chitauri flying on the skiff vehicles only wore basic equipment. The ground troops were in full kit. The Chitauri themselves had gray to blueish skin. With four claw like fingers on each hand, and three clawed feet. The armor was sleek, and compact leaving very little bulk. While the color scheme was golds, and purples. The commanders had face masks on that looked like crowns that tipped up in the back. Everyone of them wore face masks that only intensified their disturbing appearance.

Behind the ground troops were magnetically floating tanks. Soft edges on the bottom, sharp edges on top. With duel barrels on a rotating turret. Purple lights glowed, and revealed to be a form of basic shield generator. They deployed what looked like listening posts that seem to link up with the forces and improve their combat capabilities. While the nodes themselves were guarded by hulking brutes. Like a giant gorilla had a child with a Chitauri.

It looks like what the battle for New York should have looked like if Marvel had a billion dollar budget to make the movie! -Erik the gamer said across the link.

Before they even got half way towards the tower interceptors shot at the quin-jet. Lash used Deflection and expanded the field to cover most of the quin-jet at the cost of spell energy. Their wings were clipped and they were struggling to stay aloft. They crashed into an overpass with little no damage to main cabin. Lash lost about 30% of his energy but it was quickly climbing back up. The cargo bay door opened up and Captain America stepped out wearing a medium tier exoskeleton suit.

He looked like the Iron Patriot's little brother from Iron Man 3. The entire suit had Vibranium laced into it. Because Lash got a hold of the shield! He was so happy to learn that formula! While Natasha, and Barton had light tier exoskeleton for increased speed and minimal armor. Flex plates made with a Vibranium polymer alloy. The skeleton structure went over their bodies and gave them a good 20% increase to all stats. While Captains increased by a good 40%.

“So when we kick all their asses, can I keep the bow at least?” Barton asked, Lash had informed them they couldn't keep the gear since it was Asgardian made. it would break the rules. But War allowed for certain rules to be bent.

“We'll talk about it later!” Lash said, and he activated Transformation and grew to his 8 foot tall lizard warrior form with living shadows dancing around his body.

“That's a neat trick!” Natasha said with a smile.

“Alright lets move!” Captain said and they sprinted towards the tower at nearly impossible speeds for a normal human.

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New York City was in a panic! Portals opened up across the city in the skies, and on the grounds as creatures of an extraterrestrial threatened to swallow the city whole. A call for help went across the entire city. NYPD scrambled to respond, and the Mayor of the city called for the Army! They called for the Marines! The Navy! The Air Force! The Coast Guard! Anyone with a gun! Please help us fight off the alien invasion.

AMERICA! FUCK YA! Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets with small arms, to assault rifles! While people in costume, to simple durable clothing rushed into the streets. Many of these costumed people seem to be a bit stronger than normal. While others were of this world in ability. Thankfully New York citizens could tell which was which. Even a boy? A man...A spider-man!? Swung from webbing and strung up the Chitauri. Heroes, vigilantes, and even criminals were coming out of the wood work.

While minutes away, hundreds of quin-jets from the Triskelion did a hard burn towards New York. While dozens of fighter planes burned their emergency fuel and went on ahead! Anything and everything that was SHIELDS that could move quickly was being sent to New York. Storm clouds rolled into New York as the god of thunder brought a leviathan down with a lighting strike.

All the while, Loki the god of mischief sat on royal escort skiff. Scepter in hand, as he smiled in glee as he shot up the streets below. There was no stopping it now. He had come too far to give up now! There is only the war! With his inevitable rule afterwards! The paltry might of Earth couldn't stop him. It was clear that Loki didn't understand the true meaning of humanity. They were all kinds of stubborn!

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Lash sprinted along with the group and cast Cat's Grace on all three of them. Faster than a sports car did they race towards the tower. All the while Lash's tentacles on his back shot Eldritch Blasts from a casting circles they created. Red energy arrows shot into the sky and self guided towards the skiffs. As they moved through the battle field Lash tasked his tech-spirits to analyze the Chitauri and send all relevant information back to the helicarrier to be broad casted to their forces. Also please don't shoot the giant Asgardian lizard, thank you!

“Stark! Come down to meet us I have to update your armor!” Lash said over their communication line.

“This isn't really...Gah! Fuck you! This really isn't the time to be trading engineering tips!” Stark shouted over the line as he zipped across the sky line shooting down the skiffs, and trading blows with interceptors.

“Stark, trust me you are going to want to let him update your armor!” Captain said as he threw his shield up the street. The shield's edge took on an electric blue glow and sliced through each Chitauri it came across. Bounced off several surfaces and swerved back towards Captain.

“Any word on Banner?” Stark said over the comms. Before anyone could ask what Stark was smoking.

“He's about thirty miles out on a motorcycle. He's doing his best.” Lash replied back, everyone turned to him with a question on their faces. “It's complicated.” Lash told them. Then his tentacles shot another interceptor down.

“Captain would the city of New York mind if I use these materials in weapons of war?” Lash asked as he pointed at the wrecked cars, and empty buses.

“What do you have in mind?” Captain asked, as he blocked energy shots from several soldiers.

Lash reached out with Telekinesis, and Machine control. Pulling the scrap, and salvage pieces together. He cast Recycle break them down. Then used Fabrication, Alteration, Compression Transformation, Virtual Intelligence, False Life, Infinite Supply, and Connectivity. Then he applied the Asgardian skiff design. Then he slapped a Quality Enhancement onto it for good measure.

What he ended up making was a six legged spider walker tank. With a main module that held all of the interface, and ammunition. While it had a rotating twin barrel shredder turret, and a single barrel pulse rifle for precision shots. Along with self guiding energy shots on the main tank module. On the end of each leg was an omni direction wheel. Essentially a sphere, capable of propelling the tank thirty miles per hour in any direction. A tank about twenty feet high, and fifteen feet long spread its legs out and started to shoot its twin barrels up at the sky. While its precision rifle shot the troops on the ground, and the energy shots went after the fighter craft. The entire construction took about five minutes.

“That is what I have in mind! Do you think they'll be upset?” Lash asked, his reptilian face scrunched up in worry. Barton laughed his ass off for a good ten seconds.

“No, Lash I think we'll be just fine!” Natasha said with a smirk, and a playful wink at him.

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Tony Stark aka Iron Man was flying through the streets of New York at high speeds doing his best to shoot every Chitauri he came across. But more were coming out of the portals. He swung past central park and nearly dropped to the street level just to take cover. Dozens of tanks, and surface to air missile batteries from the aliens were set up. Dozens of projectiles shot straight at him! Several point defense lasers, and repulsion shots saved his ass. But just barely.

“WAR MACHINE COMING AT YOU!” A familiar and all to welcome voice screamed over his comm line. Colonel James Rupert "Rhodey" Rhodes aka War Machine shot straight down from the sky and took up a position next to Stark.

“Hay buddy! Why don't you ever invite me to your crazy parties? I always have to find out from some one else!” Rhodey said, under his mask he was smiling at Tony.

“Oh you know! I can never tell if your in the mood, or if you have a head ache. Or if your just with another suit of armor. I get jealous, I have feelings you know!” Stark said with some snark to his old friend.

“Well I am here now! Let's kick some ass!” Rhodey said and pushed forward. His mounted mini gun shooting at anything with in a 100 meters.

“Stark! Come down to meet us I have to update your armor!” Lash said across the comms line.

““This isn't really...Gah! Fuck you! This really isn't the time to be trading engineering tips!” Stark shouted back as a skiff shot him with an energy blast. Stark shot a full energy repulsion blast into the driver. Sending it crashing into ground.

“Stark, trust me you are going to want to let him update your armor!” Captain said across the line. Rhodey sent a private message to Tony.

“Who's Lash?” Rhodey asked, reading his UI.

“The god of hentai, and tentacle porn!” Stark said back, and Rhodey couldn't help but laugh shaking his head back and forth.

Tony, and Rhodey swung around back to 3rd as he continued to talk to the group. He asked about Banner, and was relieved to hear that he was on his way. Then they came to an abrupt halt at the sight of three scrapyard metal tanks made out cabs, city buses, and street lights? The tanks moved around nightmarish mechanical spiders and were shooting down dozens of Chitauri with expert precision, and brutality.

“I want one!” Stark said, and flew in towards the giant lizard impersonating the grim reaper.

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Iron Man landed right next to Lash and shot several repulsion blasts at the ground troops. Then War Machine was next. Erik the gamer was doing a little happy dance across the link. Focus! -Saurian said to him. Lash reached out and placed his clawed hands on Iron Man and used Quality Enhancement. Then cast Infinite Supply to refill some of Iron Man's ammunition. Infinite Supply only did mundane things like bullets. So Lash supplemented it with Fabrication, and Alteration. Able to refill a majority of his suits needs.

A circuit like spider web crawled over Iron Man's suit. The suit was now lighter, more durable, and was more flexible. While the energy core increased by several percentile. Overall the suit increased by about 10%, for an Iron Man suit. 10% is amazing! Lash reached towards War Machine and did the same, refilling his ammo, and upgrading his armor.

“Alright! You and I are going to have a serious discussion when this is all over!” Iron Man said and flew up into the sky, followed by War Machine.

From one of the sky scrapers near Stark tower a figure landed on the building. Channeling lighting into their hammer and shooting it directly at the main portal. A leviathan took the brunt of the attack and screamed in agony blowing up mid flight from the portal. While the stray bolts of lighting danced across an energy barrier covering the rest of the exit point. Then from the skies landed Thor, god of thunder. He collapsed to a knee and weakly pulled himself up.

“Thor!” Lash called out and came to his side helping him up and holding him steady.

“I am fine my friend! What of Jane?” Thor asked, clearly worried for his love.

“Back at the helicarrier. Here let me help you!” Lash said, and cast Sooth, and Nature's Supplement. He wanted to wait for a true emergency for Nature's Kiss. The color returned to Thor's face, and he stood straighter.

“Aha! My friend you are a wonder!” Thor clapped Lash on the back and came to Captain to give his report.

“Whats the story upstairs?” Captain asked.

“The cube is surrounded by an energy barrier that is impenetrable. Loki refused to tell me how to take it down.” Thor replied his face taking on an expression of aggravation.

“I know how to take it down, or at least in theory.” Lash said, and they looked at him.

“Each auxiliary portal is feeding ambient energy to the cube's main battery creating the shield. We have to close the auxiliary portals. There should be a control node, or even a guardian to each portal. Destroy those, and the shield to the main portal should drop...Should.” Lash said in turn and sent the information towards every ones UI. Except Thor, because he didn't have a heads up display.

“Its the best plan we got! Alright we need to work on containment! Stark! Rhodey look for the control nodes while you turn anything you come across into ash. Thor keep doing what you did before but on the other portals. Bottle neck them! Then when you can go after the big ones and crush their moral! Clint, Natasha, and I will stay here under the main portal drawing fire and troops. Lash go from street to street and make more of those spider tanks. And....” Captain said and stopped when they saw a familiar face getting off a motorcycle.

“Well, this all seem horrible.” Banner said with a contrite expression.

“I've seen worse. Thor remember the battle of Vanaheim, after the third moon eclipse?” Lash asked, and Thor grinned.

“A good battle!” Thor said with a grin. While everyone else looked them, not sure if they should laugh or ask what they meant.

“Stark you were right. He's here.” Captain said across the line.

“Banner? Tell him to suit up! I've got incoming!” Stark said across the line, and curved around a building playing possum with a leviathan.

“Woah! Hold on! I'm sorry but we don't have time for a berserker! Banner tell Hulk I'm sorry for this next part!” Lash said and walked up behind Banner and beach ball palmed the mans head with one of his tentacles. Lash cast Re:Implant, and Source Code. Implanting a bio-mechanical device. Then implanting a simple program code into Banner/Hulks source.

“Gaaaaah!” Banner dropped to his knees and green energy poured from his body. His shirt came apart, his boots popped their shoe laces, and his pants barely held on. Lash cast a quick Fabrication, and Alteration stretchy pants!

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“What....WHAT DID YOU DO!? Banner screamed, and not only felt, but heard the other guys voice calling out. His body expanded, twisted, and changed into the Hulk. But for the first time Banner didn't swap out and go to the dark place where he normally went. Now, Hulk was in the driver seat, but Banner was sitting shotgun in the passengers.

They looked at one another. Then Hulk looked at Lash. There was an energy, a feeling coming from Lash that Hulk had never felt before. When they had first met it seemed like Hulk wanted to challenge him to a fight. But now he understood what that feeling was. It wasn't a challenge, it was new, it was sweet, and it was kind. Lash was a monster just like Hulk. The giant lizard extended his hand to Hulk and smiled at him. Hulk to his hand and let Lash pull him up. Though Hulk towered over Lash now standing at his full height. He felt in some small way that Lash and him were standing side by side against the world.

“Brother Hulk! Brother Banner! There is smashing to do! Care to join us for a fight!?” Lash said, and pointed at the Leviathan that was nearly upon them.

“HULK SMASH!” Hulk screamed and rushed towards the leviathan. Banner sitting beside him in the driver seat pointed out a specific point where the armor joined together. Hulk slammed his fist into that exact spot and the whole creature screamed in agony falling on top of it self.

Two crimson red beams shot out from the tentacles on Lash's back and bisected the leviathan in half! Hulk grumbled at the show of force! Why didn't lizard friend do that...Lizard friend? Hulk looked and saw Lash had collapsed to his knees gasping for air. Hulk picked the upper half of the leviathan and tossed it away like it was nothing. Racing towards Lash face full of concern.

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“I'm fine Brother Hulk. I...I just need a bit of time to rest!” Lash said with a smile as exhaustion oozed out of him. A cacophony of roars rang out from above them. As dozens, no hundreds of Leviathans came pouring out of the primary portal. Great!

“Hulk bring down as many of those things as you can!” Captain said to him, Hulk grinned at him. Double checked on Lash, then catapulted himself straight into the air at the nearest leviathan.

The three scrapyard spider tanks started to unload everything they had at the leviathans, skiffs, interceptors, and bombers. But it was a losing battle! They were to out numbered. Until the sound of millions of spent rounds rang through out the cities sky line as hundreds of SHIELD quin-jets showed up and provided air support. Each one dropping off a SHIELD strike team. Before taking back off. A dog fight between interceptors and the fighter planes performed a brutal ballet of death above. Reinforcements had arrived!

Lash dragged himself to his feet and started to move towards more scraped cars. A SHIELD strike team was ordered by Captain to stay by his side while he worked. Also to ensure no one on their side shot Lash while he worked. Despite being an ally, Lash in his current form looked like an alien monster. Can't win them all. Lash had to stop half way through one of the spider tanks. His energy reserves barely above 5%.

“Give me your side arm!” Lash called to the nearest strike soldier. The man gave up his side arm with out question. Lash did a little enchanting on it then handed it back. “Give me your primary!” Lash asked, next the man looked confused but complied. The when Lash handed back a gauss rifle that ripped through Chitauri armor, and ships alike. All the soldiers wanted an update!

“Rotate out with another strike unit! I'll update every ones weapons between tanks!” Lash said to the lead officer who did as he asked. Lash went back to work on the spider tank working slowly as his spell energy recharged a tiny bit faster than he was using it.

One spider tank hummed to life and took off down the street to cover another position. Firing on any Chitauri it came across. Another strike team showed up to get their gear updated. Lash did a quick Quality Enhancement on the SHIELD strike armor. But he also left a tiny time release self dissolve code. So when the battle was done every ones gear would revert back to normal. No way was Lash handing a potential weapon to Hydra.

“Time to move to the next street!” Lash called out, and began to use his Team Work, and Military Special Operations skills. He moved in perfect sync with the soldiers as they went from cover to cover, corner to corner.

“Sir! Where we headed?” The SHIELD strike team leader asked.

“Central Park, there is a control node there supplying power to the main portal battery.” Lash responded and the team leader nodded, and told the squad as they moved.

From Sherogoth's Blessing only one member of this current team looked like they belong to Hydra with the crimson stain of hell on them. While the rest had done bad things, but were doing their best to reset their karma scales. Lash made a quick ID copy of that specific agent. Never to early to make a list, and check it twice to find out who has been naughty or nice! They passed an alleyway and Foresight kicked in. Three seconds ahead of them Chitauri soldiers pop out of the windows and unload on them.

“AMBUSH! COME TO ME!” Lash called out using Commanding Presence. The strike team jumped to him immediately just in time for the Chitauri to pop out and start blasting. Lash cast a wide area of effect of Deflection. But once again it was far larger than he was suppose to use and it drained his spell energy greatly.

But before the Deflection fell. Men and women wearing colorful clothing burst from circles of bright orange light. Along the hem of their clothing was spell script. They moved with the practice grace of martial arts, and flung spell construct weapons. While one particular woman stood off to the side throwing out spell crafted fans that bounced from Chitauri to Chitauri. The battle was over before it even really began. Lash stepped forward and gestured for the strike team to lower their weapons.

“Respectful greetings to the warriors of Kamar-Taj, and the Sorcerer Supreme!” Lash said, and bowed from his waist. His back ground World Lore activated. Telling him the relevant information.

“Asgardian, glad we could be assistance.” Sorcerer Supreme made a hand gesture and the warriors scattered back to their portals and out of sight.

If you survive the battle come to 22 Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village,New York City. We have thing to discuss. -Said the Sorcerer Supreme through Telepathy. Lash bowed in respect and she disappeared through another ring.

“You sure know some interesting people sir!” The team leader said with a smile.

“Anyone injured?” Lash asked, and everyone shook their head.

“No sir, you called for cover just in time!” The team leader said, and a firm look of respect was filled in every ones eyes.

“Let's keep moving!” Lash said, and they started towards the park again.

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“OH MY GOD! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING!” Shouted Peter Parker as he jumped from building to building. Shooting out his artificially created webs from his shooter. He jumped down and punched an alien square in the face sending him flying and saving a police officer who shouted thank you at him.

“Don't mention it!” Peter said in his horrible imitation of a mans voice. That he hoped didn't crack. But in all honesty Peter didn't think the cop cared.

Peter aka Spider-Man shot another web towards a wall and pulled himself up. From line, to line across the city. Hundreds...No thousands of aliens were marching together and annihilating anyone they came across. Peter shot a web at a destroyed taxi cap and sling shot it over the street straight into the group. They scattered like bowling pins. Bowling pins that shot back! Peter jumped from building to building. His Danger Sense aka Spider Sense giving him advanced warning.

Then a beautiful sight to behold zipped by! Iron Man, and War Machine poured everything they had onto the group and melted them like ice cream on a summer day. Peter cheered and clapped his hands. Iron Man stopped, and looked at him with a nod.

“Good job, kid! Keep it up!” Iron Man said, and Peter stuck his chest out just a bit.

Oh man! Iron Man complimented me! He couldn't wait to tell Aunt May, and Uncle Ben. Well he couldn't tell them he was Spider-Man. But he could at least say Tony Stark said nice job! Right? Oh no, Aunt May would kill him if she found out he was out here. Crap! He'd have to keep the whole thing..Oh crap! Mind on the job Peter! Mind on the job! As he jumped to another building out of range of the snipers.

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Draw, aim, fire...Draw, aim, fire...Draw, aim, fire. Again, and again Hawkeye repeated the same mantra during the battle. He seriously loved this suit. He loved the quiver, and the bow most of all. Every ten seconds a new arrow would self replicate in the quiver. Along with his choice of arrow heads. While the bow would auto pull, and create a heads up display targeting on his UI. Draw, aim, fire! Hawkeye jumped on top of city bus that hadn't been scrapped. That was a ten foot jump minimal and the suit made it seem like it was nothing.

“Its just like Budapest all over again!” Natasha shouted at him from down on the street. A sub-machine gun popped out of her right gauntlet and sprayed into the the crowd of targets.

“You and I remember Budapest much differently!” Hawkeye replied with a smile. Then a alarm triggered on his display and the suit forced him to twist to the side as an energy blast shot past where his head had just been.

“Out fucking standing!” Hawkeye shouted as he turned and shot another arrow getting a head shot straight through the eye slit of the helmet. The arrow burst like a fragmentation grenade sending shrapnel in every direction.

“Hawkeye! We need you up top calling out units, and taking out strays!” Captain called out to him.

“You got it Cap!” Hawkeye said with a grin. He slung his bow on his back than ran straight towards the edge of the bus. He shot out a grappling line from his arm and climbed the surface of the building. When he made it there his hands, and feet gave him a confirmation beep! Then he started to climbed up the wall of the building humming a tune.

“Spider-Hawk, Spider-Hawk. Does what ever a Spider-Hawk can!?” Hawkeye sang to himself climbing to the top to make a snipers nest.

Draw, aim, fire! Draw, aim, fire! Ah, that never gets old! Hawkeye smiled as he began to shoot again. The suit, and bow auto adjusted for the distance. The draw on the bow increased, unlike other bows Hawkeye would have to account for a casual arc. But the bow had a magnetic shot system. That was right he was using a magnetic projectile bow and arrow system. Bad ass! He'll have to beg on his hands and knees to Lash to keep the bow. He doesn't mind swallowing his pride.

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Black Widow danced around the Chitauri like a butterfly but hit like a semi truck! The left arm exoskeleton charged up an electrical bolt of energy and jack hammered straight into the Chitauri's armored chest. Black Window felt, and heard the satisfying crunch of its sternum caving. The electrical bolt fried its nervous system. Thing was dead before it hit the ground. The hammer reset and a progress bar showed up on the gauntlet. Thirty seconds before she could do that again.

Black Widow watched Hawkeye climb up the wall humming his tune. She wasn't sure if he realized he was broadcasting on the local network. That, or he didn't care! She smiled to herself then sprinted towards another soldier. She jumped into the air and brought her knee crashing down on its skull. The thing screamed in pain but struggled to get back up. Widow pulled out a garrote wire, that started to turn searing hot the moment it was exposed to the air. Her gloves were immune to the effect as she wrapped it around the Chitauri's neck and pulled. The garrote passed through the things neck, and spine l-->>

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