When the chaos was over, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s air headquarters was in shambles, and the uninjured agents came out to extinguish the fire and send the dead and wounded companions away, ignoring the faint smoke and dust that filled the air, but were busy with it, as if this would make their hearts calm.

In the previous attack, Hawkeye, who was under Loki's control, was subdued by Natasha and taken into the restraint room, Commander Hill was wounded in the head and was sitting nearby receiving treatment, while Stark and the others relied on the blasted opening to cool their congested brains with the help of the cool wind outside.

No one wanted to speak, only Fury's voice echoed through the empty hall.

"Coulson was killed, his heart was pierced in the back, and the medical team couldn't save his life...... Thor was framed by Loki, Hulk was down below, and we're now half as powerful. ”

"Don't we have support?". After another moment, Tony asked hesitantly.

The recent news didn't seem to be something to be happy about, and for a while Tony and Steve were silent.

Fury's voice continues.

"This was found in Agent Coulson's coat, and he'll never get a chance to ask for your autograph." Several bloodstained cards were dropped and landed in front of Captain America, who picked up one of them, with an old photograph of him taken during the Great War for propaganda bonds.

"We're in a state of blindness, all sorts of things are against us, there's nothing I can do about it, maybe it's self-inflicted...... That's right. I'm using the energy of the Rubik's Cube to research powerful weapons, but instead of putting my bet on that, I'm using it on something much riskier, and Stark knows it's Project Avengers - bringing together the world's best people so that humanity can come together against those we don't know if we need it most. Coulson believed in this ideal until his death, because, he believed...... The presence of heroes. ”

Hearing this, Tony, who was rubbing his fingers anxiously, suddenly stood up. Then he walked out without looking back.

Fury looked at Stark's back and then back at Steve, thoughtful, knowing that his efforts had paid off, and that the scattered team would henceforth be united.

At this moment, a big blonde man in a wheat field in the distance raised his hammer and sucked up the lightning from the sky; Farther away, Banner, who had fallen to the ground after being provoked to wrath by the enemy, opened his eyes; At the same time, Hawkeye Barton also finds himself with the help of Natasha.

The Avengers are rallying and this time they will be a complete team like never before.

***

After leaving the S.H.I.E.L.D. aerial battleship. Tony is once again flying west in his tattered armor, and he needs to rush to the Stark Mansion as soon as possible to stop the enemy from using his building to activate the Cosmic Cube.

"Loki needs a power source, and he makes us fight and break each one. It was the only way he could win before his alien army arrived, but it wasn't enough, as in Stuttgart, he wanted flowers. Hungry for applause, he wanted an iconic building where his name could stand tall above him...... That's right. That's it, I guessed, fortunately Pepper went to another city to negotiate business, otherwise it would have been really troublesome. ”

On the way, Tony tells Jarvis his guess, but he guesses the first half and gets the second half wrong, until the empty rooftop appears in front of him, and the enemy never shows a trace there.

"Sir, New York City is not just Stark Tower, it's just above the Hudson River, and it's undefended right now."

Jarvis's reminder alerted Tony to a sudden alarm, and he hurried in to change his bracelet, then jumped into the sky and turned northwest to speed away.

This time, he was not mistaken, before he arrived at the glorious floating palace, he had already seen Servig in the small square in front of the palace to adjust the equipment, and with the help of the power released by the Rubik's Cube, the blue light gradually spread outward.

Tony tried to attack once, but to no avail, and instead the powerful reaction pushed himself away from the sky.

"Sir, it's made of pure energy, and it's impenetrable." Jarvis's voice was as calm as ever.

"I found out too. Okay, now carry out Plan B, go and save Banner's girlfriend first, lest Hulk go crazy at us again. ”

Tony descended from the sky as he spoke, and after a pretentious gesture, he succeeded in confusing Loki and rescuing Betty from the old-fashioned armor on her body, only to be grabbed by the neck and forcibly thrown outside.

Outside the palace was a two-thousand-foot-high void, and below it was a small patch of green, which was Riverside Park, and next to it was a straight silver ribbon of the beautiful Hudson River, which would end the same whether it fell on the ground or on the water, but without power, Tony had no choice, and he immediately fell down.

"Sir, the Mark VII hasn't been battle-tested yet, and it will take a little longer than originally expected to arrive, about five seconds after you land." Finding a problem, Jarvis honestly reported in the headset.

"What? So who's going to save me! Is there anyone, is there anyone to help me, help-" Tony shouted in mid-air waving his limbs.

The howling wind swirled in his ears, and the distance of thousands of feet crossed in an instant, and just as he was about to fall to pieces, a strange suit of strange armor rushed from the side, holding the frightened Stark in his arms.

"Who is this, as long as it's not Obadai, I'm willing to give him a kiss to show my gratitude." Slapping the opponent's hard shoulder armor, Stark screamed excitedly.

"I advise you not to do this, I'm fed up with Wade alone, if you dare to put your face over, I'll throw you down now."

A familiar voice sounded, and then the silver visor opened, revealing a man with a fleshy face.

"Ivan. Vancoe! "Tony. Stark looked at his enemy with wide eyes, never expecting that it would be this person who would save him. "It will be you, I owe you once."

He yelled, but the other party didn't appreciate it.

"I said I would see you swallowed up by the world with my own eyes, and it's not time yet." Ivan looked up at him with a wicked face.

After the failure of the encounter at the Hammer Arms Fair, Ivan was quietly taken to Canada and imprisoned, where he worked as an assistant to Trask for a period of time, providing knowledge on energy conversion, until Eric's return and the formation of the Dark Avengers was freed.

"I heard you went to the Dark Avengers with an old antique who was a contemporary of Captain America, do you have a common language?" Emerging from the crisis, Stark became indecent again.

"It's okay if you have to think so, I've had enough of going it alone, and now I have a group of teammates who are stronger than you." Ivan sneered and closed his armor, his tattooed face disappearing behind the silver mask.

"Yes, maintaining your self-confidence and self-soothing is very helpful in creating a happy life, but you really don't need to think about it, I can give you a job to keep you away from old men who like to point fingers."

"And then, like my father, betrayed by you again?" Ivan's voice of disdain rang out.

He didn't want to say any more, and threw Stark up with all his might, and by this time the Mark VII armor had arrived, disintegrating into his master's costume in mid-air, and then successfully activated when he was about to fall to the ground, and returned to the sky.

The silver man of steel flew up, and the golden-red armor followed him closely and rushed into the sky.

At this time, the energy of the Rubik's Cube has reached its peak, and the dazzling blue light shoots out from the instrument and points straight into the sky.

Loki saw Stark escape, and stretched out his scepter and pointed at the two of them.

"Well, you just offended me, so ......"

As Tony spoke, Ivan next to him had already stretched out his hand.

"Where do you come from so much talk?"

He scolded, a faint flash of fire spilling out of his body, and then a strong ray rushed towards Loki with an irresistible heat, sending him flying sideways.

"Now it's time to pay attention to the above." Ivan raised his head and looked solemnly at the sky along the pillar of blue light.

At the other end of the pillar of light, a miniature wormhole had been opened, and through this spatial passage with a diameter of thirty feet, the Zetarians who had been wandering outside couldn't wait to rush in. (To be continued......)