The coolest thing
"Sir, the council has decided to relieve you of your command and launch Missile toward Manhattan," Agent Hill said to Nick Fury with concern.
Nick Fury paused for a moment before saying, "Regardless of what decisions those idiots make, I will not launch a nuclear missile to attack even a single civilian. I trust the Avengers."
Just as Hill was about to say something, an unexpected incident occurred: a plane took off from the deck without his authorization. It was clear that the council had bypassed Nick Fury and given its orders directly to the soldiers.
"Attention all personnel, an aircraft has taken off illegally on deck. Shoot it down. Repeat, takeoff was not authorized." Agent Hill gave the order directly.
Nick Fury immediately dashed out, grabbed a Rocket along the way, and rushed onto the deck.
An aircraft was already taxiing along the small runway on the deck, preparing for takeoff. Nick Fury picked up his Rocket, aimed at the tail of the aircraft, and shot it down.
But then another plane took off quickly from the deck. Clearly, the council members weren't going to be fools; they had already made preparations. Nick Fury immediately drew his pistol, tried aiming, and then gave up.
The distance is too far; it's questionable whether a bullet from a pistol could even reach the target area when shooting at a plane.
A small escape pod secretly landed on the rooftop opposite Stark Tower. Its stealth mode went unnoticed by anyone, and even when Mar-Vell came down from it, no one saw it.
Looking at the Tesseract on the opposite rooftop, still maintaining the portal, Mar-Vell cursed Loki as an idiot in his heart, turned around, and walked downstairs toward Stark Tower. At this moment, there were explosions everywhere, and Mar-Vell entered Stark Tower by himself, extremely conspicuous yet unnoticed by anyone.
A fighter jet carrying Negasonic Teenage Warhead sped toward New York, Manhattan.
Nick Fury immediately contacted Tony Stark.
A small Negasonic Teenage Warhead will reach you within three minutes, powerful enough to destroy the entire Manhattan.
"Xia, Dr. Selvig has woken up. To close this portal, we need Loki's Scepter," Natasha's voice came through Xia Yu's earpiece.
Xia Yu casually pressed Loki's pressure point to put him to sleep, walked to the wine cabinet, took the Scepter, and flew directly to the rooftop.
Natasha had somehow gotten on board; perhaps, like in the movies, she had hitched a ride with the Chitauri. Xia Yu didn't have time to ask, and instead picked up the Scepter and tested it against the Energy Shield outside the Tesseract.
It's possible to cut in, but what about the nuclear weapon?
"We've found a way to close the portal," Natasha was already informing everyone.
"Shut it down immediately," the Captain said hastily.
"Wait, I have a Negasonic Teenage Warhead here, and I think I know where to put it?" Tony's voice came through.
"Nuclear bomb, damn it, how long until it arrives?" Xia Yu asked.
"It will explode in a little over a minute!"
More than a minute later, the hidden enemy still hadn't appeared. Xia Yu looked at the devastated streets and skyscrapers before him, then glanced at the exhausted Natasha beside him. He could even hear the Captain and Hawkeye panting in his earphones.
"Forget it, I'll just leave the last task to fate. I'd better finish it as soon as possible," Xia Yu thought. "All I'm surrounded by are living, breathing people. They're either using a system or playing a game."
"Natasha, be prepared to shut this down at any time. I'm going to help Tony." Xia Yu said, then took off into the air.
Compared to the movie, Tony Stark has a significant advantage: Thor has fully charged his Armor, whereas in the movie, his Armor had very little energy left.
Xia Yu saw Tony carrying a nuclear bomb flying straight towards Stark Tower. Even though he had seen the movie and knew the ending, he still forcibly changed the direction of the nuclear bomb even if he didn't have enough energy.
But seeing this scene with his own eyes, carrying a nuclear bomb at high speed, Xia Yu's heart still skipped a beat. He quickly flew over and helped Tony lift the warhead of the nuclear bomb.
"This must be the craziest thing ever, manually changing the trajectory of a nuclear missile," Tony shouted at Xia Yu.
"The craziest thing is that I came to be with you, you still have a helmet, you bastard!" Xia Yu shouted at Tony.
"Let go when you reach the cave entrance, Tony," Xia Yu continued.
"Let go. I need to make sure the nuclear missile hits their mothership. These sons of bitches won't leave Earth unscathed." Tony Stark was getting a little crazy.
"Your Armor isn't strong enough to survive in space. You can't go in, Tony," Xia Yu shouted anxiously.
"I can stay briefly. I'll go in, aim at them, and then come down," Tony said.
"I'll give you fifteen seconds, Tony. If you're not down here in fifteen seconds, I'm coming up to rescue you." Xia Yu said, releasing his hands; he was already at the cave entrance.
"Fifteen seconds is enough. I'm full of energy, Xia. This is the coolest thing I've ever done in my life. How about you?" Tony was still talking.
Xia Yu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said with a smile, "The coolest thing I've ever done was watching bikini-clad beauties pee in the pool with some idiot!"