Natasha's Crisis
"Natasha, shut it down now." Unlike in the movies, Tony Stark's Armor was fully charged; it only went in a little, aimed at the target, and then Tony released it.
It didn't fall like in the movies; it flew back on its own.
On the rooftop, Natasha picked up the Scepter and slowly inserted it into the Energy Shield of the Tesseract. As the two Source energies neutralized, the Tesseract gradually returned to calm and stopped transmitting energy to the portal in the sky.
The enormous portal in the sky finally closed slowly, and Xia Yu and Tony were right below it.
Before the portal closed, the Chitauri Mothership, which had been stationary in space, was finally seen to be accurately hit by a nuclear missile. In an instant, the explosion engulfed the entire mothership in flames, and all the Chitauri troops that had invaded Earth, from soldiers to Leviathans, were instantly shut down, just like Tony's Armor running out of power.
The S.H.I.E.L.D.. personnel aboard the Helicarrier, who had been observing the battlefield, were the first to erupt in a thunderous roar of joy.
Inside Sanctuary II, the man in black robes was giving a report to Thanos in front of a huge screen.
"My lord, that good-for-nothing Loki was only thinking about how to attack Earth, and didn't even consider sending the Tesseract back first. As expected, he has failed. The portal has closed, and the Chitauri mothership has been destroyed by the attack from Earth."
"The Chitauri's losses are insignificant. The key is the Tesseract and the Scepter I gave him. One stray dog has failed, so... what about the other?" Thanos's tone was calm, revealing nothing of his true emotions.
But the man in black lowered his head even further and replied to Thanos, "My lord, Mar-Vell has already set off for Earth. As per your instructions, my mission for him was simply to bring back some items, including the Loki's Scepter and the Tesseract. He went down in a small lifeboat. If he succeeds, I will meet him."
"Alright, if he gets his things back, help him regain power among the Kree. But if he comes back empty-handed, he's worthless. Also, don't get too close to Earth, understand?" Thanos finished speaking, and the man in black bowed his head in agreement. Only after Thanos ended the call a while did he slowly raise his head.
"Loki, your foolish actions cost us Chitauri an entire army. I'll settle this score with you sooner or later." The Chitauri, and he dared not vent his anger on Thanos, so he directed all his rage at Loki.
"This is what a victory fireworks display looks like! I should have recorded it. What's wrong, Xia? We won!" Tony said to Xia Yu.
Xia Yu was truly dumbfounded. He was thinking about the hidden mission. The system hadn't given him any notifications about completing or failing the mission. Did the mission still exist? The portal had already closed. Could the hidden enemy refer to an enemy on Earth?
Tony tugged at Xia Yu, "Stop spacing out. Go take a walk around the entire battlefield and see if there's anywhere that needs help. Also, bring the Captain and Hawkeye back while you're at it; it's probably not easy to get a taxi right now."
Tony and Xia Yu swept across the streets of Manhattan. Some of the bolder people below had already tried to come out of their houses, and some of those they had helped even shouted to the sky, "Iron Man, Dragon Knight!"
"Looks like I should give myself a nicer title. Dragon Knight sounds a bit disgusting," Xia Yu thought to himself.
The instant the Chitauri stopped fighting, Captain Thor and the others who were still battling collapsed to the ground. Although they could still hold on, it would be a lie to say they weren't exhausted. Even Hulk became quiet.
Natasha collapsed to the ground the moment she closed the Tesseract. Without any special abilities, she and Hawkeye were undoubtedly the two who expended the most energy throughout the entire event.
So, as the Tesseract closed and the Chitauri outside collapsed and died like batteries, Natasha's tense nerves finally relaxed, completely unaware that an alien guest had arrived at the top of Stark Tower.
Tony found Captain and Thor on the bridge, and Xia Yu also picked up Hawkeye from the top of the building.
"I'm exhausted after a long day. Let's rest tomorrow. There's an Arabic kebab place two streets away. I don't know what it is, but I want to try it. Let's go together."
"Hulk wants to eat meat." Hulk roared and jumped over, accidentally damaging the exterior wall of a building along the way. Xia Yu wanted to say something to him, but then he thought about how they were all doing this right after the fight, so he decided to let it go.
A faint "thump!" came through the earphones, and Xia Yu's heart skipped a beat. Immediately afterward, the Space Ring on his hand suddenly emitted intense heat, and the system issued two consecutive notifications:
The hidden enemy has appeared. Please complete the mission as soon as possible to receive the reward.
If the first notification made Xia Yu somewhat happy, the second one completely shattered Xia Yu composure.
A bound ring host has been detected. Natasha Romanoff is under mortal threat. Should we immediately teleport to Natasha Romanoff's side?
Xia Yu didn't have time to explain anything to everyone and quickly chose to teleport. A blue light suddenly appeared around Xia Yu and instantly engulfed him. Xia Yu just disappeared from everyone's sight.