Nuclear Launch: You Don't Feel Bad Spending What Isn't Yours

Aaron piloted the fighter away from the Helicarrier, flying resolutely toward Manhattan Island.

Nick Fury stood on the deck watching the scene, letting out a heavy sigh.

"The plane took off?" Hill hurried out. "You didn't stop it?"

"No, we did." Nick Fury said. "Gaius is aboard. He's taking that nuclear bomb into the portal."

"Is he... is he insane?" Hill said incredulously. "Didn't he say he didn't want to be a hero? He clearly didn't want to take risks, so why is he suddenly willing to risk his life?"

"Who knows?

"Maybe he says one thing and means another. Maybe he has enough confidence in himself.

"But either way... Agent Hill, we need to revise our assessment of him. He isn't the sort of person who fears death."

Hill nodded blankly, then suddenly thought of something. "You're not still planning to recruit him, are you?"

"I'd like to, but the chances are slim. Let's just hope he makes it back alive!"

Unlike the two of them, Aaron was incredibly excited. Sitting in the cockpit, he pushed the engines to full power.

After shutting off all communications, he threw back his head and laughed without restraint.

He had originally planned to give up on the third System Mission, but he had never expected an opportunity to come so suddenly.

A nuclear bomb! The most powerful destructive weapon humanity had created to date.

He could not use magic in public, and he had signed a contract with Loki not to use magic in this war.

Yet this nuclear bomb was enough to destroy an entire city. Its power rivaled the Forbidden Magic he could unleash at full strength with half his power divided away. It suited his needs perfectly.

Judging by the scale at which Chitauri soldiers were pouring out