Persuasion

Alvin waited on the Arctic ice fields while Stark and the others made their final preparations.

There was no guarantee things would work, but it was the safest option available.

With nothing else to do, Alvin kept an eye on the situation in New York. He even had time to call Ginny.

The little girl kept complaining that the women had gone out to fight without her, and that her hair was getting longer and longer...

Alvin enjoyed holding the phone to his ear as he gazed at the clear, deep blue Arctic sky. He smiled and listened to Ginny chatter away in her halting voice, telling him about all the things that made her happy and unhappy...

The Little Turtles had invented a new game, Nick had made Mindy angry again, and Fox and the others had gone out to fight without her...

With no worries weighing on him, Alvin sat in the snow and listened to Ginny's bright, ceaseless chatter. He felt as if he were embracing happiness over the phone, and he was savoring the moment.

Everything was about to come to an end. The Nuclear Briefcase had been found, the president was under protection, and Cobra's leader was dead. The only problem left was that so-called Satellite-Based Weapon in the sky.

Maybe the escaped Killian and the Mandarin, whose whereabouts were unknown, too...

But that wasn't a big deal. Villains always showed their faces eventually. If he ran into them again, he'd just chop them down...

Alvin had called the chubby Wang Yuan at Kamar-Taj about the Satellite-Based Weapon. The man hadn't been keen, but in the end, he had agreed to organize the Mages and have them serve as a safety net for the capitals of several countries.

The Mages were all kindhearted, really. It