The Pounding Heart

"Tony, Tony, listen to me. This isn't your fault," Natasha said gently to Tony, who was sitting in the Blood Pool. However, Tony couldn't hear a word she said. He began gasping for breath. Jarvis started issuing all kinds of warnings about his bodily functions rising abnormally, but all the noise only made things worse.

"Jarvis, enter sleep mode," Tony ordered. However, the moment he finished speaking, the world around him began spinning. Tony raised a hand and rubbed his head.

"Tony, Tony," Natasha kept calling, but it was no use. "Do you have any ideas?"

"He hasn't passed out yet because I'm barely keeping him conscious," Wong replied while using mental magic to ease Tony's symptoms.

"Then think of something else."

"His panic attack has been amplified by the Authorities of Slaughter and Fear. This is beyond my abilities," Wong admitted. Natasha clenched her teeth and looked into the distance. Thor's Slaughter Legion was mercilessly slaughtering her Shadow Legion. She could feel her energy rapidly draining, not to mention that Thor wasn't even attacking them directly. He was simply treating them like monkeys to toy with.

There isn't much time left, Natasha thought. She looked at Wong. "Can you protect my mind and soul?"

"Protect them? Under what circumstances? Against what?"

"I need my soul to resist the corrosion and invasion of a Demon God's consciousness."

"You're not thinking about that, are you?" Wong asked heavily.

"This is the only way," Natasha said without hesitation. Wong was silent for a moment. "Consider yourself lucky. Dealing with Demon Gods is my specialty. But what about him?"

Natasha looked at Tony. "Put him together with Banner and Sam."

Wong opened a portal and sent Tony away. He immediately began casting various protective spells. Combining Kamar-Taj magic, Asgardian magic, and arcane magic,