His armor was now so badly damaged that he could no longer help drive the engine!
Tony went pale. He wanted to swear, but swallowed the words before they left his mouth.
After all, Hermione had done it to save him.
"Now we really are flying without a net..." Tony said with a bitter smile, his voice cracking.
Steve was dumbfounded too.
"Are we... going to crash?"
Even someone as fearless as Steve sounded a little unsteady now, clearly reminded of some unpleasant experiences.
Plane crash PTSD.
"What are you scared of? You're Captain America. Jump out and the fall won't kill you." Tony kept wisecracking, but inside, his heart was pounding.
Whether his battered armor could even hold together until he reached the ground was another question.
"All right, Nick Fury, calm down. This big thing isn't going to fall."
Hermione finally spoke, cutting off Nick Fury's impotent roaring.
She instantly turned into a black-and-red gale and shot out of the Helicarrier, reforming in midair. Brilliant blue light shone around her, and even her pupils turned pure blue.
With a gentle point of her wand, the rapidly falling Helicarrier abruptly slowed, then came to a steady hover in midair!
Inside the Control Hall, everyone who noticed what had happened was stunned by the impossible sight. They crowded around the windows, their eyes filled with shock.
This was the enormous Helicarrier!
And she had actually held it up!
Next, Hermione aimed her wand at the destroyed number-three engine and softly parted her lips:
"Reparo."
The moment the words left her lips, something miraculous happened.
As though time were running backward, countless fragments from the explosion flew back from every direction, gathered, and reassembled, until the engine was completely restored!
Once the number-three engine restarted, Hermione released the Levitation Charm, breathing