Chapter 186: Invasion

Chapter 186: Invasion

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9th March 2021, New York City

(Tony Stark POV)

Tony Stark wasn't having a good day. The past few days have been horrible, really. It started when SHIELD screwed up playing with something that they didn't understand, and it culminated to fighting a Norse god for some magic cube which had just been used to summon an alien army of all things through a portal, alongside what has to be the most dysfunctional team of heroes that ever existed.

He, fought beside one of his father's personal heroes, Steve Rogers, not that the man seemed to know how to do anything other than follow orders. He was fighting alongside an assassin of all things, another Norse god, an archer, and the Hulk.

Tony had to admit that Banner's situation made him feel bad. They worked very well together, and the man was just as brilliant as Tony imagined him to be. The idea of losing his mind, like Banner did, terrified Tony. Because who was Tony Stark without his brilliant mind? The man was a very nice guy, who seemed traumatized after being chased around for so much.

The inventor was under no illusion when Fury told Banner that he only needed him for his expertise in Gamma Radiation, not the Hulk. Tony could have tracked the cube down by himself, even if it would have taken him a little longer to do so. Fury obviously wanted the Hulk in this little team, not that it worked, Loki's escape had ended up with the Hulk falling from the helicarrier, and Tony didn't have the time to search for him, you know, with the invasion coming. Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

And now, here he was, a billionaire who was in over his head, fighting an alien army of all things, summoned by the Norse God of Mischief and Lies. That was a sentence that he would never in a million years have thought to be true.

The billionaire flew in his armor, blasting alien after alien in the streets of New York. He had been hit a few times, and his armor had held up quite well considering the energy weapons that his enemies were using.

He looked up and found something huge emerging from the portal. It looked like some unholy combination of a snake and a dragon, and it was as big as a building. For the first time in a long time, Tony Stark felt true fear. Was this what was out there? Giant monsters and gods, who fought and considered humans like him like ants.

Tony really wished that Banner would be here. For now, his backup was a man with a bow and an assassin, a super soldier who hadn't even acclimated to what the world has become in his absence. For now, the only people doing actual damage was himself and Thor, himself because he was pretty much wearing a weapon of mass destruction, and Thor, well, because he was a god who controlled lightning.

The only positive in this invasion was the fact that the portal was relatively small, and hence represented a bottleneck in the invasion. Tony didn't want to try to imagine what it would have been like if the alien army had physically travelled to Earth and attacked. They wouldn't have stood a chance.

For now, Tony hoped that Banner would somehow come and help them out a bit, because even with the tactical disadvantage, they were losing badly, and people were dying.

He spoke up to ask Jarvis, "Any sign of Banner, yet?"

"I'm sorry, sir."

"Don't worry, buddy, just keep an eye out for him."

"So, we're on our own, then."

Tony was nodding, but was interrupted by a familiar yet terrifying voice, "No, you're not. You have me."

Everyone jumped back and pointed their weapons at the woman who didn't seem to care, but looked directly towards Thor, "Odinson, tell your father that we will have words after this fiasco is over. We had an agreement, that no one from the eight other realms comes to Midgard without my permission. He disregarded this agreement with your little spat with your brother in New Mexico, and again now. We will speak about reparations later."

The alien god looked outraged, "Who are you to demand something from the All Father, ruler of the nine realms?"

"Morrigan, I am the Morrigan."

The blond god immediately paled in fear and started stuttering, "I'm sorry, my lady. I have heard nothing but legends of your prowess. I will speak to my father as soon as I can."

"So be it, Odinson."

What the hell, this was Thor, the guy who called humans, unevolved, tiny and weak creatures. Justifiably, the man was very strong, and his civilization was at least thousands of years ahead of humans, although that progress seemed to not include Asgardian mental health, considering how much of a nutcase Loki was.

But still, that man was terrified of the woman in front of him, and he had no idea why. Was her name that important. He asked Jarvis to make a search for the name 'Morrigan' and the results shocked him. This was a Celtic goddess of Death, one who in Legend massacred thousands if not millions of people, and considering Thor's reaction, it was probably true. Did other Celtic gods exist as well? Although, it was a bit demeaning for her to proclaim Earth as her domain, but she did seem to have stopped any alien intervention on Earth for the last few thousand years and she didn't demand anyone to worship her or pay her anything. As far as he was concerned, this didn't change much. Well, no, it changed a lot, but it would make less waves than Thor's arrival a few years ago.

Rogers seemed to have stopped his surprise, "Well, Morrigan, what's the plan?"

"I will deal with the Leviathans; Thor will use his lightning to stop more from going through the portal. The rest is up to you."

The soldier nodded and looked at Stark, "You're the smart one, try to figure out a way to destroy their ships or something. Romanoff, get to the portal generator and try to figure out how to close it. Barton, get to one of the rooftops and cover anyone who's being targeted as best you can. I'll stay here, and try to protect the civilians from the aliens who have already landed."

Tony chimed him, "What about the Hulk? Banner should be on his way, soon."

The captain looked startled, "That's some good news, right there. I'll speak with him, but we can't rely on him to do anything other than fighting. I'll probably have him jump around and kill the stragglers.

They all nodded, ready for the fight of their lives. Before they could each go to their destinations, a wave of Chitauri came racing at them, firing everywhere. That was until, every single one of them was hit with flying black spikes, killing them instantly.

Everyone around looked at the terrifying woman and paled slightly. The Morrigan nodded at them and melted into the shadows. Barton coughed, "I'm not the only one who just saw that, right?"

Rogers shook his head, "We don't have time for this. Everyone knows their mission, let's move out."

Tony decided to lend Barton a hand and fly him to the roof of one of the buildings, and then flew away, killing every alien he could find in the air. His main mission was to find a way to destroy an alien mothership that's on the other side of a portal, in the vacuum of space.

Yeah, no pressure.