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EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[SELVIG WAKES UP FROM LOKI MIND CONTROL. He looks around, confused where he is. He looks up at the sky, amazed.]
EXT. BRIDGE STREET - DAY
[Several HUMVEES aim their MOUNTED .50 Cal guns into the sky, FIRING and HITTING CHITAURI RIDERS. CAPTAIN AMERICA fights off a SOLDIER who is pinning him down with its energy rifle. Cap BREAKS ITS LEG. He stands up, picking up his SHIELD.]
HAWKEYE: Captain, the bank on 42nd past MADISON, they caught a lot of civilians there.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: I'm on it.
INT. 42ND BANK - DAY
[Dozens of civilians are gathered in a bank. Tension and uncertainty surround them. THREE CHITAURI SOLDIERS oversee them, pointing their weapons at them. One of them charges a BOMB. It BEEPS.]
[CAPTAIN AMERICA jumps through the window and throws his SHIELD at the CHITAURI BOMBER. The TWO CHITAURI SOLDIERS aim their rifles, but Cap heads for cover under a desk, which he KICKS at them.]
[CAPTAIN AMERICA jumps over the desk, HEADLOCKS A SOLDIER, while BACKHANDING another one over the railing. The crowd moves away. A CHITAURI SOLDIER attacks him from behind and RIPS OFF HIS HELMET. The bomb is beeping faster.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Everyone! Clear out!
[CAPTAIN AMERICA flips over the SOLDIER, grabs his SHIELD and just as the BOMB is about to GO OFF, CHITAURI BOMBER dives for, trying to stop it, but it GOES OFF, sending CAPTAIN AMERICA through the window, landing very hard on a car. The civilians look up from below. They're okay.]
"Oh that must have really hurt," A student winced.
"You think smartass!"
EXT. OUTSIDE THE BANK - CONTINUOUS
[Cap gets off the car, looks around the city. Destroyed. The police and firemen arrive, pulling out those civilians he saved. A WAITRESS looks back, thankful.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Back in the bridge, Fury sees on his VIEWSCREEN the WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL.]
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #2: Director Fury, the council has made a decision.
NICK FURY: I recognize the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.
"See this is why you gotta love fury, he has the best lines," Eleni said.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: Director, you're closer than any of our subs, you scramble that jet...
NICK FURY: That is the island of Manhattan,
Councilman. Until I'm certain my team can't hold it, I will not order a nuclear strike against a civilian population.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: If we don't hold them in the air, we lose everything.
NICK FURY: I send that bird out, we already have.
[Fury shuts off his viewscreen.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[BLACK WIDOW, still driving the chariot with the RIDER, is hit at her side. She looks about, wondering whose ENERGY FIRE it was she looks behind.]
BLACK WIDOW: Oh. You.
[LOKI FOLLOWS IN HOT PURSUIT. They RACE DOWNWARD, trailing between buildings. They RACE MADLY, driving and dodging.]
EXT. ROOFTOP BUILDING - DAY
[HAWKEYE looks at BLACK WIDOW, astonished.]
HAWKEYE: Nat, what are you doing?
BLACK WIDOW (V.O.): Uh... a little help!
[HAWKEYE pulls the trigger twice, nocks an arrow, and points it at Loki, smiling.]
HAWKEYE: I've got him.
[FIRES. THE ARROW STREAKS DOWN THE CITY, STRAIGHT AT THE LOKI'S HEAD... SNATCH! LIKE A CAT, LOKI GRABS THE ARROW STRAIGHT OUT OF THE AIR...LOOKS STRAIGHT AT HAWKEYE, SMILING... BOOOOM!!! THE ARROW EXPLODES IN LOKI'S FACE, CRASHING INTO THE STARK PENTHOUSE PAD.]
"Bloody hell there mental," Ron whispered to Harry who nodded in agreement.
The weasley twins grinned they needed to find a way to get those arrows.
[BLACK WIDOW looks down and building her momentum, she JUMPS of the chariot, lands on top of STARK TOWER, rolling herself to the edge.]
EXT/INT. STARK PENTHOUSE - DAY
[As Loki looks up, shocked at what just happened, THE HULK IS LEAPING UP AND KICKS LOKI, HURTLING TOWARDS THE GLASS WINDOW. He COLLAPSES as he hits the wall. THE HULK jumps in, ready to attack. Loki ROLLS himself up in a flurry of broken glass, STANDING UP TO THE HULK. Eleni is floating behind the hulking watching everything go down.]
LOKI: ENOUGH! YOU ARE, ALL OF YOU ARE BENEATH ME! I AM A GOD, YOU DULL CREATURE, AND I WILL NOT BE BULLIED...
[HULK GRABS LOKI BY THE LEGS AND SMASHES HIM AGAINST THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY ELENI LETS OUT A LAUGH AS SHE WATCHES THE ENTIRE THING, AND FINALLY THROWS HIM ASIDE TO THE GROUND, FLATTENING LOKI.]
"You just watched and laughed as that big green monster tossed them aside!" Harry asked in disgust.
"First of all, don't call hulk a monster or i'll erase you from existence and secondly, of course i did I mean come on it was hilarious," Eleni responded.
Everyone ignored the fact that Tony was on the ground laughing hard.
HULK: PUNY GOD.
ELENI: THAT WAS AWESOME! I THINK ME AND YOU ARE GONNA BE GREAT FRIENDS.
[ELENI SITS ON TOP OF HULK SHOULDER, WHO DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND, THEY WALKED AWAY WHILE LOKI WHIMPERS IN PAIN.]
EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[BLACK WIDOW walks up the CMS machine. Selvig, slumped down, weakened, looks at her desperately. The Tesseract's energy is firing towards the portal, gaining in strength, at the surge of energy moving through the sky.
BLACK WIDOW: Doctor.
SELVIG: Loki's scepter, the energy...the Tesseract can't fight. You can't protect yourself.
BLACK WIDOW: It's not your fault. You didn't know what you were doing.
SELVIG: Well, actually I think I did. I built in a safety to cut the power source
BLACK WIDOW: Loki's scepter.
SELVIG: It might be able to close the portal. (Selvig looks down. He sees a GOLD GLEAM) And I'm looking right at it.
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[THOR rides on top of a chariot, SMACKING SEVERAL RIDERS with the hammer. As Thor takes the reins, a CHITAURI LEVIATHAN crashes through a building, knocking him down to where Cap is, fighting off SOLDIERS. IRON MAN flies right next to the CHITAURI LEVIATHAN and aims his LASER BOOSTER at it. Nothing.]
JARVIS: Sir, we will lose power before you cut through that shell.
[IRON MAN flies up ahead, facing the oncoming monster.]
IRON MAN: JARVIS. You ever hear the tale of Jonah?
JARVIS: I wouldn't consider him a role model.
[IRON MAN FLIES TOWARDS THE CHITAURI LEVIATHAN, UNLEASHING EVERY ARSENAL ON THE SUIT. The CHITAURI LEVIATHAN opens its mouth. IRON MAN flies in and BURSTS out the other end, making the CHITAURI LEVIATHAN collapse. IRON MAN rolls down the street. The wind is knocked out of him. He looks up with an overwhelming sigh as a SMALL BAND of CHITAURI SOLDIERS rush towards him, holding out their rifles.]
EXT. ROOFTOP BUILDING - DAY
[HAWKEYE turns to fire HIS LAST ARROW. Using his bow as a staff, he knocks some CHITAURI SOLDIERS, before yanking his last arrow off the dead body a CHITAURI SOLDIERS. HAWKEYE nocks his arrow, DIVES DOWN THE BUILDING and FIRES his GRAPPLING ARROW up into the side of building. Falling down, HAWKEYE finds the MOMENTUM and SWINGS himself into a building and CANNONBALLS in.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[The HULK holds CHITAURI SOLDIERS by the face and SLAMS them down. Black orbs appeared around Elenis hands and she ripped apart a few Chitauri Soldiers. More keeps coming. HULK and Eleni look up. HUNDREDS OF RIDERS HOVER OVER Them. Then... they begin to fire ENERGY BLASTS. Eleni created a force field around herself, while HULK TAKES THEM LIKE HE'S RUNNING THROUGH A LIGHT RAIN. BLOCKING THE STREAM OF STREAKING BLASTS, AS THOUGH SWATTING AT BEES.]
EXT. HELICARRIER DECK - DAY
[A lone pilot sits in his cockpit, listening.]
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #2: DIRECTOR FURY is no longer in command. Override order, 7 ALPHA 11.
PILOT: 7 ALPHA 11, confirmed. Prepare to takeoff.
[He ignites his engine.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Back in the bridge, Agent Hill sees on her PILOT preparing to leave.]
AGENT MARIA HILL: Sir, we have a bird in motion! Anyone on the deck, we have a rogue bird! We need to shut it down! Repeat! Take off is not authorized!
EXT. HELICARRIER DECK - DAY
[NICK FURY RUNS OUT TO THE DECK, HOLDING A FUCKING AIRTRONIC RPG- 7. He takes AIM and FIRES, HITTING the TAIL END of the jet. The jet SKIDS OFF towards the edge. PILOT UNHARMED. Suddenly, another JET FLIES off. Fury stands there, knowing he can't do anything about it.
NICK FURY: Stark, you hearing me? We have a missile headed straight for the city.
IRON MAN (V.O.): How long?
NICK FURY: Three minutes, at best. Stay low and wipe out the missile.
"Thats not good."
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[IRON MAN fights off as many CHITAURI SOLDIERS as he sustain.]
IRON MAN: Jarvis, put everything we got into the thrusters!
JARVIS: I just did.
[IRON MAN leaves the streets and flies up into the sky.]
EXT. SKY - DAY
[7 ALPHA 11 arrives to Manhattan. The pilot flips the switch to press the button. And once he does it, the nuke comes flying out of the jet towards the city.]
Pilot of 7 ALPHA 11: Package is sent.
Pilot of 7 ALPHA 11: Destination is in 2 minutes, 30 seconds...mark.
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[The Captain and Thor continue to battle it out, side to side. They both throw their respective weapons. While Thor managed to catch his hammer, Cap is shot in the gut by an energy blast from one of the Chitauri's guns. The former runs over to a broken car and flips it over and over on its side, crushing a few Chitauri Soldiers on the way.]
[After throwing Mjölnir once again, he helps Cap back on his feet.]
THOR: You ready for another bout?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: What? You gettin' sleepy?
EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[Selvig, back in scientist mode, clacks away at his laptop. He nods. Black Widow grabs Loki's scepter and proceeds to slowly break into the Tesseract's forcefield, nearly approaching the Tesseract itself.]
BLACK WIDOW: I can close it!
BLACK WIDOW: Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down!
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Do it!
IRON MAN (V.O.): No, wait!
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Stark, these things are still coming!
INSIDE THE SUIT
TONY: I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute.
Those who didn't know what would happen felt worried, they hoped the avengers managed to save the day and end all the craziness.
EXT. SKY - DAY
[Iron Man catches up to the missile from behind.]
INSIDE THE SUIT
TONY: And I know just where to put it.
[As it speeds on, he grabs it from behind, gripping it tightly. With a mighty effort, he wrenches the rocket off its course and steers it towards Stark Tower, intending to fly straight towards the portal later.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA (V.O.): Stark, you know that's a one-way trip?
TONY *to Jarvis*: Save the rest for return, J.
JARVIS: Sir...
JARVIS: Shall I call Miss Potts?
IRON MAN: You might as well.
INT. STARK JET - DAY
[Pepper, along with her crew, watches in horror as the news keeps up with the destruction that the Chitauri is causing to not just Manhattan, but the entirety of New York.]
Reporter (V.O): The streets of New York City have become a battleground.
Reporter (V.O): The Army is here trying to contain the violence but clearly, it is outmatched.
[On the table, her cellphone has received Tony's call.]
Reporter (V.O): And I have to say, in all my years of reporting, I have never seen anything like this.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Back in the bridge, every single agent holds their breath as they too watch the Iron Man's sacrifice playing out.]
Reporter (V.O): We have limited information on the team but we do know that billionaire Tony Stark's Iron Man...
EXT. SKY - DAY
[Iron Man, with full concentration, climbs higher and higher over the city, gaining speed.]
[He puts everything into his front propulsors to stop him from crashing into Stark Tower, in which he barely manages to do.]
[As Black Widow holds Loki's Scepter inside the Tesseract's forcefield, she watches Tony fly into the portal.]
Some people in the great hall cheered, they were happy that the missile is not a threat anymore.
[Once he reaches it, he is warped away into space almost instantly.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Every single agent cheers in victory. A smile is seen in Fury's face.]
EXT. SPACE
[As the missile continues to speed into space, communications die, and the suit begins to freeze. Tony looks in horror as he lets go of the missile. It whistles off into the blackness as he idly falls back down the portal's opening.]
[We then see Tony's horror...which is the entire Chitauri fleet itself, the mothership's ominous presence seen in the background. The black sky is filled with what must be ninety ships in a vague cluster. Most of them hang still in the air. Some move swimmingly about.]
[Once the missile reaches the mothership, it explodes and bursts into a supernova, creating a brief, but spectacularly heavenly display.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[Suddenly, all of the Chitauri Soldiers and Leviathans start to shake, then keel over and die.]
EXT. SPACE
[Inside the now non-functional suit, Tony slowly closes his eyes.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[The Avengers still on Earth look up at the portal, not sure if he'll make it through.]
EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[Still holding the scepter in hand, Black Widow shifts around, waiting.]
BLACK WIDOW: Come on, Stark...
Tony placed his hand on his chest and gave Natasha a grin, "You care about me! I knew it.
Natasha rolled her eyes and kept her eyes on the screen, as much as she hated to admit it she did care about the genius hell she cared about all of them but she wouldn't tell anyone that.
"Oh look Tony she is not denying it," Eleni exclaimed.
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[Thor and Cap see the supernova coming towards them. Thor nods to Cap.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA *to Black Widow*: Close it.
EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[Without hesitating, she makes contact with the Tesseract, and then quickly pulls the scepter out as the energy beam keeping the portal open runs out.]
[As the portal begins to close, Tony is seen lifelessly falling into it.]
[By pure luck, he manages to get warped back to Earth right before the Supernova can reach the city and burn it asunder.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
[Back in Stark Tower, Black Widow smiles, and so does Cap down in Manhattan.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Son of a gun...
"Son of a gun? Really, you know sometimes I forget you're old but then you open your mouth and say something stupid," Eleni sighed while staring at Steve.
[But...Iron Man keeps on falling...and falling...and falling.]
EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY
THOR: He's not slowing down.
[He swings his Mjölnir around, ready to fly off.]
[But just as he was about to do it, Black orbs surrounded Tony's suit causing him to slow down. And Hulk appears and snags Iron Man out of the air, both crashing and sliding down a building.]
EXT. BRIDGE STREET - DAY
[He then leaps off, and takes the fall damage received from landing on the bridge and an unfortunate brown car nearby.]
[He throws Iron Man off him as Thor and Cap run over to check on him. Eleni appears beside them and she watches as Thor rips off Tony's helmet, while Cap continues to check his vitals.]
[He appears to be dead.]
[They stand around, not sure.]
ELENI: Is he gonna be Alright?
"You care about me too! I feel loved!" Tony exclaimed.
[Nobody answered the young girl, But then...The Hulk furiously yelled, startling Tony awake.]
TONY: What the hell?
TONY: What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me.
[beat]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: We won.
TONY: Alright, hey...
TONY: Alright. Good job, guys.
TONY: Let's just not come in tomorrow...let's just...take a day.
TONY: Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it.
[Eleni giggled and looked at the people in front of her.]
THOR: (looking up at Stark Tower) We're not finished yet..
TONY: And then shawarma after.
INT. STARK PENTHOUSE - DAY
[Loki crawls onto the stair, looking like a piece of shit rag doll. He takes a few breathers, senses someone is behind him. He turns TO FIND THE AVENGERS STARING AT HIM, PISSED.]
"That's an awesome pose you guys should get that on a poster!" Somebody said to wich Tony and Eleni gasped.
"You're totally right! Tony can you make that happen," Eleni as the billionaire.
Tony scoffed and nodded, "Of course I can, I mean come one I can make anything happen!"
LOKI: If it's all the same to you. I'll have that drink now.
[THE HULK SNORTS AT HIM.]
WEEKS LATER.
INT. SHIELD ANALYTICAL ROOM - DAY
[In TV news montage about THE AVENGERS, we see various reports of what happened. Some people agree that the avengers did good, protecting the city. Others believe it was their cause.]
OLD MAN (STAN LEE): Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!
SENATOR BOYNTON: These so called heroes have to be held responsible for the destruction done to the city. This was their fight. Where are they now?
WAITRESS: What? That this was somehow their fault? Captain America saved my life. Wherever he is, wherever any of them are, I just wanna say thank you.
EXT. CENTRAL PARK - DAY
[The Avengers take Thor and Loki, who is handcuffed and muzzled, to a blocked area. Thor shakes hands with his team and gives Selvig a hug. Tony opens the Tesseract's case. Banner takes it out and places inside a glass tube, held by Thor. Thor gives Loki the other end, who reluctantly takes it. The Asgardians leap into the energy beam. GONE. Then, one-by-one, the group splinters off, strolling into different directions. Banner climbs in with Tony in his sports car. Steve rides away in his Harley. Natasha, Eleni and Clint climb back into SHIELD cars. They all part. For now.]
INT. SHIELD ANALYTICAL ROOM - DAY
[Fury is facing once more members of the WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL.]
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #3: Where are the Avengers?
NICK FURY: I'm not currently tracking their whereabouts. I'd say they've earned a leave of absence.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #2: And the Tesseract?
NICK FURY: The Tesseract is where it belongs: out of our reach.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: That's not your call.
NICK FURY: I didn't make it. I just didn't argue with the god that did.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: So you let him take it and the war criminal, Loki, who should be answering for his crimes?
NICK FURY: Oh, I think he will be.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: I don't think you understand what you've started. Letting the Avengers loose on this world. They're dangerous.
Sirius nodded in agreement along with his godson.
"Dangerous! They just saved the world, and in return they get called dangerous that ridiculous!" Ginny exclaimed.
NICK FURY: They surely are. And the whole world knows it. Every world knows it.
WORLD SECURITY COUNCIL #1: Was that the point of all this? A statement?
NICK FURY: A promise.
[Fury walks out, towards the bridge.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Fury and Agent Hill walk together, toward the window looking out into the world.]
AGENT MARIA HILL: Sir, how does it work now? They've gone their separate ways, some pretty extremely far. We get into a situation like this again, what happens then?
NICK FURY: They'll come back.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Are you really sure about that?
NICK FURY: I am.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Why?
NICK FURY: Because we'll need them to.
[Agent Hill turns around. Fury looks out, smiling.]
INT. STARK PENTHOUSE - DAY
[TONY AND PEPPER UNVEIL A NEW DESIGN FOR STARK TOWER. CAMERA PULLS OUT, showing the letters for "STARK TOWER" have been blown away, and all that remains is a giant A.]
The Other: Humans. They are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them is to court...Death.
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Finally! Avengers is finished. and Now it time for winter soldier!