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...and then something slams into them, electric-spark-shockwave that sends them all flying, and as you watch, they come down on the ground, hard, and don’t even try to soften their falls. You think you can see Steve twitching.

“Tasha!” someone shouts (you realize it’s you), and “Tony,” in Thor’s voice from behind you, because the Iron Man suit is not moving and you can see from here that the bright arc reactor beam you expect to see in the chestplate is not lit.

You and Thor look at one another for a moment, and then you radio Coulson to coordinate prisoner pickup. As you click off the channel, you say to the teammates around you, “We’re going back out.”

They nod grimly. There was never any doubt.