The se on the bridge was no less chaotic. Johnny Storm flew through the sky, leaving a trail of fire behind. He flew straight into a group of Chitauri soldiers attempting to reinforce the enemy's front lines, iing them with a fiery burst. "Hey, rockhead!" He shouted into his . "How about you stop hugging the bridge and join me in the air for some real a?"

  On the ground, The Thing—Ben Grimm—smmed his massive rocky fists into the ground, sending a shockwave that toppled a line of outriders like bowling pins. "Fme brain," Ben growled, his gravelly voice dripping with sarcasm, "some of us don't got wings, remember? Besides, someone's gotta hold the fort down here while you're busy roasting marshmallows."

  Johnny ughed, ung another fireball at a Chitauri gunship that had gotten too close. "Yeah, yeah. Just don't get squashed, okay?"

  Not far from Ben, Emma Frost stood at the ter of a temporary SHIELD barricade. With her telepathic powers, she coordiheir movements, projeg calm into their minds despite the chaos around them.

  "Agent Max," Emma said, her voice cool and posed, "take your squad and secure the eastern side of the bridge. There's a oint in their lihere. Push through, and lit their forces."

  The agent nodded, rallyieam and moving out. Emma turned her attention back to the battlefield, her diamond skin shimmering as she deflected ining energy bsts. Theurned back to her normal form. With a flick of her hand, she sent a telepathiand to a group of Chitauri soldiers, causing them to turn on one another in fusion.

  "Primitive minds," she muttered, a faint smirk pying on her lips. "Hardly a challenge."

  Ben lumbered up beside her, his rocky shoulders hunched. "You wan me in on the joke, Frosty?"

  Emma g him, her expression unreadable. "Just enjoying the simplicity of the enemy, darling. Now, do be a dear and smash that group over there, would you?"

  Ben cracked his knuckles. "With pleasure."

  He charged forward, barreling through a squad of outriders with the force of a freight train. His fists swung like wreg balls, sending enemies flying in every dire.

  Above them, Johnny unleashed a trated bst of fme at a Chitauri cruiser that had been b their position. The ship exploded in a brilliant dispy of fire and debris, earning a cheer from the SHIELD agents below.

  "Not bad, Torch," Ben called out, swatting an outrider aside. "For a lightweight."

  "Lightweight?" Johnny shot back, his fmes fring brighter. "I'm carrying this whole fight up here!"

  Emma igheir banter, her focus on a hreat approag from the north. A massive Chitauri transport ship was desding, its cargo bay opening to release a fresh wave of troops.

  "We o take that ship down," Emma said, her voice cutting through the noise. "Johnny, think you ha?"

  Johnny grinned. "Watd learn, Frosty."

  He flew toward the transport, dodging its defensive fire with ease. Fmes engulfed his body as he smashed into the open cargo bay, unleashing an inferno that ied the soldiers inside. He shot out the other side as the ship exploded in a fiery explosion, plummeting into the river below.

  "Boom! How's that for carrying the fight?" Johnny called out, h above the battlefield.

  Emma rolled her eyes but allowed herself a small smile. "Adequate."

  Ben grunted in amusement. "Don't let it go to your head, Torch."

  As the fight raged on, Emma's telepathik ected her to the mutants and SHIELD forces across the battlefield. She coordirikes, identified oints, and provided a steady stream of io the teams fighting to hold the line.

  "Emma, we've got civilians trapped under some rubble he west side of the bridge," Jean's voice echoed in her mind. " you send help?"

  Emma's diamond form shimmered as she turoward the area. "I'll ha. Grimm, with me."

  Ben followed without question while clearing a path through the chaos. They reached the colpsed se of the bridge, where a group of civilians huddled under a pile of debris. Emma shifted bato her human form, her telepathic powers probing the rubble to assess the situation.

  "Hold still," she said to the civilians, her voice calm and steady. "We're getting you out."

  Ben braced himself and began lifting the rger pieces of debris, his strength making short work of the blockage. Emma used her telekinesis to shift smaller pieces, her precision ensuring the civilians remained unharmed.

  "You're safe now," she told them as they emerged, her tone reassuring. "Move quickly to the evacuation point."

  As the civilians were escorted away by SHIELD agents, Emma aurned back to the battlefield. The fight was far from over. The barrier around the Earth should have held, but Thanos' army had teleporters that allowed them to directly beam down, not to mention the rifts he created using the Space Stone, allowing his army to get past.

  "Alright, Frosty," Ben said, crag his knuckles again. "What's ?"

  Emma's lips curved into a faint smile. "We keep fighting, darling. Until the very end."

  All of a sudden, a loud noise filled the battlefield as the Hulk came crashing down from the sky, looking like a green shooting star. His nding was so powerful that it made a huge shockwave, knog Chitauri soldiers everywhere. Bits of broken things and dust filled the air, but the big, green Hulk stood up, his skin almost shining with anger.

  "Now it's a party!" Johnny quipped from above, though his fmes dimmed slightly in parison to the sheer force of Hulk's arrival.

  The Hulk stared at the huge creature far away, its giant body destroying everything in its way. Without thinking, the green giant growled deeply and jumped into the air, his legs pushing him forward like a rocket.

  "Uh, did aell Bao aim?" Ben grumbled, watg the Hulk soar toward the leviathan.

  "I don't think he needs dires," Emma replied dryly, her diamond fleaming as she deflected another energy bst.

  Hulk crashed into the leviathan's side, his fists pounding into its thick armor-like skin with thunderous blows. The creature roared, twisting its massive o try and shake him off, but Hulk g on, his fingers digging into its flesh.

  "YOU THINK YOU'RE BIG?" Hulk's voied. "HULK IS BIGGER!"

  The leviathan whipped its body around, smashing into buildings and scattering Chitauri soldiers in its path, but the Hulk held firm. He climbed up to its head. Then, he leaned bad hit the creature's skull with both fists. The force of the blow broke the giant's tough skin and made its whole body shake.

  On the ground, Ben shaded his eyes with one hand, watg the spectacle. "That guy's got a real gift for property damage."

  "You're oo talk," Johnny shot back, hurling a fireball at a group of outriders trying troup.

  The leviathan roared once more, but its movements slowed down as Hulk kept attag. Hulk grabbed one of the creature's big armor pieces, pulled it off with a loud shout, and started using it as a o the creature's head with it like a giant club.

  "HULK IS STRONGER!" Hulk roared, his voice eg across the battlefield. "HULK SMASH!"

  Emma tapped into her telepathik, broadcasting to the teams below. "Focus your fire on the leviathan. Hulk's creating an opening—we it down before it recover."

  Energy bsts, fireballs, and ice spears verged on the leviathan, their bined force striking its exposed wounds. The creature staggered, its massive body swaying as it struggled to stay upright.

  From above, Johnny dove toward the leviathan, eng himself in a swirling inferno. "Time to turn up the heat!" he shouted, smming into the creature's side aing its armor abze.

  On the ground, Ben charged forward, his massive fists pounding into the leviathan, further destabilizing it. "Yoin' down, ugly!" he roared.

  The leviatha out one final, ear-splitting roar before colpsing to the ground, its massive body creating a shockwave that shook the etlefield. Hulk leaped clear at the st moment, nding with a thud beside Ben and Johnny.

  "Nice work, big guy," Ben said, g Hulk on the shoulder.

  Hulk turo him, his chest heaving as he slowly began to calm down. "Hulk…always smash."

  "Yeah, we noticed," Johnny muttered, though there was a note of admiration in his voice.

  Emma approached, her diamond fleaming in the fading light. "Well done, everyone. But don't rex just yet. There are still pockets of resistance, and we o secure this area before they regroup."

  Hulk growled, crag his knuckles. "Hulk not done smashing."

  "Good," Emma said with a faint smile. "There's plenty left for you to smash."