[ EU ] In your favourite fictional universe , the villain won . It 's one year later .

It had been one year since the Avengers were defeated. Manhattan had been devastated by the nuke, but it made no difference. More Chitauri had entered through the portal. The Earth was in ruin, whole cities reduced to craters. Nothing stood in Loki's way. Except that's not quite true. The Avengers had been some of the most well-known heroes, but there were other heroes, such as Ghost Rider, Black Panther, the Punisher, Captain Marvel, the Inhumans, and the Defenders. None of these stood a chance alone against Loki, mind you, because the most powerful reinforcements were just coming to Earth. 
 
 The Milano flew over what remained of New York. 
 
 `` This is where you come from? ``, Rocket asked, `` what a dump!'' 
 
 `` I am Groot'', Groot agreed. 
 
 `` Well, it was different when I left'', Star Lord said. 
 
 Suddenly, a red blur passed the ship. 
 
 `` What was that? ``, Rocket asked. 
 
 `` Can I kill it? ``, Drax asked. 
 
 `` No idea, and not yet'', Star Lord answered. He jumped out of the Milano and landed on the ground. The rest of the Guardians soon followed. In front of them stood a man clad in a dark red jumpsuit with two D's on the chest. 
 
 `` You do n't seem familiar'', he said, `` and you're not Chitauri, so who the hell are you?''. 
 
 `` I'm Star Lord, a legendary space outlaw, and these are Groot, Drax, Rocket, and Gamora'', he said. 
 
 `` My name is Matt Murdock, but you can call me Daredevil'', the man explained, `` I'm a superhero''. 
 
 `` What the hell happened to this planet? ``, Star Lord asked. 
 
 `` In 2012, we were invaded by a god and an army of aliens'', Daredevil said. 
 
 `` There's no such thing as go-'', Star Lord started, before seeing the crucifix around the blind hero's neck, `` I'm gon na shut up now'' 
 
 `` 40 percent of humanity was destroyed'', Daredevil continued, `` the rest were either forced into slavery or joined the resistance. By the way, why do two of your friends smell like a tree and a raccoon?'' 
 
 `` Because that's what they are'', Star Lord said. 
 
 `` I'm surrounded by psychos! ``, Daredevil exclaimed. 
 
 `` Who you callin a raccoon? ``, Rocket asked, pointing a comically large cannon in Daredevil's direction. 
 
 `` I am Groot'', Groot said. 
 
 `` You've got to be kidding me'', Daredevil muttered, `` c'mon back to my base before the Chitauri find us''. 
 
 They headed into the sewer, where they walked for hours until they reached a small room. Inside, there were other humans. There was a tall, well built man wearing a yellow hoodie, a strange man in a green leotard with a dragon tattoo on his chest, and a seemingly average human female. 
 
 `` These are Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones'', Daredevil said, before turning to the other Defenders, `` these are Star Lord, Drax, Gamora, Groot the tree, and Rocket Raccoon''. The Defenders freaked out for a minute, but then calmed down. 
 
 `` Are you the only resistance members? ``, Gamora asked. 
 
 `` Yeah, and are n't two of you supposed to be droids? ``, Star Lord joked, `` too soon?''. 
 
 `` No, we are n't the only resistance members'', Luke Cage said, `` there are other pockets of resistance scattered around the world. The closest is a few miles into the ocean''. 
 
 `` Then we should contact them'', Drax said. 
 
 `` We ca n't'', Jessica said, `` communications are down and we ca n't get there without being seen by the Chitauri''. 
 
 `` I can help with that'', Star Lord said, `` To the Milano!'' He led them to the Milano, which was under attack by a tall, caped mechanoid. 
 
 `` Forgot about me, yes? ``, the mechanoid said, `` you still owe me 12,000 units!'' 
 
 `` Who's that guy? ``, everyone but Star Lord asked. 
 
 `` That's Death's Head, he's a freelance peacekeeping agent I once worked with'', Star Lord explained, `` he's mad because I almost got him killed and took all the money''. 
 
 `` Freelance what-keeping agent? ``, Iron Fist asked. 
 
 `` A bounty hunter'', Star Lord muttered, `` but do n't tell him I said that, he hates that word''. 
 
 `` Give me the units, or your friends die, Quill'', Death's Head threatened. 
 
 `` How about I hire you for a job instead'', Star Lord said. Death's Head lowered his firearm. 
 
 `` I'm listening'', the peacekeeping agent said. 
 
 The damage to the Milano kept it from going into space, but Death's Head agreed to help them take down the Chitauri. Star Lord flew the Milano over the ocean, where the nearby rebel base apparently was. 
 
 `` The ocean? Really? Since when do we have fish people on this planet? ``, Star Lord asked. 
 
 `` With the exception of Namor, we do n't'', Daredevil said, `` but there are fellow rebels down there''. The group of heroes ( and Death's Head ) jumped out of the starship, and landed on something hard. What was seemingly just a few waves revealed itself to be the S.H.I.E.L.D. Hellicarrier. Nick Fury himself came to greet them. 
 
 `` Murdock, you I know, who the hell are the others? ``, the director demanded. 
 
 `` These are Star Lord, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Death's Head'', Daredevil introduced, `` they're with me''. Nick Fury lead them into the Hellicarrier, which was heavily damaged and unable to fly. Inside, there were a few S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents: Maria Hill, Mockingbird, and Zombie Coulson. They got introductions out of the way fairly rapidly, and then moved on to repairing the communications array, which Rocket accomplished pretty quickly. 
 
 `` Good'', Director Fury said, `` Agent Hill, contact the other rebels''. Agent Hill went over to a console, and pressed a button. A large screen appeared, depicting the S.H.I.E.L.D. Superhuman database. Many of the names were marked deceased, but a scant few were alive. 
 
 `` Contact Johnny Blaze, Namor, Frank Castle, T'Challa, Carol Danvers, and the Maximoff twins'', Fury ordered, `` give them our location, but have the weapon systems online in case the Chitauri intercept the message.'' 
 
 `` What do we do now? ``, Star Lord asked. 
 
 `` We wait. ``, Fury replied. Weeks went by, and there was n't even a blip on the radar. After a month, a speedboat engulfed in flames rocketed towards the Hellicarrier at unbelievable speeds. It docked next to the Hellicarrier, and Ghost Rider stepped out. 
 
 `` Hello Fury'', he said to the director, `` assembling a team again, are we?'' 
 
 `` Not exactly'', Fury replied, `` we're going to take down the Chitauri, no matter the cost''. Stan Bush's The Touch started playing. 
 
 `` Sorry'', Star Lord said, `` could n't resist''. 
 
 Not long after Ghost Rider, Captain Marvel landed on the Hellicarrier, attracting the attention of most of the males on board. Two hours later, the Maximoff twins arrived on foot, seeing as Pietro could run on water. Then, T'Challa, the Black Panther, arrived on a small plane. Before long, every hero in the S.H.I.E.L.D. database had arrived. Nick Fury explained the plan. 
 
 `` Loki has turned Norway into a palace called'New Asgard''', Fury announced, `` He has moved the portal to it as well. T'Challa, Doctor Pym, and Pietro will quietly take down the guards. Then, you will make your way to the uppermost part of the palace and set off a flare. When we see the flare, Danvers, Blaze, Death's Head, and the Guardians of the Galaxy will begin an aerial bombardment. If that does n't destroy the portal, then the rest of us will launch a full scale attack on the building. Do you understand?'' 
 
 Two days later, they began the plan. Quicksilver, Ant Man, and Black Panther arrived at New Asgard. They made their way through the building and silently killed all of the guards. Then they launched the flare. The problem was, it also alerted the Chitauri and Loki to their location. They were instantly attacked. Quicksilver ran around some Chitauri with enough speed to create a tornado, sucking many of them in. To avoid injury, Ant Man turned giant and grabbed Black Panther. Then Loki showed up. He blasted the tornado at the precise moment Pietro was in range, sending the supersonic human sprawling. Ant Man tried to step on the villainous god, but Loki teleported, and stabbed him in the side. Black Panther jumped out of the falling giant's hand and threw six vibranium daggers at Loki, two of which stabbed him in the shoulder. Screaming in pain, Loki punched Black Panther hard enough to shatter his ribcage. 
 
 `` Face it human, you have lost'', Loki smirked. 
 
 `` Not yet, here comes back up'', T'Challa said. As if on cue, Ghost Rider, Death's Head, Captain Marvel, and the Milano descended from the clouds, and opened fire on the palace, killing numerous Chitauri and knocking Loki off his feet. They swooped towards the device generating the portal, and attacked it. The problem was, the device was surrounded by a force field. 
 
 `` It did n't work'', Star Lord said, contacting Fury, `` begin the attack''. 
 The Defenders, Scarlet Witch, the Punisher, some other heroes, and the entirety of S.H.I.E.L.D. attacked New Asgard. 
 
 `` Do you actually think that you puny humans can defeat a god? ``, Loki laughed. He fired a beam from his staff, destroying a few tanks and injuring Namor. 
 
 `` Yes'', Daredevil said, hitting the villain with the Billy Club. Luke Cage smashed Loki's face into the floor. Then, Groot descended from the Milano and grew to immense. He proceeded to push Luke Cage out of the way and step on Loki multiple times. While they were doing that, Scarlet Witch, Agent Coulson, and Jessica Jones made their way to the force field. Wanda fired hex bolts at the force field. When that did n't work, she cast a spell of intangibility on herself and her teammates. They walked through the force field and tore the tesseract from the device. The portal disappeared, and the Chitauri all over the world perished. 
 
 A defeated Loki crawled out of the rubble, injured. He was captured by S.H.I.E.L.D. and put into cryogenic stasis below the Earth's surface. The Defenders, Ghost Rider, Captain Marvel, the twins, and Death's Head formed a new team of Avengers. The entire planet began reconstruction. Superhero teams were formed in multiple countries, such as Big Hero 6 in Japan, Alpha Flight in Canada, and Excalibur in England. But despite the protection, the Earth would never be completely safe.
