As the last Frost Giant stood, he unleashed Arc Slice, a crescent-shaped blade of flame that sliced through it, reducing it to smoldering husks.

    "Guess that means I owe you tacos, huh?" Tony hovered beside him, taking in the battlefield littered with steaming ice corpses. Liam didn''t answer and rather looked at the distant SHIELD agents that seemed to be closing in, which was led by Fury himself. Barton had also appeared in front of them.

    "We had been too wasteful. We didn''t have any tactics and went charging in. Thankfully it was a half open battlefield with no civilians, or else tomorrow newspaper would have looked entirely different." Barton said while he still held the bow, like some prized treasure.

    "I think for the first team up, we did a good job." Liam said.

    "Yeah, yeah. You did great. The rest of us? Jury''s still out on that." Barton said.

    "I''d say you all did better than expected." It was Fury who barged in and replied. Behind him, a squad of SHIELD agents secured the area, checking for any remaining threats. He surveyed the carnage—frost-covered corpses, burnt-out craters, and the unmistakable signature of both magic and advanced weaponry.

    "I''ve seen a lot of battles in my time," Fury continued. "But this? This was one hell of a statement."@@@@

    "Stark, I expected the theatrics from you. But you," he turned to Liam, "I don''t know what kind of Saturday morning cartoon you crawled out of, but whatever that was—fire and stone magic? Damn effective."

    "He''s full of surprises. And apparently, a taco thief." Liam rolled his eyes.

    "Barton, good positioning as always. Thor—wherever he is—didn''t do half bad for a guy running on fumes. Natasha..." He paused. "Not your kind of fight, but you held your own."

    Natasha gave a tired nod, though frustration was still evident in her eyes.

    "And I thank you three for standing with us in this trying times."

    Liam was back in LA, at Tony''s place.

    "So, let me get this straight—you''re interning at Stark Industries now?" Tony asked.

    "Yeah. Something wrong with that?" Liam answered as he was chewing on the spicy tacos Tony had ordered.

    "Nah, just feels like your high school days are on the endangered species list. Normally, I''d give you the ''stay in school, kid'' speech, but your grades are doing all the talking." Tony said.

    "Yeah, well, it is what it is." Liam replied. "Enemies don''t exactly check ID before they try to kill us."

    "Hard to argue with that." Tony said.

    "Tony, did you finish what I asked you?" Liam asked.

    "Halfway there. You really love the dramatic touch, don''t you?" Tony said.

    "You''ll get it when the time comes." Liam replied.

    "Yeah, yeah. Anyway, Pepper and I are moving to New York for a bit. Stark Tower''s almost done, and we''re finally kicking off that clean energy initiative we talked about."

    "That''s your department, not mine. I''m just surprised you went with the javelin tech instead of your usual setup during the fight." Liam said.

    "The new toy needed a proper test drive. And what better way than a live-action stress test?" Tony smirked.