Forge arrived at last slamming a hijacked skiff into a group in the yard as he jumped off and rolled to his feet next to Laura and James stabbing another in the chest with his arm morphed into a long blade and shifting it into a cannon to start shooting. "Hey guys sorry that took so long! Had to fight a Super Skrull before I could escape the carrier." He was pretty banged up, dried blood on his face and such but he wasn't just gonna stop fighting because they had to win!
All he'd been doing is stalling the space elves until Shield was recovered enough to handle their own business. Now that they had it under control Forge was back where he belonged.