I was screaming down my com, "Fury?! Hill?! Barton?! What the Hell's going on?!" The whole base with trembling, "Someone tell me what in Hell's name is going on right now!"

The line crackled. "West- I- Fury- Tessaract- Barton-"

"Maria, is that you? What's happening?"

"Find Barton- in danger- threat- through- portal- extremely dangerous"

"Maria you're breaking up"

"Barton- in danger. External threat-"

"Got it" I ran round the hall, gun in hand. Cracks chased me down the hall. I could hear guns firing in off in front of me, and explosions. I skidded round the corner to see three cars in pursuit of one of our own; there was gun fire from all cars.

I came to a stop, there were no remaining cars and I'd never catch up. The base was beginning to crumble around me. "Barton" I barked trying to focus on the com in my ea r above the noise of everything around me, "Can you hear me? I need some kind of response" I began to walk along the exit road, "Make a sound, please Clint. Come on." Bit's of ceiling fell down around me as I started to jog, "Dammit, answer me the whole place is coming down! Are you in one of the cars?"

Larger pieces began to fall, "Clint?!" I raised my arms above my head to protect myself but tripped over rubble, crashing to the floor. I tried to get to my feet but I was too late. I saw the slab of concrete and steel falling but there was nothing I could do.

There was a moment of pain, then I was waking up in hospital.