A/N: This story is starting a bit before pre-avengers. I like incorporating my own plots into stories. I own nothing but my own character, Annabel.

Chapter One:

The heat is blazing down and sweat trickles my brow. My t-shirt is sticking to my pasty skin in this Egyptian heat. The government has given me special permission to study the pyramids one last time. The conspiracy about aliens making the pyramids is something that the Egyptian government has wanted me to find out, so here I am, slaving away. I have no idea how these people wear pants and sweaters in this heat. I am dying.

"Well that looks peculiar." I mumble to myself and scrape off a piece of metal within the pyramid wall. The insides of these things are marvelous. All hollowed out and there are secret passages everywhere. The metal piece has a strange engraving on it. It looks as though it is from Norse mythology. The name on it reads Bilskirnir, meaning "lightning-crack", definitely referencing Thor. But Thor is good, so maybe it is a warning or some other type of reference.

I put the piece of metal into a bag and label the location of where I found it and the time, 15:03. I crackle in my ear signifies that my boss is trying to contact me. I had better get to the outside of this thing. But I can't remember where I came from.

I change my vision and go in to a type of "eagle vision" like in the game Assassin's Creed. A trail of gold leads me to my path and I quickly leave the small cavern in the pyramid. I maneuver my way through the tunnels, everything looks so ancient.

I look to the left as I'm almost to the entrance, but a different color of light catches my eyes. A bluish glow emits from the sand next to the path that has been dug out. I walk over and switch my vision back to normal. A sharp piece of foreign object emits a small glow and I pull it out of the sand.

"What the fuck," I whisper to myself. The object is a broken off piece of something, but I cannot identify it off of the top of my head. It's warm, like it's an energy source. "I had better get this back to the lab." I quickly switch my vision and place the piece of object in a bag and label it once more. It's now 15:49 and I reach the entrance to the pyramid. I leave the entrance, my vision switches as I go outside and I look up from the golden trail.

"Doctor Montgomery, it is a pleasure to meet you." I gasp and see a tall black man standing in front of me. And eye-patch covers his left eye, his bald head shining in the sun. He's wearing all black and looks at me with a sly grin.

"Uh, hello there Mr..?" I hold out my dirt covered right hand, and he takes it in a strong grip.

"The name is Dr. Nick Fury, and I am a part of S.H.I.E.L.D., and we were wondering if you would help us on a current mission. We are in need of your expertise on the galactic world." I look around the desolate area and then give this "Dr. Fury" person a look over. He's pretty scary looking, and that makes me want to say yes. No wonder the government sends guys like this to talk me into things.

"Well, why don't we go somewhere private? I am doing pretty secretive work right now, and I need to get these artifacts back to the agency I work for. And I also need a shower." The man nods and waves his hands forward, signaling I should walk to my vehicle. I start and he follows, taking long strides next to me, but never getting ahead.

We get to my Jeep, brought in from the United States, and hop inside. The air is humid and I want it to just get cold. I miss the snow.

"Okay Fury, what are you wanting me for?" He looks at me with his eye, and starts speaking in a low, eccentric voice.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. is an acronym Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. We are a task force that helps save the planet from intergalactic attacks. There is a team of super-people of sorts called The Avengers. The Avengers need your help. You will be working with Dr. Bruce Banner, and your cousin Tony Stark." I quickly stop the car and look at him. No one knows that Tony and I are cousins except for Tony and Pepper. What the fuck is up with this guy?

"How the hell did you know Tony and I are related? Wait, and how did you know where I was?" Fury looks at me and says, "I think you should continue driving, you're holding up traffic." I floor the gas and take us to my hotel room in the middle of nowhere.

"Do you have everything packed, Dr. Montgomery?" I look to Fury and nod. He explained to me about what is going on with an artifact called the Tesseract. As soon as he said that word I was on board. He has to have special intelligence to know everything, and it is best not to question people in that kind of power.

"Did you deliver the artifacts?" He looks at me with his non-covered eye and says, "Those artifacts come to S.H.I.E.L.D. anyway, so I just kept them. You and Dr. Banner are going to be studying them together, as well as Stark. We need to get one more Avenger, he's in the United States, and then we will arrive on location." I nod and look at my duffel back and then back to Fury. "Well, take me to your leader." He shakes his head, trying to hide the smirk on his face.

"Dr. Montgomery, it is time for you to become a part of The Avengers."

And what a hell of a ride this will be.