Deep in the bowels of a secret shield facility codename Pegasus, Reed Richards finishes up his work on an instrument. He looks down at the plans and compares them to what he has built, "Well about halfway at least" he tells himself disappointedly. As Richards begins packing up his personal belongings a tall dark figure in a long black coat approaches out of the shadows.
"So the great Reed Richards leaves one of the most important projects in human history half completed" the figure calls out with his deep and authoritative voice. Richards is momentarily startled, but quickly realizes who stands behind him.
"Fury, I know what you trying to do, this truly is one of the greatest projects I've ever worked on, but you know why I'm leaving."
"Yes I understand, being the first person to set foot on Mars kind of trumps most things" Fury responds, "but creating unlimited clean energy, that's gotta be up there?"
"It's number three actually" Fury raises his eyebrows with surprise at the answer, "I'm not even gonna ask what number two is."
"Don't worry Fury, the Tesseract will still be here when I get back, we'll complete our project then."
Fury shrugs his shoulders in defeat and holds out his hand to Richards, "Best of luck Richards, be safe and watch out for any Martians you might find." Richards laughs at this joke, "Will do Fury, Will do" he replies shaking his hand.
Richards heads back to his office where his bags are packed ready for his big journey to Mars. He quickly looks through his emails one last time and notices a new one sent from Dr Eric Selvig, it reads.
Dear Reed
I apologize for writing to you like this but I am in need of your assistance.
I am in New Mexico with Dr Jane Foster, we have been examining atmospheric disturbances, possibly an Einstein-Rosenberg bridge. We have however got a small problem, SHIELD have confiscated all our equipment.
I'm aware you've worked with SHILED before, would you be able to give us some assistance?
Thank you for any help you can give.
Kindest Regards
Eric
Richards strokes his chin in thought, what should I do about this? Finally Richards forwards the email to Nick Fury with a cc to Maria Hill.
Hi Director,
Could you please look into this situation for me, Dr Selvig is a close colleague of mine and a brilliant scientist.
He is one of only a handful of scientists capable of deciphering the secrets of the Tesseract, probably a good person to have in mind for our project if anything happens to me on my mission.
Regards
Dr Reed Richards
Reed then closes up his computer and heads to his car, destined for the Ares 4 shuttle launch press conference.