When I first met Nick Fury my leg had just been amputated above the knee and the doctors were telling me about my options. He swept into the room like the specter of death, I watched him as he took my doctor to the side and they whispered. I wasn't surprised he had come to see me, I expected someone to find me eventually. I joined the army because I wanted to use my gifts to help people, I dropped out of med school to try and escape the inevitable but it had finally found me.
I had joined the bomb disposal specialists because I knew I could find the bombs. I have always been good at finding things, I can see things no one else can. In the blink of an eye my vision switches and suddenly so much more is visible. At any moment I can switch my eyes and see things differently, I can see through walls, see the electricity that connects all tech, watch the shift of bone and muscle, or find IEDs beneath the dirt. Watching the signals bounce back and forth through the air I can catch one and break it's connection, or create a new one.
"I figure you were expecting me to find you." Fury tells me as he takes a seat next to my bed. Throwing one leg over the other he rests his hands on his knees and looks at me serenely.
" I was hoping I could run a little further first, but I think it will take a little while to get back to that." I reply shrugging, the grenade hit that took my right leg had hit our humvee barely a second after I caught sight of it. There had been no time to warn anyone as we were throw about. Lying in that bed and watching Fury's eye take in my state, I knew my in the military was over.
"I want you to work for me, I can use someone with your...gift. You have served your country well and now you can serve the world."
" Why do I get the feeling I don't really have a choice."
Sitting at the counter at a small diner in the middle of nowhere I ate my pie one small bite at a time. The waitress smiled at someone behind me and I turned to see the eyepatch I knew so well. Taking the seat beside me Nick let out a sigh as he asked gently for a slice of the apple as well.
"How is the eye?" I ask him sweetly, after joining his gang of spies Nick and I were more friendly towards one another, I knew I was just an asset but he convinced me that I was just as important as my gift.
"Fine, how is the leg?" He replied with a smirk, he thanked the waitress for his slice of pie and turned back to me with a frown. I turned my chair away from the counter and motioned him to get on with it.
"A being who goes by the name of Loki took the cube from our facility and subsequently demolished the entire area. I need you to come in and see if you can track him or the cube. I know you have heard of the avengers initiative, I think it's time we added you in." He stated as the crease in his brow furrowed and his lips turned down at the corners. Nick had told me about the cube after I helped him track down the captain, an item with so much power would be devastating in the wrong hands. Pulling out my wallet I settled the check and grabbed my jacket. Tugging on the sleeves we headed to the door and I told with a smile.
"Do I get a new uniform?"