Time was ticking, moving slowly. People came,and went. Day in,day out. Nothing was ever unusual. Scientists did there business,while Cassidy stood watch. Watching, waiting, like a Shepard guarding its sheep. But nothing ever happened. Not until that day. It was a day when he world changed and the Tesseract showed its power to our world.

What another exciting day at work it was. S.H.E.I.L.D seemed to be getting duller and duller each day. I sat patiently beside Clint up in his so called nest. There view was perfect of the room,not a single space that could not be seen between the pair of our eyes.

I started closing my eyes slightly when Clint nudged my shoulder.

"Hey,keep you eyes on the prize." The slightly smile was comforting, but there didn`t seem to be much time to enjoy the slightly entertaining moment when the show seemed to be starting.

My brown eyes darted towards the source of the noise. The Tesseract. It was moving,or glowing. It was shortly after Clint and myself exchanged confused looks before alarms began blasting in the dying down. The trouble seemed to have died down,slightly, but the Cube didn`t stop after that.

"Oh Shit."

My right hand darted for for right ear piece and dialed a number. The person on the other line picked up.

"Director Fury. Its moving."

The call was quick,but still something the Director should know about. Brushing sandy blonde hair out of my eyes, I looked at Clint before he spoke. "I guess we finally get some excitement."

"Don`t get your hopes up." I replied mirroring his slightly mischievous grin. "Remember Singapore."

"This is bigger." Clint replied. "We`ll get more action then that dull mission."

"I hope not."The last thing i needed right now was a pain in my ass.

It wasn`t long before the Director showed up, she had slid down form the perch just before his arrival. Dressed in black. as usual. Just as grumpy, as usual. Mind you,this time he did have a pretty damn good reason.

"Whats is doing doctor?" He asked,approaching Eric calmly,wanted to get a full grasp on the situation. Though it was more like yelling now with the alarms constantly going off.

"The Tesseract is misbehaving."

"It thats suppose to be funny?"Fury did not seem to be in a gaming mood.

"Sir, it was sudden." I said, standing with my hand behind my back and a cold look upon my face.

"Have you turned off the power?" Fury asked, arching a brow. He arrpouched the cube be still seemed to be wary of it.

"She's an energy source. We turn the power off, she turns it back on." Selvig did have a point,but why? What was it trying to do? And why now?"Shes only admitting low levels of gamma radiation. Nothing harmful."

"That can be harmful." Fury looked hurt,but then again i had to agree with him. I personally wasn`t in the mood to turn into a large green rage monster or worse. I was pale a proud, never mind turning green.

"I told you to keep eyes on it MacIntrye." And a good dog always does what its told.

I took my place between Selvig and the Cube as Fury asked for Clint. And in no time flat did he appear from his nest. I kept my eye on the cube, wondering what exactly she was planning. I kept my ears to myself,seeing as it wasn`t my conversation to listen into, but as my gaze turned towards Fury and Clint, the voice of one of the scientists grabbed my attention.

"Doctor,its moving."

And with that,the Tesseract shot out a ray of energy toward the panels on the opposite side of myself. All i could do was star at the blue light and wonder.

BOOM.

The energy surge stopped just after letting of a burst of power, nearly knocking people over. I used my arm to shield my eyes from the light,but that wasn`t my problem anymore. Racing to grab my firearm, i aimed it stright at whatever came through that doorway. Slowly the thign rose,a man decked out in green robs and a staff of some else one seemed to hokd the same idea in their minds and pulled out their guns too. There was no way this guy was getting trough them.

"Please sir. I`m going to have to ask you to put down the spear." Fury too held up his gun.

I`m sorry, spear.

There was much time before the mad man in the lether coat began shooting blue light in my general direction. I tucked and rolled behind a cart before taking aim and firing at the man.

One by one agents began falling. That was it. Putting my gun away, I reached for small throwing knives and darted out from behind the cart. but i wasn`t in time. He took his glowing spear and touched it to Clints chest and suddenly he wasn`t him anymore. I stopped dead in my tracks. Clint? Compromised so easily. Now this was getting a little personal, not friend of hers was becoming someone else mindless bitch.

I flung a couple knives at the strange man before being thrusted backwards by a force. All i knew was that my head and stomach were killing me. It took be a second to come to my senses and stand back up.

Clint was taken, Agent Samson was gone too,and i just managed to see the man take Selvig. It looked like just myself and Fury now. I glanced quickly at his hands, thank god he had the tesseract. With the building beginning to shake under her feet, this wasn`t looking so good.

A gun shot ran out and Fury was down. Clint raced and grabbed the case as the strange man approached me with a dark look in his eyes. I stood ready to fight, though i knew i was only going to loose,i had no chance of making this one out alive.

I threw a couple punched,each deflected my the man before he finally grabbed me by the throat.

"Ah,you have fight. I like that." His voice was cool and calm, which caused shivers down my back. He raised his spear and pointed at my chest, blue light escaped its gold forum and rushed into my body.

And with that everything went black