Rebecca walked through the corridors of Shield headquarters, holding a file in her hands and reading over it as her feet led the way out of familiarity. It was calculations and results of the Tesseract's changing power potentials over the past few weeks. It was an icy blue cube, and it's power was unlimited when used correctly. Fury had recruited Rebecca to run the investigation on the object, making sure everything was monitored. He gave her a lot of trust, which Tony couldn't believe since Fury didn't exactly trust anything he did.

Tony had initially been angry when he found out that Rebecca had agreed to work with Shield, but not nearly as angry as he was at Fury for asking her in the first place. He didn't want this for her, he wanted her to have a normal life without Shield having a hold over her, but Rebecca stood her ground on her decision to work with them. She wanted to do something that would help the world, but she wanted to challenge herself as well. It wasn't as if she trusted Shield any more than Tony did, but she did want to do this. Tony was still unconvinced that it was a good idea, he had always been suspicious toward Shield and their priorities, but Rebecca was old enough to make her own decisions as she have proved many times now.

They had fixed up the mansion in California, but they were currently residing in New York where Tony had fulfilled his plans to build the Stark Tower. He and Pepper spent most of their time there since they had worked together on building the tower. Rebecca was glad they had finally gotten together, they were happier than ever and she rarely seen either of them in a bad mood anymore.

Ben was no longer a pizza boy since he had been fired, something about a lack of commitment to his work although that lack of commitment came from his determination to get another job. He was working with a government firm who specialized in computer monitoring, tracking and hacking. He loved doing it, and it was the perfect job for him. He was based in New York since he had discovered the job when accompanying Tony and Rebecca on their frequent trips to the city. He went home every few weeks to visit his mother, but other than that, he too resided at Stark Tower, but in a separate bedroom under Tony's orders. Ben was part of their family now, but there was no way Tony was letting his daughter and her boyfriend share a room.

Rebecca didn't have far to travel usually for work, unless it was something with higher security, but she was normally working on the Tesseract only, she didn't need to be involved in their other duties and she preferred not be. Coulson helped her ease into Shield's routines, he was much more pleasant than Fury was on his best day.

''How long has this been going on?'' Rebecca asked as she walked into the lab warehouse.

A man turned around to meet her gaze, his look one of concern and confusion. ''An hour, I called you as soon as it began.''

His name was Dr. Erik Selvig, and he was a physicist that Shield had hired to help with the investigation. He had worked in New Mexico previously with fellow physicist Jane Foster, discovering entrances to other worlds following the visit of Thor. Rebecca had heard about the whole thing, even saw footage of the destruction caused by the metal giant. He was a brilliant man, Rebecca was glad Shield put him on this case. She walked over to the Tesseract, glowing blue, and looked at the little swirls it was creating inside. It's power levels had been shifting back and forth for hours, making it impossible to accurately track it's behavior. Dr. Selvig and Rebecca had been accumulating results for weeks now, and nothing had happened like this before. It was rather frightening, not knowing what was going on.

''Something's not right,'' she shook her head in confusion. ''The theory is all wrong, this wouldn't be happening if the power wasn't being used.''

Selvig nodded. ''Then what? We haven't used it's power at all.''

Rebecca looked back to him. ''No, we haven't.'' she looked seriously. ''It's misbehaving.''

Selvig walked over and grabbed his notes he had been making since it began. ''This is the data. Levels were rising and falling, but nothing was happening. It might have been a rupture in the core, but the calculation don't add up.'' he explained, pointing at his collected data.

Rebecca looked over them, reading every word, number and equation. There weren't many time she had to ask for help since she began working here, in fact she never had to. She knew what she doing and could handle working alone or with others, as much as she disliked it, but this wasn't right. Something could happen to this Tesseract soon, and it didn't look good.

''Call Fury,'' she looked to Selvig. ''Get him down here, he needs to see this.'' Selvig nodded and phoned Coulson.


''All personnel, evacuation order has been confirmed. This is not a drill.''

Fury arrived at Shield headquarters, stepping out of the helicopter with Agent Maria Hill. Coulson was waiting for them on the ground, seeing the seriousness in the director's expression. Fury marched over, looking at Coulson for answers after he was called to get here urgently due to fears the Tesseract was going to cause serious damage, resulting in their evacuation.

''How bad is it?'' Fury asked.

''That's the problem sir, we don't know.'' Coulson told him. With that, they made their way inside to find out for themselves from the people working on it. ''Dr. Selvig read an energy surge from the Tesseract four hours ago.'' Coulson explained.

''NASA didn't authorize Selvig to go to test phase.''

''He wasn't testing it. He wasn't even in the room. Spontaneous event.''

''It just turned itself on?'' Agent Hill asked, following behind.

Fury knew this was bad. ''What are the energy levels now? And where's Stark? Get her down here.''

''Climbing. Stark and Selvig have been working to shut it down, but they couldn't, so we ordered evacuation.''

Fury gave each of them instructions. Coulson was to clear out the campus, getting everyone as far away as possible, and Agent Hill was to make sure Shield's Phase 2 weapons werev shipped out immediately. Then, he made his way to the warehouse, seeing Stark and Selvig monitoring the Tesseract, watching it with keen eyes.

''Talk to me,'' he walked over.

Selvig looked up. ''Director,''

''Is there anything we know for certain?'' he asked, and Selvig turned to Rebecca to answer. He was quite intimidated by the director, but Rebecca wasnt. Selvig didn't know why, but he preferred to have her explain things to Fury since after all it was her operation.

''The Tesseract is misbehaving.'' she told him.

''Is that supposed to be funny?''

Rebecca looked at him seriously. ''It's not funny at all. The Tesseract is not only active, she's behaving.''

Fury followed as they walked over to it. ''I assume you pulled to plug.''

Rebecca sighed, thinking Fury understood the powerful object, but clearly not. ''It's an energy source. We shut off the power, she turns it back on. It's reaching peak level-''

''We prepared for this,'' he told them. ''Harnessing energy from space.''

''We don't have the harness,'' Dr. Selvig spoke up. ''Our calculations are far from complete.''

''It's throwing off low levels of gamma radiation.'' Rebecca explained.

Fury looked away, thinking to himself as how bad the situation was. ''Where's Barton?''

Selvig chuckled. ''The Hawk?'' he pointed upwards. ''In his nest as usual.''

Fury looked around. ''Agent Barton, report.'' In a matter of seconds, the agent was standing next to him. ''I gave you this detail so you could keep a close eye on things.''

Barton followed him over to the Tesseract. ''Well I see better from a distance.''

Rebecca stood with Selvig, looking over at the Agent. He was one of Shield's best agents, so she didn't understand why they had him here babysitting the operation. Rebecca suspected it was because Shield wanted something from this Tesseract instead of monitoring it for it's safety and precention. They wanted something from it, and Rebecca wasn't going to help them utilize it's power. She didn't trust Shield, or Fury to be exact, and she only told them things about the Tesseract that they needed to know about it's potential, and she kept the rest to herself and Selvig. Fury knew Rebecca was only here for the opportunity to work on the Tesseract, not because she trusted Shield and their operations. He knew that, just like her father, she would always be hazardous to trust him.

The Tesseract began making noises then, nothing that either Dr. Selvig or herself had heard before. The colors inside were swirling around, and it didn't look good. Fury stepped back, telling everyone else to be careful and move away as well.

''What's going on?'' Fury turned to Rebecca.

Rebecca's eyes were fixed on the cube. ''It's reached peak level.''

''And what's happening now?''

''It's never happened before.''

They all stood back, watching as the cube grumbled and lit up as if something was interfering with it. In a matter of seconds, it was radiating it's glow all around the warehouse as if it was attracting itself to something, and then it stopped, but not without leaving them with something in the room. It looked like a man, but he looked so weak that they didn't know where he had come from. Rebecca had never seen anyone like him before, he was dressed in a robe-like outfit, and he obviously wasn't from around here. What concerned them all was the weapon in his hand. It was a long scepter, and it glowed blue at the end just as the Tesseract did, and Rebecca immediately knew that's what he was here for. The unknown man looked up at them with a menacing look, but for a moment he seemed to have no idea where he was.

''Sir,'' Fury called out, handling the situation. ''Put down the spear!''

At this, the man looked at the weapon in his hands as if he had forgotten he even had it. Then, his expression turned violent as he used the scepter to cast of powerful blasts in their direction. It knocked out a few security guards, and Selvig ducked behind a desk, pulling Rebecca down as well out of the fire. The man jumped high into the air and came down with the scepter to stab another guard, knocking him to the ground and kicking another as he easily dodged the many bullets they were shooting at him with.

Fury was shielding himself behind one of the benches, and he kicked a silver suitcase over to her and nodded toward the Tesseract, since she was closest to it. They needed to put it in this case and take it with them, they couldn't let this man take it. Hurriedly, she made her way over and began piecing the Tesseract into the case carefully.

''You have heart,'' she heard the man say, and she looked over just in time to see him pointing the scepter at Agent Barton's chest, and she saw Barton's eyes change to icy blue, the same color of the scepter. It was as if the man had taken his soul and replaced it with some sort of spell, and Barton no longer fought back. He put his gun back in it's holster and stared at the man blankly.

Fury walked over now the man stopped his attacking. ''Who are you?''

The man looked at him as if he should know, but answered. ''I am Loki, of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.''

Selvig looked up, instantly knowing his name. ''Loki...brother of Thor.'' he spoke.

The man didn't like being reminded of his sibling, and he looked over at him with anger.

''We have no quarrel with your people.'' Fury assured him. Asgard was a whole other world out of this planet, they didn't need any trouble with them.

''An ant has no quarrel with a boot.'' Loki commented.

Fury looked at him, confused. ''Are you planning to step on us?'' Rebecca looked over to watch the scene play out, still trying to disconnect the Tesseract.

''I come with glad tidings,'' Loki smiled. ''of a world made free.''

''Free from what?'' Fury asked.

''Freedom.'' Loki told him, walking over to Selvig who was standing still with fear. ''Freedom is life's greatest lie, and once you accept that, in your heart...'' he rose the scepter to Selvig's chest, making his eyes turn black, and then to icy blue, matching the scepter as he seemed to have taken Selvig's soul, placing him under some sort of spell.

Fury looked over to Rebecca, seeing that she was done fitting the Tesseract back into the case, and he nodded his head for her to leave. Although he treated her like any other employee at Shield, she was the youngest one there, and he felt that it was his job to protect her, and if anything happened, Tony would never let it go. He instructed her to use the back exit that lead straight out to the vehicles that were leaving, but Loki could sense her movement even as she moved carefully.

''Please don't,'' he told her, turning and eyeing the case. ''I still need that.'' Rebecca stopped, looking up at him with fear.

He saw the fear, he saw the anger and the anticipation. This girl was no younger than seventeen years old, and she was here with these people, protecting what is now his. The Tesseract, as he saw it, was his possession and he would use it for terrible, cruel things in order to get what he wants. This world didn't deserve it's freedom, and he would soon make everyone see it his way. The girl continued staring at his with intense eyes, not looking away from him. He wondered why she didn't run, scream or shoot at him like everyone else did. She was the only one that had not acknowledged his presence this entire time, and that offended him. He was a god, he deserved everyone knowing who he was.

''You can't just come here and take it.'' she spoke, surprising herself with her courage to utter a single word when she was so scared.

Loki narrowed his eyes. She was frightened of him, and yet she stood up to him. ''I intend to.'' Rebecca moved her feet, taking a step backwards toward the exit. ''I wouldn't.'' he warned, his voice firm. ''That move might be the last you make.''

Fury stepped in. ''This doesn't have to get any uglier.''

''Of course it does!'' Loki yelled. ''I've come too far for anything else.''

A man that Loki had used his scepter on walked over and grabbed the case from Rebecca's hands, snatching it with force and walking back to Loki, who was now in charge of everything the man did.

''Sir, Director Fury is stalling,'' Barton informed Loki. ''This whole place is gonna cave.''

Loki smirked, looking over to Rebecca again who just continued to stare back at him, although it was more of a hateful glare. ''Very well.''

As Loki turned, accompanied by the man who held the case, Fury pulled his gun out and shot at him, but Agent Barton quickly pulled his own gun out and shot at him, hitting him in the chest. Rebecca gasped as Fury hit the ground, but she knew he was wearing a vest to protect him as they all did. She looked up and saw Barton aiming at her too, and he managed to pierce a bullet through her shirt before she could jump out of the way. Her vest protected her, but it was still a heavy impact, and she fell to the ground, hitting her head on the side of the desk and ending up next to Fury who was also trying to get up.

A few moments later, through the fogginess of Rebecca's vision, she saw Fury stand up and pull out his radio communicator. ''Hill!'' he yelled, pulling the bullet from his vest. ''Barton's turned!''

He looked over to Rebecca, noticing she was down as well and had hit her head, so he helped her up as best he could, supporting most of her weight along with his own injuries, and then he rushed them out of the building. Shield was about to collapse, and they only just made it to the helicopter outside before it caved in. Rebecca looked back, watching the headquarters crumble apart, and Fury watched on as well in shock.

It wasn't long before they heard news that Loki had destroyed a few of the vehicles that Shield agents were using, including Hill who had gone off in pursuit of Barton, Selvig and Loki. Her car was trapped within a tunnel, blocked by huge rocks. Fury ordered the pilot to chase the vehicle they were in, following them out onto a field where he tried to shoot Loki. Loki, sitting in the back on the truck, aimed his scepter and hit the helicopter, forcing Fury and Rebecca to roll out onto the ground, before it crashed into the ground, the pilot narrowly escaping. When they looked up, they were gone.

Fury pulled out his receiver. ''The Tesseract is with the hostile force.'' he told Coulson and Hill who were listening in. ''I need all agents who aren't rescuing on this. This is a level seven!'' he yelled, and Rebecca looked at him with horror. Level seven, this was bad. ''As of right now, we are at war.''

Rebecca's chest heaved with fear and worrying, listening as Coulson's voice replied. ''What do we do?''

Fury set down the receiver, looking out into the distance. He never thought this day would come. But they needed them, and they would have to do this. This was the world in a mad man's hands, they needed them.


Well, welcome to my newest story! Told you I would have it up as soon as I finished it. I hope you guys enjoyed it and stay with me here, because I promise it gets better and I have a lot of things in store for this story! This story might focus a little more on Rebecca, since the Avengers movie wasn't focused on ONE character, but I will have her interacting with the Avengers and there will be plenty of father/daughter moments, be sure of that! Pepper wasn't involved in the movie much, but I will involve her as much as I can. Ben will also be in it as well. Bare in mind this is the first chapter and a lot more will be explained if you have questions!

I want to thank ZabuzasGirl for helping me with ideas and helping me find little storylines to go with a write. Thank you, you've helped me a lot.

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