I'm re-uploading this chapter due to my unknowingly describing Nick Fury as "The black man". I never meant to sound racist, and I'll be correcting any other mistakes as such that I find. Thanks, Jess, for letting me know.

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Light forced it's way into my corneas, sending a shock of pain through my body. I immediately closed them again, relaxing in the darkness. Was I in heaven? I didn't have time to consider this, as I suddenly felt wind in my face. Opening my eyes a crack, I saw a metal wall. In a millisecond, I realized it wasn't a wall. It was the floor!

I was falling towards the metal floor, my mind reeling, trying to make sense of it all. But before I could do anything, I impacted with the solid metal ground. Half unconscious and hissing in pain, I tried to struggle to my feet, but I needed support to get up. In my peripheral vision, I saw a grey structure next to me, and put out my hand to rest on it.

Right before I put my hand to the metal surface, I heard a shout. "DON'T MOVE!". But it registered too late, as my hand pressed down on the surface. But it wasn't cold metal, as I expected to feel, but...warm. It didn't feel like unliving steel, it felt...alive. As these thoughts appeared in my brain in just a few seconds, something new forced my way through the cracks in my mind.

Then, I only felt unbearable pain.

Every nerve in my body screamed, like I was being ripped apart cell by cell. I couldn't even say that, as it was unimaginable. I had felt horrible pain before, from all my exploits. Broken arms, broken legs, fractured skull, internal bleeding. With all the injuries I went through, I should have died a thousand times over, but yet, I didn't. The worst pain I had ever felt was when I broke almost every bone in my body, along with teeth ripped out, fingers twisted, and stomach puncture. My parents said I was screaming, pleasing for the emergency services to kill me and end the pain. It was a harrowing experience, one that I would not like to remember.

It was worse than that. I was trying to scream, but my voice had disappeared. My blood was boiling, my skin was burning, I tried to cry but my eyes were so dry. I just wanted to die again.

My head snapped to the side, as I saw what my hand was touching. A blue cube, with millions of tiny tendrils of light coursing through it. I saw the tendrils enter my hand, then snake up through my arm. As it did, the pain grew worse and worse.

Then, it reached my heart.

I screamed. My voice returned for that one moment, and my scream of pain exploded through the room, echoing back into my ears. I could have sworn I saw the floor shake.

All of this had happened in the frame of a few seconds.

Then, a blinding light erupted in the air, burning my eyes. The pain stopped. There was silence.

And everything went dark.

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(3rd person POV)

Nicholas Joseph Fury had seen some shit in his lifetime. Super Soldiers, huge secret organizations with plans to take over the world, Mutants, more secret organizations, men turned into unstoppable monsters, more FREAKING SECRET ORGANIZATIONS, and Gods. In short, a fuck ton.

But when a teenage girl appeared out of nowhere on the ceiling in a top secret highly guarded military research base that was dang near impossible to break into, and a even more secret room that he KNEW was impossible to break into, Nick admitted to himself he had never seen something like that.

He was almost a little surprised.

He had been standing in the Tessaract room, silently watching the blue cube it was named after. The strange glowing square had been kept an ancient secret for thousands of years, and held an unimaginable amount of power. Power that could be used.

The dark-skinned man had stood there in silence, and almost didn't notice when the girl appeared near the ceiling of the room. The was no wind, no flash, no sign of her arrival, she simply appeared without a sound.

The girl seemed to be about 14 or 15 years of age, with short brown hair and a slightly pudgy face. She was wearing a scruffy blue long sleeved shirt and grey baggy pants, most likely sweatpants. She wore worn silver sneakers. Definently the athletic type, but certainly no expert spy.

Nick Fury took in all this as the girl fell, but made no move to try to catch her. If she was a threat at all, the impact would render her unconscious, making her easy to capture.

She landed with a thud next to where the Tessaract was being kept, sending a clang through the room. The scientists in the room watched with wide eyes, as the guards drew their guns, everyone noticing her presence now.

But to his (slight) surprise, the girl got up after hitting the floor, and tried to get to her feet. In a millisecond, Fury knew what was going to happen, but no one was close enough to stop her. He yelled in his deep commanding voice, "DON'T MOVE!". But it was too late.

The girl had put out her hand, and it touched the Tessaract.

The young female's body jolted, but her hand stayed firmly on the Tessaract, as if stuck there by glue. She convulsed wildly, and somehow Fury knew she was going through immense pain.

Then, she opened her mouth and screamed. It was bloodcurdling, louder than any normal human should have been capable of. The heart wrenching scream echoed through the room, making the people present put their hands to their ears in pain.

A blinding flash lit up the room, like a bolt of lightning.

Then, it stopped, and the girl went limp, crashing to the floor.

Everyone was silent in awe and surprise.

Fury was unfazed. He barked, ordering two agents to get the girl away from the Tessaract.

"Get her to the Helicarrier, NOW. We don't know how she might have been affected."

The agents immediately sprang into action, picking up the girl's unconscious body and walking out of the room. They left in only 5 minutes, flying off in a plane.

Nick Fury gazed at the strange blue cube.

Was it just him, or was it glowing a little less brighter than it was before?...

That's when the second thing that almost surprised him happened.