Disclaimer: I do not own Iron Man or the Avengers, and I never will.
AN: This chapter is completely fictionalized...I think it's the first chapter that I've published that is.
It was only two days later when Biela got a call late at night. She knew who it was. There was only one person with a blocked number who ever called her. "Hey, Coulson," she said as she picked up the phone. "Do you have a reason for calling me at eleven o'clock at night?" "Sorry, Miss Stark, but we have a proposition for you," Coulson said. "Coulson, call me Biela, I told you that," Biela replied. "Fine, Biela then," Coulson said. "As you know, SHIELD has been keeping an eye on you for the past few months, due to your family connections, special abilities, and knack for being everywhere at just the right time."
"Cut to the chase, Coulson," Biela said. "We want to recruit you," the agent replied bluntly. Biela laughed. "You think that my dad would ever, ever let you anywhere near me? And I'm eleven, I can't even legally work yet." "SHIELD makes its own rules," Coulson informed her. "But we figured that would be your answer, which is why we're officially going to make you a consultant." "Why?" Biela asked. "Because you figure everything out anyway, and this way we can get you to sign a non-disclosure agreement."
"'Kay, when do I sign?" Biela asked. She could practically hear Coulson's shock. "That easy?" "Well, it gets me info easier," she replied. "Probably gets me into places I shouldn't be as well. So, are you emailing it or sending it via Agent Romanoff?" "It should be in your account now," Coulson replied. "Agent Romanoff will pick it up from you tomorrow."
After a short moment of silence while Biela pulled up her email, she asked him knowingly, "So what is it you wanted to tell me about?" "What do you mean?" Coulson asked, a little too quickly to be sincere. "Coulson. Spill," Biela ordered. He sighed. "Dr. Bruce Banner was sighted in a bottling plant, in a favela outside Rio de Janeiro. He had another Incident." That perked Biela's interest. Coulson knew that she had been trying to find the kind doctor.
"Was he being attacked?" she asked. "Ross won't let up on him," he said. "That man's obsession with creating a new soldier is…maddening. He was doing some other research, and lamenting the loss of Dr. Evans, but Fury shut him down, despite the objections of the World Security Council." Biela said some not-very-nice things in Arabic. "Biela, language," Coulson warned. "Anyway, the fact that Ross's daughter was harmed in the first Incident was the catalyst that sparked Ross's extreme hatred of Banner."
"Dr. Banner would never hurt Betty willingly," Biela said vehemently. "Neither would his alter ego. The only reason she was hurt the first time is because he was still disoriented from his first time turning. After all, he saved me." "Of course," Coulson said. "From your analysis of Dr. Banner, SHIELD has deemd that he is not a threat. However, the World Security Council and the US military feel differently." "So, how did they find him?" Biela asked. "Dr. Banner was working at the bottling plant, and his blood ended up in one of the bottles. That's how Ross found him. A team was sent in under Emil Blonsky. Everyone but Blonsky was killed."
"What is SHIELD planning to do?" Biela asked. "SHIELD is going to monitor him, and when we find him, well, Director Fury is hoping that you'll go in and assess his mental stability and ensure that he is not a threat to the general population as long as he is not disturbed." "I'm all for it," she said quickly. "Keep me posted." "Will do," Coulson said, just before he hung up.
AN: Does anybody else track how many Avengers fanfics there are, and how far it is to beating the next one up (46 at the moment) or is it just me? I've kind of been doing this for a year now, during which Avengers fanfics have moved up to #4 (soon to be #3.)