A/N: So this is the little plot bunny I was talking about. I moved it from the last chapter to here. With life getting hectic, I might not be able to write this out. So if you're curious enough, read on. If you don't like how this ends open-ended, don't read it.

Drop a review if you want to see more. Reviews feed the muse.

Nadia adjusted the scarf on her face to protect her from the bit of dust that was occasionally kicked up from the ground.

Fury had called her in. He needed her expertise. Or at least someone familiar with magic. She agreed to the assignment because the man assured her that he sent agents to cover for her in Queens. She was supposed to have nightly patrol because Peter was prepping for a short vacation to Europe.

Some of the graduates decided to have one last shebang together with a short vacation abroad. Time to mess around being teens and see the world before moving on to the next chapter of their lives- college.

Nadia guessed taking this one mission was okay. The youngest Capelli told herself she'd solve whatever this case was while she waited for Peter to get back from his class trip to Europe.

She and Peter had their own cosmic tour planned before he started at MIT.

Nadia had tried to convince Loki to accompany her so the mission would hopefully conclude sooner. He refused though. If there was one person he did not want to get involved with, other than through his own manipulations, it was Nick Fury.

Besides, the trickster was confident in his student's skills. Nadia had grown much over the months she had spent under his tutelage while they searched for a remedy for Lady Renny's condition. Midgardian monsters were nothing compared to the magical horrors other realms could produce.

By the way the locals had described the attack. An elemental was responsible. Earth did not have chaotic or potent enough magic to have such creatures naturally occur. So there were two possibilities. It was either man-made or summoned.

Fury was very lucky. Nadia had actually come across one when she had been on her off-world mission with Loki. Though, it had been an earth golem. Not a tornado with a face.

It was strange. She couldn't pick up any traces of sorcery but her own. Elementals usually meant an abundance of magical residue. She'd done a second sweep to make sure.

Still nothing arcane.

The only sign of a possibly otherworldly creature was the physical damage to the ruined town. Maybe the summoner thought to erase his magical signature? Or maybe this thing was actually the result of some crazy scientist's work then...

Sighing, she walked towards the sound of an arriving car. Fury's and Hill's voices drifted from the other side of a ruined building.

She needed to report her findings... Or what she didn't find. This was looking more like it was a man-made crisis-

A loud thump and a flurry of gunshots made her start running.

"Who are you?"

The male voice wasn't a familiar one.

Suddenly there was a deafening roar and Nadia caught a glimpse of a sleek black car being flipped into the air.

Quickly, she portalled into the alley ready to attack the unknown man there when he fired off twin blasts of green from his hands at what looked like an earth elemental.

Another sorcerer? Not the summoner she guessed with how the man disintegrated one of the elemental's arms.

Before she could think more on it, the thing swept its remaining arm in a wide arc, making several ruins collapse. Nadia managed to throw a protective shield over Fury and Hill to thwart the falling debris.

At the same time, another blast of green energy pushed the monster back and disintegrated the debris, rendering Nadia's spell unnecessary.

Screams and cries came from the handful of civilians that had stayed in the town to salvage their belongings. Nadia focused on taking them out of the danger zone, portalling them to the outskirts of town, while the other sorcerer handled the elemental.

"Friend of yours, maybe?" Fury said when Nadia portalled him and Hill to a building that seemed far enough to be safe, but also a good enough vantage point to watch the fight.

She shook her head. From what she could see, the man didn't wear the style of robes of anyone from Kamar Taj. The gold and green armor didn't look Asgardian either. Besides, she couldn't see the guy's face with that cloudy fishbowl on his head.

What was with that?

Nadia was about to portal into the fray to help when Fury put a hand on her shoulder.

Wait.

The man wanted her to observe. It looked like the newbie had this in hand anyway. Maybe they could pick something up about the stranger from this fight.

So she watched.

Though she twitched and winced when the man was hit or thrown into a wall several times, she stayed put. If he was faking, he was doing one hell of a good job.

He flew around the elemental while blasting more of that green energy.

Flight.

That was a rare thing. Loki couldn't do that. Thor needed his hammer and even then it wasn't really flying. Doctor Strange was only capable because of the Cloak of Levitation. Was the newbie's cape an artifact as well?

The pyramids that he seemed to use as a conduit for his spells instead of the usual arcane circles were unfamiliar to her.

Something felt a bit off too. She wasn't sensing anything arcane even with the ongoing fight against an active elemental.

She could find out more in a bit. A concentrated attack from the new guy made the elemental explode into pieces. It didn't regenerate.

That told her that it was only a lower-tier elemental. Still nasty and problematic, but one of the easier ones to beat if you knew what you were doing. High tier earth elementals were a pain in the ass because they loved to use the earth around them to heal their injuries.

"Get us down there, Capelli," Fury ordered.

"Hey, a "please" wouldn't hurt. I'm not your chauffeur." Nadia rolled her eyes but chuckled, though she was also eager and curious to investigate herself.

A ring of sparks announced their arrival behind the newbie (she really should get his name) and his head shot up when he turned.

The fishbowl was gone.

Shorter locks and facial hair reminded Nadia a bit of Thor. Brown instead of blond though.

His deep blue orbs widened in surprise and... Something Nadia couldn't put her finger on when his gaze landed on her for a second before flitting back to Fury.

For some reason, something about the man reminded her of Loki.

A/N: Thoughts? Would you guys be interested in this story? Things are going to be different though since Tony's alive and the snap didn't happen. Again, it's a bit of a slim chance right now that I'll be able to write it out.