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The door opened and Ackerly stepped in with it closing behind her. Fury stood behind his desk and he gestured for her to sit. "I understand you are wondering why I haven't allowed any information about this matter to be told to. That is because this is top secret and only a few can know." Fury pressed a button on his desk and it must have signalled another room because Romanoff and Barton walked in and stood either side of Ackerly. The room darkened and Fury pulled up a blank monitor.
"Earlier today an alien object of unknown origin crash landed in Death Valley, and I sent Barton and Romanoff to investigate." Pictures of the object appeared on the screen. The artefact looked like a large egg, it was mostly blue in colour with hints of red and it glowed. Where it landed, it left a huge crater in the ground judging by the pictures taken. "It emits large amounts of energy and is currently in a secure location on the carrier." Fury then showed varieties of schematics on the screen. "I want you to try and harness its power to create weapons we can use against threats we come across."
Ackerly had nodded along to the whole thing. "Interesting. I'm the only one who can deal with this?"
Fury nodded his head, "You are the highest ranking scientist here who knows enough about energy to do this." He told her, "I want his kept between us, Agents Meyer, Coulson and Hill." Ackerly, Romanoff and Barton nodded. "They'll take you to the holding location and you can get to work. Everything you need is already there." Fury said. "Dismissed."
The three of them promptly left the office and Ackerly followed Natasha and Clint. "So how unstable is it?"
"Very," Romanoff said, "We had to carry it onto the ship in a stable container that didn't move at all. One wrong move and the whole place would've exploded."
"I'm gonna be stuck in a room with that thing," Ackerly said non to enthusiastically. "Brilliant."
"It produces energy like the sun, but we're not sure how much. It's the size of a soccer ball, no wonder it's alien." Clint added.
"Size of a football and its produces energy like the sun, man, have I got my work cut out." Ackerly ran a hand through her hair, "And Fury wants this condensed to be used in weapons. I should've got more sleep."
Barton nodded agreeing with the Doctor, "Yeah 'cause you're not going to get much anymore."
Ackerly sighed, wonderful.
Romanoff and Barton lead Ackerly into the depths of the Helicarrier away from the other agents and the engines. Two guards stood outside the room wearing protective army garb in case someone got curious and decided to take a look. Ackerly peered in through the thick glass window at sphere sitting in the middle of the room. It had a large secure case surrounding it with thick locks securing it to the hold.
"That's some heavy duty stuff." Ackerly said mainly to herself. She stepped back from the window and turned to Natasha and Clint, "Everything I need is in there?" The two nodded in response, "And what if there's a breach? What's the protocol?"
"First the security field will kick in locking the artefact away, then the room will seal itself to contain the blast if it does go off." Romanoff said. "If that fails then this whole section will detach and be left for the thing to explode and take the section with it."
"What about the people?"
"The only people in this section will be you and the guards once Natasha and I leave." Clint added, "It'll be your job to get the hell out of here before all that happens."
Ackerly nodded at the final piece of information. She'll have to work hard to make sure the place doesn't blow. Suddenly she felt responsible for the lives of everyone on board and what should happen if she fails but she can't afford to think like that, she'll have to knuckle down and ensure that won't happen. "Is there anything else I need to know before I start working?" Ackerly asked.
Romanoff and Barton shook their heads. "No, that's everything." Barton said.
Ackerly grasped her hands together and deeply breathed in, "Well, it's time get to work."
Barton clapped Ackerly around the shoulder, "Good luck, doc. And have fun."
Ackerly chuckled, "Thanks."
"Just call if you need anything." Romanoff said. Ackerly nodded and watched the two agents walk away.
She turned to the guards at the door and nodded her head at them to let her in. The taller one of the two gave Ackerly a card that would allow her to enter and leave as she pleased. Swiping the card on the device by the door, the door whooshed open. She stepped into the warm room and it closed behind her. Ackerly gazed around at all the different equipment she had access to, a few computers- with no doubt loads of memory- Spectrophotometers, state of the art thermometers and much more. Ackerly chuckled and rubbed her hands together. Time to get to work.