Randall had his boots kicked up on the conference table, and with crossed arms, watched, interested, as Commander Coulson lead the Stark girl and some other fella into the briefing room. Once Dr. Pym had explained to him the situation, he was more than eager to be on his way. They'd originally wanted Dr. Pym to go, but he was so old, his body couldn't handle the transformations. That's why he'd sent Randall. In fact, that's why he'd taken Randall on all those years ago, he was the only one Pym had found who could wear the new suit and change with ease. Randall was excited to go, this was his chance to do some real work, not just that crap from the lab.
Renee stood up immediately, and went to shake hands with Commander Coulson, Miss Stark, and the newcomer.
"Renee Rogers." She introduced herself.
"Erick Banner." She paused, this was the son of the Hulk? He was taller than her yes, but she felt she could best him at any physical activity they threw at them. She was interested in him particularly because they shared a similar genetic structure; their fathers were physically altered by outside forces, and had passed down their abilities to their children. But could this skinny fellow really be withholding Hulk-like power? She smiled back at Erick and said,
"Glad to finally meet you. I believe we can finally start yes?"
She looked over at Maria, who nodded and started over towards the screen at the front of the room.
Aro had observed the midgardians as they entered the briefing room and taken stock of them. He was in his Asgardian armor, standing in a corner in the back of the room, observing them all. This was the team of "super-humans" that was to help him? Apart from Captain Rodgers, he felt that Lady Sif and the Warriors Three could have handled this crisis better. Regardless, he was stuck with them, Sif and the Warriors and his father and even his mother were a part of this crisis, and he had to help them.
Soon, the screen came to life, and presented to them the face of Nick Fury. Both Renee and Maria snapped to attention, earning an "As you were," from Fury.
"Commander Coulson," he addressed Maria.
"Sir?"
"Is the team assembled?"
"Yes sir." She replied curtly.
"Have they all been briefed?"
"All but Denning and Banner sir."
Without acknowledging her, Fury turned to the rest of the group assembled.
"I assume you have all met Aro son of Thor?"
"Uh, yes sir." Erick said tentatively, he was no military man.
"Yep." Randall answered casually, earning a disapproving look from Renee and Maria.
"Aro has come to us for help. It seems that Loki has escaped his prison on Asgard and, with the help of another Asgardian by the name of Enchantress, has taken all but a few Asgardians, including Thor and Odin, captive."
"How is that possible?" Erick couldn't help but wonder aloud.
"Excuse me?" Fury asked, almost offended. Erick pushed on,
"I mean, shouldn't Odin be able to stop something like that? The last time Loki took over Asgard it was because Odin was in the Odinsleep."
"What you say is true, son of Hulk," Aro answered, "but alas, that is why I sought the help of Councilman Fury, and S.H.I.E.L.D."
"And that is why we are answering with this team." Fury finished for him,
"There is no doubt that Loki will want revenge on us on Earth for his failure during his last invasion. The fact that he has been able to capture the only two Asgardians capable of contending with him is cause enough for worry. And since the original Avengers are in no shape to take on this threat, you five are our best bet."
Terra grabbed a thick stack of papers from the small table she'd been leaning on, and began to hand them out to the assembled team, excepting Commander Coulson.
"These packets consist of everything we know about the last invasion, including all information on the Tesseract, as well as all of the intel we've gathered about Asgard. I don't think I need to tell you what will happen if any of this information leaves this group of people." Fury cast a cold glance at Randall, boots still kicked up on the polished conference table.
"Mr. Banner, I expect if you've brought any new or useful information regarding anything in the packet that you will share it with us?"
"Yes sir." Erick answered timidly.
"Very good." He turned over to face Maria, "Commander Coulson, I'll let you get to it."
"Yes sir." Maria and Renee snapped to a salute as Fury's visage disappeared, and the screen went blank.