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Tesseract Bullcrap

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ACT 2

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I sat across from Fury and his second-in-command, Maria Hill, as the helicopter flew over the base. The lights were like fireflies against a black night. Cars piled up in a gridlock to leave. People, like ants, dashed around with heavy baggage to shove in the trunks of cars and trucks.

I steadied my breathing as I clenched my fists. I had an inkling of what was happening at the base. Though a feeling of dread poked me constantly all the same.

I had heard little of Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. since I decided to stay in the twenty-first century. What I did know was the project had something to do with weapons. And when it came to S.H.I.E.L.D. in regards to that, things always went wrong. Always. 

What I didn't know was why Nick Fury ordered me to tag along. I didn't exactly want anything to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s weaponised projects. But I was going to find out soon enough.

The helicopter touched down on the helipad at the front of the building. A single suited man stood waiting as havoc raged around him. Hill pulled open the door and jumped out. I followed with Fury behind. We met the suited man, who I realised was Agent Phil Coulson. I liked the guy. We'd talked a bit every now and then. He seemed like a nice agent of a deadly organisation that killed and destroyed anything that crossed its path.

"How bad is it?" Fury asked.

Coulson took his sunglasses off. Why he was wearing them at night I didn't know. "That's the problem, sir. We don't know."

I raised an eyebrow. Fury and I exchanged a look. Interesting. It. What were they experimenting on? It made me nauseous not knowing. I had a sick feeling that it was dangerous. It usually was with S.H.I.E.L.D.

We took the elevator down to the lower levels. The doors slid open and we walked through a basement parking lot complex, piping curving around the room on the ceiling and silver metal pillars holding up it. People rushed around the floor and up the stairs, evacuating with equipment too valuable to leave behind.