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BURNING BLUE FLAMES. A smoky cube shape emerges -
THE TESSERACT.
Filling the screen with BLACKNESS.
THRONE ROOM - SPACE - NIGHT
Kneeling behind a THRONE, a CLOTHED, ARMORED FIGURE known as THE OTHER, bows.
THE OTHER: The Tesseract has awakened. It is on a little world. A human world. They would wield its power.
"what is the tesseract" Harry asked and frowned when he got no answer.
THE OTHER faces a HORNED SHAPED SHADOW.
LOKI. Loki is handed the CHITAURI SCEPTER, a long golden handle, fitted with a blue gem encircled with silver blades.
THE OTHER (V.O.): But our ally knows its workings as they never will. He is ready to lead. And our force, our Chitauri, will follow.
HIGH WIDE ON: TENS OF THOUSANDS of CHITAURI stand ready in a seething mass of neat rows and columns, the ground simply QUAKES.
THE OTHER (V.O.):The world will be his. The universe yours. And the humans, what can they do but burn?
The hall looked horrified when the alien army came into vision
"Who the does this guy think he is" exclaimed Ron Weasley
S.H.I.E.L.D. PROJECT P.E.G.A.S.U.S FACILITY - NIGHT
Out in the NEW MEXICO desert, a remote research facility is in a state of panic. It's an evacuation.
A SWOOPING helicopter flies in. CHAOS. Men in suits run around like in the typical 'we have to leave' fashion. Soldiers on foot jump onto Humvees, accelerating the hell out of there. A VOICE bellows from hidden loudspeakers.
HELICOPTER PAD
Standing a few yards from the landing pad, A Fed in a suit with badass shades, peers at the helicopter as it lands.
The wizards was in shock at how all that was possible, most of them had never even seen a phone before.
This is SHIELD AGENT PHIL COULSON. Walking out of the helicopter
The avengers looked sadly at the image of there lost friend.
Walking out of the helicopter is SHIELD AGENT MARIA HILL. Following her, SHIELD DIRECTOR NICK FURY climbs out. Hill and Fury approach Agent Coulson.
NICK FURY How bad is it?
AGENT PHIL COULSON: That's the problem, sir. We don't know.
INT. FACILITY FLOOR - NIGHT
Agent Coulson leads Hill and Fury through the radiation section of the facility. Hundreds of technicians and other staff run around, taking only the essentials.
AGENT PHIL COULSON: Dr. Selvig read an energy surge from the Tesseract four hours ago.
NICK FURY: NASA didn't authorize Selvig to test phase.
AGENT PHIL COULSON: He wasn't testing it, he wasn't even in the room. Spontaneous advancement.
AGENT MARIA HILL: It just turned itself on?
NICK FURY; What are the energy levels now?
AGENT PHIL COULSON; Climbing. When Selvig couldn't shut it down, we ordered the evac.
NICK FURY: How long to get everyone out?
AGENT PHIL COULSON: Campus should be clear in the next half hour.
NICK FURY: Do better.
"Is he always this bossy?" Asked Ginny Weasley, while receiving a look from her mother, she didn't want her daughter making friends with that kind of people especially Natalie or Natasha, like who lives with a fake name for seven years, and then run off with someone's child?
The avengers chuckles softly before answering "Yes"
CONTINUOUSLY HEADING DOWN TO RADIATION FACILITY FLOORAGENT
MARIA HILL: Sir, evacuation may be futile.
NICK FURY: We should tell them to go back to sleep?
AGENT MARIA HILL: If we can't control the Tesseract's energy, there may not be a minimum safe distance.
Dumbledore looked at the screen with renewed interest and it didn't go unnoticed by the spy's in the room.
NICK FURY I need you to make sure that PHASE 2 prototypes are shipped out.
" That was a priority!" Tony yelled out angry. The avengers making sounds of agreement.
"What is phase 2?" It came from James Potter he was first now beginning to pay attention to the movie he had been staring at his old girlfriend seething with anger, his daughter was so Beautiful how DARE she keep her from him.
"Keep watching and you will find out"
AGENT MARIA HILL Sir, is that really a priority right now?
"Thank you Maria!" Ivanna exclaimed.
NICK FURY: Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on. Clear out the tech below. Every piece of PHASE 2 on a truck and gone.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Yes, sir.to standing agents With me.
INT. NASA SPACE RADIATION FACILITY - VACUUM CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS
Fury enters the lab facility where the Tesseract is being held by a COMPACT MUON SOLENOID COIL CHAMBER.
NICK FURY: Talk to me, doctor.
DR.ERIK SELVIG emerges from behind the CMS machine, concerned. The Tesseract is glowing unusually brighter and flare rings shoot out at random.
SELVIG: Director.
NICK FURY: Is there anything we know for certain?
SELVIG: Tesseract is misbehaving.
NICK FURY: Is that supposed to be funny?
SELVIG: No, it's not funny at all. The Tesseract is not only active, she's -- misbehaving.
NICK FURY: How soon until you pull the plug?
SELVIG: She's an energy source. If we turn off the power, she turns it back on. If she reaches peak level --
NICK FURY: We've prepared for this, doctor. Harnessing energy from space.
"What? that is not possible." Lily Potter said matter of factly.
"Well it obviously is, it seems that you are fare more behind than you thought." Anya said in a rather mean tone. Speaking up for the first time grabbing the attention of most of the hall, I mean she was the Potter heir.
Lily looked taken aback by the tone of the young girl "Don't talk to me like that, do you have any idea who I am!?"
"Sure, you are Lily Evans, I have heard a lot about you, all bad I am afraid."
Lily glared at Natasha. "First of all it is Potter and I am your step mom so you should treat me with respect!"
Anya looked at Lily with an unimpressed look.
"Respect to earned not given, and by the way you are acting I don't think you will ever have it."
Natasha looked at her daughter with a proud look, While Ivanna high-fives her slightly older sister.
James was speechless how dare she speak like that. How the hell did Natalie raise that girl?
SELVIG: We don't have the harness. Our calculations are far from complete. Now she's throwing off interference, radiation. Nothing harmful, low levels of gamma radiation.
NICK FURY: That can be harmful. Where's Barton?
SELVIG: The Hawk? Up in his nest, as usual.
We see CLINT BARTON, dressed in black tactical gear, is up on the railings watching them below, Fury calls Barton on his earpiece.
" hey that is you!" A first year happily yelled. Clint smiled at the kid who now looked like she was gonna faint.
NICK FURY: Agent Barton, report.
BARTON rappels down from the catwalk. Walks up to Fury. They both walk around the facility in a discreet manner.
NICK FURY: I gave you this detail so you could keep a close eye on things.
CLINT BARTON: Well, I see better from a distance.
NICK FURY: Are you seeing anything that might set this thing off?
NASA SCIENTISTTO SELVIG: Doctor, it's spiking again.
CLINT BARTON: No one's come or gone. It's oven is clean. No contacts, no I.M.'s. If there was any tampering, sir, it wasn't at this end.
NICK FURY: At this end?
CLINT BARTON: Yeah, the cube is a doorway to the other end of space, right? The doors open from both sides.
DR. SELVIG clacks away at the keyboard and sees on the monitoring his worst nightmares. Suddenly- the Tesseract THUNDERS and SHAKES the entire facility.
Big enough where both Agents Hill and Coulson can feel and they're at different ends of the facility. The flaring rings and glow of the cube spout out brighter and louder, like a boiling pot of water. The Tesseract's energy builds up into a BEAM much like the Bifrost Bridge, which HITS at the end of a platform that is wired to the CMS device.
The great maelstrom beam FIRES the TESSERACT energy. The beam then forms a VORTEX, which then opens up a PORTAL. A BLACK HOLE IS CREATED. From the portal, the blackness of SPACE, beautiful and mysterious, strewn with a billion stars appears and a GUST of BLUE ENERGY CLOUDS fill the room, blinding everyone. The Tesseract's energy forms into a cloud that reaches to the top the facility's vacuum chamber ceiling. It's abnormally quiet. Then HEAVY BREATHING is heard from the platform. SHIELD GUARDS slowly approach, weapons in hands. A figure is kneeling on the platform, smoke coming off it. It's LOKI. Smiling in his mischievous manner, he raises his head. The smile dies down. He looks deep into the eyes of Fury, Barton and Selvig. He stands up, holing the scepter.
NICK FURY: Sir, please put down the spear!
Loki looks at his spear then suddenly points it at where Fury and Barton are standing and SHOOTS OUT A BLUE EXPLODING LIGHT TOWARDS THEM.
BARTON TACKLES Fury and they both barely miss Loki's fired shot .ALL HELL BREAKS.
Everyone is to stunned to do anything other than watch.
Machine gun fire is shot at Loki, but the bullets bounce off him like a boss. Loki jumps high from the platform and ATTACKS those firing at him. In the blink of an eye, Loki takes down several guards with his KNIVES and ENERGY BLASTS from the scepter. He stops and waits to see who will attack him next. Honestly, the whole lab has almost gone to shit. Barton tries to stand up. Loki quickly walks towards him. Barton raises his gun, but Loki grabs Barton's hand.
LOKI: You have heart.
Loki points the head of his spear at Barton's head. Barton's eyes suddenly glow BLACK. The ability to control Barton's mind is now in Loki's hand.
"What did he do?"
"Mind control" Clint answers. Steve puts a reassuring hand on Clint's shoulder. The witches and wizards was stunned, mind control without the emperius curse?
"Where is this sceptre now?" Asked Dumbledore with that untrustworthy look in his eyes. "Safe" was all Tony answered he and the other avengers had gotten the look from Natasha saying not to trust the man.
Dumbledores followers frowned.
Barton puts his piece away and stands straight. As Loki is busy using his abilities to control the minds of several S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, Fury takes the Tesseract, placing it back into its case and tries to leave the lab. Then --
LOKI: Please don't. I still need that
NICK FURY TURNING: This doesn't have to get any messier
LOKI: Of course it does. I've come too far for anything else. I am Loki of Asgård, and I am burdened with glorious purpose
SELVIG: Loki? Brother of Thor?
"THAT is your brother!" The hall yelled looking at Thor with doubt in their eyes. Thor sighed "Unfortunately yes,"
NICK FURY: We have no quarrel with your people.
LOKI: An ant has no quarrel with a boot.
NICK FURY: You planning to step on us?
LOKI: I come with glad tidings, of a world made free.
NICK FURY: Free from what?
LOKI: Freedom. Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart
--Like a gunslinger, Loki turns to face Selvig who's standing behind him and places his spear against Selvigs heart. Selvigs eyes glow BLACK.
LOKI: You will know peace.
NICK FURY: Yeah, you say peace, I kind of think you mean the other thing.
From the vacuum chamber ceiling, Tesseract's energy cloud RAPIDLY builds into what may be an implosion.
CLINT BARTON: Sir, Director Fury is stalling. This place is about to blow. Drop a hundred feet of rock on us. He means to bury us.
NICK FURY: Like The Pharaohs of Odin.
SELVIG: He's right. The portal is collapsing in on itself. You got maybe two minutes before this goes critical.
LOKI: Well, then --
Loki, looking at Barton, who doesn't even hesitate, SHOOTS FURY WHO FALLS TO THE GROUND.
Barton grabs the case containing the Tesseract and leaves the lab with Loki, Selvig and the other S.H.I.E.L.D personnel Loki is controlling.
INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S BUNKER - ENTRANCE OF EXITING TUNNEL - NIGHT
Loki, Barton, Selvig and the other S.H.I.E.L.D personnel are in the parking lot of the facility, quickly gathering certain weapons. Agent Hill watches in confusion, referring to Loki.
CLINT BARTON:- pointing to the Loki team- Need these vehicles.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Who's that?
CLINT BARTON: He didn't tell me.
Agent Hill looks suspiciously at them as they get into the truck and turns to leave, as she's walking away --
NICK FURY:- through the walkie talkie- Hill, do you copy?!
Loki and Barton SHARPLY look at Agent Hill.
BACK AT THE LAB Fury is sitting up, pulling out the bullet, breathing heavily.
NICK FURY: Barton is
--INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S BUNKER - NIGHT
Suddenly, Hill turns to SHOOT AT BARTON, but Barton is already POINTING HIS GUN at her and starts SHOOTING, he moves the driver's seat of the truck and DRIVES OFF as Hill keeps shooting.
BACK AT THE LAB
Fury is holding his side, running.
NICK FURY: He's got the Tesseract! Track it down!
The energy is really brewing a fucking shit storm from the vacuum chamber ceiling.
INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S BUNKER - TUNNEL - NIGHT
Agent Hill SLIPS into a JEEP and follows after Barton's truck. Loki's trucks SCREECH across the tunnel. Several SHIELD trucks pull up to them. A drive-by shooting ensues. Loki, who stands on top of the bed of the truck, uses his scepter and EMITS energy blasts, flipping over SHIELD trucks. They get in, the cars roar out after them. Agent Hill puts herself at a distance.
INT. FACILITY FLOOR - NIGHT
Fury races out of the hallway, avoiding falling pipes. The entire facility is now in a full earthquake
.INT. FACILITY FLOOR - ELSEWHERE - CONTINUOUS
Agent Coulson and several SHIELD agents fall down the steps, dropping SILVER CASES of information. They attempt to grab them, but --
AGENT PHIL COULSON_ No! Leave it!
They run out of there like a bat from hell
.INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S TUNNEL - NIGHT
Agent Hill's JEEP ROARS out of a side of Barton's truck and pulls up alongside them on the left. She goes way ahead and pulls her brake, swerving into a 360, facing Barton's truck and driving in reverse. Barton's ARMS reach out the open window and OPENS FIRE.
Agent Hill figures 'fuck it' and SHOOTS her windshield OPENING FIRE on Barton.
"That is so badass" Ginny breathes out Molly and Lily frowned women shouldn't do this kinda dangerous things. The avengers smirked "Just wait until you see the Romanoff's in action" said Bruce.
James looked Puzzled what did he mean Romanoff's? He doubted Natasha even knew how to hold a gun and his daughter was only 14 at the time of this movie? There was a lot of confused looks in the hall of people who thought the same as James.
EXT. VAN - NIGHT
Agent Coulson jumps into a SHIELD VAN.
On his walkie: AGENT PHIL COULSON: You're clear, sir! You need to go!
EXT. HELICOPTER PAD - CONTINUOUS
Fury BOLTS out of the facility and jumps into a helicopter. The surface of the pad gives way, PLUNGING the helicopter through the surface. But Fury's chopper BARELY makes it out.
INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S TUNNEL - NIGHT
Still in a chase and drive-by sequence, Barton's pushes the pedal harder, which causes Agent Hill's JEEP to WOBBLE out and put her back behind.
INT. RADIATION FACILITY - VACUUM CHAMBER - NIGHT
The Tesseract's energy cloud now SHRINKS into a SMALL BALL OF WHITE LIGHT. Then --A CLOUD OF BLUE LIGHT CONSUMES THE ENTIRE FACILITY AND PARTS OF THE DESERT.
Fury watches from below, a RAPID build-up into what may be an implosion. Several miles away, Agent Coulson's van feels a JOLT of the Tesseract's BLASTWAVE.THE ENTIRE FACILITY SWALLOWS INTO ITSELF A TERRIFYING, UNIMAGINABLE IMPLOSION.
"Bloody hell!" A fourth year Slytherin yells out.
INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S TUNNEL - NIGHT
The BLASTWAVE of the Tesseract causes the tunnel to cave it. Like an ocean wave, blinding crumbles of falling rock, fall onto Agent Hill's JEEP, leaving her NEARLY trapped under this blanket of rock .On the Barton's truck, they escape the tunnel and drive into the desert landscape. Fury's helicopter ROARS over Barton's truck. Loki looks up. From the chopper's door, it slides open and Fury stands there, holding a gun, SHOOTING at Barton's, giving an honoring image of JULES WINNFIELD. Loki looks at Fury and in a fit of RAGE, points his scepter SHOOTS OUT THE BLUE LIGHT. The chopper CATCHES on fire, GOING DOWN in a FIERY BALL. Fury, like the boss he is, JUMPS OUT and touches down onto the desert floor. The chopper BARRELS along the ground. Fury, coming back to his senses, FIRES at Loki, but they're too far and too late. Loki looks back, smiling. Fury stands there, MIND REELING. Then --
AGENT PHIL COULSON WALKIE TALKIE: Director? Director Fury, do you copy?
NICK FURY: The Tesseract is with the hostile force. I have men down. Hill?
INT. P.E.G.A.S.U.S TUNNEL - NIGHT
Agent Hill climbs out her JEEP, which is sandwiched in, but luckily, not her.
AGENT MARIA HILL: A lot of men still under, don't know how many survivors.
EXT. DESERT - NIGHT
NICK FURY: Sound the general call. I want every living soul not working rescue looking for that brief case.
AGENT MARIA HILL WALKIE TALKIE: Roger that.
NICK FURY: Coulson, get back to base. This is a LEVEL SEVEN. As of right now, we are at war.
A beat.
Dumbledore chuckled softly, "Aren't that a tat bid dramatic"
"Given that what Loki just stole could potentially wipe out the entire planet, I would say no, no it isn't" Anna said glaring at the old man.
The witches and wizards was left speechless, I mean there were no doubt it was a powerful source of magic but the entire planet? Dumbledore looked even more intrigued at Ivanna's words.
AGENT PHIL COULSONWALKIE TALKIE: What do we do?
Fury stands there. Thinking. He looks up. On his face is sign of hope.
THE AVENGERS
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