The Avengers
Chapter 3: The Avengers
Steve found Fury tapping with his fingers on a table in front of a very impressive glass wall. The room had the glass as the wall, which Steve fascinated every time. From here, someone could see unbelievably good over New York. The building was so gigantic that you impossibly could explore everything all at once.
In addition to Fury, there were a few other people in the Panorama room, who looked at the same time at him suspiciously, with interest and curiously. Steve looked down to his feet and looked up around after five seconds. A woman with short, red hair and in a brown leather jacket bent over to a guy wearing protective sunglasses and stubble hair, whispering something in his ear and briefly making him grin arrogantly.
He wondered what these people may thought about him and wanted at that moment to read her thoughts. He had to ask Harry if such a thing was possible.
Another stood in the back area and patterned Steve scanning through his glasses. The purple shirt stood him and he looked friendly.
Nick, why have you ordered me ?
Nick leaned back into the leather armchair and Steve recognized an amused grin.
I want you to introduce yourself to a few people.
Someone laughted and offered Steve's hand.
The man was well built, his black hair uncombed how Steve never would let his hair and carrying a flashy goateebeard. Something blue shimmered out of under a sweaty, greyT-shirt and like so much other stuff, Steve wondered what that was.
The man, who had a glass of whiskey or something similar in his hand, shook Steve's hand. It was sweaty and the handshake was uncomfortable. Their looks stuck briefly.
I am happy to calling you welcome, Mr. Rogers. Tony Stark, standing at the service. You... Living in a tower without knowing who owns it ...
Tony sighed exaggeratedly and rolled with his brown eyes.
Nice to meet you. Mr. Stark. Do you have anything in common with Howard Stark? I have known him personally.
Tony nodded, swallowed down the whiskey quickly and blinked at it.
Yeah, that was my good old daddy. Great man, had told a lot 'bout you.
Steve closed his eyes. So Howard was dead. Damn.
He thought a while and suddenly, when Steve looked up, man in the purple shirt stood in front of him.
He looked at him smiling and shook his hand as well.
Banner. Bruce Banner. Welcome Captain.
This one man was still the most sympathic of them all.
Call me Steve, please.
Then, in return, you can only call me Bruce. I have a doctor-status, by the way, and I am ... well, I'm turning into the Hulk sometimes, he replied.
Captain is considered a status? So will I soon named not Agent anymore, rather Captain Barton. Barton came in a casual way towards to Steve and then reached out his hand. He laughed heartily and then he lifted his sunglasses.
My God, did the ice gave you that blue in your eyes?
I'm Clint Barton. Agent of SHIELD. Me and Nick, we've known each other longer than he wants to admit, right? He called and seekse Nick's angry gaze. By the way I am called Hawkeye, Stark calls me Legolas, so you can, whenever you want, challenge me as Gimli.
Steve smiled and waited until the woman strolled up to him.
Her smile was lopsided and she extended her little hand, which grabbed Steves hand firmer than he expected.
I'm Natasha. Romanoff.
Nice to get to know you, Steve.
She blew through her left corner of her mouth, some red tresses away from her face.
She was impressive, that had to be left to her.
Fury got up from the armchair and strode slowly to the window, peering out as the sun slowly set in New York. He turned back to the 5 people and said:
Mr. Rogers, Ms. Romanoff, Stark, Banner and Clint.
I gathered you all because I had been thinking of a plan months and years ago and now, want it to make to reality.
I'm talking about technically improved people, mutants, geniuses. You are stronger, more powerful and have more stamina than normal people. And you will use this gift to protect this world from evil. Clear? So, those were the really, first words of mine. Basic facts.
An initiative will soon emerge that will unite superforces and fight against any threat. There is a system in the deepest interior of SHIELD that protects a certain thing.
The thing is called the Tesseract. A cube-shaped, blue glowing stone.
No human can withstand his energy and no normal earthling is able to use it. It requires superhuman forces to investigate this stone in order to be able to read out the dangers of it.
We know too little about that stone. And that's just one reason of many, why I decided to assemble superhumans.
You will become heroes. There is supposed to be a group of superheroes.
One worthy of protecting this planet with all its powers and this is the creation of the
Avengers Initiative.
Tony sang a dramatic tune, which stopped by a beat on the table.
Fury, were these nothing but empty words or what? I knew that there would be a thing called something with avengers, according to Avengers, Revengers. Ok then. How is this confirmed that such a group really exists and is to save the world in the future? As far as there is something to save, ha!
Maria accepted a black leather folder and passed it on to Fury. He stroked his fingers over a kind of engraved logo. An A, whose middle line was an arrow and around it a circle. It was the logo of this new initiative.
Fury got a ballpoint pen out of his coat and put it on the table. One by one, he brought out pieces of papers and shouted the following names:
Steven Grant Rogers as Captain America. Fury handed him a bundle of papers and let him sign on a sheet.
Anthony Edward Stark alias Iron Man.
Natalia Alianova Romanoff, the Black Widow.
Bruce Banner as the Hulk.
Clint Francis Barton, Hawkeye.
But Clint added a question:
Oh, Fury may I keep the pen? My children lose everytime their pens at school. They would love this one.