It was night in New Mexico, in a S.H.I.E.L.D underground facility.
Agent Phil Coulson was waiting outside.
A helicopter landed.
Nick Fury and Tatiana Romanoff / Tarantula got off of the helicopter, walking toward Phil.
Tatiana was wearing her suit.
"How bad is it?" Nick asked.
"That's the problem, sir," Phil told him. "We don't know."
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They took an elevator down underground to the lab.
Phil led them down the way. "Dr. Selvig read an energy surge from the Tesseract four hours ago."
"NASA didn't authorize Selvig to go to test phase," Nick told him.
"He wasn't testing it," Phil told them. "He wasn't even in the room. Spontaneous event."
"It just turned itself on?" Tatiana asked.
Phil nodded.
"Where are the energy levels now?" Nick asked.
"Climbing," Phil answered. "When Selvig couldn't shut it down, we ordered evac."
"How long to get everyone out?" Nick asked.
"Campus should be clear in the next half-hour," Phil answered.
"Do better," Nick told him.
Phil walked away.
Nick and Tatiana walked downstairs into the lab.
"Sir, evacuation may be futile," Tatiana told him.
"We should tell them to go back to sleep?" Nick asked.
"If we can't control the Tesseract's energy, there may not be a minimum safe distance," Tatiana told him.
Nick and Tatiana walked past an Agent Maria Hill.
"Agent Hill, I need you to make sure the Phase 2 prototypes are shipped out," Nick told her.
"Sir, is that really a priority right now?" Maria asked.
"Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on," Nick told her. "Clear out the tech below. Every piece of Phase 2 on a truck and gone."
"Yes, sir," Maria told him, walking away, leaving.
Nick and Tatiana walked toward Solveig.
"Talk to me, Doctor," Nick told him.
Solveig walked toward them. "Director."
"Is there anything we know for certain?" Nick asked.
"The Tesseract is misbehaving," Solveig told them.
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