And here we have the first of the final installments of my prequel fanfiction. This chapter introduces the first of 3 OC characters and gives you some backstory, like how this particular OC got involved with SHEILD and the Avengers Initiative, and stuff like that.

Here goes! Parts two and three will be uploaded soon… I think

Part 1

She sighed, looking up from her papers. It was hard, being SHEILD's top astrophysicist. She looked over at her partner, a one Jane Foster. Ever since Loki and his army of Chitauri invaded New York, SHEILD had been adamant about making sure nothing like that ever happened again. She and Jane were therefore immediately put to work testing the Einstein-Rosen Bridge theory, testing to see if a wormhole were about to open before it actually opens, so that if whoever was showing up on earth was hostile, SHEILD would have at least a little warning.

With another sigh, she looked again at her calculations. "Damnit…" She had just discovered a vital mistake in her mathematics. She needed a break, she'd had a long day, and she could use some caffeine. "Jane, I'm going for a break in the caffeine lab. All this stress is going to be the death of me. Look into fixing that mistake right there too if you have time. I need some chai."

"No problem Twink. I'll handle it from here." Jane Foster was her very capable and rather clever assistant at SHEILD laboratories. She was a good worker that liked her jokes, that was for sure.

"I told you Jane, don't call me that."

"Fine… Twinkle," Jane repeated, a smile on her face, "go take your break, you need it you workaholic."

Twinkle would have laughed if she wasn't so busy leaving the lab to find some chai tea.

Twinkle, called Twinkie by her friends, had a very challenging job. Not only was she an astrophysicist, but she was the leasing astrophysicist in the country. Born in India, she moved to America when she was 8, and by age 18 she was recognized officially as the closest thing to an astrophysics prodigy as one could get. She understood that field of science like she had been a professional since birth. She earned a doctorate in astrophysics at Harvard at 19; SHEILD called her in to work for them shortly after she won a Nobel Prize for her controversial work on black holes when she was 22. She was 27 now. Twinkie loved her job; working for SHEILD had all kinds of benefits, like endless resources and no shortage of other bright astrophysicists to bounce ideas and theories off of. The pay was excellent, and her assistant Jane was pretty smart herself.

Twinkie was sitting in the break room, or the "caffeine lab" as the resident scientists liked to call it, when her SHEILD issued smartphone let out a handful of short, quick beeps. That meant it was a text message. Someone was trying to contact her. Do I really have to answer it? She asked in her head. She didn't really want to answer it, but she knew she had to check the text anyway in case it was from SHEILD. SHEILD liked to send out notifications via text for whatever reason. If they wanted to summon someone, wasn't that what the loudspeaker system was for?

Pulling out her phone, she checked the message. Yep, it was indeed from SHEILD. For her specifically, no less. Sometimes SHEILD sent out agency-wide text notifications, but this one was meant specifically for her. It read: "Doctor Twinkle Vig to Director Fury's office immediately."

Great. A meeting with the Director. Looking forlornly at her unfinished chai, she shrugged and took the cup with her. If Fury didn't like that she was going to have it with her during the meeting, he could just suck it up and take it. He needed her, SHEILD needed her, so she could do whatever she wanted, damnit.

It was a short walk from the caffeine lab to the administrative offices of SHEILD's downtown Manhattan headquarters. The door to Fury's office was open and the secretary was out, so she let herself in. Fury sat there at his desk, and motioned for her to close the door and sit down at the chair in front of his desk.

She sat. "Now Twinkle," started Fury, only to be interrupted by Twinkle herself.

"Why does this sound like you're going to fire me?" She asked, rolling her eyes. "I know it's not the case, but seriously get to the point." Twinkle, unlike most people, didn't think Fury was very intimidating or scary. Having to deal with the press most of her life from about 14 on hardened her to large crowds, masses of cameras pointed at her face, and men who run government agencies. Why was it always men, anyway? Seriously, something should be done about that…

Nick Fury glared at her. Unfortunately, his glare was wasted on the intended recipient. "No, Doctor. You are not being fired. Actually, this could be considered a promotion. I assume you've heard of the Avengers Initiative?"

Well, duh. Just about all the higher up agents in SHEILD knew about the Avengers Initiative, and EVERYONE on the planet knew about the Avengers. They had only saved the entire world, after all. "And, what, Director, do you want me to do?"

"You have a remarkable intellect. The point of the Avengers Initiative was to bring together a group of remarkable people. SHEILD has already done so, but we are going to add some new members to the Initiative. I want you to be one of the Avengers. You don't have to be able to fight to save the world. Your mind is a weapon enough, especially if we need to counteract Loki's portals again."

Twinkle sat back in her seat, thinking. Well, this sounds interesting… And I've always wanted to help save the world rather than just randomly discover shit. "I'm in. Who else are you going to add to the Avengers?"

Nick Fury smiled, not really a happy smile, but the closest thing the Director could get to; smug. "Oh, I think you'll like them. They'll be… rather familiar to you."

Since she didn't get a straight answer and curved answers made her cross, Twinkle left the room to go back to her beloved astrophysics.

Well, there's part one! And yes, my character's name really is Twinkle. Don't judge, cuz you just know you're jealous. Please read and review! Drop a comment, tell me what you think!