Still standing, Iron Woman looked over to Logan.  Logan, sitting back comfortably, simply shrugged.  Tanya licked her lips and started speaking.<br/><br/>"I suppose we'll get started.  Perhaps some more Avengers will walk in during the briefing, or will join later before the mission starts.<br/><br/>"First, thanks for coming.  At this point, pretty much all of you at least know of each other and what each one of you is capable of.  Maybe you trust each other, and maybe you don't.  We can't do anything about that part right now, because something is going down and we have to take care of it as soon as possible.<br/><br/>"It's about this stuff."<br/><br/>The lights dimmed.  The large round table's logo disappeared.  A circle in the ceiling also lit up.  Light shined from projectors around the edge of the room.  A hologram was formed, showing metallic ore.<br/><br/>"Vibranium.<br/><br/>"A rare, naturally occurring metallic substance theorized to be of extraterrestrial origin, so named because of it's unique interaction with vibrations."<br/><br/>An image of the Earth from space replaced the image of the ore.  Meteors entered the Earth's atmosphere near Africa and the South Pole.  The word "simulation" blinked at the bottom of the hologram.<br/><br/>"Vibranium comes in two forms."<br/><br/>The spinning globe got zoomed in on Africa.<br/><br/>"The Wakandan variety you know about.  It absorbs vibrations.  It has a couple of popular applications.  First, it's in Captain America's shield.<br/><br/>The familiar circle bearing a star, stripes, red, white and blue appeared, slowly rotating.  Textual information about the shield appeared one piece at a time - circumference, thickness, weight.  The word "schematic" blinked at the bottom of the hologram.  The shield was then shown mounted on a brick wall.  A rocket was fired at the shield, destroying the wall, except for the piece that was directly behind the shield.  The shield itself was undamaged.  The words "Test Footage" blinked.  In another demonstration, a giant fist came down on the shield as Steve Rogers held it above his head.  Instead of the shield crushing Rogers, the fist bounced off.  "Actual Footage" blinked.<br/><br/>"Also, it's in the Black Panther's armor."<br/><br/>A schematic of his armor showed up, followed by test footage of bullets hitting the armor and harmlessly bouncing off.  The test was shown again in slow motion showing the bullets losing their shape.  More footage focued on his vibranium laced boots, allowing him to land unharmed after jumping off a building at least five stories high.<br/><br/>"Research on vibranium led to the creation of adamantium, which is virtually indestructible."<br/><br/>More footage, this time of Logan cutting through the bars of a jail cell.<br/><br/>"Its radiation also causes mutations in the flora, the fauna, and even the human population."<br/><br/>Actual images of Wakanda's original environment before the meteor hit it, followed by a simulated morphing into another actual image of its current environment.  Trees grew larger and more gnarled, its flowers and fruit bigger and brighter, its animals evolved to slightly different species.<br/><br/>"Then there's the other form of vibranium, the Antarctic variety."<br/><br/>The image of the globe focusing on Africa returned, zoomed out, then focused on the South Pole.  One part of the ice-covered continent of Antarctica had a rain forest in it.<br/><br/>"Instead of absorbing vibrations, Antarctic vibranium produces them.  Get enough of it, and it will liquefy any metal, including adamantium."<br/><br/>A man with a shotgun fired a load of buckshot at a metal door, which turned to metallic goo.<br/><br/>"Also, if you get enough of it, you can liquefy all the metal on a continent.  Its radioactivity also causes mutations.<br/><br/>"While the Wakandan variety is secure thanks to the Black Panther, the Antarctic variety is out in the open in the Savage Land.  The Savage Land is an artificially contructed preserve created by aliens during the Triassic Period, over 200 million years ago.  Its climate is maintained by hidden alien advanced technology, allowing species that went extinct on the rest of the Earth to continue thriving.  The only thing preventing Antarctic vibranium from being searched for and mined up is this hostile environment.<br/><br/>"We have reason to believe that unidentified parties are mining vibranium in the Savage Land for unknown reasons.<br/><br/>"Your mission - find out what's going on, why it's happening, and, if necessary, stop it from continuing."<br/><br/>The holograms of the Savage Land turned off and the room brightened.<br/><br/>"Logan will be leading this mission.  He's been to the Savage Land before and he is familiar with the flora, fauna and natives.  Logan?"<br/><br/>Logan remained sitting, but leaned forward and rested his elbows on the table, a slight growl in his voice as he broke it down.<br/><br/>"Everythin' you know about the Savage Land from TV and movies and magazines?  Ferget it.<br/><br/>"Its name don't do it justice.  Instead, just take your worst nightmares about plants and animals and people, then make them 100 times worse.<br/><br/>"Carnivorous plants with tentacles that want to eat you whole and feed on you for months until yer a pile o' bones?  The Savage Land has them.<br/><br/>"Packs o' shapeshiftin' werewolves workin' together to take down a Tyranosaurus?  They're there.<br/><br/>"Fire-breathin', acid-pissing, explosive poopin' pterodactyls?  Yeah.<br/><br/>"In fact, they're used as mounts by tribes that have been fightin' to survive for centuries usin' nothin' more than primitive tools and weapons."<br/><br/>"And that's where we're goin', because the boss lady here says some bad guys are diggin' up bad stuff to do bad things to everyone else on the planet."<br/><br/>Silence.  Tanya broke it.<br/><br/>"Any questions?"<br/>