Colonel Nick Fury stood at the command console of the helicarrier, tapping his fingers on the surface as he watched the satellite footage of the events at the tower.  He watched as Deadpool fired out a window of the tower at one of the new recruits.  She dodged and none of the students seemed to notice the gunshot, but that was completely inappropriate.  He would have to contact Strange, much as he hated dealing with that damned Wizard.  He sighed a bit, suddenly snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of an alarm.  His eye snapped to his second in command.<br/><br/><strong>"Commander Hill... what the blazes is going on?"</strong><br/><br/>Hill, an attractive young woman with short black hair wearing a formfitting SHIELD uniform looked up with a frown on her face.<br/><strong><br/>"Sir... someone has taken control of our new satellites!"</strong><br/><br/>Fury scowled.<br/><br/><strong>"The Ragnarok units?  No one's even supposed to know they exist!  Who in-"</strong><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x158/Punstarr/tumblr_lsid02rO601qcj7ffo1_500.png)</div>The command screen of the Helicarrier bridge flickered with static before revealing the iron face of a villain that Fury would rather not be dealing with right now.  The mechanical faceplate and green hood marked him as one of the most dangerous supervillains the world has even known.  Fury shook his head.<br/><br/><strong>"Doom.  What the Hell do you want?"</strong><br/><br/>The diabolical despot of the small nation of Lavteria did not seem at all impressed by the director of SHIELD.<br/><br/><strong>"Twenty four satellites, each with the power to destroy a city.  They are mine now... and with them, the world will tremble at the power of Doom."</strong><br/><br/>Fury gritted his teeth and started to press some buttons on his wrist communicator.<br/><br/><strong>"Get me the Fantastic Four."</strong><br/><br/>Doom interjected.<br/><br/><strong>"You mean the not so Fantastic Three?"</strong><br/><br/>The camera view of the villain panned out so that the helpless forms of Mr Fantastic, the Invisible Woman and the Thing could be seen, trapped in transparent tubes of an unknown composition.<br/><br/><strong>"Yes, as you can see... my long time foes are a bit indisposed of at the moment.  The time of my new regime is at hand.  You will arrange the unconditional surrender of the world's governments to me, or I will begin destroying major cities... starting with New York.  You have 24 hours to comply."</strong><br/><br/>With that, Doom spun around, his cape sweeping dramatically just as the transmission ended.  Commander Hill blinked, her mouth agape.<br/><br/><strong>"Sir, what are we going to-"</strong><br/><br/>Fury snapped back.<br/><br/><strong>"We call in the Avengers."</strong><br/><br/>Hill scowled.<br/><br/><strong>"The Avengers?  They're not ready to take on anyone, much less a villain of Doom's caliber.  We should-"</strong><br/><br/>Fury gave her a look that immediately shut her up.<br/><br/><strong>"We should do what?  Give into his demands?  I don't think so.  Not on my watch."</strong><br/><br/>Hill stammered.<br/><br/><strong>"But sir... you know what those satellites can do."</strong><br/><br/>Fury narrowed his good eye and spoke with authority.<br/><br/><strong>"Make the call, Hill."</strong><br/><br/>Hill snapped to attention and, though she didn't like it, she nodded.<br/><br/><strong>"Yes sir."</strong><br/><br/><div align="center"><strong>******</strong></div><br/>At the tower, Cap and Storm's communicators came to life... the sound of Commander Hill's voice heard by them and anyone around them.<br/><br/><strong>"Avengers, this is Commander Hill of SHIELD.  We have a situation that requires your team's immediate attention.  Doctor Doom has commandeered 24 SHIELD orbital weapons platforms, each with the power to destroy a city.  He has threatened to begin doing just that, starting with New York in 24 hours if his demands aren't met... he wants the world and he's crazy enough to kill millions to get it.  We've located his ship, cloaked and hovering just above the Latverian embassy.  Talk to Stark.  He may be able to get you closer and enable you to see the ship, which we believe Doom himself is on.  Get that ragtag team together and show us what you can do."</strong><br/><br/>There was resentment in her voice... Hill made it no secret that she disliked metahumans, but she would follow orders.