DATE: Tuesday, March 30, 2027
LOCATION: S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters Helicarrier

"Director?"

Nick Fury looked over at his longtime adjutant. "Yes, Agent Hill?"

"We're getting some interesting reports out of Omaha."

"Define interesting."

"Our team stationed at Offutt is reporting a massive surge in energy from the temporal hellmouth."

He stared at her. "What kind of a massive surge in energy?"

"They don't know. They called in Selvig and he's not able to contribute anything to their theories."

"Have they contacted the Corsican base?"

"Yes, sir. The information's the same. They're not sure either. They called in a tech team to verify that it wasn't the equipment malfunctioning. Selvig theorizes that based off our people's data and that bit of information, the energy signatures are off the charts and well out of standard range."

He stared at her for another moment. "That's not good enough, Agent Hill. Find out more, and I want that information yesterday. If this is Loki or someone else, I want to know about it, preferably before it happens this time."

"Yes, sir," Hill replied, and turned back to the computer system to attempt to track down the information Nick Fury wanted.