"Maybe... perhaps this is another way we could harness the Tesseract?" A thoughtful gleam flickered in Nick Fury's one good eye.
After all, far too many superpowered beings had appeared on Blue Star.
From that perspective, the mess S.H.I.E.L.D. had made hardly seemed like a major problem!
If they could analyze this eruption and discover a way to use the Tesseract, it would greatly benefit S.H.I.E.L.D.'s development!
"Doctor Holger, I think we might be able to harness the Tesseract's power this way."
Once the discussion turned to his area of expertise, Doctor Holger stopped being timid and came out swinging.
"Director Nick Fury, with all due respect, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s current technology is nowhere near sufficient to control the Tesseract's power."
Anyone with a little sense knew that observing the energy it released and being able to use that energy were two entirely different things.
"The sheer scale of the Tesseract's energy isn't something we can easily control. According to..."
Nick Fury interrupted Doctor Holger's warning.
"Sooner or later, we'll master this power!"
It was perfectly natural for Nick Fury to think that way.
In more recent history, Captain Marvel had gained her powers from the Tesseract. Her astonishing strength needed no explanation.
Besides, Nick Fury had heard that Howard Stark had already managed to harness some of the Tesseract's power back then.
However, for some reason, the experiments had later been shelved.
Further back, Red Skull's branch of Hydra had developed energy weapons powered by the Tesseract as early as World War II.
There was no reason Hydra could handle the Tesseract over sixty years ago while the seemingly more advanced S.H.I.E.L.D. of today could do nothing with it!
As the saying went, the more beautiful something was, the more dangerous it was.
In its stable state, the Tesseract gave off