Dave

Dave ran for his life. Alongside his fellow scientists. He was huffing and puffing at the back of the crowd. He was out of shape but it had never been a problem until now. Now, when he was running to get out before the lab locked down, he really wished he had gone to the gym more. He didnt know what was going on. All he knew was alarms were going off. There were explosions and loud noises and-

BOOM

Dave was knocked off his feet as the floor under his feet jumped a foot in the air. With a cry he was airborn for a second and then he fell. He smacked his head on the ground and his elbow and both his knees. He looked up in no small amount of pain just in time to see a set of blast doors slide closed. The lab was locked down and he was now trapped in the lab.

"NOOOOO!"

Trying to get to his feet Dave paused as he heard it. Explosions. Not just one. No mulitple explosions and they were getting louder.

"Oh shit." He slumped to his butt and just sat there. Waiting. Waiting to die.

BOOMBOOMBOOMBA-BOOOOOOOM!

Dave groaned as he opened his eyes. He was still alive. Everything hurt but he was still alive. He moved slowly as he flexed his muscles looking to see that everything was still attached and working. Everything seemed to still be there. Everything seemed to still be working. He was alive!

He was...

"I'm fucked."

Dave looked up at the hallway he was in. The collapsed hallway he was in. Coughing and waving the dust in the air away he began patting himself down. A second check for injuries and knocking off the dust that was covering him. He coughed again and again as dust filled his mouth. Dust and smoke.

Dave looked up and whimpered. The lights were out but flickering flame from a burst open air vent was a source of light and concern. Dave looked at the ceiling directly over him which was holding up without signs of collapse but the top foot of space in the hallway had a small cloud of smoke drifting about. He looked at the blast doors that had shut and whined when he saw they had bent in toward him and dirt spilled thru the doors.

"I'm fuucked." Dave groaned.

"Work in an underground lab for S.H.I.E.L.D., Dave. We have a particle accelerator, Dave. Cutting edge, Dave. Bleeding edge, Dave. Alien tech, Dave. Help save the world, Dave! WHAT COULD GO WRONG, DAVE!" He griped.

He looked down at his hands and sighed. Trapped in an underground lab that was seemingly on fire and had caved in places. How long would it be before response teams arrived. How long before rescue teams arrived. How long before someone who could actually saved him arrived. Captain America was a fantastic guy but he wasnt going to be much help digging down thru a hundred feet of dirt and clay in time to save Dave. What he needed was the one hero the Avengers just didnt have.

Thudding his head back against the ground Dave lay down and sighed. "I wish Superman was here."

Reality went -POIT-