Chapter 1 - Beginnings (Part One)

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“Oh, what the hell happened?” Gerald groaned in pain.

“In short, you lost your marble.” Howard chuckled as he helped up Dr. Turner. “Are you sure you're alright?”

“I'm fine. I doubt there will be any after effects.”

“That's good to hear. I don't think Deborah will be happy with me if I let anything happen to her husband.” Howard chuckled.

Unknown to Gerald, he had absorbed the energy from the Tesseract explosion into his DNA but it lay dormant without manifesting further. Because of this uncertainty, he and his wife, Deborah Turner (nee Banks) did their best to delay having children because they knew their offspring would be a target for Hydra, but, on March 22, 1989, they brought their child, Gwen Turner into the world. They did their best to give their baby girl a normal, happy childhood.

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(June 1991 – New York City)

Howard Stark was throwing a gala event to commemorate the opening of a new library. Dr. Gerald and Deborah Turner were invited along with their daughter, Gwen.

 Gerald and Deborah Turner were invited along with their daughter, Gwen

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After a long speech, Howard finally got to the main reason of the large gathering.

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