Nicholas J Fury (BAS)

Colonel Nicholas "Nick" Joseph Fury was an officer of the US Army and an espionage veteran in the CIA during the Cold War. He joined S.H.I.E.L.D., a covert international peacekeeping organization which operates as humanity's first line of defense against Earth's most dangerous enemies. He quickly impressed S.H.I.E.L.D.'s higher-ups, and was promoted to the position of Director, becoming the leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Biography
Fury was one of several Agents that went to investigate the 1989 Meteor Shower that hit Smallville, Kansas. During his investigation, he learned that the Kent Family had recently adopted a young boy which had taken many by surprise.

Deciding to keep an eye on the Kent family, Fury quickly began to realize that there was something off, at the time there were no adoption records for the young boy. Sneaking onto the Kent Farm, Fury discovered baby Clark's ship and confronted them.

After meeting the Kent's, Fury decided against reporting the existence of the young Alien boy to S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury understood the Kent's fears on what the government may do to the boy they had named Clark, and in many ways agreed with them.

Fury helped the Kent's legally adopt Clark and even provided a falsified background. However he did have a few conditions for doing so. Mainly that he would be checking in on the boy every now and then.

It became clear to Fury early on that Clark had abilities that no other human had. He instructed the Kent's to help teach Clark how to control his abilities so that he didnt draw attention to himself.

Over the next few years, Fury would visit the Kent Farm quite often and Clark took up calling him Uncle Nick. He also kept SHIELD away from Smallville allowing Clark to deal with them. What he didnt tell Clark was that he was allowing this as a form of training for the young Alien.

Upon learning that Clark was now a fugative after breaking Alicia Baker out of Belle Reve, Fury began looking for him. A few months later he located Clark and Alicia in New York. Upon hearing their story, Fury offered them a place at S.H.I.E.L.D.

Behind the scenes
This version of Nick Fury is a character in the From Behind A SHIELD fan fiction series.