Little Bit O' Spice, Little Bit O' Dough (open)

[Pepper]

[my apologies for the LAME title....I'm out of it but didn't want something common like 'Ransom' or anything]

Pepper opened her eyes slowly, her neck throbbing. She put a hand to it, wondering if anything was broken or damaged, but felt nothing out of the ordinary. Just a need to crick it. She did, groaning a little in pain, and slowly sat up. Embarrassment quickly flooded her as she realized she felt wetness on her legs. The stupid pressure point had triggered her bladder!!

Flushing, she stood up slowly, noticing the spot she'd left on the couch. Serves her kidnappers right.

Kidnappers?

It came back in a flood of information and she sat down with a hard sigh. Yes, she and Tony had been fleeing Stark Towers. They had gone to Bludhaven to hide, and there had been a woman...the same woman who had attacked Pepper at the bank. She'd apologized but apparently there were still some unresolved hostilities because here Pepper was in an apartment, kidnapped. Or at least taken from Tony's side against her will.

Her immediate instincts told her to run. But then she thought about it. She was alone in the apartment. Which meant the apartment owner was probably convinced she was safe and sound - and not going anywhere.

She went into the bathroom and pulled off her soiled suit. She did so love that suit, but now it was a mess. She walked around the apartment, resisting the urge to smash things, and finally broke into what she thought was the bedroom. She lay the soiled suit - shirt, jacket, underwear, and pants - on the pillow, then went into the closet. Most of the stuff was too small for her, but there were some bigger clothes. She didn't dare steal any of the woman's underwear, but a small pair of shorts underneath a black dress worked. She placed her three weapons in their hidden spots. There, now she looked and felt more presentable.

At the last moment she took out her pepper spray and primed it. There, if someone came at her while she was going out, she could hit them.

Now she was ready to try leaving.

[The Spot]

Spot had arrived a while back, long before Ms. Potts had woken up. He just kind of hung out in the kitchen, sitting on the floor with a cup of coffee in his hands. Pepper passed him once, but didn't see him, most likely because he was low enough to where he was out of her view. After a little while he changed into his regular human form, and put on his blue shirt and black jeans. He filled a second mug with coffee, and took a few sugar packets, and small cream cups with him into the room where Pepper was.
"Hello Ms. Potts." Jonathan said kindly as he entered the room. "I wasn't sure how you liked your coffee, so I just brought you some cream and sugar with it." He stated with a smile. "If you're not in the mood for coffee I could make you some tea."

[Pepper]

Pepper leaped a near mile when Spot entered the room. She had completely not noticed him, and instantly felt both angry and frightened. He was offering her coffee and she raised her pepper spray at him. She didn't fire it, but she said in a low and frustrated voice: "Let me out of here or I will make you regret it."

She had no idea how she'd not seen him, and the implications of him being there while she changed clothes were not anything she wanted to consider or think about.

Ironically enough, the next words out of her mouth were ones she didn't expect to say. At least not right now. "Where is Tony Stark?"

[The Spot]

"Goodness you're jumpy!" Jonathan said when Pepper aimed the pepper spray at him. "You really need to settle down." He said as he walked pass her, and then placed the coffees on a small table only about a yard or more away from Ms. Potts. "So... I take it you don't want coffee." He said as he turned to Pepper. The superhuman picked up his own coffee and took a drink. He was purposely avoiding Pepper's question about Tony mainly because he wasn't sure where Mr. Stark was at the moment. All Spot knew was that he was probably with the fellow in the odd costume.

[Black Canary]

Sophia had barely made it back to her apartment and was feeling quite sick, both physically and mentally. She peered back to see if Deathstroke was following, but didn't look for him too much.

She zipped into the living room and collapsed upon her couch, shutting her eyes tightly as she finally let herself consider the burns on her small back. Her rest would be short lived however, as she sprang from the cushions in discuss.

"Pee?", she asked herself as she stared at her stained couch. She shifted her head quickly upon hearing voiced and found Spot and Pepper.

"Thanks for leaving me back there", she mumbled as she staggered by. She looked at Pepper in confusion. "You....urinated on my couch?", she shook her head and continued on to the bathroom for a cold shower and a change of clothes.

[Pepper]

She didn't dare go near the coffee for fear it was poisoned, but she was also beginning to be a little confused. She'd been kidnapped. So what were her kidnappers doing offering her coffee and completely ignoring her? The unexpected courtesy twisted her stomach, and she slowly withdrew her pepper spray, keeping it active in her hand but no longer aiming it. She noticed her question about Tony had been avoided and she was about to re-ask when the little brat who had kidnapped her in the first place walked in, half-joking and semi-conscious. She made a quip about the couch and walked away. "Wait until you see your pillow," Pepper sniped in response.

She looked back at the man, unsure of what to do now.

[The Spot]

Spot just shrugged at Sophia, as if to say: sorry lady. He took another drink of his coffee, but when Pepper quipped the brown liquid shot out of his nose onto his left arm. He chuckled a little bit, and then looked to Sophia briefly before turning back to Pepper. "You don't remember me, do you?" Jonathan asked with a faint grin.

[Deadpool]

(( way to wait for the pool))

PHSWOOSH! The noise littered the house. As Wade managed to teleport himself into the apartment, he looked both frazzled and majorly annoyed. he threw his sword right into the wall as he thew up his arm in response
"Way to go cadbury!" he said as he walked over to the spot. Pointing his finger at him "Way to abandon me...bud!" he said slightly annoyed, he kicked a chair and looked around the apartment "And where is Mr-im too good to admit i'm a a lamer clone version of me!?" he said in response to Deathstrokes Appearance yelling a little he pulled up his mask and chugged the coffee that was evidently meant for Pepper

Breathing out a little he looked around the room. He supposed all in all it was a job well done, he would of liked more killing though. "Hey what smells like the ymca around here?" He walked over to the couch and looked at it, but accidently spat out his coffee "PEE!" he said loudly and excitedly "You...Pee'd on her couch?" He laughed a little before walking over and pulling out his sword from the wall. and walked over to The Girl "Oh Pep-Pep, you just reached a whole new level of awesome in my level" tapping her a little on the butt he walked over to near the door "OK NOW WHERE THE HELL IS THAT LAM-O DEATHSTROKE!" he said brandishing swords already

[Black Canary]

Sophia stood under the downpour of cold water beneath her showerhead. It felt quite relieving to feel the cold liquid stream down her bare and injured back. She sighed and leaned her head against the shower tiles. It wasn't really all that great being a bad girl She missed Dick and her other friends. She missed being worthy of trust. But she had chosen her path, and redemption was unrealstic. She stepped out of the shower and wrapped herself in a white terry cloth bathrobe. She walked out of the bathroom and saw Pepper, Spot and Deadpool still there. She shrugged in response to Deadpools question.

"Deathstroke and Stark should be here soon...", she replied keeping her eyes on the floor. She spotted Peppers suit next to urine and coffee stains and sighed as she carefully picked the soiled garments up and went into a back room to toss it onto the laundry.

She sat on a chair when she re-entered the room and looked at the three. "I've never really kidnapped anyone..", she said with a shrug. "So...what do I do now?"

[terminator]

Deathstroke walked in and dropped Iron Man on the ground and began stripping the armor off the last thing anyone would want is Tony coming to with his armor still on. "I'm not your damn clone you idiot." he said not bothering to look up at any of them as he continued to work. Once he took off the last peace of armor he looked at Trenton "Having second thoughts already? You've hardly done anything but get a few burns and you already want to call it quites?" He asked before pulling his mask off he grabbed Tony by the shirt and tossed him into the chair since it wasn't a good idea to put on the couch at the moment.

[Pepper]

[with Deathstroke and Tony's permission]

"You don't remember me, do you?"

Pepper blinked in surprise and narrowed her eyes at the young man before her. Black hair, grey eyes, well-built, sort of a playful smile...and her mouth dropped open a little. "Jonathan?"

It was! She did know him; he worked for Stark Industries. He worked on the time portal project. He'd always been friendly to her, very easygoing, and very kind. A wave of illness flooded her and she sank back into the couch, (on the dry part). "Jonathan," she asked, her voice small, "what is going on? Why have you done this? What is it you want?"

Pepper could actually feel the brave front she was putting up slip away. Everyone was acting far too cool. Something big was going to happen, or there was something far worse at work here that she wasn't aware of. She was missing part of the big picture and she needed it to figure out how she would get out of this situation.

Trenton reappeared in the kitchen, followed shortly by an ugly and loud man in a red costume. Pepper barely blinked at them; her mind was working on what was missing, but when the consistent references to 'pee' continued, she lost a little of her temper. "You hit me on a pressure point!" she snapped at Trenton. "When you do that, you relax the nerves and muscles in the entire body. That includes the bladder. Study up on your science next time you kidnap someone and maybe you'll still have a couch and a pillow!"

Just as she was finishing her little rant, the big picture walked through the door. Pepper audibly gasped and stood up, her face draining of color. Her hand tightened around the pepper spray and she stared.

Slade, the enormous and ugly wretch, walked in carrying Tony Stark still wrapped in his Iron Man uniform. Pepper watched in growing horror as Slade lay the man down, chuckling about something, and proceeded to tear the armour off. Anger combined with fear as Slade picked Tony up and threw him into a chair, and something inside Pepper finally snapped.

She hit Deathstroke from the side just as he took his mask off, and fired a burst of pepper spray point-blank at his face from about two inches away. She made no sound whatsoever, but her other hand found purchase and scratched his face and neck as hard as she could.

It was all she could do. In response he jerked his body and threw her bodily off of him. She went flying over to hit the wall. The impact stunned her for a moment, but she reached out with her hands and dragged herself to the chair where Tony lay. She pulled herself to her feet using the chair as leverage, and then pulled Tony out of the chair onto the floor. She held him, hands protectively covering the arc reactor in his chest, perfectly aware she wasn't doing much but she was going to do something for crying out loud!

"Jonathan," she pleaded, "what the hell is going on?"

[The Spot]

Jonathan couldn't really answer Pepper. What would he have said: 'Oh, I'm a money-loving jerk who only kidnapped you to get a load of cash'? He said nothing, but luckily before he would have even had to reply Ms. Potts was going after the large man who had brought in Stark.
~Son of a gun! Iron Man is Tony Stark!~ "I must say, I didn't see that one coming." He thought aloud before quickly turning to Pepper again to see her getting thrown by Deathstroke.

Dr. Ohnn ran over to Deathstroke, rage in his eyes. "What the devil do you think you're doing?" He shouted. "Hurt her again and I'll send you into the core of the earth! Got it tough guy?" He yelled with such anger it surprised himself.
At that moment he heard Pepper's voice call out to him. He knelt down beside the woman, his fury now replaced by sorrow. ~It wasn't suppose to be like this. No one was suppose to get hurt.~ He thought to himself. "I'm so sorry Ms. Potts..." He said weakly. "To tell you the truth ever since the brute showed up I haven't been too sure what's going on. We were just going to..." He couldn't say it. He couldn't admit to the terrible thing he had done to her. It wouldn't have bothered him had it been anyone else, but Pepper was such a kind woman, and she didn't deserve to be treated this way. It would have been fine if Deathstroke hadn't showed up. Pepper would have been shown some respect, and would not have been harmed. But now...things were different.

[Iron Man]

Tony began to come to as Pepper and Jonathan was talking everything was a blur the last thing he remembered was trying to save Pepper from being kidnapped "PEPPER!!" he yelled as he sat up trying to free himself from who ever had him "GET OFF ME DAMNIT!" he yelled. Save Pepper and make Trenton and her boyfriends pay for taking her. And who ever hit him from behind Strange I don't feel the weight of my armor anymore he thought before looking down noticing he didn't have his suit on who ever cold clocked him knew how to take his armor off and the only person he could think of was Deathstroke the man never gives up it seemed.

[Deadpool]

It was getting a little busy for Deapool's liking. And not to mention the one, big thing that was really annoying the heck out of him!. That damn Deathstroke! he even looked like him, lack the finesse and good looks that Wade had. But he was such a bore. Honestly what were they thinking? Least wade had humor, had. well. argh!

Wade watched as Pepper launched himself on Deathstroke, He smiled and began to woot "Work the crutch pep-pep!" He ran over as spot laid his threats on the man. Gee this was such a nice little kidnapping before he got there. cocking his gun, he held it in front of Deathstroke's face "In the words of Connor mc'leod, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!" said Deadpool as he squeezed the trigger. But to his surprise, nothing happened. Nothing but a flag pop out with the words "Bang" Written on it "Goddamnit weasel!!" yelled Wade as threw the dummy gun on the floor. ~last time i let you pack my weapons, you overgrown computer joystick~ he thought to himself

Looking around the room. He surveyed everyone and shot a live bullet in the room. It made a loud crack "Ok, everybody just settle the heck down!"
He pointed towards Deathstroke "you stop being...YOU look at your role model here...everybody loves me!" Pointing towards Pepper and spot "You two get in the other room, It's probably not a good idea to have Pep-Pep and Buckethead in the same room!" And then walking over to trenton he tried to smile "and you, beautiful. Control Tony stark will you?"

Then finally he turned to Deathstroke again "Ok big ugly, and lamo clone version of me, Got a good reason for kidnappping the main source of money we were going to hit for the ransom, Or did you just wanna see how your better half lives?"

[Pepper]

Jonathan began to answer her in a soft and tormented voice, and Pepper was just starting to listen to him when Tony jerked in her arms. He shouted her name and then swore loudly, trying to get out of her grasp. It occurred to her that he didn't realize she was the one holding him, but before she could make that plain he'd broken her hold. She fell backwards, her body yelling out in pain, and lay flat on the floor trying to stop her spinning head. "I'm right here, Tony," she murmured. "You knocked me over."

She heard Jonathan and the ugly red guy both leap to her defense, which made her smile. This was certainly the oddest kidnapping she'd ever experienced. The kidnappers didn't even seem interested in making sure their prey didn't escape. And the mastermind behind it all was experiencing a mutiny by his own crew. Pepper sat up slowly and grinned smugly at Deathstroke. "Suddenly your great and terrible plan doesn't seem so great and terrible," she mocked him. What had they been planning to do, kidnap her and hold her for ransom? And now the guy they were planning to ransom was sitting in the room with her. "This is where we see if you've learned how to adapt," she continued.

The ugly red man mentioned her being taken out of the room and Pepper moved next to Tony. Over her dead body they were moving her!