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

[The Spot]

Dr. Ohnn fell backward when Tony suddenly shouted, coming out of his slumber. As Deadpool argued with Deathstroke Jonathan just stayed where he was, and stared at the floor. He tried to ignore the two men so he could think of a plan. However, Deadpool was a rather loud individual.
~Okay. So what on Earth are we suppose to do now? Stark was suppose to pay for Pepper's safe return, but now he's here with us. So what, Mr. Money-bags is going to pay for his release and hers? How is that going to work?~ Jonathan was so deep in his own thoughts that he hardly heard what Deadpool said to him.
"You two get in the other room, It's probably not a good idea to have Pep-Pep and Buckethead in the same room!" He only caught Wade's words from 'probably', and even then it was only pieces. But, he managed to fill in the blanks. The master thief rose up, and then moved closer to Ms. Potts.

As the young woman started to speak to Deathstroke a worried look came over Spot's face. He looked back and forth between the brute and Ms. Potts, and then finally crouched beside her when she mentioned adapting. "Ms. Potts, please don't be offended, but there's brave and then there's foolish..." He said with an unchanging expression. "Don't poke the bear." He added as he offered his hand to help her to her feet. "Now, I ask you kindly to come with me to avoid any more trouble."

[Black Canary]

Trenton had sped out of the room to get dressed in yet another teal and black costume, only to emerge to a room of chaos. She rolled her eyes and shook her head as the deeds went down, and quickly reminded herself not to work with Deadpool again any time soon. She listened to Peppers ramblings and had finally had enough. She stood and placed herself right in front of the redhead, her hands planted firmly on her hips.

"You had better wipe that smug grin of your face", she threatened. She looked back at Deathstroke and then at Pepper. "That man has killed a number of people that would make Tony Starks bank account sums seem meager. I wouldn't push it I were you, Red. What have you got? Pepper spray? Against superhumans? How pathetic", she turned her back and then a small smile crept over her face.

"You should be thankful we haven't done far worse to you. It's been a walk in the park. But what would Stark industries give to have their front man back?", she plopped down on the couch and began channel surfing until landing on a news story. It was covering the War Crimes Untouchables stories. "Or for that matter what would the government give to have one of it's most wanted criminals hand delivered."

She took a deep breath and watched the newsreel play for a few minutes. "So, if I were you Ms. Potts. I would shut up and do what we say...lest you want to end up six feet under."

[The Spot]

Before Jonathan even got the chance to escort Pepper out of the room Trenton came into the room in a foul mood. He didn't like the way she was talking to Ms. Potts, but maybe she'd heed Sophia's words more than his. Nevertheless, he wouldn't have anyone treating Pepper badly.

"Ms. Trenton!" Spot said a bit loudly as he stood up, and looked right at Sophia. He wasn't in a good mood as it was, and she was not helping, but he had to control himself--he had to stay composed. "Forgive me for being so blunt, but I will not permit you, or anyone else, to speak to Ms. Potts in that fashion. A prisoner she may be, but that's no reason to treat her badly." He said calmly. "I won't ask for an apology, mainly because I seriously doubt that you'll give it. But, I ask that you at least attempt to give her some respect."

[Black Canary]

Sophia watched with bored eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. "I am not about to let some suit walk all over me just because she think she can. I'm not going to allow that to happen for the sake of being prim and proper"

She cracked her knuckles for lack of anything better to do as she waited for Deathstrokes orders. She looked back up at Spot. "Fear is a far more potent tactic than respect when dealing with these kinds of situations." She thought for a moment and then continued. "And if you do not want a part of this plan, I will ask you KINDLY to take your leave...we're not in this to hurt anyone", he shot a look to Pepper and Stark. "But I'm not in it to be trampled on."

[Spiderman]

((slooow down guys, others have to post ))

[terminator]

Slade made his way into the kitchen to clean his eye out of pepper spray once done he came back not looking to happy his mood got worst when Deadpool started getting lippy "Will you shut up about that your not better then me women throw up when they see you with out your mask on. You can't even buy good weapons that's not ten years out of date." He said after watching Deadpool and his little pop gun before pushing his way pass Deadpool and over to where Pepper,Tony, and Jonathan "Hollow threats will get you no where Doctor Ohnn it will just make her madder that your threating her father. You wouldn't want her to kill Ms. Potts would you?" He asked looking at the man.

"Stark and Potts can be together he's powerless with out his suit besides we wouldn't want to take him away from the woman his loves do we?" Slade said this time looking at Pepper he knew a lot about Tony and Pepper from the info he got himself and what the playboy told him when he was under his control.

[Ravager]

While everyone had been fighting about Pepper's bathroom habits Ravager had made her way inside and was hiding behind Jonathan and Pepper waiting with a knife ready to attack. Ravager had been working for her father ever since the war it was Wonder Woman's idea to have the girl back with her father to spy on him to find out what he was up to and report back. She wasn't to happy to be back with her father but it was for a good cause "Back of pretty boy or she gets it in the back." Ravager told Spot as she moved closer to Pepper she could kill her before he changed and threw any of his spots at her.

[The Spot]

Jonathan just looked at Sophia, his expression tranquil. He wanted to reply, he wanted to tell her what was what, but he didn't. Why? Because he had to remain calm. Nothing good could come from losing his cool. So he stood there and took it. However, when the brute started talking down to him he was very close to making good on his threat. But once again he kept himself collected.
"Listen, whoever you are." He said to Deathstroke. "You keep acting the way you are, and I'll be gone with Ms. Potts and Mr. Stark faster than you can say cookies 'n' cream." He stated, a smirk crossing his lips as he turned to Trenton on the last three words.

Suddenly, a new voice spoke to him. He turned to see an odd woman far too close to Pepper with a knife. "Know this: I don't need to transform to use my powers, and if you don't move back now I'll send you and the brute into the core of the freaking earth." He said with great anger as he glared at the woman.

[Iron Man]

Tony looked back behind him and was about to hug Pepper happy that she was safe but stopped when he heard the others talking he turned to look at Pepper to make sure she was alright that's when he noticed the girl behind her. The girl was dressed a lot like Deathstroke the only thing that was different was her mask it didn't cover her whole face like his did "You must be Ravager Deathstrokes little girl like father like Daughter huh?" He said looking at the one eyed teen. "Still trying to steal the tech out of the Avengers vault?" He asked looking at the man that was beside them. Tony looked like a dear caught in the headlights when he heard what Deathstroke said about him being in love with Pepper sure it was true but he didn't want her to find out this way. He had hoped Pepper wouldn't think to much about it at lest for now anyways.

[Pepper]

Pepper’s eyes were narrowed at Deathstroke and she was literally ready to attack him again when Jonathan’s kind face appeared before her. He tried his best to calm her down, and asked her kindly to accompany him out of the room. She refused, merely glaring at him in furious anger. She wasn’t about to leave to let Deathstroke do whatever it was he planned to do to Tony and she wasn’t about to be alone in a room with any of her kidnappers, even kind Jonathan Ohnn.

Luckily - or unluckily - for Jonathan, the tiny brunette reentered the picture and placed herself square before Pepper, her eyes two orbs of energy and her stance radiating arrogance, frustration, and superiority. Pepper immediately decided there was no liking this woman, whatsoever.

“You had better wipe that smug grin of your face. That man has killed a number of people that would make Tony Stark’s bank account sums seem meager. I wouldn't push it I were you, Red. What have you got? Pepper spray? Against superhumans? How pathetic.”

Pepper did not wipe the grin off of her face. Not even close. Instead, she narrowed her eyes at Trenton and spoke in a firm, even voice laced with malice and intense dislike. “I’m not afraid of him. I don’t care how many men he’s killed. Because as you can see...” she pointed to Deathstroke, who was heading towards the kitchen scrubbing frantically at his face, “...you just have to wait for the moment your enemy’s defenses are down.”

It was the cruelest and oddest thing Pepper Potts had ever said. But she had fought in the war and she had seen Tony Stark come back from being imprisoned. She had not experienced everything he had, but it wasn’t like being around him had no effect. She knew Jonathan was right when he told her not to poke the bear. But when the bear demanded that she submit to something the bear wasn’t even sure about...she wasn’t backing down.

Trenton continued to threaten her, including the article on the War Crimes that Pepper had seen and sent to Tony. She gulped, wondering if Tony would see her name on the page. But she didn’t say anything more yet.

Jonathan leaped to her defense and she sent a smile in his direction. He was leaping to her defense an awful lot and she appreciated the kindness. It weakened the argument that those around her were actually malicious, and strengthened the realization that she might have an ally if she could get him alone. She was prepared now to close her mouth, but when Trenton spoke a second time Pepper’s temper flared and she spat: “You know, Miss Trenton, it’s rather clear to me that you’re out of your league here and you’re trying to maintain some sense of control. You had control until Slade showed up here and kidnapped Tony along with me. What were you planning? Were you going to use me as ransom? What did you need the money for?”

Deathstroke’s furious words shut her up, especially the part about keeping her and Tony together because she was ‘the woman he loves’. The words spun in her head and she looked down at Tony for a moment in confusion before returning her gaze up and forward. No, she could not think about that. Deathstroke was trying to offset either her or Tony and weaken both of them. She full well knew Tony’s feelings towards her and they were of a friendly but professional nature. Her crush was one-sided and she knew it.

Unfortunately, Deathstroke’s words had thrown her off just enough. The malicious voice behind her and the knife at her neck made her freeze. She didn’t dare fire the pepper spray backwards for fear of hitting herself, and she couldn’t get the tazer without it being obvious she was moving to escape. So she froze and listened - and her eyes widened as the words Deathstroke’s daughter echoed in the room. Things had just gone from bad to worse.

Oh, damn.

[Deadpool]

Oh god, this was getting worse then the Marvel Civil War series. And that wen't on forever. Anger was mounting In Deadpool, And that was strange because he very rarely got angry. He was thinking as he listened between the two warring parties. This had gone to your easy, grab and steal the hottie, to kind of thing where people can get killed. Some time ago, Wade would not of mind had there been blood shed, But now, After Nathan, he had this pesky thing called a conscious. Damn it!

Breathing out some air "I should of realized No one would listen to me!" He heard Deathstrokes Comment. He grinded his teeth together, He grabbed three throwing knives in the direction of Deathstroke, chances are they wouldn't hit, Or that they wouldn't do anything. Now that he's daughter was here as well. That was two Psychopaths to many, Deadpool was all the Psychopaths anybody needed!

Deadpool Moved away from everybody, What he really wanted to do was blow the building up, teleport away. and go grab a hot dog and catch up with red. He looked around the room. This had fast turned into a situation he didn't want to be involved in. Deadpool back to the group and leaned over Pepper and Tony "Hey look, if you guys wanna shut up for a little second, let the killers play k?" He said. Wade looked up To Spotty. He was getting riled pretty quickly, seemed like he had one of those conscious things as well.

Ok, ok He needed a plan, he needed out. Maybe rescue money was now better the ransom money. Deadpool wondered if this would work...he walked around the table. and faked a trip as his face fell into one of Spot's spots It was the-wierdest-feeling ever. He felt like his head was detached from his body.
but then he's felt that before. Deadpool spoke into the abyss.
"Ohk Icecream, I think your gonna agree, this situations gone way out of hand. If you want, i say we split, and cash in some rescue money" he looked around in the darkness "Gee you should get some cable or porn in here dude" Pulling his head out of the black spot he shook his head "Oh for god sakes. I HATE THOSE DAMN SPOTS!" and he looked in the direction of Deathstroke to see if his throwing knives had done anything.

[The Spot]

Though Spot was very focused on Deathstroke's kid he did catch a few of Pepper's words, and he hadn't realized it until now but he had no idea what all this money was for. ~What did you need the money for?~ Pepper's words echoed in Jonathan's mind over and over again. He knew why he wanted the money, but it wasn't his plan. Trenton made the scheme to kidnap Ms. Potts, so she must have had a plan for the cash... But what was it? Was it really any of his business what she needed the money for? ~What do you need the money for?~ He thought to himself as he glanced over at Sophia.

Dr. Ohnn saw that things were going south very fast, and he knew it would be better for him to be ready to fight than just being regular old Jonathan. His body was quickly covered with black spots as he removed his jeans and shirt, his eyes locked on Ravager.
"What the devil?!" Jonathan exclaimed when Deadpool tripped and fell into one of his portals. ~How in the world does this man always seem to get some part of his person stuck in my portals?~ He asked himself.

"Ohk Icecream, I think you're gonna agree, this situations gone way out of hand. If you want, I say we split, and cash in some rescue money."
Spot was no hero, and he certainly wasn't a mercenary. He had no interest in "rescue money". If he turned on Trenton now and got Tony & Pepper to safety it would seriously ruin his image as a villain. No, he wasn't about to go soft and become a superhero. "Sorry pool boy, not interested."

The Spot was still pretty steamed, but even so he was a logical man. After all, he was a scientist. He knew that if things continued the way they were people would end up getting hurt, and probably killed, after all it was a room full of angry super humans and assassins. "Alright! How about we all have a seat, maybe grab a drink, and cool down? Then, we can discuss what the devil we're doing." He said as he looked around the room at his, well, guess you would call them teammates.

[terminator]

Deathstroke caught both Tony's and Pepper's looks after what he side "You didn't tell her yet? Here I thought you would have Tony of course I thought you two were sleeping together already it seems with out booze flowing threw your vanes all the time everything slows down." He said before looking at Deadpool again and caching the first two knifes and blacking the third one with the two knifes "What's this all of a sudden you grew a conscious pool? So what are you going to find a way to beat me save them get paid for saving them and hope that Pepper will leave Tony for you?" He asked before throwing the two knifes back at Deadpool.

[Iron Man]

[with Deathstroke's permission]

Tony got up glaring at Slade then punched him in the jaw causing him to stumble back-words a bit righting himself Slade punched Tony back before he had time to react Slade grabbed Tony by the shirt and head butted him in the head. "Come on rich boy show me what you got." He said looking down at Tony who was currently on the ground looking up at the older man before he kicked his feet out from under him before getting to his own feet.

"I'll do that and more." Tony said before he began kicking Slade a few of them hit home but most where blocked all but the last one which he caught and threw Tony back-words so he could get up. Once back on his feet Slade he went after Tony again they began treading punches and kicks and destroying a lot of Trenton's things. Getting tired of this little fight Slade grabbed Tony by the neck and slammed him into the wall and began punching him over and over again in the stomach before throwing him back to where Pepper was at. "Anyone else wanna play hero?" Slade asked looking at the others in the room as he wiped the blood off his face.

[Pepper]

Pepper noticed the reactions to her outburst with interest. Jonathan, true to form, tried to get everyone to calm down and have a drink. He clearly wanted to talk things out. Pool, which Pepper was slowly realizing was Deadpool, was losing his temper and hurling knives at Slade, which was a bad idea all around. But Slade had yet another trick up his sleeve, firing off a snappy comeback to Deadpool involving Pepper going for him instead of Tony. Pepper thought that was hilarious, but didn’t move or show anything on her face. She instead watched the people around her, the reality of her situation coming into focus.

What also came into focus was Tony Stark getting up off of the floor and hurling himself at Deathstroke. “Tony, no!” Pepper started to warn him as she got to her feet, but it was too late, and she flinched horribly as Deathstroke swiftly and without hesitation effectively beat Tony down and threw him back at Pepper’s feet. Looking down at Tony on the floor, she thought of what else Deathstroke had said. Tony hadn’t told her yet...he’d thought the two of them were sleeping together...this was precisely the kind of rumors she had feared would spread once Tony asked her to dance that fateful night.

Tell me you never think about that night.

Oh she did. She did, every night as she lay down to go to bed. She thought of that night and remembered the electric feeling of dancing with him. She dreamed that night, over and over again, different scenarios playing out from all sides of the spectrum. Sometimes she woke up warm all over, sometimes she woke up in tears. Oh she thought about that night, to the point it sometimes hurt.

She had to stop thinking about it. There was too much going on. Instead of kneeling beside Tony and trying to protect him, Pepper held up her spray, deactivated it, and slipped it into her dress. This was a stupid idea, which she knew. But she was also very abundantly clear about one other thing. This entire kidnapping situation hung by a thread. She and Tony could literally escape at any second. There was no leader. The entire company sat and bickered. They had no plan. They had no deal. And they were turning on each other.

“None of you has any idea what you’re doing,” she said, still standing up. “As I asked Trenton over there, and she hasn’t answered me...what were you planning on doing? Ransoming me and getting money out of Stark Industries? That is a very foolish idea.” Her voice remained steady, even as her stomach twisted in fear. What she was doing was foolish on so many levels, but with Tony bleeding at her feet she wasn’t about to cower and hide. “Stark Industries is the leading producer of weapons in the world. Most of the weapons you have were likely made by Stark Industries or by offshoots of his company. These other companies exist for competition. Can you imagine what would happen if you stole money from Stark Industries? No matter what the stock points, the simple fact is that we wouldn’t have enough money to build our weapons. Stark Industries would sink to the level and possibly below of our competitors before we recovered. Maybe that’s what you want, but the question is could you survive the economic fallout? There won’t be a ‘new leader’ for years and in those years there would be no weapons made by Stark Industries...weapons you use.”

She stopped talking as she realized very slowly that the people around her might not care about this. But that didn’t stop what she was saying from being any less true. The plan they had was clearly only half-formed and without a solid basis. Slade’s entrance had thrown everyone off, and Pepper was almost certain Slade’s actions had nothing to do with money and everything to do with retrieving what Emma Frost had taken from him at the War Memorial. She wanted to speak up to him too, but she also knew Slade had no heart. At least not one that would stop him trying to hurt Tony. She would have to come up with a new plan to stop him.