Hi guys, this is the prologue to my new story, Which Me Do You Like. I hope you like it, I'll be continuing with my Jaws story, but I just had to get this one out there while it was still in my head.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers. I own Minnie only.

What are you supposed to do while your boss is saving the world? Now, it's not a question most have to face, however, when it comes to being Tony Stark's secretary it one I have to face a lot. Usually Pepper Potts has some sort of work for me, but seeing as she went to Washington DC to do some work there as Tony Stark's partner, and left me here, in New York, I honestly didn't know what to do. That is, until I walked into the new building with a late lunch (Or early dinner, either way...), ready to enjoy it at my desk, when Jarvis spoke up.

"Excuse me Ms. Strong, there's a security breach on the top floor."

"What the hell?" I muttered as I stood up. I went to the elevator and pushed the button. "Jarvis, locate Tony."

"Tony Stark is en route to Stark Towers." the AI's calming voice told me.

"Thank you JARVIS." I said and the elevator door opened. I stepped inside and pushed the button for Tony's office. The top floor.

I had started working for Stark Industries close to five years ago. It had started out as a simple internship, something to last the summer while I was in school, but it had quickly become more than just a job, and my decision to stay on at Stark Industries after school had been a very easy decision. Tony had become a friend; he reminded me of my brother in the sense that he was sarcastic and always had an answer for everything. He always liked to tease me and call me Mini Pepper (Or Minnie) because she and I had the same red hair and the same tendencies to try to get him to do some actual work. Or, as he puts it, we like to crash the party.

The elevator stopped at the top floor and I stepped into the office. Everything looked semi normal inside, until I looked out on the balcony. A wild haired man seemed to be in the process of putting something together. I frowned, and took a step forward when someone cleared their throat next to me. I gasped, spinning around, there standing next to me was a pale faced man with black hair, he was dressed in green armor with two large curling horns on his helmet, making me almost smirk when I thought of the comments Tony could come up with for that. But, in all honesty I was too scared to smirk.

"Jarvis-" I squeaked.

"Now now, no fun in ruining the surprise." he held up his finger, as if to silence me. I nodded, falling quiet. "Tell me Child, who are you?" My eyes fell against the CD case Tony had, there was no way I was telling this guy my real name. I made it a point not to tell creepy guys my real name, and if this guy didn't fit the definition of creepy, I was writing Webster.

"Jude," I said quickly, my eyes landing on a Beatles CD.

"Jude...?"

"McCartney." I said lamely, and I hoped that this guy had been living under a rock or something. The lie was so obvious, but he didn't seem to register it. "I'm an intern."

"And what does an Intern do?" he asked, a small, knowing smirk playing on his lips.

"I get coffee; make copies, that kind of stuff."

"Ah, and why would an empty building need an intern?"

"It won't be empty for much longer." I said and he looked at me curiously. "Ms. Potts just left, she should be here in a few hours. And once Mr. Stark realizes what's going on, there's nothing in the world that won't stop him from-" We both looked up as Tony landed on his custom build landing pad.

"Ah, right on time." the dark haired creeper said as Tony started to walk forward, the computers removing his Iron Man armor. "Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity." he said to Tony as he walked into the office.

"Uh... Actually, I'm planning to threaten you." His eyes scanned me, as if to make sure I was unharmed.

"You should have left your armor on for that." my captor said as I stepped closer to Tony.

"Yeah, it's seen a bit of mileage, you've got the blue stick of destiny... Would you like a drink?" Tony asked as he stepped behind the bar.

"Stalling me won't change anything."

"No, no, no! Threatening. No drink? You sure? I'm having one." I lifted my hand and he nodded.

"The Chitauri are coming, nothing will change that. What have I to fear?" he asked as I slipped into a seat at the bar. He opened a bottle of scotch.

"The Avengers." he said casually pouring two drinks. "It's what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. 'Earth's Mightiest Heroes' type of thing."

"Yes, I've met them."

"Yeah, takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one. But, let's do a head count here. Your brother, the demi-God; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and you, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them." I noticed the dark haired man turn around in the reflection of the mirror behind the bar. "Get down to the arc reactor, and shut the door." he whispered to me. "Jarvis will seal you in until this is over."

"But what if-"

"As soon as he's distracted." he said, then looked up as the strange man spoke.

"That was the plan." he said looking to Tony.

"Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you." Tony stepped around the bar, towards the black haired man. He planted himself between me and the man and stared at him, not breaking eye contact.

"I have an army."

"We have a Hulk." Tony said simply.

"I thought the beast had wandered off."

"You're missing the point. There's no throne, there is no version of this, where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it."

"How will your friends have time for me, when they're so busy fighting you?" he raised his scepter he was holding and pressed the point to his chest, right where I knew Tony's mini Arc Reactor was. Nothing happened and Tony looked down at himself, then back to the man. "It should work..."

"Oh, well, performance issues." Tony nodded, sounding sympathetic. "Nothing to be ashamed of, pretty common really, one in five I think-" Tony was cut off by the man grabbing him by the throat, and throwing him out the window. I stared in shock for a moment, before I kicked my pumps off and ran. Tony had to have had some sort of plan, there was no way, no way he would allow himself to be taken that easily.

The door to the stars was right to my right, so I took off down the stairs. I didn't stop to think, I didn't even notice my stocking snag on something, tearing it from my toe to my knee, all I thought about was getting out of there. I stumbled at one star, and fell, sliding down the seven remaining cement stairs, each one hitting my back as I tried to stop myself. I groaned hitting the wall, and gasped, trying to catch my breath, there was no time to worry about that, I'd worry about it if I got out- When! When I got out of there!

When I finally got to where I knew the ground floor was I cautiously opened the door. Screams and chaos, followed by inhuman shrieking, and a deep, booming roar sounded outside, so I shut the door.

"Jah- Jarvis?" I asked.

"Ms. Strong, Mr. Stark has requested you get to safety as soon as possible, though keep in mind, I'm paraphrasing." Jarvis said. I was leaning against the wall, panting.

"Oh god. My side." I gasped. I heard glass shattering on the other side of the door and I swallowed before I took off down the stairs. I got to the basement level, and punched in my security access code. A moment later it opened, and I ran down the hall, to the last room in the hall, punched in another code, waited for the door to unlock, and ran into the room, the door shut and sealed behind me.

"Door Sealed." Jarvis said and I nodded as I slumped down against the cool metal door.

"Next time," I panted. "I'm going with Pepper."