Bruce was gone.

Just like that.

Poof!

Taken without a sound.

Everyone started to freak out and began calling the stolen doctor.

That soon stopped when Loki snarled at them to keep their voices down. They didn't want to encourage the creature to take them faster.

Tony felt shaken up and guilty. Bruce was standing right behind him! How could he have been taken without so much as a peep?

It was in that moment that Tony realized the bigger picture here.

Slenderman was going to take them all, unless they found a way to get out.

The others must have realized this too because they all huddled back into a group again.

Clint was the first to speak up. "W-what are we going to do now!? Bruce is gone and that pale fucker is getting closer to us as we speak!"

Coulson held Clint close, which he rarely does in public, but these were drastic times. "I've read a file on this type of situation with this 'Slenderman' before in Fury's office. The logical thing to do now, is to collect all of these pages and see if that opens the gate from where we started. Once we get out, we find Bruce and get the fuck out of Dodge."

Everyone seemed to like that plan, so they set off to do just that.

They've been walking around for about 15 minutes when the came upon a beaten up red truck infront of a run down yellow shed.

Tony walked up to the truck and tried to hot wire it.

It didn't work. All that came out was this strange static that came from the radio. Steve tried to bust down the door of the shed, but it was like the door was made out of titanium and wouldn't budge.

What they did find was a page on the backside of the shed.

There weren't any words on it this time, just a couple of badly drawn trees and a man standing among them.

Steve pulled Tony closer before speaking. "Well, at least we found another page." No one seemed too excited to hear the news.

"That's all fine and dandy, but that still doesn't bring Bruce back." Clint grunted from under Coulson's arm.

Natasha rolled her eyes. "It might. This is a supernatural being. Meaning, collecting these pages just might be the ticket out of h-here." She stuttered that last part. But seeing that the rest of the group were too busy examining the new found page to notice. Tony did, but payed it no heed.

Loki spoke up from Thor's firm, but gentle hold. "And that's great too!" There was a lot of sarcasm there. "But is Slenderman going to just let us take the key that let's his victim's escape? I think not. In order for us to win this, we need to accomplish one thing: What is his weakness. What will give us enough time to get out and not hunt us down afterward."

Thor nods. "My brother has come to a good conclusion. We need to find this creature's weakness, acquire all of the pages, find the man of anger, and escape."

Steve sighs and looks around. Then blinks and whirls around in a panic.

Tony grabs Steve's arm, stopping him from frantically looking inside of the truck. "Steve? What's wrong?"

Steve stops and holds Tony close. "Natasha's gone..." He says with despair thick in his voice.

Everyone startles and looks around.

It's true.

Natasha's vanished into thin air.

/

Fire.

Her hair is like a flame that draws a moth in at night.

But also dangerous...

Oh, yes.

She almost found out his weakness...

We can't have that, now can we?

No...

The pretty monster and the feisty flame...

Oh, you'll love our new toys Tony...

You'll be my favorite, don't you worry...

I'll have you back so~on...

Just.

You.

Wait.