AN: I'm really sorry this took so long!

Tony was furious.

It had been two weeks. Two weeks since Pepper had been kidnapped. He still woke up in the middle of the night, shaken from nightmares of not being there fast enough, of only finding her dead body. He tried to hide it from her, though. She had nightmares, too. In the first nights she woke up screaming. He had just hold her, knowing that nothing he would say could make them go away. Every time he barely controlled his anger. Justin Hammer and AIM had done this to Pepper. To Pepper. If they had kidnapped Tony himself, he would have been pissed, but not this furious.

It had been two weeks and he still had nothing. NOTHING! Not the smallest lead. Hammer just seemed to have disappeared. AIM had not, but AIM was a major terrorist organization that even a furious Tony Stark alias Iron Man couldn't take down in such a short time. He had, however, begun to hack every server of them he found and even given the information straight to SHIELD. In the face of what happened his shenanigans with Fury weren't important anymore.

At least Pepper was better now. She was sitting in the living room with Natasha and it looked like they were gossiping about something. Tony knew that because he had JARVIS show him the video feed. Tony refused to let her out of his sight. It annoyed Pepper, he knew that, but well, the Avengers backed him up here. They all cared for her very much and none of them wanted to risk anybody hurting her again.

Suddenly, JARVIS spoke up:

"Sir, I might have found Justin Hammer."

Pepper sat in the living room with Natasha and they discussed the latest fashion trends. Neither Pepper nor Natasha were really interested in that topic, but it was an easy topic were none of them had to think to much … and it was far away from anything related to what happened two weeks ago.

After the kidnapping everybody had seemingly walked on egg shells around Pepper. In the first days she had been to caught up in the nightmare of what happened to notice, but by now it was just plain annoying. She had been kidnapped, yes, but she was not broken. She got that they were worried and she got that they only meant well, but she wasn't made out of glass!

"And this skirt... I don't know. Who should wear this? Pepper? Are you listening?" Natasha's voice broke through Pepper's thoughts.

"Actually, I wasn't. Sorry." Pepper took a deep breath. "Natasha, I want you to teach me how to fight. Not now, obviously, but as soon as the little ones in here," She stroked her (in her mind) gigantic belly "are out. I don't want to be the damsel in distress anymore. I want to be able to defend myself."

Natasha looked at her, not shocked, not even surprised, just calculating. After a long moment, she said:

"Okay."

Pepper smiled and said:

"And about this skirt..."

It was a grainy picture, obviously taken from a security camera. The man on the picture could be Hammer, but it was very difficult to say. Tony stared at it for a few moments.

"JARVIS, where was this photo taken?" He asked.

"Caracas, Venezuela, Sir."

"Caracas." Tony repeated. He wondered if he could get Rhodey to...

"What is in Caracas?" A voice from above startled Tony. He looked up and saw... Clint. Who else.

"Hammer. Maybe." He answered.

"Really?" Clint asked interested.

"JARVIS found this picture." Tony pointed at the screen in front of him. Clint studied the picture.

"What are you planning to do?" He asked seriously.

"Not sure. I can't exactly go there and drag him away, can I?" Tony asked.

"Well, you maybe not, but I can." Clint said.

"You'd do that?"

"Hey, this guy attacked my wife and kidnapped Pepper. Of course I'd do that! I actually thought of just killing him, but that would be to good for him. So, what's the plan?" Clint answered.

"We kidnap him. Then we put him into this hole where he put Pepper. We let him stand there, chained to the wall, and let him feel what he put her through. Just before he drowns, we'll get him out. And put him in there again. And again. And when he begs us to just let him drown, we will give him to Fury. I think your director has a few nice cards up his sleeve as well." Tony said darkly.

"I'm in." Clint said immediately. Hatred towards Hammer was clear in his eyes.

"Me too." A new voice came from the door.

"And me."

"Can I tazer him?"

Clint and Tony turned around to see Steve, Bruce and Darcy standing in the door, looking determinate.

Tony smiled a bit.

"Thank you, guys. And Darcy: Of course you can."

"So you're going to go after him?" Natasha asked her husband. They were lying in the bed, his arms firmly around her, holding her close.

"Yes. We're going to get him and teach him a lesson about who he shouldn't attack." Clint replied.

"I wish I could go with you. I'm not even mad at him for attacking me, actually, but attacking Pepper was just low." Natasha said.

"Attacking you while eight month pregnant was low as well." Clint meant. Even though he would never really admit it, the attack on Natasha had scared him to the bone. He pulled her a bit closer and took in the scent of her hair. For a few moments it was completely quiet.

"She asked me to teach her self defense." Natasha broke the silence.

"Will you?" Clint asked.

"Yes. We will all feel safer if she can fight." Natasha answered.

AN: I hope you liked it! Don't forget to tell me what you think!