A/N: Sorry, not sorry. But this is going to be a hard chapter to write and to be honest, I'm avoiding some conflict because I am awful at fight scenes. Took the easy way out BUT I will still try to make it as good as possible! Alsoooo... there's another A/N at the end of the chapter so I don't give anything away but if you have a question about something while reading, the answer mayyyy be at the end.

Disclaimer: as always, I don't own Marvel, MCU or any characters in this. I am not getting paid, no copyright, yada yada.

"What about this one?" Jess looked away from the mirror to focus on him, frown still in place as she hid her stomach behind her arms. She was only at the beginning of her second trimester, she wasn't showing a lot. Logic told her that, and the doctor's measurements... but her stomach seemed so... big.

"If you're going to wear a black suit, you know almost anything will look good." Jess reminded him with a roll of her eyes, going over to him and looking at the green tie he was holding up. She reached behind him in the massive closet and held out a dark red one before putting it on the dresser in front of him. "You know red is your color." she teased, letting him pull her closer so they could kiss. Smiling through the kiss, Jess pulled back and gestured down to her green dress. "How about this? Does this say 'you're welcome we saved your ass Fury and I'm pregnant not fat.'?"

It was a dinner that SHIELD had decided to throw in their honor, which the other Avengers who had been around since the very beginning thought was funny because when they saved New York from being blown to pieces, there was no dinner. She had to admit, she was a little excited to dress up... or she was until she put the dress on and swore she looked like a beached whale. Tony rolled his eyes, swatting her butt as she walked away from him. "No, it says 'Tony I belong on your floor'. And you're not fat! You weigh like a buck ten soaking wet, Drew." he promised, not noticing much change with her.

Jess looked in the traitorous mirror one more time before huffing and putting on her heels while she could still wear them. Placing her hand in the crook of his arm, she let him kiss her one more time, whispering I love you in her ear which made her smile before letting him walk her out the door.

It was well into the night when she realized something was... off. Her damn spidey sense that she didn't always pay attention to was making her frown and put a hand to her head. The men were having drinks while Nat was standing with her in a striking red number. She frowned and put a hand on the pregnant woman's arm. "Are you okay, Jess?"

Jess nodded, blinking and looking up. "Something is wrong..." Looking around, she didn't see anything right away... until she saw the man standing near the top of the staircase pulling a gun out. Flicking her wrist so the bracelet that Tony made her turned into her web slinger, she used her quick reflexes to shoot out and grab the gun, yanking it back. Snatching it from the air, she tossed it to Nat before looking over and seeing one of the board in the direct line of sight of a sniper. Using her slingers, she swung over to woman by the high railing and grabbed her by the shoulders. Bringing her to the side with her, she held onto the woman as she rolled, hearing the gun shots and seeing the indents in the floor right where she had been. "Run!" Jess snapped at her, pulling her gun out of the holster on her thigh and cocking it.

Looking around, there was mass chaos as people ran while screaming. Some stopping to take out their own guns, while family members were herded towards exits. "Jess!" She heard her name though the pandemonium, heard Tony trying to get to her as the others were protecting people as well. There was a little girl, crying with her teddy bear in the middle of the room as she looked for her mom. She didn't even glance back at her boyfriend, instead running over and scooping the little girl up, realizing there was a gun trained right at them. As quick as she was, even she couldn't dodge bullets that were already coming towards her. There was a clinking noise as Steve ran in front of her, holding his shield for the bullets to deflect off.

"Take her!" Jess yelled to Steve who hesitated, wanting to stay and protect her. "Go!" she demanded, glad that the man was transporting the little one to safety.

"You should've stayed at home in your web, little spider." The voice made her blood run cold as she turned around, gun knocked from her hands as a fist hit the side of her face. Grunting and falling over, Jess rolled so she was moving away from Rumlow, her arms up in defense. She was holding her own, refusing to go without a fight. There were multiple hands holding her, making her snarl and punch as much as possible, trying to free herself from the cuffs and arms wrapping her tightly. Her heart racing as she realized this was it, she would die here.

Looking around, Jess' eyes connected with Tony's. "TONY! DO IT!" she screamed, biting someone and headbutting the person behind her that had tried to start pulling her away. Her eyes were locked on Tony as he fought people of his own, his launcher out on his shoulder. She knew all it would take was one command for FRIDAY and she could be locked on and put out of what was sure to be misery... but he just looked at her with wide eyes, fear stopping him. "TONY... TONY! YOU PROMISED! YOU PROMISED!" she screeched, not caring if the others heard the fear in her voice. No! NO! She wasn't going! Not again! Sobbing, she kept fighting, looking now for Bucky. It was clear why no one could save her, they were all busy protecting civilians or getting attacked themselves. "BUCKY!"

She roared the last word she could, knowing he could hear her wherever he was in the mess. Her hopes raised a little as he found her, anger in his eyes and Russian curse words flowing from his mouth as he shot one of the HYDRA agents. There was so much regret and hesitation in his eyes, but his arm raised with the gun pointed at her. Jess nodded viciously, still struggling as the men dragged her backwards. Closing her eyes, she felt peace as something hit her in the head, assuming she had been shot as the world went black.

Unfortunately, life had never really been fair for Jess. She woke up with a headache, strapped to an all too familiar chair that made her groan. "I didn't like this last time, I decided not to vacation here anymore. Zero stars." Jess' voice was husky, her throat dry, growling as someone slapped her across the face, letting her head lean back to rest against the chair.

"You think you're so clever. You think you've been hiding from HYDRA this whole time."

"I don't think living in a tower that takes up half Manhattan is really hiding, do you?" She gritted her teeth as her hair was pulled by Rumlow, forcing her to look into the eyes of someone she hoped she would never have the pleasure of seeing again. "Ah. Vermis." The man who had originally had her captured and brainwashed, turned her into the emotionless shell that Arachne was. Asshole. "Can't say I'm happy to see you."

"Ты всегда был так неблагодарен, Арахна." (You have always been so ungrateful, Arachne.)

Jess raised her lip in a snarl, pulling against the restraints. "Да, все мечтают быть убийцей." (Yes, everyone dreams of being a killer.)

The HYDRA Supreme leader, one of the European ones, chuckled and sat down in front of her, just out of reach from her legs that were also bound. "Ты тоже всегда был бойцом. Я должен был знать, что просто заблокировать ваши воспоминания будет недостаточно..." (You too have always been a fighter. I should have known that simply blocking your memories would not be enough...)

Jess... Jess didn't like the sound of that. The look of disdain was clearly written across her face as the man gestured to someone behind them. "Не беспокойся, хотя. Мы исправим эту проблему. Эта слабость у тебя, один Тони Старк ... Мы пытались предупредить тебя, любовь была слабостью." (Don't worry though. We will fix this problem. You have this weakness, one Tony Stark ... We tried to warn you, love was a weakness.)

Jess thrashed as she felt something being put on her head, pulling away and glaring as someone (a few someones, really) held her head and another strapped it down. No... no no no. This was all too familiar. She worked to keep her gaze steady, not letting the fear and anger bubble over as she had been letting it do so freely at home.

Home... Jess would be lucky if she ever saw home again.

"В прошлый раз мы просто изменили ваши прошлые воспоминания. Более эффективным было то, как мы относились к Зимнему солдату." (Last time, we just changed your past memories. More effective was the way we treated the Winter Soldier.)

Not only were they going to brain wash her... they were going to make her a puppet, able to be pulled by strings. "Do what you want. They will kill me to protect others. I'm not worried." Jess said through gritted teeth, not bothering to speak in Russian anymore. Fuck him.

"Ah. But, that would mean killing the baby spider, wouldn't it Arachne? Are they infant killers now, these Avengers?"

Jess' heart almost stopped as she realized that even though she hadn't said a word, someone had found out somehow. It didn't matter now how, only that it meant they would somehow send her back. Jess tried to pull against the restraints, making one last attempt though she knew it was futile. What could she do now...?

"Rest, Arachne. You'll be going home soon enough."

Her yells were all she remembered, the pain and her yelling.

"Tony... why don't you eat something. And sleep. You're freaking everyone out..." Bruce said gently, watching as the man poured over the notes of HYDRA agents they had found and bases they had infiltrated.

Jess was at none of them.

Tony ignored him, not bothering to look up or listen to the others who were there as well. From what he could tell, the whole team was there, even Peter... except for her. His heart clenched, and he ignored that, too. "Stark... not sleeping isn't going to find he-"

"Then what?! What will?" Tony snapped, turning around, pissed off that no one would leave him the hell alone. "I'm sorry that no one else is taking the fact that my pregnant girlfriend has been missing for two months as serious as I am. No one asked any of you to be here." Tony slammed his hand down on the counter, not waiting for any of them to respond before he went back to the hologram that had the notes on it.

"Tony, that's not true and you know it. We all miss her and we're all doing everything we can. Peter is acting like he has pneumonia to be here." Steve challenged, knowing the man was hurting but not liking the fact that he was shaming the whole team. They were doing everything they could. Bucky was even working himself to the ground, feeling awful that he hadn't been able to shoot the girl. Not caring that Tony was still pissed at him for even trying.

"I did what you said you would. I would've had the burden of killing a mom and her unborn child, but I would've accepted that burden because it was what she wanted. She knew you'd be a coward and would back out so she came to me."

Oh, that had ended in a fist fight and Steve having to break it up.

"Just shut up, Rogers. What I do is nobody's business. If I want to die of starvation looking for her I will."

"Tony..."

Tony's head shot up as he heard his best friend's voice, his heart doing that awful clenching thing again as his eyes connected with Pepper's. He looked like shit... his eyes had dark circles under them, who knew when he had shaved last or really had a shower. His resolve was cracking as she walked over and put her hands on his face. "Tony... you need to listen to me. We have every available SHIELD agent looking for her, looking for leads. If we find her at this point, you won't be able to help save her. I need you- she needs you, to get some sleep. And shower. You smell awful."

Tony let Pepper smooth his hair back, realizing she was right... and he did smell awful. "I miss her, Pep." His words caught in his throat as he tried to choke back the tears. Luckily, Bruce herded them all out, understanding that they needed a moment. Pepper held her friend, letting him hug her and eventually coaxing him upstairs from the lab to shower.

"Guys... that was Fury. We have a lead... a real one. Suit up." Steve said to the others as he walked into the main common area after hanging up his phone.

"Stark will be furious if we go without him..." Thor hesitated, the others nodding in agreement as they looked at Steve.

"I know... but he won't be any help right now. He's too close to it. I know we all are, but we're at least rested and can make sound decisions. Suit up." Steve patted Thor on the shoulder as he started to the roof to get in the Quinjet, the others following behind silently. Tony was already out of the shower, falling asleep in his room by the time they had lifted off.

She didn't know how long she had been there... she didn't know where she was. It was dark most of the time, they threw her around quite a bit and she had bruises and cuts all over her. Eventually, she stopped resisting. After days turned into weeks, and she didn't remember how long she had been in small room or how long she had been cuffed... after she stopped having hope and stopped trying to remember how she got there and what was happening... that was when they came for her.

Jess blinked and raised a cuffed hand to block the sudden light that washed over her, moving to try to defend herself but remembering she was restrained. She flinched as someone pushed the hair away from her bruised cheek, surprised when pain didn't follow. "Jess... we're here. We found you." The strange accent had her blinking in confusion, not fighting back as the person picked her up, not realizing she was shivering. The light got brighter, causing her to turn her head into the man's chest, his long hair tickling her face.

"Let's go, Thor!" A well chiseled man yelled from a jet as he ran with her, making her close her eyes so she didn't throw up from the jostling. Once on the jet, there were too many people. Too many voices and people trying to touch her. Her heart pounded in her chest as she tried to pull away from them, realizing they all knew who she was but she didn't recognize any of them yet. The bruised woman tried to melt into the large man who still held onto her.

"Guys, maybe we should give her some space... I don't think she knows who we are..." The blonde named Thor mentioned, motioning down to the woman who was all but curled into him as a red head tried to get the cuffs off her wrists and a dark haired man found her pulse.

"I don't know how to check on the baby... she mentioned multiple times that even Dr. Cho had issues trying to hear the heartbeat. I'm not going to be able to on a jet."

"I think I can do it! " The voice seemed... friendly... familiar in a way she didn't understand. He seemed younger than the others, much younger. "Hi Miss Drew!" The young man stepped forward slowly, smiling at her as she turned her head to look at him. "Alright, I'm just going to check on the little one, okay? I didn't know you were having a baby! You never told me!" The boy named Peter looked upset, which made her frown.

"Were going to tell you soon." Where had that come from...? Jess blinked, not knowing why she said that but knowing it felt right.

They all seemed to look hopeful at her words though everyone stayed silent for a moment as Peter used his enhanced hearing, not saying anything for a moment. Jess held her breath. She forgot she could use her powers for that and was scared now that the baby, the only thing she remembered, was hurt. But then he smiled and nodded. "I hear a heart beat!" Jess let out of her breath, closing her eyes and letting herself relax some.

The moment they touched base, Thor was hustling her into the giant building and into a large, white room.

"FRIDAY, tell them we have her." The chiseled man spoke again, his voice sounding relieved which confused her all over again. She thought they were going to hurt her at first, until she realized maybe they were saving her? A part of her wanted to sleep, another was too interested and a little worried about what would happen.

Hands were all over her again, which made her flinch and grab the man named Thor's hand who instantly came close to her. "Lady Drew, it's okay. We're all here for you, you don't need to worry." he soothed, making her believe it for just a moment... until he looked up and saw new people. Another dark haired man and a woman with hair so red it was almost orange.

"I can't believe you left without me!" He said angrily at Chiseled Man, jabbing him in the chest before turning and seeing Jess. "Jess." The man almost sobbed, coming towards her which made her tense up and sit up more, pushing away the people trying to put a mask over her face and IVs.

"Tony..." Steve started at the same time Peter said, "Mr. Stark!"

Her gaze suddenly went almost blank as the others started arguing. Tony wanting to know why he couldn't come close to his girlfriend, wondering about the baby. The others telling him she was disorientated.

Forgotten. London. Frozen. Nightingale. Iron.

"Tony...?" Everyone stopped fighting, the silence flooding into the room as they looked to Jess who was standing up and walking towards him.

The man named Tony looked relieved, smiling and putting his arms out for her.

Emerald. Twelve. Fifty-two. Nine.

The moment she reached him, her eyes narrowed and her arms shot out to grab his throat.

Water spout.

She choked him, ignoring the people yelling at her and the people trying to pull her off. The only thing she could concentrate on was her mission; kill Tony Stark. She finally remembered what she had been waiting for, and her hands refused to loosen.

Being pushed back, Jess turned around and was face to face with the boy who had his hand clenching her hand. She growled and moved so she had flipped him and slammed him onto his back, being tripped by Peter and kicking him in the face to free her ankle. Going towards Tony again who was kneeling with his hand on his throat, eyes wide as Pepper asked if he was okay. Steve and Thor were both holding her back as she fought to get away, only stopping when Bucky hit her across the back of her head causing her to go limp.

"Was that necessary?" Bruce asked, worried as he hurried forward to help Dr. Cho once Steve placed her in the bed. Checking her vitals while Dr. Cho started an IV, he frowned to Bucky who was helping Peter up who promised he was okay as he leaned his head back to stop her nose bleeding.

"... Unfortunately, yes. Bucky was just like that..." Steve mumbled, running a hand over his face and leaning back against the counter.

"They did what they did to me I think... if they just altered her memories, she would've tried to attack all of us. I think they gave her trigger words, told her when she saw Tony to attack." Bucky agreed with Steve, sighing and his own memories coming to surface. "We're going to have to contain her. She won't stop trying to hurt him."

Everyone looked to Tony who sat on the ground, elbows on his knees as he held his hand up to his mouth. He looked so lost, and yet, he realized he couldn't let himself be lost. Not yet... not until she was really back. "The baby...?"

"I could hear it's heartbeat, Mr. Stark." Peter chirped, still upbeat as his words got muffled through the gauze he was holding to his nose.

Tony nodded, sighing and running his hands through his hair, hating that they had to restrain her. "Banner... when she's got the all clear from Dr. Cho, put her in the tank." It was the only way... if it was strong enough to hold the other guy... he looked up to Bruce who nodded gravely in agreement.

A/N: SO! Obviously a normal baby probablyyyyy wouldn't survive being tortured/shocked or whatever but again, I don't know how babies would be that have a super parent soooo this is what I came up with haha! As of now, the baby is fine. Will that change? I'mmmm not sure yet! You will find out as soon as I do haha! The reason I did this, besides drama, is because I feel like it's definitely something HYDRA would do.