Hey guys! Welcome to my second fanfiction! I hope you enjoy it :)

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these characters! They all belong to the MCU!

Caution: This fanfiction has a lot of dark and angsty themes so if you are uncomfortable with that, please don't read!

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Torture warning for this chapter. If you're uncomfortable with that, please don't read!

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Tony paces around the common room. Clint and Natasha have dark bags around their eyes from no sleep. Everyone else is nervously waiting for the next video. Pepper ordered breakfast but no one can bring themselves to eat. Peter had been with that wacko for a whole night. Steve sighs and puts his head in his hands. "We have no idea what's happening to the kid." he mutters. Rhodey wipes his eyes and nods. "We have to find him. When I get my hands on that bastard Hammer…" Rhodey trails off. Tony keeps pacing. "Tony. You're going to make yourself sick. Please sit down somewhere." Bruce tells him. "I need some coffee." Tony croaks. Bruce leads him to the sofa and Wanda gets him a cup of coffee. "New video message from an unauthorized source." FRIDAY informs them. Tony spills the coffee putting it down. "FRIDAY play it now." he tells it. The team gathers around the screen.

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"Good morning Stark! I really hope you slept well. You up kid?" Justin asks.

Tony glares at the screen. No one calls his kid, "kid" except Tony, Pepper, and the team. No one else is allowed, especially not this asshat.

"Never better." Peter says, smirking.

Tony smiles a little. His kid was so strong. "He's just like you Tony." Pepper says, her eyes glassy. Tony swallows the lump in his throat and turns back to the screen.

"Let's see how you mouth off after I teach you a lesson or two. Starting with this." Hammer says, holding up a wickedly sharp knife.

Tony tenses as he sees Peter's eyes widen slightly.

"Careful. Adults with the brain cells of 0 and below should not play with sharp objects." Peter says laughing.

It would have been funny if Hammer wasn't approaching Peter with that knife. "Oh shit. Shut up kid." Clint whispers.

"You think you're so smart, kid. Let's put you through some pain. Maybe then you'll respect me." Hammer growls. Hammer pulls the knife slowly across Peter's arm.

Tony watches in horror as Hammer goes deeper and deeper into Peter's skin. Peter doesn't cry out but Tony knows he wants to.

"Your kid's got balls Stark. Don't worry. By the time I'm through, he will be broken." Hammer cackles. "Tony don't lose your brain cells listening to this asshole!" Peter calls. Hammer immediately plunges the knife into his lower leg and blood begins to slowly flow from the wounds. "I won't let you die kid. You will suffer in agony. Oh yeah and Stark? If you tell the authorities anything, I'll kill him on the spot and it won't be quick, I can promise you that." Hammer sneers as Peter lets out a small yelp.

"Pepper...he's hurting my kid." Tony whispers. Pepper squeezes Tony tightly. "He's strong Tony. He'll get through it." Sam tells him. "Guys! Have you got anything?" Steve yells. "No. It's like this isn't even happening. There is nothing to trace." Natasha says, her eyes burning with anger. "Well keep searching. We can't give up." Pepper instructs.

"Say hello to my friends Peter. I think you'll really like them." Hammer cackles.

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Two men come down the stairs. Their faces are covered with masks and they are holding baseball bats and whips. "Do whatever you want to him. Just make it hurt." Justin tells them, taking a seat in a chair to watch the fun. Peter pales a bit but stands his ground. He has to stay strong. That's the only way he can get a one-up in this situation. The two men are big and burly. They fit the stereotypical bad guy look but he could easily take them on if Peter wasn't chained to this damned wall. "With pleasure." one of them grunts. Peter braces himself as the inevitable comes.

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Pepper went to their room, unable to watch. Wanda, Bruce, and Sam paced the room, trying to keep the images of Peter's torture out of their heads. "I can feel his pain." Wanda whispers to Vision as he holds her. But Tony watches. He refuses to look away. He feels the anger build up inside him with every hit they place on his kid. "I'm going to make them wish they were never born." he growls to Steve. "We'll be right behind you." Steve growls back.

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Peter tried to stay awake. Passing out would be a sign of weakness and the last thing he needs is Hammer to think he was weak. The bats hurt really bad, especially because they were hitting him as hard as they could, but Peter learned that the whips were the worst. Every time they slapped it down on his skin, a burning hot pain erupted on his back. It took everything Peter had to not scream in agony. He let out a few yelps sometimes but he forced himself to stay quiet. But as one of the goons brought down the whip on his back for what it seemed like the thousandth time, Peter let go and blacked out.

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"My kid just passed out! Tell me you have something!" Tony yells at the two superspies. Natasha furiously types on the computer desperate to get anything...but there's nothing. "It's like this isn't even happening." Clint says frustratedly. "What the hell does that mean?!" Tony asks, trying to steady his breathing. Natasha shakes her head. "It means that we can't track them." Tony sinks to the ground. "How is that possible? He's sending us videos!" Bruce asks. "That's what it is! It's like these videos don't even exist! I don't understand." Natasha says her voice breaking. The video shuts off and the screen goes blank. Tony gets up abruptly. "I'm going to my lab. I might be able to hack it." "Tony. Me and Nat tried everything and we can hack better than you." Clint says softly. "Well you're not Tony Stark, are you? I'm going."

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"Dammit!" Tony yells. He slams his hand on his workbench and puts his head on his hands. He's been at it for hours, but it's exactly like Natasha said. It's like the videos don't exist. But Tony knows that's BS. The kid is getting tortured somewhere because of him and his lousy enemies and Tony couldn't find him. Tony sighs and looks up. "FRIDAY. Please tell me you have something. Anything?" Tony pleads. "0 results on the location of Justin Hammer." the AI says in a regretful tone. "Oh my God." Tony whispers. For once in his life, Tony felt completely and utterly helpless. His tablet beeped. "Boss you have another video from Justin Hammer." his AI tells him. Tony runs a hand over his face as he heads into the elevator.

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"There's a new video." Tony tells them brokenly. Everyone's heads snap up to look at him. Tony sits in the middle of the room and plays the video.

"Hello, my friend! How are you? Your kid's not looking too good Tony." Hammer says smiling.

Peter is still chained to the wall. He is only in his boxers so Tony can see his entire body. It is covered in purple and yellow bruises and there are angry red lashes all over his abdomen. This time he doesn't make any sarcastic quips. Tony knows. The kid is focusing on not making a sound. Hammer reaches out to touch his face.

"You ok buddy? Aww, are you in pain bud? Ok. I'll help you out. I'll tell you how to avoid any more of this." Justin tells him.

Peter flinches. "Get away from me." he growls.

Tony clutches the tablet tighter. What was Hammer going to do?

"Ok kid. I'll make you an honest deal! Seriously! All you have to do is tell me everything about Stark and the Avengers. Then, I'll let you go back to him. That's all you got to do!" the man says enthusiastically.

"Just tell him, kid. Get out of there." Tony pleads the screen.

"Never. I'll never let you hurt my family. You can do whatever you want to me. I would die for Tony and the others." Peter growls. "Fine. Have it your way." Justin shrugs. "Boys! Bring it in please!" he says, clapping his hands.

Tony feels sick. The kid was willing to go through hell for him when he didn't deserve it. "No kid. Just tell him." Steve mutters.

The two men are back and are carrying some sort of device.

"Oh no." Clint whispers. Natasha looks at the screen with wide eyes. "What? What is it? Clint!" Tony asks, trembling slightly. "Tony. Out of the room." Clint commands. "What the hell! No! Tell me what it is! Natasha!" Tony yells. "Tony. Please. Get out. I can't let you see this. Pepper. Please go out and take him with you." Clint pleads. "Tony." Pepper whispers. "No goddammit! Tell me what it is!" Tony yells at the archer. Clint looks away from Tony to the screen. Pepper leaves quietly.

The two men bring the device over to Peter and attach some weird sticker things to his body. Peter winces as they put metal clamps on the hands and feet. "This is what you get for protecting Stark." Hammer cackles.

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Tony knows he can never get that sound out of his head. The sound of Peter's heart-wrenching screams will be a part of him forever, and Tony knows it. As soon as the team finds out what the device was, Steve pulls Tony out of the room. "No! Let me go! Steve! Get the hell off me!" Tony yells. Steve takes Tony to his room and shuts the door. Pepper comes running to Steve's aid. "Tony! Steve, what happened?" Pepper asks softly. Steve just shakes his head. Tony slowly sinks to the floor. "This is all my fault." He sobs. "Tony. This is not your fault. He chose to protect you because of who you are. A great person. You and Peter are the bravest people I have ever met." Steve soothes. "P-pepper I can't get his screams out of my head." Tony cries. Pepper's heart breaks. She's never seen Tony like this, ever, in all the years she's known him. She's never thought Tony could show this much emotion, but that's what Peter did to him. Peter is Tony's everything. "Tony. This is not your fault." Pepper tells him sternly. "He's going through this to protect me Pep." Tony whispers. He breaks into gut-wrenching sobs again. Pepper just holds him and lets him cry. After a while, Tony falls asleep.

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"Steve, can you help me get him into bed?' Pepper whispers. Steve nods silently. He picks Tony up and places him gently on the bed. "Steve. Please tell me what happened." Pepper asks. Steve shakes his head. "Pepper. They are hurting him for information about SI, Tony, and the Avengers. Peter refused and they…" Steve trails off with a hurt look in his eyes. Pepper looks at him in horror and sinks onto the bed. "Pepper. We will get him back." Steve tells her. Pepper nods. "I have to go see if they got anything. Make sure he gets rest." Steve tells her. Pepper nods as Steve walks out of the room.

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Any pain Peter has felt in his life is nothing compared to this. Hammer turned the machine on and every nerve in his body was shot with an excruciatingly painful jolt of electricity. This time there was nothing he could do. He screamed. Hammer wouldn't even give him a break. He would turn it on for minutes at a time, but it felt like hours.

"All of this will stop if you just give me something about Tony." Hammer teases.

Peter pants and catches his breath. "Never." he groans. Hammer sneers. "Have it your way then." he says. He ups the voltage and turns on the machine. Peter doesn't know how long he screams, but he welcomes the darkness with open arms. To protect Tony, it's worth it.

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"FRIDAY? Have you got anything yet?" Clint asks. "No results. I will inform you if anything changes." FRIDAY tells them. "How is Hammer doing this? We have been working for almost 3 days." Rhodey asks. "That's the million-dollar question." Sam says, sipping his tenth cup of coffee. "В мире нет ничего, что я бы не смог взломать. Как этот кусок дерьма сделал это?" Natasha yells. Everybody looks at her but doesn't say anything. "Maybe there's no signal because he's using something that doesn't send off a signal." Clint wonders out loud. "Yeah but he's sending it to Tony's tablet so it has to connect to the network right?" Bruce points out. "This is incorrect. There are devices made by the government that do not give off a signal. But, said devices can still send short messages to other devices without being tracked as they do not need to connect to the general network." FRIDAY says from above. "But how did Hammer get his hands on the government's technology? And who made that kind of stuff?" Wanda asks. "Well, he did say he's been working on it for months. And if you know where to find the right people, hacking the government is easy." Natasha says with a sigh. "Wait, wait, wait. Hold up a second. We're not talking about what we should be talking about." Clint tells them. "What do you mean?" Sam asks, confused. Natasha's eyes widen.

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"It means...there's no way to track Peter unless Hammer gives us the location. It's not possible." Natasha says.

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Tony wakes up the next morning with Pepper in his arms. Careful not to wake her, he slowly gets off the bed and heads into the common room. "What happened?" he croaked. He looks around and there's one word to describe the atmosphere...depressing. "What happened?" Tony repeats. "Tony." Natasha whispers. "What? Nat?" Tony pleads. "There is no way to track Peter Tony." Clint says his voice low. "What the hell do you mean?" Tony asks with fear in his voice. Natasha explains and Tony listens in silence. "S-so what now?" Tony stutters. "We have to wait." Steve whispers.

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Tony can't breath. He's aware of voices shouting as he falls to the ground, vision hazy. "TONY! Tony breath!" someone yells. Tony tries to do as the voice says but it comes out as a gasp. "Tony. In and out. Just breath ok?" a soft voice tells him. Tony finds his bearings and starts to breath. His vision clears and he sees the team looking at him in fear. Tony feels weird so he looks down and sees scarlet magic around his chest. "Can you breath?" Wanda asks. Tony nods and the magic floats away. "Tony...you good?" Rhodey asks. "Fine. I'm just perfect. My kid is with that lunatic and we have no way of getting to him. Just peachy." he growls. Rhodey sighs and pulls him into a hug. Tony tenses, but then melts into the embrace. He looks up at Steve with tears in his chocolate eyes. "What are we going to do?" he whispers.

"I don't know."

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