2:04p.m.

Niki

After Brianna and Tony came back from their quickie we kept talking to Bri until her and Tony had to have a conference in the bedroom. AKA Sex. Kirk and I looked at each other, laughing. I was glad to see that she was enjoying herself. She had been slightly distant for the past couple months and I was genuinely worried. I had tried to make her feel better with my dry, witty, and dirty humor, but none of it seemed to work.

"So you wanna get a look around?" Kirk asked. I nodded.

"Sure, lead the way." we both stood up quietly while the racket was still going on in the bedroom.

Neither of us knew where to go or what to do. But I had a feeling that Kirk wanted to see the new teleportation device as much as I did. So we wandered aimlessly around Stark Towers, trying to figure out where to go. That was near the time when JARVIS had to run a virus scan which took about five hours..

"Kirkland and Nicole are trespassing unauthorized territory Mr. Stark." His voice poured through the speakers and into our ears.

"Why is JARVIS up earlier than usual...oh now I remember, Brianna used to have that habit of putting her Fall Out Boy stuff down here."

"Kirk," I said getting her out of her thoughts. "Tony's going to find us. He doesn't like us wandering around his place, let alone Brianna." I told her. She nodded and we started off down the hall, pushing doors open, and taking sharp turns. It was after about two minutes running, and I was already out of breath as we rounded another corner.

"Kirk...hey, slow down! I can't run that fast." I stopped and bent over and heaving, my hands holding myself up on the floor.

"Alright, lets..just..um go in that room over there!" She pointed to a random room where you could see that the lights were on by looking at the bottom of the door. I opened the door fearing that one of Tony's workers would be in there. But to my surprise no one was there, it seemed like a good hiding spot. There were no windows which was always good and lots of huge cabinets, which both of us could easily fit in. .

My forehead was already sweaty from the running...Wavy, and slightly fuzzy dark brown hair tucked behind my ear. My dim blue eyes were the only contrast...

We both spotted a large capsule looking object in the corner. It was tall almost seven feet, with a milky white plating and when I stood on my tip toes had a clear vision to see the pane of glass covering the top. I gasped transfixed and ran over to it.

"Hey, don't touch it!" Kirk warned me, but before she even got those words out, my fingers pressed lightly against the cool surface. Immediately, lights began flashing sirens bounced off the walls making both our ears bleed. I let out a sharp yell and looked around panicked as I was blinded by the strobing lights.

"Dammit! Open it! See if we can at least hide in it!" Kirk told me pulling at random knobs trying to find a way in. I nodded and ran my hands over the surface, looking for a notch. When my fingers found a dent I pulled it and the door opened with a swoosh. I felt Kirk pushing me from behind making me fall into the capsule after I was in she squeezed in next to me.

"Well this was smart. We're both claustrophobic!" I reminded her.

"I know. Shut the door." She ordered her voice was strained. Confused, I nodded and closed it. The door sealed with a lock and sucking sound.

And we were in the dark.

"I can't breathe." I told her panicking.

"Yes you can, otherwise you wouldn't be talking." Kirk responded her breathing becoming uneven..

"No. I'm dying."

"You're not, stop being stupid."

"I can't feel my arms." I heard footsteps outside the door.

"Sh. I think thats Tony." Kirk held her shaking hand over my mouth. I wriggled against her and bit her, she let go screaming. The figure outside could hear her and turned, footsteps becoming louder. I heard someone clicking something. The door tried to open but it made a wheezing sound.

"Who's in there!" Tony yelled banging on the device.

"Niki and Kirk." Kirk answered sounding pissed off.

"What are you two doing down there! You both know that I keep some of my projects down here, and most of them are dangerous." He yelled.

"We...got lost?" I said weakly.

"Bullshit. You can't get out...can you?" He asked. I pushed the door. He pulled. Nothing moved.

"No. What are we going to do?" Kirk asked.

"This is the teleportation device. It's still flawed and dangerous." He warned. I nodded my head shakily even though he couldn't see me. The bottom of the device started glowing an almost off white color allowing me to see the button displayed on the flat surface. One of the button had Asgard engraved on it, I had heard that word from somewhere...I just couldn't place it. Kirk was holding her knees up to her chest, the small space becoming to much for her to handle.

"Niki...I can't...breathe..." Her eyes were pleading. I had to got us out of her soon or she wasn't going to make it.

"Tony, Kirk's not breathing." I yelled panicking.. Tony yelled something, but I couldn't hear clearly. Kirk started to slouch, I could feel it. Then I remembered that this was a teleporting device, I could get us out of here! I pressed the one that said Asgard and the machine started shaking. There was a humming noise coming from all directions.

"I'm sorry Tony." I murmured hoping he could hear me.

And then I blacked out.