Hello lovelies. Sorry for the long wait. Bianca lost her computer charger and we only had the story on one computer XP. Not gonna let that happen again. Anyway Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you enjoy this latest chapter. Maile also wrote a story on her own that we will be uploading soon. Let us know what you think! Oh and we were still debating on making Fenrir a breeder or not so let us know what you think. Btw Fenrir will NOT end up with Tony so please give us your opinions. Reviews are greatly appreciated!

-Bianca and Maile

Thor, Loki, Hel, and Fenrir arrived at the same place and same time as they always had before. The Avengers were waiting for them as usual. The only thing that was different was that there was an almost grown looking Fenrir instead of a 6 year old. Banner was the first to speak when they saw the crazy sight before them.

"Fenrir, what happened to you?" Loki and Thor looked at each other before speaking.

"We do not understand it either. This just started happening since he turned 6 but it is not happening to Hel. We tried to ask the Allfather if he knew of anything that could cause something like this to happen but he did not." Loki explained calmly as Fenrir stood behind them looking at the ground. Tony's phone began to ring. For some reason Jarvis was calling him.

"What is it, Jarvis?" Tony growled into the phone as he walked away from the group of people, Banner had begun a checkup on Fenrir.

"Sir, your attention is needed. Someone has broken into your home and kidnaped Ms. Potts."

"What?" Tony was yelling now and everyone turned in his direction. "Why didn't any of the defenses work?"

"I'm sorry, sir someone turned off the system before I could do anything."

"Do you know where they have taken her?" Tony was rushing back to his car.

"The demands have not been made yet, sir." Tony closed his eyes in irritation.

"I'm heading back now. I'll be there soon."

Thor and the others looked at each other confused. Fenrir began to feel strange, it was like the knots he got when he lied but it was different.

"Fenrir? You look shorter and pale. Are you feeling alright?" Loki put his hand to Fenrir's forehead to feel his temperature.

"Y-yes. I am fine, Papa." He didn't know it yet but things were about to change… again.

Tony stared at the ransacked room that was before him. Pepper had a box sitting on the coffee table with her name written on it in her handwriting. Sadly, all of it was tipped over and all of its contents were on the floor.

"Jarvis, I want to you find her. Now." Tony went to go and clean up Pepper's things. He picked up various objects like clothes that she had left there that had sat in the back of his closet since she had left him, pictures that they had taken together, just little things mostly. Then, he saw it. It was a box that was wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper. A little Santa Claus was on the gift tag.

To: Tony Stark

Love: Pepper Potts

Their names were written in her handwriting. Why hadn't he received this? Then he remembered they had broken up right before Christmas. He held the present in his hand. It was the height of a Nook but its width was like that of an iPad. After, staring at it for what seemed like a century he finally decided to open it. He slowly opened the box trying not to tear the paper too much. There was a class case inside with a strange circular object. When he pulled it out he realized what it was… his first mini arc reactor. There was a plaque in beautiful script it read: You gave this to me what seems like a lifetime ago now I want you to treasure it as much as I treasure your real heart. He stared at the plaque for a long time. His face was getting hot.

"Why is Pepper always so cheesy? And why the hell am I blushing from the cheesiness?"

"Sir, the rest of the Avenger's are here."

"Let 'em in, Jarvis."

"Yes, sir." The Avengers were standing staring at the mess before them.

"What happened, Stark?" Fury spoke walking up to where he was sitting on the floor.

"They took Pepper while she was here getting the rest of her things."

"Who?" Thor put his hand on Tony's shoulder.

"I don't know Shakespeare but I'm going to find out." He was holding the small glass object in his hands.

A few hours later there was a call from a blocked number. Tony answered on the second ring.

"Who is this? What do you want?"

"Mr. Stark, I would expect a more business tone when you answer a phone call, but maybe that is just me." The man on the other side of the phone had a slight accent. Tony couldn't place it but he had definitely heard this voice somewhere before. "Well it can't be helped. I assume you have noticed the disappearance of Ms. Potts by now?"

"Uh, yeah being as she was in my house and you trashed the place." Tony was getting irritated. "Just tell me what you want."

"Oh, nothing of consequence."

"You could have just came and we could have talked everything out if it is something small instead of you making a huge mess in my house that I now have to clean, I might add."

"You know those sweet little children you always have at your house? I'd like to, lets say, borrow them for some experiments." Thor clenched his fists when he heard the man's demands.

"No, no way in hell. They aren't even mine to give away."

"They both seem to have a special attachment to you, especially the boy. Well, if you can't do what I want then I guess nothing can be done." There was a muffled cry from somewhere on the other side of the phone.

"Wait!"

"Hmm?"

"Give me three weeks."

"You have a week and a half. That's it." The line went dead and Tony stared off into space for a moment before he heard Thor speak.

"Who was that, Stark? Was it about Pepper?"

"I don't know who it was but they wanted to make a trade for Pepper."

"What do they want?" Loki spoke from somewhere out of his line of sight.

"They want the twins." There was a long silence where everyone took a moment to wrap their minds around what was just said.

**A week later**

Tony stared at himself in the mirror. He needed to make a decision in the next two days. I am not going to give over the twins to someone like that. Who knows what he will do to them. He already knew what he was going to do, when he received a call about where he was going to meet the kidnapper he would trace the call and fly in and rescue Pepper. Everyone would be safe then.

Loki sat next to Fenrir's temporary bed. There was something wrong with him. Over the last week he had been shrinking and changing back into a small child. Now, he was the size of a 6 year old how he should be. Loki was waiting for Thor to return with Odin, he was the only person who could possibly explain why this was happening.

"Papa?" Fenrir spoke in his sweet, innocent voice.

"What is it, love?" Loki pushed the hair out of Fenrir's eyes.

"Where is Hel? I would like to speak with her, please." His eyes were pleading with Loki it was as if it were it was a dire situation that he spoke to her.

"I shall go and find her." He stood and walked out of the room. Hel sat outside of the room. She held her knees close to her chest and her face was downcast. "Hel, your brother wishes to speak with you."

"Alright, Papa." He helped her stand and she slowly opened the door and walked into the dimly lit room. Loki followed her and shut the door quietly behind them.

"Hel, have you seen it?" Fenrir was sitting up in the bed now staring intently at her.

"Do you speak of the outcomes that will happen if we sit here idly?" Hel spoke calmly as she sat in the chair next to his bed.

"What are you two speaking of?" Loki was confused and didn't know what they were talking about.

"The future, Papa." Loki stared at them for a moment but before he could have them elaborate Thor rushed into the room.

"Father will not come. He refused, he said that he does not want to come here and that we must bring Fenrir back if he is to see what is wrong with him." Thor was furious and began pacing back and forth through the room.

"What will he do if traveling is what caused this?" Loki stood and shouted.

"I do not know." Thor turned and saw the twins staring at him. He knelt by the bed. "Hello, son. How are you feeling? You are much smaller than when I saw you last." He ruffled Fenrir's hair and lightly touched Hel's check.

"I feel better now. My body no longer aches as it did before you left." Fenrir looked down at his hands.

"Thor may we speak in private?" Loki touched his shoulder lightly. Thor just nodded and stood placing his hand on Hel's shoulder. He followed Loki out of the room leaving Hel and Fenrir alone.

"Hel, we need to go and save Pepper."

"I know, but we must wait until Tony leaves to try and save her otherwise it will not work properly." Hel slowly reached across the sheets and grabbed Fenrir's hand.

"I am scared, sister. What if father does not realize we are gone in time to save us?"

"You already know that outcome. Why do you even have to ask?" Hel's eyes were empty of any emotion. "We know where they are hiding Pepper and we know that they want us so we must go in everyone's place and just hope that it turns out right."

"Papa will notice we are gone won't he?"

"He had better, for our sakes."

The call came the next day Jarvis was ready to begin tracking the moment the phone was answered.

"Stark." He answered calmly.

"Mr. Stark, have you come to a decision yet?" The voice on the other end purred into his ear.

"Yes. I will bring them with me to the meeting place. Their parents have no idea about any of this." Tony lied easily.

"Good. Then let's make a date." There was a joyful tone in the voice.

"Well if I say that I am going to take them to work with me and then you just set up an appointment at my company, under a pseudo name of course and we shall make the deal then."

"Fair enough I shall call and make an appointment for Friday. Keep your schedule open." The line went dead.

"Jarvis?"

"I found him, sir. He is located in a warehouse not far from here."

"I'm leaving then." He suited up quickly and flew off to the coordinates Jarvis gave him.

Steve watched as Tony flew off into the midmorning sun and wished him luck before rushing to tell everyone else what he just witnessed.

"Stark just left to do something irrational." It was all he needed to say to get everyone moving. Hel and Fenrir nodding inconspicuously at each other.

"Papa, may we go and play?" They tugged on Loki's clothes and spoke in unison staring up at him.

"Of course just stay close." Loki went back to the conversation about going after Tony. No one noticed as the two children slipped into the shadows and out the front door.

Tony burst into the small warehouse there was a woman sitting in a chair. She looked familiar but he didn't know where he knew her.

"I thought this would happen so I waited here for you. As you can see Pepper is not here." Before Tony could reply he was jumped his suit did nothing for him for a long time until he finally found an opening and escaped. He was battered and bruised when he returned to his penthouse. Everyone stared at him.

"What happened?"

"I was attacked." Was all he could reply as he fell onto the floor they still did not notice that the twins were missing and at that very moment they were stepping into the warehouse that Tony just escaped.

"Oh, hello little ones." The woman purred and smiled like a Cheshire cat, her brown hair falling over her shoulders in light curls.

"Hello, Ms. Foster." They said in unison holding hands.