Author's Note: I'm gonna try and get as many chapters out over this weekend as I can. I own nothing.

24. Information

They reached the Quinjet without incident, Thor pulled Piper into a crushing hug. She was only shaking slightly, Natasha recognized her calm for what it was though and guided both of the teens into the jet where Bruce fussed. He had both of them wrapped in blankets before the other Avengers had even boarded the jet. Harry fell into a fitfull sleep on the way back to New York as Tony made the calls to let the world know that both teen were safe and it was ok for the FBI and CIA to move in on the mostly trashed base. Piper however stayed awake curled up in the corner, near Harry. Natasha quietly stepped over to her.

"Pauchok." Piper looked up at her, there were tears in her big blue eyes. Natasha couldn't tell if they were tears of relief or fear. She sat down next to the teen and curled around her, Piper leaning into her as the redhead gently ran her fingers through her short brown hair. She let out a quiet sob as Tony glanced over at them, still on the phone, this time with Piper's team.

"Yeah, we got her, both of them. They're safe." He sighed and nodded. "Me too." He laid his hand on Piper's back. He was still wearing the Iron Man armor so it was a little heavier than he'd meant it to be, but she smiled at him slightly through her tears. She sniffled as Natasha continued to run her fingers through her hair. It took a few minutes but she spoke quietly.

"I've never had to actually shoot somebody before." The whole Quinjet was quiet as it autopiloted them back to the tower. Piper took a deep breath and continued, staring down at her hands. "I've never hurt somebody like that before. I know I had to… but…" She sniffled again as Natasha pulled her closer. None of the adults tried to silence her or tell her she'd done anything wrong or even right. She glanced over at Harry who was still asleep, twitching slightly under his blanket. "It was so different to when I'm out being Spidey." She swiped her hand across her face and flinched slightly. Tears continued to slip down her face. Tony stepped out of the armor and wrapped his arms around his daughter.

"You were so brave out there, Pipes. You held it together so well." She sobbed into his chest.

"I couldn't let them hurt Harry." Tony nodded as she cried. He felt tears begin to slip down his face as he knelt down in front of his daughter so he could hug her closer.

"I know sweetheart. I know."

The whole of New York was watching the news with bated breath. It was late, nearing ten o'clock at night but New York never slept anyway, let alone when two of the most well known residents were taken right out of a coffee shop. Dr. Connors fiddled with some papers as the news replayed the footage of the abduction for the fifth time that day. The anchor nodded as someone handed him a new sheet of paper.

"We've just received word that the Avengers have discovered a buried Hydra base under the Petersburg State Forest Preserve. Our source at Stark Industries has confirmed that the two teen have been rescued, that's right the Avengers have come through again. Harry Osborn and Piper Parker-Stark are both alive and well." The anchor was still speaking but Dr. Connors couldn't hear him over the cheers that filled the room. Everyone was celebrating. Abe was jumping up and down shouting about how the Avengers were the best and he'd never doubted it for a minute. Glen was grinning from ear to ear. The other scientists were all either heading home or down to the recreation level. Abe bounced and Dr. Connors smiled at his interns.

"This has been quite the day. How about you two head home? And don't worry about coming in tomorrow. I think I can handle it on my own for a day." Abe thanked him and headed out but Glen paused.

"Do you mind if I come by tomorrow anyway? I'd still like to help." Dr. Connors nodded.

"If you want to sure. But I might be coming in late tomorrow so don't worry about being early." Glen grinned and nodded as he took off his lab coat. Placing it in the laundry chute on his way out of the lab he smiled to himself. She was ok. He grinned as he made his way back home.

Tony twirled the USB his daughter had stolen from Hydra between his fingers. She was asleep on the couch behind him surrounded by the people she loved. Ava and Mary Jane were curled up next to her on the couch. Harry was leaning against Piper's legs from his spot on the mattress Steve had dragged into the room on the teens insistence. Danny was next to him, Ava's hand resting gently in his hair. Sam was on his other side, snoring lightly as Luke let out a much deeper snore from beside the small Latino. Eddie was being held in the hospital overnight along with everyone else who'd been affected by the gas released into the coffee shop. Tony made a mental note to pay off the kids medical bill in the morning.

Natasha was sitting in the loveseat nearby, watching over the teens, as the credits for Frozen rolled by. Piper and Harry had been rushed to medical after the Quinjet had arrived. The Oscorp board of directors had called Tony and he'd assured them that Harry was alive and well, the threat well taken care of. The boy's bodyguard Frank had called him too, just to check on the kid. Apparently Harry had given him the slip before heading over to the coffee shop this morning. He assured Tony that it wouldn't be happening again. Tony assured him in turn that he wouldn't have been able to stop Hydra anyway. Tony had called Mary Jane to the tower shortly after, claiming that the other teens had arrived shortly after her when Piper's team had all piled into the med bay.

Neither teen had serious wounds. Piper had been nocked around a little and both had irritated wrists from the cuffs Hydra had used on them but there would be no permanent physical damage, so they had all piled into the living room instead as it was much more comfortable than the med bay. Piper and Harry hadn't even made it through the opening credits before falling asleep. The other teens had fared better, making to all the way to Anna reaching Elsa's ice castle before drifting off one by one.

The Avengers had all drifted away one by one save for himself and Natasha. Clint had gotten a call and dragged Steve off with him when it was over. Tony could only guess that the two were heading off to play good cop bad cop with the remaining living Hydra agents. He honestly hoped they both decided to play bad cop but it really wasn't in Steve's nature. Thor had excused himself shortly after Piper had fallen asleep to head off to the gym. He had some aggression to work out. Surprisingly Bruce had joined him. Natasha however hadn't moved from her spot on the loveseat since the teens had taken over the couch. Tony sighed and grabbed Piper's camera from the top shelf. She didn't use it often, only on birthdays and holidays to document things she found cute or amusing. He snapped a photo of the large pile of cuddling teens before stepping into the hall to retrieve a few blankets.

He carefully draped one of the blankets across the girl on the couch and the other two over the boys. Harry stirred as he did so, blinking wearily up at Tony. Tony smiled slightly.

"Go back to sleep Harry." Harry nodded, cuddling further under the blanket.

"Thanks dad." He said sleepily before drifting back off. Tony stepped back slightly before he let a small smile grace his face.

"I don't even care that he just called me his dad. That was too cute. JARVIS save the last few minutes of footage please." The AI complied as Natasha nodded from her spot on the loveseat.

"I honestly doubt that Norman Osborn has ever done anything like that for his son." Tony nodded, looking sadly down at the boy in the middle of the pile of teens.

"JARVIS, let me know when it looks like they're gonna wake up. I have some digging to do." He said tossing the USB into the air and catching it as he turned away from the teens who had taken over his living room. Natasha would keep them safe she had already essentially claimed them as hers anyway.

Baron Strucker was livid. One teenager had managed to get into Hydra's system and rip a great deal of information that was now in the hands of the Avengers. And the worst bit was that wasn't all she'd done. She'd implanted a virus in the system that was still data mining them. His best scientist were currently on the task of stopping the virus but there was no telling how much damage had already been done. He sighed deeply to himself as one of his lieutenants stepped up to him.

"Herr Strucker, should we begin to make a new plan to take the girl?" Strucker shook his head.

"No. Stark's daughter is too dangerous to be allowed on Hydra property alive." The man nodded.

"Should we order a hit on her?" Strucker shook his head.

"No you fool. That would draw the Avengers down on us even faster, we aren't ready. We'll need the twins to beat them. We'll feed them some little fish, draw them as far from Sokovia as we can for the moment. If the twins survive the serum and their training we will be able to defeat the Avengers without needing to use the girl." The lieutenant nodded and saluted Strucker before heading off back the way he had come. One of the scientists approached him.

"Herr Strucker, we have managed to disable the virus but quite a bit of information was already stolen, including what we'd been mining from Oscorp, everything we had on Octavius's research and possible location is gone sir." Strucker sighed. He could feel a headache building behind his eyes. He shook his head.

"Fine, let the Avengers take down Octavius, we had no guarantee he would work for us in the first place. It will keep them occupied for a time." The scientist scurried away as Strucker stepped off to find some ibuprofen, it had been a very long day.