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The sound of Back in Black pierced through the dark bedroom, assaulting the peaceful sleep of the trio of soulmates within. Sheets shifted and groans were muffled by smooth skin until a hand reached out and groped unseeingly at the bed side table. It took a moment but finally the calloused hand found what it was looking for and retracted back to the bed with its prize.
“Hello?” A groggy voice mumbled.
“Fred!”
Never had the redhead been more annoyed that Tony had picked up the differences between him and his brother so quickly.
“What Tony?” Fred sighed.
“I need you guys here!” Tony said frantically, “Now! And bring Reindeer Games!” The phone call cut off.
Fred frowned sleepily at the phone before dropping it back to the side table in a huff, “Sounds panicked.”
“The Avengers alarm didn’t go off.” George muttered.
“Then we sure as hell aren’t waking Loki up for this.” Harri mumbled into Fred’s chest.
Fred heaved a sigh but rolled from the bed, “Let’s get this over with so we can come back and sleep.”
“Won’t matter.” Harri whined, “All the warmth will have gone out of the blankets.” George nodded against her back in agreement.
“We’ll create more.” Fred chuckled, “Tony sounded worried.
Harriet opened an eye before letting out an exasperated huff, “Fine.”
Through yawns and sleep heavy eyes, they got up and stumbled into halfway decent clothes before apparating directly to the penthouse of Avengers Tower where, luckily, Tony was pacing. Bucky and Natasha were present as well, both looking irritatingly awake and focused.
“What’s up?” George asked in a sleep rough voice.
Tony whirled to face them, his face set and fury in his eyes, “Someone kidnapped Pepper and we can’t find her!” He snapped frustratedly. He looked around, “Where is Reindeer Games?”
“It’s 1 am,” Harri huffed, “Loki doesn’t like being woke up in the morning let alone at this time of the night. We’ll go get him if its something we can’t handle.”
“But-“ Tony started, the tension in his body clear.
“Sir,” Jarvis interrupted, “Incoming transmission from Miss Potts.”
“Put her through!” Tony shouted frantically.
The tv turned on and everyone focused on the screen where shaky footage was appearing. Pepper was tied to a chair, looking disheveled, her hair was a mess and there were several cuts on her face and neck. Behind her was a cement wall that had several wet spots where the little windows above had leaked, they could just make out an orange tinged street lamp and what looked to be rusted shipping containers through the window.
“Pepper!” Tony called.
The woman’s head jerked up at the sound of his voice, “Tony?!” Her voice was shaking slightly but there was anger clear on her face.
Before Tony could ask anything, two large men dressed completely in black walked into frame. One put a gun to Pepper’s head as the other began to speak, “Tony Stark, you have complied with our demands so far. If you wish to see your precious CEO again you will do as we say! First,...”
The man began to ramble and in her half awake state all Harriet truly caught was the man was some PETA advocate looking to use Tony, for money and influence. Harriet felt her mates’ disbelief and annoyance through their bond, it was mirrored closely by her own. Not only did these jackasses make them wake up at this unmagical hour, but the trio had already run into PETA in the short time that they been in the States, they were already tired of the bullshit. As the man continued on to demand number six and Tony’s fist clenched, George pushed forward a plan that would put this nonsense to rest quickly.
“Excuse me.” Harriet said loudly as Fred and George made quick preparations behind her back. The man sputtered to a stop and the other three in the room looked at her questioningly, “What the hell made you think that doing this at one in the morning was the best idea? And are you seriously trying to get Tony on board with PETA’s ridiculous war against pitbulls? And are you aware that this stupidity will drop people’s opinions of your organization lower than it already is? I mean, at this point I may like Hydra’s views more than yours.” The man on the screen gaped, his mouth opening and closing as everyone stared at Harriet’s tired face in shock. Harri rolled her eyes, “Jarvis, this is real time right?”
“Indeed Miss Potter.” Jarvis replied.
“Good.”
Fred and George apparated and in the next second appeared on the screen. Two well aimed hexes had the PETA people screaming on the floor, George dropped something in Pepper’s lap and she disappeared as Fred started kicking the man who had been making demands moments ago.
Pepper and the chair she was tied to appeared in front of Harriet just as George was berating the men for disrupting their sleep. Harriet quickly cut the ropes from Pepper and healed her cuts, ignoring the looks she was still getting from Tony, Natasha, and Bucky. “There you go Pepper. Anything else hurt?” She asked as the screen went black.
“No.” Pepper said weakly, “Just tired and annoyed.”
“Same.” Harri said sympathetically.
Fred and George reappeared with the two men tied together and Pepper’s bag. “If that’s it we’re going back to bed.” Fred announced, dropping the men in front of the frozen Natasha and Bucky.
George handed Pepper her bag before picking up Harriet, “Anything else?” He asked, Tony was staring at them wide eyed, his mouth working silently. “No? Then we’ll see you later.”
“After sleep.” Harri agreed, burrowing into George. They disappeared with a sharp pop.
Tony jumped a foot in the air at the noise, it having broken him from his shock. “What the hell just happened?”
“Magic.” Natasha said solemnly.