"Half down, half to go."

"Miss [Y/n], I believe that Tony, Vision, and Peter are of the most importance right now."

"Why's that?"

"Because they're currently trashing a pizzeria in Brooklyn. I've accessed the video footage."

FRIDAY shows you the feed from outside and inside the pizzeria. A tiny blue staffy is jumping up onto strangers, while a Dalmatian is running through the walls. What's even worse is the obnoxious pug in the kitchen.

You groan and turn to the Shiba Inu that you believe to be Stephen. "This is all your fault, you magical mutt. If you hadn't opened a portal, they never would've gotten out."

To that, you swear Stephen rolls his eyes.

"Okay, yeah, maybe this is partially my fault, too. Can you open another portal to the pizzeria? I'm pretty sure that pug is Tony, and he's gonna trash that place if I can't get to him."

Though hesitant, eventually Stephen gives in to your request. He steps forward, and using his nose, he creates a sloppy sigil of energy that opens into a portal.

You scratch him behind the ear, exclaiming, "Good boy!"

With FRIDAY's help, you get all eight of the puppy Avengers through the portal. On the other side, you find the beautiful borough of Brooklyn. Not far away, you hear shouting and cursing from the local pizzeria and know that you're in the right place.

You hand off the magical leashes to FRIDAY. "Stay here! I'll go get the others."

FRIDAY nods. "I'll start working on finding the last three."

"Good plan."

You move quickly to the pizzeria, seeing customers start to leave. The owner of the pizzeria is a small, Italian woman, and she's currently throwing garlic bread and native curses at the extremely loud pug in the dining area.

"Tony!" you shout, and both the owner and the pug turns to you. You point a finger at the little dog, your face as firm as your voice. "You are in big trouble!"

The pug freezes in his stead, then takes off for the back room and kitchen, running as fast as his little legs can take him.

To Be Continued...