"Hmm," Leonie said dubiously, as everyone trekked off after Rikerg and the hobbits.  She looked over her shoulder at the Tavern, where only the octopus lady remained.  "Suppose it leaves while everyone else is gone?"

But, she supposed, there were worse places to be stuck.  "Too bad Longboat didn't stick around," she said wistfully to Sir Tikk as she trotted after everyone else.  "He'd really like it here."

When she came up behind Red and Peter and  saw Old Man Willow with Rikerg sniffing around it, she said, "Oh, um.  This may not be a good idea.  Uh, I don't know how many of you guys know this, but somebody else is supposed to come along and rescue them.  Should we be changing history?"

"Show us," Peter responded, trotting at a pace that let the little men lead. They were faster than they looked, and Peter was thankfully able to quicken his pace as they entered the forest. The air under the trees was surprisingly thick and stifling, and he was glad he had thought to pull his hair up into a ponytail off his neck. Reggie arrived at his heels, then ran ahead. following the sounds of Rikerg moving among the rotting undergrowth.

Peter was still worried, though not as much as he should be, because even though Ultron was a threat, he was no Thanos. But he didn't know exactly how much of a threat he was, JARVIS' vague description hadn't given him enough to work off of. He was jerked to the side as the drones crashed into them, but it was more likely that what he was bracing himself on would break loose than he would.

He still went flying almost as soon as they were hit, though, since he spotted Tony drifting off and launched himself after him. He practically crashed into the man, wrapping his arms around them before aiming a hand back at the ship and firing a web, anchoring them to it uncertainly.

A few drones managed to escape the melting, and after realizing they were shooting as well as spy-movie goons, the ships began retreating toward Earth and firing at Danvers and the ship instead.

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"That is unfortunate, but we are not human. Even so, his life is worth preserving." When she sat down, Jocasta gave her a bag of chips. The mercenary did try to reach for her when she sat, fighting against the binds, but when Jocasta gave him his own bag it was clear that's what he was trying to get as he struggled to open the bag. Deadpool shook his head when she spoke to him, squinting through the blood in front of the eyeholes of his mask to try and see who was talking to him.

"I'm alright. Just had a little disagreement with the missus." he replied, tearing the bag completely and spilling chips everywhere. "How about you? Woken up to Ultron watching you sleep yet or any missing personal items?"

Red approached the two strangers a bit slower than Peter, arriving just as they reply to him.

"Our two friends! Swallowed by a tree!" Their wide eyes implore Peter and Red while glancing nervously towards the giant as he lumbers off.

"Swallowed?" Echoed the demoness. "It has a mouth?"

"We were resting and it just opened up and took them. Hurry!" They turned to run.

When the two people came running, his nostrils flared, and he did indeed mistake them for children. He could tell they were not human, and despite his drowsiness, he had restored much of his energy by eating so he was glad to help them. Even if he hadn't gotten a meal, he wasn't just going to ignore their need.

Rikerg was not surprised by the unresponsiveness of the others. Red had to keep care of the Tavern, and had done enough already, and he was aware of the capricious nature of Fae, so he knew he couldn't predict what Aisling would do. As for the humans, he considered them cowardly or uncaring, at best it seemed they would do a lot of talk rather than help.

Without even noticing the look that the two were giving him or waiting for any information, he went in the direction they had come from. He hurried through the woods, following their scent to find where they had come from.