"And you weren't speaking English." Pepper murmured the same realization under her breath, even as her brain reeled from the implications. She tried not to think about it too much, tried to just assume it was some sort of auto-translator, rather than something that could only be referred to as 'magic'. But she knew something like that had to use some sort of device, or...chip. The former PA only just kept from probing suddenly at her ears with her fingers to find the ear bud she hoped was there. It was either that or... attached to their brains somehow.

The blonde swallowed and smiled nervously, and tried to bring her attention back to what Junpei was saying. She had just missed something he had said about power, and she frowned as she tried to piece together what he had said. But in the end she nodded to his statement about kidnapping, feeling a bitter lump in her throat and trying to force it away. Anger stirred, a slow, fiery beast within her, and at the reminder of 'kidnapping' her eyes flared again, softly glowing blue coals, and tendril of vibrant flaming light seemed to trickle down the skin beneath her neck.

"I hate feeling so helpless." Pepper said softly, seeking calm and control, as unexpected and impossible rage began to fill her. Suddenly startled by it's uncontrolled appearance, the blonde-haired woman was now trying desperately to suppress it. "What right did they have to bring us here without asking?" But would you be dead, otherwise? A small voice whispered cautiously, and Pepper ignored it fervently, even as she tried to ignore the growing anger towards her kidnappers. Killian, a man whom she had trusted and his accomplice, who had baited her so easily it was more than pathetic. And now these new strangers - people she didn't even know who could snatch her away so easily they didn't even need to trick her.

Pepper drew in a sharp intake of breath as several lines of fiery light suddenly trailed down her face, jaw, and neck. Extremis was stirring.