Pepper and Rhodey were headed to the armory to see Tony. They wanted to get Tony out of the Armory, because he's been in it for the whole weekend, and it was such a nice day. "Geez, Tony needs to get out more!" Pepper said. "Well, I'm use to it, he and his dad were both so involved in science, they didn't even eat for days on end." Rhodey said. "Well, lets get him out of that armory." Pepper said. "Agreed." Rhodey said. "Tony?" Pepper said walking through the armory door. "Hey Pepper, hey Rhodey." Tony said, as he worked busily on upgrades to the Iron Man Mark 2 armor. "Tony, we thought that since it was such a nice day, that you would want to go hang out somewhere, central park, the mall, maybe the beach." Pepper said. "Can't, too much work to do." Tony said. "Look man, you've been cooped up in this armory working on the armor. We go back to school tomorrow, and you need a break." Rhodey said. "Okay, fine I'll call Whitney and we can meet her at the mall." Tony said. "Ugh, her." Pepper thought. "Okay, well I'll call Happy and invite him." Pepper said. She knew that Tony got jealous whenever Happy went on a date with her and she was right. "Ugh, him." Tony thought. Rhodey knew what was going on and was grinning. They each called their friend. Happy was busy, but Whitney wasn't so they left for the mall and would meet her there. "Okay, time to lock down the armory." Tony said. They walked out of the armory as it finished lock down. They didn't notice as a villain stepped out of the shadows.
"Does she have to come? Pepper asked. "Well, I already invited her, and what's the problem?" Tony asked. "Well, she'll go to every store and practically buy everything, and make us carry everything." Pepper whined. "No she won't." Tony said. "Actually I know the real reason why Pepper is upset." Rhodey said. "Why?" Tony said. "Well-" Rhodey began to say, but was cut off by Pepper covering his mouth. "Wait! What was that?" Pepper asked. The reason she put her hand to his mouth, was because she heard something in the distance. "I hear it too!" Tony said. "Hear what?" Rhodey asked, but Tony and Pepper were running to the disturbance. He caught up with them and saw his armor, flying over Times Square. "Oh no." Rhodey said. "Tony what's going on?" Pepper asked confused. "Hold on let me check." Tony said opening his Pod. "Alert! Armory lockdown has been compromised. Intruder detected." The Pod said. "Time to armor up!" Tony said. He ran into an alley and armored up. He flew up and connected with the armory. "Who are you and how did you get in my armory?" Tony asked. "Oh, Tony. I'm hurt it's me your old pal Ghost." Ghost said. "What do you want now?" Tony asked. "I want War Machine for my employer." Ghost said. "Well, that's my armor, and you cant have it." Tony said. "Incoming call from Pepper Potts marked priority." The computer said. "Disconnect Armory." Tony said. "Armory disconnected. Connecting to call." The computer said. "Tony, we're headed to the armory, we're going to stop the intruder." Pepper said. "Okay, be careful, it's Ghost." Tony said. Pepper hung up. Afterwards he flew at the armor and started fighting it, after awhile he shut it down and headed for the armory.