Stark Tower… A majesty of it's own, standing proud in the middle of New York as a sign of a superpower by all of it's rivals... Designed specifically for any man or king with a large enough ego. However, for this specific ego, he was...
Late. He is always late.
The sound of a powerful engine roar filled the parking garage as Pepper checked her watch yet again, probably for the 15th time. However, this time she didn't just check it to see the time, but it was also an attempt to get Tony to notice her frustration as he pulled into his garage.
Tony revved his Audi R8's engine loudly as he parked the car right next to her. He and Rhodes then stepped out as he threw up his arms.
"Pepper! Darling. It is so good to see you" Tony exclaimed sarcastically.
"Let me guess. You got caught up with another one of your 'bad guys' at the beach again?" Pepper asked.
"Try 'swimming with chicks all day' over at the pool" Rhodes smirked
"Woah, first off, there were totally some 'bad guys' there" Tony replied
"He's referring to all of the dirty 'bad girls' of course"
"And second, there were some dangerous liquids there that I had to eradicate personally. I think that should get me something"
"And by that he means that there was some very dangerously good alcoholic drinks." Rhodes replied again.
"And you DROVE home?!" Pepper took a step back with surprise
"Drove? Hah, no! … Well, maybe a little" Tony couldn't help but grin
"Ugh. Tony you were supposed to be at a meeting 3 hours ago!"
"Oh, did I miss that? That was Fury right? Something about thanking me for saving the world?" Tony Smirked
"More like Doctor Con-"
"You know what, on second thought-" Tony Interrupted
"Conners, who wanted to-" Pepper Interrupted
"Who wanted to also thank me-" Tony Interrupted again
"And is concerned about…" Pepper Interrupted yet again
"Concerned about how awesome I was against Ultron? Yup. He's definitely thanking me." Tony then stepped into his car, and started his engine. Pepper sighed in frustration.
Tony rolled his window down and shouted "Tell him that I said 'you're welcome'" The sound of his tires then screeched as he sped out of the building.
Asshole. That's so typical of him.
"Ugh… Will you just… Go make sure that he's okay? He's still drunk." Pepper looked over at Rhodes.
"And play babysitter? Yeah, that wouldn't be a first." Rhodes groaned, "I'll go keep an eye on him."
A deafening explosion then sounded, sending Pepper and Rhodie's ears ringing. She looked up to see Tony's orange Audi thrown into the air.
WHAT THE HELL?!
"TONY!" Pepper screamed, although she couldn't even hear her own voice.
Rhodes charged towards the crashed vehicle when suddenly a red and blue blur flew past the garage door, and the car was sent flying again, with yet another ear-shattering crash. It was at this point, when they both realized that this wasn't just an accident- But this was an attack.
Rhodes, without his armor, felt completely useless. He immediately then turned around, and grabbed Pepper's wrist, pushing her into the nearby elevator. After a button press and another final push, Pepper found herself alone on the elevator's floor, moving upwards.
As she tried to stand back up, the elevator suddenly shook violently as it came to a stop, throwing her back onto the floor. All she could hear was the sound of large thuds crashing down against the building…
Thud.
Thud.
THUD.
THUD.
THUD.
The sounds were getting louder and louder, and the elevator shook harder and harder… The vibration of each thud sent Pepper trembling with fear.
Oh my God
Oh my God
I'm going to die here
In an elevator
God damnit
Just when the Thudding got to it's loudest… It stopped.
There was only a long awkward silence or pause…
It was like a sudden random peace had just decided to creep over Stark towers and told everything to be quiet…
"Tony?" Pepper shouted. She felt stupid for shouting so loudly like that, but she felt as if she had almost no choice… She was stuck in an elevator that God only knows how far up.
"Tony…?"
BANG!
The elevator door slammed open, revealing the heartbreaker armor as it ripped apart the elevator doors. At this point, the elevator was shaking so violently that Pepper could no longer feel her legs.
"Tony stop!" She shouted desperately at the heartbreaker suit, hoping that Tony would stop ripping up the elevator, and take her somewhere safe to explain what was going on. The problem was… The suit didn't stop.
At this point, Pepper was too much in shock to say anything else.. The heartbreaker's eyes were locked onto her and wouldn't look away.
All she could do was close her eyes and look away, as she prepared for her death. She could already see her tombstone's message: Here lies Pepper Potts, who died in an elevator.
Heartbreaker suddenly then stopped, and stepped into the elevator. She could feel the machine's heavy footsteps as it walked towards her…
Pepper took a deep breath, and looked into her killer's eyes one last time… However instead of hitting her with it's repulsors, it reached down slowly and positioned itself above her body. She glanced behind it, to see that it had torn the elevator apart to create a cage of some sort out of the elevator parts.
She sighed with relief to know that she was safe… There were screams and thuds still in the background, but at least she felt safe. She sighed one more time in relief… and then…
SNAP!
SWOOOSH!
The elevator fell, along with the rest of the building that was above her.
She immediately passed out before hitting the ground… Her ears were ringing too much to even hear the bang as they hit the bottom floor anyways…
The only things that she barely remember past that, was pain. Lots and lots of pain.
She also felt a large, cold metal machine on top of her body, and was relieved when it was pried off of her. The only other cry she heard that night, was her own in pained relief, as men exclaimed: "We found her! We found potts!" and "We need to get her to a hospital".
And with that… The rest was all black.