Heyyyyy!!! So this is just ganna be a nice little one-shot for ya!! It's set in the middle of Man and Iron Man. (The part where Tony gets blasted!) Heeehhehehe! Enjoyyy [:

NO! I can't let him get blasted again! I screamed to my conscience. Before Tony knew it, there was grave pain in his chest. This, this was worse than anything else so far. Worse than the accident in his father's plane, worse than what anyone he fought was able to do to him. He heard his name faintly.

"NO, no no no no no no!" He heard Pepper cry. Hadn't he told her not to come here? Why didn't she listen? He knew she was most likely not too far away from tears. He had to get up, try to comfort her in some way. He was okay, right? Wasn't he? He placed his palms on the ground and tried pushing himself up, trying to recover like he was ok. He wasn't going to die, not now. Not like this. He couldn't get up. His body fell limp on his lab floor. He heard his armor say one last thing.

Then everything went dark.

Tony's eyes flashed open. He blinked a few times. What is this place? Where am i? Then Tony couldn't believe his eyes.

"Dad? I-Is that you?" Tony said, tears wanted to spill out of his eyes.

"Yes, Tony, I'm here to tell you that what you're doing for the world with that suit of armor is a wonderful thing. Keeping the city safe from all the tech from the vault, Tony, once again, your invention is saving lives." Howard congratulated his son. Tony stood up.

"Dad, where am i?" Tony asked.

"Tony, this is heaven. You've just been killed by your armor." Howard explained.

"Wait, what? I…I'm…I'm dead? No, this can't be, there has to be some kind of mistake! There's still so many things I have to do!" Tony panicked.

"Tony, just relax and take a deep breath." Howard soothed him. Then Tony saw his father slowly start to fade.

"Tony, take a look at your friends. Look at her, look at how you left her." Howard pointed to a screen showing Tony's dead, limp body and Pepper's saddened, broken heart. She and Rhodey both looked down when the armor looked them in the faces. He paid particular attention to Pepper. How crushed she must be…then his armor moved its hand over Tony's implanted heart. The one that deep down, he wanted Pepper to have. He shook the thought away. Then Howard completely faded away, and Tony fell flat once again. Once again, everything went dark.

This time, he didn't open his eyes right away. He winced, and then suddenly felt the flow of air taking over his body. He felt a hand on his shoulder. One that was relieved, he could tell from the touch. When the hand went away, Tony placed one of his own hands on his forehead as if to say 'how could I have let this happen?' and one on his chest. Pepper's warm hand went on top of Tony's. Tony opened his eyes and sat up, looking at his fallen armor. He had to fix this. He knew he was still weakened, so he remained sitting there for a few extra moments, Pepper more than Rhodey, looking at Tony in relief. He liked much better to see Pepper's eyes filled with relief and joy, rather than filled with sorrow and grief. Why she had looked so heartbroken, he did not know. (A/N: gawd, Tony, for a genius, you are pretty retarded!!) The only thing he cared about now was that he was alive, his friends were happy, and his armor was to be returned back to normal.

The enddd [:

Well, wasn't that cute? Hahaha, I think so too. So reviews!