New story here, and trust me, this one is easy since i know for sure its only going to be a couple chapters. This was requested by PercyJacksonLover14 and i thought the idea sounded very interesting and fun to write, so YAY! I did it! So go on and give it a try, I swear you guys will love this one, if i can do this right. Which hopefully i will...

Disclaimer: I don't own anything! IMAA is not mine and not even the idea was mine! That was PercyJacksonLover14's idea.

"Dude, you can't keep shutting us out!" Rhodey shouted angrily.

Pepper nodded in agreement. "We're your friends, we deserve to know if somethings going on!"

"Guys I'm fine, stop shouting." Tony argued.

"One of these days, Tony! One of these days, you wont be okay!" Rhodey yelled slammed his palm on the table Tony was working on.

Tony jumped. "But I will, I always am."

Pepper rolled her eyes. "I don't want to lose you! Can't you see I worry about you!"

"I do, Pep, I do!" Tony said trying to reassure her.

"Then stop being so careless!" She practically shrieked.

Tony's eyes widened. He was for once, speechless. They were overreacting, he tried telling himself that, but a little voice in the back of his mind said that their reaction perfecting fits the situation.

"Why didn't you tell us!?" Rhodey asked breaking his thoughts.

"We all could have died!" Pepper shouted emphasizing on 'all'.

Tony looked down to his hands. "I can't tell you everything."

"And you couldn't tell us this...why?"

"I don't know!" Tony blurted.

Pepper threw her arms into the air. "You know what? I don't care. I don't! I won't stand here waiting for answers that I'll never get. You are going to get yourself killed and you want to know what else? Being this careless, you'll get us all killed! And I don't want to be here when you do get yourself killed. So I'm just going to go."

She walked off not even looking back when she spoke as evenly as she could. "Goodbye Tony."

"Look at what you've done!" Rhodey said gesturing to the door where Pepper left off to. "One of your only friends, your best friend just walked out on you. She left."

"She'll calm down." Tony said trying to convince himself. "She always does."

"Cause you've never given her a reason not to calm down." Rhodey replied coldly. "But now? No. No she's not going to calm down for a while, and I won't be expecting me to either."

With that, Rhodey walked off without another word or glance. He left Tony alone to think about what he did. What Tony did, was left the fact that Ghost had returned. He'd returned angry because he never got the chance for blackmail. He never was able to use his identity against him. So he decided he'd use his friends to get revenge. Which really none of it was Tony's fault, but he knew Ghost was after his friends and he didn't warn his friends so when Ghost attacked them, they didn't know what to do. Especially when Ghost brought up revenge or his talks with Tony.

They were angry that Tony never said a word to them that their lives were in danger. Plus the fact that the moment they were done, there was a large percent that Ghost would've went straight to Tony and kill him.

Though Tony still though that they were overreacting. Shouldn't they be happy that he was protecting them? Was he not enough? Did they no longer trust him to protect them? Did they not believe that he would finish Ghost? He did, though. He beat Ghost and he was still alive. He didn't even need to see a doctor this time around.

He looked at the blueprints he happened to be working on when the two burst in infuriated. He wanted to get back to work on them, but he no longer had the heart to work. He no longer wanted to finish that project. With a hand shaking as it reached towards the papers, he roughly threw them off the table. He then pushed the table away from himself and kicked the fallen papers.

He couldn't help but pick them up and crumple them and rip them, and then throw them away. Then set the whole inside of the garbage can on fire. He watched with a face that was almost twisted in pain and anger.

He clenched his fists as he turned away from the dying flames. He wished his friends would understand why he didn't tell them, but then again, how could they understand if he didn't? Still they didn't have to shout at him then leave him. If they felt alone and left out then, imagine how he felt now. He felt alone. He felt so, very alone.

With a stressed sigh, he turned away and went to the door. Once he did, he took one last glance at the armory before shutting the lights out and locking up.

…

It was nearly 8 o'clock by the time Tony arrived home. He walked inside and could hear his dad messing around in the living room since there was the TV and some kind of clicking sound saying that he was tinkering around with something.

"Dad I'm-" He started to call out to let his dad know he was home, but a hand was over his mouth.

The instant he breathed in he realized it wasn't just a hand, but there was a rag with chloroform on it. He struggled all while getting a bit groggy from that little breath that he took. Though he tried to hold his breath until he was able to get it away from his mouth, but all he did was succeed in breaking a vase that was on the table in the opening of the house.

Soon enough, though, he had to breath in. And he hardly even remembered that he closed his eyes.

…

(With Howard at same moment.)

Howard was sitting down trying to finish he latest invention, when he heard his son's voice. "Dad I'm-"

But his voice was cut off. What on earth? He waited for a moment for his son to walk in to say hi, but he did. Though there was the sound of breaking glass. He stood up and slowly as if something was waiting for him, he made his way to the front door. Though, no one was there. Though what was there, was a broken vase and an open door.

"Tony?" He called out the door, but all he saw was what he normally saw. Cars passing by.

Though, he still could've sworn his son was home.

So how was i? Did i get it right? I'm a bit worried on the fight in the beginning, cause i normally don't write them fighting...i just love them too much, but it was requested and i wasn't going to change the idea, no matter how bad i am at writing them when they fight...So other than that, i hope i did a good job on it. And don't worry, I am trying my best with this one for you PercyJacksonLover14. :) Thanks again for the idea!