A/N: This story is mostly movie verse and I will be putting things in that I read on wikipedia so you shouldn't be too lost if you've only seen the movies and if you've read the comics, please don't kill me. Just tell me how to get back on track if anybody is totally out of character. This is my first fanfiction so be gentle. Rated T for language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Iron Man or the characters. That belongs to Stan Lee and Marvel. I only own the OC.

"What do you want me to do?" Pepper asked with annoyance in her voice. She was at her wits end with him.

"You know, do what you normally do."

"And what exactly is that?"

"Make everything...better." Tony replied casually in a cocky tone as he was shifting through S.H.I.E.L.D. files.

"God, you are such an asshole" Pepper muttered under her breath.

"All the more reason to love me." He replied. "They have some very interesting research expirements. Did you know they my father took a look at time travel? Of course he didn't succeed..."

"Yes thats all very well and good but the company has me streached so thin...I can't even..." She was having a hard time putting her words together. "First I have to finish the Harvard Conract and then..." She started going off franticly, waving her hands wildly in the air.

"Calm down Pepper," he said getting up from his seat, walking over to her and and grasping her wrists in his hands. "I need you to breathe. Come on, do it with me." He took a deep breath in and out to show his point. He paused before he continued. "It's just a company."

"Just a company?" Pepper nearly yelled. "Tony, this the company that your father built and passed on to you! Don't you, you know, want to at least make sure it survives?"

"And that is why I made you CEO." he said letting go of her hand and patting her cheek.

She let out a sound of exasperation and stormed out of his lab. Just as the door clicked closed, "Sir, there is an incoming call from Director Fury. He says he wants to speak with you."

"Tell him I'm out golfing" Stark replied to his house hold friend.

"Director Fury told me to tell you that he knows your home and that it's urgent" JARVIS said a moment later.

"Fine, put him on." Tony said, giving in.

Tony walked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters in New York two hours later. He smiled and said 'Hello' to the secretary as he walked into Fury's office.

"I found something that you might be interested in." Were the first words out of Director Fury's Mouth when Tony Stark walked in.

"First off, Hello to you too. And what makes you so sure that I'll be interested in what ever you have found?"

"Because it was one of your father's projects." Fury answered. He then led Tony into a room with a high ceiling. There was a large device in the center. It looked like something out of a 60's Sci-fi movie with the two columns on the side and an old time computer and screen in the middle.

"And what exactly is it?" Tony asked.

"Well I was hoping you could tell me."

Stark went over to the device and tinkered around with it for a couple minutes until he finally found out how to turn it on. The machine started with some sparks being let free from the age of it. The screen flicked to life with an interface that was was older than Tony. It was then that he recognized the apparatus.

"This is my father's failed attempt at a time machine." He said to no one in particular.

"That would be correct. Your father only got half way done before other things got in the way that were much too important for him to ignore."

"Oh really? Like what?"

"Like his wife going into labor and becoming a father. At least that's what the report said."

"Oh." Tony paused for a second and continued. "And what do you want me to do with it?"

"I want you to fix it" Fury said seriously looking Tony in the eyes seriously.

"What? Why?"

"Because we need you to..."

Right then the machine started to shake violently, making lots of noise. Bolts of lightning started to go between the two pillars making the ground shake.

"What the hell is happening?" Tony shouted at Fury, trying to be heard over the noise. "I thought it didn't work!"

"I don't know. The file said it was unfinished." Fury yelled back.

"Well it was wrong."

The machine rattled more and more violently as the lightning strikes started gathering at the base of the it. A few seconds of crashes and bangs later, a figure started to appear at the base. As the devices started to die down, the figure got more and more pronounced to reveal a girl. Finally the machine turned itself off. She was on the floor lying face down. Tony and Fury approached her cautiously, but she did not move. When they got closer they saw her clearly. She was wearing a simple white tank top with jean shorts, both were ripped in places and covered with dirt. Her skin was covered in bruises and cuts. Her hair was caked in mud and styled with knots.

"Do you think she is okay?" Tony asked while still looking at her while Fury called for a medic. He got down on his knees beside her and turned her over. Feeling the touch, the girl started to stir, opening her eyes into a squint, she said one word before she blacked out.

"Dad?"