Hey. I'm trying to update more often.

I may not be as often as I would like, but I am trying.

For the last month, Bella was grieving the loss of her father. Not knowing if she was to ever see him again. Pepper was telling her, that maybe it was time to reveal herself to the world. Tell the world that Tony Stark may be lost, but the company still had an heir to his fortune. Peppers arguments were always consisting of the fact that Bella was qualified to take over the family business. That she had the same skills and brains of her father. But she would not agree, she kept telling Pepper that she was always picking up after her father, so she could run Stark Industries. But Pepper argued that was not fit for the role of CEO.

What bothered to usually bickering duo, was that Obadiah Stane was objecting the idea of Bella taking over. Saying she didn't know a thing on running a company, that she had no right in taking over, that with Tony gone, He, not some teenage girl should run Stark Industries. Just like he did when Howard had died.

His saying that Bella had no right is what had her agree to temporally run the company. Saying that if her father did not return home in four months time, she would reveal herself. Obadiah was beyond pissed, but Pepper made a compromise with him, he would run things at the office, but nothing big was to happen without the consent and signature of Isabella Stark.

So here she was, sitting at her father's desk in the garage, the last place she every saw her father, dealing with more paperwork. Laughing to herself, now she knew why her father was always complaining. The pile of papers seemed endless. Glaring at the large pile on the desk, she pulled her hair back into a messy bun, she addressed JARVIS. "Good morning Jarvis."

"Good morning Princess." the AI replied.

"What would you suggest that I start with first? There is a lot of work here, so what should I priorities?"

"Might I suggest the pile to the left hand side. Ms. Potts has organized all the paperwork to make the process easier for you. And she requested me to tell you that she will arrive around noon with an update on what is happening at the company."

Nodding, she picked up the pile, she started to sift through the papers. Reading through them, she noticed that they were all termination papers. But what caught her attention was that they were for all the employees that were with her fathers company since the beginning. But something was missing, there was no cause written for them to be fired. Confused, "Jarvis, is there any reason listed in the online files for these men to be fired?"

"No, ma'am. It seems that area was left blank on each and every one of those forms." Jarvis answered.

"Who had these papers filled? Who wants these men fired?" She asked.

"That would be Mr. Stane." He answered quickly.

"I am going to leave these for later. Jarvis, what else is to be prioritized?" She said as she tucked the papers into a folder and into the desk drawer.

"That would be the money requisitions. It seems that the Science division is in need of funds for and experiment."

"On who's authorization? This project, there is no file listed." She asked as she searched the companies files.

"Again, that would be Mr. Stane."

Even more puzzled, "Jarvis, do me a favour and search all the files for anything out of order that has Obadiah's name attached to it."

"Yes ma'am." After a few minutes of silence, Jarvis spoke again, "Ma'am it seems that there a several irregularities in the sales of the Stark weapons. There seems to be more profit made then reported weapons sold. And several employees losing wages for no reason listed as Obadiah Stains salary grows. Also, since Mr. Stane has taken over, Stark Industries other profits seem to be dwindling. By my calculations, by the end of the month, Stark Industries will be near bankruptcy."

"What the hell are you doing to my families company?" As Bella pulled all the information together she asked Jarvis, "May you call Virginia, let her know that I will need her as soon as possible. And that it be her and Happy. No one else is to come into this house."

"As you wish ma'am."

*To Tony*

After days of building the suit and having a rush put on the suit, they were now putting the final touches on.

Tony prayed t who ever was listening would help him and Yinsen would make it out okay. That he would see his daughter again. He knew that he had been here for three months, and he knows that he and Pepper had planned, that if anything were to happen to him, that she waits four months from when he was announced MIA or brought home dead, before she has Bella reveal herself to the media and take over the company in his place.

"God, I hope I make it in time." Tony muttered to himself.

"What was that?" Yinsen asked as he hung up the suit.

"My daughter, no one knows that I have a daughter. Just a handful of people. I had told her, that if I died in, well something like this, she was to take over the company. But, that is only if my body is found. Which, I mean, what terrorist wouldn't send proof of my death? Anyways, she is to wait four months before she takes over the company." But then he thought of Pepper, "But if my assistant has her way, and trust me, she is very persuasive, Bella will be taking over the company by the end of the month.."

"You want to protect her from the world?"

"Just people like these guys. There are a lot of people like these guys that don't like what I do, and they won't have any problem using her against me. But what I want to know is who those guys found out about Bella. Now including you and that guy out there, there are only four other people that now about her."

"When you get out of here, and you will, you can figure that your self." Yinsin said as he helped Tony suit up. "Okay? Can you move? Okay. Say it again." Yinsin demanded as he adjusted pieces of the suit.

"forty-one steps straight ahead. Then sixteen steps that's from the door, fork right, thirty-three steps, turn right." He repeated just as two men arrived at the door demanding to know where Tony was.

As they grew impatient, they opened the door, causing the bomb they had set to go off earlier then they wanted.

"How does it look?" Tony asked.

"Oh my goodness." He said as he went back to finishing the suit. "It worked all right."

"That's what I do."

"Let me finish this."

"Initialize the power sequence. Now!" Yinsen did what he was told.

"Okay, tell me. Tell me."

"Function eleven. Tell me when you see the progress bar. It should be up now."

"Yes."

"Tell me what you see."

"I have it."

Press control 'I'

Got it.

"I enter." Tony specified. "Come over her and button me up."

After he button Tony up, he went and checked on the progress bar. "We need more time." He turned to Tony. "Hey, I'm going to go buy you some time."

"Stick to the plan!" Tony yelled, but it was already to late. Yinsen was already out the door after grabbing one of their guns. "Stick to the plan! Yinsen!"

When the power reached one hundred percent, Tony started to beat on the guys that came to check the cave. Knocking them into the wall he left the room and proceeded to take out many of their soldiers. Running away, they tried to lock the doors, trying to keep Tony from escaping. As he crashed through the doors, he had got his arm stuck in the wall of the cave.

One of the idiot soldiers tried to shoot Tony the head, but the bullet ricocheted and he took the bullet through his brain. As he freed his arm, he stormed through the cave again. "Yinsen!"

"Look out!"He called from the ground, coughing up a little blood as he did. Dodging a small missile, Tony launched a missile of his own. It may have not hit his target directly, but it worked well enough. As Tony went over to Yinsen, he lifted of his mask.

"Come on. We got to go. Move for me, come on. We got a plan. We're gonna stick to it." Tony tried to get Yinsen to move.

"This was always the plan, Stark. "

"Come on, you're going to see your family. Get up." Tony tried to reason.

"My family is dead." Yinsen revealed as he started to fade. "I'm going to see them now, Stark. You need to go yours. You need to keep your daughter safe. It's okay. I want this. I want this."

"Thank you for saving me." Tony replied, "Thank you for sending me back to my daughter."

"Don't waste it. Don't waste your life. You can't hide your daughter for ever. Just try and keep her safe." That was Yinsen's last request before he died.

Slapping his mask back on, he exited the cave. Many of the soldiers tried to shoot him, but the bullets had no effect.

"My turn." Tony muttered as he activated the flame throwers. Many of the men caught on fire as Tony set everything on fire that had the Stark name on them. As Tony took on heavy fire, he activated his boosters, sending him flying.

As he flew, many of pieces broke off as he plummeted back down to earth. Groaning, he started to rip off the remaining pieces of the suit and started walking in no particular direction.

After two days of stumbling through the desert he saw to helicopters fly over him.

"Hey!" He yelled, waving them down, dropping to his knees as the copter landed.

As the American soldiers ran to him, Rhody questioned, "How was the 'fun-vee'?"

Tony just laughed it off. Rhody placed his hand on Tony's shoulder, crouching down, "Next time you ride with me, okay?" Pulling him close into a side hug, he quietly said, "You have someone very special waiting at home, scared for you."

Back to America

After getting of the plane he saw a puffy eyed Pepper waiting for him.

"Your eyes are red. A few tears for your long lost boss?" Tony asked.

"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting." Pepper quickly answered.

"Yeah, well vacation's over."

"Vacation? What vacation? She's worse then you." She answered as the both got in the car. "She's raising all kind of trouble with Obadiah."

"Where to sir?" Happy asked.

Pepper answered, "Take us to the hospital."

"No." Tony interrupted.

"No? Tony, you have to go to the hospital."

"I don't have to do anything. I want to see my daughter. I've been in captivity for three months. There are two other things that I want. I want an American cheeseburger, well, no I want my daughters cooking, and the other-"

Pepper cut him off thinking he was going to request something inappropriate. "That's enough of that."

"Is not what you think, "Tony continued, "I want you to call for a press conference now. I know you are not going to let me go home just yet so call the press."

As they arrived at the Stark company building, Tony reluctantly excepted a hug from Stane, especially after what he heard what his daughter found out.

"We were going to meet you at the hospital." Obadiah said after he released Tony from the hug.

"No, I'm fine." Happy came around the car with a Burger King bag, giving Tony a burger as he walked into the building.

As Tony walked into the room to a round of applause, Pepper was approached by a man. "Ms. Potts, Can I speak to you for a moment?"

"I'm not apart of the press conference, but it's about to begin in a moment."

"I'm not a reporter. I'm agent Phil Coulson with the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division." He said as he handed over his card.

"That's quite a mouthful." She replied as she took the card.

"I know. We're working on it."

"You know, we've been approached already by the DOD, the FBI, the CIA," Pepper started to list off.

"We're a separate division with a more specific focus. We need to debrief Mr. Stark about his circumstances of his escape." Agent Coulson interrupted.

"I'll put something in the books, shall I?" Pepper replied.

"Thank you." Coulson nodded, "And Ms. Potts, we know that someone important to Tony was threatened." Agent Coulson added as he walked away.

How was that?