Waiting was the hard part after all the time I spent in the lab going over sat photos and real time footage. I had found him but what was I told no you can't come here to see Tony. Rodey better be happy I couldn't strangle him threw the phone. Because believe me if I could he would be choking on air.
So here I am watching their fight path on the air force sat I hacked. I mean what are they going to do put me in jail. I helped build the dam thing.
"Mrs. Heart, Miss Potts is here"
"ok tell her I'm on my way up"
"yes Mrs. Heart"
"hey Jarvis?"
"Yes Mrs. Heart"
"why did Tony program you to call me that"
"I cannot say"
Well that's odd Tony gave me full access to everything including Jarvis. Unless…
"Jarvis override code pinky swear no secrets. Now same question"
It was are child hood packed even if we did keep one secret to ourselves.
"Mr. Stark believed at one time you were his soulmate. But since you calmed to not have one and told him he could have any girl he wished he stopped believing it."
Crap, all the times he asked he was just trying to see if I was his. Oh boy was he in for it when I see him agine.
"Thank you, Jarvis. Also, for now on call Tony Mr. Heart"
"Yes Mrs. Heart"
Nothing could wipe the smile off my face or so I thought. Seeing Tony come off the plane sacred me. Especially when he just walked past me saying he would meat me at the house. He just stared me down almost daring me to challenge him until he hugged me and whispered in my ear, he had to handle something first then we would talk.
But what scared me the most was the note he slipped me. Thanks to Aunt Peggy we had some training. Just enough so we could keep each other safe at least. I didn't read it until I was in the house after all she always said everyone's eyes would always be on us and she was right.
They had are weapons. There's a lot to tell you. Trust no one!
Quickly I ran to the lab and secured it as soon as I closed the door. Which was when I realized the door was glass.
"Jarvis!"
"Yes Mrs. Heart?"
"remind me latter to bring up to Tony that we need to reinforce the doors with something other than glass"
I mean how is glass a good idea anyway.
"yes Mrs. Heart"
In the refection of the glass I saw Tony giving a live press conference. So that's what he was doing. As I was watching it, I had to sit down. Well there went my job as a weapons tester. After all its kind of hard to test a weapon if he quit making them. He said they had our weapons which meant either someone was dealing under the table or the shipments were being hijacked. Point was we were not told.
"Jarvis, monitor everything involving this"
"yes Mrs. Heart"
"now I need a drink"
Meanwhile…
Being in that cave all I could think about was Lilly. Now more than ever I know what I saw when we were kids. She was, is my soulmate. And now that I think about it, I think she saw my mark at the weapons demonstration. The way she said we had to talk and the look she was giving me said it all.
Rodey told me it was her who saw my escape and that she had never stopped looking. When he told me, he had Pepper slip her some sleeping pills that would knock out an elephant I was worried. One thing about Lilly she loved her sleep and hated coffee. So, actually two things.
Just thinking about all the times, she would fall asleep in the lab had me smiling. And speaking of the lab hopefully she understood what I was doing. After all I just made her jobless not that she would mind after all she hated some of the things we made. But she would still go threw with her job being the military brat she was and knowing that sometimes things were just necessary.
Well time to face the wrath of Lilly Rose Phillips the woman of his dreams.
"Welcome home Mr. Heart. Mrs. Heart is in the lab and kindly ask that I remind you that having glass doors are not very secure."
For the first time in months I laughed. I mean really laughed. One she changed Jarvis's protocols to call him Mr. Heart and two she was complaining about the lab doors being glass. I was laughing so hard I didn't hear her coming until she jumped into my arms.
"If you ever scare me like that agine I will"
No way I was going to let her finish that thought so I did what I wanted to do since we were teenagers. I kissed her. About I minute or so later we came up for air. And that's when I truly looked at her. I know I had looked over the years be now I saw her in a new light.
She was at least half a foot shorter then me with a body of a goddess. Her face screamed classic beauty and in truth she looked like aunt Peggy, except her eyes. The deepest ocean could never compare to the blue in her eyes.
"Tony?"
Not saying a word, I just shower her the arc reactor in my chest. But when see smiled and turned with her back to me well I thought she was crazy.
"behind my right ear"
"wait what"
"look behind my right ear"
Slowly placing one hand on her shoulder as the other moved her hair I finally got I good look at the mark that's hunted my dreams. I now knew we are soulmates.
"wait, is that an arc reactor?"
"yes, I never knew what it was until you showed me this"
She was facing me taping on the reactor. I knew she was waiting so I gave in and showed her my mark
"an arc reactor with a lily in the center. So now that's out of the way. You ever give me a dam heart attack agine and I will"
"hit me with a frying pan like your grandmother did to your grandfather when he forgot their anniversary"
"smart ass"
"yes, well I'm your smart ass."
Oh, it felt like I was finally home with the one woman who only ever held my heart.
"Tony how long did you know?"
Oh, crap and here comes the wrath.
"when we first meet, I thought I saw it, but I was never sure"
The look on her face was priceless but still scared me a bit. Ok more like I was ready to duck if she tried to hit me. For the recorded she throws one hell of a right haymaker.
"ok well we will talk about this more latter right now let's just"
"actually, I had I thought"
"oh, I bet you did"
"what no not that but maybe I mean I have dreamed about it but"
"TONY"
"fine lets just go to the lab I got something I need to show you"
"Tony?"
"oh, for the love of, not that I swear besides you've seen me naked before."
"your goanna give me gray hairs as my soulmate aren't you"
"oh, give me a break I've been giving you gray hairs since we were ten."
Smiling I headed to the lab and froze at what I saw. Maps, sat photos, a station researching the region I was kept in and at least five coffee pots all lined up ready to go. I thought they meant alcohol when they said she was drinking. Not coffee!
"Tony?"
"ok, no more coffee for you, ever agine"
"Damit"
"nope I'm cutting you off."
"fine then don't get kidnaped agine."
"deal! Oh, and by the way I flew. And what was it you told Rodey. Something about marring me when I can fly"
"oh, for the love of"
Oh, it was good to be home.