Pepper slowly changed out of her hospital gown behind a large curtain in her room. A knock at the door made her look up and shout "Just a second!" she pulled on a white t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans and answered the door. Tony stood there holding a small bouquet of white tulips; he had a shocked look on his face. "Pepper!?" he asked surprised. Pepper raised an eye brow and nodded, "Ya Tony…." She said with a small laugh. What Tony did next shocked the redhead; he threw his arms around her and pulled her into a tight hug. Pepper gasped and he let her go afraid he hurt her. "Sorry!" Tony said quickly. Pepper smiled "It's ok…are you sure your ok?" she asked concerned, "Ya. Ya I-it's you're awake!" Tony said happily.
"Ya…I woke up last night." Pepper said wandering back over to her hospital bed. Tony walked into the room and sat in the chair next to her bed. "Are you alright?" he asked worriedly. Pepper nodded sitting on the bed and started to put her sneakers on. "Pepper you were stabbed and buried alive!" Tony said just wanting Pepper to sit down and relax. "I know…thanks for bringing it up." Pepper said sighing; she got up and walked over to where Tony sat. "But shouldn't you be relaxing?" Tony asked standing up, placing his hands on Pepper's shoulders. "Tony how long have I been asleep?" Pepper asked looking him straight in the eyes. Tony closed his eyes, "two months. Two terrible months." He said opening his eyes again to look at Pepper who smiled and rolled her eyes "I bet it wasn't that terrible Tony." She said crossing her arms. The young genius shook his head and pulled pepper closer to him. "Except it was…." He whispered.
A strange whistling noise made Tony and Pepper break apart, Tony looked at the window and his eyes widened, he grabbed Pepper around the waist tackling her yelling "RPG!" The room suddenly exploded inward covering Pepper and Tony with debris.
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Her ears were ringing and she felt a heavy weight on top of her, "T-Tony! *cough* Tony! *cough*" she shouted taking dust into her lungs. Pepper tried to move, but she was pinned down by something she couldn't see, "Pepper!" someone shouted above her. "Tony!" Pepper shouted trying to move with no success. The weight on her slowly started to lift as Tony dug her out. She heard two people arguing but she couldn't understand what they were saying. A hand came into her view but it wasn't Tony's. The hand was gloved and it held a wet white cloth, Pepper screamed but it didn't matter, it still covered her mouth making her quickly pass out.
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Tony coughed and opened his eyes, debris were everywhere. "Pep! *cough* Pep!" he shouted struggling to get up. A sharp pain in his arm made him gasp. "T-Tony! *cough* Tony!" Pepper's muffled voice came from under a pile of wall and other debris. "Pepper!" Tony shouted completely forgetting about his arm and started to dig her out. "Hello Stark." A voice said behind him. Tony whipped around to face a man, "Who are you!?" he asked furiously. The man laughed "I thought you would recognize me….although it was many years ago…perhaps you forgot…" he said kicking hospital equipment out of his way. Tony's eyes widened "Dr. Kryer…" he gasped and Kryer laughed and nodded. "You're the one who got me fired! You ruined my life! SO I'M GOING TO RUIN YOURS!" he shouted and grabbed Tony by his injured arm, this made Tony cry out in pain. "Tony!" Pepper shouts were muffled but still heard.
"Oh it sounds like your dear Pepper has lived!" Kryer said happily, he walked forward toward her voice and finished digging her out. Kryer then took a piece of cloth from his pocket that had a chemical on it. He went to move his hand down over Pepper's mouth but was stopped by Tony. Tony grabbed Kryers arm, spun him around and punched him square in the face. "Leave. Her. Alone." He said angrily. Kryer laughed and pulled out a gun "I'm going to make you watch as I slowly and painfully torture her." He said and shot Tony in the side. Kryer then turned back around and placed the cloth over Pepper's mouth ignoring her screams.
(A/N hey two updates in one day! Awesome! soooo I hope that made everything interesting….Please review!)