Tony sighed as he pulled up to the edge of the curb to park one of his many sports cars, exhausted from having to fly from his home to Stark Tower in New York just to pick up car. A day had passed since he saw Wade at his place, and was still curious about him. Though if S.H.I.E.L.D really was willing to help find Pepper, maybe he shouldn't be so selfish and let them aid him. He carefully stepped out, and shut the door gently before walking through the big doors.
He was immediately greeted by Agent Coulson, one of the agents he had gotten to know over a short amount of time. "Hmm, didn't think I'd be seeing you so soon. Thought you'd still be in New Mexico."
"Just finished up there not too long ago and was requested to come back here as soon as we finished things up over there," he replied in a professional tone. "Now if you would follow me, he is awaiting your arrival."
He followed him casually as they entered an elevator. When they entered, he watched Phil press the 7th floor button and quickly looked up at the small monitor above the metal doors. "So, what happened in New Mexico, or is that classified information?" Tony thought he'd give it a shot, but knew the answer already.
"Sorry, but you're right. I'm not allowed to disclose such information to you," after that, they both were quiet for the rest of the ride.
When the elevator dinged, they both exited and walked into the huge meeting room. "It's about time you got here Stark, I was beginning to think you weren't going to show," Fury spoke in a loud, sarcastic tone.
"I decided to think it over after your newly /hired/ assistant left quite the impression back at my place. Didn't think you'd go as low to hire him help me either, but I know I should expect the impossible from you," Tony rolled his eyes as he walked over to the large glass table, soon sitting down in one of the many leather chairs.
"Now this isn't any joking matter Stark. You and I both know that you want to find her, and this is why I tried calling, but since you didn't, we had to resort to other methods. But now that I have you here, we found Ms. Potts' phone by her airplane exit, slightly damaged, no other fingerprints other than her own, earlier this morning, and we were able to bypass the passcode on the locked surveillance cameras and found something that we thought you might want to see," he picked up the small remote control and pointed it at the projector, which soon showed Pepper and her captor.
As he watched the captor slap a piece of cloth upon her mouth and watched her struggle, he slammed his fist upon the table and looked away. "What I'm wondering is how no one was conveniently in the area and couldn't even hear her, or even the damned security guard that is able to see all of this.."
"We were wondering the same thing, yet from what we were able to gather, he's no ordinary man. If he was able to get such a distraction at that time, we know for sure she's in great danger. Yet we have no idea who he is, the outfit he was wearing covers up too much of his body that will let us identify him. Yet from the fibers we were able to pull up off the ground that seem to match his suit, we were able to trace down which factories use that type material and there are about 17 in New York alone, and about another 20 in boarding states," he hit another button which showed the different locations of each factory.
He looked back up at the screen and grunted. "So we have about 37, if not more possible locations that she can be at?"
"It's at least a start Stark, and knowing you, you can beat the odds and find the right one quickly."
Tony gave a simple nod as he stood up, knowing this meeting was just about over.
"Before you leave, here," Fury slid Pepper's phone over to him, which he picked up like it was about to fall. "Wade will be meeting you at the first location that's closest to here later tonight. I'd suggest getting your suit ready, you're going to need to be prepared."
"Yeah, I got it," with that, he went back into the elevator and soon exited the building. As he walked up to his car, he heard a familiar voice behind him, yet it sounded like it was coming from a suit.
"Hello Stark, it's been a while since we last saw each other, hasn't it?"
Tony froze in place, an annoyed grimace already forming on his face. "How the hell did you get out, Hammer?" He asked, his voice icy and venomous. This was /not/ what he needed at the moment. Another distraction, another moment Pepper could be suffering. Thus Stark was ready to fight if it came to that, but he was really hoping that it wouldn't.
"I just happen to know some people, Stark! Like you, I have some friends as well. Though, I did warn Pepper I would return, yet word is around town that she's gone. What a shame, she was the first on my list to get back in contact with! But I guess you'll have to do instead," he stepped a foot closer, and as he did, the metallic sound from his suit echoed across the city.
Did he dare turn around? If he did, would he be faced with a mouth full of iron? 'Damn it.. Out of all places I go without the suit, it had to be here,' he thought, ready to take action even if it meant having to fight somehow without his suit.
"What's wrong, Stark? Cat got your tongue? No words from the /great/ Iron Man? I'm shocked! Is it because this is just another /distraction/ for you? Though I must say, each minute you waste, is another minute you lose to find your girlfriend, another minute that she could be /dead/," he spat out the last word with so much anger.
"You know, you're an asshole. And another thing, you /don't/ speak about her that way," Tony was /beyond/ pissed. He swiftly turned around, only to meet a suit he had previously seen from the Stark Expo that he was at long ago. Somehow, Justin was able to actually get it to work. He had to at least give him props for that.
He gave his monitor a quick look before staring back at Tony, ready to wipe the floor with him. "And you're just a man who hates having his /things/ taken away," and without any sudden warning, he swung his arm and set him flying into another car nearby, leaving a good sized dent on the hood.
Tony slowly opened his eyes, processing what just happened. His head hurt like crazy, and swore he felt that oh so familiar crimson liquid oozing from his scalp.
Hello guys! This is the latest chapter for Idea of Stranger Appearance. As stated in the edit of the first chapter, this was originally on my old account, ShelteredSacrifice, and I mentioned in the AN on the old account that I would upload this bonus chapter for you all! Hopefully we will start being able to upload chapters on a weekly, or biweekly basis because currently school's a bitch, plus I have multiple field trips coming up as well but stories that will be updated any time during the week are my FMA fics. If you like this, please check out my other work (which isn't much and is shitty compared to this.. xD) and give them a try. It'd mean a whole lot, and don't forget to check out Bobbi's account on here, her's was mentioned back in the second chapter.