Harley looked at the girl with angry eyes, knowing she was trying to get into the shed for a reason. She knew about the Iron Man suit and Harley knew that people were looking for Tony which is why he had to hide out here. However, what had shocked him the most was watching what she did with her hand when she pressed to to the sturdy padlock on the door. It had just melted away, and Harley was doing his best to cover up the fact he was actually afraid of her. He had come back to the house quickly to grab a few things while Tony was at the bar trying to find Mrs Davies, and he was caught off guard.

''Who are you?'' he asked, lifting the gun up defensively.

''Rebecca,'' she answered.

''What are you doing?'' he asked. ''You're not allowed in there,''

''I can see that,'' she nodded, lowering her hands slightly. ''I'm uh, looking for someone,''

Harley looked at her hands that were now normal, just like his, but he knew that what he had seen was real.

''Are you...are you one of those...those things from New York?'' he asked with a shaky voice.

Rebecca's heart beat faster at just the mention of that day and the creatures that she fought against. She understood his confusion considering how shocked he looked, and she didn't let the comment get to her, she couldn't keep letting it win.

''No,''

''But I saw what you did,'' he walked closer.

''I'm not...one of those, trust me,''

''Why should I trust you?''

''Because I'm not a bad guy,'' she told him, completely lowering her hands. ''I'm not gonna hurt you or anyone, I'm just looking for my dad,''

Harley put his gun down at his side and looked at the girl, noticing she looked familiar, but he was confused.

''Your dad?'' he looked over to her. ''What's his name?''

Rebecca knew that she would have to decide right then if she could trust the young boy. She knew that he was aware of more than he was appearing to, but she couldn't be sure. Nothing was certain anymore and she honestly didn't know who was involved with the Mandarin, but she took a chance.

''Tony Stark,'' she told him with a sad expression.

Harley's eyes widened in surprise. Tony hadn't mentioned he had a daughter, and Harley had never taken an interest to Tony Stark in the media or the news, he was more a fan of Iron Man instead.

''You're...Tony's your dad?'' he asked.

Rebecca nodded. ''And if I don't find him, some other really bad people will,''

''How do I know you're not lying? How do I know you're notone of the bad people?'' he asked, gripping his potato gun.

''Well, no offence kid but if I was, you'd probably be dead by now,'' she told him honestly, watching as the boy's face stayed focused on hers. ''The bad guys aren't really that smart, you can trust me,''


Pepper felt as though she had been asleep for days. Killian and Maya had made sure she was heavily sedated when they took her from the hotel they were staying at, taking her to one of their more hidden locations until their plan had advanced. Finding out Maya was involved was a huge shock for Pepper, but she didn't even have time to react before they both took her.

She opened her eyes to a small room, the light only allowing her to see the glass of water on the bench in front of her and the door off to the side. Her first instinct was to run, but her body just couldn't do it. Whatever they had given her, it had exhausted her beyond words.

''You should drink something,'' a voice came from over in the corner, and Pepper looked over to see Maya looking back at her. ''You're dehydrated,''

Pepper looked at the glass of water and then back at Maya, obviously thinking that there was something else to it.

''It's clean water, there's nothing in it, trust me,''

''That means nothing to me anymore,'' Pepper told her, refusing to take a sip of the water, despite being tempted.

''I'm sorry Pepper, I really am,'' Maya stood up, walking over and folding her arms. ''But you have no idea what I've gone through to get this far with my project, I have to resort to the extremes,''

''I know what it's like to resort to the extremes Maya, this is beyond that,'' Pepper shook her head. ''I was willing to help you...''

''And you have,'' Maya nodded. ''You've helped me realize things Pepper, but my passion for this is still just as strong, I can't ignore it,''

Pepper looked away from Maya and crossed her legs on the bed she was laying on. The room looked like one in a cheap motel, but she knew they wouldn't be so stupid to take her somewhere like that. Wherever she was, there was no one here who was going to help her.

''What do you want from me?'' Pepper asked, looking over to Maya again. ''I don't know anything about this stuff,''

''You don't have to, with you just being here, we've got leverage,''

Pepper's eyes widened when she realized what Maya was doing. Tony was involved in all of this, and they were going to get to him through her. She hated being the bait for anything involving Tony, but she especially hated that she had gotten herself into all of this.

''You're working with the Mandarin,'' Pepper glared. ''You and Killian, you're both working for him,''

Maya looked away from Pepper sadly, feeling guilty but still sticking with her plan.

''Something like that,''

Outside of the small room Pepper was being held in, Aldrich Killian was sitting behind his desk with a calm and composed expression on his face as he took a phone call. His plan was in motion, now it was time to pick up pieces and make sure everything else was running smoothly. Injecting Rebecca with Extremis was not done without purpose, however her escaping wasn't the way he wanted things to go.

Rebecca could have taken Extremis to new levels, she had the resources and she was in charge of Research and Development, giving her the virus was going to prove to her just how extraordinary it was and she would open up all the doors in AIM's way. Even though they had Pepper now and the plan was back in motion, Rebecca was still out there with Extremis, and since he heard she wasn't dead the next day, he needed to find her.

''You followed the boyfriend,'' Killian nodded as he spoke on the phone. ''They're looking for Stark, this is great. Make sure you get that file, but listen to me Savin, find that girl, understand me? Find her before she gets to Stark. Good. Call me if there are any problems,''


Tony had been inside the small bar in the town for a while now, waiting for Mrs. Davis. Harley had described her to him in the most basic form, but she had just lost her son not long ago in what was being said to be a terrorist attack, a suicide bomb, and Tony knew he would notice who she was.

It wasn't long before a middle-aged woman walked in with an unimpressed look on her face and a government file in her hand, taking a seat at a table not far from Tony. He wondered why she had the file with her, but that wasn't important right now. He knew that her son Chad wasn't a terrorist and hadn't set off a bomb, he could see the links between all the Mandarin attacks and the one with Chad Davis. The heat signatures were all the same, no one else had picked it up.

''Mrs. Davis,'' Tony walked up to the woman. ''Mind if I join you?''

Mrs. Davis shrugged. ''Free country,''

''It sure is,'' Tony sat down next to her.

Mrs. Davis turned slightly in her chair and looked at Tony with interest.

''Alright, where'd you like to start?''

''I just want to say I'm sorry about your loss. I want to know what you think happened,''

''Look, I brought your damn file. Take it, go,'' Mrs. Davis threw the file down on the table in front of Tony. ''Whatever was in here, he wanted no part in it,''

Tony looked at the file on the desk in front of him, noticing it was a complete record of her son Chad Davis and everything he had ever done with the government. Tony wondered why she was talking to him like this and why she had handed him the file.

''Clearly you're waiting for someone else. Supposed to meet somebody here, yeah?'

Before Tony could explain anything to her, they were interrupted by a woman slamming a cell phone onto the table. They both looked up, startled, to see a woman that Tony had momentarily bumped into outside standing by the side with an angry expression on her face. She put on a polite smile as she looked over to Mrs. Davis.

''Actually, I am,''

The next thing Tony realized, his arm was twisted behind his back and his face was slammed into the table violently. The woman had a hold of him in a tight grip that he couldn't manage to break and everyone in the small bar gasped as they watched on.

''Hey, hey, hey! What's all this about? What the hell's going on here?'' the Sheriff walked over, looking at the woman seriously.

''It's called an arrest,'' the woman told him, slipping handcuffs over Tony's wrists and closing them before walking closer to the man. ''Sheriff, is it?''

''Yes ma'am, and you are?''

''Homeland Security,'' she flashed her badge at him. ''We good here?''

''No, we're not good,'' the Sheriff shook his head. ''I need a little more information than that,''

''Well, I think it's a little above your pay grade, Sheriff,''

''Yeah, well, why don't you get on the horn to Nashville and uh...upgrade me?''

In the middle of their argument, Tony looked over to Mrs. Davis who was watching on worriedly, gesturing for her to hide the file. This woman was doing all of this, risking everything to get a hold of that file, he couldn't let her or anyone else get their hands on it.

''Alright, you know what? I was hoping to do this the smart way, but uh...the fun way's always good,''

Tony looked at the woman walking closer to the Sheriff, narrowing his eyes on her hands as if he wasn't seeing right. The hand holding the badge was glowing red, her hand heating up the metal in seconds. Her skin was bright red, glowing with heat. As the Sheriff turned around for a moment, the woman walked closer and took the badge in her hand and slammed it into the side of his face. The screams throughout the room echoed as everybody ran out as the woman took the Sheriff's gun and shot him in the chest.

Tony saw his chance and, after looking over to Mrs. Davis as she hid, he ran out of the bar and called out to the woman, hoping to get her outside and away from the people inside. If she was working for the Mandarin, she wasn't going to let him go.

''Hey hot wings, you wanna party? You and me, let's go,'' he called out as she looked over to him.

Rebecca and Ben followed Harley into the town through the alleyways, looking around each corner and making sure no one was following them. After finally convincing the young boy that she was actually Tony's daughter and that he was in danger, Harley agreed to show them where he was. He knew bits and pieces about what was going on, but he knew that there were bad guys after Tony and he wanted to help.

They reached the main street and heard shattering glass and gunshots, and Ben immediately pulled Harley back behind him and Rebecca. He was just a kid trying to help them, neither of them wanted him to get hurt because of what was going on. They hurried

''Hey, who's that guy?'' Harley pointed to a man getting out of his car.

Rebecca following Harley's gaze over to the other side of the street. Her eyes widened as she found who Harley was talking about. Eric Savin was climbing out of his car with a smirk on his face, his hand reaching to his back pocket and pulling out a gun. For a moment, Rebecca lost all of her thoughts as she looked at the man she remembered from the night she crashed her car. He was there when she woke up with Extremis, she couldn't forget his face, and she knew exactly why he was here. He was looking for her, and he wasn't going to let her go.

''Bec, there he is,'' Ben pointed.

Rebecca looked over to see her dad running across the street with his hands cuffed behind his back, looking back as if he was running from someone. She held back from screaming out to him, knowing this was a terrible time to reconcile, and instead she focused on how she was going to fix this mess. Before she could think any further, Harley had pushed past and began running around the corner, gathering snow in his hands.

''Harley!'' she called out loud enough for him to here. ''Don't!''

Harley kept running and Rebecca turned back to Ben, grabbing his shoulders.

''I need you...to not follow me,'' she told him desperately. ''I know it's crazy of me to say that to you but I am begging you, please, you can't be involved,''

Rebecca didn't give him a chance to reply, knowing he would most likely ignore her request anyway, and she ran off behind Harley now that the man had walked away. She had to help her dad from whoever he was running from, she wasn't going to stand back and watch this happen all over again. The panic, the adrenaline, the worry, it all reminded her of a day she'd rather forget, but she had to put it all behind her right now, because she was either getting out of this with her dad, or not at all.


This isn't my favorite chapter...I feel like it was a little boring and slow, but it gets better next chapter! Anyway, I hope you guys are still interested in reading on since I think it's going to become a lot more interesting and exciting, but unfortunately there is a bit of movie dialogue I have to include to make my story fit, but nevertheless I hope you enjoy. Also, if you have any questions about my story, just ask me in a PM or review. There was some confusion with a part of my story line and a few comments about something not being included however it was being included in the following chapter (this one) so please just keep in mind that if something seems out of place, forgotten about or thrown aside, it's most likely not and is included in future chapters which you have to wait to read because I can't fit everything in one chapter, but I'm happy to discuss it with people or answer any Q's. Please review and thanks for reading!