"There, now, go back to work." Hedric said as Tony kissed Pepper.

He had used the kiss to distract Hedric from Tony activating the suit homing beacon. He hoped that the signal would travel to the suit without alerting the false Jarvis. He had made Pepper's suit to be completely dependent on itself. Jarvis was not involved with this suit at all and Tony congratulated himself for doing so. (Although the original reason he did that was completely different to the situation that now called for such.)

"It'll be okay pepper. Just stay calm and everything will be okay."

Tony hoped that Pepper didn't freak out and ruin the chance he had made for everyone to be freed. He knew that she probably wouldn't because she had worked with Tony long enough to not panic. However, there was always a chance.

"Go back to work."

"I'm going."

It would take a few minutes, depending on how far away they really were from the house. He just hoped that the long range signal was strong enough, among other variables that could ruin this. Tony pulled wire cutters close to him.

"What is that beeping noise?"

The suit was faster than Tony had expected. It was almost there. He turned to Hedric and hit the man in the face. He ran to Pepper.

"Pepper, get ready!"

"For what?"

"Don't run away from it!" Tony shouted as he used the wire cutters to cute the rope on Pepper's wrists.

"Run away from what?"

BOOM! The suit, still in box form, had busted through the wall. It expanded and flew straight to Pepper.

"Put your arms out like I do. This is the second part of your present."

Pepper did so just as the guards burst in from nowhere. They aimed for Pepper, but the suit was already protecting her. They were toast.

"Tony? I don't know how to fly this thing!" Pepper shouted.

"Don't worry, Jarvis will- oh, wait."

"Why isn't Jarvis answering?"

"Because, we are Jarvis! You have just handed us an Iron Man suit." Hedric said as he began typing in a laptop.

"Ah-ha! This is the real icing on the cake! I didn't connect Mach F-1 to Jarvis! This design was completely off computer! I made this myself! Now, call me a genius."

"Still can't use this, Tony. You didn't teach me how to."

"You're going to have to call out what you want! It's voice activated!"

"Shoot the guards!" Pepper shouted.

The Mach F-1 aimed and hit all of the guards. They fell to the ground, unconscious from the shocks they had just received.

"Pepper, take care of any others who want to come and play! I'll get the team up and running."

Tony ran to his friends. He started with Bruce. He tried to pull the helmet off, but was met with Bruce shouting at him.

"You don't yank the human skull, you idiot! There's a latch on the side!"

Tony found the latch and unlocked the helmet. He yanked out the IV and hoped that Bruce could hulk out soon. They would need the big guy. Tony quickly untied Bruce and ran over to Steve.

"There you go."

"I need to find my shield." Steve said as he ripped off the chains.

"Fine, but get back here ASAP."

Natasha and Clint were next. Tony managed to free them. He immediately turned to see what Pepper had gotten herself into.

She was holding Hedric. Steve, Bruce (who had managed to transform at some point during the fight), and Clint were finishing off the guards while Natasha looked around the facility. Tony paused and was able to look at his masterpiece.

It had been hard for him to get exact measurements, but he had guessed when he wasn't for sure. The colors were black with a rich, royal blue. It looked like it fit perfectly on Pepper. She walked over to Tony and held out Hedric.

"How does it feel to be Iron Woman?"

"You made the butt too small."

"What?"

"I feel squished. My butt is not this tiny. I love the colors though."

"Awesome."

"So that's why you asked me to try and steal some of Pepper's clothes." Bruce said as he morphed back to himself.

Bruce found a lab coat and covered himself. Thor made a large hole in the wall and motioned for the team to walk through it.

"We shall celebrate our victory with the sweet frozen cream that rots our teeth! I demand to consume the chocolate flavored cream!"

"Pepper, where's the car?" Tony asked.

"Over by the exploded gas station. Why did that man say something about a false Jarvis?"

"Argh! I'm going to have to completely reboot, rewire, and fix Jarvis! Oh, by the way Clint, change your password to something better than NatashaBarton."

"Hey, that's a secret password!"

"Natasha Barton? Really?" Natasha asked as she gave Clint a look.

"Shut up!"

"I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM!" Thor sang so loudly that Tony jumped.

"All right, calm down Thor! We'll take you for ice cream!"

"May we all sing joyously as we consume such sweet frozen goodness?"

"Will you pout if we don't?"

Thor nodded as he stuck out his lower lip.

"I blame you for giving him ice cream." Tony said to Bruce.

"He hit his foot on his own hammer. It was either let him cry or give him something to catch his interest. Which would you have chosen, Tony?"

"I…I would have chosen the ice cream." Tony grumbled as he helped Pepper into the backseat.

"To the cream parlor!" Thor said as Clint drove the car to the nearest ice cream store.

Fin. And so the fanfiction comes to a close. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did writing the story! :D