(A/N ok sooooo I would say it's been a while for this story hehehe. Well YAY UPDATE WHOOOOOO!)
Two weeks later:
Pepper's breathing was hard and she was shaking. Her body twisted and turned and the sheets on her bed were twisted around her legs. "Nnnnnmmm" she groaned. Flashes of the past few months flashed past her reminding her, what she had done and what she had to do in order to survive. "Nnnnn NOOOOO!" Pepper screamed in her sleep. There was a loud thud and the sound of multiple doors opening; there were shouts from outside her door before it burst open. Tony ran in wearing his Iron Man glove with the other heroes behind him holding weapons, "Pepper!" he shouted and saw that she was still asleep. "Pepper! Pepper sweetheart wake up!" Tony said gently shaking her. The redhead thrashed around and hit at an invisible object, "PEPPER!" Lee shouted from the other side of her bed. "What's wrong with her?!" Whitney asked holding onto David's arm. "She's having a night terror." Tony said holding's Pepper's arms down so she couldn't hurt anyone or herself. "Pep, Pepper! You need to wake up! Listen to me! You're home! You're safe!" Tony said calmly yet sternly.
The images stopped when she heard him. "Pep, Pepper! You need to wake up! Listen to me! You're home! You're safe!" He said. His words pulled her out of her nightmares and back to reality, her eyes flew open and she quickly sat up into him. Pepper did her best to calm her breathing, she saw Lee give her a small concerned smile and ushered people out of the room. The door closed and Pepper buried her face in the crook of Tony's neck, Tony just wrapped his arms around her and told her everything was going to be alright. After a while she fell back to sleep with him right next to her. "You're safe. I promise." Tony whispered before falling asleep next to her.
6 months later:
The city was in the process of being rebuilt along with the rest of the world. The governments were back to making mistakes like usual and heroes are safe again. Pepper walked down the street with her hands in her pockets, her destination was Stark International. Tony had told her to meet him there for some reason, she didn't understand why. The place was still under construction. Pepper sighed and quickly crossed the street toward the building.
When she entered it was deathly quiet. Her ears perked and she pulled out a small handgun that she suddenly can't live without. Pepper moved slowly through a maze of materials and debris with her gun in her hands. The sound of metal crashing to the ground made Pepper whip around aiming her gun at the person standing behind her. Pepper gasped and shook her head "No…no. you can't be alive!" she shouted. The man standing before her smiled a wicked smile "Oh but miss Potts, I am." He said and walked toward her. Pepper fired her weapon but it was no use, the bullets simply bounced off of him, he got closer to her and all Pepper could do was scream.
A little bit later Tony jogged into the Stark International building ready to talk with Pepper when he saw it. His heart beat faster and he skidded to a stop, blood was everywhere. A trail lead over to a gun that lay abandoned on the ground. Tony knew it was hers, he took a deep breath and continued to follow the blood trail that lead to a message.
It was written in her blood and it made Tony see red. She's mine now. You will never see her again. It will soon all be mine again. –J. 'I promised and now that promise was broken.' Tony thought and a sob racked through his body. He gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists, "I'll get you back. That's a promise that can't be broken." He said and ran to the armory where the heroes gathered.
(A/N Ugh! Shirt chapter! Oh well sorry about that. Review? PLEASE?)