Okay so i updated sooner than i thought i would. But i got through it mostly. So i updated this one. I was going to update something else, but there was confusion in this one and wanted to fix that fast. Hopefully this answers the confusion. Hopefully. THanks for helping me get through it so quickly. Though still i might be done updating this story for a while so i can get updated on my other stories next week. Here's some shout outs to you! Thanks to all of you!

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So yea. I hope this chapter isn't confusing. It shouldn't but we're all different. I tried to make it as good as i could, so yea. i'm going to think on the bright side today and say that i did good on this chapter. But thats up to you if you like it.

Pepper dragged Tony to the wall to where he leaned against it still unconscious. Then she remembered that Gene was here. With Howard. She got up quickly and ran up to Gene.

"What do you want Gene?" She asked. She wasn't being mean about it. She still wished that he was still good.

"I need help." He replied calmly.

"Yeah that's exactly what Rhona said and if you noticed, look what happened to Tony." Rhodey cut in.

Howard looked over at his son. Its been one hour since that girl, that he guessed was Rhona, left. He was still unconscious, but you can see his breathing. So they knew he was alive. He didn't wake up at all. And even then he was still worried. But he was his dad. He would always be worried.

"Yes I see that. I will just wait it out and see what happens. Then I'll ask him for help."

"You need Tony's help?" Pepper asked.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"I can't tell you. I tell Stark in private."

She sighed and went over to Tony. He was beginning to fall out of his perch and was leaning more towards the ground. She fixed him and call Rhodey over. He came and took out his phone.

"Computer is there any way to speed up the charge?"

[Request accepted. Powering up more. Estimated time for full charge; approximately 4 hours.]

Both teens sighed. The other teens were shocked and Happy was denying that Iron Man was actually a human inside a suit. He still thinks that Iron mans a robot. The others were so shocked they didn't ask questions. They just sat in their spots and remained quiet.

So far, Rhona hasn't done anything yet. But Pepper worried that something would happen soon enough. It wasn't like Rhona to hold off like that. But then again she was waiting for Tony's heart to fail. But that failed so she had to make a whole new plan. Probably just taking her time so she doesn't fail again. But now she remembered that Gene could just teleport. She again ran to him.

"Gene can you teleport us out of here?"

"No."

"what! Why not!"

He shook his head. "I want to hear what happened and see what will happen."

"If you want his help then you will save us all!"

"I will when the time is right."

She sighed knowing that she wasn't getting anywhere. So she just lowered herself down to sit next to Tony and Rhodey joined. He sighed as well and looked over at Howard who was at the moment staring at his son with worry.

"So what did happen?" Gene asked.

Rhodey thought about ignoring him, but felt that Gene would take them out at some point. Most likely at the last moment, but who knows. "A lot. He's been through a lot. Do you mean what happened here or what happened since your last visit for the 8th ring?"

"The last one." Gene replied.

"So well it was pretty normal at first, but then we were saving some people that were stranded on a really strange island and while transporting the people back to land, Tony got hit by something and crashed into a tree. He lost his memory. Though he did remember bits, he didn't remember his mom. Hardly remembered Howard, and barely remembered Pepper. When he remembered his mom he completely blocked out the world and didn't go to school."

Howard stiffened. He was still upset by Maria's death. Rhodey still continued.

"So then he decided to go to the park to clear his mind. He said it was something his mom did. And was attacked by this assassin called Ghost who cut his arm and poisoned him. He got better and just as he was released from the hospital he was kidnapped and brought here just a few hours after a few of us got here. His heart was failing. He was brought away by Rhona and they did something to him that weakened his heart monitor. We haven't really found out what, but they returned him and you came and he almost died. Again." Rhodey finished. He just wanted to get the basics, but didn't want to leave open spaces.

"So Stark doesn't remember anything?" Gene asked.

"No. He can remember some things. Just not every thing." Rhodey said slightly annoyed. He still was cradling his injured arm to his chest.

"Does he remember me?"

Pepper this time shook her head. "No."

Rhodey turned to her. "How did you know that?"

"When he was trying to remember me he told me he remembered me helping him up and just before I did he saw some kid with us that he didn't know. He described it as the temple. The one with the dread knights. You had the book I think."

Gene sighed. Then this may just be easier or harder. But he ignored it and also looked at Tony.

Everyone remained silent for about an hour. Actually it was about an hour and a half. But still. It was close to somebody getting up to go wander the halls for a bathroom or something when a clanging sound rang in the room. They all turned to the source of the sound. It was Tony who just woke up and had hit his elbow against the wall trying to sit up. Pepper gasped along with most of the others.

"Tony?" She whispered close to his head.

Tony, knowing that it was useless to keep it hidden because she did just call him Tony and he vaguely remembered them putting on the armor in front of everyone, took off his helmet. He set it between his legs and closed his eyes for a second and Pepper had already attacked him in a hug.

"Oh Pep. You gonna have to not do that so roughly." He groaned as his chest still ached from the burns.

She flinched away. "Sorry!"

"It's alright." Tony said while yawning.

"How do you feel man?" Rhodey asked.

Tony smiled. "Just wonderful."

Rhodey allowed himself to laugh. "I don't understand why you still live."

Tony shrugged. "Just luck I guess. Or the world just loves me."

Pepper shook her head with a smile and got up to leave. Tony noticed that and rushed to get up and follow. He looked at her with confusion.

"Just gonna look at whats around. Really nobody tried looking around the hallways yet. They all just went to the lighted room." She said. Really she was going to try and find some water, but she didn't want to say that.

"Then I'm coming with you."

"No you don't have to do that."

"I know. Just want to."

With that the two teens left. Howard looked after his son really confused at what was going on. Well he still is really sarcastic. He hoped that his son would be okay. Ever since that Rhona person threatened everyone, he knew that it was just to get at Tony. Well she was going to kill Tony, well at least from what he's heard, but she was going to kill his friends to get to him.

Rhodey laughed out of random. Then everyone looked at him quizzically. "I just realized something!"

"What is it?" Whitney asked. She was sitting kinda to herself. She was still focused on the fact that Tony was iron man.

"For the ones that I know and were here before Gene and Howard. Pepper kissed Tony and Tony didn't look at all shocked. Then just after that he kissed her. And now he's getting all protective over her-"

Roberta gasped loudly jumping to conclusions and interrupting Rhodey.

"Mom." Rhodey snapped. "I was just saying that I think they are a couple! I can't believe after all this time in here I just realized that. It was about time those two stopped being foolish and would get together."

Roberta smiled to herself as well as Howard. They were both proud. In different meanings for the same reason. Howard that his son was dating some one and according to Rhodey, they were both actually in love and not just dating for silly reasons. Roberta was proud that the two could finally stop acting weird around each other.

Rhodey was smiling widely as he thought of the two being together. He sat back and just enjoyed the moment while it lasted.

(With Tony and Pepper)

"Really what are you looking for Pep?" Tony asked when he realized that she didn't at all look like she was just exploring.

"Water." She answered simply.

"Why?"

"To keep us hydrated. Mostly you." She was at least being honest.

"Really Pep, I'm fine. Stop worrying."

She sighed and moved on to the next room. So far all they found was the room Tony was in earlier which was locked, a empty closet, an office with a desk and paper work on it, and another closet. Also two other locked rooms. All rooms dimly lit by a small lantern. But the hallway didn't seem to want to end. It stretched over many yards. It could've been longer than a block. But they finally found the end of the hallway. At the end was another room and when they entered it they looked around and instantly knew it was a bathroom. With a small light that surprisingly wasn't a lantern, and a simple toilet and sink.

At seeing the sink Pepper plugged the sink and turned on the water. The water rose in the sink and she shoved tony lightly to the sink and demanded that he drink. Obediently he did, by cupping his hands together and picking up water with it and sipped it. Once he finished, he told he to do the same and when she denied his offer he told her that he wasn't moving until she did. So with a sigh she moved to do the same and got water.

They were going to return to the rest of the group and share the news. That was there decision. Tony was trailing behind looking around at any source of light. Pepper who was concentrating on getting back to the group and anxious to see how Tony reacts to knowing that his father was here and alive, walked ahead. But when they were half way there, the floor shifted just after Pepper walked over it and opened just as Tony walked over it. He was so shocked he couldn't make a sound and just as silently the floor closed again leaving him in the darkness. And that left a Pepper that didn't even know that Tony was gone.

She walked on and saw the lighted room. She was smiling excitedly for some odd reason that she couldn't describe. Just before she went to the the room she took a deep breath to stop smiling which she was successful of doing. She stepped through the door and into the light. Everyone looked at her and she noticed that Rhodey looked unusually happy. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He only shook his head.

"So wheres Tony?" Roberta asked.

She spun around. "What?"

Indeed Tony was not there. He was nowhere near her. She ran out the door yelling Tony's name. When she got no answer she panicked and ran into every room in search for him. She even tried opening that room that Tony was in before. Even though she already knew it was locked. So she just pressed her ear against the door listening for any sound. But she found none. So she just moved on. Every room was empty. She sighed sadly and slowly walked back to the group.

She sat down by Rhodey who was no longer happy. He was now sad that his friend went missing. But he was happy when Pepper told him that he had gotten some water. They thought about all going for a bathroom break, but decided against it afraid that the same would happen to them. Rhodey just comforted Pepper when she began to sob quietly.

"It'll be okay Pepper." He whispered.

"I know. I'm just worried. What if she kills him?" She asked desperately.

He shook his head sadly. "I don't know."

Howard was sad as well but he was also mad that Gene hadn't just teleported everyone out of there and Tony wouldn't be gone. Or at least missing. It was Gene's fault that Tony was most likely getting hurt. Though really it was Rhona's but it was Gene's fault for not saving them. He was going to wait til last minute, but how can you do that if he didn't even know where Tony was?

As usual they sat in silence. Dead silence. Pepper looked for something to busy herself, but when her eyes dropped down to the iron man head that Tony had left behind. She picked it up and looked at it. Tears welled up in her eyes and she blinked harshly to stop them from slipping down her face. But it didn't work and all it did was make them fall. She dropped the helmet and wiped away the tears.

The silence was broken when a loud beep went off causing most of the captives to flinch. There was static for a moment before a loud female voice that was no doubt Rhona rang through the room.

"Some of you may be wondering where Anthony is. Some of you don't care and just want to go home. Well for now that will not happen." She paused as if waiting for someone to say something. "Tony is not the best listener you know. He still denies that he killed Andy. But I know he did. He died in my own arms. He will pay. And I'll let you in on my little secret. He's at this moment paying a visit to me. To pay for what he has done."

She stopped to let the news sink in though a loud scream filled the room much like before, but louder now that its on a loud speaker. Pepper and Rhodey froze.

"I'll give you a clue. In each unlocked rooms there is a key. Each key leads to one of the locked doors. In one room is Anthony. In one room is a bunch of men waiting for you. In the last room, is your escape. Trust me when I say this. Only one room will be a pleasant sight. Right now Tony with out his armor is defenseless making him easily wounded... You have one hour."

There was a beep and she had left. Pepper trembled and Rhodey was completely frozen. Howard was terrified and confused at why his son killed a person. Gene was mad that he hadn't took Tony while he knew where he was. He was regretting waiting until the last moment. Because his last moment was when he left with Pepper.

"Rhodey what was she talking about, with Tony killing Andy?" Howard asked.

"Andy was a android. He was about to kill Pepper and Whitney. And was part of the plan that nearly killed Pepper, Whitney, Happy, and me." Rhodey replied and quickly explained the day they had at school.

"Enough talking you guys. We have to find the keys." Pepper snapped when she returned to reality and remembered that Tony had a time limit as well as them.

Rhodey and Roberta nodded. But Pepper gasped and turned to Gene. "Can you teleport through the locked doors and Get Tony out and save us all?"

"Yes I can. But I need to find the rooms first." Gene said.

Pepper nodded and grabbed his wrist and dragged him to the locked doors. She pointed out the door that Tony was first put in when he was roughly dragged out. So he teleported through the door and was instantly out of it.

"Wrong door."

She she just led him to the closest one. He shook his head though. "He wouldn't be in this one. She'd want us to find him last so she would put him in the farthest door."

She nodded and brought him to the last locked door and he teleported through the door. It took a few moments before he came back. "Nope."

She sighed in frustration and they ran back to the last locked door. He went in and this time took a much longer time in there. She heard muffled yells. Then a crash. And after a few minutes Gene was out of the room. Alone.

"I need you to go to the others and say that Tony should be fine. Just go!" He shouted so she didn't stay and ask questions.

She ran off luckily with no questions asked. He returned to the room where Tony was. He was a bit wet in the front of his shirt, he had a ankle that snapped, his shoulder was bleeding pretty bad as well as he abdomen. But other than that he was fine. Though his body shook from being shocked with electricity from the wet heart monitor. So he removed his shirt and threw it to the ground. Fortunately there was no other wounds. But he couldn't walk on his ankle. So he had Gene support him and they both teleported out of there. They went to the bathroom where the sink was and Gene ran back and got Tony's shirt to use as a cloth to clean his cuts. He dipped the shirt in the water that was still risen from when Pepper and Tony drank from it and wiped it around on Tony careful not to touch the heart monitor. Once Tony was clear of rapid blood loss they headed back.

(With the others)

The door had shut just after Pepper had come back. She tried opening it, but it was no use. It wouldn't budge. The beep sounded again.

"You guys were supposed to use the keys to find Anthony and your exit, but you decided to cheat. This is your punishment."

She was gone, but just after the beep sounded the room walls lit up blue. Everyone moved to the center. But as they all touched they were all shocked. Their bodies shook. Some fell to the ground sooner than others. Some were bracing themselves up on the wall. Then it just stopped just stopped. They breathed heavily. There was a knock on the door and Pepper forced herself up on her feet. She opened the door that was now easily opened.

In the door stood Gene holding up Tony who again was keeping his head down as if hiding something. Though this time he wasn't. Well he was sorta hiding the cut on his shoulder, but he wasn't doing it on purpose. Pepper gasped and took him from Gene. She helped him limp across the room and sat him down next to his helmet. He still looked down. She hugged him lightly careful not to hurt him to much. She checked his watch. Her face lightened up to know that he still had a few hours left.

She looked over to Gene. "Do you know what happened?"

"Not really, but his ankle is broken and there was water across his chest."

Rhodey and Pepper gasped. How did he live?They were shocked that he lived because the doctor had said that if he got his heart monitor wet that he would either die instantly or be in agonizing pain. And barely alive. But Tony was still alive.

"Tony?" Pepper whispered.

He looked up. Pain was spread out on his face. "Hmm?"

It broke Roberta's heart to see Tony in so much pain. Every one had gotten up and sat back down fearing for what would happen next. Howard was close to crying, but he stayed strong. It wasn't like him to cry, but he lost his wife and he didn't want to lose his son. His only son. That would break him.

"You okay?" She knew that he wasn't, but it just made her feel better to have him know that she cared.

"Better than before." he said. He was right. Before he was pass out weak. He could hardly even move. But now he talks clearer and his heart was still holding.

Gene walked over to the center of the room. "That's it. We're leaving."

And with that there was a big flash and they were in the middle of central Park in New York.

"You get him to a hospital. Me and Howard will be back to get him." Gene said and left.

Everyone stared wide eyed at him in wonder at how he teleported. All except team iron man and Roberta. Then as they all smiled in relief they broke apart going to home or to a hospital to check out the burns they got from being shocked. Tony was led to the hospital as soon as the group dispersed.

Pepper stayed with him in hopes that he would be okay. And she resolved to tell her father about what had happened.

Okay so i didn't want to make such a long chapter like i did last time, but it still is pretty long. I really love the support you give me and honestly you helped me through a tough spot and i don't even know you! So yeah thats how good you are. But still i won't be updating this story this week so i can update my other stories. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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