Rhodey had Lila settled on the couch next to him on her blanket. She was fed, bathed, and changed. He thought that this babysitting gig wasn't so bad. Lila was a surprisingly chilled out little baby, too. She didn't cry and she didn't fuss. He smiled to himself realizing she probably got her patience from Pepper.

Rhodey gently picked up Lila making sure to cradle her head. "Alright, heartbreaker, it is time for bed."

Rhodey carried her into her nursery and put her in her crib. By the time her head hit the pillow she was out like a light. He smiled down at her. Lila was the most beautiful little baby he had ever seen in his life. Rhodey watched her for a few minutes before leaving the nursery. He figured he would just watch tv until Tony and Pepper got back, knowing Tony, if they even came back, for the rest of the night. He fell back onto the couch and let out a tired sigh and ran a hand over his face. The baby monitor was on and before his hand even touched the remote control he heard a loud crash come from the nursery.

Without a second thought, Rhodey, was up on his feet racing to Lila's nursery. He flung the door open and took in the sight of Lila's crib, the side of it had fallen off and Lila was looking up at a tiny metallic blue Iron Man suit that was about a foot and a half bigger than she was. Lila, was laughing and the blue and silver metal face of the suit looked up at him. The small arm reached out, palm up, and a ray of light blasted out of it. Rhodey ducked just in time as it knocked a huge hole in the wall behind him. The suit fired up and began flying in all directions around the room, breaking everything that got in it's path.

"Okay I can handle this." Rhodey said, ducking again. A few seconds later, "JARVIS!!!!"

They had been riding along in a comfortable silence for over 20 minutes now. Pepper wasn't even watching the traffic and noticing that there was less and less as Tony drove on. It was when he pulled off onto a dirt road that wasn't even visible from the main road that Pepper shot him a suspicious sideways glance.

"Tony, where are we?"

Tony smirked but didn't answer. He put the car in park and relaxed for a minute while Pepper looked around. They were parked about 50 yards away from a cliff that overlooked dense woods. She could actually look up and see the millions of stars. She was great full however, that Tony decided to use the brake instead of his infamous iron foot and drive them right off the cliff.

"Get out, Pepp. Look around."

"What? Are you going to ditch me?" She teased.

"I have the most gorgeous woman in the universe all to myself in the middle of nowhere. I'm not a stupid man, Pepp. Get out, take a look around and see if anything wrings a bell."

Pepper hesitantly got out of the tiny sports car and walked around the back of the car. She only drifted a few feet away before shrugging her shoulders in defeat.

"Oh come on. You're telling me you don't remember?" He pretended to be deeply wounded.

"Tony." She said exasperated.

Tony grinned. He always did love it when Pepper got this way. He hopped out of the car and walked over to her. "Let me refresh your memory." Tony's strong arms wrapped around Pepper slim waist and he pulled her flush against him. She let out a gasp of surprise and he took took the opportunity to capture her lips with his. It was a long, slow kiss. It felt like he had been waiting an eternity to kiss her and she let her body relax against his and wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. Tony pulled a centimeter back and could feel Pepper smiling against his lips.

"This is the place where we first kissed." Pepper whispered.

"I thought that would jog your memory." Tony was silently beaming.

Pepper hadn't recognized the location at first. In all fairness the last time and first time they had been there was a little over three years ago and Tony had flown her there in his Iron Man suit after just escaping a building explosion. She remembered clinging onto him for dear life and his cocky little "see I told you I would never drop you," expression, when they finally touched solid ground. Pepper, remembered his face plate snapping open. She remembered the identical look of relief and fear they both shared at what just happened. That was when they both leaned in and had their first kiss.

"I'm surprised you even remembered."

"Does it get me any points?" Tony asked.

"No." Pepper said and Tony frowned. "But it does get you another one of these." Pepper pressed her lips to his again rewarding Tony with a slow burning kiss.

"Sir?" Came a familiar AI voice from Tony's car. Tony ignored it and pulled Pepper in closer. "Sir?"

"Screw off." Tony mumbled as he began nipping his way down Pepper's long, slender neck.

"What is it, Jarvis?" Pepper asked sweetly as she tilted her head to give Tony better access.

"Colonel Rhodes seems to be having a bit of difficulty back home."

"How hard?" Pepper asked, Jarvis.

"Extremely." Tony answered instead and started kissing his way along her collar bone.

Pepper laughed.

"I think it is wise that you return home as soon as possible considering half of Lila's nursery is in ruins." Jarvis said.

Tony pulled back and he and Pepper looked at one another with wide eyes.

Tony and Pepper came bursting into the nursery and Tony flew back against the wall as a side table was chucked at him. He saw Rhodey in the corner of the room protecting Lila. "It's okay it's not going to hurt her!" Tony yelled out.

""Yeah I know that!" Rhodey yelled back. "But it was going to hurt me and the only way it wouldn't is if Lila is with me."

"It thinks you're an intruder!" Tony yelled.

"Why the hell would it think that."

"Well since Lila is too little to actually use it I programmed it to protect her when it thought nessacary!"

The baby Iron Man suit had stopped flying around the room and took in Tony's appearance. Recognizing him as it's creator the machine flew back into the corner, touched down, and shut off. Pepper rushed over to Rhodey who handed Lila to her.

"Why would it think I was an intruder or that I would hurt Lila?" Rhodey asked both pissed off at Tony and relieved that the chaos was finally over... for now.

"Well it's only for show I hadn't even bothered to program in who was on the 'safe' list. Hell, the damned thing isn't supposed to be activated unless I activate it myself." Tony looked up at Lila, curiously, who was taking in everything perfectly fine.

With one tiny hand, Lila, pulled at Pepper's necklace and with the other she reached out for the blue Iron man suit. Tony's eyes sparkled with amazement and amusement.

"Hah, she activated the suit herself."

"How?" Pepper asked. "She can't even walk."

Tony walked over to Pepper and scooped Lila up out of her arms. "I think Lila is so internally connected to it in a way that she managed to start it up. The thing is supposed to be able to read her but it isn't supposed to be able to do anything unless I make it." Lila banged her hands against Tony's chest and made some unintelligible little noises like she was trying to say that he was right. Tony looked up at Pepper. This kid's got some killer genes."

TBC....

A/N: I have no idea where I' am going with this next. There isn't going to be any Super Iron Baby, lol but I just wanted to cause a little trouble for Rhodey, awe. He can take it.