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Pepper POV
I dragged a brush though my hair as my sister dotted my face with different powders, each one bringing me farther away from Pepper, the rebellious daughter, toward Virginia, the girl my parents wanted. I brushed my long strawberry-hair trying to keep a smile plastered on my face as I prayed Rhodey would be flying here now, saving Tony. Hoping that at any second Tony would come for me. This reminded me of a movie I made Tony watch with me.
"Hello beautiful." Will smiled strutting into the dressing room. I pretended to give him a big happy smile and he returned it, just as sarcastically. He sighed happily as if his life's dream was about to be complete.
"Girls, will you excuse me? I want to spend some time with Virginia before the wedding. My sister glanced at me, still wary of me and Will's sudden engagement. I gestured for her to follow him and she gave me an encouraging smile and left with the other bridesmaids. I turned away from Will and continued to brush my hair. He turned back to me.
"We have to start the wedding late, your parents have to take care of something at the house." He said clasping his hands behind his back. When he noticed my lack of response he walked over to kiss my cheek. I leaned away quickly. He chuckled. "Still in love with the playboy?" I stood up abruptly shoving him away.
"My Westley will come for me." I quoted. He furrowed his eyebrows.
"What, who's Westley? Oh your referencing to the movie-nice one babe." I shook my head crossing my arms across my chest.
"You don't understand this Will, Tony will come for me. He will save me." As I said this I became more and more sure what I was saying was correct. Will's frown deepened.
"Tony will never come, I killed him myself." He said, voice wavering a little at the end.
"Then why is there fear behind your eyes?" I said smirking at my cleverness. He hissed angrily,marching toward the door.
"We will get married right now, regardless of your parents absence." He snapped marching out the door. I glanced nervously out the window. Tony, where are you?
"It looks like a normal house." Colonel James Rhodes remarked. Natasha Romanoff sat next to him.
"What were you expecting? Barbed wire? These people probably don't really know what there doing. Which is why I'm only bringing one." She said holding up one of her usual two handguns. Her eyes drifted to the other handgun she had tossed in the backseat.
"Never mind I'm bringing two." she said grabbing for the other gun. James rolled his eyes as he grabbed the briefcase in the backseat and the two people climbed out of the his sports car. He turned to Natasha.
"Do you have your SHEILD badge?" He asked she nodded.
"Barton always makes me bring it wherever i go, just in case he has to call me to get him a pizza. We get a discount at Little Caesars." She explained and James laughed.
"What?" Natasha asked.
"Nothing, just imagining Nick Fury buying a pizza." He laughed. Natasha smiled as she rung the doorbell. A middle aged woman opened the door. Natasha smiled sweetly at her.
"Mrs. Potts?" Natasha asked. The woman nodded.
"What can I do for you two?" Natasha held up her badge.
"We need to know the whereabouts of Tony Stark." A look of panic crossed the woman's face.
"Never heard of him. Bye!" She said closing the door but James stopped it with his foot, forcing it open.
"You don't understand. We have to find Tony Stark. And if you don't help us. We will have to enter by force." James said darkly. The woman backed away from the door, James and Natasha pushed there way into the tiny entryway. Hands resting on the hilts of their guns. The woman had disappeared and in her place were two burly looking men holding big guns.
"Look, you can leave and we won't hurt you." The bigger of the two clowns growled. James opened his mouth but Natasha cut him off.
"I got this." She whispered as she started to walk forward, swinging her hips a little over dramatically. She used her beauty as a distraction as she came close to them. Wrapping her hands around the barrels of there guns she whispered.
"But that wouldn't be any fun." And she yanked theirs guns upward, hitting there heads and James heard one of the idiots jaw crack. Natasha tosses there guns aside and with the grace of a dancer dodged, kicked, and punched until both morons were laying in a heap. James stepped forward and picked up one of the guns and observed it.
"Hammer tech." He said Natasha looked up.
"Really? Hammer tech? She asked.
"Really." A voice from the hallway said. And the middle aged woman and her husband appeared, each holding missile launchers. Natasha backed slowly towards the front door to stand by James as the couple advanced. He stepped forward. Right in front of the missile-launching in-laws.
"Please we don't need to do this! Just hand over Tony Stark and we are on our merry way." He said holding up his hands. The woman lowered her weapon while the husband aimed his at James's head.
"We rightfully stole him. You cannot have him."
The man spat. The wife was looking scared. James felt bad for her. But he also stole Tony away from his true love, Pepper.
"Sorry, that's not how it works." Natasha snarled and James took this as his cue to knock the middle launcher away from his face. He was not aware of what was going on behind her but once the missile launcher had been launched (no pun intended) into the living room, James jumped at the man. James quickly pinned an arm behind the man and wrestled him to the ground James kneeled on top of him as he grabbed his handcuffs. Handcuffing the guy to the arm of a nearby chair he turned to see Natasha already standing at the door to what he though would be the basement. He noticed the wife was tied up with some wires by the door. He quickly moved her to lay by her husband before following Natasha downstairs. The basement was tiny. Half the basement was blocked off by a huge cage or prison cell wall. Inside lay Tony Stark.
"Tony!" James exclaimed running to the door and shooting off the lock. They rushed inside and Natasha noticed the bullet hole in his chest. They had come too late. As they knelt by Tony's unconscious body, Natasha was counting people she would kill for this, even though Tony Stark drive her crazy, Pepper was one of her personal friends. And whoever did this, would pay. Suddenly Tony yawned and rolled over onto his back. James gave a loud whoop which made Tony open his eyes. His eyes darted between Natasha and James.
"So… this is my rescue party?" He asked disappointedly. James rolled his eyes.
"C'mon superman. You gotta go stop the love of your life from getting married." James said sliding the briefcase to Tony. Who looked at it disdainfully.
"The Mark III? Seriously?" Tony asked. James tapped his watch. "Crap the wedding! Pepper thinks she is marrying her ex, but she is actually marrying Hammer! Got to go, feel free to arrest people!" Tony said as he put on the suit and blasted through the roof. When the dust had cleared James turned to Natasha.
"Wanna get some pizza?"
Tony Stark was flying one thousand feet above the ground, flying as fast as he could. They wedding started in 5 minutes. There was no way he could make it.
"JARVIS, what's my arrival time?" Tony asked.
"Well sir, it's looking like you might not make it. Pepper and William would have said there vows by the time you get there." The computer said. Tony cursed under his breath. Just his luck.
"JARVIS, shut down things we don't need. Focus the energy on the rockets. Turn off the oxygen if you have to."
"I'll try sir." Tony smiled as he felt himself speed up. Maybe he'd get there in time. Maybe Pepper would still love him. Maybe she wouldn't. He pushed that thought out of his head.
"Sir. By this speed, you will get there in ten minutes." JARVIS informed him. Tony smiled. Time to crash a wedding. Ten minutes later he landed on the stairs and burst inside. Fully clad in his Ironman armor he raced across to foyer to the big oak doors that lead to the sanctuary. He listened. The wedding must have started late! He heard the preacher say the perfect entry words.
"…speak now or forever hold your peace." At the last word he shoved open the doors with a *BANG* and there was a collective gasp as a dozen head turned toward the huge Iron clad man standing in the aisle. And in a robotic voice he spoke.
"I object."
So that's like the longest chapter ever! Thanks so much for reading and the next chapter will be up Monday!
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