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"Pepper.." Tony whispered, his suit raising his arm to face the woman he loved, aiming his weapons at her. "I'm so sorry".
Pepper shut her eyes waiting for the pain to reach her body. She could hear the muffled screams of Tony's cries as he attempted to stop the suit from firing. She'd never seen Tony look so terrified. He was known for being so cool and calm in these situations- but Justine knew that he wasn't afraid of death. She knew exactly how to hurt Tony the most.
The seconds seemed to go own for ever as Pepper stood frozen to the spot.
Waiting for death.
A huge roar trembled through the ground as Pepper had no choice but to open her eyes again at Tony. His eyes grew larger as the Hulk ran towards Justine and her drones, every step causing the ground to shake violently beneath his feet.
She should have known Bruce couldn't stand there and watch Tony kill Pepper, not when he'd already been through so much.
Pepper watched as the Hulk sprinted towards Justine, narrowly missing Tony, whose suit was frozen to the spot.
"Pepper!". Tony screamed, distracting Pepper from watching Bruce make his way towards the drones. "Run!". Pepper's eyes focused on Tony's face as she felt her legs numbly pick her body up. Each movement seemed wobbly, unfocused.
"I cant leave you". She whispered unable to project her voice.
"Please!". Tony shouted, his eyes looking down at her arm still aimed towards the redhead.
Pepper whimpered as she stared at Tony, his eyes filling up slightly. Behind him the Hulk ran towards Justine who stood smiling in front of him, unarmed. The Hulk frowned sprinting towards her, but before he could get close enough to attack the drones moved in on him. Forcing him to the ground, the strong metal pinning the Hulk onto his back.
The Hulk roared in anger as he struggled beneath the tight grip.
Tony watched as the drones stopped his friend from moving. There was no way they were getting out of this. "Go!". He screamed at Pepper.
Quickly Pepper forced her legs to move sprinting away from Tony and Justine. She couldn't bear the thought of leaving him, but she saw no other option. It would cause Tony more pain if she stayed and he killed her.
Justine grinned as she watched Pepper attempt to run away. Slowly she walked further towards Tony, who was still frozen to the spot.
The wind blew her dark hair into her face as she caught his eye.
"Do you really think she could just run away?". Justine whispered raising her eyebrows at Tony. "It would never be that easy".
Justine glanced down at her pockets, before quickly slipping her phone against the face. She watched Tony's bored expression as the Hulk's roars continued to echo the abandoned field.
"It's showtime". She muttered into the phone before walking in front of Tony.
"So I'm finally going to meet my biggest fan." Tony smiled tearing his eyes off Pepper, to glare at the brunette beside him. "Don't get me wrong, I'm sure you were a close second."
"All will be revealed shortly". Justine said not bothering to look at Tony.
Pepper continued to run, ignoring the pain in her chest. All she needed to do was get as far away from here as possible. It would be want Tony would have wanted.
A firing sound in the air caused her to stumble as she ran. Her eyes focused on a moving object in the air, flying faster and faster towards her.
The suit looked like one of Tony's creations, but she knew it couldn't have been one of his. The metal was a dark silver, dirty by the environment in which it had been worked on.
Instantly it dropped closer to her, snatching her thin body into the air, crushing her figure to his.
Pepper felt herself lose her breath as she was dragged into the air by the mystery suit, she could feel the rough metal bruising her skin as she tried to push herself away.
But it was no use. Whoever had her, was flying back towards Justin and Tony. Pepper could feel the steady beat of her pulse pumping through her veins. She was no longer scared.
Immediately the suit had pulled her to the ground, violently holding her into place directly in front of Tony.
Pepper's eyes went to Tony as he glanced at Justine momentarily, his eyes full of hate.
"Got any other plans?". She muttered laughing slightly. Tony stared at her his brown eyes full of confusion, was Pepper actually laughing in this situation.
"I'm working on it". He winked back at her, easing the tension slightly.
Justine rolled her eyes before standing in front of Tony, blocking Pepper's view of him.
"I'm guessing there's a reason why you brought me back?". Pepper spat, feeling every ounce of fear leave her body.
"I thought you might want to know, who set this all up". Justine replied pouting slightly. "Or would you prefer to make Stark kill you first".
Pepper stayed silent waiting for Justine to continue.
"You really should know who my brother is, it wasn't that hard to work out." Justine smiled to Tony. "Just think of the one person who you screwed over. He did promise a reunion Pepper, after Ivan Vanko ruined our little plans with his drones".
Pepper gasped feeling the memories of last year re-emerge into her mind.
Ivan Vanko had sent his drones out to kill Tony, and her and Natasha had gone backstage at Stark Industries for any signs of where Ivan would be, so they could shut the suits down.
There they had found the one person who cause the whole mess.
Justin Hammer.
'I'm going to see you again, real soon.'
His last words to her.
"Justin?". Pepper whispered feeling her whole body go numb.
The suit holding her down lifted up, revealing the face of Justin Hammer, a huge scar tainting his skin.
"Took you long enough". He whispered leaning into Pepper. "You look just as I remember you."
Tony laughed staring at Justin in the suit. "Wait. Your parents named you Justin". He said indicating to the man in the suit. "And you Justine? Wow. You guys never really had a chance did you?".
Justin tightening his grip on Pepper causing her to scream in pain.
"You like this Stark?" He whispered glaring up at Tony. "Do you like seeing her in pain?".
Pepper could feel her head go dizzy as Justin cut off her air supply. Black spots appeared in front of her eyes as she felt her legs go weak.
"Stop!". Tony screamed. "This is nothing to do with Pepper. I did this to you. I got you thrown into prison, I ruined your life- not Pepper. Let her go".
Justin eased his force slightly, as he allowed Pepper to catch her breath. The exhausted woman coughed roughly as she felt her body lean against the hard metal of Justin's suit.
"This has everything to do with her". Justin whispered, his eyes boring into Tony's. "When Ivan set the suits on you, I had no idea what he was doing. But Pott's over here instructed the cops to send me to jail. If it wasn't for Justine, I'd still be rotting away in there now".
"The first thing we did, was plan how to kill the two of you". Justine grinned. "We decided we'd speed things up, when we found out about Loki's plan".
"This ends now". Justin said, releasing Pepper. Slowly he walked a few feet away from Pepper, ready to catch her if she decided to run.
Tony stared at Justin, alarmed. Somehow both he and Pepper thought that they'd actually get out of this.
That they'd actually survive.
"It's okay Tony". Pepper whispered, staring at him straight in the eye. Not bothering to run away. "They'll wont get away with this."
"I know". Tony smiled. Quickly he turned his face to stare at the two siblings. "You wondered why I asked Pepper to run- when I knew this would only end one way. The answer was, because I was buying us some time."
"Time for what?". Justine spat, glaring at Tony.
"Time for me".
Justine span around to face Rhodey, standing in the distance behind Tony. His bruised face peaking out from the suit he had kept from Tony.
"And me". Pepper glanced around to look at the familiar voice from behind her. She grinned as Happy stood next to the black car that he'd driven in for so many years.
"Happy?". Pepper smiled grateful of his presence. "You have no idea how good it is to see you".
Happy nodded smiling back. "Pepper, high-five ". He gestured throwing a small object to Pepper.
The two had practised this often, in case of an emergency.
Pepper held up her hand waiting for the red light to shine over it. Swiftly the metal object moulded around her hand, revealing a hand piece exactly the same as Tony's. Quickly she shot at the emergency button on Tony's suit, ejecting the metal pieces around his body.
Tony fell to the ground, unarmed.
"What do we do now?". Pepper muttered staring at the army of drones standing behind Justin and Justine.
"We kill these son of bitches". Rhodey shouted.
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