A/N: Enjoy!

Everything was falling beautifully into place much to Thor and Clint's pleasure. All they needed was to inform the other Avengers and get one last favor from Pepper.

They wheeled in the food for the meeting that wasn't ruined as Pepper threw away the sabotaged stuff.

"Well?" Pepper asked. "Did you get it?"

Clint gave her the a-okay sign. "Oh yeah, it's perfect."

"Stark was very befuddled!" Thor added.

"We have one more request," Clint told Miss Potts of their plans. "...and we were wondering if there were any old photos of Tony we can use?"

Pepper sighed as she tossed the cupcakes away. "Sorry guys, but I'm done." She grinned. "I think this and the green teeth is revenge enough for the hair."

The elevator dinging announced the arrival of the guests. "Understood," Clint said before leaving with Thor. "We'll find something else."

Tony rigged up a set of targets around his lab using spare parts from old Iron Man suits. He pulled on an Iron Man glove, the repulsors set on stun, and sat in his swivel chair, taking aim.

He blasted a deformed helmet off Bruce's desk, and another off balanced sitting on a table across the room in an attempt to clear his mind. After pondering about the food incident for a while, he suddenly realized that a lot of strange things had been happening the last several weeks.

Stranger than normal things. And that's saying something.

It may just be coincidence, right? Perhaps. But this was one coincidence too many Tony decided.

Tony blasted target after target, firing faster and more accurately the deeper in thought he got. It's too bad he was so deep in thought that when Pepper came in to inform him about the meeting that her voice startled him.

"I wanted to-"

*ZAAAAP*

Frozen in place, Tony's eyes widened in horror. Pepper's hand was still holding onto the door knob. Her hair stuck straight out all over her head making it look like she'd stuck her finger in an electrical socket. A few smears of suit were on her skin and clothes and if you looked long enough, it looked like there was smoke rising off her.

Swallowing, Tony said the only thing he could think of. "You should try knocking…?" It came out like more of a question than he intended it to.

Pepper didn't respond. She just shut the door in silence leaving Tony alone to practice again. He realized he forgot to ask how the guests like the food but he figured now wasn't the best time.

"You think you can get everything together in four weeks?" Steve asked Clint.

Hawkeye shrugged nonchalantly. "Aw yeah, it shouldn't be that hard."

Thor and Clint just told Steve, Natasha, and Bruce about their plans for the 'big reveal' as Clint called it, and they were all for it.

Bruce laughed. "I still can't believe Tony hasn't figured it out yet."

"Don't jinx it," Natasha teased, wrapping her knuckles on the wooden table.

"But since Pepper can't help us," Clint continued. "We'll need-"

He stopped when the door burst open. They stared at Pepper in all her repulsored glory. She was carrying a cardboard box.

"Miss Potts?" Thor inquired cautiously.

She set the box on the table in front of the archer and forced a pleasant tone. "Tony keeps all old photographs in here. Hope it helps." Then she turned on her heel and walked out.

The Avengers sat in silence for a moment.

"Well," Clint said finally. "I think Tony's doomed himself in more ways than one this time."

A/N: Needless to say, Tony's in for it. XD