"I don't know how long I can do this, Angie." Pepper slammed her files on the counter. "I'm not going to sit around and watch him kill himself." I tried calming her mind, but her emotions canceled me out.

"Pepper, he's going to be fine. Everything is going to be okay." She shook her head in disagreement.

"You keep saying that. But here are things you will never know." I closed my eyes, praying for some sort of guidance.

I took a deep breath, silently regretting what I was about to do. "Whatever I say to you right now, promise that you will never say anything to anyone. Not even Tony."

She gave me a confused look, but nodded. "Alright."

"Do you know why I chose Xavier's?" Pepper shook her head. "I chose them because they could teach me how to use my skills to better society. In my case, I…. Can read people's' minds and communicate with them," I explained, speaking the last part in her head and causing her to jump.

"You see that cabinet door?" I shut it telekinetically, casing her to jump in shock. "I can also see some things before they happen."

Pepper ran her hand through her hair, eyes and mouth open wide.

"The visions show what will occur or warn me of something that could happen," I continued. "That's how I know Obadiah is up to something, and it isn't good."

She shook her head. "Angie…."

"I hear your thoughts; and, you're right, they could be wrong. But I have to listen to them, they haven't steered me wrong yet."

"Why haven't you told Tony? You always tell him everything, unless..." Her eyes widened, slowly realizing why.

"I tell him everything because of this? Yes." Tears threatened to fall from my eyes. "Where I come from, people have been killed because others want to know how we exist. People are afraid of what they do not understand. I never told him because I was afraid. Afraid that he would be just like them and i couldn't risk that."

"Look at me." Pepper took my face in her hands. "The new Tony wouldn't do that. But I'm not so sure about the old. One thing I know for sure is that he loves you no matter what. Don't you ever forget that." She wrapped her arms around me.

I nodded in reply, hugging her back. "JARVIS?"

"Yes, miss."

"Erase all footage of this room since me and Pepper started talking. Replace it with the stock footage I gave you." I turned back to her "I'm sorry Pep, I have to do this."

She nodded in understanding, and I thanked her.

"Footage erased, miss." The AI reported

"Thanks, JARV." I replied

Pepper put a hand on arm. "I'll keep this between us for now. But you have to tell him one day. He's your uncle, and I would hate to see you two split because of it."

"I will, when I'm ready." I went over to the kitchen and grabbed a coke. "So, what did Tony do to piss you off?"

"He wants me to hack the Stark mainframe."
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NEXT MORNING

I sat down in the lobby, waiting for Pepper to come down from Obadiah's office.

"Ms. Jarvis."

I jumped. "Coulson! Don't do that."

He laughed at my scare. "Sorry..." I rolled my eyes. "Where's Ms. Potts? I have an appointment with her and your uncle."

"Um, she's in the-"

Bzzz… "I thought you were watching for Stane! He caught me up here. I'll be right down."

I turned and smiled at the agent. "Headed down right now."

The elevator dinged and Pepper walked out.

"Ms. Potts? We have an appointment. Did you forget about our appointment?"Coulson called out to Pepper.

"Nope." She motioned for us to come with her. "Right now, come with me. I'll give you the meeting of your life. Your office."

I linked with her mind. "What's going on?"

Giving me a side glance, she replied. "You were right. Obadiah arranged Tony's kidnapping. He was going to have him killed. You too." My eyes bulged in shock.

That's it…..."Pep, I'm calling Rhodey to come pick me up to go check on Tony." I pulled out my phone, dialing and held it up to my ear.

"Okay, just be safe." The car sped off, tires screeching. My chest tightened; something was definitely wrong.

"Hello?"

"Rhodey, where are you?"

"I'm about a two blocks from Stark Industries. Why?"

"I'm there right now. I need you to bring me to Tony's. Something's wrong. Pepper hacked Obadiah's computer and found that he had paid the Ten Rings to kill Tony at the weapons demo and-." I rubbed my chest, trying to soothe the pain.

"What do you mean he paid to have Tony killed?"

I cringed. "Obadiah was going to kill me too if I took over."

"Slow down. Why would Obadiah…"

"I don't know, Rhodey! Just get here," I shouted.

"Okay, I'm turning the corner now." His car pulled up, screeching to a stop. "Get In!"

I jumped in shouting for him to drive. "Where is Tony now?"

"I don't know." I pulled out my phone attempting to call Tony. "He's not answering."

"Keep trying!"

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"Tony? Tony!"

I ran towards the lab. "Uncle Tony?!" As I hit the end of the stairs, I found Tony unconscious. "Rhodey, help!"

Rhodey ran down. "Tony, wake up, man!"

He gasped back into consciousness, and the tightness in my chest loosened.

"Are you okay?" Rhodey asked as we helped Tony sit up.

"Where's Pepper?" he grunted.

"She's fine. She and five agents are on their way to arrest Obadiah," I said.

"That's not gonna be enough." He scrambled to his feet and headed toward his suit.

The suit started to assemble around him.

"That's the coolest thing I've ever seen, "Rhodey said in awe.

Tony smirked,"Not bad, huh? Let's do it."

I nervously bit my thumb. "Tony, are you positive you know what you're doing?"

He nodded. "I'll come back, I promise."

"You and I are going to have a really long conversation when you get back."

"Don't you mean 'if'," he asked.

"No, I don't. Tony," I choked, "when Pepper called me to tell me you were missing, a part of me died inside. You are all I have left of Mom, and I am not going to let you die on me. You come back to me or, so help me, I will bring you back so I can kill you myself."

"I'll be back, I promise." He walked over and placed a kiss on my head. "I owe that to you. Now more than ever." He turned to his friend. "Rhodey, take care of her."

Rhodey smiled, putting an arm around my shoulder. "You got it. Ya need me to do anything else?"

His mask shut closed, "Keep the skies clear,"and the suit took off.

"Damn," Rhodey said, watching Tony fly off.

I giggled, "I know right." I ran over to the Stark 4 and saw him staring at a prototype. "Hey, come on we gotta go!"

He gave it one last look and I swore I heard him mutter, "Next time, baby."

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AIR FORCE BASE

"Sir, you're not going to believe this. That thing is back."

"Get me major Allen. Scramble the jets!"

Rhodey walked over and put down his hand on the receiver. "Not necessary, people. Just a training exercise."

The operator nodded whispering a "yes, sir."

I looked away from the screen to him, who gave me a nod. Nodding back, I turned back to the screen watching Tony and Stane ascend. This isn't going to be good.

Suddenly, Stane's suit deactivated, hurling towards land.

The Mark II started shutting down, causing Tony to crash land.

I rushed over to the operator, barking, "Do you have eyes on them?"

"No, miss," he replied. "We lost them after they crashed."

Rolling my eyes, I called Pepper.

"Angie!"

"What's going on?"

"Stane and Tony are fighting. Tony's running low on power, he needs to get out of the suit now!"

"Okay, I'll see what I can do. Where are you?"

"Section 16."

"I'm on my way."

"What are you going to do?"

I laughed. "Pepper, I was raised by some of the greatest minds of our day. I think I can figure something out."

"Just hurry."

"I will, bye."

I glanced at Rhodey and motioned him to throw me the keys.

"Stay safe, kid." he said. Catching them, I gave him a smile.

"I will, Rhodey. Keep the skies clear."

"You got it." he said, saluting me.

I got in the car and sped towards the factory.

"JARVIS, patch me through to Tony."

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Here part one of this weekends update. Stay tuned for more!