Here's the second part, you guys! Enjoy, and see you next time!

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(A/N: italics is Tony; bold italics is Pepper)

"Tony?"

"Angie!"

"Talk to me. What do you want me to do?"

"My weapons systems are down. Repulsors, flares, everything."

My eyes widened. Aww shoot!

"This isn't working. JARVIS! Call Potts"

"Tony!"

"Okay Angie's on her way. We're gonna need to overload the reactor and blast the roof."

"How are we going to do that?"

"Y'all are. Go to the central console, open up bolt of circuits. When I clear the roof, I'll let you know and you're gonna hit the master bypass button. That's gonna fry everything up here."

"Okay, I'm coming up on Section 16. Be there in a bit, Pep."

Once I got inside, Pepper and I went to the console.

Pepper said, "Okay, we're going in now."

"Make sure you wait till I clear the roof, I'll buy you some time."

We hurried to turn on all the breakers and switches.

"It's ready, Uncle Tony. Get off the roof." Suddenly, there was gunfire, glass shattering. Tony dangled from the beams.

"Tony!"

In my mind I heard Obadiah yell, "How ironic, Tony! Trying to free the world of weapons, you gave it the best one ever!"

"Pepper!" Tony yelled.

"And now...I'm gonna kill you with it!" Obadiah launched a missile at Tony.

"Hit the button!" Tony shouted.

"You told me not to!" Pepper screamed back.

"Just do it!"

Tears streamed from her eyes. "You'll die!" Another missile hit the roof.

"Push it!"

I hit the button and we ran as the reactor started to overload. It blasted through the roof, shooting into the night sky. I looked back and saw Stane fall into the reactor, causing the building to explode into flames.

"Where's Tony?"

Her eyes grew wide, frantically searching for him.

We searched and searched, until we finally spotted his unconscious body.

I put my fingers to his neck. "He's all right. Let's get him out of here."

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STARK INDUSTRIES

As we waited for Tony's "official" statement, Rhodey informed the press of the incident last night. (Well, what Coulson told him to say.) "We've all received the official statement of what occurred at Stark Industries last night have been unconfirmed reports that a robotic prototype malfunctioned and caused damage to the Arc reactor."

Coulson walked up to me handed me a packet. "For you, Miss Jarvis."

"Me?" I asked.

"Your alibi," he replied. "You went back to work. School emergency."

I nodded. Wait- how do you….

"There's nothing about Stane here."

"That's being handled. He's on vacation. Small aircraft have such a poor safety records," the agent replied.

"And the whole thing about it being a bodyguard. That's not going to hold up."

Coulson smiled. "This isn't my first rodeo, Jarvis. Just stick to the official statement and soon this will all be behind you."

"I'll show you out." I said to the agent, motioning towards the door. As we walked down the hall, I stopped in front of him, arms crossed. "How do you know about the school I work at?"

"That's classified. But I can tell you that it's for a good reason."

I glared at the man, trying to find a logical reason why. But he knew just as much as I did about him: nothing more than our employers.

"Stay out of it, Agent Coulson. SHIELD has no idea of what their getting into."

He shrugged. "Noted. But don't think we won't ever come to them for help."

"Stay away from them." I growled. "There's a reason why no one knows about them."

"And what's that?"

"Classified."

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"And now Mr. Stark has prepared a statement. He will not be taking any questions, thank you." Rhodey motioned to Tony as he walked away from the podium.

"It's been a while since I was in front of you,I figure I'll stick to the cards this time," Tony began, the reporters laughing.

"There's been speculation that I was involved in the events that occurred on a freeway and the rooftop... "

A reporter interrupted. "I'm sorry Mr. Stark, but do you honestly expect us to believe that that was a bodyguard in a suit, that conveniently appeared, despite the fact that..."

"I know that it's confusing," he interjected. "It is one thing to question the official story, and another entirely to make wild accusations or insinuate that I'm a superhero."

I face-palmed. What are you doing?

"I never said you're a superhero," she replied.

"You didn't?" Oh, crap. I heard him think. "Well, good, because that would be outlandish and...fantastic.I'm just not the hero type,clearly. With this...long list of character defects and all the mistakes I've made, largely in public," he stammered.

Rhodey went up to him, whispering to stick to the cards.

"Yeah, the truth is..." He stared into the crowd.

I shook my head no, mouthing, "Don't do it!"

"I am Iron Man."

Cameras flashed and reporters shouted.

I ran over to Pepper.

"What do we do?" She asked.

I shook my head. "Nothing. He's already made up his mind."

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STARK MANSION (NO ONE'S POV)

"You're an idiot, you know that?" Angie shouted through the phone.

"Ange-"Tony warned.

"I don't want to talk to you right now, Tony. You're-."

"Welcome home, sir….." the AI slurred. Tony noticed a figure standing in the living room.

"Sorry, I gotta go."

"Don't you dare!" Click.

"'I am Iron Man.'You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet." A man said.

"Who the heck are you?"

The figure came into the light. "Nick Fury. Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Ah." Tony nodded

"I'm here to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative."

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