So as of right now I think I will continue this. I have a few ideas for where I want this to go so we will see what happens. I hope you all enjoy.
Tony was out in the back of the house away from all of the people and the loud music. He wanted a special night with Pepper before they returned back to the company. Happy had come outside looking for the folder Pepper had left for him.
"You aren't in there? How come?" Happy asked Tony. All he could do was sigh. The answer was simple, it wasn't his thing anymore.
There was the time, before he realized his feeling for Pepper that he would throw parties to hang out with women and drink himself stupid. But her love and support carried him away from that, and of course coming to terms with being Iron man and apart of an initiative that would be the last line of defense, commonly known as the Avengers. All of that circled through Tony's mind, the complex reasoning of wanting to be a changed man.
Wanting to be better for Pepper and to prove to the rest of the world that he was done being a playboy.
"Because Hap, that part of my life is over. I have Pepper and my job as an avenger to help keep this world safe and I can't do that if I am sleeping around and being drunk all the time." Happy gives him a slight nod in understanding. Tony has been through a lot in the last few years.
"Hey boss speaking of Pepper, shouldn't she be out here with you? I didn't take her for being a party person." Happy looks through the doorway to try and locate Pepper in the crowd. Shouldn't be hard, strawberry blonde always stands out to both of them.
"She was getting a drink, maybe she ended up chatting with someone for a minute. I will go in and find her." Tony says giving Happy a pat on the shoulder as he walks past.
The whole main floor is full of people, drinking and dancing. Those on the couch were with others making out or getting ready to move to a more private area where there are others drinking as much as they can right in the beginning.
Both Tony and Happy searched through the crowd, passing each other a few times. Finally Tony bumped into Rhodey who was chatting with a few friends he had invited. "Hey have you seen Pepper anywhere? Happy and I can't find her at all." Tony says pulling Rhodey away from his group.
"No I haven't, she had passed me on her way to the bar a little while ago. She was getting a drink but after that I do not know." Rhodey said looking over at the bar. He had remembered watching Pepper go up to one of the younger caterers but didn't pay any attention after that. He felt kind stupid for not paying closer attention; however, in a house full of people how could someone keep track?
"Thanks Rhodey, if you find her let me know." Tony says walking off and disappearing into the pool of people.
Tony found himself running back into Happy. "Boss I am going to check the security cameras, they would have captured where she went."
Tony looked around and saw a younger caterer with his phone out recording him. They both made eye contact and the caterer turned and ran from him towards the door. "Hey! Stop" Tony said. He had just caught up to him and grabbed the sleeve of his shirt causing him to trip and fall on the pavement of the driveway.
"Why are you recording me?" Tony asked leaning over him.
"I was just capturing a picture of Tony Stark, I have never seen you before." The young man said. Tony wasn't buying his story. Tony grabbed him phone and saw it was a live recording being sent to an unknown number. He had Jarvis scan for where the signal is being snet and who it was but the feed was cut before the scan could complete.
"Where is Pepper?"
15 minutes earlier
"Thank you." Pepper says taking the drink, sipping it as she maneuvers into the crowd a bit. She doesn't get too far when she realizes she is starting to feel weird. She looked at her glass and didn't see anything unusual. It didn't taste or smell weird.
She instantly turned around and headed for the door to get some air, but she noticed the caterer with his phone out recording her, she thought that odd that he would be filming her. She looked towards the door and noticed Justin and Michael standing at the doorway watching her.
Pepper turned but felt off balance. She looked at her glass again, she had drank already two thirds of it already and dropped it. The glass shattered as it hit the floor. No one heard it, the music was too loud for anyone to notice what had just happened. She knew she would have long and her only thought was to get to Tony or Happy.
Michael began to walk towards her, Pepper turned and pushed her way through the crowd before she was caught by the caterer.
"Hey dear you don't look so good. Let's get you outside."
Pepper could see the back door where Tony and Happy stood talking, all she had to do was get to him but the grip on her arm was too strong and she was already too weak to try and fight back. Pepper tried her best but was unable. The body guard that was with Justin had found them both and had picked her up and carried her out the side door to not draw attention.
"Stop, let me go. You have no idea what you are doing." Pepper said drowsy, she tried her best to stay awake and to move around in his arms. Eventually the guard dropped her to the ground. Pepper hit the grass hard and was unable to push herself up to her feet.
Justin had come out of the house to meet them. He helped her to a sitting position. At this stage she couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. She could see his mouth moving but couldn't make out the words. He vision was going fuzzy and she knew that she wouldn't be able to get herself out of this one.
As she leaned back her eyes fluttered close. She was now laying on her back, arms out slightly. "Good job boys. Now you know what you have to do. I want to Starks face when he realizes he can't find her. And you my good sir will help me get her in the car. Michael is bringing it around now." The caterer went back into the front door and stood by the bar.
Meanwhile Justin and the body guard put Pepper in the back seat of his black Mercedes and took off towards where they landed the jet.
The body guard carried Pepper's unconscious body up the stairs and into the jet. "The amount she drank shouldn't kill her, she didn't drink the entire glass but she will be out for probably 8 to 9 hours. Enough time for us to get back and get her situated." Michael says closing the Jet door.
Justin gave him a pat on the arm, and both proceeded to strap in and prepare for take-off. Pepper just laid there on the cabin floor for the whole flight back to their private landing strip.
"Get her into my car and let's get going, I have a location on where we will set up. Tony shouldn't be able to find us until we are ready for him to." Justin said getting into the passenger seat of his car.
Seems like a good place to stop. I hope you liked that chapter, please let me know what you think. Can be rough writing at times, I sometime will sit down and just let it happen, other times I have it all planned out. Thanks for reading it so far!
