Chapter 4: C
I know I said I would give shout outs, but I have no energy right now. Instead of sleeping I'm typing this us for you guys, so you know… sorry!
Any how… This will be my last update until who knows when… didn't want to keep y'all waiting!
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Tony had to do many double takes before reaching the hospital. He could feel a presence, he knew something was there watching him, but he didn't know what. It was like an itch that wouldn't go away… and in an Iron Man suit; Tony knew first hand how that felt.
"Patricia Potts, she had convulsions, maybe a seizure." Tony said walking into the ER. The nurse in charge stood and walked over to the unconscious girl in his hands. She yelled for a gurney and helped Tony take the weight off his arms.
"What happened?" The nurse asked. By now, Pepper was stable and was resting comfortably. Tony stood by her bed, arms crossed against his chest.
"She…. She was having a lot on her mind or something. She suddenly had convulsions and then the next thing I knew, she was on the floor passed out." Tony lied. He didn't know how to tell the nurse about her visions and her fake 'boyfriend.' All Tony needed was for Pepper to be sent into the psyche ward.
"Does it usually happen?"
"No."
"Does she usually have a lot on her mind?" The nurse was looking down at her keyboard waiting for a response. But Tony didn't know how too. How was he supposed to know what Pepper thought about?
"Normally no." Tony answered. The nurse nodded swiftly, and placed the keyboard at the foot of Pepper's bed.
"Well, usually, anytime patients have a lot on mind or something troubling them, their brain can have a moment of freeze from stress. This ends up leading up to a seizure. This could also be the cause from the lack of sleep. This is not at all serious, and so, when Ms. Potts wakes up, you are free to take her home." The nurse smiled softly and walked out of the room.
"Thanks." Tony sat by the visitor chair and whipped out his phone.
It was about noon when Tony felt a grumble in his stomach. He took a look at Pepper, who was still unconscious. "She shouldn't wake up in the next five minutes." Tony murmured to himself. He had told Rhodey to excuse him from school earlier, so he wasn't concerned of having to go to school just yet. And either way, there was only a week left before summer, so he wasn't at all concerned.
"Be back in a bit Pep." Tony gave a small kiss to Pepper's forehead before walking out of the room to the kitchen.
As Tony exited the room, he felt a small shiver travel down his spine. He turned to glance at Pepper's sleeping form, before shrugging the feeling off.
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Pepper woke to a painful headache. It subsided, but it took a while for her to gather her surroundings. She didn't have to see well to realize that it was a hospital. She remembered nothing from the morning and was afraid to think of what lied ahead.
Propping herself on her elbows, Pepper looked around the room and noticed a bouquet of flowers. A card was propped against the vase. She smiled as she took hold of the card and opened it.
Her smile disappeared.
Nice to see you awake, Angel.
The card fell out of her hands. Pepper frantically checked her small room, and instantly recognized Tony's frame behind the privacy curtain.
"No…" She wanted to scream out so badly, but her scream caught in her throat. The curtain pulled aside, and in walked Tony Stark.
His eyes glowed with dark humor and glittered with lust. Pepper freaked, and heard her heart beat increase on the monitor. Tony gracefully strode next to her. He extended a hand and traced her arm to her face. Cupping her face in his hands, he bent down to her ear.
"I found you, Angel. You didn't think you would get away that easy did you?" He laughed with amusement. "I don't understand why you're hooked up to all these things though." His smile disappeared as he intensely focused on pulling on all the wires that checked her vital signs. Before the monitor could send out an alarm for the lack of vital signs, Tony reached over and unhooked the monitor.
"Now, let's get you out of here." Tony helped her to her feet. But that was when Pepper's mind refocused.
"NO! I won't go with you! You're not Tony! You're not my boyfriend! Leave me alone! I will call the nurse and get you arrested! GO AWAY!" She shrieked. She opened her mouth to scream, but Tony's hand clamped over hers.
"Oh no… I'm not about to let you go this time." In an instant, Tony used the sheets on the bed and tied Pepper into a bundle. The gauze that was placed on the side table taped her mouth shut, and the blankets wrapped her body in a cocoon.
"MHMM!" She mumbled. But before she knew it, Tony threw open the window that led back into Manhattan, and carried her out.
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Tony checked his last email on his phone before walking into Pepper's room. The privacy curtain was pulled over, only meaning that Pepper had woken up. With a fake smile, Tony pulled away the curtain.
His drink crashed to the floor. "PEPPER?" He ran to the nearest nurse and dragged her into Pepper's room. "Where is she? WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?"
The nurse, alarmed with the outburst, checked on her clipboard. "Patricia Potts was discharged by a boy." She said scanning the records.
"NAME? What's his name?" Tony demanded. He ran his fingers through his hair anticipating the familiarity of the name.
"Someone named Tony Stark." The nurse looked up with an alarmed expression. She looked back down at her clipboard and then back up at Tony's face. "But—But—you are Tony Stark… That can't be… That can't be possible!" The nurse ran off. But Tony was in his spot, his expression blank, and his heart dropping to his feet.
Pepper was telling the truth. There was another Tony Stark. And he had Pepper.
Short and hopefully sweet… another cliffhanger to keep you guys busy. Give me an idea of what y'all think the Evil Tony might do! I want to hear what you guys think will happen! And if I happen to like one of y'alls ideas I might even use that for the next chapter!
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