Heyyyyy!!!!!!! Sooooo ik last chapter was pretty epic!!! Prepare yourselves for more epic tales of Iron Man: Armored adventures!!!!(in a fic, or course!)

Tony stood in a darkened room. One room particularly dark. Dark to match the mysterious figure of Tony's captor.

"You understand what you must do, child?" The familiar shadow asked Tony.

"Yes, master." Tony replied in a hypnotized voice. The shadowed man stepped out of his shadow and revealed his identity. He was a man around his thirties, but age doesn't matter in this scenario. The man had a black shirt and pants on, and had a particularly gothic outline. For purposes of camouflage only. The man's name was Shadow. ((probably saw that coming…..!)) Shadow nodded and shoed Tony away on his business. Tony turned around and walked to the bright outer world of New York City. He put his best Tony face on and pretended that nothing has happened, then proceeded to find his normal life in his lab, school and home. Inside, Tony was fighting the force of Shadow's hypnotism. He stopped as Tony regained his conscious again. He soon failed, and was totally taken over by Shadow's command. Then someone on the street stopped him.

"Tony! Tony, where did you go? What happened? Are you okay?" A girl asked him. A familiar pang poured into him. Pepper. Tony then tried fighting the force again.

"P-Pepper……n-n-no….run….RUN!" Tony said in a struggling voice. Tony then lost all sense of control.

"Tony, don't scare me like that! What are you talking about?" Pepper said, worried.

"The real question is how would you like me to scare you, then? I—Tony, told you to run. We warned you, girl. Run." Tony's mouth moved, but it wasn't him speaking. Pepper couldn't bring her legs to move.

Here pops the reader's curiosity: If this is someone else in Tony's body, where is the real Tony? Well, why do you think I asked such a question? To answer, of course.

Tony found himself falling from the sky, from nowhere in particular, to nowhere in particular. Everything but Tony was pitch black. He then fell on his bottom. After flinching over the pain, Tony stood up.

"What? Where am i?" Tony asked, his voice echoing.

"In your self-conscious mind, dear." An unnamed voice replied. It was a woman's voice. It sounds familiar…Tony felt his heart start to ache. This voice brought tears to his eyes.

"M-mom?" Tony asked, holding back tears. Then a woman appeared from the shadows of the mysterious area.

"Yes, dear, it is me." Tony's mom, Kyla, answered.

"What is this place?" Tony asked again.

"I told you, it's your self-conscious. Inside your mind." She answered, again.

"Why am I here?" Tony asked, more serious than hurt.

"You are here because Shadow took control of you." Kyla replied.

"What can I do? I need my body back; I need to tell my friends I'm ok." Tony pleaded.

"You have to fight this for yourself, Tony. Fight the power, Tony. I believe in you….." Kyla said, fading away. Within seconds she was gone.

"WHAT DO I DO!" Tony screamed, upset. He wandered his self conscious for an answer. He came to a place where there were pictures of Tony's memories were on the walls, framed like perfect pictures in a museum. Tony walked through, looking at all his memories. Then he came to one in particular that was his favorite.

The picture was of him and Pepper one night, when they were outside at night. He remembered the day like yesterday. Pepper had wanted to see the sky at night.

"Tony, this is wonderful!" Pepper said, laughing.

"Well, it was your idea." Tony replied. Tony was laying on the grass in between the factory and the Rhodes home. Pepper was lying on him, head snuggled into Tony's chest. Her hands were hugging Tony as they lay on the grass in the cool night. Pepper shivered a little, causing Tony to feel the vibrations on his body.

"Cold?" Tony asked.

"A little." Pepper replied. Tony pulled a blanket from the ground next to him and wrapped it around Pepper. They remained looking at the beautiful night sky.

"It's beautiful up there, Tony." Pepper said with amazement. Her eyes sparkled.

"How long were you planning on just stargazing, Pepp—" Tony asked, realizing that Pepper had fell asleep. Tony smiled.

He remembered how peaceful it was that night. How warm her grip felt around his body.

She remembered hearing his soothing heartbeat accompanying the peace that lie with them that night. The memory came back to Pepper not too long ago, as she found herself still not moving.

"You're pretty brave, girl." The taken-over Tony told her.

"Tony, you don't have to do this. You can fight it, Tony! It's me, Pepper! Your best friend? The one you told…"

"all about how I kept you calm and centered?" Tony heard the words echo in the empty dark space. He knew it was Pepper trying to talk him out of this.

"Pepper! Rhodey! Can you hear me? Guys! Help!" Tony screamed back to Pepper. He didn't hear anything back. He was stuck. He had to find his own way out.

"The Tony you know is gone, girl. I'm in control, now." The evil Tony said.

"No, you're not. I know Tony, I know him more than anyone possibly could. He's in there, somewhere, and I know he'll take control again. He's so smart that I know he could beat you. My Tony is in there somewhere!"

"MY TONY. He's so smart…." Tony heard the words echo in the empty space.

"My Tony…." It echoed. Tony screamed.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Tony screamed, fighting the power hard this time. He needed more modivation.

"And what are you going to do about it? You're just a girl. You can't do anything."

"I can. I know Tony. I….i……I love him……"

"I love him…." Tony heard the words. That was enough modivation. He had to get himself back, so he could comfort her as he knew tears were rolling down her face.

On the outside, a bright light shone through Tony's mouth and eyes. A bright light took over his face, causing Tony to scream. Pepper's tears rolled faster now.

Pepper felt a warm hand on her cheek. It wiped away her tears, then wrapped her in a warming hug.

"Everything's okay, Pepper. It's me, Tony. I'm ok." Tony said, gaining full control of himself again. He felt he had a new awakening for the world. Pepper snuggled her head into his chest and cried some more.

"I....love you, Tony, don't ever scare me like that again." Pepper said, sniffling.

"I kinda heard you the first time. I promise, I won't." Then Tony whispered something in her ear, making her smile. He lifted Pepper's head up then pulled her in closer. Soon their lips touched, releasing the feelings that were hidden deep down under for so long.

"Would it make you feel better if we watched the stars again?" Tony asked. Pepper nodded.

The End!!!!

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