p class="MsoNormal"A/N: Ah here come the MCU similarities. Let me know what you think!/p
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p class="MsoNormal"Vincent Potts was not the type of man that looked like he was the assistant of the most powerful woman in the weapons business. He towered over her and while he was rather lean he had been lucky enough to grow up swimming and kept up the sport even when he was travelling the world with Toni Stark. His dad still gave him grief on the fact that he wasn't living up to the potential of his accounting degree./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHe never mentioned to his dad that the reason he even had this job in the first place was because of his accounting degree. Working a temp job for Stark Industries had him behind one of the secretary desks while he was finishing up his degree. It was only because he found an accounting error that he even met Toni in the first place. His manager brushed him off and refused to take the error to Toni. He on the other hand knew that if this wasn't remedied, the company would lose thousands and would be on the verge of messing up their taxes at the end of the year./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIt was a normal morning at least as normal as it could be at Stark Industries when he found himself in front of the rather nice oak doors to Toni Stark's office. Her secretary wasn't in yet but the door was cracked so he slipped inside only to find Toni slumped at her desk snoring rather loudly. He winced and backed up slowly as to not disturb her when with a loud snort she jerked awake./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Wha? Who are you?" She mumbled and squinted at him in the doorway. He knew he had a face of horror and embarrassment./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Uh, I'm Vincent Potts ma'am. Sorry to disturb you, I'll come back later." He said awkwardly and she frowned and then shook her head./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh nonsense you woke up me up just in time actually since that good for nothing secretary hasn't even shown her face yet. What can I do for you?" Toni asked with a yawn./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I uh just wanted to show you an error in your numbers." He said as he came forward towards her desk. He realized that she was wearing a dress that looked like it was just a piece of fabric that was held together by pure luck. He swallowed and handed her the paper. "I'm almost done with my accounting degree and when this came across my desk I noticed that the final numbers don't line up and it would cost you thousands in the end if this went through." He pointed to the circled numbers./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Huh. Good catch." Toni squinted at the sheet before rummaging around without even looking up and put glasses on her face before looking up at Vincent. "I think my contacts are in here somewhere but you know how those nights go." She grinned with a gesture around the room and then to her dress and laughed. "Obviously I thought I could get some work done last night and instead just passed out."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Uh…right." Vincent rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What was your name again?" Toni asked with an arch of her eyebrow./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Vincent ma'am."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hmm…I'm going to call you Pepper. All those freckles make it look like you had a chef with a heavy hand decide your face needed some more spice." She chuckled and Vincent gave her a look of confusion. "What, don't tell me you don't have spice in your life. You woke up a CEO to show her wrong numbers with your job on the line if I was in a bad mood."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm just a temp ma'am." He answered but she did have a point. He hadn't thought about losing his job./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Only a temp huh? How would you like an official job? I could use a guy like you around since none of my other accountants caught that mistake." Toni asked, leaning back in her chair and winced at the sudden movement./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm not finished with my degree yet ma'am." He answered with a slight grimace. What was he doing fucking up his chance at getting a job at Stark Industries of all places?/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Details. Why don't you take over as my secretary instead since you were already one?" She cocked her head expectantly./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Are you sure? I mean I've only had this job for like five weeks. I don't really know anything about being a secretary except what my manager tells me to do."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Well you're here on time and you seem to care about doing a good job. That's all that I really care about." Toni gave him an encouraging smile./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Okay yeah!" Vincent smiled and gave a tiny little hop in slight excitement because lord knew he needed the money./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excellent. Now first job is to get me some aspirin and don't let anyone in except my old secretary, so I can fire her." Toni winced as she closed her eyes./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAnd here he still was years later working for Toni despite him finishing his accounting degree and Toni's offer of granting him an official accounting job. He found he actually enjoyed the job despite him basically cleaning up after Toni. He was good at it and he considered Toni his family./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThat's why when he came to in the high school auditorium with Toni nowhere to be found, his heart broke in two. The last thing he remembered was being blown back as a bag was thrown over her head and she was grabbed by a practical giant and then darkness./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Pepper. Pepper are you okay?" He looked up as Happy's hand shook his shoulder. His voice sounded far away with a slight ringing in his ears./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Where is she?" He asked in a slightly slurred voice. His eyes searched the rubble of the stage and the empty auditorium. "Happy, where is she?!" His voice raised in a panic as he grabbed onto Happy's shirt./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHappy's face fell and he hung his head. "They took her. I came running in when I heard the explosion and the kids running out and by the time I got close a white van was tearing off and she was gone."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanPepper sucked in a breath and he fell back on his elbow. She had been taken on his watch and he had been helpless to stop it./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We have to get her back Happy. We have to." He said in a fierce tone and Happy's hand squeezed his shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We will."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer eyes blinked hard against the harsh florescent light and she groaned, turning in what felt like a cheap cot but her movement was blocked by wires and tubes coming out of her./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I wouldn't if I were you." A gruff voice stopped her in her tracks./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer vision quickly cleared up and she saw the man who had taken her sitting across the room from her. Her eyes narrowed. "You. What have you done with me?" She hissed./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You are in no position to act high and mighty Ms. Stark." The man gave a wry smile and leaned back in his chair./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe made to sit up but she felt a heaviness in her chest. She looked down and couldn't help the gasp that came out of her. A glowing circle sat in between her two breasts and a wire kept her hooked up to what looked like a car battery next to her./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"A little present to remember us by when this is all over." The man laughed./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What is this?" She asked with a glare./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That is what is keeping you alive. The blast tore shrapnel through your chest. That battery is making sure it doesn't reach your heart." The man shrugged. "We only really need you alive until we get our money and weapons. Our doctor was able to rig that up."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"All this…for money?" She asked in shock that turned into anger. "You were willing to hurt children just for money?"/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"And weapons. Don't forget that part." The man laughed and leaned forward. "And after that press conference it was a good thing we decided to do this now since it seems like your company won't be able to provide that anymore."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You know you won't get away with this right?" She said with cold fury. "Your type of man never gets out of this alive."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Big words coming from a woman who's got a car battery hooked up to her chest." The man sneered. "Now you're going to cooperate or my hand might just slip and knock off one of those wires."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe stayed silent at that remark. She didn't doubt that she truly did need the car battery to survive if she remembered the amount of blood that was on her hand before she passed out. She had to get out of this using her brain./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"My company won't help you with the weapons. I stopped all domestic production and we don't have any storage. Everything that was made was already shipped to different companies or the military." She said and the man's eyes narrowed./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I don't believe you."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why would I lie about that when my life is literally in your hands." She said in an annoyed voice with a slight roll of her eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThe man was silent for a moment, obviously thinking. "Alright fine. We won't ask for weapons." Toni let out a small sigh of relief. "Instead you're going to make them for us."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer eyes widened and she sat up straight. "What? How do you expect me to do that?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We have stores of chemicals and outdated weapons. You can use the materials from those to create a rocket or torpedo for us." The man gave a little nod./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanToni came to the realization that this man was exponentially more dangerous that she expected. He seemed smarter than he looked and she knew that she would have to agree to this if she wanted to get out of this alive or at least survive long enough for someone to find her. She had to made it look like she was reluctant to help him though, she didn't want to seem too eager to get started because she wasn't, but she could use the materials she would be provided to create a new chest piece. She already had a patent of an arc reactor that came to mind. She had to make herself not be reliant on this man's hospitality./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"If I have to do this I'm going to need help. Bring me that doctor and then we'll talk." She had a feeling that a doctor with this much expertise and mechanical skill to create the chest piece she had now was not the type to go into terrorism. At least that's what she was counting on./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excellent." The man clapped his hands and stood up. "I have a feeling we will become good partners Ms. Stark."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe gave him a small smile but under her gritted breath she breathed out "Don't count on it."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe just hoped that there were people looking for her, otherwise she was doomed./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Vincent Potts was not the type of man that looked like he was the assistant of the most powerful woman in the weapons business. He towered over her and while he was rather lean he had been lucky enough to grow up swimming and kept up the sport even when he was travelling the world with Toni Stark. His dad still gave him grief on the fact that he wasn't living up to the potential of his accounting degree./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHe never mentioned to his dad that the reason he even had this job in the first place was because of his accounting degree. Working a temp job for Stark Industries had him behind one of the secretary desks while he was finishing up his degree. It was only because he found an accounting error that he even met Toni in the first place. His manager brushed him off and refused to take the error to Toni. He on the other hand knew that if this wasn't remedied, the company would lose thousands and would be on the verge of messing up their taxes at the end of the year./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanIt was a normal morning at least as normal as it could be at Stark Industries when he found himself in front of the rather nice oak doors to Toni Stark's office. Her secretary wasn't in yet but the door was cracked so he slipped inside only to find Toni slumped at her desk snoring rather loudly. He winced and backed up slowly as to not disturb her when with a loud snort she jerked awake./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Wha? Who are you?" She mumbled and squinted at him in the doorway. He knew he had a face of horror and embarrassment./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Uh, I'm Vincent Potts ma'am. Sorry to disturb you, I'll come back later." He said awkwardly and she frowned and then shook her head./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Oh nonsense you woke up me up just in time actually since that good for nothing secretary hasn't even shown her face yet. What can I do for you?" Toni asked with a yawn./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I uh just wanted to show you an error in your numbers." He said as he came forward towards her desk. He realized that she was wearing a dress that looked like it was just a piece of fabric that was held together by pure luck. He swallowed and handed her the paper. "I'm almost done with my accounting degree and when this came across my desk I noticed that the final numbers don't line up and it would cost you thousands in the end if this went through." He pointed to the circled numbers./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Huh. Good catch." Toni squinted at the sheet before rummaging around without even looking up and put glasses on her face before looking up at Vincent. "I think my contacts are in here somewhere but you know how those nights go." She grinned with a gesture around the room and then to her dress and laughed. "Obviously I thought I could get some work done last night and instead just passed out."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Uh…right." Vincent rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What was your name again?" Toni asked with an arch of her eyebrow./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Vincent ma'am."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Hmm…I'm going to call you Pepper. All those freckles make it look like you had a chef with a heavy hand decide your face needed some more spice." She chuckled and Vincent gave her a look of confusion. "What, don't tell me you don't have spice in your life. You woke up a CEO to show her wrong numbers with your job on the line if I was in a bad mood."/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm just a temp ma'am." He answered but she did have a point. He hadn't thought about losing his job./p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Only a temp huh? How would you like an official job? I could use a guy like you around since none of my other accountants caught that mistake." Toni asked, leaning back in her chair and winced at the sudden movement./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I'm not finished with my degree yet ma'am." He answered with a slight grimace. What was he doing fucking up his chance at getting a job at Stark Industries of all places?/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Details. Why don't you take over as my secretary instead since you were already one?" She cocked her head expectantly./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Are you sure? I mean I've only had this job for like five weeks. I don't really know anything about being a secretary except what my manager tells me to do."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Well you're here on time and you seem to care about doing a good job. That's all that I really care about." Toni gave him an encouraging smile./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Okay yeah!" Vincent smiled and gave a tiny little hop in slight excitement because lord knew he needed the money./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excellent. Now first job is to get me some aspirin and don't let anyone in except my old secretary, so I can fire her." Toni winced as she closed her eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanAnd here he still was years later working for Toni despite him finishing his accounting degree and Toni's offer of granting him an official accounting job. He found he actually enjoyed the job despite him basically cleaning up after Toni. He was good at it and he considered Toni his family./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThat's why when he came to in the high school auditorium with Toni nowhere to be found, his heart broke in two. The last thing he remembered was being blown back as a bag was thrown over her head and she was grabbed by a practical giant and then darkness./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Pepper. Pepper are you okay?" He looked up as Happy's hand shook his shoulder. His voice sounded far away with a slight ringing in his ears./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Where is she?" He asked in a slightly slurred voice. His eyes searched the rubble of the stage and the empty auditorium. "Happy, where is she?!" His voice raised in a panic as he grabbed onto Happy's shirt./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHappy's face fell and he hung his head. "They took her. I came running in when I heard the explosion and the kids running out and by the time I got close a white van was tearing off and she was gone."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanPepper sucked in a breath and he fell back on his elbow. She had been taken on his watch and he had been helpless to stop it./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We have to get her back Happy. We have to." He said in a fierce tone and Happy's hand squeezed his shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We will."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer eyes blinked hard against the harsh florescent light and she groaned, turning in what felt like a cheap cot but her movement was blocked by wires and tubes coming out of her./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I wouldn't if I were you." A gruff voice stopped her in her tracks./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer vision quickly cleared up and she saw the man who had taken her sitting across the room from her. Her eyes narrowed. "You. What have you done with me?" She hissed./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You are in no position to act high and mighty Ms. Stark." The man gave a wry smile and leaned back in his chair./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe made to sit up but she felt a heaviness in her chest. She looked down and couldn't help the gasp that came out of her. A glowing circle sat in between her two breasts and a wire kept her hooked up to what looked like a car battery next to her./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"A little present to remember us by when this is all over." The man laughed./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"What is this?" She asked with a glare./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"That is what is keeping you alive. The blast tore shrapnel through your chest. That battery is making sure it doesn't reach your heart." The man shrugged. "We only really need you alive until we get our money and weapons. Our doctor was able to rig that up."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"All this…for money?" She asked in shock that turned into anger. "You were willing to hurt children just for money?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"And weapons. Don't forget that part." The man laughed and leaned forward. "And after that press conference it was a good thing we decided to do this now since it seems like your company won't be able to provide that anymore."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"You know you won't get away with this right?" She said with cold fury. "Your type of man never gets out of this alive."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Big words coming from a woman who's got a car battery hooked up to her chest." The man sneered. "Now you're going to cooperate or my hand might just slip and knock off one of those wires."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe stayed silent at that remark. She didn't doubt that she truly did need the car battery to survive if she remembered the amount of blood that was on her hand before she passed out. She had to get out of this using her brain./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"My company won't help you with the weapons. I stopped all domestic production and we don't have any storage. Everything that was made was already shipped to different companies or the military." She said and the man's eyes narrowed./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"I don't believe you."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Why would I lie about that when my life is literally in your hands." She said in an annoyed voice with a slight roll of her eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanThe man was silent for a moment, obviously thinking. "Alright fine. We won't ask for weapons." Toni let out a small sigh of relief. "Instead you're going to make them for us."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanHer eyes widened and she sat up straight. "What? How do you expect me to do that?"/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"We have stores of chemicals and outdated weapons. You can use the materials from those to create a rocket or torpedo for us." The man gave a little nod./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanToni came to the realization that this man was exponentially more dangerous that she expected. He seemed smarter than he looked and she knew that she would have to agree to this if she wanted to get out of this alive or at least survive long enough for someone to find her. She had to made it look like she was reluctant to help him though, she didn't want to seem too eager to get started because she wasn't, but she could use the materials she would be provided to create a new chest piece. She already had a patent of an arc reactor that came to mind. She had to make herself not be reliant on this man's hospitality./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"If I have to do this I'm going to need help. Bring me that doctor and then we'll talk." She had a feeling that a doctor with this much expertise and mechanical skill to create the chest piece she had now was not the type to go into terrorism. At least that's what she was counting on./p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /span"Excellent." The man clapped his hands and stood up. "I have a feeling we will become good partners Ms. Stark."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe gave him a small smile but under her gritted breath she breathed out "Don't count on it."/p
p class="MsoNormal" /p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="mso-tab-count: 1;" /spanShe just hoped that there were people looking for her, otherwise she was doomed./p