Hey! Sorry it took me so long to update...first I had school, then I had a dentist appt. next I had to go Christmas shopping, all a pain. Enjoy!!
"TONY!!"
Pepper tackled Tony right before the Ghost pulled the trigger, and the window shattered into million pieces.
"Are you okay?" Pepper asked Tony.
"Yeah, uh...Can you get off of me?" Tony asked her.
"Um, Awkward huh? um...Yeah" Pepper mumbled.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!?" Mr. Potts yelled as he entered the room.
"Nothing" Pepper said.
"It doesn't look like nothing!!" Mr. Potts yelled looking at the broken window. "PEPPER!! You're hurt!!"
Pepper hadn't paid any attention about her getting hurt, she just had to do her job. Right when her father said that, she felt a great amount of pain in her left arm. When she looked down, there was blood dripping down her arm. Her blood got on Tony's shirt, arm, and a little bit on his face. The Ghost had shot her.
"I want her off this case now!!!!" Mr. Potts exclaimed.
"Ask her if she wants to be off the case" The director said.
"I will!" Mr. Potts said.
Pepper was currently in the hospital. She just came out of surgery, and the Doctor said she'll be fine in a couple of days. Tony and Rhodey were there sitting in the chairs just sitting there, not saying a word. Howard Stark was there helping both Pepper and Tony. Tony looked pale and ghostly, he was afraid, he hated it when he was in hospitals it reminded him to much of his mom.
"Are you guys just gonna stare at me?" Pepper asked.
"Are you okay?" Rhodey asked.
"I'm fine" Pepper said. Then they heard a couple of voices outside of the room, then the door opened.
"There she is!!" a man said.
"Rossi!" Pepper said.
"How are you?" Rossi asked.
"I'm fine!" Pepper said. Then another man came in with a bear and a balloon tied to the bears wrist, the balloon said 'Get Well Soon!'.
"Hope you get better, Pepper" the man said still holding the bear and the balloon.
"Thanks, Ruid" Pepper said. Other man entered the room, with a serious face, he looked like his face was frozen.
"How's the boy?" the man asked.
"Fine, Hotch" Pepper said.
"Good to see your doing fine" He added.
"Thank you" Pepper said.
It had been three weeks, and the Ghost had not made another appearance, he was probably waiting because now he knows that the FBI are on his trail. Pepper was currently on the rooftop of the Tomorrow Academy. The director had transferred her just a couple of days ago. Sure, she missed her friends, mostly her best friend Gene. (A/N: Told ya he was gonna have a small part!) But she had to do her job.
"Is he around?" Tony asked.
"Nope." Pepper said.
"Then why continue looking?" Tony asked.
"I just don't want to let my guard down, again" Pepper said.
"Hey, I'm still alive, your the one who got hurt." Tony stated.
"That's what I'm trying to avoid!" Pepper said.
"Calm down, he's not here" Tony said.
"And its your life on the line..." Pepper muttered.
"What-ever" Tony said separating the two words. Pepper sighed and sat next to her friend.
"What up?" Tony asked.
"Well, it's just...I'm not sure if we can catch this guy...How can we catch something we can't see?" Pepper said.
"It's gonna be okay, just have a little faith." Tony said, trying to calm Pepper down.
"Faith..." Pepper said.
"Right, now what's going on with Stane?" Tony asked.
"He's thinks we just made all that up..." Pepper said.
"Really? Do you think he did all this?" Tony asked.
"I think Stane is capable of everything." Pepper said.
"I wonder how Whitney's taking it." Tony said.
"We studied her too, let's just say she's not my favorite character out there" Pepper said.
"Right." Tony said. "Why don't we hang out today after school, as in friends, Rhodey, you, and me, what do you say?" he asked out of the blue.
"Sure. It might calm me down." Pepper said.
"Cool. I'll meet you at your locker." Tony said.
Pepper walked out of her last period class. She went directly to her locker. She checked if her badge and gun were in its place, they were. She started stuffing her books into her backpack.
"Hey gorgeous!" a voice said from behind Pepper.
"Gene!!" Pepper exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him into a hug.
"Ah! Missed you too" Gene mumbled.
"Uh...Um, Pepper, I hate to ruin your moment..." Tony's voice said behind them both.
"Ah! Tony! This is Gene...He's gay." Pepper said.
"I'm not!! I'm Bi that's different!!" Gene exclaimed. (A/N: Whoa! Weren't expecting that were you!! he...he)
"Cool..." Rhodey said backing away a little.
"Gosh, only because I'm bi-sexual everyone thinks your horny for every guy!" Gene said, noticing his little action.
"Calm down, it just means that he can go both ways." Pepper said.
"Are you ready to go?" Tony asked.
"Yeah!" Pepper said.
"Oooo, can I join?" Gene asked.
"Sure!" Pepper said. "Is it alright with you guys?"
"Yeah" They both said.
"Yayers!!" Pepper said.
Pepper, Tony, Rhodey, and Gene were sitting in a ice cream shop, eating their ice cream cones. Pepper got strawberry, Tony got chocolate, Rhodey got chocolate chip, and Gene got rainbow sherbet.
"Gene, so you go to Ski Academy?" Rhodey asked.
"Yep." Gene replied. "How's your case goin'?"
"Good. The Ghost hasn't showed his face in a while." Pepper said.
"Oh, really, is that why you randomly started wearing glasses?" Gene asked.
"Yeah" Pepper said.
"Oh, I see" Gene said.
"No, No you don't" Pepper said.
"Yes, yes I do" Gene said.
"Whatever" Pepper said.
"So..." Tony said.
"Not think, know" Gene said.
"What?" Tony asked.
"I don't know, that was random..." Gene said.
"Uh...Okay..." Tony said.
"Do you guys play any sports?" Gene asked.
"No." Tony said.
"Well, I play baseball, but I stopped a few years ago" Rhodey said.
"Why?" Pepper asked.
"I don't know, I just did." Rhodey said.
"Oh, I played-" Pepper stopped in midsentence.
"What?" Gene asked.
"Nothing. Let's just get out of here." Pepper said.
"What? Why?" Rhodey asked.
"No more questions" Pepper hissed with clenched teeth.
"Pepper, what's wrong?" Tony asked.
"I said NO More QUESTIONS!!" Pepper hissed louder. Pepper opened the door, and motioned for them to get up, and leave. Tony, Rhodey, and Gene got up and followed her out.
"What's going on?!" Tony yelled at her. Pepper didn't answer.
"Are you gonna answer me?!" He yelled again. Still Pepper didn't answer.
"God. What the hell is going on?" Tony muttered to himself.
"The Ghost." Pepper whispered.
"What?" Tony said.
"The Ghost, He's on the roof of the building across the street." Pepper whispered. 'So you finally make your appearance...' Pepper thought.
And I'm done. With this chapter of course. :) Okay, there's something I wanted to run by you guys. I was rereading 'Will I ever see your face again?' and I was thinking of doing a sequel. I would like to hear your opinion. Would you like one or not? Please, answer my question!! Review please!