'Why? Why? Why? Why?' Pepper was thinking, as she watched, Whitney come over to the three, hug and kiss Tony. It's been 3 weeks since Pepper's been kidnapped. The Director hasn't showed up for work since. Pepper's dad, figured it out, and now the director is a wanted man, (Not in a good way). Pepper sighed, and looked over to Rhodey, he looked at sympathetically. Whitney laughed at something Tony said, and playfully hit his chest. Pepper pretended to gag, Rhodey chuckled. Pepper sighed, again, and took out her iPod, she pressed play at the song she was listening previously.
'I'm just so fuckin' depressed I can't seem to get out of this slump. If I could just get over this hump. But I need something to pull me out of this dump.' 'Ah, the wise words of Eminem.' Pepper thought, as she continued listening.
"What? Why?" Pepper heard over her music.
"I'm sorry, Whitney..." Tony said. The next thing Pepper saw was Whitney leaving, obviously not containing her tears.
"What happened?" Pepper asked, taking out her headphones.
"We broke up." Tony answered.
"What? Why?" Rhodey said.
"I'm just not feeling the relationship anymore." Tony shrugged, scratching the back of his head.
"Ah. It's not you, it's her. She sucks." Pepper laughed.
"Uhh, no, I'm pretty sure it was me." Tony answered.
"Okay, so what are we doing today?" Pepper asked.
"I don't know, what do you want to do?" Rhodey asked. (It was Friday, so they had all weekend.)
"Hmm, what about going to watch a movie?" Pepper asked.
"What movie?" Tony asked, slamming his locker shut.
"I don't know, lets skip that I guess." Pepper said, rolling up her headphones around her iPod, and stuffing into her pocket.
"Come on, lets just walk." Tony said, grabbing his backpack, and proped it up on his shoulder.
"Yeah. Interested in normal stuff for once?" Rhodey smirked.
"No, let's take a walk to my lab, so I can work on the suit." Tony answered.
"Hmm, figures." Rhodey muttered.
"That's so cool!" Pepper exclaimed.
"Not so cool, when your stuck watching someone fix something for hours and hours, without hearing a single word come from him." Rhodey said, annoyingly.
"Well, here's the person you can talk to." Tony said, pointing to Pepper.
"Yeah, plus we don't have to stay there." Pepper smiled.
"True." Rhodey said.
"What?" Tony said, stopping in his tracks, a worried look in his eyes.
"Don't worry, we won't leave..." Rhodey tugged at his sweater sleeve. "...early..." Tony glared at him.
"Come on, lets just have fun!" Pepper said, holding onto Tony's arm. Tony smiled down at her. Rhodey just smiled at the scenery before him. 'Oh come on! How long is it gonna take for them to be together?'Rhodey thought.
"Well, I guess I can skip fixing the armor today." Tony said, suddenly. Pepper's eyes lit up, and smiled widely.
"Cool. Let's go watch my most favorite of all time!" Pepper exclaimed, and dragging Tony and Rhodey in the direction of her apartment.
"What is your favorite movie of all time?" Tony asked, still being dragged by Pepper.
"Grease! I love that movie! I hope to see it as a play, its original form!" Pepper got all googly eyed.
"Grease?" Rhodey asked, arching an eyebrow.
"Yes! I L.O.V.E Grease!" Pepper said, holding Rhodey by his shirt collar.
"It came out in the seventies, how can you possibly have seen that movie?" Tony asked, playing with his metal bracelet.
"My mother loved that movie, so I saw it." Pepper shrugged.
"Okay..." Tony said, Pepper smiled at looked up at the sky.
"She was a great mom." Pepper said, a distant look in her eyes.
"What happened to her?" Rhodey asked, softly.
"She died, she was sick we all saw it coming." Pepper looked like she wanted to cry, but she didn't instead she continued to look at the sky. She then noticed a something red on a rooftop, she stared at it closer. 'Iron Man...wait, Tony's Iron Man...' Pepper thought.
"Tony! Thats Iron Man!" Pepper said, to him.
"What?" He said, looking up at the direction Pepper was looking. Tony's eyes widened, and saw in fact Iron Man. Well, an imposter, not really Iron Man, he is Iron Man. Tony started running, he ran to his lab. Rhodey and Pepper a few steps behind. He ran into the lab, quickly got into his suit, and flew off...
Tony flew to the last place he saw this imposter. He landed on the rooftop.
"Who are you, and why do you look like me?" Tony asked, looking at the man. The imposter turned around, and completely changed her look. Tony realised it was a woman, for some obvious reasons.
"Who are you?" Tony asked, again. Instead of answering, she ran, jumping from rooftop to rooftop.
"Hey!" Tony yelled, chasing after the imposter. Tony flying, and she jumping to rooftop to rooftop. Soon, they reached the part where there was no other rooftop to jump to.
"Ha! Now there is no place to jump to." Tony said, landing on the last rooftop. Again, without answering to Tony, she jumped off the roof.
"Oh my God!" Tony said, before following. They were at the train tracks. Tony continued to chase the imposter, until somehow Tony had been able to corner her.
"Who are you?" Tony asked, again.
"Madame Mask." She answered, and then disappeared. Tony sighed, and flew away...
Tony, after looking for this so called Madame Mask for hours and coming up empty handed, decided to head home.
"IS IT WRONG TO LOVE HER?" I said that didn't I? Why? I was with Whitney at that time...But I just broke up with her today. Why? Was it because of Pepper?'
"What are thinking so hard about?" Rhodey's voice came through.
"Oh my god!" Tony said, almost stopping his jet boots.
"What?" Rhodey asked.
"Nothing, you just scared me." Tony said.
"Okay...so, who was that on roof?" Rhodey asked.
"I'm not so sure...but she said that-"
"Whoa! It was a she?" Rhodey interrupted.
"Yes, because it wasn't really me. Duh. But she had mask on, a familar mask on...I think she got from my dads vault..." Tony said.
"What? That's impossible theres more alarms on that vault then the White House!" Rhodey exclaimed.
"I know! I have to talk to my dad..." Tony said.
"How? How are you going to do that without arousing suspicions of you being Iron Man?" Rhodey asked.
"Ugh. Pepper! Pepper can ask him! Make it seem like its an FBI investigation!" Tony smiled.
"That would be an excellent idea, if Pepper wasn't on her way to LA, right now..." Rhodey said.
"What? Why?" Tony asked.
"Homcide investigation." Rhodey answered.
"God, how long will she be gone?" Tony asked.
"I don't know, until they catch this murderer." Rhodey said. Tony sighed.
'Madame Mask, huh...'
Hey! Now theres a new villian! What will happen now that Pepper's not there? Will Tony admit his feeling to himself? And if he does, will he tell Pepper? What will Pepper do if he does?
Anyway, I would like to thank all you reveiwers! That is some serious reviewing there. Thank you soo much! Please continue reviewing, and being such awesome readers! Just to give you a hint what will happen in future chapters;
"That goes against everything I believe in, Tony." Pepper said, before marching out angrily.
Intense! What would cause Pepper to say that? Hey, if you notice that close, I think, to something that Pepper said in the series! So, I think you can figure that out. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Peace! :)