A loud beeping made Pepper groan and hit something on the night stand. When it didn't stop Pepper lifter her head and hit the button, she sat up and rubbed her eyes. Pepper looked over at Tony and saw that he was still snoozing away, "John…" she said and got no response. "John wake up!" Pepper said and nudged him. Tony sat up quickly and looked around "what?" he asked sleepily, Pepper smiled "time to get up." She said and Tony groaned.

Pepper got out of bed and went into the bathroom to take a shower; Tony groaned and went down stairs for some coffee. He walked back up the stairs and went into the bedroom to get his clothes only to see Pepper in a fitted business suit; her hair was up in a nice bun. "You look great." Tony said smiling; Pepper blushed and straightened her shirt nervously. She then looked at the clock on the wall and gasped "Crap! I gotta go!" she said and rushed down stairs with Tony following her.

Pepper opened the front door and grabbed the car keys but felt someone grab her by the waist. Pepper was whirled around so she was facing Tony, "are you going to do this every time one of us leaves the house?" she asked blushing. Tony smiled and whispered "we're being watched….may as well act the part…"

He caught Pepper's lips and let her go before she's late. He watched as she drove down the street then he glanced around the neighborhood before going inside. An hour later Tony drove into the school parking lot, he grabbed his briefcase and went to his classroom. The students were already there waiting for him. Class ended and the students filed out of the room smiling and jokingly pushed each other, Tony's phone rang and saw that it was Pepper. He grinned and picked it up, "Hey-" he said but was cut off by a loud explosion, Tony took the phone away from his ear and put it back worried he heard nothing but the dial tone.

Three Hours Earlier:

Pepper walked into Stark International and went up to Stanes office, Stanes secretary looked up and smiled "you must be Mrs. Hunt. Mr. Stane will see you now" she said. Pepper nodded and went into the office, Stane was arguing with Whitney. Oh this should be good Pepper thought sarcastically; she put on a smile and waited patiently for them to stop.

Whitney huffed and turned towards Pepper, she glared at her and stood up from the chair she was sitting in. "Fine! You'll regret ignoring me!" she said and stalked out of the office slamming the door, Stane winced and shook his head. He looked up and saw Angela standing there holding his daily schedule, he stood up and held out his hand "Mrs. Hunt…nice that you could start today." He said and Pepper shook his hand with a smile. "It's no problem Mr. Stane." She said faking happiness, "Is there anything I can get you?" she asked as Stane sat down. "Well some coffee would be great." He said and Pepper nodded and left the room.

After an hour Pepper sat at her desk working on Stanes schedule. She sipped her coffee and glanced around to make sure she was alone; Pepper then entered a program on her laptop. The program was meant to help her hack into Stark international's shipping manifests and projects that may be under wraps. Pepper looked at the screen and sighed, this is going to take a while…she thought and closed the lid letting the program run. She walked into Stanes office hold a stack of papers, "Mr. Stane…we have a meeting to get to." She said kindly. Stane nodded and followed her to a meeting room. They have been sitting there talking about money and weaponry for almost an hour and a half, that's when it happened.

The boom was defining, the windows shattered. Pepper fell out of her chair and covered her head with her arms, she crawled over to the door and that's when the building shook the top half of the building was falling, Pepper kept a grip on the door frame hoping her fingers won't slip. She saw the ground get closer and closer then she saw nothing.

(A/N very short cliffhangery chapter lol sorry! Please review!)