Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 19 of Iron Maiden. I want to thank those who have left reviews for the story. It truly does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying. I hope that you guys are going to enjoy this next part of the story. Without further ado Chapter 19. ENJOY!

Chapter 19

Abigail, Tony, and Pepper walked along the hallway.

Pepper shoved a written statement into his hands. "Here, your alibi. You were on your yacht. I've got port papers that put you in Avalon all night, and sworn statements from fifty of your guests."

"Maybe it was just the two of us. On the yacht, I mean." Tony said, looking over at Pepper.

Pepper cleared her throat. "Focus, please."

Tony grabbed an L.A. Time from the pile of papers in her arms, glancing at the headline. "WHO IS THE IRON MAN?" A grainy newspaper photo of the iron battle at Stark Industries. ""Iron Man". Not technically accurate, since it's mostly carbon fiber and ceramic. But I like the ring of it. "Iron Man"..."

The three of them turned the corner.

Tony suddenly stopped meeting Pepper's eyes. "You know...that night at the concert hall. Do you ever think about it?"

Abigail pursed her lips together looking away from them, her cheeks flushing a little. Perhaps Tony and Pepper had something going on? If they did then what on earth were they even talking like they weren't together.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Mr. Stark." She brought her hands up to fix his unruly tie knot. "Will that be all, Mr. Stark?"

"That will be all Miss Potts."

IMIMIM

Rhodey stood in front of assembled reporters talking about what happened at Stark Industries. "I can confirm that a series of military test-prototypes were involved in the incident at Stark Industries last night. I can also confirm that there was, for a brief time, the danger of an Arc Reactor "incident", which was rectified without injury to the public - and all power outages have been restored. Here now, to answer a few brief questions, is Tony Stark."

Tony walked out with Abigail by his side as the two of them took the podium together.

Abigail patted her brother's arm lightly as he put his hand up to silence the bubbling questions.

"I've seen the papers. I've heard the reports. That's why I want to put an end to all this wild speculation. The truth is-" He looked to Rhodey, then to Pepper, over to his sister who was gripping his arm lightly, then out to the crowd. "I am Iron Man."

The reporters began to erupt asking more questions.

Abigail looked at her brother with a sour look on her face, not liking the idea that her brother had just told everyone that he was Iron Man and that his world just got a lot bigger than he would ever know.

IMIMIM

Tony and Abigail came through the doors of his home.

"Jarvis." Tony called out to the AI.

"Welcome home-sir-ma-" Jarvis then suddenly cut out.

Abigail blinked a few times knowing that wasn't very normal to happen.

The two of them saw a man waiting in the shadows.

"I am Iron Man." The man said looking up at Tony. "You think you're the only superhero in the world, Mr. Stark? You've become part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet."

"Who the hell are you?"

"Nick Fury, Director of Shield."

"Huh." Tony said, looking at the man, his brows furrowed.

"I'm here to talk to you about the Avener Initiative."

Abigail took a deep breath looking at Fury with narrowed eyes. How dare he just walk into her brother's home just like that.

"Ah Agent Stark, glad to see you with your brother." Nick said, looking over at Abigail.

Tony suddenly looked at Abigail with wide eyes. "Wait, Agent?"

Abigail looked down suddenly ashamed that everything was now revealed that she had been working for the government.

"You work with him?"

"Tony… I…"

"Abigail, why didn't you tell me?"

"Tony, how would you have reacted if I told you I was part of Shield? You had been dodging Agent Coulson for months since you had come back and then I had to have Pepper talk to him about everything that happened."

"I would have supported you in this."

"Are you sure about that? You seem rather guarded about the idea of me being an agent."

"How long?"

"Only a few years… you have been so busy keeping a watchful eye on me…"

Tony took a breath, closing his eyes. "I'm not mad at you."

"You're not?" Abigail questioned her brow raising as she looked at her older brother.

Tony shook his head. "No, we're family. There is no reason for me to be upset with you…"

Abigail looked over at Fury. "I'll leave you two to talk about the Avenger Initiative." Abigail said walking out of the room. She already knew about the Avenger Initiative due to working with Shield for so long. She took a soft breath, rather happy that Tony wasn't mad at her for being part of Shield. But she knew that Tony was about to learn more about their world that he didn't quite know just yet.

IMIMIM

A few months had passed since Tony had mentioned that he was Iron Man. Now Tony, Abigail, and Rhodey stared at a screen as the War Machine suit was being designed.

"Good. And I want a Gatling gun on the right shoulder." Rhodey explained to Tony.

"And a rocket launcher on the left? Where are you going to store all that ammo?" Tony questioned looking at Rhodey.

"Who's suit is this anyway? And do it in silver and black, would you?"

Abigail let out a soft laugh as the two men bickered back and forth. She was glad that things didn't change too much between the two of them. She had to admit that it was rather nice that the two of them were getting along like they had before since Tony had mentioned that he was Iron Man.

Tony then turned his attention to his sister. "I have a surprise for you too." He said with a cheeky smile.

Abigail turned and faced her brother, her brows furrowed together. "You have a surprise for me too?"

"Jarvis."

"Sir?"

"Bring out the suit."

"Suit what suit?"

Suddenly a suit donned in burgundy and silver came out of the ceiling with the classic Iron Man form other than being more her size.

Abigail's eyes went wide. "Tony… what is this?"

"This is your suit."

"My… my suit?"

"Yes." Tony mused with a smile.

Abigail looked at it in awe.

Rhodey smiled. "Told you that she would like it man."

Tony turned his attention to Rhodey with a grin. "I outdid myself with it."

Abigail's hand went across the sleek metal, her eyes lighting up like it was christmas.

"So…"

Abigail looked over at Tony.

"What do you think?"

"I love it Tony." She said coming over to him and hugging him.

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This is the end of Chapter 19. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'm actually excited to start the next part of this story. We finally now know the title of the story now coming to light in this story. Will she be the Iron Maiden and quit shield or no? Please leave a review and let me know what you think. I'm going to try to update next week with a brand new Chapter. Until next time.