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A year passes


Carol: "bye Lizzie I have to go. Bye love see you tonight at dinner for our anniversary"

Lizzie: "bye momma"

Carol leaves and Alex walks downstairs

Lizzie: "mommy can I come with you please"

Alex looks at Lizzie

Lizzie: "Please mommy please"

Alex: "fine just this once"

Once they arrive at stark industries

Alex: "hey pepper. I brought Lizzie, hope that is okay"

Pepper: "it's no problem"

Lizzie runs up to pepper and hugs her

Lizzie: "I missed you, aunty"

Pepper: "so did i"

A couple of hours later

Lizzie is drawing while Alex is fixing flies

Alex: "ms potts I was wondering I  could get the day off tomorrow. I wanted to spend time with my mom"

Pepper: "sure that is no problem"

Alex: "I have to meet my mom downstairs really quick. She brought some stuff I forgot at her house yesterday"

Pepper: "go ahead, Alex"

Alex walks downstairs and meets maria

Alex: "hey mom thank you for bringing this stuff"

Maria: "it was no problem. Are we still spending tomorrow together?"

Alex: "yes. Pepper just gave me the day off"

Maria: "i can't wait"

She hugs Alex

Maria: "see you tomorrow Alex"

Alex: "see you tomorrow, mom"

Alex starts to walk back to the entrance of the building

Maria: "Alex wait I forgot to give you one last thing"

Alex: "what is it, mom? Mom what happening to your hands?!?"

Maria: "Alex"

She dusts away

Alex: "MOM?"

Alex runs back in and into pepper's office

Pepper: "are you okay Alex?"

Alex holds her stomach

Alex: "p-pepper something is going on, my, my mom"

Pepper rushes over to Alex

Pepper: "what do you mean?"

They see some of the workers dust away

Pepper: "what's going on?"

Pepper looks at Alex

She starts to dust away

Alex: "n-no no-no. Li-"

She dusts away

Lizzie: "mommy?"

Pepper: "oh no"

Lizzie: "mommy, mommy where did you go?... aunty pepper"

Lizzie sees people dust away

Lizzie: "did, did mommy end up like them"

Pepper: "no. no she didn't"

Lizzie: "aunty pepper you're lying"

Pepper: "Lizzie stay here"

Pepper rushes over to her desk

She picks up her phone and tries to call tony but it goes to voicemail

Pepper: "oh no, oh no"

Pepper calls steve

Steve: "hello"

Pepper: "steve what is going on. Alex, she dusted away"

Steve: "get to the compound we will talk there"

Pepper: "come on Lizzie lets go home"

Lizzie: "where is mommy?"

Pepper takes Lizzie's hand

Pepper: "come on let's go"

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