Chapter 3:''The not-so-grand entrance''

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"Where is Pepper by the way?" I asked. "I sent her on an errand" It didn't surprise me, she's his assistant. I just hung around all the time."What kind of errand?" Tony looked up. "I couldn't reach the servers because they put my documents on a Ghost drive" he explained. "I asked her to get them" panic rushed over me.

I looked around. Trying to remember where I put it. "What are you looking for?" he asked."Something" I started counting my steps. When I got to the point I was looking for, I crouched down. "Tony, give me that knife" Tony dropped his bionic arm and ran to the table. He gave me a knife. I opened the hatch that I made years ago when Howard started the company. "Where the fuck did that come from" I looked up. "I put it here maybe 70 years ago" Tony was so confused. I grabbed what was inside the hatch and looked at it. "This suit was made by your father. It's supposed to keep knives and bullets out" I said. Tony kept looking at me still at loss for words.

I stood back up. "You might wanna turn around," I said as I pulled my shirt over my head before I was even done with my sentence. Tony turned around as fast as he possibly could. I knew it wasn't something he's used to from me. I smirked as I put on the suit Howard made me years ago. I hoped it still worked the way it did decades ago. Once I put my clothes on, I grabbed my stuff and ran. "Where are you going?" Tony asked turning around again. "To save your damn girlfriend." I ran soo fast that I couldn't feel my legs anymore. I ran until I got into my car. I sped off as soon as I put my keys in.

The ringtone went off blaring through the speakers of my car. Tony's caller Id popped up. "Ms. Evans, Mr. Stark is trying to reach you," Jarvis said. I picked up. "Yes?" " what the hell are you going to do?" Tony yelled. "Keep Pepper safe" I hung up.

Once I arrived at Stark Industries I parked my car at my usual spot. I ran up to the building and made my way to Tony's office. Luckily I found Pepper alone in the office. Pepper looked up. "What are you doing here?" I didn't answer her question. "Hurry up" Pepper nodded. But I saw her shoulders tense up and her breath hatched. "What's wrong?" I asked. "You have to see this" I hesitated but I went to look anyway. There was the video of Tony again. This time Pepper put a translator over it.

What I heard made my blood boil. "Fucking bastard" I muttered. The PC made a 'ping' noise to announce that the files had transferred. I pulled the USB and gave it to Pepper. "Go, give it to Tony he needs to see this," I said. "Phil is downstairs waiting for you" She nodded and ran. When she was running out she passed by Stane.

I sat down trying to make it like I was looking for something. "Miss Evans" Obediah walked in. "Surprised to see you here," he said. "Thought you had a day off," he said taking steps closer to me. "Oh, I'm just looking for something Mr. Stark asked me" I smiled innocently. "Both you and Pepper?" he asked. I nodded and smiled. "Yes, he likes to keep us busy," I said while looking through the drawer. I found another USB. "There it is" I showed it to him. Stane nodded. "Now, go on then I have things to do" I nodded. "Yes, sir" I stood up and walked out. But before I made my way out of the door he smacked my butt. "You 40's girls have quite the body" My blood boiled. I swung my arm and my fist made contact with his face. "From what I remember men in the '40s were nicer" I wiped my hair out of my face. Stane grunted and held his nose. "You bitch" he spits. "Yeah, yeah tell it to HR," I said walking out.

I walked down the stairs to the main entrance. But security held me at the door. "Gentlemen, how can I help you?" I smiled innocently again. It distracted them enough so that I could go to my watch and push the button to send a distress signal to SHIELD. "Come with me," one of the men said. "Why? I work here" They didn't answer. They just grabbed me and pulled me through the lobby. "Call him!" I yelled to Vanessa hoping she understood.

The guards took me back upstairs. "Where are you taking me?" I said pulling to get out of their grip. But I failed. I had to admit I was a little bit rusty when it comes to spy work. I'm no Natacha Romanoff. I was hoping Pepper had reached Tony And that Vanessa had called him.

The guards pulled me into an empty office. Plopped me down on a wooden chair and tied me up with thick rope. It was so tight that it burned into my skin. Blood was trickling down my hands. Stane walked in once I was set. He was holding a cloth filled with ice against his nose. I felt some sense of pride boiling up seeing him like this.

Obediah leaned against the desk. "I never understood why stark kept you so close" he started. "I thought maybe it was to honor his father or maybe it was your pretty face I don't know" he scoffed. "But now I do," he said. "You do his dirty business" I frowned. Dirty business? "You meddled in mine, I don't like that" Stane talked to me as if I was a kid. I took a few steps closer. "You're going to pay for that" he sounded just like my father. It made my stomach turn.

He rolled up his sleeves. His arms swung behind him and I closed my eyes. The first hit knocked the wind out of me. My lip was bleeding on the inside. A metallic taste spread through my mouth. I smiled through the blood. "It's sad that you think this hurts me" making me laugh. Another blow followed. This one made me a little dizzy. "I grew up with an abusive father I've had far worse," I said catching my breath in between words.

Stane smiled a crooked smile. "Seems he didn't hit you hard enough" he hit me again. This time the blow came to my rips. "You have to know your place" another blow against my nose. Now my nose was dislocated. Tears were falling from my eyes and blood was dripping from my nose. I leaned my head back and laughed. "HR isn't going to like this," I remarked sarcastically. By this point, I had enough and I broke free from the ropes.

I stood up, relocated my nose, and swung my arm to his face again. Stane stumbled back; I kept hitting him. By this point, he was on his knees. "I know my palace but when it comes to people I love I don't mess around" I move my knee to his side. Stane pulled my leg making me fall flat on my back hitting my head on the floor. Everything in the room was destroyed and the room started to spin. Stane placed his foot on my neck. I now had trouble breathing. Blood was spilling from the wounds on my face.

I had seriously overestimated myself. By this point, I was ready to die. I closed my eyes and waited for the final blow but it never came. Instead, the window crashed. Shattered glass was everywhere. As I opened my eyes I saw Tony standing in his Iron man suit. Obediah was lying on the ground but was scrambling back up.

"Tony", I whispered sticking my arm out. Before he walked over to me he shot Obediah with one of his blasters knocking him unconscious. Tony walked up to me and kneeled. The helmet of his suit opened up revealing a worried look on his face. "Oh, Ransom" he placed his hand on my head. I finally broke into tears. "Everything hurts" I cried. "It's okay. Everything is going to be okay you're safe" he said in a very low tone, trying to soothe me.

Agents walked in and put him into handcuffs. He was still unconscious so it took four agents to carry him out. "Come on let's get you to the hospital," he said and picked me up. He walked back to the broken window and flew off with me in his arms. He soon landed in front of the hospital. He walked in basically begging doctors to help me.

Tony.

They put her on a gurney and rolled her somewhere I had no access to. I didn't know what to do with myself right now. I looked around lost and just decided to sit down. I stepped out of my suit and sat down. People around me looked weird because my suit followed me and sat down next to me.

My head hurt. I had no time at all to process this information. Stane tried to kill me and then again tried to kill Ransom. All I knew for sure is that she saved Peppers's life and mine today. It pained my heart to see her like that. I was supposed to protect her.

Like I promised years ago.

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