The Girl With Six Marks

The Devil Wears A Pencil Skirt 5

The Girl With Six Marks

The Devil Wears a Pencil Skirt

Chapter Five

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Avenger's Tower
Stark's Lab

Tony paces back and forth in his research lab. His computer screens were all on, showing the video surveillance from last night.

His old friend, Rhodey, was with him, inspecting the tapes closely.

"Ms. Potts enters the building at 20:46 hours yesterday evening. She takes the elevator up and enters the penthouse," He tells Tony who stops and moves beside him to look closely at the screen.

Sure enough, Pepper walks right up to him and he bring her into an embrace. Tony grimaces as he watches himself kiss the other woman as they make their way to the bedroom. "Alyanna is seen entering the building just a few seconds after Potts," Rhodey continues, pointing to the other screen where Alyanna is seen getting into the elevator. His stomach twist in knots as he watches Alyanna enter the room and observe their actions. He slams a fist onto the table as he see Alyanna's horror stricken face as she runs and suits up.

"This bitch!" Tony curses, and Rhodey fast forwards the tape where they see Pepper escape the room.

"You locked down the building?" Rhodey asks, skipping through the other tapes.

"I did, but there was no sign of her," he replies, taking a seat and burying his face into his hands. It was true, he had kissed Pepper; even though he swore that he was with Alyanna the whole time. There was no way that he would consciously kiss another woman! He wasn't that drunk to mistake someone else for his soulmate!

While Tony was lost in his thoughts, Rhodey finds another tape that shows Pepper trying to leave the building and being asked to stay in the main room.

"Where did you find this woman?" He questions, zooming in on her face.

Tony shrugged from his seat, "She was just one of the applicants that applied for the position."

Rhodey points at the screen. "You said you didn't see her, but you're right in front of her."

Tony looks up and at the screen. Sure enough, he's walking through the group of employees, searching for Pepper. His eyes widen as he looks right at her before moving on.

"What? I swear I didn't see her!" He stresses, rewinding the tape to see him look directly at her again once more.

Rhodey moves over to another screen and begins typing. He pulls up Pepper's file and scans the information.

"She shows up pretty clear on her records. But I wonder..." He trails off, pulling out his cell phone

Tony gives him a look. "What is it?"

Rhodey turns to him and lifts his eyebrows in question. "Stark, how much do you know about mutants?"

Tony cocks an eyebrow. "You mean the people born with 'special abilities'? The X-men?"

He nods, leaning back in the chair. "Mutants stay pretty hidden, but they're still part of society. You know of Professor Xavier?"

Tony shrugs, "I may have heard his name once or twice."

Rhodey hands him his phone where a picture and a map of the school is shown on the screen. "He owns a school for Mutants who need help controlling their powers, mostly kids. He is a powerful telepathy and has a machine that can track every mutant down in the world. The school is hidden from the public, but my security clearance grants me access."