Pepper Potts POV
Iron Man 2
Natalie was a strange one, who could take down Tony's bodyguard in about 5 seconds flat, and she also knew more than 5 languages. Tony looked at her as something that needed to be claimed. Even though I hate to say it I'm jealous of the way he looks at her to the way she interacts with him. It had been two days since the birthday party, and I still can't believe he blow up his own house for a party. Now I have to plan for people to come in and fix it ..... again. I can't believe that I have been working with him for years. But I will say that Natalie made it more entertaining somehow. Maybe it was the way she always got back at Tony for doing something inappropriate or the way she could tell when I needed some help with anything and was always able to help me out. I looked up when I heard the sound of someone knocking on the door and then it opening. Tony stood there with a box of strawberry's of course he had forgotten that I was deadly allergic to strawberries. We argued about a lot of things like we always did and as always I was looking for a way out of it and it came. The door opened once more to show a swish of dark red hair. Natalie once again saving me from things I don't want to be in. Tony's old bodyguard Happy followed her in. " Wheels up in twenty minutes "Natalie reminded me as she made her way to my desk." Great I lost both kids in the divorce " Tony joked even though no one was listening to him at all. Natalie handed me some papers to sign I thanked her and started to fill out the paperwork." So Natalie are you blending in here at Stark industries?" I looked up slightly he said 'Blending ' as if hinting at something. I didn't miss the way Natalie glared at him. If looks could kill Tony would have been dead in five seconds.I looked down again something happened between them I knew it. " Your name is Natalie isn't it?" I was a bit shocked by the question a looked up slightly and saw Natalie still glaring at him." I thought you two don't get along?" He pointed to both me and Natalie. " No that's not so" I answered though he was right at first we didn't get along though we worked it out after the party though I was still jealous of her though. " So it's just me you don't care for." Tony asked even though he knew the answer already he was still trying to get an answer out of us. Instead of replying I just stood up and handed Natalie the paperwork she had me fill out. " While you are here maybe you and Natalie can talk about the matter of your belongings?" I pointed to Tony as I started towards the door. I was going to stay outside of the door and see how they interacted with each other. Happy followed after me and as soon as I was out the door I made it look as if I was walking down the hallway but I was just by the door." I'm surprised you can keep your mouth shut." I was surprised by the tone Natalie was using it was harsh and it was cold." Boy, your good you are mind-blowing, how do you do it?" What was Tony talking about? What was she good at? " Your a triple imposer, is there anything real about you? Do you even speak Latin?" This conversion was getting really intense and really confusing because I had no idea what they were talking about." Fallaces sunt rerum species" So she could speck Latin strange. I heard footsteps approaching the door . " which means... Wait what?" Natalie was right in front of the door now. " It means you can drive yourself home or I can have you collected!" Harsh Natalie harsh ." you're good " That's the last thing I heard before Natalie slammed the door and was now in the hallway. If she knew I was listening in she didn't say it she just started down the hallway. Towards the car which we were meant to be in by now, I followed behind her with Happy. We were currently on the plane going to where Hammer was going to show his version of Iron Man. Though I have no idea why we were going they won't be going to be as good as Tony's. Somehow we only scheduled two hotel rooms so I and Natalie were going to share it was this or Natalie shared with Happy. I sighed softly as we walked into our room it was only one bed. " Ms. Potts, are you listening?" I looked over to see Natalie looking at me with concern etched on her face. " Oh sorry, Natalie I just got lost in my head what were you saying?" She gave me a slight smile before saying " Do you need to take a shower or is it OK if I go first?"I had forgotten how late it was. " No it's OK you can go first I can take my shower in the morning." She nodded and walked into the bathroom to start her shower. I heard the water start as I pulled off my clothes and got ready for a long night I climb into the bed forgetting about Natalie showering in the bathroom as I slowly fell asleep. I woke up at 6 am feeling more rested than I had in a long time. I stretched my hands above my head as I was looking around the room.Everything seemed to be in order besides some paper that was sitting on the table. I walked over to it curiously it read " Ms.Potts I hope you had a good night if your reading this that means I'm still on my morning run. Don't worry I have already eaten breakfast." I knew who wrote to note the moment I saw the perfect handwriting. It was like Natalie was never in the room. The other side of the bed looked as if it was untouched, and her bag was nowhere in sight. I looked over the room once again and noticed her bag sitting under the table almost out of sight. Knowing that Natalie was gone I pulled out my phone and searched up what "Fallces sunt rerum species " meant. I was shocked at what it meant Natalie lied about what it meant and she did it flawlessly. The words actually were a quote from Lucio Senera which was " The appearances of things are deceptive." What did she mean by that? Why was that at the top of her head? I didn't have time to think about it before the door slowly opened almost without sound. I moved my eyes to the door just in time to see Natalie walk into the room. It was a weird sight to see my assistant who was usually all dressed up in workout clothes. She was wearing a black sports bra with matching yoga pants. Her red hair was pulled back into a french braid. " Hey, Ms.Potts how did you sleep last night?" She smiled softly. " I slept good thanks for asking Natalie what time did you wake up?" I asked with curiosity hanging in my voice I didn't try to hide it either. " Sunrise I have always have been a morning person"Sunrise was sometimes when I got to bed she sometimes stayed up working with me so it made me realize how much less sleep she must get. I was about to say something before she quickly added."Do you need anything, Ms.Potts?" Natalie went back into assistant mode, though she was meant to be working in the legal she was a perfect assistant. Though at moments like this I just wanted to see the real Natalie. " Yes actually I want to get to know you, Natalie, I mean you know everything about me it's only fair if I get to know you ." I moved towards the couch and patted the seat next to me she looked shocked but she obeyed anyway. " So my first question is why do you know so many languages?" I asked since that had been on my mind a lot. " Um well, English is my second language." She paused know full well that it would be hard to comprehend. "So were you born here if not how did you end up here?"Can you blame me for being curious about her backstory? " I was not born here I was born in Russia, I ended up here when I was around 16 ." She was becoming fidgety she was moving her hand over her left wrist over and over again as if it was something she had done her entire life. I reached over and grabbed her hand softly and pulled it away from her wrist. She looked at me with a bit of shock but it was soon gone and she just pulled her hand away as she did I noticed something on her wrist. It was something that looked like a bracelet but it was engraved into her skin almost like a handcuff she could never take off. How I didn't notice this before I didn't know but it was something that was not comforting. " How did you get that on your wrist?" I know I was probably overstepping but what would you have done if you saw this on your assistant's wrist? I just kept looking at it knowing that however, it got there must have been terrifying. " Oh it's just an old scar it doesn't bother me anymore" Natalie smiled at me expecting me to believe her but I know when it's a new scar and it looked as new as if it was yesterday. I dropped it though and went back to the subject that we were talking about before I changed the subject." So your Russian I don't hear an accent do you have one?" I asked softly, Natalie let out a soft breath of relief clearly not wanting to talk about how she got that scar. Her next words were in a thick Russian accent which was a bit terrifying. " Yes, I do have an accent" Her next words were without an accent. " I just cover it up" I felt my mouth drop open up when she spoke I could not hear her accent she hid it up very well the thought came to me suddenly. " Natalie, your name is too American for it to be Russian did you change your name or something?" She nodded before saying. " My real name is Natalia I changed it not only it make me fit in more but it brings back too many bad memories." She added the last part with a hint of sadness. The words"I ended up here when I was around 16" kept echoing in my mind she must have been 16 when she changed her name or maybe she was older who knows but it was sad to think about. Her phone started to vibrate and she walked out mouthing 'sorry' before she said something in Russian. The rest of the day was a blur as we got ready for the Hammers robots reveal.By the time it was time to go Natalie had her hair pulled in some sort of complicated-looking bun as she was pulling it up I was just watching in shock that she could do it with such ease. when got to the Expo we both got out of the car Natalie opening up the door for me. When I sat down I know how long the night was going to be. Hammer had just started showing his robots when Tony came and crashed the party like usual. Then the robots started moving by themselves and flew out of the widows. Hammer ran off the stage like a mouse being chased by a hawk. Both me and Natalie started towards the control room to see what was going on. When we got there Hammer yelled at us to go away. I looked over at Natalie to see her looking angry angrier than I have ever seen her. She sped walked over to him and throw him onto the desk and demanded him to tell her where Ivan was. When he replied she grabbed her bag and was gone in by the time I blinked. I was confused about why Natalie threw Hammer a multimillion business owner onto a table. I glared at Hammer who was still in shock and made my way to see what was going on. It took me more than 20 minutes to finally get into Tony's com system I only heard Tony talking though. He was thanking someone named Agent Romanoff. Then after the entire deal with the exploding robots, Tony kissed me which was then ruined by Rodney. I went back to my hotel room to pack up so I could leave I was done with not being at home. I got back into the plane and only then did I remember Natalie was nowhere in sight. The next day after the expo I was walking into Tony's house, I saw him with his face in his hands. I reached out to him to shake him out of his state. He looked up at me with anger and sadness on his face. " Tony are you OK?" I ask with worry in my voice. " Sorry Pep just doing some research which didn't go the way I was expecting it to go." Of course, it was research that had gotten him this stressed. " What were you trying to research?" I asked he looked at me and then he said " Jarvis pull up everything you have on Natasha Romanoff including her other names as well. Oh, can you also put them in order of age?" Jarvis replied by pulling up newspaper paper articles. " Why are you showing me this Tony?" He looked at me " Just read the articles please Pep." My eyes went back to the articles and I started to read the titles. I smiled slightly at the first title. " Natalia Alianovna born into Romanoff family." Natalia wasn't that Natalies real name? It probably was just a common Russian name or something. Below the title, there was a picture of a baby girl with red hair. I looked over at Tony who just nodded to tell me to continue. So I swiped the first article away and the second article popped up with the title" Ivan Romanoff and his wife found dead cause of death unknown, 3-year-old Natalia Romanoff missing." I gasped softly as I looked at the picture that was below the title. It was a picture of the Romanoff family with a young girl with bright red hair who looked exactly like Natalie but it couldn't be her it just couldn't be." Is that Natalie or is it my mind playing tricks on me?" Tony nodded glad he didn't have to put it into words. " Wait, Natalie, Natalia, and Natasha? I'm so confused right now and why are you researching her?" He just looked at me with a look I couldn't read. " Well, Romanoff is an interesting person, like you just read she went missing when she was three but the thing is 299 other girls her age to thirteen went missing around the same time she did." My mouth fell open Natalie not only went missing but she went missing with 299 people! " They never found out what happened to them. The only thing they found out was that each one of them were found dead besides two of them one of them happened to be Romanoff. Oh, yea Natalie is also a SHIED agent.
Sorry, this was so long but I really wanted to do it long I might do more Natalie one-shots though.
