Chapter 10: 10. Pepper Potts

Virginia Pepper Potts used to work as Tony's personal assistant, like taking care of his schedule and perform any task he wished. Both actually developed feelings for each other, of course neither of them would admit to it.

Pepper used to work with Aldrich Killian, although she didn't enjoy the experience. Potts was hired by Stark Industries and worked on the company's finances where she found an error in Tony's recent calculation that could cost the company billions.

Trying to do the right thing she tried to go to Tony's office but was threatened to be removed by the bodyguards. And of course she retaliate in kind by claiming to have a pepper spray and would use it on anyone who touch her. Tony watching all this unfold was impressed by her and he knew she didn't have a pepper spray and hired her as his Personal Assistant with the nickname Pepper as a reference to the first day they met.

Tony appointed Pepper as the CEO of stark industries, having no successor and dying of poisoning from the Palladium in his arc reactor.

"Hey Pepper good morning"

"Hey Tony, you do remember your schedule to race in the Circuit de Monaco right?"

"I do now, can I cancel that?"

"If you want, but you're kind of well known especially as Iron Man"

"Right..... when is the race?"

"Two days form now"

"Got it, thanks beau..... I mean thanks Pep"

Almost calling Pepper beautful Tony quickly turn around leaving Pepper to look at his back to wonder what's wrong with him today. Tony left to go to his workshop and check his blood to see what change..... and other things.

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Tony tried to see if he could take the arc reactor off his body only to stop since it's not really affecting his body anymore, and people already knew him as Iron Man 'I'll just improve it if I can'.

Moving on to his blood, he realized that the blood would lose it's affect after a short period of time outside his body, but he did figure out that it was like a virus affecting other blood, and was very dangerous to a normal human. Having tested his own human blood and other people's blood, he was left with no answer.

"Shit I gotta prepare my car for the race!"

Having enough of research he went ahead and start preparing for the race.

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Back with Alucard

Alucard was exploring the city on foot thinking that maybe it could help him relax since his first watch on a vampire movie.

"What in the world was that, vampire's don't glow in the sun!"

Having said that out loud people around him look at his direction before going back to their own things, not really wanting to go back to his ways that is to kill and vent Alucard just walk, hoping to relieve his nerve.

Not far away from Alucard a guy wearing glasses was running in his direction and was about to collide with him....