Rescue

**Patricia "Pepper" Potts** is a human female teenager and girlfriend of Tony Stark, known in their universe as Iron Man. She is one of the founding members of Stark Solutions, alongside Stark and James Rhodes, and a student at Tomorrow Academy. Upon meeting Tony while at school, Pepper quickly found herself in new life helping Tony in his job as Iron Man. Initially serving as Team Iron Man's station operator (when Rhodey started using the War Machine armor), Pepper eventually received her own suit of armor, taking up the alias **Rescue**.

## Biographical Information

### Alias

* Pepper
* Rescue
* Ms. Potts
* Iron Man's girlfriend
* Irongirl
* Ironette

## General Information

### Relatives

* Virgil Potts (Father)
* Unnamed Mother

### Affilations

Team Iron Man* Stark Solutions
* Stark International
* Tomorrow Academy
* Beacon Academy

### Occupation

* Superhero
* Student at Tomorrow Academy
* Co-Founder of Stark Solutions

## Other Information

### AU Status

Active

Pepper, along with Tony and Rhodey are to appear in *Marvel's Spider-Man & the Ghost-Spider*. Pepper's origin as Rescue will be told in *Marvel's Iron Man*.

## History

### Early Life

Patricia Potts was born in February of 2000 to Vigil Potts and an unnamed woman in Arlington, Virginia. She was given the nickname "Pepper" due to her red hair and freckles. Little is known about her mother, with even Tony Stark saying he has even seen her at all, and Pepper not bringing her up that often. It is assumed that Pepper's mother either passed away, or she and Virgil were divorced. Virgil was an FBI agent, which Pepper was quite enthusiastic about, constantly asking her father about his job.

At some point in time, Pepper and Virgil would move to New York City, possibly due to Virgil's job. As a teenager, Pepper would enroll at the New York City Tomorrow Academy, due to her having an impressive intellect. She would become friends with James Rhodes, who was best friends with Tony Stark. Pepper would become idolized by S.H.E.I.L.D. hoping one day to become an agent of the organization, mostly because she wanted a jetpack.

#### Stark Plane Crash

In 2016, Pepper would discover that her father was leading an investigation regarding Howard Stark's private jet crashing, and that his son Tony Stark was nowhere to be found. Curious, Pepper would investigate her father's files and do some research on the Starks, before learning from Rhodey that Tony was alive but wit a heart condition and that he was staying with him. However, through her father's findings, she learned that the FBI were investigating Obadiah Stane's possible involvment in Howard's death.

### Meeting Tony Stark

Six months after the plane crash, Pepper would finally meet Tony Stark in person. The two were on top of Tomorrow Academy's roof, where Pepper gave off her almost encyclopedic knowledge of him, which Tony is uncomfortable with due to it being a touchy topic. However, when Pepper mentions the FBI's investigation into Stane, Tony becomes interested; this serves as a catalyst for Tony becoming Iron Man. Despite her hyperactive and incessantly chatty personality, Tony become fond of her and they became best friends.

After Iron Man made his appearance to New York, Pepper became fascinated with the hero, unaware that it was actually Tony. She would eventually learn after Iron Man saved her from Mr. Fix and Whiplash. While not mad at both Tony and Rhodey for not telling her, the reason she didn't know was because whenever Tony did try to, Pepper would not stop talking.

### Part of Team Iron Man

Pepper would then join "Team Iron Man" a nicknamed she coined herself to refer to those who assisted Iron Man, and were aware of his identity. She helped Tony by organizing plans and information gathering via her father's job in the FBI. She assisted Tony in tracking down the Makluan Rings alongside Gene Khan, who was secretly the Mandarin; the very person responsible for the Starks' plane to crash. She eventually became stattion operator after Rhodey joined Tony as War Machine. The trio came across various threats linked to Stark International including Stane, Justin Hammer, the Maggia, Whiplash, Killer Shirke, Unicorn, AIM, the Controller, Doctor Doom, and many others. They also teamed up with several heroes including Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Living Laser, the Hulk, and S.H.E.I.L.D. Another pressing matter included Tony inevitable inheritance of Stark International. During all of this, Pepper developed feelings for Tony, unaware the the latter did as well.

After Stane was fired and Justin Hammer bought Stark International, which ended Stark's chances of inheriting the company and losing his money, Pepper and Rhodey assisting Tony in created Stark Solutions, a company of their own.

Overtime, Team Iron Man would discover that Gene was actually the Mandarin, but was also holding Howard Stark hostage. After freeing Howard and Justin Hammer's downfall, Howard would take the company back. Pepper would eventually be given her own purple and silver armor which Tony had promised her. She would take up the nickname "Rescue", due to her claiming she saved both Tony and Rhodey many times. She would use the armor in stopping Gene from obtaining the final Makluan ring, but failing. A few days later, the Makluan race would invade Earth, leading to Pepper fight alongside the rest of Team Iron Man as Rescue. After the battle, their identities were revealed to the public, and Tony revealed his feeling for her, leading to them starting a relationship.

## Personality

Pepper is very hyperactive and chatty, making her kind of a comical relief. When asked why Stark not to told her he was Iron Man, Tony replied because she was never "stopped talking long enough for him to tell her"; her father once commented in a half-asleep state that she talks too much. Even Rhodey, despite being her friend, refers to her as a little on the crazy side.

Due to her hyperactive demeanour, Pepper tends to overreact, and she is also quite adventurous and an impulsive risk taker. After learning about Iron Man's secret, she insisted of getting into the action any chance she gets, eventually beginning to pester Tony about building a suit for her own use, which he finally consented to. She also has huge dreams to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, though solely for the thrill of adventure she perceives in that profession.

Despite her faults, she is able to gather information on very much anyone, making her a vital member of the team when it comes to gathering information. She also claims that tense situations cause her to focus, which is why she could easily pilot the Rescue Armor with little training beforehand.