"Miss Potts there is a visitor for you." Pepper looked up surprised by Jarvis' voice. In the last four weeks since Tony's death she had only heard him speak twice. Once to inform her that Rhodey was preparing to leave back to Malibu a week after the funeral, and the second two days ago to inform her that Coulson was here. Each time there was a layer of emotion that Pepper had not realized that Jarvis had. She was so deep in thought that she almost forgot to answer him.

"Uh, I'm not receiving visitors Jarvis."

"She is already o her way up Miss Potts."

"Oh." Pepper looked around the room. It was one of the rare times that the remaining members of the Avenger's team – with Bruce off somewhere in South America and Thor still on Asgard – were together, Coulson was there as well, he had taken it upon himself to visit as frequently as possible, something that Pepper had found surprisingly comforting. Pepper stood and ignored Steve's questioning gaze, she walked over to the elevator ready to send the person back out the door.

The elevators opened and a young women in her mid twenties stepped out. Pepper stood in front of her blocking her path.

"Whatever it is you want you can think twice. Now get out before I call the police." The girl looked mildly startled and took a step back, her heel knocking the door of the elevator.

"Please," she said, "I just want to talk."

Pepper shook her head, "I don't care. You can't just walk into this building and expect to have a discussion. For that you can make a formal request for an appointment and we will have this talk at Stark Industries."

"It's, somewhat personal Miss Potts." She reached into her bag on her shoulder and pulled out a card and handed it to Pepper. Pepper eyed her before looking at the card. Her face paled and she nearly collapsed if Natasha hadn't gotten up to catch her. Taking the card from Pepper Natasha glanced at it.

Tony's familiar handwriting was the first thing that caught her attention. It was a phone number with a quick message reading 'In case needed' the umber Natasha recognized as Tony's personal phone, not the one that Tony gave to business men and the occasional politician, it was the number he gave to only those he trusted immediately, Natasha only knew of eight people who knew it. Natasha glanced at the young woman standing wide eyed in front of her.

"What is this about?"

The girl shifted on her feet and glanced down, "I– I'm the reason that Mr. Stark is dead." Silence filled the room, the young girl watched them, her eyes filling before the finally spilled over and ran down her cheeks.

Steve stood and helped her sit down on the couch, he sat beside her and asked, "What do you mean."

"I– I work at the restaurant Luigi's, I'm the one who takes – took – Mr. Stark's orders whenever he came in." Steve nodded when he recognized the name, "I owe everything to Mr. Stark because he did the one thing that no one else would."

"What did he do?" Steve asked.

"He saved my life." She paused and looked down at her hands, "I worked in that restaurant for years, and no one knew that I was in an abusive relationship. Mr. Stark walked in took one look at me and he just knew.

"It took weeks for him to get me to tell him outright, but when I did he went above and beyond everything to help me. He got me a new apartment in a good neighborhood with tight security, he gave me numbers to call, and he gave me enough starter money to start online classes so I could get my degree. And when I finally told Randy he was there to support me."

"And Randy was the one who shot Tony." Steve said.

She nodded, "Yes, Mr. Stark came into the restaurant. Randy came in when he was getting ready to leave, Mr. Stark dropped a bag of food when Randy pulled a knife."

"So that's what happened to our tacos." Steve shot a small smile over his shoulder at Clint who had spoken before he turned back to the girl.

"Do you know where Randy is now?" Pepper asked slightly hopeful.

"They found him in an alleyway about three weeks ago with a needle jammed in his arm. Police said overdose." The girl looked up, "I ID'd the body, and I've seen plenty of overdose victims and that looked nothing like it." Steve glanced towards Natasha and Coulson who both looked back at him.

"Mr. Stark saved my life. I know the press is saying that the great hero Ironman is dead gunned down at his weakest point but I don't believe that. Mr. Stark was a hero with that suit on and without. Tony Stark did something that Ironman never could have. He was a hero." She said softly.

"Yeah," Pepper smiled, "Yeah he was."