"Oh my god," Pepper whispers in astonishment as the droids flank her one after the other, data scrolling down the side of her HUD and the targeting system already pinpointing weak spots. Those look like... they look like the Iron Legion droids. But how can that be? Cold dread creeps down her spine at the fleeting thought that occurs to her; the stones. Is this some kind of tearing of reality-- realities?

"That's a welcome," she goes on, a little shaky in the wake of her discovery. And yet, she also bristles at the command. Immediate destruction. Pepper is pretty sure she could deploy the suit's electric force field and drop these droids from the sky with very little effort -- the suit boasts hefty defensive capabilities, after all -- but how many would replace them? She can't risk open battle above civilian airspace, can she? She needs to get to the bottom of this. Gritting her teeth, she pulls back the sentries, returning them to the back unit. For now.

"All right, boys," she says through the comms, crisp and undaunted. "Have it your way. I'm having a few words with whoever's in charge of you, make no mistake."