The Unexceptional Ant-Man!
Origin Story Part I
It was a rather fishy place to be having a meeting but then again they were up to some fishy business. The place in question was the New York City Harbor; it was a good idea on their part to be having the meeting here: there were many cargo ships and they had disguised theirs to look unremarkable. But as with many things, the real purpose was on the inside.
There were perhaps 30 of them. All of them wore green uniforms with two yellow stripes parallel of each other. A yellow H was stamped on one of the stripes and they all wore helmets with a red insignia. A skull on top of a pair of tentacles, Hydra. Add to that the rather heavy weapons they were all carrying and you had a force that might be enough to take down the dock. But they weren't here for that; tonight's business was a bit more… deadly.
The soldiers were busy at work carrying boxes to the middle of the large storage room they were all currently in. The boxes all had Hydra logos on them and looked as if they hid something dangerous on the inside. 2 Hydra soldiers were carrying a particularly heavy box.
"What do you suppose is in this box anyhow?" asked one of the soldiers. His name was Rupert; he was struggling to carry the box what with his rifle slung across his back. The other guy shrugged.
"I don't know, maybe some sort of crazy weapon of mass destruction that would kill us all in an instant?" he said. This soldier's name was Todd (more on both of these men later).
"Oh," said Rupert. He carried the box a bit more carefully now. A few minutes later they were finished setting up the boxes and they all stood in formation. Their commander stood in front of them quite seriously.
"As you all know, we are here for an exchange. We have a buyer who will give us valuable information in exchange for this cargo." He gestured to the boxes as he said the last few words. Rupert whispered to Todd, who was right next to him:
"That buyer must have some good info…"
Todd agreed. There were almost 30 boxes in the center of the room. Every single one of them probably had something dangerous that would give even S.H.I.E.L.D a run for their money. Their buyer would become the most dangerous person in New York after this deal. Well that is if the deal went alright…
"We must show strength! Give an aura of power and fear; stand tall with your weapons out, armed and ready. If all goes well then the Red Skull will surely praise you. Hail Hydra!" shouted the commander.
"Hail Hydra!" the soldiers shouted back. Todd noticed that Rupert shouted it enthusiastically. Rupert may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but one could always count on him to yell 'Hail Hydra' the loudest.
A Hydra soldier burst into the room, clearly he had been running. Every head shifted toward him, the Commander looked at him inquiringly.
"The buyer, he's here!" said the soldier. The rest of the soldiers in the room shifted back to their regular formation. The Commander stood menacingly over the group, anticipation hung in the air as everyone awaited the arrival of the buyer.
They heard him before they saw him. His footsteps could be heard clanging on the metal flooring, and then he stepped into the room.
"Good Lord, he's fat," thought Todd.
Todd wasn't the only one who was having such thoughts. Everyone in the room marveled at the man's incredible obesity. He was tall, Todd estimated him to stand at approximately 7 or 8 feet. He wore no hair on his head, the room lights reflected on the baldness of the dome of his head. And then there was there his body. There was fat emanating from almost everywhere, his legs, torso, arms, hands, face, the only part of him that didn't seem fat at all were the small beady eyes that darted around the whole room. The mystery of who the buyer was disappeared almost instantly, for everyone in the criminal underworld knew who this man was. It was as clear as the white suit he wore.
"Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin," said the Commander. Kingpin bowed and Todd noticed for the first time that there were 4 armored men with military shotguns and assault rifles standing near the Kingpin. The Commander noticed as well.
"What is the meaning of-"he was interrupted by an almost nonchalant wave of the Kingpin's hand.
"Relax," Kingpin spoke calmly," They are simply here for my protection, I do not think they shall get in the way of our,ah, dealings shall we say?"
The Commander grunted," Very well. Do you have the information that you say you have?"
Kingpin chuckled, "Of course, I have it right here…" Kingpin reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a silver hard drive. He handed it over to the Commander. The Commander took out a small rectangular device and scanned the hard drive. A small screen on the device read "100% Match."
The Commander allowed himself a small smile and turned his head back toward the Kingpin, "Well everything seems in order."
The Commander turned towards the Hydra soldiers (who were still in formation.)
"Alright, start unloading the cargo into Kingpin's vehicle."
Rupert let out a small groan.
"Ya know, if we were gonna just move the boxes a second time then we should have just stacked them closer to the exit door," said Rupert. Todd and he were struggling to carry the boxes up the flight of stairs and into the Kingpin's getaway vehicle (which was disguised as a Stark Industries 18 wheeler trailer.)
"Ah just shut up and do it," said Todd. He groaned as he heaved the box up the last flight of stairs and out of the ship. Now they could see the sea and the New York skyline behind them. It was a beautiful sight. With one last pull they lifted the box into the trailer and they adjusted it into place. Some other boxes had already been stacked into place.
"Phew, 20 boxes down, 10 to go," said Rupert. Other soldiers behind them were also carrying boxes and they all seemed to be struggling as well.
"Come on you two, only one left down there." Said a soldier.
Todd and Rupert went down into the ship again and saw a single box lying in the cargo room. The Commander was sitting on a chair examining the hard drive, he looked up and noticed Todd and Rupert. "Well at are you waiting for knuckleheads? Go take it up."
Todd and Rupert did as they were told.
This package was just as heavy as the other ones, sweat poured down Todd's face. After much swearing and ragged breathing they got up the flights of stairs and out of the ship.
"Crap…" Rupert gasped for air, "They don't pay us enough for this…"
"Come on we still have to get it into the trailer," said Todd through heavy breathing. The other Hydra soldiers were still packing the boxes. Kingpin and his bodyguards watched their work from a distance, no doubt feeling superiority.
"Come on, we'll lift it on three. Ready? One, two, three-" a blinding flash of light appeared out of nowhere. It was a searchlight and it was coming from above them. It was a sort of aircraft that was hovering above them. Men and women in tight blue and white suits were climbing down on ropes. The suits were similar to the Hydra ones except their suits had an eagle stamped on the chest.
"SHIELD…" mouthed Todd. Around them the entire dock burst into chaos, the Hydra soldiers dropped the packages and took out their weaponry and started firing. Kingpin was outraged and yelled, "No you imbeciles! Keep loading the boxes!"
"This is SHIELD! We have you outnumbered and the dock is sealed! Put down your weapons and surrender!" barked a voice from the craft's speakers. It was clear that SHIELD would win the fight, they had them outnumbered and were more experienced. Yellow and blue blasts of energy flew on both sides.
"Shit, what do we do?!" yelled Rupert. Todd and he were running from the fight, not knowing that they were still carrying the package.
"Let's join the fight!" said Todd.
"Are you kidding?! I've never even fired one of these before," said Rupert, motioning to his energy rifle. The fight was still raging on behind them.
"Alright alright, let's hide!"
"Where?"
Todd scanned the area around them looking for a hiding spot. Then he saw one, a small wooden canoe at the end of the dock covered by a red tarp.
"There!" Todd and Rupert started running over to the canoe but Rupert stopped.
"Wait what do we do with this?" he gestured to the box.
"We have to get rid of evidence that we're Hydra, just chuck it into the sea!" said Todd. They heaved and tossed the box out into sea, it crashed into the sea and sunk below the water.
"Alright get in the canoe, come on!" said Todd. The two got into the canoe and placed the tarp above them. The firefight was almost over with most of the Hydra soldiers having been defeated. Kingpin swore and got into the trailer with his men. They drove away, unnoticed by the SHIELD agents. The Hydra Commander knew fully well what was happening and he got into a secret submarine like pod and escaped the scene, the hard drive safely in his hand.
And further away the Hydra box was floating amidst the waves towards shore.