Collision Course
"Are you sure this is the right place Tony?" She asked as she flew through a small air duct and back out.
"Positive, why do you ask?"
"Well, it looks like an abandoned factory, not a secret warehouse or anything."
"Just keep looking there is bound to be something in there; I mean what kind of super villain buys a warehouse for no reason?"
"Obviously this one, because there is nothing- mph! Never mind…" she gasped as she looked up at a huge steel wall.
"Wasp, what is it?" Tony asked with a concerned edge in his voice. Hank looked back at him with worry.
"Tony?" he questioned, before he could respond though, Jan came back onto the transmission.
"Sorry about that, there was a robot guard thing, so I had to keep quiet." she said quietly.
"And?" Tony asked anxiously.
"Well, considering he has some secret room behind a huge steel wall, tons of evil robots, and hidden cameras everywhere, I'd say he is definitely up to something."
"Alright, we'll come in then."
"Not a good idea, you'll set off every alarm in this place!" she warned, flying towards another vent. She looked around the corner and saw another opening. This time, it wasn't just security; it was Victor Von Doom himself. He was sitting on a small throne admiring some weaponry and commanding a "Doombot" to set the timer.
Outside the building, the team waited with angst to see what was happening. Tony took a step backwards realizing that security was tight.
"Alright team, I'm going to let Jan scout a bit more. Once we have the information we need, we head in, understood?" he said looking at Hank, who blushed slightly realizing he was targeted.
With a nod, Hank turned and looked towards the darkening sky. 'Come on Jan, who knows what will happen by night fall.' Sighing, he turned back towards the warehouse, holding back his emotions. This was nothing new for him, only to Jan was he transparent, and he knew it. She could peer into his very soul just by looking into his eyes. She was much more open about things, she didn't try and hide how she felt, well, not usually. Something told Hank, she hadn't made an official move because she was nervous too. As much as he hated admitting it, he realized that maybe she saw him as much more than a friend… but why? How could she see anything in him? He couldn't comprehend it, 'I suppose love works in strange ways.'
His thoughts were interrupted by thundering voice (no pun intended…)
"Friend Pym, are you alright? I sense that you are distraught by something," Thor said with curiosity,
"Oh, Thor, I appreciate your concern, but yes, I am fine."
He lied; he was more worried than ever before. Anytime Jan went at something like this he was, that was why he followed her when she was taken into Asgard. At least then he could step in and help when necessary. But here, well, he couldn't until he received the "ok" from Tony.
Meanwhile, Jan was listening closely to every word Doom had uttered. His voice sounded across the room, echoing through the vent she was peering at him from.
"Yes, Lord Doom, the bomb has been set," a bot said bowing to its master.
"Excellent, commence count down sequence." His rough, eerie voice made the words sound more threatening than imaginable.
The bot nodded and backed away from Doom, returning to its post.
Janet gasped as she heard where the bomb was placed, 'The United Nations!' she thought nervously, 'this can't be happening!'
"Tony, it is a bomb, he set it to go off at the United Nations' Headquarters! I can't read the clock very well, but I don't think we have much time-." Her words became muffled as she felt herself being lifted by a cold, metal hand.
"Wasp… Jan! Come in!" Iron man yelled into his suit's communication system.
"What, what is it?" Hank asked, stepping forward quickly.
"We have two big problems, one, a bomb is set to go off within the United Nations, but we don't know where or when. Two," he paused and gulped, "I think he got Jan, I mean, I don't know for sure, but-"
"No, we have to do something now, split up, anything!" Hank screamed with rage flowing through his veins.
"Ok, Thor and Panther, evacuate the building and try to locate the bomb, the rest of you are with me."
The team silently agreed with a series of nods and split up.
"Hulk, I think you should go in first, smash any robot, wall, anything in your path, lets move!" Cap yelled from behind Tony.
Hulk ran forward, smashing in the door and then everything following it, Hank not too far behind. Cap, Hawkeye, and Iron man ran, with weapons ready, behind them.
While the team moved in, Jan was brought up (by the Doombot,) to Dr. Doom himself. The robot dropped her into a small, bizarre, electric-type cage.
"The infiltrator, sir," it said robotically.
"Thank you my Doombot, and Wasp, what a pleasant surprise." He said with a seemingly cheery expression.
"What is it to you?" she asked with attitude.
"Feisty I see, well my dear, I wouldn't struggle too much, you could get hurt."
"I'll take my chances," she said attempting to grow, "ahhh!" she screamed moving back in pain as electrical impulses ran through her body.
Doom laughed, "I warned you."
She remained silent, as she tried to fire her stings at the top of her prison. 'Nothing,' she sighed. Trying to slip through and pushing didn't make it any easier either.
"Save your breath my dear, you will die in time anyhow…."
She glared at him, wondering what he meant exactly.
"My team won't appreciate that you know," she said smiling slightly.
He realized that she had sent a transmission to her team, but it hadn't fazed him at the least. In fact, it was exactly as he wanted it to happen.
"Hello? " and just as Jan was about to speak up again…
Boom! The door was flung inward towards them. Hulk stepped in smashing another robot with an irritated look on his face. Jan smiled to herself seeing Hank and some of the others not to far behind.
"Lets make this quick, I'm missing my show," Hulk growled. Doom simply smiled once more.
"Bravo, I'm glad to see you have all made it here," he looked at them from left to right, "or most of you at least." Grinning, he pushed a button on his throne, Doombots entered throughout the room. Seeing the team distracted, he turned to Janet. "As much as I'd hate to cut this short, you are no longer of use to me."
She stood up curiously as he pressed yet another button. Pain shot through her body once more, this time with extreme intensity. She screamed as she fell to her knees. A tear fell from her eye as she whispered four lone words, "I love you Hank…" She soon fell to the bottom of the cage without another sound leaving her body.
Hank had heard her screams and witnessed the whole thing, it had happened so fast that he couldn't get to her in time.
"NO!" he yelled across the room, running at doom with size increased to his highest limits. Tears rolled from his eyes, he couldn't hide the emotions any longer, it was too much for him. He lunged towards the monster in front of him, ripping him in half with great force and agony.
To his surprise, the torn man in front of him was not Doom, but a robotic replica.
The team looked up and saw a panting Hank, revert back to his normal size and run to Jan. Their eyes filled with worry and they too ran to see how she was. Hank quickly worked to deactivate the barrier surrounding her body. The team looked onto the false Doom and sighed.
"Damn robots," Hawkeye said with a somewhat comical look on his face.
Just then, a hologram popped up above the torn body.
"So, I see you have defeated my dear creation. No matter, you will not be around to even attempt to defeat me." His cyborg assistant walked up beside him and smiled, "goodbye forever Avengers," he hissed as the message came to a close.
"What does he mean by-" before Clint could finish, an electronic voice sounded throughout the room.
"20 seconds until self destruct, 19, 18."
"Head for the exit!" Cap exclaimed.
"No time," Hulk said smashing through the side wall and running with the others close behind.
Hank was sprinting as fast as he could gently holding the unconscious Wasp in his arms, 'thank god she reverted back to normal height… that is a good sign at least…'
An explosion commenced as the team leapt out of the building into the streets. Hank shielded Jan from the blast and turned away from the others.
"I'm so sorry I let this happen Jan" he looked at her, a tear forming in the corner of his eye. Just then, her eyes fluttered open, realizing what was coming next, she closed them once more. Hank closed his eyes as he said the three most important words a man could possibly say to a woman, "I love you."
She quickly dove upward, arms wrapped around his strong body. She planted a long, tender kiss on his lips. His eyes opened wide with surprise, but quickly closed as he kissed her back, sheltering her in his arms. It lasted a while, but ended with them staring deeply into each other's eyes. She smiled as she said to him…
"I love you too, I always have."
"Well, it is about time," Clint said as the others smiled and Tony clapped. The couple blushed before kissing once more.
Panther and Thor arrived soon after, noticing the two cuddled close together. They smiled and walked towards the others.
"It would seem we had missed much more than we expected to," T'challa said cheerfully.
"I guess so," Thor said in agreement, admiring the happy couple. (He was secretly thinking of Jane…)
"So Jan," Hank said with a huge smile plastered on his face, "how about that movie you were talking about, my treat?"
"Sounds good to me," she matched his smile as they kissed once more. He put her arm around her as they walked towards the theater.
A few hours later, Hank returned to his lab, he smiled at the picture on his desk of him and Jan at a party. Taking a seat next to his computer, he shut it off, 'maybe a break wouldn't be so bad after all.'
Before he could rise to leave the room though, a shadowy figure knocked a chemical off of a shelf in the back of the room. Hank heard the sound, but thought nothing of it, but soon after he started to walk away, the chemical oozed into his unfinished experiment on the bottom shelf.
A strange fume and blue colored smoke began to rise from the shelf. He gasped for air as he was consumed by the strange gas. This chemical reaction left him passed out on the floor of his lab. But as the gas faded, the shadowy figure resumed its activity and placed a strange yellow and black costume over top of the unconscious doctor.
"Prepare yourself…. Yellowjacket…" he hissed, as he slid back into the shadows…
Well, there you have it the conclusion of the first half of my Ant-man and Wasp Fan Fiction! Hank and Jan are finally together… or are they? But who is Yellowjacket, and what about the mysterious "shadow man?" Find out in the next chapter! Please review and subscribe! Thank you!
~Wasp9000~
