Hank brought Emily into a room in which lawyers talk to their clients and Hank sat down in a chair and Emily sat in another chair and Hank touched his ear for a second before speaking
"So you didn't call me a liar or anything once I spoke about an ant-size hero, I'm very glad you believe me Emily Jean" Hank said as Emily chuckled at shrugged at him
"As I said before, we have a God and a Hulk around here.. Ant-Sized Hero sounds neat" She spoke and Hank grinned at her and crossed his fingers together looking at her
"I used to own a company, before I was voted out by the people that worked for me.. My apprentice Darren Cross took over the company with my daughter Hope and he has been working on a project.. One that makes you the size of an ant.." Hank started and Emily nodding understanding him
"But he wants to use this project for the wrong reasons, he wants to sell the ant-size armor to the wrong people.. When I made my suits I did it for the right reasons and the only people that were allowed to use my armor was my wife and I" He spoke softly and sadly when mentioning his wife and Emily noticed that and knew something had happen, she felt bad for him in that moment
"My wife died while in action and I never wore the suit again.. Cross is close to copying my project and close to succeeding now, I need your boyfriend's help in making sure he doesn't win.. I need your help to encourage and help him as well" Hank spoke and Emily sat there in silence at first and leaned back on her chair
"How can I be sure to trust you?" She asked, unsure about this man at first until he chuckled at her
"I've watched you and your boyfriend, You're a very skilled fighter and your boyfriend is a good criminal.. I think you guys can do it and get the job done.. Plus this is a second chance for your boyfriend.. To prove he's right for you and a good father to his daughter, that you guys can have a life together" He whispered to her and she frowned at first but knowing he was right
"You remind me of my daughter as well, besides the fact that you're more soft-spoken" Hank winked and Emily chuckled at him
"Does that mean I'm a member of the family?" She joked at him and he smiled and shrugged at him
"If you want to join" He said and she thought for a moment before she nodded and Hank clapped his hands together "Great, now we need Scott" He said as he waved over the police guard to tell him to bring in Scott as Emily sat there for a second and Hank noticed she was tense
"You're not upset with him are you?" He asked her suddenly as Emily looked down and shrugged at him
"I'm not upset with him, I guess I'm just disappointed with him.. He could have found another way to get the money but.. It's Scott what can I expect?" She asked him as Hank frowned and shook his head
"If anything blame me for this, but I need Scott.. Before the world is in danger and Cross finishes the Yellow Jacket.. I'm not sure even The Avengers can stop him if he gets The Yellow Jacket.. But to be honest I also need you as well" He said as Emily looked over at him, confused
"Why me?" He asked as Hank thought for a moment
"You've trained fighters, You can help train Scott... I also want you to be his back-up.. Incase things don't go according to plan.. I want you to wear the suit if Scott can't get the job done" Hank said as Emily's eyes widen at the sudden confession and the door opened as Scott was pushed into the room, once the door closed Scott looked at Hank before looking at Emily, she knew his eyes said something as he tried moving towards her.. He regretted it because he knew he possibly blew it when it came to a future with her
"I told you I'd be in touch, Scott. I'm starting to think that you prefer the inside of a jail cell." Hank said dryly as Scott narrowed his eyes at him as he tried going towards Emily
"Em, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to do it again.." He said as Hank shook his head at Scott
"Maggie was right about you.." He said as Scott frowned as he took a seat near Hank and Emily
"How do you know?" He whispered as Hank nodded at Emily and then Scott
"The way she's trying to keep you away from Cassie. The moment things get hard, you turn right back to crime. The way I see it, you have a choice. You can either spend the rest of your life in prison or go back to your cell and await further instructions." Hank said as Emily noticed that Scott was looking at her the whole time, she leaned towards him and whispered "Just do what he says? Okay Scotty?" She asked as he nodded but confused as he looked at Hank
" I don't understand." He whispered as Hank shrugged at him
"No, I don't expect you to. But you don't have many options right now. Quite frankly, neither do I. Why do you think I let you steal that suit in the first place?" Hank said as both Emily and Scott understood, Scott placing the pieces together on how he found out about the suit and Emily knowing that Hank needed them the whole time, he needed Scott and Emily to stop Cross and save the world
" Second chances don't come around all that much. So next time you think you might see one I suggest you take a real close look at it" He said as he stood up and looked at Emily
"I'll wait for you in the car" He told Emily as she nodded, Hank left the room as the door closed Scott frowned as he went towards his girlfriend
"I'm so sorry this happened Em, it shouldn't have been the last resort but it happened.. Please don't leave" Scott said, he was afraid of her leaving him this time.. He knew she shouldn't be involved with him.. But he loved her so much, he wanted his future and he wanted her in it.
"I know Scotty, but you just have to listen to Hank now.. We'll get through this I promise" She whispered as he grabbed her hand and kissed it as the officers came in and dragged him back to his cell as she walked out and wished Paxton a goodnight and found Hank's car nearby and opened the door and sat in the passenger's seat and Hank looked over at her
"Don't be upset with him, if anything it's my fault.. I'm the one who started it" Hank said as Emily sighed and nodded before Hank noticed that Scott had put on the suit and had grew small and smirked as he started to drive the car away from the station and into the highway to his house
"Smart choice. You actually listened for once" He said as he noticed Scott didn't know what to do as he told Scott to head outside and Emily looked at the screen and knew an ant was carrying it, it was truly amazing
" Okay. Where to now?" Scott asked as he was looking around and saw there was really nowhere to escape as Hank nodded and touched his ear for a moment
"Hang tight." He said as the camera started looking like it was running and Emily saw Scott in costume and saw multiple ants around him, Scott started freaking out
"Scott, stop freaking out they're just Ants" Emily said as Scott looked frighten "They're huge! Try being this size and looking at them Em!" He said as he moved back until his back hit the stair "Get back, get back, get back!" He said until Hank looked annoyed
"Scott, these are my associates." He said as Emily saw the Ant that was carrying the camera was now facing Scott as Scott groaned
"Huh? You got a camera on an ant? Yeah, sure, why not? Where's the car?" Scott said as Emily chuckled at him "We're gone.. I think you'll have these little things helping you" She said as Hank nodded
" No car, we've got wings. Incoming!" He said as Emily and Hank watched as a flying Ant made it's way down and was in front of Scott as Emily was excited
"Wow! This is so cool" She said as Hank chuckled at the girl's excitement but Scott was the opposite of it
"Are you ki… ? How safe's this… ?" Scott asked unsure about this.. Maybe he should have stayed in prison..
"Get on the damn ant Scott! You need to get out of there" Emily ordered as Hank was surprised about Emily's comment and Scott was frighten but kinda into it at the same time as he was flying past the police borders that they set up and was flying into cars and even Emily was getting dizzy keeping track
"Scott do not throw up in my helmet!" He said as he was commanded 2-47 to fly higher as Scott was getting more dizzy and dizzy
"Yeah, I'm getting a little light… it's funny… hit me, and…" he whispered as he fell off the Ant as Emily's eyes widen
"Come on... Save him I can't lose him" She told Hank as he commanded the ant to fly as much as it could before he caught Scott just before he hit the floor
"Oh thank god" Emily whispered as Hank placed a hand on her shoulder
"I won't let anything happen to him, not on my watch" Hank promised as Emily sighed in relief as she actually hugged the older man "Thank you so much.. Thank you" She whispered as the man chuckled and hugged her back
"Would you like some tea?" Hank asked as Emily nodded and Hank touched his ear as Emily gave him a look and he raised his hand in defense "They're clean, they haven't been anywhere bad" He said as she chuckled as she was placing butter on her toast and the door opened for a moment and closed and a girl with short hair walked in, she was confused once spotting Emily and Hank nodded
"Hope, This is Emily Jean.. She's not gonna be the one in the suit.. But her boyfriend Scott Lang whose in the room sleeping, so if you could please check up on him" He said as Hope looked at Emily and snorted as she walked over to Scott's room and Hank sighed
"My daughter and I haven't been on good terms, but I've tried doing what's best for her.." He said as Emily frowned "What happened?"
"Her mother died in a plane crash, it was a difficult time for her and I but I pushed her away.. Went on to doing my work with Shield.. Despite my co-worker Doctor Mary Hunter's pleas to go back home and spend time with my daughter.. But I guess I needed to be distracted" He said as Emily looked down and nodded
"Maybe you should talk to her, probably talk about what happened" She said as Hank gave a small smile and nodded before Hope returned and she sat near Emily and Hank as Hope looked at Emily for a moment
"So what do you do?" Hope asked Emily, the raven-hair girl was relaxed
"I was trained as a MMA fighter and a boxer, So I've trained people in the gym.. Trained some professionals in my time" She said politely as Hope was actually impressed with the black-hair girl
"That's pretty good, I've trained in martial arts since I was little" Hope said as Emily actually smiled at her
"Maybe we should spar one day, I've haven't had a good fighting partner in a long time and Scott's pretty lousy when it comes to throwing punches.. Doesn't punch hard" Emily chuckled as Hope actually cracked a smile before getting up and walking towards the room Scott was in and Emily had a drink of her tea and sighed softly
"Don't be nervous, you two will do great.." Hank said encouraging her as she bit her lip and soon she saw Hope coming back and a few moments Scott following
"I've believe you met my daughter Hope.. She thinks you can't get the job done" He said as Hope narrowed her eyes at her father
"That's because he can't.. Hell probably Emily can get the job done because she has the fighting experience, Scott only knows how to rob" Hope said as Hank narrowed his eyes at her
"She's a little bit anxious. It has to do with this job, which, judging by the fact that you're sitting opposite me, I take it that you're interested in? Both of you?" He asked as Emily nodded and Scott was a bit unsure
"What job?" He asked as Hank picked up the tea-pot "Would you like some tea?" He asked as Scott nodded and he poured the tea as Hank spoke again
"I was very impressed how you broke in and freezing the metal, it's a smart thing to do.. Along with Emily's fighting skills I think we will have a good duo and we'll able to get our mission done" Hank said as Emily nodded and Scott nodded alongside her as Hank looked at Scott
"You want Sugar?" He asked as Scott nodded and he touched his ear and Scott and Emily watched as the Ants were moving the sugar and both were confused on how he could do it
"How can you do that? It's very cool" Emily said as Hank grinned that Emily took intrest in it " I use electromagnetic waves to stimulate their olfactory nerve center. I speak to them. I can go anywhere, hear anything, and see everything." Hank said as Hope snorted and got up
"And still know absolutely nothing. I'm late to meet Cross" She got up as she left and Emily frowned and Scott raised his head and Emily chuckled at her boyfriend as Hank sighed
"You can put down your hand.. What Scott?"
"Sorry, I just have one question. Who are you? Who is she? What the hell's going on and can I go back to jail now?" He asked as Hank got up
"Come with me" He said as Emily and Scott got up and followed Hank to a lab, Emily and Scott stood there hand in hand before Hank started explaining
"Twenty years ago I created a formula that altered atomic relative distance.. I learned how to change the distance between atoms, that's what powers the suit, that's why it works." He started to explain as Scott was confused for a moment before nodding and Emily somewhat getting it as they let Hank speak
" But it was dangerous. It was too dangerous. So I hid it from the world. And that's when I switched gears and I started my own company." Hank said as Emily nodded
"Pym Tech"
"You are correct Emily, I took on a young protégé called Darren Cross." He spoke as Scott nodded remembering hearing that name "He's a big deal"
" But before he was a big deal he was my assistant. I thought I saw something in him, a son I never had perhaps. He was brilliant, but as we became close he began to suspect that I wasn't telling him everything. He heard rumors about what was called the Pym Particles, and he became obsessed with recreating my formula. But I wouldn't help him so he conspired against me and he voted me out of my own company." He said sadly as Emily was confused
"How did it happen?" She asked as Hank looked up at her
" The board's chairman is my daughter, Hope. She was the deciding vote. But she came back to me when she saw how close Cross was to cracking my formula. The process is highly volatile. What isn't protected by a specialized helmet can affect the brain's chemistry. I don't think Darren realizes this, and you know, he's not the most stable guy to begin with." Hank said as Scott nodded
"So, what do you want from us?" He asked Hank as he turned to Scott
"Scott, I believe that everyone deserves a shot at redemption. Do you?" He asked as Scott nodded "I do.. I mean if I didn't I don't even think Em would be here with me now"
"If you can help me, I promise I can help you be with your daughter again and for you to start your life with Emily. Now are you ready to redeem yourself?" He asked as Scott nodded as he was eager
"Absolutely. My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are done. What do you want me to do?" He said as he intertwined his fingers with Emily as he was ready.. Finally they could have a life together until he frowned and Emily chuckled at Hank's next words
"I want you to break into a place and steal some shit"
Author's Note:
I'm back! I've been suffering from a concussion and I've been writing little by little.
I gave a little nod to My first OC Mary Hunter and mentioned her as she was a founding member of Shield alongside Howard and Peggy.
Review!
Next Chap:
Training with Scott.
Scott's first mission in The Avengers Base gets him in trouble with a certain Falcon as Emily cheers on her boyfriend.
Emily and Hope bonding.
