Chapter 10

Hank glanced at Scott and Sirus who lay on the couches, they had recovered for the most part but were taking things slowly. Sirus had recovered exceptionally quickly thanks to SHIELD healing salve that he had stashed away. Taking a sip of root beer, he turned his attention over to Hope and Rebecca who seemed to be talking about something of grand importance. Women. He thought.

"Yo Hank – you still there?" asked Sirus grinning cheekily.

"Yeah I am, why?" He replied looking up from the coffee table.

"Oh nothing I just wanted to see if you heard Scott's comment." He smirked.

Scott's face remained expressionless as he took a sip of root beer. Hank eyed them both suspiciously then rolled his eyes. They were probably up to something immature and no doubt trying to annoy him.

"Shoot me." He grumbled.

"No one is shooting anyone!" Declared Hope firmly placing a large bowl of fries on the table.

Rebecca followed bringing a plate of fried chicken strips and took a seat next to Hope and the two women resumed talking. Sirus smiled as he watched Rebecca drawing close to Hope, perhaps she would change. Hanks phone chirped.

"Looks like we are up!" He said jumping up.

Scott looked deflated as he reached for a handful of fries. Sirus grabbed the chicken and bit into it.

"Ah its hotiburnedmytongue!" he said quickly grabbing for his can, swallowing a large sip.

"That's because I just took them off you daft." Rebecca said shaking her head, wondering Sirus would ever learn.

Sirus ignored her as he tried again getting the same results. This time Hope joined in the snickering. Hank returned giving them all puzzled looks,

"I. Said. We. Are. Up!"

Scott and Hope jumped up, Sirus and Rebecca followed them as they went down into Hank's basement. Just a week ago Sirus and Rebecca had been let in on the Ant-man secret. Both Rebecca and Sirus had taken the news well, unlike Luis. Working with SHIELD in a world that dealt with enhanced people, aliens from other worlds and men who would stop at nothing to destroy the world, Ant-man was a piece of cake to digest. They stood around a large table watching as Hank brought up images of the Hydra agent.

"He reached out to his colleagues just a few minutes ago, I was able hack into the phone and record the whole conversation. Out intruder is planning to escape via a Hydra sub."

"Sub?" Asked Rebecca curiously, "that is not my ideal escape route."

"Well apparently we aren't the only ones on their trail – " Said Hank hesitantly glancing rather nervously at the two ex-SHIELD agents, "SHIELD has been tracking him as well, however their methods are quite different to mine and has only made it difficult for us."

"Okay – so we have SHIELD and Hydra in play, that is going to be one heck of a gunfight." Said Sirus looking skeptical.

"Look all we need to do is recover the vial then SHIELD can take custody of him. The last thing we need is to have those meddling fools finding the vial and then come investigating Pym Tech, I won't have it."

Hope spoke for the first time, "So we are all going to nab him?"

"That's another complication, it seems he's reached out to more Hydra agents, those goons who you guys um – killed, they have a facility 5 hours away, now from what I can gather SHIELD is on their way as we speak, lucky for us them being stationed in New York it will take them some time to get here!"

"I'll contact Kurt we are going to need someone to give us eyes." Said Scott reaching for his phone.

"If this is going to be a break and bust mission, a car isn't going to work." Said Hope, "I can fly and Scott can summon Antony 2 but what about them two?"

"About that!" smirked Sirus.

"May I present you the new Quinn Jet." He said flicking on a switch in a dark room.

"You have a Quinn Jet?" Said Hope in disbelief.

"Yeah I do", he pressed a button and instantly the jet appeared. They had been working on while Sirus had been recovering, well Rebecca had under his careful instructions. Sirus checked the fuel gauges and told them he'd fill them up.

"Wheels up in ten." He announced running a systems check.

"You managed to steal a Quinn Jet?" Asked Hank eying the large craft.

"I prefer merely borrowing Mr. Pym but if makes you feel better I did get permission." He said winking.

Hank walked off to quickly go to the bathroom. Scott and Hope both stood near the ramp of the Quinn Jet talking while Rebecca ran to the armory. She had a score to settle with the Hydra scum. She grabbed anything she could get her hands on and filled two large bags one for herself the other for her brother. It would be important that they didn't leave a trial for S.H.I.E.L.D so stealth along with minimal damage was in order. Kurt arrived carrying a laptop in his bag.

Scott looked at Hope, her suit looked amazing it fit her body perfectly. They were going on their first mission together and it excited him. She was very capable but he still couldn't help but feel anxious for her. Hope must have sensed his uneasiness.

"I'll be fine Scott!" She said reassuringly, "besides I'll Rebecca watching my back if things go south."

"I know its just – I don't want to lose you – " He said simply his expression sadden as he wondering if he could live on without her.

Rebecca told Kurt she wanted to ask him something to do with some technology thing she had been messing around with. Hank was nowhere in sight and Sirus was busy staring that controls. Scott couldn't help but wonder if Rebecca and Sirus had premeditated the who thing.

"Hope I – " Scott swallowed hard "you know how I told you I loved you? And I told you I'd wait patiently?" his heart was racing.

"Yes Scott I remember." She said blushing madly.

She is so cute when she blushes. He thought, "Um well I've been meaning to ask you – but the timing hasn't been right and – it might not be right – " He stammered nervously.

"Just ask me Lang!" She said smirking, "you are starting to sound like Luis when he is blabbering about something."

"Hope would you be my girlfriend?" He asked. Gah here comes the bad news.

"Yes Scott – I would love to!" She exclaimed they neared each other and embraced.

"I um never got to proper do you the honor." He said nervously, Hope giggled.

He leaned in and his lips met hers it was a short but passionate kiss. Laughter exploded behind them. Scott pulled back smiling into Hope's beautiful eyes that seemed to melt his heart. They turned to see Sirus laughing, shaking his head. Scott gave him an icy glare and Sirus gave them a sheepish look that seemed to say, about-time. Scott turned to see Rebecca dancing some sort of victory dance, a startled but smiling Kurt and an angry, fuming Hank, whose face was raging.

"I told you brother! I told you'd help me." Rebecca shouted, smirking at her dumbfounded brother

"Gah." Sirus grumbled, "alright wheels up."

"Ladies and gentle please fasten your seatbelts and enjoy your flight." Sirus burst out laughing. Rebecca merely rolled her eyes and her brothers antics.

Scott and Hope sat next to each other, smiling and gazing at each other. Their feelings were open now, but there would still be a long way to go. Walls still needed to be torn down but it was progress. Hank stood glaring at the couple, he turned to glare at Sirus and Rebecca who he knew had a hand in this, regardless if Sirus had been unaware of his sister's scheme.

"Alright, so Becca you just hit this switch and we will use the jet engines, seeing that we have a miniature runway that will suffice. However, if there is no runway, or if possible we switch to propeller blades." Sirus explained as he increased the speed of the jet. It lurched forward through the darkly lit runway, ahead daylight could be seen.

Within a few moments they were airborne and cloaked. Rebecca watched the large, rolling clouds and took out her camera and took a series of shots that she would later mess around with to create cool affects. Sirus had the ship levelled and was busy drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, while watching the landscape below him. Sirus wasn't sure if he dared to glance behind him and see what the others were doing. He did it anyway, Kurt seemed to preoccupy himself not daring to look at Scott and Hope. He glanced at Hank who was glaring at Scott and Hope with such an intense expression it could make milk curd. Sirus smirked at Hank's immature behavior. He turned around before Hank gave both Rebecca and Sirus and menacing look.

"Get your feet off the dash!" Growled Sirus making a shooing motion.

Rebecca smirked at him but complied, not before allowing them to rest for a few minutes longer. They were soon close in the proximity that Sirus took over the controls to look for a suitable place to land the jet. Forest filled the ground and he doubted he would be able to find a place to land, which was fine they could do an airdrop, but that meant risking detection, and while the shields had been upgraded, the armor reinforced he held no illusion that they would last against against heavy anti-air fire. No they wouldn't last a minute under such conditions.

"Find a place to set her down?" asked Rebecca quietly.

A shake from his head indicated he hadn't found one yet, then he suddenly banked to the left and grinned at her.

"Found one Becky." He said, "land this thing?" he turned the controls over to her.

Rebecca gripped the wheel. She flipped on the propeller engines and turned off the roaring engines and soon it didn't sound like they were in the air. She felt her arms shake from the nerves pulsing through her body. She had landed the jet a few times, but she wasn't confident that she would be able to land it. I'm going to get us all killed. She screamed inwardly.

"You've got this." Sirus's voice penetrated her fears, he had known.

She took a deep breath, banishing her thoughts as she concentrated on landing the aircraft. She began to pull downwards the jet slowly lowered until it hit the ground. Sirus grinned and gave her an approving nod.

"Alright, the facility is up ahead." Said Kurt addressing the team "so far I can only hack the compound cameras, which means once you are inside I won't be able to direct you."

"That's fine, once we are inside I can upload a Trojan which will allow you to access the mainframe, from there onwards you can hack into the camera feeds and aid us." Said Rebecca flashing a thumb drive.

"I will keep an eye out for SHIELD personnel as well as potential Hydra reinforcements." Said Sirus assembling a Blackhawk sniper rifle.

"We don't want to kill them." Pointed out Hank, "If we leave dead bodies SHIELD will be aware of a third party."

"Icers!" Shouted Rebecca, "we can use Icers, they won't kill the subject but they will be stunned and knocked unconscious." Explaining her outburst.

Sirus nodded his head chambering a long mag of Icers into his rifle. Rebecca frowned as she grabbed two SHIELD Icer handguns, along with a dozen extra clips, she was tempted to bring a combat knife.

"Here" Said Sirus handing her a familiar blade, "use it as a last resort"

Rebecca mouthed a thank you before strapping it to her back. Hank and Kurt would remain in the ship while Sirus would find a suitable hide where he could observe the activity on the compound. If – no when SHIELD turned up they would decimate the compound with machinegun fire before landing four tactical teams and storm the building at, at least four different locations, standard SHIELD breech and destroy procedure. EVA was tasked to fly the plane back to base if things went south. The AI had protested but after a stern command it complied. It was twilight when they finally reached the end of the woods, a small hill lay between them and the compound. Sirus found a perfect hide which allowed him to remain in the foliage but keep an eye on the compound and the sky. Sirus nestled down before flipping on his night-vision on his scope and peered through the lens, this was going to be a long evening.

Scott, Hope and Rebecca hurried up to the large fence that remained between them and the large gray complex. Scott shrunk down and using his enhanced strength broke the rusty padlock. He reappeared shortly only to shrink back down again, this time Hope joined him. Rebecca flipped on her covert OP glasses and could see Scott and Hope nearing the compound. She was to assist Hope if things turned ugly, this being her first field mission in a suit. She watched as two Hydra soldiers walked past, the posture was slacking, they didn't expect anyone to be coming or did they? Surely with all the resources they would be aware that SHIELD was coming for them or had their pride made them blind? Either way Rebecca didn't care as long as they got what they came from.

"Two of them heading toward you." She heard Sirus mutter through her earpiece.

"Copy." She said and she sprinted to take shelter in a shed that stood situated halfway between the large buildings and the fence. As she neared she caught sight of the two soldiers strolling towards the fence line. They didn't seem nervous or aware of the breech, it was as if they were tasked to do the same boring task. As they passed Rebecca's position she watched as they both dropped, she had briefly seen the nozzle of a barrel flash but no sound. She assumed that Sirus knew there was no one who had potentially seen the shot.

"Clear!"

Rebecca sprinted towards the door and noticed it slightly ajar, Scott and Hope would be waiting inside for her. She opened it quietly and slipped in shutting it softly behind her.

"Ah Rebecca, nice for you to finally join us." Smirked Scott proud to have managed to beat her to the building.

"Well if secrecy wasn't required I'd have beaten you here." She retorted.

"Let's not argue." Kurt's voice said calmly.

"I've lost visual of you guys but I've already wiped the footage of your entry and the dropping of the two guards." He continued.

Finding where Hydra kept their servers was going to be tough. Scott ran off in search for the Hydra agent and the vial while Hope and Rebecca searched for a computer or somewhere they could upload the Trojan and get eyes on the building. Heavy footsteps approached them, Rebecca levelled her gun but at that moment a man came hurtling towards her, he slammed into the ground, knocked out cold. Hope appeared a smile spread across her face. Rebecca relaxed as they hurried on. They cleared many rooms finding the majority of the rooms empty, they had little time left until they would be spotted by patrols or a camera depicting their whereabouts. They soon came across a room which held a large server, Rebecca hurried over and drove the thumb drive into one of the open ports and began to upload the Trojan.

"Trojan is in place." She said pressing her hand to her eyepiece.

"Good, accessing camera now" Came Kurt's voice, "Hmm it seems our Hydra agent is on the top floor, maybe thirty or so around him and two dozen stand between you and that floor. I advise caution and speed." Kurt's voice was now worried.

They hurried up to the next floor.

Sirus glanced up from his scope resting his eyes for a moment before bring it to his eye again. So far there was no sign of suspicion or compromise and he was glad, he would've opted for the mission himself but he was still recovering from his wounds and his sister would not have him out in full combat just yet. The stars were shinning brightly in the heavens and he turned to peer up into the sky, he saw faint green lights flashing briefly against the black night.

"Oh crap" he said before pressing his earpiece, "SHIELD is inbound to join the party, I estimate maybe ten minutes"

A burst a machinegun fire, followed with the whoosh as rockets began to fly into the incoming aircraft erupted, splitting the silence

"Make that two!" he said watching intently his finger resting on the trigger.

Upstairs smoke filled the corridor as Rebecca stormed up the flight of stairs. Hope had gone first to scout ahead and Rebecca and followed shortly behind using her weapons to drop any Hydra scum. She felt anger weld up inside her. Control – must have control. She found herself saying calmly. She fired off another burst of bullets as, submachine-gun and assault rifles joined the fight. Hope was appearing and disappearing landing blows against their attackers. It was quite a sight to see and Rebecca couldn't help smirk that Hope was dressed in the same colours as Scott. She had seen that the suit had two colours, yellow and black and the Ant-man colours. It just so happened that she also disliked the colour yellow immensely and was thankful that Hope wasn't using it.

"SHIELD is deploying their strike teams, it appears however Hydra has brought along extra assets" Came Sirus's deep voice, a hint of concern could be detected.

"Great!" She replied sarcastically as she quickly checked that the coast was clear.

"May I suggest allowing SHIELD to infiltrate the building and draw Hydra personnel away from our target making our job easier?" Spoke up Kurt.

Rebecca weighed the risks up. She wasn't sure what SHIELD's objective was but whatever it was, it was their best chance of recovering the vial quickly as well as their best possible escape route would require their assistances even if they were ignorant of their aid. Rebecca motioned Hope to follow her as they would find a secluded area to hide until the SHIELD teams swept through. They didn't have to wait long as the sound of heavy boots pounding the stairwell were indicators that the fight was about to get a whole lot harder. The sound of gunfire erupted everywhere, bullets tore through the building, tearing through glass, wood and the thin walls. Rebecca sat trusting Kurt's instructions that it was now clear to go. Hope went first, being nearly invisible she would be able to knock out any lingering Hydra or SHIELD soldier.

"Go, go, go!" Kurt's voice yelled through the com, clearing he was highly strung, "SHIELD has cleared this floor and those men in your way, proceed to elevator shaft."

Rebecca ran while Hope flew ahead, scanning as she went. Hope was enjoying herself, her suit proved to be reliable and she enjoyed her enhanced strength and the sensation of being able to fly. A bullet whizzed past her, clearly whoever had shot it was unaware of her presence, she flew up to him and landed a blow in his jaw causing him to jerk back instantly, she landed another jab followed by a swift kick, dropping the man, she warped out of her small size.

"That was impressive." Said Rebecca walking beside them.

A man appeared, carrying a hefty gun, "Don't you move!" he barked.

Hope froze momentarily in fear. Suddenly he flew backwards as if he'd been hit by a truck. Scott appeared landing two swift punches before shrinking back down continuing his attack. It was over in a matter of seconds.

"You're welcome." He said reappearing.

Hope gave him a nod. An explosion rocked the building causing them all to lose their balance. Scott gave a worried look, that didn't sound good. They hurried, there was little else the could do but either abandon the mission, let Hydra escape with the vial, get investigated by SHIELD or finish this once and for all. They opted for the latter.