Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
A/N: Here's a mass update of every story minus RWBY, sorry to those who wanted that but the Beta is still busy and I have got to the point where I need their help due to that story being their idea.
I hope you have a safe, Merry Christmas, Happy Haunika, Kwanza, or whatever holiday you celebrate and if you're reading this before/on New Year's Eve, I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year.
Beta: Jebest4781, and Chaos-PSD.
Chapter XLV: Yellowjacket.
Last Time.
Vision, now with more tears on his body before falling looked up at Ultron. "I did not fail. I achieved my objective. Your head is now unlocked from your body."
"Unacceptable. Repair in-!"
"Ultron!" Thor yelled before knocking Ultron's head off.
"Good shot," Naruto said to Thor who nodded.
"'Twas satisfying indeed."
Ultron's body then started sparking. "What's his body doing?" Wasp asked before Iron Man cursed.
"Ah, nuts. Ultron's power core, it's going to-!"
BOOM!
Ultron's body explodes, setting the building on fire, having Iron Man creating a shield to protect the others.
"Get out of here!" Naruto yelled, picking Vision up over his shoulder as Thor Wasp, Iron Man carrying Cap, and Ms. Marvel, carrying Hawkeye, flew out.
Naruto then appeared outside with the others as the building continued to burn.
Cap then looked to Vision before speaking. "Vision, you saved all of us. Why? Why did you do it?"
"Ultron created me to be perfect. He thought that meant less human, to be cold and unfeeling. I wish to be perfect, but I believe that means to be more human." Vision replied as the others stared.
Now.
Grayburn College, Hank Pym's lab.
Iron Man, Shinobi, and Wasp are walking the halls of the college before walking into Hank's lab and saw it was very messy. "Wow. Did a gamma bomb go off here? Or does Pym just have the world's worst interns?" Iron Man asked as Naruto looked around.
"No, he's just a slob when focusing on something."
Wasp opened her mouth to talk before they heard Hank. "It's gotta be here somewhere. Found it." They looked to see Hank with messy hair, a five o'clock shadow, and a magnifying device on his head. Hello? Tony. You came. Jan, Naruto? Oh, I'm... I'm not ready to... This doesn't concern you two."
Wasp crossed her arms under her bust. "Nice to see you too, Hank."
"And that's the awkwardness appetizer." Iron Man said walking up to Hank. "What's this little tech miracle you were so hot for me to see?"
"Little, yes." Hank nodded at that. "And huge. It's my next iteration of the Big House. You gotta see this." He said going to a desk to get a circular device.
"That's interesting, but kind of unnecessary now that Hydra Base is online. Besides, the Big House didn't turn out so well last time. Remember?" Iron Man asked as he and the others walked up to Hank.
"But this time, I'm the warden. I will be in control of the prison. I'll make sure nothing goes wrong." Hank said as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "It's not who the warden is Hank, it's if it can be broken into.
"Hank, I was glad to get your call, but to be honest? This is a disaster waiting to happen. When's the last time you slept? Or ate anything besides pizza? And tell me that is not an unshielded quantum annihilator." Iron Man said, noticing the device.
"And much more. This Micro-Prison-"
Iron Man then interrupted him by placing a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, Hank, why not work on this at Stark Tower? It wouldn't hurt for you to be around friends, and in a safer location."
"No! This lab is safe. It's when I'm not there to keep an eye on things that go wrong."
Wasp then raised her hands at that. Easy, Hank. Set down the very dangerous science thingy and talk to us."
Hank turned away at that before speaking. "You know what? This was a bad idea. Why don't you leave?"
"Hank-!"
"Now."
The heroes then leave the room. "It's great to see Pym is doing so well without us." Iron Man said as they walked down the halls.
"Tony, I know Hank didn't leave the Avengers on the best of terms, but... I think he may need help." Wasp said before they heard Hank scream.
BOOM!
The door blew off from an explosion and Iron Man shielded them from the debris and the explosion. "Hank? Are you alright?" Wasp asked as they ran and only saw his magnifying headgear in the fire. "Oh no. Oh no. Hank."
Later Avenger's Mansion.
Every hero was sitting in the backyard as Toy in a suit walked to a podium with a bronze statue of Ant-Man on a molecule behind him. "We didn't come here to remember an Avenger, or a scientist, or a man. We came to remember a dreamer, who gave his life trying to make the world a safer place. Taken from us too soon. We will never forget our friend, Doctor Henry Pym."
Later, everyone broke into a group to talk as Naruto stood with Black Panther and Hawkeye. "Death comes to all eventually." Panther said as Hawkeye rubbed his neck.
"I know. But it's the first time it was one of us. I didn't think it would happen like this."
Naruto then saw Tho walk up to Tony to talk. "'Twas a noble speech, Stark. Worthy of the songs in Valhalla."
"Pepper wrote it. I'm not good with sensitivity. Even though Hank and I didn't always agree, I meant every word."
Wasp walked up to the others at that. "I wish he'd been able to finish what he started. I wish I could have told him-"
"Hank knew how you felt about him," Cap said to the heroine. "He felt the same. It just got lost."
Wasp then walks away to the woods to cry before hearing a voice.
"Miss Van Dyne? My condolences."
She turned to see Nick Fury walking out of the shadows. "Fury?"
"Yeah. Keeping a low profile nowadays. I was hoping to have a word in private with Stark."
Tony then walked up after seeing Fury himself. "Great timing as always, Fury. What do you want?"
"Sorry to be blunt, there's no easy way to say this. The explosion in Pym's lab wasn't an accident." He then hands Tony Stark a destroyed detonator. "It was murder."
Later, Avengers Meeting Room.
The Avengers minus Ms. Marvel sat around the table as Wasp stood with a hologram of the detonator up. "S.H.I.E.L.D. agents found it in the wreckage of the lab. A detonator. Hank was killed."
"Fury happened to see who did it with his good eye?" Hawkeye asked, hand on his chin. "Otherwise, we're hunting blind."
Iron Man then glanced up. "J.A.R.V.I.S.? Scan the device and access Hank's remote backup drives."
"Yes, sir. Most recent file activities were concentrated on the Serpent Society." J.A.R.V.I.S. said as holograms of the Serpent Society came up.
"It had to be them. What are we waiting around for?" Wasp asked, glaring at the hologram.
Captain America leaned forward at that. "According to S.H.I.E.L.D., the Micro-Prison prototype wasn't in the wreckage. You think the Serpents stole it?"
"It's the first thing that makes sense about all this. It's time to show these snakes why we're called the Avengers." Naruto said folding his arms as Iron Man had J.A.R.V.I.S. bring Hank's files on them up.
"Doctor Pym's records show the whereabouts of the Constrictor, somewhere in the vicinity of Yancy Street."
Cap looked at the hologram before speaking. "They're slippery. We don't want them to bolt before they're cornered. Panther, you up for a quiet hunt?"
"What about me?" Wasp asked in a huff.
"Jan, maybe it's too soon. You'll get your chance, I promise, but-"
"But not Naruto?! We took him in!"
"But I can quell my anger. Plus you and Hank were together. If it was Felecia, Shuri, Amora, or Rachel, I'm sure they would keep me from it as well." Naruto explained to her.
Wasp just grunts in anger as she sat down.
Yancy Street, Night.
Captain America, Black Panther, and Shinobi were jumping across rooftops before stopping on one. Captain America looked to Panther before speaking. "This was the last of the safe houses in Pym's files. Anything?"
Black Panther turned his heat tracker on before answering. "Heat traces. Less than five minutes old. We're close."
They then heard a man scream before taking off running.
Down below, the Constrictor was in a tunnel on the ground before looking up to a man in the shadows. "I'll give you whatever you want, just let me go."
"What I want is to see scum like you punished once and for all."
The Constrictor tries attacking with his whips, but the man blasts them with a yellow beam from a pistol he was holding. "Constrictor: Who are you?"
"The name's Yellowjacket." The man said walking into the light.
He's wearing a black mask with yellow antennas and a black overshirt with a golden wasp on it and has sticks up that go over his shoulders and reach the top of his head. He also has a yellow undershirt with black gloves and yellow leggings with black trunks over them and black boots.
Yellowjacket lifted his gun before Captain America knocked it away with his shield. "We'll take over from here, friend," Cap said as he caught his shield.
"Scanning. Energy signature analyzed. Identity unknown." J.A.R.V.I.S. said to the three as Panther used his card to scan Yellowjacket
Yellowjacket looked over to the three. "The Mighty Avengers. You going to scan him into submission?"
"We're certainly not disintegrating him," Naruto said to the man. "My girl may not be with them but I doubt she'd be too keen on them dying."
"Which is exactly why the world needs someone like me, willing to do whatever it takes," Yellowjacket said before lunging at the three.
He threw Cap away and blocked strikes from Naruto and Panther. "Who are you?" Panther asked before Naruto ran up for a punch and had Yellowjacket jump over him.
"Not so fast," Cap said as he reached for his shield.
Only for Yellowjacket to jump on it, having it spring up and hit the hero in the face. "Stings, doesn't it? Maybe it'll help you remember to stay out of my way." Yellowjacket said as he releases robotic bees. "I've got work to do." He finished picking his gun and shot the Constrictor who disappeared.
"No!" Cap yelled out as Wasp flies in and punches Yellowjacket.
"You're gonna be sorry you did that." She said as Yellowjacket flies away. "Hope that wasn't too soon for you guys." She said looking back before flying after Yellowjacket.
Naruto then ran over at that. "Jan, wait!"
Up ahead, Wasp flew behind Yellowjacket. "You think you can get away from me?" She asked before shooting Yellowjacket, who falls on a roof. "Do you realize what you've done? Constrictor was our only lead to finding out who killed Hank."
"So? Pym was the weak link in your little club. You're better off without him."
Wasp blasts Yellowjacket at that. "You don't know anything about him!"
"I knew enough to get rid of the guy."
"What!?" She gasps and blasts Yellowjacket again.
Yellowjacket tries releasing more robotic bees, but Wasp blasts them into dust. "Be careful, little Wasp." She looked to see he was flying. "I have a nasty sting too." He said before firing his own stinger at a water tower, releasing water on Wasp. "You can't stop me." He said before flying as Wasp looked at a robotic bee.
"Hank?"
Avengers Mansion.
"Who is Yellowjacket?" Iron Man asked Wasp
"Is your helmet on too tight? I just told you, Yellowjacket is Hank Pym."
Captain America leaned forward on the table at that. "We heard you, Jan. But it's a tough pill to swallow."
"Not to mention impossible." Iron Man said as Panther rested a hand on his knee.
"Or highly improbable. Compare the scans. Different size, body shape. Even the technology in Yellowjacket's costume carries a different energy signature."
"Could Hank have done that to our scanner though?" Naruto asked. "He did work on the cards and would know how to mess with the scanner, right?"
Iron Man shook his head before looking to Wasp. "Jan, we're all upset about Hank, but think about it. Think about what he did to the Constrictor. Hank was a pacifist. This thug can't possibly be the man we knew."
"I know what I heard, what I felt." She said before walking away.
Outside, Wasp stands next to the Ant-Man statue with Captain America and Naruto walking up.
"You think I'm crazy too?"
"No one thinks you're crazy. We'd all like to believe that Hank isn't gone. But look at the evidence, Jan."
"I know, but if it was him if he somehow altered himself, don't we owe him a chance?"
They stopped as they heard J.A.R.V.I.S. "Pardon me, Avengers. But Yellowjacket has been found. By Thor."
Later, the Avengers fly towards the battle in a Quinjet and see a storm over the city. "Looks like Thor isn't having any better luck than we did."
Hawkeye leaned on the council at that. "He can dodge lightning? Guy knows what he's doing."
"Or he's studied us." Naruto said as he stood and flexed his robotic hand.
"Let's end this. And Jan-" Iron Man stopped as Wasp looked back to him.
"If you tell me to sit this one out, I'll zap you in your stupid metal face."
"I was going to tell you to hit him with everything you've got, no matter who you think he is.
"Oh."
They flew to the building they saw the duo go into and saw Thor throw Mjölnir at Yellowjacket, who blasted it away. "And in the blink of an eye, I'm in control. And you're finished, Thor."
"Impossible," Thor said in disbelief before he charged at Yellowjacket.
"Very possible." Yellowjacket then blasts Thor with his gun, who disappears.
"Thor!"
Yellowjacket nervously looked to the others. "You should have just left me alone! I had it under control!"
Wasp gets behind Yellowjacket. "No, you didn't. You never did. You're not Yellowjacket, you're Hank Pym." She then unmasks Yellowjacket, revealing Hank.
"Hank, you need help."
"Me? I just shut down an Asgardian. You said I wasn't tough enough. Looks like I'm tougher than all of you." Hank said before pointing his gun at Hawkeye who drew an arrow. "Don't even, Clint! I mean it. None of you can stop me."
"He can't shoot all of us at once.
Wasp tried to calm everyone down at that. "He doesn't know what he's doing. Please, just stop it, Hank."
"Hank Pym is dead."
"Sorry, you feel that way, Yellowjacket." Iron Man said as both he and Hank blast each other, causing a blinding light.
The light disappears and only a spinning Micro-Prison remains.
Inside the molecules of the disc, Naruto saw the Microverse as they all stood inside the subatomic dimension spins the massive structure of the micro-prison.
Suddenly, Thor lands nearby revealing he was OK. Hank walks up revealing he didn't kill anyone. He explains that his pistol put anything it shot into the micro-prison. He points out they are now trapped because of them. Hawkeye realizes they are trapped inside the gun.
Iron Man walks around the prison and finds King Cobra, Bushmaster, Rattler, Death Adder, Anaconda, and Constrictor all locked away in cells tied to the back wall unable to move. Iron Man turns to Hank and tries to remind him that he used to try to rehabilitate criminals. Hank just dons his mask claiming that he is everything Pym couldn't be.
Wasp tried to talk to Hank only for the whole place to start to shake. The Avengers try to steady themselves and Yellowjacket wonders what is going on. Iron Man scans and finds that the Pym Particles are unstable at this size. And the prison is shrinking but not the people in it. He realizes that the place will crush them.
Yellowjacket points out that the pistol is the gateway and without it, there is no way out. Iron Man orders him to fix it. He claims he is just someone in a clown suit who wants to fight, but they need someone who uses their brain. Yellowjacket looks down to see Wasp holding his hand. He looks at her as she says they need Hank Pym. Another tremor rocks the place. Iron Man steadies himself while Yellowjacket holds Wasp.
The Avengers look around as the place begins to crumble. In their cells, the Serpent Society looks around. Electricity courses through the prison destroying some machinery. Just then the cell doors go out and the Serpent Society escapes. The Avengers ready themselves as they see their enemy around them.
They try to reason with King Cobra that they need to work together to get out. They can either team up or all die. King Cobra orders his team to attack and fires missiles out of his chest. Captain America orders the Avengers to assemble then uses his shield to block one missile. Behind him, Black Panther leaps forward with Naruto.
Yellowjacket protects Wasp while Iron Man flies forward. However, the armored Avenger is grabbed by Constrictor who slams him into a wall. Wasp runs forward and fires at Death Adder, but is grabbed from behind by Anaconda. She lifts Wasp into the air who struggles then shrinks and escapes.
Captain America runs towards King Cobra to Naruto who uses his staff to hit him in the head. Black Panther leaps over Death Adder's tail then wonders where Hank is as he dodges another swipe. Yellowjacket claims that Hank can't come to the rescue. He blasts Constrictor who has tangled up Iron Man. Just then Yellowjacket and Iron Man are knocked across the room as the prison spins around as part of itself is crushed.
Thor struggles as the room turns. A beam slams him aside. He lands and pushes the beam aside. Behind him, Rattler slams his tail into the ground and fires. The energy courses through the floor. As it nears Thor, the Avenger slams Mjölnir down and sends the energy and more back to Rattler who is knocked back.
Hawkeye watches but is punched by Bushmaster. He falls and the snake readies his arm blades. He dodges a slash and reminds the villain about priorities. Bushmaster ignores him while slamming his tail to the ground forcing Hawkeye to dodge. The archer steps on the tail and is lifted. He fires an arrow that turns to a net to capture him.
Black Panther and Death Adder run while dodging debris. Death Adder takes a swipe at Black Panther who rolls to dodge. Just then a large piece of the ceiling collapses. Black Panther runs underneath but it lands on Death Adder's tail. Black Panther turns to see his opponent trapped. As Death Adder struggles to pull his tail out, Black Panther runs up and punches him out.
Wasp then tells the team that they need to quickly change into problem-solving mode. Iron Man explains that the prison is about to implode into a singularity. If they don't escape soon they will die. Hawkeye points out that he is a genius. Iron Man replies that not in this field. Just then Constrictor grabs Wasp.
He grabs her arms and threatens to pull them off if he moves any closer. Captain America pulls Yellowjacket back as Constrictor threatens to do it anyway. Yellowjacket grabs some insects and lets them go. They fly around Constrictor's head creating a cloud so he drops Wasp. Yellowjacket blasts him once she is clear.
He grabs her and she wonders if it's Hank. He lifts his mask revealing it is and the two embrace. However, the walls continue closing in and there isn't much room left. The halls begin shrinking into nothingness. Thor runs up and struggles to keep the halls from collapsing. Hank walks to Black Panther and asks if he has the ID card with the scan from before. Black Panther hands it over and he pulls it apart.
Hank then asks for access to Iron Man's chest reactor. Iron Man asks him to hold off. Hank quickly explains that he built the prison so only his biological signature could access it. He needs to route Black Panther's scan of him through Iron Man's reactor so they can get out. Black Panther points out that the reactor is keeping Tony's heart going and if something happens he could die. Iron Man replies that if they don't try they will all die.
He opens up his chest piece and Hank plugs the card in. He warns Iron Man that this could hurt. The leader thanks Hank for the warning. Hank warns them all to hang on. Captain America braces against the incoming walls. Hawkeye and Naruto start to push against Thor and the walls. Black Panther grabs Iron Man's hand as Hank finishes plugging in the card.
The reactor charges up and Hank nods to Iron Man. Wasp hugs Hank from behind. They are then engulfed in light as the walls close in on them completely.
Back in the warehouse, the disc lights up. Everyone then appears to have left the prison. They all sigh in relief.
Avengers Mansion.
Yellowjacket without his mask looked at his statue. "Hmm. Not a bad likeness."
Naruto and Wasp walked up to him at that. "We'll have to take it back down."
"You should leave it. Ant-Man is gone, that's the past."
Iron Man walked up to the group before speaking. "I think we spent too long wanting you to be someone you weren't, instead of appreciating who you were."
Hank looked to Iron Man before speaking. "You want an Avenger who gets the job done right, here I am."
"Hank Pym is welcome back to the team any time. That's who we want."
"I told ya. The name's Yellowjacket." Hank said, pulling his mask up before walking away.
"Tony?"
Iron Man looked to Wasp and shook his head. "Absolutely not."
"He's your friend." She said as he sighed.
"Was. Yellowjacket is crazy as a hornets' nest, and a loose cannon to boot."
"I've been an Avenger from day one. I've always been a happy camper. I've never asked you for anything, Tony Stark, but I'm asking now. Take Hank back. We need him. I need him." Wasp said as Iron Man sighed before they heard J.A.R.V.I.S.
"Pardon me, sir. But the New York Police Department is reporting a throng of "Mole People" spilling from Madison Square Garden. And I don't believe there was a game today."
Yellowjacket then turned to them. "Bet I'd bag more Mole People than you do, Stark." He then flies away at that.
"Wait, what? Yellowjacket!" Iron Man said as he chased after Yellowjacket.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Thanks for reading and let me know of any mistakes.
Beta: Jebest4781, and Chaos-PSD.
Here's a mass update of every story minus RWBY, sorry to those who wanted that but the Beta is still busy and have got to the point where I need their help due to that story being their idea.
I hope you have a safe, Merry Christmas, Happy Haunika, Kwanza, or whatever holiday you celebrate and if you're reading this before/on New Year's Eve, I hope you have a safe and Happy New Year.
Nothing else to say.
Talk To You Later,
Lone Wolf Out.
