***Avengers Compound, Hangar***

With any experiment, before the main event of it, you have to test it first and make sure that everything checks out and that all the life threatening kinks are worked out. Well, when you're working with Pym Particles and the Quantum Realm, it's even more dangerous. So that's why Scott, Bruce and the other were practicing and testing out their theories.

The group in the hangar included the Twins, Cassie and PJ, Viv, Bruce and Betty on standby for medical assistance. Within the past ten years, Betty had become a part time nurse next to her other profession. And that was good, cause there was a chance they could need that now.

"Okay, here we go!" Bruce said to everyone in the room. "Time travel test number one. Scott, fire up the uhhh... the van thing."

Scott, clad in Hank Pym's Quantum Realm Exploration Suit, walked over to his van and opened the back doors of it to reveal the Quantum Tunnel built by Hank Pym years ago and it turned on as the doors opened.

"All right, breakers are set," "And emergency generators are on standby." Jamie and Nikki said as they walked back over to the group.

"Good. 'Cause if we blow the grid, I don't wanna lose Tiny here in the 1950's." Bruce motioned over to Scott and whispered the last part.

Scott's head immediately popped up at that. "Excuse me?"

"He's kidding!" Nikki assured Scott before looking to Bruce and shaking her head. "You can't say things like that!"

"That was j-j-just... a bad joke."

"Uh...You were kidding, right?" Cassie asked him in a worried tone.

Before answering, Bruce looked over at Scott to make sure he couldn't hear him. Fortunately, the Ant-Man was fiddling with his suit, so he wasn't paying attention.

"I have no idea. We're talking about time travel here. Either it's all a joke, or none of it is." He whispered that before turning to Scott over by the van and gave him a thumbs up and big masking smile. "We're good! Get your helmet on."

Cassie looked at Nikki who's face matched the nervousness of her own, but they both turned in the direction of Scott and the van with smiles on their faces...nervous smiles...

"Ok, Scott. I'm gonna send you back a week, let you walk around for an hour, then bring you back in 10 seconds. Makes sense?"

Scott nodded and threw a "no problem" hand to them. "Perfectly not confusing." He replied.

"Good luck, Scott." Jamie said to Scott with an encouraging nod. "You got this."

And in that moment, somehow, Scott saw a certain heroism in those words. It was that that made him see a lot of resemblance between Jamie and his father. And just like he did his father, Scott admired that. "You're right. I do, Captain America." he replied with a nod back.

Hearing that caught Jamie by surprise, but it still made him smile. Bruce pressed a button, activating the Tunnel and Scott shrunk and disappeared into it.

"On the count of three. 3... 2... 1!"

He pressed another button, and out came...well, it wasn't Scott...was it? Inside of the suit was a teenager. A teenager!

"Uh, guys?" He said to them, looking at himself with a confused expression. "This...this doesn't feel right."

Jamie, dumbfounded by this, was the first to speak up. "What is this?"

"What's going on?" Bruce asked out loud as he looked amongst his work station before working at figuring out what had just happened.

Viv curiously cocking her head to the side. "Who is that?"

"Uhh..hold on." Bruce said as he pushes a few more couple of buttons, trying to fix the problem, slightly panicking as he did.

Everyone was utterly shocked by this sight.

"I-Is that...is that Scott?" Betty asked, eyes wide, eyebrows scrunched and completely confused.

"Yes, it's Scott!" The teen retorted in a panicked tone.

Cassie was dumbfounded by this as well. "Dad?"

The boy swiftly turned and looked at her. "Yeah, it's Dad!"

As soon as he said that though, Bruce pushed the button again, sucking Teen Scott back into the Quantum Tunnel. Trying something different, Bruce hoped for the best as he pushed another button which brought Scott out of the Tunnel again, but this time...he was an old man!

"Ow! My back!" He groaned.

"What is THIS?!" Jamie exclaimed again.

"Oh my god! He's a geriatric." Viv stated.

"Can I get a little space here?" Bruce asked, moving over to get to another button-laden panel.

Jamie immediately obliged him and walked around him, but still confused at the "Scott" in front of them. "Yeah yeah. Can you bring him back?"

"I'm working on it!" Bruce presses more buttons and slapped the side of one button pad before pressing the ignition button, pulling Scott back into the Tunnel.

Moments later, he came out of the portal once again. When he did though, all eyes were in complete shock and disbelief. Scott had come out this time differently...much, MUCH different. Sure, he was young again, but that's the thing. He was TOO too young.

"It's a baby." Jamie said plainly, shrugging his shoulders while also trying to comprehend this.

"It's Scott." Bruce corrected.

"AS a BABY!" Nikki retorted, echoing her brother's words.

"He'll grow." He tried to reason. But Betty looked to Bruce with a stern look with a hint of disbelief. "BRUCE! Her tone made him and everyone's head turn at her call immediately and all were a bit frightened. "Bring Scott back!"

Bruce wasted no time as he worked frantically, sending Baby Scott back and punching buttons and keys on the panel. "When I say kill the power, kill the power!"

"Oh my god." Nikki worriedly groaned before running over to the generator and readying herself with her hand on the lever.

"Kill it!" He signaled as he pressed the button once more.

At the same time, Nikki pulled the lever down and everything, including the Tunnel, shut down. When it did, Scott, back in his normal adult form, was spewed out of the Tunnel again. Everyone held their breath and waited to see if he was alright.

"Somebody peed my pants," Scott stated nervously, freezing until he too was sure he was okay. "But I don't know if it was 'Old Me' or 'Baby Me'... Or just 'Me' Me."

He was fine.

"Oh, thank god!" Nikki exhaled, relieved, with her hand over her heart.

Cassie winced, laughed and shook her head at that. That was a little off putting, and quite disturbing to see your dad as an old man. And a baby...AND a teenager within the span of thirty seconds. Her brother and Viv however, had a different reaction to it.

"That was so COOL, Dad!" PJ exclaimed.

"It was quite interesting to watch." Viv added.

"I know, right!" Bruce cheered, happy with the results, before holding up his hands proudly. "TIME TRAVEL!"

Jamie looked back to Bruce with a wide eyed look of disbelief.

"What?" He asked, oblivious as to why Jamie has that look. But Jamie kept silent and just shook his head and walked out." Guys, come on! I see this as an ABSOLUTE win!"

PJ shared Bruce's excitement on the matter completely. "Do it again, Dad!"

"I'm gonna need a break first, Peej." Scott panted, slowly moving to take off his helmet.

"Are you alright, Scott?" Betty asked, checking him to see if anything was wrong.

"Oh yeah! I'm all good." He replied, his "confidence" coming up again.

"Are you sure, Daddy?" Cassie asked too, equally concerned about her father, but a laughing smile behind it.

Scott saw that smile and snorted before nodding. "Yeah. yeah, I'm good, Peanut."

Bruce, watching from his station, sighed with relief before looking down at the panels and noticed that some of them were a bit hot. "Guys, we're gonna have to wait a while before we test it again. The board's hot and I don't want it to blow and chance losing you somewhere, Scott."

Scott nodded at that and shrugged his shoulders. "Alright. Well, while we wait that, who's hungry?"

Cassie and PJ's hand shot up immediately and Betty nodded in agreement meant, as did Bruce who had just the thought on what the meal should be. "Taco Bell, anyone?"

"TACOS!" PJ cheered, hungry and hyped up.


Jamie and Nikki had walked outside towards the track/driveway and stood near the edge of it.

"Well, that was..." Jamie was at a loss for words.

"-Weird." Nikki helped him.

"Right..."

Nikki laughed and shook her head, while Jamie sighed before shaking his head. Trial and error were rally something crazy today. But, that's what happens when you're related to superheroes or have friends who're superheroes.

As they stood there, the distant sound of a car approaching made them look up to see a taxi coming onto the grounds.

"Who's that?"

"I don't know."

The taxi came down and around the path and came around one more corner before coming to a stop in front of them. The back door opened and out stepped a dark skinned middle-aged man with a thin grey beard. He pulled out a bag and his coat before paying the driver and sending him on his way.

As the taxi drove off, he looked towards the Twins and walked over.

"Can we help you, sir?" Jamie asked the man.

"Actually, I was hoping I could help you." He replied, readjusting the strap of his bag on his shoulder before offering his hand. "Bill Foster. Berkeley University."

Jamie and Nikki, completely surprised looked at each other before back to their visitor.

"Wow! Dr. Foster, it's great to meet you." Nikki said, finally shaking the man's hand. "I'm Nikki and this is my brother, Jamie."

Jamie shook Foster's hand next. "Hi, nice to meet you sir. Thank you for coming."

"Well, it's nice to meet you two as well. And you actually have a mutual friend of ours to thank for that. A Scott Lang?"

"Yeah, we know Scott." Jamie added with a nod, "He told us you could help up us out with our idea."

Foster smiled modestly and humbly nodded. "Well, I'll definitely try my best. How much progress have you made thus far?"

Once again, Jamie and Nikki looked at each other before replying. First Nikki, then Jamie. "Well actually, we just had a test run inside and..." "-Things didn't exactly go so well."

"Hmmm. Let me guess, he turned into a baby?"

Jamie huffed a small laugh under his breath and nodded. "Amongst other things, yeah. He did."

"Mmmm, I see." Foster said as he brought a hand to his chin, contemplating this new information for a moment, "Common mistake, that's the EPR Paradox. Instead of pushing Scott through time, you must've accidentally pushed time through Scott. It's tricky. Dangerous."

Nikki and Jamie nodded at that explanation. "That actually makes sense."

"After what we just saw, I would say so!"

"Well, shall we?"

"Yeah, lemme show you inside." Nikki led the way as she motioned for the doctor to follow her inside.

"You guys go ahead," Jamie encouraged, staying in his spot, "I'm gonna stay out here for a little bit. But thanks again, Dr. Foster. We're really glad you're here."

Once again, Foster gave a humble smile at Jamie's words. It rally made him happy to hear that. "It's my pleasure, Jamie. And please, call me Bill."

The redheaded boy smiled in return to that and respectfully nodded back before they continued into the Compound.

As Nikki walked Bill inside, Jamie let a long sigh. It was mainly of stress, but also partly relief. And that relief was because of Dr. Foster. With him here and his expertise on Quantum Theory, maybe, just maybe, they had an even better chance at success.


And there we go! Time Travel Test 1 and Dr. Bill Foster has arrived to help. Things seem to be going good!

This chapter was supposed to be longer, but I decided to take the rest and save it for a seperate chapter. So TRUST me when I tell you, you're gonna love what the next two chapters have to hold. Because soon, it'll be time to...assemble. :)))))))))))

So stick around and look out for the next chapter. And lmk what you guys think of Foster's arrival, or the input of Cassie, PJ and Viv. I'd love to hear what you guys think of them so far too.

Til next time, laters!