32ND FINALS: YELLOWJACKET VS. ATLAS

The now human-sized Wasp arrived back at the Garden, where much like her teammates before her, is greeted by happy, supportive cheers from the Avengers fans, and as she made her way back to her corner, is soon greeted by her teammates. The first to greet her was that of her old friend, Ms. Marvel, who approached her with a proud smile. "Great work, Jan."

"Thanks," Wasp replied, smiling just a little and briefly turned to Cap. "But I had a little help in that department."

A proud Cap responded to Wasp, one of his hardest working students in self-defense to date, with a small nod. "I'm just glad that you remembered your training well, soldier. The fact that you're still in one piece tells me that I've done my job."

Thor soon stepped forward to congratulate his shrinking teammate. "And through the Captain's training, you have further reminded us not to incur your wrath, friend Janet."

Next in phrasing Wasp efforts was that of Spidey, who grinned behind his mask. "I can vouch for that, especially after how she handled Black Panther's assassins a couple of days ago."

Wasp turned to the Wall-Crawler and gave him a sly smirk. "Good memory, bug boy."

The only Avenger not impressed, or even happy, by Wasp's victory was that of Yellowjacket, who stood there with his arms crossed. "Wow, I had no idea that pure luck was considered a fighting skill."

Naturally, the Avengers did not take kindly to Yellowjacket's insult, especially Ms. Marvel, who angrily stepped forward to confront him. "What the hell, Hank?" she shouted. "How dare you say that you condescending-"

Before things got out of hand, the Wasp quickly stepped in front of her best friend before she could punch head clean off his shoulders. "Carol no! It's okay," she told her then gave Yellowjacket one last glare. "He's not worth it. Or at least...not anymore."

Yellowjacket reacted to Wasp's comments with a sneer. "Whatever."

Meanwhile, the announcer kept the crowd riled up by presenting the next match-up. "And now, just as we've seen skill from one size changer, let's see what two can give us! As we move on to the Avengers' stinging Yellowjacket taking on the Thunderbolts' powerhouse, Atlas!"

Upon hearing this announcement, a chuckling Atlas began popping his knuckles as he walked over to the teleportation pad. "Oh yeah, payback time!" he thought, still sore on how Yellowjacket defeated him back at the Wakandan Embassy.

Yellowjacket also made his way to the center of the stage, and upon arriving at the teleportation pad, he looked forward to seeing Atlas, who by now was giving him a death glare. "So, I got pitted against you, huh?" said Yellowjacket in a sarcastic tone. "Well, this shouldn't take long."

With both combatants now on the pads, all that was left for the enthusiastic announcer was to say this to the eager crowd. "All right, let's get this show on the road!" At that moment, both Yellowjacket and Atlas are soon transported out of the arena and over to their unknown destination.

Back in the Avengers corner, Wasp only hung her head in disappointment, knowing that the man that just left was no longer the Hank Pym she knew and loved and that the egotistical, borderline sadist Yellowjacket had taken his place.

An angered Ms. Marvel turned away from the teleportation pads and looked at the saddened Wasp, causing her great concerned. "Jan, what happened between you two?"

"It's not important," Wasp answered back, trying fight back the tears in order to look strong for her teammates. "Right now, let's just hope Hank gets through his match."

Iron Man, who was just as worried about Wasp after her falling out with Yellowjacket, reluctantly nodded. "Agreed," said the Shell-Head, then pounded his armored hands together. "But once this is over, I'm gonna have a nice little chat with Yellowjacket!"

At one point, Cap soon stepped in as if to remind Iron Man to keep a clear head. "We all will, Tony, but in the form of a court-marshal, one that can wait until later. For now, let's just focus on winning this tournament.

Spidey looked on at his teammate's conversation with a worried expression. "Man, it looks like Earth's Mightiest Heroes are now transforming into the most dysfunctional family of superhero teams," thought the Web-Head. "And it couldn't come at a worse time."

Meanwhile, the tournament soon returns to Japan, but this time, around Mt. Fuji. Moments later, both Yellowjacket and Atlas finally arrived, and the Ref Bot was waiting for them, as well as four giant holoscreens floating around the top of the mountain itself, all so the Japanese spectators, be it from Tokyo, or any other nearby area, could watch the action. A sight in which had Atlas grinning. "Just perfect," said the Thunderbolt, looking up at one of the screens, then turned his attention over to Yellowjacket. "Now, all of Japan can see me pound your face in."

"Funny," said the smug and smirking Yellowjacket. "I was just about to say the same thing."

As the matches before, the announcer's face appeared on the screen of the Ref Bot as it hovered in between Yellowjacket and Atlas. "All right, gentlemen, I'm sure you'll both be extra careful, given your abilities?" he asked, receiving irritated nods from both combatants. "In that case..." the Ref-Bot then hovered up into the air. "BEGIN!"

Atlas wasted no time in making the first move by growing to giant size and attempting to grab and pick up the still human-sized Yellowjacket.

Yellowjacket naturally saw this coming and thus flipped backward to avoid the now massive Atlas' hand, which upon hitting the ground, made a small tremor. Afterward, the Avenger went on the offensive and began growing to giant size, and in the process, gave Atlas a hard right uppercut to his jaw, causing him to fall to the ground, and upon hitting the ground, create an earthquake. With Atlas now down, Yellowjacket spotted his enemy's belt buckle, and thus decided to end this quickly by taking his tightly clenched right fist and going to punch it.

However, Atlas spotted this attack coming and thus used his right hand to catch Yellowjacket's fist. The Thunderbolt then retaliated by pulling Yellowjacket in and deliver a hard left hook, nailing Yellowjacket in the jaw and forcing him to step backward. Now with the upper hand, Atlas stood up and continued his assault on his giant opponent by throwing a right cross.

Though dazed at first, Yellowjacket recovered fast enough to see Atlas throwing his punch and saved himself by holding up his right arm, blocking the blow. He then followed it up with a left jab to the Thunderbolt's face, stunning him long enough to give the size-altering scientist the opportunity needed to throw a right hook.

Unfortunately, Altas, being the seasoned street fighter in his own right, anticipated this used his right arm to block the Avengers punch, then responded with a left middle punch into Yellowjacket's abdomen. After knocking the air out of his sworn enemy, as well as forcing him to bend over, Atlas used both of his hands to grab the winded hero by the back of his head, then forced him to walk towards Mt. Fuji and rammed his face into the mountain itself, with the impact causing an avalanche. Atlas then picked Yellowjacket's head out of the mountain, with the Avenger's face still having some debris left on it, and was just about to slam his face into the famed mountain once again.

Fortunately for Yellowjacket though, he saved himself by throwing a right elbow strike into Atlas abdomen, forcing the Thunderbolt to release him. Now free, Yellowjacket turned and responded with a left uppercut, nailing Atlas in the chin and forcing him to stagger back into a nearby forest.

After shaking off the effects of the punch, Atlas spotted Yellowjacket coming towards him, and thus grabbed a nearby tree, pulled it out of the ground and swung it like a baseball bat, with the intent of nailing Yellowjacket in the head.

However, Yellowjacket spotted this early on and soon jumped up in giant size, a while in mid-air, instinctively shrunk down to human size, and landed on onto the tree. Afterward, he proceeded to ran up the tree and headed towards Atlas' face.

Atlas saw this attack coming, thus decided to be a little creative himself, in that he lets go of the tree, and following Yellowjacket's idea, jump up and shrunk down to his size as well, only he soon free-fell towards the aggressive Avenger himself.

Wanting to beat the Thunderbolt to punch, literally and figuratively, Yellowjacket flew up and tackled Atlas, with both men wrestling one another as they fall to the ground below. Even as he tried to regain control, Yellowjacket couldn't help but give his opponent a smirk. "Gotta admit pal, I'm a little surprised you decided to go the shrinking route. I'd figure you'd be the type of brainless dolt whose too dumb to know that size doesn't matter and would stay as a giant to win the fight."

Atlas returned Yellowjacket's smirk with one of his own, all while having his right fist not closed entirely as if he was holding something inside it. "Well, what can I say?" said the Thunderbolt. "I guess I'm just full of surprises. See what you think of this one!" At that moment, Atlas opened his right hand in front of Yellowjacket's face, which in turn, caused a flash of light to occur, which blinds the Avenger and causing him to let go of Atlas inadvertently.

Moments later, Atlas regrew back into a giant size, then grabbed hold of Yellowjacket, with his now massive right hand, raised it over his hand and threw it downward in a hammer blow motion, where he not only hits Yellowjacket but also slams him into the ground. As he pulled his hand back, the Thunderbolt found Yellowjacket relatively unharmed due to inner protective armor in his costume, but still disoriented. All in which left Atlas the opportunity to take his right index finger and press down on the Avenger's belt-buckle, causing the yellow energy to consume the fallen hero and freeze him in place, thus ending the match.

This shocked the spectators watching back in the Garden, but none more so than Wasp, whose eyes grew wide open with fright at the sight of Yellowjacket defeated. "HANK!" she yelled in despair, for despite how their relationship ended, she still cared for his safety.

Back in Japan, as Yellowjacket laid on the ground frozen and helpless, Atlas shrunk back down to human size, grinning from ear to ear, marveling at his own 'handy work.' It wasn't long before the Ref-Bot floated next to the Thunderbolt, with the announcer's face on the screen. "Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner...Atlas!"

Atlas paid no attention to the announcer's voice, as well as the cheers from the Thunderbolts fans, being from the Ref Bot or the holoscreens. For he was far too busy enjoying the sight of Yellowjacket being utterly helpless, as well as the sweet taste of revenge from their last fight regarding the attempt on the Black Panther's life. "Whose the dolt now, Pym?"

WINNER: ATLAS