NOTHING BUT TROUBLE

Back in the brig of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helocarrior, two agents were walking a handcuffed Tony Stark, who by now was without his armor and wearing his black jumpsuit, to his holding cell. Along the way, they passed the cell of the still heavily restrained Yellowjacket, who on the outside appeared to be completely motionless…

…but inside his own mind, both the Henry Pym and the Yellowjacket personalities see the captured Tony, with Hank looking more distressed. "No, Tony!" Hank said with despair upon seeing another friend becoming another prisoner.

Yellowjacket, however, only sneered as he shook his head. "Not surprised that Stark is here. He's got all the money and tech in the world at his disposal but has no clue on how to properly use it. Especially when it comes to dealing with people like Osborn."

This comment was enough to anger Hank and make him turn sharply to the arrogant and disrespectful Yellowjacket. "That's enough!" he snapped. "Sure, Tony's the living definition of headstrong, and hasn't always used his resources wisely, but he's learned from his mistakes and has long since used his technology to save the planet many times! Which means that he's-!"

"Not cut out for this hero gig!" Yellowjacket chimed in while still looking at Tony through the 'eye window,' then turned to Hank with a scowl. "Just like you and Jan!"

Hank never cared when others insulted him, but upon hearing his Yellowjacket insult the woman he loves, it angered him enough to throw a massive left cross, which connected to Yellowjacket's jaw and sent him off his feet. Usually, Hank took no pleasure in punching anyone, but in the case of this egotistical personality lying down in front of him, he was willing to make an exception. "Never mention her name again!"

After wiping the blood from the right side of his mouth, Yellowjacket chuckled as he sat up, then responded by delivering a left straight punch into Hank's groin, forcing the scientist to bend forward. Afterward, Yellowjacket capitalized by throwing a right uppercut, which connected to Hank's jaw and sending down hard and into a fetal position. As he stood back up, Yellowjacket looked down at the pain-ridden Hank with pure disgust, seeing it as further proof of how weak he was. "Oh, don't worry, I plan on forgetting Jan forever….right after I convince her to leave the superhero business by beating some sense into her!"

Hank's eyes soon grew as big as softballs upon hearing this. "What?!"

"You heard me!" Yellowjacket shot back as he rubbed his knuckles. "She thought that pounding the crap out of criminals was just a game. And true, it is fun, but it's obvious she doesn't have the nerve or the brains to cut it. So, when I get out, I'm going to personally show her just how dangerous the life of a superhero can be! Matter of fact, Pym, you should be thanking me. Because you know as well as I do that that little pain in the butt is, and always has been, nothing but trouble."

Upon hearing Yellowjacket's plans regarding the love of his life, a now fuming Hank began to sit up. Though he winced in pain for a moment due to his groin still being sore, he chose not to let the pain stop him as he sat up straight and looked up at his violent alter-ego, giving him an angry glare. "No…it's you! YOU'RE nothing but trouble!"

Yellowjacket had finally heard all he could stand from the 'weakling' that was Hank Pym, and thus held up his right foot and tried to stomp his face in.

However, Hank was quick enough to use both of his hands to catch Yellowjacket's foot, then made his move by turning the foot to the left like a steering wheel, causing his headstrong alter-ego to spin around and land chest first. Moments later, Hank quickly sat back up and attempted to pin Yellowjacket down and force him to submit to his will.

Unfortunately, before Hank could even get a chance to sit on him, Yellowjacket shrunk himself and flew off the ground, causing Hank to land on his face. Once he ended up above the fallen Pym, Yellowjacket soon enlarged himself into giant form, where he then used his large right hand to grab Hank and picked him up like an action figure. From then on, Yellowjacket soon began to squeeze him hard, hoping to pop his head clean off his shoulders and thus leave him the only personality to inhabit the body. "Face it, Pym!" he said, smiling as he saw Hank starting to have trouble breathing. "You had your chance to change the world, but you didn't have the backbone to do what needed to be done! It's time for the scum of the Earth to feel the sting of the Yellowjacket!"

As Hank felt himself being crushed by Yellowjacket's grip, he soon started to fade. As he shook his head in a vain attempt to stay conscious, he caught a glimpse of one of the eye windows and saw something that brought him out of his daze.

It was that of the Wasp, in full human size and sitting in her cell, angry at herself for how she lost her match earlier.

The sight of his former partner incarcerated was enough to enlarge Hank, and enough to light a fire within him. "No…NOOOOOO!" At that moment, with all of his willpower, Hank soon started to grow into enormous size, breaking free from Yellowjacket's grip. And if that wasn't enough, Hank's clothes also change, from the lab coat…to his Giant-Man costume, which naturally surprised Yellowjacket. So much so, that he inadvertently gave Hank an opening to throw and land a mean left hook to his jaw, followed by a right. "This is my body! My life!" Hank exclaimed as he threw another left cross, only for Yellowjacket to hold up his left arm to block it, then attempted to counter-attack by throwing a right hook of his own. Fortunately for Hank though, not only does he use his right arm to block the punch successfully, but he also fought back by using both of his hands to grab Yellowjacket's entire right arm and deliver a judo shoulder throw, slamming Yellowjacket on his back which caused a loud, almost thunderous thud. After throwing him, the still-standing Hank looked down at the fallen Yellowjacket, who by this time was starting to shrink. "And I will not let you steal both so that you can hurt the people I care about."

As Yellowjacket returned to human size, he tried to sit back up to attack again. Suddenly, however, he soon saw his body slowly fading away, caused the once arrogant, self-proclaimed hero to look on in fear. "W-What's happening?!"

Hank looked down at the fading Yellowjacket as he began to shrink down as well. "Well, psychiatry isn't my strong suit, but I think that you fading away is a result of you disappearing from my psyche after I regained the spiritual strength needed to retake my body and mind."

"Pym, wait a minute!" Yellowjacket pleaded, his voice starting to break. "Maybe you and I can share this body; we can work together!" Seeing that Hank wasn't truly convinced, Yellowjacket shook his head to try and tried to put on a 'tough guy' image so he could make his case. "I mean, think about it! Do you really think that YOU can truly do what needs to be done to criminals! We both know that you can't! The world needs people like me! YOU NEED ME!"

"Not the way I see it!" Hank replied sharply after finally returning to human size and watching Yellowjacket's image become more and more transparent. "I may not like violence, but I can still help protect the world in other ways. One of them being to make sure that you don't use my body, or my inventions, to harm anyone ever again!"

Moments later, Yellowjacket's feet soon vanished, followed by his legs and lower body. "No!" he cried, his arrogant demeanor now gone and instead replaced by pure fright. "Hank, please! Don't let this happen!"

Though Hank felt some pity for this dark representation of himself, he knew that this was for the best for everyone he loved and cared about, as well as the entire world. As such, he only had these words to say to the defeated alter-ego disappearing in front of him. "Goodbye, Yellowjacket."

"NOOOOOO!" Yellowjacket bellowed, and within moments, the rest of his body, from his torso, arms, and finally his head, all disappear. And thus, the arrogant, violent personality that had controlled Hank Pym's body was ultimately no more...

Now back in control, Hank let out a sigh of relief, then suddenly, his surroundings glow bright, and everything went blank…

…Moments later, Hank opened his eyes and saw that he was now inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. prison cell, indicating that he was now back in his body, albeit still in the Yellowjacket costume. Unfortunately, however, he found himself bound and unable to move, and what was worse, unable to change his size. Therefore, Hank had no choice but to sit there and wait for an opportunity to escape to present itself. As he looked around, Hank once again caught a glimpse of the angry and depressed Wasp in a cell nearby. "I'm so sorry for what Yellowjacket put you through, Jan, and how I wasn't strong enough to stop him the first time," he thought in remorse. "But I promise, I'll make things up to you and get you out of this…somehow."