Jason Hunter: Maybe in the future, but not right now. Once I finish this, I'm probably not going to do another watch it fic for a bit. It is not as easy as it looks.
Jinero: It feels good. That would be the greatest sitcom ever if they were in the same room.
Watson Smith: Thank you, although was adding that last bit really necessary? I don't have anything in particular against it; I just think it's overrated. Not bad, but there are other Disney films that are just as good and some that are even better out there.
Green Hal37: Glad I did good there. Yes, even gods need their friends ever once and a while. No, you aren't missing anything, Scott explained something about it during one of the breaks. I simply failed to point that out last chapter and that's on me.
Guest 1: If you can get some enjoyment out of that film, good for you, but I found it a lazily put together film with a horribly written main character. Okay.
Guest 2: I do plan a sequel. I've tried writing whole shows, doesn't work out for me, I always end up getting burnt out. The most I can do is episodes like I did in my story 'Whatever it takes'.
Guest 3: Oh absolutely, it's gonna be hilarious.
Guest four: Okay.
Scott later woke up to realize he was being driven away in a car and saw Hope next to him in the driver seat.
"So that's Hope eh?" Tony asked, shamelessly eying her.
"Don't you have a girlfriend? Keep your eyes off mine," Scott grumbled even as he eyed the screen, admitting he liked her new hairdo.
He asked out loud if it was another dream and she asked if what he had seen was a dream or real. He said he didn't know before realizing he couldn't be here and tried to open the door, reminding her of his house arrest but she said system was engaged and they won't open. And then a giant eye looked down.
"Holy crap!" Peter exclaimed as they all jumped.
"I did mention that they specialize in shrinking things down, right?" Scott said dryly as those of them who had been startled look embarrassed.
"She doesn't look pleased to see you Tic-Tac," Sam noted and Scott winced.
"Didn't expect her to," Scott muttered.
Giant pigeons pecked the car as a truck passed over. They drove again as Scott said cops could arrive any second but Hope said they won't and Scott realized his ankle monitor was gone. A giant ant sat in his home with his ankle monitor on it, startling Luis who wondered if Scott had transformed into an ant.
"I'm taking being Antman to a whole new level," Scott joked as they all laughed.
Hope said the ant was programmed to replicate Scott's daily routine- 9 hours in the bed, 5 hours in front of the TV and 2 hours in the bathroom whatever that was about. Scott said it was inaccurate before asking how she knew of it.
"I do not take two hours in the bathroom!" Scott protested as they laughed.
"Sure, we believe you Tic-Tac," Sam said without a hint of sincerity.
Hope said they looked into all security threats and he was the biggest one.
Scott winced as Steve looked guilty again. However, no one said anything.
As Hope drove, Scott apologized, saying it was a matter of national security and Cap needed help. Hope asked who Cap was as they drove into a pipe and Scott said it was Captain America and that's what friends called him and that he knew him a little.
"If it helps, I consider you a friend," Steve said and Scott looked like all his dreams had come true.
"I so wish fifteen year old me could see this," Scot said dreamily.
Scott said he hadn't thought he'd get caught and Hope said he hadn't thought of a lot of things as he asked how Hank was and she said the house and their freedom was gone.
"All that just because they had some tech?" Tony asked startled and the future Avengers nodded.
"The Accords didn't just restrict the Avengers; they affected people like Hank and Hope to. Tony, if you hadn't signed and had kept building your suits, they would have come for you to," Parker said grimly and Tony paled.
"These Accords are getting worse and worse all the time," Rhodey muttered as the past Avengers exchanged unsettled glances.
Scott apologized and she said she wasn't looking for an apology but needed what was in his head. They stopped in front of a building as the car enlarged and they went inside as Scott looked around. They went into the elevator which went down as Scott asked if they needed money, he'd help. She said they were fine.
"This is awkward," Sam joked and Scott shot him a look.
"Not cool man," Scott complained.
They stepped out into a lab where giant ants helped move around stuff.
"You know why I never did drugs? I was afraid I'd see weird stuff," Sam muttered as they all stared.
"I've seen aliens, killer robots and gods…but this still seems weird," Steve admitted.
Thor, the only past Avenger besides Scott not affected, simply chuckled at their reactions. His human friends' reaction to out of the ordinary things had been a source of amusement for him since he had moved into the tower.
Scott then saw a machine and Hank in front of it.
"That's Hank Pym?" Natasha asked and Scott nodded with a grimace.
"Yeah," Scott said.
"He doesn't look very pleased to see you," T'Challa noted.
"He never is," Scott said with a sigh.
Scott was about to apologize but Hank told him to save it as they needed to get ready. Hope said while Scott was relaxing at home, they had built this as they showed him a machine. It was Quantum Tunnel to the Quantum Realm and to Janet, to Scott's shock.
"So that's what he was showing her in the beginning," Tony mused.
Hank said they thought she was down there but didn't know the location. Hope said if they pinpointed the location, the pod would get her. Scott was shocked they had built all this and didn't even know if she was alive. Hank said it was a hypothesis as they had powered up the Quantum Tunnel the previous night, it had overloaded and shut down but for a split second, the doorway was open. Five minutes later, Scott had called about Janet.
"Hell of a coincidence," Rhodey noted.
"I think what've all learned by now is that there are no coincidences," Natasha said.
They thought Scott had entangled with her down there. Scott said he respected Hank too much but Hank said he meant Quantum entanglement.
Scott flushed as everyone else laughed. Was this how it was to be an Avenger, Scott wondered. Suddenly, being an Avenger didn't seem nearly as cool.
Hope said Janet had put a location in Scott's head and the tunnel had activated it. Scott said it was insane but Hank said insane was going to Germany to fight the Avengers without telling them. Hank asked if he had destroyed the suit and Scott said he had. Hank moaned how that was his life's work and he wasn't supposed to go away with it.
"So he wanted you to destroy the suit and now he's mad you did?" Steve asked.
"Hank's never satisfied," Scott said simply.
Scott apologized for everything, saying he didn't remember seeing Janet, he had only dreamt of Janet playing hide-and-seek with a little girl, shocking the other two. Scott said it was no big deal as he and Cassie did it all the time. Hope asked if the girl was Cassie and Scott said it wasn't. She asked if she had hidden in a wardrobe and Scott said it was a tall dresser. Hank said that was a wardrobe.
"This is so embarrassing," Scott said, as red as a tomato as everyone else laughed.
Hope asked what color and Scott said red. Hope asked if there were horses on it and Scott realized he had seen Janet play hide-and-seek with Hope. She said that was where she always used to hide as a kid and Scott joked she didn't get the gist of the game.
"So Hank was right, she's still alive," Steve noted.
"And I saw her in the Quantum Realm," Scott realized.
Hope and Hank were overjoyed and hugged as Hank said, "I knew it! I knew it!" Hope said they needed to get the last component from someone named Burch, to Scott's confusion.
"Who's Burch?" Peter asked confused.
"Someone you'll never meet, if you're lucky," Barton said simply and didn't elaborate.
They walked out as Hope tossed Scott some clothes and explained that now they needed the part from Burch to stop the tunnel from overloading. Hank pulled a car out of a tin and enlarged it as Scott said he'd help but needed to be back home when they took off the ankle monitor or he'd be gone forever. Hope said they only needed the part and to open the tunnel and would send him back before lunch. Hank said he owed them and Scott asked if he could just wait inside when Hank shrunk the building and pulled it like a suitcase.
"Whoa," Peter said in awe as even Thor was impressed by this.
"I believe this is even more advanced than anything in Wakanda," T'Challa said shocked.
"And it was done without Vibranium or Nanotech. I'd love to meet him," Tony said and Scott laughed. "What?"
"Hank hates you," Scott said, surprising Tony. "Well, more like your dad, but you to. I don't think meeting you would help."
"Probably not," Tony said after a moment. "I don't make good first impressions, so I've been told.."
They got in the car and drove away as an intangible figure watched them.
"Wait, what's that?" Rhodey asked as the past Avengers all looked confused and a little unnerved.
"Nothing good," Lila said but didn't elaborate.
"I'm beginning to hate those short answers," Clint said annoyed.
"Which is what makes it fun," Barton said cheekily.
They stopped outside a restaurant as Hope went inside. Scott asked if he could have one of Hank's mints but Hank refused as he moved the tin away from Scott.
"So unfair," Scott complained as they all chuckled at his antics.
"Trust me Scott, you'll be grateful he didn't let you have one," Scarlet said with a smirk that only confused him.
Hope walked inside and looked around before seeing Sonny on his suit who greeted her and said Oui was French for yes and in yes they found a table, yes she saw them and yes to plan before property. Hope also said yes to if he had the component she ordered as she put the money on the table.
"I'm assuming that's Burch?" Steve asked.
"Sonny Burch, should have known," Clint said as they looked at him.
"You know him?" Wanda asked.
"We both do, at least by reputation," Natasha sad grimly. "He's a black marker dealer that specializes in weapons. SHIELD had dealings with him in the past."
"Not on the same level as Klaue but still pretty dangerous," Clint added.
Sonny said he always loved her sense of humor, calling her Susan.
"Using an alias, smart," Natasha said with a nod of approval.
He asked her to have a seat but she refused as Scott and Hank watched via camera. Scott asked who that was and Hank said he was Sonny Burch who specialized in black market technology and was getting them what they needed. Scott asked if he could have a mint again but Hank slapped his hand away.
"Come on man," Scott complained as they all laughed.
Sonny said he had a friend in FBI who told him things he didn't know, like Susan wasn't her real name but Hope van Dyne was while her unseen associate was her father Hank Pym.
"Shit," Clint swore as they all tensed.
"Hope," Scott said worriedly as fear filled his heart.
Scott and Hank were shocked as Sonny made her have a seat and said relationships were built on trust and the business landscape was shifting. Hank Pym was a real opportunity and he knew what they were building as he looked at the component. He said Quantum Technology was the real future and they could forget nanotechnology, AI and cryptocurrency.
"From what we have seen, Burch does not appear to be far from the truth," Vision noted.
Sonny said he had arranged buyers for their lab and starting bid was $1 billion but Hope said they had more pressing issues so they should stick to the original arrangement. Sonny said his buyers wouldn't take no so they were either in business or not. Hope said they weren't then and was going to take her money back but Sonny refused, saying it was compensation for his injured feelings.
"Something's gonna get injured, but it's not your feelings," Lila said with a smirk the peaked the interest of the past Avengers.
All expect for Scott, who simply smiled.
"He has no idea what he's in for," Scott agreed.
"Listen, Sonny," Hope said. "This is gonna be so much easier on everybody if you just give me that component." Sonny said she was only taking his heart and it would mend in time. She smirked and walked off as Scott asked now what and Hank said he'd see.
"This is gonna be good," Parker said cheerfully as the past Avengers all leaned forward in their seats, knowing something was about to happen.
Sonny and his men were walking as he told them to find out who they were working with when one of the men was sent flying off on being hit by something. They looked around in shock as Hope flew in her Wasp suit. Scott was shocked she had wings.
"Hank gave her Janet's suit," Steve realized.
"And improved it, it appears," T'Challa noted.
"It looks awesome," Peter said excitedly.
"It really does," Scott said softly as he eyed the screen with a gentleness that they had not seen from him before.
"I think we all know what you think of the suit Scott," Tony joked and everyone laughed as Scott flushed.
Hope enlarged and flipped a man down before hitting some with stingers, sending them down too. She then shrunk and knocked another out as Sonny and his men backed off while she enlarged and flip kicked another guy down, taking more down with her stingers and skills as Sonny and the others ran. She flipped and grabbed a guy's head before throwing him off.
"Impressive," Vision said as they all looked impressed.
"Wow, she's badass," Sam said impressed.
"She would've made a good SHIELD agent," Natasha noted.
"That's some girl you got there Scott," Clint said.
"Yeah," Scott said with a dreamy smile.
She shrunk and flew into the chandelier as the others fired but Sonny told them to stop as he didn't want the chandelier gone.
"And of course, that is the important thing. Is he for real?" Tony asked in disbelief.
"Unfortunately," Barton grumbled.
They started walking away when Hope flew down and grabbed a man, enlarging and crashing through the glass and into a kitchen as she slammed him into a table. The others tried to run when she threw a saltshaker at the door and enlarged it, blocking their way. Another entered the kitchen and tried to throw knives at her but she shrunk and ran across their surfaces, hitting a frying pan as the hot water inside it fell on his face and he fell down.
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen," Clint quipped.
She dodged another man who tried to hit her with a spatula and threw a punch into a bag of flour, sending it around and blinding them all as she lit a fire, burning another guy's hand and threw him down on enlarging before grabbing another's hand and hitting the other with a frying pan the man had before knocking him out and taking the money.
"She's good, she's really good," Steve noted.
"You have no idea," Scott said with a smile.
Scott said Hank didn't have wings and blasters available for him but Hank said he did.
"Really?" Scott deadpanned as everyone else laughed.
Hope put the money down and took the part, saying it was a pleasure doing business with Sonny but he said their business hadn't started yet. Then the intangible figure appeared, shocking Hope and Sonny.
"What the hell?" Sam asked in shock.
"It's the person from before," Rhodey noted. "Who are they?"
"It's explained later," Parker said.
Hope tried to attack but the figure's intangibility protected it, though she managed to hit it a few times. She asked Hank if he was seeing this to and he told her to get out. The figure was getting the upper hand as Scott said he needed to help and Hank stopped him from leaving, taking out a shrunken, new suit which he said was a work in progress.
"Work in progress, that's an understatement," Scarlet muttered.
"Either way, I'm back," Scott cheered.
The figure overpowered Hope and pinned her to the pillar. It was about to punch her when Scott suddenly enlarged, blocked and kicked it away.
"Nice job Tic-Tac," Sam said.
"She taught me that move," Scott said wistfully.
He said how Hope had taught him the kick and she complimented his form. He reminisced about good ol' days but she told him this wasn't the time as they realized the figure was gone.
"Damn it, got caught up in the moment and they got away," Scott swore in guilt.
"Happens to the best of us Scott," Steve told him, remembering getting distracted by Rumlow. "What matters now is where they went."
Scott and Hope looked around as Hank tried to say something but was cut off. The figure had punched through his throat and asked for the lab.
"Hank!" Scott exclaimed worriedly as they all worried for Hank.
The two returned as Hank said she had the lab.
"Damn it!" Scott exclaimed in dismay. "Can't anything eve be easy?"
"So says ever hero ever," Clint said with a sigh. "Unwritten rule Scott, nothing is easy in this business."
They got into the van and drove away, wondering what that thing was and said they needed to regroup. Scott desperately suggested his house and said Woo could show up any second but Hank said that was why they weren't going. Scott asked about their house before remembering it was stolen and apologized and said he knew one place. Hank realized what he was talking about and said 'no' multiple times before adding another one.
"I'm gonna take a shot in the dark hero and say Hank isn't happy about this," Natasha said jokingly as they all laughed.
"And I think I know why," Scott said with a chuckle.
Later, Luis welcomed them into X-Con, saying how Hank had once again turned to them in his hour of need.
"Hank must hate that," Tony noted and Scott nodded.
"You have no idea," Scott said with a laugh.
Kurt put some pastries on the desk and told them to help themselves. Luis said they needed to cut the food budget and would eat oatmeal packets but Kurt found it insult because it tasted like sand.
"It's true, they do taste like sand," Peter mused.
They argued about it until Scott told them to focus before noticing his desk and was shocked it was so small. Luis said he wasn't there when they were picking one and Scott pointed out he was under house arrest and the argument re-started.
"That is not a desk, that is garbage! They found that among garbage!" Scott said angrily as they all laughed at his antics. "It's not funny!"
"Whatever you say Tic-Tac," Sam said with a laugh.
Hope called out to him and then he said they had to focus, amusing her. Luis said he had heard of what had happened to them, with someone who could walk through walls stealing their stuff. Kurt said it was Baba Yaga, the witch, asking if they knew her.
"Somehow, I don't think he's talking about John Wick," Steve said amused.
"You've seen that? Oh I'm so proud Cap," Tony jokingly gushed and Steve rolled his eyes good naturedly.
Hope said they needed to find the person but Dave said such a person would find them and Kurt said just like Baba Yaga. Luis asked if Hank had put a lojack on the lab or they had options. Hank said they had but it was disabled. Hope remembered the person was phasing and Hank explained it to Scott, who pretended he knew.
"It's like trying to hold a conversation with Banner and Stark," Thor noted as Scott looked embarrassed. "Except you can't."
Hope and Hank said they could modify a Quantum spectrometer to track the radiation of the lab but all the equipment was in the stolen lab.
"Because nothing is ever easy, is it?" Scott grumbled.
Scott asked where else they could find the equipment and Hank reluctantly said he knew a man called Bill Foster, who Hope explained was a colleague of his from his S.H.I.E.L.D. days but they had a falling out. Luis noted he had a lot of falling outs.
"He really does," Tony noted as Scott and Barton nodded.
"He's even harder to work with than you," Barton said as the past Avengers looked shocked. "I reached out to him when I started putting al this together. Not an easy man to work with. Scott, you are a brave man."
"Eh, working with Hank has a few perks," Scott shrugged.
"Especially if you're seeing his daughter," Natasha quipped and Scott flushed.
"That would be one," Scott said, unable to stop the smile from spreading across his face.
Hank said it was a waste of time and Scott said he was risking everything and they needed to at least try. Hope agreed with Scott, saying they needed to find the lab.
"If Hope's agreeing with me, it must be bad," Scott joked.
At a seemingly abandoned house, the intangible person put the case down and opened the suit, revealed to be a young woman.
"Well, that's not John Wick," Clint noted.
"And the suit doesn't look like it's giving her her powers," Steve added.
She staggered into a machine and shutting herself, activated Quantum energy.
"She looks like she's in pain," Natasha noted.
Whatever the case, it was obvious to the past Avengers that there was more going on here than they imagined.