It had been three weeks since she infiltrated the stone tower and just five minutes ago she had finished her photo shoot for hero tech. She was leaving one of their buildings a large warehouse that had once been a brewery that had moved on to a bigger structure. The old hand painted sign was still on the side slightly faded but one could make out the words tin can brewing. She was back in her full hero outfit feeling the need to be a bit more covered after she had to pose almost naked. She shook her head a bit touching her index finger to the metal band on her neck giving it a shock so her visor appeared back on her face. The shape had changed a bit to be less round and more straight across the top and bottom. She was forever fidgeting with the look of her new outfit just to make it perfect for her.

As she began to shrink her com sprung to life Maria Hill's voice coming through, "Janet it is time to infiltrate the stone tower we have enough evidence now to go ahead with the plan. Seeing as how you are the only person with inside experience we need you to take point on this one."

Janet smiled, "Okay I can do that...so did the dress we sent you work out for your last function?"

"Yeah it did. It was a big hit with all the dignitaries helped me fix a few bridges we had lost with the men. Also thanks for giving that discount on your new line to all the gift bags the women there were excited at getting cost on their next shopping trip. The husbands also enjoyed the relief for their wallets."

"Whatever I can do to help out I will." Janet and Maria had gotten a lot of their hatred and struggle with each other about a week ago when they entered a shield training room and fought. It was an epic battle that ended in both of them knocked out for three hours. After that they hung out at Janet's tower with a few other female heroes and realized just how much they had in common especially their hatred for a certain Cajun.

"I am sending you the coordinates for the helicarrier come right to the main table and we can begin."

Janet took off up into the sky, "I am on my way." She increased her speed to as fast as she could go her visor becoming her full wasp faced mask so she could breath with ease. She had much better control now as she dodged passed wires and birds. She then suddenly dove down straight towards a man running away from a woman with her purse. She focused in on the back of his neck and fired her stingers sending the man flying into the ground and knocking himself out. She then tapped her fingers at the side of her body as she pulled up sirens going off a few blocks away. She had alerted the police to what had happened and they were on the way to pick the man up who was now being kicked by the woman he stole the purse from. It would not take her long to reach the helicarrier slowing down as she raced across the upper deck and then zipping in and down the hallways until she was hovering beside Maria on the bridge of the helicarrier. She grew to full size and smiled, "So what is the plan."

Maria smiled at Janet and turned walking with her to the main holo table tapping it a few times before speaking, "Stone tower plan whiskey five clearance Maria Hill whiskey alpha sierra papa zero six one niner six three." The holo image of the stone tower appeared at the base was three red rectangles. "These are the breach points two on the opposite sides of the first floor the other three feet to the right of their entrance. You will be leading team Bravo in from the front while teams Charlie and foxtrot will enter from the other two entrances. Team alpha and delta will be outside providing support and making sure nobody leaves the building. Teams echo and golf will secure a three block perimeter and the helicarrier will cover the sky hovering above them once you enter the building."

Janet nodded she was already planning her route, "How many men on my team?"

"You will have 5 men all trained to support you and not hit you by mistake. The other two infiltration teams are led by black widow and hawkeye."

"Alright tell me what you learned in the last three weeks?"

Coulson came walking up adjusting his tie a bit he smirked, "I can fill you in on that I was in charge of the team filtering everything." He tapped the table a few times and pulled up several videos and images, "The head of this building as you know is a man called Ajaw he is a scientific wizard when it comes to chemical engineering and development His skills in creating delivery devices cannot be overlooked either. He runs this building with about 53 scientists all in a variety of mask 23 office workers and 40 full time security professionals. As well as 30 different people to do cleaning repairs and maintenance. Every employee wears a mask and it is frowned upon to the point of transfer to be caught with it off as we can see in this video as a young man is dragged from their break room by two security officers. He is given a new mask and transferred to an instillation in Arizona called the scepter. We have yet to find this place but are looking."

Janet looked over the video, "Any reason for the masks?"

Maria spoke up next, "Yes they are apparently part of an organization that has just come up on our radar. They call themselves royals and as you and Coulson found out Ajaw is not the head of it instead a man caller Emperor is in charge. This is the best image we have of him when he appeared on a holo screen in Ajaw's throne room." She tapped an image and on it was a mask made of gold with a silver and gold crown that grew up out of the forehead and wrapped around the man's head the crown stood nearly two inches above the top of his head. "He is the person in charge all decisions are made by him."

"You still haven't told me why they wear masks."

Coulson coughed, "Right we figured out they are levels in the organization the better you do the different rank you have. They are also divided into fighters, scientists and others like receptionists, sales people, and office workers. We can identify 6 different mask each has a tie to royalty of a different nationality."

Janet nodded, "Hence Ajaw is a Mayan royal."

Coulson nodded, "We also have Shogun, Chief, Diyan, Kaiser Rani and Ard ri. All terms for emperor or lord in different cultures. They all have to carry themselves in proper educate and keep their suits perfect."

Janet pulled up an image and video on the holo table, "They are expensive suits Caito if I am not mistaken a very high quality suit not as well known as others but much finer quality."

Maria nodded, "We will do some research into that company see where they are sending their orders."

"You won't find anything they do not ship their suits out of Italy you have to go to their factory and get them only after you try them on so they can be custom fitted to you. I took hank their once to get one. Your better bet would be to track down a flight log for a company that does a ton of fly in and then leaves three days later."

Coulson took out a pad of paper and began to write it down he still felt more comfortable with analog and always would slip back to it if nobody corrected him. "Could take some doing but I am sure my contacts in Italy will be more then helpful."

Janet chuckled a bit at the paper, "Okay so now that I know the plan let's get started."

Three hours later Janet stood in an alley across from the entrance to the stone tower 2 male and three female shield agents beside her, "Bravo team leader is good to go."

Maria stood on the bridge of the helicarrier, "Alright that is all teams in position on my mark move forward and place the charges." She took a deep breath, "And mark."

Janet shrunk down to four inches and flew towards the door firing a stinger to take out the camera above the door and at the corners. One of the women and one of the men pulled out what looked like rollers and painted a grey square on the wall. They then stuck grey blocks on it in a random fashion. They stuck wires into the blocks and then the woman waved a straight arm and they all moved back to the ally. Once their Janet contacted Maria on the radio, "Bravo team is ready."

Maria spoke again, "On my mark blow the walls and charge in." She waited for the last team to take cover, "Mark."

The woman who had placed the explosives pressed a red button five times a second later three explosions were heard almost perfectly in sync. Janet rushed forward he team following her drawing pulling their black plasma riffles from their backs. They burst through the dust the blast had made and opened fired onto a group of men and women in two button suits and wearing matching white masks that had white beards and hair carved into it.

The masked figures drew their weapons and began to fire back their purple beams striking one of the agents in the shoulder making her step back before firing back and sending the person onto their back. The volley continued with flashes of light coming from the area's the other teams had breached. Janet was weaving in and out of blasts firing her stingers and taking out a few of the masked figures. Janet spoke loudly, "Get to cover quickly." The agents dove to their sides hiding behind furniture flipping over a table. As they did ten more masked people came into the room firing rapidly. Janet ducked behind a beam just as a rush of purple beams was fired at her. Janet tapped her head then agents nodded and rose up quickly laying down a surge of cover fire for Janet. Janet flew up into the air then came diving forward firing rapidly at the crowd of people her stingers and the plasma blasts taking out a large group of the masked unit. Janet pulled up suddenly as an arrow flew into the crowd and exploded in the center taking out four of the masked people. Janet continued her attack with stingers knocking down four more of the masked people then looking down at a pile of bodies.

"Bravo team has taken control of stair well and elevators send in unit to restrain the masked guards."

Maria spoke next, "Roger that continue to the fourth floor and secure the lab."

Janet looked to the agents who had joined her at the stair well, "Stop the doors from opening on the elevators."

Two of the men nodded and walked over to the elevator doors reaching into their pouches they pulled out metal spikes and drove them into the elevator doors. They then used the butts of the riffles to drive them in further before taking out metal wires and wrapping them around the spikes tying the ends together then bashing the spikes so they bent to create hooks one of the men speaking, "Done."

Janet nodded and shot out the lock on the stair way door with her stingers blowing out a hole in it. One of the female agents kicked it open and they all burst through the door Janet firing her stingers and taking out two masked guards. "We are to take control of the fourth floor lab but be careful it holds some dangerous chemicals." She looked to the agent who had been shot in their earlier battle, "You will take rear and once we are in the hall way you will keep the stair way door secure."

The woman nodded she thought Janet had not noticed that she had been injured as bad as she was her shoulder was bruised to the point that lifting her arm up hurt. "I understand and you can count on me."

Janet nodded as they began to quickly make their way up the stair case taking out a few more guards on the way all in the same masks as the guards they fought earlier. Once at the door Janet blasted out the lock a man kicked it open as the others rushed in. this time they were greeted by a group of guards in a new mask. The masks were half painted blew the other flesh tone they had a thick brow to them and an angered face. The masked figures opened fire as Janet and her team dove into the offices closest to them.

Janet looked at the agents in the office with her then the ones across from her she held up to fingers then tapped her head and pointed at herself before making a swooping gesture. All the agents held up an okay hand sign the two men nodding to each other taking a deep breath before stepping out and opening fire at the group of masked guards. Janet moved quickly diving down flying low to the ground watching as for the first time the bottom barrel light up sending out purple balls of light. She fired her stingers striking two of the masked guards who were lifted off their feet and knocked out. She would blast open two doors and then duck into one of the offices. She was quickly followed by two of the female shield agents who then took their turn providing cover so the men behind them could run forward. They had left behind the injured agent to keep the door to the stairwell secured.

She looked at the male agent who had joined her in her office his uniform was smoking showing he had taken a hit but he had brushed it off. Then a second later a purple beam curved around the door striking the man in the center of the chest and killing him. Janet then realized what the bottom barrel did. "Maria tell the agents to take cover the second they get hit by the purple balls that come from the gun. Do not let them brush it off. It is a tagging system it does little damage but the beams from the upper barrel are drawn to it they even make the beams curve!"

Maria looked shocked and sent out the notice to her agents before speaking to Janet once more, "You just saved lives Janet nice catch."

"How many have we lost to it so far?"

"Seven agents have fallen according to reports."

"Make that eight we lost one of them on the fourth floor."

"Just keep your head and get to the lab we need it secured before we can move on we will send another squad to meet up with you once you take it."

"Roger that we will get through this one." She peeked around the corner as the shots from the group guarding the lab stopped. "Ten left what do we have for mass takedowns?"

One of the Females pulled out three metal balls, "I got these but they will only stun for a few seconds."

"That is all we need throw them."

The woman nodded and yelled, "Cover um." Every shield agent covered their ears and so did Janet. The woman stood up and jumped out of the office she was already in across to the one just across from them. In mid jump she tossed the balls so they would slowly roll towards the group. As she hit the ground she covered her ears.

The three balls rolled slowly then after five seconds they shot together once they struck there was a loud whine then three weak explosions. Half a second after the small explosions came a large thud that knocked all the art work off the walls and brought down all of the light fixtures.

The shield agents then turned out of the hall and opened fire at the crowd of masked guards. Janet followed them firing her stingers at the group who were wobbling or leaning on each other it only took them five seconds before the guards were down. The shield agents rushed over to the guards quickly and putting them all in the recovery position pulling off the masks. They all then jumped back as the group all began to vomit.

Janet gagged a bit, "that is nasty."

The shield agents covered their mouths and noses, "Wait for it."

Janet looked at them and then at the puddles forming below the guards bodies, "Please tell me it isn;t coming out of the other end too."

The woman who had thrown the balls turned her head and vomited, "We won't but just know they have nothing left to come out either end now."

"Why would you even make this kind of weapon?" Janet's eyes began to water as she gagged again, "I can taste it."

The woman looked at Janet, "It is the most effective non lethal weapon we got even if we can't take a target down with our shots they are still incapacitated and lose the will to fight."

Janet shook her head pointed to the doors to the lab, "Shoot them open and lets get going we should be able to secure this lab in a few minutes."

The shield agents nodded and opened fire on the doors blasting them open one after the other. Janet would lead the charge over the knocked out guards glad she could fly at this very moment, "Let hurry according to our intel we only need to find five scientists all in the same masks." She stopped suddenly to find that the five scientists waiting in the center of the room hands up and on their knees.

The scientist all wore white lab coats over black two button suits they all had flesh tone mask with pure human features to them around their edges of them were raised bumps painted in blues yellows and greens to form a sort of crown. One of them spoke up, "We surrender, there are too many chemicals in here that can explode or kill so do not fire."

Janet looked to her agents who nodded and pulled out zip ties and used them to restrain their arms behind their backs then put them face down. The last man spoke, "Next order please."

Janet nodded, "You go to the stairwell and back up the girl we left there the rest of you will secure the lab and do a final sweep make sure we did not miss anybody." She watched as the agents went about their assigned tasks as Janet contacted Maria, "Bravo team has secured fourth floor and we require a cleanup crew in the hell tell them to wear masks."

Maria chuckled, "You had to use the bowel bombs didn't you?"

"Yes we did and I will add that they are disgusting."

"You can thank Bruce Banner for them they were his creation as a means to help lower casualties."

"I am going to go up and take on Ajaw my team will stay here."

Maria sighed, "Janet you need to wait there are still a few floors left to be taken over."

"I know Maria but this is my mission so I am going to make the call and go."

"Fine but just know if this goes south you did not have my permission."

Janet looked to her team, "Okay keep this lab safe for me I am going to the throne room." She turned in mid air and flew down the hall passed the two shield agents guarding the stairwell door. She flew up the center gap counting the floors in her head she would see that most had been already taken over by shield teams. She could hear shots on some floors others were quiet. All but two had the doors broken in she assumed the teams were already on their way to them. She stopped at the floor third from the top and looked at the metal security gate that now blocked the door. "Okay Janet how can I get through this." She then smiled and flew to the door holding her finger tips inches from the metal. All the yellow on her suit began to glow as she focused her stingers energy not to blast off but to hold on her fingers. She then took a deep breath last time she tried this in the lab she was sent flying back six feet. She slowly pointed her fingers at one tiny spot on the door. She watched as the metal began to heat up slowly melting away her visor was now filtering out the bright light so she could see everything she was doing.

She could feel the heat building up and bouncing back at her hands even if her outfit could withstand such intense heat it did not stop her from feeling it. She was breathing heavily as she began to sweat moving her hands slowly as she cut out rough circle that would be large enough for her to fly through. Just before she met back up with where she started she stopped leaving just a drop of sliver of metal holding up the disk. She knew she had not cut all the way through to the other side she did not have any pressure pushing the plasma she had created with her stingers through. Her hope was that she cut into it enough for her plan to work. She flew backwards quickly not letting the metal cool she began to fire her stingers at it rapidly she fired into the disk over and over watching it dent until finally it shot backwards leaving a nice hole for her to fly through.

"I cannot believe I did that!" She cheered before recomposing herself and flying through the hole to see Ajaw standing with five masked figures three women and two men all wearing the same mask. Their masks were shiny blue and yellow with crown of feathers across the top and around their heads and a pale gold color for the eyes and lips.

Ajaw looked to Janet his voice no longer cheerful instead it was annoyed and angry, "And here I thought we could keep all the bugs out." He turned his back to her, "Diyans see to it she or any other pest makes it into my throne room."

Janet growled and fired off her stingers at Ajaw's back only to have a female Diyan step forward and block them with one of her guns. The woman spoke softly, "We will make it so Ajaw." Ajaw did not turn to look back as he stepped through the door to his throne room both doors closing behind him with a thud. The woman looked to her fellow guards, "Time to show this bug the difference between her and royals." Every Diyan raised their guns and pointed them at Janet the metal diamonds on the sides flipped so the long pointed ends stuck out a small bolt of purple electricity sparked between them.

Janet flew towards them firing her stinger at the crowd who all moved in opposite directions yet in perfect time. They began to fire at Janet no two beams crossed paths as they did each aimed for a specific spot. She weaved in and out feeling herself getting corralled by the shots she quickly dove down and back just before they had formed a circle around her. She knew she would need to watch herself they were better trained then the previous guards she fought. She quickly flew around them firing her stingers being more careful to watch what they were doing now. Each shot she took however were blocked by their guns or they simply stepped out of the way. She suddenly began to spin out of control as a beam struck her wing she then felt the thud of one of the guns hit her sending her flying into the wall only to be hit by blast after blast coughing up blood she fell to the ground losing control of her size she began to grow. Her eyes slowly closing as she heard the footsteps of the guards walking towards her. Was this how it was going to end for her was she going to die here on her own broken and beaten the only thing keeping her from bleeding out was her new outfit. It was all that she could feel holding her together as she forced her eyes open to look up at five people pointing their guns at her. This was going to be her last sight and she knew it coughing again she looked up at them with a gaze of defiance if she was going to die she was going to die without a tear without breaking before them.