Janet found herself flying around the buildings of New York she had not slept much in the last month. Shield had been keeping her in the loop about the Royals but she knew they were still hiding a lot from her. She had been kept awake by thoughts of what could happen to her business and her friends. She flew around the corner of a building diving down to strike a robber with her stingers and knock him out a moment later cops would show up and she would take off. She could not get her mind to rest she could feel her senses dulling from what they should be. What was worse was that she could do nothing more than she had to keep her people safe. She yelled loudly thoughts filling her mind frustrating her she opened fire onto a metal pole stopping as it began to turn red.

She needed a distraction the videos the king kept sending her kept her up at night her building in the background of them or the people who worked for her on their days off. She was losing her mind slowly to this attack and she could not do anything to stop it. As she rounded a building she was met with the blast of a purple beam. She knew the sting from her fights with the Royals yet this one was different. As she fell she flipped herself around so she could see what had attacked her.

The mask the person wore was unmistakeable it was not a Royal but instead the mercenary known as crossbones. His image had changed since she last saw him but that was nothing new to her when it came villains especially mercenaries they changed to fit in with their employer. He wore the same skull mask and sleeveless shirt with two bones crossing but over it was a jacket from a two button suit also missing sleeves. His normal baggy pants had become straight and pressed dress pants that were tucked into a pair of polished boots. His knees covered by white kneepads. His normal pouch covered belt was gone and on it was just two simple pistols. Oh his hands were a pair of black fingerless gloves with the back on the hand and the cuffs seemed unusually thick. "Wasp it is time for you to see the strength of the bloodline one more time."

Janet recognized that line instantly King had said that in all his videos he sent her, "so you are working for the Royals now."

Crossbones smiled through his mask, "I work for those who can afford me and they paid very well." He placed his hand on a black car beside him then pulled it away as he did the metal follow his hand in a powder like form. The metal powder began to solidify into the form a large riffle, "They even give you benefits." He raised the gun to his shoulder and pulled the trigger bracing himself as the kick struck his shoulder the bullet flying at Janet who ducked just in time. The bullet struck the building behind her causing a huge explosion, "I like this."

Janet dove down towards him firing her stingers and dodging shots from Crossbones gun. As she got in close she was met with a cloud of metal dust and then an empty spot where Crossbones had been just a few divots from where his feet had touched ground as he fired. She rolled to her side firing at Crossbones, "I hope you can do more than that."

"Oh I can," He placed his hands on a metal parking sign turning it to metal powder forming it into throwing knives he would throw at Janet to keep her from getting a good shot off at him with her stingers. He was running as he threw the knives once he ran out of the signs powder he rolled behind a car. A few seconds later popping up with two crossbows metal powder spiraling around his body he fired the crossbows at Janet watching her weave in and out of the bolts. Each time he fired the crossbow would reset itself and make a new bolt to fire. The bolts would strike various objects embedding themselves in cars and walls almost to the point the ends could no longer be seen. The powder was vanishing with each shot until he had to toss the crossbows aside and grab a parking meter.

Janet was realizing what Crossbones had gained from the Royals and it was a disturbing power. He could brake metal down into tiny fragments just by touching it then form it into whatever he desired to fight with giving him an endless supply of weapons and ammo. She could not however figure out how he gained those powers and how he controlled it. She had a planned formed in her head now on how to take him down now all the time she spent in the microverse gave her some good insights. "still not good enough all you have is a bit of an upgrade you are still a d list bad guy." She needed to get him mad, "And tearing up a suit like that doesn;t make you cool it makes you look like an idiot." She fired her stingers again Crossbones forming a shield to block them.

Crossbones growled as he grabbed a car with both hands, "You want to see what I can do fine." The car quickly began to turn to powder and take the form of a gatling gun in his hands the immense amount of powder the car had turned into laid on the ground and swirled around him. Once the weapon had finished forming he opened fire bullets went flying out towards Janet at a rate she would not be able to dodge so instead she took off at a high speed, "You can't outrun this gun Wasp."

Janet smirked as she flew just ahead of the bullets only able to because she could fly in a circle around him faster than he could turn his body. She watched as the powder formed the chain of bullets even more dust being kicked up. She turned her body the yellow of her suit glowing slightly she fired her stingers right into the pile of metal powder. The electricity would move through the powder and find its way up into Crossbones body arcing in the dust to shock him from all angles. He soon dropped the gun and fell face forward into the ground, "sometimes you bad guys make it to easy."

"Oui they are especially when they do not follow plans."

Before Janet could turn around she felt the full force of a kick to her shrunken body and sending her flying into the side of a car with enough force to push it up onto the sidewalk. She slowly pulled herself out of the dent and looked up to see the familiar face of Batroc the leaper. "Seriously you two are teaming up again? Don't you always lose?"

Batroc stood there with a grin on his face his usual purple and gold suit had gone away instead he stood there in black two button suit with a purple rose in the pocket. On his head was his normal purple and gold cowl; on his feet were purple boots with golden lines on them. "Time for you to take on my new version of savate." He sprung forward at a speed Janet had not seen from him before. He raised his lead leg and thrust his foot forward at Janet who was still in front of the car.

Janet dove out of the way and watched as the car went flying into the stone building behind her broke through the walls and came out the other side. "Okay how did you power up so much."

"The Royals can be very generous and helpful when they hire you," He leapt into the air with a back flip landed on a wall and then jumped to the building across the street then off that wall and onto another until he was on the roof of a building. "Now can you keep up guêpe?"

Janet flew up after him firing her stingers only to have them dodged with ease as he leapt over gaps she was then struck with both his feet as Batroc had grabbed a flag pole and swung around it so he could strike her. Janet skidded across the roof top recovering quickly and taking off after Batroc as he began to run along the edge of the roof jumping from it to a balcony with a spiraling flip. He landed on the balconies railing and then flipped off it over Janet who was chasing him he then touched the wall on the building across from the balcony and spun on it before he landed on the ground and ran forward jumping over a statue and patting it on the head. Janet was keeping up with him but not able to get a clear shot off at him, "Your attacks have become flashier Batroc."

"Oui they have I am not only a master of just savate I have added parkour to my fighting style as well." He kicked off a wall flipping around and striking Janet with his foot and slamming her into the ground. "I found they fit well together." He took off again laughing he had been given the perfect upgrade from the Royals. In his boots pants and sleeves of his arms were devices that absorbed kinetic energy and stored it then released it when he desired. This allowed his jumps to be higher his running faster and the force of his kicks and punches to greatly increase.

Janet picked herself up off the ground not able to believe she was losing to Batroc the villain she used to put down in under a minute. She knew this past month was catching up to her hard but she would not give up. She would not quit not let anything stop her. She closed her eyes and touched the metal band around her neck with both fingers her visor taking the shape of a wasps head. It was time to end this before she broke something again. She took off at an immense speed flying right behind Batroc as he flipped over people bus stops and cars. Each time he kicked at her she fired her stingers striking his leg and flying backwards at the same time so she would just miss the kick. She was getting use to the speed of his attacks and the inconsistent way they came at her.

To Batroc each kick felt like a hit but at this speed and course they were on any lapse in judgement meant him hurting himself. He had to trust his feelings and believe he was wearing her down. "Not so easy to beat me now is it guêpe."

Janet changed direction again as Batroc used fire hydrant to turn himself rapidly around this sudden change at a high speed pulled on Janets body. It twisted and hurt her muscles each time but it was the only way to avoid these kicks. She fired her stingers again and struck Batroc in the chest forcing him to slow down with a skid and go to throwing punches at her to try and get enough room to keep moving. Janet however just kept pushing towards him dodging in and out of his attacks remembering her training with Captain America teaching her how to defend against different martial arts. Her best bet was to get in close keep him from kicking and wait until the right moment. Then it happened Batroc did a back flip swinging his lead leg at Janet only she rolled to the side. The yellow slanted ring on her leg glowing bright yellow as Batroc's head came up she kicked down hard and sent him face first into the ground. She had countered his attack perfectly not only did the force of her kick cause damage but the force of his kick was sent back into him.

Janet slowly began to return to normal size rubbing her shin, "You have a hard head."

A female voice spoke from an alley, "Yeah they never listen neither did the royals when we told them we were all they needed." From the alley emerged three female figures the one who had spoke in the lead she was a tall thin woman with light brown hair and deep green eyes. On her face was a thick bone structure that removed the bridge and continued down to form a flat nose that continued to the left and right of the tip following the cheek bone structure in her face until it vanished at her the point her jaw and skull connected. On her forearms was a thick bone like cylinders that stuck out from the sleeve of her two button suit. "We told them we should work together but when they got all stubborn saying they didn't need a group of new mercenaries helping them we said they could go first." She smiled, "Before we get to far my name is..."

"Lyrica Beau the model who transformed during a fashion show I was in the crowd and was the one who watched over your egg until it was taken in by Medussa." Janet knew this woman because before the incident she was an up and coming model but after that she turned her back on the industry.

Lyrica nodded, "Yes that was me but once I got my powers I decided I might as well use them to make money seeing how my carrier in modeling is over."

The woman to her right spoke up, "Come on Lyrica we do not need to go into back story we have a job to do." The woman was shorter than Lyrica her blonde hair was cut to shoulder length and tied up in a ponytail. The woman did not wear a two button suit instead she wore a pair of loose fitting black shorts and a tight black top that covered her chest. This woman was obviously physically fit with a strong solid build of muscles however the most unusual thing about her was on her forearms and shins. Cut out of the flesh was an area of brownish yellow crystal Janet recognizing it at Lonsdaleite a gem Janet had used in her meteor line of jewelry. On the woman feet were a pair of opened toed black shoes like those worn by some kick boxers when they spar. The woman looked to Janet glaring at her with blue eyes, "I guess if Lyrica says we need to introduce ourselves I am Aoife Guerra."

Janet looked over the woman who had just spoken, "The female fighter from Canada who lost her position on three Olympic teams."

Aoife growled a bit, "How did you know that?"

Janet smirked, "I have taken on the challenge of helping change the public's opinion about Inhumans you were on the list of people who got discriminated against and were subject of talk shows I was on a few times."

The third woman shook her head, "Let's just get this over with so we can get paid." The woman was a Japanese woman with long waist length black hair and brown eyes. She seemed younger than the other two women Janet thought probably college student visiting New York during Thanos' invasion. The girl was in a two button suit with six odd bumps on the forearms that at the highest points poked out an odd semi transparent hole. She then bowed, "Sorry to rush this Janet but I am Sayuri Hana." Around the woman's next was a leather and gold collar obviously it translated her words as they came out. The girl also did not wear the pants from the suit instead she wore a black and dark green plaid skirt.

Lyrica spoke again, "We are W.I.M."

"W.I.M.?" Janet questioned the name unsure what it meant.

"Women Inhuman Mercenaries...we thought it sounded better the F.I.M." Aoife was speaking almost friendly with Janet, "We don't want you to take this personally Wasp we have nothing against you we just need to find new ways to live and little Sayuri needs to buy her own plane if she wants to get back to Japan seeing as how because of her powers she is grounded."

Sayuri glared at Aoife, "For a fighter you talk a lot."

Janet smirked, "How about I make you a deal, or maybe more of a bet."

Lyrica was about to yell at her partners who were about to start fighting again, "What kind of bet?"

"I know you only get paid the full some if you beat me so how about this, if I win you join me and are my mercenaries leaving behind all ties with the Royals."

"And if we win? You not only get your payment from the royals you get my building and company." Janet took a strong pose facing down all three, "Plus if you are on my team I will get you better costumes then those."

Lyrica looked to the girls beside her Sayuri nodding quickly if they won it meant an instant trip home and she could be done with this life. Aoife thought for a second before nodding she liked the idea of having her own tower. Lyrica then turned back to Janet, "you have a deal Wasp."

"Just so you know if I do win I am changing the name of your crew to Wasp's Inhuman Mercenaries I think it sounds better." Janet began to shrink down again it seemed her earlier tired like state had vanished her focus sharpened once again. This was the first chance to take away something from the Royals with her own power and relying on shield to back her up. Plus if she won she would get better security for her building.