The Ongoing Path – Ant-Man Universe
By Stargatesg1fan1
Disclaimer: I own nothing of any recognized universes or characters within.
Women Bonded to Harry in This Verse-
Hope Pym is played by Evangeline Lilly
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March 2015
Harry appeared in a local counterpart just as that counterpart was getting ready to jump over a fence. To many he was known as Path-Harry. He sensed the police officers on the other side of the fence. He also sensed he was being watched by a very intriguing security system. Cameras were mounted on the backs of ants.
"What a strange universe," Harry mused to himself even as he sensed the residual particles on his body which could alter the distance between the molecules of matter.
These were called Pym Particles named after Hank Pym, the man Scott Lang had just stolen an Ant-Man suit from. Hank Pym was the owner of the home of the yard Harry was standing in. Scott Lang was Harry's name in this universe. Harry focused on synthesizing the Pym Particles and felt himself grow smaller. As he grew smaller he could sense Hank Pym's eyebrows climbing higher and higher. Harry walked right past the police with them none the wiser about his presence or identity.
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The first thing Harry did was grow his new body larger. He was too short.
The second thing he did was sort out his lack of funds and purchase a house. He had been living on the couch of his old cellmate Luis. Funds were easy enough to sort. He simply permanently conjured some gold and jewels and sold them. He didn't actually bother with this himself. His replicat Aristotle did it for him. To repay Luis for his kindness, Harry also bought him a house next door.
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Pym Residence
Harry was met at the door by a beautiful dark haired woman whose surface thoughts said she was Hope Van Dyne or also known as Hope Pym, the daughter of Hank Pym.
"It's nice to see you know how to use the front door," Hope said with a very cold demeanor.
"But the back door is so much fun," Harry couldn't help but quip.
Hope glared unamused.
"Dr. Pym is waiting for you," Hope said as she turned and started walking away.
Harry couldn't help but notice Hope had a very nice back door. She was gorgeous. Hank was waiting at a table with tea and breakfast.
"I assume that you've already met my daughter Hope," Hank said.
"I have. She seems lovely," Harry said with an even tone.
"She doesn't think that we need you," Hank replied.
"We don't. We can do this ourselves," Hope said.
"I don't think you need me," Harry admitted surprising both Hope and Pym. "You two seem highly capable. Whatever it is you are attempting can probably be done by the two of you. But I can certainly make your job easier. I'm curious. Why try to have me arrested if you baited me into stealing your suit the first time?"
"That was Hope, not me," Hank admitted.
"I was unaware that you had a daughter when I attempted that," Hope admitted in a bit of an apologetic tone.
Hope was less hostile now that she knew Harry thought she was capable of doing the job on her own.
"I understand," Harry said.
"You shrunk without a suit last night," Hank noted causing Hope to choke a bit on her tea.
"I did," Harry said. "I figure I'm a mutant and exposure to your suit awakened my x-gene."
"I'm passingly familiar with mutation," Hank admitted. "It is possible," He admitted. "I believe using the suit will help you learn to control it. Are you interested in a job?"
"Sure," Harry said even though he no longer needed the money. His interest was in adventure and Hope. "You have my interest," He replied while not looking away from Hope.
Hope blushed, finding herself charmed by Harry despite her initial anger at him. Hank could not miss the blatant flirting with his daughter but chose to ignore it.
"I was very impressed with how you managed to get past my security system. Freezing that metal on the safe was particularly clever," Hank said.
"Coming from you Mr. Pym that is very flattering," Harry admitted. "Your reputation is legend."
"You first caught my attention when you robbed Vista Corp," Hank said. "Vista's security system was one of the most advanced in the business. It was supposed to be unbeatable. But you beat it."
"There is no such thing as unbeatable," Harry said.
"Would you like some sugar?" Hank asked.
"Sure," Harry said. Two ants pushed a pair of sugar cubes across the table towards Harry's tea. He looked at them fascinated and didn't bat an eye before drinking the tea after the ants dropped the sugar cubes in. "Electromagnetic waves to stimulate their olfactory nerve center?" Harry asked.
Even Hope looked up from her newspaper in surprise before glancing from Harry to her father.
"You are very smart," Hank noted.
"I've always downplayed it," Harry said. "But being in the presence of you two makes me think that isn't such a good idea."
"Probably a good idea. This allows me to speak to the ants," Hank said as he pointed towards what looked like a hearing aid on his right ear. "Through the ants I can go anywhere, hear anything, and see anything."
"Yet you still know absolutely nothing," Hope said as she stood. She nodded at Harry and said, "If you'll excuse me I have to go meet Cross."
"I'm not expert on women. But I do believe she is very angry with you," Harry said.
"The state of my life for many years now," Hank said. "Follow me," He said as he rose. "40 years ago I discovered a formula that altered atomic relative distance," Hank explained as he led Harry into the lower level of his house. He accessed a secret hidden lab. "The technology I developed was too dangerous to let get out. I hid it from the world and switched gears starting my own company."
"Pym Tech," Harry said.
"I took on a young protégé named Darren Cross," Hank explained. "I thought I saw something in him, the son I never had perhaps. He was brilliant. But as we became close, he began to suspect I wasn't telling him everything. He heard rumors of what was called the Pym Particle." Hank held up a vial of red liquid. He became obsessed with recreating my formula. I wouldn't help him. So, he conspired against me and voted me out of my own company."
"How on Earth did a lab assistant gain enough power to vote you out of your own company?" Harry asked.
"He came a long way from my lab assistant. I trusted him too much. And the board's chairman is my daughter Hope. She was the deciding vote. She came back to my side when she saw how close Cross was to cracking my formula. The process is highly volatile. If the subject isn't protected by the specialized helmet like the one on my suit their brain chemistry can be effected. Except in your case it would seem. In any case, I don't think Darren realizes the threat to the neurochemistry of anyone who shrinks. He wasn't the most stable guy to begin with," Hank explained.
"You want me to help you take down Cross," Harry summarized.
"Exactly," Hank said.
"I'll do it. But I do think Hope should be given a suit too," Harry suggested.
Hank looked pained and admitted, "Her mother wore a suit. The suit was why her mother is no longer here. When you put on a suit like this you can sometimes have to make the hard choice to sacrifice your life to save many lives. That is why Janet isn't with us."
"Does Hope know that?" Harry asked. "I'm guessing not and that is why she is angry with you."
"You're very perceptive," Hank noted.
"I can also perceive what is going on with Hope. She thinks she is being passed over because she is a woman, not because you love her too much and are afraid of losing her. Tell her," Harry urged.
"I'll think about it," Hank agreed.
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It wasn't much later that Hope came back with news of Cross having successfully shrunk a sheep.
"Hope, I need to talk to you," Hank began after Hope had delivered her news.
"I'm listening," Hope said.
"Scott made me see that I need to tell you why I have been so against you wearing the suit," Hank said causing Hope to glance at Harry in surprise. "Your mother and I were a team. We were Ant-Man and the Wasp. We were going to stop a nuclear ICBM. But it had already launched. The only way to stop it was to shrink between the molecules of the thick armor that was completely sealed. The issue is our regulators weren't designed to handle shrinking that small. As soon as we went past a certain threshold, we would have kept on shrinking into the quantum realm. I was going to do it. But my regulator was damaged. Your mother sacrificed her life to do it," Hank explained. Both he and Hope had tears in their eyes. "I couldn't risk losing you. Scott helped me realize I at least had to tell you why."
"I see," Hope said before she stepped forward and hugged her father. She threw Harry an expression of gratitude as she hugged him. She stepped back and said, "I understand your worries. But I still want to wear a suit. I want to be the wasp."
"I'll only allow it if you have a partner. I want you to train with Scott," Hank said.
"Deal," Hope agreed.
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"Wow," Harry said when he saw Hope in the Wasp suit.
Hope grinned at his reaction. She thought she looked pretty fantastic in the suit as well.
"This is an improved version of your mother's suit. I've thought up a lot of improvements since those days using modern electronics. This suit comes equipped with two backup regulators and redundancies to many of the systems," Hank explained. The three were standing in an upstairs bedroom. "You need to be able to shrink and grow at any moment. You will dive through the keyhole of this closed door. You should start shrinking as you leap and then expand to full size on the other side."
"Ladies first," Harry offered.
Hope tried. She hit the door. Harry tried. He hit the door. Harry allowed himself until the fifth try before he succeeded. The truth was he could have done it the first try.
"Maybe try shrinking while in motion leaping. But don't aim for the door. Then once you are comfortable leaping and shrinking do the keyhole," Harry suggested.
Hope tried it and the next time she attempted the keyhole she succeeded. Harry earned a brilliant smile from Hope when she finished.
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Harry stood before Hope in the basement of Hank's house. She was wearing form-fitting legs that left none of her curves to the imagination.
"When you're small you are compressed. So you have the force of a 200 pound man behind the fist 1/100th of an inch wide," Hope explained. "You're like a bullet. You punch too hard you kill someone. You punch too soft it is a love tap. You have to know how to punch."
"I know how to punch," Harry assured.
"Show me," Hope said as she help up small training pads on her hands. Harry demonstrated. "You do know how to punch," Hope said. "Have you had training?"
"I have," Harry confirmed.
"Hope has been looking forward to this part. She trained in Martial Arts after her mother died," Hank explained.
Hank left after that as Harry and Hope got progressively more combative. Hope was testing his skill levels and he was not found wanting. Then she tried a move that had never failed her before. Her intent was to leap up at him with her right leg and then her left wrapping her thighs around his head with her crotch right in his face and then twist her body as he fell back using their momentum to throw him down. What Hope got was unexpected. Harry regained his balance somehow even with her on his shoulders. His hands went to her ass. She tried dropping an elbow on his head several times. But he didn't budge.
"How are you conscious?" Hope said as she experienced something unexpected.
His face was pressed against her pussy with only her panties and leggings separating them. But there might as well not have been anything between them given how turned on Hope was suddenly feeling. Arousal flooded through her system. She was the most aroused she had been in her life and that included during actual sex. Hope had the urge to resume this position with her bottoms off and see what Scott could do with his tongue.
"I'm tougher than I look," Harry said with his hands still holding Hope by her butt.
The two breathed heavily for several long moments while he just stood there. Hope was fairly certain he was getting a very good whiff of her fragrant snatch from all the working out they had just done.
"Can you put me down?" Hope asked even though she really didn't want him to.
"Sure," Harry said, just as reluctantly. She slid down his body with his grasp on her butt guiding her. She couldn't help notice that he was impressively hard as she reached the level where she was able to stand on her own. "Sorry about grabbing your butt," Harry said.
"I'm sure it was instinctual," Hope suggested with a shrug even as images of her taking down his shorts and dropping to her knees flashed into her mind.
"It was. But I enjoyed it a lot so feel I should apologize," Harry said. "It's a really nice butt."
"Thanks. I work hard for it," Hope admitted.
Harry stepped in and kissed her. Hope happily reciprocated the kiss. The two kissed for maybe ten seconds. He drew back slowly.
"Can I buy you dinner?" Harry asked.
"I would love that," Hope agreed before she kissed him again. They slowly drew back and she said, "We'd better go continue our training or we might take things a little too fast."
"Alright. Just one more for the road," Harry said before he slowly kissed her.
Hope couldn't help but let out a moan into the kiss as she orgasmed. It wasn't an earth-shattering orgasm. But it was a slow build-up to a very nice little orgasm that took the edge off of her arousal. She still wanted him for more.
"Oh wow," Hope whispered.
"There's more where that came from," Harry promised.
Hope followed Harry on wobbly legs. Hank began training Harry on how to control the ants. Hope already know how to do it and offered to help him practice.
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Later That Night
"I want to thank you. You seem to influence my father more than I've ever seen anyone able to influence him. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have a suit right now or know the truth about my mother," Hope said.
The two were sitting in a nice restaurant waiting on their meal.
"I'm happy to help," Harry said. "I think you and I will make a great team."
Harry reached out over the table and took Hope's hand. She gazed at their joined hands as she felt that flood of arousal that accompanied contact with him. Then she met his gaze.
"I agree," Hope admitted.
Hope had yearned for her father's approval which had always seemed unobtainable. Her father had hand-picked Harry to be his successor. Hope saw that Scott had Hank's approval. At first she had been jealous. But after Scott had gotten her Hank's approval and turned out to be such an amazing guy, Hope's feelings for him had rapidly changed. Combine that with the aura of lust the sex god could project and this was too easy. Harry had no intention of abusing the power he had over Hope except to bring them both a lot of pleasure.
"Tell me more about yourself," Harry requested.
The two spent an enjoyable dinner getting to know one another. Harry dropped her off at her place after and gave her another orgasm-inducing kiss.
When Hope invited him in for a drink Harry said, "Coming in right now would mean sex. While that would undoubtedly lead to a very good time I want to get to know you just a little more. I feel a connection to you beyond the physical. I want to make us last."
Hope bit her bottom lip unintentionally making it harder for Harry. She nodded agreement.
"Goodnight then," Hope said.
Hope went upstairs and quickly got out her vibrator. She put it to use with thoughts of Scott.
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Selene appeared in Harry's home in this new universe having felt his mental summons. Without preamble his vampire wife bent over the couch in his living room while telekinetically lowering her skintight pants and panties. He waisted no time in sheathing himself into Selene and sating his lust for Hope. Selene didn't mind. She even projected some of the sensations she was feeling to Hope telepathically. It wasn't enough to tip Hope off to being telepathically connected with anyone. But Hope thought her sexual fantasies and use of a vibrator felt particularly real.
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Harry had been a busy bee, or rather Ant-Man. He had copied all of Hank Pym's knowledge on the quantum realm. He had also sent a few probes down there using his technology.
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Pym Residence, The Next Morning
"Hey you," Hope greeted with a smile as she met him at the door.
"Good morning," Harry replied with a grin as he kissed her.
She gave him another peck on the lips after they ended the first kiss.
"Another day spent aroused," Hope thought to herself. "There are worse things."
She was unintentionally projecting her thoughts which her partner picked up on. He took her hand and led her to the breakfast table.
"Something you two want to tell me?" Hank asked when he noticed the joined hands.
"Hope and I are seeing each other now," Harry said as he sat down with Hope.
"Scott I hope you won't take this the wrong way when I say this. Nobody will ever be good enough for my daughter," Hank said. "But that being said, Hope could do a hell of a lot worse."
Hope grinned and squeezed his hand beneath the table.
"I understand Hank," Harry said. "I'll be right back."
Harry released Hope's hand and began shrinking, without a suit. He shrunk and shrunk. It took a while. But he rapidly shrunk to the quantum realm.
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Janet Pym looked up as a man suddenly stood next to her where there hadn't been someone moments before. She stood up in surprise. She had gained abilities living in this realm for so long. Those abilities told her there was more to him than a mere man.
"Who are you?" Janet asked.
"Scott Lang," Harry said. "I am dating your daughter. Come with me and I will take you back to them."
Janet took the offered hand and allowed him to pull her close. He wrapped his arm around her waist. She felt an energy field close around her. Then they were growing.
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Pym Dining Room
"Janet," Hank said in shock as his wife and Scott appeared where Harry had been a few minutes before.
Harry released Janet as she went to her husband.
"How?" Hope asked with tears in her eyes.
"I realized there was a good chance I could make it to the quantum realm with my powers. I have been practicing," Harry explained.
"Hope," Janet said with tears in her own eyes as she pulled her daughter into a hug.
The family of three began a tearful reunion.
It only took a few moments for Hope to notice Harry's absence.
"Where's Harry?" Hope asked.
"I think he slipped out to give us some family time," Janet said. "You found yourself a good one there."
"And that man wants to take things slow?!" Hope couldn't help but think to herself.
The man had just returned her long lost mother to her. She had wanted to tear off his clothes before. Now…now she wanted to do things to him that would make her parents blush.
Hope quickly sent a text to Harry's phone, "Thank you so much for what you just did! If you're available tonight I would like to take you out on a date. We have some more getting to know one another. I just learned my new boyfriend is a very kind and thoughtful man."
"You're welcome. Of course I am free. Just come over to my place whenever you are ready and we can figure out what to do then. Take your time. I know I wouldn't want to be parted from my mother easily if I was in your place," Harry's text replied causing Hope to smile.
Hope and Hank spent the rest of the day catching up with Janet. When Hope later left for her date with Harry, Hank and Janet caught up in the way only a man and a woman could without clothes.
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Later That Evening
"Hello there beautiful," Harry greeted at his door when Hope arrived. "Come in."
Hope greeted Harry with a kiss that lingered which he happily returned.
"You're wonderful," Hope declared.
"Why thank you. You're pretty awesome yourself. Good day with your mother?" Harry asked as he took her jacket and hung it up before leading her over to a couch.
Harry sat beside her and listened as Hope talked about her mother. It took her a little while to wind down. But Harry didn't mind at all. By the end of it Hope had cuddled up closer to him with his arm around her.
"You're a very good listener," Hope said. "What have you been up to today?"
"Exploring with my powers. It turns out there are quantum wormholes I can access. I've sped up my shrinking. The wormholes can take me anywhere. I can even bring objects to me," Harry said as he held out his right hand towards the table and caused a large rough diamond and a large chunk of gold ore to appear on the table.
"Are those what I think they are?" Hope asked as she sat up and leaned towards the objects.
"If you're thinking a diamond and gold then yes. It turns out there are a large number of asteroids in the solar system which contain rare metals and stones," Harry explained. "I'm already set for life after today. I sold quite a bit. My great grandchildren will be set for life."
"This is amazing," Hope said as she looked at Harry with a look of awe. "I wonder what else you can do."
"We will find out. I was wondering if you'd like to go on a hike with me through a state park and then have dinner?" Harry asked.
"It's dark out. Hiking wouldn't be very enjoyable in the dark," Hope pointed out.
"It's dark here," Harry said. "But I can now take you anywhere in the world."
"That's brilliant. Let's do it," Hope agreed.
Hope stood and said, "Oh wait. I'm not dressed for hiking."
"That's alright. We'll just pop back to your place quick and then head out to a nice forest in a different time zone," Harry suggested.
Harry wrapped his arm around Hope, and they were away. They had a wonderful hike and then dinner in Paris.
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Avengers Facility
Harry and Hope flew down towards the target facility having been teleported above by Harry. They were after a prototype signal decoy device that Hank designed during his SHIELD days. They needed it to counteract the signal blockers Cross had installed in his facility.
"Dad, I think your intel is out of date. This is no longer just one of Howard Stark's old warehouses," Hope transmitted.
"Maybe they should scrub the mission," Janet said over the com.
"We can handle this," Harry assured.
As soon as the pair touched down on the target building, Sam Wilson A.K.A. the Falcon flew over head and touched down.
"I can see you," Sam said.
Harry and Hope enlarged.
"Hi," Harry said.
"What are you doing here?" Sam asked.
"There's a man named Darren Cross who has just discovered how to make shrinking technology and plans to sell it to the highest bidder. His highest bidder is Hydra," Harry said which caused Hope to look at him in surprise. "We're going to make it so he can't release this technology. We need a signal jammer that has been stored here for a long time to do it. Go Wasp. I've got this."
Hope shrunk and flew off.
"Even if what you say is true I can't just allow you to take something. I'll have to talk to the other Avengers," Sam said as he walked towards Harry.
"There isn't time for that," Harry said.
Harry shrunk down as Sam lunged towards him. Harry leapt off the edge of the building and then enlarged. This wasn't something they had practiced. The Ant-Man suit was capable of it. But this was Harry enlarging with his "mutation." He pushed it beyond what the suit was capable of. Suddenly there was a hundred foot giant holding a very surprised Sam Wilson so that his wings were pinned to his sides.
"I did not see that coming," Sam said.
"We're just going to hold you here while Wasp retrieves the piece of tech," Harry said.
"So you can become small and giant," Sam said rather casually when it appeared he wasn't about to be crushed. "Neat trick."
"A world-changing technology," Harry said.
"Scott, stop pointing the Avengers at my tech. Stark will steal it," Howard said over the com.
Harry didn't reply. Hope returned at that moment.
"See you later," Harry said as he released Sam and shrunk down.
He wrapped his arm around Hope and teleported them away with the signal jammer.
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Pym Residence
By the time Harry and Hope returned Janet had calmed her husband down enough for him to simply ask, "Do you mind telling me why you told one of the Avengers about Cross and aimed them right at my tech?"
"The quantum realm holds the possibility of time travel. Have you theorized about that yet?" Harry asked.
"I have. But I didn't write that down because it was just a theory I've been developing," Hank admitted.
"I've been growing more connected with the quantum realm as I learn to use my powers. I've caught glimpses of the future or rather possible futures," Harry said. "I have them in my dreams sometimes."
"I would get dreams like that when I was down in the quantum realm," Janet admitted.
"What does this have to do with the Avengers?" Hope asked. "Something about the future involves them?"
"You and I will be involved with them in the future. There are threats out there that will mean the Avengers are going to need all the help they can get," Harry explained. "I didn't want our first interaction with the Avengers to be completely negative. So, I told mostly the truth. Will Tony Stark figure out that Ant-Man and the Wasp are related to Hank Pym? Probably. They are also busy right now dealing with their own crisis of an out of control AI. I may need to step in to help if it gets out of hand."
"I told you he would have his reasons," Janet said to her husband.
"And as usual you were right," Hank admitted.
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Harry's Place
Hope and Harry were staying having dinner.
Hope said, "I've never seen my dad back down from an argument so easily."
"The power of the pussy," Harry said in between bites.
Hope gaped a little at Harry with a mock-scandalized expression, shocked he had said something to her like that so early into their dating. But she wasn't really offended.
"You're horrible," Hope said teasingly. After a few moments she said, "I don't seem to have that power over you."
"Well…we haven't yet," Harry said. "But I assure you I am plenty willing to listen to you. I want you more every day I spend with you."
Hope smiled at hearing that. It was nice to hear that Harry wanted her as badly as she wanted him.
Harry suddenly sat up and looked off in a particular direction. Hope took notice.
"What is it?" Hope asked.
"Your dad. Cross appeared in your dad's house. He's talking with Hank in his study. Suit up," Harry said.
Hope quickly suited up and they shrunk. Harry teleported them silently into the house.
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"Darren, what are you doing in here?" Hank asked.
Hope went to hide some plans Hank had laying out in the room. Likely Darren had already seen them.
"You left the front door open Hank. It's official. You're old," Darren replied. "I bring good news."
"What is that?" Hank asked.
"Pym Tech. The company you created, is about to become one of the most profitable operations in the world," Darren said as he drew closer to Hank. Harry was prepared to intervene should it prove necessary. "We're estimating $15 billion in sales tomorrow alone."
"That's fantastic news," Hank said. "I wasn't sure when I was forced out that the company would survive. But it appears my concerns were baseless."
"I'd like you to be there. This is my moment. I want you to see it," Darren said.
"Sure. I'll be there," Hank agreed as he stepped a short distance away from Darren.
Darren walked over and picked up a picture of Hope from when she was younger. He placed the picture down.
"What did you see in me all those years ago when you picked me?" Darren asked.
"Myself," Hank replied.
"Then why did you push me away?" Darren asked.
"Because I saw too much of myself. I've had to hold myself back for the good of the world," Hank answered.
Darren left.
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A Short While Later
"Cross knows. He is baiting you. We have to call it off," Hope said.
"We're all taking risks," Hank said.
"I agree with Hope that he knows. My guess is he will be aware of our plans and will have changed up the security," Harry suggested.
"What can we do to alter our plans then?" Janet asked.
"A few things. While we were at the Avengers facility I took the opportunity to place some electronics that made it easier for me to hack into Stark's systems. One of the things he has been experimenting with is nano-tech which basically means his suit is formed of nanites. It can flow onto him and take shape at the drop of a hat. I think we can make versions of it for Hope and I," Harry suggested.
"We don't have the equipment for something like that," Hank pointed out.
"No. But Stark does. And I can get into his facility and use his equipment. I can also erase my tracks. The most he will notice is some missing nanites," Harry said.
"I'm coming with you," Hope said.
"It's better if I do this alone," Harry assured. "Just this once trust me."
Hope nodded at her boyfriend. Harry didn't actually break into Stark's facility to get the nanites. He simply created nanite suits far more advanced than anything Tony Stark had access to using the facilities on his ship.
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"This is amazing," Hope said as she practiced causing her suit's arms to shift into different weapons and shapes.
"It is," Janet agreed. "It even has the repulsor technology. But it's a different color and more focused."
"I implemented some design improvements," Harry said as he appreciated how the liquid nanite suit showed off Hope's physique even more.
Hope was not oblivious to Harry's gaze upon her. She was incredibly turned on.
"Soon," Hope told herself. "Maybe after the operation."
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Harry had briefly considered hiring Luis, Kurt, and Dave. But the three of them were kind of morons. They weren't needed.
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Outside Pym Technologies
Harry dropped into a storm drain. Through this he was able to access the water main. He used the repulsors in his suit to guide his suit through the water stream. When he reached the correct branching pipe he flew up through it. He came up out through a sink faucet in a bathroom. He released a swarm of ants from his pocket and enlarged them as soon as they were away from him. Meanwhile Hope deployed her nanite suit when she was in the bathroom and slipped the signal decoy into the server room. She then rejoined the gathering.
Harry was listening in on coms as Darren showed Hank and Hope into his main lab.
"I have to hand it to you Darren. You really did it," Hank said, playing to Darren's ego.
"You only know the half of it," Darren replied.
Meanwhile Harry and the ants had reached the main computer storage for the whole facility. The ants at his command fried the servers.
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Meanwhile Back in the Lab
"Hello Dr. Cross," Mitchell Carson greeted Darren Cross with a handshake as he exchanged unfriendly looks with Hank Pym. Mitchell was one of the higher-ups with Hydra that had embedded with SHIELD before SHIELD disbanded. "My associates have agreed to your terms."
"Wonderful," Darren said. He turned to Hank and explained, "Mr. Carson introduced me to these fine gentlemen here. They are representatives of Hydra. They are not what they were. They're doing some interesting work. And I'm enjoying myself," He said with a laugh. He stepped closer to Hank. "You tried to hide your technology from me. And now it's going to blow up in your face." Hank hauled off and punched Darren. "Wow, wow. I mean I saw that punch coming from a mile away. I just figured it would be all pathetic and weak."
"You were obviously wrong," Hank replied.
Harry had arrived above the lab. He saw tubes of the golden colored particle that were Cross' version of the Pym Particle.
"I'm in position," Harry informed the team.
The ants had begun planting charges which enlarged once in place. Harry stood at the edge of a tube which had a laser grid at the bottom of it. He leapt down it. As he flew towards the grid he couldn't help but grin. The suit's nanite armor should shrug off the laser. If it didn't Harry wasn't worried. He was pretty durable after all. He passed through the laser grid barely having felt it. An iris closed where the laser grid had been.
"Hey little guy," Darren Cross said as he tapped on the clear polymer while holding the target suit they had come to destroy. "I always suspected you had a suit stored away somewhere. Who is the new Ant Man, the man my beloved mentor trusted even more than me? Scott Lang, a martyr," Cross said as images of Scott Lang being arrested appeared on the screen. "Who took on the system and paid the price. Losing his family and his only daughter in the process."
Pictures of Scott with his daughter Cassie appeared as well.
"Darren don't do this. You more than anyone must realize what you are unleashing on the world," Hank said. "This is worse than the nuclear bomb."
"It is," Darren agreed. "I've already sold for twice the price thanks to you. Word travels fast that this technology allowed the infiltration of an Avengers facility. I'll sell them the Yellowjacket. But I'm keeping the particle to myself," He explained as he showed a vial of the fluid. "They don't run on diesel. If you want the fuel you'll have to come to me," He added as he held the vial out to the hydra goons. "What do you call the only man who can arm the most powerful weapon in the world?"
"The most powerful man in the world," Hank replied. "But you're making a mistake. That isn't the ant-man suit that I created," He said as he nodded at where Ant-Man was apparently contained.
Darren appeared momentarily confused.
"What do you mean?" Darren asked.
"He means," Hope said as she triggered her own suit to flow over her. "We've been upgraded."
Before the Hydro goons could act, Harry exploded out of the containment vessel. Darren went for the briefcase where he had stuffed the Yellowjacket suit. Harry was faster. Bullet ants dropped onto Darren and began biting him. Harry shrunk the briefcase and pocketed it even as he enlarged.
The "fight" was rather anticlimactic. Without the Yellowjacket suit Cross was just a man, a man taken down easily.
"Well that was a bit anticlimactic," Hope admitted after all of the Hydra agents and Cross' hired goons were secured shrunken in their pockets. "Now what?"
"We pull the fire alarm and blow up the building," Hank suggested.
"Alternative idea. Cross disappears. Hope controls the company. The data is already taken out. This way all of your equipment and facilities aren't destroyed," Harry suggested.
"I'll want to make sure none of this equipment can be used by anyone but us," Hank said.
"We can do that," Hope agreed.
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Two Days Later
"It's official. You are back to being in charge of the company," Hope said as she walked into her parents' home to find them eating breakfast.
"That's wonderful news," Janet said.
"Even without selling my technology to the world there are many products we can produce that have been miniaturized," Hank said. "I have to say, a couple of months ago I did not see us being here reunited and back in control of the family business."
"A couple of months ago you hadn't met Scott," Hope pointed out.
"How are things between you two?" Janet asked her daughter.
"Wonderful," Hope admitted with a smile. "We've got a date tonight. I met Cassie a few days ago. She is such a sweet little girl."
"I'm happy for you," Janet said.
"No man likes to think about these things. But Scott is a very good man," Hank said.
Hope rolled her eyes with a smile.
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Sokovia
"Are sure you can do this?" Hope asked her boyfriend as they saw the city raising into the sky.
"I can do this," Harry assured.
He had to do this. Aristotle had taken a glimpse into the future of this universe. This event was what would cause the world powers in this universe to try to restrict the superheroes.
Harry began growing, and growing, and growing. He grew beyond anything Hank Pym had ever experimented or envisioned. He grew so tall that any who had seen one would have made comparisons to a newly birthed Celestial.
"What the fuck," Tony Stark's voice called out as he and the other Avengers saw the giant that easily dwarfed the landmass they had been trying to decide how to handle.
Wanda Maximoff had just killed Ultron's primary body.
"We're friends," Hope said over the Avengers com systems. "We'll take it from here," She added as Harry picked up the city and ignored the support technology holding it up.
He forced the city back to the ground slowly. The support technology was not designed to handle the city's weight plus Harry. They burnt out along the way. He placed the city gently back into the hole that had been created by its departure. Harry then shrunk down as the Avengers slowly approached him.
"What are you?" Tony asked.
"Thank you," Steve Rodgers added.
"You're welcome," Harry said.
"We're going to keep our identities to ourselves for now. A shit storm will probably ensue after this incident. We may make contact," Hope said.
"Fair enough," Natasha Romanov said.
"Fairwell for now," Harry said as he wrapped his arm around Hope's waist and then teleported them away.
"Celestials," Thor muttered.
"What was that?" Clint Barton asked.
"He may have been a Celestial, a being of immense power," Thor said.
"You mean like you big guy?" Natasha asked.
"Even more power than I," Thor admitted.
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Six Months Later, Bill Foster's Lab
"We mean you no harm," Janet said as she and Harry appeared within the lab.
"Janet," Bill said with surprise. "How did you make it out of the quantum realm?"
Janet exchanged a look with Harry. He had been correct that Foster and Ava Starr, the woman he had raised from childhood, had been keeping tabs on Hank.
"Thanks to my future son-in-law here," Janet said while nodding to Harry.
Bill blanched as he realized who Harry was, the Giant Man from the Sokovia incident. The giant man had not been idle since then. He and the Wasp had been making regularly appearances interfering in Avengers level matters. The engagement was a recent development, one Harry was very happy about.
"What do you want?" Ava asked.
"To help you," Janet said. "I can feel your pain from here," She said as she approached the containment unit Bill had built for her.
"I had only begun to hypothesize that you may be able to help her with all the quantum energy you absorbed while in the quantum realm," Bill said.
"She can help me?" Ava asked in surprise.
"I'll try," Janet said. "Come here."
Ava approached the older woman. Ava had led a hard life. Her parents had died in a quantum tunnel experiment that had left Ava multi-phasic. She routinely phased between dimensions which was a very painful ability. Janet laid her fingers on Ava's temples and her fingers took on a multicolored glow. It took a few minutes of Janet absorbing the quantum energy from Ava. But soon Janet stopped shifting.
"Did it work?" Bill asked eagerly.
"It worked," Janet said. "You shouldn't shift ever again."
Ava with tears in her eyes threw her arms around Janet. Janet patted the girl her daughter's age on the back rubbing in circles.
"Thank you," Bill said.
"I'm glad I could help," Janet admitted.
"We heard what SHIELD trained her to do in exchange for her containment suit. I suspect it was Hydra parts of SHIELD who made those decisions. In either case, it was wrong," Harry said.
"Thank you for saying that," Bill said.
"It was good seeing you Bill," Janet said as she walked back over to Harry when Ava had released her.
"Say hello to Hank for me. I know neither of us were one another's favorite person. But I wish him the best," Bill said.
"I'll pass it on. I'm sure he would say the same," Janet said.
The two vanished via Harry's form of teleportation.
"Now you can live the rest of your life on your terms," Bill said as he wrapped the girl that was like a daughter to him in a hug.
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Three Years Later
Harry entered the living room of his house to find Hope chatting with Natasha. After the events of Sokovia, Harry and Hope had been in somewhat regular contact with the Avengers. They had even teamed up on some missions. Nat and Hope had become best friends since then.
"Hi Scott," Nat greeted when she saw them.
"Hello Nat," Harry replied as he walked up behind Hope and laid his hands on her shoulders, their signal.
"Do you mind?" Hope asked her best friend.
"Not at all," Nat assured. "Bruce has even given me a permanent pass to be a little more playful with you two."
Bruce Banner was Nat's husband. The two wouldn't even be together if Harry hadn't tracked Bruce down after he had run off on some noble self-sacrificing bullshit and talked some sense into him. Nat and Bruce had something of a slightly open relationship. It was open to certain approved individuals. Nat and Bruce knew of Harry and Hope's free-use policy. Either could make sexual use of the other at any time they wanted as long as one of them wasn't sick.
"How do you want me?" Hope asked her husband.
"Bent over the couch," Harry said.
Hope assumed the position.
Smut Scene Redacted (See Author's Note at End)
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The End of the Ant-Man Verse
Rev 0 Posted 3/19/2023
Author's Note 2
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