The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Community - The Ant-Man March

From: the_extras Date: July 14th, 2009 08:27 am (UTC) (Link)

Hank Pym was not the only scientist that Vernon Van Dyne funded. Dr. Jerold Morgan was a genius biologist and chemist, but more than that... he had managed to recover something from a recent crime scene.

Jerry Morgan had a canister of odd particles left behind by Ant-Man.

His experiments revealed that the particles exhibited unusual behaviors, and Dr. Morgan believed that their properties broke several laws of quantum physics. Morgan hypothesized that the particles could act as a portal to a parallel universe, allowing size alteration by shunting matter into another universe. And he wanted to prove it.

Unfortunately, Jerry had debts, in part due to his step-brother Sam's racketeering business. As such, he knew he had to act quickly with his findings.

Vernon Van Dyne, however, can sense panic. Knowing that Dr. Morgan was behaving without necessary caution, he knew he needed to cut funding. But such an announcement had to be done in person.

"You can't!" Morgan argues. "No, not when I'm so close to a breakthrough!"

"I'm sorry, Dr. Morgan," Vernon tells him. "I'm afraid that I'm just not comfortable continuing this funding."

"No! Look!" He grabs the tiny canister. "This is the key! Look!"

"I'm sorry," Vernon says, shaking his head and turning to go.

"Wait!" Morgan spits. "Wait!" Before Vernon can leave, Jerry Morgan pulls a syringe and stabs it into the canister. "Watch what it can do!"

He jabs the syringe into his arm and pushes the plunger in... and immediately let out a pained scream.

Vernon watches in horror as Morgan's skin begins to sag, as Morgan screams, as his bones only began to shrink. Vernon pulls his phone out and calls for immediate medical help.

Ultimately, however, Jerry Morgan was correct. The particles were a key to another plane. Unfortunately, the manner in which Dr. Morgan had studied the particles caused alteration to the particles... specifically in that his particles still provided a link to that other plane, but in his particles, the door swung both ways.

While Morgan screams in agony, a mist began to pour of of his nose and mouth. The mist begins to coalesce, until it gains a face and limbs...

The yellow misting creature moves behind Vernon, even while the philanthropist attempts to assist Dr. Morgan. The misting form grabs Vernon and wraps its tendrils around him... and Vernon Van Dyne screams in agony as the misting form begins to digest his body.

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From: van_dynasty Date: July 14th, 2009 08:29 am (UTC) (Link)

Jan, waiting in the car, heard the sound of screaming, and rushed in to the lab. The horror in the lab assaulted her senses: her father, his body melting into a gaseous form; a scientist lying on the floor, his skin sagging around his shrunken skeleton; and a yellow misting form growing in size even as Jan's father dissolves.

Jan screams.

The gaseous form looks up at Jan, and she can see its eyes... eyes that betray a cruel intelligence. It drops the few remains of her father and it moves towards her.

That's when two police officers, responding to Vernon's 911 call and spurred on by Jan's scream, burst into the lab. They open fire on the alien being. More startled than in pain, the being turns to flee.

Jan rushes to the remains of her father, ignoring the swearing officers behind her. But it is too late. Vernon Van Dyne is dead.

As she weeps, holding the remains of her father, she glances over and spots the small canister that started Morgan's experiments... a canister she recognizes as being from Ant-Man's costume.

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