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From: big_pympin Date: May 25th, 2009 04:54 am (UTC) The Return of the Ant-Man (Link)

Since discovering (and nearly getting killed from) pym particles, Hank's life was looking up. He had taken a job at a university, some teaching but mostly researching and had managed to publish his first paper in years.

Hank Pym didn't know how he'd caught the government's attention. Perhaps it was his crazy ideas yet credible background. He was ordered to research a promising lead on radiation treatment. It was hardly his specialty but you didn't just tell those sorts of people "No thanks." At least not after they insisted emphatically that you didn't have much of a choice in the matter.

What Hank hadn't know was that accepting the job would lead to him and his assistants being held at gunpoint by men with guns. He didn't want to know how they got past the guards at this facility.

Hank raised his hands in the air. "Can I help you, gentleman?"

"Very cute. Dr. Pym, I presume?"

"Yes."

"You will give us your anti-radiation formula."

Oh joy. Hank had to stop himself from rolling his eyes. "I don't have it."

"Do not play games with us, Dr. Pym! We know-"

"You've been misinformed. Research is a very tricky science. What little progress we made was ruined when we discovered that the second trial had not-"

"The formula now, Pym! Or we shall kill your assistants."

It was time to get creative. "Very well. I will show you how to make the formula but the ingredients are stored in my safe."

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From: big_pympin Date: May 28th, 2009 09:49 pm (UTC) Re: The Return of the Ant-Man (Link)

The majority of the gunman had to remain in the one room to deal with the assistants. One gunman followed behind Hank on the way to his office and to the safe. Hank entered the combination code and the safe clicked open.

Hank removed the formula.

“Is that it? Give it to me.” The gunman leaned forward, his gun lowered slightly and that was when Hank struck the man’s hand. The shock caused him to lose his grip on the gun and it clattered to the floor.

“Hey-” Another blow to the man’s neck and he lost consciousness before he could say more.

“I had a feeling learning Judo would come in handy.”

He didn’t have long so he worked fast. He grabbed the helmet he had developed for ant communication and put it on. He knew there were more than a few ant hills nearby and it was time to put them to work.

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From: big_pympin Date: May 28th, 2009 09:50 pm (UTC) Re: The Return of the Ant-Man (Link)

In the other room the gunmen stood guard, their guns at the ready.

“He should be back by now.”

“What should we do?”

“One of us should go after him. Two of us can handle these frail scientists.”

“No, we shouldn’t split up!”

While the guards bickered Ant-Man set to work. Though he was no smaller than an ant he retained his human strength and the ropes binding his fellow researches were soon untied, with a little help from his ant friends too.

Then for a diversion he sent a swarm of ants over to the men, both from the ground and from the air as the breeder ants took flight. In panic the assailants made the mistake of dropping their weapons and soon the “frail” scientists over powered them.

Hank quickly slipped away and back to his office. He had just finished donning his lab coat when his coworkers opened the door, guns at the ready.

“Hank! Thank God you’re all right.”

“It took me minutes to deal with our friend here.” Hank nudged the unconscious assailant with his foot. “I was about to come rescue you!”

“We had some help from some very unusual friends.” His assistants told him the story Hank all ready knew of how they had turned the tables on their kidnappers.

“Hah, without their weapons they were a pushover.”

Hank rubbed his chin. “Ants, huh? You don’t say. We’re fortunate it turned out all right. It could have been big trouble, not only for us but for the world.”

The police arrived and no one asked very many questions about why the ants had swarmed the intruders. After answering all of the questions Hank returned to his lab and put the pym particle solutions back into his vault. He couldn’t help but wonder just when he would need his discovery once more.

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