PART II
“All right, Scott, this is a mic check.”
Ant-Man opened his eyes and stared out into the limitless expanse known as the Quantum Realm. It had no end, no beginning, just endless space that flowed, breathed, danced and lived in vivid and unique colors unimaginable to the human mind. Especially for Scott Lang, just staring into the unnatural blues, reds, orange, yellows, and… whatever color that just flowed past him making him already feel nauseous.
He floated, drifted aimlessly in the endless. Scott tried to remain as still as possible, refusing to even move a muscle until he knew for sure he was safe. His mind rattled, finally returning to the voice in his head. In his helmet, but it was close enough.
“Mic check 1, 2! 1, 2! How’s everybody doin’ tonight in the Quantum Realm?” Scott announced loud and clear. The response was immediate.
“Scott, we read you,” Hank Pym’s undeniable voice chimed in his ear.
Ant-Man continued to gaze out into the swirling lights of the Quantum Realm. His left palm gripped the small containment unit while the other drifted softly by his side, swaying against the nothingness, Scott almost trying to swim in the weightlessness. “Ah, I just… I just wanted to make sure,” he stated, eyes falling down to his left hand.
He reared forward with his right palm and loosened the containment unit, the small vessel expanding and instantly absorbing nearby particles that Scott didn’t even realize he was bathed in. The container devoured the yellow slivers of light and energy like a black hole, Scott Lang slamming his right palm on its head and sealing it tight. “Okay, healing particles secured for our… new ‘Ghost’ friend,” he informed the three on the other end of line.
Those three just so happened to be Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, and Hope van Dyne, daughter to the previous two mentioned by name. After a rather intense, deeply intriguing, and way too complicated series of events that Scott couldn’t even begin to describe with the amount of time he had, their little team of miscreants just so happened to find a way to contact and save Hank’s wife Janet from the Quantum Realm. Trapped for thirty years in the swirling emptiness of energy and… well… nothing else. Scott couldn’t even imagine being stuck in there for that long, let alone less than a minute. It was about time to come out.
The Ghost, Ava Starr, needed those healing particles now more than ever.
Hearing the assuring voice of Hope made Scott tingly in his happy place, but he kept himself under control. It was going to be a while before he could get there with her in their relationship. Still, Scott held his breath, listening to her warming voice tell him, “Great. Preparing for reentry in… 5… 4… 3—”
The abrupt and startling sound of static followed. Then dead silence.
Scott flinched at that. His brow furrowed, eyes narrowing as he looked back and forth and darted his stare in almost every single direction, as if by some faithless chance he would be pulled out. Or find their voices again. Only there was nothing. For several seconds on end and even nearly into a minute… still nothing. The Quantum Realm was dead silent and Scott really didn’t like how quiet it was.
“Hello?” he called out, hearing that continued quiet on the other end of the line. Scott closed his eyes, breathing a sigh. “Ha, ha, very funny. Hank, quit screwing around; you told me yourself not to screw around.”
A lone walkie-talkie dangled by its wire and swung lifelessly back and forth. Back and forth. A slew of computers and other scientific equipment lay on the rooftop and were used for analyzing, powering, and controlling the Quantum Tunnel resting in the back of Scott’s van. They were all seemingly abandoned, nothing but a pile of ashes floating, descending, falling dead to the rooftop where Hank, Janet, and Hope once stood.
“Hank?” the walkie-talkie questioned, Hank Pym’s particles falling over it.
“Hope?” Hope van Dyne’s ashes floated away, leaving but a mark forever stained on the roof.
“Janet?” Janet van Dyne remained as nothing but dust. Even that faded away.
“Guys… Guys… Okay, seriously, don’t joke around; bring me up, let’s go.”
The world outside the Quantum Realm, beyond the roof and even further still… didn’t respond. Nothing but silence and distant screams for miles and miles and miles.
“Guys!”
The Quantum Realm swirled and breathed, lived and grew, forever traveled on and on with light and darkness in every corner. Vivid colors for as far as the eye could see, if any eye could see. If anyone could pay witness to the endless space and see it all. For thirty years, Janet never witnessed it all. There was not a chance in hell she could ever observe it all.
Scott Lang was stuck in the Quantum Realm for two minutes, fourteen seconds and counting… and he already believed he saw everything there was.
“Uh, oh…”
Here we go
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Indeed.
At last! The epic story continues!
Looking forward to seeing what you’ve got in store for us in Part II.
Ahhhhhh shit, here we go!
Annnnnd the story is back and moving on to the next part!
And it is already starting off on a grim note as around the same time the Snap has occurred, Hope, Hank and Janet are erased leaving Scott trapped and alone in the Quantum Realm with no way out. I'm going to assume that next chapter will be Clint's family being erased and after that the aftermath of how the Infinity War and the Snap has left the surviving fifty percent of life on Earth and Equus in.
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I, for one, would prefer to see something different, not just scenes of the movie in written version.
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Oh I'm sure we'll see the story go off in a more different and original direction here and there and not just entirely be a carbon copy of Endgame's story with ponies added to it but rather only just loosely base some elements of it.
Fingers crossed for Thanos redemption or at the very least a bittersweet ending for him.
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After what he did, i highly doubt anything can save him.
And the road to justice begins. Thanos, your time is finally coming up!
Good start
Ah, I remember that in theaters. Just a whole two hours of happy fun times, abruptly smacked back down into the depths of sadness. You know, like that one music video where there's a choir all happy and stuff, and then a shirtless Donald Glover dances in and shoots everyone at their happiest moment.
...Granted, Thanos didn't shoot Hank, Janet and Hope and I'm fairly certain he couldn't dance to save his life, or go shirtless...but you get the point.
Edit: I stand corrected. Maybe he could be Donald Glover...
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You know I just realized, with all the other princesses gone, Twilight now has to take up the mantle as the sole leader of Equestria.
As if having literally EVERYTHING taken from her wasn't enough on her shoulders...
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Could someone get me a glass of water? I suddenly feel very thirsty
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Well considering how part 1 went, I think that's a safe bet
Now that this is happening, I have this say:
Dear Mr JDprime
Spin us a Yarn
Something to make us all happy
Say anything, take us out of this gloom
Tell a joke, write sadness
Make it snappy.
So how could the events of ant man & wasp happen when Thanos’ army was attacking earth?
I remember that feeling in the cinema. Two hours of a nice bit of levity after Infinity War and then that scene happened...
Just came across this video and I think it certainly sets the tone for what happens next for possibly our two favorite Avengers. Although it's actually hard for me to say that I have only one favorite.
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Same Suri, that is of course if there are any Wakanda survivors.
Whelp. Here we go again.
Also, please tell me Ghost either got dusted or somehow found another way to survive. She's way too cool to die.
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Yes, half the universe just died. Let's throw a random joke into it like a wrench thrown into the gears operating the hydraulics for a nuclear plant
(The opening is completely silent. Please mute)
I see you’ve changed the cover image.
I take it the next few episodes cover the fallout.
Sorry if you've been asked this before, but what're your plans for the timeskip? Will you do one big chapter, one chapter for every year, or something else.
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https://m.So ready for this
After seeing Endgame, I'm very curious to see how you retcon everything in your story to coincide with the films.
Damn. I remember the opening of Endgame with the music, felt so great.
And after that, I washed down the Endgame euphoria with John Wick 3.
edit: Can't wait for the Portal chapter. That scene gives me goosebumps every time.
I rewatched Ant-Man & The Wasp a few days back and realized that because of Thanos, literally everything with Ghost amounted to nothing. If she didn't get dusted, then she died from the lack of quantum energy. If she did, then she died when Scott and Hope joined the fight against Past!Thanos instead of getting the energy.
Kind of a depressing thought to start on but let's see where it goes.
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Some of the ponies survived physically, but they might have died inside...
Was just skimming YouTube and found this
SOO AMAZING!!!!!
Has a great person once said "Ah Shit , here we go again !"
I am so not ready for that
9643976 *insert Joker*
9644004 I've got quite the ride planned.
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9644009 Great guess!
9644020 We're definitely gonna deviate heavily, but still follow similar plot points from Endgame.
9644065 Time has run out, Thanos!
9644105 Shockingly enough, we maybe be getting a shirtless Thanos later on in Part II.
9644159 It gets worse than that...
9644209 I don't know if I'll make you all happy per se. Plenty of other emotions--rage and sadness comes to mind--but thank you!
9644228 San Francisco wasn't attacked, and Thanos pulled off his forces from the rest of the worlds to focus on Wakanda.
9644252 Now we just need a drumming ant to top it off.
9644313 Something similar.
9644328 She survived.
9644526 Somewhat.
9644534 You'll have to wait for that one.
9644790 It's beautiful...
9644808 A lot of things are going to be kept.
9645008 "On your left..."
9645038 Oh, damn. That's even worse now that I think about it.
9646084 Oh, but I am SO ready for this.
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Tis truth, thou
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Oh sun of a bitch, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!
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Well you already retconned Infinity War in your story by having the Soul Stone be on Earth instead of Vormir. And time travel exists in My Little Pony which we learn from 'It's About Time' and 'Cutie Re-Mark' except it doesn't work the same way as the time travel in MCU. You will have to be very careful with what you do.
P.S: Do you have an idea on the whole 'Wakanda instead of Vormir' thing for the time travel?
9646399 Yes, I have a plan for both the time travel and Vormir situation.
Oh boy, I feel like I should clear this one up to avoid further confusion, you see the first comment I made was a reference to Dear Mr Fantasy by Traffic, the opening song you hear in Endgame. However I had changed it to match your storytelling point of view, like the first chapter was your intro and this was your opening song. The opening lyrics were, "Dear Mr fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy."
Sorry that I caused all this confusion and please understand I am terrible at making comments, I just wanted to set the mood.
9647059 Don't worry about it! Keep on making comments! I love reading them!
What a pretty powerful way to launch part 2!
Oh man wasp and her family are gone 🙁
I remember this stinger scene from Ant-Man and the Wasp. The movie was mostly a comedy-adventure, despite knowing that it supposedly happened simultaneously with Infinity War, so it was a nice breather before we get back to the real action. But then this scene was a real gut-punch that reminded you of the situation. All the cheerfulness was gone in an instant, Janet being among the dusted felt like the victory they just earned was snatched away, and Scott ending up trapped in the Quantum Realm was yet another cliffhanger that needed to be resolved.