Janet van Dyne

Unfortunately, in this lifeless space, no one could witness this incredible spectacle.

No, wait... it seemed like there was someone.

On a mountain of particles within the quantum space, a woman, dressed in tattered clothing and with a head full of white hair, was staring in astonishment at the distant quantum storm.

She had been trapped in the quantum realm for over 20 years, and this was the first time she had seen such a phenomenon.

As a scientist, she desperately wanted to investigate it.

However, her body, having been assimilated by quantum energy, warned her not to approach. Otherwise, she would be torn to shreds.

She had survived in this lifeless and perilous quantum space for over two decades, holding onto the hope that one day she could return to the real world and embrace her husband and daughter once more.

Now, she was close to discovering a way to send a message to the real world. She couldn't allow herself to take any more risks at this point.

So, the old woman could only suppress her curiosity and remain where she was, watching from afar as the quantum storm grew in size.

The extraordinary sense granted to her by quantum energy told her that something terrifying was about to awaken within that storm.

At the very center of the quantum storm, as it devoured more and more energy, the giant egg didn't grow larger. Instead, it became smaller and smaller.

In the end, it shrank down to the size of an adult's fist.

And yet, this fist-sized oval object suddenly unleashed an overwhelming, earth-shattering force.

In the blink of an eye, the massive quantum storm was completely consumed.

The entire quantum space suddenly felt much emptier.

Within this now vacant region, a small, egg-shaped object floated mid-air.

Though it was insignificant compared to the vast quantum space, it exuded an unmatched sense of presence, capturing the gaze of the old woman in the distance, making it impossible for her to look away.

Suddenly, a sharp cracking sound echoed through the quantum realm.

The surface of the oval-shaped object began to crack open, forming a small fissure.

From that fissure, a brilliant gray light burst forth.

In an instant, a towering beam of light shot up through the infinite quantum space, piercing the heavens.

As the solidified quantum energy began to fall away from the surface of the object, the quantum space seemed to be illuminated by an endless gray sun.

The old woman squinted her eyes against the brightness but couldn't bring herself to close them.

Instead, she gathered all the quantum energy in her body to her eyes, using every ounce of strength she had to see the source of that light.

In the blur, she seemed to glimpse a nearly spherical, transparent crystal hovering in the air.

Inside the crystal, countless starlights were swirling, creating an incomparably dazzling sight.

It was as though the beauty of the entire universe had converged into that single point—an awe-inspiring sight that words could never capture.

Before the old woman could fully comprehend what she was seeing, the gray light that had filled the entire quantum realm suddenly began to retract.

As the light faded, a man appeared, floating in mid-air, clad in armor and wearing an ancient crown atop his head...

Zane stretched his body a few times, ready to leave the quantum space and return to the real world.

Suddenly, he felt the gaze of a living being and curiously turned to look.

He saw an old woman dressed in tattered clothes standing on a mountaintop of particles.

A glimmer of interest flashed in his eyes.

'That must be Janet van Dyne from Ant-Man 2, the one trapped in the quantum realm,' Zane thought to himself.

However, Zane had no intention of engaging with her. He simply followed the path he came from and disappeared from the quantum space.

As Ant-Man's mother-in-law saw Zane's figure, she froze in place, staring straight at his face.

"Human, that's a human, a human…" she muttered over and over.

Suddenly, tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.

This was the first time in over 20 years that she had seen another human being in the quantum realm.

Heaven knows how overwhelmed she felt in that moment.

She leaped off the particle mountain without thinking and desperately ran toward Zane, shouting as she ran.

"Look here, look here, please, just look this way!"

"I'm human too!"

"Please, just say one word, one word is enough!"

"I mean no harm…"

But before she could get halfway there, Zane had already vanished from the quantum space.

Janet stood frozen on the spot, her mouth open, her hand still outstretched in mid-air.

It was as if she had been cast in stone, standing rigidly as she stared at the place where Zane had disappeared, unable to believe that he was really gone.

Moments later, Janet collapsed to the ground like a lifeless corpse, staring blankly at the spot where Zane had vanished.

She didn't make a sound, lying there as if she had lost all sense.

A few minutes later, Janet silently sat up, hugging her knees and burying her head in them.

Then came the sound of a muffled, agonizing sob.

Within seconds, that soft, almost imperceptible weeping turned into heart-wrenching cries and hysterical screams.

"Why, why, why…"

"Just one word would've been enough. I really didn't mean any harm!"

"I meant no harm, truly…"

"Why!"

"…"

Janet kept shouting toward the place where Zane had disappeared, as if in a trance.

It wasn't so much anger directed at Zane as it was a release of the loneliness she had suppressed for more than 20 years.

Humans are social creatures. Even someone as powerful as Zane wouldn't live in isolation but remained part of society.

That endless solitude could drive anyone to madness.

Janet had been trapped in the quantum realm in the prime of her life, during her most beautiful years, all because she was trying to disarm a missile.

Not to mention that the quantum energy itself could corrode one's consciousness.

For over 20 years, she hadn't spoken to a single living being.

All she had was boundless loneliness and countless dangers.

If it weren't for the fact that her beloved husband and daughter were still in the real world…

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