Pym (Slightly redone)

[Author: Guys please realize I do know the MC could just go to Area 87 or London and leech of the powers of powerful reality warpers when the time is right. I am just choosing not to go that route as an author until he has become so powerful it is the natural next step.]

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It does not take us long to get ready, although I would not be surprised to have a knot in my neck after last night.

We head out at 8:30 since I honestly have no clue what the shift hours would be for SHIELD, I mean it looks like they never leave the place, well Hawkeye does.

Jean seems happy, she is acting a little like a tourist and asking to stop and looked in the windows of shops, I guess she never really got to be out and see things. Thinking about it they used to find it exciting to steal a car from the mansion and go to the small town near the mansion.

Regardless we find our way to the coffee shop eventually although Jean might have wondered why I started moving faster the closer we got. I knew Hank Pym is in there, all I had to do was think about how to shrink something and the knowledge there.

I told Jean I have had a flash of insight, hehe. I chose a corner to sit in and let Jean sit on the side of the table where she could see all the people. This was a little test as well, I was checking if Jean was okay with crowds now that she had her own emotions to deal with, and theirs. I let Jean order anything she wanted.

It did not take me long to scribble all the information I needed, but some of it seemed, well, familiar. It seems the process of altering size compresses force and energy, manifesting as brief shockwaves of vibration around the target, which enhances the amount of force the target can generate. It also enhances the density and resilience of a target, making it stronger and harder than normal. Living subjects of this develop inhuman effort and exertion capabilities, notably giving them the force of a bullet while shrunk.

What caught my attention was vibration, if I duplicated it, I could enhance myself without needing to shrink at all. Looking over the information I have written down, this should be easily doable as a speedster then I would only use the particles on inorganic items since they can cause deterioration in mental health as well as physical health if they were done this way.

I was not expecting immediate benefits from this, I thought I would be hunting down the rare particles for some time. Now I can get a boost to my power as soon as I master the vibration frequency part of the "side effects". I would no longer need to run to build up power, although running would make me even more powerful if I landed a punch.

It is at this point I realize Jean is giggling while staring at me. I look up and am reminded once again how beautiful this girl is, "What are you finding so funny?"

"You! Normally I can feel nothing from you, but you are excited about the work you are doing there, I can feel it." Jean grinned smugly as she sucked the last of the cream from her cake off her fingers. Yeah, I forgot what she was saying and just stared at her fingers for a moment.

It seems Jean realized what I was staring at and slightly blushed, then reached over the table and touched my hand, "I just realized, I never said thank you. You have done so much for me and asked me nothing in return. I am thankful for your help and I was thinking, I might know a way to repay you."

Okay, not going to lie, my mind was not where hers was once I heard her next words.

"You're looking for a secretary, right? I can do that for you!" Jean said with enthusiasm.

I stared at her a moment; I think I was trying to pick up my shattered dream where she was throwing herself at me.

"Uh, yeah, we can give it a try I suppose. It might be worth having two though then. Since you could handle anything beyond ordinary, I guess. And then one to handle the more mundane matter." At least until I can work on some kind of A.I.

Jean looks a little disappointed, so I try explaining, "Jean, I am close to you, I am not going to feel good about ordering you around on mundane tasks. At the same time, I appreciate where your offer is coming from, so I see you more as some kind of personal assistant, someone who would help me with more delicate matters."

Jean seems to be mulling it over but soon starts to smile again and agrees. It feels a little like I just dodged a bullet on that one.

I think I am about ready to leave when something occurs to me. In the SHIELD building is Howard Stark, one of the smartest men I can think of. I was so focused on Pym I forgot. And I need two things from him.

I grin and start scribbling down information at speed. Jean raises her eyebrows in surprise as she feels my level of excitement increase even more.

I might be smart, but it does not mean I can remember everything, first the perfected element for the Arc reactor. If I put my ego aside this was way beyond me, even after I have it all down on paper, I run over it a few times to ensure my brain completely understands it.

Then I push Howard's limits, a containment unit for Celestial energy, and possible uses for them.

We are in the theoretical realm now but it seems I am going to need some Vibranium, I think I can make the artificial kind, or should I try to steal some from a thief? Most of the uses seem to be using it as a power source, one other use is what interests me, but following Howard's thought process it could be used to empower a human if they have adaptive cells like a mutant Howard was made aware of that died, Darwin. (Not happy about that :( )

Well now, that makes sense to me although it seems all my plans are going to have to wait in this regard since the extra Vibranium will only be available to me in the 1990s and Dr. Parker creates an adaptive serum just after that as well.

I stop my work and look up to find Jean watching me with a smile on her lips, "How do you feel about us secretly fighting a war for a few years. Then taking it public when the time is right?"

Without pausing a moment Jean answers with the same smile still on her lips, "Sure."

"Urm, you don't want me to explain why? Or Who?" How does this girl agree so easily to my idea?

Jean smirks as she answers, "Being with you is fun, and don't forget, I am your personal assistant. How can I assist you personally if I am not with you?" Jean stressed the words assist and personal.

At this point, I did not need a Truck-Kun smashing into me to realize this girl was telling me she was interested in me, and duh I was obviously interested in her.

"Well, I am very happy to have you assist me personally in all my ventures, Jean," I reply and she starts giggling, I just do not get women sometimes.

"When we get home, it might be good if we talk about some things. Might not be a good idea to talk about it directly across from the home of so many spies." I remarked trying to see any reaction from Jean, who simply nodded.

Getting up I threw dropped a tip on the table and offered Jean a hand up, she took it and smiles warmly.

Hailing a taxi, we head home together, it is worth noting Jean has not let go of my hand all the way. So naturally, I figured out how to pay the taxi driver one-handed.

I take this time to show Jean all the floors of the building we live in, being honest I think she was bored with most of them.

We finally get into the top floor and it's 2 pm, it took me longer than I thought to get the information I wanted, Jean heads straight to the kitchen and I walk to the sofa, there is someone I want to speak too.

I close my eyes and relax, feeling every movement around me I feel like I am slowly sinking into a warm comfy duvet, then I hear her voice, "Hi Joel, welcome back. I never thought you would come to visit me so quickly." Says a little girl, she is sitting on the table in front of me, she has long pigtails and a fluffy floral dress, her overall look can be summed up in one word, adorable.