Ant Man???(chapter 97)
prevously in chapter 96
Henry then turned his attention to a baby lizard in his hand, which made Henry smile a little as he stroked the head of the lizard, who was actually a baby Komodo dragon. "Hm, don't worry, little Ko, your mutagen is nearly done. I just got the last material," he smiled as the Ko pressed its little head against his big fingers, allowing Henry to pet it, while Terry snapped his beak unhappily, as if it was saying, "Seriously, Henry? A baby lizard? You think mutating that scaly little shit is gonna make you some kind of genius? You're stroking that thing like it's your ticket to fame, but all I see is another one of your half-baked schemes about to go down in flames." the turtle actually took a long breath, which even henry puzzled before he continued chittering.
" While you're busy playing Dr. Frankenstein, some of us are dealing with the real world." This even got Henry's attention whom looked at it for a while as he said, "are you talking" before shaking his head as he then said, "Yes, I am replacing you," as Terry dived back into his pond.
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Chapter 97
Henry then turned his attention to monitors, which showed Matt Murdock and Karen Page kissing in a hospital, where Frank Castle was treated before he left the hospital to meet up with Elektra. "Hm," he thought as he then turned his attention to several flasks containing actual flame that continued to burn. The flasks weren't ordinary. In fact, they were specifically made to contain these flames, even given the function to contain them. The flame itself was a Tier 6 material.
[ Name: Essence Flame ]
[ Grade: 6th ]
[ Description: A flame born from hundreds of flames distilled into their purest essence and combined to form a more powerful fire. ]
[ Effects: 500% increased burn intensity, 500% increased temperature, 500% enhanced spread rate, 500% increased resilience to extinguishing, 500% increased range, 500% effectiveness in melting materials. ]
[ Deterioration Rate: 0% ]
Seeing the flame, Henry pondered for a minute before sighing as he thought, "If I want to progress with my fire-based abilities, I am going to need a lot more different fire types." He chuckled softly. "And here I thought of drinking several potions to grant several different powers. Just creating a potion that grants me extreme fire abilities takes this much effort and material," he thought as he stored the essence flames before turning his attention to the hammer droid. Although calling it a hammer droid was not appropriate now, as its entire body was replaced with alchum metal, and not just raw alchum metal, this alchum was an alloy made using different elements, making it highly resistant to almost different types of elements. And that wasn't the only thing that wasn't different. The droid, which Henry initially wanted to use as a suit, he decided against it.
Instead, Henry decided to make it into his first ever golem. The ard didn't count as golems; they were more like drones. And as an alchemist, how could he lack golems? An alchemist without any golems is kind of a disgrace, like a swordsman without a short sheath. But he didn't just want to use Kai to pilot the golem, no, the golem was not only going to be their thing, but they were going to be loyal and unhackable. In fact, he was going to use them as his third line of defense if the other ten lines of defense failed, but the golem lacked a lot of things. Since Henry didn't want to use anything mundane, he would use his function granting skill to create a golem core for it.
[ some time later ]
Inside a prison, in the midst of a brawl, a man or better know as scott lang and ant man to henry, taking punches from Peachy, a fellow prisoner, while other inmates cheered them on. Peachy taunted, "You like that? You like that? Come get you some then!" Scott attempted a punch to Peachy's stomach but to no avail. "You didn't even move," Scott remarked, to which Peachy simply replied, "Nah." Scott feigned a strategy, "I mean, what if I come in on the left side, right? Just out here and see this here…" and then suddenly punched Peachy in the face. Despite the hit, Peachy remained unfazed and said, "I'm gonna miss you, Scott." Scott reciprocated, "I'm gonna miss you too, Peachy," and they shook hands as Scott commented on the odd farewell rituals. He then said goodbye to the other inmates.
Outside the prison, Scott was greeted by his friend Luis. "Scotty! What's up, man! Damn!" Luis exclaimed as they embraced. "Hey! Hey, man," Scott responded. Luis noticed Scott's bruised eye, "Hey, what's up with your eye?" Scott explained, "Oh, well, what do you think. Peachy. His going away present." Luis laughed, recalling his own encounter with Peachy, "Oh, yeah, I still got my scar from a year ago." Scott nodded, "Oh yeah." Luis boasted, "Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You know what? I'm still the only one to knock him out." Scott admitted, "Well, I definitely didn't." They then got into Luis's truck and drove off.
As Luis drove, Scott expressed his gratitude, "Thanks for picking me up, brother." Luis replied, "Oh, you know, you think I'm gonna miss my cellie getting out?" Scott inquired about Luis's personal life, "Hey, how's your girl, man?" Luis's face fell, "Uh, she left me." Scott was sympathetic, "Oh." Luis continued, "Yeah, my mom died too. And my dad got deported. But I got the van!" Scott tried to stay positive, "It's nice!" Luis agreed, "Yeah, right?" Scott appreciated the hospitality, "Thanks for the hook-up too. I needed a place to stay." Luis reassured him, "You wait 'til you see this couch, you're gonna be really happy. You're gonna be on your feet in no time, watch." Scott sighed, "I hope so." Luis then mentioned some connections, "Yeah. And I gotta introduce you to some people, some really skilled people." Scott declined, "Not interested." Luis persisted, "Yeah right!" Scott remained firm, "No, I'm serious, man. I'm not going back. I got a daughter to take care of." Luis reminded him of the harsh reality, "You know that jobs don't come easy for ex-cons, right?" Scott was determined, "Look man, I got a masters in electrical engineering, alright? I'm gonna be fine."
Scott then found himself working at Baskin Robbins, greeting a customer, "Welcome to Baskin Robbins. Would you like to try our Mango Fruit Blast?" The customer, seemingly confused, asked for a burger. Scott clarified, "Oh, we don't… we don't make that." The customer then requested a pretzel, to which Scott replied, "It's ice cream. Baskin Robbins." Frustrated, the customer settled, "I'll just do with whatever's hot and fresh." Scott, exasperated, simply said, "Dude." His boss, Dale, interrupted, "Can I see you in the back, chief? Pronto." Scott agreed, "Sure thing, Dale. Darby, could you just, uh…take care of this idiot? Thanks."
In Dale's office, Scott greeted, "Hiya, Dale." Dale invited him to sit, "Come on in. Pull up some chair." Dale then revealed, "Three years in San Quentin, huh?" Scott realized Dale knew about his past, "You found out." Dale confirmed, "Baskin Robbins always finds out." Scott tried to explain, "Look, I'm sorry, alright, but I… no one would hire me." Dale recounted Scott's crimes, "Breaking and entering. Grand larceny." Scott apologized again, "Look, I'm… I'm sorry, I… you know, it was… I don't do it anymore.
I'm just trying…" Dale, however, showed unexpected respect, "Respect. I couldn't be happier about it." Scott was hopeful, "Really?" Dale affirmed, "Yeah, yeah." Scott thanked him, "Oh, thank you, thank you." But then Dale dropped the bombshell, "You're fired of course. I mean, I can't really keep you on." Scott was shocked, "Wait, what? Fired?" Dale tried to justify, "Yeah." Scott pleaded, "Dale, look, it wasn't a violent crime, I mean, I'm a good worker." Dale acknowledged, "No, it wasn't a violent crime. It was a cool crime. I'll tell you what, though, this'd be totally off the books, off the records, but, uh… if you want to grab one of those Mango Fruit Blasts on your way out the door, I'll just pretend I didn't see it."
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A/N you guys get an early chapter because i am going to be having lazer done on my hand.