[b]U-99 & Ant-Man[/b]
[hr]Henry clapped his hands as the ghost left. Waiting until all signs of interference was gone until he spoke. “Well, that was unexpected. We are now going to be part of a Super-Hero team up. On the bright side it was going to happen sooner or later.” He stretched himself, he still kind of hurt from the return punch  on the Ghost’s return earlier. “I guess if we are going to go down this route I may need to unlock your combat protocols after all.” 

He yawned. “However that can wait until the morning, We need to get going back home, have a nice relaxing evening before we return in the morning for all the planning that I didn’t think I’d be doing yet. However we really didn’t have a choice, we can’t have him going running around out there knowing about us willy nilly. Need to keep tabs on him and the best way to do that is to work with him. That and his plan was going to get a lot of people killed and cause a hell of a lot of anarchy and while I’m not happy with the current system, that wouldn’t really help.”

He limbered himself up a little, before peeling his suit off. Once off he hit the thumb button and it shrunk down to its “ant” size. He simply pocketed it then, thankfully the suit when shrunk without someone in it was voice activated so it wouldn’t accidentally grow in his pocket. “You ready to go to your new home?”

Janet was a little out of her element. All she has seen from the world was one room and a few locations on tape and already she was part of a superhero team that was supposed to take down the current structure of the world? Now that was a glitch if she ever saw one. “I still believe we should set fire to something he owns. Just to prove a point that nobody punches my dad, you know?” she smiled, “Yes, please. I already know every square millimeter of this room.”

As far as methods of transportation go, being miniaturized and riding an ant home was not listed in Janet’s historical or technical databases. Then again, the secret of Pym particles was not supposed to be public knowledge.

The sight initially overwhelmed her. The buildings were a lot taller than she imagined, given that so far she only watched her movie library up to around the production from 2000s. The feeling was quickly replaced with relief of her power plant recharging. There was no direct sunlight, but her nano skin was more efficient than commonly accessible solar generators.

They eventually arrived at Henry’s place. “So...” Janet said, looking around and taking what would be her home in, “This is the anthill.”

The ride home wasn’t too exciting, when in the apartment Henry pushed the bills out of the way, a couple of them overdue but he didn’t care. If Alchemex weren’t so cheap he could pay his bills on time. Would also help if he stopped trying to super-hero it but hey. Today hadn’t taken an expected turn, it was time to unwind. He chuckled slightly at the comment. “No Janet. This is home, not the anthill, the anthill isn’t quite ready yet. It’s not going to be here anyway, I have a location picked out.” He pointed out the rooms, it was a very basic apartment. 

“Kitchen is there, that metal strip is where the kitchen ends and living room begins. Though, it’s all technically one room but lets not get into that.” He pointed to the door to the right. “Through there is the hall, at the very end there is the toilet. First door is my room, second room is your room. Do with it as you will, though please don’t go doing anything that will require a lot of power. I do have to pay the bills.”

He collapsed on the sofa, still aching a bit from the punch. “You know, today wasn’t what I expected it to be. I was thinking a nice calm day of getting you accustomed to the world.” He looked directly at her. “Try and make every day after today less dramatic please?” He offered her a smirk.

“Hey, it wasn’t my fault your security sucks!” Janet grinned back. She pinged the apartment with her other sensors, form ultrasound through thermal to radar to thoroughly map it. “What do you mean by that? You need to show me what else are you working on. No wonder you can’t pay the bills old man, you spend all your money on fun and gadgets.” the robot smirked. This type of interaction was rather amusing. “I wonder how I’d do when other people see me. Not that I am in a hurry. But given what you built me for, I do hope other ‘heroes’ are more reasonable than Ghost. And if not, less of a pain to deal with.” she sighed.

“Hey, it wasn’t my fault either that some ghost decided to drop by, perhaps you’re haunted.” He put his feet up on the coffee table and leaned back, flicking the television on. “I can’t pay my bills because I have this daughter that lives with me but doesn’t even pay digs! She’s twenty years old you know, how selfish is that? I even put a roof over her head. Can you believe that?” He sighed. Watching the screen he spoke to her, though not directly.

“Also not [i]all[/i] on fun and gadgets. I need to eat, and I would hardly call you or the Ant-Hill gadgets. You weren’t cheap you know, though I suppose daughters never are…” He went distant for a second, as if in deep thought.  “Also in due time you’ll find out what I’m working on, in due time. You know what I was doing when I was your age? Drooling, crying, sleeping and pooping. Maybe a little eating. Baby steps Janet.”

“Well in her defense, she just got here, and it is you that keeps insisting she stays.” Janet poked back.

“Touché.”

“Not to mention the matter of her [i]mother[/i], how do you plan to explain that?” Janet frowned in thought. They should have thought of that sooner. “I suppose the poor soul is dead now, and that’s why I’m here?” she suggested.

Henry shook his head. “What are you talking about Janet? You’ve been in care most of your life and only recently managed to find the Father that didn’t even know he had a daughter!” He patted the seat  beside him indicating that she should sit down. “Which is what we’ll go with, it’s easier to forge care records, and quite often they go missing anyway. If we want to go the mother route I need to create another new identity with new relationships and collaborating stories. This works a lot better.” He closed his eyes as he let his head hang back on the sofa.

“So, anything you want to talk about Janet? It’s been a busy day for you. Though don’t worry I’ll let you explore on your own tomorrow.”

“Very well.” Janet nodded at the cover story. “I would like to know if there are any more revived legends like Ghost running around. It [i]is[/i] my primary function to protect the common person against them, and Ghost’s own attitude is worrying. I have found mentions of a Spider-man on the internet, fortunately for me most recent ones seem to be dealing with his disappearance. Still, it is obvious that without further study I will stand little chance against them on my own.”

She looked over. Henry’s biometric readings registered an increased level of stress coupled with deteriorating attention. “But that can wait. I believe you should rest. You accomplished a great feat today, If I say so myself.” she smiled smugly, “There is this series of books I would like to read and think after, they seem to be dealing with situations close to my own. I would like to see what conclusions the author made.” she shared, Opening her collection and finding Asimov’s Robot and Foundation series.