Issue #1 - Second Chance Man (Part 1)
Issue #1 - Second Chance Man (Part 1)
Scott Lang looked over his mission briefing file, something that he became used to doing over time working for Princess Celestia and Hank Pym. He opened up the file and found a document labeled "Secret Mission - Go to Castle". Scott Lang bought a train ticket, and arrived in Canterlot, where he entered the castle via a secret doorway in a shop, but he needed a password first.
"What's the secret password?" Stan the Guard asked.
"Ice Cream and Rainbows" Scott Lang answered as Stan the Guard opened the door to the castle. Scott Lang walked through and pondered at what his mission could be. Maybe it was just a regular super-villain? Or it could be a world-ending apocalypse? Scott Lang approached Princess Celestia and Hank Pym.
"Good morning, Scott Lang" Princess Celestia greeted Scott Lang.
"Good morning, your majesty" Scott Lang greeted Princess Celestia, "What's my mission today?"
"Have you ever heard of a pony called Starlight Glimmer?" Princess Celestia asked Scott Lang.
"No, but that name sounds familiar..."Scott Lang answered.
"She's some kind of crazy cult leader" Hank Pym informed Scott Lang, "We've been getting reports of her kidnapping ponies, and we want you to go get them"
"Isn't that something that the cops would handle?" Scott Lang questioned the two.
"We did try to send cops, but they didn't come back" Princess Celestia sighed.
"That's why we want to send you to get them out" Hank Pym told Scott Lang his mission.
"Well, I know the Ant-Man suit allows me to control ants and the mask allows me to shrink, but I need more than that" Scott Lang told the two.
"Then follow me!" Hank Pym instructed as Scott Lang followed him into a room filled with strange gear and gadgets.
"I knew you always worked with Stark, but I never knew he gave you this much stuff" Scott Lang remarked.
"If Howard Stark was your friend, you'd be getting more than just a yearly jam subscription, though those jams were good" Hank Pym laughed as he pulled seven pieces of technology from a shelf.
"What are those?" Scott Lang asked.
"You'll need a Micro Listener, A Disc-360 Degree Camera, an Electro-Net Launcher, Tranquilizer Dart Arm-Shooters, a thing I like to call a Swiss-Army Watch, Motion Detectors, Rocket-Powered Boots, and a spray called Laser Away!" Hank Pym explained as piece of technology as he handed them to Scott Lang.
"Thanks for all of the gadgets!" Scott Lang thanked his mentor as he headed to change into his suit. Scott Lang went into the changing room, and when he came out, as was now Ant-Man, armed with gadgets and Pym Particles, he was ready!
"Now we need a transport for you, so I got this for you!" Princess Celestia told Ant-Man as a red and black Honda NC700X drove up to him, "We call his A.I. Turbo"
"Good morning, Mister Lang!" Turbo greeted Ant-Man, "Are you ready to ride?"
"Yes, Mister Lang" Ant-Man got on top of Turbo, and began to rev up the engine.
"You'll be able to communicate with Turbo using a new implant in your helmet" Hank Pym informed Ant-Man as he drove off.
"Godspeed in your mission!" Princess Celestia wished Ant-Man good luck.
Just outside of Canterlot, Ant-Man was driving Turbo, going north, down the most bumpy road.
"Is this the right way?" Ant-Man asked Turbo.
"Yes, it'll be about five hours, twenty minutes, and five seconds before we reach our destination" Turbo told Ant-Man.
"Geez, what can't you do?" Ant-Man rolled his eyes sarcastically.
"Well, I can't make a hamburger, or scratch your back, or-"
"You don't have to explain what can't do..." Ant-Man sighed.
About an hour later, Ant-Man and Turbo reached a small hill that bordered a town whose buildings seemed to form an equal sign.
"I don't know about you, but this place gives me the creeps..." Ant-Man told Turbo.
"I don't understand how" Turbo replied.
"Never-mind..." Ant-Man sighed as sneaked behind a building and used his Pym Particles to shrink down to ant size. He lurked around the buildings until he saw a purple pony with an equal sign Cutie-Mark leading some more ponies who were tied up being lead into a building.
"Mister Lang, I've searched through the picture records and found that the purple pony is Starlight Glimmer, the cult leader" Turbo informed Ant-Man.
Ant-Man turned on his rocket boots and flew up to the windowsill and looked through. What he saw was Starlight Glimmer and some other ponies holding down the kidnapped ponies and removing their Cutie-Marks!
"How terrible, getting your talent sucked away from you..." Ant-Man thought as he moved down and summoned a flying ant, who he rode on to another building filled with four, crying ponies. One was a white stallion, one was a pink mare, a dark-blue mare, and a sky-blue stallion. Ant-Man looked at them and knocked on the window, catching their attention.
"Who's there?" The white stallion asked as Ant-Man grew a bit bigger and opened the window, entering the house, then growing to normal size.
"Guys, I'm here to save you" Ant-Man whispered as he quietly put his Motion Detector on the door.
"Can you please find our Cutie-Marks?" The pink mare asked with begging eyes.
"Of course, but can you tell me your names?"Ant-Man replied.
"I'm Bakers Dozen, and my friends are Party Favor, Double Diamond, and Night Glider" Bakers Dozen introduced herself and her friends. Suddenly, the Motion Detector beeped.
"I've gotta hide!" Ant-Man declared as he shrunk down to ant size and hid under a bed as Starlight Glimmer entered the house.
"Well, well, well..." Starlight Glimmer looked around, "Have you four been talking to anyone?"
"No ma'am!" The Four lied in unison as Starlight Glimmer looked around.
"Hmm...alright..." Starlight Glimmer smiled as he exited the house. Ant-Man waited a minute to grow back to regular size, and sat on one of the beds.
"You guys don't mind if I set up a little base here tonight, do you?" Ant-Man asked, looking at his Swiss-Army Watch.
"We don't mind, we love sleep-overs!" Double Diamond told Ant-Man. Ant-Man opened his Swiss-Army Watch while the four looked in awe.
"What can it do?" Night Glider asked Ant-Man.
"Well...it can make a projection, play music, play movies, you can talk, text, you can hack, crack codes, listen into radio waves, pick locks, and can check for medical problems" Ant-Man explained the Swiss Army Watch's functions.
"But it can't tell the time?" Party Favor noted.
"Apparently not..." Ant-Man sighed.
(To Be Continued)
Issue #2 - Second Chance Man (Part 2)
Issue #2 - Second Chance Man (Part 2)
Ant-Man looked around and shrunk himself, grabbed onto a flying ant, and put little cameras and each of the houses. He then noticed Starlight Glimmer drag an amber-colored pony into a house. As soon as they dragged the amber-colored pony in the house, he heard screams, and then in a split second, the amber pony, named Amber Locks, was thrown out, now with a Equal Sign Cutie Mark.
"This might ruin the mission, but..." Ant-Man thought as he shrunk down to ant-size, grabbed onto a flying ant, and flew threw an open window of the house, landing on a floorboard.
"Did you hear that?" Starlight's Guard #1 asked.
"Nope" Starlight's Guard #2 responded, before Ant-Man grew human sized, knocked down the guards, and shrunk back down to ant size!
"Are you sure?" Starlight's Guard #1 asked again.
"I don't think so..." Starlight's guard #2 replied.
"Come out, Ant-Man!" Starlight Glimmer declared, "I know you're here!"
Ant-Man, never missing a challenger, grew back to human size and looked at Starlight Glimmer in the eyes.
"I know what you to do these ponies. You take them in with loving arms, pretending to be the one who will guide them into the light, the one who will-"
"BE QUIET!" Starlight Glimmer roared as she tranquilizer dart in Ant-Man's neck, knocking him out...
When Ant-Man came to, he woke up strapped down to a table, with his Ant-Man mask on a table on the other side of the room.
"Where...am I?" Ant-Man asked as he tried to free himself.
"Try as you might to free yourself, Ant-Man, or should I say, Scott Lang?" Starlight Glimmer teased as she ran her hoof down his chest.
"How did you know?" Scott Lang asked, trying to hide the surprise.
"I've got moles in the kingdom, they tell me everything" Starlight Glimmer smiled, "Including the fact that you used to be a thief"
Scott Lang froze. He remembered that he started stealing at a young age, as he lived by himself and needed food. He then moved up to stealing money, and then other things. When he was caught, Hank Pym decided to give him a second chance as Ant-Man. Then he remembered the happy memories he had made as Ant-Man, saving ponies and people. Scott Lang looked up to the sky and laughed.
"What's so funny?" Starlight Glimmer asked.
"I'm just thinking back on my past and thinking about how I help people, something that you're incapable of!" Scott Lang answered.
"It wouldn't be wise to mock the one in control of-"
"You could've used your powers for good, changed the way you lived your life, but instead of using that power to help others, you use it to hurt others. You're no different than the bully at school!" Scott Lang interrupted. Starlight Glimmers eyes grew red with rage as she picked up a knife.
"I'll show you how you can and can't-"
"Not today!" Scott Lang interrupted again as he punched Starlight Glimmer in the face! Scott Lang grabbed the Ant-Man helmet and shrunk down to ant-size. Ant-Man ran to Turbo, grew to human size, and jumped on Turbo.
"Mister Lang, I've found the place where Starlight Glimmer keeps stolen Cutie Marks" Turbo informed Ant-Man.
"Good, then let's go!" Ant-Man revved up Turbo and drove up to the cave with Starlight Glimmer following in pursuit.
As soon as Ant-Man reached the cave, he saw about fifty different Cutie Marks on a magic shelf-storage. As Ant-Man began to break the barrier, Starlight Glimmer hit Ant-Man with a blast of magic, forcing him away from the shelves.
"NO ONE CAN STOP ME! NOT ESPECIALLY THE LIKES OF SCOTT LANG, SOME THIEF!" Starlight Glimmer roared.
"I'm no thief...but I am the Ant-Man!" Ant-Man smiled as he smashed the barrier, freeing the Cutie Marks, which returned to their rightful owners.
"My cutie mark!" Double Diamond jumped up and down happily.
"It's back!" Bakers Dozen cheered.
"Finally, my talent is back..." Night Glider smiled under her breath.
"Three cheers for Ant-Man!" Party Favor cheered.
"Hip hip, hooray!" The Townsfolk cheered along with the four. Amber Locks looked at the cave and began to run up to it.
At the cave, Ant-Man smiled at Starlight Glimmer in victory.
"You've forced my hand, Scott Lang!" Starlight Glimmer growled as she pressed a button, revealing a mask that looked similar to Ant Man's mask, but it was black and yellow.
"Let me guess, it's called the Bumblebee suit?" Ant-Man joked.
"No..I call it the Yellowjacket!" Starlight Glimmer corrected Ant-Man as she put on the helmet, which allowed the suit to form around her. The suit was pony-like in shape, but it had four thin, mechanical arms, two of which had laser guns, one had a laser saw, and the other had a laser drill.
"Oh crap..." Ant-Man whispered under his breath as Yellowjacket fired two laser beams at Ant-Man, to which he dodged.
"You can only run for so long!" Yellowjacket taunted.
"Or until I can defeat you!" Ant Man shrank down to ant-size and jumped onto Yellowjacket, tearing out the technological bits of her armor, which turned off her laser weapons.
"Dang-it!!" Yellowjacket swore as Ant-Man grew back to human size and puncher her in the face!
"Ant-Man!" Amber Locks called out the Ant-Man as he ran towards her.
"We need to trap her in that cave!" Ant-Man declared.
"I'll handle this!" Turbo exclaimed as he blasted some rocks, which covered the entrance of the cave, trapping Starlight Glimmer inside!
"We did it!" Ant Man, Turbo, and Amber Locks cheered as they began to walk down to the town.
"Hooray for Ant-Man!" The townsfolk cheered as Ant-Man and Amber Locks got on Turbo and drove away.
A few hours later, Ant-Man and Amber Locks were at the palace of Princess Celestia.
"Congratulations on completing your mission, Ant-Man" Princess Celestia congratulated Ant-Man.
Ant-Man thought back when Hank Pym chose him to be the ant-man. It was the happiest day of his life...
(The End...for now!)
