Chapter 1

Janet Van Dyne, a.k.a Wasp, floated through purple and black...okay she didn't know what to call it. All she knew was she was caught up by it, and the last thing she remembered was Hank's voice shouting her name.

She felt like she was in water. Moving with a current, but where was that current taking her. She tried to flutter her wings, maybe fly out of this murky black place, but no part of her body could move. She wanted to shout out, maybe her team could hear her. However, her voice wouldn't leave her lips. She could only watch the flits and shifting tendrils of blackness. Whispers entered her ears. They began to lull her. Her eyes grew heavy, and her mind tired. She shut her eyes, trying to remember how she entered this place.

The day started with the alarms of Avenger's mansion going off, waking a sleeping Janet up from a well deserved nap. She'd have to go out on patrol with Thor later that evening, but now she was wide awake. Shrinking she flew to the main entrance hall where the other members currently in the manor; Hulk, Cap, and Thor, where watching as a man dressed all in black walked out of some kind of portal.

"What manner of being are you?" Thor asked readying his hammer. The mighty Mjolnir was an impressive weapon, but the man remained calm. Janet could kind of see the glow of yellow eyes from underneath his hood. They shifted to watch her more than any other member of the team. "To enter the realm of Midgar?"

"I am not of these realms, Thunderer." The man spoke, positioning his hands behind his back almost regally. "I come though to test the boast of the mighty heroes that live here."

Hulk's roar echoed through the hall. The big green guy did seem to like challenges. He rushed forward, jumping, and bringing both hands down on top of the man. A cloud of dust was kicked up by the large crash. It cleared to to reveal the man holding Hulk up in tendrils of black energy.

"An impressive display of strength. It is no wonder they call you strongest of all." The man cooed. It was hard to tell if the compliment was genuine or if he was laughing at the Hulk. His hand buckled a bit as Hulk pulled back and slammed into the energy around the man again.

Janet saw a chance she flew forward. Knowing that soon Thor and Steve wouldn't be far behind. She fired a volley at the man. He flinched and slammed Hulk down between her blasts and him. He then hopped back into a position that seemed to be more adequate for watching her than anyone else. He lifted a hand and Cap's shield was repelled as though his hand were a magnet and sent slamming into the charging Thor.

"Are you sure you do not wish to wait for the rest of your team. There are four members missing." He returned his hands to behind his back. Hulk tried to back hand the man. He raised his hand and stopped the strong blow, that sent a shock-wave around the energy protecting him. He flung his hand back and launched Hulk out of the window and into the lawn. He looked over at Hulk. "You do have brains my friend. I would like it better if you used them."

"Then try me." Tony's voice shouted as he landed in front of hulk and blasted the man's shield with his repulsers. He looked bored at Tony's display, only to be batted from behind by Thor. The attack caused him to stumble back a little before Cap's shield bounced into him and forced him outside. There he met with one of Hawkeye's arrows. He rolled on the ground and then slowly stood. Janet again sent out a barrage of stingers, and once again he made sure to avoid her attack, and moved away.

"Not so easy now is it villain." Thor shouted. He attacked from above only to be caught by the same black tendrils. The tendrils grew and wrapped around Hulk and began to pull Tony and and Steve to the ground.

"None of you have harmed me yet." He spoke calmly, throwing Thor into another barrage of Janet's stingers. A third time couldn't be a coincidence. He was avoiding engaging Janet, but why. With his powers he easily was taking the other Avengers. Though Hank and T'Challa had yet to show up. However, Janet was still wondering why he went out of the way to block or avoid her.

Then his shields absorbed Tony's Uni-beam. The man threw both his arms up, as though to hold the shield. Janet saw a pattern. It hardened where the energy was being collected. It looked like a honeycomb. She flew forward, making sure his attention was still on Tony. She had to get close. The blast of blue energy faded. His shield started to shift back to normal. Janet fired. She was only about a yard away, but the stinger fire finally hit. The shield made shattering sounds and tore into his skin worse than what her stingers ever did to anyone else. He screamed in pain and doubled back. His arm looked severely wounded from where he took the hit. His hood fell down to reveal dark skin and hair. His eyes were a luminescent yellow. He glared up at Janet as she charged a shot aimed for her face.

"It looks like you can take a hit from everyone but me." Janet commented as she watched the tendrils of black fade and the rest of the team stood. She could now see T'Challa readying claws behind the man. The whole team was there as Hank walked up next to her. She had charged up for another attack and was close enough that the man had nowhere to go.

"Now why is that?" Hank inquired. "Though strong, Jan's stings shouldn't pack enough punch to create that kind of would." He placed a hand on his chin. "Who are you?"

"I am but a man." The man said standing. He kept his eyes on Janet and Janet did the same. "But all of you are not entirely what they seem." He clutched his wound and smiled. A small ball of black formed in front of him. Janet's eyes widened. She fired instinctively. The blast shattered the orb and some kind of whirlwind emerged. The man vanished into the same kind of portal he came to the mansion in. Janet tried to fly away from the pulling force. She tried to grow, reaching for Hank. He reached for her.

"Janet!" He screamed as she lost sight of him and began floating in the strange black and purple space.

The orb of black vanished in front of Hank Pym's hand. Taking with it the woman he loved. The headphones she wore in her costume clattered to the ground, having turned to their original size. The last command that Janet gave to her body. Hank picked them up. He held them in his hands and dropped to his knees. Tears began to stream down his face. Both Tony and Steve walked over to him to comfort him. The entire front of the mansion was quiet.

"What dark magic?" Thor remained in shock, even if he was the first to speak. The Asgardian's fist was clenched tightly around Mjolnir's hilt. "I swear friend Hank. That this dark sorcerer will fall by the hands of Thor for this."

Hank said nothing in reply. He merely stood and walked into the mansion. The rest of the team remained quiet, and eventually fell into the mansion.

Janet felt herself hit something solid. It was sandy. Almost like a beach. She let her eyes flutter open to reveal just that. A beach. A really creepy beach. The blue sun looked to be in a permanent stage of set behind some odd shaped black rocks. She rubbed her forehead and returned to her normal size before she stood. Her body felt like a baseball hit by the Hulk.

Once she got used to her surroundings, and got over her body's throbbing. "Now where am I?"

"The center of all realms." A voice shouted from behind. Janet turned to see an elderly man pointing a strange looking dagger at her. His hair was long and came down to his shoulder's while his beard encompassed most of his jaw. Behind him were two people with stranger looking rifles, bot pointed at her. "And I suggest you don't move."