Scott Lang felt like he was about to go crazy...
He had finally figured out what Hank Pym wanted him to do, only to get himself into even bigger trouble.
One of Hank Pym's students had used his experimental notes to replicate a new kind of Pym Particles, and a massive criminal organization had taken an interest in them.
Hank Pym didn't want his research to fall into the hands of bad people.
So he put Scott Lang's thieving skills to use, sending him to infiltrate the company's offices in his Ant-Man Combat Suit...
Not only did he steal their most important technical data, he also planted a virus on their servers, completely destroying their research...
That was why those Wasp Men had chased Scott Lang last time, refusing to let up even when he hid in Hell's Kitchen.
Later, all those Wasp Men had been killed at the entrance to the Peace Hotel, but Scott Lang and Hank Pym had made enemies of the buyers, who were determined to get their hands on the technology.
A transnational criminal group with terrorist ties had begun tracking them down.
Scott Lang had found Hank Pym and gotten the full story. Just as he was about to take off the Ant-Man suit and return to his normal life, those people found them.
Then came a long stretch of fleeing and being pursued. In the end, with no other options, Scott Lang suggested that he and Hank Pym hide out in Hell's Kitchen...
That had been the understanding between Scott Lang and Jessica's group at the time...
Those girls had kept hinting that he should get the Peace Hotel some "Pym Particles."
For one thing, the stuff was genuinely fun. For another, the Peace Hotel's back alley was small, but housed several animal