Alvin curiously held the "Poké Ball" and pressed it toward a giant ant crawling past his feet.
A beam of light, almost impossible to see with the naked eye, struck the giant ant...
The enormous ant laborer instantly returned to its original size.
Grinning, Alvin crouched down and caught the ant through the Poké Ball's fingernail-sized opening.
He watched the ant wander around the Playground inside the Poké Ball, eyes narrowed, then nodded in satisfaction.
Then, after a moment's thought, he shook his hand and poured the ant back out through the opening.
The moment the ant came out, the Poké Ball emitted another flash of light, striking it.
The giant ant laborer instantly returned to its former size, but landed on Alvin's foot. Mr. Battleaxe was startled and kicked it a long way away, killing it with a neat little spit of blood...
Looking at the giant ant's corpse and the commotion it had caused...
Alvin awkwardly spread his hands and said to Hank Pym, "Sorry about that!
This thing's design clearly has a flaw. I'll go find Stark and have him add an ejection mechanism."
Hank Pym's old face twitched. He took a Controller from his pocket and pressed it toward the ant's corpse, shrinking the unlucky ant and restoring order to the giant ant colony.
Seeing that Alvin was still curious and wanted to find something else to try it on, Hank Pym sighed and said, "Boss, you can go try it out across the street at Stark Tower.
We're about to get started here, and things are going to get busy."
Alvin looked at Hank Pym, who clearly wanted him gone. He nodded casually and said with a smile, "I don't really understand what you're trying to do anyway.
But if you don't mind, I'd like