Others might not have known Carson's background, but Hope knew it inside out.
Mitchell Carson was Hydra through and through!
Darren hadn't hidden Carson's identity from Hope, because he trusted her completely.
That trust came from a betrayal years ago.
Hope had once clashed bitterly with her father, Hank Pym, over her mother Janet van Dyne's disappearance.
She resented him for keeping secrets from her. She resented his stubbornness.
Driven by anger, she had cast the deciding vote at a board meeting, helping Darren oust Hank Pym from the company he had founded with his own hands.
Darren thought Hope was on his side, that they both wanted to take Pym Technologies to greater heights.
But Darren was wrong.
Hope had pushed her father out of the company because, at the time, it was how she vented her anger.
But she would never let Pym Particles technology fall into the hands of a terrorist organization like Hydra, much less let Darren use it to create weapons of mass slaughter.
Today, she had once again asked her father, Hank Pym, to give her the Ant-Man Suit.
She had undergone rigorous agent training and knew Darren's security system better than anyone. She was fully capable of sneaking in and destroying all the research data.
But the stubborn old man had refused her yet again.
"It's too dangerous," he had said. "I've already found someone suitable."
Remembering her father's tone, which had left no room for argument, Hope slammed her fist onto her desk.
"Who could possibly be better suited than me?!"
Hope was full of resentment and frustration.
It wasn't just because of her mother's disappearance all those years ago. It was also because her father didn't trust her.
Her father had been wary of her from beginning to end. He would