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Does Scott Even Age?

Scott stands in front of Luis' van in his Ant-Man suit which is five years older than he is at this point. "You're sure these modifications aresafe?"

Professor Hulk makes a few adjustments to the new control panel, "I reran my calculations three times-"

"Because the guy who invented this thing is pretty much a genius," Scott talks over him.

Bruce is almost offended, "I have seven Ph.D.'s, an MD, the HansBethe Award for Physics and I'mpersonal friends with Bill Nye theScience Guy. We're good."

Rick Jones presses a few buttons on the console, "Dr. Banner is the second smartest person I know. You'll be fine."

"Yeah. And he looks like that on purpose," Scott mutters under his breath, straightening up when Captain America and Natasha walk in.

Bruce turns to his assistant, "Second?"

"Breakers are set, the emergency generator's on stand-by," Steve reports.

"Good. If we blow the grid, I don'twant to lose Tiny back in the'50's," Bruce remarks, gesturing to Scott.

"Excuse me?"

Natasha keeps her eyes glued to the tablet,  "He was kidding."

Bruce nods along, "I was kidding."

Natasha turns to him, away from Scott, "You were kidding, right?"

"Honestly, I have no idea. We'reattempting time travel. Eitherit's all a joke, or none of it is." He turns back to Scott, talking loudly, "We're good! Helmet on."

Scott obeys, however dubiously.

"Okay. I'm going to send you backone week, give you an hour to lookaround, then bring you back in tenseconds. Make sense?"

"Perfectly not confusing." Scott gives a thumbs up.

"Good luck, Scott. You've got this," Steve says, hands on his hips.

Scott beams with pride, "Yes, I do, Captain America. Yes, I-"

"And goodbye," Hulk pulls the lever and Scott shrinks to nothing.

Rick holds up his stopwatch, counting down, "Three, two, one..."

Scott reappears in the suit... and twelve years old. "Uh, this doesn't feel right."

"Is that Scott?" Natasha asks, looking in between him and Bruce.

Bruce scratches his head with his overly large and green hands, "I wanna say yes."

"This is why I said second," Rick says, pressing a few buttons, causing Scott to shrink once more.

Steve stares at where Scott used to be, "Get him back!"

"Uh..." Rick flips a switch and old man Scott appears. "Okay, I've seen pictures of him ten years apart and he looks exactly the same. How does he look so old now?"

"Get it under control. What the hell is going on?" Natasha scolds.

The two men look at each other then frantically press the buttons in a very scientific manner. Scott shrinks and reappears, this time as a baby. Everyone just stares wordlessly before Steve speaks. "It's a baby."

"It's Scott."

"As a baby!"

Bruce hits the button again, shrinking Scott. "Okay, when I tell you, kill the power!" Rick throws a switch and Bruce gives the signal, "Now!"

Steve pulls a lever down, killing the power. Regular-aged Scott stumbles off the pan, discombobulated and off-balance, "Somebody peed my pants. I don'tknow if it was baby-me or old-me.Or just me-me."