17805/The girl in the Cocoon

The girl in the Cocoon
Date of Scene:	29 April 2024
Location:	Pym's Midtown Lab
Synopsis:	Candace emerges from her cocoon with an energy blast. Hank Pym runs tests.
Cast of Characters:	Hank Pym, Candace Hill

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Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym regards the cocoon transported to his lab for examination. It provides a welcome draw away from the bat people at Avengers' Mansion and Dr. Mo. He isn't ready for her yet. At the same time he is reminded of women of similar age he failed to help. Ten feet tall, he lifts the cocoon onto the padded examination table. He shrinks back down and dons surgical gloves, then carefully gathers a few flakes from the cocoon. Hank places the flakes on a slide and examines it under the microscope while holo screens provide a real time ultrasound of the cocoon. He looks at the slim form outlined.

"Welp, that looks like a girl all right. This cocoon is nothing like an insect ever produced. More like keratin. But how to get her out? Should it even be attempted?"

Candace Hill has posed:
Candace Hill is indeed still cocooned. She has been that way for the past few days. The hospital that Beast Boy had taken her to had no idea what to do with the girl. They assigned her as a Jane Doe as they had no ID for the girl. Then they called Hank Pym.

Slowly the cocoon starts to move just a little. Could She be ready to come out? The cocoon stops moving. Inside, the girls eyes open.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym perks up. He supposes he's just earned a fat consultant fee without doing very much. He graws again and asks in his best PA voice, "DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT?' He pulls a stethoscope out of his lab coat and gives a listen. His free hand makes sure the suddenly flexible cocoon doesn't wriggle off the table. "CCTV, record mode please." This might be historic. He still wants to find out what happened, but he may have a lot more material to sample. He pats the cocoon in a reassuring manner.

Candace Hill has posed:
The question comes through loud and clear for Candace. The girl looks around and the cocoon begins moving a bit more. She is moving. "Yes!" She states. Her eyes begin to glow yellow. Energy builds Within her. "I want out!" Energy erupts out of her and blasts the cocoon apart. The girl stretches out and looks around. "Okay... Where am I?"

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym sees the glow building in the cocoon and draws upon years of experience. He ducks just as the cocoon erupts, showering him in sample. The scientists sits on the floor and waits a moment for his eyes to clear and the ringing to stop. Several very large ants come over to watch Candace. One eats a bit of cocoon. Another helps Hank to his feet. "Thank you, Balthazar." He slips the ant the scalpel he had grabbed.

"I am Dr. Hank Pym, also known as Giant Man and Fire Ant. This is my lab. I took over your case when you where a cocoon. Just sit there a moment and let me check your vitals." He gets a thermal blanket and puts it around Candace's shoulders.

Candace Hill has posed:
Candace takes a deep breath. "Okay I was in a Cocoon. That's what that thing was. A pleasure to meet you Dr. Pym." She wraps her arms around her soaking wet body. "That was weird." She looks around. "Nice lab." She comments and looks at the mess. "Yikes. Sorry about the mess. I dunno how I did that but it felt weird. Like I could feel it build in me and then boom it exploded out of me." The girl wraps the thermal blanket around her and warms up. "I'm Candace Hill. I was driving an uber through time square during the big protest. There was an accident. I got out of my car and went to help a guy in a rolled van. He pulled me down and stood on me to get out. Then there was the strange smoke. It smelled like cinnamon. Then... I don't know what happened. I just felt safe despite everything."

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym says, "Idiots. You are slimed and slimey and wet. As I said, please use the shower. There are close there you can change into. An ant will take your clothes to launder. This is a little disgusting and I ma certain there is a lovely young woman under that. Also I need to run a few tests. Have you ever fired energy blasts before?"

Candace Hill has posed:
"No. Never fired an energy burst before. That was wild!" Candace states as she heads over to the shower. Stepping inside she strips down and turns on the shower. "Sorry about the mess again. I didn't mean to cause it. That energy... I don't know where it came from but it just kinda erupted from me." She happily gets cleaned up. Thankfully there is some soap in there and she gets nice and squeaky clean. Once done she gets dressed in the track suit which is kinda short for her. Still she is dressed now and looks a bit refreshed. "What do you even say about being in a cocoon? I mean I was in it and I don't get it!"

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym is looking over the samples of the cocoon and fluids the ants procured. He doesn't respond immediately. "Well I see no sign of an X-chromosome or Metagene so far. Technically you'd be a Mutate like the Fantastic Four. But I will keep looking. We want to make sure you don't fire another blast at random. Oh... sorry about the fit. My daughter was kind of petite. Good think you're slim. Hmmm... you say there was a smell of cinnammon and a sort of fog or mist? I feel like I should know this. Phone is there ifyou want to contact your parents or whoever. Also would you be opposed to Beast checking you over? He is a good geneticist."

Candace Hill has posed:
"I don't mind getting checked over. I'm just as curious about all of this as you are." She quickly uses the phone and calls her roommates. She tells them she is safe and that rent is already paid for the month. From there she calls her mom and lets her know that she is alright. After that she returns the phone. "I'm pretty sure my phone is destroyed after being in... Whatever was in that cocoon with me. I mean that stuff was weird. I could breathe in it just fine though." She pauses "Yeah. It was mist like. It was pouring out of a box in this van."

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym is bent over several read outs. He jumps up when a timer rings. "Burrito in the microwave for you, if you want. I could use a blood sample and some DNA." He gives her the big eyes for a moment. Then rubs his temples. "I'm sorry Ms. Hill. I've been away from my lab work to long. I've got a faulty memory. Things come to me slowly. I know I have the answer to this. Also, I determined decisively you are not a Mutant. Not that there's anything wrong with Mutants. I dated one for a while. Cinnamon..." He folds his arms annoyed at himself.

"Holy crap! I got it! Terrigen Mist!"

Candace Hill has posed:
Candace smiles and nods, "Go ahead and take blood if you need it." She shrugs not really worried about that. The burrito however sounds absolutely heavenly right now. She hasn't eaten anything in a few days after all. She nods, "Okay so not a mutant. That's okay. It would be easier if I were a mutant but thats off the table." Then the excitement comes across as Hank gets the solution. "Terrigen Mist?" She asks. "What is that?" Quietly she steps down from the table and goes for the burrito.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym explains, "Terrigen mist begins a process of allowing helicase enzymes to unzip DNA helices and rewrite them with a genetic coding for metagenes." He throws his arms out happily. Then he regards Candace eating the burrito with no clue. He struggles to find the words for a moment...

"It gives some people superpowers."

Candace Hill has posed:
Candace has no idea what all that means. What she does get is the last part. "People like me..." She sits down with the burrito and takes a bite. "I'm guessing thats what happened to the cocoon. Somehow this Terrigen Mist gave me powers and I blew up the cocoon. Now I have this ability with energy and I have no idea how it works. I just know that its there. I can feel the energy inside me its not like a coffee rush or something. Its like a fire inside me. And if I just let go, its going to come out." She comments as she takes another bite of the burrito.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym nods. He gets a quick blood sample and a skin scraping. "Well people who've had an origin generally get a better handle on their powers with time. It's a matter of your body making secondary adaptations, flushing the baseline mitochondria from your system and replenishing with transhuman mitochondria to direct the energy better." He stops talking again. "It'll get better when you get used to it. Would you like to stay here for observation? Oh, I'm going to call Dr. McCoy in on this. This is amazing. You rarely get an origin with scanners at the ready. Here, put this wrist band on. It will register if you have another episode."

Candace Hill has posed:
Candace nods and puts the wrist band on. "Okay. Looks like I am sticking around. This is very weird. I feel like I am ready to explode with power. I just hope I don't go dark or something. That would be horrible. I guess I am going to use my abilities for good once I get a handle on them." She looks at the wrist band curiously. "I think you're going to know if I have another episode." She finishes the burrito and smiles. "Thanks for the food. That was really helpful. I guess it makes sense cause I didn't exactly eat since I went into that thing."

"So what is Dr. McCoy like? Aside from having a Star Trek name? Don't tell me ya call him bones." She laughs a little.

Hank Pym has posed:
Hank Pym gives Candace a look matching her reaction to his Pym-splanation. "No I call him Young Hank. I am Old Hank... relatively. I also call him Beast. He's an Avenger. Uh... nice person... oh covered in blue fur. I think he sounds like that guy on Frasier. Anyway, sending him a text now. Please help yourself to anything in the kitchen you care for. The tv remote is over there. The giant ants won't bother you. I'm going over your DNA sequences. I don't suppose you have a DNA sample from yesterday... No. Very well. As I said make yourself at home. Sorry about the clothing, shortage... shortage, get it?"

Candace Hill has posed:
"Sounds like fun." Candace says as she makes note of where the TV is. She quietly steps in that direction. "Checking my DNA? Well I hope everything is alright. This is really a lot to take in. I mean I've gone from being a normal human to... I don't even know anymore. She quietly walks into the TV area. Taking a seat, she looks at the giant ants walking around. "Wow. You guys are huge." She comments as she turns on the TV. Idly she flips through the channels trying to find something to watch. "Its okay about the clothing. I can manage. Oh!! My phone is in my messy clothes."