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Chapter 218 - Illuminati

Meanwhile, Stephen explained the news of Wanda having taken control over the Darkhold, and she called herself Scarlet Witch.

"Scarlet Witch. The Scarlet Witch is a being of unfathomable magic. She can rewrite reality as she chooses, and is prophesized to either rule or annihilate the Cosmos," Wong explained about the Scarlet Witch's prophecy.

"She has control over the whole town using her mind, if she can get America's powers. She could enslave the entire Multiverse," Strange explained.

"It means, the person who wants to kill me, you exactly go to her asking for help and give her the details of where I was?" America Chavez asked Dr. Strange looked at him with shocked eyes.

"Yeah," Stephen replied.

"Stopped everyone from studying, and gave weapons to everyone. We need to transform the whole Kamar-Taj into a fortress," Wong ordered.

Since Chavez is over at Kamar-Taj, the Masters of the Mystic Arts fortify the area in preparation for Maximoff's assault with a magic shield and various other defenses.

And all over the world magicians come towards the Kamar-Taj.

While they were prepared, a black cloud surrounded the Kamar-Taj. "Choose your words wisely. The fate of the Multiverse may depend on it," Wong said to Stephen.

"Got it. I have not any pressure," Stephen replied, but from his face it clearly shows he was in full pressure, as he flew in front of the black cloud, from which Scarlet Witch comes in front of Dr. Strange.

"All this for a child you met yesterday," Wanda asked, looking over all of the magicians.

"Wanda, you are justifiably angry. You had to make a terrible sacrifices," Stephen replied.

"I blew a hole through the head of the man I loved, my brother's body was splitted into two pieces in front of my eyes, and it means nothing. Do not speak to me of sacrifice, Stephen Strange," Wanda shouted at him. "If you give me my demand. Then I'll send you to a world where you can be with Christine," She said her choice.

(Author Note: Here maybe some mistake, because I forgot did I saved Quicksilver or not.)

But Stephen Strange didn't agree with her, both argued, which made Wanda angry.

She started attacking, but due to Sorcerer's defense it was resolved.

However, Maximoff's telepathy targets one sorcerer and disables his magic, leading the shield to collapse, allowing her to shred through the resistance of Kamar-Taj.

Although the Sorcerer group tried to stop her, she still easily destroyed all of them. She goes towards America Chavez, but Strange stands in the middle of her way.

"If you want the girl, you'll have to go through me," Strange said, which Wanda accepted.

While she stepped forward,Strange entraps her within the Mirror Dimension, which proves to be ineffective as she escapes using reflections.

"You need to get out of here, she will come any second, Kamar-Taj has fallen," Stephen said to Chavez.

But before they even tried to run away, Wanda came in front of them using the reflection in a shield. "You give all the lives of the Sorcerer, just to keep me away from my children," Wanda shouted at Stephen, as she cornered them.

"It's all you have done, and you are not allowed to cross into the Multiverse," Stephen replied back.

"I am not a monster, Stephen. I'm a mother," Wanda replied.

"Wanda, you have no children, they don't exist," Stephen answered.

"No, they exist in every other Universe. I know they do. Because I dream of them, every night," Wanda replied and using her magic she shows him.

"Even if you got them, then what? What happened to the other Wanda? What happened to their mother?" Stephen asked.

Wanda became silent, then Stephen used his magic, but Wanda easily countered him, and started stealing the power of Chavez.

Cornered, Chavez accidentally opens a portal, allowing herself and Strange to flee across the Multiverse.

They traveled in many new years before finally landing on Universe 838, in a futuristic New York City. Stephen started vomiting due to the first time travel of the Multiverse, while his cloak of levitation is also burnt in the middle.

Dr. Strange asked her to open a portal back to Universe, but she is not able to do it. Then they have decided to search for Universe 838 Stephen Strange.

They walk towards the New York Sanctum in search of Strange's counterpart in this universe.

While talking about themselves, they reached the New York Sanctum, and found that the Strange counterpart had died defeating Thanos previously, they are instead greeted by this universe's Sorcerer Supreme: Baron Mordo.

"I suspected one day, we will meet again, you always said, we will meet together," Baron said and he hugged him. Strange found it weird, but still he was happy that he didn't need to fight.

Mordo invites both of them to sit down for tea, and the two warn him of the Scarlet Witch's incoming threat.

Mordo revealed that one page of Darkhold was about the Dreamwalker. By using it, Wanda can control herself in different Universe's counterparts and make her do as she wished.

And it shows that Wanda is doing the same ritual to control it.

Chavez asked why she didn't do it, and Strange revealed, because she was showing Mercy. But before they asked for help and talked, they soon passed out, as Mordo had poisoned the tea.

Meanwhile, Wanda Maximoff makes use of the Darkhold to dreamwalk into her Earth-838 counterpart in Westview to interact with her children. However, Sara Wolfe manages to destroy the Darkhold, so Maximoff burns her alive in retaliation.

Wanda also threatens to kill other sorcerers if Wong does not reveal another method to dreamwalk, leading him to reveal that the book was a copy. He revealed her to a castle on Mount Wundagore where the Darkhold was first transcribed.

When Strange and Chavez awaken in a facility elsewhere, they meet that universe's Christine Palmer, who works at the facility as a scientist that helps with managing different Multiversal threats.

Meanwhile in Universe 613, Wanda and Wong reached Mount Wundagore.

"Eons ago, the first demon, Chthon, carved his dark magic into this tomb. These same spells were later transcribed into the Darkhold," Wong revealed the old secret. He continued his explanation, "There's no telling what soulless monstrosities lie within."

There they noticed the different Satanic statue, and four different monsters, who kneeled in front of her, they were waiting for her for eons.

"This isn't a tomb, this is the throne," Wanda said.

At the Universe 838, Strange is brought forth before the Illuminati for his trial, consisting of Mordo, Captain Peggy Carter the first Avenger. Blackagar Boltagon, keeper of the Terrigen Mists, the Inhumans King.

Captain Maria Rambeau, Defenders of the cosmos. Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, one of the smartest people and finally Charles Xavier.

"Fantastic Four, the other three retired?" He asked.

"I'm sorry, is this a joke to you?" Captain Marvel asked.

"Well, there's a guy over there with a fork on his head, so I believe this is literally a joke for me," Strange mocked.

Black Bolt gave a sign of silence, by putting his fingers on his mouth, "Be grateful Black Bolt doesn't want to engage you in any conversation," Peggy replied.

"Why? Does he not brush his teeth today?" Strange asked.

"This Strange is even more arrogant than our Strange," Captain Marvel replied.

"Stephen, your arrival here confuses and destabilizes reality. The larger the footprint you leave behind, the greater the risk of an Incursion," Reed directly brings up the main problem.

"Incursion?" Strange asked them.

"An Incursion is created, when the boundary between two Universes erodes, and they collide destroying one or both entirety," Reed explained.

Peggy revealed, Strange's counterparts created the Illuminati group, which will decide the future of Stephen Strange and America Chavez.

They believe that Doctor Strange remains the greatest threat in the universe even more than the Scarlet Witch.

Meanwhile, Wanda Maximoff uses the castle's power to dreamwalk back into her Earth-838.

Charles Xavier revealed that their universe's counterpart of Strange hadn't died defeating Thanos.

But he used the Darkhold to look for alternate ways to defeat Thanos.

Stephen found the Book of Vishanti, using that book, Illuminati killed Thanos on Titan.

But Strange confessed that he had caused an incursion, an event in which a reality is destroyed, and thus volunteered to be executed to prevent further destruction.

And Black Bolt using his voice executed Strange.

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