Note: Read "A Reality" and "The Forgotten Story" to understand the story
Summary: Part 11 of Control
Word Count: 1,979
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The Crimson Sorcerer devoured the magic from Tony's system, deteriorating his health in the process and making him pass out on the ground. Alejandro, who was technically his past self never felt more powerful than ever, after consuming Tony's neutral magic. This signalled he lost. His mind was now fully controlled under the hands of El Hombre, while Tony was literally struggling to not let it happen.
But he was too late. The monster had engulfed the sorcerer's sanity, and everything around him began to quake. The magic kept fading it's blue color, converting it into a red shade. Tony's attempt to break free from the possession failed, and he opened his eyes, them now glowing red in color. The sorcerer looked around, even at himself, and got up seeing his magic change. Gazing at his hands, and clenching them into a fist, feeling the energy flow through him within and taking over Tony's body. It was no longer him, but El Hombre de Hierro.
Tony chuckled, and laughed like never before, embracing the true, corrupted chaos magic as it started whirling around him and the crown formed on his face, glaring at the screen that he's unleashed, and reborn.
Back at the sanctum, you were in your bed, sleeping sound until you could hear the sounds of someone laughing evilly. It echoed in your mind and you switched sideways to forget it but each and everytime they grew louder, you saw visions of a figure with the deadly chaos magic whirling around it while it slowly destroys the world. It began to approach near you, and then you wake up in a jolt. Sweat covered your face, your breath became heavier and shaky, feeling a threat is approaching to them all. You quickly got up your bed, and head downstairs, watching Strange doing his business.
"Strange! Doctor Strange!" You shouted while coming down the stairs, and the sorcerer looked at you. "We're in danger. It seems like Tony has become the final form of the Crimson Sorcerer."
"What? Wasn't he oy suppose to know it's history and not embrace it?" Strange asked. "But how do you know all this?"
"I saw it from my vision! I was sleeping and I could exactly sense him he was there while El Hombre took him all." You panicked. "We have to do something quick! Or we'll be doomed!"
"Y/N, first of all calm down! I know this is serious, but we need to think of something so we can stop this happening in the first place. But, Y/N, keep in mind, that I cannot stop it, but if anybody has to defeat it.. it has to be the one who he relies on the most."
Strange was talking about you. You, who thought maybe you don't have a purpose but even the Sorcerer Supreme just mentioned your name through his sentences. But.. the question arises, if you are the one to save the world, how would you even do it?
".. what do I have to do?"
"Nothing." A voice was heard in the room, turning around to see Wong, with a worried expression.
"What do you mean we don't have to do nothing? There must be a way!" You protested.
"There is a way to end it all, Y/N. But it's not possible as per the terms. El Hombre will destroy the balance any sooner."
"But you can't just assume we lost already right? He believes I can do something!"
"Your powers aren't capable to defeat him yet, Y/N! He's going to kill you no matter what. The Crimson Sorcerer's only aim is to destroy the entity that might take place in any moment."
"But I don't even know who the entity is! If I could be one of it, what's stopping me from being one!"
Strange and Wong looked at each other, then back to you. You, who was more confused yet curious about your existence with these abilities, you couldn't understand what was your purpose.
"Y/N.." Strange spoke softly, with his eyes furrowed. "It's—"
Before the sorcerer could say anything else, the lights in the room began to flicker, and Strange and Wong defended you by charging up their eldtrich magic shields. The atmosphere alters into a dark and dim tone, while it slightly began to quake and all the items around them shivered. You braced for impact but your magic tingled your soul and it sensed the danger incoming. A crimson void teared up through the reality, and they turned around to the direction where the being was about to enter.
It slowly began to walk out of the void, revealing a familiar presence, but entirely different. Your eyes widened, and your fears pinned the truth. Tony was no longer with his usual magic, and instead, he was completely possessed by the Crimson Sorcerer. His eyes were glowing red, circles slightly darkened, and his fingers blackened by the corruption filling his hands.
The void behind him shut close, and Tony walked around the three, giving a dark smile.
"Doctor Strange. We meet again, I guess." Tony walked around them, facing through their direction, while he continues to speak. "You know.. what I'm really here for, and I'm here to take it away from you."
"You will never get her."
El Hombre, inside of Tony chuckled. "I already got her Tony. So why not Y/N?"
"No matter how hard you try to rewrite this fate, the Crimson Sorcerer will never be unleashed in this universe! Y/N will soon find her fate, and finish you!"
"Oh really? Does she think she can mess with the Harbinger of Chaos? The one who can rewrite everything according to my will? The most powerful sorcerers of them all? She's just a fraction of that ability." Tony tilted his head.
"It's about time. But to have her, you'll need to get past us."
"I don't really need to get past you to get to her." Tony suddenly used his magic to pick you up in the air, and you screamed. Strange activates one of his spells along with Wong with his other but Tony was able to stop their magic from attacking him and disabled it in one go. He still had you in his embrace, but the two sorcerers weren't going to give up easily.
Strange let out the the eldtrich cords out of his magic to wrap Tony around along with his hand that he was using the magic, letting you break free. He struggled for a bit and then growled in anger.
"Oh, you're such an idiot, Strange." He bursted his magic around the room, breaking free from the ties and pushing the three away far off. One of them struggled to get up, specially you whose hands were trying to illuminate the pink mist once more.
Tony began to walk near you. "About the thing that my beloved Y/N, was supposed to change the future, currently hasn't found her purpose yet. So sad." He crouched near you, and caressed your face to make you look at him. "But don't you worry about it. You will find it very soon, when you'll come with me."
"I'll never.. come with you!" You spat.
"But who's going to stop me?" He smirked. "Strange? Wong? The Avengers?"
Suddenly, you got up and gripped Tony's shirt, making him gasp. "Me, dumbass." And with that, you quickly place your hand on his head, and your fingers glowed with the magic, from there, Tony was sent to another illusion, in another world. Since your abilities were also related to mind, like of Tony, you created the vision so you two can converse.
"Nice illusion, Y/N." El Hombre turned around to see you far off from him, approaching towards the sorcerer.
"Yes. Like how it looks? Thanks to your abilities in me." You replied, walking towards him. "But I know they can do a lot more."
"Of course they can do a lot more. But you just can't realise it." He smirked, folding his arms. "Darling, your past is connected to me. And if I let that happen, I could lose all my powers, because of you."
"But you also don't have to be the way that's going to keep on hurting people, Tony. I know you're in there. You just have to—"
"Tony Stark no longer EXISTS. It's just me, El Hombre de Hierro."
"Or more like.. Alejandro?" You spoke, that widened his eyes in surprise, but lets out a hearty laugh.
"Wow, you guessed out my real name. But isn't he dead too?" He smirks.
"He might be. He's just within you, but you caged him in your corruption. You manipulated him to take the wrong path. YOU put our universe to danger and also would be to others!"
"Because the Darkhold doesn't excuse when it comes to taking control in something that would make us unstoppable as ever, Y/N." He glared at you.
"When I kissed my Elizabeth goodbye, I didn't let Alejandro show any remorse, because I knew she was a barrier to his fate. And you.. are one of them. Just an obstacle to Tony Stark's development."
".. and what about you? What are you to Tony Stark?" You tilt your head. "Aren't you a barrier to his development too? He saves lives, and not take them away like you."
You continued. "You are just.. a creation of his evil desires. An embodiment of the things he learnt from the Darkhold. I don't blame you too cause that's what you're trying to pull him in. But.. if one has a responsibility to stop him doing something that'll cause any trouble.. there's no way you're going to stop them too."
El Hombre's eyes darkened in pure anger, when you said it.
"You could never take Tony away from me, or anybody." These last words where the last straw for the evil sorcerer himself. He takes a deep breath, and exhaled, then slowly chuckled and laughed out loud, that his voice echoed around the area.
".. oh, Y/N.. I never knew you were so.. naive." He looks at you, smiling. "I guess, it seems you underestimate me so much. And that's a pity." He walked towards you, and you began to back off. You were out of words currently, specially the way he started to grow menacing.
"You think the Darkhold is a joke. I am a joke. The Crimson Sorcerer is a JOKE." His eyes glow red and he gripped your neck with his magic, that you gagged and choked. Levitating in the air, and your legs kicking while you try to break free.
"No matter what you, your Sorcerer Supreme or your friends do. Even Tony himself! You can.. never stop.. El Hombre."
The two had an intense glare, like as if they were about to fight. Your hands whirled in the pink mist, while he looks at you projecting your magic and tilts his head.
"So be it." In one swift motion, your hands disable his magic, and stopped the illusion you created. You were then back to reality, pushing El Hombre far off the sanctum before he can take any further action.
Strange shouted. "Y/N!" Wong looked at everything in shock, and they two got up with each's support.
"This isn't good." Wong said in a worried tone. "The two entities are fighting for dominance. But currently Y/N hasn't unlocked her full potential."
"All we can hope is things to be alright, Wong.. we can't stop it. But she can." Strange continued, while looking up at the huge hole above their sanctum's ceiling. "She's our only hope."
You both were now in the air, just around the clouds, flying while your and his eyes illuminated in the colors of your magic abilities.
Pink mist, and chaos magic. What happens next?