"It never would have worked between us Stephen, you always had to be the one with the knife.' Christine told me and he swallowed down the acid rising in his throat.
'Im glad youre happy' stephen told Christine stiffly. Had he not been so focused and driven on everything else but her this would be their wedding.
'Are you happy?' Christine asked.
'Yes. I am.' He answered but it was a lie. But the screams from the streets filled the banquet hall.
Stephen ran to the balcony, a young woman was screaming and cursing as she ran. No one could see what she was running from, they only saw the damage the invisible creature was creating.
"Congratulations." Stephen said again before Stephen jumped off the balcony and started falling but his cloak came saving him bringing him to the ground safely.
The woman was screaming and cursing as she ran. Trying to avoid the invisible monster chasing after her. Stephen made the beast visible using the mystic arts and saw the gigantic octopus monster chasing after her. Once the monster was visible everyone around them started screaming saying what the woman was running away from finally
'That was dr. Strange!' Christine's husband said smiling as he watched his favorite hero save the day after coming to his wedding. 'BEST DAY EVER!" he declared. Christine rolled her eyes.
Stephen split the bus in two shielding the young woman from the attack. He looked back at the girl shaking behind him.
'Do i know you?' Stephen questioned. There was something about her that looked so familiar.
'Look out!' She screamed as Stephen was flung into a store, breaking the window and knocking him out.
'Stephen!" the mystery woman declared but the octopus beast grabbed her whipping her around in the air as she punched at it uselessly. Wong chopped the tentacle holding the woman and she collapsed to the ground. 'Thanks,' she murmured looking back up at the monster. It didn't die they had only pissed it off.
'Where is Stephen?" Wong questioned. "Who are you?" But she was already running again. The breast following after her.
"Fuck off!" she shouted back at it as she started to climb the edge of the building to get away from him but the beast followed her up. His tentacles clinging to the brick as he scaled the building after her.
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'Youre welcome' Stephen told wong as he appeared, getting wong out of the way of the monster.
'You know its ancient custom to bow before the sorcerer supreme?' Wong asked as they headed after the monster climbing the building after Their mystery woman.
'Im aware of the customs.' Stephen told him smugly, flying off to save the mystery woman and slay the octopus. But his cloak was pulled away as Stephen was grabbed. Their mystery woman clung nervously, she had gotten herself on a cliff, high up, the building was crumbling slightly as the monster climbed. She stomped on the breaking ledge she was standing on, a star shaped piece crashed down to its head. With Stephen's magical cloak free again it flew itself at the creatures eye blinding it.
But the creature kept a tight hold of Stephen. The mystery woman stared down nervously a jagged breath in her chest as she looked around. She looked to Stephen, he was being suffocated by the octopus, Stephen used a second pair of magical hands swopping down to grab a street light, pulling it from the ground the mystery woman watched as it flew towards them. Stephen stabbed the eye pulling it out, the monster released Stephen and sent him falling to the ground. His cloak caught him before getting their mystery woman.
She felt the cloak wrap around her and place her gently on the ground. She looked to the slayed beast before Stephen and Wong stepped forward.
'Who are you?'
'Why were those things after you?' she looked between them, she couldn't be here. She needed to run.
'Lets get her back to the-' Stephen began.
'She ran.' Wong told him pointing at the star jean jacket running away from them.
'She ran.' Stephen agreed. He moved to make a portal but his sling ring was gone.
'She took your sling ring?' Wong questioned with a laugh.
'She took my sling ring.' Stephen confirmed as Wong made a portal for them. The woman jumped back when they appeared in front of her.
'Come on, im not going to save you just to kill you.' Stephen told her holding out his hand for the sling ring, she begrudgingly gave it back to him.
"I'm sorry Stephen." she whispered.
"You know me?" Stephen questioned. She stared up at him.
"You don't recognize me after all this time?" she countered and Stephen saw it.
"Donna?"
"Hello Brother."
"My Donna died... when we were kids." Stephen told her but it was Donna. He couldn't believe he didn't see it before. "I don't understand."
'How much experience do you have with the multiverse?' Donna questioned.
'we dealt with the spidermans.' Stephen told her reaching a hand out she swatted his hand away from her.
'spider man?' Donna questioned.
'yeah, you don't have that?'
'what is it?' Donna countered
'He's a person.' Wong told her
'with spider like qualities.' Stephen added
'does he look like a spider?' Donna questioned "I hate spiders."
"My donna did to." Stephen told her softly.
"We are all... similar. All the yous of the multiverse and..." Donna shrugged. "So spider man?'
'he's a person. A man. He looks like a man.' Stephen assured her but in reality he had never seen spiderman without his mask on, he could be hairy and freaky like a spider.
'but he climbs walls.' Wong added
'shoots webs.' Stephen informed
'from his butt?' Donna asked incredulously.
'no...' Stephen began but then he didn't know his face pinched. 'I hope not. Anyway we know the multiverse.' Stephen couldn't stop staring at her.
"So you are from another universe." Wong offered and Donna nodded.
"How did you get here?" Stephen asked.
"I was trying to help another stephen get the book of Vashanti-"
''The book a vashanti. It's a fairytale does not exist.' Stephen told Donna confidently and Donna scoffed.
'yes it does,' wong confirmed. 'you find out when you become sorcerer supreme' he said smugly.
'You're not sorcerer supreme?' Donna questioned
'no I'm not.' Stephen said still bitter.
'you are in the other universes.' Donna told him.
'Well he only got it on a technicality.' Stephen added, and Wong let out a hot breath.
'Technicality?' Donna questioned.
'I was blipped away for 5 years. Technicality.' Stephen clarified. 'back to this book?' he pushed on.
'Its real and we reached it.' Donna told them 'I thought you would protect me... I am your sister is every universe but this Stephen.... He just..." Donna couldn't say it out loud.
'We?' Stephen questioned.
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