Chapter 86 – Found the Tesseract
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Wanda was lying on the bed, stroking Primo's cheek, "Jay..." She rested her face on him, her lips touching his cheek. Her hand stroked the other cheek, "mmmphmmm...Jay."

Wanda opened her eyes, taking a deep breath, placing her head on his shoulder. She stroked his chest, worriedly thinking.

Primo's body would have dissipated a long time ago if she wasn't using her powers to hold these flames together.

Ever since he was a child, Jay was simultaneously able to control a thousand bodies at once. But this was the first time that he had lost control of one.

Even she was starting to get worried now.

*Knock*Knock*

Wanda let out a breath, sitting up on the chair before the bed, adjusting her clothes and hair, "come in."

She took up the file on Operation Convergence, opening the door using magic.

Wanda watched Natasha walk in, closing the door behind her, "did he tell the whereabouts?"

"No, Loki says he doesn't know."

Wanda shrugged her head, "oh, well. If Thor doesn't get an answer, then I'd just have to look into his mind."

She raised her palm, and Mind Stone appeared on it, "Mind Stone seems to be enhancing my powers at a rapid pace."

Natasha stared at the gem, "won't you get corrupted by it? It would be a hell of trouble if you did."

"No, it can't corrupt me. Even if it could, it wouldn't. Anyway, why are you here?"

Natasha crossed her hands, leaning on the door, "I want a straight answer."

Wanda put away the Mind Stone, glancing down with a tug on her lips, "I already told you. He will live."

"I know there is always a but..." Natasha closely stared at her.

Wanda slowly blinked, turning her eyes towards Natasha, "why didn't you contact him for the past two years. Was it so bad that he didn't outright tell you about the Red Room?"

Natasha pressed her lips, stifling her smile, "that was bad. But that wasn't why..."

She walked over, sitting down in front of her, putting her hands together on the lap, "I got scared...for genuine reasons. The most obvious one was that I didn't mind Jay sleeping around. It's not like I ignored it, or I didn't realize it. But that I didn't care if he was sleeping around. I thought it was some kind of spell at first, and I was becoming paranoid until I realized that it was some kind of addiction."

She scoffed, "and not just to him...but to the fact that I forgot the past...the horrible things I did...the worries...the self-loathing. Everything."

Natasha looked at Wanda, smiling, "it was one of the best times of my life...and I got scared. It felt like an illusion...and the fact that I was being the double agent didn't help. Even though he knew...I was worried I'd spoil everything. Maybe there was also a part of me that thought I didn't deserve it. Add in the other convoluted reasons...I ran the first chance I got. Ran to Russia in the name of Red Room."

Wanda looked down without saying anything when Natasha spoke, "it might have been the fact that I wanted more. I wanted to be with him...all the time...I never felt like that before."

Wanda puffed out a long breath, putting her hand on Natasha's. Natasha felt something on her palm, an object, making her raise her eyebrow as Wanda spoke, "he won't die. That is the key."

The Next Morning,

Wanda walked inside an empty chamber, looking at Thor, pacing around in front of Loki.

He became rattled the moment he saw her, "brother, the whole universe is at stake. Tell me now where is the Space Stone, or even I won't be able to help you out. No one can."

Loki shrugged, keeping the smile on his face, "I told you...I do not know where the stone is."

Wanda created a chair, sitting down on Loki's side; scarlet energy covered her palms. Which she connected with Loki's mind, "you are out of time."

"You think you can read my mind?" Loki grinned when his grin stopped; his eyes rolled to the back of his head.

Wanda softly smiled, "I have spent my childhood reading a mind far more complicated mind. But yours is surprisingly simple."

Thor made a fist, holding it in front of his mouth, "will he be all right...?"

"If he keeps resisting...then I'd just have to break everything down. Either way, there would be a little damage to his mind. Sorry...but I gave you the night. We are running out of time."

Thor put his head on his fist, tightening his jaw, letting out a sigh, "I understand...what's at stake."

"Aghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Get!!!!!Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Wanda glanced towards Thor, "you should leave."

Thor closed his eyes, walking off, hearing his brother's screams behind him, "yeah."

Sometime later,

Wanda walked to the bridge, looking at Rogers, Tony, Banner, and Thor sitting at the table.

Captain looked up, "did you get anything?"

Wanda nodded, "Hawkeye is about to come and save Loki at any time. It seems that Hawkeye knows the weak points of the Helicarrier and plans to use it to bring it down."

"Oh, don't worry about that. Hawkeye is already here," Nick said, staring through the observing glass.

Wanda quizically looked towards her, "what? Then...?"

"See for yourself," Nick tapped his finger, putting it on the screen.

Wanda walked over, seeing a Quinjet trying to come near, but the flames appeared, starting to freeze the Quinjet.

A soft smile appeared on Wanda's face, "mmm...that's unexpected. But that's a good sign."

Suddenly, there was were twisting winds that covered the Quinjet. Taking it apart, piece by piece.

"I know where the attack is going to be."

New York, Stark Tower,

Erik Selvig was preparing the Tesseract for the portal when he felt a massive shadow fall over him. He stopped, looking back when a black and gold Iron Man came down from a Helicarrier floating on top of New York.

[Sir, I have shut down the Arc Reactor, but the device is self-sustaining.]

"Doctor Selvig shut down the device!"

Selvig turned around, looking at Iron Man, "It's too late." He turned back, fanatically looking at the device, "She wants to show us something...a news universe!"

"Ok. You don't know how dangerously right you are," Tony raised his hand, creating six cannons, two on his hands, two on his face, firing a continuous beam.

[The barrier is pure energy. It's unbreachable.]

Tony looked around, his eyes falling on Wanda, firing scarlet energy at the barrier, "I have a feeling you are wrong."

Abruptly, the barrier broke down for a moment, creating a shockwave, and a smile appeared on Tony's face. But the next moment, the smile disappeared as he looked around, "where are we?"

Wanda frowned, looking at the destruction all around them. They were still on Starks building, but there was something different.

"The sky...is...different..." She raised her head, staring at the sky, seeing another Earth in the sky.

"Yeah, got that part," Tony said, "Jarvis, you there?"

"Sir? No, it's not you. But you are you. You are Tony Stark from Parallel Universe?"

"Oh, good. That clears things up," Tony removed the armor from his head, looking towards Scarlet Witch, "you have any bright plans?"

Wanda tried to use her power, but it started glitching, "I do. I'll tell you when I stop glitching and get used to the new hardware."

"Wow, I did not expect to hear that from you," Tony walked over to the edge of the building. New York City was one fire, but most of the city had been evacuated.

But he could still hear the mini-missiles go off in the distance, making him narrow his eyes, "Jarvis, can you tell me what is going on?"

[Sir, it's better if you hear from yourself.]

Tony looked to the front, and another him wearing red, gold armor flew from below, floating in front of him.

The two pointed the repulsors at each other, talking simultaneously, "You are good me or the bad me?"

"You are good me or the bad me?"

"Good me, then."

"Good me, then."

Wanda let out a sigh, walking over, "this is going to get old, real fast. What is going on?"

"You know about the Convergence?" Red and gold Tony, asked.

"Yes, we do. But there is something more important than that," Uru armor Tony stopped them.

When their attention was on him, he asked, "how are we going to differentiate? I am Tony 1, and you are Tony 2?"

"No, if there were Tony 1, then it should be me, and you Tony 2," The red and gold Tony spoke.

Wanda covered her face, "I couldn't have been trapped with someone else."

She pointed at Uru Tony, "you are Tony." She turned towards another one, "and you are Anthony. Now move on."

"Wait, why is he Tony and me, Anthony? It should be another way around!"

Wanda held her throbbing head, "you are Anthony because when I say Tony, I remember him. So it's me, not you. Now move on."

"Ouch," Tony said, sucking in a sharp breath.

Anthony nodded, "fair enough. Moving on, Cabal is planning to use an Anti-matter bomb on the other Earth. They want to take over a SHIELD facility to launch it on the other side. We are trying to stop them. Would you mind helping?"

Wanda narrowed her eyes, "there is an alien invasion on our side. But others can handle it. Just point us in M.O.D.O.Ks direction."

Nanites appeared, forming Tony's helmet, with a golden glow in his helmet's eyes, "all right. Let's kick some M.O.D.O.Ks ass."

He flew up, following Anthony with Scarlet Witch, whispering to her, "btw, who is this M.O.D.O.K?"

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