[the burst of light removes the shadows, momentarily, from their vice grip of the sanctum's walls. wanda is nowhere to be found, should doctor strange turn to look to find her position; instead, she will stand in front of the skylight, a framed memory locked in place.
a dead alien planet, titan, and doctor strange plucking a green star from the sky, revealing it as a stone, offering it away.
it replays, over and over, wanda's eyes scanning the image. she rewinds it, repeats it, draws closer to the green stone. she pulls the image away, follows the stone as it floats away from his handsโthrough the orange haze and dust, and her heart catches in her throat.
a purple hand, fingers that pull the stone closer to the infinity gauntlet.
thanos.
"one to go."
don't dismiss my want to help people just because you've failed more than you've succeeded.
her hand presses against the glass of the skylight, her chest heaving, shoulders shaking, her breathing loud as tears stain her cheeks. the world bursts red, illuminating all the darkness away; doctor strange stands now amidst her red magic. her words are thick, filled with shaking rage.]
Youโ
[the skylight, untouched by her magic, displays a memory of her own now: vision knelt before her, their conversation ringing like an echo in this magical chamber. i can'tโyou have the power to destroy the stoneโwe are out of timeโi can'tโyou canโif he gets the stone, half the universe diesโit shouldn't be you, but it is.]
โgave himโ
[in the memory, her magic starts to attack the mind stone, a steady stream of power, her fighting off thanos long enough to have the stone break, an explosion in the forest and wanda left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart as thanos all but uses the green magic of the time stone to bring vision backโtake the stone from him.]
โthe stone!
[there is an explosion of glass as the skylight breaks in tandem with her scream, flying towards doctor strange with her hand outstretched, pulsing with scarlet, psionic energy pushing towards him with the intent to knock him right off his feetโor worse.]
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a dead alien planet, titan, and doctor strange plucking a green star from the sky, revealing it as a stone, offering it away.
it replays, over and over, wanda's eyes scanning the image. she rewinds it, repeats it, draws closer to the green stone. she pulls the image away, follows the stone as it floats away from his handsโthrough the orange haze and dust, and her heart catches in her throat.
a purple hand, fingers that pull the stone closer to the infinity gauntlet.
thanos.
"one to go."
don't dismiss my want to help people just because you've failed more than you've succeeded.
her hand presses against the glass of the skylight, her chest heaving, shoulders shaking, her breathing loud as tears stain her cheeks. the world bursts red, illuminating all the darkness away; doctor strange stands now amidst her red magic. her words are thick, filled with shaking rage.]
Youโ
[the skylight, untouched by her magic, displays a memory of her own now: vision knelt before her, their conversation ringing like an echo in this magical chamber. i can'tโyou have the power to destroy the stoneโwe are out of timeโi can'tโyou canโif he gets the stone, half the universe diesโit shouldn't be you, but it is.]
โgave himโ
[in the memory, her magic starts to attack the mind stone, a steady stream of power, her fighting off thanos long enough to have the stone break, an explosion in the forest and wanda left to pick up the pieces of her broken heart as thanos all but uses the green magic of the time stone to bring vision backโtake the stone from him.]
โthe stone!
[there is an explosion of glass as the skylight breaks in tandem with her scream, flying towards doctor strange with her hand outstretched, pulsing with scarlet, psionic energy pushing towards him with the intent to knock him right off his feetโor worse.]