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Enter the Wu
A painting depicts numerous people and tells a story. A story about how it came to pass that a man of great wealth sought the love of a fair and comely maiden, but that the rich man himself was not a pleasure to the eyes, and nor was he good of heart or deed. The maiden told him “No. No you may not have me. I will find love with one who brings joy to mine own heart.” The rich man was not used to being denied, so he offered her wealth, but the maiden told him that he could not buy her, and that she would be won by he who is true. So the rich man pondered this dilemma. The man knew he was not true and knew that he bought no joy. But he was wealthy, and so with a chest of gold and precious things, he sought a Tongji, whose skills with magic were most revered. And soon, the maiden, utterly bewitched by the Tongji's enchantments, was in the rich man's arms.
The painting shows other images well – about how it came to pass that a young man was poor and sought great riches. And it came to pass that a woman sought to live in a place of great splendor. And it came to pass that a group of men, who by gathering so were called a Triad, sought greater power over other gatherings of similar men. And it came to pass that a woman grey of hair and stooped of shoulders sought to be young anew. And so all of these people, taking things of wealth with them, as little or as much as they had... sought the Dark Tongji who resided in their city.
Today in Hong Kong, civilians make their way down a busy street, bright signs hanging above them, while inside one of the buildings, an elderly woman sits at a counter.  'Hello' she calls out to the Scarlet Witch who walks over to her. 'Madam Lan?' the Scarlet Witch asks. 'Yes?' the old woman replies. The Scarlet Witch introduces herself as Wanda Maximoff and tells the old woman that she knew her daughter. Without looking up from what she is doing, Madam Lan declares that her daughter is dead. 'I know. I'm sorry' Wanda replies. Madam Lan states that her daughter was great, and Wanda agrees with her. Madam Lan asks Wanda what she wants then, if she is already aware that her daughter abides with her ancestors. Looking around the room, Wanda reminds Madam Lan that her daughter had a daughter, and that she hoped to speak with her, but she is having trouble locating her. Wanda adds that she hopes nothing untoward has become of Madam Lan's granddaughter. The old woman carries on with her business, before telling Wanda that her Cantonese is quite good, that she has all the nuances of Hong Kong pronunciation – not a hint of Guangdong.
'Actually, it's the hex I've cast allowing us to understand each other that's “quite good”...but no need for her to know that' Wanda thinks to herself as she thanks Madam Lan. 'It wasn't meant as a compliment' Madam Lan replies, looking up at Wanda for the first time.  She explains that she was brought up to suspect any white person whose knowledge of their language is too perfect. Wanda asks why that is, to which Madam Lan tells her there is a saying: “Perfect here, imperfect there”. Wanda asks what that means, and Madam Lan tells her that when someone tries too hard in one area, look for the places they're not trying at all – therein lies the truth. 'That sounds like a familiar saying' Wanda smiles. 'Really? You may have it, if you like. I just made it up' Madam Lan smiles. The old woman turns to a table behind her desk and asks Wanda why she seeks her granddaughter, and whether it is to do with her mother's other life. 'Is it to do with magic... Scarlet Witch?' Madam Lan asks, surprising Wanda, who goes wide-eyed.
'Oh, you're surprised I recognized you? Did you know that there's this incredible new invention called the television? Why, it's only been around for sixty or seventy years' the old woman jokes as she picks up a pen and starts writing on a piece of paper. 'You're an Avenger, for God's sake. And you're wearing scarlet' Madam Lan points out.
She hands Wanda the piece of paper and tells her that if she wishes to speak to Alice about her mother, then she might be left wanting, but her location is on the paper, nevertheless. 'So she wants nothing to do with her mother's legacy?' Wanda asks, looking at the paper. Wanda adds that she may be able to relate to her, as she has recently learned she has something of a legacy with her mother, too. 'That's at least how she wants it to appear' Madam Lan explains. Wanda tells her that she doesn't understand. Madam Lan ignores that comment, and asks Wanda if she knew that Alice's father was white. Wanda tells her that she did, and adds that he was a policeman. Madam Lan remarks that Hong Kong will always be a place of two cultures, the Chinese and the British – East and West. She adds that the island has always been somewhat troubled because of it. 'My granddaughter is also of those two cultures, differing in only one way... she meets her troubles head on'.
Sham Shui Po District, down a deserted alleyway,:
Alice leaps behind a dumpster, dodging bullets as she fires two guns at the same time. She peers around the dumpster and shoots one of two men who rush towards her – and then the next one. Coming around the other side of the dumpster is a third man – Alice slams her gun into his face, while firing the other one around the side of the dumpster again.
Shortly, Alice, who has short red hair, is speaking to an officer, while others lead the thugs she shot at away. 'Nicely done, Detective Gulliver. So does this mark the end of the “Lucky Few Triad”?' an officer asks. Alice points out that there are probably a few stragglers lurking off in the shadows, but that the Triad definitely got fewer, and a lot less lucky. 'You're not one for negotiations, are you, Alice?' the officer asks. Alice addresses him as Captain and points out that they had their chance to play nice, but that wasn't the game they had in mind. Looking down the alleyway, Alice sees the Scarlet Witch. 'Hold on, let me check something' Alice tells the Captain. 'To do with this case?' the Captain asks. 'I'll tell you when I know' Alice replies as she walks over to the Scarlet Witch.
'Wanda Maximoff' Alice calls out. 'I'm flattered you recognize me' Wanda replies. 'You're the Scarlet flipping Witch. Everyone knows who you are' Alice replies, smiling, adding that her grandmother called and told her that she was looking for her. 'Gum?' Alice asks, handing a stick to Wanda, who tells her 'No thank you'. Alice informs Wanda that her mother used to talk about her. 'Your mother would find the way you use your magical abilities strange, I'll say that' Wanda responds, adding that it takes an experienced eye to tell, but she knows Alice is using an extreme form of Daoist Charm Magic. 'Am I right? Your weapons are enchanted' Wanda declares. 'Yes. In a word, my guns are magic' Alice admits. 'My brass knuckles. Got a snub nose on an ankle holster and a knife sheathed in back as well. All of it magically enhanced. And no one knows, which is just how I like it' Alice responds. Alice informs Wanda that her father was a Hong Kong detective, killed by one of the Triads, while her mother was the city's magical heroine, the August Wu of the Coral Shore... murdered by a demonic entity. 'So you chose your father's life and keep your inherited powers a secret?' Wanda asks. 'In the down-low. That's right' Alice confirms.
Alice remembers her other as she declares that her mother was old school – flowing, bright magic, flying around – big display of hoopla, and a mask – even though she didn't try to hide her identity. 'And I think that's what got her killed' Alice reveals, informing Wanda that until she finds who murdered her mother – a demon is all she knows so far – she is going to downplay her powers. 'That way – hopefully – I'll find my mum's killer before it decides to come find me' Alice explains. 'So you're Detective Alice Gulliver to the world and secretly the August Wu of the -' Wanda begins, but Alice interrupts her, asking who has time for that mouthful. 'If you want to call me anything to do with hocus-pocus... I'm the Wu' Alice smiles.
Alice realizes that Wanda is not here for conversation, 'Although I wouldn't mind if you were' she tells her, before asking Wanda what she wants. Wanda tells Alice that she thought it polite to inform her that she is here in her city on a case. 'Consider me informed. And?' Alice asks. 'Honestly? What I'm up against... it's a two-witch job' Wanda smiles. Alice tells her that she is in, and Wanda asks her to step this way.
Soon, Wanda and Alice arrive at Kowloon Walled City Park. Wanda asks Alice if she knows the significance of this place. They look at a small hut built out over a large pond, as Alice tells Wanda that this is the site of the Kowloon Walled City until it was torn down in 1993. Wanda announces that this land is haunted with the dead from when that city stood here – all the murders that happened in the lawless place back then has left it with countless souls in torment. At that moment, an elderly figure opens his eyes. 'They are here' he declares. Wanda asks Alice what she knows about the Dark Tongji. Alice replies that the Dark Tongji is a warlock who practices evil magic and is the granter of wishes. She adds that he has never broken the law, nothing she can prove, anyway, so she has to leave him be.
The Dark Tongji sits on his throne and calls out to a man called Johnny. 'Yes? Yes, most revered Dark Tongji? How may your wishes be met?' Johnny asks as he rushes over to the Dark Tongji, who informs him that he fears they will soon have visitors. 'And if so, I would bid you welcome them ungraciously' the Dark Tongji tells Johnny, who asks how many men this will require. The Dark Tongji tells him that he expects he will require everyone. 'I have dealt with other threats in my long life...the English...the Japanese...and magical heroes, of course, like the Wu's, own mother and grandfather'. The Dark Tongji adds that he had hoped these bothersome occurences were at an end, but supposes that may never be. 'My Lord?' Johnny asks. 'nothing. I was musing our loud. Go about your task... as I, too, prepare' the Dark Tongji instructs Johnny, before he gets up from his throne.
Back in the Kowloon Walled City Park, Alice informs Wanda that she does cross paths with a triad the Dark Tongji is rumored to have a stake in – the Missing Sixes. She explains that they are magically powered, which is why she hasn't had more success, as she thinks he empowers them, controls and extorts from them, too – but she can't prove it. Wanda asks Alice if she has ever thought to ask the Dark Tongji where he gets his powers. 'The way I got mine, inherited them from someone in his family' Alice replies, adding that or he learned the arts, as witches do, many great ones, but since Wanda is asking her this here, she is guessing it is linked to this park somehow. Wanda explains that it is the ghosts of those murdered and earthbound – that the Dark Tongji draws his power from their pain. She tells Alice that recently she has felt their anguish, that it has become overwhelming. She remarks that it is magic at its sickest, and the ghosts drew her here so she might cleanse this place and send them on – but the Tongji will seek to prevent that, naturally, and to defeat him requires a witch equally seeped in Eastern magic as he. 'Ahh, and there it is. You need my mother's magic' Alice declares. 'Your mother? Alice, your mother's dead. It's you I need. Your magic. I need the Wu' Wanda responds, looking directly at Alice.
As Wanda raises her hands overhead, Alice asks her if she at least has a plan. 'Yes' Wanda replies, announcing that the Tongji abides right here, around them, over them, in this spot, and yet in his own separate dimension. Wanda tells Alice that the first step is that she casts this hex for them to enter that dimension – and then Alice defeats him. They are easily transported to the Dark Tongji's dimension, where triad members rush towards them. 'So what do you do while I'm busy “defeating”?' Alice asks. Wanda tells her that his triad seeks to greet them for one thing, so she will greet them right back and free the ghosts as best she can. Wanda casts a hex towards the triad members, knocking them all aside, while telling Alice to honor her mother and father both, and to go get the bad guy. 'Hell of a plan' Alice replies as she wanders off, and finds the throne where the Dark Tongji sits.
'Come, Miss Gulliver. The Wu. Come sit by me. Let's talk through what I know is but a misunderstanding' the Tongji calls out to her. 'Sit and chat? I don't see that happening' Alice replies, informing the Dark Tongji that right now Wanda Maximoff is trying to remove his link to the ghosts that he holds captive. 'She grants them peace. I end your reign' Alice warns the Dark Tongji, who replies 'Bah. What foolishness. She will not defeat me'. 'Oh yeah? I wouldn't be so sure' Alice tells the Dark Tongji as Wanda continues to cast her hex power at the attacking triad members. 'Very well. The tedious dance of magical strife' the Dark Tongji mutters as he uses some sort of dragon effect, which knocks Alice backwards. 'Little witch. “The Wu”. You are not your mother, I will say that' the Dark Tongji declares, before revealing that he knew Alice's mother, and her killer, too. The Dark Tongji tells Alice that if she wants to know who killed her mother, then to lay down those ridiculous pistols and he will tell her.
Alice tells the Dark Tongji that she will find her mother's killer without his help. 'Idiot' the Dark Tongji replies. 'No need to be rude about it' Alice exclaims as she starts to fire her pistols, but the Dark Tongji blocks the bullets with mystical shields. 'Nothing. No power to your magic at all' the Dark Tongji tells her, announcing that he has been the Dark Tongji for a century – that he is an oak, while Alice is just a sapling, her magic is nothing. Wanda overhears this and tells Alice not to listen to him, not to believe him. 'Believe in yourself!' Wanda urges her as she continues to use her hexes against the triad. Alice tells Wanda not to worry and assures hher that she has this. 'In fact, the next bullet I fire will be my most bewitched ever' Alice boasts. 'Let's see how your magical defenses fare against it, “Mighty Oak”!' Alice tells the Dark Tongji as she fires the bullet. 'Heh! Patheti -' the Dark Tongji begins, launching a shield – but the bullet passes through the shield, and strikes the Dark Tongji square in the chest. 'Oh. It's not -' the Dark Tongji utters, before slumping backwards in his chair.
Alice walks over to the fallen Dark Tongji: 'Just a bullet. Sometimes witchcraft is witchcraft. And sometimes... it's trickery' Alice declares. At the same time, Wanda has defeated the triad, and the ghosts rise above her. 'With the Tongji dead I didn't even need to cast my hex. The spirits are free, Alice, you did it. You did it all' Wanda declares, while telling the spirits to go.
Later, Wanda and Alice walk down a street, and Wanda tells Alice that she supposes it doesn't matter, as it is done now, but she wishes that Alice hadn't killed the Dark Tongji. 'Yeah, well, you weren't the one fighting him' Alice points out. Wanda tells Alice that she accepts the different way she does things. 'So I suppose it ended the way it had to... with a bullet' Wanda adds. Alice smiles at Wanda and explains that the Tongji was prepared for magic, and truthfully, she didn't think she had the power to defeat him spell for spell – but he wasn't expecting a simple slug. Alice informs Wanda that it was something she said earlier that gave her the idea – how she should honor her mother and her father. 'It was the kind of sneaky thing my dad would have pulled' Alice reveals.
Alice then tells Wanda that it made her realize that she needs to train, though – get her spells and powers stronger. Wanda asks Alice if she is more readily accepting of her mother's lineage. Rubbing the back of her neck, Alice tells her 'Maybe. Check back with me'. Alice narrows her eyes, before asking Wanda if she wants to grab a drink. 'We can discuss... how I do things differently'. Wanda informs Alice that she doesn't drink, so Alice asks 'How about tea?' and tells Wanda that she knows an amazing tea house. 'Oh. Now tea, I do' Wanda replies, as they walk side by side. 'Nice to meet you, Wanda' Alice remarks. 'Nice to meet you, Alice' Wanda replies.


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Manhattan, the sun rises over the towering concrete jungle as Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch performs yoga on the balcony of her high-rise apartment. She moves effortlessly from one pose to another, when suddenly, her eyes open. 'He's coming. I think – no. I'm sure of it. He'll be here soon' Wanda tells herself as a pair of white boots swiftly carry someone towards her. 'It's not my powers – not a magical premonition. No, even as children, before our abilities manifested... I always knew when my brother, Pietro, was on his way to see me' Wanda tells herself as she drops into another pose. Leaning back, she extends her arm overhead, to touch her toes which are curled up behind her head.
Her brother, Pietro a.k.a. Quicksilver speeds through the city. 'From the other side of the woods growing up...or the other side of the world today' Wanda concludes as she moves into another pose, and Pietro speeds up the side of her apartment building.
'Wanda! Sister! What in God's name are you doing?' he demands as he leaps over the balcony.
'Well, not to sound overly smug or sarcastic, but I'd say that was obvious. Yoga' Wanda replies, explaining that it is how she greets the day, for the last couple of years anyway, before grabbing her robe and placing it around herself. 'Yes, and I'm sure that's wonderful for lazy housewives with too much time on their hands, but you're an Avenger, you're needed – we all are' Pietro declares. 'Lazy housewives? What year is this? 1952?' Wanda asks, before explaining that it helps her relax, helps her rein in her darker thoughts, which is a good thing. She recommends to Pietro that he takes it up, if he would ever stand still long enough. 'As to me being an Avenger – not so much. Not lately, anyway' she points out, before telling Pietro to give her a hug, and the twins embrace.
Wanda pulls away from her brother, announcing that she has exciting news to share, but Pietro interrupts her, telling her that there is no time. He adds that he doesn't want her to think he is not happy to see her, but that in this instance, pleasantries and tenderness are a luxury they cannot afford.
Quicksilver asks Wanda if she knows what is going on. 'You must' he tells her. 'I've been... preoccupied' Wanda replies. 'The civil war' Quicksilver declares. Wanda looks out over Manhattan and asks her brother what he is talking about. 'The thing between Steve and Tony that happened a while back?' 'Steve? No, this is between Tony and Captain Marvel – Carol Danvers' Pietro explains. He tells Wanda that it began after they stopped the invasion of the Celestial destruction. 'You were there, I saw you... yes, Stephen Strange, you and all the other magical types fashioned some kind of epic spell as part of Earth's defense' Quicksilver reminds Wanda. A memory flashes through his mind of Strange and Wanda casting the spell alongside Shaman, Wiccan, Magik, Doctor Voodoo and Daimon Hellstrom.
Quicksilver continues, and tells Wanda that he wanted to say something to her then, but he was caught up in his own part of the event. 'Anyway, it was later – God, Wanda haven't you been following all that happened in the aftermath?'
Wanda explains that she has been busy. 'In fact, I've made a fantastic discovery that we both -' Wanda begins, but Pietro interrupts her, telling her that they have to go, as they need her powers to win, to end it before more blood is spilled. Wanda doesn't answer him, and her mind wanders back to a time when they were children, when Pietro told her to shut up and to do as he tells her. 'No. I'm not going anywhere' Wanda decides.
Quicksilver confesses to Wanda that he is at a loss and asks how much more clearly he needs to explain this. 'I know you're slow to grasp things sometimes, but I would have thought my urgency alone -' he begins, but Wanda turns to him: “slow to grasp”? She quotes him. 'You arrogant ass! I swear, sometimes, Pietro – Wanda begins, 'Yes? Sometimes what?' Pietro asks. Wanda gets angry: 'The way you talk to me – if you weren't my brother I'd kick you off the balcony'. She tells him that she has let him treat her like an idiot for too long now. 'There was a time when I was young, sure. I was nervous of my powers – our powers – and how we'd fare in the world. But that was long ago'. Wanda reminds her brother that she is a grown woman now, all grown up, and more than capable of making her own decisions.
Quicksilver holds his hands up and tells Wanda that she is right, of course, and admits that sometimes he forgets. 'You will always be my little sister' he declares. 'By a space of thirteen minutes' Wanda reminds Pietro, telling him that doesn't give him the excuse to treat her like she has a learning difficulty.
Wanda walks into the apartment and Pietro tells her that she is right again – he is rude by nature and he knows it. 'Know it? You delight in it!' Wanda declares. Quicksilver suggests that perhaps it was his explaining, as rushed as everything else about him, that didn't make clear the urgency. He informs Wanda that the Inhumans have a seer among them, a young fellow named Ulysses, and it was his power to foretell that allowed them to preempt the invasion. Quicksilver informs Wanda that they discovered later that Carol was taken with the notion to employ Ulysses as an “asset” - to end crimes before they were committed. Quicksilver explains that Tony Stark quite rightly saw this as a slippery slope – at what point does “prevention” become its own unique form of fascist policing where people are punished for things they haven't done yet. 'And that was that... each of them going off with their diametrically opposite ideologies'.
Pietro informs Wanda that Carol got her hands on Ulysses and had him tell her where Thanos was going to appear next, so she took a team including War Machine, Medusa, the Human Torch, Dazzler, She-Hulk and America Chavez to fight Thanos – a fight they lost, as Jim Rhodes is now dead and She-Hulk is broken. 'In the aftermath, Tony and Carol had an escalation of their differences, It's spilled over everywhere. Everyone has taken a side'.
Wanda listens to her brother, before asking him what side he is on. 'Why do you even ask that?' Pietro replies, telling Wanda that he is on Tony' side, obviously. 'We have enough on our hands already stopping all the crimes and global calamities without chasing after “what might be”.' Quicksilver tells Wanda that she knows better than anyone that everything has an effect – cause and effect. 'Make one crime stillborn, who's to say you're not sowing the seeds of something worse in its place?' Pietro asks.
'Well... then we have a problem' Wanda tells her brother. She reveals that if it comes to choosing sides, then she sides with Carol. 'What are you saying? No. You didn't listen, you couldn't have -' Quicksilver exclaims, grabbing his sister's arm. Wanda quickly tells him that she will say this just once more – she is not a child. She pulls away from Pietro, declaring that she understands everything he has said, and furthermore, was there at the start, so she does know how this all began. 'Yes, how it began, perhaps. What about how it ended... for James Rhodes? Were you aware of that, too?' Pietro asks. Wanda closes her eyes and admits that she wasn't, and that the news saddens her – Jim and Jennifer both. 'But... I'm a witch, brother. A fact that I've recently learned isn't merely due to the power given me by the High Evolutionary and the skills I later acquired by learning from Agatha' Wanda announces, informing Pietro that it is hers by birthright – her heritage, their heritage – from their mother. 'If you'd just listen -' Wanda begins, but Quicksilver interrupts her again: 'Later' he tells her. 'All that can wait until later. Now, just trust me, I'm right and my point of view -' he begins, putting his arms on Wanda's shoulders?; 'Is wrong' Wanda tells him.
Wanda pulls away from her brother once more, and continues: ''As I was saying... I am a witch. Witches have employed seers and oracles and future sight for centuries. As for what happened to Jim and Jen – I'd say what the heroes need is instruction in how to interpret these prophecies'. She states that if that is what is required of her, then she will get her coat. 'Otherwise -' Wanda trails off. 'Otherwise what, sister?' Pietro asks. 'What'll it take for you to follow me? More blood spilled? Is that it?' he enquires. “Blindly” Wanda remarks. 'You forgot to add that word. “Follow you blindly,” in your preferred world without seers or prophets' Wanda declares, asking if she hasn't been doing that already – it's what she has done their whole lives. She tells Quicksilver to think of the missteps they both might not have taken with some forewarning. 'And now, again, you expect me to simply jump at the sound of your voice?' she asks. 'For what? Hero fighting hero... how often must that dreary dance be played?' Wanda laments, telling her brother that if he wants her help in “hexing” her friends into compliance, then she refuses. 'No, if this is a “war” as you say... then consider me Switzerland'.
'W... Wanda' Quicksilver calls out to his sister, before hanging his head. He then looks back up at her and tells her that she talks about how she has matured – but she is still the silly girl she has always been and that she hasn't listened to a word he has told her.
'Maybe that's the problem, Pietro... you're always “telling” me' Wanda declares, throwing her arms into the air. 'People are dying, sister. Our friends' Quicksilver reminds her. 'Fighting and dying, I bet they are. And my presence has never stopped that before now. Why do you think this will be any different? Remember Force Works? That was Tony and me' Wanda exclaims. Pietro suggests to Wanda that she could make them stop – she has the power. Furious, the wide-eyed Wanda declares 'First “no more mutants.” Now what? “No more fighting”? “No more dying”? How about simply... “no more” ' Wanda suggests. She puts a hand to her head and closes her eyes, telling her brother that she loves him, but is through being his “easy out”.
Wanda informs Pietro that she is still not right from all that happened before, and asks him if he realizes that. 'I'm troubled in my head. Sometimes I cry for no reason. Sometimes I sleep all day' she explains, before telling Pietro that a lot of the reason comes down to things he encouraged her to do – and it is she who ended up paying for them. 'What has happened with you is my fault now?' Quicksilver asks, pinching the bridge of his nose. 'I only told you what to do to save you from yourself, don't you see? The instability in you -' Quicksilver begins, but Wanda interrupts him: 'That's you being polite, for once. Say what you mean, brother - “insanity”' Wanda declares. Pietro replies that he wouldn't actually use that word, but tells Wanda that for as long as he can remember, he has known that she needed guidance. 'I mean, look at your romantic life – the one place I couldn't get involved to tell you who to love' Quicksilver adds. 'You had a good try, though' Wanda reminds her brother. 'You married the Vision' Quicksilver declares. 'What about him?' Wanda asks. '“Him”? “He” is a machine. You might as well have wed a microwave' Quicksilver retorts.
'Ah, here's the Pietro I know and detest. Cruel, spiteful, judgmental' Wanda exclaims. 'And here's the Wanda I know, too. I see it in your eyes – flickering and uncertain. Chasing phantoms – literally – a new, dead mother, no less! Instead of what really matters in the world' Quicksilver tells his sister, who tells him that she can't believe he can be so flippant about this. 'Pietro, I found our real mother Natalya Maximoff, yes, same second name – perhaps related somehow to the couple we thought were our parents'. Wanda then announces that she is going back to their homeland, as she wants to uncover the truth about her, and tells her brother that she thinks he should go with her.
'Magneto and Magda Lehnsherr. Django and Marya Maximoff. The Whizzer and Miss America. Does it even matter who our parents are anymore? In the end, we are what we've made ourselves to be' Pietro replies. He then tells Wanda that he is disappointed, and that he expected more from her. 'Oh, I could say the same about you' Wanda tells him. 'I'm sorry I came here' Pietro declares, and Wanda agrees.
As Wanda turns away from Quicksilver, he tells her that he misses the little girl she used to be – the meek little follower. 'Well, she's gone and never coming back. And if you're so sorry to see me, then you should go, too. Go on!' Wanda snaps back, to which Quicksilver announces that he will go when he is ready. 'I was never as good at following directions as you were' he remarks. 'This is my home... get out!' Wanda shouts as she spins around and casts a hex which knocks Quicksilver backwards. 'Oh, sister... you'll pay for that' Quicksilver warns Wanda. As he speeds forward, he reminds her that she has always needed looking after. 'So let me take care of you!' he exclaims as he races around and around her, trapping Wanda in a vacuum. 'Can't breathe... Pietro... brother, plea-' Wanda begins to beg, but suddenly, 'No! I don't want your mercy!' she realizes, and shouts 'I DON'T NEED IT!' as she casts another hex, striking Pietro and stopping him from racing around her.
The sun has started to set by now, and Wanda stands over Pietro as he lies on the flower after crashing into Wanda's record collection. Wanda tells him that he can leave of his own volition, or she can throw him off the balcony like she said she would earlier. Pietro tells Wanda that he is sorry. 'For what? Almost killing me just now? Or for everything you've ever done to me?' Wanda asks. 'I wasn't – I would never really hurt you -' Quicksilver claims. 'Oh, then I guess it's okay. And you say you're sorry? I'm sure you are... in the moment. But another moment passes and you're back to your old, arrogant ways' Wanda tells her brother, asking him if he knows what that kind of persistent behavior is a sign of, revealing that she has researched the state of his mental health as well as her own. 'You're a sociopath. And I realize now... you're no good for me. And... I... I never want to see you again' Wanda tells her brother, looking him directly in the face.
Quicksilver frowns and narrows his eyes, before telling Wanda not to worry, as she won't. He then speeds away. Wanda walks out onto the balcony and leans over the railing, before hanging her head and holding herself as she cries for her brother.


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“The nimble young foxleaps through snow and shadow withblood upon his lips”
Traditional Japanese Haiku, Bunkya era (1861-1864)

A small red fox trudges through seemingly endless white snow, where nothing else can be seen save for some branches sticking up through the snow – and patches of blood dotted about the fox's footprints.
An elderly man sits in a room, he paints some paper before him with thick black strokes. He supposes that he is blessed with great fortune – to have lived as he has, for as long as he has – certainly longer than most men, and even longer than many of his fellow warlocks. He decides that he should be content with all he has done, but knows that it is the way of all creatures with intelligence, that once they have an awareness of their looming demise, all they can think of is the things they haven't done. As he continues painting, he reminds himself that he has never tasted an American hamburger, nor cracked the pages of Tolstoy's War and Peace. Never driven a Bugatti, nor thrown a boomerang. 'I have never -' he starts to think, before telling himself that it is foolish, that these thoughts are a waste. But, he decides that there is so much he suddenly would like to say, but, he senses his fate, and is aware that there is no way to avoid it. Suddenly, a green-skinned, clawed creature hisses and lunges towards the old warlock.
Kyoto, Japan:Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch walks across the snow-covered ground, in between houses, where men are outside shovelling the snow. Wanda is wearing a bright red cloak with a fur-trimmed hood, and thinks to herself that she hates mysteries – hates not knowing something she needs to know – it makes her uneasy – and that scares the hell out of her. Wanda didn't know Hiroshi Tanaka, but had certainly heard of him – a mighty warlock in his time – the Aoi Master – and even though they had never met, she still felt his death from across this planet – like a part of her was being torn into pieces. 'I need to know who killed him' Wanda thinks to herself.
As she walks on, Wanda thinks that it is so easy to lose oneself in Kyoto, as it is such a strange and unique place. Looking from an old traditional building that sits on a lake, to a modern thriving business area, Wanda remarks that Kyoto is a mixture of the past and present, with shrines and temples and beautiful parks, next to the “fake historic” of the Toei Uzumasa Eigamura where people watch as cinema is made. There is Nintendo, and the International Manga Museum. New, old. Old, new... all in one city.
Nearby, the fox is huddled against a building. 'Wanda Maximoff... that is you, isn't it? Why do you walk me by? It's me, Hiroshi Tanaka, I'm – no. Four legs. Fangs. A pelt and a tail' the old warlock suddenly realizes as he moves past a reflective surface – and sees his new fox appearance. He realizes he has been reborn in his new life, and so much of his life he has already forgotten. He wonders why he died, and quickly follows the Scarlet Witch, hoping she can help him, help him to learn why. Hiroshi Tanaka the fox stops and watches as Wanda comes to the first stop on her trail, the home of Maki Hokkaido, inspector of police, retired, the man who dealt with the Aoi Master whenever the authorities were involved in his exploits – and by all accounts the closest thing Tanaka had to a friend. And as Hiroshi Tanaka the fox waits outside, a shadowy figure hisses and moves closer.
'Was I his friend? I like to think so. I certainly hope the Aoi Master thought so' Maki Hokkaido remarks to Wanda as they sit across from each other in a living area. Hokkaido informs Wanda that Tanaka was a hard man to read. Wanda explains that it is something she is realizing about herself – as witches and warlocks – magicians in general – all have their walls and veils. Hokkaido informs Wanda that he is no longer a policeman, but that he was a liaison for the Aoi Master's entire career – when he'd combat magical villains and enemies of Japan. He reveals that when the Aoi Master decided he wanted to retire, it made him realize it was probably time for him, too. Hokkaido adds that Tanaka was an interesting man – tantalizing and oblique. 'For instance, something I've always suspected – Kyoto was at the top of America's list for the atom bomb back during the war. Did you know that?' Hokkaido asks. Wanda frowns and remains silent. Hokkaido tells her that one of the Americans in charge of selecting the targets had spent his honeymoon here, and was so touched by the city's beauty that he chose Hiroshima instead.
Hokkaido claims that he knows Hiroshi cast a protective aura over the city back then as a young warlock, and has often wondered if that had helped in some way. 'Didn't you ask him?' Wanda enquires. 'As I said, he was vague on the matter...as he was on a lot of things' Hokkaido replies, before stating that Wanda must seek answers to his death. 'His murder' Wanda declares, before asking Hokkaido if he can think of any enemies Hiroshi had – anyone from the past. 'Honestly...no' Hokkaido replies, informing Wanda that when Hiroshi retired, he told him that all his old foes were either dead, or he had made peace with them, and was very adamant that should be so – that he wasn't leaving threats and enemies for whoever succeeded him. Wanda asks who that was, adding that she had no idea anyone had up the mantle of the Aoi Master. Hokkaido slumps over and announces that he doesn't think anyone has.
Wanda steps back outside. 'The trail continues. The hunt' she thinks to herself as she makes her way to the one other person who truly knew the Aoi Master – Noriko Furuya – Tanaka's lover – for many years, anyway. The Hiroshi follows Wanda, and as he comes to Noriko's house, he thinks 'my darling... not a day goes by when -' but suddenly, the fox's senses overcome him, as he sees garbage, and can smell some food in amongst it.
Inside, Wanda stands near Noriko in an office or library. Noriko informs Wanda that she and Hiroshi were together for many years, and would go as far as to say that he was the love of her life. 'Of course, I'm not dead yet, but I don't see any greater love on the horizon. Not at my age' she adds, before Wanda asks her how she and Hiroshi met. Noriko explains that she was a reporter, and back then, that wasn't a job for women, not here in the city anyway, so she was something of a vanguard, and is proud to say it. Noriko reveals that she was covering a murder – a savage slaying, thought to be a maniac's work, and she was the only one who thought it went deeper still, and her investigation led her face-to-face with a deadly supernatural entity – a Bridge Troll, to be precise. Noriko adds that she was moments from being the Bridge Troll's next victim when Hiroshi rescued her. 'For me, it was love at first sight. Hiroshi, I mean, not the Bridge Troll. Ha' Noriko laughs.
Hesitantly, Wanda asks Noriko why she and Hiroshi parted. Noriko looks sad, and explains that is where their laughter stopped, as he was cursed by a ghost or a witch – or a ghost of a witch – she forgets. Noriko begins to cry as she reveals that the curse was unbreakable. 'I'd die and be consigned to hell if we stayed together. I loved him so much that I was willing to take that chance. And he loved me so much that he was not'. Wanda asks Noriko if she had rancor at their parting, to which Noriko replies that she would give that ghost witch a good talking to if she ever saw her – but no. 'I understood Hiroshi's choice. I loved him then, now and forever'. Noriko then tells Wanda that as to who might do him harm, she is afraid she has to agree with Inspector Hokkaido – he no longer had anyone. Wanda then tells Noriko that she knows she and the Aoi Master never married, and asks if they had children. Noriko replies that she wishes it was so, but states that they didn't, and asks Wanda why she enquired.
Wanda comes to Kyoto Prison, where another of the Aoi Master's acquaintances resides – but perhaps “acquaintance” might be a poor choice of words. Hiroshi follows Wanda and waits just outside the prison grounds. 'Ah, Jun Yamada, my old foe -' he thinks to himself, before the fox's instincts take over, thinking it is time to burrow, as the wind is cold. Hiroshi regains control, worried that he is losing himself.
Soon, inside the prison, Wanda sits on the other side of a glass wall, while Jun sits opposite her, and admits that he was never as powerful as he let others believe – or himself believe, for that matter. 'Really, Mr Yamada?' Wanda replies. 'Oh, absolutely... otherwise I wouldn't be here rotting the last of my existence away' Yamada replies, explaining that the blue enchantment aura of the Aoi Master still cloaks him, even after his death, preventing him from using his own magic to walk free. 'That's how “not as powerful” I truly am'. He claims that, had he been greater, he probably would have tried for world conquest, not just Japan – although he would have been happy with just Kyoto, but the Aoi Master kept even that in check. 'Still, Mr Yamada, in your guise as the Black Bullet, you were his most frequent enemy' Wanda reminds Yamada. 'Black Bullet. What a silly name' Yamada admits, confirming that he was persistent all right. 'Maybe that was my magical ability' he adds. 'You should have seen me... combining magic and science. My own version of Doctor Doom – at least that's how I saw myself' Yamada explains.
He grits his teeth as he tells the Scarlet Witch that the reality of it all was that while Doom is all the greater for combining his powers, 'I was neither fish nor fowl, as the saying goes'. He informs Wanda that at every one of his attempts at larcenous greatness, the Aoi Master brought him failure and shame. He apologizes for talking too much, and asks Wanda – addressing her as Ms Maximoff – what she wants to know. 'You mentioned something about the Aoi Master's enemies?' he asks. 'Yes, apart from you, who were they?' Wanda asks, adding that she is told that he had none, but, she can't believe that there isn't one grievance, one past foe lurking out there, waiting or hoping to take his life. Yamada tells the Scarlet Witch that she has to understand the way of the Aoi Master – a defeat by him and his magic – witchcraft, as she would call it – at the end, there was an order – order of the mind, order in the world – acceptance.
Yamada adds that he never knew of anyone who didn't admire him, even if the authorities were putting them in shackles at the time. 'Hmmm' Wanda replies, before asking Yamada one other thing: 'Did he have any children?' 'That's an odd question to ask me. I have no idea' Yamada replies, suggesting that Wanda ask Benchley, he would know. 'Benchley? I'm not sure I know of any Benchley' Wanda replies, to which Yamada remarks 'Oh? Now that does surprise me'.
Shortly, Wanda stands on a bridge over a small lake in a snow-covered park. 'Benchley? Mister Miles Benchley?' Wanda calls out as a man in a tall dark hat and holding a black umbrella approaches her. 'Yes, and who might you be? Whoever you are, you're interrupting my walk' the strange man declares. 'Oh, I think you know who I am. Although, I confess until a short while ago, I had no idea you even existed' Wanda tells him. 'Well, I am a private fellow, Ms... err, Maximoff? Anyone would tell you that about me' Benchley replies. 'Actually, they wouldn't, Mr Benchley, and you know that' Wanda declares, reminding him that he placed a magical spell upon them, so all knowledge of him was forgotten – any memory of his existence. 'Indeed? Well, assuming I could even do such a thing, why would I?' Benchley asks without showing any emotion. 'Because as the Aoi Master's manservant you knew that he'd never had children... and that if so, his abilities would in all likelihood have been passed on to an offspring. With no heir, however, you knew his powers could be yours for the taking' Wanda points out.
On the edge of the lake, Hiroshi the fox sees Benchley, who asks 'Manservant? I don't know what you mean'. Wanda states that Doctor Strange has Wong to assist him, and the Aoi Master had him – Miles Benchley. As Hiroshi watches from the edge of the lake, Wanda tells Benchley that he wanted Tanaka's powers and found some way to acquire them upon killing him, then with those powers created some kind of hex so no one would remember that he was associated with Hiroshi Tanaka to begin with – only Jun Yamada the Black Bullet in prison, with an aura that Tanaka had conjured around him, was shielded from that spell. 'That's how he was the only one who remembered you' Wanda explains, before pointing out that now she does, too. 'And that means you're done' she warns Benchley. Benchley's skin becomes yellow and his eyes appear sunken as he admits that he would be in normal circumstances against a witch of Wanda's power, except that she was vague on one point – how he got the means to receive the power of the Aoi Master. 'I made a pact with an oni, Wanda Maximoff – you know what that is, I'm sure – a Japanese demon who now abides within me' Benchley announces.
Suddenly, Miles Benchley transforms into the hideous creature, large jagged teeth barely fit into his mouth, his eyes, wide with craze, and strange faces pushing through his abdomen. 'And don't think I haven't followed your trail as you have followed mine. Look who I've collected. Look who's here. Hurt me and you hurt them, too!' 'Help us!' one of the faces calls out. 'Wanda, it's me, Noriko!' cries Noriko Furuya. 'Free me, Maximoff! Save me!' another cries. Wanda sees that Benchley is right – she can't hurt him without risking the others' lives. Nevertheless, she casts a hex, but Benchley leaps away from her, announcing that his powers, the ones he got from Tanaka, are weak in him for now, the oni feeds on them and hungers so. 'But I will master it – tame it! The power of the Aoi Master will be mine! And until then – I have the oni's rage!' Benchley boasts, rushing forward to Wanda. 'Great' Wanda thinks to herself, deciding that with the innocents in his possession, she dares not fight strong. 'I have to fight smart'. She casts another spell, which apparently misses Benchley as the energies contact the water beneath the bridge they stand on.
'You miss a target as big as me? You're either too shaken to be a true threat...or your abilities are exaggerated' Benchlet suggests. Wanda falls backwards. 'Perhaps they are' she replies, before casting another hex and informing Benchley that the one she fired earlier was one of Japanese shiro macho for purification, and not meant for him at all, but the waters beneath him. Wanda explains that by magically purifying the lake, it became the equivalent of holy water, protecting his victims, but not the oni. Benchley is blasted off the bridge by Wanda's second hex, and he screams, before Hokkaido, Noriko and Yamada all return safely over the water.
Water walks away, down a snow-covered path and thinks that her time here in Kyoto has come to an end, that the Aoi Master's murder didn't just call to her, but called her away from visiting her homeland as she had planned, and should already by there by now. Wanda supposes that she should be a little thankful, as she is still scared of what she will find there. She tells herself that witchcraft's sickness – and the cure – both await her in Eastern Europe – she is more certain with every passing minute. 'And with every passing minute...I merely delay the inevitable'. Wanda decides that she must go, and continues on. Just then, Hiroshi the fox emerges from some shrubs. He is happy, content. He wants to thank the Scarlet Witch. 'I want – but – don't remember who – why – smell rabbit'.
The fox's senses have completely taken over and he races away from the Scarlet Witch, into a forest. 'Catch, bite, eat' his instincts tell him. Racing across the snow, the fox knows that he must be quiet.


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Novi Pazar, Serbia, where Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch walks towards a church. She thinks that it is funny – or sad – she isn't sure, because she has long sago stopped knowing which. Now, she is trying to forget so much of her past, and yet there's even more about it that she is trying remember. Walking towards the alter, which is bathed in sunlight that streams through a large window, Wanda asks 'Father Drobnjak?'
An elderly man looks up and asks 'Yes? How can I help you, my dear?' Wide-eyed, Wanda responds that she seeks answers. 'Yes, so many who enter here do' the father replies. Wanda reveals that she is trying to locate a community of Romany travelers, and the last record she managed to uncover was here, this town – and then nothing.
The old man grins and remarks 'Ah, the Roma. Their path is never easy. Harder still back then'. He adds that this country, like so many around it, has been with unrest and war – religion was involved, of course. 'When isn't it, to some degree?' he asks, adding that with the Romany, either Orthodox or Muslim, that would certainly put them right in the middle of everything. Father Drobnjak asks Wanda if these particular Roma were her people. 'I think so – at least as far as I can tell' Wanda replies, to which the old man asks her how long ago was the last record of them. 'Twenty-five years ago, as close as' Wanda reveals. 'Well, goodness, my dear, in that time, who knows where they may have gone to?' Father Drobnjak points out. 'Yes, that's the problem' Wanda agrees.
Father Drobnjak suggests that the stress of being a traveler in wartime, perhaps they simply settled somewhere, or scattered – it happens. Wanda tells Father Drobnjak that she is thinking of him mentioning war and fighting, and asks him if this town was ever attacked back around the time she is trying to learn about. 'Which army do you mean? They all start to look alike' the old man replies. Wanda smiles as she tells him that the one she is thinking of would stick in his memory if he saw them – the Knights of Wundagore! The old man almost hesitates as he replies 'No – I – what is that? It sounds like some kind of fraternal order'.
Wanda looks unimpressed and tells the old man that normally she would play along, see where his charade was going – but she has neither the time nor the inclination. 'You know who the Knights are. You're also more than aware of their leader and creator... the High Evolutionary! Come on, speak up!' she tells the old man, who shrinks backwards.
'I -' the old man hesitates, when suddenly, Wanda proves she means business as the entire church around them explodes outwards. The old man drops to his knees and covers his head. When the hex sphere fades away, Wanda tells the old man that she couldn't hear him over the noise, while the church lies in ruins around them. 'When I said the trail led me here – I meant the trail led me to you' Wanda declares.
The old man is on his knees before Wanda, hands clasped, a similar pose he held many years ago, bowing before the High Evolutionary who stood over him. Wanda tells Father Drobnjak that she knows he met with the High Evolutionary in the past, knows he made a deal. 'You have to understand what it was like back then – we'd been under attack from bordering countries, but never from neighboring Transia before – and nothing was like these Knights!' the old man explains, recalling a lion-like Knight of Wundagore. Father Drobnjak reveals that he learned the attacks here in Serbia were because the High Evolutionary sought children – babies – ones that might hold latent potential he could augment – and there was one such pair – twins – the offspring of a witch who abided in the area.
Father Drobnjak stands up as he informs the Wanda that this witch had given her newborn children to a relative, one of her people, a Roma like herself, to raise as their own and keep safe from the perils that her own life saw all too often. 'Marya' Wanda remarks. 'Was that her name? I didn't know – all I knew was her location, hers and that witch's children' the Father explains. 'So you gave it away to the High Evolutionary?' Wanda asks. The old man tells her that she has no idea what it was like here. 'Yes, you said that already' Wanda reminds him, coldly. Father Drobnjak remarks that these Knights may have walked the Earth as they do, but they weren't human – ferocious beasts, raiding and attacking, as the High Evolutionary sought the perfect children for his work – first in his own country, Transia, before going forth into neighboring countries, abducting newborns and infants – like something out of the Bible. He recalls the Knights on their flying steeds, swarming the land, attacking soldiers.
'I reasoned that the witch's children might be special -' Father Drobnjak begins, Wanda interrupts him: 'A sacrifice, yes. The Bible's full of those, too'. The old man tells Wanda that she has no idea what it was like at that time, to which she tells him that he has no idea how tired she is of hearing him say that. 'So you gave away her children' Wanda declares, narrowing her eyes. 'Their location, that's all' the old man assures her. 'Gave them away, as good as' Wanda remarks. 'She was a witch – unholy, not good – a damned witch!' the Father shouts. 'She was my mother' Wanda snaps, casting a hex projection of her mother, Natalya Maximoff. 'And after seeing my power – unles you're an even bigger fool than I already take you for – I'd be careful not to besmirch witches' Wanda warns him, before asking him what happened after that.
'The High Evolutionary left us in peace' Father Drobjnak explains. 'That's not all though, and you know it...' Wanda begins. '”The Witch” - and say her name, her full name – Natalya Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch – she went to get her children – my brother and me – she went after the High Evolutionary' Wanda declares, to which Father Drobjnak announces that was the last anyone saw of her. Wanda points at the old man and asks him what that means. 'Tell me what happened' she declares, but the old man claims that he has no idea. Wanda narrows her eyes, as the old man shrinks backwards from her, wide-eyed he exclaims 'Really! You have to believe me. I know as much or as little as you or anyone. She went away'. Wanda widens her eyes, then looks to the ground. 'As will I' she announces.
A short time later, Wanda uses her powers: 'Here. I return this mockery of a church' she announces as the church appears over them once again. Wanda turns from the old man and strides away. 'I will pray for you' he calls out after her. 'Pray for yourself. I don't need it' Wanda snaps. The old man looks away, before calling out 'Speak with Dasha'. Wanda stops and turns back to Father Drobjnak. 'Who?' she enquires. 'Dasha Koralov' the old man tells her, explaining that she is Roma, an older woman now and a bit lost in the head, but that in her younger, brighter times, he thinks that she knew Wanda's mother. 'Don't thank me. I don't deserve it' Father Drobjnak tells Wanda as she turns away from him. 'I wasn't going to' Wanda replies.
As Wanda makes her way through Novi Pazar, she notes that it is not a place of destitution by any means, but that like anywhere, some areas are worse than others. Walking through a junk yard, piled high with cars, that is where Wanda finds her. 'Yeah? You see something in the yard takes yer fancy?' the old man calls out from where she sits in a shack in the yard. 'Dasha? Dasha Koralov? I hope I'm not bothering you. My name is -' Wanda smiles, as the old woman interrupts: 'I know who you are. Y' got the same eyes as 'er. Yer Natalya's girl'. Wanda smiles at this comment, before Dasha adds 'Wondered when you'd be by. Wondered, Wanda, ha!' Dasha laughs, adding that she is glad it was before she called it quits and all.
Wanda tells Dasha that she is sorry, and that she would have come to see her before now – years ago, if she had known about her. Smoking a pipe, Dasha tells Wanda that it wasn't like she was sitting her twiddling her thumbs. 'At least yer here now' she adds, before Wanda states 'You were friends with my mother'. 'Best friends, aye' Dahsa smiles. 'Back then...back then, I had her back. Ha. What'chu call me – name they have for what I wuz. Oh yeah, that's it...I was her sidekick' Dasha reveals, remembering how she looked in her younger days. Wanda kneels beside the old woman and asks 'When she fought evil, you were there – criminals and such?' Wanda asks. Dasha explains that it wasn't so much crooks and robbers, as Natalya left that to the authorities. 'No, more the unseen and the untold' she reveals, recalling Natalya Maximoff – the Scarlet Witch – battling all sorts of demons and creatures.
'Heard the time when she was about called the Age of Monsters. Not 'ere. Eastern Europe, it was more an Age of Horrors. Vampires and werewolves. Couldn't throw a rock back then n' not hit a mad scientist. Oh, and witches of course. Lots of bad witches' Dasha reveals, informing Wanda that her mother fought them all. They take a walk through the junk yard, as Wanda reveals that she saw her mother recently – met her for the first time. 'Met her, you say? Can't imagine that's likely' Dasha replies. Wanda explains that she means her mother's spirit – she was young, from a time before her death. Wanda adds that she wanted to ask her mother so much, but she was gone before she had the chance. 'She loved you – you and your brother, both. Cost her her life, n' she gave it gladly' Dasha remarks. 'Tell me – tell me how' Wanda asks. Dasha tells Wanda that she wasn't there for most of it, as Natalya told her to sit it out. 'Guessing she knew it wouldn't end well – when that crazy Evolution fella come n' took you both to his country' Dasha announces.
'Transia' Wanda declares. 'Yeah. Transia – blasted place. She went after you – all the way to Wundagore Mountain where he had you both kept' Dasha reveals. Dasha tells Wanda how Natalya fought all of the Knights of Wundagore, beat them all, but the mountain affected her powers, she was not the mighty witch she would have been anywhere else. But that didn't stop her, as she loved her children too much – and she went down fighting. Dasha doesn't know for sure, but she thinks that impressed the High Evolutionary – touched his heart, if he had one, so when he was done with Wanda and Pietro he returned them to the world. He could have dropped them anywhere, but he took the time to find blood relatives of their mother's – Django and Marya Maximoff.
Wanda tells Dasha that she thought there would be a blood link somewhere when she heard her mother say her name. 'Your aunt n' uncle, they were' Dasha remarks, adding that they would have raised her as their own too, except the mob got riled by Django and they took the fire to him and his wife. Wanda hangs her head and looks sad as she replies that she remembers – almost – it is a blur. She adds that when Django re-entered her life, she was there when he died. Wanda tells Dasha that she doesn't understand why Django and Marya didn't explain who they were back then. 'No telling why people do things or don't' Dasha points out. 'Yes and that's the reason I've always been so close and so forgiving of my brother Pietro's errant ways...until recently anyway. He's all I have' Wanda announces, adding 'Though that does beg the question... if you know my mother then perhaps you know... who was my father?' Wanda asks.
'Not a clue. Yer mam never said. But you know who might have an idea...y' tried asking Marya?' Dasha asks. 'Wait! I thought she was dead – you said -' Wanda exclaims, grabbing the old woman by her shoulders. 'Said they burned her... never said she died from it' Dasha replies, causing Wanda to go wide-eyed.
Soon, Wanda and Dasha are in an old car, and drivve past an onion field on the way out of town. It puts Wanda's past in mind – how when each layer peels away, like an onion, she finds some new secret or truth. They continue driving, towards another revelation...and Wanda is both excited and fearful to this encounter.
Night falls as they arrive in a forest. Wanda and Dasha walk down a path, and eventually come to a caravan, where an old woman sits beside a fire outside the caravan. 'Marya... Aunt Marya?' Wanda calls out, and Marya Maximoff, her face burned, looks up, before turning back to her fire as Wanda stands over her and introduces herself....


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A large brown demon with sharp teeth, large horns and glowing eyes roars 'Kneel, you glowing curs! Kneel before the might of I, KRUUL!' A group of green-skinned humanoids have gathered near some ruins, 'Please, don't hurt us' one of them pleads. 'We, the Myld, are but a gentle race!' one of them exclaims, while a third asks Kruul what threat they are to him. 'You speak of your weakness as if that were a boon! Fools! You may be meek and mild...but Kruul is not!' the demon exclaims, grabbing one of the Myld by their throats, and warning the Myld that he will take their light, their life force. The other Myld look shocked, before Kruul exclaims that he will devour one of them – or all of them! 'Please don't kill us, we beg you!' one of the Myld pleads, dropping to their knees. 'Your mewling pleas fall upon deaf ears. No mercy! For I am – Kr-' the demon begins, when suddenly he utters 'Oh' before there is a SPLATT and he is squashed.
'Oh dear. I think I stepped in something' Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch remarks as she checks her high-heeled boots while walking down the Witches' Road. The ghost of Agatha Harkness floats alongside Wanda, and she smirks, pointing out that it is very messy on this part of the Witches' Road. Agatha jokes that she has a good mind to write a stern letter to whoever is in charge of janitorial services here. They carry on down the path, and Wanda tells Agatha that death agrees with her, as she doesn't recall her being this funny when she was living. Agatha claims that she made jokes then, too, but that she just kept them to herself. 'You should have heard some of the things I said about Reed Richards when no one was around. Hilarious' Agatha remarks.
The tangled, complicated, indescribable Witches' Road is sprawled out before the women, and Wanda comments that it is so different than the last time they visited – harder, grimmer. She then asks Agatha how long they have been walking. 'You've been walking, I've been gliding' Agatha replies. 'Agatha. Come on. How long do you think?' Wanda asks seriously. Agatha reminds Wanda that time gets tricky here, but that if she had to guess, she would say six weeks – or seven. They look around, and Agatha tells Wanda that at least it is quiet. 'Something to be thankful for. Certainly compared to earlier on the road... when things were more eventful' Wanda recalls.
Wanda's mind flashes back to earlier on the road, where she battled a large reptile-like demon with snakes slithering out of its mouth. She remembers being attacked by a strange mushroom demon, and tells Agatha that whoever, or whatever is trying to prevent them from discovering the cause of witchcraft's sickness, had some inventive methods to slow them down. Her appearance became older and haggard as Wanda fought a large bird demon in the snow, and recalling the field of snakes she had to contend with, tells Agatha 'You'd think it would get tired of trying'. Red rain poured down on them, as Wanda's appearance grew even older, she hid herself under her cloak, while remarking that she has defeated each threat so far, but still, it costs her. She is sure that whoever is behind this knows this, and that is why they keep coming. Another encounter, Wanda discovered a possible future, when she found a skeleton huddled under a cloak. Wanda tells Agatha that her only concern is that she won't live long enough to get where she is supposed to go.
'I mean look at me. My life span is wasting away to nothing, during the magical battles. Why, I'm beginning to manifest visually too, at times. Can you see?' Wanda asks. Standing before a reflective panel, she sees her true self, huddled over, white hair. Wanda announces that she is a crone, and that she looks almost as old as Agatha. 'Thank you. That's lovely' Agatha smirks. Wanda smiles, back, to which Agatha remarks 'Smiles? My dear, you really delight yourself with your own jokes'. Wanda explains that she was just thinking about this walk – this long, long walk. They carry on some sort of watery path that hovers mid-air, while large hands reach up around it. 'Despite my looming demise... more and more with each day and each step... I feel better about myself. By virtue of our situation, I have to look ahead'.
Agatha tells Wanda that this is something she has been trying to drum into her forever – how no one is without their mistakes. 'Except me' Agatha smirks. Agatha explains that all you can do is learn from them and no make the same one twice. 'For instance, you've stopped listening to that annoying brother of yours. I'm happy you learn', and adds that yes, you can atone, try to, but to look ahead. Wanda trudges through a snow-covered ground, lined with bare trees, 'Yes, like you say, one step or one day at a time. Still...at the rate I'm depleting my life span, how much longer do you think I have?' Wanda asks. Agatha looks at Wanda and tells her 'Not a clue', adding that there is not much Wanda can do about that, so it is best not to dwell on it. 'It's not like you're suddenly going to stop using your powers. Besides, if you do use up all your life... being dead's not so bad' Agatha points out.
'That's a matter of opinion...' another voice calls out as a blinding light appears before Wanda, who looks up as another woman clad in scarlet adds '...and not one that I share'. 'Mother – Natalya!' Wanda gasps as the ghost of her mother hovers over her. 'You're here...finally. I was concerned that you hadn't shown yourself all this time on the road – I feared we'd never find you' Wanda tells her mother, who explains that it wasn't easy to come here, as the force that attacks her daughter is also doing everything it can to keep her away while Wanda walks the road. Natalya adds that she will be gone again in a moment, she is sure of it. 'And call me mother...if you want. I like hearing you say it' Natalya tells Wanda, who smiles. Natalya then informs Wanda that she is close – almost there – but that something is coming for her – her worst enemy, her worst fear. 'Yes, and Heaven forbid you just come out and say what exactly' Agatha mutters. Natalya turns to Agatha and tells her that she is right. 'You and I have done a good job of keeping Wanda in a cloud' Natalya remarks, before announcing that her foe is Chaos.
'Chaos? Wait, I know of a Lord Chaos... and Amatsu-Mikaboshi too, if that -' Wanda begins, but Natalya tells her that it is bigger, greater than either of them – like Eternity or Nightmare, an entity of the same size and power, whose very fiber and being is at the heart of witchcraft – Wanda's specifically. Natalya goes wide-eyed as she reveals that it is already pulling her away. 'I've told you – I've no time – be ready, daughter. Your next attack draws near' Natalya remarks as she starts to disappear like water spiralling down a hole. 'I will be, mother, I swear – but what is this threat I'm to face?' Wanda calls out. Natalya tells her that is the thing she seems to dwell on the most, of course – the thing she fears – the one thing that, despite her protests, still holds shame and fear in her heart – that she has still truly not laid to rest – her own past!
With that, Natalya is gone, and Wanda turns to see demonic apparitions of some of the important people in her life gathered nearby: Quicksilver, Magneto, the Vision, Wonder Man, Django and Marya Maximoff, Agatha Harkness, Master Pandemonium, Dr doom, Wiccan and Speed, the original X-Men, Captain America, Toad, Mastermind, the High Evolutionary, Hawkeye and Bova. 'Wife!' the Vision calls out. 'Lover!' Wonder Man exclaims. 'Ally' Captain America declares. 'Mother!' Wiccan utters. 'Sister!' Quicksilver exclaims. 'Daughter!' Magneto shouts. 'Foe!' Angel remarks. The Scarlet Witch looks angry, and energy radiates around her, which she suddenly releases at the apparitions, blasting them as Speed calls out 'Mother' and the Toad utters' Friend!' as he is tossed into the air as the energy strikes him.
Magneto approaches Wanda, who appears very old once again: 'Daughter, don't listen to them. I swear I am your -' Magneto begins, but Wanda, who musters enough power to restore her appearance, and exclaims 'I am not your daughter! I never was!' as she releases energy which rips Magneto apart, revealing the horrid demon underneath. 'And I'm sorry' Wanda utters as the other apparitions float around her. The Vision, Wonder Man and Dr Doom close in on her, but Agatha tells Wanda not to fo soft. 'It's not them, Wanda. Remember that – they're just shadows in a fractured mirror' Agatha explains as Wonder Man grabs the now visibly old Wanda. 'You loved me – how can you leave my soul trapped in -' he tells her, but Wanda tells him that he isn't Simon Williams and breaks free of his grasp. 'You're not the Vision' Wanda calls out as the demon posing as her ex-husband reaches out to her, she casts him back. 'W-' the demon posing as Quicksilver begins, but Wanda tells him 'Don't even...”brother”!' as she casts him back with ease.
The demons, black and tangled together seep towards the aged Wanda, who tells herself not to look back, that the past is exactly where it belongs. The demons weave around her, pulling her into them, Wanda tells herself that she thinks this, believes this with all her heart. Even as she weakens, ages, she looks ahead and never stops fighting. Never. The darkness consumes Wanda, only her old face appears free. It is how she imagines her mother's final moments – fearless. And if this now is her own appointed time to die, then she faces it without fear or shame'. Her face, and finally her eyes are covered in the darkness, too. 'Wanda' a quiet voice calls out. 'Wanda, will you open your eyes... and take a look around'.
Wanda does as requested, and as she does, the darkness seeps away as a blinding light overcomes her. Wanda shields her eyes, her body re-formed, fresh and young. 'And do stop squinting – for someone who's so concerned about getting old, that's a fine way to get age lines. I should know' Agatha remarks. Wanda asks her where the light has come from that cleared the way. She notices some glowing particles around her, and asks if they are tiny creatures. She realizes that they are, and wonder why they chose to help her. Wanda and Agatha stand on the edge of a cliff, with nothing but dark open space around them. Agatha tells Wanda that she can thank them on the way back, if they manage to make it back. Agatha then points out that the Witches' Road ends. Wanda supposes if that was the reason for the darkness – as a means to make them lose their way when they were so close.
Looking out into the space, what appears to be the planet Earth as seen from space materializes, along with strange, large floating fish skeletons and some sort of white spiral. 'Tes, Wanda, you did it...' Natalya announces as she appears next to Wanda. 'Mother! There you are!' the Scarlet Witch gasps, before Natalya tells her that as for the road, it isn't over, it merely takes a different form....


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Wanda Maximoff the Scarlet Witch glides through the space around her, as the ghosts of her mother, Natalya Maximoff and Agatha Harkness soar alongside her. A strange gnarled tree reaches up under them, as Natalya remarks that she supposes it was always meant to be like this – here they are, the classic witches' trio – maiden, mother and crone. 'Yes, Natalya. And I assume I'm the crone in this team. Charming' Agatha mutters, before telling Wanda 'And don't think I don't see you smiling'. Wanda tells Agatha that is not what she is smiling about. 'All I know is we're at the end of the Witches' Road in the dimension of the Witch Goddess, our deity... and I can't believe what I'm seeing. Such spectacle!' Wanda exclaims. The star-filled rainbow-colored sky extends out around them, and Natalya tells her daughter that this is father than anyone – any witch – has been – the abode of she they serve with their art and hex. 'And not just the witches of Earth, but throughout the universe' Natalya explains.
Agatha admits that even she sometimes forgets that magic can exist on any planet where there is life. The three float on through the strange realm, passing bridges of brick that hover mid-air, leading to large statues, and odd mushroom-like plants dotted about the realm. Wanda tells her mother that they haven't really spoken about the two of them, and the past. 'Yes, but for that we'll need time and calm' Natalya replies, telling Wanda that here and now there is a task at hand – to sure the “sickness” that has befallen witchcraft, their craft. Wanda points out that they could talk while they travel and asks her mother what happened when she and Pietro were born. 'Hush. Keep moving. Keep looking' Natalya replies. '...I don't see any -' Wanda begins, but Natalya tells her to look again, not with her eyes, but with her witches' sight. 'Aimless Ones!' Natalya declares as the humanoid creatures singular large glowing eyes move towards the trio.
'Aimless? I know of the Mindless Ones – these aren't -' Agatha begins as she fires a spell at one of them. 'Close enough, Agatha. More mindful these are, but no more reasoning' Natalya tells her, explaining 'What they do, how they'll attack – you can never know for sure'. She adds that they are instruments of Chaos, their ultimate foe in all of this. Blasting several with a spell, Wanda points out that they seem easy to defeat. 'Except the promise of defeat doesn't seem to deter them' Agatha remarks, as the Aimless Ones keep on attacking the witches. Natalya announces that Agatha is right, and states that she doesn't think they are here to beat them, just to wear them down – especially Wanda. Wanda casts another spell, as do the ghosts of Natalya and Agatha. Natalya declares that Wanda's life shortens with each spell, and tells her daughter not to waste them on this pantomime.
'She's right, “maiden”...the mother and the crone have got this' Agatha declares as she holds back two of the Aimless Ones. Wanda tells her mother that she doesn't want to leave her, but Natalya tells her that there is no time for sentiment. 'If you're my daughter, then be a witch!' she exclaims, urging Wanda onwards. Casting herself into the air and onwards into the strange realm, Wanda goes, obeying her mother. But it is not until much further that she see's her mother is right. The greater battle lies ahead. Wanda hovers before the enormous Goddess of all Witches, a strange being, who has been bound by Chaos. Dark strands of Chaos hold her, and she is sickened, dying. This is the answer to what Wanda has been sensing and feeling since this all began. Wanda decides that this makes no sense, as chaos and magic have always been linked, abetting the undoing of physical absolutes. She is wide-eyed, as she thinks that this, now, is true insanity.
Suddenly, a spear of dark energy is thrust towards Wanda, 'More chaos energy' she thinks to herself as the chaos strikes her and engulfs her. But Wanda breaks free from it: 'No. I won't be bound, thank you!' she exclaims, before shouting 'Now. You. Show yourself!' An instant later, Chaos appears, his large body looming over Wanda, he utters something in his native language, Wanda decides that he, or it, has made a grand entrance, too. What it says is beyond the power of any spells of translation that she knows. It is guttural, discordant, and ye,t like everything here now, Wanda understands – Chaos is tired of its role as “Witchcraft's consort”. It wants to rule. Chaos reaches out to grab Wanda, but she moves out of its way.
Oh no, my fine fellow... we can't have that' Wanda declares as she casts a hex. Chaos roars at her in its indecipherable tongue. It is stronger, wilder. Wanda can't keep her hexes, her spells of order going, as Chaos opens its mouth wide and swallows Wanda whole. Wanda's body withers instantly, she is not strong enough to withstand. She ages, like the Goddess before her, she is dying. Agatha and Natalya soar towards Wanda. Agatha tells her to hold on, as they unleash energies against Chaos. 'One witch against an entity of that size and power has no hope. But with the three of us...there's a chance!' Natalya exclaims. 'So, who's the crone now?' Agatha asks Wanda, holding onto her. 'Oh, Agatha, stop it' Wanda replies, before she joins in the battle, the three witches releasing their power against Chaos.
It crosses Wanda's mind, her mother, she is hexing alongside her. But even as the idea takes shape, Agatha declares that it is not enough, the three of them together are not enough. 'Chaos is winning! Wanda, we're already dead – go nbow, while you can and -' Natalya urges her daughter as she and Agatha continue to pour on their energies at Chaos. But Wanda tells Natalya that she is not leaving, not her and not her goddess. 'Wait! Together! That's it!' Wanda exclaims as she pours her energy on at Chaos.
'Together... but not as three witches -' Wanda calls out. 'But as one! A melding of us, yes, of course, daughter!' Natalya exclaims, adding that with Wanda living and them dead, Wanda will be the fulcrum. Agatha agrees, and remarks that she is glad Wanda is not going senile in her old age. 'Now, let's see how we fare, not as three witches... but as witches three!' Wanda exclaims as she releases a surge of energy that surrounds the three of them. 'Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble' Agatha jokes. 'Agatha!' Natalya utters. Agatha apologizes, and explains that she couldn't help herself.
The witches three pour their energy onwards, and it strikes Chaos, who is still coiled around the Goddess of all Witches. 'Order over chaos – I think it's working!' Natalya declares. Agatha agrees, and asks the others that if they can see that his hold is ebbing. 'No, our spell won't hold – not long enough – can't you feel it?' Wanda asks them, pointing out that they need to contain their power, as Chaos' power is resurging, dissipating their hex. Natalya agrees, and remarks that they need kinetic energy, controlled, not wayward, to act as a barrier. 'As you say, Wanda – to “contain” our hex. Linked, too – linked to us – to you'. Natalya adds that she knows just who to call.
Wanda reminds herself that she can usually sense when he is on her way, but not today. Today, her brother surprises her, as he speeds towards the witches three. 'Pietro!' Wanda gasps. 'Quite a predicament you're in, sister. Ha! I'd say you need your big brother' Quicksilver declares as he speeds around and around Chaos, who looks perplexed. 'A gift, daughter. For there should always be love between you' Natalya tells Wanda. Still visibly aged, Wanda looks at Quicksilver and tells him that she is sorry for the words she said. 'Me, too. But the past is behind us – for me constantly – and so no matter!' Quicksilver responds. 'Brother, the woman here with me – do you know -' Wanda begins, but Natalya tells her that is too much right now. She explains that her summoning hex was such that Pietro instinctively knew what was needed of him. 'The rest can wait...just let him run!' Natalya declares as the combination of Quicksilver speeding around Chaos and the witches three's power forces Chaos to release the Goddess of all Witches, as Chaos roars something in its native tongue, before vanishing.
The bizarre Goddess of all Witches limps forward to the witches three as Quicksilver speeds towards them. 'It's done. Chaos is gone, can you feel it?' Natalya asks. She adds that Chaos is goe for now, but that it is as much an eternal entity as their own queen, Witchcraft, or Nightmare, or Death herself. 'So what's next for me?' Quicksilver asks. 'For you?' Wanda replies, to which Natalya tells him that it is time he went back. 'Go, my young runner' she adds. The aged Wanda looks at Pietro and informs him that she has so much to tell him. She asks him to come see her soon. 'And I've much to ask' Pietro replies, admitting that he may be slow sometimes – in his head, anyway, 'But the lovely lady over here is our mother, yes?' he asks. 'What gave me away?' Natalya smiles. 'Are you really asking me that, dressed as you are – you, with a face so much like Wanda's?' Pietro grins. 'Oh, and you whisper about as subtly as a Shakespearian ham actor giving asides to the audience' Pietro adds, telling his mother that he trusts they will meet properly soon. Natalya swears to this and tells Pietro to go now.
Wanda holds up one of the limp tentacles that hang from their Goddess, and tells the others that they still have a problem – their goddess remains sick. 'Sick? I'd say dead, as near as. Why, her very soul is ebbing away, can't you feel it?' Agatha declares. She adds that if their goddess dies, so does their witchcraft, their art – gone forever. 'If she needs a soul...let her have mine' Natalya announces. 'Oh, mother!' Wanda gasps, while Agatha tells Natalya that she must know that price – that it will cost her everything – her memories and personality, all aspects of who she is. 'Who else? Wanda has a life to lead' Natalya points out. 'Me. I could' Agatha offers. Wanda adds that she is alive, sure, but not for long. Natalya tells her daughter to hush, and that she has to live – for her and. 'Agatha, too' Natalya adds. 'A chance would be a fine thing' Agatha replies. 'Old woman, you were never as good a seer as me' Natalya tells Agatha, informing her that there are a few tasks ahead for her, too – as if she didn't know.
'So let it begin... before I change my mind' Natalya utters as she flies up above the Goddess of Witchcraft, whose singular eye looks up as Natalya releases her energies into the goddess. 'Mother, we never had that talk – there's still so much I don't know' Wanda calls out. Natalya tells her that she is sorry to leave her – her and Pietro – with so much unsaid, but that they have no time, for without her, their goddess will be dead in moments. Wanda tells her mother that she will make her a promise – 'I'll make the High Evolutionary pay for killing you' she announces. 'Is that what you think?' Natalya asks, bathed in the glow that surrounds her. 'No, Wanda, it wasn't the High Evolutionary...it was your own father!' Natalya reveals. 'What?' the horrified Wanda gasps. 'Mother?!!!' Wanda screams, but she and Agatha are engulfed in a brilliant energy as Natalya is consumed, her energies used to revive the Goddess of all Witchcraft.
Wanda and Agatha looks stunned, as they find themselves on the balcony of Wanda's New York apartment. 'Wanda, look...you're young again!' Agatha exclaims as Wanda examines her body. 'Yes, and more than that, I can feel that the counter's been reset on my lifespan. I can start fresh' Wanda reveals. The young-looking Agatha is alive again, and declares that Natalya did it, using the power of their goddess. 'Mother' Wanda utters as she looks upwards.
Wanda and Agatha kneel onto the balcony, and Wanda asks 'Just so it's clear in my mind...all this time, you've known my real mother's identity and never told me', to which Agatha explains Natalya instructed her not to. Agatha adds that it strikes her that whenever Wanda learns anything about annything – things can take an extreme turn. 'Your mother was aware of that possibility, so she thought it best you learn about her when fate deemed it so' Agatha informs Wanda. 'Fate? What about facts? Sometimes I despair of witches' ways' Wanda replies, hanging her head. 'Anyway, where was I going with this – you knew my mother and didn't tell me, so – who was my gather? Tell me that' Wanda shouts, disturbed as she gets to her feet. 'No idea' the wide-eyed Agatha replies. 'Agatha!' Wanda snaps. Agatha puts a calming hand on Wanda's shoulder and assures her that she hasn't a clue. 'Would I lie to you?' Agatha asks. 'That's a rhetorical question, right?' Wanda replies. Wanda then looks sideways and smiles. Agatha asks her why she is smiling, and Wanda replies that it is nothing, she is thinking. 'About?' Agatha asks. 'The future' Wanda grins.