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Two months ago, on Midsummer’s night… ‘Burn witch, burn! Burn witch, burn!’ cry the townsfolk, as an elderly woman is tied to a stake. Seven strange beings stand before her, and one of them lights a fire. The old woman admits that she will burn, for they have bound her in the old ways - meaning even one such as she cannot escape them. ‘But vengeance shall be mine!’ she boasts, cursing the seven beings before her, and all of New Salem. She reminds the begins that it was she who gave them birth, before warning them that she will give them death, then the wheel will turn again. ‘So swears Agatha Harkness!’
The woman known as Gazelle reminds the stern Vertigo that Harkness has the power to bring the curse to fruition, but Vertigo replies that Harkness had the power, for now she is old and they are young. ‘She is alone and now we are seven!’ Reptilla reminds Vertigo that Harkness withdrew their powers from them once before when she banished Nicholas Scratch to the nether realms. Vertigo points out that Scratch was alone after they deserted him, and their powers have been restored, so they can withstand Harkness’ empty threats.
The reasonable Gazelle asks Vertigo how she can call any threat of Agatha Harkness empty. ‘Who are you to say she is defenseless?’ Gazelle adds, before Thornn reminds everyone of Harkness’ friends the Fantastic Four and the Scarlet Witch. Vertigo points out that such people have never defeated them in the past, for it was always Harkness that led their victories. Vertigo boasts that she now leads the Salem Seven’s victories, for she is the priestess of this coven, by acclamation of all 666 New Salemites. Vertigo asks what are friends compared to flesh and blood.
Vertigo reminds her teammates that Nicholas Scratch was born of Agatha Harkness, and that the seven of them were born of Scratch’s wives. Vertigo boasts that they are of the same stock as Agatha Harkness and asks if one such as the Scarlet Witch can prevail against them. ‘No!’ cry Hydron, Vakume and Brutacus. Vertigo remarks that they speak the truth, and boasts that under her leadership, Salem’s Seven are supreme among witches now. Looking over at the stake where Agatha is tied, burning fierce, Vertigo announces that there grandmother is now dead.
And so, Agatha Harkness departed this life - an event that passed virtually unnoticed this past Summer…. But that was two months ago - this is now. The Summer still flourishes in the high rocky mountain meadows. Riotous bursts of wild flowers, plunging crystal waters, cerulean skies and sun-scented breezes still welcome the occasional visitor. The couple that strolls this gently rolling trail could be the first two people in paradise…even if one is synthetic!
Walking side by side with their arms around each other, the android Vision and the mighty Scarlet Witch a.k.a. Wanda Maximoff are enjoying their time in this serene location. The Vision tells Wanda that it has given him an entirely new perspective on himself, for first there was only himself and his creator, Ultron. ‘Then there was you - my beloved wife!’ he adds, before reminding her that he has now found a mother, a brother, and through them, a father, grandparents and great-grandparents - ‘Cousins! Nephews! Aunts! Black sheep!’ he adds gleefully.
Wanda smiles at her husband, before reminding him that fathers and brothers have their drawbacks too, she should know - for hers are Magneto and Quicksilver! Wanda reminds the Vision that Magneto claims to be reformed, but even so, he still drove her mother to suicide, and exploited her and her twin in his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Wanda points out that although Pietro wasn’t evil, he certainly tried to control her life by “protecting” her from the Vision. The Vision smiles and tells Wanda that Quicksilver was only trying to be a big brother.
‘Listen to this! You men stick together, don’t you!’ Wanda jokes, before pointing out that Quicksilver married into the Inhumans and has since moved to the Moon, so she never sees him anymore anyway, however, Wanda motions to the Moon rising over the peaks, figuring that they have at least two hours before the sun sets, and asking her husband how far they are from Gunnison. The Vision replies that the topographic map Mockingbird used to find them was quite simple to memorize, so at this pace, it should take them one hour and forty minutes. He then motions to their path along a ridge.
As the former Avengers make their way down a hillside, Wanda brings up the topic of what the Vision said earlier outside the cave - about having a baby. The Vision replies that he means what he said, for he has a sense of family now, and he sees life like a river flowing through time. Wanda tells the Vision that she can see it moves him to poetry, which she thinks is nice, before pointing out that there are facts involved as well - such as him being a synthezoid.
Wanda tells the Vision that she loves him, and that she knows he is human, that it is only his body which is artificial, but nevertheless, in this case that “only” is everything. Making their way along the ledge, the Vision replies that he understands, and tells Wanda that under normal circumstances, a synthetic man and a human woman - even a mutant human - could not produce children. However, he points out that the Scarlet Witch is someone who can change normal circumstances.
Wanda tells her husband to stop, for although it is a clever idea, one thing that is way beyond her power is creating life. She assures Vision that she wants a baby, but that for them it would mean adoption. Noticing her husband seems to be looking elsewhere, Wanda asks him if he is paying attention, when the Vision guides Wanda’s attention to the large village below the cliff, and asking what it is doing here. ‘I thought we were talking about babies?’ Wanda remarks, to which the Vision replies that they were, but that there was no village shown on Mockingbird’s map, and he cannot be at peace with that anomaly staring up at him.
The Vision suggests to Wanda that they go and see who lives there, adding that it might even be a better place that Gunnison to spend the night. However Wanda points out that the trail looks both dark and cold, so suggests that they move on. ‘What good is wandering in unknown land’s if you don’t wander - Wanda?’ the Vision replies jokingly. Reluctantly, Wanda follows her husband down the trail towards the village, and the Vision tells her that adoption is a fine alternative, but that he wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss - he doesn’t get the chance to say what not to dismiss, as Wanda is knocked over by a powerful surge of water.
The Vision calls out to Wanda, when Thornn and Brutacus of Salem’s Seven approach the Vision, telling him to look out for himself. Brutacus informs the Vision that he has entered the village of New Salem, and warns him that he shall never leave. Thornn attacks the Vision with his thorns, which explode when they contact something solid, so the Vision becomes intangible, only to make his way over to Brutacus, and solidifying himself again, he smacks Brutacus over.
Meanwhile, Wanda manages to get to her feet, as Vakume and Reptilla approach her. Vakume warns his serpent teammate to be careful to stay away from the Vision, for his blows could split her skin like ripe cheese. Reptilla replies that her coils shall encompass the Scarlet Witch instead. Wanda readies a hex, though she is slightly confused that these strange opponents know them, for she has never seen them before. Wanda casts forth the hex, causing Reptilla to get all tangles in her own serpent arms.
Wanda recalls overhearing Brutacus say “New Salem”, before remembering that her old teacher, Agatha Harkness once said that she came from a village exclusively for witches. Wanda fears that Agatha is in trouble, and after blocking Thornn’s attack, she casts a hex at Hydron, turning his water into flames. Vertigo announces that the Scarlet Witch can turn the physical against itself, before boasting that neither the Witch nor the Vision can prevail when Vertigo turns their minds inside out.
As she falls to the ground, Wanda knows she has to act quickly, and casts a spell causing Vertigo’s powers to go above her own head, and start to break a large tree branch. As the six members of Salem’s Seven gather around the Scarlet Witch, the Vision rushes past them and stands over his wife, warning them all to keep back. Vertigo is surprised that her magic has no effect on the Vision, so remarks that he must not be human. The Vision thinks to himself that his mind is indeed human, but his brain is mechanically self-correcting, and right now, he has no complaints.
Vakume steps forward, and absorbs power, explaining that nature abhors a vacuum, so his powers enable him to absorb energy - mechanical energy, or human. The Vision begins to keel from the pain and hopes that his foe is not doing this to Wanda as well. The Vision’s mind may be able to resist Vakume’s attack, but his body complies, and throughout his synthetic architecture, systems struggle to overcome this insidious attack. But one by one they are drained to critical levels and shut down for self protection.
Wearily, the Vision stands over Wanda, telling himself not to fall on her, and with all his might, he manages to push himself to the side, falling down next to her with a mighty crash that would have no doubt killed her had he landed on Wanda. The six villains gather together, ‘The feast will be a good one!’ Vertigo declares.
Sometime later, Wanda awakes in a small cell, which she finds is odd as it is outfitted with talismans and sigels as well as iron and oak. Wanda glances around, and as she sees her husband lying unconscious nearby, she moves over to him, though the six members of Salem’s Seven keep a close eye on her, with Vertigo informing Wanda that the Vision will not recover, and that at dawn he shall die - so until then, they are going to leave him powerless, ‘Unlike yourself’.
Wanda goes over to the bars of her cell so she can speak closely with Vertigo, telling the white-clad woman that she noticed she is awake, but wants to know to what she owes the “pleasure”. Vertigo explains that they are interested in Wanda’s powers, and reveals that she and her brothers and sisters have been mutated magically to their present states. ‘You on the other hand were born to simulate magick - and of course we have cast the circles to preclude you doing so while you remain our prisoner!’ Vertigo boasts.
Vertigo then tells the Scarlet Witch that they are not truly different, not compared to the common man. Vertigo proceeds to offer Wanda a place in the coven of Salem’s Seven, in the village of New Salem where she will not be merely welcomed, but revered. ‘With my uncommon man?’ Wanda asks, to which Vertigo replies ‘Regretfully no! We want only witches here!’ Vertigo informs Wanda that she has come to them at an opportune time, as this night marks the feast of Lammas, where the people bless the harvest by killing the representative of the Corn-God.
‘I saw this movie! It wasn’t very good!’ Wanda mutters, to which Vertigo assures her that the Lammas Feast predates all fiction, and calls her a scoffer. Vertigo then explains to Wanda that at the close of Summer, the God who has ruled them through the growing time must be ritually sacrificed to the coming God of Winter. ‘And you want Vizh to keep your toes warm in January?’ Wanda asks. Vertigo declares that the Vision is a crucial addition, and tells Wanda that she will also be if she refuses this offer, before motioning to another cage, where Gazelle is imprisoned.
Vertigo reveals that their sister Gazelle will be the first offering. Wanda asks what is meant when they speak of “sister”, to which Gazelle explains that in this instance, Vertigo speaks of flesh and blood, before revealing that she was chosen by Coven-lot to die - because she alone opposed Vertigo’s idea to entrap Wanda and her husband. Vertigo reveals to the Scarlet Witch that the astral band sensed her as she fell from the heavens yesterday, and they discussed it beneath last night’s moon.
Vertigo tells Wanda that she must know that what others call coincidence is commonplace among witches, explaining that they call it “synchronicity”. Vertigo reveals that she read the Omen and saw the Hand of Fate in the Scarlet Witch’s arrival at this time. Gazelle announces that she has seen the hand of the thrice-accursed Agatha Harkness. Wanda is startled by the mention of her old mentor. Vertigo senses this and informs Wanda that her mentor in the mystic arts was the Grande Dame of this village once, until she turned against them, and asks Wanda if she was never told this.
Wanda replies that she was unaware of this, while thinking to herself that she did feel Agatha’s presence here during the battle, so she assumes that Gazelle is right - Agatha must have called her and the Vision here without their knowledge. Vertigo smirks as she tells Wanda that her face betrays her thoughts, ‘Because they are incorrect! Dame Agatha did not bring you here…because she is dead!’
‘Goddess!’ exclaims a startled Wanda, before Vertigo reveals that Agatha drew the Salem’s Seven’s powers from them, and banished them to this valley. Vertigo exclaims that it took years to turn Harkness’ magicks back upon her, restoring them and killing her, but eventually the work was done, boasting ‘I did it! I her eldest grand-daughter!’ Wanda is confused by that revelation, so Vertigo exclaims that she is Queen of the New Salem witches now, before asking Wanda if she wants to share Agatha’s fate, or will she choose at last to become a witch like other witches, and rule the coming dark with them.
‘Go…to HADES!’ Wanda angrily tells Vertigo, who simply replies that to them, it is a blessing, not a curse, before the Salem Seven begin to leave the room, with Vertigo assuring Wanda that they will be back at sunrise. ‘Don’t slam the door behind you!’ Wanda mocks, before racing over to the Vision when her enemies depart. Wanda sees that the Vision is so limp and heavy, though she knows he only needs energy to recover, so she tries something, despite the warning that all escape attempts had been blocked.
But shortly, Wanda still kneels beside her husband, she has had no luck summoning a simple hex. Gazelle speaks up, telling Wanda that she looks like a particularly loathsome rat in a trap. Wanda turns to Gazelle and remarks that she thought she might be a bit more helpful considering the fate they all face if she doesn’t find a way out of here. Haughtily, Gazelle tells Wanda that she thinks wrong, for she desires no escape and is proud to die for her people. Gazelle admits that Vertigo may be consolidating her authority at the expense of everyone else, but it is no sin for a witch. She adds that whether she deserves her fate or not, the manner in which it will befall her is a greatly honored one, for someone must die to appease the Winter God. ‘My sole regret is that you will share my consecration!’
‘Then make us both happy and tell me how to escape!’ Wanda exclaims, to which Gazelle replies that she doesn’t believe they can escape, and warns her that if she finds a way, then she would instantly alert the others. ‘You can’t mean that! No descendant of Agatha Harkness could be so evil!’ Wanda exclaims, to which Gazelle remarks that Harkness was her grandmother, but that there was also a grandfather - of sorts. ‘Or do you not understand how children come to be?’ Gazelle asks. Wanda looks at Gazelle for a moment, before turning to the Vision and announcing that if these are to be her final hours, then she prefer to spend them with the man she loves. ‘Understand?’
Wanda puts her hands on the Vision’s face and asks if this is some great trick of fate in punishment for their hubris. ‘Death. When we’d just begun to think about life. Death with the spectre of these horrible offspring here to mock us?’ Crying now, Wanda confirms that she wanted the Vision’s child, and reveals that although he was the first to suggest it she has almost proposed it so many times, except that she thought he would laugh, or cry!
Wanda pulls her husband’s hand up to her face and whispers that she doesn’t know if he can hear her, but if he can, then she hopes it is not too horrible where he is - helpless. Wanda tells her husband that his body has betrayed him in so many ways, adding that he doesn’t know how much she admires him, loves him for never having given in.
Wanda remarks that it took Agatha Harkness’ teachings to make her comfortable in her body with its extra mutant power, not that it ever seemed so strange to her, but other people were always reacting and throwing her off balance. Wanda supposes that is why she accepted the Vision at once - years before he accepted himself, for she saw that they were alike in that. Wanda states that she knows she was the Vision’s anchor through his bad times, but he was her anchor through her bad times. ‘We fit, honey!’
Wanda tells the Vision that she understands it was hard for him to accept himself, always telling others, including her, that he as a coldly logical being, never thinking twice about what might be - but Wanda knew better. ‘I knew you!’ she exclaims, before joking that she never really minded that he called her “curly” when they were alone.
Glancing around, tears still in her eyes, Wanda reveals that she is going to save her power tonight, try to overcome the their containment spells in the morning, and if she succeeds, she swears that they will find a way to have a baby. ‘And if I fail - it will only be our bodies that die! Because our love will last forever!’ Suddenly, the Vision speaks, in hushed tones, he calls to Wanda, who leans down beside him excitedly. The Vision tells Wanda to be still and silent so as not to alert Gazelle. Examining her husband closely, Wanda sees that his lips hardly move.
The Vision reveals to Wanda that he has a plan for the morning, and that he has been “playing possum” so the Salem’s Seven wouldn’t drain him altogether and forestall that attempt. Wanda is shocked that the Vision would let her carry on the way she did, to which the Vision whispers that he did enjoy it, before explaining that he couldn’t risk alerting their fellow captive.
Suddenly, Gazelle exclaims that she is alerted, and boasts that the ears of Gazelle are the sharpest in all the forest! However, Gazelle declares that having also heard Wanda’s words, she sees for the first time why her grandmother chose the Scarlet Witch rather than one of her own in New Salem to become her apprentice. Gazelle remarks that the Scarlet Witch has power - and also love, ‘Which none of us can claim - at least - none of them!’
Gazelle explains that it is her duty to die for New Salem today, but it is not her duty to see Wanda and the Vision die also, so she tells them that if they can escape, then they are to do so with her blessing. Gazelle then remarks that if, as she has suspected, their presence here in New Salem is in someway her grandmother’s doing, then perhaps if she protects them, they will ease her entrance into the realm Agatha Harkness now occupies. ‘Strange, Gazelle’ Wanda begins ‘I was just thinking that you do have a part of the grand old woman in you after all - and so, perhaps it’s your presence here that’s her doing?’
Though the dawn comes late below the craggy mountain peaks, it nevertheless comes. The sunlight that pours through the door as Vertigo opens it is eye-searing after the long dark night, and the breeze that blows in is acrid with wood-smoke. Gazelle paws and prances as she waits for her cell door to be thrown wide, like a race horse impatient to be out the gate. Her luminous eyes throw one final glance at Wanda and the Vision, then as Vakume opens her cells she is gone - and the chanting begins.
Fifteen minutes later, Gazelle’s brothers and sisters return. Vertigo instantly goes over to Wanda and exclaims ‘You must be planning something, witch - but Vertigo will have none of it!’ The arrogant woman uses her powers on Wanda and succeeds in knocking her out, leaving Wanda with no time to try her plan. As Brutacus carries Wanda out, Vertigo orders Vakume and Hydron to ’Hurry with the plastic thing!’
Outside, two stakes spear the smoke drifting darkly from the embers of a third and not even the mountain breezes can cleanse New Salem of the smell. Wanda and the Vision are tied to the stakes which stand on either side of the one where Gazelle was burned alive, while Vertigo cries ’Oh great Lucifer, bright God of the Falling Sun - receive now our second offering!’ All of New Salem has gathered to watch the event, and Vertigo exclaims ’We are the children of the Goddess Diana and the Horned Moon. But we worship you today and we await your answer to our prayer!’
Suddenly, ’Here it is!’ shouts the Vision as he shoots intense beams of energy from his eyes as Hydron and Thornn, before  breaking free of his bindings, surprising Vertigo. The Vision remarks that Vertigo may worship the Sun God, and tells his foe that if he worshipped anyone it would be the Sun God also, for that is where he draws his energy from. As the Vision frees Wanda, he tells Salem’s Seven that if they sacrificed he and Wanda at night, after withdrawing his power in that darkened canyon, then they would have been defeated. Vakume boasts that they can still get them, and begins to absorb the Vision’s energies, only for the Vision to point out that Vakume cannot do anything to harm him, as the sun is replacing his energies faster than Vakume can steal them.
Drawing on the strength of the New Salemites, Vertigo exclaims ‘We are 665 to one, Vision - so face, not, the withering forces of New Salem united!’ At Vertigo’s command, the New Salemites begins their chant, a with menacing intention. Then, the power that men have feared since the dawn of time begins to flow into Vertigo, who then hurls it with moonstruck madness at the Vision. The witch-fire grows stronger and stronger - but so does the solar counter-beam from the Vision’s brow which he uses to deflect the enemies power.
In mere moments, it is clear that this is not the dawn of time - it is the age of the android! Vertigo begins to flail, exclaiming that it is too much, though boasting that she will never surrender. However, eventually she falls to the ground, and the New Salemites flee as she exclaims that she cannot control it any longer. Then, like a nuclear chain reaction, the air itself begins to explode. Hydron calls out to his leader, while Thornn remarks that the Vision has beaten Vertigo, meaning without her to control the energy, they will all die.
Wanda steps up and exclaims that she can try something, though the Vision tells her that she is still weak. Wanda points out that they have no choice, and explains that Agatha once showed her how to channel her hex power, so perhaps she can channel this energy. Wanda does so, aiming the energies at the nearby mountain. The Vision can see how much of a strain it is on her, and tells her to stop. Weary, Wanda replies that she can ground the energy in the mountain.
Wanda appears as if she is about to keel over, so the Vision rushes over to her, holding her up and assuring her that he is with her. Suddenly, an astral image of Agatha Harkness appears before Wanda. ‘Wanda! Don’t just channel the power! Use it, darling girl! Use it!’ Agatha exclaims. Wanda looks rather confused, but surges on, until eventually, the mountain explodes, and New Salem is destroyed.
The Vision congratulates Wanda, before informing her that the witches of New Salem are no more. Wanda tidies her hair as she exclaims that the witches are gone, but Agatha isn’t. ‘Agatha? What do you mean?’ asks the Vision, to which Wanda asks if he didn’t see her. The Vision asks Wanda what she is talking about, before noticing that she is feverish. Wanda wonders if it was from beyond the grave that Agatha appeared, explaining to the Vision that ever since they entered this village she sensed Agatha, as a living presence, and now she saw Agatha when she was at her weakest moment - telling her to use the magic power.
‘Use it? Use it how?’ asks the Vision as he helps Wanda to her feet. Wanda replies that she isn’t certain yet, while thinking that she knows what she thought Agatha had meant, so in the split second she had to make her decision. Holding her stomach, Wanda wonders if ‘Maybe…just maybe…!’


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The Others call it…All Hallow’s Eve!
It is a crisp, clear Thursday night in New York City. For most people, it is also the start of a long weekend, because it is also a sort-of holiday - one they look forward to celebrating every year with keen anticipation. But if you asked them why, most people would have to get back to you!
The former Avenger known only as the Vision is all dressed up in a tuxedo, and approaches a club called Magic Mansion. Entering, he is greeted by his new friend, Ilya Zarkov. ‘Vision! You came! I’m so glad!’ Ilya exclaims, to which the Vision greets Ilya, before asking if he calls him Illusion when inside his club. A curtain is suddenly pulled aside, and a woman enters the foyer, ‘He’ll answer to either, whether here or at home in Leonia - but you must always call my Glynis!’ Ilya’s wife exclaims, smiling. The Vision smiles, and tells Glynis that “Glamor” suits her better.
Glynis tells the Vision that he is sweet, before asking him how anyone ever thought he was an “emotionless android”. The Vision replies ‘Very easily’ and explains to Glynis that there was a control crystal inside him which limited his responses, like a governor on an engine. He explains that not long before he met the two of them he tore it out, and every month since then, he has discovered more and more freedom in what he calls his soul.
Illusion tells Vision that indeed it is a soul, for since they became neighbors, he has shown only kindness to he and his wife, which is not the act of a robot. Ilya informs the Vision that he and Glynis decided years ago to use their powers of molecular control to develop an act of stage-magic, to make money and start this club. They never socialized with the super heroes, and knows that it would have been easy for the Vision and Wanda to dismiss them because they never attempted to save the world as they have. The Vision replies that he and Wanda would have never dismissed them, and reminds him that they moved to Leonia to escape the concentration of heroes - and villains - here in Manhattan, though it is very pleasant to find one couple who knows what it means to be set apart.
Glamor replies that she and Ilya say the same of the Vision and Wanda, before asking where Wanda is tonight, as she was hoping both of them would accept the invitation to the Halloween Spectacular. Illusion asks if there is anything wrong with the baby, to which the Vision replies there is nothing wrong with the baby, ‘But as you say, it’s Halloween - and she’s the Scarlet Witch!’
Meanwhile, at the home of the mighty Scarlet Witch and the android Vision in Leonia, Wanda has gathered some candles, incense, a chalice, a sword and a wand, so she thinks that she is all prepared, though realizes that there is still half an hour until she needs to begin, so perhaps this is a good time to make some calls. ‘The long distance rates go down after dark, don’t they?’ she thinks to herself, before she makes a little laugh, for the distance her signal lasers across is the distance from here to the moon - and the home of the Uncanny Inhumans, where lives her only brother, Pietro Maximoff, better known as Quicksilver.
‘Are you sitting down, Pietro?’ Wanda asks as her image appears on a computer screen in Quicksilver’s home. Pacing about, Pietro reminds his sister that he does not like to sit, before informing her that he and Crystal must be leaving shortly, as he has introduced the custom of trick or treat to the Inhumans, and they are accompanying Luna on her rounds. ‘You asked for it then - because your daughter’s going to have a cousin!’ Wanda announces. ‘What? Wanda I believe your transmission is scrambled!’ Pietro exclaims. ‘No it isn’t, baby brother! I’m going to have a child!’ Wanda states again.
Quicksilver throws his arms up into the air reminding his sister that he was only born thirty seconds after her, so she cannot call him “baby brother”, especially as he is a leading citizen of the Great Refuge - and a responsible husband and father. He points out that even when they were outcast children, she knew that he did not like to be - ‘Pietro!’ exclaims Wanda, interrupting her brothers rant. ‘Called “Baby brother”!’ Pietro concludes, before Wanda asks him what he thinks.
‘…the Vision is not the father, of course…!’ Pietro assumes. Wanda raises a hand to her forehead and asks her brother how he could even think that, for of course the Vision is the father, but she is not going to discuss the details. ‘The Vision is the father!’ Pietro exclaims, before recalling that for many years he opposed the relationship between his sister and a mechanical man, and there was much bitterness. But now, Pietro smiles and congratulates his sister, and the Vision, and tells Wanda that he loves her, before asking what their father thinks of all this.
Wanda replies that she hasn’t told Magneto yet, in fact she hasn’t told anyone but Pietro. She explains to her brother that it has been their secret this past month, and that no matter how much they have learned about their fathers softer side, it is still hard to imagine telling such news to the likes of him. Pietro tells Wanda that he agrees, and while he accepts the story of Magneto siring them, there is still too much time that he held them captive in his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for him to ever see Magneto as a sympathetic figure.
Wanda remarks that she will have to call Magneto, as he will know soon enough when she begins to show. Pietro suggests that they finish talking  about Magneto, and asks his sister what she is doing to celebrate her witches’ festival tonight. ‘Something more outré than trick or treat I imagine!’ Wanda smiles, and explains to Pietro that this is the night when the veils between the living and dead are thinnest - so she is going to do a ritual to contact her mentor, Agatha Harkness, before adding that she is far more caught up with life than death right now. Wanda supposes that she should get on with it, before asking Quicksilver if he would consider leaving the Moon next month and bringing his family to her home for Thanksgiving. Pietro replies that of course he will, and that he shall try and visit earlier, but the militia is taking up a great deal of his time. ‘I understand, baby brother!’ Wanda jokes, before telling him to reserve Thanksgiving for her, and bids him good night.
Wanda leaves the computer before wondering if she should call Magneto tonight, but decides that she is not really ready yet, and a more pressing matter is what Agatha meant when she appeared to her and whispered “prepare”. Wanda sets her candles in a circle while thinking to herself that Vision was sensible enough to accept Glynis and Ilya’s invitation and leave her to her incantations - for he will never be a witch! Sitting in the circle of candles now, Wanda wishes that she felt more magical and less motherly at the moment. She asks her unborn child how it is doing, ‘Ready to go look for Mommy’s friend?’
Since the first humans huddled together for warmth, they’ve felt the need to defy what they couldn’t control - and very few have ever controlled the darkness. Great religions were built on the worship of the light which drives darkness away - but others have worshipped darkness and light as equals and lovers - and no matter how the powers it bestows have been misused, witchcraft is first and foremost the old religion. Halloween is the night witches pay their respects to the abyss. Wanda casts her spell, and Agatha’s ethereal image appears before her.
Agatha calls out to Wanda, who replies that she can see her, but that she is so faint. Agatha tells Wanda that the life within her is diverting her, that she is not acting as she was taught. Wanda points out that she is not the person she was when she taught her, and that she has life within her. Wanda tells Agatha that she thinks it was she who helped her with the magic that put it there. Agatha explains to Wanda that her concern now is for life’s future. ‘Agatha? You’re fading again! Come back!’ exclaims Wanda. ‘Beware…beware!’ is all Agatha replies before she vanishes.
Wanda casts a hex sphere, hoping she can use it to bring Agatha back through again, and it appears to be working, as Agatha begins to form again - however, Wanda gets a great fright when the barrier between the realms is breached, and a decaying member of Salem’s Seven reaches out to her. ‘It is not Dame Agatha who seeks you now, mutants - it is her grandson - Thorn!’ Wanda exclaims that he is dead, like all the other witches of New Salem. ‘Of course!’ Thornn exclaims as he grabs Wanda, who screams.
Back at Magic Mansion, the Vision sits at a table close to the stage, where Illusion announces that he is going to saw his wife not just in half, but into ten pieces. The Glamor is amused at how the audiences oohs and aahs, thinking to herself that she can control her every molecule so as to separate and then to reform without injury, and since Ilya can control the molecules of anything he touches, the saw blade need never really touch her. ‘How many, I wonder, expect to hear me scream?’
It is the Vision who in fact scream, and getting to his feet, he thinks that this cannot be happening, as he felt magick in his head. Ilya calls out to his friend, while the Vision is confused, as he doesn’t know what magick is, he has no feel for it - only Wanda. ‘Wanda! Something’s happening to her!’ the Vision exclaims. Glamor asks Illusion what is going on, but Ilya replies that he doesn’t know, as it is not his doing. Agatha Harkness’ form appears, remarking that stage magic is not real magick, but nevertheless the mood in this hall serves her - the mood must suit her.
One of the patrons gets to his feet, deciding that he has had enough, though one of his friends tells him to relax, as Glamor and Illusion always do something spectacular. Agatha informs the Vision that his wife has been taken - taken by those who die but will not lie quietly. Agatha explains to him that she tried to warn Wanda, but that she is not what she once was. The Vision asks Agatha Harkness where Wanda is, and as the old woman fades from view, she whispers ‘The Druid Tome…destroy the Druid Tome…!’
Illusion calls to the audience, telling them that is all for this evening, and if any of them are dissatisfied, their money will be refunded. He thanks them for attending these rites as Glamor asks the Vision what the old woman meant. The Vision replies that he doesn’t know, as Agatha simply said “Destroy the Druid Tome”, but he knows that it is already destroyed!
In the path between the realms, Thornn drags Wanda to what he calls her new home, revealing to her that he and his brothers and sisters have existed for nothing but this moment of revenge. Wanda arrives in the dark realm, held to the ground by Thornn, as five more of Salem’s Seven approach her. ‘I was Vertigo - you caused my head to detonate!’ the headless one exclaims. ‘Within Vakume’s shell, no bone remains unshattered!’ Vakume declares. Brutacus boasts that he was once the strongest of all - but now he has no arms. Hydron reminds Wanda that he controlled liquids - that is until she reduced him to this gelatinous slime. ‘Only Reptilla can regenerate her serpentine coils!’ the serpent woman remarks, before Thornn exclaims that he will never heal on this side of the veil.
The grandchildren of Agatha Harkness all close in on Wanda, while Thornn holds her in place as he tells her that this is a nightmare which has only begun, for even as she has come to the Dead Realm, she will now have to assist in the sending of Darkness to the Land of Life. Wanda tells her foes that they are insane, for although her hex power is formidable, it cannot create life, and explains to them that it was only through the use of more traditional magic that she was able to create one life.
Suddenly, Wanda screams ‘No! Oh no!’ as she realizes what the Salemites’ plan is, and Thornn declares that it is Wanda’s child who holds the key to the doorway - her child who has the power that was stolen from them, ‘And who will return it all tonight!’ ‘NO!’ screams Wanda, unleashing a massive surge of power she knocks the Salemites away from her, enabling her to flee. Glancing back over her shoulders, Wanda sees that Salem’s Seven are not hurt, and tells herself that she learned from Agatha that you cannot hurt those who have left their bodies, yet behind her foes, she can see other shadowy figures.
However it is one such figure in front of her that Wanda funs into. A green creature tells Wanda that there is no place to run, for on this night of All Hallows, the dead are everywhere! ‘Then I’ll fight you everywhere!’ Wanda exclaims, blasting the creature, before running off again, with the Salem’s Seven in hot pursuit. ‘You won’t have the baby and you won’t have me! Whatever your mad dreams, the Scarlet Witch takes care of her own!’ Wanda calls back, while unbeknownst to her, standing behind the Salemites is a large shadowy figure with glowing green eyes, who remarks that the Scarlet Witch’s victory in New Salem occurred in summer sunshine, while tonight, the dark is all. ‘Tonight the light is faint and very far away!’
Back in Leonia, the Vision enters his home, followed by Glamor and Illusion, and calls out to Wanda, but sees that she is gone - just as he felt. Ilya apologizes to the Vision and assures him that he drove as fast as he could. The Vision replies that he knows, and assures Ilya that it was far faster than he can fly, for he can only glide with the winds. The Vision sighs that he was useless when his wife needed him, before Glamor reminds him of the woman who appeared and said that the Druid Tome would help.
Putting on his costume, the Vision reminds Glynis that he told her Wanda burned the Druid Tome and that he doesn’t even know what that was on their stage. He informs the Zarkov’s that Agatha Harkness taught Wanda witchcraft, but that Agatha died five months ago, although Wanda has claimed she has seen Agatha since, he never has. The Vision remarks that although he is more human these days, he is still too technological to see ghosts. ‘Or - visions?’ Glamor asks. ‘Or the nose on your face?’ asks Ilya, before telling the Vision to forgive him, but he should take it from one whose forte is misdirection - ‘Don’t let your new human emotions block your reason!’
Ilya remarks that although Wanda burned the book, it does not mean the book is destroyed, and asks of its ashes. The Vision exclaims that there were ashes but that they were swept up and thrown away - and that was in their previous house of two years ago. The Vision remarks that if any were left, they would be those which went up the chimney and floated out over the village. Illusion tells the Vision that if he can find just one speck of the ashes, then he will be able to use his powers of molecular control to draw every other remnant together. The Vision recalls that Ilya had told him he can control anything he touches for one minute, even if it is no longer in one piece, but he never imagined he had power like that.
Ilya points out that the Vision has the hard job, and asks him if he will be able to find that one single speck. As he floats up through the ceiling, the Vision calls back that he has an idea. Floating out over the town, the Vision thinks to himself that if he accepts that Agatha did appear to him, she must know that the Druid Tome still exists, otherwise there would have been no point to such a feat. The Vision sees the site of his and Wanda’s old home, and although he knows that the ashes from the Druid Tome would be indistinguishable from those of the house, while ashes which landed in grass and trees would have long since washed away, however there is one - and only one chance.
The Vision recalls how as the smoke spewed from the chimney, he was in its path, battling a child in a costume who had been turned into a real ghost by the book’s spells. Vision thinks to himself that Halloween costumes are worn but once a year, so if he can find that child, and if she still has the sheet and has not washed it… ‘It must be possible! It must!’ However, the Vision’s next concern is how long the process will take.
Back in the Dark Realm, Wanda wonders how long she has be running - it seems like hours. Wanda hopes that this isn’t hurting her baby, and tells her baby that she used to be an Avenger, before realizing that she hasn’t heard anything pursuing them. Suddenly, a large figure rises from the ground in front of Wanda. ‘Why should they pursue you, sister mutant - when the numbers of the dead are endless?!’ Wanda is shocked at who is before her - ‘Jean Grey - Marvel Girl!’ Wanda exclaims, ‘No, witch - only Dark Phoenix!’
More dead beings rise from the ground - ‘I was a god, Avenger - Korvac, the Enemy! Yet I passed onward!’ exclaims Wanda’s one-time foe Korvac. ‘And Dracula was the living dead, yet here am I as well! How much more easily shall the life of a babe be ended?’ the Vampire king remarks. Wanda blasts the dead, only to discover that her strongest spell does not touch them, for they have no substance. ‘None of us does!’ exclaims Baron Zemo as he appears with a host of other deceased beings and the Salem’s Seven. ‘Which is why the realm you represent holds such temptation for our kind!’ Zemo adds.
‘If none of you has any substance - get out of my way!’ Wanda screams, unleashing a powerful, blinding light, though Zemo remarks that they have all the substance they need for this realm. Someone grabs Wanda, telling her that there is no pain, no heaviness for those unencumbered by flesh, while Egghead reminds Wanda that she is a witch, so she should know that death always supersedes life. ‘And that’s why life is so precious!’ Wanda thinks to herself, before shocking her foes away with a hex, and realizes that she is tiring, for she has been throwing stronger and stronger hexes. Wanda tells her unborn child to stay strong, ‘Mommy knows how precious you are!’
Suddenly, a woman nearby exclaims ‘Your life was precious to me, Wanda! I ran from your father to give life to you and Pietro!’ Wanda looks at the woman, ‘You - you can’t be - my mother!’ she gasps. The woman exclaims that she was Magda the Gypsy, and tells Wanda that her mystic blood flows through Wanda’s veins. ‘I do not want your death, but you must feel as keenly as I that all life ends!’ Magda exclaims, before pointing out that wild things run riot this night, and any gypsy caught far from her home fires must expect to pay the price!
Wanda calls to her mother, asking for her help and for her to help the baby when suddenly a man rises from the ground, ‘She can’t, Wanda - any more than Maddy and I can!’ the yellow-clad man exclaims. Bob Frank a.k.a. the Whizzer stands with his wife and teammate Madeline a.k.a. Miss America as he tells Wanda that he loves her as much as any real father. Madeline tells Wanda that even the Whizzer and Miss America do not have the power to go against these hordes tonight. Wanda turns from the Golden Age heroes who she believed were her birth parents, and exclaims that it is too cruel brining them into this.
‘Cruelty is the hall mark of him who rules this night, darling girl!’ exclaims Agatha Harkness. Wanda turns and sees her former mentor, tied to a burning stake, as Agatha warns Wanda not to believe everything she sees in his grim realm. Wanda is shocked to see Agatha, and Agatha reveals that she has been strapped to this stake since her grandchildren burned her at Midsummer, and points out that she did her best to warn Wanda, but she could not oppose him. Wanda asks who “him” is, when the dark figure with glowing green eyes makes his presence known to her. Carrying his scythe, he exclaims ‘Foolish witch! All ghosts and goblins ride the winds this night, but only one rules it - Samhain the Embodiment of All Hallows!’
The Vision thinks of Samhain at that moment too, and tells himself that he has been so busy seeking the book that he forgot who dwelt inside it. The Vision recalls how Samhain sought to obtain life with Wanda’s magicks, until the burning of his book foiled his schemes. However, if the book still exists, then Samhain has had time to plain anew. The Vision spies a young woman leaving the library, and realizes that she is no longer a child, but this is certainly the one she fought the other Halloween. The Vision drops to the ground and tells the startled young woman that it is urgent that he speaks with her.
Moments later, the Vision is at the young woman’s home and she shows him to the attic, where she thinks the sheet is kept. The young woman finds the sheet and points out that her mother had no use for a sheet with holes in it, so she kept it to wear some other time. Handing it to the Vision she points out that it is rather dusty. The Vision replies that it is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. He then flies out of the attic window, assuring the young woman that he will return it. ‘Holly! My name is Holly!’ she calls back.
Soon, the Vision floats back into his home, announcing to the Zarkovs that he has it. Illusion points out that they have no way of telling which is the dust they want, but he will draw the remnants of everything on this robe and sort it out afterwards. Illusion touches the sheet, but with added performer’s panache. As the Vision throws open the shutters, what had been a still night begins to sigh with a rising wind.
Back in the Dark Realm, Samhain declares that all the worlds dwell in darkness, that light enters the worlds but cannot stay when darkness lurks behind every rock! He exclaims that he is the Embodiment of Darkness, and boasts that he will be so much more. Samhain tells Wanda that the energy caught up in her child can support him in her world, and that when it does, the world will see fear and madness such as none has heretofore dared dream. Wanda exclaims that this is impossible, for Samhain was tied to the Druid Tome, which she destroyed. Samhain assures Wanda that it exists - in a million minute fragments, adding that thanks to the way she scattered it into the winds, it can never be threatened by mortal men again.
Back in Leonia, several different objects have re-materialized on the sheet, and Illusion motions to a book - the Druid Tome. He explains that parts of it have washed away or rotted over time, but that every speck left in Leonia has returned to its original configuration. The Vision assures Ilya that he owes him more than he can ever repay, before asking his friends to stand away, as he is going to use the solar beam from his brow to burn the book again - but this time with such a pure heat as to reduce it to free atoms. The Vision points out that since they are deep into the night, it will take a few moments to draw the requisite power.
Meanwhile, Samhain announces ‘Let the spell of Transferral begin!’, and his scythe lights up. Wanda thinks to herself that her hexes have failed her so far, but wonders what will happen if she strikes Samhain in the same spot over and over. Wanda knows that she has to stop Samhain, as there is no one else but her - but he must not be allowed to hurt her baby. Wanda casts a spell in her head, but she is weak, and after a moment stumbles to the ground. Thornn announces that the Scarlet Witch has drained herself, and Samhain laughs, boasting that nothing can stop him now. Suddenly though, Samhain feels a certain warmth.
Back in Leonia, Glamor exclaims that the Vision will burn his house down if he doesn’t release that energy soon, but Ilya points out that he doesn’t think the Vision cares.
Samhain realizes that someone is attacking the Druid Tome, but doesn’t understand how it could be possible. Nevertheless, he thinks that they are too late, for with his final words the incantation is complete - ‘As from this world at last I’m -’ Samhain is cut off in his sentence, and the Druid Tome is burned, ‘Gone, never to return!’ the Vision exclaims standing over the place where the book was burned.
Samhain begins to glow - he realizes now that the Tome is dead, that his link to the world of light has been severed. Wanda opens her eyes and thinks she sees salvation as Samhain begins to decay - but like all else here, salvation is a black illusion, and a voice cackles ‘No longer can I hold the form of Samhain, but the form of the child still awaits me! No matter what I am - I live! And shall live!’
Suddenly, Agatha Harkness, in the burning flames, exclaims that the time then has come for her to act. Dark Phoenix, Dracula and Zemo turn from her as she addresses Samhain, reminding him that he was once invincible on this night of All Hallows, but ever since she discovered his scheme, she knew that not ever her extraordinary powers could stand against him. Agatha reveals to Samhain that she projected her warnings, and when Wanda proved too distracted to perform as a witch should, she pierced the veils to reach Wanda’s husband - she had to do what she could.
Agatha remarks that she loves little children, and always has. Her strength returning, Agatha exclaims that the Vision did what she prayed he would, and thus taking from Samhain the form which made him unique on this unique night, he is left only as energy. ‘Incredible energy yes, but in that, you are not unique!’ Agatha exclaims, growing in size to match that of Samhain’s energy form. ‘Deranged old crone! Whatever magicks you summon, nothing can stop me once I say the wizard words - as from this world at last I’m fled!’ Samhain declares.
The transfer begins, but Agatha declares that Samhain will not transfer into Wanda’s child, ‘But these - the rotten flesh of my flesh!’ she exclaims, motioning to her mangled grandchildren. Samhain is split into six energy beams as he is redirected to Salem’s Seven, crying ‘No! If I flow into them I’ll be trapped here forever - with - my - dark - force - forever - fragmented!’ With that, Samhain is trapped in Agatha’s grandchildren.
Wanda turns to Agatha who has resumed normal size, and Agatha assures her friend that Samhain will never menace her again, ‘And neither will the unquiet dead of New Salem - love them though I did…once’.
Wanda is returned to her home, and Agatha declares that at last she can go to her long-awaited rest-in-peace, and fades from view. The Vision and Wanda embrace, and Wanda smiles, exclaiming that the baby is all right.


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A small rocket sweeps up off the crater floor of the Moon, swirling clouds of moonlight-gray dust behind it. The small craft begins its pre-programmed arc towards the beautiful blue Earth below. And somewhere in New Jersey, not far from the spot where Orson Welles set his Martian invasion in “War of the Worlds”, the space craft silently lands. Three figures clamber from it, their heads lifted to smell the unfamiliar air. They leave their space craft and make their way through the early Winter’s fastness to a house - a house we have all seen before, where one fateful moment later, they are greeted by a man known only as…the Vision!
‘Pietro! Crystal! And little Luna! Come in, come! The turkey’s cooking and the party’s in full swing!’ the Vision exclaims to his brother-in-law and his wife and their daughter. Pietro “Quicksilver” Maximoff, his royal wife, Crystalia Amequelin of the Inhumans, and their human child enter the large living area of the Vision and Scarlet Witch’s home, indeed the party is already in full swing with many guests. The Vision offers to take Luna’s flight suit, before pointing out to his in-laws that they already know Captain America and the Wasp of the Avengers, and reveals that the Sub-Mariner has now joined the group. This surprises Quicksilver, who turns to Prince Namor and remarks that he never would have expected him to join a group. ‘The sea is never still - why should life be?’ Namor replies.
Captain America approaches Quicksilver, a former Avenger also, and tells him that they haven’t seen each other for a long time. Crystal smiles and tells Cap that they didn’t know he was going to be here. Cap explains that Wanda invited all the Avengers, but that the others were all on personal missions. Janet Van Dyne a.k.a. the winsome Wasp gets up from the sofa and exclaims that, personally, she would never miss thanksgiving in the country. Pietro acknowledges Stephen Strange, the Sorcerer Supreme Dr. Strange and asks him if he has also joined the Avengers. Strange replies that he hasn’t, explaining that he is Wanda’s physician during her pregnancy.
The Vision introduces his in-laws to Glynis and Ilya Zarkov, otherwise known as Glamor and Illusion, who are their neighbors. Quicksilver reveals he knows who they are, and remarks that as he was born with the power of swift movement, he has long admired their sleight-oh-hand displays. Glamor thanks Quicksilver, as a well-dressed man approaches Pietro and Crystal and introduces himself as Norm Webster, the man who sold Wanda her new house. An elderly woman joins in, revealing that she is Martha Williams, mother of Wonder Man and the Vision. ‘You’ll have to explain that one to me!’ Crystal asks Martha, who answers ‘If you’ll explain to me how you live on the Moon, Crystal!’ ‘I want to hear both these stories!’ Norm declares.
Suddenly, Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. the mighty Scarlet Witch approaches her brother and kisses him on the cheek, glad that he is here, she tells him she was afraid he would get caught up with his Militia work or something. Wanda greets her sister-in-law, before kneeling down to say hello to her niece, Luna. Luna hides behind her mother as Crystal points out that Luna is still shy around people she doesn’t know. Suddenly, the doorbell chimes again. Wanda and the Vision glance at each other, before the door is opened, and everyone gathers around, as an elderly man enters, ‘Good afternoon, everyone…men call me - Magneto!’
Crystal glances at her husband as Wanda greets her father and allows him inside. Everyone in the room tenses up, before anxiously returning to the living room. Magneto thanks the Vision, before approaching Quicksilver, Cryst and Luna. Pietro and Magneto greet each other, before Magneto holds out a gift which he has brought for his granddaughter. Luna however just huddles into her mother. Crystal tells Magneto not to think anything of it, and explains that Luna is shy. Magneto looks away, for although he is a man, a mutant man, who has entered this warm and cheerful home, he is a man whose difference from all other men cannot be seen, but before he entered, his reputation preceded him.
Quicksilver turns to his sister and asks if he could see how the delicious smelling turkey is doing, hinting that he wants to get her alone. The twins enter Wanda’s kitchen, and Pietro exclaims ‘You didn’t tell me he was coming!’ Wanda explains that it was a last minute thing, adding that they told everyone else about the baby but she couldn’t put it off anymore, adding that when she phoned Magneto, it was so close to Thanksgiving that she couldn’t not invite him. Wanda reminds Pietro that he said he accepted Magneto as their father, to which Pietro mutters that living on the Moon he always knows when to expect Magneto, before telling Wanda that this puts a completely different complexion on her party. ‘How kind of you to say!’ Wanda snaps back.
Pietro asserts that it does, and remarks that a biological “moment” a generation ago when Magneto fathered them does not out weigh the time he enslaved them in his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Wanda replies that at that time Magneto didn’t know they were his children, anymore than they themselves did. ‘Nevertheless, it was extremely inconsiderate of you not to warn me!’ Quicksilver exclaims. Tears in her eyes, Wanda apologizes, to which Pietro asks her why she is crying. Wanda replies that she just does sometimes, that it is something to do with her changing hormones. ‘I don’t want to hear about it!’ Quicksilver declares before marching back out to the party.
Back in the lounge, the Sub-Mariner asks the Vision how he has enjoyed his departure from the Avengers’ ranks. The Vision replies that his thoughts have, naturally, been occupied with their expected child, so he hasn’t really thought about the Avengers - except for the West Coast branch, where his brother is. Captain America snaps his fingers and exclaims excitedly that ‘Speaking of old groups’, he just had the wildest thought. Cap remarks that the synthezoid body of the Vision once belonged to the original Human Torch, although the Vision is an entirely different person, without the Torch’s memories, ‘But if you had them, we’d have the three main members of the Invaders here!’
Namor smiles, ‘By Neptune’s Trident! I never realized - but that’s true! You survived after World War II by being frozen, I simply age at a much slower rate than surface dwellers - and this android body was rebuilt!’ The Vision tells Captain America that it is an interesting idea, but that the rebuilding of this android body did destroy the Torch’s personality completely, ‘So I cannot see myself as anyone but myself! If this body fought beside you two in the 1940’s, I didn’t!’ Nevertheless, the Vision silently agrees that it is an interesting idea.
Across the room, Glamor and Illusion keep watchful eyes on Magneto, while Martha Williams remarks that it is certainly interesting “hob-nobbing” with super heroes after trying to ignore the wars between her sons for so long. Martha then asks the Wasp if she has any children. Janet, holding a martini, smiles and exclaims that she and Hank never accomplished that, before revealing that they are now divorced. Martha begins to apologize, but Janet tells her not to, and informs Martha that Hank is affiliated with the West Coast branch, where her son Wonder Man is, ‘And I’m Chairwoman of out East Coast group!’ Janet adds that neither she nor Hank has time for kids, before explaining that Hank did build one once…. ‘Well, I never had conversations like this at the bridge club!’ Martha laughs.
Nearby, Norm Webster stands with Crystal and little Luna, and asks Crystal if she doesn’t get lonely living on the moon. ‘Not at all!’ Crystal replies, explaining that they are no more accessible than when the Great Refuge was in the Himalayas, and adds that she is used to being alone. Norm points out that Crystal is married and also now a mother. Crystal tells Norm that is correct, before remarking that Pietro does spend too much time with his Militia, ‘Right darling?’ she asks as Quicksilver joins them. Pietro just grunts in reply.
Illusion decides to speak to Magneto, and remarks that the weather has been remarkably forbearing this Fall. Glamor smiles and asks Magneto if he thinks that they will have a white Christmas. ‘It is possible!’ Magneto replies, before thinking to himself that he was a fool to come here, as his children do not love him and he is fully responsible for that fact. He reminds himself that he has other children to guide now - the New Mutants - and no matter what they think of him, they cannot ignore his authority. However, the New Mutants have gone to visit the group known as Power Pack this holiday, leaving him alone. ‘Better to be alone by one-self than in a crowd’ Magneto decides, when suddenly Wanda and the Vision enter the lounge, with Wanda announcing that dinner is served.
(And just in time too, because even people who love continuity as much as we do are starting to get a little dizzy here) - and Wanda has outdone herself on the feast as everyone gathers around to help themselves.
Several hours later, Dr. Strange exclaims ‘That was wonderful!’ and remarks that no one else in his household appreciates Thanksgiving the way he does. The Sub-Mariner grimaces as he recalls how Magneto tricked him into attacking the X-Men, then threw some machine at him with his powers. The Wasp remembers how Magneto set the X-Men and Avengers against each other, and he would have killed them all if his little slave, the Toad, hadn’t turned on him, fed up with the constant abuse. Martha Williams tells herself that she didn’t realize who Magneto was when he came in without a costume on, and wonders how everyone else can be so calm around him. Magneto looks around at everyone and sips his drink, while Dr. Strange recalls how Magneto nearly destroyed the Defenders.
Shortly, Captain America, Dr. Strange, the Sub-Mariner and the Wasp are all about to take their leave. Cap tells Wanda that the evening has been great, but they have to get back to the Mansion, Avengers business and all. Strange explains that he has some experiments to conduct later tonight, so he will be going as well, while the Wasp assures Wanda that she likes her house, ‘Much better than the old one!’ The Sub-Mariner smiles at Wanda and informs her that he fancied her once, so it is really pleasing to see her so radiant. Wanda smiles back and thanks Namor, assuring him that she is happy - even though she has started to wear a looser costume. ‘On you it looks perfect! Your husband is a lucky man!’
Martha informs everyone that she is going to go help Wanda to clean up, and Crystal decides to accompany her. Glamor kneels by Luna and asks if Luna would like to see some tricks while her mother is busy. Suddenly though, Magneto declares that he would like a moment alone with his daughter, if they do not mind. Nervously, Martha replies ‘No, not at all’ while Crystal exclaims ‘If Wanda…?’ Wanda is standing in the doorway and assures her sister-in-law that it is fine, and tells her father that she will be glad to talk with him.
In the kitchen, Magneto admits to Wanda that he has been a bad father to her, explaining that like the Vision, he came to his humanity late. He points out that he was in no condition to be a father, or a husband, for many years. ‘I was a cause, a vow - not a man!’ Wanda begins to say something, but Magneto asks her to let him speak. He reminds her that in the ‘39-’45 war he suffered the persecution of so many Middle Europeans who failed to qualify as blond Aryan Homo Sapiens. ‘I alone had the power to fight back against the Nazis, and I used it!’ Magneto adds that he swore eternal vengeance of those who seek to destroy the different.
Magneto claims that he struck in behalf of all mutants, that his ideal was pure - nevertheless, he hated the world, and so struck as an “evil mutant”. Magneto tells Wanda that he does not ask forgiveness, for that she must see that he hardly saw her as a person when he held her loyalty in the Brotherhood. Wanda replies that she sees it, and knows that he asks for her acceptance, as he has asked before. ‘But I can’t give my acceptance, Magneto’. Wanda tells Magneto that she remembers how he treated she and Pietro as “non-persons” - exactly the way he was treated - constant cruelty and the threat of death if they disobeyed him. Wanda recalls how Magneto saved Pietro and she from a crowd which had become angered by Wanda’s use of her hex power. ‘Whoever you are - I owe you my life!’ Wanda said to Magneto long ago, ‘And you held that debt over me like a club!’ she reminds him.
Wanda reminds Magneto that he told she and her brother that they are Homo Superior, born to rule the Earth. ‘The humans must be our slaves’ he told them, for the humans are their natural enemies, ‘And together, with our super human powers, we can conquer them all!’ Quicksilver told Magneto that he was not convinced, but that as long as his sister stayed then he would too, for he has no love for humans either.
Wanda stands up from her chair and declares ‘Freeing ourselves of you was the greatest moment in out lives - greater even, I think, than our joining the Avengers!’ Wanda tells Magneto that if he wants her acceptance, then he is going to have to do a lot more than ask for it. Wanda begins to tell her father that she will not deny him his right as her child’s grandfather, when Magneto suddenly tells Wanda that she is hysterical. ‘I have a right to be!’ Wanda snaps back.
Suddenly, there is a knock at the kitchen door that leads outside. ‘Hello? Is anyone there?’ a young woman calls. Wanda opens the door, and for a moment is unsure who stands before her, when she realizes it is the girl from the library - who also happens to be the one who was caught up in the ghost sheet debacle. The young woman introduces herself as Holly Ladonna and explains that she wished to talk with Wanda, but can see that she is busy. Wanda glances back at a scowling Magneto, and tells Holly that she is not busy.
Back in the living room, Illusion plays a musical instrument for his wife, Quicksilver and Luna, while the Vision chats with his mother, and Crystal eagerly talks with Norm Webster. Magneto suddenly storms out of the kitchen, slamming the door, he then takes his coat and as everyone watches him, he flies out of Wanda’s home and into the air, unbeknownst to himself, he is also being watched by a quartet of strangely familiar beings. However, soon, Magneto turns and flies back down to his daughters home.
Inside, the Vision remarks to Martha that both he and Wanda found their parents unexpectedly, but that his mother and Wanda’s father couldn’t be anymore different! Martha exclaims that she is probably being silly after her son became the Grim Reaper, but Magneto really frightened her, ‘Are there any more surprises hidden in her family, Vision?!’ Martha asks. The Vision begins to reply, but Martha is shocked to see Magneto come up behind the Vision, asking him if they could speak outside. ‘The way you spoke to my wife?’ Vision asks. Magneto asks the Vision again, and tells Quicksilver to come along too. Both men are unhappy about it, but oblige.
Standing on the front steps of Wanda and the Vision’s house, Quicksilver tells his father that he didn’t like the sound of what transpired in the kitchen. Magneto tells Quicksilver to forget that, and reveals to his son and son-in-law that they are under attack, but he did not want Wanda alarmed. ‘The three of us will have to handle this!’ Quicksilver asks what it is they have to handle, when Magneto points out four beings racing towards them - ‘The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!’ Magneto, Quicksilver, the Toad and Mastermind all rush towards Magneto, Quicksilver and the Vision.
‘But there I am - and you!’ Pietro exclaims upon seeing himself in his original green costume. Pietro exclaims that it must be a trick, when suddenly his earlier self races up and smacks him to the ground. The Vision exclaims that if this is a trick, it is a good one, for the green-garbed Quicksilver is easily as fast as his brother-in-law. Magneto explains that they are all replicas of his original Brotherhood - only Wanda is missing. ‘But are they really our equals?’ he asks, when the other Magneto declares ‘No, weak-willed fool - we are your superiors! We are Homo Superior!’
Magneto uses his powers to gather up some tools and gardening equipment, and draws them close to the impostor, asking him if along with his magnetic powers he has his experience. Blocking the tools with a magnetic shield, the impostor exclaims ‘What is experience save a thorough knowledge of my own and my enemy’s tricks? All that I have and more, old man!’ The impostor Magneto boasts that all of his months of planning and preparation shall now pay off.
The Vision sees that Pietro is having trouble recovering from the blow that his double gave him, so knows he must divert the impostor while the real Pietro gathers himself. As the impostor approaches, the Vision tells him to back away. ‘You slug-like fool! You can hardly move as quickly as an ordinary man! What hope do you have against me?’ the phoney Quicksilver asks. ’We’ll find out, won’t we?’ the Vision replies, ’Yes - and very quickly!’  the green Quicksilver exclaims as he lunges for the Vision, only to pass right through him, as the Vision turned intangible, causing the impostor to crash into the side of the house. The Vision is pleased his plan worked, because it also means he can be certain that these are not mere illusions.
The impostor Quicksilver declares that he is not the domesticated Quicksilver living in a secure refuge surrounded by a light gravity, ‘I am accustomed to this sort of combat - and not so easily stunned when moving at full speed!’ As he races towards the Vision once again, he reveals that he can vibrate his body to make it as ephemeral as the Vision’s - ‘Then we shall meet on an equal footing!’ ‘Why would I want to do that?’ the Vision asks, explaining that he can become both ephemeral and as hard as diamond. He tells the impostor, who smashes into the Vision at full speed, that for someone who acts like the man who fought at his side for years, he should have known that.
With the impostor Quicksilver disposed of, the real Pietro Maximoff thanks the Vision for buying him some time, before getting back to his feet and exclaiming ‘Now let me show you why I was able to hold me own as an Avenger all those years!’ With that, Quicksilver races over to Mastermind, and the creepy old man remarks that he wondered when the outnumbered little band would turn to him - ‘The most dangerous mutant of all!’ Quicksilver suddenly finds himself wandering some strange reality, and although he knows it is just one of Mastermind’s illusions, nevertheless, it is still difficult to overcome.
Both Magnetos find themselves in the strange illusion too, and the impostor remarks ‘You’ve distinguished the name Magneto thus far, old man, but how will you resist me now?’ The real Magneto wonders indeed how he will, for of all those he commanded in his time, Mastermind was the only one he felt glad to have on his side. Magneto knows that Mastermind is one who cause any opponent, ‘Even myself’ to spend his powers on mocking mirages. Magneto knows that the only way to find Mastermind is to attack everyone within his range with amnesia or paralysis, which he can do through control of the iron in blood cells. This is within Magneto’s power, but it is incredibly taxing - but he decides against it, for attacking everyone is not acceptable.
The Vision thinks to himself that although his mind has grown more human, it continues to dwell in a computer - therefore, he doesn’t compute what the others are driven to see. Magneto uses his powers, thinking that there must be another way, when the Vision grabs Mastermind, only for the Toad to leap at Vision, ‘You won’t touch any of my friends, Vision!’ the little mutant exclaims, as the Vision remarks that he had forgotten all about the Toad. The Vision recalls Wanda telling him how Magneto always kept Toad around only to lick his boots, for the Toad’s only power was the ability to hop - which, granted, he does well.
As the Vision is knocked to the ground by the Toad, he realizes that there is something else going on, and the Toad declares that the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is destined to rule the world. ‘Magneto has said so and I believe every word!’ The Vision leaps up and grabs Toad, before calling to Magneto and telling him that he is going to touch his right shoulder. The Vision explains to Magneto that wherever he sees him, he needs to draw the blood from the head of the creature that he is holding. Magneto, still trapped in the illusion, sees the Vision holding a green reptile-like creature, and does as the Vision asked him.
In an instant, the illusion ends, and the phony Magneto, Mastermind and Quicksilver all fall to the ground, while the real Magneto, Quicksilver and Vision are left standing over the Toad. ‘The Toad!? That pitiful excuse for a mutant!’ Magneto exclaims looking at his former lackey. The Vision reveals to Magneto that once before, when he and Wanda were on their honeymoon, and Pietro had left the Avengers, the Toad attacked the Avengers with machines he had stolen from the Stranger. The Vision explains that as soon as he turned his mind to the Toad, he pulled the data from his internal copy of the Avengers’ computers records, adding that if wasn’t absent when the fight occurred with the Avengers, then he would have suspected the Toad immediately.
The Vision tells Magneto that last time, the machines created illusions, but this time the Toad seems to have mastered synthetics. ‘You talk about me like I’m a child!’ the Toad exclaims, surprising Magneto that he is awake already, and asks him what it was the possessed ‘someone like you’ to try something like this. ‘Love, master!’ the Toad replies, ‘Love for my old compatriot the Scarlet Witch!’ The Toad exclaims that the Vision is right, that he was driven to fury when he learned the Scarlet Witch had married, and again when he learned that she was going to have a baby. ‘I never ever expected she would do that with him!’
Magneto exclaims that the Toad seems as obnoxious as ever ‘And as unimaginative to try a trick so similar to one which had already failed!’ ‘Do you really think so, master?’ the Toad asks, before suddenly a small space ship above him sends down an energy shield to protect the Toad. ‘Guess again, old man!’ the Toad exclaims, while the Vision wonders where the ship came from. Magneto remarks that it has no magnetic parts, otherwise he would have sensed it. ‘That’s right! I’ve outsmarted you after all, you big oafs!’ the toad boasts.
Toad declares that he told the Avengers last time that he plundered the Stranger’s planet, so now he has devices no one on Earth’s ever dreamed of, and he has learned to use a lot of them by now. ‘I am the “obnoxious Toad” no longer! I am now the Terrible Toad-King - and I rule our evil mutants!’ the Toad boasts, excitedly exclaiming that even his synthetic Magneto ‘Where I once cringed and cowered, I now rule!’ The Toad then calls his synthetic replicas over to his side, and the energy beam enables them to pass through.
Magneto tells the Toad that for he - or anyone - to tinker with machines designed for the Stranger is to invite disaster on an unimaginable scale. ‘Not for someone as determined as I am!’ the toad replies, before exclaiming that he swore a vow to destroy those who persecuted him for his differences - not only the X-Men and the Avengers, ‘But mutants like you who disdained me - and I have thought of nothing else for years now! I know those machines like the back of my hand!’
The Toad asks how else he could have created a Magneto with powers to match the real, or a Quicksilver - suddenly, the green-clad Quicksilver punches the Toad across the face. The Vision realizes that it is the real Pietro, who explains that during the time of the illusion, he finished off the work the Vision had begun on his counterpart and realized that unlike the two Magneto’s, their costumes were virtually identical, so he only needed to change at super speed from blue to green.
The Vision remarks that it has been a long time since he has seen Pietro in action, so this was enjoyable - even if he had to see two of him! The Vision turns to Magneto and tells him that he owes him a great debt for the warning, adding that he hopes this will improve relations between he and Wanda. But Magneto tells the Vision that Wanda must not be told of his part in this battle. Naturally, the Vision asks why, to which Magneto explains that Wanda told him he must earn her acceptance, and suspects that she will think he fought in this battle to accomplish that.
Magneto remarks that he does not espouse the ideals that this man did - but he is still Magneto, meaning he does not grovel, nor seek to gain favor - and neither must he be perceived as doing so. ‘I have sworn a new vow - to gain the world’s acceptance! Let my conduct there earn my daughter’s respect - and my son’s!’ Magneto places a hand on Quicksilver’s shoulder, before taking off into the air once more, calling back ‘Tell Wanda she prepared an excellent Thanksgiving!’
Shortly, Vision and Pietro, back in his blue costume, return through the kitchen, and Wanda tells them it is about time they got back, as Glynis and Ilya are ready to leave. When she asks them if there was a problem with her father, they both reply that there wasn’t. ‘That’s good!’ Wanda exclaims, before motioning to Holly, who is doing some dishes, and tells Vision that he surely must remember his “Ghost”, and reveals that Holly would like to learn some witchcraft, so she has agreed to teach her.
Wanda remarks that Agatha Harkness told her last month that she has lost her edge in magick, and agrees with her, so teaching Holly will be a good way to keep herself in shape while she loses her physical prowess. ‘After all, you never know what’ll happen next around here!’ Wanda jokes. Vision and Quicksilver look at each other, ‘Uh, no…’ ‘You never do!’