Part 10
N/A: time to tied up some loose ends. I think.
Teresa Pryde is not exactly why is she surprised that she´s right now in a temple out of the physical laws(she´s asserting this by the citizen´s looks and by what´s floating in the sky) and is being guided by Clea, the sorceress of this dimension to assist whatever she is in need.
Of course, Terry had little choice as strange people wanted to kill her, but, is she really safe here? At the moment she´s thinking on her daughter and if her mutation was a bless or a curse or maybe both.
"We´re here because we need your help" Clea speaks again and Terry arch one eyebrow as the "we" is completely new.
"We?" Terry asked already inside the temple, there´s no way to compare this temple with anything human and Terry wonders if this is a good or bad signal.
"Yes, we!" a new voice joins the conversation and Terry sees a blonde woman wearing a green outfit and a cocky smile proving this is not a commoner and then again, Terry is alone in a strange place with people with powers. Yeah, Terry is down with luck. "I´m The Enchantress" she announced as if waiting for recognition.
"Wait, were you the one who cursed the prince to be a beast?" Terry asked more like a joke and half serious at the same time as the name Enchantress remotes to the Beauty and the Beast´s Disney version.
"Yes!" Enchantress replies easily as if not getting the point of the question. "But I´m not here to curse anyone to be a beast, Teresa Pryde, your daughter managed to save a life and the universe wants you to save one as well" and Enchantress did a PowerPoint presentation(with magic) to illustrate the situation.
They show Kitty meeting the boy in the attic and how she saved him from his abusive mother and is now with the X-men safe and sound as well the boy too.
"No, I must see my daughter" Terry speaks a bit desperate and Clea takes the word and her soothing tone manages to calm down Terry or maybe she´s casting a spell.
"Your daughter is safe. I know the X-men and I know they wouldn´t harm your daughter, but, she saved a magical boy from a cruel fate and now...the universe wants you to save another magical child from a fate even worse" Clea shows the image of Veella and well, Terry is a mother and can´t help by feeling sorry for this poor little girl(who is crying and hideaway)and it tugged her heart as the little girl seems to be afraid of one of the parents.
"Why me? I have no power, I´m just human" Terry try one last time to make them realize there´s a mistake here, yet, Clea and Enchantress shake their head.
"Yes, you´re human, and Hela can´t notice you once the kid is out there nor will sense you when we open the portal, and you wanna know why she can´t sense a portal opening in her domain?" Clea asked amused as Enchantress snaps her fingers and Loki is there.
"Because Hela will be chasing her little brother and me"
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King Doom is in Latveria, to be way more precise as Doom certainly enjoys, the monarch is in the planning room waiting for news in regards the antichrist. Thanks to Thor and lucky, the seals work perfectly and now everyone has the face and name of this antichrist and Prof X has custody of the boy...for now.
Doom is looking at a photo of the boy, yes Michael Darkholme was in the attic and had no social life, however, once he was out and his identity was proven his Doom Boots managed to take a picture of the child without anyone noticing (he admits, inwardly, that while getting a picture of the boy is important...there´s something insidious in a grow up man taking secret photos of a child)
"Ah, right on time, Wanda!" Doom exclaimed happily as Scarlet Witch appears in the planning room to relate more information in regards the Avengers, but, first, she talks the same line.
"First, the remedy for my brother" Wanda is a bit peeved that the cure for her brother´s illness comes in dosages like that and Doom often makes excuses for not give the entire pills for Wanda.
His excuse, while making sense, is that Quicksilver would try to take all the pills in one day and Wanda has to admit that her brother would do that, still, not happy to be trade information for one pill at the time.
Doom hand the pill and Wanda used her magic to transport to her brother. "Is Pietro getting better?" he asked half-caring and half-smug as Wanda sighs and nods. "He´s almost healed as his super-speed is back and he´s acting like Pietro again"
Doom nods either caring or pretending. He´s Romani and certainly can offer care for Romani people (if said Romani belongs to Doom, but, as Wanda and Pietro refused his offer...) and now waits for Wanda to give information which she gives without a hitch "You were right, Thor is hiding something, he had an...affair if I can call of such, with Hela and is going back and forth to her domains and I spotted him in Enchantress´s island" Wanda concludes.
Doom is pondering about this. So, is it possible Thor is in love with Hela or is something worse than that? How can Doom take advantage of that, in a pure coincidence Wanda saw the photo and she speak too fast without noticing the consequences. "Kitty?"
Doom now looks at the photo and to Wanda. "You know the girl in the photo and the boy?"
"I never saw this boy in my entire life, but, she? I know who she is. A little witch learning or trying to learn magic...she can phase through my seals and is pretty impressive"
Doom holds the photo and is thinking. "You know Wanda, Kitty girl could use a nice and cool teacher as yourself"
"You won´t hurt her...right?"
"Of course not, I´m not a monster, I just want to know...what Kitty Girl knows about the antichrist because, yes, Wanda, the AntiChrist is real and is right here among us and I want to have a chat with him...without anyone interference as the X-men aren´t equipped to teach magic to such young girl" Doom concludes proudly as his eyes do show some joy but is not direct to Kitty, but, at Michael Darkholme.
How can Doom explore this relationship to his advantage?
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Jean is watching as Kitty Pryde, the so-called witch(she has enough of this talk from Wanda and wants to make sure Kitty won´t be delusional as the Romani woman) who is currently jogging with Scott and the others she´s one of the few people to keep the rhythm with Scott Summers. Jean is impressed and now amused as her green eyes notice Michael way behind from the group.
Finally, Scott takes a break and people fall to the ground and Jean notices how Michael Darkholme seems really upset and Jean, being the older sister, decides to talk with the boy.
(Is her mission either way and she prefers that then the most skeevy idea Prof X offered)
"Michael, how are you?" her friendly tone is enough to get his attention. "Don´t feel bad for not keep up, I´m here for a long time and I have trouble in keeping up with Scott" Jean offers a kind smile but Micheal is frowning.
"Kitty did just fine...and what if she realizes she can be just fine without me?" Michael replies clenched his fists and remembers his mom Irene´s words. "I miss my mother" those words muttered as a secret really tugged Jean´s heart here as she sits down with Michael "she saved you and seems very protective of you, I doubt she´ll care if you can jog or not"
Kitty arrives in the scene and Jean let the two talk.
Meanwhile, Jean is not seeing the monster Prof X made Michael be...maybe, Michael really has no idea on how to use his powers and lash out against Prof X without knowing.