WONG:
What do we do with him?
(CLEARS THROAT)
That’s gotta violate an ordinance.
Ah, I’ve buried worse.
The creature that killed him, did… did it have the same markings as the octopus?
Runes.
This isn’t sorcery.
It’s witchcraft.
Do we know anyone who’s
faced such a thing?
(WANDAVISION THEME PLAYING)
I think I might.
Chocolate!
Hey! What did I say?
But we couldn’t wait.
But what did I say?
Oh! (LAUGHS)
Go wash your hands.
(TENDER MUSIC PLAYING)
Mom, come on. We’re too old for that.
Oh, okay.
You can tuck me in, Mom.
I will.
You know, a family is forever.
We could never truly leave each other, even if we tried.
Mom, I changed my mind.
You can come tuck me in if you want.
Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
Love you.
(WANDA SHIVERS)
(WANDA CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(GASPS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Apples, right?
Eventually.
Hmm.
(SNIFFS)
Smells…
Sweet.
I was gonna say real.
Oh, it’s all very real, thanks.
I’ve put the magic behind me.
So I can see.
Well, I knew sooner or later you’d show up, wanting to discuss what happened at West view.
I made mistakes, and
people were hurt…
But you put things right in the end, and that was never in doubt.
I’m not here to talk about WestView.
Then what are you here for?
We need your help.
With what?
What do you know about the Multiverse?
WANDA:
The Multiverse.
Vis had his theories.
He believed it was
real, and dangerous.
Well, he was right about both.
We found a girl who can somehow travel across it, but she’s being pursued.
Pursued by who?
Some kind of demon.
One that covets
her power for itself.
Ah.
We’ve taken her to Kamar-Taj, and we’ve got our defenses, but we could use an Avenger.
There are other Avengers.
Yeah, but given the choice between the archer with the mohawk and several bug-themed crime fighters, or one of the most powerful magic-wielders on the planet…
(LAUGHS)
…it’s an easy call.
Come to Kamar-Taj.
It’ll get you back
on the lunch box.
What if you brought
America here?
Here?
Yeah. I know what it’s like
to be on your own, hunted for
abilities you never wanted,
and I can protect her.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)
You never told me
her name, did you?
No.
Mm.
No, I didn’t.
You know, The Hex
was the easy part.
The lying, not so much.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
The Darkhold.
You’re familiar with
the Darkhold?
I know it’s the Book of the Damned, and that it corrupts everything and everyone that it touches.
I wonder what it’s done to you.
The Darkhold only
showed me the truth;
Everything I lost can
be mine again.
What do you want with America?
What do you want
with The Multiverse?
I’m going to leave this reality
and go to one where I can
be with my children.
Wanda, your children aren’t real.
You created them using magic.
That’s what every mother does.
If you knew there was a universe where you were happy, wouldn’t you want to go there?
I am happy.
I know better than most what
self-deception looks like.
What you’re doing is a flagrant
violation of every Natural Law, and if you take that child’s power, she won’t survive.
I don’t relish hurting
anyone, Stephen.
But she’s not a child.
She’s a supernatural being.
Such raw power could wreak havoc on this and other worlds.
Her sacrifice would be
for The Greater Good.
Well, you can kiss the lunch box
goodbye, ’cause that’s the kind
of justification our enemies use.
Is it the one you used when you gave Thanos The Time Stone?
That was A War, and
I did what I had to do.
You break The Rules
and become A Hero.
I do it, and I become
The Enemy.
That doesn’t seem fair.
What happens now?
Return to Kamar-Taj and prepare to hand over America Chavez by sundown.
Peacefully.
After that…
You’ll never see me again.
And if we don’t?
Then it won’t be Wanda who comes for her.
It will be the Scarlet Witch.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOFTLY) The Scarlet Witch.
Wanda’s gone.
She’s got The Darkhold, and
The Darkhold has her.
The Scarlet Witch is a being of unfathomable magic.
She can rewrite reality as she chooses, and is prophesized to either rule or annihilate the cosmos.
She took over a whole town using her mind.
If she gets America’s Power, she could enslave the entire Multiverse.
So, the person you went to ask for help, and told exactly where I am, is the person that’s trying to kill me?
