Dr. Strange

7~

Angelica walked down series of hallways and Stephen followed behind. She stopped at one room and he almost ran into her but stopped himself. She opened the door wide and allowed Stephen to walk in first.

"Bathe, rest, meditate.. if you can.. the Ancient One will send for you." She said pointing over to the conjoined bathroom and then the bed in the corner. She lit a candle and then grabbed a piece of paper and handed it to Strange, he grabbed it and looked at it as she started to walk towards the door but he followed.

"Whats this? My mantra?" He asked looking at the paper that said "Shamballa" on it.

"The Wifi password. We're not savages" Mordo said as he walked passed the room. Angelica smirked knowing Mordo was listening the whole time.

"Get some rest Mr. Strange" Angelica said.

"Uh Stephen.. call me Stephen... if I may ask without sounding creepy but where is your room?" He asked and she smiled lightly.

"Well.. Stephen, my room is conveniently right across from you. If you need anything just knock, my door is always unlocked" she said and he nodded smiling, she returned the smiled and closed his door and headed towards her.

When she walked in, she saw Mordo sitting on her bed playing with his bracelet.

"You like him" Mordo pointed out looking up at her.

"That's an interesting theory Mordo" she said calmly

"It's not a theory Angel.. it's the truth" he said standing up. He always called her Angel, short for Angelica.

"He's nice" she said

"And is you're student.. you just met him don't allow him to break your heart" Mordo said going towards her and gently kissing her forehead.

"Goodnight Angel" he said.

"Night Mordo" she replied softly and he shut her door.
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"The language of the mystic arts is as old as civilization" The ancient one explained as she sat on the ground and Stephen sat across from her. Angelica sat in the corner watching the two.

"The sorcerer of antiquity.. called the use of this language 'spells' but if that word offends your modern sensibilities, you can call it a 'program'. The source code that shapes reality." She said as she outstretched her arms and started making shapes with her magic as Stephen watched in awe.

"We harness energy, drawn from other dimensions of the multiverse to cast spells... to conjure shields.. and weapons.. to make magic" she explained.

"But even if my fingers could do that.. my hands would just be waving in the air. How do I get from here to there?" He asked pointing at himself and then at the Ancient One.

"How did you get to reattach severed nerves and put a human spine back together bone by bone?" She asked him.

"Study and practice.. years of it" he breathed out and she nodded her head.

"Correct, our session is done Mr Strange, if you would like to go someplace, allow Angelica to guide you until you become familiar" the Ancient One said before getting up and walking over to a table to pour herself tea.

"I need to go to the library" he said.

"Follow me then" Angelica said standing up with him following as she walked towards the library.

"So how did you end up here?" He asked but she didn't answer.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to" he quickly said.