Strange: Part 4

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"Why do mysterious men keep showing up on my island!?" Hippolyta yelled arriving on her horse with two other warriors. "Is this place no longer sacred!? Is this place no longer honorable in the eyes of the Gods!?" She yelled even more. Nobody spoke. 

Dr. Strange closed the fiery portal behind him and stepped closer to Hippolyta. "I do not wish to cause any problems. I am only here for Loki." Strange said pointing at Loki.

"I am not going anywhere with you! I have no idea who you are!" Loki shouted then lunged at Strange. 

"Oh no you don't. Not again!" Strange said making a portal appear beneath his feet and sending him into it then closing it. 

"What did you do to him!?" Kiah asked bearing her teeth.

"He will be fine." He then turned back to the queen. "I come from a different dimension where your people are unknown to mine. Loki is also from this dimension. The Tesseract brought him here. It was looking for an escape. It showed back up in my dimension three days ago and showed Thor, Loki's brother, a vision of where Loki was. It seemed it didn't intend to bring Loki anywhere. It has been several years sense Loki's attack on earth, and now we face an even bigger evil. Odd little powerful thing, isn't it. Anyway, Loki dies in my time many years after this incident occurred. I understand dimensional and time travel is confusing but believe me when I tell you that his brother Thor will do everything to get his brother back. I only wish to bring him back. We are facing an evil that threatens my universe. And we need Loki's help." Strange said.

"Diana, The Lasso. Test his truth." Hippolyta said. 

Diana walked towards Strange and wrapped an end of her Lasso around his wrist. He didn't try to move away, he didn't even hesitate. He trusted her. 

"Is everything you say the truth?" Diana asked. "The Lasso of Hestia compels you." She looked into Strange's eyes. 

"I am telling you the truth." Strange said. 

"He does not lie mother." 

Strange looks to Diana and Kiah. "You can trust me, daughters of Zeus." He said.

"How do you know about us?" Kiah asked. 

"I know a lot of things. Sometimes I know too much." He said half chucking. Just then Strange opened a portal above himself and Loki fell through and hit the ground with a grunt. 

"I have been FALLING for thirty minutes!" Loki shouted and tried to steady himself. 

"Never gets old." Strange says then places his hand on Loki's forehead and Loki freezes in place. He uses his hand and creates a symbol on Loki's forehead that glows bright. Loki's eyes glaze over white and he opens his mouth slightly. A few moments later the mark on Loki's forehead is gone and he is back to normal, somewhat. Kiah rushes to Loki's side as he almost falls over. 

"Loki, are you alright?" She asks him. He looks to her and then to Strange. 

"I understand." Loki says to Strange. He then looks to Kiah and grabs both of her hands. "I have to go with him." He told her with a sad expression on his face. 

"What? No. Look, Loki I know what I said before but I was just worried. Worried about everything. You can't leave. You said..." Kiah was rambling and everyone was staring at their odd interaction. 

"I know what I said. But that was before I knew what my future would hold. My brother saw me die. Twice. The person I am meant to be, I can't lose that. They need me." Loki pulled away from Kiah and turned to Strange. "I will go with you." 

"One more thing. I need Kiah to come as well." Strange said. 

"No." The queen spoke.

"Why do you need me?" Kiah asked.

"I was aware of your existence but I wasn't sure if I would meet you. And after doing so, I now understand that your power would greatly aid in saving my universe. I will not force you to come. But I beg you to. We are losing." Strange put his hand on Kiah's shoulder. 

"I said no." The queen spoke again.

"Mother, if I could help them save their universe from destruction then I wish to go." Kiah said looking at her mother. 

"You are not ready my daughter. You have never left this place." Hippolyta said to her youngest daughter.

"I am ready. I may not have traveled off this island but I am just as skilled and worthy of this mission as any other Amazon warrior. Diana has fought many foes and helped in many battles. Let me do this. I can do this." Kiah grabbed her mothers hand and looked into her mothers eyes pleadingly.

"She is ready mother." Diane spoke. 

"I will return Kiah to you as soon as our mission is complete. You have my word. If we are successful, your people will forever be in my debt." Strange said gesturing to the warriors around him. Hippolyta looked to General Antiope and nodded. Antiope got onto a horse and galloped away fiercely. When she returned she held a large satchel in her hands. She hopped down and handed the satchel to Hippolyta.

"If you wish to go into battle, then you will need your armor." Hippolyta said. She then opened the satchel and handed Kiah the contents of it. In Kiah's hands she held the same armor her sister Diana wore when she went into battle, except this armor was all the color of gold. It sparkled in the sun light and reflected herself in it. Kiah was nearly brought to tears. She hugged her mother then her sister. 

"I will not fail you mother. I will be as strong as Diana. I am worthy of this armor. I shall wear it into battle with pride." She bowed her head then placed the armor back into the satchel. "Shall we go then?" Kiah asked Strange.

"Wait!" Diana yelled. "She embraced Kiah and whispered into her ear. "Be safe little sister." 

"Always am." Kiah smiled at her. 

Strange then opened the portal and the three of them stepped through. When they came through the other side they entered a large building full of books and artifacts. Kiah looked around and ran her fingers along the book shelves. "Where are we?" Kiah asked. 

Strange turned to look at her and smiled. "The Sanctum." 

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