Punished gods [ENG]

#14 Welcome home, Sylvie

"Hey, let me out of here!" Sylvie shouted, she was closed again, but this time not in a cell with bars, but in a larger glass room with a code lock. She fell in via a portal in the ceiling, which disappeared immediately afterwards. Her voice was muffled by the glass, no one came. After a few minutes of shouting and banging on the glass, she gave up and sat down, feeling so strangely tired. Sylvie replayed in her head what had happened, and most of all she feared what might have happened to Loki and if he was all right. She felt anxious at the idea that he wasn't.

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Scarlet Witch which looked like Sylvie went downstairs to the lower floor. She noticed the lights from the kitchen, the electricity in the house worked again. There was glass and drops of blood on the floor that led all the way to the kitchen. Scarlet Witch smiled almost mischievously when she imagined how unpleasant the shock must have been for Loki, like for Sylvie a moment ago. She changed her expression to neutral and went to find Loki.

Loki got into the kitchen as he could at that moment. He didn't call Sylvie to help him, he had a bad feeling that he was to blame. He did not know that it was the whole plan, a way to scare Sylvie and how to confuse they attention. Loki was sitting at a table by an open first-aid kit, his leg tied with a cloth that he tried in vain to stop the bleeding after pulling out a bigger shard. He was pale because of the loss of blood, and he knew he wouldn't stop the bleeding without sewing, and he wasn't sure if he could help himself at this point. It was quite humiliating for him.

Scarlet Witch entered the kitchen, and when Loki saw her standing a short distance away, he wasn't sure if it wasn't a dream. Even though he wasn't feeling well at all, he noticed how cold her expression was, "Sylvie?" He addressed her pleadingly and held out his hand to her. He wasn't far from losing consciousness anymore, and Scarlet Witch only helped him with the enchantment and he fell completely unconscious.

Scarlet Witch changed back to her own form and looked at Loki with contempt on her face. It would be so easy to leave him there alone, wounded and without the abilities that she had deprived him of. That he might think that Sylvie had left him there in this way. But she feared that her plan might not work out as she wanted and decided that she need him alive - for now.

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About an hour later, Scarlet Witch appeared in front of the glass wall of Sylvie's prison with a mocking expression. Sylvie noticed her uninvited visitor and walked over to her as close as the glass would allow, "where is Loki?" Sylvie barked at her immediately.

"Wau! So that's what you're interested in? Not where you are? Not why are you here? Mmm? "Scarlet Witch smiled.

"What did you do to him!?" There was anger in Sylvie's eyes as well as fear.

Scarlet Witch just smiled and was silent.

"Speak up! Is he alive!? "Her voice almost broke when she had to say it out loud.

"For now!" Scarlet Witch replied, and Sylvie was at least partially relieved, "he wasn't looking where he was going... just for him it was a little bit painful than for you."

Sylvie didn't know much about what to imagine, but she was certainly uncomfortable with any idea of ​​Loki experiencing something painful, "and you're obviously having a good time, aren't you?" Sylvie looked at her, this time she looked different then last time. She had black hair, but also completely black leather clothes. She began to have a pretty bad idea of what was wrong here.

"Yes, I have. I wouldn't believe you're both so incredibly stupid and fall in love to each other. Don't you know that love is a weakness? And in this case, it's pretty weird..." she grinned.

"Obviously you don't know anything about love..."

"And I'm definitely happy for that!"

But Sylvie remembered that she read about Wanda Maximoff when Loki was gathering information about the Avengers. She was occupying Westview, she did it all this just for someone she loved and they couldn't be together in the real world. Trying to remember his name, which flashed through her head after a while.

"And what about Vision? Did you forget him? "She asked directly. Scarlet Witch frowned at this, didn't answer her. Sylvie continued, "I wasn't sure what group you belonged to, are you a heroine or a villain? Something in between? But now? Well... I didn't expect you are such a bitch."

"Oh, Sylvie, Sylvie... when will you finally understand?"

"I don't believe that someone who would do what you did out of love would do such crap to someone else. You're right, I should have known right away... you're a Variant! Right? And what we know about Wanda... you never experienced it!" Doctor Strange stepped out of the darkness, "and you... you're a Variant too, aren't you? Dark variants. Great."

Scarlet Witch raised her hands and applauded to Sylvie theatrically, "You almost got it! But you know what, we're not Variants. In fact, Variants don't exist! There are only many universes and different lines in it. Well... thanks to you! We are a pure original in this world."

Sylvie shook her head in disbelief, "I should have known you got us on another axis, a branch, other limetline or as you call it here."

"Surprise, surprise!" Scarlet Witch laughed, "you're our guests here, since neither of you have your axis where you should exist, so I'd expect a little more gratitude," she said in a concerned tone.

Sylvie looked at her with a murderous look, "just let me out of that glass prison and I'll show you how grateful I am!"

"I can imagine, but unfortunately for you, you will stay where you are."

"Believe me, not for long..."

"Please don't be ridiculous! You really think we didn't know about the first escape? That we didn't know where you were hiding all the time? Don't be naive, you were exactly where we needed you to be! And if you expect your clown to come for you, don't count on it. He won't be looking for you, and he's going to hate you!" Sylvie looked a little confused, even though she tried to hide it immediately, didn't Loki know she was gone? Scarlet Witch smiled again and changed her look form to Sylvie, "he will be so sad ehrn his beloved will break his heart into a thousand pieces!" Sylvie's voice said and began to laugh.

Sylvie punched the glass, "don't even try this!"

"Be sure I'll do it. I'll hurt him so much that he won't even want to see you anymore..." She approached the glass so slowly. It was like looking in a mirror, Sylvie could see her evil fake twin. "I hope you enjoyed your little adventure because it's just over! Welcome to your new home, Sylvie!"