❝let's just say, i'm like the bodyguard
of master strange.❞ she casually
explained to the kid. ❝so, you're
like happy hogan? but with magic
powers?❞ the boy asked innocently.
cass...
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TWELVE | ALL THATMATTERS
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JUST WHEN CASSANDRA thought all hope was lost, several cracks split through the air, shattering the very reality they all knew. The fiery ball of energy Kaecilius hurled to the ground to decimate the New York Sanctum was contained by the dimension Stephen conjured.
"The Mirror Dimension." proclaimed the former neurosurgeon. He levitated in the air, his red cloak fluttering behind him. Cassandra shook her head slightly. The Mirror Dimension was not enough to hold Kaecilius and his Zealots down. Actually, they had just trapped themselves with them. "You can't affect the real world in here. Who's laughing now? Asshole."
"I am."
Gesticulating his hands, Kaecilius split the wooden stairs in front of them, an nd twisted it around along with their surroundings. Cassandra attempted to stab him in his back, but he saw her move and stepped to the side. That was when Stephen slipped between them and snatched Kaecilius' Sling Ring, leading himself outside of the Sanctum.
"I've got his sling ring. They can't escape, right?" quipped Stephen, just as the three escaped the Sanctum. Cassandra caught sight of Kaecilius hurling a golden energy ball towards Stephen, and she opened up a portal that swallowed it and redirected its path to space.
"Not today, Kaecilius. Not today. Let's go, run!"
Cassandra's command must've buzzed Stephen and Karl since they ran to their left. The sorceress bought them some more time by taking them all by herself. Using her reserved arcane magic, she conjured a ball of fiery energy and hurled it at the zealots, throwing them off their feet.
"Cassandra! Come on!"
The woman listened to her companions and sprinted across the street, following behind them. That was when they realized that reality around them had been twisted and split apart, and hell was on loose. It was a labyrinth of roads and buildings and they were trapped in it.
"Their connection to the Dark Dimension makes them more powerful in the Mirror Dimension." informed Karl, panting. "They can't affect the real world, but they can still kill us. This wasn't cleverness. It was suicide!"
The three then ran to their right, just as Stephen attempted to open a portal to get them out of the mirror dimension. Unfortunately, Kaecilius had seen this, and once again used his newfound powers to spin their landscape, causing all three of them to slide down the road. Cassandra grunted as she hit face first on the glass window of a moving bus with Stephen crashing against her. The three sorcerers watched as the old man continued to laugh and read his book, unsuspecting of the commotion outside of his reality.
Cassandra squinted her eyes as sunlight reflected off from the two sky buildings, making her raise her hand over her field of vision. They all leapt through the air as Stephen once again tried to open a portal for them to jump in, but Kaecilius was relentless. He split the building they were standing on apart, and made it sink through the ground.
