Somber Reminiscence

CH. 41

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Song Rec. - Love in the Dark by Adele

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"Who?" I ask again, my eyes meticulously looking over his red robe-no cape, yeah. Red cape.

"Someone who doesn't like when people mess with the timeline, now come on."

His voice was blunt as he stepped through the portal, me following behind as I looked more into it.

"I didn't mess-"

"Don't bother." He adds, impatiently waiting for me to walk through, his eyes sending daggers my way as to hurry me.

I look around the empty kitchen, my mind going back to Bucky as I thought if I should ditch this Doctor guy and go look for him.

"Don't even think about it. Either way, we're going to talk."

I look back over at him, his eyebrow raised as he motioned for me to come in.

Staying silent, I kept my eyes on him, walking through the portal and onto an expensive rug. A small hiss came from behind me, turning quickly to find nothing but the front door.

"Are you a wizard then?"

As the words came out I thought of something, hearing Sam's voice in my head as I thought of the first time I met both him and Bucky.

"No, I'm-"

I snap my fingers, interrupting him as I turned back to him.

"You're the one Sam was talking about," I state, considering the knowledge interesting as I proudly remember it.

The enthusiasm didn't reach him though. His face remained placid with a touch of arrogance in his expression.

"Master of the Mystic Arts is preferred."

I squint my eyes at him, tilting my head as I took in his serious tone.

"Let's get right to the point." He began, his posture appearing so uncomfortably stiff and yet so natural at the same time.

I cut in as he opened his mouth to speak, "so did I actually do something wrong?"

I cross my arms over one another, turning my head slightly as I matched the confidence in his pose.

I just want Bucky as of right now, and this guy was keeping me from him.

"Elena you almost broke and absolved the maintained structure of the multiverses."

My eyes widened at his explanation, the terminology unfamiliarized in my mind, obviously undermining the importance of it as it came to a surprise.

He sighed, stepping forward with his hands up in the air. In a flash, a long ray of energy came into sight, strands emitting from the main branch of the line.

"Our timeline is here." He brightened the large branch, "when you time travelled, you messed with the sacred timeline, nearly creating a branch in time." He pulled his hand up, my eyes watching a small string emerge from the original line of energy.

"So what does that mean exactly?" I ask, overlooking the diagram to see him.

He sighs as if my question was tiring to answer.

"You nearly broke our reality by trying to stay in the '40s."

"I didn't mean to, I just needed to get out and I guess it took me there," I say honestly, his hand waving the depiction away as he sighed.

"Well congratulations, you're on my watch list now." He looks down at his hands, stretching his fingers out as I looked at him.

"How'd you know where to find me?"