Stephen walked across the courtyard with a book in his hand.
"Hey." Stephen said as he entered the library.
"Mr. Strange." The librarian said.
"Hey! Its you, Mr. Wong!" Peter said.
"Uh... Stephen, please. And you are?"
"Wong."
"Wong. Just Wong? Like... Adele? Or... Aristotle... Drake... Bono... Eminem..."
Wong didn't even smile.
"Take a joke, will you?" Tony said.
"Thank you!" Stephen said. "You need to learn to lighten up."
"Wait... Wait wait wait. Did you two just agree on something?" Nat asked Stephen and Tony.
They glared at each other for a moment before turning back to the movie.
"The book of the invisible sun." Wong said as he looked at the books Stephen brought back. "Astronomia Nova. Codex Imperium. Key of Solomon. You finished all of this?"
"Yup."
"Come with me." Wong said as he walked towards the back.
"Alright."
"This section is for Masters only. But at my discretion, others may use it. We should start with Maxim's Primer. How is your Sanskrit?" Wong asked as he handed a book to Stephen.
"I'm fluent in Google Translate."
A few people laughed.
"Read it. Classical Sanskrit."
"What are those?" Stephen pointed to the books that were chained up.
"The Ancient One's private collection."
"So they're forbidden?"
"No knowledge in Kamar-Taj is forbidden. Only certain practices. Those books are far too advanced for anyone other than the Sorcerer Supreme."
Stephen grabbed one of them and began flipping through it. "This one's got pages missing."
"That's the book of Cagliostro. The study of time. One of the rituals was stolen by a former Master. A zealot called Kaecilius. Just after he strung up the former librarian, and relieved him of his head."
Strange looked up in horror at that comment.
"I'm now the guardian of these books." Wong said and took the book from Stephen. After locking it up he glared a Stephen. "So if a volume from this collection should be stolen again, I'd know it. And you'd be dead before you ever left the compound."
"What if it's just overdue? You know? Any... late fees I should know about? Maybe, perhaps, uhm..." Stephen joked. "Uh, you know, people used to think that I was funny."
"Did they work for you?"
"Oh! Burn!" Peter cheered and slapped Wong on the back; Wong glanced at his shoulder where Peter patted him and glared at Peter. Peter gulped and nervously scooted a little closer to Tony.
"Alright. Well, it's been lovely talking to you, thank you for the books and for the horrifying story and for the threat upon my life." Stephen said as he grabbed some books and left.
A few more people laughed. Stephen grinned and leaned back in his seat.
'I told you I was funny.' Stephen mouthed to Wong.
Kaecilius grabbed a scroll and slowly opened it. Several of his soldier were standing in a circle. Kaecilius grabbed one of the stolen pages and set it on the center of the floor. He made a motion with his hands that copied the picture in the book, summoning red electricity.
Both Wong and Stephen leaned forward and stared at the screen intently.
"Now we receive the power to destroy the one who betrayed us. The one who betrays the world."
They began making motions with their hands and chanting. The skin around their eyes slowly became dark and scaly.
The strange head of Dormammu flickered on the screen for a fleeting second.
