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Wong walked down the street towards Kaecilius and his two henchmen.
"Kaecilius." Wong nodded.

"You're on the wrong side of history, Wong."

Kaecilius and his soldier summoned their weapons.

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Mordo walks through the rubble of Kamar-Taj. A portal materialized and Stephen stepped down next him.

"She's dead." Stephen mumbles.
"You were right. She wasn't who I thought she was." Mordo says sadly.
"She was complicated."
"Complicated?" Mordo laughs humorlessly. "The Dark Dimension is volatile. Dangerous. What if it overtook her? She taught us it was forbidden, while she drew on its power to steal centuries of life."
"She did what she thought was right."
"The bill comes due." Mordo turned to Stephen. "Don't you see? Her transgressions led the zealots to Dormammu. Kaecilius was her fault. And here we are, in the consequence of her deception. A world on fire."
"Mordo, London Sanctum has fallen. And New York has been attacked. Twice. You know where they're going next."
"Hong Kong."

"You told me once to fight as if my life depended on it, because one day, it might. Well, today is that day. I can not defeat them alone."

Mordo nodded slowly. Stephen opened up a portal with his sling ring and they slept through.

"Yeah! Now it's gonna get good." Tony grinned and rubbed his hands together. "Time to kick some zealot a-"

"Language!" Steve yelled.

'Come on capsicle, I was just gonna say-"

"Language..." Steve said warningly.

"Language Mr. Stark." Peter said teasingly.

"Oh, be quiet." Tony groaned.

When they stepped out onto the street, they were greeted by destruction. Everything was on fire, people are screaming and running through debris and smoke as firefighters tried to fix it.

"The Sanctum has already fallen." Stephen looked up at the sky. A violent dark purple substance is writhing in the sky. Its spreading out, toppling sky scrapers and crushing everything in its path.

"Uh, question." Clint said. "Why dont any of us remember this? Wouldn't it have been all over the news?"

"Yeah, I mean theres news reporters right there." Natasha said and pointed at the background of the screen. "What happened?"

"You'll see." Stephen said. "We kinda covered it up... in a way..."

"How?" T'Challa asked.

"You'll see." Stephen replied.

"The Dark Dimension." Mordo whispered. "Dormammu is coming." Kaecilius and his henchmen walked toward them. "It's too late. Nothing can stop him."
"...Not necessarily." Stephen whispers. He closes his eyes and makes a diamond shape with his hands; when he pulls it apart the Eye of Agamotto opens, revealing the Time Stone.
"No." Kaecilius whispers and runs towards them.

Kaecilius lunges for Stephen with a knife in his hand. Stephen quickly twists the green disk in his hand and time stops; Kaecilius is frozen in the air with his knife centimeters from Stephens face.

"Awesome!" Peter cheered.

"That was close." Wanda said.

Stephen twists the disk and time reverses. Fires are extinguished. Shattered glass is put back together. People get up off the ground and ran backwards like someone hit the rewind button on an old movie. Kaecilius went flying backwards.

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