ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴅɪꜱᴇ, America Chavez

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"The Scarlet Witch." Wong muttered softly.

He turned around to face Stephen, "Wanda's gone." Stephen stated and then explained, "She has the darkhold and the darkhold has her." Theo looked around at the many sorcerers in the room as Wong described the Scarlet Witch, "The Scarlet Witch is a being of unfathomable magic." He paced slowly around the room, "She can rewrite reality as she chooses and is prophesied to either rule or annihilate the cosmos." 

Theo could feel America tense as the man explained who they were up against, the blonde nervously placed her hand in the others and gave a comforting smile. America's face flushed red for a second but then returned the smile.

"She took over a whole town, using her mind, if she gets America's power, she could enslave the entire Multiverse." Stephen told the others, breaking the moment between the two girls. America dropped Theo's hand as she gestured towards Stephen, "So, the person you went to for help and told exactly where I am, is the person who's trying to kill me?" She asked.

The man looked at her with a slightly guilty look, "Yeah." He answered, America stared at him with an unreadable face as Wong told the others to arm the students, "Kamar-Taj must now become a fortress." He said before walking off.

Stephen looked at his daughter, "Theo stay with America, if Wanda manages to get through then I need you to protect her." He held her arm, looking at her sternly. "Try to stay safe." He added before walking off after Wong, "You too!" Theo shouted after him.

Everyone got into action, Theo heard the bells ringing, the drums and the marching of sorcerers as they got ready for the biggest fight of their lives. "Do you think they'll win?" America asked the other, anxiously. "You want me to be honest?" The brunette nodded, "No. I don't think we stand a chance." Theo laughed humourlessly. She then noticed the worried look on America's face, "But don't worry, I won't let her touch you." The blonde nudged the other, playfully. 

Theo looked out of one of the large windows, noticing a massive grey cloud approaching them, "She's here." She spoke emotionlessly, noticing her heart rate speed up. Her mind praying that they don't all die. The blonde jumped down from the window sill to hold America's hand, "You'll be okay, I'll protect you, I promise." She comforted the brunette. America smiled weakly, "What about you? You'll be okay too?" 

She thought for a moment, "I'll be fine." 

The two sat, holding hands as they waited for the action to start.

While outside, Stephen talked to Wanda, "The full night of Kamar-Taj stands against you." He told her as Wong gave the order to the sorcerers on the ground, the many sorcerers went into their defensive positions. "Do not dare to enter these sacred grounds." Stephen commanded defensively, "You have no idea just how reasonable I've been." Wanda states.

Stephen rolled his eyes, "Yeah. The Book of the Damned, calling yourself a witch, conjuring creatures to abduct a kid. I don't exactly call that being reasonable." He argues back. "Sending those creatures after her instead of myself was mercy." Wanda replied, trying to get him to understand, "And in spite of your hypocrisies and insults, I have begged you to safely get out of my way." Getting increasingly angry, the witch continued, "You have exhausted my patience, but I do hope you understand that even now, what's about to happen, this is me being reasonable." She scowled quietly before shooting a blast of red energy at Stephen, a shield from the sorcerers below saved him as he flouted down. 

"Nailed it." He smirked unenthusiastically. 

Theos eyes widened after seeing the witch send a blast of magic at her dad form outside the window, she knew that this was just the beginning of a deathly battle. Her hand tightened around America's as the room began to shake, the sorcerers outside seemed to be keeping Wanda out but a feeling in Theo's gut told her that something was about to go wrong.