#1 in "characterstudy" January 2024
#4 in "innerstruggle" January 2024
Sequel to Wandavision, Multiverse of Madness and my own Avengers: Incursion War.
Nothing is as it seems, everything is as it seems, something is wrong, nothing is wrong... The t...
This is Part 3 of the trial of Wanda Maximoff, the first two parts were a few chapters earlier. (Chapter 20 and 21)
Wanda stood at the foot of the courthouse steps, her heart hammering. The weight of the cuffs on her wrists and ankles seemed to pull her down with every breath. Behind her, the roar of the crowd swelled, angry voices crashing over her. She felt smothered by their rage.
The crowd had turned monstrous, twisted faces, screaming for her punishment. It didn't seem real. How could all of this be for her?
Her legs trembled. The sight of the endless mob made her want to collapse, to disappear. She bit her lip, breaths shallow and quick, her pulse racing.
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The stairs stretched before her, impossibly long. One step. Then another. The clank of her cuffs echoed in her ears, biting into her skin with every shaky step.
Thousands of eyes burned into her from behind the barricades. She couldn't believe that all these people had come for her. Dread surged in her throat.
She felt raw, ashamed, and filled with a guilt that she couldn't shake. She wasn't ready, would never be ready. At the top, the heavy courthouse doors loomed before her, a final barrier. Her fingers twitched, fighting the urge to run. To turn away and never look back. She looked at Victor behind her and said something barely audible, a whisper filled with fear.
Wanda: I can't... I can't...
Victor: You will.
Victor's presence behind her was the only thing that kept her moving. Slowly, almost as if her body wasn't her own, she took the final step, her shackled wrists trembling as they reached for the door.
The doors creaked open, revealing the cavernous interior of the courtroom.
