Chapter 27: Getting Answers

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Peter lay motionless in the quiet room, the steady beeping of monitors the only sound. Wakandan technology had worked miracles, physically, he was fine, his injuries fully healed. But his mind was far from calm. Beneath his closed eyelids, his eyes darted rapidly as though chasing something unseen, trapped in a swirling maelstrom of visions and emotions he couldn't escape.

He found himself standing in an endless void, a thick fog swirling around him. Ahead, faint images shimmered into view, and before he could question them, they pulled him in.

He was kissing a woman with flaming red hair, the sunlight catching her fiery locks as it bathed them both in gold. Her arms were wrapped around him, her touch so familiar it made his heart ache. He could feel the love in that moment, the unspoken bond they shared, but the woman's name escaped him. It was as if it hovered just beyond his reach, taunting him with its absence.

The scene melted into another, and Peter now stood shoulder to shoulder with a man wielding a mighty, yet familiar hammer

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The scene melted into another, and Peter now stood shoulder to shoulder with a man wielding a mighty, yet familiar hammer. The man's single eye burned with determination, his laughter deep and booming as they fought side by side on a battlefield strewn with chaos. Peter's own body moved instinctively, as though he'd done this countless times before, their teamwork seamless and natural.

 Peter's own body moved instinctively, as though he'd done this countless times before, their teamwork seamless and natural

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"Who are you?" Peter whispered, his voice drowned out by the roar of battle.

Then came the sound of hooves, a steady, ominous rhythm that echoed like thunder. He turned and saw a rider on a flaming mammoth, its skeletal frame blazing with hellfire. The rider's head was a flaming skull, his hollow eyes locked onto Peter with an intensity that made his breath catch. There was no fear, only recognition.

 There was no fear, only recognition

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