An Open Doorway | Stephen Strange x Oc (UNDER REVISION)

Five: The Mirror Dimension

Author's Note: Hey everyone! Welp, it looks like I've made a liar of myself because this chapter was done much later than I wanted it to be. I just got a job and it's been keeping me pretty busy, but I won't let it interfere too much with my writing. I know this chapter's a little short, but the next one will be more full length. 

Thanks so much for your support and patience

-Mundie 

Hayden looks after the Ancient One, slightly open mouthed, her mind going at a thousand miles per second. If what Stephen said is true, that means she's been lying to everyone all this time. Been betraying them for all this time, even.

But something in Hayden rejects that idea. Sure, she may have been lying, but everyone has their secrets and the Ancient One only ever used that power for good.

"You killed a man to save your own life and whined about it like a wounded dog! You're a coward."
Hayden jerks back into reality, upon realizing Mordo said that to Stephen and takes a

step forward. "That's a lie! Stephen is no more of a coward than I am. So, sorry the thought of freaking killing a person is a hard pill to swallow!"

"Your judgement of him is clouded by your emotions." Mordo glares at her. "You're only defending him because you love him and because you can't see what he truly is."

Hayden feels the heat rush to her face and her hands clench at her side thanks to her mixed emotions. She carefully avoids looking at Stephen, willing the flush to her face away.

"You don't know what you're talking about," Strange says, irritation in his voice. "Don't pretend you're some omnipotent being, Mordo. You're just a human, like the rest of us."

Before anyone can formulate a response, the sound of a heavy door crashing against a wall reverberates through the Sanctum.

"They're here," Mordo says with grim determination.

The trio hurry from the room to the source of the sound and into the Sanctum's foyer. They freeze at the top of the stairs and stare at the large energy orb Kaecilius and two more zealots are forming.

The same kind of energy orb that destroyed the London Sanctum.

Mordo leaps into action, knocking the two zealots away, leaving Kaecilius standing.

Hayden surges forward, but Stephen stops her with a firm grip on her shoulder. "Stay there."
She tries to pull herself from his grip. "No, I-"

"Do you trust me?"

Their eyes meet for a half second before Hayden answers. "With my life."

Stephen's features soften, but he's gone before she can make any further comment.

The cloak lifts Stephen over the staircase and just before Kaecilius unleashes the energy orb, Strange raises his hands.

The familiar and reflective geometric walls appear around them. Hayden can't help but smile.

"The Mirror Dimension," Stephen says, still levitating (like a badass). "You can't affect the real world in here. Who's laughing now, asshole?"

Kaecilius has the audacity to freaking smirk. "I am."

He presses his hands together in a horizontal prayer position before making a large circle with them. Reality folds upon itself with a series of strange clattering sounds. Hayden clenches her jaw and leaps into action, opening her wings and going around Stephen. She helps Mordo disengage from the zealots and, forming a whip, she snags one of them around the ankle and hurles him across the room.