Strange was still outside of his "house", looking at the sky, meditating, he kept focusing, until he heard a ring. It was the telephone.
He went inside and answered the call.
STRANGE: Hello?
STEVE: Hey, Strange, it's me...
STRANGE: Oh hey, Captain.
STEVE: Just wanted to know how are things? Have you found Loki?
STRANGE: No, not really, I am leaving Hawkins as soon as I can, I've got no choice.
STEVE: What do you mean?
STRANGE: I believe he's already in another time, another... reality... maybe in yours. It's hard to deal with the threat when you don't know what it wants.
STEVE: That's bad. Listen, I am here in Hawkins, you won't like the way it looks like now.
STRANGE: No, I won't, indeed. I need to continue my research.
STEVE: Okay, Strange, good luck on there.
STRANGE: I wish you the same, Cap. You'll need it.
Right after the conversation finished, Strange heard a knock on the door. He frowned, and went towards the noise. By seeing through the window, he saw an old man, standing, waiting for the door to open.
Strange went to the door, and before he opened it, he stood right there.
STRANGE: Who's there?
OLD MAN: Please... please, kind sir, I need your help.
STRANGE: Identify yourself.
OLD MAN: Oh, sir, this is an emergency, please, open the door.
Strange half opened the door, and he could finally see the old man. The man, wearing glasses, and with a big mustache, smiled, and breathed in relief.
OLD MAN: Are you... Strange? Stephen Strange?
STRANGE: Yes, how can I help?
The old man pushed Strange and entered the house, quickly closing the door.
STRANGE: What the f-
OLD MAN: Shh! Hey! Be quiet!
STRANGE: Who even are you?
OLD MAN: Listen... I'm on your side...
The old man slowly walked next to Strange, revealing himself to be...
Loki.
LOKI: I know it may sound weird, even for me, it is... but things are getting way worse. I sense danger is upon us...
STRANGE: .... what in the...
LOKI: Yes, yes, I know! But just listen... There is a bigger threat coming... you know that "virus" that invaded Hawkins in your future, your reality?
STRANGE: Yes.
LOKI: It was not a virus, it was not these monsters from the dark alternative world... what do you call it here?
STRANGE: It's... Upside Down, I guess.
LOKI: Yes. I know who's causing it, and I know who can stop it.
STRANGE: Who is it then?
LOKI: Hela. She's invading all of the dimensions in different ways, and she's using this "Upside Down" world to make a connection between the realities.
STRANGE: So, you're saying... that this "Upside Down" thing it's not only from here?
LOKI: Yes. Exactly, mortal.
STRANGE: Wait, wait, wait. After all the mischiefs, the tricks, the villainous things you did, how am I supposed to trust you?
LOKI: Because this is bigger than me, bigger than anybody else. She's got more powerful by the years... I could never imagined I would say this to a mortal but...
I need your help.
END OF EPISODE ONE
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Strange Worlds 3 - Episode 1
FanfictionThree years have passed since the tragedy in Hawkins, and now the Avengers are doing their best to deal with the consequences of it. Meanwhile, Stephen Strange is thirty five years earlier, training Jane (Eleven, or El for short) and taking care of...
