Wanda smiled as she appeared before Amora the Enchantress,who stood in her stately palace-like home.
“You!” Amora growled as she prepared a spell that would obliterate Wanda. “How dare thou!” Wanda didn’t move. Instead, she activated the powers of the Soul Gem. She reached out with her new powers and ‘snatched’ something from the Asguardian Sorceress. It was her soul, which was quickly absorbed into the Gem. Almost instantly, Wanda felt new knowledge fill her, and realized that she now knew everything that Amora did, including her knowledge of Magic. Meanwhile, Amor’s eyes went blank, and she lowered her arms.
“You were saying?” Wanda asked, with a cackle as she approached her former enemy, who remained perfectly still. “Now….what to do with you….?” She wondered, as she walked around the Sorceress. Amora certainly had a vast collection of magical artifacts that would even make Dr. Strange envious, which would prove useful.
“I will do whatever you demand,” Amora said in a toneless voice.
“Good,” Wanda smiled, as she felt a subtle shift in reality, thanks to her mutant powers. Something powerful had just arrived in her universe, and she knew that her two biggest rivals, The White Queen and the Wasp, would be going after whatever it was. She had to be the first to get it.
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“Well, well, well,” the white-haired Felicia Hardy chuckled as she pressed Gwen Stacey against the wall, with one hand. “What do we have here? A n obsessive fan-girl, perhaps?”
“Get…off…me!” Gwen snapped, as she tried to piston her legs in between herself and the criminal.
“I don’t think so,” the Black Cat replied, as her hands moved closer to the container Gwen clutched so tightly. “See, I’ve got a lot of contacts in high places. I know exactly what you’re holding there. And I know that they’d be worth a lot of money to the right people,” she said, as she swatted the box out of Gwen’s hands. It fell to the floor, and all the gems spilled out onto the rooftop. “You naughty, naughty girl,” the thief cooed as she reached down, towards one of the Gems.
“Cat!” another, male voice shouted, as Spider-man swung onto the scene. With one motion, he kicked the cat burglar away.
“Pete?” Gwen asked, tentatively, unsure if he would recognize her from the Spider-Verse event.
“Yeah,” he replied quickly, as he picked up the scattered Gems.“Yeah, it’s me. We’ve gotta get these to S.H.I.E.L.D asap,” he said, as he handed Gwen the box, and the two of them took off into the city. Neither one of them bothering to count how many Gems where in the box now.
“Nice try, Spidey,” Felicia chuckled as she opened her palm, revealing the Blue Mind Gem, which glowed with intense power.