Symbiote 0249: Destruction

"What did you do, Alex?" Wanda looked at Alex with an expression of despair.

"I had to do it. The backlash would've killed you otherwise."

"But what about …" Wanda trailed off as she looked at her surroundings. Instead of the previous red-tinted void, the entire 'dimension' was covered in pitch-black cracks that sucked in the remnants of the red aura of the dimension. Wanda's gaze then honed in on the dimmed sphere floating in front of her. It had lost its previous blinding luster and seemed like a faded pinkish-red sphere.

Neither Alex nor Wanda spoke for a while.

"W-what do we do now, Alex?" Wanda asked, tiredness creeping into her tone.

"I infused almost a quarter of the dimensional heart's essence into your physical form. As much as I could while making sure that everything inside you worked the way it should."

"I asked what we should do now," Wanda said, irritably.

"I did it to save your life, Wanda."

"I'm not —" She stopped speaking, taking a deep breath and calming her erratic emotions instead. She turned to Alex with a forced calm tone. "I'm not blaming you for saving me, Alex. But I have no idea what we can do right now. I have essentially destroyed the entire dimension. These cracks lead to the Superflow, a place beyond the universe."

Alex had to raise his brow at Wanda casually dropping information that he was sure she shouldn't have had any access to, "The Superflow? Did the information about the space between universes just appear in your mind?"

"Kind of," Wanda said. "It's like I always knew of it but only recalled the term when I needed to refer to it."

"Do you know anything more about the Superflow?" Alex asked while examining the cracks that were sucking in the aura of the dimension. "From what I know about it, it is greater than this black void that we see. The Superflow is more of an informational space ..."

"… where dreams, ideas, and visions come from. You're correct, it's not supposed to be a black void. It's like an abstract realm that surrounds each universe, leading to the Neutral Zone …"

"Okay …" Alex trailed off. "Too much information dumping for one arc. How about we try to go back to the main material plane? Inside the universe."

"But …" Wanda didn't pay particular attention to Alex's choice of words. "The Sorcerer Supreme energy's backlash will hit again."

"Try to cast a mystic arts spell," Alex said while pressing his lips together.

"Sure," Wanda thoughtlessly cried to create a whip of eldrich energy. The magic circle never appeared. "What's going on?" She frowned.

"You are a quarter of the embodiment of the Chaos dimension, my Wanda," Alex said. "The mystic arts are wholely incompatible for you now."

"So that means …" Wanda's eyes widened in realization.

"How about we try to get back to the main material plane now?" Alex offered. Despite Wanda losing access to the mystic arts, Alex could still use some of the basic spells. The system was specifically made for humans, making him incompatible with it, but with his ‹ High Magic Affinity › Alex was still able to use it to some extent.

"Can you cast the return spell that Wong told us about?" Wanda asked Alex.

"I already tried," Alex shook his head. "I can't manipulate Eldrich Energy with the necessary precision. It is a system built for humans and I can't make use of it very well despite my affinity for magical abilities."

"We could look for more traditional witchcraft spells for you," Wanda said. "The mystic arts system is made in such a manner that as long as a human has the correct guidance, they can become a practitioner. It doesn't have any other requirements."

"You have got to stop dropping information bombs on me," Alex said, a little confused about how Wanda knew so much hidden information.

"I can't help it. I'm thinking of something and the information is just coming to me," She raised her hands in defeat. "The knowledge just comes to my mind when I think about it." She seemed to want to speak more but stopped herself.

"You don't need to think further. I am aware of the situation behind the Vishanti and how they sponsor the Sorcerer Supreme. The backlash you were experiencing was because their latent wills were rejecting you."

"There's more," Wanda said excitedly. "Just like Cthon, those three are also gone. That is the only reason that the backlash wasn't too strong and I was able to do all that I did. This means that I should be able to return to Earth without any issues."

"That is, as long as you are willing to destroy the dimensional barrier that the three sanctums maintain."

"Can't I? The dimensional rulers are all gone. I can help them set up a new barrier to protect them from the weaker dimensional entities."

Alex's brow twitched, "Your semi-omnicience when it comes to the general information might seem useful, Wanda. But you aren't thinking straight with the information. Without the barrier, there will be an influx of demons because they will realize that their mortal enemies, the Sorcerers of Kamar Taj are defenseless. I don't want you to spend most of your time maintaining a planet-wide barrier."

"But then …" Wanda seemed desperate. "I want to go home, Alex."

"It's fine," He hugged her. "We can instead explore the other variants of Earth. I will create a clone on Earth to manage the construction of our sanctum. You can share its senses to feel right at home."

"But … it's not the same," She pouted, holding Alex's shoulders with her hands and resting her cheek on his chest.

"It isn't going to be a forever thing either," Alex said. "In no more than a couple of months, at most a year, I am going to need to get rid of the dimensional protection anyway. It will come after I'm prepared to officially take over your Earth as its de facto ruler. Just wait until then, okay?" He told her.

She didn't particularly care about Alex's words further than him saying that he would need a year to take care of everything. "A year," She said. "No more."

…

A swirling chaotic rift opened in a ship that was floating in space above the forty Conjoined Earths. Through it, walked Wanda, decked out in a sleek black and red combat suit that hugged her body perfectly.

"So this is the ship that you came here in?" Wanda asked Alex. "You were lying to me when you said that your previous host betrayed you and all that crap." She said with an accusatory tone.

"Stop acting all butthurt about it," Alex said uncaringly. A chair swirled around and revealed him looking at Wanda. "You were aware long ago. We just kept a tacit silence about it."

"And yet I still feel that you're hiding something from me," She narrowed her eyes at him.

"And you're going to have to pry it off of my unprotected mind if you want to know about it," Alex said. "Now come here."

"So stubborn~" Wanda said, her tone turning casual as she approached Alex and propped herself on his lap. "Whatever. Why'd you bring that dim energyless ball though? You should've let it disappear with the rest of the dimension's remains. It doesn't seem to have any use now that I've destroyed the entire dimension into the Superflow."

"You don't already know about it?" Alex asked her, acting emphatically surprised just to annoy her a little. He also wrapped his arm around her waist and held her tighter.

"I didn't get omnicience," Wanda said, annoyed as she crossed her arms. "I merely got access to the information of the dimension. How many times do I have to tell you that? The information appears in my mind when I need it."

"Fine, I won't tease you anymore," He said, kissing her neck and making her whine lightly. "A little bit should be fine." He whispered in her ear.

"Tell me … Why'd you keep the husk of the heart? It isn't going to regenerate if that's what you're thinking. The twenty-five or so perfect of the essence that you infused in my body is all that's left, forever … Until we find a way to create more."

"That's not it. I just kept it since it might somehow end up being useful to us." Alex shook his head. "How viable is the creation of more essence of the dimensional heart? For lack of a better term, I'll call it the Source of Chaos. I'm going to assume what we lost to the Superflow is now lost permanently."

"You're right about that. As for generating more of the source, the process is very complex and time-consuming. And that was when the dimension existed for it to consume the necessary abstract authority of existence to strengthen the heart of the dimension."

Alex raised a brow and had a thought. "You mean to say that the prosperity and existence of life in the dimension is what allowed for the heart to generate and condense more of the Source of Chaos …"

"Something like that, yeah. It's difficult to put it into words."

"Then I'm definitely glad that I kept the empty husk of the core," Alex said, feeling a sense of relief.

"What happened?"

"I've been working on a project for an unbelievably long time and I finally found a lead to make it work."

"Are you going to tell me about it?" Wanda asked.

"Eventually maybe," Alex said. "I would rather show it to you. Instead, let's talk about how we can strengthen the twenty-five percent of the Source that you have remaining within you."

"What's the point?" Wanda shrugged. "What I have is more than enough to essentially obliterate anyone that I want. I feel that establishing the dimension once again is too troublesome."

Alex ignored Wanda's overconfident words. The enemy was one she couldn't even begin to imagine the existence of. "I have another idea," He said. "Since you are the literal embodiment of the Chaos Dimension's heart, that means that all of the universe's Chaos Energy energy flows through you now, right?"

"Yeah."

"And you aren't the only Scarlet Witch in this universe at this point …"

"Also right."

"The other versions of you are channeling Chaos Energy through …" Alex trailed off, waiting for Wanda to confirm his words.

"Yes. I can feel multiple tethers pulling Chaos Energy that the essence of the heart is generating even at this very moment. Are you trying to get me to use these copies of me to generate more of the source?"

"Exactly," Alex nodded before speaking excitedly, "Hell, you could even create your own force of specialized chaos-empowered individuals who provide you the necessary feedback that would help you grow stronger."

"I have another idea, Alex," Wanda smiled and put her palm on Alex's cheek. She leaned her head closer to him and kissed his lips, "I will leave everything to you and you can establish whatever force you want to create and whatever you want to do with my new power. On the other hand, I want you to fuck me so hard that I completely forget about the previous few days that I spent in that accursed dimension. How about that?"

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