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CHEERFUL OBLIVION - WANDA MAXIMOFF X F!READER (CHAPTER FIVE)ㅤ ㅤ
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chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ
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WARNINGS: torture, angst, violence, blood, mentions of death, fluff, angst with a happy ending. Death. ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ
Jules/Stolas is portrayed by Adelaide Kane. Here. My recommendation and personal request is that you listen to this song, it will lull you throughout the chapter (and the next one): - Comes and Goes (in waves) - Greg Laswell
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Her gaze remained on that cup of steaming and hot coffee, so lost in her thoughts that she didn't know how much time passed. The scent reached her nose and made the demon sigh deeply.
Y/N looked down to see her watch, 4 am and they still had nothing.
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This one's for the lonely, the one's that seek and find. Only to be let down, time after time.
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After Y/N and Jules left the Compound, they found a perfect hideaway on an old ranch for sale in Wyoming. The place was abandoned for many years, the owners wanted to sell the place since it was 'haunted'. What they didn't know was that all those screams were thanks to a demon, who loved visiting the place at this time of year.
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‘No, I don't know why you're not there. I give you my love, but you don't care. So what is right and what is wrong? Give me a sign.’
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It was possibly the twentieth time she heard that song in an hour; 'What is love?' from Haddaway. The desperate screams from the room next did nothing but make her yawn. The music was so loud that it could have possibly blown up the door like it was a cartoon.
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After a few minutes, the door opened, letting out an adorable brunette who approached with the cutest smile ever. However, the blood on her face and body and the sword in her hand did not seem to match it. It looked like something out of a terrifying scene in Carrie.
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“Do you think he's ready to talk?” Y/N asked as she looked up, Jules nodded quickly. She seemed to be in a very good mood and was a bit creepy.
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“I think our big mouth is ready.” Jules said excitedly.
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“Let’s do this.” Taking a deep breath, Y/N stood up from her seat somewhat lazily. As soon as she crossed the threshold, the red lamp that moved on the ceiling from side to side started to flicker.
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The place was full of blood, some stuff lying on the floor, broken glass, as well as a guy tied to a chair in the middle of the room. The song keeps playing, but Jules turns down the volume, so Y/N could talk.
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“Can you stop that damn thing?!” That man shouted tiredly.
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At first glance, he looked like a man in his forties, the dark hair was soaked in blood as were different parts of his body. He looked tired, but not enough to shut up.
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“What?” Jules pouted. “You don't like the song? It's my favorite! I love the 90’s!”
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“It was our best time.” Y/N nodded.
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“It’s the worst song ever!” He spat the blood aside.
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His eyes were not human, they were yellow and had huge, horizontal pupils like a toad's. Sensing the desperation, Jules turned the volume up again, higher and higher.
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‘I want no other, no other lover. This is our life, our time . If we are together, I need you forever. What is love? Oh baby, don't hurt me! Don't hurt me! No more!’
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“Please, stop!” He begged one more time.
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“We're not going to stop, you low range scum!” But Y/N smiled widely, leaning down to cup his chin, she kinda enjoyed all this. After all, she was a demon. “Tell us what Abaddon will do! What is her next move?!”
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But even though Y/N could be intimidating, the demon just let out a laugh. His pearly white teeth were stained with blood.
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“Do you think I would betray Abaddon?” The demon kept laughing as blood began to run down the nose. “She would disintegrate me.”
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Silence reigned for a moment and then Jules laughed, so loud and so sincere that it made the demon look at her blankly.
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“Oh my- did... did you hear that?" The brunette said without even being able to breathe. She had definitely never heard anything so wrong or funnier.
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“Do you know what I can do to you? Do you know who I am?” Smiling at the demon's confused face, Y/N grabbed the man's jaw and squeezed it so hard with just one hand that the guy started screaming.
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“This is what I hate about low-ranking demons like you, stupid uncultured pawns.” Y/N hissed with enormous hatred and disgust, squeezing harder and harder. “I’m not a Knight… I’m not a Prince, like Stolas here. She’s even more important than you.”
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The irony and cruelty with which she said that showed that her demonic nature was still inside, of course she didn’t show it unless it was with beings as cruel as that one demon.
Something that Captain America would never accept.
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“I’m primordial.” Y/N said without further ado, summoning her sword which appeared in her hand. Tightening her grip, she rested the sharp point on the demon's cheek. “If Abaddon can hurt you, believe me, I will make you believe that Abaddon is heaven compared to what I will do to you.”
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A small cut on his neck made the demon open his eyes in fear, deeply in pain. It wasn't a superficial cut, but those blades caused death for beings like them. An ex-angelic sword, which was no longer used for good, was not an ordinary sword.
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“Talk and I let you survive.” Y/N ordered once more, before cutting again, this time several sensitive areas.
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The demon began to scream desperately and without further hesitation, began to blurt out everything he had to say.
He spent a long time revealing everything Abaddon thought, believed and would do. So much so that Y/N thought that maybe he knew too much for a low-ranking demon, it was a bit suspicious.
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“She'll go get them tomorrow afternoon.” The toad demon whispered in defeat and pain, in front of those two demons who looked at him with distrust. Jules narrowed her eyes, waiting for Y/N's decision. “...When the sun is near the horizon, when it burns red as hell, she will ravage the place.”
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Nodding slowly, Y/N grabbed the sword again and approached him violently. Even though the demon pleaded for his life, the snake finally pierced his neck with strength. His eyes flashed before he burned.
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She didn't need to know any more than that. “Seven days my ass, I knew that bitch wasn't going to wait that much.”
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“I need to let them know.” Y/N growled and left that room with some haste and confusion. Didn't expect the redhead to play such a dirty card like that, but if she did it, was because Abaddon no longer trusted Y/N’s word.
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“What’s our next move?” Jules whispered, afraid to ask.
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Sighing, Y/N placed hands on her hips, trying to think of thousands of possibilities at once. Something that would guarantee them a victory, but it was very difficult with everyone against them. Even minutes.
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“I need you to do something.” she finally said after a few minutes in silence, she had possibly chosen the worst decision of her life. Y/N grabbed a pencil and paper, doodling a sigil. “I need you to go to this place, write it down exactly as I tell you… and Jules? You’ll say exactly as I tell you. No more, no less.”
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Jules frowned and took the paper, confused by so much 'mystery' but when she saw the sigil her eyes widened. “Do you want me dead? They hate me more than they hate you.”
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Y/N approached her friend, placing her hands on the brunette's shoulders. “I promise you that nothing like what you think will happen. Nothing bad will happen if you say what I need you to say.”
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Jules whispered and looked at the doodles. “This means it's worse than I imagined.”
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“We need big cards, Stolas.” Y/N swallowed hard. Of course the worst would come soon. “I've been thinking about how to stop her, and each idea is one worse than another.”
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Jules didn't say anything, just nodded.
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While everyone was discussing and planning how to protect themselves from Abaddon's attack, once Wanda explained who the hell she was after seeing Y/N's memories, the sokovian decided to walk away and lock herself in her room, tired of listening to them fight and argue. She was fed up with those loud thoughts and fears.
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This one's for the torn down, the experts at the fall. Come on friends, get up now, you're not alone at all.
The brunette remained silent, sitting on her bed. The tissues around her were quite snitchy. Wanda was quiet as the tears fell, those red eyes and nose showing how tired she was of crying.
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How could fate be so cruel? To say it was fate and not the decisions of a handful of cruel demons playing with her life? Deciding who lives and who dies.
She squeezed her eyes shut as memories came to her in a flash.
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The knocking on the door made Wanda look up, waiting to see who dared to bother her.
The one who entered was none other than Natasha Romanoff, with a small friendly smile and guilt in those green eyes.
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“Can I come in?”
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“You already came in, right?” Wanda said with a small smile as she wiped the tears and threw the tissues into the trash can.
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The widow came over to sit next to Wanda. She understood very well the pain her friend was going through, the lies they fell into, losing the one you love most was unbearable.
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“Sorry, everything is… chaos.” Natasha hesitated whether to continue, she chose those words very poorly and scolded herself for it. “It is not our intention to make you feel worse. They want to protect you.”
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“I know.” Wanda sighed sadly. Didn't want to cause any more problems than they already had. This was all her fault.
Natasha took a deep breath, grateful for the silence in that place. She was sick of listening to Steve and Tony fight like children. But something caught her attention quickly, something changed in the room. The pictures of Y/N and Wanda that were lying in the trash can.
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“Haven't you heard from her?” The redhead dared to ask, turning to look at Wanda who tensed up at the mention of Y/N.
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“I don't even want to see her again.” The witch hissed angrily, falling victim to endless mixed feelings. She missed her, loved her, hated her, she was furious with her but also missed Y/N’s gaze. The way she held her hand, the way Y/N made her feel safe.
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“But you miss her.” Natasha whispered, placing a supportive hand on Wanda's shoulder. “I'm not judging you, it's not wrong to do so. After all, your feelings were real.”
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“And even though I hate it I could see that her feelings are real too. That's why I feel so angry.” Wanda turned to look at her friend, with those huge green eyes full of tears. Tears of helplessness and disappointment. “I feel so… stupid. So confused."
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Anguish threatened to close her throat, making her voice hoarser.
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“She knew me my whole life, knew everything that happened to me and yet didn't do anything.” Wanda finally allowed herself to let go, so painful that even Nat felt a little tear escape her eyes. “She let my parents die, Pietro died.”
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“And…” The sokovian breathed deeply, trying to stop herself from crying and trying to come to her senses, to be strong as she needed to. “And I hate myself for still loving her.”
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Of course those words were true, she loved Y/N. Couldn't let go of her feelings overnight, even if she wanted to, if Wanda could forget the demon, she would without hesitation.
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The one who didn't hesitate was Natasha, who hugged her friend and cradled her for a while. “I’m truly sorry, Wanda.”
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Natasha comforted the brunette as she vented. Letting the pain take over her was not a good option, and the widow was not going to allow anyone to Wanda her like they did to her in the Red Room.
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“I can't even process what I am, what I'm supposed to be.” Wanda whispered once she sat back down on the bed as Nat brought her a cup of tea. “The Scarlet Witch.”
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She looked down at the steaming cup of tea.
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“I must be something so evil... that I only cause disasters and pain to everyone I love.” Those words came from the depths of her heart, filled with so much pain.
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“No one can tell you who you are, Wanda. It doesn't matter 'what you're made for' or whether you're 'a perfect weapon', your decisions will always be yours. And you’re not evil.” Nat took her hand and sighed.
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She wasn't going to let her friend feel the way she felt for so long, not allowing herself to enjoy love and friendship. She was much more than all that pain.
Smiling at her sister, she squeezed Wanda’s hand and then hugged her tightly. Whatever was coming, they were all going to go through it together and win.
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“Friday, raise security to the maximum. Stay alert for any movement.” Tony walked through the workshop. Next to the common area, the workshop was a section that provided controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurement may be performed.
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It was Tony's favorite place, after the kitchen, of course. He was one of the few who didn't live in the compound.
Stark carefully observed the result that Friday showed on the screen.
Suddenly the door opened, drawing his attention, especially seeing that it was Bruce who entered in a bit of a hurry.
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“Tony.” The doctor took off his glasses somewhat clumsily. “What do you need from me? If this is because of the big guy-”
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Frowning, Tony turned to look at him blankly. “What?”
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“You sent me a text, you told me to come urgently.” Bruce looked at him with the same confused face. Even looked for his phone to show him the text.
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“I didn't-” The man was going to continue but a new presence made them turn around, astonished.
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“It was me. Hi.” Y/N appeared in front of them and quickly raised her hands in surrender as she saw how Tony was immediately about to attack. It was going to be much worse if Bruce brought the big guy to the fight. “Easy, gentlemen, I'm not here to look for trouble...”
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“You would have thought about it before sneaking around us for so long.” Quickly, as Tony squeezed one of his rings, a rapid nanotech gauntlet formed on his arm ready to fire at the demon. It probably wouldn't hurt, maybe angering the demon, but he'll die trying.
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“I can help you, but you have to listen to me.” Y/N hurriedly said, taking a few steps away.
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Using her sensory powers, she made sure that there was no one around them. Just the three of them.
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“We don't need your help.” Bruce exclaimed unbuttoning the collar of his shirt, ready to go.
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“Bruce, don’t.” She tilted her head, looking into his eyes. Even though Bruce tried and struggled to let go of the Hulk to the point of turning red, the big green guy didn't appear. “He knows I'm not coming to hurt you. So stop, you're embarrassing yourself.”
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“How-?” Bruce stammered blankly. Tony just rolled his eyes, lowering his arm.
Once they were sure that Y/N wasn't planning on attacking them, they let their guard down.
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"What are you doing here? If Wanda sees you, we are the last thing you should worry about.” Stark ironically joked as he approached his screen to scan the place again, making sure everything was fine. There was definitely a BIG flaw if Y/N could show up just like that.
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“Do you want the world to survive this catastrophe?”
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“Believe me, we will do it.” He gave a wry chuckle, they always did. Hydra, Loki, Ultron.
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“This isn't like your movie villain, Stark. It’s not some guy with lightning whips, or a tantrum-y god. This goes further.” Y/N moved closer to look at the screen but Tony quickly minimize it. “This doesn't just endanger this planet, this endangers all realities.”
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“Realities? What do you mean?” Bruce frowned. “Is a multiverse something possible?”
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“It is not a 'possibility', it is already a reality.” Y/N waved her hand, downplaying the talk, especially when both nerds seemed very interested in knowing more. “But we don't have time to talk about multiverses and alternate realities. We need a plan now, or Chton is going to screw them all up.”
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“What does Chton want? Especially with Wanda.”
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“Chton was a big demon, one of the cruelest beings that ever existed. He was banished many years ago… and wants to come back.” Y/N swallowed, thinking about the chaos that would engulf them all. “According to an old prophecy, he would do it thanks to a great sorceress who would have the power to handle the Chaos Magic, at such a level that she would break with any reality and modify it to her convenience. So when he does… all realities are going to collapse. One on top of another like dominos.”
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That sounded so terrifying that Tony Stark swallowed hard, lowering his self-loving know-it-all attitude. That sounded chaotic, a world where nothing would make sense.
Not only would they die, all the worlds, all the realities.
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“Do you want your daughter to live a nice life?” Y/N continued, knowing that would hit deep. The demon tilted her head as she saw the surprise in Stark's gaze, those big brown eyes so wide they would pop out of his head.
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Bruce had his mouth open like a fish out of water, more confused than Tony.
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“I'm not stupid, I know Pepper is pregnant.” The demon took a seat in one of the chairs and crossed her legs, so sassy. “It’s a very healthy baby, by the way.”
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Tony was surprised but hesitant. No one else knew that, only Pepper and him.
They had had an appointment with a doctor outside the compound so that everything would be a nice surprise. They had been trying to plan it for a week until Abaddon threatened to attack them.
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“Congratulations?” Bruce murmured, smiling somewhat happily for his friend.
He went over to hug Tony, who smiled proudly, forgetting everything for a moment. They had decided to hide it until this new chaos passed.
Especially when the Knight of Hell left a box at the door of the compound, with a quite terrifying message.
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“Will you listen to me?” Y/N asked, this time it was more of a plea.
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Sighing and knowing that it was best to get the upper hand, even if they had to work with a dirty, lying demon like Y/N, it was their best chance to win. The enemy of your enemy is your friend or something like that. “What do you need?”
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“I need both of you working together.” Y/N sighed and stood up from her seat. “I know Ultron left you a little hurt, but this time... you will truly protect this world. And must keep the secret until it is time.”
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“I don't like the idea of lying to them… again.” Crossing his arms, Bruce slowly shook his head. He wasn't willing to go through the same thing, that almost made the team break up forever and the world needed the Avengers.
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“This time you’ll save their lives thanks to it.” The demon insisted. “Steve would never allow my help, much less Wanda. We'll say it's your idea.”
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“That's true, both of them can't even say your name. And if Natasha sees you, she will kill you.” Tony smiled wryly as he poured himself a glass of scotch.
Showing him the middle finger first, Y/N typed a long amount of numbers on the screen quickly.
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“Friday, save this, please. These are the exact coordinates of the perfect place, where everything will begin. I need us to play with the lead.” She expanded the screen thanks to Friday, showing them the place.
Tony approached to see with curiosity, it wasn't close at all but the demon was right, it was a good place for a battle. Far from any kind of innocent victims.
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They kept talking and planning for about two hours, trying to find a solution. Y/N's idea was completely crazy and made no sense at all, but it was the only one available to them. It was their best shot.
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“Can you do it in 24 hours?” Y/N asked with some concern. Looking at that screen, the theory was good but the practice could be... difficult. Even for such an advanced engineer.
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“Do I need to sleep?” Tony said sarcastically.
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“Believe me, you will when you die.” Y/N responded in the same way.
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“We know a guy who can help with this… machine.” Thoughtfully, Tony watched the screen, trying to remove and add a few things. How can you build a thing like that from nothing? “We will do the best we can. Three great brains at work... and yours, of course.”
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“You have to do better than that.” Y/N frowned.
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She looked at her watch, hoping that Stolas would score a victory in her mission. She must have already been arriving.
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“Your ‘mission’ is to take back the book. That's at least what they can know.” The demon took a sheet of paper and quickly drew what the book would look like, since there was no type of information that talked about this.
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Tony walked over to look at it, raising an eyebrow.
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“The ‘Darkhold’?” He mocked. “Didn't they have a better name in the underworld? I thought that maybe with so many artists there, you demons would be more creative."
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Rolling her eyes, Y/N fixed her gaze on Bruce, who seemed to look more attentive at the moment. “Hear me clearly… You cannot use that book, from any point of view, never open it. The Darkhold holds secrets and curses so ancient they would destroy any reality. It will destroy your hearts, your minds and your souls.”
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An awkward silence remained for a moment. Despite Tony's sarcastic humor, he understood that this was not the time for jokes, everyone's fate was really at stake. And not just because of the big fight, but because of what came after that.
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“No matter what they promise you… they’ll never give you what you want. It is a trap.” The demon reaffirmed.
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After a few seconds and knowing that she counted on them both understanding the task, the presence of a new person made Tony jump.
Jules looked at everyone a little agitated, she seemed shocked but was undoubtedly still alive.
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“It’s done.” Jules grimaced, not very happy with that decision, but when she saw Tony and Bruce her face changed so quickly. Stolas smiled tenderly and waved. “Hi.”
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“I hope this works.” Y/N sighed deeply, for a moment she wondered if it would work but she no longer had time to doubt. The minutes passed and they played with a disadvantage. At the surprised gaze of both humans, she spread her wings for a moment. Great and enormous wings, so black but still as soft as an angel's, Y/N smiled as she remembered that feeling.
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“Nice.”
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Taking courage, she plucked one of the feathers and moaned in pain. A searing pain, and so unique, a pain she had never felt before.
Sighing, Y/N approached Tony to hand him the feather, which after snapping her fingers, turned into a blue liquid in a very tiny bottle.
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“This is something unique, that very few humans have had the pleasure of obtaining. And as you know, none of them are alive.” Y/N said as she looked at that liquid and handed it to Tony, who seemed quite curious as well as surprised. Possibly thinking how much he could use it if he only knew how. “Be careful, don't use it all. I risked my ass with an archangel for that.”
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Bruce cleared his throat, making her turn.
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“An… a-archangel gave this to you?” Bruce stammered and looked at that tiny bottle as if he were holding an important grail. Everything already challenged beliefs, needed to know more.
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“I wish… it’s just my old feather. They just allowed me to get my wings for a moment.” The demon wrinkled her nose and walked away, still feeling a stinging pain. “They think I will use them for battle tomorrow against Abaddon, but it was actually for this, so… no one can know.”
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“You made a deal with them.” Stark walked away from her and took that liquid to one of his devices so he could analyze it. “Isn't that worse?”
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Y/N shrugged, knowing it couldn't get any worse. “I go one thing at a time.”
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“In fact, you have two.” Jules' voice made her turn around, watching as she handed a small bottle to Bruce.
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"What are you doing?” The higher-demon approached Jules with concern, whispering: “That wasn’t in the deal.”
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“I know, I decided to add some stuff before doing it. It's mine.” The dark-haired woman patted her friend's shoulder, who looked at her in surprise. How dare she? Stolas was going against her own decisions, and yet, her heart softened at the sight of her friend's loyalty. “I already told you, I'm with you. And they need to come back, so… two is better.”
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Sighing, Y/N ended up nodding, knowing that she couldn't fight her.
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“Wait here, I have to do something before we leave this place.”
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That green-eyed girl took everything she needed and put it in a backpack, exactly as Natasha asked. It seemed that Stark and Banner had a momentary solution, and that made the tension between everyone go down.
But what didn't seem to fade away was the fear she felt, the uncertainty of not knowing who or what she was.
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Everyone repeated everything they found about the Scarlet Witch, but no one knew exactly. And of course, although people didn't say it, since they found out who she was, everyone seemed afraid of her.
Suddenly, three knocks on the door caught the girl’s attention as she tried to close the backpack.
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“I'll be ready soon, Natasha.” Wanda said with a low tone of voice and that exquisite sokovian accent.
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But the one who opened the door was not the redhead, but someone else who believed and wished to never see again.
Y/N sighed and closed the door behind her, leaning against the door.
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“What are you doing here?” The Sokovian quickly became alert, chaos magic beginning to dance around her fingers.
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“I know you hate me.” The demon began, the melancholy in her eyes said more than words.
Seeing Wanda again made her heart come back to life, beating once again. Y/N couldn't help but feel sadness when she saw those beautiful reddish eyes because of crying.
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“Leave me alone.” Wanda hissed, willing to defend herself if she had to.
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But Y/N didn't do anything else, just slowly approach her and see that woman with loving eyes, even if Wanda attacked her with fury, she would still see the love of her life more beautiful than ever.
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“I just want to say I love you.” Y/N stopped in front of her, even though she wasn't going to hurt her, she didn't want to make the Sokovian uncomfortable. “Please, just let me explain and then I’ll leave.”
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So close to home and so far away.
For a moment she allowed herself to get lost in her gaze, hoping to come clean. Y/N knew that it wasn't going to fix things with Wanda, but it was enough to say sorry before chaos broke loose.
Wanda shook her head, unable to believe how Y/N dared to ask to be 'heard'. “I shouldn't even allow you to be here right now.”
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“I’m sorry… I'm really sorry for lying to you, I'm sorry for hiding so much from you and above all... allowing them to hurt you.” Y/N said those words with so much sadness, with a lost look and a deep pain in her heart. “It is my fault.”
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Tears escaped, slowly falling down Y/N’s cheek. A gesture so pure, so sincere that it made Wanda hesitate for a few moments. She would never have thought that a demon could cry.
All the happy memories with Y/N flashed through her mind, knowing that her beloved's pain was genuine, but her own… That was much deeper and blinding. That one was a lot more painful.
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“You are a demon.” Those harsh words made Y/N squirm, she wasn't going to forgive her. Wanda just shrugged, wasn't going to get it so easily. “Your tears don't move me, Y/N. Oh, yeah. Y/N isn't your real name.”
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“Of course I tried to tell you my name, but you never listen to me!” Y/N tried, really trying to be patient. With any other human being she would have exploded but with Wanda, well, she was the exception to every rule. “I would like you to know the real me.”
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“The real you?” Wanda giggled sarcastically and tilted her head. “That sadistic and malicious creature? The one who looked aside when me and my brother were dying of hunger? The one that let my parents die without doing anything about it?”
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“I didn't know you and I was doing what they asked me to do. It's millennia, Wanda, millennia being the same and then I met you, and-” She tried to reason with her but Wanda just rolled her eyes, taking her backpack to leave what she considered 'home' for all that time.
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“You make me want to be better.” Y/N followed her, until Wanda stopped. For that tiny second, the demon had hope. Maybe those words would give her a chance, at least to say goodbye.
Wanda turned on her heels, and ending Y/N's anticipation, she finally said. She met Y/N's gaze so that the demon knew, so that the demon understood, that those were really her words and not the pain: “After everything I saw... I would never love you.”
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Y/N's hope and heart fell to the ground, breaking completely.
Feeling how the weight on that chest became more and more painful and overwhelming. There were no happy endings for demons.
And to finish stabbing the dagger, Wanda whispered: “I would never love something like you.”
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Accepting what she deserved, Y/N nodded quickly swallowing all the pain.
The demon simply decided to lower her gaze and walk out the door without further ado, everything was said and everything was done.
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There was no turning back.
Leaving Y/N behind, Wanda quickly walked towards the elevator, hiding there until the doors closed behind.
Once they did, thanks to Friday who stopped the elevator so she could have a moment alone, the brunette allowed herself to cry uncontrollably for a long time.
Hugging herself, thinking about how much she wanted to go back and hug Y/N, to kiss her and forget everything. Want to go back in time, want everything to go well for the first time in her life.
Coming to her senses, Wanda left the elevator and finally entered the conference room, where everyone was planning what to do, how to attack and what the real mission of all this was.
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“But they want her for what she will be.” was heard, they stopped when Wanda entered the room. An awkward silence tenses everything, until the only one who was brave to break it was Stark.
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“The Scarlet Witch, Harbinger of Chaos.” Tony explained to everyone, looking at Wanda, but not in an accusatory way. Strangely, Tony understood the situation thanks to Y/N.
The girl just played with her rings, feeling uncomfortable and exposed. “The Scarlet Witch was not just born but also forged. Her power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme, and her destiny was… to destroy the world.” He sighed. “But what we are here for... is to avoid it. I don't think your power is destructive, Wanda.”
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“What will we do then? We can't hand her over to… that thing.” Steve kept his brow furrowed, totally serious. He was one in that room of those who would defend Wanda until death. “How do you know all this?”
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“Y/N.” Wanda murmured, knowing perfectly well the reason why Y/N visited her room.
To give them information that they could use.
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“Do we have to believe in a demon? A demon? That will do it because of the goodness in her heart?” Rhodey exclaimed in a mocking manner, shaking his head.
Even though he used to be a pain in the ass sometimes, he was right.
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“I don't think Y/N is lying here, there's no point in warning us.” Kate murmured somewhat nervously, noticing all the eyes on her. She stirred as if she sensed many birds of prey ready to devour her.
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“Kid, just let the adults talk.” Rhodey narrowed his eyes.
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As soon as she heard his tone, Yelena suddenly stood up and pointed at the man, threatening: “Don't talk to her like that again.”
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Everyone started arguing again, like the sixth time since they started the meeting, until Tony intervened: “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Do you want to shut up? I found a way to save all of our lives, thank you very much.”
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Everyone was silent.
The mood was not easy to bear, everyone was tired, fearful, upset and anxious. Who wouldn't be? A battle was coming up that they didn't even know how to win.
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“The plan is simple, I have a place, I have an idea. We need to recover the book that caused all this, but we can't open it or read it. Destroying it is the only solution.” Tony walked around the room, observing his friends one by one. Faces of confusion, fear, and even some with a certain curiosity. “The book corrupts everything and everyone that it touches, our duty is to keep it where it is. Not using it.”
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Bruce was in charge of explaining and showing them the plan and projections of what they would do. Friday helped by showing some probabilities, as well as the plans of that machine they would use.
As they had previously deduced, it was a completely out of the ordinary and crazy plan, but it was their only chance.
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“So, this machine will…” Natasha said somewhat skeptically, trying to understand.
And she wasn't the only one, everyone seemed a little worried about that sudden 'idea'.
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“That will allow us to escape.” Bruce nodded, taking off his glasses. “Not everyone will be able to come, but those who do, know that we will do everything possible to protect this reality. Those who stay must protect the place.”
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“It’s insane.” Someone said.
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“It is, but it’s our last chance. So… Who’s coming?” Tony asked, watching as some of his friends raised their hands quickly.
The man smiled with a certain pride, knowing that they would give their lives so that this planet would have another dawn.
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Wanda simply remained silent, her gaze as lost as she was in her thoughts. She couldn't even look at her friends, this was all because of her.
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Natasha saw her so quiet and placed a hand on Wanda’s shoulder, squeezing it gently. “Don't worry, we won't let them do anything to you, kid.”
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Looking at her, Wanda simply nodded her head hoping that this was really true.
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NAMIB DESERT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS LATER
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“Are you sure it’s here?” Natasha asked, grimacing as the Quinjet's door opened.
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At least she was grateful that there was no problem parking it, all around them could be seen vast sand dunes, dry trees and a claypan. Some wild animals ran away at the presence of strangers.
Deadvlei was a claypan, between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park. The heat was oppressive, the sun remained high and that meant they still had time.
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Grimacing, Wanda went down after Nat who was walking in front with Steve and Tony.
The day finally arrived, and those who had decided to go on the 'mission' were Steve, Tony, Clint, Kate, Yelena and Natasha.
Bucky promised to take care of the place along with Bruce, Sam and the others, delaying Abaddon as much as possible. The big green guy was going to do everything possible to stop her long enough.
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“The mission is to take back the Darkhold.” Tony left the briefcase he was carrying on one of the platforms in front of them, a briefcase that opened with nanotech and little by little transformed into a kind of quadrangular machine.
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Thanks to the help of an old friend of his father's, Henry Pym, Tony was able to use much of his tech to achieve what he thought impossible.
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“Everyone has their GPS, right? Come here, around the machine and… press it now.”
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Listening to what Stark asked, everyone surrounded that machine and finally pressed the GPS button. Quickly, a nanotech suit materialized perfectly around their clothes, except the helmet.
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“Good! It’s good!” Stark cheered and everyone seemed less worried. Even curious, playing and watching the material of that advanced suit. “I just need to get all the suits in sync-”
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Everything was ready, everyone was ready for this new adventure but a flutter of wings surprised them.
In the distance, two demons approached slowly trying to walk on the warm sand.
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“Is it ready?” Y/N asked, noticing everyone's tense gaze on her. Possibly mentally preparing herself for Natasha Romanoff to strike out at her at any moment.
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“What is she doing here?!” Wanda asked, trying not to look at her.
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“I’m also here. Hi!” Jule added, waving at them.
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“Did you make this plan with them?” Steve narrowed his eyes and then looked at Tony, who was trying to hide his embarrassed face.
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“Calm down, Rogers.” Tony tried to keep the peace. "Get back in your place, you're going to ruin everything! We need them!”
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“No, we don’t!” Steve exclaimed, pulling up his shield, ready to use it.
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“Come back to your place again, granny. You don't want to break your hip.” Stolas scoffed and of course that almost made Y/N laugh, but it definitely stole a laugh from Clint which he tried to hide.
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After a few minutes bickering, Y/N sighed deeply and ended up shouting: “Shut the fuck up!”
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Once again everyone seemed to get into a fight that they did not have the pleasure or privilege of having.
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“Do you want your friends to survive? Do you want this planet to keep spinning tomorrow?” Y/N scolded and watched them one by one, even Wanda. Even though the sokovian had so many reasons to be hurt, her life and the lives of others were in danger. “Then do what you must. Do what we say! And you’ll survive!”
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Her voice was strong and imposing.
And everyone's guilty silence proved her right, especially when a thunder made everyone look at the sky. While they were arguing, huge black clouds began to form, devouring that blue sky. The sun was gone.
Blinking in surprise, Y/N looked up, knowing that there was no more time. The light was gone.
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“They’re coming.” She whispered, quickly taking position in front of them. “Stark, put this damn thing to work. Time to fly!”
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Upon hearing that, the avengers prepared to battle whatever was approaching. A breeze of wind rose, slightly moving the dry trees, making them creak.
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“What? I thought she would go through the Compound first-” Stark stammered commanding Friday to turn on the machine.
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With a desolate look, Y/N simply whispered: “They must all be dead by now… this is the only way out. I’m really sorry.”
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Those words made everyone's blood run cold.
If a dark sky and the absence of the sun wasn't scary enough, knowing that your friends died and not even being there was much worse.
Wanda felt horrible nausea, feeling all that guilt, all that pain.
Especially when seeing Steve shed a tear and clutch the shield tightly to his arm, ready to fight.
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“Come on!” Y/N screamed desperately, noticing that the machine seemed to turn on but stopped again as if the power wasn't enough. “Now turn the damn thing on!”
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“Can't! Is not working!” Tony became desperate too, typing rapidly on his tablet. “Friday, help me a little, will you? Make a quick scan.”
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“How does it not work? You said you could do it!” Y/N growled.
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“IT WAS TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!”
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“Prepare to fight.” Steve ordered but Y/N shook her head.
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“No fighting, just stay in there!” Y/N exclaimed pointing at him, warning him that if he left his place, it would be worse. The demon turned to see Stolas. “We need to build a barrier.”
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“Maybe I should turn myself in, and just make a deal.” Wanda mumbled, still thinking about Bucky and the others. She couldn't stop imagining so many bloody and tragic scenarios, and they were all her fault.
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Like her parents. Like Pietro. Like Vision, Bruce and Bucky.
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“No, Wanda, listen to me…” Y/N approached her but Wanda quickly backed away, not even wanting to look at her. Although something inside begged her to do it, to hug her, to kiss Y/N one more time. She didn't do it.
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“I love you, more than anything in my entire existence. You are the first person I have loved since... I was made.” Her voice broke. Y/N was confessing her love from the deepest and most real part of her being, the only good part left in the demon. “I'm really sorry for everything I did. I hope someday you can forgive me, and if you don't, my greatest wish is that you can be truly happy. So please don't give in, not just for yourself, but for everyone around you. Keep holding on.”
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Once she said that, Y/N turned around and summoned her sword, which held firmly in her right hand. Before the surprised gaze of the others, Y/N closed her eyes and brought lips to the blade, whispering something incomprehensible. A dark and ancient language.
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After that, she brought the blade to her palm and made a deep cut, before Wanda's surprised look.
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“We have to do it.” Jules held out her hand, hoping she would cut it too.
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This one's for believing, if only for its sake Come on friends, get up now, love is to be made.
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Y/N frowned, doubtful. It was one thing for her, but it was another thing to risk someone else's life. “Are you sure? You don’t have to-”
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“I know.” Stolas sighed and nodded solemnly. “I’ll do.”
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Y/N took a deep breath before cutting their hands, making some blood drops to begin to fall around them and the machine.
Jules did the same, letting the blood fall in the same places until they met.
Once they connected, both intertwined their wounded hands and began to recite a spell that neither could understand. It wasn't a known language, it definitely wasn't human. Even Friday couldn't figure it out. An ancient and dark and dark spell, one created long before language was made.
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What surprised most of them was seeing both of their eyes change; using glamor to hide their demonic eyes carried an energy that they had to redirect towards the barrier spell.
They stayed like that for a minute until they separated, sighing relaxedly as they saw how a barrier covered all of them. An invisible barrier to the eyes of any enemy.
A barrier impossible to break, no matter how strong you were.
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Frowning, Wanda asked: “What did you do?”
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“What is this?” Natasha asked, a bit worried. She didn't like feeling locked in at all.
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“Stay inside and don't go out.”Y/N begged , somewhat agitated, that spell did more than just take their energy. Felt everything start to spin but she tried to stay strong. “It is a powerful blood spell.”
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Steve approached the barrier somewhat hesitantly and tried to touch it, go through it, but it was like touching a concrete wall. Not even his shield could break it.
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“If you could do that, why didn't you do it before?” Captain America said, a bit suspiciously.
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“Because it's a binding spell! It ties one life to the other!” Y/N yelled, already annoyed, tired of answering so many stupid questions. She was about to die, she was giving her life so they could survive and the stupid machine wasn't working. Wasn’t that enough? “The barrier is powerful and will protect you, as long as we survive.”
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Everyone looked at them in surprise, understanding what it meant. Even Tony, who stopped looking at the screen to look at Y/N.
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“So you-” Wanda whispered in disbelief.
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“So...if you guys die...” Kate followed those words.
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“The barrier will fall. ” Y/N gulped. “We'll try to hold on as long as possible... so Stark, hurry up.”
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In the face of an awkward silence, Y/N cleared her throat and turned around so they wouldn't see her that way.
They went from seeing her as a disgusting being to pitying her, and she didn't know which of the two was worse.
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However Jules pouted a little seeing them. “Don't be sad, we'll be fine. You will fix all our mistakes.”
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“Thank you.” Yelena mumbled. Words they would never have expected, especially coming from someone like her. Yelena nodded nobly, accepting that sacrifice.
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“It’s okay. Anyway.” Y/N swallowed and nodded quickly, she didn't know how to react to that. For someone to be kind to her. Again. “Do not leave the protection, if you leave it will be more difficult for us and more painful. Don't interfere either. Once the spell is cast and the sacrifice accepted, there is no going back.”
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The flapping of wings could be heard, growing louder around them. As if a flock of crows were approaching.
Everyone looked up trying to find the reason for the sound, it became closer and more terrifying.
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“They’re coming.” Y/N muttered and then looked at Stark, so terrified. “Do not engage, just fix it and leave.”
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Before he could even answer, a new presence made everyone turn to look.
As stunning and beautiful as deadly, Abaddon smiled widely as she saw everyone. A smile that made many feel a horrible chill.
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“I think they gave me the wrong address for the party.” The redhead said, strangely cheerful, especially when several demons began to appear behind. Her legion. “Hand over the girl and everyone will die less painfully than I want.”
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Willing to protect them, Y/N and Jules settled in front of them.
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“But I’ve to say, these traitors will suffer a horribly, harrowing, terrifying death… And you will see it.” Abaddon said, licking her fangs in a creepy way. “So Wanda, honey, let’s go. Mommy's tired of waiting.”
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“She’s not going anywhere.” Y/N said sharply, with a determined look.
Of course, while she tried to distract the redhead, Stark was working quickly to fix the machine.
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“I’m glad we finally met.” The redhead tilted her head to look into the eyes of the witch, who looked at her with enormous hatred. “You're going to watch everyone around you right now, all your friends, die. In terrifying ways.”
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But the Sokovian didn't say anything, she just stood steady, without showing any fear. Like all of her friends.
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“We will bleed so much pain out of you that you will be left in deep need of therapy for millennia.” The Knight of Hell laughed, followed by everyone around her. “And the only thing you will have is us. Isn’t that sad?”
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Abaddon turned to look at Y/N. “What does it feel like? Neither heaven nor hell wants you! You are not part of any. You’re nothing. You have no purpose.”
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Slowly surrounding Y/N, Abaddon summoned her sword. It was a dark sword, which unlike Y/N's smooth and sharp blade, this one had its edge broken, like sharp teeth, to cause even more damage.
But what she wanted with those words was to cause more emotional damage, break her completely and end the Leviathan in one fell swoop.
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“And you still don't see it? The one who was going to hurt her so deeply… is you.” Abaddon mocked like a maniac, celebrating the debacle of the GREAT demon. “Not just your betrayal, the pain we need will be caused by your death… right now, in front of her.”
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Y/N's face suddenly paled. How had she not thought of that before?
She quickly turned to look at Wanda, hoping that really wasn't true. Y/N had always been the worst thing that happened to her, even when she didn't want to.
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“You are her savior and her executor.” Abaddon repeated those words she had highlighted before.
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While all the demons around her laughed cruelly, Y/N remained silent trying to deal with all those voices in her mind. How was she so blind?
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“Okay, I got tired. Kill them all.” Abaddon shrugged and several demons walked towards the avengers, ready to tear them apart.
But Y/N's voice stopped them dead, especially what she had to say.
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“You don't have to do this.” Y/N pointed her sword at Abaddon, there was no turning back. If she was going to leave, she would do it with honor. “I challenge you to a duel, you and me. Nobody else."
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“Yeah, I don’t care.” The redhead was going to ignore her but Y/N appeared in front of the Knight, placing the point of Willbreaker on that pale neck. Making some demons cheer in amusement, making Abaddon feel completely like an idiot.
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“I am Leviathan, my name is holy, and you will accept the duel, because I outrank you.” Y/N hissed. Clenching her jaw, you could see in those blue demonic eyes how furious she was. Abaddon couldn't refuse a duel, especially with Y/N.
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Completely changing from anger to a pleased smile, Abaddon nodded and bowed. “I accept.”
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Sighing and lowering her sword, Y/N made sure that only one of them left that place alive.
But what the demon didn't expect was that the demons behind would suddenly catch her, taking her sword away. A rather treacherous move, but what could she expect from a demon?
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Not understanding what it was about, or if Abaddon was not going to comply, Y/N opened her eyes wide especially because the redhead moved away from her to approach Stolas.
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“But first, the vermin.” The higher demon looked at Jules, vicious violence was reflected in those eyes.
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“Let me go. This is between you and me!” Y/N growled, trying to break free, but even more demons held her down.
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… This one's for the faithless, the ones that are surprised. They're only where they are now, regardless of their fight���
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Abaddon's wicked gaze fell on Natasha, then pointed her sword at Stolas. “You know who she is, right?”
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“She told me everything.” Natasha clenched her jaw tightly, remembering all the things Jules said to her the last time they saw each other. All those secrets.
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The brunette was extremely sincere, to the point that she endured Natasha's punches and screams when she found out who Jules was, and why kept silent about the Red Room.
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Narrowing her blue eyes, doubtful that the little demon was sincere, Abaddon kept poking the bear. “Stolas was the one in charge of keeping everything running in the Red Room, so long ago. She was a great demon. Prince of Hell.”
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She smiled evilly, feeling the pain and spite in Natasha. And above all, the blame on Stolas.
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“But I must tell you something, be honest with you even though I love to lie.” The redhead faked a love sigh and placed a hand on her chest. “But one day… she decided to throw everything away and allowed one of the Black Widows, one of the best and most ruthless agents, to escape. Can you believe it?"
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Jules looked down, sad but remembering a dark past. Having mercy had been her 'big mistake'. She never told Nat that she helped in the 'escape'.
The Knight shook her head, disappointed.
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“And when she returned to hell, we torture and humiliated her for years, hundreds of years. Well, time passes differently there anyway.” Abaddon shrugged and turned to look at Jules. “Draw your sword, little bird.”
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It looked like a small bird about to be eaten by a crocodile, but Stolas did not retreat. Jules swallowed, stepping back and finally summoned her sword.
It was a smaller sword than Y/N's, leaf-bladed but definitely much better than nothing. Stolas was a fallen angel, but not as important as them.
She positioned herself ready to fight, but Abaddon raised an eyebrow.
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“Everyone look at the prince of Hell!” The redhead mocked. “Did you think you were going to go against me? Really? She thinks she's in the big leagues.”
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Everyone started laughing, making the brunette feel even more nervous. She rested her gaze on Y/N, who just looked into her brown eyes, trying to encourage her.
Stolas held onto the grip of the sword, feeling her hands sweating.
But as Abaddon walked away, ready to watch the fight, some demons stepped forward holding their swords. Not just one, there were five.
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“Astaroth. Oriax. Sitri. Orobas… and…” Jules named them one by one, watching as they surrounded her with a wicked look. Of course she was at a disadvantage, but she wouldn't let them intimidate her. Stolas wrinkled her nose, looking at the fifth in front of her. “I don't really know you, you must be new. You're going to be a piece of cake.”
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Finally she smiled a bit smugly, moving the sword in circles and waiting for one of them to take the first step. The tension increased while everyone waited for the first one to make a mistake, and luckily one of the demons ended up giving in to his internal violence, launching the first blow.
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Taking advantage of this offensive movement, Stolas blocked the attack and pushed that demon towards the others. Between punches, blocks and stabs, the little demon thanked each of the lessons that Natasha taught her.
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All of them watched that battle with sadness and amazement. Without realizing that they were at a key moment for the universe, feeling completely helpless as they watched every time Jules received a hit or a cut.
But even so, the brunette moved skillfully, trying to avoid being attacked by all of them. With that heart beating fast and her breathing labored, Stolas raised the sword and waited again for the attack of four of them.
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The demon that she 'did not know' ended up on the ground, disappearing from the face of the Earth. One down, four to go.
The blood fell down her face, the cuts in so many parts of her body made her recoil like a wounded animal. That tender, sweet look was now a deadly look, and she would die with it until she took her last breath.
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A gasping breath as she attacked again, but this time there was something different. Stolas eyes widened as she felt the edge of a sword stabbing her stomach forcefully.
Behind her, one of the demons smiled maliciously. She fell on her knees, unable to understand.
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A loud beep drowned out the screams around them, Natasha's screams, Y/N's screams trying to break free, the cheers of the demons around.
Those brown eyes filled with tears, feeling that sharp and terrifying pain in her belly. As if something began to boil inside her. An unbearable pain.
And still, she managed to get up little by little.
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“Leave her alone.” Y/N begged Abaddon, kneeling as those demons held her. “Don’t do this. The fight is between you and me.”
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But Abaddon just smirked, victorious.
Especially when another of the demons stabbed Stolas from the front again, and the next as well. Finally she knelt down, trying to bear it but finally the last one of the swords pierced her body.
Y/N kept kicking and fighting trying to get free. Tears began to fall in floods down her face, feeling a deep pain in her heart. A pain that she never thought she would feel for something or someone other than Wanda.
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For someone a demon like her never thought, she would become her best friend. A great friend. A loyal friend.
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So loyal, that blood began to gush from her pink lips but she did not complain. Jules just turned to look at Y/N, smiling with that tenderness that always characterized her since they met.
The one she always complained about, saying 'you should look more serious, Stolas. You’re a demon.'
And now, she would never see again.
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… This is for the ones who stand...
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“It’s okay.” Jules whispered, her gaze on Y/N, one last time. Trying to give her peace, knowing that she would leave as a 'hero'.
Suddenly, Abaddon’s sword pierced Stolas chest from behind, stealing the last sigh from her.
Her brown eyes flashed for a moment before burning, as Y/N screamed in despair.
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Really terrifying screams, full of pain, like a wounded and angry beast. A sound that would haunt everyone for eternity. A sound as if a beast was wounded, like a powerful storm in the ocean.
She would destroy everything in her way.
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The first layer of protection that surrounded the Avengers faded with the loss of Stolas. That terrified Tony, who kept trying to solve the issue and kept talking to Friday. Repeating the process again, unsuccessfully.
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The ashes in the air made her explode, pushing the demons with such force that it surprised them.
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"Y/N...." Wanda tried to get her attention, approaching the barrier but the demon didn't hear her. She was furious, completely blind.
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"Y/N, don't do it. That's what she wants." Natasha said, approaching too but none of them were lucky.
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“Finally!” Abaddon exclaimed excitedly, swinging her sword.
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“Do what you have to do and get out!” Y/N yelled at Tony, clenching the handle of her sword tightly before delivering the first swing.
She was tired of being patient and playing the war in the smartest way.
Every furious step approaching Abaddon was every blow she swung with her sword.
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The anger that Y/N managed only made the redhead laugh happily, knowing that she got what she wanted, hurting Y/N deeply. Therefore, her death would be even more delicious.
The sharp blades of their swords meeting again and again made Tony feel even more anxious and terrified. The pressure not only of the moment but of his friends, who were waiting.
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Y/N moved with surprising agility, hitting hard but also evading delicately, as if it were a dance.
She looked so confident, so strong, that Wanda even felt a bit proud, although she would never admit it.
Strange that Abaddon didn’t attack with all her power, and had a very good reason.
Because when Y/N finally slashed her cheek, the redhead unleashed all the fury of the angel of the abyss.
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“Okay, enough games.”
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With blinding fury, like hellfire, Abaddon advanced striking so hard that Y/N feared her sword would break. Amazed by the redhead's brute strength, she frowned when, with one blow, Abaddon sent her stumbling back.
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Y/N frowned.
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“Surprised?” Abaddon teased. “You are not the only one with help. I thought you were going to use your wings.”
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Approaching quickly, Abaddon launched a blow making her fall.
Y/N held the swing of the sword with her own, kneeling, using the strength of her legs but the force the redhead exerted began to make her give way.
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“You’re just weak.” Abaddon said through clenched teeth, seeing the demon on the ground, she struck again but Y/N moved quickly, evading it. “Like her.”
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The Knight hit hard again but only found dust, Y/N stood up nimbly, moving away but always staying alert.
One of the demons was going to attack her from behind, like Jules, but the redhead quickly made it fall back, raising a hand. “She’s mine!” Yelled angrily, and looked at the Leviathan again.
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Time after time, Abaddon took the lead and hit her hard. Not only with the sword, but also with punches and kicks. Both hitting the ground, crashing into rocks.
Time passed and they both fought fiercely, but unfortunately the redhead had the upper hand, with just a few cuts and blows. While Y/N, she was much worse.
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Abaddon's last sword blow cut her stomach and her left eye, crossing her face, losing the eye forever.
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“Give up, it’s over. She’s ours.” The Knight of Hell boastfully exclaimed.
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She had never seen Y/N like that, defeated and tired. And she loved it.
Y/N coughed up more blood than she expected.
The pain in her stomach and back let her know that she had two large cuts, so deep that blood began to fall like rivers. “As long as I’m breathing… it’s not over.”
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Leviathan was so hard and stubborn, like waves hitting the rock. Time and time again, she would come back.
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“Why do you fight for them? They are no better than us, look at them…” Abaddon pointed to her friends, whom Y/N considered her family for all that time. To whom she would have sold without thinking long ago, and she now was giving her life to protect them. For Wanda, the woman she loved; feeling love for the first time in her life, caring about something other than herself.
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“They’re terrified, hiding while a ‘demon’ fights for them.” The blue-eyed demon glanced at them out of the corner of her eye. “Why fight for them? They are parasites.”
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Taking a deep breath, getting as much air as she could, tried to stay alive.
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“Sometimes I tend to wonder why… Why I try?” But Y/N chuckled sadly, shaking her head as she tried to catch her breath. “Because I have been around them all my life, watching these vermin benefit, feed, and destroy everything in their path. They are parasites.”
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Finally the demon got up with some difficulty, Y/N spit blood to the side.
Everything hurt, inside and outside.
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“I’ve seen what they're capable of… I just realized how fucked up they are! Just wandering around through life until they die! Which they know is coming, and yet every single one of them is surprised when it happens to them! They came to Hell saying 'oh no! What did I do?! 'How could I have died?!” Y/N laughed, feeling the pain in her body. Thinking how crazy that all sounded and how strange they could be.
Slowly, she limped closer. and watched them one by one. Knowing their deepest desires, their darkest sins.
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“They only think of satisfying their own desires, those two you see there?” She pointed at Tony and Steve. “They were about to beat each other so many times… Tony Stark sold weapons! That they destroyed Wanda's home! Remember? Humans kill each other, which is CLEARLY insane…” Y/N sighed as she saw Wanda, and then turned to face Abaddon again. “But here’s the thing… When it's something that really matters, they fight. I mean, they're lame morons for fighting sometimes…”
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Abaddon tilted her head, trying to understand. To her it was just incoherent babbling.
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“But they do. They never, never quit…” Y/N held her sword again. “So I guess I will keep fighting for them too.”
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The redhead did the same. It was glorious to be able to end someone who wanted to destroy her entire existence, envied since she was made but also had respect for Leviathan. “It's your death.”
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“Honey, it has been for quite some time. You just don't know.” Y/N smiled mockingly and began to surround her as if she were a wild animal, taking a more alert and less defensive position.
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Despite the pain going through different parts of her body, Y/N moved the sword in circles, waiting for the attack.
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…For the ones who try again…
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And when the redhead attacked, Y/N used the opponent's strength to cut her body and make her stumble. A deep cut across her thigh, making Abaddon limp.
Natasha's voice reminding her of that move over and over again in their training reached her.
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Turning to look at her with murderous fury, Abaddon attacked again but Y/N knew how to defend herself until the Knight used the strength of those invisible wings, hitting her chest so hard and making Y/N fall and slide into the protective barrier.
Worried, everyone watched as the demon stirred in pain. The only one who could get past the protection was Y/N, and if Abaddon realized the spell, she would do her best to destroy it.
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“Don't… move. Their eyes are on me, just... leave. Soon.” Y/N mumbled in pain, still on the ground, trying to catch air like a fish out of water. The demons' laughter made Y/N close her eyes for a moment, trying to gather the strength to keep going. She couldn't stop there.
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She had to give them time, she had to help them.
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Y/N opened her eyes when she felt a presence next to her, a soft hand taking hers, to help her up. Kate Bishop gave her a small smile as Y/N placed the arm around her shoulder for support. Yelena quickly approached to help too.
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“Thank you.” The demon muttered barely due to the swelling from the cut on her face, slowly walking with them towards the barrier.
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“Kate? I have to be honest with you.” She whispered, swallowing hard. “When I met you… I thought you were a fool, like a weak point and desperate for a friend.”
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Those words made Y/N shed a tear. Ashamed of herself. “I was never so wrong in my entire existence… because you are my best friend. You are a good person, you have a big heart… so please, never lose it. I was the fool, but lucky to have you all.”
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“I do believe that you can change.” Kate dared to say, those blue eyes so red from crying. The archer was the first brave one to step forward to help her, without expecting anything else. “I don't care that you are a demon, you both were my best friends. I'm sorry I was so afraid of you.”
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… For the ones who need a hand…
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“Thank you.” Kate said as well and hugged Y/N for a moment, surprising the demon who simply nodded barely.
Knowing that it was a noble sacrifice, despite being a completely dark creature.
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Natasha tried to dry her tears and just smiled sadly, each one thanked her in her own way. Even with the silence.
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“I think this time is going to work. Friday is turning on the machine...” Tony assured, somewhat sadly. “Do you think you can last five minutes?”
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“Five minutes?" Y/N took a deep breath. “Piece of cake.”
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But as soon as she was going to leave, Y/N felt arms around her body. A strong, needed hug, a hug that she had waited her entire life for. The demon closed her eyes, trying not to keep crying.
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“Please don't leave me here.” Wanda begged, hiding her face in her lover's chest. Nothing mattered anymore, not the resentment, not the past, not the pain. The pain in her voice, Wanda’s crying broke Y/N's heart.
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“We can handle them, I- can handle them. Just don't leave, detka. Please.” The Sokovian tried, raising her gaze to fix her gaze on who she knew and considered to be the love of her life.
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Smiling with deep anguish, Y/N gulped. “I have to.”
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The Sokovian's sadness, the pain just made the demons around her, along with Abaddon, laugh like hyenas. Rejoicing in the brunette's pain because they knew it was all they needed.
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“I don’t want you to die.” Wanda sobbed, caressing her face slowly, feeling deep pain when she saw the wound. “I’m sorry.”
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And finally, a small and sincere smile, a small light of happiness, returned to those lips.
That was the best ending in the world, how could she not leave being loved by the most wonderful woman in existence?
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She would leave like a champion. Like a champion of good.
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“I love you.” She kissed Wanda’s forehead and closed her eyes as a small tear escaped down her bloody cheek. The demon couldn't wait any longer, even if that kiss lasted forever.
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Slowly, her fingers slid away from hers. Although everything in her being, her mind, her heart, begged to stay… she knew it was best.
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“You can do this.” The Sokovian said one more time, encouraging her once again.
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Turning to look at her and picking up the sword from the ground, Y/N nodded solemnly.
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… For the ones who think they can.
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Of course she will do it. For her.
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“How long again, Stark?” Y/N growled.
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“The process will begin in five minutes…” Friday warned, making Abaddon narrow her eyes.
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And without further ado, Y/N returned to attack Abaddon with enormous force. Despite the pain, despite the injuries, despite the death of a friend. She had love, and it was something much stronger than any evil in the world.
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“Three minutes!” Tony yelled.
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Y/N swung her sword and struck so fiercely that the redhead had no choice but to back away.
Surprised, Abaddon's eyes widened as Y/N kicked her stomach and sliced part of the white long neck.
Blood began to fall, leaving the Knight with no choice but to attack again.
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But knowing those movements, and knowing that Abaddon knew nothing but rage, Y/N turned avoiding her in a spectacular move and dodged the blow, stabbing Abaddon in the chest.
A masterstroke, even making Natasha proud.
Smiling the same way Abaddon did when she killed Stolas, Y/N stabbed the sword even deeper until she was close to her face and looked into those malignant eyes.
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“I was always superior to you, I just didn't want to settle for little... like you.” y/n whispered before violently removing the sword. The wound in her redhead's chest began to burn until she consumed it in a gasp of pain.
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Breathing deeply and trying to stand, Y/N changed her eyes and watched the demons around her.
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“Abaddon is gone. I am superior now, and I order you not to attack. Anyone who does something I don't like will burn like she did.” Y/N growled at them, looking at them with a murderous look.
The demons simply took a step back and lowered their heads, accepting the orders.
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“Does this mean we don't have to leave?” Natasha asked, frowning.
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They were about to leave the barrier when Y/N opened her eyes wide and raised her hand, stopping them.
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“Wait.” Y/N whispered.
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She knew that presence, one Y/N hadn't seen for a long time but knew was around.
After a few seconds, a flutter of wings was heard and all the demons quickly moved away, making room for her to pass.
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Slowly, that being walked towards Y/N with a unique elegance. Her curly brunette hair danced with every step she took, the armor shining like a sunny day. She was a great fighter; the long sword, bearer of truth.
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“I see you've gotten what you wanted.” Raphael said as she watched Abaddon’s ashes disappear. “Well done! I'm here to make sure you keep your deal.”
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“Y/N?” Tony frowned as Friday reminded him that the process was done, they were only one button away from leaving. “Is this about the deal?”
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“What deal?” Wanda frowned.
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“Lower beings should not interfere when adults speak.” Raphael watched Tony as if she were a bird of prey about to pounce on him. And Tony was about to answer, when Y/N intervened.
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“Wait.” The demon quickly said, expectant of the archangel Raphael's movements. “The deal is that she will be protected and safe. For her to be with her friends, I don't want her to-”
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“Hold on.” Raphael turned to look at her, letting out an incredulous chuckle. Those blue eyes made her shiver. “That wasn't in the deal. I told you we would take care of her, and that's because I'm here to take her.”
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Not being able to believe what she was hearing, Y/N looked down somewhat thoughtfully. “Take her where?”
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“We’ll keep an eye on the girl in Heaven, we can't let 'The Scarlet Witch' just wander around there like it's nothing.” Raphael rolled her eyes, walking around to see Wanda more closely, as if it were a 'thing'. “It is a very powerful weapon. And now its ours.”
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“Y/N? What is she talking about?” Wanda looked at Y/N, who was still somewhat pensive.
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“I don't care who you are. You're not taking her anywhere she doesn't want.” Steve stepped forward, holding his shield ready to defend the girl. Like everyone else, they took their place in front of Wanda.
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“The process has been completed.” Friday repeated.
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“Y/N?” Tony asked again, hoping for a quick answer. The screen warned over and over again that everything was ready.
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The tension increased again, no one knew what to do or how to react.
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“You know the place, right?” Y/N looked up and met Stark's eyes, who nodded knowing perfectly well what she meant. For a moment everyone believed that the problems had been solved, but apparently they had gotten worse.
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“Stark, don’t.” Wanda took a step forward, ready to leave the protection.
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“Now!” Y/N screamed and swung at the archangel, diverting her attention so they could escape.
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With a simple twist, so elegant and smooth, Raphael deflected Y/N's attack and stabbed the celestial sword into the demon's chest.
Opening her eyes wide, Y/N met Raphael's blue gaze and then fell to her knees.
A simple cut was already deadly, a stab to the heart of that shiny blade was eternal ruin.
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But nothing was as terrifying as Wanda's cry of pain, seeing the woman she loved dying, slowly fading away. A scream so powerful, that a scarlet witch energy escaped from her fingers with such force that it pushed Raphael and all the demons around her so hard.
The strength of that power made the archangel open her eyes big, terrified.
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Wanda couldn't stop crying, fighting with everyone to escape from their arms and go to her. With her last efforts, Y/N threw her sword into the protection so Natasha took it, holding it with some fear.
Giving one last look to Wanda, Y/N smiled slightly before disappearing into the ashes.
Without waiting another second, Tony pressed the button and all the suits activated, and they disappeared in a matter of seconds.
Leaving them behind.
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… And this part was for her, and this part was for her. This part was for her, does she remember?
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Okay,I know. This was so long, and might be the saddest thing I've ever wrote?
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I don't know if I'm overthinking about it, but: (warning, english isn't my first language)
I saw the Helluva Boss S2E1 several times already, and started thinking aboute this quote from Stolas. "You have no idea how long I craved this kind of passion, and how much it means that the one who wants me is my first ever friend."
At first, I just found it a little pitiful (not in the degrading sense), but then I thought of some conext we were given and some details.
1) Stolas probably though he was not desirable on sexual aspects, as we saw his own wife insult him both in private and in public, both having normalized this. Stolas teases Blitzø, but he didn't really expect a reaction from it, as if he wasn't able to cause one.
2) He said "friend", which even if it's hell, seems strange to say to someone not only you haven't seen en several years, but also are about to have sex with. He could simply said "you" or "crush" (as we saw how shameless/bold Stolas is when Blitzø is involved), but instead he wanted to expresses that the most important thing about that moment was that it was someone with a bond of mutual affection (literal friend definition).
I started hearing the line as "You have no idea how much I wanted to feel atractive/desirable, and how much it means that the one who makes me feel this way, that the one who wants me, actually cares about me".
It hit me hard.
No I don't think your overthinking it at all, we literally hear Stella insult his skills in bed so straight out insulting his desirableness seems very in character, and Stolas's mood immediately changes once Blitzo shows up, and as for the aftermath of their first night, just look at the difference
He goes from miserable to ecstatic and happy. Being intimate with Blitzo did that, It makes his heart soar to share that with someone he cares about, and that he knows cares about him.
After sessions with Blitzo we can see how he happy he is, he's giggly, smiling and playful. The interpretations of Stolas as a creepy obcessed pervert ignore that it's obvious that it isn't just the physical aspect he enjoys, it's the emotional and meaning of that matters it to him a lot too. That first night pushed off the idea that he wasn't desirable, that he didn't deserve to love someone like that.
It isn't the idea that a hot imp finds it worth having sex with him. It's the idea that Blitzo does. His old friend, probably the only person from his childhood that treated him like a person instead of an asset. It means the world to him.
There's a reason that sex is also called making love, that's because it is sometimes. Stolas once thought Love was fun cause it was, cause it was with Blitzo. And seeing that love as returned after years trapped with Stella could not make him any happier.
These two break my heart good lord, sorry I need get back to wholesome fic writing immediately. Loved doing this ask btw, it was nice to examine their relationship like this.
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Welp, I’m probably going to piss off Stolatz shippers once again, but I wanted to just saying small, a huge HUGE issue I had with episode 7 of Helluva Boss. Now, I don’t necessarily talk about Stolatz anymore, because I honestly don’t care, like...what’s the point? I’m not really passionate enough to express how toxic these two are and how Stolas is in the wrong MORE than blitz, because let’s be honest, most of this fandom doesn’t listen to those statements. However, I will discuss how the writers treated Stolas in episode 7, and how he was with Blitzo.
I think everyone can agree that there’s a huge difference in Stolas’s behavior towards Blitzo in the events of episode 7. From the pilot to episode 6, Stolas has been nothing but a horny pervert, a person who sees Blitz as his “play thing”, to get his hard on and have a good time. Whenever he interacted with blitz then, it was nothing but over the top sexual flirting, expressing how lustful he is towards this imp, and how he’s “the only one who can fuck him”. Previous to episode 7, we saw Stolas come in to say the day, with blitz “rewarding him” with a kiss. A LUSTFUL kiss, not an affectionate and passionate kiss. Apparently this fandom saw that as Blitz being in love with Stolas, so I genuinely do not think these people know the difference between love and lust. However, I’m here to talk about STOLAS, not blitz. So, during episode 7, Blitz asks Stolas to come with him to Ozzie’s so he can get him, using him. Stolas, for the first time is genuinely....moved. He’s happy and excited, hearts in his eyes when he’s asks Blitz if this is a date. Once Stolas arrives, he dresses all fancy, but instead of his usual flirty and over the top sexual banter.....there’s NONE of that here.
Rather than flirting with Blitzo, Stolas here is....actually nervous. Despite wearing a nice looking outfit, we see that he’s struggling. He says that this is their first date, indicating that he thinks he should actually try and have a normal human interaction with the other. Once they sit down, Stolas...goes all out. He doesn’t grope Blitz, he doesn’t make sexual remarks, instead, he asks him what wine he wants, how his day was, and what made him finally ask to take him out. So...after all this time, Stolas is finally TRYING. He’s finally treating Blitzo like a human being, who has feelings, and his own life. So.....out of all these times, why does Stolas NOW decide he wants to try? And that’s my issue. Why is he trying? Why is he acting like he’s suddenly now IN LOVE with blitz, why is he acting like he genuinely CARES about him and his well being? You’re going to tell me that Stolas NOW finally cares about Blitz in a non sexual way?
So, I’m going to address the elephant in the room. If you asked this fandom why Stolas was suddenly acting like he’s in love with Blitz in this episode, chances are, you’d probably get the answer “WHAT DO YOU MEAN? STOLAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH BLITZ”. Yeah......No❤️.
Now I’m not going to rant, because I can’t stress this enough, it’s been said so many times, and I find it so funny that some of the fandom think this creepy Owl birb has always had “feelings” for Blitz, when the answer is so FREAKING OBVIOUS. Stolas has done nothing....NOTHING but flirt with Blitzo sexually. Not only does he crave this man for sex SO much to the point that he’ll give up his OWN book that’s apparently really important to him, BUT HE ALSO is willing to go so far as to ruin his relationship with his own daughter and wife. Whenever Stolas is on freaking SCREEN with Blitz, it’s just flirting. No “how are you” no “how was your day, how are things?” No talking about ANYTHING else, just “UWU BLITZY YOU’RE SO SEXY I CAN’T WAIT TO FUCK.” Thats how it is from the pilot to episode 6. THAT’S how much this imp dick means to him. And yes, I say “imp dick” and NOT “Blitz”, because let’s PLEASE be real as a society for 5 seconds. Stolas doesn’t WANT Blitzo because he likes his personality, enjoys being around him ect, he likes him because he thinks he’s attractive, and a good fuck, hence why he won’t go to anyone else for it. If you’re in a relationship where all your partner does is just talk about sex, flirts with you sexually, and won’t even LET UP when you express how much you dislike this, THAT’S NOT LOVE. THAT’S LUST. If they LOVED you, they would respect you as a fucking PERSON, and treat you like one, not some damn sex toy.
And that’s EXACTLY how Stolas treats Blitzo. Like some sex slave, not a real person. This show is for ADULTS. It’s aimed at adults and yet people can’t seem to grasp the difference between love and lust, even though episode 7 LITERALLY CALLED STOLAS OUT ON THIS.
Yeah. Ozzie literally jabs at Stolas for how he treats blitz ONLY for lust, yet this episode AT THE SAME time tries to convince us he’s in love with him??? You could say that the writing is trying to go “While Stolas loves blitz, he never treated him correctly and always saw him as an object, and now he’s paying the price for it”. And...I mean that’s how I WISH the writing seemed, but not really. While the episode calls out Stolas for his shitty actions, the scene with blitz snapping at him seems to scream “NOO BLITZ DON’T PUSH PEOPLE AWAY, CAN’T YOU SEE? STOLAS LOOOVES YOU.” And I’m not making this shit up either, because most people in the fandom seem to blame BLITZ for pushing Stolas away when he literally had EVERY right to tell him to fuck off. The thing about Stolas in the writing department seems to be a lot like Angel when it comes to Viv’s take on him. While both characters are HORRIBLE people, instead of them paying the price (and NO, when I say that I’m NOT referring to Val) Viv instead tries to either give them a sobby backstory or have bad things happen to them so we can instantly feel bad, when I don’t feel bad for EITHER of these characters. Angel is a selfish narcissistic horny sex maniac, as well as an asshole and a murderer, and Stolas is a creepy horny pervert who only cares about HIS benefit.
But I’m getting off topic. The POINT to all of this is, the feelings Stolas has developed for blitz, the way he acted towards him during the events of episode 7 were ALL out of NOWHERE. There’s no Indication whatsoever to what made him act the way he acted. Stolas has always treated blitz like a sex toy, yet in episode 7 he’s SUDDENLY cares. It feels like these feelings developed OFF screen, because episode 7 CLEARY doesn’t match with the other episodes regarding how Stolas treats Blitz. But....WHO CARES? Stolatz IS CANON, so that’s all the fans seem to care about. It doesn’t matter if the writing is atrociously lazy and forced simply because Viv wants to push these two so hard as if this is the freaking series finale of Star Vs. The Forces of Evil with Starco, as long as the ship is canon and it’s SAID that they’ve developed feelings for one another, the fandom will believe it, so I guess that’s all that matters in the end. Would have been really INTERESTING TO ACTUALLY SEE Stolas realize he loves Blitz romantically, but nah, that apparently needed to happen off screen. Viv, you can’t just have a character act one way and then change them the next simply because it’s everyone’s favorite ship, you still need to put the EFFORT in regardless, but that’s not what we got here.
And if you tell me that Stolas really did love blitz the entire time, fine, but one thing needs to be clear. Stolas DOES NOT know how to properly love someone. I despise blitz as a character, but he had EVERY right to push Stolas away.
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The Bad Rep of Demons.
Back in the days of ancient Greece and Rome, there were creatures who helped inspire some humans, or just straight up taught them just about anything you can think of. These were called Daemons, or Daimons. Daemons were the personifications of abstract concepts like fear, hope, and wisdom. They were also teachers of humans about abstractions like the wisdom of those before them, and things like astronomy, medicine, and architecture.
Daemons were seen to have horns. Horns, in the myths of many cultures were bestowed upon those who are divinely wise or learned. They were also a sign of rulership over those abstractions. Most of these horns would meet in the center of the back of the head, and would shine and glow. Not unlike angels’ classical depiction of a halo. In the religions that spawned Judaism, and also Muslim and Christianity, horns meaning wisdom and presiding over concepts was also a belief. Not only did they believe that horns were seen on rulers of abstract constructs, they also were depicted as holiness. There were several depictions of Moses with horns after he brought the ten commandments down. They also said that their god was depicted with horns. So how did these teachers and depictions come to be seen as a thing of malevolence? The Romans were assholes is why. Let me explain. Look at this map of where Rome ruled in AD 96:
That’s a lot of ground to cover with just one religion that must be followed. How they did that was they learned about the present societies’ beliefs, and then were like “oh, haven’t you heard?” and acted like the society’s culture was valid within Rome’s beliefs. (How well did that work, one wonders, after the Inquisition happened. seems fishy.)
They absorbed a bunch of religions under their belief structure. These great and ancient religions which had been believed for all those societies over the course of time immemorial, had their benevolent and malevolent gods and figures. The Romans were like “hey look, those are the angels, and the demons, and they all work under God.”
This also included the ancient gods of Rome and Greece. “These lads are evil,” they said of their gods of the underworld or those who preside over death and destruction. “and these gents are good. They’re angels. Y’know, those things that the Assyrians believed in.” of the benevolent gods.
Romans weren’t very happy about people learning things which they weren’t suppose to meddle with, as anyone who wasn’t in government or church weren’t learned enough to know that shit. Those daemons, the ones who helped the ancient world in their understanding of how things worked became malevolent entities that were the spawn of evil, as the things they spoke were not from a singular, holy source. (That and ignorance is apparently bliss.) But the good ones who gave people hope and faith, they were turned into angels and saints. And even those guys were phased out a lot of the time. You’ll see that the majority of scripture only touch on the archangel and archdemons. They don’t really speak of lesser creatures, unless they need to pin a name on the thing possessing people’s bodies (which i’m not even going to get into rn, i have words abt possession.) The weird thing though, is that even the Arches were easy to trace down and back to the very ancient religions that came about long before Judaism. You can see the similarity of the angels and demons we know about and their Sumerian, Ancient Greek, Ancient Egyptian and other counterparts. The first of which is the name Yaweh, which is the name of a minor deity in Sumerian, and several other religions had other beings with a similar name. But he wasn’t the only god - or even the highest level of gods - but his name has become synonymous with The One God. I’m rolling my eyes right now. Fun facts:
The fallen archangel Azazel has been demonized in some religions, but in some others, they consider him the angel of death, not unlike Thanatos and Anubus. He’s the one who scribes down each name of every person at the beginning of their life, and crosses their name out at their death. He’s also made of eyes and wings. Weird. Creepy.
The archdemon Asmodeus. I pick on him because he’s the one i’m most interested in. He also is the presiding spirit over mathematics, geometry, and astronomy, and the patron of those who do handiwork and crafts. This guy has more name changes than Hollywood. He’s been recorded as being a thing since the wayback days of ancient Zoroastrianism, which is possibly the oldest still living religion. This dude’s name can be spelled a fuckton of different ways. But his reason for existing hasn’t changed. He is the being of wrath. You can find his name on a lot of sigils in alchemy, goetic and kabbalah faiths.
Stolas. He’s an owl on stork leggies. He actually was one of the best known daemons. rather than having horns, he just straight up wears a crown, because a crown on an owl is kinda badass, ngl. He presides over astrology, herbs and poisons, and stones. Basically, Stolas is a fucking boss.
Astaroth is an archdemon, and a pretty big name in demonology. like, big as beelzebub and lucifer. The funny thing about this guy is that, despite being an archdemon is that before this whole Demon thing, he was known as Ishtar and Inanna, the beautiful Sumerian goddess who presided over sexuality, beauty and all the cool things Aphrodite is known for. In fact, they’re the same goddess by way of association. Oh, she’s also Astarte. Enjoy that complex “sex is evil” rabbit hole that Catholicism has opened up with Astaroth.
Speaking of rabbit holes, Baal, one of the Princes of Hell, started out way back as well, as far back as Canaanite beliefs, as one of the biggest gods in the area. Like. So big that apparently he’s a demon now because there’s no other way to make a single god have any competition. You could read all about him, and all these other ladies and gents. So like, Demons are basically villainized otherworldly teachers who just got a backhand when Christianity came about. If it teaches you anything but piety, it’s probably a demon. Jussayin.
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