Chapter 14: Unexpected
Friday, September 14th, 2023
6:30 am
Mark quickly put his staff up to try and block the energy beams and shockingly, he saw the beams were frozen in place while his staff had a glowing aura surrounding it.
"I did it?" Mark said to himself.
Doctor Strange looked on at what he was witnessing. Mark was using his ability under his control.
"I'm doing it!" Mark said joyfully.
And then the beams stop floating in the air and hit Mark right in the chest, which sent him flying through the air into a bush.
"Ow!" Mark shouted.
Doctor Strange sigh in failure at Mark. He believes he almost had it.
Strange used his cloak to float over towards Mark and give him a helping hand. Mark came out of the bush cover in some of the leaves from head to toe.
"I almost had it, I could feel it."
"It's alright, well try again tomorrow. But for now, we should try a practice that doesn't involve using the staff." Strange said.
"Why?" Mark asked.
"I just think it would be best for you to be patient and build off of using your powers from within you before you transfer it to the staff. In due time you will use it, but for now, it's best to work from the beginning and build off of that. So hand it over!"
Mark didn't want to give him the staff. But he was right about learning how to control his powers better from within himself. So he handed him the staff. He was going to be patient before he got ahead of himself.
"Don't worry Mark, you will be ready for what's to come in the near future. I will make sure of it." Strange said as he made the staff float over to the steps of the building Mark went into.
"I know you will. Thank you, Doctor Strange. I appreciate you helping me find out what I was destined to do. Even with everything on the line."
"Your welcome" Doctor Strange said as he smiled at Mark.
Mark did the same.
"Let's get back to New York," Strange said.
And soon, Mark and Doctor Strange went back to the library to get to the portal. But when they did get back to the library, they first had to find Wong.
When they did find him, he was back in the room with the pedestal and the 3 doors. Wong was looking up at the globe on the ceiling while also spinning the pedestal.
Wong looked focused on the globe that he didn't even bother to look down when Strange and Mark walked in.
"What's wrong Wong?" Strange said.
"The London Sanctum is under attack! We gotta help them!" Wong said quickly.
"What is it? Has Dormammu returned." Strange said.
"No, it something else but I don't know what it is. But we must go NOW!" Wong shouted.
"Okay, Mark stay here!"
"Wait, let me help!"
"No, you're not ready! Stay here!"
Doctor Strange and Wong quickly ran through the door into the London Sanctum and Mark noticed there were screaming and explosions going on in the background.
So Mark was stuck at Kamar Taj with other sorcerers around him. He felt bad that he wasn't allowed to go and help save London from whatever is attacking. But for the most part, he hopes whatever was attacking was put to a stop. One of these days though, he will help save the day.
Just as Mark was heading to the library, an explosion occurred behind him. The impact sent him flying in the air into the library. The library had also been impacted by the explosion. The bookshelves and the tables had been destroyed. There was also fire surrounding most of the inner parts of the building.
Mark was laying on the floor covered in dust with a few cuts across his arms. But he still managed to stand up.
When he did get up he saw a figure walking through the wreckage of the other room.
Mark looked at the figure with surprise in his eyes. But he also was feeling fearful at what he was looking at.
"I finally found my assignment." Said the figure.
It sounded like a woman.
"Where is it?" Said the woman.
Mark quickly got into some type of fighting stance.
"Where's what?" said Mark.
"Where is The Revival Stone?!" said the woman as she pulled out a sword from her sheath behind her. "Master Crainius demands it!"
Mark didn't know what she was talking about. But he knew he was in for a fight.
End of Book 1
