"Imperious, you mean THE Imperious?" Vixen asked her father and Elise.

"Yea, him." Crusader said in a nervous tone. "Wraith is a lead general to Imperious, he goes to and destroys worlds–"

"I thought Imperious wants to enslave every world and dimension he arrives in. Why would he destroy them, isn't that counterproductive to his end goal?" Vixen asked her father.

"While that is his primary goal, there is more to the story." Elise said in a slow calculated tone. "The worlds he cannot enslave, or the ones who refuse to serve him, he destroys." Elise said sadly, which earned a look of anger from Crusader.

"That was the case with our world, Vixen." Crusader said slowly, and that earned a confused look from Vixen.

"Imperious has never been on this world." Vixen said in a confused tone,

"That's not true actually..." Crusader said as he went behind is desk and pressed a button only he could access, and a holographic display projected from his desk, and it showed horrendous footage of a battle between Continuum soldiers, and the creatures that Vixen had witnessed in her nightmare.

"When was this?" Vixen asked in a shocked tone.

"Three years before your birth." Crusader said slowly. "Imperious, using the Infinity Stones–"

"Forgive me father, but while I have heard of the Stones, I'm not to familiar with them." Vixen said as she looked down at her feet in embarrassment.

"Allow me to explain then." Crusader said with a gentle laugh. "There are six cosmic stones of infinite power, and they grant infinite power to whoever wields them, they basically become a god with all six of them, not THE God, but they could be called one." Crusader said bitterly. "The stones are those of: Power, Space, Reality, Soul, Time, and the Mind." Crusader seriously. "On their own they are a lethal weapon, but together they are nearly unstoppable–"

"'Nearly unstoppable,' you mean the wielder of the stones can be stopped?" Vixen asked in a most curious tone.

"Yes." her father answered simply. "I fought the Dragon Emperor himself on his home world when he wielded all six of them, I was the only survivor..." Crusader said in a sad tone. "If I unless my power to it's near maximum potential, I equal the stones combined might." Crusader said firmly.

"Father, what happens if you unleash your full power, would you tower over the stones power?" Vixen asked, even though she was almost certain of the answer.

"Yes, I would." Crusader answered simply. "But at a heavy cost. That being I would lose control of my power, or even worse, give into ultimate powers temptation, and only want more..." Crusader said in a frightful tone, and that sent shivers down Vixens spine, for she had never heard her fearless father sound afraid.

"After Imperious's invasion of our world was repelled, we launched a counter attack, in an attempt to dethrone him." Elise said as the footage on Crusaders desk now showed footage of that battle. "The stones did not work on our world, but they worked in his, and with a single roar, he decimated all but your father, Vixen." Elise said in her own frightened tone.

"Our combined power was so destructive, we realized that if we kept fighting, neither planet... nor all of the multi-verse would survive. We signed a treaty. He vowed never to invade our world again, in return we swore to never return to his world or attempt to dethrone him, or interfere with his conquest." Crusader said bitterly, and that confused Vixen.

"Father, you saved countless lives by signing this treaty, the whole multi-verse is technically in your debt." Vixen said in a serious tone.

"Is it really?" Crusader said angrily. "We spared our world from invasion, but that doesn't mean he can't invade other wolds or realities, enslaving them, bending them to his evil will." Crusader said in a very angry tone as he slammed a fist unto his desk, which left a rather fine dent.

"Father I still possess one main question, why did I see Wraith slaughter this unknown world?" Vixen asked her father.

"I do not know Vixen." Crusader said in a firm tone. "Perhaps it is because it was my greatest failure. I could not save that world from destruction due to the treaty we are not allowed to interfere, we could only watch in horror as a living world, became a silent tomb." Crusader said sadly. "I believe Imperious is the reason for your nightmare. He has the ability to invade and manipulate dreams, as to why he wanted you to see that, is beyond me." Crusader said firmly.

Vixen was about to open her mouth, when she felt a strong pain in her head, and that made her drop to her knees, and her vision melted into black...


The city was in ruins, that was all I could see as my vision finally returned to me. This however was not the capital city, this city however looked, advanced for it's world, but still primitive compared to ours. Suddenly an explosion caught my ears and I looked up and saw Wraith in the distance battling with a being who wore light red, gold and black armor, and there was a glowing heart above the golden face plate. The armored individual was firing energy blasts at Wraith, while he kept slashing at her with a black bladed energy sword. He managed to nip one of her palms that allowed the energy blasts to come forth, and the being looked stunned that they had been hit. Suddenly Wraith reached into his armor and pulled out a dagger and sunk it into the beings glowing chest piece, and the energy blasts stopped. Wraith then pinned the warrior to the ground and ripped of the face piece, and I was shocked to see a dark-skinned girl who appeared to be no older than me.

"Your world is mine, Iron Heart!" Wraith laughed in his dark tone as he kept a foot planted on her chest. "Just like the Avengers, and your friends on the Secret Warriors have fallen before me, now you will join them in death..." he said as he began to plunge his sword towards her chest, the whole world once again went black.


"Vixen, can you hear me!" Vixen heard her father shouting as her vision returned to her, and she began crying. "What's wrong, my daughter?" Crusader asked as he gave his daughter a hug.

"It was horrible father." Vixen said in between sobs. "I saw Wraith again, and he was about to kill a young warrior whom he had defeated." Vixen said as she tried to compose herself.

"A Continuum warrior?" Elise asked quickly.

"No, she looked... Human." Vixen said as she began to compose herself.

"Human?!" Crusader said in an alarmed tone.

"He must have his eyes set on Earth, that's not good, not good at all." Elise said in a frightful tone.

"Which Earth though?" Crusader asked his elder. "There are countless Earth's in the multi-verse, so which one is he after?" Crusader asked.

"I heard a name." Vixen offered, and her father and Elise now had their full attention on Vixen. "I heard the name, Iron Heart." Vixen said, and that earned a shocked look from Crusader.

"Do you know that name father?" Vixen asked.

"I do indeed." Crusader said simply. "This is most shocking. I know he has his eyes set on another earth, for our field operative in that worlds S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy has informed me that he's knows Imperious is interested in several of the students there, but this other world makes no sense." Crusader said as he began pacing back and forth. "I don't know the exact number of this world, but I do know of it, and if Imperious has sent Wraith there, he must want that world." he said as he looked up at Elise. "We don't have any operatives in that world, what are we to do?" he asked.

"I know." Vixen said after a minute. "Send me.."

To be continued...