Khan turns to see an angry Merlina and Merlin enter "Tampering with continuum probabilities is forbidden" "I-I was just doing exactly what it said in the book". Merlin glared at him "And what did the book say about the dangers of performing that ritual?" "I don't know. I hadn't gotten to that part yet". Merlina grabbed the book "Temporal manipulations can create branches in time. Unstable dimensional openings. Spatial paradoxes! Time loops! You wanna get stuck reliving the same moment over and over forever or never having existed at all?". Khan casually shrugged "Really should put the warnings before the spell" "Your curiosity could have gotten you killed. You weren't manipulating the space-time continuum; you were breaking it. We do not tamper with natural law. We defend it" Merlin said as he put the book back in its place. Merlina crossed her arms "How did you even do that? Where did you even learn the litany of spells required to even understand it?" "I've got a photographic memory. That's how I got my M.D. and Ph.D at the same time" "What you just did takes more than a good memory. You were born for the mystic arts". Khan rolled his eyes and showed his scars "And yet my hands still shake". Merlin nodded "For now, yes" "Not forever?". Merlina shook her head "We're not prophets". Khan scoffed "When are you gonna start telling me what we are?". Merlin and Merlina share a glance before taking Khan over to the pedestal. Merlin manipulated an magical artifact which created images above them "While heroes like the Chaotix protect the world from physical dangers we sorcerers safeguard it against more mystical threats. The Ancient One is the latest in a long line of Sorcerers Supreme going back thousands of years to the father of the mystic arts, Shun Nakamura. The founder of the of the Red Gem you so recklessly borrowed. Nakamura built three Sanctums in places of power where great cities now stand". Merlin pointed to a door "That door leads to the Chun-Nan Sanctum. That door to the Station Square. That one to the Knothole Sanctum. Together the Sanctums generate a protective shield around our world. Stopping the infinite armies of darkness from breaking through". Merlina stepped forward "And we sorcerers protect the Sanctums" "From what?" "Other dimensional beings threaten our universe".
Khan's eyes narrowed "Like Feist?". Merlin pauses for a moment before manipulating the roof of the room showing a projection of Mobius "Feist dwells in the Dark Dimension. Beyond time. He is the cosmic conqueror, the destroyer of worlds. A being of infinite power and endless hunger on a quest to invade every universe and bring all worlds into his Dark Dimension. And he hungers for Mobius most of all. A world that has defied him longer than any other". Khan then realised "The pages that Omen stole" "A ritual to contact Feist and draw power from the Dark Dimension". Khan chuckles and shook hid head "Uh… okay… Um… I'm out. I came here to heal my hands. Not to fight in some mystical war". They suddenly heard a bell "Knothole". One of the portals opens and an octopus runs through before a knife goes through his back. He falls down dead, Khan saw Omen standing in the Knothole sanctum. Omen creates an explosion destroying the sanctum. Khan and the others were thrown back as the portal door disabled. Khan lies in debris covered in dust. He stands up but doesn't see the others "Merlin!? Merlina?". His ears were ringing, he probably couldn't hear them if they did answer. He stumbles through another portal into another sanctum. He looks around confused before limping to a door. He opens it and steps outside into a street, he realises that he is in Station Square. He runs back inside and closes the door. He walks through the sanctum "Hello?" he enters a room where portals with dials next to them were lined up. He opens the middle door revealing the ocean, a gust of cold wind hits Khan. He twists the dial and the portal changes to a desert. He leaves and enters a different room full of artifacts "Hello?". He passes a glass case where a red vest and blue cloak moved to follow him seeming to move on its own. Khan keeps looking around when he hears a noise. Khan runs down the stairs and sees a lion master standing at the main doors of the sanctum armed with a hammer. The door was forced open revealing Omen with two zealots. Omen smiled "Daniel, I see they made you master of this Sanctum" "You know what that means?" "That you'll die protecting it".
The zealots fight Daniel who is able to hold them both off. One of them is able to get a quick hit on his leg making him fall to his knees. Khan ran down the stairs "STOP!". Omen stabbed Daniel through the stomach making Khan freeze. Omen stares up at him curiously "How long have you been learning the arts, Mister…" "Doctor". Omen narrows his eyes "Mister Doctor?". Khan looks down "I'm Monkey…" he stopped himself realising this was pointless. Omen nodded "Thank you for sharing" he stabs deeper into Daniel's stomach killing him. Khan summons his bat as the two zealots run up to face him. He fends them off but sees Omen running towards them. Khan pushes the two zealots back and runs through the corridors. Omen watches and makes a gesture with his hands. The corridor grows stopping Khan from running anywhere. The floor under him was moving like a treadmill. Khan gives up and turns to face the zealots. Khan hits one over the head knocking him back. The corridor shifts making Khan and the other zealot fall towards the portal room. They fall into the desert. Khan quicky runs back through the portal but the other zealot attacked him. Khan fights him off and turns the portal dial trapping the other zealot in the desert. Khan throws the other one through the portal into a rainforest before turning the dial again. Khan sees Omen and quickly runs out of the room. Khan runs into the relic chamber and grabs a large gold object making Omen stops "Ha!". Omen looks apprehensive but then tilts his head "You don't how to use that, do you?". Khan glances at the object before throwing it at Omen who dodged it. Omen kicks him through multiple cabinets including the one holding the floating blue cap. Omen stands over Khan about to stab him through the stomach, but the cape wraps arounds his wrist stopping him. Omen grabs Khan and throws him over the banister of the stairs. The cape quickly flies after him. Omen slowly walks towards the banister when Khan suddenly rose upwards. He was wearing the cape which created a cloud under Khan's feet which he was able to stand on like it was solid ground. He lands on the floor and is about to attack Omen when the cape suddenly drags him back "Whoa!".
Khan tries to fight it, but it does nothing. He sees Omen walking towards him, but he then realises that the cape was leading him to an object. Khan grabs it and throws it at Omen. It wraps metal bands around Omen's body forcing him to kneel and pulls his arms back. Khan clearly exhausted and put his hand on his knees taking a breath as Omen started chanting. Khan sighed "Oh, stop it" "You cannot stop this, Mister Doctor". Khan sighed "I don't even know what this is" "The end and the beginning. The man becoming the few and then becoming the One". Khan rolled his eyes "If you're not gonna start making sense I'm just gonna put something over your mouth" "Tell me, Mister Doctor" "Alright, my name is Doctor Monkey Khan". Omen tilted his head "You are a doctor?" "Yeah" "A scientist. You understand the laws of nature. All things age. All things die. In the end, our sun burns out. Our universe grows cold and perishes, But the Dark Dimension, it's a place beyond time. This world doesn't have to die, doctor. This world can take its rightful place alongside many others as part of the One. The great and beautiful One. We can all live forever". Khan crosses his arms "Really? What do you have to gain out of this New Age dimensional utopia?" "The same as you. The same as everyone. Life. Eternal life. People think in terms of good and evil when really time is the true enemy of us all. Time kills everything". Khan scoffed "And what about Daniel? Or the others?" "Tiny. Momentary specks within an indifferent universe".
Khan didn't say anything, but Omen recognised the look in his eyes "Yes. You see. You see what we're doing. The world is not what it ought to be. Humanity longs for the eternal for a world beyond time because time is what enslaves us. Time is an insult. Death is an insult". Tears begin to form in his eyes "Doctor, we don't seek to rule this world. We seek to save it to hand it over to Feist, who is the intent of all evolution, the why of all existence" "The Sorcerer Supreme defends existence". Omen glances away for a second "What was it that brought you to them, doctor? Was it enlightenment? Power". Omen then sees Khan stretch his hand "You came to be healed, as did we all. Ebony collects broken things. We all come with the promise of being healed and instead she gives us parlour tricks. The real magic she keeps for herself. You ever wonder how she managed to live this long?". Khan looked down at the floor "I saw the rituals in the book" "So, you know. The ritual gives me the power to overthrow the Ancient One and tear her Sanctums down to let the Dark Dimension in. Because what the Ancient One hoards, Feist gives freely. Life everlasting. He's not the destroyer of worlds, doctor. He's the saviour of worlds". Khan seemed convinced for a moment but then shook his head "Feist made you a killer. Doesn't sound like a saviour to me". Omen laughs, "You think that's funny?" "No, not that. What's funny is that you've lost your warp rings