Through the Times
Disclaimer:
Nanatsu no Taizai is owned by Nakaba Suzuki and Studio Deen
Doctor Strange (2016 MCU film) is owned by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures
Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here, the build-up pushes through as Meliodas continue his journey to find a way to break the curse cast upon him and Elizabeth, but then something bad is slated to happen, which will make things quite dramatic…
Meanwhile the Sorcerer Supreme is also making his own journey, where he would get into an unwilling battle with a former comrade…but then this would set up for an eventual meeting where the two main characters of their separate series in which they would soon encounter one another…
Well then, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 3: Unmeinodeai
After another undetermined amount of time passes, the scene shows that this time Meliodas has formed a relationship with the current reincarnation of Elizabeth, a female knight by the name of Liz, who resides in the town of Danafor, and there Merlin's cauldron showed that there is an attack on Danafor, where a demon worshipper resurrected Fraudrin by sacrificing the citizens, and is now after Liz.
Meliodas became alarmed and heads off to Danafor, which Merlin told him to be careful and try to reach Liz in time, which he nodded in a panic.
"Meliodas…!"
"Got to go!"
"You should get there in time!"
"I know!"
"I'll see what I can do!"
"Thanks, Merlin!"
"Will you be okay?"
"Yeah!"
Meliodas then ran off and is filled with worry and terror. He has witnessed the deaths of every incarnation of Elizabeth, about 107 times, and felt that if Liz were to be killed, he might not recover from it, and wished that he would get to Danafor in time and stop Fraudrin and save Liz from death.
"Please stay safe, Liz…!"
As Meliodas is running the road, he went past some travelers and noted that Meliodas appeared to be in a hurry, and at this time the passerby have no idea that Danafor is under attack, and assumed that Meliodas is on a very important errand given that Meliodas is working as a knight of sorts, and were envious of his youthful appearance.
"Look at that…"
"He's full of energy…"
"That's youth…"
"I sure envy him…"
"Yeah…I wish I were younger…"
"Guess being an adult have drawbacks…"
"That's life."
"Indeed…"
The scene shifts at Danafor, where the demon Fraudrin is causing havoc, killing every villager there until not one is left alive, and it was a massacre as adults, men, women, children, and even toddlers, were not spared from the onslaught, as Fraudrin uses the lives of the Danafor citizens as a way to begin a ritual to release the Ten Commandments.
During the massacre, many monsters were summoned and began to attack towns that are near Danafor, and this caused pandemonium and panic to the citizens as they are being attacked and killed, and screams can be heard as the townsfolk ran for their lives.
The towns rapidly became a scene of a bloodbath.
"RRAAHHH…"
"RRROOOAARRR…"
"GGRRAAHH…"
"AAAIIEEE! HELP!"
"RRAAHHH…"
"RRROOOAARRR…"
"GGRRAAHH…"
"AAAIIEEE! GET AWAY FROM ME!"
The Knights of Danafor and nearby towns responded and attempted to protect the citizens, but they are slowly being overwhelmed, as they are being set on fire by the flying monsters and the remaining knights urges the citizens to flee while they hold off the monsters at the best of their abilities, though it is clear that the knights are no match for the monsters summoned by Fraudrin.
As the pandemonium continues, the monsters brought the hundreds of corpses at the center of Danafor, where they are being disemboweled and had their bloods flow as part of the ritual, and Fraudlin began the ritual chanting, and after some time, nothing happened and Fraudlin wondered what is lacking, as he is sure that using human blood from several victims would make up for the lack of a goddess' blood.
However, one of Danafor's knights, Liz, is seen looking for Meliodas, as she is worried that he might have been victimized by the attacks, and she can be heard shouting for Meliodas, and this attracted Fraudrin's attention, prompting him to head to the source of the woman's sound, as he is astounded that there is a survivor here.
As Liz frantically looked around, she is shocked to see so many mangled and dismembered corpses of the citizens, and she wondered who is behind all this, but then Fraudrin showed up and is rather bemused to see a sole survivor, and upon getting a closer look, he is quite surprised to see that Liz resembled the goddess Elizabeth.
"You!"
"Huh?"
"What a coincidence…"
"What are you…?"
"You sure look like…her?"
"Eh?"
"You must be the goddess Elizabeth…"
"?"
Liz is unaware of the fact that she is the next reincarnation of Elizabeth and dismissed such nonsense and instead tells Fraudrin to leave Danafor or else she will fight him, which Fraudrin just laughed and said that she will make the PERFECT INGREDIENT which he said is all he needed.
"You? Fight me?"
"Yes!"
"Ha-ha!"
"What?"
"You're just the ingredient I needed!"
"Stay away, you monster…!"
"Now time to take you in!"
"No!"
Not far, Meliodas finally arrived, and is horrified at the scene he just saw, and this made him more worried as he knows that Liz is here, and frantically hurried and heard the sounds of the malevolent laughter, and as he went to the source, he is shocked to see that Frauldrin is holding Liz, stripping her armor and is semi-naked, where the monster impaled is claws on her naked chest, drawing out blood in great quantity that would hasten the ritual.
Meliodas screamed in anger as he went after Fraudrin, but the monster kicked Meliodas aside before draining her of her blood and then tosses her aside, where Meliodas went to her and tried to help her, but she is moments away from expiring.
"Liz!"
"…"
"Hang in there!"
"…"
"Don't die!"
"…"
"Liz!"
"…"
-x-
At another world, the scene shifts at Glasgow, Scotland, where Doctor Strange and Baron Mordo are facing off, in which Mordo is ready to go ALL OUT, though Strange urged his former comrade to reconsider and not use his sorcery out of anger or disillusionment, saying that there are other ways to settle the issue without resorting to force or violence.
However, Mordo pointed out how he became disillusioned after learning the deception that the Ancient One did when he was under the former Sorcerer Supreme's tutelage, and Mordo said he trusted faithfully to AN OLD MAN like the Ancient One, and now he has come to regret it, and decided to correct it his way, and will do so by taking the talents of other sorcerers and that includes Strange.
"No can do, Strange."
"Come on, Mordo…be rational…"
"I'm not backing out."
"…"
"We settle this right now."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"…"
Seeing that Mordo means business, Strange tells Wong to ensure that none of the civilians nearby are dragged into this mess, and Wong asked if Strange will be okay in facing Mordo by himself, and Strange said that he will manage and tells Wong to see to it that no innocent lives would be caught in this battle, which the bald-headed, Asian servant nodded.
Though disgruntled, Mordo do respect Strange's sense of fair play, and offered him a way to start their battle and find a place where the current Sorcerer Supreme would not be distracted by ANNOYING citizens, which Strange sensed that this would be a good way to lure Mordo away from the financial district.
"Mordo…"
"So, what do you say? Just this once I'll be generous."
"Really?"
"Want me to change my mind?"
"No. just."
"Then here's your chance."
"Fine."
"Good."
As Strange instructs Wong to get going and use sorcery to keep the civilians away from the battlefield, Mordo began using his sorcery and Earth's dimension started to get distorted, and there the battle has begun, in which Strange is taken by surprise as the atmosphere becomes heavily altered, and to his surprise, Wong is still here as he was not able to get away, and there Strange asked why Mordo did this so suddenly.
Mordo sighed and said that he did keep his promise in keeping the civilians out of this, but made it clear that he is targeting other sorcerers, which includes the ones who worked and study at the Sanctum, thus Wong is also included in his hit list.
"I kept my word."
"But Wong…"
"He's included here. He is after all, part of the Sanctum."
"This is between us!"
"Between you…me…and those who are under the Ancient One's tutelage. No exceptions."
"Blast you, Mordo…"
"Now let us begin!"
"!"
Strange is then forced to use his magic to keep Mordo back and regrouped with Wong, telling him that for now they would have to outrun him and find a place that they can use to their advantage so they can catch him off-guard and then restrain him to prevent Mordo from causing unintentional havoc within the area they are in, which is the streets of Glasgow.
Wong nodded and said that he has no complains as he would be willing to use anything to stop a rather maddened Mordo from selfishly doing something this foolish as he never thought that Mordo would stoop this low over something like what he discovered what the Ancient One has done before just because of a justifiable misunderstanding.
As the area they are in became further distorted, Strange and Wong continued to be on the run, though they are making sure to avoid coming across any civilians, who appeared to be unaware of what is happening to their surroundings, and Mordo seemingly felt that Strange is not paying attention enough, and decided to PLAY FAIR for now, and uses his sorcery to take him, Strange and Wong to another dimension.
There Mordo told Strange and Wong that he has taken the liberty to bring them to another dimension where there are no people, and surely the two sorcerers can focus on their battle with no distractions and he urges Strange and Wong to fight seriously if they want to retain their magic at all costs lest they want to lose them.
"There. You two can focus on defending yourselves against me."
"Mordo…"
"Mordo…"
"Now you can fight seriously."
"Wong. I'll keep him busy. You find a place to hide."
"Fine, then. Just be careful, Strange."
"Oh no…none of you will run off! Take this!"
"Whoa! Wong!"
"Geez!"
Left with no choice, Strange and Wong began their battle, drawing the CIRLCES around in front of their hands and uses sorcery-like blasts to try upend Mordo, who effortlessly repelled it and the battle slowly turned intense as Strange tries to avoid getting hit at the same time protecting Wong, and as the two sorcerers are brawling, Wong saw a smoke billowing at a nearby town, and went there, in which it turns out that Mordo unknowingly brought him, Strange and Wong to the dimension of Britannia, where they are near the besieged town of Danafor.
Wong approached the scene where he is shocked to see the massacre, and saw Fraudrin impaling an already-injured Meliodas, as he is slowly being outmatched by the demon, and there he mentally contacted Strange and told him of the situation.
Strange then uses sorcery to produce a blinding light and momentarily blinded Mordo and left the scene, head to the town where he saw what is happening, and uses a powerful blasts to take down Fraudrin, and went towards a very injured Meliodas, and unaware of Meliodas' true nature, Strange tended to him and asked if he can still make it.
"Are you okay?"
"…"
"Can you move?"
"…"
"He's fatally injured…"
"…"
"He won't make it…"
"…"
As Fraudrin momentarily recovered, he angrily asked who assaulted him, but is rather pleased to see two more person, and said this would make up for his attempt to release the Ten Commandments, but then a rather pissed Mordo intervened, and did a strong sorcery-like blasts and penetrated Fraudrin's skull, disintegrating his brain which killed the monster on the spot.
There Mordo tells Strange and Wong to prepare themselves as he is going to finish them off while saying that he regretted PLAYING FAIR as he felt that this is essential in RIGHTING THE WRONGS that the Ancient One has done, and as Strange gives the mortally-wounded Meliodas to Wong and told him to protect the boy, Strange casts a protective spell to protect himself and the other two, just as Mordo unleashes a powerful blast.
As Mordo attacks, something seemingly set off a chain of events, as Mordo's magic attempts to penetrate Strange's force-field, an unexplained magical event took place and the area glowed brightly, where Mordo seemingly disappeared, while Strange and Wong are brought back to Glasgow, Scotland, where the streets are seemingly normal with no visible damage, as people and vehicles are passing by with no incident.
By then Wong told Strange that the boy they are holding, Meliodas, seemingly died, as he is not breathing anymore, and Strange mentally sighed in dismay, as he believed that Meliodas became an unwilling victim to one of Mordo's rampage, and decided to at least give Meliodas a proper funeral, and weaves a magic to produce a blanket to cover Meliodas' body while telling Wong that they are taking the body with them to the Glasgow-branched Sanctum to give Meliodas a decent burial.
"Come on, Wong."
"Are we taking this body with us…?"
"Yeah. We need to give it a proper burial."
"…I feel bad for this boy…"
"Me too…and the least we can do is give him a proper burial. And find a place where we can bury him."
"That Mordo is such an idiot."
"Couldn't agree more…"
"It's getting late, Strange…"
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as it mirrors episodes 10 of current season of the anime series, which depicts the death of another of Elizabeth's reincarnation, but this is where the story takes a detour, as another situation takes place…and here the meeting with another character from another series comes in and thus the hyped crossover commences…
And in a STRANGE twist of fate…Doctor Strange ended up in another dimension, and this is where he gets to meet the main character of Nanatsu no Taizai…and how this would affect the story between the two main characters of different series…
And now Strange and Wong somehow made it back to their world, but in an unexpected twist, they accidentally brought Meliodas with them, and assumed him to be dead, unaware of his immortality curse and he is due to wake up sooner…
Preview:
Meliodas wakes up and finds himself in the modern version of Britannia, which is Scotland…and after hearing of his story with great doubt, Strange chooses to help Meliodas find a way back to his dimension, whilst Meliodas is slated to learn how the MAIN WORLD works and how to adapt…
See you in 6 to 8 weeks (probably around mid-March)…
Reviews are welcomed, but needed…