Man was my life heading to the pits. I called MJ to let her know I couldnt make it for our lunch. She had a few choice words for me.
With that out of the way, I procceded to visit the doctor. Spotting the guys place was easy. Considering the size of his castle/apartment/headquaters. I once asked him if I could set up a spidey condo. He told me the scorpions wouldnt appericate it.
I landed on the roof and crawled looking for his window. I found him mediating by the window.
Wow, How am I going to do this right?
"Uh, Strange?" I said tapping on the window.
No response.
"Its me, your lovable assistant Wong!"
No response.
"Strange, this your father talking and if you don---!!!"
A gust of wind sucked me into the room. -WHAM- Into a wall.
"Thanks." I said, rubbing the back of my head.
"No trouble at all." Strange said. He rose from his indian style sitting position. "I trust you need information from me." He said.
Damn, was his place ever dark. It was bright outside but, in here its feels as if life never existed.
"Well, ya see Doctor, Travis Johnson is trying to get the Necklace of Zorath." I said.
"Zorath, you say?" He asked.
"Yeah, he even sent Venom and Doc Ock searching for it." I continued. "Is it bad news?"
He pondered for a bit.
God knows when Strange thinks for awhile, its something that will always suck.
"Not necessarily." He said. "Depends what he wants to use it for.
I sat in a chair. "He never told me, all he said was that he was in the business of saving lives.' Thats why I came to you." I said.
He stood thinking again.
"That why I came to you." I said again.
"I'm thinking for a solution." He said.
"Oh..." I responded.
Idiot
"Where did those two start searching?" He asked.
"At random, in different antique shops." I said."Why would it be in those shops?"
He looked at me. "He's actually right." Strange said.
Confusion swept on me..again, for the 5th time in the past 45 min. "How?" I asked. "It could be in those types of shops. In disguise." He said.
Oh, no...
"Should I do anything?" I asked.
"No, be patience." Strange said.
I frowned. I assumed he knew beause then he asked in a fatherly tone: "Something troubling you?"
"Yes. Strange, where does it come from, what does it do?" I responded annoyed.
Strange smiled.
Ooh..creepy.
Ok, here comes a story...
"Spider-Man, its starst back with the Mandarin.." He said.
"Mandarin? Old Iron sides foe?" I asked.
"Yes, 'Old Iron sides foe' " Strange said, mocking my humor. "He discovered the necklace while recovering his rings across the globe. It served as a temporary booster for them. Causing hallucinations, illusions, confusion (There goes that damn word again.) and bad luck to the enemy. However, he began to lose less and less of his sanity the more he continued to use it. He finally casted it aside. A few months it was discovered by bounty hunters in India.With that, they brought it back here to the states."
"Where is it now?" I asked, stretching my legs.
"That information is currently unkown." Strange said.
"If that the case why would a guy like Johnson want the necklace?" I asked.
"For a profit." Strange said. "By selling that necklace, he would be able accumulate enough profits to malfunctions his machines, slowly. With that people would repeatedly go to him the acciqure parts. Thus, gaining enough money to buy out any and all prothetics and robotic companies, making him a global seller." Strange said.
My mouth hung open inside my mask. "Interesting." Was all I could say.
"So when the time comes, I will call upon you to retrive the necklace." Strange said.
"When the time comes?" I asked
"Yes, when the time comes, Spider-Man. If you discover anything let me know." Strange said.
"Ok then." I said, hopping out the window, web-lining to the nearest building
So now I'm spposed to sit quietly by until something happens...
Nah...This is time for me to do some digging of my own..
Unkown to Spidey a certain assassin watched his vist with Strange.
"Yes. Just like you said sir, he went right to him. No he's gone now. Should I follow? Alright."
Elektra followed our webslinger all the way home...this was going to be fun...She thought.