Memories
Family
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Marie woke up to James' anxious face.
"James…?"
"First thing I know, I get a call from the hospital, telling me my wife collapsed and the only reason they knew you were ill is because the front door was open and Mrs Harkness went over to see if you were alright."
"What?"
"I was so afraid. They don't even know what happened. And when I went home that horrid thing my granddad gave me was broken. Marie, what happened?"
"I…I don't… Wait… There was a woman. She forced her way in…"
"WHAT!?"
"She…she was saying all sorts of odd stuff. I don't think she was sane. She kept calling me…Tara or something and kept telling me to fix something."
Then James was hugging her.
"I was so worried about you."
"Where are the kids?"
"Mac and Heather took them for the night."
"Why am I still here?"
"The doctors want to make sure you're okay. As far as we know, it wasn't a stroke or anything like that. They just want to keep you under observation. What happened, Marie? What happened?"
"Oh… Well, I don't really remember. I remember trying to hit her with statue and then she had…I…that's where everything goes black…"
Because the woman suddenly holding a huge red crackling orb of energy was just a hallucination. Right?
"Hah, hah. Wonderful."
"What? She was questioning her sanity."
Tony span around then grinned.
"Hey, gorgeous. You busy tonight?"
The woman in red raised an eyebrow.
"Wakey, wakey, Tony."
A red bubble hit him in the chest and he groaned.
"Oh boy. Hey, Wanda. Okay, what did Tora do?"
"Basically she transmuted the entire universe into a relatively primitive, powerless world where alien civilisations haven't made contact and she's living in Canada with Logan, her kids and X-23 at holidays."
"So, she basically got her wish?"
"Yeah. By forcibly removing everything that is remotely connected to powers, aliens or cosmic beings. I only managed to work it out because I have the Life Force. It's not easy."
"So… Who else have you found?"
"Just you, Tora and Logan. I didn't dare wake Logan up. I found you easily enough. Anyway, you're my best bet. I need you to help me find the others."
"So why were you unaffected?"
Wanda blushed.
"Wanda?"
"Have you heard the term 'nexus being'? Surely you have, Tora uses it all the time."
"Er…no."
"Well… er… Look, it's very embarrassing, I'll just let her describe it later."
"Oh. Who next?"
"The Summers clan is probably up in Alaska and we'll need them on our side."
Tony nodded, "Steve will either be in Brooklyn or the Army. Simon is easy enough to find. Same with Angel. Iron Fist and Cage… Yeah, private investigators along with Jessica."
"How do you know that?"
"I hired them."
"Okay. Do you think Daredevil will be in Hell's Kitchen?"
"Almost certainly."
Tony nodded.
"I'll go see what I can do."
They left together and Wanda veered off to spark Pepper back to reality before returning. The three of them were soon searching whatever they could; Pepper looking up social networking sites, Wanda accessing public government records and Tony hacking private records.
"Yeah, the Summers are in Alaska."
"I've found Strange."
Wanda laughed suddenly.
"You were right Tony. Cap's in Brooklyn but he's also married. And never froze in ice. Never joined the Army either."
Tony swung his chair around.
"Who to?"
"You won't believe it."
"Diamondback?"
"No."
"Peggy Carter?"
"No."
"You?"
"No. The Shadow."
Silence for a long time then Tony shook his head.
"You're lying…"
"No I'm not. Married close to sixty-five years, Steven Grant Rogers and Dr Etana Cohen. See if you can find her medical records."
Tony tapped a few keys then froze.
"Oh… Wanda, look at this…"
All three hurried over and stared at the details.
"She has cancer?"
"No wonder… Look, she was working on the Manhattan Project. Prominent theoretical physicist… Contemporary of Feynman… Ah, look, she taught Bruce Banner."
"Small world…"
"How bad is it?"
"We can't get them, they're both in their nineties!"
"Good point… But Betty has put on her Facebook that she's going to 'Bruce's idol's birthday' today."
"Good. We can always do with a Hulk or two."
Pepper looked up.
"Found Matt. Married to Elektra."
"No way!"
"Yeah. Looks like the Panther is King of Wakanda and is married to Storm."
"Let's see."
She turned the screen to reveal a news page.
Wakandan King in States for Diplomatic Visit.
"Okay, why does Storm still have white hair?"
"Oh that. That's never been a part of her mutation. Found Falcon."
"Anyone else?"
"The Fantastic Four still live in the Baxter Building. Only it's the Richards Labs."
"Spidey?"
"Still works at Horizon."
They worked for hours, gathering the locations of their colleagues. Tony yawned and stretched.
"Why can't you just whack Tora with whatever you did to us?"
"I can't. I tried and she blocked me. We need more people."
Pepper suddenly choked.
"Wanda, we need to get to Brooklyn!"
"What?"
"It's your grandmother's birthday!"
"What?!"
"Look… Mr and Dr Rogers, adopted a Jewish refugee and sponsored his entry into the States. Max Eisenhardt. Max marries a woman named Magda and has three kids. Anya, Pietro and…"
"Wanda…"
"Yeah. And there's supposed to be loads of people at the birthday celebrations tonight. You, your brother, your dad, Bruce, Betty and Rulk, Nick Fury and so on."
Wanda gulped.
"But I don't know anything about this world…"
Tony shrugged.
"It's up to you to deal with this."
"Brilliant!"
"Phoenix, please moderate the tone of glee in your voice."