Tony's Illusion
Tony was ambushed by the Scarlet Witch, who invaded his mental world. Tony was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that everything in front of him had changed.
I am no longer in the secret room of the castle.
It was on a continent suspended in space, and it was definitely not Asgard.
The continent was surrounded by countless enormous spaceships, not resembling a fleet, because all the ships were exactly the same. Through the gaps between the ships, Tony could see the huge blue planet.
It seems this continent is right next to Earth. Looking to the other side, there are similar warships flying towards this continent from the depths of space. The endless warships almost fill Tony's entire field of vision.
Is the entire universe attacking Earth?
Tony looked around in horror. As far as the eye could see, there were wrecks from artillery fire, the ground was uneven, the forest was burning fiercely, and the ground was littered with the corpses of all kinds of alien races.
Looking around at the ground littered with corpses, Tony spotted familiar faces.
The Avengers were mixed in with the corpses scattered on the ground, most of them already dead.
Natasha, Hawkeye, Falcon, Hulk, even Spider-Man and T'Challa, and even Pepper Potts wearing tattered Iron Man Armor and covered in blood.
No, no, this isn't real. Tony staggered towards Pepper Potts, reaching out to touch Pepper Potts familiar face. Her skin was ice-cold; the warmth emanating from his hand told Tony that Pepper Potts was dead.
Startled, Tony quickly took two steps back, but tripped over a piece of metal on the ground and fell to the ground.
After he fell to the ground, he saw the Captain with his face covered in blood; what had tripped him was the Captain's broken shield.
How is that possible?
Tony got up in disbelief, only to see more corpses of familiar faces: Thor, Bucky, Rhodey, and others.
Where is Xia Yu? Where did Xia Yu go? Why can't I find him? What am I doing? Why is everyone else dead, but I'm safe and sound?
Suddenly, the continent, which had been mostly blocked from sunlight by the warship, burst into light. Tony looked into the distance and saw a small sphere of light, comparable to the Sun, rising slowly in the distance.
Tony painfully covered his eyes. Once his eyes adjusted to the light, he looked again at the rising golden light and was shocked to see Xia Yu radiating golden light.
Xia Yu rose faster and faster until he was among the densely packed warships in the sky.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment. Although they were very far apart, Tony still saw Xia Yu turn around and look at him.
That one glance held reluctance, resolve, and a hint of relief.
"No!!"
Tony stretched out his hand in Xia Yu's direction and shouted loudly.
Then Tony clearly saw Xia Yu smile brightly at him, and the golden light emanating from Xia Yu grew brighter and brighter, eventually even overshadowing the Sun.
Tony even saw that the warships closer to Xia Yu were beginning to melt into the golden light that Xia Yu had transformed into, followed by violent explosions that instantly destroyed half of the warships in the sky.
A massive shockwave spread outwards, blasting everything in its path to dust, until it reached Tony...
Tony involuntarily closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was still in the same secret room.
"Whew!"
Tony plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, his whole body drenched in sweat as if he'd been pulled out of the water.
The Scarlet Witch beside him stared at Tony in disbelief.
Her energy allows people to see their deepest fears, and sometimes even fragments of fate—the so-called future.
Tony didn't quite understand what the struggle represented in the scene he had just witnessed, but she sensed Tony's helplessness, sadness, determination to protect the world, and the powerlessness of being unable to do anything about it.
Tony Stark was always an executioner in her eyes.
How is this possible...?
In a flash of light, Quicksilver appeared in front of Scarlet Witch.
"We should go now. Let's take the Scepter with us."
Scarlet Witch shook her head, pulling Quicksilver slowly into the darkness. Her mind was in turmoil; everything she believed might not be true. She didn't want to do anything right now; she just wanted to escape this place.
Tony, who had finally come to his senses, looked at the Scepter in the center of the secret room.
He was unaware of everything the Scarlet Witch had just done; he assumed it was an illusion created by the Scepter, since Loki had used Scepter to control the minds of many people.
Tony Stark shook his head. He didn't dare to pick up the Scepter just like that. Instead, he put his Nano Armor back on before walking to the table and picking up the Scepter.
"The Scepter is in hand." Tony's listless voice came through the earpiece.
"Tony, are you alright?" Xia Yu asked with concern, having a general idea of what had happened.
"I'm fine, I was just a little distracted. Where are you guys? I'll be right out." Tony didn't mention the illusion he'd just experienced, and casually said that before coming out to rejoin the others.
Tony didn't say anything, so Xia Yu didn't ask any further questions. He did know that Tony had been ambushed by the Scarlet Witch, but he didn't expect that the scene Tony saw was so different from what was shown in the movie.
Xia Yu consulted the system to find out why no Mind Stone quest had been issued.
The system told Xia Yu that the real enemy had not yet appeared, and the mission would be issued when the real enemy did appear.
It seems that the birth of Ultron is inevitable. Xia Yu didn't say anything; the plot has already begun, it's just a matter of time.
Inside the Xia Star spaceship, everyone looked at Tony, who was pale-faced, wondering what he had been through. When asked, he only said that he hadn't been resting well lately.
"Tony and the others have been working on those things lately, they seem to never need to sleep. We finally captured Strucker, let's have a grand celebration!"
Thor made a suggestion, and Xia Yu felt that Thor was more concerned about Jane Foster, who was helping out at the base day and night, than Tony.
"Hopefully, this will completely solve the Hydra problem." The Captain glanced at Bucky, who was sitting alone in the corner.
He worried that someone within Hydra might have obtained the codes to control Bucky.
"Of course, a celebratory feast is also important. Victory needs a celebration, and then the rest of us can head back to base from Europe," the Captain said, glancing at everyone, not wanting to spoil the mood.
Back at base, everyone prepared for the banquet a few days later. Since the original Christmas plans were ruined by Tony and Bucky's incident, they decided to hold the banquet on Tony's behemoth yacht.
Compared to everyone else, Xia Yu was actually the one most looking forward to the party, because Old Master Li made a cameo appearance in the movie, would be back...
This is the second chapter today, and there are three more to go. During the holiday, I will try my best to update five chapters of 10,000 words every day, with a minimum guarantee of four chapters!