He-El led the group through the portal Ancient One had drawn and returned to the Oval Office.
The cabinet members and numerous soldiers instantly made the Oval Office feel crowded.
"You can all go back now. It's over." With a wave of his hand, He-El dismissed the cabinet members and guard soldiers from the Oval Office.
"Yes, Mr. President." After they left, only He-El, Nick Fury, and General Ross remained in the Oval Office.
The portal had yet to close when Ancient One and Stephen Strange stepped out of it onto the Oval Office carpet.
"I must have amused the president. It seems something unexpected has happened at Kamar-Taj, and I may be stripped of my position as Sorcerer Supreme."
Ancient One's expression was as calm and gentle as ever. A smile curled across her gaunt face as though she were joking, and she looked steadily at He-El.
Ancient One believed her intuition was very accurate.
Mages often had sudden flashes of insight, instincts that were extraordinarily precise.
She felt there was something greatly unusual about He-El and Dormammu.
Of course, that anomaly could be attributed to her having Odin throw his cursed spirit into the Dark Dimension, causing its ruler, Dormammu, to seek out He-El directly.
As for what exactly had happened during that brief period they had spent alone in the Mirror Dimension, beyond anyone else's knowledge, that was difficult to guess.
What would they have done when they met...?
Ancient One could not guess.
Nick Fury and General Ross wore strange expressions as they exchanged glances.
They had heard the Kamar-Taj mages talking in the Mirror Dimension and roughly understood the situation.
Dormammu had been sowing discord. Naturally, the Kamar-Taj mages were not foolish enough to fail to recognize it, but they had no choice but to