Marvel Main Universe, western New York, abandoned industrial district.
Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff, broke out of his high-speed sprint and stumbled onto the final stretch of road leading to the abandoned factory.
Enduring the chaotic whispers churning through his mind and the agony that felt as though his soul were being torn apart, he used the last of his strength to send a distress signal to the Avengers.
Beneath his skin, black patterns writhed like living things, silently spreading.
Vision was the first to arrive.
Although his marriage to Wanda was on the verge of collapse due to their conflicting beliefs, and their feelings had long since grown distant and cold, deep down, he still could not stand by and ignore the danger Wanda might be facing.
Following the signal's location, he passed through the building barriers like a ghost and immediately discovered Quicksilver lying unconscious in the middle of the road, clearly in an abnormal state.
"Pietro!" Vision landed beside Quicksilver and cautiously scanned the surroundings.
When he saw the bizarre black patterns on Quicksilver's skin and sensed the waves of chaos and malice emanating from his soul, his data core immediately sounded its highest-level alarm.
This corruption... he had never encountered anything like it before. Even the Mind Stone in his forehead was producing obvious abnormal fluctuations.
"Wanda... inside... hurry and save her..." Quicksilver muttered with difficulty, pointing toward the abandoned factory.
Vision did not hesitate for even a moment.
He moved Quicksilver to the relatively safe roadside and set up a basic energy barrier to protect him. Then he turned into a phantom and charged straight toward the factory, which made even his "shell" instinctively uncomfortable.
The moment he entered the factory grounds, Vision saw a sight that nearly made his data core stop.
Wanda floated in midair,