[Miles!!]
In a dead-silent void, Miles vaguely heard someone calling his name.
The voice was distant, yet close.
[Where am I?]
A question rose in Miles's mind. He could not feel his body, only pure consciousness.
Then another voice answered within his mind.
[We are in the gap between time.]
[...David?]
Miles's heart trembled.
In the mental world, Miles abruptly opened his eyes.
He found himself lying on a soft hospital bed, surrounded by blindingly white walls. It was a standard hospital ward.
Beside his bed, Legion and Mr. Sinister wore identical white lab coats. One held a medical chart, while the other carried a still-smoking defibrillator. Both looked at him with expressions of "concern."
"You're awake?"
Mr. Sinister casually tossed the defibrillator aside, pushed up his rectangular glasses with one finger, and flicked a bead of cold sweat from his forehead, looking thoroughly shaken.
"The resuscitation was a success, thank God... Seriously, you little brat, what kind of monster did you provoke this time? Do you know you nearly went to meet God?"
"...What exactly happened?"
Miles clutched his head and sank into his memories. Confused, he said, "I remember covering Aurora's retreat, then starting to call David..."
At that point, Miles looked at Legion again. "Then it suddenly became like this."
"Nathaniel was right. You're in serious trouble, Miles."
The medical chart in Legion's hand had somehow turned into a cup of iced cola. He took a huge gulp and let out a burp.
"Your enemy can manipulate time, and you apparently don't realize that at all."
"Manipulate time?!"
Miles's expression changed. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Like Doctor Strange bargaining with Dormammu using the Time Stone?"
"Uh, sort of." Legion exchanged a glance with Mr. Sinister and nodded.
As different personalities of Miles, Legion