The Space Stone!
Within the gem, an endless sea of stars seemed to shimmer, mesmerizing anyone who looked at it.
Hermione placed the Space Stone into the necklace's other socket.
Click.
The two gems, one yellow and one blue, shone against each other.
In a secluded alley amid the city's ruins, space warped, and three figures appeared out of thin air.
Steve, Tony, and a man with a pillar-like fringe wearing a red cloak.
Stephen Strange.
Doctor Strange.
"Yes, this is the place."
Strange looked around, confirming their location.
"We've returned to the day of the Chitauri invasion. It's time to find Hermione."
He looked at Tony. "What about you? Are you ready?"
Tony took something out from inside his jacket.
It was a jet-black wand, its shaft faintly radiating an unsettling aura.
The hand gripping it trembled slightly, his knuckles white.
"Do we really... have to do this?" Tony's voice was hoarse, tinged with pain and hesitation. "Isn't there... another way?"
"Like... trying to talk to her again?"
He raised his head and looked at Strange, hope in his eyes.
Strange shook his head, his expression grave.
"I've seen countless futures."
"In none of them could we get through to this dark Witch."
Tony pressed his lips together and fell silent for a moment.
"Why... is she doing this?"
His voice was low, as though he were asking Strange and talking to himself at the same time.
Strange sighed. "I don't know either."
"But before the Ancient One died, she specifically warned me not to interfere with anything the Witch wanted to do. There was just one exception..."
"Never let her see that thing. Otherwise, her personality will change completely, and the consequences will be far worse... than Thanos's Blip."
Strange's words sent Tony's heart sinking.
Steve furrowed