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  • user_52890 PLOT: In the Gap Junction, a plane between universes, America Chavez and Doctor Strange race to the Book of Vishanti while attempting to evade a Ribboned Creature. Strange's attempts to contain the monster prove futile, he orders Chazez to get the book while Strange is struggling to hold the monster. However, the demon kills Strange during the process, and Chavez, in fear, inadvertently opens a portal to Earth-616 which she and Strange's corpse fall through. Upon further inspection of the corpse, Strange discovers runes of witchcraft that he realises were also present on the tentacled creature. Knowing that this isn't his area of expertise, he visits Wanda Maximoff at her farm to ask her about what she knows about the Multiverse, but he soon discovers that the farm is a chaos magic conjuration created by Maximoff herself. With the Darkhold in her possession, Maximoff reveals herself as the one who sent the demons after Chavez originally, believing that she could reunite with Vision, Billy and Tommy once she is able to take over the Multiverse. She also gives Strange before sundown to surrender Chavez before hunting her down herself. Strange rejects her demands. As Chavez is over at Kamar-Taj, the Masters of the Mystic Arts fortify the area in preparation for Maximoff's assault with a magic shield and various other defenses. However, Maximoff's telepathy targets one sorcerer and disables his magic, leading the shield to collapse, allowing her to shred through the resistance of Kamar-Taj. Strange entraps her within the Mirror Dimension, which proves to be ineffective as she escapes using reflections. Cornered, Chavez accidentally opens a portal, allowing herself and Strange to flee across the Multiverse. They land in Earth-838, in a futuristic New York City, where they walk towards the New York Sanctum in search of Strange's counterpart in this universe, minutes later, they are greeted by his other Sorcerer Supreme conuterpart: Supreme Strange. Supreme Strange invites both of them to sit down for tea, and the two warn him of the Scarlet Witch's incoming threat. They soon pass out, as Supreme Strange had poisoned the tea, and awaken in a facility elsewhere. There, they meet that universe's Christine Palmer, who works at the facility as a scientist that helps with managing different Multiversal threats. 616-Strange is brought forth before the Illuminati for his trial, consisting of his counterpart, Captain Peggy Carter, Blackagar Boltagon, Captain Maria Rambeau, Reed Richards and Charles Xavier. They believe that he is the greatest threat in the universe, revealing that they fought another Doctor Strange counterpart named, Sinister Strange who used the Darkhold. Supreme Strange found the Book of Vishanti, which the Illuminati used to kill the Sinister Strange. But before that, Sinister Strange who used the Darkhold confessed that he had caused an incursion, an event in which a reality is destroyed, and thus they executed Sinister Strange to prevent further destruction. Meanwhile, Maximoff makes use of the Darkhold to dreamwalk into her Earth-838 counterpart in Westview to interact with her children. However, Sara Wolfe manages to destroy the Darkhold, so Maximoff burns her alive in retaliation. She also threatens to kill other sorcerers if Wong does not reveal another method to dreamwalk, leading him to reveal that the book was a copy. He takes her to a castle on Mount Wundagore where the Darkhold was first transcribed. Maximoff uses the castle's power to dreamwalk back into her Earth-838 self and raids the Illuminati Headquarters in search of Chavez. Before they could vote to execute 616-Strange, Carter, Black Bolt, Rambeau and Richards leave to respond to the attack, but Maximoff easily kills them. Xavier enters Maximoff's mind and attempts to liberate her from the Scarlet Witch, but fails as she snaps his neck. The Illuminati's efforts have also bought Palmer enough time to free Chavez and the two escape into the sewers, where they rendezvous with Strange. Unfortunately, Supreme Strange caughts and knock them down, when he's about to take Chavez's powers, she accidentally opens a portal to Earth-616 transporting them back to it along with Supreme Strange. Maximoff saw them escaped, abandoning her alternate self who returns to her home in Westview. In Kamar-Taj, Supreme Strange prepares a ritual to take Chavez's powers, 616-Strange tries to fight back Supreme Strange, but he gets defeated easily. Despite their loss, Maximoff returns to Kamar-Taj along with Wong which results in them attacking Supreme Strange, he forces Chavez to open a portal back to Earth-838. There, he threatens to kill her kids, Vision and her counterpart, 616-Strange convinces Maximoff to join him fight his counterpart. Palmer tries to calm and comfort Supreme Strange, but he refused. Strange, Maximoff, Wong, and Chavez finally team up to finish off Supreme Strange. After the death of Supreme Strange, Maximoff attempts to comfort her kids, but they openly reject her. This causes Maximoff to collapse into tears, but her counterpart comforts her, breaking her out of the Darkhold's corruption. Realizing the destruction she had caused, Maximoff goes back to the Darkhold Castle, she sacrifices herself to destroy the castle and every copy of the Darkhold within the Multiverse. Before Palmer returns to her home universe, Strange admits to her that while he has always loved her, he was too insecure about committing to a real relationship. Kamar-Taj begins to rebuild as Chavez starts her training in the mystic arts, while Strange returns to New York and repairs the watch his Palmer had gifted to him. He takes a walk afterwards, only to collapse and cry out in pain as his third eye opens. Shortly after, Strange encounters Clea, a sorceress who warns him that he has caused an incursion and that they must put a stop to it. She opens a portal to the Dark Dimension and the two walk through it.