They took on the form I was most used to seeing, that of a giant web. It appeared over the building, Mephisto pausing in surprise as his leg was halted.
"Not bad," he smirked removing his leg, my webs slowly dissolved as I panted, "not many could stop me through sheer force of will, let alone using something like the whips of Vastha," he snapped his fingers, as suddenly my energy drained me.
I felt powerless as I watched him flick me across my own mindscape, flying through the land of my memories before crashing into the outer layer of the Dark Tower.
"Now then," he brought his foot down hard, crashing the building.
Why did I want to protect that building? Was it important to me? No...no it can't be….right?
BOOM!
I looked down, the remains of the building read 'Midtown high'...was that important to me? No...it sounds like a horrible place...yeah...horrible.
Boom!
That house...it looks familiar...why?
BOOM!
That mansion, it looked big, why did I remember a red head living there? Was she my friend?
The dark tower I was on began to open up, sucking me inside. Slowly the knowledge of the Marvel universe began to flow into me, Midtown hgh, that was where Spider-man studied! So cool!
And that house, it looked like where Spidey lived...wait, I'm Spider-man...did I live there? And that mansion, the X-men lived there! So that's why it looked so big!
"And what is this?" Mephisto asked, running a hand down the surface of the tower, intrigued he casted a spell on it, but gained no reaction, "aren't you a stubborn one? Well then, let's crack you open!"
He raised his fist and brought it forth. I remembered someone else trying that...it didn't turn out too well for him.
KRAKOOM!
The inside of the tower light up first, all my memories in hre turned bright gold before sending a pulse of magic outwards, hitting Mephisto right in the chest, exploding upon impact.
As the golden shockwave came rippling out, Mephisto's form disintegrated into nothing, he was pushed out of my mind. Slowly The energy began to seap into my memories as well, I saw the rubble slowly reform abck, building itself back.
Jean...Jean Grey! My friend! I forgot about her, not just her, Logan, Xavier, Ororo, Scott, Rouge, all of the X-men! I forgot about them!
May! Ben! Matt! Felicia! MJ, Liz, Johnny, Sue, Ben, Reed! They all came back to me now. My eyes watered, how could I ever forget them?
I opened my eyes and found myself hanging upside down, back in the real world. Mephisto was on his back, looking at a scared right hand in absolute horror.
"H-how?! How did you do this?!" he turned to me and leapt forward, slapping my body so hard it sent me flying off in one direction, straining the chain to such a degree that it snapped, sending me flying into the throne room wall.
Crack!
I felt something break upon impact. I landed in a heap, slowly my body healed itself. I gasped in pain and looked up, afraid of Mephisto once again striking me.
He loomed over me, he growled as he held his hand, it was bleeding, something had carved into it, Mephisto now bore the mark of a spider on his right forearm, "I am an immortal, a being that reaps cosmic deities! And you scarred me?!"
I smiled, not because I was happy, but because I knew it would piss him off. "Well, then next time don't touch my stuff."
"You insufferable-"
"Crimson bands of Cyttorak, I summon thee to bind my foe upon his form!" Strange's voice called out causing a wave of ruby red energy to come forward, flooding Mephisto's body, binding it with five ruby red bands.
"Strange!" the devil himself cried out as he dropped to his knees, his magic sealed away. And standing behind him, floating in mid air, was Strange, looking very pissed.
"Mephisto...this time, you went too far," Strange snapped his fingers causing the chains around me to loosen, I gasped as I immediately felt sweet relief flood my body, my cells working overtime to heal my body.
"You're late," Mordo walked up to us, the metal gag long since removed, "I called you days ago."
"Time flows differently here," Strange replied before turning to me, "my apprentice, are you alright?"
I nodded as I rolled my shoulders, "nothing a little rest won't fix."
"STRANGE!" Mephisto roared flexing his arms, causing the bands binding him to strains, one snapping instantly.
"We need to leave, now," Strange said, "he'll break free soon!"
"No! We can't leave! Not without saving her!" Mordo pointed at the hearth before Mephisto's throne.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Look boy! Look with your third eye! Not the two you are currently using!"
I did and suddenly, I could see it. Inside the flames was something, something...devine? No...holy. A soul, a pure soul, and looking deeper with my real eyes I could see it was the soul of a small child, the flames imprisoning her within.
Strange gasped, "a pure soul? Morod, why….."
"Redemption Strange," the older green loving wizard replied.
I raised an eyebrow, "wait...what?"
"I have done a lot in my life that I regret boy," Mordo explained, "in my twilight years I wish to repay some of my debt...and saving a pure soul like that one from Mephisto's grasp is one path to redemption."
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