Phase Three: MARVEL's Doctor Strange by Alex Irvine

Author:Alex Irvine [Irvine, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-06-05T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Through the still-open portal, Strange saw a tall man wearing a sorcerer’s tunic. His face was disfigured by some strange gray-and-purple decay around the eyes, but those eyes… they burned with power and hate.

“Kaecilius!” Wong shouted. “No!”

As the words left Wong’s mouth, Kaecilius raised one hand. The air over his head glowed and a sphere of magical energy formed. Looking straight through the portal at them, he brought his hand down.

A fiery explosion blasted out through the library. Smoke and rubble crashed into the room, and the force of the explosion blew Strange through another door. He landed hard and rolled up against a wall, slamming his ribs against the stone. It was dark except for the glow of the portal he had just passed through… but even that flickered and disappeared as he got to his feet.

Where was he?

“Wong?” he called out. “Mordo?”

There was no answer. Strange walked through the darkness and found himself in a large room with a stairway leading up. There was faint glow here from dim lights set into the walls. Beyond the staircase was a door. Through its windows, Strange could see what looked like daylight. He walked toward the door, still feeling the effects of the explosion. He could be anywhere.

But when he pushed through the door, he saw an instantly familiar sight. Cars rolling slowly down a side street. Pedestrians walking and laughing. They looked at him with surprised expressions on their faces, and he remembered he was dressed in the robes of Kamar-Taj, and was completely out of place. He also still wore the Eye of Agamotto on its chain around his neck. Strange knew this place. Was it possible? He turned and saw the address plate on the front of the building: 177A BLEECKER STREET.

He was in New York City. Greenwich Village, to be exact. Strange took a step back and looked up. There, high on the building’s facade, was the symbol of the New York Sanctum.

So, the explosion back in Kamar-Taj had blown him through the open portal to here. There must be a Master here, he thought. All three Sanctums were supposed to be guarded. He had to find whoever was in charge here and tell them what Kaecilius had done. London was under attack and Kamar-Taj was damaged, too. Strange wasn’t sure how much time he had to get help.

Strange turned and went back into the Sanctum. He called out as he walked through the foyer toward the staircase. “Hello?” No answer.

He went upstairs and found himself in a room with three glass doorways. Through them he saw three different landscapes: From left to right, they were a dense forest, an open ocean, and a mountain he didn’t recognize. He opened the center door and a salt breeze blew the hair back from his forehead. It also stung in the cuts on his face. This was a different kind of portal. Strange shut the door and saw a large knob set in a pedestal in the middle of the room, inscribed with symbols.

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