Chapter 260: Black Winter

Everybody understood that there were two 'Strange' from two universes and this Strange was 'evil'. The Ancient One looked at this new Strange and was surprised that this Strange was so powerful and had some weird minions. Even though she could look into other multiverses she couldn't keep track of everything and thus she had no idea about this 'Strange'.

"Your power looks like the Phoenix Force but yours isn't actually it." The new 'Strange' spoke up for the first time.

"There can be only one Phoenix Force in all multiverses. And I am not it's host." John replied. Strange nodded to that answer as he too knew there could be only one host to the Phoenix Force.

"Don't change the topic. Answer my question." John said as he transformed himself back to his original body.

"You are John Jameson? But in no versions of John are you this powerful. Your power is something that this multiverse has never seen. This is astonishing." Strange said as he still avoided answering him.

"Have you ever seen these guys before?" John asked, pointing to the whole Avengers lineup.

"You haven't, so don't speak about being a prophet in front of me." John said with a harsh tone.

"I thought I knew everything after becoming the leader of Black Priest. Seems like I am wrong." Strange said.

"Making you the most powerful version of Strange in all of the multiverse doesn't make you a God. Even Gods don't know everything, let alone you." John replied.

"Agreed. Well what is this Molecule Man and incursion you spoke about before? Can you tell me?"

"Huh. Didn't you join the Black Priests because of the fact that the multiverse was collapsing?" John asked as he was confused now. He actually thought Strange followed the comics and joined the Black Priests to find out the reason behind the collapse. That's why he wanted to speak to Doctor Strange and find out how much the multiverse had collapsed.

There was no actual reason to attack Strange, it's just that he was annoyed by how high and mighty he acted. Especially after joining a group that didn't care about good and evil and proceeded to obliterate everything just so that the multiverse could survive.

"No. Are there other versions of me that joined the Black Priests? As far as I remember there is only one multiverse in all of the multiverse." Strange said.

"The hell. If there is no incursion why did you join the Black Priests? You are from Earth-616. Aren't you?" John said.

"Yes. I am from Earth-616. I joined the Black Priests because I was invited as the multiverse started the defense mechanism to save itself from the coming wrath." Strange said in a very grave tone.

"Who is coming?" John asked softly as he had a bad premonition. Since even the face of such powerful Strange looked grave he knew the matter was serious.

"The Black Winter." Strange said slowly and steadily.

"Huh. Fimbulwind? Didn't Thor kill Black Winter?" John asked as he was more confused because according to comics the Cosmic Thor killed the Black Winter and he wasn't really that powerful as Thor actually single handedly defeated it.

"Where do you even get such information? This multiverse has never faced the Black Winter." Strange said.

"What?" John said. Now he was more confused than he ever was. All this time he thought the other universes followed the story of comics. When the Black Priests appeared he thought of the 'secret wars' comics and that was the reason he attacked. But now it seemed that the comics weren't actually true always. Maybe because he had interfered in the multiverse and thus the story was changing fast.

The butterfly effect that affected all of the multiverse and now the whole story was messed up. John became silent for a minute as he started contemplating the future which he was very unsure about now.

"So the Black Winter is coming. So what of it? Why come to our universe with such fan fare." John asked as this was the main question now.

"I wasn't sure before but I am sure now. Your emergence and the power you possess with all the new members in the Avengers has sparked the hunger of the Black Winter. So it is coming for this universe. We as the defense shield can only wipe away this universe to preserve all of the multiverse. After he comes here and eats this universe he would be unstoppable. This was the reason the Black Priests were established, wasn't it?"

"Earth 616 is more powerful than ours. Don't give me that lame explanation." John said.

"For now it is true. But can you say the same in the future? You are a Sorcerer Supreme. Aren't you? You yourself can look into the future. Look into it and tell me that your Earth wouldn't be as powerful as Earth-616." Strange said.

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