Mending Morality

Chapter 16

"Well played Wanda." Agatha said, causing Scarlet Witch to turn back in her direction. "You've shown all of these men just how dangerous you are. I gotta say, using a hex to manipulate reality sure works wonders."

Scarlet Witch felt sick to her stomach. That's why Agatha didn't put wards up! She put a hex on to make her think she was attacking her, when in reality she was attacking these men.

"I'm not a monster!" Scarlet Witch said, with tears threatening to come out of her eyes.

"Keep telling yourself that." Agatha said. "It's in your nature to harm others Wanda. I'm just here to remind you of that."

"No. No!" Scarlet Witch said running her hands through her hair. "No!" But deep down she couldn't shake the feeling that she was right. Too many things were going on in her head as Agatha hovered closer to her.

"And I will continue to remind you of this fact as long as I live." she said. "Well, ta ta dear!" and with that she teleported out of the construction area.

Scarlet Witch looked back to the unconscious construction workers, and then back to the workers that were still hiding from her. The pain and the conflict inside of her was overflowing. Every negative thought she had suppressed and mulled over since destroying the Darkhold was now resurfacing all at once.

The tears that she held back were now rolling down her cheeks. 'I'm still a monster.' she said to herself, as she dropped to her knees, while still looking at the workers who were still knocked out.

It soon got to the point where Scarlet Witch just couldn't take it anymore. Her mind was ripping apart, it felt like she was suffocating, and she could not calm herself down.

With one final frustrated cry, she used her powers to teleport herself away from the scene.

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Spider-Man arrived at Connors' office as quick as he could. Connors had left the window open for him to come through and was all ready for him.

"Alright Doc. What are we dealing with here?" Spider-Man asked.

"Spider-Man, this is a lot more serious than we perceived it to be." Connors said.

"Well considering that we already thought that this was a serious matter, I'm almost terrified to hear what you have to say." Spider-Man responded.

"After running the tests, I figured out that the suit you're wearing right now in fact is a symbiote. And it does wonders for enhancing the host that it bonds with. But......there is a deadly consequence that comes with it." Connors said.

"Just my luck." Spider-Man said, rolling his eyes. "What is it?" he asked.

"Because the symbiote bonds with its partner, it tries to make sure the bond between them is permanent. By destroying the vital functions inside of its host!" Connors said.

"What?!" Spider-Man asked. "It's killing me?!"

'No I am not!' the voice in his head shouted.

"Yes it is." Connors said. And then he pulled out the x rays he took of him before. "Look. These are your vital organs. There is a bit of degenerative tissue that is starting to form. It's trying to make sure that you need to depend on the it to survive."

'No, you don't understand. I can fix it!' the voice in his head said.

'You're the one causing this though!' Spider-Man said in his head.

"What do I do then?!" Spider-Man asked, growing more nervous.

"It's not too late Spider-Man." Connors said. He then hurried to the back of the room and pulled out a remote and pressed a button. A large white cannon-looking device suddenly powered on. "You haven't been attached to the symbiote for very long. We can separate you from it now and you'll still be fine."