Part I: The Awakening/Mission: Sneaking Out

==Mission: Sneaking Out==
As Hunter enters the Chapel, the Midnight Suns are discussing a spell found in one of Caretaker's books that they could use to track Wanda. Robbie mentions the fact that the four of them had the same dream about Wanda, and when he sees Hunter, he realizes that the number is actually five.
Nico locks the door and the group sits down on the ground in a circle with a mirror in the middle. She urges everyone to continue concentrating on the spell, and begins chanting. The other four join her, all repeating the same words over and over. 
Black smoke starts to pour out of the mirror, and both Robbie and Blade stop chanting. Nico begins levitating in the air with flashes of green energy around her. Hunter grabs the Staff of One and smashes the mirror with it, which creates a vortex that sucks in Hunter, Nico, and Magik, leaving Blade and Robbie behind.
The trio arrive in an industrial building with concrete walls. Hunter senses something powerful and foul, so the team heads in that direction. Someone is watching them on a security camera feed.
As one of Faustus' devices comes into view, Doctor Banner begins to taunt them over a loudspeaker, although he is confused as to how they found this location. He presses a button and Hydra troops burst into the room to attack the heroes.
Once the Hydra soldiers are defeated, Banner speaks again. By this time he has realized it must have been Nico's spell that brought the heroes here, and that they are here for Wanda as opposed to the Gamma Accelerator.
He hits the same button again and a large glass tube filled with green smoke rises near where the heroes are standing, and they can see Wanda, corrupted by Lilith, inside. Hunter says that death is the only chance for release, but Nico rejects that idea as Fallen Scarlet Witch bursts free of the tube and attacks.
The heroes battle Fallen Scarlet Witch valiantly but cannot win. Banner gloats that this encounter has smashed his expectations, and orders Wanda to eliminate the heroes. As she begins to cast a spell, Magik realizes that they have to escape, and opens a portal. Nico is still trying to reason with Wanda when Hunter and Magik grab her and dive safely through the portal just as the spell strikes. 
== That Night ==
The trio tumbles out of the portal back at the Abbey. Nico insists that Wanda hesitated, but neither Magik nor Hunter believe her. Suddenly the portal is forcibly reopened by Fallen Scarlet Witch. Wanda begins to force herself through while Magik is unable to close it. Caretaker appears, and after a brief battle of wills, she drives Wanda back, closes the portal, and storms off. Nico and Magik are clearly upset by everything that transpired this evening.
Back in the Abbey, Caretaker has retired to her room, furious. She refuses to open the door when Hunter tries to talk to her.
Several Avengers are having a heated discussion at the Mirror Table. Tony and Carol are upset about what the Suns did while Steve tries to get them to see that they were just trying to save their teammate.
Agatha is sad the attempt failed, but feels that it was better that they tried and failed. She feels responsible for how things turned out, saying that she pushed too hard before the three of them were ready.
Doctor Strange tells Hunter that he is just glad that they got back safe. He seems to feel left out, saying that the group could have come to him for help. Since wanda was his apprentice he misses her as much as anyone.
==The Next Day==
As Hunter approaches the Forge, Doctor Strange and Magik are arguing. Strange is still upset that he wasn't asked to help, and insists the attempt yesterday may have been successful if he had been involved. Magik denies this and says that the Suns do not trust Strange as he has done nothing to get Wanda back since she was taken. 
Hunter finds Nico in Wanda's room, reading her grimoire. Nico believes that she can find a spell to break Lilith's hold on Wanda. Nico admits she was unprepared for Wanda trying to kill them, or for Hunter trying to kill Wanda. Hunter commits to trying again to save Wanda.
Caretaker is outside the Abbey at the crater. When Hunter finds her, she apologizes for last night. She explains that she was shocked by what the Suns did and needed time alone to process it. She wonders, if she had listened to them more, would it have prevented them going out on their own? Caretaker admits to having self-doubts lately; maybe if she had tried to save Lilith centuries ago, they could have avoided the current apocalypse.
Next: Part I: The Awakening/Mission: The Deep Dark Venomous Depths
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