Scarlet Witch (Zombie Outbreak)

**Wanda Maximoff**, also known as **Scarlet Witch**, is a supporting antagonist of the first season of the *What If* series, as the main antagonist of "What If Zombies" and a cameo antagonist of "What If The Watcher Broke His Oath".

She was a powerful being enhanced by the Mind Stone able to produce Chaos Magic. She was infected by a zombie virus that spread across the world and kept by her lover Edward at Camp Lehigh and fed her survivors. When the Zombie Outbreak Survival Group arrived, Scarlet Witch began a rampage and led an army of zombies as she devoured most of them. She was later summoned by Strange Supreme to distract Infinity Ultron during the Battle for the Multiverse but he quickly disposed of her.

## Biography

### Zombie Apocalypse

The Scarlet Witch's timeline was the same as her mainstream version until 2018, in which Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym spread a zombie virus across the world. Upon being infected, her lover Vision took her to Camp Lehigh and experimented on her with the Mind Stone in an attempt to cure her. Due to her powers, the treatment did not work, so he began luring survivors to the Camp with promises of a cure and fed them to her. He brought Black Panther among the survivors and began feeding pieces of him to her.

### Devouring Survivors

Days later, the Zombie Outbreak Survival Group were lured by Vision to Camp Lehigh. Winter Soldier discover the wounded Black Panther as well as Scarlet Witch, and began firing at her glass cage. Disturbed by their presence and hungering, Scarlet Witch broke out of the prison and devoured Kurt Goreshter. Winter Soldier began firing at her but she levitated a door in the air and blocked the bullets, sending the door at him. Spider-Man bound Scarlet Witch with his webs and Okoye threw her spear at him but she broke free and unleashed a powerful burst of energy. Vision aided the heroes in escaping but Scarlet Witch manage to levitate Okoye in the air and summoned the latter towards her, devouring her. Vision used the Mind Stone to collapse the base on Scarlet Witch. As she emerged from the wreckage, she discovered the corpse of Vision, who had sacrificed himself by ripping the Mind Stone out of himself and giving it to the heroes. In her anger, she stopped the bullets fired at her by Bucky mid-air and sent them back at him. He managed to block them with his shield but Scarlet Witch levitated him and threw him to his death. While Spider-Man, Panther and Scott Lang retreated into the Quinjet, Scarlet Witch charged at Bruce Banner, who tossed her backwards as he transformed into the Hulk. Hulk charged at Scarlet Witch, who blocked his blows with her magic shields but was forced to the ground.

### Battle for the Multiverse and Death

Strange Supreme teleported Scarlet Witch and an army of zombies through a portal on top of Infinity Ultron during the Battle for the Multiverse to buy time for the Guardians of the Multiverse. Infinity Ultron released a powerful blast of energy that decimated all the zombies apart from Scarlet Witch, who send a blast at him. Clearly annoyed, Infinity Ultron used the Infinity Stones to destroy the whole planet including Scarlet Witch.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Zombie Physiology**: Scarlet Witch was infected by a virus that turned her into a zombie.
	+ **Infection**: Scarlet Witch is capable of infecting other people with her zombie virus.
* **Psionics**: Scarlet Witch gained psionic powers from the Mind Stone inside the Scepter.
	+ **Psionic Energy Manipulation**: Scarlet Witch can fire blasts, bolts, beams and waves of energy at her opponents.
		- **Telekinesis**: Scarlet Witch can levitate and move objects at will, such as levitating a door to deflect Bucky Barnes' bullets and eventually throw him to his death.
			* **Disintegration**: Scarlet Witch can used her telekinesis to disintegrate objects.
		- **Force-Field Generation**: Scarlet Witch is able of creating forcefields, as shown when she blocked the Hulk's blows.
		- **Flight**: Scarlet Witch can fly in the air.
		- **Mental and Emotional Manipulation**: Scarlet Witch can mentally manipulate people doing her bidding, and also change their emotions.

### Abilities

* **Expert Combatant:** Scarlet Witch is skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
* **Spy**: Scarlet Witch is a skilled spy.
* **Musician**: Scarlet Witch can play the guitar.
* **Multilingualism**: Scarlet Witch can fluently speak Sokovian and English, as well as some Spanish.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Uniform**: Scarlet Witch wore her uniform during the Battle of Camp Lehigh.