Wanda Maximoff Multiversal Harem Hunter

The second floor of the Citadel was colder, darker, and eerily quiet. Wanda Maximoff and Eska Vryn moved cautiously through the wide corridors, their steps echoing off the steel walls. Unlike the chaos of the entryway, this floor had an unsettling stillness, broken only by the faint hum of machinery.

"This doesn't feel like a bunker anymore," Eska muttered, her rifle raised. "Feels more like… a tomb."

Wanda smirked faintly, gripping the Chitauri Scepter as her crimson eyes scanned their surroundings. "If Hydra's been running experiments here, it might as well be."

Fracture's voice slithered into Wanda's mind, cold and disdainful. "A tomb filled with toys they don't understand. Humans always overreach, and it always ends the same way."

"Let's see what they've been playing with," Wanda murmured, her voice tinged with curiosity and disgust.

At the end of the corridor, they came to a large steel door. Eska glanced at Wanda, who nodded, her symbiote suit rippling with anticipation. With a wave of chaos magic, Wanda blasted the door open, and they stepped into a vast chamber.

The room was filled with rows of filing cabinets, shelves of crates stamped with Hydra's emblem, and machinery humming softly with energy. Blueprints and diagrams were pinned to the walls, depicting weapons, aircraft, and humanoid figures encased in cryogenic chambers.

Eska moved cautiously to one of the desks, her fingers brushing against a stack of yellowed papers. "This isn't just a storage room. Someone's been curating this. It's… personal."

Wanda scanned the room, her crimson eyes narrowing as she took in the meticulously arranged documents and prototypes. "Whoever was here had more than just a professional interest in Hydra's work. This is an obsession."

Eska flipped through a file, her brow furrowing as she read. "Dr. Arnim Zola," she said, her voice low. "He was Schmidt's lead scientist—the one who developed Hydra's energy weapons during World War II."

Wanda raised an eyebrow. "Zola? The one who supposedly turned himself into some kind of computer?"

"Looks like his work didn't stop there," Eska replied grimly, holding up a blueprint of a humanoid figure with mechanical limbs. "This is the Winter Soldier program. They've been working on this for decades."

Wanda's attention was drawn to a cluster of documents marked with the symbol of a cube. She picked one up, her fingers brushing against the brittle paper. The words Tesseract: Advanced Energy Source were scrawled across the top, accompanied by detailed diagrams of its internal structure.

"The Tesseract," Wanda murmured. "It says here it was the key to their energy weapons. Hydra built everything—guns, planes, even tanks—with its power."

Eska joined her, glancing over her shoulder. "It also says the Tesseract went missing when Schmidt disappeared. The same time Captain America's plane went down."

Wanda flipped to another page, her gaze sharpening. "But they suspect S.H.I.E.L.D. has it now. And Hydra's already planning to take it back."

"Of course they are," Eska muttered. "Hydra never lets anything go."

Fracture's voice slithered into Wanda's thoughts, her tone reverent. **"The Tesseract is no ordinary cube, Wanda. It's far beyond their understanding."**

Wanda frowned, setting the document down. "What do you mean?"

**"The Tesseract contains the Space Stone,"*, Fracture explained. **"One of six Infinity Stones. They are the building blocks of the universe, forged at the dawn of creation. The Space Stone grants its wielder mastery over space—traveling anywhere, bending distance, reshaping reality itself."**

Wanda's breath caught as the weight of Fracture's words settled over her. "The building blocks of the universe," she murmured. "And Hydra had one."

**"Briefly,"** Fracture replied, her tone disdainful. **"But their small minds couldn't comprehend its true potential. They used it to wage war, to build toys. Pitiful."**

Wanda's gaze shifted to the Chitauri Scepter in her hand. "And what about this? What's inside?"

**"The Mind Stone,"** Fracture said, her tone softening. **"The stone of thought, understanding, and control. It fuels your power now, though you've barely begun to unlock its true potential. You are not yet ready to wield it fully. But you will be."**

Wanda's grip tightened on the scepter. "Why tell me this now?"

**"Because it is your future, Wanda,"** Fracture said. **"You and I are bonded. I've removed your human limitations. Your strength can grow infinitely—if you train. The Mind Stone will one day be yours to command. But first, you must prepare your body to handle its strain."**

Eska interrupted Wanda's thoughts, her voice cutting through the silence. "Hey, check this out."

Wanda turned to see Eska holding a journal bound in cracked leather. The pages were filled with sketches of energy weapons, notes on the Tesseract, and studies of the Red Skull's experiments. One name appeared repeatedly: Arnim Zola.

"This isn't just an archive," Eska said. "This is someone's personal collection."

Wanda flipped through the journal, her expression darkening. "He wasn't just recording Hydra's history. He was obsessed with it."

Eska's jaw tightened. "And he might still be out there. If Zola survived this long, who knows what else he's working on?"

"Then we make sure none of this leaves this room," Wanda said firmly. "Hydra doesn't get to keep their secrets."

Eska nodded, pulling a bundle of C4 from her bag. "Agreed."

As they began planting explosives around the room, the sound of heavy footsteps echoed from the corridor. Wanda and Eska exchanged a glance, their weapons at the ready.

The doors burst open, and a squad of heavily modified Hydra soldiers stormed in. Their bodies were a grotesque fusion of flesh and machine, their movements faster and more deliberate than any soldiers they'd faced before.

"Of course they've got more experiments," Eska muttered, raising her rifle.

Wanda stepped forward, her symbiote claws extending as she prepared to fight. "Let's take them apart."

The battle was fierce and chaotic. The soldiers' mechanical enhancements made them stronger and faster, but Wanda and Eska fought with precision and determination. Wanda deflected a strike with the scepter, spinning it like a staff to shatter a soldier's chest panel. Eska lobbed a grenade, the explosion taking out a cluster of enemies.

"These things aren't human anymore," Wanda said, her voice cold.

"No," Eska replied, firing off another shot. "They're monsters. And Hydra made them."

Wanda's chaos magic surged, sending two soldiers crashing into the wall. The battle pushed them to their limits, but the last of the soldiers finally fell.

The room fell silent once more, save for the hum of the explosives they'd planted. Wanda leaned on the scepter, her breathing heavy as she surveyed the wreckage.

"We've barely made it through one floor," Eska said, her tone grim. "This place is a nightmare."

Wanda nodded, her crimson eyes narrowing. "Then we make sure it never sees the light of day again."

Eska tightened the straps on her bag, her resolve clear. "Let's keep moving."

Together, they stepped into the next corridor, their path lit by the faint glow of the scepter. The challenges ahead loomed like shadows, but their determination burned brighter than ever.

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