Kamar-Taj

A week passes since Jack collapsed, as he wakes up seeing an unfamiliar roof over his head and with robes instead of his armor. He stands up and tries to walk when the floor under him began to crack under him and he begins to walk slowly through the hall to not destroy it while trying to remember what happened to him.

Then a black man in robes came walking towards him and says, "It seems the Ancient One was right and you are awake." Jack got into a position to fight when the man continues, "Now now, we are all friends here. My name is Karl Mordo and we are in Kamar-Taj the home for all sorcerers. The Ancient One had to stabilize you as you can already see you have grown a little bit since the last week."

Jack was now 2,1m tall because of the Hulk's power while the body was still like before just that his muscles came more to the eyes with those robes on. "So if I remember correctly I was sent here to learn sorcery right?" asks Jack just to make sure everything was alright.

"Exactly, I will take you to the Ancient One she will teach you herself. It is a great honor," says Mordo with respect in his voice.

"Well, have you informed at least my family about what is going on?" asks Jack as he follows Mordo.

"We informed your cousin Peter as well as the Avengers that you wouldn't be available for some months. But it seems your cousin didn't tell your parents," says Mordo as he shows him a missing poster with his face on it and another one with Felicia then he continues, "We informed them about everything but it seems that not telling them was better than telling them since they know you are alright even if a little worried."

"So sorcery how is it?" asks Jack, who never saw Doctor Strange curious about it.

"Sorcery is like science once you know the basic rules of it everything is possible you just have to let go of your prejudgment of sorcery not being real because it is quite real," says Mordo as they arrive and Mordo continues, "The Ancient One is inside waiting for you. I will now go and teach the other students."

Jack enters and sees the Ancient One drinking some tea who says, "Come sit across me." Jack does as said and sits across her and a cup with tea appears before him and he begins to drink it. "It's good right. I love this tea the most."

"Now why are we here and not training?" asks Jack as he drinks his tea slowly.

"We will begin once you adapt to your new powers. You already destroyed the floor with only walking. It will take you another week before we begin," says the Ancient One as she takes a sip of her tea.

"And how do I adapt to them?" asks Jack having no idea about how to adapt to his new power.

"How did you do it when you got your powers at first. Remember how you did it then and do it again," says the Ancient One as Jack closes his eyes and begins to meditate right there. "It seems he has begun let's give him space," says the Ancient one as she sends him to Mount Everest via a Dimension Portal.

Jack was in deep meditation being in his Mindscape where he met with James. "So you want to train like back then with your teacher?" asks James who stood in front of Jack.

"Yes, we need to become completely one person as Venom said before," says Jack, who sits down in front of James, who sits across him.

"First let's train. I take the Loki and Thor part you the Hulk. After three days we fuse completely since you can use your Grey Chains now. You just have to accept all my memories as yours or we won't be able to become one like last time. When you only accepted part of my memories and not all," says James as he stands up and little thunderbolts run on his body. Training every power Jack got from Loki and Thor. Jack, on the other hand, was training to control the power of Hulk.

In the meantime, Felicia appeared in New York City with Rachel but it wasn't her city she could tell because the Stark Tower, as well as Oscorp and Baxter Building, didn't exist in this New York. She changes into normal clothes and says, "Rachel energy-saving protocol." Rachel turns into a backpack and Felicia walks around in New York thinking, 'Where am I? It can't be home since many things are missing. It seems I will have to survive in the old fashion way by stealing until I find a way home.'

She encounters a vacant house and enters it and says, "Well this should be our new house Rachel."

"It could be cleaner but I will need an energy supply in three to four months if you keep me in this form. I might need to recharge in half a month if you use me regularly," says Rachel informing Felicia about her situation.

"We will find a way but first let's find something to eat," says Felicia as she leaves her new hideout.

Back to Jack who was still meditating on the Mount Everest while being in his Mindscape sparring with James, who got some knowledge by using the powers.

"You gonna give up," says James who had Jack in a headlock while letting electricity pass through his body.

"Never," says Jack, who was struggling to get out of it.

"I think both of you should stop and return to the real world Felicia won't save herself on her own," says Venom, who was the Umpire.

"She can survive on her own until we get to her," says James as Jack frees himself and begins his counterattack against him.

"Yes, she can but Venom is right. We don't know for how long she and Rachel can hold on until we arrive," says Jack a bit worried since he knows Felicia could fight against many common people and some mutants that aren't overpowered like him.

"Aye, she can be fine but it's not worth the risk. Also, it seems someone is waiting for you outside," says Venom.

"It seems it's time to leave. It was a pleasure Venom. But one question. What is the score?" asks James curious about who won between him and Jack.

"15 to 6 for you," says Venom.

"It's not fair anyway he uses both powers while I use only one," says Jack angry when James taps at his wrist like saying, "We don't have time for this."

"Right let's begin then," says Jack as the Grey Chains surround both and both become really one.

"Now that his full capacity in the mental department has been opened and the Mind Stone in his possession it will be interesting to watch, don't you think so Alfred," says Shura, who was watching everything with Alfred.

"Maybe but it's too early to know for sure," says Alfred as both leave the mindscape of Jack.

Jack opens his eyes and they were now cold blue now as he accepted all of James's memories and remembers how his former mother died as he says, "It shall never happen again."

He stands up and the snow that was covering him falls to the ground and Jack asks himself, "How the heck did I get here?"

"It was I, who brought you here," answers the Ancient One looking at Jack and continues saying, "You seem changed. It could be good or bad that will depend on you. But we should leave to Kamar-Taj to begin your training."

She opens a Dimension Portal and Jack asks, "Is that even safe?"

"You traveled with it before. It is the safest way to travel on Earth as long as you know how to use it. It also can be a useful weapon to dismember your enemy if needed," says the Ancient One trying to reassure Jack.

"That's really calming me down now, knowing that it just could decapitate me by just putting my head in," says Jack making the Ancient One smile.

"If I really wanted to do so you would be dead when I brought you here in the first place," says the Ancient One as she steps through the Portal and Jack follows her and arrives at the room he was a week ago drinking tea before starting his meditation. The Ancient One sits down on her cushion and food as well as something to drink appeared on the table and says, "You should eat something before we start your training. You haven't eaten anything for at least 2 weeks."

"Thanks," says Jack as he begins to eat the food while drinking water. Once done he says, "It was a nice feast. I really needed that."

"Then let's begin with your training. But first here is your Sling Ring never lose it or you might never return to this reality once you lose it in another," says the Ancient One as she hands the Sling Ring over to Jack and continues saying, "Your first task is to learn how to open create a Dimension Portal. After that, I will continue teaching you. For now, join the other students in the courtyard."

She opens a portal and Jack passes it and finds himself in the courtyard where Mordo was teaching the new student how to open Dimension Portal.

"Why are you here Jack?" asks Mordo curiously because Jack appeared from the portal.

"The Ancient One wants from me to learn how to create a portal before we can start the training," says Jack and Mordo nods understanding now why he was here.

"Yes, the basics are the foundation after all. Do you have your Sling Ring?" asks Mordo and Jack shows it and he continues and says, "Alright the others already started so let me give you a crash course on how to do it. First, you need to concentrate on the place you want to go to. Then swing your arm in circles like this."

Mordo opens a portal with one clean circular swing of his arm and says, "Now try it don't get demotivated because it doe-" But before he finished his sentence Jack concentrated and did like told and opened a portal towards the room the Ancient One was in drinking her tea.

"Mordo did you just open this portal?" asks the Ancient One.

"No, it was Jack who opened it on his first try," says Mordo still shocked by Jack's raw talent in sorcery.

"It seems that you are a natural talent Mr. Parker. Let's begin your training then but first," says the Ancient One as she passes Jack's portal and stands beside him and continues, "We will go to the Library. You will learn not only from me but also from the books there. You already have a powerful artifact so you won't need one of ours. Afterward, I will show you your accommodation while you stay here."

They walk through the courtyard towards the Library and they enter and they arrive in front of the Librarian and the Ancient One says, "That here is Wong. He takes care of all the books in the Library if you need some books ask him he will help you. Wong this is Jack Parker he is my new student treat him well."

Wong nods and hands over a piece of paper to Jack and says, "It's the W-LAN password. You will need it to research some spells as well as to translate Sanskrit if you don't want to learn the language."

"Sanskrit?" asks Jack confused.

"Many of the books are handwritten in Sanskrit if not almost all. Some are in English but those are for beginners," says Wong explaining everything to Jack.

"Then we shall leave," says the Ancient One and both walk towards Jack's accommodation for now.

"So what do you think about sorcery?" asks the Ancient One curious to find out what Jack was thinking.

"It seems quite useful. Just with the first spell, my life is already easier than it was before. Just about having the picture in your head and open a portal to get to that destination. Only an idiot would say sorcery is not useful," says Jack just thinking about the Dimension Portal.

"Good to know from tomorrow on your real training shall begin. Did you will have close combat training while using sorcery to learn how to use it in combat and combined it with your style of fighting. I will also show you the Sanctums we have in London, Hong Kong, and New York City. So if you find trouble in the future you can come to ask for help," says the Ancient One as they arrive at Jack's accommodation.

"Just one question. Where is Graves?" asks Jack because he hasn't seen him in a long while.

"He should be in your ring. It absorbed your armor as well as the thing that was around you at that time when you have fallen unconscious," says the Ancient One as Jack looks into the ring and sees Graves in it.

"Thanks for informing me," says Jack as he opens the door and asks, "At which our do we start?"

"8 in the morning it's like school after all," says the Ancient One as she leaves and Jack enters his room to finish the day.