Tournament - Scarlet Witch and The Vision vs. Mephisto

[IKA]

“Hell can’t be made attractive, so the devil makes attractive the road that leads there.” 

— St. Basil the Great 

 

The day started like always. 

Wanda was in the kitchen cleaning up from dinner the night before. Plates drifted through the air in lazy orbits, suds spiraling around them like little satellites, while she assembled breakfast on the counter: buttered toast, sliced fruit, a blueberry muffin wrapped in a napkin for the road. Everything in its place. Everything exactly as it should be. 

Vision entered in his suit, adjusting his tie 

"I’m ready for work, my love. It’ll be a busy day, but remember—I’ll be home early." 

"Of course, dear." She floated the plate into his hands and kissed him,  "It’ll be nice to spend time as a family." 

He took his suitcase, smiled his perfect impossible smile, and paused at the door. "I can’t wait to see our boys celebrating their birthday. I’ll be home soon!" 

Sooner than he thought. Right—it was a birthday. She remembered that now, or had she decided it, in Westview it amounted to the same thing. 

Time skipped forward. 

Now she was in the living room threading streamers through the air, red and gold ribbons coiling around the ceiling. Vision came through the front door right on cue as if called in to make the perfect scene. He helped her pin the last of the decorations The chair she was standing on, wobbled, and tipped over. She fell—right into his arms. He caught her effortlessly, lowering her in a slow dip that turned a slow dance. 

"Gosh, I’m so clumsy sometimes." 

"That’s alright. I’ll always be here to catch you, my dear." 

He pulled her close. They swayed into a little dance and Wanda let herself believe this was enough. 

The first guest arrived catching them mid dance and they shared that cute embarrassed smile before greeting the guests which now began to appear , each carrying a gift larger than the last. She called for the boys, and Billy and Tommy materialized instantly, practically tumbling over each other, faces lit up like sparklers on the Fourth of July. They were such great kids. The best. Perfect. How could they not be? They were hers. And she loved them.  

The house filled with smiles and Laughter. Every guest was accounted for, everything perfect. Vision greeted the last arrival, shut the door, and turned to join the celebration. 

And then there was a knock. 

Everyone she’d imagined was already here. There was no one left to arrive. Who could it be? 

Wanda opened the door. With a Smile, before it turned into a shocked expression.  

The man wore a dark suit and a smile that burned itself into memory. He didn’t wait to be invited in. He simply was in 

The room went still. The guests were gone—not departed, just gone. The streamers hung limp. Outside the windows it was night, as though the sun had given up. 

He was sitting on the couch, Billy and Tommy stood behind him, silent, their eyes wide and empty in a way that made Wanda’s stomach drop through the floor. 

"I’d like to make you an offer, Wanda." 

She walked toward him slowly. He was not from this town. Everything in Westview was her design. But not him.  

"I’ll make them real," he said, gesturing to the boys. "Billy. Tommy. Real flesh, real blood, real souls—not some magical delusion." He let that land. Then, softer: "And I can bring him back. Truly back. Not some magical version of him. The real him—alive, and yours again." 

Vision appeared beside her. Silent. Flickering at the edges. 

"And what do you want in return?" 

"Nothing much." His grin widened like a crack through glass. "Live your lives to the fullest. Grow old together. Watch the boys become men. And then—only then, after you’ve had all you can have—I collect your souls." 

Her reality pulsed once, twice, like a heartbeat. 

"Dea—" The word was already leaving her mouth. She would have said it whole, would have signed away eternity without blinking, because the alternative was this, this lie she had created to escape the grief of losing the only person she ever truly loved. Any cost. She would suffer any cost. 

But something stopped her. Not the Vision beside her, but Something deeper, reaching through from very far away. Vision must’ve been reaching from somewhere beyond death despite having no soul, perhaps the mind stone had given him this opportunity before it was ripped from his head.  

"Wanda." 

The voice came from nowhere and everywhere. It had to be. The real Vision—not her creation, not Mephisto’s puppet, but the man who had loved her, who had died loving her. 

"Don’t do this, He’s not offering you our lives," Vision said, his voice shaking with the effort of reaching her across the distance between the dead and the dreaming. "He’s trying to take you away from us." 

For a moment, she could feel his presence. It was warm, "I love you," he said.  

Mephisto’s smile dropped. He could feel the table turning—the dead man’s voice unraveling his perfect offer. 

"Enough." A single, lazy flick of his fingers and Vision was gone. Not slowly, not gentle, but violently ripped away. One moment he was there, and the next there was nothing. Billy and Tommy dissolved with him, the boys vanishing like smoke, their wide eyes the last thing to go. 

The living room was empty. Westview was a hollow with a devil and Wanda standing alone. 

"No more interruptions," Mephisto said quietly, his composure restored, his smile returning—thinner now, sharper. "This is between you and me, Wanda. It always was." 

She stood perfectly still. The impossible memory of a dead man’s love reaching across the void to save her from herself. 

A single tear slid down her cheek. She did not wipe it away. 

She looked at Mephisto. He looked at her.  

She opened her mouth to give her answer— 

[Callisto]

Learn More About
Scarlet Witch
Read more about Scarlet Witch at Wikipedia
Official Site: Marvel Entertainment Links: Wikipedia Marvel.com Marvel Directory

The Vision
Read more about The Vision at Wikipedia
Official Site: Marvel Comics Links: Wikipedia: Vision Toonpedia Marvel Universe: Vision

Mephisto
Read more about Mephisto at Wikipedia
Official Site: Marvel Comics Links: Wikipedia Marvel.com Marvel Directory

[JohnnyChany]

Good spin on the Wandavision concept and probably not too far off from what people were hoping for. I think Wanda makes the right call in the end and doesn't go for Mephisto's temptation.

[Callisto]

Match Final Results

Member Ratings:
4.50 - Twogunkid
4.50 - DSkillz

FPA Calculation:
2 Total Votes cast
9.00 Total Combined Score
9.00 / 2 = 4.50 Final Rating on the match

MATCH SCORE
The Vision and Scarlet Witch: 2
Mephisto: 3