HIATUS

In an abandoned warehouse in Los Angeles, two people could be seen talking to each other. One of the men is dressed in the latest designer brands and the other is seen wearing robe-like attire of some kind.

"Why did you want to meet me, Conner?", Zhang Wei said to the man in front of him.

"I was having a good day. You know, selling drugs to the 'stars' of Hollywood, which as a matter of fact is extremely good business. Especially if your drugs don't damage their appearance in the long run. They're willing to pay a premium for that stuff. Anyway, I'm getting off-topic. I was selling drugs then all of a sudden, New York was attacked. And what do I see in one of the footage...You!", Conner said as he pointed at Zhang Wei.

"Your point?", Zhang Wei said in annoyance.

"I thought we were a team?! Why didn't you tell me?", Conner asked.

Zhang Wei looks directly at Conner and he said, "I don't ask you about what you do every day. That attack has nothing to do with you". Zhang Wei then walk towards a window and said, "But that event in New York showed me one thing. We are not powerful enough...We are only two men...We can't fight this world by just the two of us".

"You're the one that wants to rule this planet", Conner said in annoyance.

"And you're the one that can't get over a woman that didn't even love you", Zhang Wei retorted.

A hush silence engulfs the two individuals and then Conner said, "Touche...Now what?".

"We need allies. The same way Loki has the Chitauri, we need our own army"

"Great...Let me just call them. Oh, wait, you can't! An army like that ain't just lying around for people to ask them to work for them", Conner replied sarcastically.

Zhang Wei rolled his eyes at Conner's remark and said, "I'm not an idiot, idiot". Zhang Wei then summoned the Darkhold and he held it in his hand and he said to Conner, "But maybe we can ask for assistance".

"What you are gonna do with that?", Conner asked.

Zhang Wei opened the Darkhold and said, "I have been using this book to find ways to become more powerful. I have made significant improvements in my enchantments. Now let's see...tell me where I can find people willing to work for...no....willing to work with us".

The writings in the Darkhold began to move until eventually, they remained in place. Zhang Wei read the writings in the book and he said out loud, "The  Di'Allas...interesting".

MEANWHILE:

A man entered a bar in Los Angeles. The man could be seen on occasion rubbing his forehead.

"Robbie Reyes, I never thought of you as a guy that would drink when in the sun is still up", the bartender said as he cleans some beer mugs.

"Spare me the lecture Jack and give me my beer", Robbie replied as he rubs his forehead.

"I can't say no to a paying customer", the bartender replied as he prepared Robbie's drink. The bartender noticed Robbie always rubbing his forehead, so he asked him, "Got a headache, Robbie". He then handed Robbie his beer.

"I'm not sure. I feel like my head is on fire", Robbie said as he immediately finishes his entire beer, and said, "Another".

The bartender looks at Robbie with worry in his eyes and said, "I know about the accident. Have you gotten yourself check out?".

"I don't wanna talk about that. Just give me my beer"

The bartender looks at Robbie for a while then he just sighed and reluctantly gave Robbie his beer.

MEANWHILE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE:

"Sir, the United Nations is now officially starting an investigation in finding out the identities of the people involved in saving New York", Alfred said to Ethan.

"Really now, what countries are they causing trouble this time", Ethan replied.

"Right now the UN members are pointing pressure in the following countries; Tibet, Mongolia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. It is said that the list would continue to increase in the following days"

"I see", Ethan replied.

Right now the UN is trying to find a needle in a haystack. They want to find the people that help the human race win the war in New York, and since they can't just search the identities of those people, they settled in using their attires as clues. They can't find the Phantoms cause they were wearing black standard military-grade attire. And those attires had no mark of any countries. So, the clues they were using were the clothes of the Masters of the Mystics Arts. They were trying to pin some of the countries that wear similar clothing and they were pressuring those said countries for clues.

'This was a worthless endeavor on their part but an endeavor worth watching. It is quite interesting, to be honest', Ethan thought.

"Keep me up to date, Alfred. I'll be in my room and don't disturb me unless it's something important", Ethan said.

"Yes, sir", Alfred replied.

Ethan then went towards his room with a briefcase in hand. He opened the briefcase and inside of it is the Tesseract. He took it and seated himself in a meditating position.

"I hope this works", Ethan said as he entered Cosmic Sage mode. He began to glow in blueish color and his eyes became that of space itself. The Tesseract began to hover in front of him and he said, "It's now or never".

Ethan closed his eyes and began to meditate. He didn't know how long he was seated but the next time he opened his eyes, he found himself in a different place. The Tesseract was still hovering in front of him and he was still in Cosmic Sage mode.

He then floated towards the direction that he wanted to go and he saw the reason why he came to this place.

"What do you want mortal", Hela said to Ethan.

"I'm pretty sure that I'm technically not mortal anymore. That is if you are using the lifespan approach as a basis of you calling me mortal", Ethan replied.

Hela didn't reply and she just stared at Ethan with an annoyed look on her face.

"Wow, so I get a cold welcome. Anyway, what if I tell you that I have a way to free you", Ethan said.

Hela had a shocked expression on her face when she heard this.