Yes.
Hawk is dying.
This is not an exaggeration, but rather the truth.
At this moment, the Apocalypse is thriving through countless cracks in Hawk's Time Galaxy, existing on every timeline of Hawk's life and soul, killing Hawk on those timelines.
The only reason he isn't dead yet is that he's contracting his own timeline, and there are enough cracks in it.
But...
Death is inevitable.
Hawk leaned against the metal pillar, speaking in this manner.
Professor X listened to Hawk's calm words, was taken aback, and similarly supported his own body on the metal floor to sit up.
"Can't you stop him?"
"No."
"..."
Professor X opened his mouth, his mind flashing with the scenes he observed during Hawk and Apocalypse's conversation despite just being controlled by Apocalypse: "But you seemed unaffected by Apocalypse entering your timeline."
Hawk smiled slightly.
"What else? Cry bitterly, kneel and plead, beg Apocalypse to spare me?"
"Uh..."
Professor X listened to Hawk's words and fell silent.
Hawk looked at the young Professor X and laughed again: "Besides, if I die, so be it, it's nothing significant."
It's not like he hasn't died before.
Previously at London Stonehenge, during the battle with Dark Elf Malekith, he had been killed by Malekith.
Although there was also an intentional factor from Hawk in that instance of death.
But...
He indeed died once, and experienced the feeling of true death, so dying again now is not a big deal to Hawk.
Professor X faced Hawk's expression once more and fell silent.
Hawk also stopped speaking.
He felt the pain as if Apocalypse had just said, 'Make every breath cut through the heart,' and his mind recalled the last words Apocalypse said when entering his timeline.
In the next second.
Hawk endured the pain, took a deep breath, leaned against the metal pillar behind him, his gaze falling into the void in front of him, seemingly confronting someone.
"Death!"
"Come out, Apocalypse has already exposed you."
"..."
Professor X, hearing Hawk's sudden words, paused again, was puzzled if it was Hawk's last words before dying, and then his strong spiritual power sensed something wrong, turning his head to look at where Hawk was staring.
In sight!
As Hawk's words fell, the flow of time in the space before their eyes seemed to thicken at that moment.
And in Professor X's perception, the space before him was dying.
Dying in the true sense of the word.
And at the moment when the space completely died, a woman appeared silently, as if she had been there from the start.
But Professor X did not see this scene.
Hawk saw it very clearly.
Her robe was woven from the laws of death, her pale face bearing an indescribable coldness and perfection, as her head lifted, her exquisite face alternated with the terrifying skull visage, eyes flickered with pale flames.
The white flame was the color of burning when a soul is ignited.
The newcomer was the embodiment of all souls in the Marvel Main Multiverse.
One of Marvel's five Celestial beings.
Death!
Ding!
When Death's bare foot touched the metal ground, it emitted a sound that made Professor X feel as if his soul was trembling.
Then.
A pitch-black throne appeared behind Death, who elegantly sat down under Hawk's gaze, and then with eyes burning with pale fire, faced Hawk who leaned against the metal pillar.
Death's voice remained cold with a hint of seductive emotion capable of wounding the soul.
"Hello, Hawk, we meet again."
"Ha!"
Hawk chuckled lightly leaning against the metal pillar, then glanced upward at his Time Galaxy, subsequently looking at Death.
"Apocalypse, did you summon her?"
"Yes."
Death smiled and said: "Noticed you've come to this cosmos, specially prepared a surprise for you, how is it, is it surprising?"
Professor X sitting on the ground stared intently at where Hawk's gaze rested.
But...
He could sense the rich death at Death's location, but couldn't see a thing.
Yet Professor X could be sure of one thing.
Someone had arrived.
But whether he used his eyes or his spiritual power, he couldn't see a single bit.
Death?
Who is this??
Professor X's thoughts churned.
Hawk nodded.
"Honored."
"Really, I don't believe it."
Death, reclining on her throne, supported her chin with her hand, smiling at Hawk: "How come it feels like you knew I was behind from the start."
Hawk shook his head.
"Not the start, only when I came here and saw Apocalypse did I feel it was you."
"How did you discover it?"
"The aura."
"Your energy was shielded."
"Indeed."
Hawk nodded, then faced Death's eyes burning with pale fire: "But your aura, it's hard for me to forget."
Upon hearing this, Death laughed.
"Since you guessed I was hiding behind the scenes, why did you still come in?"
"When an old friend invites you, you have to come and take a look, and have a gathering."
Hawk said in a calm tone.
After saying this, his expression twisted instantly, enduring even more intense pain than before, preventing himself from screaming.
Death watched this scene, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression turned serious.
"Apocalypse is eliminating you on every timeline."
"Isn't it you who's eliminating me?"
Hawk waited for this wave of intense pain to pass, instinctively gasping for breath: "But can I ask why?"
Death shrugged.
"To teach you a lesson."
"What lesson?"
Hawk slightly frowned: "Mephisto?"
Upon hearing this, Death waved his hand directly: "I have many lords maintaining the order of death, among the many lords, Mephisto is indeed quite special, but only in comparison to other lords, he's somewhat special."
Listening to these words, Hawk's mind turned once again.
In the next second.
Hawk laughed.
He looked Death in the eye, and then mentioned a name.
"Agatha?"
Witch Agatha Harkness, a witch who had lived for hundreds of years, belonging to the Salem witches. She was found by Hawk when he was seeking ways to traverse the multiverse, but was found unsuitable, and then became the mentor of Wanda.
But...
Agatha has another identity.
Put it this way!
She has a child with Death.
Yes.
Witch Agatha, and one of the five Creator Gods of the Marvel Main Multiverse, Death, have a child.
After Hawk mentioned the name 'Agatha', Death smiled slightly, and did not speak.
As expected.
Got it right.
Seeing this, Hawk chuckled, then shook his head and said: "The Agatha from my universe, doesn't seem to be your Agatha."
Death smiled and said: "Haven't you also avenged the one from the 616 Cosmos?"
Alright.
This reason is quite strong.
Hawk said in his heart, shaking his head: "I didn't kill her."
Death shrugged.
"But you imprisoned her."
"It wasn't me, it was S.H.I.E.L.D."
"You brought her to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"...Alright."
As everyone knows.
Trying to reason with women is inherently not a very rational thing to do.
Hawk decisively chose to end this topic and looked to Death: "After I go back, there won't be any need for Agatha from my universe to be alive."
Death smiled slightly.
"The premise is you have to survive, you are about to die, and your soul is about to belong to me."
"Did you forget my Divine Authority?"
"I'm well aware, but Apocalypse is killing you on every timeline, once on the timeline, all of you've died, just guess, can you still resurrect?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Hawk didn't answer Death's question, but calmly asked in return: "So, we are not friends, but enemies?"
Death's face once again showed a brilliant smile.
"Depends on the situation."
"Such as?"
"If you die, we are enemies, but if you survive, we are friends."
"Haha."
Listening to this, Hawk couldn't help but let out a laugh.
In the next second.
The kind of heart-wrenching pain came again, and it was even more fierce than the last time, instantly submerging the entire spiritual world of Hawk like a tidal wave, making it impossible for Hawk to maintain his current posture, slipping from the metal pillar behind him, lying once again on the metallic floor, eyes tightly shut, with his brows furrowed into a clump.
When Hawk once again opened his eyes, beads of sweat were already rolling down his forehead.
And Death also moved from his seated position on the throne to beside Hawk, then crouched down, making eye contact with Hawk who was lying on the ground, then looked up at the Time Galaxy belonging to Hawk inside the pyramid and then looked back at Hawk.
"Tsk tsk, no wonder that old Eternal didn't act, he knows you'll never transcend, after all, your timeline is filled with loopholes, with such a timeline, even if you do transcend, the old Eternal will still be able to hack into your time."
"I remember your universe seems to have Eastern Country too."
"How do they put it over there."
"A ruler rises by this, must perish by this."
"You used this cosmos's Time Gemstone to compress the timeline, similarly, it also gave that old Eternal a hidden door for a fatal blow at the critical moment."
Death, with an icy yet flirtatious tone and a hint of sarcasm, babbled on, then looked at Hawk who was lying on the ground, already weakened by the collapsing timeline, bordering on death: "So, you should thank me, if it weren't for me, one day you'd be toyed to death by that old Eternal."
Just at this moment when Death was being snarky and Hawk was near death.
Boom!
The huge Metal Pyramid suddenly shook as if something was constantly and violently hitting the pyramid.
Once.
Twice.
Three times—
Boom!
In a second, Wanda changed into a Scarlet Witch outfit, standing with feet floating in the air, the Crimson Chaos Power from her hands bombarding upon the walls of the pyramid like cannonballs.
In the next moment!
Boom!
A corner of the pyramid wall was blasted open, Wanda, with fully scarlet eyes, made no hesitation, swooping in, charging straight into the pyramid.
Death turned to look at the appearing Wanda, then with eyes full of smiles, turned back to look at Hawk lying on the metal floor.
"Look!"
"She came, she came, she came with the most impossible possibility!"
"..."