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They say a man is never fully-dressed without two important accessories. His special lady...and his Strücker.

Get your watch today!

Strücker. He'll make time for you.

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ONSTAGE, PHIL PLAYED his piano while the two performers danced. Geraldine peeked out through the curtain, not noticing Wanda in her attire pacing in worry behind her.

"Glad I don't have to follow this guy." Geraldine giggled.

"Huh? What?" Wanda stopped and looked at her in worry.

"Oh, but you're gonna be great." She replied.

"What time is it now?"

Geraldine looked at her watch, "Mmm, two minutes after the last time you asked."

Wanda groaned, "I don't know where they could be."

Fortunately, Y/N and Vision, in their magician attire, arrived and walked up the stairs onto the backstage area. The man helped his synthezoid brother up the steps.

"Wanda!" Y/N called out as he tried to keep Vision balanced, "You look smashing!"

"Where have you two been? And what happened to Vis?" Wanda asked.

"Well, sis, me and the boys were playing a rather thrilling game of horses with shoes." Vision answered in a drunken manner.

"Horseshoes." Y/N corrected then faced his wife, "And I don't know why he's acting this way."

"Listen." Wanda told them, "Something strange happened with Dottie. Well, something strange happened before that, too, it's hard to explain. I don't know what's going on."

"You are!" Geraldine exclaimed, alerting the family that they were up next to perform.

Dottie stood on the stage and began announcing Wanda, Y/N, and Vision.

"And for our final act, I give you, the L/N residents."

The crowd applauded as Wanda was the first one out on stage. She smiled and extended her arm out towards the curtains, where Y/N was the next one out. He waved and expected Vision to be beside him, but he didn't walk out.

Backstage, Geraldine glared at the fumbling Vision. "Hey, hey! You're up, cowboy!"

"What?" Vision asked, "Oh! Yeah! I've to go!"

He ran out and parted the curtains, unknowingly covering Y/N with the fabric. He extended his arms and surprised everyone.

"Hello, Westview! Good afternoon. It's so lovely to be—" He ran into the bannister as he walked down the steps, "I'm so sorry, excuse me."

Y/N pulled the curtain off of himself and walked down the stairs too, standing beside Vision and Wanda.

"I am Phantasm, this is Illusion and my delightful assistant, Glamour." Y/N introduced.

"Yeah, what he said." Vision said, "Today, we will lie to you and yet you will believe our little deceptions because human beings are easily fooled due to their limited understanding of the inner workings of the universe."

Y/N and Wanda glanced at Vision, giving the same look the audience did.

"Flourish!" Vision shouted, prepared to do a trick.

"You just do it, you don't need to say it out loud." Wanda quietly told him.

Vision scoffed and continued on, "Now my brother, his wife, and I will delight in your dumbstruck little faces."

"Flourish!" Vision started using his powers to levitate in the air, and the crowd let out a collective gasp.

Y/N looked at Wanda in surprise, not expecting Vision to do that. Wanda quickly used her own powers to summon a pulley system that connected to Vision to make it seem like practical effects were used. Y/N quickly went over to the machine and stood by it.

"Ha! See there! He's using a rope." Norm pointed from the table he sat at.

Y/N started turning the wheel to lower Vision down.

"Woah! Let me down! I'm feeling a little pukey!" He exclaimed as the crowd laughed. He was finally lowered and stood back up. The crowd applauded.

"Now...for our next trick—" Y/N began to announce.

"Oh! Yeah, this is gonna be great!" Vision shouted and started walking over to the piano.

"Uh, Illusion? I don't think we—" Y/N called out.

"A staggering feat of strength!" Vision grabbed the piano from its leg with one hand and lifted the heavy instrument above his head.

The crowd gasped again, in awe at how easy he was carrying the piano. He didn't even break a sweat.

"Uh..." Y/N stammered, trying to think of how to play it off.

"Illusion, Master of Enigma, allow me." Wanda walked over to him and grabbed the piano from the back. In an instant, she transformed it into a cardboard cut-out, making it more believable.

"Oh!" The audience said in surprise and laughed. They were enjoying the show despite what was happening on stage between the three.

"Whoops! You weren't supposed to see how we did that trick." Y/N said to the crowd sarcastically.

"Now! For my next trick..." Vision exclaimed.

"Oh, goodness." Wanda breathed out.

"Who stole my hat? Vision looked around, then saw Agnes's bunny running across the stage, "Oh! Get that rabbit! I have to pull a hat out of it!"

Wanda picked up the rabbit, "Why don't we leave the poor bunny out of this one, shall we?"

"Well then, I actually have a better trick!" Vision picked up his hat and took out three small knives. It was going to be part of an act that Y/N planned on doing. "Behold as Phantasm evades danger with ghostly prowess!"

Y/N was helping Wanda with the rabbit when he heard Vision say his stage name, and started walking towards him, "What?"

Vision suddenly threw the knives at him. Out of instinct, Y/N used his phasing ability to avoid them and the blades stabbed into the wooden beam behind him. The crowd was in awe and Wanda covered her mouth to hide her gasp.

"Heh." Y/N breathed out as he looked at the audience, "That was a close one, wasn't it?"

"If only you knew our secret." Wanda stated, and used her powers to pull back the curtains, showing the several mirrors she summoned to explain the illusion.

Everybody let out a collective laugh, applauding at yet another great trick.

"Is that how mirrors work?" Bev asked at the table.

"Shut up, Bev." Dottie replied as she kept applauding.

"And now, ladies and gentleman, for our grand finale..." Vision began.

Y/N sighed, "Oh, great."

"...I bring you, the Magnet of Crysteries!"

"The Cabinet of Mysteries!" Y/N corrected as Wanda rolled the prop onto the stage, "I will now make my wife...disappear."

The crowed ooo'ed.

"Are you sure you don't want an audience volunteer named My husband Ralph?" Agnes asked from the audience, gathering a laugh from everybody.

Vision laughed as well before responding, "No. Abracadabra!"

Vision tapped on the cabinet with his wand, and Y/N looked at him in confusion.

"Uh, Vis?"

"Uh-huh?"

Y/N whispered, "Wanda's not in there."

"Of course she isn't. We made her disappear."

Y/N glanced at Wanda, and Vision looked at her too, "Oh, right."

Starting with Herb, the crowd began to chant "what's in the box". Y/N and Wanda placed their hands on the handle, and he was ready to reveal that nothing was in it. But upon opening it, the crowd saw that Geraldine was in the cabinet. Y/N gave a surprised look, but a wink from Wanda reassured him that she saved the act once again. He smiled.

Geraldine walked out of it, confused on how she appeared there. With a roaring applause, the four of them joined hands and bowed.

"Let's get out of here!" Vision shouted with a smile, and ran backstage. Y/N and Wanda followed.

"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry! I'm so stupid." Vision cried as he began realizing the mistakes he made during the show.

"Hey, Vis. It's all right. It's all right." Y/N calmed him down.

"Everything went well. But what is going on with you?" Wanda asked Vision.

"I have no idea. I've been feeling weirdy all day."

"Okay. Okay." Wanda started to scan Vision's body using her powers, and found something in his chest area. She fixed the problem, and Vision immediately regurgitated his piece of gum.

"Uh, yuck." Y/N said.

"Would you look at that? That really gummed up my works, didn't it?"

Y/N and Wanda didn't reply, simply putting their hands at their waist.

"I'm not as funny without it, am I?" He asked and tossed the gum to the side.

"You're back to yourself and that's all we care about." Wanda replied, "Now let's get out of here before Dottie and the planning committee string us up for ruining the show."

The two men nodded and started walking out of the backstage area with Wanda. Y/N tried to conceal his face with his hand as the other two did the same. They walked down the sidewalk, but Dottie noticed them from the stage.

"You three, stop right there." She called out.

They stopped and looked at her.

"Nothing like what you three just did you here has ever happened in the history of our talent show."

Y/N looked down as Wanda responded, "Dottie, we are so—"

"Hilarious." Dottie finished for her. "That was the most hilarious act we've ever seen." She then looked at the crowd, "Wouldn't you all agree?"

The crowd was pleased and agreed with her statement. They all applauded as Dottie called the three back up on the stage.

"On behalf of the planning committee, I would like to award you with the inaugural Comedy Performance of the Year." Dottie gave the trophy to Y/N.

"Thank you very much." He replied, then handed it to Wanda. She looked to her left and saw Geraldine applauding on the side. She called her over and joined the three of them.

Amidst the applause, she began to speak to them, "I got to ask. One second I'm backstage and in the next, I'm in a dark cubby hole. How'd you do it?"

"Oh, a magician never reveals his secrets. Ain't that right, brother?" Vision turned to Y/N.

Y/N chuckled and turned to Wanda, "I leave that to my assistant."

Wanda smirked, "And she's not talking."

"I had a feeling you'd say that." Geraldine replied, the four of them chuckled as they bowed on stage.

"For the children!"

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THEY OPENED THE DOOR and walked into the house. Y/N held Wanda in a dip pose as he looked into her eyes.

"You were tremendous, Glamour." He said.

"As were you, Phantasm." She replied.

Vision walked in last and closed the door. He began complimenting himself, "You did well, Illusion. Really? Thanks."

The two laughed at the synthezoid's words. Wanda started walking towards the couch holding the trophy.

"I don't know what I was so worried about. It wasn't so hard to fit in after all."

"And all we had to do was be ourselves." Y/N replied as he sat beside her on the sofa.

"Well, with a few modifications if I may add." Vision said as he hung his coat. He yawned, "Time to call it a night. For some reason I've been feeling really tired lately."

"You might be hungover, Vis." Y/N responded.

"I do not know what the means." He started walking up the stairs, "Good night."

Wanda and Y/N laughed.

"I'm in a popcorn mood. I'll be right back." Wanda got up from the couch, but Y/N noticed something.

"Wanda?"

"Hmm?"

Y/N stood up and looked at her stomach. She looked down too, and noticed the bump that formed.

"Y/N?" She looked up at him, "Is this really happening?"

Y/N smiled, "Yes, my love. It's really happening."

The two were about to kiss, but a sudden thud stopped them in the act. Y/N shook his head, "If it's that damn tree again, I'm going to rip it out by the roots!"

Y/N stormed out of the house with Wanda following. They walked to the sidewalk in front of their lawn, looking at the manhole on the street. The covering began to open.

"What is that?" Y/N asked as he stood behind her, "Wanda?"

A man in a beekeeper suit climbed out of it. Bees swarmed him, and the man quickly snapped his head toward them.

Wanda's expression changed, "No."

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"Y/N?" She looked up at him, "Is this really happening?"

Y/N smiled, "Yes, my love. It's really happening."

The two kissed, and once they parted, Wanda noticed that the color of her husband's face changed from black and white to his usual tone.

The environment around them did the same, and inch by inch everything became in color. Y/N looked at his clothes and then his hands, seeing them colorize as well.

He chuckled softly as he turned to his wife, who was now in color as well. He smiled at the sight of her auburn hair and green eyes.

He gently grabbed her face and kissed her again, doing so more passionately.

Soon, they'd be parents. Together they'd bring life into this world, and that's all they ever wanted.

That's all she's ever wanted.