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[T'Chaka POV]
Ulysses Klaus had been captured, and the Vibranium he had stolen, had ironically been stolen.
Shield's files say they were the ones that captured Ulysses, and by the time they had arrived, all of our Vibranium was gone, but I knew that was a lie the new director was selling me, Shield didn't have the resources or power to capture Ulysses, meaning one thing, and one thing only.
They were covering for someone else.
Unfortunately for us, we had no ground to start our search, at least at the beginning, but with time we found who we were looking for, Alex Walker.
At first, he simply became a person of interest.
But soon, we started to connect the dots, until eventually, he turned into our main suspect, sources say he was with Ulysses before his capture, meaning he had access to what was stolen from us in the first place.
An outsider, with our precious metal, a sin that I could not forgive.
For now, though, we had no proofs, but soon we would have, and once we had, he would pay in blood.
"My King," The head of this investigation said, getting my attention.
"Yes?" I asked, awaiting for the proof our people desperately needed.
"The subject was last seen with four other men going into a bar, after that, he disappeared out of sight, but the readings we got on him confirm our suspicions my King, he has been working with Vibranium," So it has been settled, he was our new target, the one using what was not his to use.
"Thanks for this confirmation," He would die, for only in death he would pay for what he has done.
"What do we do now?" A soldier asked.
"We hunt," In reality, I really didn't want to kill him, he was a father, just like me, but he had wronged Wakanda by taking what was not his, and here that was paid with blood.
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[Alex POV]
Three days after our party, the Warrior Three left, leaving Thor on earth, who wanted to stay for a bit, to bond with his adopted nieces, Natasha, and Emily, as according to him, a blood brother was like any other brother, meaning he was their mighty uncle.
"Yes, yes little one, I am indeed stronger than your father," Thor laughed in a cocky manner.
"Daddy is the strongest!" Emily shot back with a glare.
"She's adorable," Thor ignored her glare, ruffling her hair.
"So… can you tell me again, how did you befriend a nordic God who seems to have room temperature IQ?" Bucky asked with one of his looks, the one that said, I am done with this shit.
"I teleported into his world," I replied.
"I see," Bucky nodded, "He's the oldest in this room, and behaves like a teenager…" he added with a sigh.
"He's… he will get better," I chuckled.
"Hi there, second mightiest uncle," Thor greeted Bucky who seemed to be on the verge of punching the Norse god, "I heard from Alex you are a warrior of great power,"
"I am," Bucky replied, glaring at Thor.
"Don't worry Bucks, we love you more," Nat winked at him, as she jumped onto the couch to watch TV, making Bucky smile.
"For now!" Thor grinned, "I shall win this uncle battle, in the uncle arena, or die trying!"
"So… I prepare the funeral then?" Bucky asked with a smile that made me smile, he was certainly confident the girls would pick him, always, which was true.
"I like that spirit human!" Thor replied, as always oblivious to Bucky's sass.
"So you guys want…" I stopped midsentence when I saw a few red dots appear on the map, they were nearing my house and would arrive in a few minutes by what I could tell, "Girl, time to visit the Ancient One," I spoke with a tone that left no room for argument.
"On it," Emily nodded, opening a portal for her a Nat to use.
"Kick their asses," Nat said, as she jumped into the portal, with Emily following close behind.
"How many?" Bucky asked.
"Around twenty so far," I answered, counting the red dots on the map.
"Enemies?" Thor asked with an excited grin, "I knew there was a reason for me to stay here, to battle beside you brother,"
"You don't have to fight with us if you don't want to," Bucky smirked.
"Non-sense," Thor declared, "I will paint the walls I rebuilt in your house with their blood!" he added with a bloodthirsty grin.
"A bit overkill, but okay…" I chuckled, my eyes on the minimap, twenty-eight red dots, all approaching.
"Any idea who's coming?" Bucky asked, pulling a shotgun from behind the fridge.
"Let me check," I replied as I used [Sight] to see who was coming.
[M'Shahe Kharaketi LV 30 - Wakandian Special Force]
Wakanda was coming for me, which meant… they somehow figured out I stole what Ulysses had stolen, well ain't that kick in the ass, I guess what goes around comes around.
"Wakanda," I sighed.
"The Vibranium?" Bucky asked and I nodded.
"Well, let's open some political talks then," Bucky replied with a grin, cocking his shotgun with a single hand, as he pulled an assault rifle under Goose's litterbox.
"You have weapons everywhere?" I asked with a chuckle.
"Yes," Bucky nodded, "I have forty guns in your room alone, which is the room with fewer weapons in the house," well that was not something I expected, or I did, but not on this scale.
"Humans and their puny weapons," Thor chuckled, "All one needs to break some spines, and crush some skulls is this!" he showed his hammer with pride, "With this, you can actually feel their life fading away!"
"I think you like fighting a bit too much," I rolled my eyes.
"So, how much time do we have?" Bucky asked.
"Enough to relocate the fight out of my house, god knows I am tired of shit breaking around," I replied, signaling the two to follow me.
"Huzzah!" Thor grinned, following me without a question.
"Sure, but it's not like you can't buy a thousand houses like this one," Bucky chuckled.
"Yes I know, but not because I can I will do it," I shot back with a chuckle of my own.
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I relocated the upcoming battle to an abandoned warehouse I had just bought right around the corner as the Wakandian forces arrived. As expected, they followed us like ants to a picnic and now all that was left to do was wait.
"Don't kill them," I told Thor and Bucky who both glanced at me in a confused manner.
"They are hunting you, and you want to let them live?" Bucky asked, his eyes glancing around the abandoned building, "Is that wise?"
"No, it's not wise, but I don't want Wakanda to hunt me down, for all of eternity," I replied, watching the red dots approach closer and closer as our conversation continued, "If I kill them, it would eventually lead to me having to destroy their country, and that is something I don't want to do."
"Such a merciful outlook, I do not share it, but I will respect it," Thor smiled, his eyes beaming with sheer excitement.
"No lethal force then," Bucky sighed, his eyes weary.
"They're here," I announced, the red dots finally surrounding us.
"I am ready!" Thor exclaimed, grinning.
"Alex Walker," I heard someone say in an enraged tone. That, someone, was no other than the current King of Wakanda, T'Chaka the Black Panther [T'Chaka the Black Panther LV 110].
"Hello," I greeted, turning around to face the man. The King was wearing his panther suit, that covered him from head to toe. "This is not how I wanted to meet with you."
"You stole what was ours," T'Chaka barked, baring his claws at me. "You chose this path."
I looked at the Panther, and then at my companions who were waiting for my command, a surprising sight considering Thor was here, "I stole from Ulysses." I admitted, there was no point in denying it.
"Then let us end this, pay for your crimes to Wakanda, and this will be over," He wanted me to accept his punishment, he wanted me to accept death, how foolish of him.
"No," I shook my head, giving the signal to Thor and Bucky to take care of the others around the building, for the King was mine to defeat.
"I gave you an easy way out, now you will face death like a warrior," The King growled.
"I won't say that what I did was not morally wrong." I replied, "But, I have things to do, enemies to face, and daughters to raise, if death is the only way I can repay Wakanda, then I will never pay for my crimes, leaving me with no other choice but to commit even more crimes against your nation."
"Alex Walker, a father of two, as a father I can sympathize with you, but as a King, I have killed for less." the Panther replied "Today, one of us dies."
I chuckled, looking at the Panther as he approached me, "No one will die today, of that, I will make sure."
"We'll see," The Panther roared, leaping towards me.
"I won," I declared, stopping the King mid-flight with my telekinesis. Telekinesis, the skill that allowed me to levitate without resistance many things, and enemies if they were at least forty levels beneath me, which was the case with the panther.
With Beings like Bucky and Magneto, my Telekinesis sucks my mana dry considerably fast, with Magneto more than with Bucky, but with T'Chaka, it was like levitating a baby, I could do it for hours without much strain.
"You dare…" The Panther hissed, trashing his body around in the pseudo-zero-gravity field I had created around him with Telekinesis.
"Don't waste your energy," I advised the King.
"Killing me won't change a thing, our people won't stop until you pay for your crimes," The Panther replied, in a tone that said he was accepting defeat.
"I won't kill you," I sighed, looking at the King with tired eyes, "I only wanna talk, man to man, is that too much to ask?"
"I don't have much of a choice right?" The Panther sighed.
"No, you don't," I smiled at his response.
"So, go on, speak," The Panther commanded.
"I know I technically stole from you guys, but I did it for a good cause, though I am not gonna lie, I also did it for me, it's a complicated situation," I started as one Wakandian soldier shot at me, surprisingly the bullet bounced in my back.
"Release the King!" The Soldier was oblivious to what had happened, however.
"Bucky you missed one!" I shouted for Bucky to hear, however, it was Thor who answered the call by Throwing his hammer from the first floor knocking the Wakandian soldier behind me.
"Huzzah! I am winning this game!"
"Where was I?" I muttered.
"You were saying you stole from us for two reasons, you wanted our metal, and you wanted to help us, which I find farfetched, but do go on," The Panther replied, floating.
"There are threats out of this world, that not even all the Vibranium in your country would defeat," I sighed, "You think yourselves to be the strongest, and you would be right, for there is no strongest country in the world than Wakanda, but… out there," I pointed at the Sky, "You and your Vibranium are nothing, out there you are nothing but bugs with a serious ego."
"Aliens, you stole our Vibranium because of Aliens?" The Panther said in a tone that said, I don't believe you.
"The blonde guy that knocked your soldier there," I pointed at the Soldier on the ground, "He's from Asgard, and guess what, he's older than fucking America,"
"You expect me to believe such things without proof!?" The Panther hissed, and I laughed.
"No, but I can show you some proof if you are willing to try and open your mind," I offered, extending my hand, "After all, you can't pass this chance, can't you?" I smiled at him, "As a man, you don't want to believe me, but as a King, you can't leave such claims out in the air… for if what I say is true… your precious kingdom needs more than it already has, right?"
The Panther glared at me, or at least I assumed he glared at me, his mask made it hard to get a read on the guy, "Very well, let us call for peace… for now. If what you say is true, I have much to think on." and so, the Panther took my hand, which was something.
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