Coming back home, I was in a mood and it obviously showed because Vi'kog avoided me and tried to give me space. I had planned to go Universe jumping and gain power, but my last two jumps proved how weak I still was.
Seeing that Doctor Sterns had not contacted me yet in the time I was away, I decided to move onto the things I could do in that time. I planned to eventually learn the magic of the marvel Universe, but I didn't want to do that now because I could be contacted by Sterns or Parker while I was away and I had no idea how long it would take to learn.
In the marvel universe, anybody could learn magic that was willing and could find someone to teach them and I planned to learn any form of magic I could find in any universe I stumble upon. After forming a plan I grabbed Vi'kog and and discussed my plan with him.
While I was going to Wakanda to steal their tech, vibranium, and maybe even some heart shaped herb if I could, Vi'kog would be going to steal Hank Pym's pym particle suit. It wasn't hard to find Wakanda with my tech even if it was hidden to the people of this earth and once someone knows Wakanda exist, it's actually not that hard to find regardless of who you are. Entering it unnoticed is the hard part.
If I was to steal from them, I couldn't be in my human form or Titan form. Black Panther even though he wasn't that active outside of Wakanda, he was a prominent figure of good in this world and I didn't want people in this universe to see me as a bad guy that steals and murders. Of course I won't hold back when it comes to bad guys here, but I didn't want a reputation of killing innocents and stealing from Hero's.
The people of Wakanda weren't just going to give me the things I asked for. I knew this based on what I knew of them. I knew it would be a bloodbath if I wanted to get what I wanted and although I had no problem with that, it was regretful to some extent. I wasn't someone that enjoyed killing innocents, but I had no problem doing so if people stood in the way of my goals.
Only the strong were allowed to eat. The weak kneeled under the table eating the crumbs their masters have dropped. The saddest part about this is that the weak have been conditioned to be happy with those crumbs. If you can't gain some type of power, you will be walked on. This is something I learned as an infant Titan. It was the first real thing my father had taught me that I agree with him on.
Sure Wakanda had plenty of power, it's just that I am more powerful and therefor their fate is in my hands. I'll try to spare the children and anyone that moves out of my way. That's all I can really do. The only threat I could think of that could give me trouble was the black panther himself. T'Chaka is still the ruler of Wakanda and is a lot more experienced than his son T'Challa. I wasn't going against some inexperienced cub, but a super powered veteran that wore a full vibranium costume. In terms of battle tactics and combat knowledge he was my superior, in terms of power thanks to his suit of vibranium armor, we were near equals.
I was of course stronger than him and had a lot of tricks up my sleeve, so I wasn't that worried, but still I should treat him as a threat and not look down on him. My strength was nothing in front of Vibranium. If I encountered him at any point, I would have to be smart on how I handled it.
The store was more busy lately and since both Vi'kog and I were both going to be on separate missions, I needed someone to run the store. I had headed back to the startgate Universe and grabbed both Lilli and Eli to run the store for now.
Lilli had her x-gene phasing power and Eli was intelligent, so I had Lilli be the stores security and Eli be the sales person. When Vi'kog returns I planned for him to manage the two.
Due to Peter Parker being an extreme nerd, I figured if he arrived while we were away, him and Eli would probably get along. I had also left Eli with instructions for if Peter or Sterns ever showed up. If Peter wasn't lured in by Eli's nerdiness or the technology inside the store, Lilli would commence operation honey trap.
I left the store knowing that no matter what, if Peter arrives he would be caught by one of the traps I had set up for him.
I had investigated Wakanda for a while now and I was sure that someone somewhere was aware I had been, but it didn't matter. I First looked for odd happenings in East Africa and found that a number of plane and people disappearances seemed to happen in one area in particular. There was also talks of a mysterious black panther that seemed to have his sightings in the same area specifically the most.
Using my Puddle Cycle I flew to the area in question and parked it while keeping it cloaked. Using my tricorder I walked around just north of Tanzania. Unlike this part of Africa on a normal earth, instead of vast lands with trees here and there, I was met with impassable mountains and jungles instead. Impassible for most others of course, not me.
I scanned the area for both life signs and signs of resources that shouldn't exist. Vibranium not being an earthly metal should show up on the tricorder becoming a beacon for me to follow to Wakanda.
As I traveled, the tree's began to get more dense and the obstacles more common. Finally the tricorder picked up some odd material and I cloaked myself before following it to it's source. Soon after The first couple of life signs came into view and I realized this must be the border tribe that was Wakanda's first line of defense. I walked right past them while still cloaked and continued on.
Seeing an African Fish Eagle soaring above, I used my webbing to catch it and then using my morphing power turned into one myself before uncloaking and flying into and above Wakanda.
I expected a shockingly beautiful city that would blow me away, but after living in Ephyra for so long I was a bit let down upon seeing Wakanda for the first time. If I moved Ephyra to this marvel universe, Wakanda could no longer boast about being the most advanced civilization on earth. Having the need to be the best at everything I did, I considered it. Then again, just knowing I could easily do so was enough for me.