The King of Wakanda was also tricked

Viktor was flying upside down above Tony and held a notebook, saying "Next, the vaults. I can bring the Vibranium with me." Tony looked at a map from the database and said "Not too far, follow me."

Viktor followed him and they came to a massive warehouse.

Viktor tore the roof open and pulled out tons of Vibranium, Tony hovered in the air, checking the horizon.

Viktor hurried up and pulled faster as Tony said "We got problems." Viktor looked up and said "Ah." There were dozens of fighter jets coming after them.

Viktor pressed his hand out and pushed down. The jets were forced to the ground and Viktor said "Time to go." before flying into the air, dragging a string of Vibranium blocks with him. Tony followed him and they flew out of Wakanda, disappearing into the horizon.

A while later

Tony and Viktor landed in Avengers tower. They looked at each other and burst out laughing. Half the Vibranium blocks landed in the living room and Viktor took the herbs with him, saying "Come to my lab and we'll research them together."

Tony gave him a thumbs up as his armor sank back into his skin.

Viktor disappeared along with everything, returning back to his lab.

He sent half the Vibranium to Emma's lab and kept the rest with his stockpile.

He made a planter out of Vibranium before filling it with soil and planting the Heart Shaped plants inside.

The whole 'Only Wakandan royalty blessed by the Panther Goddess can take the herbs' is complete bullshit…

The reason is because when the Meteorite of Vibranium hit Wakanda, over the years the royal family's ancestor became irradiated. The Herbs are also irradiated by Vibranium which is why they have such an effect, so it's essentially poison to anyone who doesn't have the irradiated genes from the Ancestor.

Viktor was very confident he could change this.

Plus he had 3 draws anyway. Maybe he can find the solution in them.

But for now…

Viktor returned home and attacked Lilith, tickling her little tummy as she screamed in shock.

Emma ran quickly only to see Viktor, she let out a breath of relief and jumped on him, shouting "Oh no! A tickle monster ambush!" Viktor laughed and hugged Emma, nibbling on her shoulder as he said "You must choose, Super Lilith! Yourself or your sidekick!" Lilith waved her fists and said "I choose to beat you up!"

"Bleh."

Another W for Super Lilith.

A few more months passed quietly as Tony and Viktor studied the Heart Shaped Herb, Shimmer, Viktor's blood, and Extremis.

One day, the elevator to the lab opened.

Tony and Viktor looked up from a patch of Heart Shaped plants.

Lilith walked in with a black man, saying "Daddy! Look who came over!" she ran over and pulled on Viktor's hand, whispering "It's Uncle Panther, he thinks I don't know. But I know."

Viktor laughed helplessly and picked her up, looking at T'Challa awkwardly, "Welcome to my humble abode…" before turning to Tony and whispering "Do you call him your highness?"

Tony whispered back, "Dude I'm still wondering if we should be kneeling…"

T'Challa's lips twitched and he walked over with his hands behind his back, saying "You can call me T'Challa… and you do not need to kneel, we don't do that…" Tony let out a breath of relief and said "Good, 'cus I really wasn't going to."

Viktor rolled his eyes and said "I should really be teaching her stranger danger…" Lilith pouted and Viktor laughed helplessly, pinching her nose as he asked "When did you learn the code for the elevator, little demoness?"

Lilith snorted "I knew the whole time! I'm really smart, you know!" Viktor shook his head and T'Challa stood next to them looking at the patch of Heart Shaped Herbs, saying slowly "You know… I have a herb just like this in Wakanda…"

Viktor looked at Tony, who said seriously "What a coincidence. We're growing flowers for a garden." Viktor rubbed his forehead speechlessly and T'Challa nodded, asking "Can I have a bouquet?"

Viktor coughed and said "King T'Challa, enough playing around. You came for the Herbs, right? How did you find out?" T'Challa coughed and took a bead off his bracelet, rolling it on the ground.

Viktor and Tony were flying around with blocks of Vibranium and a ton of Heart Shaped Herbs. They were talking about something but passed right by a bystander taking a picture…

Tony sighed "What bad luck!" Viktor chuckled, saying seriously "That must be someone else." T'Challa rolled his eyes and said "Luckily for Wakanda, you stole them when they were about to be burned. If I hadn't investigated a suspiciously overturned hole, I wouldn't have even known."

Viktor looked at Lilith and sighed "Little demoness, you brought a bad guy here…" Lilith opened her mouth wide in shock and T'Challa waved his hand, saying "Relax, I am not here to take back what was stolen…"

Viktor and Tony sneered at him and he coughed "Maybe, I can have some back?" Viktor and Tony looked at him suspiciously before whispering and saying "You can have 5." T'Challa said "20!" Tony said "4."

T'Challa said speechlessly "It's supposed to go up!" Tony replied "Not at this rodeo, cowboy." T'Challa rubbed his forehead and explained "These are very important to Wakanda, we can't have another Black Panther without them…" Viktor and Tony looked around in the air, T'Challa grit his teeth and said "15 is my lowest!"

Tony said immediately, "7." T'Challa retorted "10!" Tony replied, "Deal."

Viktor added in "We were going to give you half when we finished with research, what a pity you only want 10." T'Challa froze before coughing, "Research?"

Viktor explained "Your genes are irradiated by long term Vibranium exposure from your Ancestors. The Heart Shaped Herb is the same, that's why only the royal family can become the Black Panther while the rest die…"

He paused and looked at T'Challa's shocked face, saying slowly "Oh… You didn't know… Well that's awkward…" Tony patted T'Challa's shoulder saying "Buddy, why do you think the planters are made of Vibranium? Why do you think there are Vibranium poles in the patch? For decoration?"

T'Challa asked "So what you're doing now is…" Viktor said seriously "Didn't I just tell you? Are you deaf?" he looked at Tony and asked "This guy is deaf? Why didn't you tell me?" Tony sighed "I didn't know either."

T'Challa's face fell and Viktor said seriously "We're creating a new serum from the Herb paste that will be useful on everyone, after mixing it together with various other systems, we can probably make a Super Captain America on Steroids."

Tony followed up, "Then imagine THAT Captain America turning into the Hulk." Viktor added, "And then doing super steroids." Tony added, "And then he becomes superman."

T'Challa nodded over and over before saying "Well, that's dangerous." Viktor snapped his fingers and said "Yes! But also no." Tony explained "We're close to stabilizing it." T'Challa asked the crucial question, "What will you do with it?"

Tony and Viktor looked at each other before shrugging at T'Challa, replying "We don't know. This is more for fun…"

T'Challa said "Okay so, let me get this straight… You both are creating a Super Super SUPER Soldier Serum… for fun?" Tony scratched his chin and said "Well, when you put it that way…"

Viktor instead nodded, replying "Yep! Wanna help?" T'Challa looked at the two for a few seconds before saying "Okay."

And so another member was added to the research team…