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[The Ancient One POV]

I watched as Alex showed the Panther the dangers beyond the veil of human ignorance, and how little by little the panther began to reconsider his position with a bit of Magic suggestion, after all, what could Wakanda do in a universe as big as ours.

However, as much as the magically manipulated King wanted to end this ordeal, he knew his people would never allow a foreigner to get away with what Alex had done, in their eyes, Alex had insulted them, perhaps as much as Klaus himself.

"Do you think the panther will reconsider?" Odin asked, looking at Alex and T'Chaka through the eyes of one of his many ravens on earth.

"He will," I nodded, though sacrifices on his part would have to be made.

"Humans and their internal conflicts," Odin sighed, rubbing his temples.

"That is the consequence of a short life," I chuckled, "When I was their age, I was like them, angry, naive, looking for a fight when there was no need for one, however, as the centuries passed, I learned the truths of the universe, curing me of my own ignorance, normal humans lack that privilege, they lack the time to learn and improve themselves and because of that they stay for the most part ignorant, blind to the truth."

"I think there is more to it than time on that," Odin replied, "Thor is older than you, and yet he behaves like a child, I think it's a combination of the willingness to learn and the time to do it."

He was right, time alone was not enough, you needed to actually want to change to change, otherwise, time would only prolong the time of your ignorance.

"You are right, I stand corrected, time alone is not enough for us, we need more, maybe a catalyst to force us to learn," I nodded with a thin smile.

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[T'Chaka POV]

Alex Walker, our target for capture and execution had bested us, and what was worst, he had shown me so much, his powers allowed me to see beyond what I thought possible.

I knew it could be a lie, I knew such things could possibly be manipulated by his hand, but a part of me knew that was not the case, even if it was a possibility, my instincts were telling me he was being honest.

My instincts had yet to fail me, and that scared me.

If what he said was true, Wakanda was in danger, and we were not prepared to face it, at least not alone.

But making an alliance with him was easier said than done.

My people wanted his blood, it was well known he had stolen what was ours, that fact remained, for no matter the cause behind his theft he had still stolen from us, in the end, I had but two options, one to let my people hunt him and die on the process.

Or two, lying to make this work.

One path would kill my people, and the other my principles, I guess the real question was, what was more important? My people, or my personal beliefs?

"What will we do husband?" Ramonda asked, her tone soft bringing me out of my head, it was astonishing really, how every time I looked at her, I would fall in love all over again. Her eyes, her soft skin, her touch.

"We will get who we first wanted," I replied, making my decision, between my beliefs and my people, I would always choose my people, my children, my wife, if allying myself with Alex would bring more strength to Wakanda, then perhaps it was time to make an exception.

In a way, I wasn't lying, I always said I would keep Wakanda close to the world, but Alex was technically Asgardian according to the Norse God of Thunder, so in a way, I was opening Wakanda to another world, not the one I swore to keep away.

"But what will the council say?" Ramonda inquired in a worried tone, it pained me to hear her voice like that, my queen worrying for me, she was to be happy, I promised her that, and yet here I am failing.

"I will… lie," I sighed, "Vibranium is not originally from earth, I will simply say he got his Vibranium from outer space, after all, Alex has means of transport to travel the stars, it is not a bad lie."

My beautiful wife sighed, "It could work, the elders would still complain, but with this, they would have no base to demand his head."

I snorted, "I would like to see them try," I chuckled, "He is not a man that we can currently defeat, not without revealing ourselves to the world," defeated in less than ten seconds, a shame I would carry to my grave.

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[Thor Odinson POV]

I was awesome, I knew that I mean, my hair, my muscles, everything was beyond awesome, it was mighty. 

And so was my brother from another mother, Alex, of course, he was at least 60% less awesome and mighty, but even with that, he was still mighty on his own accord, earth mightiest warrior.

So, when the time to help him in battle came, I was ready to summon Asgard's army to assist him in combat, unfortunately, the opportunity never came, a sad development really, when Alex told me a country was after him, I was ready to bathe on their blood as the Asgardian troops sung about our greatness.

Alas, I didn't get the chance to bathe in anyone's blood, which was a sad development, I wanted to show this metal-armed human I was the mightiest uncle, I was taller, stronger, handsomer, and stronger… did I say taller?

Oh well, Alex knew that, and so did the girls, the only one in denial was Rocky, or was it Trucky, Locky? Sucky? Oh, I like that one, Sucky!

"Thor do you want a burger!" Alex asked.

"YES!" I ran towards the kitchen in my mighty Asgardian pajamas.

"On it!" Alex shot back.