The battle of Kings -2

-----Wakanda------

After the tribal council was called by the Zuri, all tribal leaders came with their respective warriors. From the River tribe to the Merchant and Mining Tribe, the whole Wakanda suddenly was filled with the air of hostility and preparation of war.

The sudden fainting of Princess, Shuri also alarmed the royal family and she was currently in the medical ward. The king was sitting on his throne and the elders also took their respective seats in the council room. The Queen was also standing behind the king. The whole atmosphere in the room was tense.

"My King, I hope you called us here to clarify the matters regarding this invader that walked into our lands with his small army. The allegations here are quite serious in nature. The details regarding the death of Prince N'Jobu have never been discussed in the council considering this was the private matter of your tribe but now, it threatens the very position of the king of Wakanda." The leader of the Jabari Tribe opened the discussion with a direct question.

The King, T'Chaka could hardly find proper words to clarify the matters.

Yes, his brother was involved in the bombing attack which claimed many lives of the border tribe in Wakanda. However, he was never punished by the council and the details regarding his family were kept secret. He always believed his nephew will grow up in that poor region and will live a simple life far from Wakanda but this delusion has come to haunt him.

After all, history can never be erased and the past will continue to follow him.

Zuri looking at the face of the tribal leaders and king decided to stand up and speak on this matter. Now, he cannot hide the details as they are standing on the very border at this minute.

"As some of you might know, I was the council for the young prince and followed him on the watchdog mission to America. There we spent several years observing the conditions of the African people who migrated from our lands. Our mission was simple. To blend with the community and put some eyes and ears in the global forces.

However, the young Prince started his own mission. He wanted to help all the Africans and tried to start an armed revolution in foreign lands. He strongly believed our policies of separation and isolation were incorrect and challenged them. For this, he made a deal with the international criminal and underground black-market arms dealer, Ulysses Klaue. This man as we all know was responsible for killing many of our people after he stole vibranium from our lands.

After the attack, the king led a small group of guards and tried to reason with him. However, the Prince refused to come back and face the council. A tragic incident happened after that and Prince N'Jobu sadly died at the hands of King.

We were also attacked by foreign enemies at that site and we had to evacuate the area in a hurry. However, it was the decision of King to not bring his nephew back here as it might leak the location of Wakanda. Considering the history, King T'Chaka decided to leave him in the foreign lands.

Now, it seems he grew up under those attackers and somehow gained the present resources that we see."

"Resources? That's what you call looking at them? They have vibranium suits and those dinosaurs, they are resources for you Zuri?" The river tribe leader strongly objected to the sophistry of Zuri.

"The lost prince wants to challenge the throne and it is right. My tribe will not participate in this mess. We, the mining tribe, will follow the one who sits on the throne. Considering the present situation, I have no issues with having this lost prince on the throne. My tribe will not send its warriors for the challenge." The Mining tribe leader simply stated his view and then closed his eyes like he was detached from the whole thing.

"The Merchant tribe will do the same"- Merchant tribe leader.

"The river tribe will also not intervene in this warrior challenge." - River tribe leader.

"My tribe will do the same" - the other tribal leaders from the border tribe to other tribes said the same thing one after another.

"I understand. As the king, it is my duty to solve this problem of Wakanda and since my nephew claims his right for the throne, I shall face this challenge personally. I thank you for your continued support." T'Chaka said in the end and then left the room.

"Baba, you cannot go for this challenge. Let me go. You have trained me my entire life for this. I can fight him." T'Challa said to his father when he saw his father coming into the medical room.

Before T'Chaka could say something, the queen, Ramonda tightly gripped his hand. It was clear that she agreed with her son. Her husband was already in his fifties and nowhere near as fit and fast as he was in his prime.

"Do you feel any weakness or something in your body T'Challa?" The king did not respond to his son's appeal but asked a question.

"I don't understand baba. I am perfectly fine. Is this related to Shuri?" T'challa asked his father.

"No. It's related to all of us. I suppose I must fight the boy myself." T'Chaka said in a low tone. He has been king since his father passed away and he knew his tribe, Panther Tribe, has been losing the blessing of their Panther God over the years. Now his daughter is lying on the bed and he can feel a weakness he never felt before. It's a feeling of losing something he never knew he had.

"Baba, we all can see he came for vengeance. And he is lying to grab the throne. You would have never done something like he is saying without proper reason." T'chaka still tried to reason with his father.

"Have we collected any outside information about the boy?" The king still didn't give a clear answer but asked questions from his guards.

The Dora Milaje following the king came forward and said something that shocked the whole room.

"In the last year since Prince T'Challa came back from his college, we reduced our outside presence and basically stopped all communication to erase his trail. Our foreign policy was strictly followed and there was no new mission for our watchdogs. Because of this, we missed a piece of major news.

The African World War was stopped forcibly and that....Inva...lost prince...I mean....has managed to unify entire Africa. It might take him the next few years to make this position legal but he has immense support from people and managed to end the war in less than 2 years. He is also backed by the global communications and media giant company, Phillips.

He calls himself Erik Stevenson, son of Steve and people call him, the new king of Africa."