The Punishment for Wakanda

"Do you yield?" Erik asked again. T'Chaka was in great pain but his will was firm. He wanted to say something but before he could open his mouth, he heard his boy.

"Baba yields. The fight is over. Stop. You don't need to kill him. You want the throne, you can have it. Just leave him."

Erik heard T'Challa shouting and he laughed at his stupidity.

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Ha ha ha...." Then he looked at Zuri and shouted loudly

"Zuri, I want to ask you, why did your king T'Chaka murder, my father? Answer me before I had to kill this old man along with his son."

The threat was too heavy for Zuri and looking at the fainted king, Zuri spoke.

"It was because your father, Prince N'Jobu refused to come peacefully to Wakanda and face the tribal council and tried to attack me with his gun." - Zuri

"Hahaha.....Seriously? Then tell me of great Zuri, what were you doing near my father?"

"I was meant to guide him and keep an eye on his activity." - Zuri

"Monitor his activity. Did you all listen to this? Why would Zuri, a no-name from Wakanda in his youth monitor Wakandan prince during his watchdog mission? And if he was already there to guide him, why did he refuse to come back here?"

"Your father wanted to change how we live and wanted to expose us to the rest of the world. This could have damaged Wakanda and brought war on us." - Zuri

"War... While the rest of Africa was dying, millions suffering in foreign lands and treated as slaves, you hid behind your shield. You cowards, all of you, never wanted to help those outside. For you, this peace and prosperity was enough and those outside your borders were never your people. Were they?"

This question made the whole crowd silent. No more drums and no more singing. This question made many feel ashamed. Even though a large population of Wakanda never go outside of their shields, the border tribe would bring news about the war happening outside. Many would feel safe and happy behind the shield and never really cared for the 'outside world'.

"My father, Prince N'Jobu wanted to end this isolation policy and help millions of our people who were living in poverty and sickness. Maybe his method was wrong but his intent was right. All of you, all your past kings and all your past rulers were wrong. It was because of you cowards that foreigners even had the courage to take our people as slaves in past. My father was murdered by my own uncle and I was left alone in the foreign lands.

Why? Answer me Zuri! Why not bring me here or bury my father with the respect he deserved?"

Zuri had no answer for this. He knew as the royal family, T'Chaka would never accept Erik whose mother was an American woman and never knew the tradition of Wakanda. For T'Chaka, tradition and honour was something he inherited from his father and followed those strictly. He was chosen by his father as the king for this reason only as his brother, Prince N'Jobu was better than him in many other things but never cared for tradition.

"As the King of United Africa, I will take the murderer of my father away. He will spend the rest of his life in prison. Only after his death, his body will be sent back here."

Erik said loudly and then dragged the old king. Zuri, tribal council members and even Prince T'Challa were confused about this new development.

"You have defeated the old king, N'Jadaka. As per tradition and our rules, you are to be crowned the new king of Wakanda. You must inherit the mantle of Black Panther, N'Jadaka." Zuri tried to explain and make some things clear to their new king.

"Your king? No. I am the king of united Africa. As the king of Africa, I would punish Wakanda for your inaction. For the next 10 years, your people are to be prisoned inside the very borders you created. No one. Not a single Wakandan man or woman can come outside your border or they will be spending the rest of their life in a smaller prison.

Since you take pride in this small kingdom, you shall remain here. Since you follow the traditions, then as per your traditions, you can choose your king. If anyone here thinks he can defeat me in a one-on-one battle, feel free to come outside your border and challenge me. But know this, I will not be merciful towards you."

Saying his final words, Erik dragged the old king with him and when Dora Milaje wanted to stop him, his saber roared loudly. The dinos standing outside the waterfall arena also roared at the same time and together their roar shook the whole Wakanda.

All other animals, from their War Rhinos to War elephants went into chaos.

"Do you think you can stop me?" Erik asked the Dora Milaje guards who were at the front. The whole atmosphere was tense.

The guards wanted to say something but Zuri from behind just shook his head. It gave them a signal to not do anything stupid.

In this way, Wakandans watched as their lost prince came, beat their king and then took him away outside their borders. Jabari tribe along with other warrior tribes had decided among themselves that once outside their borders, they will attack this prince and rescue their king. Their idea was good but the reality was skinny. When they saw a huge African army standing outside of their shield, they knew they could do nothing.

Erik had already ordered his war ministers to send as many as 10,000 soldiers with automatic weapons and made them stand just outside the Wakandan borders. To make sure that other forces of Wakanda do not take a jet or something and fly outside their air-space, hundreds of small falcon units were sent to fly in this area.

In this way, Wakanda lost its king and with him, their authority and superiority above Africa and for once in centuries, they were forced to live inside their shield but not by their choice.