39 Nephew
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"I'm not going to ask you again, who are you? Identify yourself." the warrior woman shouted.
Well, here goes nothing."Look! I mean you no harm !... I was just taking a walk and got lost on the road of life!" I shouted, while pointing behind her.
I was currently deep in the jungles of the heart of Africa, surrounded by at least a dozen, female warriors.
Having begun travelling immediately after I arrived. I traveled right away towards the borders of Wakanda. I found a few villages on my way, which, If I were to guess, were filled with spies.
My main problem was even though I spoke the language, and even looked like the locals (magical disguise). I wasn't supposed to be here and there was no way for me to identify myself.
I also didn't want to start a fight, unless I absolutely had to. It was just easier if I was captured. I could always escape later. Escaping or fighting now, could make them wary of an attack.
Silence fell when they heard what I said, one of the warriors looked at the leader with a questioning gaze as of saying 'Is he for real?' '.
While, the rest of the warriors were wondering what kind of suicidal idiot I was, to wander so close to their territory.
The leader of the squad raised an eyebrow in scepticism.
"There is no road to life around here. There aren't even roads out here. Which village do you come from?"
" I come from Wakanda and my name is N'Jadaka, and I am the son of the Wakandan Prince N'Jobu." I said shamelessly.
That's right folks, I was currently disguised as Killmonger. It wasn't too hard to find a decent photo of him. All I had to do was hack into the U.S Navy database and from there, it was easy to find his file.
The real Erik Stevens was currently in Afghanistan, serving in a U.S. military black-ops unit. The thing is, they didn't know that and even if they suspected something. It would take them a while to check. I was counting on T'Chaka being rattled enough to invite me in.
Regardless, if I was lying or not. Me mentioning I am his Nephew, and reminding him of his brother "my father" should be enough.
The warriors all tightened their hands on the spear and became even more wary.
Falsely claiming to be royalty was, punishable by death. Depending on my next few words, I could end up skewered to death by Vibranium spears.
After an intense discussion with what appeared to be her second-in-command, the leader of the group turned back to me, her chin held high as she gave her next order.
"The King shall decide the validity of your claim, if you're lying you will be executed. You shall follow us." She said.
She dropped out of her combat stance, letting the butt of her spear rest on the jungle floor as her eyes tracked me up and down.
We begin heading towards Wakanda, with me following behind them. They had me surrounded cutting off any potential escape roots.
On our way there, I began scanning their minds. Although I wasn't skilled enough to rifle through their memories undetected. I could read their surface thoughts easily enough.
It turns out their leader secretly contacted the King, and told him about me. He ordered her to bring me to him unharmed. ' Heh.. I guess he feels more guilty than I thought.'
As we were walking towards the barrier , the trees themselves seemed to glitch, and a futuristic skyline resembling a mixture of New York, Timbuktu, and Cairo appeared.
A 'Woah' escapes my mouth as I saw the magnificent city. One of the warriors heard me and a look of pride could be seen on her face.
Everywhere you look, there's green, and the massive buildings that are towering amongst it all have an almost natural look to it.
Whereas cities like New-York are sometimes described as concrete jungles, this city is in harmony with the jungle instead.
It's difficult to remember we're still on Earth, instead of walking amongst the works of some alien civilization.
Still, as pretty as the Golden City is, I barely had eyes for it.
Instead, all of my attention was focused on the looming Royal Palace, and the technology that was squirreled away in there. I could barely contain my excitement.
The group that was escorting me dispersed gradually as we got closer to the palace. Only, the leader who captured me remained leading me in the front, and was probably responsible for allowing us to be led into the heart of the city so swiftly, armed guards bowing out of her way.
We finally arrived walking through the grand entrance of the Royal Palace, armed guards lining the walls. ' I guess that's why they left.'
It would be overkill to have that many guards, in one room.
At the end of the hall, sitting on his throne, is T'Chaka, who was regarding me coolly.
" Who are you? And who told you about this place? "
" What ? I can't visit my uncle, and for how I found this place. It was mentioned in my father's diary, you know after you ki..." I said.
" Silence !" He shouted, cutting me off.
He then looked at the Dora Mulaje and the squad leader standing beside me." Leave us "
" My King" the leader said bowing down, refusing to leave.
" I said Leave." he repeated.
The leader left reluctantly and gave me a venomous look before she left, the Dora Milaje (royal guards) all left too. Leaving us alone in the throne room.
" Why have you returned? Why now?" The King said.
'T'Chaka prided himself on being a peaceful and kind hearted leader. However, he had dark secrets that he hid away from his people and family, in order to save face.' I thought.
" I want justice for my father, and in exchange I will not challenge you for the throne and will leave your family alone." I said.
He sighed and said, " You look just like him."
There was an unreadable expression on his face, and it seemed, although he was looking at me his mind was off somewhere else. Probably, reminiscing about the past.
"I killed my own brother, forever staining my hands with the greatest sin imaginable. I lost family too that day. I have wronged you. I admit, but my son is too young to be King and protecter of our people. He shall one day decide the course of our nation." He laments.
" I ask you to wait for vengeance, and I shall give it to you. I already killed my brother. I won't stain my hands with his son's blood too. " He said.
" I do not care old man, as long as I get my revenge. I will be satisfied. I do not care who becomes King after you die. I shall stay the night today and leave tomorrow, but I will come back one day to get what I am owed." I said.
I crossed my hands to my chest and turned to leave.
The Dora Milaje blocked my path on my way out of the Throne Room.
" Treat him as our guest and show him to his room. He shall stay for the night. " They heard the King say.
They gave me a nod, and one of them said " Right this way honoured guest."
I followed behind her as she showed me to my quarters, and left me to my own devices.
( Later that night )
An invisible silhouette of a man could be seen, moving around. He moved quickly, but with precision. He was currently following a man wearing a lab coat. He assumed that man was a scientist judging by his coat, and confirmed his suspicion by scanning his surface thoughts.
The scientist eventually arrived before a door, and held out his hand as the door scanned it and confirmed his identity. Doug slipped through the door before it closed and found himself in a futuristic research lab.
The lab was full of scientists doing various experiments. Some were noting the effects of some plants, which seemed to have been mutated by vibranium, while others were testing various materials made or affected by vibranium in one way or another.
Oddly enough he could see a little girl standing beside one of the tables, being instructed by an older scientist.
He pulled out a flash drive he programmed to copy all of the research related to vibranium.
He didn't want to risk Sophie infiltrating the system. Technology was so advanced here, she would probably get noticed the moment she tried infiltrating the system. That's why he was using a flash drive instead.
The flash drive was programmed to do a double pronged attack, it would hack into their systems and simultaneously download the information he wanted.
It would look like an outside attack made by a foreign government. They will eventually notice someone went through their systems though, but this way he would have time to escape.
He took various designs mostly of all the tech, designed by Wakanda's research group.
Things like the Kimoyo beads, advanced Energy Reactors, Medical beds, The Mother Board (Main Super Computer), and most important of all the Black Panther's suit designs.
A few moments later, alarms starting blaring in the lab, and warnings of someone hacking into their mainframe starting popping out, the princess was promptly escorted out of the lab and their cybersecurity division came barging in.
Doug quickly made it out of the lab, and headed straight to his room. A half hour later one of the guards came to check on him, and found him sleeping.
A smile crept on his face after the guard left.
Doug: " It seems they don't suspect me yet."
Sophie: " *Sigh* You're becoming more and more of a bandit. Are you sure you want to become a hero?"
Doug: " There is no time, for me to negotiate with hard headed people. The King is stubborn and will never agree to share no matter what. Unfortunately, it had to be done. "
Diana:" Big sister. I think Doug is only concerned about the future. He wouldn't purposefully harm good people. "
Sophie:" Yeah, but he'll manipulate them though. Was it really necessary for you to pose as that man ?"
Doug:" It will motivate him to prepare T'Challa to be a better ruler and Black Panther. After I disappear, he'd think he would have a time limit. Fearing I would come back with an army, If he doesn't fulfill his promise."
I chatted a bit more with Sophie and Diana, and then decided to get some sleep before my hunt tomorrow. It was time to eliminate a dangerous wild card.
(Chapter End)
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" No one can win every struggle, But no man should fall without a struggle! "
- Peter Parker
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