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  Afribsp; [May 1, 2012]

  –Jack Sullivan–

  “Hmm,” He yawned as he kept his gaze on a specific spot that was right above the primitive-looking Border Tribe settling. He was doing that on purpose because his barriers, the hundreds of minuscule ohat he had jured and had them move around his position, had given him the feedbaultiple objects h silently in that pce. In respoo that, he had also beefed up his prote as he was once again ba his Power Ranger armour. He was sure they knew what he was looking at so he was once again subjected to the barely hidden hostility from the border tribe members who kept looking at him and did a very poor job of keeping their ay hidden.

  Holy, what was taking so long for T’Chaka? It had been over 20 minutes since he had handed over Kue, arguably their biggest enemy i times, a, he could see her hair nor hide of either T’Chaka or T’Chal or even the Dora Mije. He could uand them maintaining the pompousness of their post but he could have at least sent the Dora Mije to invite him inside or just e down here if they did not want someone of his powers iheir kingdom.

  “Oh, finally,” He said and jumped down from the block of Vibranium as he saw that the Dora Mije had arrived in one of their hoverboats. He could not see any of the members of the Royal Family but that was quite uandable sidering the security risk it represented. He stood in front of the block of Vibranium, which was still opaque so they had no idea what was ihe block but he had no doubt that they would soohan ter ask him about the stolen Vibranium.

  “Outsider,” Okoye, the general of Dora Mije, him and that robably the most respectful greeting he was going to get from these people, it would seem. He smirked under his mask and decided to mess with them a bit as pensation for all the waiting he had to do in this hot sun.

  “General of Dora Mije, Okoye,” He nodded his head while ughing his ass off ihe effect was immediate. The light tensing and the minute fling of all the people who had apanied her was very much evident to his enhanced eyes. A normal person with normal eyesight might have missed it but he was so far above them that it was not even funny.

  “You…know of us?” Okoye, after taking a pause, asked him and it took all he had in him to not just blurt out, ‘No shit!’

  Instead, he leaned on the block of Vibranium behind him and said, “Yes, I know of lots of things. For example, you, Okoye, are arguably the stro warrior in all of Wakanda save for the Bck Panthers. Oh, is King T’Chaka still the Bck Panther or did he pass the mantle on to T’Chal yet? I also know you guys are not the poor Afri try you try to pass yourself as although you probably already khat sidering yht in vehicles the outside world would not even see for another what? 10-20 years?”

  The more he spoke, the tighter the Dora Mije held onto their Vibranium spears. He had also tensed internally in preparation for some frontation but oside, he kept on babbliive information about Wakanda that should not be known to any outsider. They had killed people for less and here he was, spilling out information like it was just worthless dy and not something the Western world would sell their firstborn babies for.

  “Stop!” Eventually, Okoye’s patience ran out as she waved for her fellow Dora Mije to lower their spears. She then turo him and ground out her words, “WHAT.DO.YOU.WANT,”

  Oh, that was a lot of venom in that tone and a lot of restraint as well. Well, color him surprised as he felt more and more of those jets arriving in front of him, probably in preparation for a fight but Okoye was doing a splendid job of holding it together. Probably because she was aware that any fight between them would bring about the ruin of Wakanda. Though, he was not sure if the barrier that surrounded Wakanda would hide his energy signature or not, or if it just muted it so that nobody would find anything. His energy signature retty distinct though and doing any sort of high-handed movement would be very easily traceable. That was why he had limited himself to just 5 barriers at any given time when he had stolen Kue’s stash.

  He waited a bit to reply before making a dramatic show of shaking his head and then floating back up to sit cross-legged ba the Vibranium block, “Like I said, I just want to talk to King T’Chaka. It doesn’t matter if it is here or in Birnin Zana. I just want to talk. Look, you do realise that if I wao, I could have just opened a portal straight into your city? Just rey my message and then tell me what your King decides. Holy, I thought he would have e here personally. Go. Shoo shoo,” He mogly waved at her and the back to ying on his back with his hands behind his head. The sound of teeth grinding could be heard all the as Okoye just stomped back with all the Dora Mije following her.

  Holy, this might have been the first time that Okoye had felt that powerless. Being powerless was not a nice feeling and Okoye's feeling that if she made one wrong move, her try might fall into the horrors of war made her scious enough to stay her hand otherwise if it was someone else who was ht threatening her, she probably would have driven a spear straight through their heart before asking any questions.

  He could hear animated arguments from their side before the jets that were cloaked began disappearing one by oil only a single one remaihat revealed itself and nded lightly 50 feet in front of him. Huh, so they chose that path then.

  “King T’Chaka has granted your request for an audience,” Okoye came up to him and ground out. He raised an eyebrow at the phrasing of that sente he was alright with them p a bit. Everybody knew who held the real power between them so he was alright with that.

  “Lead the way,” He bowed at her and then floated in the air, along with the stash of Vibranium. She probably expected him to just get i but he shook his head and flew straight ahead and stopped just at the edge of their barrier. He heard their jet turning immediately and even some of the ons activating but they stopped midway when they realised that he was waiting for them and not attag their shields. The jet then came in front of him and the hangar behind him opened up, revealing Okoye who was standing at the edge, tethered just by her spear, which was badass in his opinion.

  She gred at him, “What is in that box?” She shouted and he obliged her question as the shields surrounding it became translut. Okoye squinted her eyes to look closer and then her eyes widened as she realised what it was. She took another long look at him and nodded her eyes. She then immediately turned around and started barking orders, the hangar closing up right behihe jet then slowly began moving forward and he did the same.

  It was an odd sensation, going through the barrier that separated their city from the rest of the world. The barrier itself was different from the ones he had sensed being used in Kamar Taj. It hysical barrier as well as an illusion shield. As he passed through the multiple yers of the barrier, he realised that the barrier had other funs as well. Apparently, it had some sort of filter as well. It would make sense sidering that the water and air in Birnin Zana urer than everywhere oh, owing to their barriers and advanced filtration teology. He passed through han six different yers of the barrier before the picturesque try of Wakanda became visible to him.

  The difference was like day and night. Outside, there was vegetation but due to the presumed scarcity of water, it was mostly grass and a bit of light tree cover. Inside, however, it was a whole ory. Entire mountains were covered with greenery as far as his eyes could see. The city itself was awesome to look at too. Sprawling buildings were very few as most of the buildings seemed to only be about two or three stories tall.

  Of course, the Royal Pace was ahing altogether. IT stood oed nd, pg it far above eveallest building iy. Then the pace itself looked fairly royal but also modern. There was a small airstrip where there were already people and aire squadron of Dora Mije waiting for them. Of course, before nding, his eyes gzed over the huge mountain that seemed to block out the sun. That robably the mountain that hid the Great Mound that Wakanda was blessed with.

  As soon as the jet nded, he lightly nded in front of the waiti, right in front of King T’Chaka who was in his royal garb. T’Cha was waiting at his side, in a formal suit, not in his Bck Panther suit but judging by his age, he must have the powers for a while now.

  “King T’Chaka,” He King T’Chaka, aowledging him as an equal instead of someoh higher authority than him. He could hear some of them hiss but it stopped when the King nodded back at him.

  “Greetings, Outsider. Five me for the less thae wele but we are thankful for the gift you have given us. e,” T’Chaka said aured for them to move inside.

  He obliged and started following him only to stop wheopped as well, “Ah, I ask you to uhe stolen Vibranium?”

  He emphasised oolen part more than he should have, probably because he thought that he might ask for something in exge for the Vibranium. Well, jokes on him because he had no i in Vibranium at the moment so he just nodded and then dispelled the barriers surrounding it. He leased to see King T’Chaka’s eyes widening minutely at the dispy but he didn’t call him out on it.

  Soon, they reached the Throne room where Queen Ramonda and T’Chal were waiting for them. As soon as T’Chaka sat down on his throne, he bowed slightly, “Queen Ramonda, Pri’Chal”

  “And thereihe problem, Green Guardian of New York,” T’Chaka said as his gaze sharpened on him, even as Dora Mije flooded the Throne room and positiohemselves all around the room.

  Ugh, he hated that moniker. What the hell even is a Green Guardian? Stupid media do not know how to do their jobs and create a catame. Now, it was stuck, and seeing that even the king of fn tries addressed him with that here was little ce he could get rid of that moniker, even if wao.

  “How do you know so much about Wakanda? No outsider is privy to the information you are a, you stand in front of us, revealing information that would have normally gotten you killed,” T’Chaka tinued, Ramonda and T’Chal nodding along even though he saw T’Chal’s brows furrowing as T’Chaka said the killing part.

  Good, at least there was a ce the new geion would not repeat the same mistakes that their aors did. All that was left was to figure out if T’Chal knew about the killings of promi stists and see how to go ahead from there.

  As for the question from the King, he sighed and answered, “Well, King T’Chaka, I know far more than I should and I guess that would make you nervous but I assure you, I am not your enemy,”

  “Empty words. How we trust the words of a stranger who even refuses to show his face,” T’Chaka scoffed at his words.

  Hmm, that was true. What to do now? He couldn’t show them his face because that would just needlessly endanger Pops and that was the st thing he wao do. Holy, he had no need of Pops. With his powers, he could have made himself a home anywhere in the world and operated from there without anyone being the wiser. Defeating street-level unpowered criminals was never supposed to be his job. He was just…lonely. Yes, he was lonely. With his powers, he could have gone anywhere and he would have gotten anything he wanted but he could not get someone who would truly listen to him. He had goo Pops because he knew, he knew from his memories that Pop would accept someone who was not normal. Someone who had powers beyond the ken and even then, Pops would sider them as fellow humans ahem out of the goodness of his heart.

  So, no, he would not endanger Pops. Nothing will make him do that.

  But, it was not as if he could not have some fun with the situation. So, he sighed and dispelled the mask around his face, causing the Queen to gasp.

  His entire body was id bare for everyone, well not truly, but to the visible eye, it looked the same. His face was now pletely green but it was ly a face. It was just a flowing green fme-like pattern with two glowing dots in the middle posing as eyes. He also had a regur slit where his mouth was supposed to be. All in all, a pretty ghastly inhuman presence.

  “This is my true face, King T’Chaka. You uand why I choose to hide it,”

  “Are you even…human?” T’Chaka leaned forward and asked him as he once again donned his masked armour.

  The sigh could be heard by everyone in the room, “I suppose I will have to ahat question many times so might as well get it out of the way. Yes, I am human. I was born human but once I activated my powers, my face ged to bee this. Yes, I bleed red. No, I will not tell you more.”

  “Very well, I thank you for returning the stolen Vibranium, even if some of it is missing, and Kue, reatest criminal, to us. You wanted an audieh us, speak your mind,”

  Well, here goes nothing.

  “Well, first of all, I just wao ask if T’Chal already is the Bck Panther or not?”

  It was T’Chal who respohis time, “Yes, I am the current Bck Panther, Guardian of Wakanda,”

  He nodded, “Good good,”

  “Okay, I don’t have anything specific to ask of you. I just wao ask if you have ever tried to help the outside world?” He asked the entire room.

  “I am not asking that of Wakanda. I am asking if you, outside of official els, have ever helped the outside world advan some way. Maybe not in military or space matters but at least in medie? Or in energy? Water? Food? Anything?” The more he asked, the darker everybody’s faces got. T’Chal in particur was looking down with his fists ched.

  The resounding silen the room was telling enough.

  He sighed as his shoulders drooped in resignation. “I see. Well, I guess I uand, your try would be in danger if it was ever revealed to the world and I totally uand not helping officially but there must be something you could have done?”

  Still no response. Well, he had no patieo deal with spineless cowards anyway.

  So, his tone grew icy cold as he tinued, “I see. Well, ’t say I didn’t see that ing. Hopefully, the geion will ge things. I brought you Kue because I do not want Vibranium to be avaible in the bck market for nefarious entities. I also had hoped that you would listen to my request but judging from everything I have seen, it would be too eous for you. I just…hope that you try. At Least try and help someone. Even if it is little. I know you guys already have the cure to cer, global warming, water, and more. Millions of people die every year because of one or more of those reasons. Just..something to think about.”

  He waved his hand and a portal opened on top of him. The response was swift. Energy ons emerged from the ceilings as T’Chal and the Dora Mije took on bat positions even as T’Chaka remaiill like a statue.

  “T’Chal, I hope you do better. Until we meet again,” He said as the portal moved down, transp him to an uer cave he had seen in a dotary once.

  Ohere, he gave himself a once over, cheg to see if any bugs had been pnted on him and seeing that nothing was detected even from his spells, he opened another portal to his loft and promptly dumped himself on his bed, mentally exhausted from the ordeal.

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