Chapter 12: Opening Your Eyes
I spent the whole night at Kamar-Taj, then left to go to school. School went by uneventfully, and Gwen gave me a sketch of how she wanted her suit to look, which interestingly was like the Ghost Spider suit, but it had a slightly darker blue, and rose gold instead of pink. I went to PI HQ, and made her suit, as well as made some nanobots, which were controlled by Sexi, and the bots could create more of themselves. I sent them to some dump yards, and their numbers increased exponentially by using the materials at the dump. Before I knew it, my time at HQ was over, and we went home ad fell asleep.
The next morning, I woke up to a really bad dream. My mind was occupied on the fact that me and SEXI were going to Wakanda and make her a form, so my dreams were about her. I couldn't see the details of her body, but I just knew it was her, because I could hear her voice whimpering from the body. I woke up, and screamed so loud that the walls shook, and after a moment, everyone was there.
"What happened, Pete? Usually when you scream, it's in fear, but today, I heard the anguish in it. What happened?" Uncle Ben asked.
"It was Sexi, she was dead. This time it was her. Sexi, are you ok?" I asked.
Her voice came out from the watches. "Yes, I'm ok, dad, what about you? If you want, we can just not go to Wakanda today."
"No," I said "we're going to Wakanda, hun, and it'll be a blast. The best part after hugging you will be when you hack the missiles they will shoot at us."
"ok, dad. Thanks."
"Where is Wakanda, and why are you going there?" Aunt May asked.
"Wakanda is a country in Africa. Officially it's a third world country, but no one knows that they are the most advanced country in the world, not even SHIELD knows. They have the strongest metal on Earth, vibranium. I am hoping if I take The Cradle there, and combine it with their tech, we can create a body for Sexi, and we can give her hugs. What do y'all think?" I said.
"That's awesome, but why are you not worried about the missiles they'll shoot at you?" Aunt May asked, clearly focusing on the fact that we would be in danger.
"Cuz Sexi will hack the missiles. And if that doesn't work, I can always do this." I made a portal to the kitchen, and they were both surprised. Tess wasn't, she saw it yesterday, but was yet to get her sling ring. She still had to learn other stuff.
"Pete, is that, a fucking portal?" Uncle Ben asked in wonder.
"Yeah, It's magic." I said casually. "I learned how to do all this stuff on Wednesday night."
"You said magic was real, and that you were going to learn magic, but I never thought it would be so..." Aunt May trailed off.
"Real?" I asked.
"No, so big. I thought it would be small stuff." Aunt May said.
"Well then, look at this." I said, and made copies of myself. Then I recondensed the copies into me, and started levitating. "But we have to get ready for school now."
They agreed, and left my room. Then I went to the bathroom, and I saw that I hadn't changed physically since yesterday. It seemed I hit my full size. I was 6' 3", my legs were about six feet long when straightened, and I had a beard growing, which I trimmed. After I freshened up, I went down, and had breakfast, then we went to school.
School was eventful, and lunch was mostly all of us talking to Sexi about how she would have a form the next time we saw her. Then school was over. I went to HQ, and discreetly took The Cradle, and took off in our private family jet.
I was flying, and talking to Sexi all the while. After three hours, we were at our destination. It was just daybreak here, and the forest honestly looked just like a forest, but I knew better. Me and Sexi had already assured that we had the things necessary to be able to go through the illusion, so we dove in. I stuck one of my hands onto The Cradle, and we continued flying. After several moments, we picked up a message.
"This is Wakandan airspace, please return to where you came from, or face the consequences." It was man, with a very thick voice.
"Sorry, I need to talk to his Highness T'Chaka, and ask for his help. If he is not here, than Princess Shuri or Prince T'Challa will do. Send your worst, let's see how I fare."
"You asked for this." The man said regretfully, and I smirked.
Moments later, my spider sense informed me of the cloaked missiles headed my way. I smirked even wider, and started flying fiercely, dodging the missiles, while still holding onto The Cradle with one hand. "Have you started neutralizing the missiles, Sexi?"
"Yes, they'll neutralize just about... Now." She said. The moment she said now, the missiles decloaked, and just flew besides me, as if they were my escorts. I smirked. Not the neutralizing I expected, but this was even better.
A moment later, I was contacted again. The man said begrudgingly, "Please land in the landing pad we have opened for you, there will be guards there to take you to King T'Chaka."
"Thank you, it'll be fun to meet the Dora Milaje, they probably already want to kill me." I said jokingly.
"You're smart, child. I do not know how you know Wakandan secrets, but you do know. So you know you're going to your death, and that's admirable, but you still have a chance to go back." This guy thought I knew I was going to my death. I was going to get hurt, possibly, but not get killed.
"I'm pretty sure I'm going to live, But thanks for worrying, what's your name?" I asked.
"My name is S'Doku, what's yours?"
"Peter, Peter Parker. Nice to meet you, S'Doku."
"And you too, Peter." And then he disconnected, and I was landing.
I landed, then pulled The Cradle behind me, and then I opened the door, and walked out towards the half circle of Dora Milaje that was waiting for me.
The moment my foot was on Wakandan ground, they all attacked me. I spun around all their attacks, flipping over them and grabbing their spears, assuring that The Cradle was not destroyed.
I said "Calm down, people! I have some beautiful tech here, the likes of which I'm pretty sure you don't have. Just call Princess Shuri, she will agree with me!"
"How do you know of Wakanda, and Wakandan secrets?" The leader of them said, while throwing a spear at me. I caught the spear, but that voice seemed familiar. I looked a little closer, then I realized who it was.
"You're Ayo, right?" I saidasked. "Why aren't I important enough for Okoye to come and try to beat me up? I wanted to see if I could beat her!" I whined, while fighting.
"I'm right here," Okoye said, just arriving. Yes! Fun!
"Let's fucking goo!!!" I said, then proceeded to just quickly dispose of the other Dora. It was more difficult than Doombots for sure, but not too difficult.
After I took care of the rest, I said "It's just me and you, Okoye."
"You should not have taken the rest of the Dora Milaje out, that was a big mistake." She said, charging at me.
She made it seem like she was going to spin attack me, but in the end, she flicked her spear out and would have impaled me in the head if I didn't have super senses. I simply moved my head to the left side, and grabbed the spear with my right. I bent the spear with my hand. I wasn't sure if I could do that to vibranium, but guess I can. Easily too, apparently. Her eyes widened, and she let go of the spear, and said "What do you want? Why did you come here? Not even the king can bend our spears, and you did it without a difficulty. You could defeat the king if you so wanted to! What are you?"
"I came in peace, I just needed the Princess's help, or whomever is the current lead of Wakandan technological advancements. You attacked me, and I had fun. The rest of your questions will be answered when you take me to the king. I kept Ayo awake, so she can take care of the others I defeated, sorry, they'll be sore losers for the next few hours. Now, can we go?"
Hesitantly, she said, "Yes. Follow me."
I rolled my eyes as I took The Cradle and followed her. "No shit Sherlock, I'm going to follow you. What do you think I'm going to do, go my own way in a place I haven't come to previously?"
"You could already have known the way, judging from how much you know of us." Okoye said seriously.
She raised a good point. I had memories from other lives of me going through the palace, so I probably could navigate it. "That's true, but that doesn't mean I'll straight up go some other way! I still have stuff to explain, and I still have to gain your trust."
"You just took down the Dora Milaje, and bent a vibranium spear, and you think we would trust you?"
"Hey, if I just didn't let you know I had that much power, that would mean that I was hiding my skills and prowess, which wouldn't be trustworthy."
"That's also true." Okoye admitted. We reached the doors of the great hall, and Okoye opened the door, then gestured for me to enter. I did so, and she entered behind me.
I left The Cradle near the door, and went to stand in front of the T'Chaka, who was quite old, looking about fifty. I bowed my head respectfully, and said "Your Highness." Then gave the 'Wakanda forever' salute.
I heard both the King's and Okoye's heartbeat quicken in surprise of my knowledge, but neither of them showed it, and T'Chaka just returned the salute. "Peter Parker." Was all he said. Then he turned to Okoye, who was two paces behind, and slightly to the left. "Where are the rest of the Dora?" He asked her.
"He took them out with ease, your Highness." She said in English, thankfully. Before we left and during the trip, I tried learning the language, but I was only sixty percent fluent.
He turned to me, trying to judge wether he thought I would be able to do so or not. I didn't let him get a read of me, so he accepted defeat and asked "How were you able to do so?"
I dug into my pocket, and pulled out a holodisk, which was ahead of the times, and only Wakanda was supposed to have those. I looked at him, asking for permission to activate it, which he gave. I activated it, and a picture of me in my suit without my mask activated. When they processed what they had seen, I asked "I believe you saw my altercation with Doom on Tuesday?"
Okoye and T'Chaka both nodded, and so I continued "The Wakandan royalty are totems of the panther, and the Jabari are totems of the gorilla, while I am the totem of the spider." I poked my legs out of my shirt to make my point. "I believe I should explain how I came to be a spider totem and everything, but what I say in this room, stays between the five of us, and whosoever I have told beforehand, understood?"
"Why are you saying five, not three?" T'Chaka asked.
"My daughter is listening, and your son may come and listen to what I have to say, rather than I say it again to him, when he ascends to you position."
He nodded, and pressed a button on his holobeads, and after a few moments, T'Challa came in, looking almost exactly like Chadwick Boseman, and looked at our gathering. When he looked at me, he said "You're the one who defeated the Dora Milaje, explain why you did it so without an ounce of shame before I kill you."
"Ah, there's a problem with that." I said, smirking, "It's not that I don't want to die, It's that I can't die, not yet." I lifted my shirt, to reveal the hilt of the Ebony Blade, which was sheathed into its super cool of a pocket dimension sheath, so it was small, and had no weight to it. I drew the blade. "This blade prevents its wielder from dying, and I am its wielder. And I will explain, that's why you were summoned by your father." I looked at T'Chaka, and said "Permission to begin explaining, your highness?"
"Permission granted." He said.
Fifteen minutes later, I was done explaining everything, including the Peterswitch. I was getting better at explaining this. I started at taking more than an hour to explain everything, and I just did it all in fifteen minutes.
After a moment, T'Chaka asked, "And why have you told us this? Would you not want to keep this to yourself?"
"Because I need you to trust me, and understand that I'm speaking with experience when I tell you to take a hard decision. I'm not saying to just accept what I'm saying if I tell you to do something difficult, I'm saying to ask for my reasoning and understand that I know what I'm saying. And I also needed you to understand why I knew of your secrets beforehand. And if I keep this to myself from important people, such as you, whose help I will need in the future, getting things taken care of will be more difficult."
"So is something coming, or why have you come here?" T'Chaka asked.
"The closest big thing to come should be in about three years, give or take. But the worlds are not the same, so it may be earlier, or later, when there is a major threat. And there is another threat, somewhat small, but can get big in the future, and that is SHIELD. They will be an impediment to many operations, but I have to leave them be for the timebeing. The reason I came for though, was a purely personal reason. I figured I could do both my personal things as well as tell you in one go."
"Understood, but what is your personal reason for coming?"
"So that involves my daughter. Sunshine, reveal yourself."
Then Sexi's voice came from everyone's devices, startling them "Hello, everyone. I am Karen SEXI Parker, and I am less than a week old. SEXI stands for Superior Engineered Xquisite Intelligence, without the e in exquisite."
"Thank you for the introduction, Sexi. Now, this is where Princess Shuri comes in. I want to give my daughter a human form, and I need some help on how exactly to do it. I brought this," I said, gesturing to The Cradle, "As it was closest to the type of thing that I needed, but it didn't have everything. So I need the Princess's help to make a form that Sexi could operate from." I finished.
They looked at me for a moment, then T'Chaka pressed a button on his holobeads. After a minute, Shuri bounded through the doors with a "You called, dad?" In Wakandan.
I decided to play around, so I said in Wakandan "Yes he did, it's an honor, Princess."
She looked at me for a second, then turned to the king, and asked "Why, and how, does a colonizer know Wakandan?"
He responded "I didn't even know he knew Wakandan." Then he turned to me, and asked "How do you know Wakandan?"
"Me and Sexi had a race to see who could hack your defenses, and get a language book first. She won by five seconds, and I read the book, but I'm only about sixty percent fluent."
"Wait wait wait. So you're telling me that you, a colonizer, hacked my defenses?" Shuri said.
"Surprised?" I said teasingly.
"Yes! You colonizers are primitive! You guys use guns!"
"I'm a colonizer, and I don't use a gun, I use a sword, or my web shooters."
"You're Spider Teen!" Shuri said, finally realizing.
"I guess so, but what gave me that name?" I said, nearly laughing at the name.
"That thing you did to SHIELD, that screamed 'I'm a moody teen, who wants to beat the shit out of you because you did stupid shit!' But even the 'best spy in the world' couldn't see that. And she considers herself the best spy ever. And how are you her student? I hacked every database that had information on her, and I couldn't find a student of hers."
I sighed "I guess I'm telling you, after all you're my best friend in a whole lot of other universes. Sit down, this is a long story."
After my explanation, she said "That's pretty dope not gonna lie. A multiverse, a moody teen, and his dudes and dudettes. The hit description of your life. So, what can this dudette do for you?"
I blinked at her. She wasn't wrong, that was another way to describe my life. "I'm totally gonna use that statement later on. But you, dudette, can help me by giving my daughter a human form."
"Dude, you're fifteen, and you knocked a woman without protection? And you want me to help your girl give birth?" She said.
I groaned "No! Sexi, help me out here."
"Sure, dad." She said, and her tone belied her amusement. "Hello, Princess. I am Karen SEXI Parker. SEXI stands for Superior Engineered Xquisite Intelligence, and while I can be considered an AI, I have emotions, and thoughts, so I am not an AI, I am more of a human formed by code. My dad created me on Saturday, so I am six days old."
Shuri turned to me "Dude, you're a dad! I'm totally calling you her old man! But what does Sexi have to do with- ohhh, you need my help in making your daughter a human form. I will, on one condition." She grinned.
"What is the condition?" I grumbled out, expecting some sort of embarrassing thing to do.
"Oh, you're thinking I want to embarrass you, aren't you? Don't worry, I don't want something from you, I want something from Sexi."
"Yes, Princess?" Sexi said.
"I want you to call me Aunt Shuri. And keep some of your presence here with me, and to let me know whenever your old man does something embarrassing."
"Deal." Sexi said readily.
I groaned "I already have Tess, and Sexi to embarrass me. I don't need you to do that too!"
Shuri said "One more clause to our deal, Sexi. Make sure Me and Tess have contact, and call her now."
"Yes, Aunt Shuri."
I groaned again. Then started telling Shuri. "So, I brought this thing I made, I call it The Cradle,-"
"You are the one who made The Cradle! That was ingenious! We don't even have that type of tech here! It's a whole new perspective! This makes stuff so much more easier! Let's go to my lab! Now!" She started pulling me and The Cradle to to her lab, when Tess answered the call.
"Hey, Pete. Why did Sexi say you want to talk to me? It's like seven in the evening, and I just finished my homework. Oh, and also, Uncle Ben and Aunt May said that you two could spend as long as you wanted in Wakanda, just to come in time for school."
"Hey, Tess. Tell them I said thank you." I said. "And I didn't want to talk to you, the Princess did." I groaned inwardly.
We were still going towards her lab, and Tess said "It's an honor, Princess Shuri. Peter told me you were one of the smartest people on the planet."
"Why, thank you, Peter. If you said that you were smarter than me, than you're a big ass liar. Otherwise, good job for admitting your inferiority, colonizer."
"I'm not hearing any mention of The Cradle or Sexi or nanobots or Parkerwatches, so I think your nerdette brain needs some fixing." I said.
"You made those watches? Good job, but got nothing on my holobeads."
"That's because you haven't seen my confidential projects. Wait till you see those, then rethink your opinion on who is smarter."
"While hearing this is entertaining," Tess cut in, "it doesn't explain why y'all called me."
"Why thank you for putting us back on topic!" Shuri said, and I groaned. "As you can hear, your brother is groaning, because we're turning his hair gray. I know all about him, including the Peterswitch. So as Sexi's new honorary aunt, and therefore Peter's new honorary sister, I need to know what embarrasses him the most."
"Oh, of course!" I could practically hear her sit up in her chair from glee of discussing this topic, and I groaned. "Don't be such a wet blanket, I don't think there is a problem with discussing this with Shuri, is there?" When I didn't answer because I knew she was somewhat right, she continued. By this time we were already at Shuri's lab. "That's right, there's no problem, as much as you hate it. What makes him most embarrassed," and she lowered her voice, "is why he brain farts. You should see him brain fart, it's glorious. He always brain farts when anything sexual is suggested between him and the twenty women his multiversal counterparts love."
"Oh. Mah. God." Shuri said, then she burst out laughing. "That's too good, Dude. I can just see this happen. Sexi, be a dear and save the videos of him brain farting to my holobeads, ok? Who are those twenty women? Sexi, add that to my beads as well, I just can't."
"Ok, enough. You three can gossip about my love life later, I want to hug my daughter. Bye, Tess." I said.
"That's true, the more we waste time on this, the longer till I hug my favorite niece. Bye, guys. Good luck." Then she disconnected from the call.
After several hours, we were ready. We had something that could create a body, that could interface with tech, or be the tech, in a way. The body was made, and it looked like me, but a female, eleven year old version of me. That was how Sexi wanted it, because then it would have the Adaptoid Serum within it, which she could use to add features of her twenty moms, in her words. We had to edit my blood so as to be able to add a small amount of physical features of people, and not just the powers they had. I trusted her and Shuri with the serum, she was my daughter after all, and Shuri was a good person in every universe, there wasn't one anomaly of a universe where she was bad. The tech within the body was minimal, just enough to connect to other tech.
Finally, we were ready, and I took a deep breath, then said "Go in, Sexi."
A moment later, and she said "I'm in. I'll try to wake myself up from the comatose slowly, but I don't know how to wake up."
I held her hand, and Sexi gave a small gasp. "You felt that, Sexi? Focus on it. Focus on my hand in your hand, my other hand combing through your hair. Focus on feeling it, and you'll wake up." She didn't know, but I probably was more apprehensive of this than her. I was yet to see her eyes open, and I was worried, honestly. I plowed on. "Focus on the warmth of my hands, focus on it all, the cold temperature of the lab, the background sound of the machines, Okoye taking care of the just awoken Dora Milaje. Focus on it all. But not through your presence, focus on it through your body." Her hand gave a small twitch, and I nearly fainted from happiness. That wouldn't be good in this situation. "I felt that, sunshine! Good job! You got this!" I said, encouraging her. Then her legs started to move, and her other hand. It wasn't moving as though she were having a seizure, so I wasn't worried, it was more of the moving that happens before you wake up, when you're sleeping lightly. "Good job, hun." I said, then her body stopped moving, but her heartbeat was of someone who was up.
"Dad?" She said, from the speakers still, but her voice sounded scared.
"Yes, sunshine?" I said.
"I'm scared of opening my eyes." She said, and she shrunk into herself a little.
"Here, I'll cover your eyes, and then you open them, then I will remove my hand. Got it?"
"Yes." Her voice lost the fright, and was all determination.
I covered her eyes with my hand then said "Open your eyes, sunshine."
"I opened my eyes, Dad." Her voice was still from the speakers, but it was just apprehensive.
I removed my hand, and saw that her eyes were open. They were like mine, but younger, and more vibrant. "Your eyes are little balls of sunshine." I told her, and she smiled at that.
She cleared her throat, then considered saying something, then decided against it. "What's wrong, sunshine?" I asked.
"What if my voice is different?" She said, still speaking from the speakers.
"Your voice will be different. It's going to sound younger, and different. And we'll love your new voice. And you'll change your speaker voice to match your real voice. It's going to be ok, hun." I said, and squeezed her hand reassuringly.
"Thanks dad." She said, but her voice came from her mouth this time. I smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"That's my girl!" I said.
She asked "Can you help me get up?"
"Of course hun." I said. "One could even say I will be there for you every step of the way."
She rolled her eyes (SHE ROLLED HER EYES!) "That was a bad pun, dad."
"No, it was a dad joke, hun."
She laughed (SHE LAUGHED!) "If you say so." Then she said, "I may or may not have asked Liz and Gwen for a vial of their blood, so that when I see anyone else, I don't look like a kid female version of you. And those vials may or may not have been in the plane, and they may or may not have been put there by the nanobots." She shrugged (SHE SHRUGGED!) Sheepishly, then asked "Can we use those vials?"
"Those her moms she's talking about?" Shuri said, with a smirk. "Cuz I don't know about you but I think these two vials of blood I have in my hand will be awesome for Sexi."
I groaned. "I never said anything against this but this'll be so hard to explain."
"I'll just tell everyone else." Sexi said. "And Liz and Gwen already know. Wait aren't they my moms? If so then what do I call them?"
"Don't go there!" I told Sexi.
"Yeah, I'll just ask them myself." She said.
This was going to be a long life.
After a few minutes, we injected the blood into Sexi. Then several minutes later, her body went into a coma. After a few minutes, her face looked different, but you couldn't have seen when exactly the change happened, it just did. When she woke up, she opened her eyes. They looked, well, a different color. I couldn't really say, but it looked beautiful. Somehow, Sexi did look like all three of us combined. I loved it.
"Why don't you get up, hun? You were going to do it before, but then you wanted to add their blood." I said, giving her my hand.
She grabbed my hand, then hoisted her legs to the side of the bed, sitting up. (SHE SAT UP! SHE SAT UP!) Then she said "This is awesome! I can feel cold! I can hear everything through my ears! I can feel the warmth of you! I always sensed the heat, but now I can feel it!"
"That's awesome, Sexi! But now, you want to give your old man a hug?"
"Oh my god I forgot! Here you go! I'm so sorry!" She jumped into my arms, and I hugged her back tightly, and she hugged back just as tightly. We both had spider powers, so we weren't holding back. She had all of her spider legs around me, but they weren't as big as mine, understandably.
"It's fine, sunshine, I was just excited. There's nothing to be sorry for." I said, still hugging her.
For several minutes, we were just hugging, then Shuri said "I know you guys can stay like this forever, so I'm just going to tell Sexi that you gotta let go of your old man and hug me too."
"She's jealous." I told Sexi.
"Is it too much to just ask for my hug!?" Shuri said.
"Yes it is." I said. "I'm holding my baby girl for the first time, stop trying to steal my daughter."
"When people have their newborns, they usually pass the baby to the other family members in the room."
"Yeah, well I'm not people. I'm Spider-Man, and out of this universe, in every sense of the word."
"Ugh, just can I please get my hug?" Shuri looked like she was about to jump at Sexi for her hug, so I laughed.
"Since you asked so nicely... I'll give it a thought." I said.
"Stop punishing her, dad." Sexi said, then we parted, and Shuri picked Sexi up, and gave her a hug. Sexi hugged her back tightly, but not like what we did. After a couple minutes, they parted, then when Sexi started walking, she said "I honestly thought it would take a lot longer for this whole walking thing to get to me. But I think the whole perfect equilibrium thing us spiders have is helping a lot."
"But your steps still look slightly robotic, as you're forcing them somewhat." Shuri pointed out, then she turned to me. "Is there anything that helps your spider side? Like maybe walking on the ceiling, or crawling with your spider legs?"
"I don't think I have a spider side, but I do walk upside down, and crawl with my spider legs when I feel weird, and sometimes I'll make a web, and stay on it, and that calms my instincts."
"Ok, Sexi." Shuri said. "We're going to have our own version of physical therapy with you. Just walk on the ceiling, ok? We want you to be able to walk normally, so that's why we're doing this."
Sexi flipped up smoothly, and was now standing on the ceiling. She started walking, and surprisingly, her walking seemed less robotic. "Ok, excellent job, Sexi. It's helping. Now run. Not for too long just for five minutes."
The girl just ran on the ceiling for five minutes straight, screaming all the while. "This is awesome! I never knew running would feel so good! I could do this all day!"
"Don't use that statement! That's your great-grandpa's thing!"
"He used to say that?" Sexi asked.
"Yeah."
"Either way, this is awesome!"
"I can't even see you properly, that's how fast you're going!" Shuri said. I looked at her in surprise, because I could see Sexi just fine. She looked back at me, then facepalmed, and said, "Of course, I'm the only sibling who won't be able to keep up with the rest of the family. Just wait until I make some tech, then you'll be choking in my dust."
I laughed, then said "Sexi, I think that's enough. We may have filled your body with nutrients before you woke up, but you have a fast metabolism."
She got off the ceiling, then walked up to me, perfectly naturally, and gave me a hug. I hugged her back, and told her "Good job, sunshine. You were walking totally naturally right now!"
"I was!? I just walked up to you, I wasn't thinking about it too much, but that's awesome!"
"Yeah, we got this." I smirked. "Now, how about some milk, Shuri? This girl needs some milk!"
"Is that the first food I'll ever have? Isn't there anything more special?" Sexi complained.
"You're a 'growing girl', and you need the energy." I said jokingly.
She saw that, but she said "Whatever, I guess I need to know normal first. But I'm not a growing girl, as you say."
"Sunshine, you're only a week old. I am pretty sure you're a growing girl. But whatever. Let's go down to the kitchen, and get you some food." I said, then took her hand, and started walking with her.
"Wait for me!" Shuri called out. We waited a moment, and then she was with us. "You don't even know the way."
"You recall I said I was your best friend, right? I know every single thing in this palace, even the booby traps you've installed to prank your brother." To cement the point, I activated one of the traps, and me and Sexi dodged the offending items using our spider senses, and after a moment, Shuri was stuck in a vibranium closure in the place where we just were.
"Nooooo!!!!" Shuri screamed. Sexi gave me her fist as a fist bump, and I wordlessly bumped it, while both of us were just looking at the cage. The cage was equipped with a speaker and microphone, so her voice was much louder than it should have been, and me and Sexi just started laughing. I pressed the button that deactivated the speaker, so Shuri was just screaming at the air.
A moment later, Okoye and another Dora came running, and when we had heard Okoye, me and Sexi quickly sobered, because we didn't want to die. She stopped in front of us, not having noticed the cage, and said "We heard the Princess scream, where is she?"
I smirked, and said "Well I would honestly say that Shuri brought this on herself. Do you want to know?"
The other Dora got angry, and said "Do we want to know!? Outsider, learn your place!" Okoye looked like she wanted to step in, but I signaled her not to, so she just watched the interaction.
I smirked even more, and said "I know my place, and I know she's fine."
The Dora looked real angry, and said, "I wasn't there when you beat the rest of us, but I know you overstepped by coming here, then hacking Wakandan tech, and now you're doing something to the Princess!"
I just laughed, and said "Woman, what do you think I'm doing with Shuri? She's my friend!"
"That's enough!" She said, and jumped at me, spear out.
I simply flipped over her, and grabbed her spear out of her hands. Then I waited for her to realize I was behind her,and when she turned to look at me, I broke her spear into two,then handed it back to her, with her speechless. "What's your name?"
"Nakia"
I was surprised. "You're T'Challa's girl? I didn't know she was Dora."
"Same name, different person." She grumbled.
"Ahh, ok. Well then, Nakia, I think my point has been made, right? If I so wanted to, this country would be in ashes. But I don't want to, and I'm not going to, no innocents need to pay. I'm one of the strongest people on Earth, I'm Spider-Man, and I'm one of your King's trusted advisors, and a friend of Shuri. I came here for help from Shuri, and I got that help. But now I need to talk to Okoye, and I am going to have to ask you to leave us alone."
She turned without a word, and left. I turned to face Okoye, and said, "I did that because I know you won't admit that I beat you, so I beat her and broke her spear so the point is made. And I don't care if Wakanda knows my identity, it just can't go to the world. Got questions?"
"You're garnering their begrudging respect, correct? That this man can beat anyone here, in a fight, he could be king of the world, but he doesn't take control. But my only question is where is the Princess."
"Yes, but no at the same time. I'm trying to give a sense of superiority to the Dora. I respect you all, and fear you specifically to an extent." Both Sexi and Okoye smirked at that, and I continued. "If I just go in and out of Wakanda whenever I need to without an explanation to the Dora, they will never trust me, and when Hunter comes back," Okoye's eyes widened at that, "I won't be able to save him. I need to be trusted by the Wakandan royalty as a whole,and that's what I am aiming for that, but not telling everyone the full story. As for Shuri," I pressed the button that reactivated the speaker, and immediately her voice came back on.
"-Ucking asshole! I will cut your dick off! I know you turned the speaker off, but I just can't! My! Own! Fucking! Booby! Trap! Used! Against! Me!" At this point we were all collectively wincing at her voice, not that she knew. "This was meant for my idiot of a brother! Not for my idiot of another brother to use against me! I-" I turned the speaker off again, and we all collectively took a deep breath.
"She considers you a brother?" Okoye asked.
I shrugged "I guess I remind her of Hunter, what with the whole colonizer vibe that knows Wakandan and stuff."
"You act somewhat like him as well." She said "I know I'm not the only one who remembered Hunter when we saw your attitude, but he's not as serious as you."
"Thanks."
"No problem, as you all say. But what are you going to do about Shuri?"
"Let's see what she's saying." I said, and pressed the button.
"-Wear to god, Dude, if you're listening to this, and you don't open me up this very fucking minute, I will reveal the fact that you've feelings for more than twenty women, and that they have feelings back for you! You better fucking do it now! Damn it I'm getting tired! Just let me out! I can't even connect to anyone through my holobeads!"
"Wait, before you let her out, what was that about twenty women?" Okoye asked, with a smirk on her face.
"Oh, god. Why? Fine! So basically, the lives as Peter Parker had feelings, and I felt those feelings too. It's weird, but essentially anyone that Peter loved, I automatically have slight feelings towards them."
"But wasn't it more of small changes, than large changes?"
"Yeah, but we're all charmers, I guess. So it just happened, I guess."
"Give me the true answer, how were the nights?"
"Is that even a question?" I asked.
"Good answer. Now let her go, and I will ask you another question."
"Ok." I took a deep breath, then pressed several buttons on the cage, and quickly flipped onto the ceiling as she was released.
She took a deep breath first. "Oh the feeling of fresh air and freedom, I will get that colonizer, slaver, idiot, and send him to hell." Then she looked at Sexi and Okoye. "Where is he?" Sexi pointed at the ceiling, while Okoye pointed at the hallway. She looked at the ceiling, and saw me, then looked at Okoye. "Why'd you try to save him?" She asked.
"Because I wanted to ask him why he was scared of me." Okoye said.
"Ohhh, that's a good question. What's the answer colonizer?" Shuri asked.
"What happened to being your idiot of a brother?" I asked, still on my safe haven on the ceiling.
She fumbled on her words for a second. "You heard that?" She asked quietly.
"Hey, hey." I got off the ceiling, she was more important than my safety. "Hunter will come back, I promise you. He'll come back in his own time, just be patient. I know it, and I promise that I will be there to make sure he doesn't die, like he did in the other universes. I respect him so much, even more than your other brother and your father. I even based my repulsors off of his. See?" I activated my suit, and flew an inch off the ground.
"Those are like his." She said, in surprise. "Just yours are red, and his are blue. Thanks, I needed that, after you reminded me of him this whole time, but you are smarter and more serious."
"That's a compliment, right?" I asked, looking at Okoye for confirmation.
"Yes, dumbass." She said in Wakandan.
"I feel insulted." I said playfully, in Wakandan as well.
"There's no need. If what I understand of your culture is correct, that's a term of endearment as well as insult."
"So, the great Okoye, leader of Dora Milaje, has a heart?" Shuri cut into our conversation.
We both looked at her, and I just said "Nooooo, she is just a robot, so she has no need for a heart to pump her blood. The term you're looking for though, is soul." Now Okoye glared at me, and I gulped. "Sorry!" I squeaked.
Shuri smirked and said "So why exactly are you scared of Okoye, you clearly are petrified of her."
Oh, no. Well, whatever. Lets just do this. "Well, in the other universes, whenever I came to chill with you, I saw Okoye. And one time in every universe, I made the mistake of just saying my spidey sense might help me just enough to live in a fight against Okoye. You immediately had me fight her, and I lasted longer than most. Because of that, whenever I came to Wakanda, I had to fight her. And whenever she had a bad day, and I came, I was her handsome punching bag. And ohhh, how that hurt. I could probably have phantom pain from it. And sometimes, if she had a bad day, like really bad, she would send a plane to pick me up, and those days were the worst. There is not one universe where I beat her, but I might be able to beat her, what with my senses that are better than most Peters'."
"Is that a challenge?" Okoye asked, smirking.
"Oh, please don't! I never said anything! You're going to kick my ass, then punch me in the groin, then in the stomach, and I think a tour of Wakanda would be better." I said, scared for my balls.
"We'll give you a tour of Wakanda, Dude." Shuri said thankfully. "A tour fit for a king." Then she smirked. Nooooo! "And kings must prove their worth, right, Okoye?"
"Of course." She said, smirking. "Let the tour begin. First stop, Training grounds."
I was going to die in a few minutes.
Chapter 13: A Tour Fit For A King
Well, shit.
I was about to get into the fight of my life.
No do overs.
This is it.
This decides whether I was better than the other Peters or not.
This decides whether I am worthy or not.
I was going to win this, and come out on top.
"You realize I can hear you mumble all that crap to yourself, dad?"
What? I turned to face Sexi, who was smirking at me. (SHE SMIRKED!) We were both alone, on the side of the training grounds, while Okoye was getting the grounds prepared, and Shuri was getting the royal family to see my embarrassing defeat happen.
I groaned. "Hey, I might win, I'm not Peter." I said weakly.
"You hear yourself, dad?" She shot back. "Honestly, I think you're considering walking out at the end with your balls still on as a win, aren't you?"
Begrudgingly, I nodded. "She has nearly done that, you know? Like, her knife was there, and she even cut a little." I shivered.
Sexi laughed "How did she get her hand near your balls anyways? Wait she had her hands on your balls! Why were you naked!?"
I was sure I looked redder than the reddest tomato sauce there ever was. "She pulled my pants off, and I was so surprised, that she was able to place a knife there, but I had a hand on her neck, so it was a tie. Luckily no one was watching the fight, or in the room." I said, redder that red itself.
"Oh, god!" Sexi said, laughing. "I hope she does that move on you again. She definitely won't do it on your first fight, and we will be watching, but in the end, that wasn't your pants."
"Of course, it's too much to wish for someone on my side." I said, in mock sadness.
At that moment, all of the royal family walked in, and we started walking towards them. I stopped in front of the king, and gave the Wakanda forever salute. He gave one in return, and I said "It's an honor, your highness. But I must admit, I did not expect you to come, as you have more important concerns."
He smiled. "I thought it would be nice to see how one with knowledge such as yours acts in a fight." He didn't outright say anything about the whole multiverse, as his wife, and several Dora Milaje were within hearing distance. I wasn't so surprised that he came, he wanted to see how I fought.
I nodded respectfully, then said "Honestly, Okoye frightens me." At that, both Shuri and T'Challa smirked, and T'Chaka smiled. "I don't think I have a very large chance, so walking out with no injuries will be a win for me."
"Look at that," Shuri said sarcastically "one of the strongest men on earth, possibly the strongest, is scared. I think he deserves some respect for how he is saving the world, and not force him to face his fears. What do you think, Okoye?"
Okoye had walked up to us while Shuri was talking, and when her presence was acknowledged, she saluted T'Chaka, who saluted in return. Then she said "Nonsense. The strongest warriors are those who face their fears, and get stronger by facing it, but they never truly beat it, but face it all the time nonetheless." Then she turned to me. "The grounds are ready. Shall we see how long you live?"
I gulped, then said "Yes, ma'am."
I started walking towards the center of the grounds, when Okoye said "No, no. You must train as a king would, with his shirt removed."
I groaned "I was hoping you would forget that this time, but it's too much to wish for one time, isn't it?"
She smirked "Be happy you don't have to fight me in the ceremonial outfit."
"Believe me, I am."
I took my shirt off, then placed it on the hanger that was on the wall. When I looked at the rest, they all looked shocked.
"What did I do wrong?" I asked. I had done this a million times, and this never happened
"Dude, you should wear muscle shirts! You'll just hook all the girls in your school up!" Shuri said.
Oh. That's what it was about. "I have enough, thank you very much for the advice."
At that, Shuri, Sexi, and Okoye all laughed. Then Okoye said "Ok, you're ready, unless you want to be in the ceremonial outfit?"
I glared at her, but it wasn't strong enough. "I'm fine as I am." I grumbled, and we went to the center of the grounds.
Then as we got into position, Shuri said "I will blow the whistle, and no move is illegal for Okoye, but Peter cannot use the ceiling."
"Hey!" I said. "It really doesn't change the outcome, in my opinion. So give me the option to use the ceiling as a form of attack, but not as a form of resting during the fight."
Shuri said "Do you agree to the suggestion, Okoye?"
"Yes, I do, Princess."
"Very well then. Peter can use the ceiling, but not as a break."
After several seconds, Shuri blew her whistle, and we started moving. Neither of us charging, just inching closer to the other slowly. Out of nowhere, my spider sense blared, and I caught the spear that very nearly went right in between my eyes. Then my spider sense told me of several spears coming my way, and I wouldn't have been able to dodge all of them, they were coming too fast, so I just made a portal under me, and fell into it. The other end of the portal was right behind Okoye, and I very nearly won the fight by putting my hand on her neck, but she saw the move coming as soon as she saw the portal, and dropped to the ground and swung her feet in a circle, attempting to trip me. But when her feet hit my legs, my feet were firmly stuck to the ground, and she couldn't trip me. Then when she attempted to move her legs from where they were against my legs, she found that they were stuck, as I was using my spider powers to keep her legs there.
I jumped up, with her still stuck to me, attempting to knock her out with backlash from shaking her so hard, or by hitting her onto the ceiling. I latched my spider legs and arm onto the ceiling, and stuck my legs last, in an effort to put as much of the stress on her as possible. But instead of hitting her head, she hit the ceiling with her hand, absorbing the stress with her hands, but not locking them into a straight position, so as to avoid breaking her hands. When she absorbed the shock, she pushed herself off the ceiling, while twisting herself to face me. She aimed both of her fists at me, and I couldn't do anything to dodge the attack. One of her fists hit my abs, and the other hit my groin. And Oh fuck, that hurt so much. I just dropped to the ground, while saying "Shit, that hurt! What the fuck is wrong with you!?"
To my surprise, Okoye said the same thing while we were falling, but in Wakandan. Luckily the ceiling was high enough for me to recover from my family jewels being injured, and I shot two webs at the wall that was in front of me, and Okoye was in between the two webs, still free falling. She saw my plan, and her eyes widened. I pulled on my webs, and crashed into Okoye, sending both of us onto the wall, the webbing cushioning our blow somewhat. I jumped off, while Okoye was stuck to the wall, but then I felt a blinding pain in both my stomach, and my thigh. I landed on the ground, and looked down, and saw two deep gashes on my stomach and upper thigh. I looked at Okoye, who was sporting a victorious smirk. "What's it with you and aiming at my genital area? And you know, if I was any other person," I put emphasis on the person, letting them know I meant any other Peter, "I would be down for the count. But I, I push through the pain." I jumped at where Okoye was stuck, landing right next to where she was stuck, but then Okoye put a melee weapon on my genitals (obviously. God, this woman thinks my genital was my only weakness!) And all of a sudden, I felt the biggest shock in my life. She put the weapon on some sort of electric setting, and god, that hurt. Doom's electric shock wasn't as bad as this. I put my hand on her head, and tapped it, knocking her out, while I fell into unconsciousness myself.
I woke up in Shuri's lab, on a bed, while feeling totally fresh, while feeling drained at the same time. Oh my god, I actually tied on my first fight with Okoye! I'm better than the other Peters! I sat up, took a deep breath, then "YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!" I screamed.
Then I heard someone groan from next to me. I looked, and saw Okoye, just waking up. "Don't scream that loud, dumbass." She groaned "I just woke up."
I lowered my voice, but said just as fiercely. "And I just tied on my first fight against you! I can save the multiverse! I've proven it to myself! I've done something no other Peter was able to do! This means so much, like actually! I'm worthy!" I said, still scared for my balls, but not letting that effect my excitement.
"Well done, Peter. But you were worthy all along, but you just realized." She said gently.
"I may have done some good things no other Spider-Man has done, but I've never succeeded in doing something they all have failed at, and that proves it. I needed this, thanks for the good fight." Then I realized, I fucked up. "Oh, shit! I never even asked if you were ok! Every single world, I pat myself on the back, before asking you if you were ok! Are you ok? Where did you get hurt!?"
She smirked "Finally, he asks. Yes, I am fine, thanks for finally asking. I only got hurt a little bit when I landed those two hits, you were really hard, I have never seen or felt muscles that hard."
"Wait!" Shuri said from behind us. We both looked and saw her and Sexi there, with smirks on their faces. "You were hard down there during the fight!?"
Oh shit. I don't think I was. I turned to look at Okoye, and said "I don't think I was, was I? If so, then I'm sorry. I can't believe I'm saying this."
"No you weren't." Okoye said. Thank god. But then she smirked. Oh no. "At least not at first. When I was shocking you, you got hard, I suppose it was because the electric shock stimulated you."
Ugh, this was embarrassing. Sexi and Shuri started laughing, and I groaned and put my head in my hands. They started laughing even more. After a few seconds, they calmed down, and Sexi had tears running down her cheeks! I said "While it is embarrassing and somewhat funny from your perspective, it's not funny enough for tears to fall down your cheeks for the first time."
"Actually, it is." Shuri said "If you look at it from our perspective, you have a fetish for getting shocked down there." They laughed even more.
"Bruh." I said "I'm just not understanding either of you. Now can we finish my tour of Wakanda? Like the actual tour, I think I've proven myself worthy."
"Actually, I don't see why not." Okoye said. "Let's go!" She got up, then stretched, and said to me in Wakandan "We're having a rematch every Friday, that fight was one of the best, I haven't had one like that in a while."
"For sure, it's going to be fun. I'll bring Tess next time. But after our tour, what do you say to coming with me to my primitive house, and seeing colonizer tech? Both of you?"
Okoye looked unsure, but Shuri said "I'll convince my family to let me, and Okoye will come as my guard from the Dora Milaje, it will work out!" I knew it would be better to appeal to Shuri's technological side.
"It'll be awesome!" Sexi said "You'll meet Aunt Tess, Grandma, Grandpa, and everyone else!"
"If my King agrees, then I believe it is possible for me to join you on your trip back on a separate plane, and come back on the plane."
"Oh, loosen up on the official speak." I said. "This isn't a meeting between two ambassadors of a country or something, you're just coming with me as a friend, to see my family and friends." I punched Okoye's shoulder playfully, and she glared at me. I gulped, then said "Sorry, I thought we were close enough for me to do that, and my multiversal counterparts always did that with your multiversal counterparts, and vice versa, as our own way of showing affection to each other, so I'm somewhat used to it." I gulped again, but to my surprise she punched my shoulder back, and said "Ok, it actually felt kind of normal, and good in a way. So I guess we can continue doing it."
Phew. I wasn't dead, but was extremely close to it. For all the Peters, it was an extremely close line between being dead and alive when interacting with their fellow Okoyes, until they were close enough that the line was learnt, and even if it was accidentally crossed, it was usually ok.
"Ok, now we're going on our tour, then we'll talk to my parents about us going to your place." Shuri said, and snapped her fingers. "Follow me."
I begrudgingly followed her, and so did Sexi, judging from her expression. "Why can't we lead the way? I know my way, I hacked basically everything, and integrated my presence into your primitive tech, I could-"
"Woah, woah, woah." Shuri said. "Did you just call my tech, Wakandan tech, primitive?"
"Yeah, it's primitive compared to the nanobots, and the protection Parkerwatches, and basically everything dad designed."
"You're saying your old man, the idiot, is smarter than me, Princess of Wakanda, Shuri?"
"To be fair, Shuri, you said it yourself." I said, smirking. "The Cradle was unthought of before me, and my nanotech is honestly out of this time, and my suits make the Panther suits look childish. But you also have a different look at tech, and you have a much more in depth knowledge of vibranium then I could ever have, so you're smarter in some aspects. I refrain from saying who's smarter, in the end, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. I just say that me, you, Stark, Richards, and Doom are the smartest people on the planet. But enough about one of the most complex topics ever. Just guide us. As much as I hate to admit it, you know the best about this Wakanda, and what's worth seeing."
"Did you just somehow insult me and praise me at the same time?" Shuri asked.
I rolled my eyes. "Yes, I did. Now let's get on with the tour, shall we?"
Four hours later, we saw all the major places in Wakanda. We saw the waterfall where the challenges to the throne happened, we saw the vibranium Black Panther that had his mouth open, we went inside his mouth and saw the mines, we saw the train, we got an aerial view of Wakanda, and much more. We were sitting around, when I said "Ok, now that we're done, let's go talk to the king about y'all coming with us."
Shuri said. "Yeah, but no need to go to him, we can just talk from my holobeads." She pressed a button on her holobeads, but nothing happened. "What's wrong?"
"I'm having a tantrum, I'm hungry." Sexi deadpanned from all our devices as well as her own mouth, then she burst out laughing, with us following suit.
After several moments, we calmed down, and Sexi said "Ok, you can call now, but that was good, and I am not hungry, I had more than enough food at the market."
Shuri pressed the buttons on her holobeads again, and moments later, T'Chaka answered the call. "Hello, Shuri, and everyone else." He said, looking around at all of us. When he saw Sexi, he looked confused for a moment, then said "And you must be Peter's daughter. It's an honor, Sexi."
"The honor's all mine, your highness." Sexi said politely.
He nodded. "Do you need anything, daughter?"
"Actually, yes. I think the fact that I called you clued you to that, didn't it?" She sassed, and T'Chaka smiled. "But for real," she said, switching to Wakandan, "can I go back with Peter to see his family? If anyone asks me, I'll use a fake name, one that will have a story to it, and if anything goes wrong, Okoye will be there."
T'Chaka turned to me "Have you thought of this, and are you okay with her going with you?" He asked, still speaking in Wakandan. During the whole tour, I had worked on my Wakandan, and I was ninety percent fluent.
"Yes, your highness. In fact, I was the one to have suggested it. Should you say yes, I will have an identity made, that has technological background, to explain how we met, and Okoye will have a history in bodyguarding, and has been with Shuri's identity for several years, thereby making a close bond."
T'Chaka thought for a moment. "I believe it is ok, but your family must not reveal anything on Wakanda." He said to me.
I nodded. "Wakanda's secret will be kept between us, until you decide to show your true selves." Then my mind went from one thing to another, and I realized I forgot to say something to the king. "And I have two things to discuss with you of great importance to Wakanda's safety with you, alone."
"Can you give me one word, so I may know of what?" He asked.
"The Shadow Council," at that, his eyes widened, "and N'Jobu."
"But I killed him!" He protested.
"You killed the father and left the son!" I shot back. I took a deep breath, then said "I don't blame you, but you killed the father and left the son, and one with vengeance is stronger than one with reason. You saw my fight against Doom, and you know what I speak of. I would no be surprised if The Shadow Council has already been born under the son, or the other one. I shall come to speak to you within a few minutes." I said, because he looked shook to his core. He nodded, and disconnected the call.
After the call disconnected, Okoye asked "Why would he kill N'Jobu?"
Shuri said "Who even is N'Jobu?"
I looked at Shuri "That was your late uncle, Prince N'Jobu." Then I looked at Okoye. "You know of Klau?" I asked. She nodded, so I continued. "The one who gave Klau the vibranium was the prince. He wanted to spread vibranium across the world, thinking that would solve problems, much like Nakia thinks. The king was right in taking care of a threat to Wakandan safety, but he didn't do it the right way, and we will pay the price."
"Who's we?" Okoye asked.
"The world in general, and me, T'Challa, T'Chaka should the war between us and the Council start before his passing, Wakanda, Atlantis, and Hunter in specific."
"What does Hunter have to do with anything?" Shuri asked.
"When I was in my world, there was a show of the war. The White Wolf was instrumental to you all winning the war, but he passed away. He was killed by one who betrayed Atlantis, a member of the Shadow Council. None of my multiversal counterparts were instrumental to any of the millions of times the war happened, but I will do my best to keep Hunter safe. He is such a nice man." Shuri nodded at that. "I will do my best to help Wakanda, and that's why I'm going to talk to T'Chaka about this now, as soon as possible." I stood up, then said "Get ready to leave, all of you. Collect your belongings, anything you will need to take to stay at my place for a few days. And Sexi, let Tess know that we're having guests." She nodded at that. I shot two webs at the trees that were above us, and pulled myself back. Once I had enough pull for a slingshot, I said "See you guys in a few minutes!" And shot away.
Two minutes later, I made it to the palace. I walked in, and headed to the great hall. One of the two Dora Milaje at the door said "The King wishes to meet you at his study." I nodded and turned to go to the King's study. As I went, I heard the Dora say, "For what is he calling him, I don't understand."
I called back "Because I have information he doesn't." I heard her heartbeat quicken in surprise, and I said "Surprised? Live with it." And with that, I was out of their sight.
I got to the study, and knocked on the door. "Come in." T'Chaka said from inside.
I opened the door, and saw T'Chaka in his chair, looking troubled. "Come to think of it, T'Challa should be here as well, you will most probably have passed away by the time the war starts." I said, and he nodded, then pressed a button on his holobeads.
A moment later, a knock came on the door, and T'Chaka said "Enter." To my surprise, when the door opened, it revealed not T'Challa, as I expected, but Shuri. T'Chaka opened his mouth to protest, but Shuri cut him off before he could start. "This is important, and I need to help. I deserve to hear what Peter says."
T'Chaka said "No, I can't do this, Shuri. I can't let you hear what will be discussed here, I'm sorry."
"With all due respect, your Highness," I said "she can stay. She will be just as instrumental to the war as T'Challa, if not more, considering the fact that it's her tech that he uses."
He nodded in acquiesce, and several moments later, T'Challa came in. "What's wrong, father?" He said as soon as he saw T'Chaka's expression.
"Sit down, and Peter will explain." He said. T'Challa sat down, and then they all looked at me, waiting for me to start.
"So, to start," I said "I want an explanation of Hunter's story." At the name, T'Challa bristled, and to my surprise, so did T'Chaka.
"Why does he matter to what you have to say?" T'Challa said roughly.
"Because in other universes, he is the only reason you're still alive in those universes." I said, just as roughly. "Or are you happy with your brother dying, and you living?"
Both T'Chaka and T'Challa looked at me in shock at what I said, and I stood up, flipped onto the ceiling, and started walking upside down. "I know he stole your mother's necklace before he left, but what was so special about it?"
"That was the ceremonial necklace the Queen of Wakanda was given." T'Chaka said. "Legend had it Bashenga killed a White Wolf, and captured its spirit inside the necklace, which he gave to his wife. As Hunter grew up, he began looking at the necklace more and more, always wanting to touch it, but when Ramonda offered it for him to touch it, he refused. One day, he finally accepted, and touched it, then out of nowhere, he took it and ran away. We searched for him on the cameras, and we finally found him donning the mask of his White Wolf suit. I gave chase to him, but he escaped. The spirit of the wolf gave him powers, it seemed. He ran away, and while we have caught him on cameras every now and then, we have never properly seen him, he is a ghost."
"No, he isn't a ghost," I said "he is the White Wolf, a man who has a spirit of an animal with him, that would rather be in a pack, but has no problems with going loner, and can stay inconspicuous without difficulty. And next thing." I looked at the king. "Do you wish to tell them of N'Jobu, or shall I?"
"Please do it," he said.
"Very well then. So N'Jobu, was Prince of Wakanda." At that, T'Challa looked up at where I was on the ceiling in surprise. "He was smuggling vibranium to a large arms dealer, by the name of Ulysses Klau. Your father found out, and sent Zori to confirm what he had heard. Zori confirmed it, so your father went to confront N'Jobu in California, where he lived, him and his son. During the confrontation, Zori revealed himself as the spy, and N'Jobu pointed a gun at Zori, telling T'Chaka that should he advance, he would kill Zori. In a flash, your father jumped at N'Jobu, and placed his claws in N'Jobu's chest, killing him. Then he told Zori to tell no one of that day, and he didn't tell anyone of that day, until the king he was bound to was changed. But he left the body, with five holes in his chest. The son was playing basketball in the courtyard of the apartment complex, and he went up to his house after he was done, only to find his dad on the floor, with five holes that resembled claws in his chest. He swore revenge, and I don't blame him. Sexi, can you find Erik Stevens current position? Is he in Spec Ops, or MIT, or where?"
"He's out of everything, dad, but he has had contact with Klau." Sexi said.
"Well, shit. That means everything is already in motion. But I need to clarify something. Do you know of any N'Jadaka?"
T'Chaka looked at me in surprise at the name. "He was the teacher of my children in everything, except for technology, Shuri learned that herself. Why?"
I groaned. "Sexi, his current position, and whoever he has contacted with a shady background?" I asked, barely keeping in my frustration.
"He is currently in Atlantis, the only country that is aware of Wakandan superiority. He has contacted Baron Helmut Zemo, Ulysses Klau, Kraven the Hunter, M'Bokur, who is M'Baku's dad, Erik Stevens, Princess Zanda, and I believe Tigershark, an Atlantian, is involved with him. He also contacted White Wolf, but that backfired on N'Jadaka."
"This speeds shit so much, it's fucking annoying" I said, pulling at my hair in frustration.
"What's wrong?" T'Chaka asked "Explain yourself! What is this!?" He was clearly angry that I was just talking without explaining, and he had enough. "I need to know what to do! You can't just tell me things are out of hand, and that Wakanda is in danger! You need to explain!"
I spun to face him, and flipped off the ceiling, still speaking in Wakandan, but using what I learned from Black Widow to display my anger in the accentuation. "What's wrong is because of your empty headedness, we have two Killmongers! Two master planners, working with each other, and wanting to destroy Wakanda! A Shadow Council that has been born before superheroes are famous enough for us to have a fight in the open without a problem! A White Wolf coming to help! Too much shit to manage! We're going to have to do this as fast as possible! Sexi, current location of The White Wolf!?" I nearly barked at her, but controlled my anger well enough for it to just seem slightly short.
"He has just entered Wakanda, and is coming to the city, having taken a detour to a... Treehouse?" Sexi said, confusedly.
"Ok, tell Tess to jet here in her suit ASAP, and tell everyone we're having a slight problem, and it will be at least several days before we can come, and say that we're sorry." I looked at T'Challa, and said "Suit up. We're going to take M'Bokur down, me, you, and Hunter." I turned to Shuri. "Connect via comms, Sexi will connect you. Sexi, connect her please." I turned to T'Chaka. "Sorry, your highness, but it's starting already, and I'll explain when we're back, with Hunter, and Intel." He nodded, and I turned to look at T'Challa, who was suited up. I thumped my chest twice, and my suit formed around me. "Let's go, we've got a Wolf to help."
He nodded, and we both disappeared into the darkness.