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Chapter 18
Technomancer in MCU
The Borders of Birnin Zana, Wakanda
–Ed–
I stood in front of one of the least guarded sections of the barrier that envelops the entirety of Wakanda.
It was one of the least guarded sections because there was nothing behind me.
No way to reach here by foot,
A straight cliff behind me hundreds of feet down.
I suspect it was created artificially for security purposes.
Feeling mischievous since N'Jadaka won’t talk to me on the job as he feels that it is too ‘unprofessional’, I poke the shield.
I made sure to put the right amount of pressure so that multiple vibranium shield generators would be required to absorb that amount of force.
The result was a beautiful wave of cascading waves that spread over a solid quarter of the shield.
I am sure that the citizens must be curious as to what happened.
Grinning, I started flicking the shield in the same spot over and over again with increasing amounts of force.
Today, I had brought just the nanite undersuit with me as I had N'Jadaka here with me and he really didn’t need more firepower than he already has.
Alfred was cackling maniacally when he finished outfitting the entirety of N'Jadaka’s suits as per his specifications.
I believe his only requirement was “Overkill”.
The reason I was being this petty and evidently stressing their shield systems was because I knew that they had sensed me minutes ago since I purposefully deactivated all my stealth stuff and I had yet to see a single sentry or even a drone would have helped.
Hoping to speed things along, I waved with my other hand and yelled out, “Hello? Anybody Home?”.
I flicked once particularly hard, which actually created cracks in the shield section in front of me, shocking me.
What did Alfred do to my suit this time?
I comically looked at my fingertips and tried to do that again, only to see a drone speeding towards me, shouting, “Don’t! Please don’t do that again, the shields won’t be able to take it.”
Furrowing my brows, I cupped my hands in front of my mouth and shouted, “Don’t try to fool me. I know your shields can take much bigger punishment than what I just did.”
The voice sounded as if it was on the verge of tears, “Please! The shields can bear much higher forces but we will have to shut down the illusion that surrounds Wakanda, exposing us to the hundreds of satellites floating in space.”
Oh!
I didn’t think of that.
“Alfred?”, I ask out loud.
Alfred pops up in front of me, looking at the drone intensely.
Not breaking eye contact with the drone, he spoke, “He is speaking the truth. The shields will hold even under the full force of your new and enhanced energy shield breakers but they will have to divert all power to the forcefields from the illusion constructs.”
Nodding gravely, I said, “I see.”
I then turned to the drone, “Where is your King? I believe I had a meeting scheduled with him.”
I heard a squeak come from the drone and after some shuffling noises, a far deeper sound responded to my question.
“The King has accepted your request for a meeting. Although, for future references, we have a perfectly good landing strip 50 miles north of here for you to just pop into.”
Stolen story; please report.
I roll my eyes at the sass.
“It would seem not all Wakandans have huge sticks up their asses. Right, N'Jadaka?” I heard Alfred saying that over the comms.
A smirk graced my face as I heard him grumbling over the comms and eventually shut them off.
“What’s taking him so long? Should I just teleport to the council meeting room?” I asked them only half-jokingly.
“NO!” came the high-pitched reply.
“Ahem..No. Please don’t do that. That will be considered an act of aggression and you will be openly fired upon. We don’t want to do that to a hero of the human race but we will if ordered to.”
“Rest assured. The King is on his way alone, despite our best attempts.” The voice reassured me.
I nodded lazily at that, “Very well.”
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The Great Forests of Wakanda
–N'Jadaka (Erik Killmonger)–
Despite Alfred’s best attempts, I refuse to open the comm channel to hear more of his ribbing of my heritage. It has always annoyed me.
He had never stopped doing it since I joined the organisaton.
Even after half a decade, I still didn’t know shit about them.
I had only really met Ed and he was the self-proclaimed leader.
The only other member that I knew of was the scary A.I.
Even Ed didn’t scare him as much as Alfred did. It was terrifying knowing the amount of damage Alfred could cause if he put his mind to it.
The weapons that he gave me alone could topple entire countries, not to mention the support vehicles that I have seen.
M*therfucker has entire aircraft carriers at his beck and call, of course, he won’t be afraid of a small nation, no matter how advanced it may be.
An alert sounded on my HUD, shaking me out of my reverie.
“I spot an aircraft, a very small one, coming near us, Boss,” I tell Boss.
“It’s probably the royal Talon.”
“My orders?” I ask him.
“You are not here for just recon, you should know that.”
“Come down here, remove the camouflage. You’ll be coming home after a long time. You should be able to enjoy it out in the open, not hidden behind a sniper.” He ordered me.
Despite myself, I could not help but tear up a little when the moment came.
I had trained hard for this.
Shed blood, sweat, and tears for this.
I had enlisted in the SEALS for this.
Killed hundreds of men, hoping that one day I would be strong enough to come back here and bring justice for my father and the millions of Africans suffering around the world.
I was just so angry back then, at myself for my weakness and at the world for allowing the suffering to continue.
I still remember how I met him.
I had just been given a mandatory break after a mission went particularly violent. I had gotten my entire team killed but had wiped out an entire contingent of Taliban soldiers, completing my mission.
My superiors were worried about my mental health and had assigned me a shrink in the States.
Imagine my surprise when I went to my first appointment and the first thing that came out of the shrink’s mouth was “N'Jadaka”.
Eyes widening, I was out of my seat and at his throat before I could even process how he came to know about my name.
Ah! Good times.
“Don’t tell me you got cold feet now?” asked Ed.
Shaking my head, I replied, “No, Boss.”
I jumped from the tree and with the help of the suit, landed silently next to him.
I shivered slightly as the suit unfolded back into my skin and I appeared next to him in a black tank top and cargo pants.
The boss looked up and down at my outfit with a raised eyebrow.
“What?” I asked defensively.
“Nothing Nothing,” he said, raising both his hands.
“It’s comfortable, alright?” I said, a bit defensively.
“I already said it’s nothing,” he said but I could hear him quietly chuckle as I stared straight ahead at the Royal Talon.
They had yet to disembark from the ship, probably waiting for us to make a move.
“Alfred?” I said aloud.
“They are taking an awful lot of time to get out, aren’t they?” I ask him with a grin on my face.
“Indeed, they are.” the little murderbot nodded seriously with a matching grin on his face.
“Don’t! Don’t do anything that will jeopardize our alliance with them.” Boss ordered with a stern voice.
Alfred and I both looked at him and he was looking very severely at us.
I gulped and nodded hurriedly.
He then looked straight ahead and said, “Look, they have gotten off the plane.”
They?
The King was supposed to come alone.
Looking towards the scene I could see two black panthers coming out of the Talon.
The very sight of that accursed suit made me clench my fists.
Breathing deeply, I was very thankful for the meditative exercise boss pounded into me, or else I would have just pounced on them, reason be damned.
The shield section exactly in front of us opened up.
They were inviting us to come to their country.
I heard Boss order Alfred something and then he stepped forward to cross the borders.
I was just about to take a step after the Boss when I heard a slight whining sound behind me.
I glanced back, only to nearly jump in surprise at what I was seeing.
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