beginnings of war

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      I followed closely behind Steve and the king, walking with Natasha. The sky was beginning to collect clouds, it darkening as we traveled. There was a war coming. It may already be here.

     The path to the medical facility was through a deep jungle forest. The trees grew so close, there should be no sunlight. However, through the leaves, our path was lit by the rays of the sun shining through. This place was nothing in comparison to my galaxy. Each planet had its own default biome, but here. Here, I could travel from Coruscant to Felucia without ever leaving the planet itself. I could swim in the waters of Kamino without being on Kamino. I tilted my head up to the rays warming my face.

      Oh, how I missed the sun. I missed the stars. But, most of all, I missed the moons. I wondered if Earth had such beauty. Sakaar certainly did not. The humid air made my hair stick to my neck I took in a deep breath as I shut my eyes, listening to the hum of wildlife as the smell of trees warmed me in a way I have not been warmed in a long time.

      "First time in a jungle?"

      A voice snapped me from my reminiscing. I tilted my head, opening my eyes, to find Steve looking at me and brought my head back down. I gave a sad smile.

      "Your world and my galaxy share many similarities but..." I trailed off, watching as the facility came into view. "...each planet is unique in its own way. Your planet holds each of these qualities in one."

      Steve nodded his head and smiled. "Yeah... Earth is pretty... well, pretty."

      As Steve finished his sentence, I gave a small gasp as I looked at the view before us. The facility was a tall tower on a cliff's edge. It was surrounded by ever-falling waterfalls and looked upon the vast fields below. The sun reflected off the river's water so the world and trees looked golden.

     "It is not just pretty. Nayce... mesh'la*," I replied, smiling. Steve looked at me as I continued looking on ahead. Why would anyone want to destroy such a place? I turned to look at Steve. "I do hope you can forgive me for my ignorance about this 'Kit-Kat' bar."

Steve laughed and shook his head, "Don't be. It's not your fault that you're new here."

     I returned Steve's smile as the king led us through the facility to the topmost room, decorated with various medical equipment and a grand window for the view. Before the window stood various female guards dressed in red. Vision laid on the table with Wanda at his side, holding his arm. A young girl with two braided buns on either side of her head stood over top of him, examining his body as a blue light studied him. Her age didn't seem at all odd to me, especially at this time. I was as young as her, maybe younger, when I began my medical researches. This was, of course, before the Clone Wars. Bruce joined her at her side, placing on a pair of goggles, as the rest of us stood out of their way.

      The girl pulled up the scanning reports with a hologram of Vision's Infinity Stone. Banner gave a small gasp as she studied it herself.

     "The structure is polymorphic," She gasped as she looked at the hologram. Banner nodded his head.

     "Right, we had to attach each neuron non-sequentially," Bruce explained.

     "Why didn't you just reprogram the synapses to work collectively?" Shuri asked, although she more of stated it as though it was an obvious route to take. On the table, Vision looked at Bruce questionably.

     "Be... because we didn't think of it," Bruce cringed, giving an awkward smile.

     The girl shrugged, "I'm sure you did your best."

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