A Little Calm in Wakanda

After the Snap or Blip And During EndGame

Natasha managed to pry me away from the spot where Bucky's body once was but now it is just dust and a gun. Steve carried Vison's body to the city.

When we enter the city, people are wandering around. I see Oya, she sees me and comes over, "From what I can put together, all of the royal family have turned to dust. If that was to happen," Steve and the others come over. "I was to give you this." She hands me an official royal sealed envelope with my name on it. I break the wax on the seal, take out the paper inside and read it outloud. "I, T'Challa, being of sound, mind and body, King of Wakanda, decree that if myself and the royal family do not survive, I hereby appoint Katrina, Stringfellow Hawke Barnes my successor to the throne of Wakanda." On the paper were all the signatures of the council members as well.

"Oh boy..." I stammer. "Is this legal?" I ask Oya.

"Yes, your highness." she answers as she crosses her arms over her chest and bows her head. I look around at what is left of the Avengers.

"Ok, " I told her as I came out of my grief and took charge of the situation. "See if you can get a census of who is left in the city, I realize it will not be easy or quick."

"The floor of apartments where Bucky," I close my eyes as a flood of grief hits me, "is that floor empty?" I ask her as I push through the grief . She checked on her device. "Yes, your highness."

"That floor will now be the Avenger floor." She made a note on her device. "Can we meet in T'Challa's office, say noon tomorrow?" I asked her.

"Yes, your highness." She answered as she left to do what I asked of her.

"Does everybody have spare clothes in their Go-Bags?" I asked as we entered the elevator. "If not, follow me to the lab and grab some." When the elevator opens on the apartment floor, I tell them, "Our apartment is 565, Steve's is 564," I told them. "Any other apartment on this floor is fair game. The doors will code to your DNA when you open the door." I sighed and took a deep breath. "Come to our, my," I corrected myself."in about an hour and we will decide our next steps." Steve stayed in the elevator with me as it closed.

"Kat," Steve asked, "Are you okay?" I took a deep breath before answering.

"I kind of have to be." I answered. "I can't breakdown right now because if I do, I may not recover. Later, I will have a good cry and scream fest when I am alone but not now." I told him as we exited the elevator and I got Bucky's and I's packs that we had left there this morning.

"How are you doing, Steve?" I asked him as we got back into the elevator.

"This is the second time I have lost him." He told me sadly. "He turned up alive once, do I dare hope he will a second time?"

"I lost my brother and my soulmate in one fell swoop." I said as we got off the elevator on the apartment floor. "I don't dare hope right now." I turned to him before going into the apartment. "It may sound cruel but I am glad that T'Challa did this because now I won't sit around and dwell on the fact that they aren't here."

I opened the door to our apartment, went in, after it shut I just leaned on it letting the tears flow down my cheeks. I managed to make it into the shower and get cleaned up on auto-pilot. I opened Bucky's pack, and found an envelope with my name on it. I pulled it out, laid it on his pillow and pulled out the spare sweats and shirt that were there. The t-shirt is the one that he was wearing this morning and spilled juice on. I shook my head, just this morning we were at our home and now he's gone...Before I had the chance to dwell on that I heard a short knock on the door.

I opened the door to find Natasha. As she comes in she gives me a hug, "I am so sorry." She whispered.

"Thank you." I told her, before I shut the door I noticed Bruce, Rhodey and Steve coming out of their apartments so I just kept the door open for them. After we got settled in the living room I asked, "Next steps?" I asked what was left of the Avengers.