Chapter Thirty-One

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BATTLE IN WAKANDA

─ BATTLE IN WAKANDA ─

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Alessia stepped out of the Quinjet, smiling up at T'Challa as she walked side by side with Steve and Natasha. "Should we bow?" Bruce whispered to Rhodey. "Yeah, he's a king," Rhodey answered back, Alessia instantly smirked with a shake of her head. "Seems like I'm always thanking you for something," Steve said to T'Challa as they shook hands. Alessia hugged T'Challa, "How is he?" T'Challa embraced Alessia tightly, "He's better."

"Uh, we don't do that here," T'Challa spoke to Bruce who bowed, Alessia shook her head at Rhodey who smirked. "So how big of an assault can we expect?" T'Challa asked Steve and Alessies, the two looked at one another with a sigh. "Uh, sir, I think you can expect quite a big assault," Bruce spoke as everyone began walking towards the building. "How are we looking?" Steve asked T'Challa.

"You will have my king's guard, the Border Tribe, the Dora Milaje, and..." T'Challa began as Bucky walked over to them. "A semi-stable, 100-year-old man," Bucky spoke with a smile before he and Steve shared a hug. "How you been, Buck?" Steve asked as they pulled apart. "Uh, not bad, for the end of the world," Bucky responded before Steve moved to the side. "I got your note," Bucky stated to his wife. Alessia smiled before stepping up and kissing her husband, "Gotta play the hero."

Bucky nodded with a smile before grabbing her hand, the group headed inside towards Shuri's lab. Shuri immediately embraced Alessia in a hug before showing off some of her inventions before focusing on the task at hand. Shuri scans the stone and studies the hologram as Alessia stood in front of Bucky, his arms wrapped around her shoulders holding her back to his chest. Steve smiled at the loving husband and wife, he was glad his best friend was happy after all this time, but he feared what may happen due to this war.

"Whoa. The structure is polymorphic," Shuri spoke before Bruce stepped forward. "Right, we had to attach each neuron non-sequentially," Bruce informed her. "Why didn't you just reprogram the synapses to work collectively?" Shuri asked with furrowed brows. Bruce stared at her for a moment, "Because, uh, we didn't think of it." Alessia smiled and Shuri nodded proudly of herself for once again outsmarting another person.

"I'm sure you did your best," Shuri spoke after sharing a glance with Alessia who definitely knew that Shuri would spend her life bragging about that. "Can you do it?" Wanda asked, she didn't want to lose Vision. "Yes, but there are more than two trillion neurons here. One misalignment could cause a cascade of circuit failures," Shuri explained to Wanda before turning to her older brother, "It will take time, brother."

"How long?" Steve asked. "As long as you can give me," Shuri answered back before glancing at Alessia. "Something's entered the atmosphere," Okoye spoke after looking at her device. "Shuri, you get to work on getting that stone out and we'll keep them distracted," Alessia spoke before turning towards the door, "Remember, if we fail... The world won't be the same." Everyone was silenced by Alessia words as she walked out of the room ready to fight against Thanos' army.

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