Everything's Going to Change

Wakanda

"It's going to blow up."

        "Quiet Charlie! I know what I'm doing." Shuri concentrated carefully on the suit she was working on, and suddenly, the suit emitted a bright purple blast that sent Shuri flying right into me.

        "I told you." I said through my laughter.

        "How did you know?" Shuri demanded as she stood back on her feet.

        "Because I took out the stabilizer you had in it." I said with a grin as I held up the chip I had removed. Shuri glared at me and tackled me to the ground. I shrieked as she tickled my sides with a smirk.

        "Are you two busy?" Shuri and I both turned to see T'challa smiling at us.

        "No!" We chorused quickly as we scrambled to our feet "T'challa," Shuri said innocently as she led him to the suit and quickly slid the chip I stole back in its place "I need you to strike this suit as hard as you can. It doesn't matter where." T'challa shot her a quizzical glance but did as she asked, kicking the suit in the chest and sending it flying across the room.

        "Not that hard!" I cried as I dashed over to it with Shuri and helped her carry it back to its stand.

        "She told me to-"

        "I invite you to my lab, you don't just go around kicking everything!" Shuri exclaimed "Now, if you don't mind, kick it again in the same spot." I smirked to myself as I backed up with her and waited for the beauty to unfold. Shuri discreetly pulled up her camera and motioned for me to do the same.

        "You're recording." T'challa said suspiciously.

        "Research purposes."

        "If you fail I want it on video." Shuri and I both listed our reasons at the same time while trying to maintain neutral expressions. T'challa gave us a dubious expression, but reluctantly did as we asked. The result was a purple blast going off and T'challa flying across the room. The chip that Shuri had embedded in the suit stored kinetic energy and then redistributed it upon contact.

        "Delete that footage!" T'challa choked out as he struggled to catch his breath.

        "Hi Папа. Everything's going great." I smiled slightly as I sat outside Bucky's cryo freeze pod "Shuri and I pranked T'challa today. You should have seen how far across the room he flew." Obviously there was no response. "I'm keeping out of trouble though." I said halfheartedly "Steve called last night to tell me to tell you that he loves you." Bucky just stayed silent and frozen. "Anyway," I sighed "I love you too. Don't worry, Shuri will have you back to normal in no time."

        "You know it." I turned around and saw Shuri watching me sadly.

        "I'm sorry." I said, embarrassed as I brushed the tears off my face "I figured I should say bye to him before we headed back to the city."

        "It's OK." she said softly as she helped me off the ground "I understand." I smiled shyly as we walked back to the jet. "T'challa's going to go through the ceremony tomorrow." she said excitedly "We'd love it if you came!"

        "I'd love to."

"Are you ready for this?" I smiled at Shuri's enthusiasm as she led me onto the boat that would take us to the location of the ceremony.

        "I was born ready." I said sassily. Shuri laughed and I smiled as I made my way out of sight where I wouldn't get in the way. Shuri shook her head and dragged me to the front with her as we laughed and danced. "This is so much fun!" I squealed as I spun around happily. Okoye, the leader of T'challa's bodyguards yelled something and the water ahead drained into these big reservoirs that left my mouth hanging open.