One Wild Ride (A Marvel Fanfic-Complete)

A Story of Wakanda: Sombre's Curse

Sixteen years later...

Somewhere deep in the northern caves of Serpent valley, Nakia groaned as her consciousness surfaced back to world of the living. Pain. All she could feel was pain. Horrible pain shooting through each and ever nerve ending in her body like fire.

It had been a week since Killmonger discovered Nakia, broken and tortured near to death, across the Wakandan border in the small neighboring country, Ghudaza. Apparently, he had already gained enough influence there to recover her body from the sadistic Ghudazian leader Reverend Achebe, who ruled the rebels with a bible in one hand and an automatic rifle in the other.

The rebels had become bolder and bolder as news of Killmonger's temporary coup and reign over Wakanda reached beyond Wakandan borders. Everyone believed he was dead for over a year until whispers of a man who resembled him living in Serpent Valley finally reached the palace.

Soon after taking his throne back, King T'Challa agreed to open the borders and greatly expanded their outreach programs. A month later, Nakia left Wakanda again.

She was no longer a part of her order, having sided with T'Challa instead of Killmonger like the rest of her brethren during the Wakandan conflict. But having spent half of her life as a war dog spy, she could not go back to being a regular Wakandan citizen either.

She knew T'Challa would never say so outloud, but she could tell he hoped she might lay down her ring blades, begin to nest, and become domesticated... like a domesticated cat. But she didn't want children nor to be anyone's wife. There was not even a part of her that found that life appealing. At least... not right now.

T'challa still held out hope however. He had allowed her to push him towards this new Wakanda because he loved her, and he wanted her to leave the life of the Hatut zeraze and become his queen. But Nakia was driven by something else. She could not put her finger on it. But it had been there ever since her grandfather revealed her path in the marsh water so many years ago. It would not allow her to mindlessly follow a king into war nor sit on a throne without actively intervening in the consequences of that throne's decisions. So when she heard of the new turmoil in Ghudaza, she left again leaving behind a single note,

'My heart and soul always remains with you, but another path pulls my physical body away from Wakanda. I am sorry again, my king. Do not wait for me.'

Nakia infiltrated the ranks of the resurgence of Ghudaza's guerrilla armies, which arose in response to the discovery of Wakanda's true identity and power. Most of them were young children, abducted from their homes by Achebe's men, to be turned into merciless killers who would protect their country's borders at all costs.

She was successful in freeing many of the abducted children, but soon Nakia was recognized by Achebe as a Wakandan spy. He watched her. Eventually trapping her and stashing her in his monastery where he tortured and beat her for several days.

That is where Killmonger discovered her. He took her from Achebe under the pretext of a goodwill exchange between Killmonger's growing death regiment and Achebe's guerrilla army. Then Erik gave her to his oracle, Sombre.

"Make sure she lives. Make sure she knows who saved her life. Use the altar if necessary." Killmonger instructed Sombre coldly. He had no interest in saving Nakia from Achebe other than to use her against his cousin. He needed her alive for that. "She has T'challa's eye. But she's also from a long line of oracles and she's a dog of war by nature. She'll be useful when we finally move against him again."

Nakia did not know about Killmonger's plans when she woke. She remembered nothing beyond the torture that she endured in Achebe's monastery. Now she found herself lying on a soft bed, alone in a small dark cavern. It was cold there. She could hear running water beyond the rocky walls. She shivered against the sound of distant shrill shrieks from some fierce and large creature lurking down there with her in the dark.