After Pietro saw me, he was so glad that he felt unconscious...
"Pietro!" Wanda and Shuri screamed and tried to wake him up while T'Chaka still recovered from his shock.
He probably thought that was the end. It really would have happened if we hadn't gotten here in time.
I grab Killmonger by the collar of his suit and walk toward them. I then place my hand on Pietro to see what's wrong.
"He is only tired. A few hours of sleep and he should be fine." I say to the two worry-heads.
But for Shuri, this was not enough. "I will still bring him to my lab for a check-up!" she said and tried to lift him up...
Wanda smiled at her, then used her power and they flew away, leaving us behind.
T'Chaka and I were left behind by our loved ones and our pain was immense.
What now? The easiest way would be to jump up the cliff, but I don't want to princess carry T'Chaka...
Looking at him, he probably knew what I was thinking and said, "Have you the number of Okoye? Maybe she can pick us up? Because I have enough of being dragged around."
That is a better solution than mine.
So I wanted to call her, but then I sensed she was already coming here.
"It seems we don't need to, as she is already on her way here." T'Chaka nodded and sat comfortably on the ground.
"What do you want to do with this?" I ask him and lift Killmonger a bit.
T'Chaka closed his eyes briefly and said, "He is one of my past sins, that comes back to hunt me now. But even when his revenge might be justified, he still committed horrendous crimes against Wakanda and will be judged as a terrorist."
There is no death penalty in Wakanda, so he will be imprisoned for life.
I nod to T'Chaka, then put Killmonger down and use his body as a chair to wait for Okoye.
She arrived after a few minutes and stormed out of the plane to stab Killmonger.
"Okoye, stop!!!" screamed T'Chaka immediately, but her anger made her deaf to his shouts.
Since I was kinda in the way of her spear anyway, I stood up and grabbed its socket before she could pierce Killmonger's throat.
She gets angry and says, "Why do you stop me?! You know what he did?"
"Because he will get a trial like everyone else. At least he deserves that much." answered T'Chaka, for me.
After hearing him, she sighed and drew back her spear. Then urged some of the Dora Milaje who stepped out of the plane to arrest Killmonger.
Afterwards, they entered the plane too and T'Chaka asked, "You're coming with us?"
But I shook my head, "No, I will leave on my own." he nodded at this and then they flew away.
After this, I went to the lab and helped Shuri and Wanda clean it. Some guards were there when I arrived, bringing out two dead guys.
One with a smashed head and the other looked like he had died from bleeding. Probably done by Pietro, but I can't hold it against him. If I were in his situation, none of the terrorists would be getting a trial...
After the lab was fine again, Wanda and I returned home without Pietro because Shuri wanted to keep him there to nurse him back to health.
In addition, Shuri told us that the Killmonger's trial would begin as soon as T'Challa returned to Wakanda.
The next day I sent a raven to the palace to watch Killmonger's trial with Wanda. We sat as invisible people among the crowd of elders.
I sensed T'Challa returning during the night. It seems that he flew back immediately after being notified of the attack.
Man, he looked pissed sitting there on the throne, while looking at the terrorist who survived.
One after another, they were brought in and remained silent, before being sentenced to a life sentence in prison. This was until Killmonger came in and the atmosphere became even tenser.
But before he could be interrogated, Shuri appeared and told like a true detective the things she found out through surveillance cameras and so on.
The attackers arrived as tourists, along with many other people, to avoid being discovered. Each of them had a small part of the bombs with them and they later reassembled them in Wakanda.
I found this strange. It would be normal for Wakanda to know people like Killmonger.
Shuri said they probably used some stolen ID to get in. However, Wakanda would not be so careless. The elders and the royal family made strange faces hearing this too.
My theory is that they had someone inside Wakanda to let them through... If there is a mole, maybe I should chat with Killmonger to get all the info after his trial.
Anyway, Later, they found the herb garden with the heart-shaped leaf and used it to get powers. Then killed all the shamans and destroyed the garden.
The audience was shocked by this gruesome act and complained and pointed at Killmonger, but he remained calm and enjoyed the show.
They probably found the herb garden, only because his father taught him everything about Wakanda and since his father was a royal family member, he probably knew where the garden was.
Then they went into the Golden City and created a disturbance by setting the city on fire. They succeeded but managed to do so only in the city's center. Because the Exvengers appeared and stopped them.
But they still managed to invade the royal palace with their enhanced powers and wanted to kill everyone there if the royal family didn't surrender themselves.
T'Chaka offered himself to the terrorist and Killmonger kidnapped him. After that, a group of people was left behind to destroy the palace and kill everyone there.
But after putting out the flames with the help of Pietro, Natasha and the Hulk appeared and helped defend it.
In the meantime, Killmonger rushed to Shuri's lab and captured her too. Then he brought them to the cliff so that they would not get disturbed in any way, to demand full access to all the technology of Wakanda.
However, Shuri, who could grant this access with the help of the actual king or old king, refuses to do so. He placed then the bomb collars on them and threatened to torture and kill them if they didn't do as he says.
Then Pietro appeared and saved them. But instead of giving up, Killmonger activated the collars. However, Pietro and the arriving Wanda saved the old king and his daughter.
I got no credits here...
The Exvengers and the twins will become national heroes after this.
After hearing all this T'Challa asked, "Erik Stevens or Killmonger do you have something to say in your defense, before the verdict is announced?"
"No, in my defense, nothing. But I hope I'm not the last criminal to get a verdict today. Because there is a criminal worse than me among you." said Killmonger to create chaos.
T'Challa raised a brow, stood up and walked closer to Erik. "What are you talking about? Worse than you? Someone who killed countless people and tried to destroy Wakanda?"
"Destroy Wakanda? No, I never wanted to do that. Yes, I killed countless people but I didn't kill anyone in Wakanda. Those were the bad people I was with.
My only crimes are kidnapping, attempted theft and maybe the attempted murder of the old king. The princess got caught in the crossfire and I'm sorry for that."
"Sure you are." Shuri said, but T'Challa raised her hand to make her quiet.
"You think whitewashing your crimes would change anything? You were part of the group and maybe even their leader, so don't talk nonsense. Life in prison awaits you. Guards take him away!"
Some guards walked forward, but Killmonger said, "There is still a criminal among you. Isn't it true T'Chaka murder of N'Jobu, your own brother?"
The elders became loud again, because they knew of course about T'Chaka's brother. But it seems they didn't know that he was dead or killed by T'Chaka himself.
T'Chaka was quiet the whole time, then stood up and turned to the elders.
"What he says is true. I killed my brother." This shocked everyone in the room except me.
"I did it not out of an ill will or because I saw him as a threat for the throne. But because he betrayed Wakanda to Ulysses Klaue, he wanted to use Vibranium for malicious purposes and raised his weapon against a Wakanda citizen."
"That is a lie and you can't prove that he worked with Klaue. My father wanted to help people around the world with Vibranium. Isn't that what you also do now by opening borders and sharing your technology?
Why was that wrong for him but right for you?"
Killmonger played his cards right here. The only person who could prove all this was Zuri, who died during the attack on the herb garden. Right now, it looks like T'Chaka killed his brother without reason...
One elder with a large plate in his mouth asked what shocked him the most, "Wait! What do you mean by your father?"
"As I said, my father was N'Jobu and I'm N'Jadak. The one left behind by you old king, to not endanger T'Challa's rise to fame, " he said, showing his War Dogs tattoo on his lower lip.
The room became quiet at this moment.
"That's not true. I didn't take you with me, because you were a stranger to Wakanda and weren't allowed in."
This made Killmonger angry and only the Vibranium cuffs held him back.
"Is that so?! Good for you to change the rules as you like, because now everyone can enter! No old king, you wanted to make an example out of my father, when you let his body be for me to discover!"
That was to much for the old Queen and she said, "That's enough! He is a terrorist and wants only to create chaos! This doesn't change anything about what he did yesterday."
"No, auntie, this changes everything. I demand justice as a legit citizen of Wakanda and as the son of N'Jobu. Why should I be punished for such crimes and he doesn't?"
"You can't demand anything here. You are only a terrorist." repeated Ramonda.
But it seems that the elders disagreed with her. T'Chaka confirmed that he killed his brother, which is a serious crime in Wakanda and he could not disprove Killmonger's accusations. Or didn't even really try it.
Even T'Challa looked troubled by all this and looked at his father, who he saw as his greatest hero. "Father tell me, you didn't leave him behind for such a reason."
But T'Chaka remained silent, which shocked the new king. T'Challa probably thought this wouldn't have happened had T'Chaka helped the boy.
Seeing that he had success, Killmonger said, "We all know you can't imprison him because most people are there because of him and your family.
That's why I make it simple. Only the dead can bring justice here. He should die by my hands like my father died by his."
"We are not barbarians. We don't do something like this here!" said Ramonda.
"Aha? You choose your king by battle to the dead, but not barbarians other times? Don't make me laugh, auntie. Let's solve this problem like in the old days when no one could find justice, with a trial by combat.
If I win, I get my justice and if you win, there is justice for you, too."
T'Challa closed his eyes for a moment and his disappointment about his father was apparent on his face.
"I accept your proposal and I will be the champion for my father."
This brought T'Chaka out of his trance, "No, you can't. You are the king. If he wants blood, he can have it."
But T'Challa only said, "No, father, as the new king, I need to do it. When I took the throne, I also took your sins with it."
Then he turned back to Killmonger and said, "As for the tradition, if you win, the blood will wash you free from all crimes and you are free to go and the same applies to my fathers sins or crimes as you call them."
Killmonger smiled because he got everything he wanted and even more than that.
While Ramonde sat back in her seat and looked shocked that her son would accept this.
From my point of view, this all looked not right and Killmonger should be simply imprisoned. His word was against T'Chaka's and he didn't prove anything either.
But since T'Chaka still thinks he needs to pay for his sins and T'Challa wants justice for everyone, shit like this happens.
I hope the discovery that his father is not perfect will not disturb T'Challa too much and he can win this.
RetMod
Hey guys sorry that I couldn't publish a chapter yesterday,
But I came back late yesterday, because of work and couldn't finish the chapter.
Stressed work days right now. I wake up early and come back late. >_
After Pietro saw me, he was so glad that he felt unconscious...
"Pietro!" Wanda and Shuri screamed and tried to wake him up while T'Chaka still recovered from his shock.
He probably thought that was the end. It really would have happened if we hadn't gotten here in time.
I grab Killmonger by the collar of his suit and walk toward them. I then place my hand on Pietro to see what's wrong.
"He is only tired. A few hours of sleep and he should be fine." I say to the two worry-heads.
But for Shuri, this was not enough. "I will still bring him to my lab for a check-up!" she said and tried to lift him up...
Wanda smiled at her, then used her power and they flew away, leaving us behind.
T'Chaka and I were left behind by our loved ones and our pain was immense.
What now? The easiest way would be to jump up the cliff, but I don't want to princess carry T'Chaka...
Looking at him, he probably knew what I was thinking and said, "Have you the number of Okoye? Maybe she can pick us up? Because I have enough of being dragged around."
That is a better solution than mine.
So I wanted to call her, but then I sensed she was already coming here.
"It seems we don't need to, as she is already on her way here." T'Chaka nodded and sat comfortably on the ground.
"What do you want to do with this?" I ask him and lift Killmonger a bit.
T'Chaka closed his eyes briefly and said, "He is one of my past sins, that comes back to hunt me now. But even when his revenge might be justified, he still committed horrendous crimes against Wakanda and will be judged as a terrorist."
There is no death penalty in Wakanda, so he will be imprisoned for life.
I nod to T'Chaka, then put Killmonger down and use his body as a chair to wait for Okoye.
She arrived after a few minutes and stormed out of the plane to stab Killmonger.
"Okoye, stop!!!" screamed T'Chaka immediately, but her anger made her deaf to his shouts.
Since I was kinda in the way of her spear anyway, I stood up and grabbed its socket before she could pierce Killmonger's throat.
She gets angry and says, "Why do you stop me?! You know what he did?"
"Because he will get a trial like everyone else. At least he deserves that much." answered T'Chaka, for me.
After hearing him, she sighed and drew back her spear. Then urged some of the Dora Milaje who stepped out of the plane to arrest Killmonger.
Afterwards, they entered the plane too and T'Chaka asked, "You're coming with us?"
But I shook my head, "No, I will leave on my own." he nodded at this and then they flew away.
After this, I went to the lab and helped Shuri and Wanda clean it. Some guards were there when I arrived, bringing out two dead guys.
One with a smashed head and the other looked like he had died from bleeding. Probably done by Pietro, but I can't hold it against him. If I were in his situation, none of the terrorists would be getting a trial...
After the lab was fine again, Wanda and I returned home without Pietro because Shuri wanted to keep him there to nurse him back to health.
In addition, Shuri told us that the Killmonger's trial would begin as soon as T'Challa returned to Wakanda.
The next day I sent a raven to the palace to watch Killmonger's trial with Wanda. We sat as invisible people among the crowd of elders.
I sensed T'Challa returning during the night. It seems that he flew back immediately after being notified of the attack.
Man, he looked pissed sitting there on the throne, while looking at the terrorist who survived.
One after another, they were brought in and remained silent, before being sentenced to a life sentence in prison. This was until Killmonger came in and the atmosphere became even tenser.
But before he could be interrogated, Shuri appeared and told like a true detective the things she found out through surveillance cameras and so on.
The attackers arrived as tourists, along with many other people, to avoid being discovered. Each of them had a small part of the bombs with them and they later reassembled them in Wakanda.
I found this strange. It would be normal for Wakanda to know people like Killmonger.
Shuri said they probably used some stolen ID to get in. However, Wakanda would not be so careless. The elders and the royal family made strange faces hearing this too.
My theory is that they had someone inside Wakanda to let them through... If there is a mole, maybe I should chat with Killmonger to get all the info after his trial.
Anyway, Later, they found the herb garden with the heart-shaped leaf and used it to get powers. Then killed all the shamans and destroyed the garden.
The audience was shocked by this gruesome act and complained and pointed at Killmonger, but he remained calm and enjoyed the show.
They probably found the herb garden, only because his father taught him everything about Wakanda and since his father was a royal family member, he probably knew where the garden was.
Then they went into the Golden City and created a disturbance by setting the city on fire. They succeeded but managed to do so only in the city's center. Because the Exvengers appeared and stopped them.
But they still managed to invade the royal palace with their enhanced powers and wanted to kill everyone there if the royal family didn't surrender themselves.
T'Chaka offered himself to the terrorist and Killmonger kidnapped him. After that, a group of people was left behind to destroy the palace and kill everyone there.
But after putting out the flames with the help of Pietro, Natasha and the Hulk appeared and helped defend it.
In the meantime, Killmonger rushed to Shuri's lab and captured her too. Then he brought them to the cliff so that they would not get disturbed in any way, to demand full access to all the technology of Wakanda.
However, Shuri, who could grant this access with the help of the actual king or old king, refuses to do so. He placed then the bomb collars on them and threatened to torture and kill them if they didn't do as he says.
Then Pietro appeared and saved them. But instead of giving up, Killmonger activated the collars. However, Pietro and the arriving Wanda saved the old king and his daughter.
I got no credits here...
The Exvengers and the twins will become national heroes after this.
After hearing all this T'Challa asked, "Erik Stevens or Killmonger do you have something to say in your defense, before the verdict is announced?"
"No, in my defense, nothing. But I hope I'm not the last criminal to get a verdict today. Because there is a criminal worse than me among you." said Killmonger to create chaos.
T'Challa raised a brow, stood up and walked closer to Erik. "What are you talking about? Worse than you? Someone who killed countless people and tried to destroy Wakanda?"
"Destroy Wakanda? No, I never wanted to do that. Yes, I killed countless people but I didn't kill anyone in Wakanda. Those were the bad people I was with.
My only crimes are kidnapping, attempted theft and maybe the attempted murder of the old king. The princess got caught in the crossfire and I'm sorry for that."
"Sure you are." Shuri said, but T'Challa raised her hand to make her quiet.
"You think whitewashing your crimes would change anything? You were part of the group and maybe even their leader, so don't talk nonsense. Life in prison awaits you. Guards take him away!"
Some guards walked forward, but Killmonger said, "There is still a criminal among you. Isn't it true T'Chaka murder of N'Jobu, your own brother?"
The elders became loud again, because they knew of course about T'Chaka's brother. But it seems they didn't know that he was dead or killed by T'Chaka himself.
T'Chaka was quiet the whole time, then stood up and turned to the elders.
"What he says is true. I killed my brother." This shocked everyone in the room except me.
"I did it not out of an ill will or because I saw him as a threat for the throne. But because he betrayed Wakanda to Ulysses Klaue, he wanted to use Vibranium for malicious purposes and raised his weapon against a Wakanda citizen."
"That is a lie and you can't prove that he worked with Klaue. My father wanted to help people around the world with Vibranium. Isn't that what you also do now by opening borders and sharing your technology?
Why was that wrong for him but right for you?"
Killmonger played his cards right here. The only person who could prove all this was Zuri, who died during the attack on the herb garden. Right now, it looks like T'Chaka killed his brother without reason...
One elder with a large plate in his mouth asked what shocked him the most, "Wait! What do you mean by your father?"
"As I said, my father was N'Jobu and I'm N'Jadak. The one left behind by you old king, to not endanger T'Challa's rise to fame, " he said, showing his War Dogs tattoo on his lower lip.
The room became quiet at this moment.
"That's not true. I didn't take you with me, because you were a stranger to Wakanda and weren't allowed in."
This made Killmonger angry and only the Vibranium cuffs held him back.
"Is that so?! Good for you to change the rules as you like, because now everyone can enter! No old king, you wanted to make an example out of my father, when you let his body be for me to discover!"
That was to much for the old Queen and she said, "That's enough! He is a terrorist and wants only to create chaos! This doesn't change anything about what he did yesterday."
"No, auntie, this changes everything. I demand justice as a legit citizen of Wakanda and as the son of N'Jobu. Why should I be punished for such crimes and he doesn't?"
"You can't demand anything here. You are only a terrorist." repeated Ramonda.
But it seems that the elders disagreed with her. T'Chaka confirmed that he killed his brother, which is a serious crime in Wakanda and he could not disprove Killmonger's accusations. Or didn't even really try it.
Even T'Challa looked troubled by all this and looked at his father, who he saw as his greatest hero. "Father tell me, you didn't leave him behind for such a reason."
But T'Chaka remained silent, which shocked the new king. T'Challa probably thought this wouldn't have happened had T'Chaka helped the boy.
Seeing that he had success, Killmonger said, "We all know you can't imprison him because most people are there because of him and your family.
That's why I make it simple. Only the dead can bring justice here. He should die by my hands like my father died by his."
"We are not barbarians. We don't do something like this here!" said Ramonda.
"Aha? You choose your king by battle to the dead, but not barbarians other times? Don't make me laugh, auntie. Let's solve this problem like in the old days when no one could find justice, with a trial by combat.
If I win, I get my justice and if you win, there is justice for you, too."
T'Challa closed his eyes for a moment and his disappointment about his father was apparent on his face.
"I accept your proposal and I will be the champion for my father."
This brought T'Chaka out of his trance, "No, you can't. You are the king. If he wants blood, he can have it."
But T'Challa only said, "No, father, as the new king, I need to do it. When I took the throne, I also took your sins with it."
Then he turned back to Killmonger and said, "As for the tradition, if you win, the blood will wash you free from all crimes and you are free to go and the same applies to my fathers sins or crimes as you call them."
Killmonger smiled because he got everything he wanted and even more than that.
While Ramonde sat back in her seat and looked shocked that her son would accept this.
From my point of view, this all looked not right and Killmonger should be simply imprisoned. His word was against T'Chaka's and he didn't prove anything either.
But since T'Chaka still thinks he needs to pay for his sins and T'Challa wants justice for everyone, shit like this happens.
I hope the discovery that his father is not perfect will not disturb T'Challa too much and he can win this.
RetMod
Hey guys sorry that I couldn't publish a chapter yesterday,
But I came back late yesterday, because of work and couldn't finish the chapter.
Stressed work days right now. I wake up early and come back late. >_
