Legacy ~ p. maximoff

A few hours later, Shuri called for me to meet her in the lab. Pietro followed of course. He's really putting a lot of effort into this never leaving my side again thing. She had informed us that T'challa had been challenged by the leader of the Jabari Clan. I don't know much about them, only that they live high up in the mountains, isolated from everyone else. Now, T'challa was off with Nakia in the city so I'm not sure as to why she called me down here.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask her as Pietro and I descend into the lab. She stands in front of one of the tables with a few devices on them. Two to be exact.

"These," she says with a sigh. "I was ordered to make them by the council. T'challa voted against it but it seems he was the only one." I look down at the devices confused.

"What are they?" My brows furrow together.

"They absorb your power," she explains. "One is for each of you. They are like collars. I didn't want to have to make them but the council was persistent and they won't be used unless necessary." She looks guilty but I hug her.

"It's okay," I reassure her with a soft smile as I pull away. "I understand it's what you had to do." Of course the council wanted a way to detain us. I send Pietro a worried glance and he pulls me closer as if it was instinct. We instill fear in them. There's no escaping it.

"My brother should be here any minute," she informs us with a sneaky grin on her face that I mirror.

"Hey, what are you two up to?" Pietro asks with an amused smile.

"You will see," Shuri says and grabs my hand leading me to the entrance of the lab as T'challa walks towards us.

"My King!" Shuri teases with a bow as Pietro joins us standing next to me.

"Stop it. Stop it," he laughs along with all of us.

"Congratulations," Pietro pats his shoulder.

"He's going to be too busy for us now that he has all these high duties," I tell Pietro while grinning at T'challa.

"You two are going to be the death of me," T'challa responds gesturing to both Shuri and I.

"I've already sent a car ahead to Busan for you," Shuri informs him at we descend back into the lab. "Who are you taking with you to Korea?"

"Okoye, them two.... and Nakia as well."

"Us?" I question.

"Yes, we have a mission," He looks back at Pietro and I.

"We?" Pietro asks.

"Yes, you two are coming with," he tells us. "I know you are on the run but I think you will have a particular interest in this one."

"And why is that?" I raise my eyebrows at him.

"We are going to capture Klaue," he responds. Pietro and I look at each other with a grin remembering him from a few years ago.

"Oh, this should be interesting," Pietro grins.

"Okay, quick question," Shuri says to T'challa. "You sure it's a good idea to take your ex on a mission."

"Yes," he responds with a grin. "We'll be fine. Besides, you'll be on call should we need backup."

"Yes!" She pumps her fist and I laugh softly at her excitement.

"Don't worry, Shuri," I tell her. "We will keep him in line." I send a grin towards T'challa and he rolls his eyes.

"We have great things to show you, brother," Shuri smiles and pulls me with her. "Here are your communication devices for Korea." She shows all of us as I haven't seen these yet. She made these by herself. "Unlimited Range, also equipped with audio surveillance system."

"Nice, Shuri," I high-five her as we walk to the next device which I had a hand in making. "Check these out." I look back at T'challa. "Remote access Kimoyo Beads. Updated to interface directly with Shuri's sand table.

"Ah," he seems intrigued by something else and walks towards it. "And what are these?"

"The real questions is..." she begins. "What are those!" She points to his sandals. I laugh with Pietro. "Why do you have your toes out in my lab?"

"What, you don't like my royal sandals?" He chuckles as he puts his foot on the table. "I wanted to go old school for my first day."

"I bet the Elders loved that," Pietro teases and T'challa raises his eyebrows at him.

"Try these on," Shuri tells him as she puts the soles on the floor. He steps onto them as the boots form their way around his foot. "Fully automated. Like the old American movie Baba used to watch." He looks up in amazement.

"Mmm," he says thinking.

"And we made them completely sound absorbent," I add as he stomps his feet on the floor.

"Interesting," he furrows his brows.

"Guess what I call them," Shuri grins at him. "Sneakers." He just looks more confused as he doesn't get the joke. Pietro and I laugh at the look on his face. "Because you... Never mind. If you're going to take on Klaue... you'll need the best the design group has to offer." We walk to our prototypes.

"Exhibit A," I gesture to his suit.

"My design," He says.

"Old tech," Shuri counters.

"Old?" He looks offended.

"Functional, but old," She says. "'Hey, people are shooting at me. Wait, let me put on my helmet.'"

"Enough," he lightly chuckles.

"But, look at these," I gesture to mine and Shuri's designs. He looks at the golden one.

"Do you like that one?" Pietro asks him.

"Tempting," he responds. "But the idea is to not be noticed." He turns back to us. "This one." He points to the more simple one. Shuri holds up her Kimoyo bead to scan him.

"Now tell it to go on," She says and the suit forms. "Ooh!"

"The entire suit sits within the teeth of the necklace," I tell him.

"Strike it," Shuri grins at me while Pietro looks confused.

"Anywhere?" He asks and we nod. he kicks it swiftly but ends up knocking it across the lab. My eyes widen as Shuri goes to retrieve it.

"Not that hard, genius!" she scolds and I roll my eyes.

"You guys told me to strike it," he argues. "You didn't say how hard."

"We invited you to my lab, and you just kick things around?" she questions him and I smile at their sibling banter. It reminds me of how Cooper and Lila acted and I found myself missing home more than ever. I push my sad thoughts to the back of my mind as Shuri sets the suit back down.

"Well, maybe you should make it a little stronger," he counters but sees the power forming within the suit. "Hey. Wait a minute."

"The nanites absorb the kinetic energy and hold it in place for redistribution," I tell him with a grin on my face a look back to Pietro who stares at me lovingly.

"Very nice," T'challa responds.

"Strike it again in the same spot," I grin as I go back to stand next to Pietro. He wraps his arms around my waist as I stand in front of him. Shuri starts recoring and he looks back at her bewildered.

"You're recording?" He asks her.

"For research purposes," she shrugs and I grin up at Pietro who looks just as confused as T'challa. He turns back to the suit before striking it. It sends him flying back and we all bust out laughing.

"Delete that footage," he warns her from his spot on the ground.