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"There are more people coming from the city." The leader of the mining tribe said.

"They need more space." Another elder spoke.

"So what? You are visitors. It is a wonder how anything gets done with you people." M'Baku complained.

"Well, well, well, y'all argue more than my parents on holidays," Aquarella spoke up with a chuckle, walking through the crowd of people.

"The siren princess." Aquarella heard people whisper in shock and she rolled her eyes. Everyone turned to look at her as she leaned on one of the pillars. Jessie entered the room, a juice box in his hand as he leaned against the wall, slighly behind Aquarella. Mostly everyone was on their guard, not sure if she and Jessie was a threat to them or not.

"What are you doing here, fishsticks?" M'Baku asked with a bored tone. He was informed of her a while ago and didn't think much of her as a threat. She was way smaller than him so he thought he could easily take her on. She was just an inch taller than Shuri and carried herself with pride but a bit of an ego. He knew Jessie wasn't much of a threat just by seeing the male siren sipping on a juice box.

"Okay, why does everyone keep calling us that? We're not fish." Soulina frowned in offense, tossing a chip in her mouth. She discovered she loved chips a lot when Riri introduced her to them. She mainly loved the hot ones. Just as Jessie loved his juice boxes. She didn't even know how many he had drunk already but was sure it was an unhealthy amount of the sugary liquid.

Before M'Baku could speak he looked up hearing a noise and noticed one of the ships. A small hole opened in it and a person fell from it, landing on the snowy ground with ease. Aquarella smirked and shook her head, "Little show off. Couldn't wait another minute for me to introduce myself." She scoffed lightly with a slight eye roll.

The helmet came off automatically from the person who was looking aroumd and revealed, Shuri, the Princess of Wakanda.

"The Princess!"

M'Baku stood up from his throne and stepped down the few steps to face the Princess who was already facing him. Jessie pulled out a spear and held it in front of the Dora Milaje who went to step forward, signaling them to back down and they did. Jessie smiled to himself and retracted his spear by Aquarella's silent command. Jessie had made it specially for himself and to say he was obsessed with it was an understatement.

Shuri and M'Baku locked hands, M'Baku wanting to test if she really had the strength of the Black Panther. As Shuri was winning, she was pulling his hand down he stopped her, pulling her up to her feet.

"She has done it. The Black Panther lives!" M'Baku announced, raising Shuri's arm in her achievement.

The elders placed their hand on her shoulders and back as M'Baku and his Jabari did their chant. Rella couldn't help but smile to herself, being a little proud of Shuri's achievement.

Once the celebrating was done they got back to business, listening to Shuri's announcement. All the elders and leaders in the room gathered around, plus the two sirens.

"Namor believes Wakanda is on her knees. Our Queen murdered. Our capital destroyed. He believes we have no protector. But now...now is our time to strike." Shuri spoke.

"How? We don't even know how to find him." One of the leaders spoke.

"We'll bring Namor to us," Shuri stated.

"Here? Again?" The river tribe elder questioned.

"No. A distant location at sea."

"Alright. Let's say this does work. Assuming we can kill this man. Who can fly and is potentially as strong as the Hulk. Let's not forget his motives either. The mother of his child has an alliance with Wakanda his daughter sides with us," M'Baku spoke up. "Is murdering him the right solution?" M'Baku questioned. Rella sighed in annoyance, annoyed that they were being all cautious all of a sudden when not long ago they wanted to murder him.

"We are calling for his death when his only crime was intimidation," the river tribe elder spoke and Rella scoffed.

They turned to look at her and she walked over, having been leaned against the wall next to Jessie. "Intimidation? A true king does not put his kingdom at risk! A true king does not lie to one's he's supposed to trust! Intimidation is threatening. Intimidation is leaving your enemies scared by your actions and words."

"He is responsible for killing your Queen! That's not intimidation. I know my father better than anyone in this world, and I know he wants Wakanda to get angry, he wants to manipulate your emotions to target the surface world rather than him." Jessie smirked, watching as everyone was engrossed into her words. He had never seen Rella speak with so much power and authority but he was loving it.

"He and his army could've killed you all already, but he's playin' a game with you, that he intends to win. We can't let him win. I left for a reason. His own daughter is against him, so doesn't that speak highly on what his intentions are? When he dies, I get the throne, I rule, and I will make sure Talokan never bothers any of you again. But we can't have peace if he's alive."

"Now, I dont want to kill my father, I just want him to pay. And that's why I formed a partnership with your Black Panther. Half of y'all in here know I absolutely hate the princess. But if we can put our differences aside amd work together. We can eliminate a threat." Rella crossed her arms over her chest, making a really good point in most of their eyes but some of them didn't trust a word she spoke. Shuri on the other hand, she did. She believed in every word Rella said.

"What has changed Lord M'Baku?" A leader spoke, siding with the siren on this.

"His soldiers. They do not call him General or King. They call him K'uk'ulkan," M'Baku said. Rella held an eye roll, it wasn't really that big of a deal in her eyes. Jessie offered the princess a juice box after the long speech but she declined, not feeling like drinking sugar in a box.

"What is that?"

Aquarella looked down, blocking out what he was saying as she thought about what she said. Ruling Talokan and forming an alliance with Wakanda sounded great. But she didn't exactly have any experience running a nation. And part of her wanted K'uk'ulkan to be there and guide her. Some part of her hated him, but the other part didn't want to lose another father.

"Elders, with your permission I would like to talk with Lord M'Baku alone." Shuri spoke up, having been silent most of the conversation.

The elders agreed and everyone was escorted out. Rella and Jessie went to walk with them but Shuri put a hand in front of them. "Both of you, stay here." Shuri ordered. Usually Jessie and Rella would ignore orders but they also wanted to be nosy to decided to stay back and listen. Aquarella and Jessie nodded and leaning back on the wall with their arms crossed.

"Namor's not finished. He promised to destroy the surface world. Now is our opportunity to take him. What are you afraid of?!" Shuri snapped. Obviously she didn't like how M'Baku was suddenly switching up on her.

She only wanted Rella to stay because Rella was the only one who understood that they needed to kill Namor or he would strike again. And the fact that she was willing to help kill her own father for Wakanda. She didn't mind Jessie being there, he was always supporting Rella no matter what. Unless it was about her opinion on One Direction.

"War. If Namor is indeed a God to his people, killing him will risk eternal war." M'Baku stated as if it was obvious. Rella kinda understood his point of view but she still didn't wanna budge on killing Namor. It was the only thing that would keep him out of her life and from ruining others.

"And so what? Was my mother's life not worth eternal war?"

"Of course it was. Of course she was. But it is not what she would've wanted for you. It is not what I want, for my people." M'Baku sat back down on his throne.

"You speak of my mother as if she's still here. Of what she would've wanted for me. Her hopes, and her dreams. But she's dead. She's gone! Namor drowned her, right in front of me!" Tears threatened to spill as she spoke. Rella blinked away her tears hearing Shuri speak.

"So her dreams, her goals, her hopes for me. It doesn't exist. It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is what I want! And what I want is Namor dead!"

"And you're going to help me get it. Is that clear?" Shuri asked in Xhosa.

M'Baku glanced at Aquarella who didn't speak, nothing much to say when Shuri made it perfectly clear. "We leave in the morning." Shuri stated.

Shuri made a gesture for Rella and Jessie to follow her and they all walked out side by side. The trio were dead set on killing the King of Talokan.

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a.n: JESSIE, RELLA AND SHURI BEING THE BEST TRIO >>>

guess who returns next chapter?? 🤭🤭 IF YOU GUESSED MOTHER, YOURE RIGHT BC SHE IS MOTHER 😍

finished writing this after the Oscar's and Miss Angela Bassett was ROBBED 🙄 OVER A CRACKER??? NAHH WHAT (im half white i can say this btw 🧍‍♀️)

y'all i high key forgot to update yesterday...my bad i was really busy-

anywayyss, see u tomorrow for the next update 😚

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