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Mila sat cross legged on the floor of Shuri's lab. "My brother will be arriving soon." Mila looked up at Shuri from her book in her lap. "Can I come?" Shuri nodded but didn't verbally respond. Shuri's Kimoyo beads light up, "My brother has landed. Let's go."

Mila places her book on a table in the lab. She follows Shuri through the lab, they pass the higher level and pass by a closed glass case, Bucky. Mila slows her pace as she walks by then she speeds up trying to reach Shuri. "You said he'll be taken out in a week or so right?" Mila asked the young scientist. "Missing your white boy?" Mila chuckled, "I guess you could say that."

Eventually Shuri and Mila make it to the landing pad at the royal palace. Ramonda is already waiting there flanked by Ayo and the Dora. Okoye, Nakia, and T'Challa exit the RTF and Nakia bows her head. "Queen Mother . . . Princess . My comfort for your loss." Ramonda nods her head gracefully. "Thank you, Nakia. It is so good to have you back with us." Nakia nods. Okoye turns to Ayo. "Take her to the River Province to prepare her for the ceremony." "Yes, general."

Nakia passes by Mila but stops in her tracks. "I don't believe we've met before." Mila stickers her hand out Nakia a hand shake which Nakia takes. "Mila Maximoff, pleasure to meet you." She smiles at Nakia and the smile is returned. "Nice to meet you too." Ayo comes closer to Nakia signalling that it is time to go. Ayo walks off with Nakia while Shuri watches closely.

Shuri turns to Okoye. "Did he freeze?" "Like an antelope in headlights." Shuri laughs at this, T'Challa seems less then please. "Are you finished?" Okoye slams her spear into the ground, signalling the rest of the Dora to follow her off.

T'Challa turns to Shuri . "So surprised my little sister came to see me off before our big day." Mila smiles at the sibling interaction. "You wish. I'm here for the EMP beads, I've developed an update." "Update? No, it worked perfectly." Shuri shakes her head. "How many times do I have to teach you, just because something works, doesn't mean that it cannot be improved." T'Challa teasingly says, "You are teaching me, what do you know?" Shuri holds out her hand and T'Challa drops the beads into her hand. "More than you."

Shuri heads off, grabbing Mila's hand to bring her back to the lab. Mila turns to give T'Challa a quick wave which he returns before shouting "I cannot wait to see what kind of update you make to your ceremonial outfit." Shuri flips him off. Some how Ramonda knew she flipped him off. "Shuri!" she reprimands. Mila smiles at this. "Sorry mother."

When Mila and Shuri arrive back at the lab, Shuri gets to work on the Kimoyo beads right away. "Anything I can help with?" "Not right now." Mila nods and grabs her book from earlier. She settles into her spot on the floor and begins reading again. "Oh! I've been meaning to ask. Do you think I could test your powers?" Mila looks up at Shuri. "Sure, how would we do that?" Shuri seems excited by this.

"Well, we could start by seeing which physical materials you can manipulate. Then move on to things like, temperature, air, and anything else." "You've been thinking a lot about this." Shuri shrugged. "It is not often one has the opportunity to study an enhanced individuals power." "Fair. When do we start?"

"After we get that friend of yours fixed. I've figured it out and he will be taken out of the freezing in a few days to start the process. I'm going to have Ayo test the activation words." Mila is eager to help. "What about me?" "What do you mean?"

"Why don't I test it? I have the power to keep him at bay should the situation go bad." Shuri seemed to be debating her options. "Okay, you can help. There is no guarantee it will work." "That's fine." Mila nodded.

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T'Challa's ceremony had since ended a few hours ago and Shuri was back in her lab with Mila in her usual spot. Mila did not attend the ceremony in respect for their culture. She felt she did not have the right to join in. T'Challa walked into the lab, wearing his casual 'king clothes'. Shuri approaches him and bows her head.

"My, King." She says jokingly. "Stop it. Stop it." Shuri laughs and they do a special handshake before walking down the spiral walkway into her sprawling, futuristic lab. Mila stands to watch Shuri's show of technology.

"Nexus of technology."  Shuri strolls with T'Challa by work tables of high-tech weapons and gadgets. "I've already sent a car ahead to Busan for you. Who are you taking with you to Korea?" "Okoye." he pauses. "And Nakia as well." Shuri makes a face at the mention of Nakia. "You sure it's a good idea to take your ex on a mission?"

"Nakia is your ex?" Mila questioned. "Yes." T'Challa responds before referring to Shuri's previous question. "We'll be fine. Besides, you will be on call, should we need backup." Shuri smiles at this and points out small communications devices. "I have great things to show you, brother. Here are your communication devices for Korea. Unlimited range, also equipped with audio surveillance system."

She walks him over to another table with WDG disks on them. "Check these out . Remote access Kimoyo beads. Updated to interface directly with my sand table." Curious, T'Challa notices a pair of sleek black shoes. "And what are these?" "The real question is what are those? Why do you have your toes out in my lab?" Shuri points at T'Challa's traditional sandals. T'Challa smiles. "What, you don't like my royal sandals? I wanted to go old school for my first day."

"Yea I bet the elders loved that." She rolled her eyes making Mila chuckle. She grabs the shoes and places them on the floor beside T'Challa. "Try them on." T'Challa puts his feet into the shoes, and they form around his feet instantly, forming a perfect fit.

"Fully automated, like the old American movie Baba used to watch. And I made them completely sound absorbent." "Back to the future?" Shuri turns to Mila. "Yes." T'Challa stomps his foot down without a sound. "Interesting." "Guess what I call them." T'Challa thinks on this. "Sneakers..." T'Challa looks at her blankly. "Because you .. . never mind."

Shuri walks T'Challa over to three mannequins. One wears T'Challa's current suit. The others, just a panther tooth necklace and a gold version. "If you're going to take on Klaue you'll need the best the Design Group has to offer." Shuri points at T'Challa's current suit. "Exhibit A. Old tech." "Old ... ?" "Functional, but old. Eh, people are shooting at me. Wait! Let me put on my helmet." T'Challa smiles, amused. Shuri points to the necklaces.

"Now look at these." T'Challa looks at the gold one first. Shuri notices this. "Do you like that one?" "Tempting. But the idea is to not be noticed." "I don't know what you're talking about. That one is very subtle." Mila remarks, T'Challa chuckles and shake his head. "This one." He says pointing to the basic silver one. Shuri uses her Kimoyo beads to sync the suit to T'Challa.

"Now tell it to go on." T'Challa does, and without warning, millions of vibranium laced nanites spill from the necklace and form a new Black Panther suit around the mannequin. "Oooh! The entire suit sits within the teeth of the necklace. Strike it."

"Anywhere?" Shuri nods, T'Challa turns to the mannequin in a relaxed fighting stance. Shuri nods and T'Challa spin kicks the shit out of the mannequin. "Not that hard, genius!" Shuri runs to pick the mannequin back up and drags it over to the same spot. "You told me to strike it, you didn't say how hard." "I invite you to my lab, and you just kick things around."

"You told him to kick it." Mila defends the older brother. T'Challa nods at her. "See. Maybe you should make it a little stronger, eh?" Shuri shrugs as Wakandan Script built into the suit begins glowing purple where the impact of T'Challa's foot landed.

T'Challa looks closely at the glowing script. "Wait a minute." Shuri seems smug now. "The nanites absorb the kinetic energy and hold it in place for redistribution." T'Challa nods, "Very nice." "Now strike it again, in the same spot." Mila smirks, she knows exactly what's about to happen. T'Challa backs up for a kick. Shuri presses record on her Kimoyo. T'Challa sees this and looks at her suspiciously.

"You are recording?" "For research purposes." Shuri reasons. T'Challa loads up then he kicks the indigo spot and goes flying back across the room, crashing into a table full of Shuri's gadgets. Shuri and Mila crack up laughing as T'Challa rights himself. He points at Shuri with a stern finger. "Delete that footage."

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(A/N)

So this is going to be two very short Wakanda chapters. I just want to give you an idea of what Mila did the two years before Infinity War. Hope you enjoyed.

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