T'Challa walks out to greet Tony and Everett Ross. "What brings this surprise visit?" T'Challa kindly asks as he sits them at a conference table. "We had eyes on three super soldiers. We believe they sought refuge here away from prying eyes and we need to bring them in." Ross handed him three files with the names J. Barnes, S. Rogers, and K. Schmidt. T'Challa picks them up and skims them over to read in detail later. "I have not seen them. If they came here illegally, my people would have noticed them." T'Challa responds and they seem understanding at the obvious fact. "According to The Records, they need to be brought in for research." Ross states before adding "Especially the girl."
T'Challa's P.O.V
It is sickening to read what the research plans have in store for these children. I have seen the room they were to be kept in. When I learned that they were victims of Hydra's torture and that B.J was liberated more than once from their darkness, I knew they had to be kept hidden. "If they do come here, you need to tell us. They are dangerous and loose canons." Tony said looking at his phone. I beg to differ only knowing them for a day, but I keep my thoughts to myself. I send them off and they fly out back to wherever they came from. It's worrisome though to think that they have suspicion on me for hiding the ones who are good and fought for freedoms the governments around the world want. The Records are laws of war, not laws of peace. Why limit heroes and not the criminals? Because criminals break laws, that is why they are called criminals. I only figured it out after reviewing them.
Wanda's P.O.V
We just hide in the family stall hoping that T'Challa will tell us it's safe. Tony scares me. I thought I could trust him, but instead he puts me in a cage with my jailers strapping me in a straight jacket and a shock collar like a mad man. The teenagers look scared. I can sympathize with them in their justified fears. "I heard they would test us with chemicals." Kurt said quietly. B.J shivered rather violently and balled in a corner. I don't know what she had gone through in her days as a captive in Hydra. "B.J, we always get out of trouble together. We'll be okay." Sammy sits next to her and holds her hand. Kurt does the same and stays close to them. "He's gone. Go to the hiding place and stay with Captain." I answer the text on my phone and we leave after grabbing a few more things. B.J lifts her black hood and covers her face. Her jacket is black with grey wings on the back. Sammy and Kurt stay close to her. I stay close to them. In just a year, I felt like I can't lose the boys like I did Peitro. We have grown close over the year and they welcome me like an older sister just as B.J is like their little sister.
We quickly get to the tree and see the soldiers sitting in a spot together. Bucky looks frightened and B.J notices it too. She sits by him and says calm words to him in Russian. I asked Natasha to teach me some and I was a quick learner. "What do you see?" She asks him calmly. Bucky's eyes move quickly around his surroundings before he answers "Base in Belarus. Arnim is there." I know Arnim Zola was a Hydra scientist. He was the one who brought Hydra into The States and it infected S.H.I.E.L.D when it began. "We're okay. See?" B.J looks at him and then points to birds and lemurs around us. Bucky nods and relaxes. "It helps to ask what he sees. Sometimes he'll answer." B.J informs Steve in English. Steve nods and lets Bucky relax with B.J sitting next to him. "How long do we stay here?" Sammy asks as I sit with my new book. "I'm not sure. Just don't do anything stupid." Steve tells the boys and gets hit in the head with a ball. "Sorry." Kurt runs over and grabs his ball before it falls over the edge.
Steve's P.O.V
Bucky's doing better with B.J keeping a conversation with him. I just watch the boys play soccer up on a thick branch as the two talk on another branch. Wanda read on another branch to avoid any interruptions from the soccer game. It's calm, letting them have their peace while they can. A leopard cub found its way to B.J's branch and starts trying to play with her. If a cub is here, so is its mother. "B.J, careful with him." Bucky sighs as she wrestles with the cub. "He's fine. His mom's above you watching. She doesn't look upset." B.J points up and we look up to see a content looking female leopard. She was stunning in black fur and her piercing green eyes. She didn't look angry or aggressive. She looks okay with things and just watches as her cub places with B.J. T'Challa walks up with his body guard and some food about two hours later. It's dark out and the female leopard went on her hunt. "Are the cats always this friendly?" Sam had come up too and saw B.J napping with the cub piled on her back napping. "Most of them. They pick and chose who to be around and no one pays them much grief." T'Challa said as the female comes up and purrs around the king as she carried a small deer thing.
She calls her cub and he calls back. "Vicky is the mother." The guard drops her load onto a pulley and watches as the cub eats before his mother. "What's the cub called?" Bucky asked looking down from his perch. "He hasn't gotten a name yet." The guard replies getting the pulley ready for use. It was sort of a scene to see them sitting around the big cats like that. Another mother with twin cubs walks down with their catch. All the cubs then tackle B.J and she wakes up to them licking her. "Help! I'm being tackled by big kittens!" B.J laughs as Bucky just smiles. I guess she's ticklish and he's trying to find a way to keep the memory permanent. "Lizzie is Vicky's sister. They share a territory." T'Challa starts climbing up and leaving Sam in the dust. His guard had to carry Sam up to us. We hear something and freeze. A large male runs in and hides behind T'Challa scared and angry. "Knew it." Tony flies in and the kids run off with the big cats. "Why are you harboring criminals?" Tony asks T'Challa. Bucky got tense and he's shifting to run away. "Because these 'criminals' are victims of Zemo's anger and Hydra's Hell." T'Challa responds and stands up. His guard takes up a knife from a sheath hidden behind her back.
"I can let them slide, but I need the kids." Tony starts flying off and I notice Bucky had grabbed a pretty big stick. "You take my daughter away and I will make sure you see something else." Bucky warns and he shows the stick. Tony just lets his helmet retract and looks at Bucky like the man is stupid. "'Daughter'? Isn't she a lab rat made out of a test tube?" That was cold. Bucky only gets angrier, but amazingly he just calms down. "She is more than what you think." Bucky growls and lowers the stick, looking past Tony. I see what he sees. A large leopard is stalking Tony for some reason. "Alpha likes the kids. He was watching from afar as they played with his cubs." T'Challa's guard says coolly. She looks ready for a hunt too. Wanda is on her guard nervous and afraid. I can't blame her for her fear. What the government did to her, I would be afraid too. "Alpha?" Tony asks just as the leopard lunges and pins him down in his rage. Alpha snarls and glares at Tony, but not attacking nor maiming the man. Tony looks a bit stunned, but he just blasts the beast away before flying up again. "Don't go after them, Stark." Sam warns him and takes up a rock he had in his pocket. "Why? Two of them are actual humans and B.J is a lab experiment by Hydra." Tony puts his helmet on and flies off. Bucky and I go after him. "Barnes, wait!" T'Challa runs behind us and he throws something to Bucky. It's a new arm.
