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Watchtower:
T'Challa and Arthur were touring the building when they suddenly heard the alarm go off.
"What's that?" The King of Wakada inquired as both he and the king of Atlantis ran over to a nearby computer monitor.
"That's our alert system for huge criminal activity all around the world, especially coming from our arch enemies." Arthur explained as he typed in a code.
"How many arch enemies do you guys have?" T'challa questioned as several different images appeared on the screen.
"Batman has the Joker, Superman has Lex Luthor and I have…" Arthur started to explain before the screen settled on one final image "Black Matta."
On the screen was the image of a man in a black diving suit with a strange helmet that made him look like an alien creature from the American movies that T'Challa used to watch when he was a little boy.
"What happened between the two of you?" T'challa asked very slowly and delicately.
"He and his old man tried to kill me after I stopped them from pirating. When the sub we were on flooded, I just left them there." Arthur recalled as a look of shame appeared on his face
T'Challa didn't know what to say to that before he decided to changed the subject with "What's he doing now?"
"He's robbing a navy base." Arthur answered as he continued with "I need to take care of business."
"Then, let me aid you." T'challa interjected as he added "Please. As a favor from one Warrior-King to another."
Arthur thought it over for a moment before he nodded his head in agreement.
A few seconds later, they hurried into the jet, took off from the Watchtower and headed towards Earth.
After what seemed to be a long time, they reached Earth and typed in Black Manta's signal in order to find him. A few minutes later, they landed at the navy base and Arthur said "I'll go out first, you go right behind me."
The king of the sea placed a communicator in T'Challa's right hand and added "If anything goes wrong, call the rest of the league."
With that, the two superheroes hurried out of the jet and began the search for Black Manta.
As they looked for him, T'Challa thought This like teaming up with the Avengers to fight that madman all over again.
As Thantos entered his mind, Black Manta joined him as well as Klaw and Killmonger.
Now that I think about it, Black Manta does remind me of both men. I can only hope that Black Manta isn't so far gone that I can't reach him. The Warrior king thought to himself.
However, before he could continue to dwell on the matter, he was pulled out of his head as Arthur suddenly said "Stay here and keep an eye on the both of us."
T'Challa was about to ask him what he meant by that, but his question was answered when Arthur wordless gestured his head towards a navy officer being beaten up by none other than Black Manta!
T'Challa was about to jump in and help without a second thought, but Arthur held him back and whispered "You need to stay back just in case. I'll deal with him."
T'Challa was annoyed, but he did as he was told. As T'Challa watched the two men fight each other, he thought I'd hate to admit this, but Arthur is right. I don't know this world as much as he does. Plus, with me hidden in the shadows, I have the element of surprise.
However, before he could continue to think, he was brought out of his thoughts as he heard Arthur letting out a cry of pain as he fell towards the ground. As Black Manta was about to finish Arthur off, T'Challa leaped into action as he jumped right in front of Arthur and kicked the villain away. As he helped Arthur to his feet, T'Challa heard the villain demand "Who are you?!"
"I'm Black Panther." T'Challa answered as he took over the fight.
"Why are you fighting with him? Don't you know what he is and what he did to my family?" Black Manta questioned.
T'Challa felt his face harden underneath his mask as he uttered "I don't know what you're talking about. From my point of view, you're nothing but a murderer and a thief that tried to take the life of my new friend."
With that, the two of them resumed their battle. Black Manta kept on firing heat rays from his mask, while T'Challa continued to dodge them. T'Challa lunged for Black Manta's mask, but all he got was a huge burn on his hands.
It took everything that the King of Wakanda had not to cry out in pain. Sadly, Black Manta took the opportunity to try and knock him down. However, when he did that, the suit fired the energy that he used from that heat ray right back at him. T'Challa couldn't help, but smirk for a moment as he watched Black Manta flying backwards into a bunch of boxes.
Then, he was brought back to reality when Arthur interjected with "Let's make sure that he's only out cold, and not dead."
With that, the two superheroes hurried over to check up on the villain. To their relief, he was only knocked out cold.
"What do we do with him now?" T'Challa inquired.
"We take him to an American jail." Arthur answered.
With that, the two superheroes picked up Black Manta and carried him into the jet. Little did they know that when they put him inside, that their troubles were just beginning.
Sometime later, as Arthur was flying the jet to the nearest American jail, T'Challa kept glancing at Black Manta every so often and he still seemed to be unconscious. After finishing looking Black Manta over, T'Challa turned to face Arthur again as he asked "What do you do in your spare time when you're not fighting crime or ruling your kingdom?"
"I get no breaks from ruling. I rule 24/7 and the only time I get a break from either of those things is when I'm going to bed." Arthur answered.
"That's the only time that I get a break too, only I watch tv from my wrists while in bed." T'Challa replied.
"Did they invent wrist phones in your kingdom or something?" Arthur asked in confusion.
"Actually…" T'Challa started to say, but what kind of history lesson or who invented wrist streaming in Wakanda, Arthur never found out. For a few seconds later, Black Manta suddenly jumped up from the back seat and began to attack both superheroes at once in a clear attempt to take control of the jet. All three men let out cries of shock and anger, before Arthur yelled "I'll deal with him! You land this plane safely!"
Not wanting to argue and waste time, T'Challa quickly went to work on trying to find a safe spot to land. Sadly, fate didn't seem to be kind to the pair as there was no land for them in sight. This unfortunately left him with no other choice.
T'Challa called out to Arthur as he explained "I'm afraid there's nowhere for us to land, but the ocean."
At his words, both Arthur and Black Manta stopped fighting and looked at the king of Wakada in disbelief, with Arthur even muttering "I'm sorry?"
"We're going to have to land into the ocean." T'Challa repeated, still unable to believe that he was uttering these words, again.
Sadly, that seemed to only increase Black Manta's resolve to kill them all and he quickly resumed fighting with Arthur for the controls. Arthur was doing an excellent job, but T'Challa knew that he had to land the plane safely and quickly. After what seemed to be an eternity, he found a soft spot to land. The King of Wakanda took a deep breath as he landed the plane in the sea. He quickly opened the escape hatch and hoped that Arthur and Black Manta would stop fighting and escape now. However, while the king of Atlantis had his priorities straight, Black Manta's were off. As Arthur tried to follow T'Challa out of the sinking plane, Black Manta grabbed Arthur tightly like he would never let go.
"I know that you're scared and angry, but if you don't let go of Arthur and get out of the plane, you'll both drown." T'Challa explained in a gentle manner.
"That's the idea." Black Manta answered with an evil grin.
"Are you crazy?! If you don't let go, we'll both drown!" Arthur pleaded.
"Then I'll be taking you with me." Black Manta replied with clear glee.
Realizing that the desire for vengeance had consumed him, the King of Wakanda decided that he had no choice but to beat him off of Arthur.
With a sigh and heavy heart, he leapt into action. Sadly, T'Challa realized that he had no choice but to let this pirate drown. If not, he might keep going after Arthur, his friends, his subjects, his fellow superheroes and especially his family. T'Challa threw everything that he could at the pirate. Black Manta didn't stop fighting, but he did let go of Arthur. With one push, the King of Wakanda was able to shove Black Manta off of him and into the sea.
Not wasting another second, Arthur stuck his head underwater and called for some whales to come and help them. A few seconds later, a whale came and carried them away to safety.
"Hey! What about me?" Black Manta cried out.
"Let the sea show you mercy." Arthur answered as the whale began to carry him and T'Challa away.
Black Manta tried to swim after them, but he couldn't catch up.
Once he was out of sight, T'Challa turned to Arthur and asked "What if he comes back and wants revenge again?"
"The odds of him surviving this are very slim." Arthur answered.
"He survived drowning before." The King of Wakanda pointed out.
Arthur frowned at his friend's words before he replied with "I'll send out a search party after my men come and get us."
"Who said anything about only men coming to get you?" Came the playful voice of his girlfriend Mera.
At the sound of her voice, both Arthur and T'Challa looked up to see a ship of Atlantis rising out of the ocean. As soon as it was near the whale, the ship parked itself beside the creature as the roof opened up to reveal Mera.
As soon as he saw her, Arthur jumped off the whale and onto the ship. He lifted Mera in his arms as he whispered "Let's go home."
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