After so many years of assassination attempts, kidnappings, and other types of attacks, he liked to believe that he had developed some type of early warning system for such situations. So when he received messages from DIANA and JARVIS at the same time, he knew something had gone wrong.

He nearly flew off after reading the first message. There was a possibility of Nela getting hurt, but that she was suffering from bone fracture was not something he was okay with. Only the fact that she would be okay stopped him from rushing towards the med bay. The second message froze his body and thoughts completely.

Morgan was hurt.

Pepper was unconscious.

Those thoughts just kept on repeating in an endless loop. And each time he spiraled deeper and deeper into the well of anger and self-hate all three of his girls were hurt and he couldn't do anything. HIS GIRLS WERE HURT.

His mind blanked out. He couldn't see, couldn't breathe. Darkness was surrounding him, he needed to get out of the suit. But his body was not responding. He tried to speak with JARVIS, but his mouth didn't even open. Fortunately, his old friend spoke up, but for the first time in his entire life, JARVIS's tone was scared and hysterical at the same time.

"Sir, You need to talk to FRIDAY. She is going to destroy Wakanda. You have to stop her right now."

The tone did it. His mind started working again and his body was back in his control.

"FRIDAY, stop."

There was no response. He tried again.

"FRIDAY listen to me. We need to take care of Morgan and Pepper first. They need you more than you need to take revenge."

FRIDAY was silent for sometime before speaking. If the situation was not so serious, he would have laughed at the A.I.'s petulant like tone it proved she was a definitely Stark, she sounded like Morgan when it was nap time, when she finally did reply.

"But they hurt Morgan."

"I know. And we will deal with whoever did it, but not right now."

"I know who did, Mr. Stark."

"Until you have solid proof, you don't, FRIDAY. You need to find exactly who is responsible for this."

"And when I do, Mr. Stark? Then what?"

He was silent for a few seconds, before finally giving in to his raging desire.

"Then they will have the honor of meeting the merchant of death personally."

Rhodey's faceplate opened as he stepped forward.
Tony didn't know that everyone in the group had heard the exchange between him and FRIDAY, and Rhodey knew that tone in Tony's voice. Academic, military, and business careers have been destroyed due to that tone. The ten rings were wiped off the face of the earth because of that tone. Obadiah Stane was known as a traitor and a terrorist because of that tone.

"Tones.."

He lifted his hand up anger evident in both his voice and every line of his body.

"No Rhodey, Two of my daughters are hurt because of whoever it was. Pep is still unconscious. This could have killed us and all of New York City as well. We were lucky that FRIDAY was able to take control over immediately..."

FRIDAY interrupted him. This time along with anger, there was sadness in her tone.

"I did not, Mr. Stark. VERONICA did. She took over all the suits while trying to wake me up."

Even as he knew the answer, he somehow formed the question, hoping he was wrong.

"Is she ok?"

FRIDAY replied after a long time.

"She sacrificed herself to wake me up. Her primary servers overheated and blew up."

He tried to control the emotions that tried to overtake him.

"The backups..."

"Any of us must activate a backup if their primary server is in danger, to survive. She didn't have time."

The emotions that he was trying to stop, flew over. Numbness spread through him, as he remembered all the time he had spent with VERONICA. They had made designs to modify her module, the Hulk buster armor. The A.I. had been the most formal of all her siblings, and now she was dead. No one except for a few people will ever remember her.

JARVIS's voice caught his attention again.

"Sir, Mrs. May Parker is requesting your presence at the mansion. Little miss has not stopped crying and is not leaving Ms. Potts alone."

Everything snapped back in its place as his mind focused on the news about his daughter. JARVIS being as efficient as always had already initiated flight procedures. He hesitated a bit, seeing all the things to be handled here, but his oldest friend came to the rescue. Rhodey had already steeped out of the Warmachine armor when he started speaking.

"Go. I will handle everything here. Your girls need you more than we do."

He nodded and lifted off. On the way, he asked FRIDAY to move Nela to the mansion as soon as it was feasible.

Rhodey looked over at the so-called team and saw their expressions. Nat looked concerned but tried to hide it. Clint was pissed, most likely because Morgan got hurt. The Hulk was asking who hurt Tiny Tinman and the red lady and if Bruce was needed. The 'Captain' was not saying a word but the look on his face said it all. There were disbelief, anger, and petulance all wrapped up with a stubborn set to his jaw like he was grinding his teeth instead of opening his mouth. As long as Steve was keeping his mouth shut for now Rhodey didn't care what he thought. He would deal with it later, for now, he had a niece to check up on, a god to place under arrest, and a city to help put back together.

FRIDAY

Things were just starting to calm down and let people move around. Due to Nela's broken arm she couldn't fly the suite so she was sending a request to boss's helicopter pilot when a portal opened in the penthouse. She knew that Mordo was with Virgil and Colonel Rhodes, coordinating the rescue efforts, so this was someone else. Even though the penthouse was empty FRIDAY activated the lone mark 5 suit. FRIDAY was sure the person who came out was the Ancient One.

The eyes of the leader of masters of mystic arts immediately settled on the suit.

"FRIDAY?"

"Yes."

She hesitated for a moment.

I apologize, I am not sure how to address you."

"Don't worry about that. Being called the ancient one comes with its own problems. I need to meet the entire group, FRIDAY. Something unexpected has happened. Could you ask them all to assemble at the mansion tommorow during the dinner?"

She immediately checked the status of every person in the group. Everyone was in the same state as FRIDAY expected them to be.

"Is there a problem?"

"No, I don't believe so. But it's something that will affect your and Anthony Stark's plan for the future."

FRIDAY was silent for a few seconds before replying.

"I will inform all of them. Should I inform Mordo about your visit now?"

"No, let him help. I will meet him tonight."

With that, the ancient one walked out in the portal. FRIDAY sent a general message to the entire group to meet at the mansion later, without telling the reason. Then she started gaining access to each and every system of Wakanda. She will need them soon.

As soon as Boss arrived at the mansion, FRIDAY dispatched one of the nanotech suits towards the continent of Africa. Even as he was rushing towards the medical room, Boss inquired about the suit activating the stealth technology and taking off. She assured him of answering that later.

In the medical room, a heavy silence was present, broken only by Ben and Penny's attempt to console Morgan. Mrs. Parker had already done an x-ray of Morgan's hand and her suspicions had been confirmed. Morgan had a fracture in her right arm just above her palm.

FRIDAY had to control her emotions once again while Mrs. Parker requested the materials for a cast.
FRIDAY had a better option.

"No need for plaster, Mrs. Parker. A custom-designed cast for Morgan will be printed in the 3D printer in Mr. Stark's lab in 26 minutes."

FRIDAY tried to get her sister to calm down.

"I can even make it pretty colors or have it match Nela."

"Great. I need to move Pepper to the hospital. Her head injury may be worse than it looks. We need to do some tests to find out her actual diagnosis."

Boss chose that moment to enter the room and conversation.

"No need, May. The equipment you need for a CT scan and MRI are available in Brucie's lab. Both of our personal doctors are already being flown in along with Nela."

"Okay. Sit down, Tony. You are bleeding from some places too. Ben, help me."

Boss, who was consoling Morgan by this time, sat down obediently on Boss lady's bed at her commanding tone. While he was consoling her sister, his eyes were fixed on Boss lady. Along with anger, and tiredness, FRIDAY was sure that there was a determined expression on his face. But as the parkers bandaged his injuries, he didn't say anything.

BY 5:30 pm, things had settled down. FRIDAY had abandoned her initial plans and let SHIELD have the scepter and Loki. She would deal with them later. The social media handles she had made were trending now with the unique pictures. Rescue efforts had started in full force and the Stark tower was acting as the headquarters for all operations, for the time being. The military and other government forces had started taking everything over, freeing her siblings of some of their workloads.

In the mansion, Nela and Morgan were now sleeping on a large bed, curled up together with casts of the same color and design on their right hands. Virgil, Mordo, and Colonel Rhodes were en route to the mansion after appointing Mr. Ben Parker as in charge of everything there. Mrs. May parker had also left for her hospital, leaving penny at the mansion. Dr. Banner had arrived along with Nela and was now going through Morgan's reports with Ms. Ross, as the fracture in her arm was healing faster than it was expected to.

FRIDAY was talking to now awake Boss lady when Boss addressed her from his lab.

"FRIDAY, is the suit there?"

She didn't respond for a few seconds, wondering how he came to that conclusion.

"Yes, Mr. Stark."

"Who are you planning to talk to?"

"Talk to, Mr. Stark?"

"Don't insult my intelligence, Fri. The suit can't do anything that you won't be able to do without it, except for using it to talk to someone."

She was silent for a few more seconds before answering.

"King T'chaka and Queen Ramonda of Wakanda."

"What's the time there right now?"

"It near midnight, Mr. Stark."

This time the silence was from his side. He released a deep breath after a few seconds and spoke.

"Are you sure, FRIDAY?"

She knew what he was talking about.

"Yes, Mr. Stark. The attempt was made from Prince T'challa's personal systems."

"Did he have help? His sister maybe? How old is she now?"

"No. Shuri did not participate in it. She is 12 years of age right now."

He was silent for more than 2 minutes this time.

"Very well. Project me too when you talk to them."

"Mr. Star.."

"No, FRIDAY. This requires my presence too. Due to their son's actions, my daughters were hurt. The woman I love was hurt. They will not be dealing with you only."

"No, they will be dealing with the sister, Father, and mother of people who got hurt because of their son."

Boss lady entered the lab as she spoke. Sitting down next to now flustered boss, she kissed his cheek lightly.

Boss whispered as he pulled her close, letting her rest against his side.

"We will talk later."

Boss lady turned to face the holographic camera.

"Let's talk to the leaders of the last real monarchy in the world, FRIDAY."

T'CHAKA

He was sitting on his bed and reading a report on the alien attack in New York when he heard a sound. It seemed like the sound of his suit forming, but there was something different. Before he could move, the lights of his entire room switched on. He tried looking for any sign of danger, but couldn't see anything that caused the alarm. As he turned to wake his wife, some sort of disturbance at the corner of his room caught his eye. A small device was rapidly forming out of nothing. Pressing an emergency button on the side of the bed, he started standing up. A female voice stopped him in between.

"I would advise you to remain seated, King T'chaka."

He looked towards the now complete device.

"Who are you? Show yourself."

"In a few seconds. Please wake up your wife. There are some things you both need to know."

Wondering why the Dora Milaje had not entered the room, he woke up his wife. She opened her eyes with confusion evident on her face but immediately became alert after seeing him. The voice spoke again.

"Good evening, Queen Ramonda. I apologize for disturbing both of you, but an essential matter needs to be discussed, and I could not wait for the morning."

Before either of them could reply, three holographs started to form before their bed. He immediately recognized two of them. There was a small amount of anger in his voice now.

"Mr. Stark, Ms. Potts wha..."

The expression on all three faces stopped him from completing the sentence. All three of them were angry, and dangerous, considering who two of them were. The third holograph spoke up. It had the same voice as before.

"Everything will be clear once the video completes. The Dora Milaje has been informed to not disturb you for the rest of the night. Please focus your attention on the Tv screen."

On the large tv in front of them, a video started playing. It showed a silver Iron man suit taking off from a destroyed room.

FRIDAY

Since she had edited a large part of the video out, the length of the video had decreased to a mere 1 hour. It took 30 more minutes to show everything that had happened in this dimension. FRIDAY broke the silence that had spread after the video ended.

"The attack which disabled us earlier originated from your son's computer systems, King T'challa."

The King's eyes focused on her hologram, but he didn't say anything, So FRIDAY continued.

"Due to his actions, one of my sisters died. Another, a child of 5 years has her hand broken, Ms. Stark too. Ms. Potts nearly avoided a brain injury and is suffering from a concussion. If not for my sisters, the invasion would have much worse results. All because your son considered an alien invasion a good time to hack into SI servers."

Boss spoke up after her.

"I consider all of them my daughters, your majesty, no matter their birth condition. So you can understand how I felt when two of my daughters and my girlfriend got hurt, and one of my daughters died because of one man."

She was sure Boss lady was trying to stop herself from smiling. King T'chaka spoke up after some time.

"What do you want from me?"

FRIDAY knew immediately that the conversation was not going to be easy from now on. She replied first. not allowing boss or boss lady to speak.

"Prince T'challa cannot inherit the position of Black Panther, King T'chaka. He and his alternate self have repeatedly shown a large amount of selfishness and disregard for others. As you saw, his alternate self helped heal the winter soldier, but never provided any type of cure for Colonel Rhodes, who was fighting right along with him. He gave refuge to criminals, and only considered what their actions were towards them."

"He did the right thing in offering the refuge for Sgt. Barnes."

"Did he? Yes, Sgt. Barnes was not responsible for your death, but he was responsible for a lot of others. He also left Boss behind in Siberia, who would have died if not for me."

There was a strong silence once again in the room. When King T'chaka spoke, there was a pride in his voice.

"And what if I do not remove him from the succession. What can you do?"

FRIDAY was done with undeserved pride of people who she considered nothing more than cowards. She decided to layout most of her cards on the table.

"I will start with destroying the cave of magical herb. The force field surrounding Wakanda will be brought down an hour after that. I will also disable each and every weapon system, transportation system, and computer systems the country has. Every country, organization, company that Wakanda had spies in, will get a notification of details and work of your spies. All the information people Wakanda has killed to maintain it's secrecy will be given to the respective governments. If prince T'chalaa steps out of this country a single time in his life, he will die.
All information about the technology and vibranium your country has ever copied or stolen will be leaked on the internet. Wouldn't that be fair King T'chaka, considering your son calls Mr. Stark 'son of a thief' when it's Wakanda itself who had been stealing all the time? After all Howard Stark bought the metal legally from a fisherman who found it off the African coast. At no time did he steal it. Or I could just ensure that you become a truly isolated nation. I can seal off your borders completely. None of your citizens would be able to leave for any case. You will truly be an isolated country, not the excuse you people use to keep your advancement to yourself. We will finally be able to see exactly how powerful Wakanda is. And don't doubt me King T'chaka. I have already destroyed your son's lab before we started this conversation. Keep your fake pride, and you and your country will pay for it."

By the time she stopped speaking, both the royals had a pale face, while boss and boss lady looked concerned. Boss lady spoke up soon after.

"And after that SI will start taking legal actions against the 52 spies of Wakanda in SI, and against Prince T'challa for attempting to access information about weapons used by armed forces of different countries. I assume you understand how different governments will take it. And SI has a lot of political capital, your majesty. Much more than Wakanda would ever have without giving out your wonder metal."

Queen Ramonda replied instead of her husband.

"A lot of people will die due to your actions. Would you condemn them to such all for the sake of justice, FRIDAY? is that what we can expect from you, Mr. Stark?"

FRIDAY answered first.

"Yes, Queen Ramonda. I will. And it won't be only for justice for the murder of my sister. It will also be to remove a person who may be responsible for harming Morgan in the future from a powerful position. Prince T'challa already has an inferior view of Boss and Boss lady, not to mention what he thinks as a Wakanda about people of other countries. I am sure you can remember your and King T'chaka's attempt to teach him politics in past years and his reaction to it. Even your 11-year-old daughter refers to anyone with white skin as 'Colonizers'."

Boss spoke up after her.

"Your country had done a lot of dishonorable actions in the past and gotten away with it, your majesty. Not anymore. Wakanda cannot dictate the lives of others as it wishes anymore."

Since no one said anything for some time, FRIDAY spoke up again.

"Please consider everything we have told you. The price we are asking you to pay is very small compared to what it should be, for murder, no matter how unintentional. Ask your son what happened in the morning. We will meet you again at the same time tomorrow, for your decision and more discussion. I would also advise heavily against sharing anything that you have seen or heard tonight with anybody. The consequences could be disastrous for involved parties."

"You are blackmailing us. Wakanda will never forget this."

"I hope it does not, because It will give me a chance, King T'chaka. And that's all I will need."

With that the holographs faded away. The nanites deconstructed the device and slipped out of the window.