I think that last chapter was way too short, oh by the way pay close attention to this chapter.
SHIELD HELICARRIER
The Helicarrier of SHIELD was flying above the New York City harbor, and inside was the Director "How the hell did he get to Wakanda?" Tony asked behind his desk in full Iron Man armor, he was speaking to both Wonder Man and the Wasp, "We don't know, our recordings were destroyed when the tower fell." Wonder Man said, "But the agents who were guarding him said Strange appeared and teleported them out, so our leads are magical teleportation?"
"Who do we have on that?" Tony asked "Well Shield always lacked in the magical department unless Strange was involved, but-" Iron Man smashed his iron fist down on the table "Enough." he sighed tapping his bandaged up fingers which seeped blood from the smash "How much longer till Carol and Rhodey in Wakanda "Uh…. shouldn't we just go through the embassy?" Wonder Man asked, "I'm not naive, if they know we know, it's pointless to go through the bureaucracy."
A sudden pause came when Iron Man then asked "What?"
"How are you moving?" Wonder Man asked.
"Ugh, I gave my body sedatives to keep me numb from the neck down, my suits helmet has been refitted with neuroheadset which makes the suit move for me." he explained, "Alright, thanks guys I'll handle T'challa when Carol and Rhodey get there."
WAKANDA
War Machine and Miss Marvel flew over the golden city to the royal palace, when they "Carol, Rhodey." He said through his suits communication system ending the conversation
Half the world away T'Challa aka the Black Panther and ruler of the nation they were in, he was sitting across a table from War Machine and Ms. Marvel "Your Highness can you hear me?" Tony asked trying to be respectful "Let's not stand on ceremony Tony." T'Challa said back to Tony through War Machines speaker "Fine, besides the hundreds of federal laws he's broken, Adrian Parker has been infected with a dangerous alien symbiote which is controlling him." Tony said, "Remember when Spider-Man wore that black suit which turned him into a jerk, it's this but worse." Tony explained, "I see." T'Challa said, "However the boy is currently in medical treatment, he was dehydrated, and wounded by wild animals." T'Challa said to them.
"Allow my people to finish their treatment, and scans, perhaps we will something we can help with before I make a decision." T'Challa offered, Tony didn't say anything at first "... Only if you allow both Captain Danver and Colonel Rhodes to remain in Wakanda for security purposes, agreed?" Tony countered "Not agreed, but I will give you an answer soon." T'Challa said back to him. On the other side of the world, Tony sighed "We hope to hear from you soon, Carol, Rhodey you're done here."
LATER
Black Panther watched Ms. Marvel and War Machine fly away off into the distance, he turned to leave and walked back into the palace. He passed by the various members of his royal guard known the world as the Dora Milaje. The most respected, skilled, beautiful and feared elite guard on the planet. They wore wakandan armor that was both colorful and flexible for them. They all had shaved heads with dark skin like the majority of people on the continent.
He passed by two guarding a door who saluted him, down the hall a man wearing a white lab coat that covered his whole body with glasses on and a trimmed goatee "Ah your majesty." The man said walking up to him "Doctor Adewale, how was the patient?" The King asked before the doctor held up a see through tablet "Stitched up, but out scans of his inner workings reported multiple... anomalies."
"Anomalies?" The Black Panther asked taking the tablet "Yes, we located SHIELDS nanobot like the boy said, then of course we found this." The Doctor said changing the image to show the black and red symbiotic not just in around his chest but reaching up and down his spine and even onto his limbs "What in the panthers name is that?" He asked "We wondered that as well, thankfully Queen Ororos time at her old school allowed her... private access." The Doctor said putting into simpler terms "Yes, she told me of his condition, what do we know about the symbiotes."
The doctor started to pull up the various images and recordings of Venom and Carnage as well as other incidents. "Alien in origin, the symbiotes bonds to a host feeding off then rheum amplifying aggressive emotions to survive and giving them superhuman abilities, primarily related to Spider-Man and the original symbiotes known as Venom."
"Is this not also Venom or is it Carnage?" Black Panther asked handing back the tablet "Neither it seems, both our patient and Queen said the symbiotes has already become self aware and given itself a name, Ruin."
The king froze hands behind his back "Can it be removed?" He asked
"Yes and no." The Doctor said as he showed the Black Panther something none of the other scans had shown, "... I see." T'Challa said looking at it "Where is he now?" The king asked as the Doctor put away the medical report "We have him a room on the next floor to rest, I asked two of his highness Dora Milaje to guard him."
High highness nodded "Good work Doctor, I will call for you when needed but let this information stay between us, for now."
"Of course your highness." The Doctor said letting the king go on his way. Later, T'Challa walked into the next level of the palace toward a large door guarded by two of his amazonian guards. They saluted as soon as they saw him "How is he?" he asked "We do not know beloved, he has not made a sound since he entered."
"Is he asleep?" T'Challa asked before he opened the door, to see the room was totally empty, the windows were closed the bed wasn't even touched, a tray of food was sitting on the table untouched. The meal was literally fit for T'Challa, smoked boar, with fruit from the finest farms in Wakanda and a cup of milk. He saw the orange dashiki hoodie on the floor, he picked it up and looked at the ratty old piece of orange as his guards looked inside "He's escaped." one of the kings royal guards said coming in behind him when T'Challa noticed a vent open "Interesting." the king said "Find out where is he is." he ordered his guards. One of the women held up her wrist and pulled up a holographic screen showing a layout of the palace "... We have an intruder in the royal training room, I'll dispatch guards imm-" "No need, I will see how he is doing myself."
Black Panther walked out of the guest room and through the halls of his palace servants and guards bowing as he walked by, other members of the royal court doing the same when he passed.
T'challa walked into the training room and saw Adrian kicking and striking at a punching bag that kept swinging back and forth from every punch, T'challa walked into the training hall as Adrian kept punching. He had It had shield with spears rossed under them, the back wall was a glass window that looked out on the golden city letting in sunlight. The lights however were off and Adrian stood in the shaded parts continuing to train with the punching bag, finally he swung his leg around so hard it sent the bag down the railing it was attached to for the Black Panther to stop with one hand "You should be resting." T'challa said "I don't need rest." Adrian said back annoyed walking over to the bag.
"I saw you didn't touch your food." T'challa said as Adrian took the bag and moved it back to the original spot and started to hit it again "Not hungry." Adrian said abruptly "Your more liable to hurt yourself without your powers to catch up." T'challa said seeing his mostly wrapped up body could use some band aids on his knuckles.
The Black Panther watched him for a second "If your going to train, you should at least train properly." he said walking toward the bag and holding it "I've seen newsreels of you and your father in combat, the spider powers you possess allow for more creativity and room for adaptation, but without them." T'Challa moved the bag out of the way and caught the boys arm and twisted it making him grit his teeth but not yell in pain.
Adrian looked up and shoved his foot behind T'Challas and pushed trying to trip him but the King planted his foot firmly "Sweeping someone's feet is a good way to get out of this kind of hold, but not when they have a vibranium laced suit and are older and stronger than you." T'Challa said pressing hish hand down on Jerichos shoulder stretching his arm making him grunt "Just because you can take great pain doesn't make you strong." T'Challa said before spinning the boy around and letting go making him stumble to the edge of the ring.
"Now." T'Challa said holding up one arm with the other behind his back "Show me what you can do."
Adrian held up both fists and rushed him arms under his chest before he leapt up with a knee. T'Challa side stepped out of the way but Adrian came back punching forward with both arms while the Black Panther blocked each punch with one arm or deflected them before Adrian lifted up his leg "Wrong." the Black Panther said catching his leg and shoving him back making him hit the training matt hard. The boy groaned as he felt the wounds on his back burn from the sudden movement. Adrian got to his feet slowly but surely to T'Challa's extended hand "Enough, you need rest before you can train."
"If I didn't have this stupid thing in my neck I'd be fine." Adrian said holding onto his neck knowing the nanobot was still there "If that were true you wouldn't even be you."
"What?" Adrian asked, "If your done fighting your mortal enemy the punching bag, follow me and find out."
Adrian grabbed his orange dashiki shirt and followed the King of Wakanda out of the training room, "Ororo informed me of what they found at the institute, however our scans of what the nanobot in your neck is doing to it has changed things."
"Changed how?" the boy asked "The Spintech is made to disrupt a person's powers, and this one is specifically designed for you, your DNA." he said as they came to a long hallway with wall on one side and open window on the other "The symbiote however isn't your DNA and is at the same time it is."
"I must have missed that class in biology." Adrian said sarcastically "You told the doctor that when you were in trouble the symbiote took control before the nanobot electrocuted you and it?" T'Challa asked him stopping and turning around "Pretty much, hurt like crazy." Adrian replied "We can remove the nanobot, however…" T'challa said trailing off, "However if we do, the nanobot won't be able to stop the Symbiote from consuming you."
LATER, NEW YORK
DOCTOR STRANGE'S SANCTUM
Doctor Strange was sitting above the floor in his own study, speaking through a magical portal to Wakanda, on the other side the Black Panther. "I see, you told the boy this?" Strange asked "I did, it is his body after all." T'Challa said on the other end of the magical line. Strange scratched his goatee covered face "I'll inform Peter, he'll want to be apart of the decision."
"Where is Spider-Man if I may ask?" T'Challa asked the sorcerer supreme who had gone silent "He's indisposed."
T'Challa cocked a brow "I'd think Parker would come running as soon as I told you we found his son."
"It's not my place to say T'Challa, things have become more complicated here and for Peter." Dr. Strange said as T'Challa sighed "Very well, please inform him of the situation, where ever he is."
In another part of New York A Black suited Spider-Man swung across the rooftops of Manhattan sticking to the shadows till he came to a small building. Crawling down the side of the wall he opened a vent in the side and slid into the building. The inside was a nice apartment, it was clean and the lights were off. The walls had multiple family photos of an Indian family from New York to New Dehli.
Spider-Man looked around the apartment moving quietly on the wooden floors before he made the floor creak.
Better stick to the walls.
Spider-Man stuck both hands and feet onto the walls and headed down a narrow hallway to a dark wooden door and opened it. The inside was an office of some kind. Various diplomas and degrees in medicine hung from the wall. As well as a Hindu shrine next to a small TV.
Where are you?
He started to open the drawers on the desk but couldn't seem to find what he was looking for when he heard a light switch come on followed by light flooding the room. The web head spun around ready for anything to see a short boy with black hair and eyes with dark skin "Spider-Man... what are you doing in our house?" The boy asked. Before he could answer, Spider-Man saw a door in the hallway swing open and two people come out.
One was a slender woman wearing a heavy pink robe the other a man Spider-Man had met before in white pajamas "Dr. Mattel." Spider-Man said seeing him. Dr. Mattel was the Doctor Adrian and I went to to do the blood test. I never looked at the results, I never wanted to until now. "Take the boy back to his room." Dr. Mattel said to his wife before he walked into the office and shut the door. "I knew this day would come, I knew someone would come looking for the information." Mattel said as he walked over to one of his degrees and took it off the wall to reveal a vault "I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble." Spider-Man said to him "There won't be any trouble after your gone." He said opening the safe and pulling out a file with the name Parker on it. "Is that-" "The results, yes." Mattel said handing him the sealed documents.
Spider-Man was shaking as he held the document before he headed to the nearest window "Thank you."
"What will you do if it turns out that he's not your son?" Mattel asked as Spider-Man as he looked at the envelope. Suddenly Spider-Man ripped open the envelop and took out the papers and looked at them.
What…. No…. I don't understand….
WAKANDA
Back on the other side of the world Black Panther walked into meeting room where War Machine and Ms. Marvel were speaking "Is he awake?" Carol asked "Yes, resting currently." The Black Panther said to her as he walked around the table not sitting down "Did your tests find anything we missed?" she asked.
"The symbiote has spread even deeper, but your nanobot has halted the infection putting it in a limbotic state." T'Challa said as Ms. Marvel looked at War Machine gapping "The Nanobot is what we use to subdue unregistered metahumans." War Machine explained "He's a bit young don't you agree?" T'Challa asked hands behind his back "Yes and no." Carol said stepping forward "And if it's alright with you your highness, let's dispense with the small talk, are you going to extradite him to us or not?" Ms. Marvel asked.
The Black Panther looked at her "I offered him amnesty and he accepted, as of now the boy is under the nation of Wakandas protection."
War Machine's expression was one of grief even though his face was hidden by the mask but Ms. Marvels was stern like stone "Well he's your problem now." She said as she started to leave "Tony isn't going to be happy." War Machine said to Carol as they walked out on the top of the palace and started to fly away "Then let Tony decide what to do next." Ms. Marvel said flying away with War Machine behind her.
Inside the safety of the palace, Adrian watched the two heroes fly away and he took a deep breath.
Well at least I got some time to breath.
"So who were they?" Adrian looked over to the food that had been set out for him to see Bob the spider eating a fly that had been trying to eat the fruit. "Where were you?" Adrian asked the spider who ripped the another fly in half and sucked it like a fruit snack "Like I said, cities have two many humans so I bolted." the spider said as he swallowed the rest of the fly. Adrian walked up to bob "What do you want from me?' Adrian asked the Spider who hesitated to answer "I don't meet a lot of talking spiders, so I'm guessing you're not just some random spider?" Adrian asked.
Bob swallowed the rest of his food "No, I'm not."
"So what are you?" the spider twiddled his two mandibles "Well, it's kind of hard to explain, especially here." the spider said looking over at a small statue of the panther god in the corner. The doorbell rang and Bob practically jumped, "That's my que, don't tell him I'm here and I promise I'll explain everything tonight." Bob said as Adrian looked at the door then back at Bob who was scurrying toward a small crack in the wall big enough for him to fit "What I-" Bob turned around "Trust me, once I tell you this will all make sense." Bob said looking at Adrian with all eight of his eyes before heading into the wall just as the door opened.
T'Challa walked in and saw Adrian standing there "... Is this a bad time?" he asked sensing something was off "No I just… I just thought you'd hand me over to them?" Adrian said.
The King sighed "I thought of it, it would save me a scolding from my advisors, but until then, rest, recover." he said walking up to Adrian and picking up some of the fruit that Adrian hadn't touched yet "I've yet to hear back from Dr. Strange or your father, so you may stay here as long as you like."
Adrian cocked his head "You mean as long as you like?" he said crossing his arms "No, stay or leave, but know without your powers and without me, it won't be long till Shield finds you." Black Panther said as he picked up and apple and took a bite "I'll be fine, I've been trained." Adrian said when the Black Panther snickered a bit "Ah yes, I recognized Wolverines handiwork, attack something enough times until it stops moving, very Ame- X-men." he said correcting himself as Adrian felt his cheeks get warm, T'challa started to eat the apple "Now if you'd like to continue hacking wildly at a punching bag the training room is down the hall to the left, or?" The Black Panther tossed Adrian the apple and he caught it "You can follow me and you can really learn how to really fight."
NEW YORK CITY
SANCTUM SANCTORUM
It was raining in Manhattan, dark thunder clouds poured down from the heavens while Dr. Strange as sitting in his 'office' which was more like a place between worlds surrounded by spells and incantations his hands and fingers moving rapidly as Luke Cage walked in "Any luck Doc?" Cage asked, he was wearing a dark grey hoodie with the sleeves torn off, a black shirt, jeans and big brown boots "There is hardly any luck in this Luke." Strange said "But to answer your question no, whatever took Adrian to Wakanda was sure to make it so anyone who tried to follow couldn't." Strange said as Dr. Strange summoned a portal and started to swipe hish and across it as if turning the page in a book every time he did a new area appeared. "I've been looking everywhere for the source, the negative zone, dark dimension, new jersey, and they all have found me wanting?"
Strange held up his fingers and snapped them turning off all the magic in the room even making him him stand on both legs instead of his usual levitating legs crossed look "Any word from Peter?" Strange asked.
"No, he turned off his cell and everything whatever he's doing he doesn't want our help, but he'll come back soon water and webs don't mix." Luke said making Strange turn around.
"It's not his help that I think he fears, its our restraint."
Suddenly the door opened and Iron Fist poked his head in "He's back."
Strange, Luke and Iron Fist headed downstairs where they saw Spider-Man walk in holding the paternity test in his head his whole body soaking wet. He peeled off his mask and walked over to the living room fireplace "Pete?" Luke asked before Spider-Man tossed the papers into the fire and watched them burn. Among the other avengers to enter the room were Clint and Logan along with the unmasked Ronin "What's happened whats going on?" Dr. Strange asked as Peter looked around his face white as if he had seen a ghost "Strange, I want you to tell T'Challa to keep Adrian in wakanda, I don't care how he does it but I want him to stay here." Peter said putting his mask back on.
"I will, however Peter would you like to talk to Adrian he's currently awake and I could-" "No." Peter said as he headed toward the stairs leaving the Avengers speechless.
"What was that all about?" Iron Fist asked looking back at the fire, Wolverine took out his claws and started to turn over the empires and stabbed a piece of paper and saw the words 'Paternity test-' before it was burned away into ash "I think our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man been pushed long enough?" Wolverine said retracting his claws "Why do you say that?" Luke Cage asked the short canadian mutant.
Wolverine shrugged "Just a feeling."
WAKANDA
The Black Panther and Adrian were standing across each other in the training room, Adrian looked across at the Black Panther who was still wearing his full black panther suit. Adrian was wearing dark black cut off pant with a white shirt tied around his waist. "Before you can be trained I must see what you already know, attack me… if you can." Adrian charged the Black Panther and leapt up to try and kick him but the Panther dodged him. Adrian fell forward and landed on both his hands rolling around keeping low before coming at him swinging his fists rapidly. "Hmmm I was told that you lived on your own till you were ten, am I correct?" T'Challa asked dodging the attacks blocking with a leg or one arm every so often.
"Yeah, so?" Adrian asked as he came back trying to jump and strike with higher kicks, punches and a knee. "Survival is a great motivator to understand combat." T'Challa said as he swatted away his attacks "I know how to fight if that's what your saying."
"Fight?" T'Challa asked catching his ankle and tossing the boy away like a rag doll "I've seen drunken brawls with more skill." Adrian gritted his teeth at the taunt he attacked again this time much faster. He punched, he kicked, he even slid through Kings legs and tried to attack him from behind but the king swung around and was already facing him "Slow down, your attacking to wildly." The Panther said as he held out one arm and started to block and deflect the boys punches. "Now you are to slow." T'Challa said under his mask before grabbing Adrians left arm and swinging his boot under the boys legs making him hit the training room floor hard. Adrian felt the air about to escape his lung and got up catching it "Remember why you are attacking enemies will be attacking you, be aware of what your opponent will do and expect to have to change your approach." T'Challa said with both hands behind his back "Now, again."
Adrian attacked again this time without wilde haymakers but instead throwing his fists at him from shoulder to follow through "Don't forget about your blindspot!" T'Challa said suddenly side stepping around the boy and kicking him to the floor again "Better." he said
"Better, you're kicking my ass." Adrian said agitated as he got up again spitting "Language, and you were more focused more precise, but you got lost in your instincts." The king said to him "My instincts help me all the time, it's called going with your gut?" Adrian asked "Your gut is currently infected with an alien symbiote, still think that's a good idea?"
The boy fell silent as the Black Panther walked up to him and suddenly pressed his foot into his making Adrian stand with planned feet "Always remember to plant your feet." he said before taking the same stance next to him "And when you strike." he said taking both his muscular arms up "Strike hard and fast!" He said throwing an open clawed punches with both hands. Adrian held up his arms and waited for the king to reset, when he drew his arms back he followed through and Adrian attempted to mirror. T'Challa noticed his copycatting "Do not try to throw your arms out, pace yourself." he instructed back to the boy. His highness held up his arms and started to make the same strikes but saying "1-2, 1-2, 1-2."
Having the vocal confirmation made Adrian slow down his mimicking and started to become more in sync with him "Do not forget, while your arms have your hands they are not the only weapon you have, 1-2-" T'Challa suddenly swung his leg up "-3!" He looked down at Adrian and saw the boy had his leg already up "Good."
T'Challa lowered his leg and loosened up before walking over to a wooden post with padding around it "Now I want you to strike this post with the same steps we just did."
"Just like that?" Adrian asked "You would prefer a different sparring partner?" T'Challa asked him "Uh yeah, I was fighting against killer robots at the X-mansion not some stupid piece of wood at least Wolverine understood that." T'Challa suddenly walked up to Adrian and towered over him "We are not at the X-Mansion, I am not wolverine, if you believe you do not need my training defeat me now and I will not only let you leave, I will have my people send you back New York tonight."
Hello ticket home!?
"But if I win, you listen to my wisdom and train as I tell you to train, do we have a deal?"
Adrian smiled "Deal but you-" before Adrian could finish he saw a blur of black before he leapt out of the way to see the Black Panther already on the attack "What's wrong I thought you said you knew how to fight boy?" the King hissed holding up his claws. Adrian took a fighting stance as he usually did and attacked, but this time the Black Panther didn't try to dodge or hold ups his arm to block instead he through a punch right Adrian who dropped down feeling the vibranium enlaced cloth just skid across his chin before Adrian slid behind the Black Panther.
I got him.
The young boy rolled over so he was directly behind the Black Panther he leapt up to attack but then the Black Panther did a backflip right over the boy.
No way!
T'Challa grabbed the back of Adrians head while he was in the air and the second he came down he smashed Adrian down into the floor pinning his arm with his foot and catching his free arm before he could wing it back "How…?" Adrian asked as he struggled against the hold "Experience, disciple, years of training, here in Wakanda the title of Black Panther is not given it is earned, if you cannot learn that then how can you expect to ever go from boy, to man."
Adrian continued to struggle, "There's no use in struggling, without your spider strength you are just as strong as every other ten year old-" "Eleven." Adrian hissed reminding them how old he was "Either way, you cannot win, fighting impossible odds may seem like courage but deep down it's only for the foolhardy." T'Challa said as the boy smirked.
"You don't get to New York a lot… do you." he said as he tried to jerk himself free, the Black Panther sighed before he let go of the back of Adrians head "Do you think that's why Captain America fought back against the Superhuman Registration Act?" Adrian suddenly froze his struggling body going limp, and the King saw he had struck a nerve "I know you had a fondness for him, many did, but Captain America was no fool."
"Shut up." Adrian said gripping the matt "Is that why you agreed to help Nick Fury, because he told you he'd help you change things?"
Adrian kept struggling this time with greater force "Said he'd train you, teach you how to hit Tony Stark where it hurts, all while you gathered intel that you'd use to bring down Stark and Shield?" The Black Panther asked "I said shut up." Adrian snapped "The truth hurts more then anything doesn't it?" he asked the young boy who kept pushing off the digging his nails into the floor gritting his teeth "Face it Adrian Parker all that you've been is a pawn."
"No!" Adrian yelled "I'm fighting for the same thing Cap fought for." Adrian yelled as T'Challa saw that his eyes started to go red and the symbiote moved within him "Captain America never fought to push his values on people, he fought to preserve his own, he stood for what he believed in he never allowed himself to be manipulated like a common whelp." T'Challa snapped into Adrians ear "Noooo!" Adrian screamed feeling the symbiote to start to take control and the Black Panther drew his palm back and struck him in the back of the head knocking him out making the symbiote become unconscious too.
LATER
Adrian awoke in the training room with the Black Panther sitting across from him legs crossed "What happened?" Adrian asked sitting up crossing his legs and grabbing onto one of his legs "The symbiote started to come out, I thought it better to knock you out rather than having that machine electrocute you."
"At least I didn't have to listen to you anymore." Adrian said feeling the back of his head as he sat up across from him "Do you think I'm wrong?" the King asked him.
"... I don't know." Adrian said looking at the floor curling his legs up "I've never had a hard time understanding adult stuff." Adrian said as he rubbed the spot on his neck where the nanobot was "I knew the registration act was going to change things, it wasn't because I thought I'd never be able to be Spider-Boy again, but I was worried I couldn't be me anymore."
The Black Panther cocked his head before leaning forward pressing his fingertips "What do you mean you couldn't be you anymore?"
Adrian sighed as he laid back "Well… you know how your a prince right?" Adrian asked him "Yes." T'Challa asked him.
"Well when you were my age, your dad was the Black Panther right?" he asked him as the Black Panther scratched his chin seeing where he was going "Hmmm do you believe that because you are the Boy that one day you want to be the Man? Adrian the title of the Black Panther has been in my families name for generations however one day a year, anyone may challenge me for that title so that not even the King is above his subjects if they are more worthy." He explained to the boy.
Adrian shook his head "No it's not that, but imagine if Wakanda one day decided they just didn't want you anymore, they decided they wouldn't even let you be the Black Panther."
"They don't stop by just taking away your mask, they go after the people around you, they call you a monster, even people you looked up to turn against you going back on what they stood for, they make your family criminals just for being related to you." Adrian gripped his leg as he sat there, the king noticed the boys knuckles turn white as he looked at the floor "Then you try to do what you think is right, you leave it all behind but it just chases you, now they call you no different then the freaks and bad guys you fought, and to top it all off you've been infected with an alien monster since day one and it's slowly eating you alive." he flinched his neck feeling the nanobot "Then they take away the one thing that makes you special…."
T'Challa sat there in silence before taking a deep breath and sighing through his nose he looked out the window of the training hall to see the sun setting "We will begin training tomorrow morning, for now return to your room to rest, I will have one of the servants bring you food and fresh clothes." T'Challa said getting up "... nice talk." Adrian said under his breath before getting up.
He walked out of the training room behind his highness "I trust you can find your way back." the king asked and Adrian nodded.
It didn't take long for Adrian to find his room, when he walked in he got a glare from both the Dora Maja guards who still seemed upset after Adrians escape. He walked in and took off his shirt heading to the bathroom. It was sleek white floors with spotless stainless window and counter top. The sink was a deep bowl with single head, the toilet had no back to it only the bowl. He walked over to the shower and saw it was a glass one without the traditional shower head.
This is even nicer then the place we had at Stark Towers...
Adrian saw the shower had a control panel inside the shower itself with the wakandan on it, he scratched his chin not recognizing the symbols before he groaned turning it on.
I can swing of buildings hundred of feet in the air, I can break into a Shield base and get out without ever being seen, I've gone toe to toe with Avengers and still
He waited till the shower started to steam and stepped in yelling at how hot it was before jumping out.
It's still a struggle to figure out how a new shower works?
Adrian winced from the pain of the hot water before he lowered the temperature and it started to feel easier, he sighed as he got in and let the hot water run through his hair and down his skin.
Elsewhere in the palace, the Black Panther was walked into a his private quarters where he walked into a open room with a throne sitting before a heavily advanced screen, the screen light up as it started to bring up a hud and a symbol showing a connection was about to be established "What the hell were you thinking." T'Challa said to a holographic image of Iron Man "I wanted to close this matter, permanently but I see this is going to be a long conversation?" Iron Man said back under his mask "He's a child."
"Oh not you too." Tony said crossing his metal arms "I've gotten enough from Charles and Stephen, T'Challa, I'm surprised the kid hasn't found his way to Black Bolt and Namor." Tony groaned "We made the Illuminati to protect the whole world, not discuss some kid throwing the world's largest temper tantrum, I'm not trying to kill him I'm to save him." Iron Man added before T'Challa spoke again "I'm not here for an the Illuminati, for Shield, I'm here to ask you, as an Avenger, as a friend, help end this." Iron Man asked him holding out his hand "I have a way to remove the symbiote."
T'Challa was silent for a few moments "...and the Nanobot?" he asked.
"I can remove it." Iron Man said back quickly "Will you?" T'Challa asked "Not until after the symbiote is removed, like I told you, the same way I told Charles it's getting worse." Iron Man said as Adrian was still in the shower letting the water roll down his back not even noticing his veins shift with black and red symbiote as it started to make the bruises and marks that the Black Panther had inflicted on Adrian while training soon fade.
Back in the kings communications room the two men continued there conversation "Say I do, say you remove the symbiote what then?" T'Challa asked Tony.
"He'll be put into our custody, my custody." Iron Man replied to him "So imprisoned?"
"For at least a while, under observation to make sure that none of the symbiote is left and until what the State Department decides to do, with everything he's done, there's only so much I can do for him, will you help me, help him?" Iron Man said as the Black Panther was silent walking over to one of the monitors that showed the door outside Adrians room "I can't." T'Challa said peeling off his mask so he could look Tony in the eye "What, why not?"
"Ask the man you made the director of the Thunderbolts?" T'Challa said as Iron Man froze opening his own mask so he and T'Challa could see each other "... I shouldn't be surprised you have people in Shield, your highness." he said the title with disgust on his tongue but T'Challa was unfazed "Tell me Director Stark, how did Carnage know how to find Adrian?"
Meanwhile back in his quarters, Adrian stepped out of the shower with a towel on and breathed a sigh of relief at how good it felt walking out of the shower he didn't even notice the large shape in the mirror as he walked by.
Wait a sec?
Adrian stopped and walked over to the mirror slowly, it was fogged up so much all he could see was a distorted blur of… of… of something? It was a dark black shape inside the mirror moving as he did. Adrian watched it on the other side of the mirror. "I'm losing it." he said to himself reaching toward the mirror wiping his hand across it to see a large midnight black palm reflecting against his own wiping away the fog to reveal two big red eyes just like his spider mask looking at him "You…" he said looking right into the mirror to see the Ruin Symbiote starring right back at him "Us" it said back to him. Adrian said nothing he just looked at the symbiote in the mirror who starred back at him "Is this real?" he asked lifting his hand up and the symbiote did the same movement reflecting every motion the boy made "We are real." Ruin said to him in a deep voice, it was different than Carnage or Venom actually hearing it. Carnage's voice was sharp, like nails on a chalkboard mixed with a blender. Ruins voice wasn't like Venoms deep jagged voice instead it was different, almost as if both had cancelled each other out. Instead ruin spoke with a raspy like a blade being slowly dragged on metal sharpening it with long pulls, not to mention the symbiote didn't appear to have any long sharp fangs that wanted to devour him.
"How?" the boy asked, "This…. Thing isn't has full proof as Stak things" it said back to him making Adrian lift his arm pointing to the nanobot in his neck that suddenly lit up at the moment shocking Adrian making him grab his arm and flinch away from the mirror taking ruin with him. As he winced in pain Adrian noticed something "Wait, how do you know Stark?" he asked looking back into the mirror like a two way window seeing Ruin holding their arm "We see, we learn, we know…" it said back to Adrian.
Adrian stopped rubbing his arm and so did the symbiote in the mirror "Know what, seems like a lot of people know things more than me?" he asked out loud glaring at the monster within, literally. "We know what it does to us, we need it out…. Before it kills us" it said as Adrian looked into the mirror to see the symbiotes neck, the same place where the nanobot was in Adrian's neck looked sick. The black skin of the creature was rotting and charred but when Adrian looked at his own naked skin he saw only a slight redness.
Kills it?
"It's killing us." the symbiote said reading his mind since it was already inside, "Why shouldn't I just wait it out?" Adrian asked, "King says I can stay here as long as I like, I just need to sweat you out and you're gone like the flu." Adrian said leaning on the sink looking right into the mirror at the symbiote who leaned in to "Ever since you symbiotes appeared in my life you've been nothing but trouble, I'll be glad to be rid of you."
Ruin glared at him closing his mouth "I am not the other two, I am Ruin, I am us." it said back to him but Adrian shook his head "No, no your just a stomach worm, who I need to throw up."
"We kept us alive, we survived because of us, not you-not YOU." the Symbiote suddenly roared its voice dropping and rising to new pitches at the same time charging the glass from the other side of the mirror almost making Adrian jump at out it was moving clawing at the glass. The symbiote opened its jaw letting out rows of teeth and a forked tongue speaking without moving either its lips or tongue, Adrian looked at it as it pounded on the mirror when he suddenly heard the doorbell to the room ring and looked away "Just a second!" he called out before looking back at the mirror to see Ruin was gone and his own pale white reflection looked back at him.
Sighing, Adrian rubbed his forehead before walking out of the bathroom to his door which was now ringing like a microwave after finishing its countdown and was now annoyed that no one would come get their food. "Alright, alright, I heard you the first time." Adrian said as he opened the door to see standing face to face holding some packages with a tray on them was none other than Zeinalla Bomvana "YOU!" she snapped.
I hate not having my Spider-Sense
What he didn't sense was looking down on him from the corner of the ceiling and wall of the room, was Bob the spider watching and waiting, like all spider's watching and waiting like all spiders till its prey was ready to fall into its web.