ONE YEAR EARLIER- (ANGIE POV)
"Could we do this?"
"I choose to believe we can. We'll get through it one day at a time."
"Then, marry me."
"Haven't I already said yes to that. "
"I mean marry me, right now. There's a guy in town who can do it. Off the record, off the books. "
"I don't know, Sam..."
"You want to wait till Clint gets back?" I nodded in reply. " Okay, that's fine. I just want to be married to the love of my life. No matter what. "
"We're getting married..."
"Yeah, we are."
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BACK TO THE PRESENT- THE RAFT (NO ONE'S POV)
"Angie's gonna kill you for that, Sam," Clint called out.
"Wait, you knew?" Tony exclaimed.
"I was there when they got married. I was the best man. "
"More like the maid of honor," Sam muttered, earning a 'hey, I heard that ' from Clint.
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ONE YEAR EARLIER- (ANGIE POV)
"You sure you want to do this?"
"Wow, Clint. You're the worst wedding party ever. Where's the 'wow, you're beautiful' and the 'he's gonna drop dead when he sees you' ?"
He placed his hands on my shoulders. "You look amazing, he's gonna drop dead when he sees you. And, sis, this is a courthouse wedding, don't overthink it."
"Sorry... I've been waiting for this day since forever. " I looked at myself in the mirror. "Why do I feel guilty for not telling anyone about me and him?"
"You learn to live with it. But when you finally tell people, it's a huge relief," he replied. " You'll get your day, and you'll have that huge wedding you've been planning since you were three. "
I turned to him with an eyebrow raised. "Have you been digging in my stuff again?"
"No, you just talk in your sleep. " He held out his arm for me. "Shall we?"
I took his arm and we walked to the justice's office. When we walked in the room, my eyes met Sam's and it seemed like it was just the two of us. The vows went by as quickly as we said our ' I dos ', ending the ceremony with a kiss. When we broke apart, our faces stayed close and we looked deep into each other's eyes."
"I love you, Mr. Wilson."
"And I you, Mrs. Wilson."
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BACK TO THE PRESENT
"We'll have to talk about this another time, " Tony said shaking his head. "What do you need? They feed you yet?"
Sam scoffed. "You're the good cop, now? All because of her?"
"Not entirely, I'm also the guy who needs to know where Steve went."
"Well, you better go get a bad cop, " Sam replied. "Because you're gonna have to go Mark Fuhrman on my ass to get information out of me."
"Well, I just knocked the A out of their AV," he said pressing his watch. "We got about 30 seconds before they realise it's not their equipment. " He looked back up. "And I'm pretty sure Angie would like you in one piece. Just look. Because that..." He pulled up a photo. "...is the fellow who was supposed to interrogate Barnes." He closed the image. "Clearly, I made a mistake. Sam, I was wrong."
"That's a first."
"Cap is definitely off the reservation...but he's about to need all the help he can get, " Tony said. "We don't know each other very well. You don't have to..."
"Hey, it's... all right. Look, I'll tell you but you have to go alone and as a friend, " he replied. "Or Angie will come in here and kill me herself."
"Easy."
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UN PROCEEDINGS- (T'CHALLA'S POV)
"Ms. Barnes…." I asked. "What do you suggest this Council do?" She turned towards me.
"Your Highness, I-" She started to cough."-I'm sorry, could I get a drink of water." Ross poured her some and handed it to her. She continued her explanation, but she began to cough erratically. Suddenly I noticed her growing weak and saw her leaned against the podium. She continued to cough, and suddenly collapsed. I ran to her and caught her, laying her head in my lap. She put her hand on my face, and whispered something in my ear, then she went unconscious.
My head shot up. "Get a medic!" I bore my eyes into Secretary Ross. "And someone detain that man!"
The medics arrived quickly. They laid her on the ground and I got up. I took her glass and smelled it.
"Poison." Their eyes widened and they immediately pulled out a serum. "Be careful. She told me... " I whispered to them what she had told me. Their faces pales and they injected her with the needle.
"It should abate the symptoms for now, your Highness" The nurse informed me. "I don't know if she'll make it though. "
"Then let me take her. My doctors may have a cure." They reluctantly agreed , and my guards took her to the transport. Within hours, we arrived in Wakanda. The doctors swarmed her and started hooking her up to IVs.
Shuri ran into the room. "I can handle this, brother. You have an encrypted message coming in." I nodded and ran out of the room, leaving Ms. Barnes in the hands of my sister and the doctors.
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