Shuri is running around like a mad woman when Amnesia arrives in the lab. This erratic behavior causes most of her focus to drift towards the young girl instead of the ex-fighter pilot analyzing the view of the mine.
"What's wrong?" Amnesia asks having not gained the attention of Ross quite yet.
"There's a man that just showed up on the border with Klaue."
"Alright. I assume he couldn't breach the borders though yeah?"
"He's one of us. W'Kabi is bringing him in along with the body," Shuri explains and Amnesia raises an eyebrow. "He brought Klaue dead."
"Alright. I'll start pulling up information. Save Klaue's body. I might be able to pull some information on his buyers and chain of command. Help speed the process of stifling that quicker." Amnesia breaks off from Shuri heading to her own sand table and digging her hands into it. Her eyes go white and it takes her all of twenty seconds to find the dirt that relates the man, Erik Killmonger, back to Wakanda, and back to its former king. She pulls her hands out breathing in sharply and looks around to see Shuri gone already. She meets Everett's eyes though.
"T'Challa is in trouble. Killmonger isn't one of your own. Never has been," she says shutting him up before he can ask questions. "He's Wakandan by blood and birthright. But he's also an American so if he wins the challenge we have another world war on our hands. It's always the stupid Americans."
"Challenge?" He asks.
"Killmonger is T'Challa's cousin. He came for Wakanda. There will be a challenge because it's his birthright. T'Challa won't be thinking straight." Amnesia states aloud so he can attempt to follow some of her thinking. She sends a message to James and tells him she's going to be late getting back. She doesn't tell him why because then he will feel forced to get involved and Amnesia is sure he will get hurt. With the type of mind that Killmonger seems to have, it won't be safe for him...or her really but she doesn't invoke the same type of violence as he does.
She also tweets M'Baku and tells him he's her favorite. If T'Challa loses, M'Baku is their only chance at getting a sane ruler. Amnesia likes her farm and job so she doesn't want to be kicked out for being an outsider. Then she starts "child locking" everything just in case. It takes a lot of time to do it all but practically none to undo it. If things go wrong, this lab could put very dangerous weapons into the hands of very heartless men.
Hours later, when Amnesia gets the message her shoulders fall in defeat. T'Challa was a good man and saved her life. She never wanted to see him die. She looks over to Everett grabs his wrist and leads him out of the lab, locking it behind her. As she does this she sucks in energy, every light going out in the palace in mourning. She doesn't tell James. She knows better.
They meet Nakia and together they join the Queen mother and Shuri then journey to the mountain tops. Their only light being the glow of her white eyes. Along the way, she finds herself next to Shuri, heart aching for the young girl. She wordlessly hugs the girl sending her any comfort she has.
The hike up the mountains is a long one and the further they go, the colder it gets, and the more snow covers the vibranium in the ground beneath it. Amnesia feels cut off, and very, very cold. The signs of the hike are first seen on her, as her breath becomes more labored and her grip on the cloak covering her weakens with every step. She is the epitome of the weary traveler. Nakia, guided by instinct, gently tugs the girl along holding her hand.
She is unsure of Amnesia. She knows that T'Challa held her in high esteem and that she had a boyfriend also in hiding with her. Since Amnesia was working with Shuri, Nakia assumed the girl was highly intelligent, and the Queen Mother had always reserved a tender look for the girl she had legally adopted into her family. Nakia assumed she was jealous. T'Challa liked her and although she knew there was nothing going on between them, it kind of made her jealous. It was easy to be jealous of someone she didn't know.
Yet they trudged on, Nakia leading the way and anchoring the silver haired girl to the group. They didn't talk much, too focused on the task at hand and too tired to consider much else as the night grew short.
"Where are we going?" Ross finally asks hours later as the sun starts to rise and the temperature drops to freezing. Nakia answers and then the Queen mother finds her wits and expresses her thoughts. Nakia releases Amnesia's hand and moves toward the older woman.
"We need to see M'Baku," Amnesia states ending their disagreement as they all look to her for an explanation. "They're waiting for us. I can feel it in the ground. They're not hostile...they're patient."
"And how do you know all this?" Everett asks.
"Vibranium," Amnesia answers not giving him anymore information on herself to him and the government. She doesn't trust him to protect her secret and he only thinks she helped James, not anything more complicated...yet. It's a descriptive enough answer anyways if he did know anything about her. "They're here," she adds looking up and around them when she feels the energy of unquiet minds.
"Oh shit," Ross mutters as they all square themselves back to back.
"Look down, stay calm," Nakia commands and Amnesia immediately follows her advice and send calming waves of energy through the ground even though she can't stop the bolts of lightning flickering between her fingers. She stands between the Queen mother and Nakia ready to defend the Queen mother if need be. They are ushered to a narrow room perched on the higher peak where the wind blows through and yet the room remains a comfortable temperature. Sitting at the end of the room is M'Baku, leaning back leisurely a guard on either side of him. Amnesia stands next to Ross and attempts to hide her discomfort. The room they stand in doesn't connect her to the vibranium running through Wakanda and she's felt the most powerless she has in a while despite her eyes being a glowing white from the energy running through her.
"My son was murdered in ritual combat," the Queen mother says, being the first to speak.
"Were the odds fair?" He asks.
"Yes, but" Shuri begins but is cut off.
"So it was less a murder than a defeat."
"Do not rub our noses in it," Shuri commands and Amnesia looks sadly at the girl as she gets cut off again.
"I make the pronouncements here, girl."
"Look uh, your highness, the new king is a US," Everett starts and Amnesia breathes in annoyedly before sending him a look that says shut up. He doesn't catch it though because M'Baku shuts him up in his own way. "The new king..."
"You cannot talk," M'Baku commands. "One more word and I will feed you to my children." Amnesia glances at Ross, sees an opportunity she might not get again, decides if she's the vengeful type, she's not. At least not really but then she remembers how they locked up her beloved. She reaches out touches his shoulder and he drops to the ground, his energy depleted. "I was kidding. We are vegetarians," M'Baku tells the silver haired girl with a raised eyebrow.
"She's wanted to do that for a while," Shuri explains after a moment of silence.
"Great Gorilla M'Baku," Nakia begins before stepping forward and kneeling. "This is why we are here," she explains holding out the heart shaped herb. "To offer this to you. An outsider sits on our throne. Only you can help us stop him."
He stands up as the Queen mother, Shuri and Amnesia follows her example. "Come with me," he commands leaving the room. Amnesia frowns at Everett then looks to one of the guards.
"He will be out for at least another hour," she tells them before following. M'Baku leads them to another building and in that building is a sight that stops them short. T'Challa lying on a bed of snow. The women surround him quickly, Amnesia measuring his heart beat and only halfway listening to the other's conversation.
"He's alive but barely. If you're going to give him that herb I'll need to speed his heart rate back up so it actually spreads through his system," Amnesia murmurs aloud then looks to the Queen mother for her permission. She nods. "Prepare it," she commands before closing her eyes and focusing on saving the king of Wakanda. When she's done she looks up to T'Challa's mother and nods, then backs away and joins M'Baku.
"I like your Twitter," she says breaking the silence. He looks at her and laughs. They turn when T'Challa awakes and Amnesia sighs in relief. They catch up back in M'Baku's throne room and Amnesia stays quiet, her worry shifting to James as they speak more and more about Killmonger mounting an attack force.
"They don't have access to the lab. I child proofed it before we fled," Amnesia finally speaks when Shuri expresses her concern over the designs. "But that won't stop him from sending weapons all over the world. At least if he does succeed, someone will kill Donald Trump."
"We have to get you out of Wakanda safely," T'Challa states and this puts his family on the defense. Amnesia shakes her head knowing he won't win this argument. It ends with Shuri holding out the necklace that is T'Challa's armor.
"The Black Panther lives," she says. "And when he fights for the fate of Wakanda, I will be right there beside you."
"As will I," Nakia adds.
"I'll be there too, but if you die again, I will kill you," Amnesia states with a straight face that T'Challa has no choice but to smile at. Amnesia looks about as intimidating as a golden retriever puppy, and that's with the glowing white eyes.
"I'm in too," Ross says.
"Damn it. He's awake," Amnesia says under her breath for her own satisfaction with a pout.
M'Baku yawns comically loud and interrupts their heartfelt moment. "Are you done?" He asks, his annoyance clear. Amnesia furrows her eyebrows and watches him quizzically wondering what he will do with all the fighting going on below him. She looks to T'Challa and sets a hand on his shoulder conveying this thought. He looks at her and nods. She gives him a silent "good luck." Then steps out of the building waiting just outside.
"Could you give me and M'Baku a moment?" T'Challa asks and everyone else slowly walks out.