~ One week later ~
It was 4 in the morning, when Wanda heard a loud knock on the door.
"Hmmm." She murmured, with her eyes still closed." Why? Why are you knocking so loudly on the door at this hour?"
At that, the knock turned into pounding." OK, OK. I'm up, I'm up. Hold your horses!" Wanda said, her eyes still half closed, as she jumped out of bed and walked, almost stumbling towards the bedroom door.
The second she turned the door knob, Orisa and Adigun both barged inside.
"Miss Wanda!" the young woman said, as tears pooled in her eyes.
"Hey, what's the matter? What's wrong, Adigun?" Wanda asked, her sleep instantly vanished as she saw the reactions of the duo in front of her.
At that the young man replied." It is our Prince, Miss Wanda."
"Adigun, come on. You've gotta give me more than that! What's happened to Prince T'Challa?" she asked, while placing a hand on Orisa's upper arm.
At first the both of them didn't want to say a thing, but after some time they finally told Wanda that The Prince had a secret meeting with The General of a neighboring nation. Said country was not ruled by a Royal family, but by a dictator; he's the general of the military. Said general was a ruthless, heartless man who had no problem giving orders to murder the people of his own country who were against him, who refuse to accept him as their leader.
The General was responsible for the murders of a dozen tribes of his own country, giving the kill orders to his men. He was hated and feared by his own people, a contrast to Prince T'Challa from Wakanda. That's why The General despised The Prince.
When The General had asked for a meeting with The Prince, T'Challa's wise men, his advisors, told him not to accept. But T'Challa felt confident that The General wouldn't even think of harming him. So, the Prince went to this secret meeting in order to convince The General to stop with the killings. T'Challa went and brought twenty of his best men to protect himself. Although the Prince insisted that he was capable of taking care of himself, his advisors told him to be prepared.
Everything seemed OK, until T'Challa's advisors received a phone call from The General himself that he had taken The Prince hostage. The General's men had killed everyone who went with the Prince, except for him. They wanted all The Vibranium in Wakanda. At that, the advisors sent a tactical team to retrieve Prince T'Challa, and they successfully did.
Wanda smiled sadly at that." Well, that's a bit of good news. Right? I'm really sorry for all the men that The Prince has lost while he was over there. I really am, but at least The Prince is back?" she asked, while her green eyes darted from Adigun to Orisa.
The young woman began to sob uncontrollably, the sound echoing in Wanda's bedroom.
Wanda shook her head at that." Adigun, what's wrong? Is The Prince OK? Is he unharmed? Where is he now?"
As his hands clenched into huge fists, Adigun replied, his voice low, attempting with all his might to push back his own tears." Our Prince is at the moment in surgery. During the fight with The General's men our tactical team rescued him, but he got shot. Two 20-caliber bullets were fired at him. One hit The Prince's waist, while the other became lodged near his heart." He explained, while tears pooled in his eyes.
As those words reached Wanda's ears, she whimpered softly. The impact of the last four words hitting her like a ton of bricks." How… how is The Prince doing? Is the surgery going well?" she managed to ask after a long pause between the three people in the room, her voice breaking in the end.
"The surgeons immediately removed the bullet in his waist, but the uhmm… they." Adigun began, but wasn't able to continue.
So Orisa finished for him." They fear to operate on the second bullet, because the risk is too high. If the surgeons just make one mistake, our Prince will die."
At that, Wanda's eyes instantly watered." But they have to try! They should, don't they?" she asked, her voice pleading.
Adigun shook his head." No, Miss Wanda. They do not want to risk it. The bullet is 1 mm from puncturing the right chamber of his heart. One tiny mistake, and he will die. They don't want to be responsible for our Prince's death."
"Well, that's a bunch of bull!" Wanda shouted, her hands trembling heavily at that." I'm sorry to use such language, but that's a load of crap! They should at least try, because he is your Prince! They can't let him die?!"
But no matter what the advisors or T'Challa's next of kin said or did, the surgeons refuse to operate. They are terrified to be responsible for their Prince's death if something goes wrong on the operating table.
Wanda was furious at the moment, not able to understand why the doctors wouldn't want to try to save T'Challa's life! She was pacing the bedroom, and mumbled out curse words, because she didn't want to offend the duo in her room.
After a little while, when Orisa and Adigun had calmed down, Wanda all of a sudden jumped up." I will do it!" she announced, the tone of her voice filled with determination.
"Excuse me?" Adigun asked, while furrowing his brows.
"I will try to save Prince T'Challa's life." Wanda stated.
Orisa shook her head at that." Are you a surgeon, Miss Wanda?"
"No, I'm not! But I know that I'm capable of pulling that stubborn bullet out of his chest. I'm going to tell the advisors that right away. You two coming?" Wanda replied, her voice filled with conviction, as she walked out the bedroom with firm strides.
At that, both Orisa and Adigun looked at one another, knowing that she was talking about using her powers. And they also knew that no one, and literally nobody in this world was able to change Wanda's mind about what she was about to do next.
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At the moment, Wanda was taking a stroll in the garden. Almost two weeks has passed, since she had saved Prince T'Challa's life. It was only natural that she got a lot of resistance from almost half of Prince T'Challa's advisors, but luckily 7 of the 12 were on her side and voted for Wanda to perform the procedure.
The second she had moved the bullet to a spot on his chest, where there was the lowest risk, the four surgeons instantly worked on T'Challa.
As a sigh escaped her lips, Wanda reached for the most beautiful rose in the garden. It was fiery red, and it smelled amazing.
** Flashback **
Bucky had just finished his shower, and walked out the bathroom and into the living space of the motel room.
"So, I don't know about you, but I'm starving." Bucky said, while walking towards Wanda.
She was flipping through the channels, while watching TV, and replied." To be honest, me too."
Bucky took a seat on the couch next to Wanda, and smiled, attempting to catch her gaze, but Wanda's eyes stayed fixed on the TV." I'm going to buy some food. What would you like to eat?" he asked, his eyes still on her.
"Uhmm… a burger and fries." She replied without looking up at him.
At that, Bucky now knew that Wanda was deliberately avoiding eye contact with him." Wanda?" he said.
"Huhhm?" She replied, her eyes fixed on said TV.
Bucky grabbed the remote at that, and turned off the TV." Hey, I was watching that!" she exclaimed, and finally her green eyes met his blue ones.
"I'm sorry I did that. Here you go." Bucky said, and handed her the remote control, while his eyes still locked on hers." I just wanted to test something, and it seems that I'm right. Are you avoiding looking me in the eyes, Wanda?"
At that, Wanda's eyes fluttered shut, as a sigh escaped her pink lips." I'm sorry, I uhmm…" she started, but stopped mid-sentence.
"Are you OK, Wanda? Are you afraid of me? Or have I done something to offend you?" Bucky asked, as their eyes met once more.
She shook her head at that, and cleared her throat." No, not you. You haven't done anything wrong. It's me. I did something."
"OK, wanna tell me about it?" he asked, but she just looked at him without saying anything back.
After a little while, he decided to let it go, while changing the subject." Hey, I apologize, I know I'm late. I have to say this; thank you, Wanda for saving my life. At the airport T'Challa would've killed me for sure. So, thank you for that." Bucky said, his voice so sincere.
Wanda nodded at that." Its fine, I mean you're welcome. It was my pleasure." She replied and smiled at him.
It was then when it dawned on her that Bucky had the bluest, clearest eyes she had ever seen, twinkling like stars when he smiled.
"So, I'm going to get lunch. Are you gonna stay here?" he asked.
Wanda smiled shyly." Yeah, I wanna watch this tv show… I'm really into it." She replied.
"OK, I'll be back soon." He remarked, and walked out the door.
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"Wow, this burger is really huge." Wanda stated, as she looked at said hamburger.
Bucky laughed wholeheartedly, watching how Wanda had the burger in her hands, while looking at it in complete awe." Hey, don't play with your food, Wanda." He commented.
"No, no, seriously! It's huge, how am I going to eat it?" She asked, as her pretty eyes darted towards Bucky.
"I dunno, use a knife and fork?" he retorted, making Wanda shake her head.
"I'm serious over here, Bucky!"
"Well, I'm serious too!" he replied, and took a huge bite of his own hamburger.
Wanda's mouth fell slightly open, as she watched him." How do you even manage to do that? How can you eat it… shove it in your mouth like that?!" she asked, wondering how he didn't mess up the burger.
"Let me show you." He suggested, as he attempted to hold in his laughter.
"No!" Wanda exclaimed, while widening her eyes." Don't you dare."
"OK, OK, I'm not gonna show you." Bucky replied, and went on eating his own food, as a small smile graced his face.
Wanda realized then that he was eating by using only his right hand. She swallowed at that, wondering how he felt about losing his left arm, only able to use his right hand and arm.
"Earth to Wanda." She heard Bucky say.
"Huh?" she replied.
"Where were you? It's like your mind completely left your body behind, and you were gone." Bucky said, and smiled at her.
"No, nothing, Bucky. It's nothing."
"Seriously? Hey, Wanda. For now it's only you and me, you know. We can't meet up with Sam or Steve for a little while. So, you're stuck with me. There's no one else." Bucky told her, and kept his blue eyes locked on hers the whole time." If something is bothering you, or if something is eating at you. Or you want to know something about me. You can talk to me, you know. You can ask me, I won't be angry, I promise. Feel free to ask anything. Besides, now I too have only you to talk to."
Wanda broke eye contact and let out a deep breath at that." OK, if you don't mind me asking. I uhmm… I don't want to be nosy, I just want to know… it's not only curiosity, but I genuinely would like to know how… uhmm, how you feel… It must've been hard losing it. Bucky, how do you feel about not having a left arm anymore?"
** End of FLASHBACK **
Someone calling out her name, brought Wanda back to reality. "Miss Wanda! Miss! Miss Maximoff!" she heard a female voice say, the tone almost shouting at the end.
As she turned around, Wanda saw an older woman looking at her." Oh, I'm so sorry! I apologize, Mrs., but I was in deep thought." She said, while looking at said woman apologetically.
The woman nodded, and motioned Wanda to go with her." It's our Prince, Miss Wanda. He has been released from the hospital, and is home. At the moment Prince T'Challa is at the Palace in his bedroom, and wishes to have a conversation with you, right now."
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