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Chapter 26: The Shadow's Bed
(The Wakandan Royal Palace, present, an hour later)
Spider-Man had rushed through the jungle, moving faster than he ever had before. He had to find the Wild Totem. While Spidey didn't trust Kraven and M'Baku, he had a bad feeling the two killers weren't bluffing about killing Tiger. Eventually, he arrived back in the palace. He crawled on the ceiling as he made his way systematically to the building's heart. M'Baku had told Kraven this is where the Shadow's Bed lies. Not long after, he made it to a long hallway. 5 guards are stationed on either side with a mech-panther at their side for each of them. And at the end of the hall are two huge black doors.
(Gotta try to stay stealthy.)
He turned on his cloaking device; he was now invisible to the naked eye. Spidey continued to crawl towards the room's entrance. Below him, the mech-panther's radar sensors picked up on the sounds of strained breathing. They turned their heads up, but their scope sensors didn't identify anything. Then the color of their optical sensors turned red. Then above them they identified a human shaped figure with body heat. The drones optical sensors have been developed to utilize different 'visions': normal, heat, night, etc. And they just switched to heat vision. The mech-panthers let out growling roars, and Spidey knew he'd been found out.
(Damn it)
'Switch to heat vision!" One of the guards shouted.
The men changed their helmet's vision optical sensors to heat vision quickly and looked up to see the intruder.
"Halt! Surrender! You're outnumbered!" One of the men shouted as aimed the gun. "Sorry fellas, I can't." Spidey replied, before leaping down. "Fire!" The same guard shouted.
The guards unleashed the blasts as the intruder dived down. Spidey twisted and turned to dodge the blasts.
"He's fast." One of them muttered.
Spider-Man surged forth dodging the incoming fire. He flipped over the barrage. A few of the drones leapt at him. Spidey quickly webbed them and tossed them back at some of the guards. The masked teen landed on the ground, then was quickly surrounded by the guards and drones. Two of the drones charged forward. He somersaulted over them, causing them to ram into each other. But his momentum was cut off by another drone tackling him. The mech-panther growled as it opened its metallic maws and threw it towards the intruder's throat. Spidey grabbed it and tried to get a solid grip on it. The guards aimed their guns.
(Damn it.)
Spidey grunted as he finally gripped his hands on the jaws and tossed the drone back at the guards. A few flipped over the drone, but some of them fell onto the ground with a thud. However, the ones left standing had lost their guns. They now pulled out batons and lunged at the intruder. Spidey grabbed one and knocked its owner back with a kick. Another hit him in the chest quickly. Spidey made a grab for it, but the guard retorted by knocking the baton on the intruder's shoulder. Spidey grunted in pain as he clutched his shoulder.
'Right, these aren't your ordinary guards.' Peter grunted in his mind.
Spidey aimed a sweep kick, but he man jumped up. But that was a trick. Spidey quickly punched the man in his gut. The guard hit the wall with a thud. Only a few drones were left, which leapt at him.
(No, I need to hurry.)
Spidey lunged forth and grabbed the mech-panthers' throats then threw them to either side of the room. He then hurried to the Shadow's Bed. He pushed open the doors and ran into the room. Spidey quickly marveled at the room's décor. It is another hallway. On either side are carvings of men in battle with their king leading them. Above the carving of the Wakandan king looks to be a spiritual image of a panther. Other images displayed the king in a state of meditation and an aura depicted as a burning flame surrounds his body. But at the end of the room, is a statue of a panther. It is in a stalking position, with its huge claws out. In front of it is a huge black mat, the place of prayer by the royal family. He looked around, trying to find something that resembled a totem of magic power.
(Couldn't there just be a huge sign that points to it? Yeah I didn't think so…)
'Come on; come on…Where are you?' He growled in his mind as he looked around.
Spider-Man was about to throw a tantrum when he spotted something. In the panther's mouth he saw a wooden object. He crawled up the statue and looked in the panther's mouth. It is black and shaped like a panther, but this strange feeling came over Spidey.
(That's it.)
He pulled up out a cloth in his pack and picked up the object. He wrapped up the object, which he thought it started to glow red and blue. But he ignored it and put it in his pack carefully into a place where it wouldn't get damaged. He closed his pack and leapt off the statue.
"Don't trust them." A whispering, yet powerful voice warned.
Spider-Man literally jumped and looked around to see the owner of the voice. But he didn't see them or hear the voice again.
(Ok, that was creepy.)
Spidey shook off the feeling and ran back to the door. He opened the doors and found a sight which caused him to stop in his tracks. The Black Panther and Iron Man stood there.
"Peter, what are you doing?" The king gasped. "I don't know what you plan on doing Spidey, but we can't let you go through with it." Iron Man grunted. 'No use for camouflage now…' Spidey sighed in his mind.
He turned off the cloaking device, revealing himself.
"I'm sorry guys…I can't let you stop me." Spider-Man grunted, then jumped forward. "Take him down!" Iron Man shouted.
T'Challla and Tony raced towards the arachnid themed hero. But Spidey kicked both of them in their chest, knocking them back down. That didn't stop his momentum, for Spidey landed on his feet and continued to run. Tony and T'Challa raced after him, but the teen's speed and drive was greater than they expected. He literally surged through the city in the direction Kraven had ordered him to go in. Quickly he crawled up the wall and leapt into the jungle. The king and Iron Knight had gotten to the wall too late.
"What does he think he's doing?" Tony grunted. "Oh no, he's going after Kraven and M'Baku. They must have captured Ms. Ayala. I see now. We have to go after him." T'Challa gasped. "What are you talking about?" Tony replied. "A trade…one that will spell disaster." The king answered.
To be continued…