Every whimper that escaped your mouth was automatic now. At first, you were attempting to hold it in, embarrassed to be doing this in front of her even though Shuri insisted on it. Every plunge into your fucked out, creamy pussy was like a strange mix between torture and heaven that was slowly driving you to insanity. Gripping the edge of the lab table, you tried to hold back your sounds but failed, everything too much for you to handle.
"How do you rate it, luv? Scale of 1 to 10?" You heard her ask behind you, but you couldn't bring yourself to turn your head. Watching the purple and black vibranium dildo become covered in more and more of your white cream combined with the feeling of the head grazing and stretching your walls was becoming too much.
Oh fuck, I'm coming again, you thought, feeling small tears beginning to trail down your cheeks as you felt your peak getting closer.
"Come on, (Y/N)," Shuri spoke placing a hand on your shoulder, rubbing it softly. "I need an answer. What's the number?"
"I...I...," you tried to tell her, but it was too much for your already fucked-out mind, and suddenly a rush of fire overcame your body so strong that you couldn't even make any noise or catch your breath.
"What number is that, your highness?" Aneka asked, walking over to flick one of your nipples. The action made you clench the dildo hard and let out a squeak.
"Mmm. I don't know."
Hearing the machine continue to fuck you through your orgasm, you were beginning to slightly regret volunteering for Shuri's experiment. You knew it would be exciting being the first to try out her new sex toys and fuck machines, but you thought that your lover would at least show some mercy towards you. Instead, she's been enjoying watching you slowly lose your mind.
"We need an answer, sweet thing," Aneka told you, bending her knees, so her face was next to yours. Even with lidded eyes, you watched her closely as she raised a slender hand and moved it towards your open legs, where the dildo continued to pound your poor pussy. "The queen needs a number."
"W-W-Wait! Ane-" You stuttered out already predicting what she was about to do.
"Right now." With that, two polished fingers began to gently rub your untouched and swollen clit. It was so sensitive, and the dildo still stretching your walls and going deep inside you forced another tidal wave of burning pleasure to rock your body.
"F-Fuck! Fuck! Shuri! Aneka!" Your eyes rolled into the back of your head as you mindlessly called their names. "Oh Shit!" Aneka continued to rub your clit, sandwiching it between her fingers and rubbing it faster in a back and forth motion. It all felt too much, and your legs began shaking, desperate to escape the machine and the merciless Wakandan.
"It's alright, dear. Just cum for us again. Real quick." Suddenly, Shuri's hand wrapped your throat, giving you a nice firm squeeze, careful that it wasn't too hard.
"Sh-Shur-" you tried to get her name out, but before you could, a sensation like no other took hold of your body, and suddenly, it felt like you blanked out for a quick second. The only thing you could hear was ringing in your ears, and your vision was all of a sudden blurred. The most you could see and hear the sound of yourself squirting all over the table. Then it was lights out for you.
When you came to, only a couple of seconds passed, but your body was sore and sticky with sweat. The fuck machines had been turned off and Shuri stood beside you taking the vibranium dildo off of it. Even though you were no longer getting fucked, your legs were still shaking and you were slightly out of breath.
"How are you," you looked to your right and saw Aneka standing to her full height, looking down at you, smug expression on her face.
"Uh,...g-good, I think." That was the best answer you could give.
Hearing that you were awake, Shuri quickly turned around and cupped your cheek. The scientist who had volunteered you for her sexually sadistic experiment was gone, and now was your lover checking on you. "How are you feeling, baby?"
"I'm alright, Shuri," you answered, smiling deliriously, your mind still foggy from before.
"Good," she said before placing a kiss onto your cheek.
"The number is 10, by the way." You finally gave your answer, before feeling your body finally give in to exhaustion and let itself fall back into the table.
"Good to know, love," she chuckled, letting you lay there as she began to clean up the area, her mind already coming up with another experiment to try with you.
"Can you run it back for me one more time?" You asked the young boy sitting across from you.
His name was Diego, and his loyalty to you was undying and unwavering. You don't remember doing anything to earn such devotion. But that was the problem, wasn't it. You didn't remember a single thing when you woke up from a six month coma.
Not your name.
Not your profession.
Not your powers, which seemed to be dormant since you awakened. Considering you haven't been unable to summon even a spark of electricity. No matter how many times Diego and the other kids tried to motivate you.
Not any friends, family, or significant others you might have.
You couldn't remember a single thing about your life, and the only information Diego could provide you with was. The brave and daring chronicles that began with you breaking into an evil scientist's base of operations to rescue them. And ended with you taking down their number one solider with the power to move the earth itself.
You were pretty sure he exaggerated certain parts of the story, but you never tired of hearing it. Hoping it would somehow help restore a memory or two. If you were lucky enough, all of your memories would come back.
He recounted the story again, breaking down every single detail. No matter how big or small, even throwing in little things he had forgotten about. Or just didn't think were that important watching you carefully. To see if any of it was doing any good and brought a memory out.
But nope, there was no surge of images flashing through your mind. Like you hoped for, you listened with intent, but nothing came back. It was pointless just like the last seven times.
You expected him to grow frustrated at some point with repeating the same tale over and over. He never did, though. Instead, Diego got to his feet to walk crouch down beside where your head was buried in your hands. He placed a comforting hand on your knee and said the same words over.
"Don't worry Avenger, we'll get there somehow or someway. I can feel it."
And there it was that one word that did seem to resonate with something. Deep buried inside of you, the key to bringing it all out. But as soon as you tried to grasp it. It vanished out of your reach.
Avenger the one word that meant everything to you. Whenever someone spoke it or referred to you with it. Your heart beat a little faster. It meant something. There was purpose behind the title, and it was the one thing that you focused on. You might not remember who you were and what your life was. But you were sure of one thing, and it was going to have to be enough for now.
You were an Avenger.
Two Months Later
The rest of the story goes as follows after the three kids lugged you back to the small town. The townspeople became worried the evil scientist would return to take vengeance upon them, and this time you would be in no condition to stop them. With that fear lurking in the back they came to the decision it was best to flee while they had the chance. The only problem being getting you back to the Avengers.
Reaching out to the Avengers was no easy task like it used to be back when the team was actually put together, and had their own system of answering distress calls. Things never really got back to normal after the Avengers disbanded over the Sokovia Accords, and the aftermath of the Battle of Thanos just made things worse. The remaining heroes were scattered and really just doing their own thing these days. If countries outside of the U.S. wanted to get in contact with an Avenger for help. They were forced to go through the government and sometimes the letters were just thrown in random pile by an agent. And it wouldn't be handed off to an Avenger until one of you came by looking for an assignment, or when Sam would go there to pick up all the Avenger mail.
The townspeople didn't have the luxury of waiting around for months for the Avengers to come to the rescue this time. So they took you with them into hiding, and a few weeks later they found an abandoned village to settle into and call home. While Chloe's healing powers might've been enough to bring you back to life. The little girl wasn't strong enough to heal your injury completely, so the small team of doctors, and one surgeon had to work around the clock to keep you alive. Apparently you had coded at least two more times, but they were able to resuscitate you.
When you finally woke up from your six-month coma the entire village rejoiced. Even though you were suffering a serious case of memory loss they were just happy to see you awake, and moving. Although the moving thing was limited to just lifting your arms and turning your head by yourself. A few weeks went by before you were able to ditch the wheelchair, and even then you still had to use a cane to walk.
During it all, Diego was a Godsend staying by your side through it all, and constantly challenging you to push yourself to get better and better everyday. When you were at your lowest wanting nothing more than just to give up. You were still waiting for the day where he finally gave up, and moved on with his life. The other two kids and his mother laughed whenever you made a comment about him growing tired of you one day. All of them insisted Diego looked up to way too much, and felt in your debt even if he had saved your life. Oh and then there was the other reason you had to keep trying no matter how pointless it all seemed. Kai and Chloe neither of them were from this country instead both were relying on you to get them home back to their families. The most frustrating thing about recovering your memories is how random ones pushed their way to the surface caused by the smallest hint of familiarity. The scent of your favorite food hitting your nostrils as you limped past a random home. Suddenly you were sitting at a circular table stuffing your face with a sandwich, so messy the meat inside was falling out onto the wrapper below. The person next to you with his head propped up on his own fist took the time to chastise you from such sloppy mannerisms.
Diego convincing you to spar with him one day, a friendly practice fight ending with him pinned face down to the ground. Your knee digging into his back, and his arm wretched upward at a painful angle. The sparring session was all fun and games until you pulled some lethal move the boy had no chance of dodging from muscle memory.
But while those occurrences had you wishing for your memory to come back. It was one memory in particular that left you longing for the feeling of it long after it was gone. It happened on a hot and humid day the rising temperatures so dangerous not even Diego was willing to risk the heat stroke to get you out of the house. But what the heat in his home so much worse was his mother's decision to bake some goodies. The activity had both you and him seeking solace at the neighbor's house. A nice family who were familiar with you for they were the ones to house you for the duration of your mission.
Once the pastries were done and cooled off his mother was kind enough to drop some off to both of you with a wide smile. While making a comment about the two of you leaving her to suffer in a hot kitchen alone like a servant. Diego planted a kiss on his mother's forehead before shoving the sugary cake in his mouth. You took a tentative bite, savoring the rich and sweet flavor as the white powdery sugar coated your tongue and sides of your mouth. Diego pointed at the mess with a chuckle, and in that moment another person's laughter flooded your brain along with an unfamiliar voice referring to you with a tone of endearment. Both voices belonged to that of a different woman, but your body had the same reaction regardless. Your heart started beating a little faster as your grip on the funnel cake loosened so much. It fell from your fingertips to the floor while you did your best to hold onto the fleeting sounds that had already faded away back to the deep crevices of your mind. Where all your memories were awaiting for you to find a way to unlock them. You grew so desperate to summon those voices again you didn't think twice about eating another sweet, but nothing happened.
No soft laughter this time, or woman calling you something other than your name. But the way she said it told you whatever the word stood for. It wasn't anything bad but the opposite if anything she said in such a loving way you yearned to her say it again. You needed to hear her say it again the way you needed air to live. This was the first memory to hint there was someone out there thinking you were dead. Someone who saw you as the most important person in the world. Someone who's entire world fell apart when you didn't come back from the mission. Someone who might still be waiting for you to come home holding out hope that despite the fact. Its been more than eight months since you disappeared somehow you were still out there. And you were with newfound determination to make it back to them no matter what.
Another week passed filled with more random memories coming out of blue triggered by the simplest of actions, or anything related to smell or taste. One of them did do some good helping you remember your name finally.
Thanks to the physical therapy Diego put together with the help of the doctors. You were able to get rid of the cane and was back to walking on your own without any assistance. This encouraged both of you to start taking your training a bit more serious hoping to get your powers to come back out. But unfortunately any attempt to use summon your powers failed no matter what the two of you tried. The danger tactic failed. The believe in yourself and go for it speech got you nowhere. Even you touching a faulty wire hoping the connection would spark something did nothing. The frustration over the lack of progress continued to build to you finally hit your breaking day. You stormed off right in the middle of a session with Diego.
The kid let all the random items floating high up in the air waiting to be shot down by your electricity fall back to the ground. He called out your name begging you to come back, you were tired mentally and physically. Not wanting to let the kid down, but knowing if you pushed yourself any harder for the day only to come up empty-handed. Would lead to a inevitable meltdown that neither of you would escape from unscathed from. You kept going not sparing him another glance.
Eventually nightfall came bringing quite the thunderstorm along with it, and while most of the townspeople let the sound of the pounding rain with the rumbling thunder lull them into a deep slumber. One determined little kid did the opposite, sneaking out of his home to make the journey to yours. The storm was so powerful you weren't able to tell the difference between the knocking at your door, and the raindrops slamming into the roof. It was his familiar disgruntled yelling that made it possible for you to distinguish the difference finally, and then you were dragging yourself out of your warm and cozy bed to. Yank the door open and drag the young boy into your home with a firm hand on the back of his neck.
"Diego what the hell are you doing outside? Did you not see the mini hurricane raging on out there?" You scolded him throwing in a smack upside his head for good measure.
The action didn't faze or kill his mood in the slightest. He looked up at you with a massive grin plastered on his face. "Yeah and do you know what that means?" He countered your question with one of his own.
The tone of excitement in his voice bewildered you just as much as his presence here. "Usually it would be a great night of sleep for normal people."
Diego shook his head. "Well you're not exactly normal and this is your chance."
"My chance to what? You furrowed your eyebrows in confusion.
He groaned, rolling his eyes as if it should be obvious. "This is the perfect opportunity to reawaken your powers. A thunderstorm like this means giant lightning bolts if you get struck by one. It could be the jumpstart they've needed to come out all this time."
Now you understood his excitement. the process of trying to your electricity powers to activate again hadn't been easy, and ended in failure more than once. The most you were able to do these past couple of weeks was generate a few sparks in the palm of your hands. "Didn't we already try that?" You reminded him thinking back to the faulty wire he had you touch. The only thing it accomplished was a brief flickering of lights in the house while you were hit with a tiny jolt of power. It was very anti-climatic and kind of embarrassing if you would say so yourself.
"Oh come on, comparing that tiny shock to a lightning bolt is like comparing a candlelit flame to a raging inferno." Diego scoffed following you into the living room where you flicked on the switch. "If anything can give your powers that jumpstart its this" he insisted almost pleading at this point.
Even if you wanted to argue with the kid it wasn't possible while you might not be able to summon or generate electricity beyond a few playful sparks. You could still feel the hum of it, and how it powered every little thing in the village. But tonight everyone had their electronics turned off in fear of a attracting a stray lightning bolt. So the hairs on the back of your neck shouldn't have been standing up the way they were, and the powerful hum that had your entire body tingling with anticipation should've been way less stronger. Instead it was one of the strongest pulls of electrifying power that you felt since waking up. Your body craved it more than anything so what were you waiting for?
"What if it doesn't work? What if it fails like everything else?" You asked aloud realizing it was the fear of failure holding you back. The fear that you were going to stuck like this forever.
"It won't" Diego exclaimed with nothing but confidence.
"You don't know that it won't" You argued unsure.
Diego stared at you with disbelief and for the first time since you woke up. He looked at you with disappointment, releasing a huff in frustration. "It doesn't matter y/n its worth the risk" he said, standing his ground with his hands placed on his hip.
"Damn it y/n if you're not willing to do it for yourself then do it for whoever has you walking around here like a lovesick puppy. They have to be worth it, right?" Diego pressed you even more when you didn't answer fast enough for his liking. His comment at the end got your attention as your head snapped upward with your eyes zeroing in on him.
He held up his hands to keep you calm. "I've noticed a change in your behavior since that day my mom baked those funnel cakes. I don't know what memory it brought up, but I know whatever it was you've been trying kinda hard to make it come back. The key to unlocking your memories might be connected to your powers y/n."
It turns out Diego was more determined to help you get your powers back to full strength than you knew. The kid had a plan just in case this exact opportunity ever presented itself. He already scoped out the area finding the perfect vantage point for you to try and call down a lightning bolt. The strong winds and blinding rain slowed the two of you down on your way, but about forty minutes later. You stood perched on the edge of the cliff with quite the view below of a wider and more dense forest. But tonight in this raging storm the trees before were bent from the force of the gales. Leaves were ripped free from the branches swirling throughout the air. Some of them forming a tornado of leaves it created a haunting sight.
Your eyes drifted up to focus on the darkened sky that casted nothing but shadows upon the land. Every now and then it lit up with a flash of lightning, and with every bolt you felt your heart pull towards it. Diego stayed back hiding behind the trees hoping it would shield him for the wrath of the storm. It didn't matter if the lightning bolt did splinter them you weren't going to let anything happen to him. Either this plan was going to work or you were going to shocked with enough bolts to put you back in a coma.
You took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly preparing your mind and body. The lightning bolt shouldn't be able to hurt you, but then again you couldn't be to sure of your immunity with the majority of your abilities laying dormant inside of you. But it wasn't fear that you felt as the hairs on the back of your neck stood up, or when your hair started to frizz. You were filled with excitement and a sense of impatience as if this is exactly what your body had been craving. This was going to work. It had too.
Deep down inside the connection was still there buzzing with a low hum. A bolt of lightning shot from the sky grazing the forest below, and you were sure the strike took a tree down. Another one followed not too far behind, and the only difference was this one was a bit closer. It was as if the storm felt your presence and was challenging you to tame it. It raged on with the winds picking up greater speeds your hair flowing behind you, and your jacket along with your shirt was lifted from your body letting the cool air hit your skin. The rain started coming down a little harder, clouding your vision. The storm had turned into a ferocious beast intent to knock you down, but you stood your ground. Planting your feet on the edge of the cliff determined to not give it a single inch. The elements weren't going to bend to your will.
Good thing that wasn't your intention because you knew all too well some power just couldn't be tamed. Instead you wanted to become one with it again, and with you let out an agonized cry spill out of your mouth. A plea you were so desperately hoping would be answered. Digging deep down inside you searched for your power urging no commanding it to come back to you. Lightning flashed in the sky overtaking you with its strength. Teasing you with how close you were to colliding with it. You felt a small surge of electricity and sparks of it began to dance in your fingertips. Grabbing a hold of that power you refused to let it go. Expanding your connection to it focusing on the immense source of power in the sky above.
A white hot bolt of lightning shot from the sky colliding with your body. This time lighting you and the ground beneath your feet up as well. For a solid two seconds your were encased in a tomb of three hundred million volts. Diego watched from the distance amazed but still fearing for your well-being. Your body wasn't convulsing or anything, but instead remained still. He continued to hang back in the safety of the trees honoring his promise to you. To not get involved no matter what, and to not attempt to pull you out of the pathway of the lightning. This was his plan after all.
And it was working because yes for a mere second you were in unimaginative pain. It felt as if the volts of electricity was seeping into your skin, worming a path throughout your entire body to destroy you from the inside. Then the pain faded away and you became more alive since waking you from the coma. When the surge hit your brain the flush of memories hit way too fast dropping you to your knees. As you watched your entire life playback like a movie, only for it to stop short. You growled in frustration trying to push more power to the circuits in your brain to summon the rest, but the lightning bolt had served its purpose, and seemed to just evaporate into thin air.
The once brown and rocky ground you were standing on was now charred black. A circle of small flames danced around your form, and the sound of Diego calling your name reached your ears.
You lifted your upper body upright remaining on your knees taking deep breaths in and out. Sparks of blue electricity were now crackling around your entire body. Your powers were no longer dormant, and now you had the majority of your memories back.
It worked.
"Do you really have to go right now?" Diego asked, hovering by the entrance to your bedroom watching you stuff what few belongings you possessed into a duffle bag.The two of you returned from the journey into the mountains not too long ago, and the night was still young. It was going to be at least another three to four hours before sunrise, and while it would've been more ideal to wait until then to depart from the village. You found yourself unable to wait any longer to get back to your life, and your friends. No your family because while none of them weren't related to you by blood.
The bond you shared with the Avengers was an unbreakable one, and you knew without a doubt that Sam and Bucky spent the past eight months. Blaming themselves for your disappearance, and presumed death, especially Sam considering this was exactly the type of mission. He would've done everything in his power to convince you not to go on alone. Oh and that was another thing while the lightning bolt managed to restore your powers somewhat, and awaken the majority of your memories. Not all of them had returned, and there were still blank spaces you needed to fill.
The people in this village had your gratitude and you would be forever in their debt, especially Diego's, but if you were going to get back to full strength, and recover all of your memories. It was time to go back home no matter how hard it might be to say goodbye.
"Yeah kiddo, the faster I get a move on the faster I get back home plus I need to make a quick stop on the way." You told him slinging the duffle bag over your shoulder, the action caused a burst of agony to shot through your body. Somehow you managed to mask it with a tight smile, not wanting to give him anymore ammo to convince you to stay.
"Fine but just promise me one thing" he said, straightening his body to make himself look taller.
You quirked an eyebrow at him with a grin. "Yeah go ahead."
"One day when the Avengers are like looking for new prospects to join the team. You'll remember me, and come back." Diego said, trying to keep his usual confidence, but you noticed the worry in his eyes. Worry that you were going to move on with your life, and forget he ever existed.
"Awww Diego" You chuckled, ruffling his hair. "Of course I'm coming back for you, and I promise its not going to be like twenty years from now or something. It'll be soon after all I still got to get Kai and Chloe back home."
"And what about the bad guys?" "I wouldn't worry too much about them the Avengers probably took care of them sometime after I disappeared."
Eight Months Earlier.
The alert didn't come from you instead it came from Wakanda.
The crazy thing about it was Sam had been thinking about sending Bucky in after you to just to make sure everything was going smoothly. The super solider finally got Valentina off his back, agreeing to join her little anti-Avenger squad. As long as she promised not to interfere with his life, or more like personal vendettas. There were still plenty of names on his list that he planned on crossing off.Just as Sam reached for his cell phone to reach out to him, the giant screen sitting in front of him came to life on its own. On the other side of the screen was a face he knew all too well, and she didn't look happy. Nor did she have her usual calm and focused demeanor about her.
He could see the distress on her face and was on his feet in seconds. "Ayo what's wrong?"
"Y/N do you know her location?"
"Not exactly she's on a mission in Costa Rica." He answered, a sense of dread coming over him.
"I'm sending you her coordinates now, we need you to get moving at once. You can reach her faster than we can" Ayo replied.
Sam threw his hand out to get her to pause before hanging on. "Do you want to tell me what's going on?"
"She's in danger" was the only thing she would tell him before hanging on.
A few hours later the part of forest where your kimoyo beads were still pinging from was swarming with a small team of government agents led by Sam and Bucky. Ayo and Aneka touched down just thirty minutes after them accompanied by Okoye and Shuri the Black Panther herself. Together it didn't take them long to search the area, and the only trace they could find of you was the beads. Laying in a puddle of water with a large pool of dried up blood next to it, and no one needed a DNA test to know who it belonged to.
A few feet away was the body of a large male, and his injuries told a story. They just wished he was still breathing so he could tell them what happened to you. Your body was nowhere to be found, but with the amount of blood loss you suffered. There was no way you could've gotten far on foot, so everyone scoured the surrounding area and beyond in hopes of finding at least. A sign of what might've become of you, but they had no such luck. After failing in the search for you, Sam and Bucky turned their sights on the guys you were sent to take care of. Locating the main base of operations wasn't hard at all with being only a few miles away from your final location. Ayo and Shuri tagged along with them just in cased any of the soldiers were left.
Between the Black Panther, The General of the Dora Milaje, A super solider with a vibranium arm, and Captain American armed with wings, and the ionic vibranium shield. It took literally no time at all to make quick work of the small army of goons armed with machine guns. The man in charge was in trying to sneak out the back, and disappear into the depths of the rainforest. Instead the door was ripped from its hinges when he reached it, and before he could turn around to go back the way he came.
A shiny black metal arm with lines of gold running down its length reached out to take a fistful of his shirt. Bucky lifted him off the ground, and carried him back into the building. Where he proceeded to slam him into a wall. One, two, three times, and on the last one his head connected with hard material. His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and suddenly his vibranium arm disconnected from his body. He stepped back as it fell to the floor at his feet along with the near unconscious man.
"What the hell Ayo?" He growled already knowing who was responsible.
She came up to stand beside him with nothing but disdain in her eyes for the man below. "You weren't restraining yourself" was her explanation.
It took all of five seconds to pry the metal arm off the short and stocky man. Sam hauled him to his feet by his white lab coat, and half-drug him to a random office. Where he was tossed into a office chair the momentum sent it spinning out of control. Until it slammed into the wall, and turned over dumping him back on the floor.
"For Bast's sake can you two not be so rough. We need him conscious if we're going to question on y/n's wherabouts" Shuri scolded the Avenger.
Sam and Bucky grunted out a fake apology. Shuri went over to help the leader back to his feet with a firm grim on his forearm. She led him back over to the chair that Ayo had picked up from the floor waiting on the side with handcuffs. As soon as he was seated and his hands were secured to the arms of the chair. Bucky threw a bucket of cold water on him drenching his entire body.
"Ahhh" he gasped shooting up from his slumping. His eyes widened and his hands strained against the bonds when he tried to wipe the water off his face. A second later he started to realize just what kind of predicament he was in. When his eyes settled on Shuri positioned in front of him in her signature Black Panther suit. The mask was still covering face to set the tone, and evoke more fear into him. Ayo stood on her right side just a few inches behind her with death grip on her spear. If looks could kill the man would drop dead in an instant from the way she glowered.
Bucky sat perched on top of a desk closer to the door with Sam leaning back against. Arms crossed over his chest deciding it was best to let the Wakandans handle the interrogation. The rage built inside of him was too strong for him to trust himself to question the man responsible for your disappearance. Especially considering the thing fueling his anger was the thought that all of this was his fault. You would've never been put in this position if he had just listened to his instincts. In the first place and waited until Bucky returned from dealing with Valentina to give you the mission. Instead he let you go alone and now you were gone.
"Where is she?" Shuri asked her voice so calm it was eerie.
"Where's who Princess? You're going to have to be a little more specific." The man said letting just a drop of sarcasm seep into his voice. It earned him a blow to the jaw courtesy of Ayo with such speed. He didn't even realize he'd been struck until the stars cleared, and he spat blood onto the floor.
"The Avenger who was sent here to bring your operation down" Ayo seethed.
A knowing look came over him and there was no way for him to hide it. When grin stretched across his face to match the pure delight in his eyes. Shuri moved with inhuman speed to encase her General in her arms, and pull her back.
"Lula Ayo lula cinga ngesithandwa sakho" She whispered into the enraged warrior's ear.
"I assumed your Avenger was successful in her mission, and would've returned to you by now. You're telling me she hasn't?" He asked out of curiosity and disbelief.
"No she hasn't and her last coordinates puts her about a mile or two away from this place. We went there but there was no sign of her only some dead burly dude." Sam explained walking forward to take over as Shuri took Ayo out of the room.
"Ahhh so she did kill project Earth" the man said his tone emotionless as he shrugged his shoulders. "I figure as much when he didn't return after I sent him after her and my other subjects."
Sam glanced over his shoulder to see Bucky's eyebrow twitch, and he sighed wishing the guy knew how to hold his tongue. No doubt he was referring to the missing kids. He stepped out of the way knowing his strength didn't even come close to matching the super solider. Whenever his eyes darkened the way they were now, and he moved nearly matching Shuri's pace. He wrapped his human hand around the man's throat, and squeezed until it got to the point that every time the man tried to gasp for air. The end result was him choking even harder.
"Those subjects have names and so did that man who died for your heartless endeavors. They were human beings and you stole their life away from them." Bucky snarled dropping to one knee so he could make eye contact with terrified scientist. "The least you can do is remember their names. When this is over I'm going to make sure you know every single last one of them." It wasn't a threat but a promise.
The interrogation went on for a full two hours with Okoye coming in, and taking over after the first hour was up. She had years of experience under her belt witnessing some of the most proven methods to get someone to talk. She had no sympathy for this man, and saw no need to show him an ounce of mercy. But once it became obvious he knew nothing of your whereabouts, and had no useful information on the abandoned town.
Okoye broke the news to everyone and called the interrogation a waste of time to keep it going. Of course Ayo and Aneka who were holding onto breads crumbs of hope right now argued.
"He is lying let me speak with him" Aneka demanded stalking towards the door.
Both Sam and Okoye blocked her path, but he hung back letting the former General attempt to calm her fellow Midnight Angel down.
"Aneka brute force will not work I've tried both manipulation, and torture. He just doesn't know" Okoye insisted.
"He's a demented man who used people as test subjects to give them powers. He would've saw y/n as the perfect specimen." Aneka argued.
"Maybe but that doesn't change the fact she's an Avenger which makes her liability to someone like me." The man's voice came from the doorway. His hand were now cuffed behind his back, and even though there were no tell-tell signs of physical torture. His face twisted in pain when Bucky forced him to continue to humble along beside him. Bruises were littered around his face from the few blows he suffered early-on coupled with the strangulation.
"In case you didn't notice my operation was built off subtlety. I targeted a small town with little to no police force, and hidden away from civilization. I knew no one would come rushing to these people's rescue, and the few kids who I did have brought to me from other countries were low-risk. Runaways with parents who gave up on them a long time ago, and children from a broken home. That's how I stayed off the radar taking an Avenger captive would put on the map, and it wasn't worth it. I ordered project Earth-arghhhh" his speech was cut off in a painful groan.
Bucky had tightened his grip on his shoulder past the point of being just uncomfortable.
"Todd I ordered Todd Jenkins to kill her" he cried in distress. Bucky loosened his hold with a death stare. "His orders were to kill her and bring the kids back. You can torture me all you want by my story won't change."
When no one else opened their mouth to argue Bucky moved along shoving the scientist forward. Aneka turned back to Ayo searching for answers neither of them had. If you weren't taken captive then why were you. Both of them replayed your last words to them in their head having memorized the message by now. And how defeated you sound the horrible coughs mixed in with your words. You were on the verge of death, and the last update Griot gave them on your vitals was anything but good.
He told them you had sustained fatal injuries, and he lost a pulse about five minutes after you sent the message. And that was another mystery why did you take your kimoyo beads off. Aneka had found the beads lying in a puddle of water with tiny drops of dried blood on them. Her heart filled with dread at the sight of them not being on your wrist. You'd never just take them off none of this was making sense.
"Someone had to move her right? She wouldn't of gotten that far in her condition" Aneka said. Her and Ayo returned to the spot where your last fight took place. Bucky took charge in removing Todd's body, so the area was empty now surrounded by trees, and the noises of various animals creating a symphony.
"Maybe an animal got to her" Ayo suggested hating the words as they left her mouth. She hated what the theory implied, and it earned her a glare from her lover.
"You're suggesting a predator took her for dinner, but left behind the man the size of a bull in one piece." Aneka scoffed turning around to walk away.
Ayo caught her by the wrist making her pause. A single tear slipped free rolling down her cheek. The others were still combing through the town, and the forest looking for any sign of what could possibly happened to you. But at this point most of your friends had accepted a dark and ugly truth about your fate. No one wanted to say it aloud though especially Ayo herself, but eventually they were going to have to call the search off. Eventually they were going to have to return back to Wakanda, and resume their daily life. The country needed the Black Panther and its protectors right now more than ever.
Sam was going to have to hold a press conference as well, and speak on your behalf. He knew he could only put it off for so long you were more dedicated to the cause of the Avengers than any other hero. After the aftermath of the final showdown with Thanos unlike others who either went on a break, retired altogether, or went back to their own purpose. Your disappearance was going to be noticed and felt all across the world.
There was going to be tears, memorials, flowers, heartbreaking goodbyes, and three funerals. A public one for the world you fought so hard to keep safe. A private one for your friends who had become family at this point. A secret one for Ayo and Aneka as a piece of them were going to die along with you. The second they were able to admit the truth.
You was gone forever.
Stop One: Clint's Farmhouse
All the down time that came with being a retired Avenger must have been paying off. Because the house along with the barn had some major upgrades between now, and the last you'd been here. When Clint brought the Avengers to his home to lay low and hide from the aftermath of the second showdown with Ultron. You were overcome with a wave of guilt after realizing that had been more than a decade ago. It piled on top of the gut feeling you were already feeling since the majority of your memories returned.
The large two-story home had what looked like a fresh new coat of paint, and the porch was larger more open with a white swinging bench. A set of rocking chairs were aligned along the rest of the space. A flowerbed was blooming with daisies and lilies all around the front of the house mixing in nicely with the perfect cut grass. You got the feeling most of this was Laura's touch with Clint doing the heavy duty work.
Thunk.
"There we go Katie alright sweetheart just do what she did." A familiar voice said. Drawing your attention to the right side of the yard with a considerable distance from the house.
Clint was losing his edge not sensing your presence right away you decided. As you resumed walking in his direction where the archer was holding a archery class from the looks of it. With two younger girls in attendance one of them you recognized as a much older Lila, but the other tall and dark-haired girl's identity was a complete mystery. She was the first one to notice your approaching your figure her grip on the bow in her hand tightening. While the other one inched towards the quiver of arrows resting on her back. For a second you thought she was going too take the shot, but once you got a bit closer. Her grip on the bow loosened till it fell from her fingertips to the soft grass below. As both of her hands flew up to cover gaping mouth. She made the connection.
Clint on the other hand was too busy correcting Lila's aim to pay either you or her any attention. The dark haired girl reached out to smack Clint on the shoulder in repeatedly. A ghost of a smirk appeared on your face as you watched him glance over his shoulder too snap at her. Time slowed down as Lila released her hold on the drawstring letting the arrow fly towards the wooden target board. In the same instant Clint finally turned around too see what the other girl was making a commotion about. You paused your advance a few feet away, and the two of you locked eyes. Tears flooded his vision in a matter of seconds.
"Y/N."
The arrow struck the center of the target board embedding itself. Lila let out a cry of joy jumping up and down clapping her hands together. Clint closed the short distance with one long stride too sweep you off your feet, and into his warm embrace.
"You're alive" he breathed into your ear. "Its really you I'm holding you."
"Yeah Clint its me back from the dead" You reassured him with your arms constricted around his neck. He held you tighter if it was even possible, almost like he was afraid. You'd disappear into thin air if he let go for even a second. The two of stayed like that for what seemed like forever. You weren't going to rush him knowing that while seeing you alive after believing you had perished was a big relief for him. At the same time his brain and heart needed time to process this. But after five minutes or so Clint finally pulled back to get a good look at your face. His thumbs rubbing soothing circles into both of your cheeks.
"I thought I lost you" he whispered.
"You almost did" you replied. Eight months ago you would've said never to that statement, but now you knew all too well how fragile life truly was now.
Clint introduced you to the dark-haired girl. Her name was Kate Bishop and she was definitely a fan. Unable to contain her excitement finally getting the opportunity to officially meet you. Of course she wished it was under better circumstances. You went on to repeat the same tearful emotional reunion with Laura and the kids. Afterwards once the sun had set, dinner had been survived, and everybody was tucked into bed.
You and Clint were finally able to sneak away from the farm. The archer telling you there was something special he wanted to see you. The two of piled into an old school red pickup truck to go on the twenty-minute drive.
"You're really going all out on the whole rancher lifestyle huh." You joked tapping the outside of the passenger door letting your arm hangout the open window.
"Hey be gentle with my baby, and don't mock her." He chided you softly. I'm going to be teahcing Cooper how to drive in this in just a few more months you know" His tone grew softer as his eyes did when he continued. Clint couldn't wait for that day. His family meant the world to him.
The night sky was lit up with thousands of bright stars a sight you presented that much living in a big city. It reminded you of those nights spent in the village sometimes training with Diego. You wondered if the young boy was back home moping around because of your absence, but then buried such thoughts. He was probably working harder than ever preparing for the day you returned to make him a honorary Avenger. The thought made you chuckle a little bit as you followed Clint into a wooded area.
"Are you going to tell me where we're going? You asked eyes scanning the tall and skinny trees that were too thin to hide any real threats. Although you were still on high alert, while you weren't going to admit it. This expedition did trigger some bad memories some that were still buried.
"Don't worry we're almost there." He told you reaching out behind to take your hand into his giving it a gentle squeeze. Clint knew PTSD when he saw and heard it so the change in pitch of your voice was a sign he couldn't miss.
Not even two minutes later Clint pushed back some brush blocking his path, and pulled you ahead of him. It It led to a wide circle clearing that had obviously been cleaned up by someone. The grass that didn't manage to grow out here in the dirt was cut evenly. The ground was clear of all sticks, pine needles, rocks, or anything else that would take away the aesthetic. On the edge of clearing were three tombstones setup a few feet apart from each other.
You let out a gasp realizing what this place was. His whole little private cemetery for his fellow Avengers who were now deceased.
"It might sound crazy but I needed my whole spot to visit them, and just be with them in private. Sometimes to talk or feel some sort of connection other times to have a good cry."
It didn't sound crazy at all when Tony and Natasha died. One had public funeral while the other had a private one. You understood why Tony's was the televised event with only the heroes, and his family allowed to attend in person. But it still felt weird having the cameras there and you found yourself holding back the ugly cry because of it. Not to mention it was practically impossible to visit his grave later on, and get some alone time in with him.
You and Clint walked over to the tombstones. Of course you already predicted two of them belonged to your fallen friends, and you had a feeling who the last one belonged too. And indeed your name was engraved into the top of the gravestone. The other two had a few specks of dirt on them, and some vines shaping around them. He wasted no time in dusting the dirt off, and ripping the vines away. Your gravestone still fairly new and was in perfect condition.
"While I'm not upset you choose to pay me a visit first y/n. I do have to ask why?" Clint finally asked the burning question.
The one you were kind of hoping wouldn't be brought up. Because now things were about to get real for you.
"How did you do it Clint?" You asked lifting your head to stare up at the sky. "How did you walk away from the Avengers? This life fighting the good fight, for the greater good that's all we've ever known." You had this feeling in the pit of your stomach that before you left for the mission. That costed nearly costed you your life had costed something way more important. And it only got worse when you watched Clint interact with his family today.
"It wasn't easy y/n but ultimately I came to the conclusion that my family was important, and I owed it to them to start being there a hundred percent of the time. Instead of giving barely thirty percent of me."
You lowered your head to look at him in the eyes. "But what changed because you didn't give up the hero life until after Ultron. You had a family before that."
"I almost died if it wasn't for Pietro I wouldn't be here y/n, or are you forgetting?"
You shook your head that was one memory embedded deep withing your brain. The look of devastation in Wanda's eyes when Vision swooped in with her in his arms.
Clint took a seat on the a patch of grass, and patted the spot beside him. You did the same but got even more comfortable laying down on your stomach.
"Later on it really hit that if Pietro wasn't as fast as he was. I would've died and my baby boy was going to be born into a world never knowing his father. Nathaniel would've only had the stories told to him by Lila and Cooper. The pictures Laura kept around the house to know what I look like, and that's if she were able to keep them up. If the sight of her dead husband didn't destroy her all over again. That's if the kids hold onto their memories of me instead of burying them in their attempt to deal with the grief. I realized then I couldn't do it anymore the Avenger life wasn't for me anymore. Because the thought of dying to save the world, and leaving my family alone. It broke me y/n it became my biggest fear."
His words resonated with you now more than they would've if you asked him. All those years ago when you had the same question for him, and you understood it.
He could see you were through your own little dilemma, and decided to switch the focus onto you. "They came here you know."
"Who?" You asked a little too fast sitting up on your knees.
"Your lovers asking me if they were any safe houses in that particular area where you went missing. That you would go hideout to wait for help. I gave them the location of all known places I thought you would go. They love you y/n" Clint said.
They so there was more than one someone in your life, and you still couldn't remember either one of them. Yet you could somehow feel the effect of their love. "I feel like I love them too, and I think I screwed up big time."
Clint shrugged his shoulders. "You probably did you suck at relationships almost as bad as Nat did."
"Shut up" you shot back crawling forward to shove him backward. He recovered with a heartfelt chuckle as you settled in beside him. "When fighting is all you ever known its hard to imagine a life without. Its harder to imagine giving up that life for something like love. I know that better that anyone y/n." He said after a minute or so of silence as the two just gazed up at the stars.
"Love, peace, family those are foreign concepts to people like us" Clint continued. "We don't think its in the cards for our life even if we crave it more than anything. And when we do find it there's this fear its not going to workout. That's the thing that keeps you from walking away. You're afraid your little paradise will fall apart the second you go all in, and you'll be right back to fighting."
He paused to turn his head towards you. An emotion on his face you couldn't exactly place. "But when its real y/n its worth it. God the real thing is worth everything." he said unable to hold back the tears. He cried for you. Knowing you almost died because you refused to take a chance upon love.
"I know it is Clint but being an Avenger is in my blood too. I still want to fight to protect that very same love." You argued feeling horrible at the disappointment that washed over his face at your response.
"That's the adrenaline talking and now that you survived a near-death experience. No you actually came back from the dead its going to be ten times worse" He commented in exasperation. As if he were talking to a toddler who never learned his lesson when it came to touching a hot surface.
"Clint I-" you tried to defend yourself, but he held up a hand cutting you off.
"I use to be just like you y/n in case you're forgetting. People have two different responses when they have a brush with deal. He held up one finger. "One it spooks them and reminds them just how precious life is. Most of us know its the most fragile thing in the world because we take the lives of others on a daily basis. But we survive the majority of those situations until one day death comes knocking. Laura walked away from Shield long before I did for that very reason."
Your eyebrows shot upward as you let out a slight gasp in surprise. No one ever really knew why she decided to turn her back on being agent for the white picket fence life. All there was rumors and assumptions.
Clint put up a second finger. " Two it makes you even more reckless because now you feel invincible. You start to wonder just how far can you truly go, and not die. You start to tempt fate." He fixed with stern gaze before continuing. The way a brother would to his sister dating the wrong type of guy. "Fate gave you a second chance at life y/n don't take it for granted, and don't tempt it again."
"I don't think it was fate that brought me back Clint. I think it was the Angels." You replied the hymn replaying in your head from right before you succumbed to your injuries.
"Well thank them and be more careful with your decisions. They might not do it again."
With that the discussion came to an end. Clint knew you was going to hit the road again soon. After all the entire world believed you were dead you needed to clear the air on that. Plus you still had about a few months worth of memories to recover, and you knew exactly who could help you with that. He did tell you if you need another perspective on giving up on the life of an Avenger to talk to Scott Lang. Another retired hero and father who still resided San Francisco, California. It was out of the way of your original destination, but why not you decided. It gave you more time to avoid a major scolding from Sam.
Stop Two: San Francisco
Scott had the same reaction to seeing you turn up on his doorstep, but unlike Clint who shed tears for you with no shame. The former thief turned hero put on a tough guy act only exerting happiness. You felt his tears soak your shirt when he hugged you laughing. When Scott pulled back complaining of allergy season. But when you asked him the same question his usual goofy and happy demeanor was replaced with a hardened face. His eyes as serious as you ever saw them.
"Well for one its not like I asked for this life. I was basically tricked into by Hank who set me up."
"Maybe you shouldn't have broke into his home" You quipped playing along with his joke. Even though it technically was true unlike you and Clint. Scott never signed up for this instead a serious of weird circumstances brought him into this life. But he was more than eager to help Captain America fight during the Sokovia Accords era.
"From day one I got accepted this because I thought it would make me a better man. A better father to Cassie, and it did until it didn't eventually being a hero drove us apart."
You didn't know if he was talking about getting stuck in the Quantum Realm as a result of Hope, Hank, and Janet being a victim of the Blip, or him being locked up after getting captured by the cops. Steve came for him but he did have to plead out for his limited freedom.
"Time is the one thing you can't get back once you lose it. I missed out on so much of her life in prison. Then Thanos cost me another five years, and I couldn't even be upset the way I wanted to. Because me getting trapped in the Quantum realm was the key point to saving the world." Scott sounded genuinely angry about it.
"Death isn't something you can usually reverse once its done. That's it you're gone, and the person is only left with memories. After we defeated Thanos I retired because all I ever wanted was to be able to spend time with my family, and I was losing out on all that putting my life in danger for what."
You raised an eyebrow at his last statement. Saving the world was no small feat.
"Calm down" Scott said immediately when you opened your mouth. "What I mean is there will always be guys like Yellowjacket running around you know."
You frowned. "Who and what is a Yellowjacket?"
"He was my first nemeses I took him down by myself" He stated a bit proud. "You know the small guys there never going to stop showing up. No matter how many of them I take down one will always replace the last. But time with my daughter isn't something I can get back y/n, and those precious moments I missed out on I can't go back and experience them. So I don't care if she's in her teenage rebel phase, and giving me hell. I want to be there for all of it and more. If another Thanos comes along I got your back, but until then I'm retired."
You see now why Clint told you to talk to Scott. The way he put it couldn't be argued with you lost out on almost nine months of your life. And those nine months were frustrating as you tried to piece it all back together.
"Plus there will always be guys like us too you know" he added in bumping your shoulder with his own. "Last I heard Sam had found some pretty good prospects for his new official Avenger squad. The world will always have heroes to count on."
Stop Three: New York
"So Tony created this thing to restore your memory." You mused studying the contraption before with interest and worry.
"Yeah back when I was on the run and Steve started looking for me. Apparently he wanted to help, but said he was no help in playing detective, and did't have the time to hunt down another 80-year old virgin. So he designed this instead" Bucky explained holding a circular crown-like object. You figured it was supposed to go on your head.
"And this was before he found you murdered his parents right?" You winced realizing there was probably a better way to ask that question.
Bucky shot you a dirty look before letting a small smile grace his face. "You're lucky you just came back from the dead y/n" he said running a hand through his hair. Which had grown out a bit more since the last time you'd seen him. Nearly the same length back during the first battle with Thanos. You wondered if it was on purpose or was a result of him grieving your supposed death.
"Yes he finished long before the Accords came into play around the time he and Bruce started working on Ultron" he reassured you.
"And you're sure he didn't modify this thing to erase memories after finding out the truth about his folks." You continued to press on.
"Y/N" Bucky snapped in irritation. "You're making me start to wonder why I missed you in the first place."
"Okay first of all ouch" You feigned like his comment actually hurt your feelings. When in reality it did the opposite amusing you at the most. "Second I gotta make sure Tony could hold a grudge, or are you forgetting?"
Bucky didn't need you to finish the statement to know exactly what grudge you were talking about. The one caused when Steve chose Bucky over Tony, and the two heroes went on to not speak to each other for years. Even when the world needed the Avengers to reassemble at full strength. Tony was still hesitant to make the call.
"I don't think he did" Bucky admitted sheepishly. It was a possibility he never considered until now.
"Did you ever use yourself?"
"No.
"Why not?"
The majority of my memories came back naturally overtime, plus the museum dedicated to Steve really helped."
"But did you ever get all of them back?"
"No but I got the important ones back and that was all that mattered in my opinion." Bucky told you his tone apologetic. He knew that wasn't the answer you were looking for. You wanted him to tell you with a little more time the rest of your memories would just come back. But in reality this machine was your best bet to get them back in a timely manner, and possibly in general.
"Do you think its worth it? Bucky asked when you remained silent.
You nodded. "I have to remember them. I need to remember them. They're worth it." The ghost of the memories haunted you way too much. A laugh here. A smell there. You needed to remember all those moments again. It was the only way you were ever going to feel complete again. You spent your entire life thinking love was never going to find you, but then it did. And you screwed up in a big way, and how were you suppose to fix things. If you couldn't remember them, let alone your last moment with them.
"Alright then let's do this" Bucky encouraged you clapping you on the shoulder.
He helped you get hooked up in the lounging chair which was surprisingly comfortable. Despite how intimidating it looked, and proceeded to place the metal round thing around your head. It fit perfectly, and then Bucky pressed the only red button on the control panel. At first nothing happened you just laid there with the thing connected to your brain. Then the machine roared to life lighting up with power. For once you were grateful your control over your powers hadn't returned fully. Because if it. had this machine might be in pieces as your brain was hit with a surge.
It was nothing you could handle but this surge hit you with one purpose, to find the wiring in your brain in charge of your memories. And when it did the floodgates were open your body spasmed as a tidal wave of images slammed into your head. You gripped the arm rests in a death grip. It didn't hurt but the feeling was equally unpleasant, and your stomach began to do flips as you tried to keep up with everything. Then it was over as quickly as it began and you leaned over to the side throw your lunch back up.
Bucky hung back with a disgusted look on his face watching you rip yourself free with a groan.
"Can it Barnes I know you want to laugh" You grumbled climbing out of the chair.
He ignored your comment only focused on the end results. "Did it work?"
You held your stomach making sure nothing else was going to come back up. Once you were sure the puking was a one and done side effect. You answered him.
"Ayo and Aneka are going to kill me aren't they?"
Bucky pulled you into a bone-crushing hug with a cheer.
Two Hours Later
All they wanted was to spend more time with you. Your loves only wanted you to be safe and sound to proceed with caution. Maybe Ayo went about discussing it in the wrong way, and maybe you should've stayed to listen when Aneka wanted to work things out. Instead of storming out like a angry teenager and going on a dangerous mission alone. There truly was no maybe about the later you were wrong, and it cost you basically nine months with them. Not to mention all the grief, pain, and guilt your death has put them through. Had they found a way to heal from losing you? Did it cause the two of them to fall apart? You knew Aneka was partially upset with Ayo for pushing the topic. That morning while she went out to get breakfast.
The only way to fix things was to confront them meaning it was finally time for you to make your last stop in Wakanda. If Sam ever let you go.
"Sam seriously you've hugged me like seven times, and lectured me for a whole thirty minutes. I need to get going" You pleaded.
He had called your name making you stop in your haste to reach the hangar. Where a quinjet was waiting for you fueled up and ready to go. "I know but there's one more thing I wanted to run by you before you go."
"What is it?" You asked dialing back the attitude. Your interest had been peaked.
"I know you're feeling some type of way I found new recruits for the next Avengers lineup without consulting you. But in my defense you never stuck around long enough to hear me out. You were always trying to be one woman army. It was impossible for you notice the potential in heroes on the rise."
As much as you wanted to argue with his observation. You knew it was true thinking back to your conservation with Scott.
"Just remember in the future the world isn't going to fall to pieces if you take just a small break." He told you as parting words.
"Go on" You demanded.
"You know Clint got Kate as an apprentice, but he's not really in this business anymore. Scott's kid is pretty passionate about the superhero stuff. Rumor has it Cassie never lets him hear the end of it about his early retirement. I got this kid named Eli who's grandfather was a super solider. It turns out he might've passed on the serum to his grandson, and now I'm the only keeping the government off his back. Then Dr.Strange-"
"Have all of us been taking in younger and stray heroes?" You exclaimed cutting him off at Doctor Strange. The arrogant sorcerer was the last person you thought would take on the responsibility of being a mentor.
"You got one too."
Yeah there's a kid named Diego back in that village. He's telekinetic and got a lot of heart. I don't know about Chloe and Kai let them get settled in with their families again."
"Cool well I was just thinking with all these young heroes on the rise. The next generation of Avengers is shaping up nicely, but the only problem is they're going to need. Someone to show them the ropes, and prepare them for this life. They're going to need a real teacher you know....." Sam let his voice trail off staring at you with hope filled eyes.
You picked up on what he was putting down and held back laughter. "You want me to teach them."
"No its just an idea and I don't know Clint called so I know you're on the fence about the superhero life. So I was just offering a healthy alternative. You don't have to run off on missions all the time, but you're still in the game."
It was more than an idea at this point, but you needed time to think on it. Your main focus right now was getting back to Ayo and Aneka. "Ask me when I get back" you told him.
Sam nodded failing at suppressing the grin forming on his face. Both of you knew it would be a while before you returned, and with that you were free to go.
Last and Final Stop: Wakanda
Night had fallen when your quinjet entered Wakandan airspace. No doubt their security systems picked up on your aircraft the second it crossed the border. One of the tribes was monitoring your travel route right now to make sure you moved on to another country. So you knew when you landed in a field near the rhinos habitat. It was only a matter of time before someone came.
You just hoped a certain warrior in a blue vibranium suit found you first. Was she even on patrol tonight your tried to practice exactly what you were to say to them. But any planned speech vanished from your memory when you picked up on the slightest of movements behind you. A soft whoosh sound filled the air the wild too silent for her to keep her mask fading away quiet.
"I don't know who you are but you've made a grave mistake coming here" Aneka warned you in a low and dangerous tone.
Your heart started to beat a little faster and it was a miracle you didn't drop to your knees to beg for forgiveness. Instead you somehow found your voice and replied. "Well I would've use the front door but I knew I wouldn't make it that far, and my last entrance didn't end too well for me. So I decided to take this approach this time."
Her breath hitched as she came to an abrupt stop when you started speaking. Aneka was silent for a long time so long you were beginning to worry. You made a silent prayer that your girlfriend didn't blast you, or bury her spear in your abdomen. You were still healing after all.
You slowly turned around peeling off the hood to reveal your face.
"Stop moving I demand you cease all movement at once" Aneka demanded. But her orders fell flat as her voice lacked any authority, or seriousness. She sounded hopeful and unsure. A hundred thoughts were running through her brain at the moment, but it all came to an end when her confused eyes met your soft ones brimming with tears.
"Hey Aneka" You greeted her softly throwing in a quick wave. Her entire world came crashing again when her name left your mouth. Here you were her lover. Her heart. Her everything standing before her when you were supposed to be long and gone. Aneka and Ayo attended your funeral nine months go. They grieved you. It took all their strength and endurance to keep going with each other after your untimely demise. For the longest time Ayo blamed herself for your fate, and at first Aneka did nothing to reassure her it was anything but her fault.
In all honesty for a while Aneka did blame Ayo needing someone to blame, and take her anger out other than you. Because you were gone and the opportunity to yell at you for being so stupid and reckless was never gong to come. She didn't want to admit you had played a hand in your own death. Aneka wanted to be angry at the world but not you.
Until now in this very moment and you saw all the different emotions overtake her features. Pure shock at first followed by disbelief as she opened her mouth to reply, but nothing came out. Then anger and her before she could stop herself her fist slammed into your gut. Agony tore through your stomach as she struck the fatal injury that was still in the healing process. You let out a cry hunching over to hug your stomach as the pain spread everywhere else.
"I guess I deserved that' you wheezed lifting your head to glance up at her.
Aneka's mouth dropped as it finally hit her you were indeed real, and not some illusion her brain conjured up. It had happened many times in the past couple of months with her dreams. They were so vivid and real whenever she woke from them. Ayo had to remind her you were gone and wasn't coming back. She relived your death every single time breaking down in her lover's arms.
'Y/N" she said your name like a prayer. You stood up straight again ignoring the lingering pain. There was only an inch of space left between your bodies now, and it still felt like she was miles away. You wanted to wrap your arms around her, and kiss her deeply. But it wouldn't be fair to her after everything she'd been through. You had to let her decide the pace of things.
"You're alive" Aneka whimpered a hand hovering over your cheek wanting to caress you. But she hesitated out of fear you would disappear again. You leaned into the hand nuzzling it.
"Its me Aneka I promise this is real."
"You promised me that forever and it never was" she shot back.
"Whatever I have to do to convince you name it. I'll do it" you told her.
"Kiss me like you mean it, and don't ever stop. Please don't ever stop" she begged. Just like that your willpower was gone and you granted her wish closing the distance to press your lips to hers. The kiss ignited something in both of you, and then Aneka started going down.
You followed her on the way down to ground not letting her lips disconnect from yours for even a second. She leaned back into a laid position, and you hovered over her. Lips sealed together in a dance of desperation, and love. She moaned into the kiss coiling her arms around your body like a snake pulling your ontop of hers fully. Your hands rested on either side of her head.
"Tell me you're real" Aneka murmured against your lips.
"I'm real" you assured her.
She pulled back. "Tell me something only you would know."
"When you first me you insisted we were meant to be together even though you weren't suppose to yet. Because I still hadn't warmed up to Ayo yet." You said thinking it back to the early stages of your relationship with them. How you held a grudge against Ayo for flipping you over her shoulder onto the hard cold floor in the lab. "You also offered to give me a butt massage that day to make up for what Ayo did" you threw in for good measure."
"My love its really you" Aneka whispered guiding your head into the crook of her neck. So she could bury her face into your shoulder breathing in your scent. "I'm never letting you go again. I will handcuff the two of us together if I have too."
You chuckled pecking her shoulder. She shivered at the feel of your lips on her body tightening her hold on your hips.
"Aneka are you here? Answer me sithandwa sam" Another familiar voice spoke up only a few feet away. Her footsteps approaching fast and you lifted your head right as Ayo appeared over the two of you. She must have not gotten a good look at your face, because her hand reached out to grip the back of your neck in a tight grip.
Ayo hauled you to her feet with vengeance because the General hadn't known anything else since your death. She took out her anger on her enemies at any given opportunity. You deserved her wrath as much as Aneka's, but the utter hatred in her eyes terrified. Your injury wouldn't survive a blow from her especially if she didn't recognize you.
"Ayo no don't" Aneka cried out in alarm on her feet in flash yanking you out of harm's way with an arm secured around your waist.
"Why are protecting the intruder? Have you lost your mind?" Ayo went off but her eyes settled on you, and just like Aneka. The General went through a multitude of emotions, but she came to her senses quicker. Because she knew her eyes weren't deceiving her with the way her lover stood protectively in front of you.
"Stand aside Aneka let me see her" Ayo said a bit breathless. Aneka listened stepping to the side. Tears pricked at her eyes as she opened her mouth to say something, but a sob ripped itself free from her throat.
"How?" she whispered launching herself forward and you caught her body in your arms ignoring the pain once again. Ayo didn't care how truly she was just happy to see you alive. She was happy to be able to touch you again, and wanted nothing more than to take you home. Crawl into bed with you sandwiched between her and Aneka falling asleep together. She wanted morning to come to wake up with you sprawled out before her in some weird position. Ayo wanted to wake up to you to make sure this really wasn't a dream.
For now she'd accept resting in your arms. Eventually Aneka hugged both of you, and the three of you stayed like that for a very long time.
The Next Day
"Its her alright DNA doesn't lie that's our y/n." Shuri announced to everyone waiting around in her private office in the lab. You were still outside resting on the sand table fast asleep. You had been in go mode for the past couple of days, and exhaustion finally caught up to you.
"She is a bit malnourished and out of shape, but other than that she's relatively healthy besides that nasty abdomen injury. I'm assuming that's the one that took her out. Whoever healed her did the best they could, but it'll cause lingeirng problems if not taken care of properly. She'll need probably need physical therapy as well-" Shuri was rambling now while her hands shook.
Nakia was the one to waltz over placing her hand over the tablet in her hand. Shuri looked up at her ready to protest. "Y/N is alive and well you can turn off doctor and scientist mode for five seconds sister.
"I'm fine" Shuri insisted.
"Come here" Nakia told her opening her arms wide for the Princess to step into them. She released a shaky breath keeping the sobs at bay unlike. Okoye who broke down at sight of Ayo and Aneka walking through the doors last night with you in tow. That's when the tests began.
The rest of the day was a bit blur as you slept through most of it. Ayo would move you to a bed in the infirmary after a while. Where her and Aneka took turns cuddling with you. Neither wanted you to be out of there sight for to you long, so later on when evening came and you were finally awake. They hovered on the balcony below where you could see them while talking with Shuri.
The Princess had requested your audience, and who were you to even think about turning her down.
"I will take care of your injury, and Okoye will be in charge of your phsyical therapy to get you back to full strength. If you want her too" Shuri said staring out at the Golden City. The sight never got old as you followed her gaze.
"I'm sensing a but" You pushed her.
"On the condition you promise us you attempt to run off on any missions. Until you're cleared by both me and Shuri" Okoye declared walking up the three steps to the balcony. She gave you a brief hug.
"So no more Avenger stuff until you two say so basically."
"Yes for you and their sakes" Shuri answered jerking her chin towards Ayo and Aneka. The two women stood side-by-side to each other shoulders pressed together. You wouldn't be surprised if they had some ear tech to eavesdrop.
"When I told them not to break my favorite American's heart. The same went for you as well you know" Okoye stated taking up position on your other side. She leaned forward on the edge of the balcony.
"What's it going to be y/n?" Shuri asked trying to keep the hint of fear out her voice. You could say and she'd still heal you not being able to leave in pain, and there was plenty of other heroes capable of helping you recover.
"Guys I can barely throw a decent punch, and I'm at the baby stages of controlling powers again. My death hit reset on everything I wasn't going on a mission anytime soon regardless, so hell yeah I accept your terms" You finally said.
Both of them let out a sigh of relief causing you to laugh. Shuri let you go to be with your girlfriends, and when you attempted to leapt down from a story up. Just to give them a heart attack Okoye reminded you she could make physical therapy absolutely unbearable. You disappeared with an apology taking the elevator.
Ayo and Aneka were finally able to take you home again. Leading you to the bedroom and you took everything in. Nothing had changed even the alarm clock you fried while in bed with them remained on the nightstand.
"Hey we have something for you by the way" Aneka said.
You sat down on the bed. "You guys didn't have to get me gifts. My birthday didn't pass, and we still have two months before Christmas."
"No its something that already belonged to you. An item that would've made finding you a whole lot easier saving us all this time and grief. Ayo said walking into the room with a small black box in her hand.
You knew instantly what she was referring to, and let out a nervous chuckle. She sat on your left and Aneka on the right. The box was placed in your lap.
"You can do honor of opening it."
It was your kimoyo beads.
For the first time since getting you back neither of them looked too happy. You slid them back onto your wrist and the bracelet came to life lighting up with a chirp.
"Y/N it is good to have you back" Griot greeted you.
"How did you lose them in the first place? Aneka finally asked.
"Its a long story" You told them.
"We have time" Ayo replied.
You grinned in happiness knowing you were right where you belong. You glanced over your shoulder to catch the sight of two lone stars in sky by themselves through the window. You thanked the Angels for bringing you back to your loves deciding that y'all did have time.
All the time in the world because you weren't going anywhere for a long time.
You don't remember being knocked unconscious one minute you were taking down agents left to right. Hitting them with electric shocks, a blow to the head with your baton, and just good old-fashioned punch or kick to the face. The next thing you knew you were waking up tied to a chair with metal wire wrapped around your arms and legs. The bindings were definitely going to leave marks with the way they dug into your skin.
You let out a groan lifting your head to take in your surroundings only for a fist to slam right into right cheek. Your head snapped to the left as the bruised cheek exploded with pain.
"Hey boss the Avenger is finally awake" an unfamiliar gruff voice said.
You looked up to see a man with a large frame and a bald head dressed in a forest green T-shirt, dark pants, and combat boots. Standing in front of you with his arms crossed over chest. He regarded you with a sneer.
"Easy with the shots buddy I got overprotective girlfriends" You warned him. It earned you a blow to the stomach making you hunch over as the breath left your lungs.
A low chuckle came from behind along with approaching footsteps. "A battered face should be the least of your concerns Sparky."
"Wow really clever nickname I've only heard it a few hundred times" You gasped in a raspy voice still bent over trying to get your breathing right again. Of course the comment just caused the henchmen to attack again.
Black spots filled your vision when the back of your head made contact with the cemented floor with a sickening crunch. Your mind went blank as pain took over, and for a second you nearly lost consciousness again. The burly man had kicked you right in the chin so hard your chair went flying backward to the floor.
"Got anything else to say" The henchmen asked appearing in your line of vision cracking his knuckles.
You kept your mouth shut this time had already taken too much damage. If you were going to find a way out of this the little strength you had left needed to be preserved.
He nodded his head in satisfaction and proceeded to lift the chair to stand you upright again. His boss was waiting locking eyes with you as soon as you were facing forward again. A short stocky man with a mop of dark brown hair, and a matching goatee. He wore a dark green-white striped suit. It was as if he stepped out of some bad old gangsters movie.
You fought off the urge to grin at the getup, and cursed yourself for getting bested by the likes of this man.
"Now that you're in a listening mood let's discuss terms" The man said.
You pretended to listen to his demands but you didn't really need to. For you already knew what he wanted and the second he got in. His promise to let you live would go out the window like they always did with bad guys. He had every intention on killing you knowing you would come for him. Once you were free and all of this would end with him and his men in jail.
The metal binds on your wrist wasn't giving or loosening no matter how much you twisted your wrists. The familiar power of electricity running through your veins wasn't present. Which could only mean one thing they put some type of power damper on you. Your neck was collar free so maybe it was something smaller.
Worry started to settle in when the burly man took his boss's spot again. This was a solo mission so none of your fellow Avengers were coming to the rescue any time soon. You could take a beating but that didn't mean you wanted to.
More of his henchmen had poured of rooms you couldn't see, and started to surround you. Some were equipped with weapons from brass knuckles to chains even a few knives.
This was going to get bad if you didn't come up with a plan soon, but then a chirping noise filled the air. One you recognized all too well and your heart was overcome with joy. The chirping of the kimoyo beads were your salvation. The bracelet weren't on your wrist but resting on a brown table a few feet behind the burly man. He was looking back eyes zeroing in on the beads.
"What did you just do?" He demanded to know turning back to you. Eyes filled with rage with a hint of fear behind them.
"I have no idea what you're talking about buddy." You played dumb with a smirk shrugging your shoulders. He struck you in the nose knocking your head back.
"I'm not going to ask again"
"And I'm not going to tell you again watch the face I have overprotective girlfriends." You replied grinning despite the agony and blood running from your nose to your lips.
"You had your chan-" His words were cut off as the warehouse was thrown into darkness. Immediately a terrified scream came from your left but it was cut off just as fast. More yelps filled the air around you along with the distinct sound of steel clashing against steel. Sparks lighting up the surrounding area a few times. Giving you and the burly man a few glimpses of what was going on.
Two black streaks weaved through the warehouse taking down henchmen after henchmen. A flash of gold and silver here and there accompanied with the view of a sharp point of a spear. The burly man began to hyperventilate whirling around trying to anticipate. When the intruders were going to come for him. After two minutes the lights came back on welcoming him too. The sight of Ayo and Aneka standing on either side of you spears resting at their side. Neither of them looked too happy. The bodies of his comrades laid scattered on the floor unconscious, and his boss was slumped against the wall with his hands locked in a pair of heavy duty handcuffs.
"My love would you be so kindly to tell us who marked up your beautiful face? Ayo asked. Her tone was dangerously calm.
"The idiot standing in front of us" You answered with no hesitation. Not hiding the glee you were feeling at all.
"Wait I give up" The burly man pleaded holding up his hands while backing away. "Okay I surrender you win."
Ayo raised an eyebrow "there will be no surrendering for you."
Aneka laid her spear on the floor and crouched down behind you, and started working on freeing your hands. The burly man saw his chance whirling around to run.
Ayo let out a tsk sound stalking forward. He never stood a chance and a few seconds later. His cries of agony reached your ears.
"She's not going to kill him is she?" You asked Aneka almost feeling sorry for him. She had worked you completely free by now, and was examining the extent of your injuries.
"No Ayo knows how to show restraint even when she doesn't want to." Aneka told you pulling a handkerchief from somewhere in her armor. She pressed it to your still bleeding noise.
"Its why she went after him instead of me" she added fury in her eyes.
Your eyes widened in surprise at the comment wondering if the wailing man was truly better off in Ayo's hands than Aneka's. From the sound of his ongoing screams maybe not.
You leaned back in the chair letting your body relax as Aneka continued to take care of your injuries.
It was his own fault after all you had warned him.
Imagine spending Valentine's Day with Ayo and Aneka
You always knew at some point your paradise in Wakanda was going to come to an end, or well more like a brief pause. After all you were still an Avenger and had hero duties to attend to, and while part of you did entertain the idea of retirement, or hiatus. Your heart was way too big for you just to turn your back on those still in need of saving even if it wasn’t from Thanos, or a threat like Ultron. Fighting the little battles and protecting the little guys was just as important as the big worldly threats. So even though both of your loves begged you not to, and you yourself didn’t want too. A month ago you finally returned to the U.S. to start working on the giant pile of mission requests that had accumulated in your absence. You had handle on your powers again, so there really was no excuse as to why you couldn’t go out into the field again.
You kept in contact with Ayo and Aneka through messaging and video calls. Shuri gifted you your own set of kimoyo beads per their request. You knew it was so they could keep track of your whereabouts at all times. Even if they weren’t willing to admit it, but you knew how worried they were about you being so faraway from them, and going on dangerous missions sometimes alone. Right now the Avengers were kind of just scattered around with every member doing their own thing. There was no real official line up, so most of the time you were riding solo. You promised both of them that you would make sure to check in whenever you did go out on missions alone.
But it goes without saying sometimes when all the missions piling on top of each other never giving you a moment to take a break. You often forgot and days went by with no word. You felt horrible once you realized there's been little contact between you and your loves. But Ayo and Aneka assured you that they understood better than anyone that duty often got in the way of personal ties.
They never held it against you, and God did you love them even more for it. In the past you didn't even entertain the thoughts of getting in a relationship, because of how demanding they could be, and you were practically married to the Avengers. You never thought the day would come where you be able to find love, but it did.
You let out a groan when you checked your IPhone for the time to see the date. It was currently one 'o' clock in the morning, and the date was February 14th.
Valentine's Day.
Just a week ago Aneka brought up the holiday asking if you wanted to celebrate. At first you assumed she was only mentioned it because you were American, and over here the holiday was a pretty big deal. You didn't know how things worked over in Wakanda, and kinda thought Valentine’s day was either nonexistent, or had different meaning. But nope it turns out the Wakandans loved and celebrated Valentine’s day the same way Americans did just in different ways. Aneka asked because her and Ayo usually spent the day together, but neither of them knew how you felt about the holiday.
Your excitement went through the roof at the idea of actually being able to actually celebrate the holiday with the two people. You loved most in the world because your history with Valentine's day was pretty sad. Every year since you were teenage girl you were one of those people who stood on the sidelines watching. Every other girl get surprised with gifts from their boyfriends and girlfriends. Watching as the teenagers on campus turn up the PDA, and teachers letting it slide just this once.
"Ahhh to be young and in love" the adults would say reminiscing about their own past Valentines.
All while you were sitting in the corner looking sad and single trying not to seem so pathetic.
The only thing that changed when you got older was now you had friends that wallowed in self-pity with you. Well not really Steve being the good guy, and gentleman he was starting gifting you flowers and candy. Whenever the holiday came around the first time he witnessed you staring longingly at the huge display of flowers, balloons, and candy. Tony setup for Pepper was when he knew you longed for that. While he couldn't feel the void considering the two of you were strictly friends with no romantic feelings for each other whatsoever. He could make it so you weren't so left out, but even Steve would have a date with Peggy, who he made sure to visit every Valentine's day.
In a way that made you feel even more lonelier, and that was when Natasha came in. The Black Widow didn't do self-pity, and Valentine's day really was just another day for her. But she wasn't about to standby and let her best friend lay around the Tower watching romcoms eating a giant heart box of candy.
Natasha always forced you off the couch, and made you dress up in the hottest clothes she picked out. Then despite all your protests she took you out for dancing and drinking. There were times Natasha would try and find you a date, but it never seemed to end well. One scumbag tried to rub up on you in all the worst ways after saying all but three words to you, and he was laid out on the floor. Before you could even blink and Natasha was dragging you away the action drew in a crowd.
So yeah this was your first real Valentine's day in an official relationship, and you wanted nothing more than to make it perfect. And you were already off to a horrible start by forgetting about the holiday. You just got done with a three-day mission over in Turkey taking down a radical terrorist group. It was your eighth mission in a row with no breaks in between since you returned.
You were sleep deprived, food deprived, and touch deprived. So it wasn't much of a surprise that concepts like time and dates got away from you, but still you felt bad.
You raked your brain trying to figure out some last minute ideas that could be thrown together in a moment's notice. But the only thing your mind was concerned with right now was the same thing your body craved.
Rest.
You stumbled into your dark apartment dropping your gear on the floor. At least you didn't have to worry about another mission for a few days. Sam promised he would make sure your cellphone didn't go off, so you could take a break before a burnout happened. But it was starting too look like that wasn't possible anymore. Your eyelids were getting heavier as you tried to make it to the bedroom. Black spots were appearing in your vision, and your brain was starting to shutdown. Your body got more sluggish with every step you took.
Fatigue had hit you just two days ago, but you were knee deep in your mission. Even though you knew it would come back to haunt your ass later. You continued to push yourself a hundred percent running off of nothing but energy drinks, and junk food. Now you were wishing you had slowed down for just an hour to sleep. It could've made all the difference.
You made a desperate attempt to grab the couch as the feeling in your legs began to fade away, but your hand fell short as your body finally gave out. It was then you felt a strong pair of hands grip your waist. A second later your feet were lifted off the floor with the hands maneuvering your body across a hard muscled shoulder. Fear overcame you but there was no energy in you to fight back.
"Aneka be gentle with our love" a familiar voice chastise your captor. It was Ayo.
Which meant the person who stopped you from face-planting the floor had to be Aneka.
You managed a sleepy sigh of relief giving her a light pat on the back, but your hand barely grazed her.
"I am being gentle" Aneka insisted.
"You carry her like a sack of potatoes give her too me" Ayo argued back.
"No I got her"
Their voices trailed off as sleep finally came to claim you, and you didn't fight it anymore knowing you were in safe hands.
When your eyes opened next you were greeted by the sight of sunlight peeking into your room from the corners of the curtain. But the room was still relatively dim, since the drapes remained closed. You were laying on your side with your head resting on someone's chest, and an arm wrapped around your waist from behind. Another body was pressed to your back.
Your gaze drifted to meet a pair of warm brown eyes staring down at you.
"Were you watching me sleep?" You asked Ayo with a small smile.
She simply nodded her head leaning down to press a kiss to your head with a soft hum. "Happy Valentine's day my love" she whispered.
"Oh crap" you replied trying to shoot up from her chest, but the arm around tightened.
"Relax usana we know you've been too busy to plan anything" Ayo told you. "Its okay we have the whole day planned out and more."
"More?"
Aneka had woken up as well or maybe she was awake from the start. "For starters you're going back to Wakanda with us for the next couple of days."
"We have dinner plans late tonight, and there's a festival in a few hours. So if you're up for it we can get going right now" Ayo said pulling herself up into a sitting position.
You were stunned. They had already had the entire day, and more planned out. It was obvious they were use to this, but what really had you lost for words was them being unbothered by your lack of planning.
"If you guys want we can make a pit stop to a store I can grab a few gif-" Your words were cut off when Aneka leaned over to plant her lips on yours in slow and passionate kiss. Leaving you breathless when she finally pulled away.
"Stop it sthandwa we have no need for those things. All we want is your time and you now if you want to give me a gift..." Aneka let her voice trail off as her hands did the talking by drifting down to your inner thighs.
You jumped a little at the contact suppressing a moan. It had been month since you were truly relieved, and you missed both of them terribly in more ways than one.
"Not enough time my loves we must get going there will be plenty of time for that tonight. Let's move" Ayo cutted in climbing out of bed.
Both you and Aneka let out collective groans at the same time. Ayo turned around with a raised eyebrow, and that was all it took for you two to fall in line.
"The jet has an auto-pilot, or did both of you forget?" she stated with a smirk eyes glowing with mischief.
The three of you couldn't get on the Hovercraft fast enough. This was definitely going to be the best Valentine’s day ever.
The trip too Wakanda went by swiftly considering the three of you were too occupied with each other to even pay attention to the time. Shuri had provided Ayo with a vibranium bracelet with the ability to lock your powers away. She didn't hesitate to put it on you since none of you were in a mood to hold back.
An alert went off once you guys were ten minutes out from landing. Your head was thrown back with your eyes rolling back as Ayo buried three fingers inside of you.
"Just one more" she murmured.
You let out a moan as the fingers pumped in and out of your dripping core. Aneka was seated behind you holding your body still as Ayo worked on you.
"My love I don't think we're going to have enough time plus she's already worn out. We need her conscious and active for the day best not to tire her out now" Aneka advised.
With a nod Ayo pulled her fingers free causing you to cry out in disappointment. You lifted your head to give her a pleading look. She simply sucked her fingers clean of your juices.
"You came three times entle that should sustain you till tonight. For now we need to get decent, unless you want everyone to know what we were doing."
Five Minutes Later
The Hovercraft touched down at the entrance to palace where Shuri and Okoye were waiting to greet you. Few words were exchanged with Aneka ready to whisk you off to the ongoing festival, but it wasn't a problem considering both of them would be attending as well. The festival wasn't just for couples, but also friends and families to enjoy.
The market had come to life more than every before, and it was absolutely beautiful. Every shop and vendor was decorated in bright colors, and different tones of brown. There was some reds and pinks in the banners, streamers, and confetti but it wasn't overwhelming like back at home. The crowd was alive as there was something for everyone to enjoy. You spotted a couple of shows being held with little kids gathered around watching the events play out before them. Live music loud enough to fill the entire area played a fast and joyful melody with couples dancing all around.
It took all but two seconds for Aneka to pull you off to the side in a little space twirling you around. By now Shuri and Okoye had broke off to have their own fun. You weren't exactly a talented dancer, but years of fighting did give you some skill. So you were able to match Aneka's graceful movements your back pressed to her chest as both of you swayed to the music.
She spun into Ayo's awaiting arms a few minutes later who pulled you in close. Nuzzling her face into your neck as you let out a series of giggles. "Isn't this more fun than exchanging cheap cards, and watching a bad romcom."
"Hey romcoms are meant to bad and cliche" You said in a playful tone.
Ayo pulled back to look you in the eyes and raised her eyebrows at your defense.
"But yes this is more fun" You admitted.
Aneka joined both of you pushing her way between the two of you, with two plates of pastries in her hand. "I got sweets."
Ayo's eyes lit up with childlike joy something you'd never seen on her face before as. Aneka handed her a plate with specific cakes on it. For you she got a variety of cakes, cookies, and other things wanting you to try them all to pick out a favorite. The three of you moved on to a picnic area with blankets spread out in a grassy field. It didn't seem like they belonged to anyone in particular, but was a place for people to just settle down and enjoy each other's company.
Aneka fed you a few of the sweets, and there wasn't one you didn't find to be delicious. The festival wasn't ending till later that night, so after relaxing with your two loves for another hour on the blanket. Just talking to each other, catching up on what went down over the month you were separated from them.
You broke off from them for a while to spend a sometime with Okoye who was happy to have you to herself for a while. After all you were still her favorite American, and you had been ignoring her just as much if not more. You and her passed by a few ongoing shows telling recounting prominent events in Wakandan's history. She took you to by a large enclosure with a brown metal gate surrounding the open barren ground. Inside the gate were adult rhinos running around with a few carrying a person on their back. Some were laid out on their side being fed various veggies and fruits.
A few yards away was a smaller play pen filled with baby rhinos, and a few kids playing with them. There was a Border Tribe solider standing watch making sure all the rules were being followed.
"Come on I'll show you my rhino and you can tell me what's on your mind." Okoye said leading you to the front gate. She wrapped a comforting arm around your shoulders as you tensed up. At one rhino in particular turning his gaze on both of you as if he could sense his owner's presence.
"His name is Kamani and he's a gentle creature I promise" she reassured you.
You gave a nod stepping into the enclosure and pausing when Kamani came bounding up to both of you. He came to a halt in front of Okoye to lick the side of her face.
"You can pet him go ahead" Okoye encouraged you.
You reached out a tentative hand to run along his rough, but smooth skin. The rhino let out a soft rumbling growl, and laid down at your feet. You continued to pet him. "Awww he's like a puppy."
"When he wants to be now tell me what's eating at you?"
You turned to Okoye who fixed you with a knowing look.
"I feel like I let Ayo and Aneka down today I mean they had this great day put together for us, and I had nothing. I don't think that's fair to them" You told her.
It didn't matter that both of them assured you that they weren't upset nor did they care for cheap commercial gifts. You still feel bad for not contributing something for the day. You fell fast for both of them, and yes they fell for you the same way. But you weren't sure if their were on the same level as you were. The last thing you wanted to do was jeopardize the relationship in anyway.
"Y/N I can tell you right now that Ayo and Aneka both adore you, and don't care about something as silly as a forgotten card."
"Yeah but I still feel like I should get them something."
"Well Aneka cares for more for gestures, and Ayo is okay with gifts but it would have to be something small and subtle. We can checkout some of the vendors, and I'll help you pick something out." Okoye suggested feeding Kamani a few apples.
"I swear Okoye you are the greatest friend a girl could ask for." You paused your petting to throw your arms around her neck. Okoye chuckled returning the hug.
In the end Okoye helped you pick out a three-piece bracelet set with a silver and brown tone. There were symbols engraved into them, and she reassured you all of them meant something romantic. Ayo would be able to wear them even in her armor. Even though Aneka preferred gestures that didn't stop you from purchasing. A heart charm necklace for her.
The day at the festival came to an end as dinner time rolled around, with the reservation drawing close. The three of you left after doing your round of goodbyes. The restaurant had a nice little buzz with lanterns suspended on rope lighting up the place. The sky had turned dark gray with the sun slowing disappearing mixing in a light orange, The sight was breathtaking and you had a perfect view of it. Ayo had booked the table outside right by the waterfront.
You were seated between both of them. The waiter brought a bottle of wine, and glasses of water. While you took time to look over the menu.
"If you want to stick to what you know we won't be offended." Aneka said watching your eyes scan over the pages filled with various dishes with your eyebrows knitted together.
In the past whenever they took you out to the eat. Both of you picked up on your habit to order something basic and safe. Foods that you could no doubt find in America at a African-themed restaurant, but here it tasted ten times better. Aneka made a joke about it once, and you swore next time you would order outside your comfort zone.
"I want to try something new" You insisted still looking over all the different dishes. All of the displays of food before looked delightful, but when you read over what was on them. Some of the sauces and meats were unfamiliar to you making you hesitate.
"Tell you what we'll get the appetizer tray, and you can eat off our plates like both of you always do" Ayo commented throwing a pointed look at Aneka.
Before you came along Ayo only had to contend with Aneka always wanting to take bites of her food, but it was a habit both of you shared. You at least offered her food off your own plate.
You ended up getting your usual dish of variety of meats with a side of rice and fruits. It was during the middle of dinner after all of you had eaten a fair amount. You presented both of them with their gifts.
"Y/N we told you not to worry about" Ayo said but her eyes shined with appreciation at the bracelets.
"I'll never take it off" Aneka promised immediately slipping the necklace over her head. She reached over planted a kiss on your cheek, you turned your head to catch her lips instead.
She smiled eyes closing as her lips moved in sync against yours pouring as much emotion into as you could. A hand would grip your chin gently, and then your lips were on Ayo's.
"I know its only been a few months since this started, and I'm still getting use to all this. But I just wanted to show both of how much I love you guys. I mean this is my first real Valentine’s day, and you guys made it so perfect. The least I could do was get you gifts I just didn't want to disappoint either of you. Because well I love both of you" The ramble came to an end. With you staring down nervously at the plate of food before you.
Ayo and Aneka looked at each other and with a nod scooted their chairs closer to yours. They placed either of their arms around you caging you in.
"Sthandwa sam you could never disappoint us for one, and for two the only thing we wanted to today was you. Did we not make that clear earlier." Ayo said hand cupping your cheek to make you look up at her. The love she had for you was evident on her face. No one had ever looked at you with such intensity before. It made your heart beat a little faster.
Aneka was next nudging you with her nose to make you turn to her. "We love you too and if it makes you feel better next year you can plan the day. But please don't make us sit through twenty romcoms"
"What do you two have against romcoms?" You laughed.
"We just prefer the real thing no love story is better than ours" Aneka replied.
"See that's something that would totally be in a romcom."
"Then why watch it when you can live it." Ayo's voice reached your ear from behind.
"Tell me if this was a romcom how would the night end?
You leaned back in your chair thinking about it for a second. "The screen would fade to black with us making out under the stars probably."
"I have a much better idea" Ayo hummed teeth grazing your earlobe making you shudder.
"Doing it under the stars might not be a bad idea" Aneka chimed in with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
Imagine losing control over your powers while in bed with Ayo and Aneka
Warning: Light smut
You tried to lift your head up from the pillow to warn Aneka that she needed to slow down. As the warrior increased, the speed in her thrusts from behind. Unfortunately, though, neither her nor Ayo knew the ramifications of you getting being over stimulated sexually, and the toll it took on you trying to control your powers. It was probably something you should've warned both of them of. Before you gave them a green light after they came home from guarding duties to find. You exiting the bathroom with just a towel wrapped around your body. Your hair soaked and wet along with rest of your body hanging freely down your back.
Lust got them better of both of them, and they were stripped of their armor in seconds. They insisted all of you could shower again later, and to the bedroom. The three of you went where Ayo managed to pull three orgasms from you in a matter of a hour. Aneka got one out of you so far and was pushing for a second. You wanted it just as bad, but could feel yourself losing your grip on the electricity building up inside of you. The power wanted to break free and it was important that you maintained focus. In order to keep from shocking both of them. Well it had happened a few times in the past. Those were only little shocks nothing more than what someone would do by accident when touching a friend. After rubbing their sock covered feet on carpet for way too long. This would be way bigger and more painful. Ayo pushed your head back into the pillow not too roughly, and her lips were on the back of your neck.
"Ayo you have to ahhh crap" you panted as your protest dissolved into a moan. As her kiss trailed down to your bare back. The coil in your stomach was ready to snap along with your control.
"Just one more sthandwa I promise. You can do it" Ayo encouraged you.
You didn't doubt it and that was the farthest thing from being the problem. Sparks of electricity started appearing in your hand as you squeezed the sheets. Neither of them noticed as you grunted with effort of trying to keep the power in.
It was becoming too much you wouldn't be able to hold it in, and you were way too close to tell Aneka to slow down or stop. You would have to transfer the power somewhere else.
The coil in your stomach finally snapped as the orgasm was ripped from you. With a smile of satisfaction Aneka slowed down riding out the orgasm with you, and Ayo looked down to make sure you were good. Your hand latched onto the digital clock on the nightstand. It was such a tiny machine and in no way could it hold all your power. But it was connected to a socket in the wall some of it would spill over. You let out a guttural moan as your hand lit up with electricity till it was practically overflowing with your entire arm crackling with it.
Ayo's eyes grew wide with worry as you lifted your head from the pillow and your eyes flew open. The same electricity had filled your eyes, and it looked as if you were in some sort of trance.
"Aneka that's enough" she demanded.
Aneka pulled the strap free from your dripping core without any hesitation. She took the strap off and was reaching down to turn you over onto your back. But Ayo grabbed both of her hands shaking her head. They watched as you did everything you could to keep the power from touching them. The digital clock went haywire and short circuited. But you weren't done you continued to push the power outward until its reach expanded beyond the home, and the lamp on the other side of the bed started to flicker. A moment later it went out along with everything else in the house.
Your head flopped back down into the pillow, and your hand fell off to the side dangling over the bed.
Ayo and Aneka gave each other nervous looks hoping your power didn't affect anyone else. But their suspicions would be confirmed two minutes later. Aneka was lying beside you rubbing circles into your back as you came back down from a power and sex high. Ayo had gotten out of bed too look out the window too see half of the city without lights. She cursed under her breath when her kimoyo beads started to vibrate.
The General threw a silent prayer to Bast before answering it. A holographic image of Shuri appeared before her with a slight amused expression on her face.
"How can I be of service to you your Highness" Ayo asked. Her calm tone giving nothing away.
"Don't try to fool me Ayo I have known y/n for way longer, and I know half of the city being short circuited of its power was probably her doing." Shuri told her with a shake of her head.
Ayo looked away slightly embarrassed as The Princess burst into laughter.
"Is she able to fix the power outage?" Shuri asked after her laughing fit died down.
Ayo glanced back over to the bed to see you sprawled out on your stomach with one arm dangling off the bed still. Your eyes had drifted closed by now, and your steady breathing told her one thing. You were sound asleep as Aneka gently shook your shoulder in an attempt to wake you. But you didn't stir not even once.
Ayo let out a nervous chuckle with a shrug. "I'm afraid not Shuri I don't think she's going to be any use of anyone till morning."
Shuri let out a sigh of exasperation. "Fine we have other means of restoring power, but her way would've been less of a hassle. In the future Ayo please be sure to put a power restrictor on her. If you and Aneka wish to rock her world I don't need this becoming a recurring thing."
"Yes Princess" she replied looking away.
Shuri hung up leaving Ayo to hang her head low while Aneka burst into giggles.
"This isn't funny my love" Ayo hissed.
"No I find it to be quite hilarious" Aneka shot back.
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Imagine getting caught under the mistletoe with Ayo and Aneka
"Maybe we should just tell her how we feel" Aneka suggested. Her and Ayo were watching you play with the baby rhinos a few feet away.
"No we have to ease her into this Aneka, or we could scare her off" Ayo said shaking her head.
"Okay then just exactly how are we suppose to do that without telling her the truth. She's completely missing all the signals we're sending her" Aneka complained. A whiny tone in her voice. Two weeks had gone by since you let Ayo in past all your walls, and things couldn't be better. You were attached to both of their hips at all times these days. If you weren't with Ayo then you were somewhere with Aneka, heck you even postponed your trip back home to spend more time with the two of them.
When Shuri questioned you on the vacation extension you simply told her that. Your training with Okoye was doing wonders for helping you improve your control over your evolved powers. But that couldn't have been farther from the truth. While the General was helping you improve your combat skills, and the lessons she taught you went well with remastering your powers. It wasn't the real reason you wanted to stay, and even though she saw right through your lie. She let you believe you had fooled her. In reality you couldn't fool anybody considering you hadn't spent a single minute of your time training with Okoye since then.
Every time you were caught in the training room it was with either Aneka or Ayo at your side. Or more like on top of you training with them mainly involved both of them just sparring with you until they pinned your body under theirs. Ayo would give you a victorious smile, and tickle your sides when you refused to tap out. Aneka was the complete opposite, and you couldn't be more grateful at the fact. That your skin complexion hid any blushing on your face, because whenever she got you pinned. Instead of letting you a tap out Aneka would lean down till her face was only inches from yours with a smirk on her face. She was teasing you with her beautiful brown eyes boring into yours. You would swallow hard eventually looking away with a nervous chuckle. Aneka would giggle then proceed to peck on you on the cheek, and finally letting you up afterwards.
The first time she did that she beamed witnessing the way your legs turned to jelly. When you tried to stand up but your legs started to wobble, so you settled for sitting on the mat for a few more minutes.
"Do you really think she's missing our signals. I mean we're making our feelings pretty obvious aren't we?" Ayo asked her lover.
"I don't know about you but I'm definitely am" Aneka answered.
"Aneka" Ayo said in a warning voice.
"Calm down I haven't made an actual move on her or anything yet. I'm just not subtle about wanting her is all." Aneka told her with a shrug.
Ayo let out a sigh of exasperation not sure if she could believe her lover or not. Patience wasn't her strong suit and out of the two of them. Aneka was the more eager one to bring you into the relationship with them. It was funny because in the beginning she actually tried to hide her attraction for you, but Ayo was able to read her like a book. It didn't take long for her to coax the truth out of Aneka, and she was jumping for joy when Ayo revealed that you had her captivated as well. Now that both of them had established a pretty good friendship with you, and were ninety percent sure that. You felt the same way about them as they did you.
The biggest obstacle was presenting you with the idea of a poly relationship. They didn't know where you stood on the subject, and figured the main reason. You were so hesitant to take things any farther with either of them. Whenever the opportunity presented itself was because you knew for sure they were together. The flirting probably confused you more than anything. Which is why both of them brought you out here to the Border Tribe grounds today. You had been begging to see the rhinos for the past couple of days, and this was one trip Okoye wanted to sit out for obvious reasons.
Your eyes widened in surprise when you opened the door to find both of them standing on the other side. Dressed up in casual clothes for the day out Aneka had a picnic bag on one of her arms.
"Um guys a little help" You called out to them your voice dissolving into a stream of giggles.
Both of their heads snapped up into your direction out of curiosity more than worry. They knew you more than safe around the animals. The Tribe Leader took the time to introduce to all of them, and get them acquainted with you to make sure. There were no sudden accidents, so you weren't being attacked. At least not in a violent way. A group of baby rhinos had piled up on top of you forcing you to lay on your back. Some of them were nuzzling their noses into your stomach, while the two focused on licking your face showing you as much affection as they could.
"Ayo come on" You pleaded with a squeal at the cold touch of the rhino's nose on your bare stomach. All the nudging they were doing had caused your shirt to ride up a bit. You knew out of two Ayo would probably be the one easier to convince to come to your rescue. Aneka was more than likely in the process of taking pictures right now.
Ayo shook her a head with a small smile on her face. It was hard to believe that you were one of the most deadliest Avengers at times. A warm feeling overcame her as she glanced over to Aneka who was indeed recording the whole thing with her kimoyo beads. In her eyes the three of you were already official so why did it have to be so hard to make it real?
"Ayo please" You cried out again.
"I'm coming sthandwa" Ayo finally answered already making her way over to you.
"Oh come on ten more seconds" Aneka chuckled.
A Day Later
"Have you two still not told her how you felt?" Shuri asked a hint of disappointment in her voice.
Ayo shook her head. "We don't know how" she admitted sheepishly.
"Why not just be honest with her about your feelings" Shuri suggested as if it was that obvious.
"That's what I said" Aneka exclaimed smacking Ayo on the shoulder. "Ayo is afraid of running her off with the idea of being with both of us."
Shuri scoffed. "Oh come on surely you see the way she looks at both of you, and not to mention you two is all she can talk about."
"That is when she decides to take a sometime away from you two to spend time with someone else" Okoye chimed in. The General had a small pout on her face. Which was rare for her.
"What's wrong?" Ayo asked her attention switching from her own dilemma to her friend.
"Nothing" Okoye murmured looking away quickly. It was obvious that she was lying.
"She's upset that you and Aneka stole her favorite American from her" Shuri revealed with a chuckle. Okoye shot the Princess a death glare clearly not caring about status right now.
"Wait you and her are pretty close aren't you?" Aneka mused walking to stand behind the General.
"We use to be" Okoye muttered under her breath turning around to face the younger woman.
"Oh hush y/n still loves you alright she's just going through the early stages of the honeymoon phase with these two" Shuri said.
"Yeah and the sooner you help us figure out how to approach her with all this. The sooner we'll get through the honeymoon phase, and you'll have her to yourself again." Aneka told her pausing for a second to think then continued. "I mean eventually she'll want a break from us and you're going to be the first person she calls to hang out with."
At this point without either of them realizing it Ayo had come around to stand on Okoye's left side. "What Aneka is trying to say is if you help us. I'll take over morning training sessions for the next three months, and she will handle cleaning duty for the spears and armor."
Aneka frowned and opened her mouth to protest, but Ayo shot her a look telling her to wait. She wasn't happy but listened anyway.
Okoye pretended to mull over the deal for a while already knowing it was a win-win for her. While getting up early to lead training for the Doras were no problem for her. It would be nice to sleep in every now and then. And as far as cleaning duty for the spears and the armor it was usually a task she assigned to any Dora, but sometimes they would try to argue with her decision. Having Aneka take care of them for the next few months would save her a few headaches. Not to mention with both of them being preoccupied at times. You would be free a few times throughout the week at certain times of the day. She really did miss having you around.
"Fine I'll help" Okoye finally said after two full minutes of silence. Ayo grinned while Aneka just shook her head.
"Why do I have to take cleaning duty?"
Ayo shrugged "because I'm second in command."
Two Days Later
"I didn't know you guys celebrated Christmas here in Wakanda." You said spinning your body around to get a full view of your body in the dress. It was third one you had tried on and while you did like it. This one didn't seem to be the right fit either for the Christmas party being held at Ayo and Aneka's home. No doubt the dress would impress Aneka who would love the way it hugged all your curves just the right way, but you didn't think Ayo would be a big fan of it. You wanted to pick out something both of them would like. It was starting to seem like an impossible task.
"We do its just our traditions are a bit different from yours. We tend to be a bit more festive you know. Parades and parties with minimum gift exchanging" Shuri explained. The Princess of Wakanda was a bit casual for the event in black dress that fully covered her shoulders of average length. "You know we're going to be a late if you don't hurry up and pick something. Its not going to be anything too fancy did they not tell you that?"
"They did but still I want to look good" You whined stomping your foot. It was frustrating not knowing if it was even appropriate for you to being trying to get their attention. Since the two beautiful women were already in a committed relationship. Were you crossing a boundary here.
Shuri walked over to her bed where you had all the dresses spread out. She looked over them before coming across a beautiful red dress with gold mixed at the shoulder sleeves, and slits cut in at the thigh. It was perfect not too fancy but not super casual either. "How about this one?"
You looked over your shoulder to see which dress she was holding up, and your eyes lit up in joy. "They'll love that one it matches their armor."
"So which one are you pinning for?" Shuri asked with a teasing smile. As you came over to take the dress from her already shimmied out of the last dress.
"What?" You squeaked out nervously.
"Well obviously you're hoping to impress one of them who's the lucky girl?"
"Come on Shuri both of them are taken by each other. I don't stand a chance I just know they're going to look good, and want to match them" You lied smoothly.
Shuri let out a laugh filled with disbelief. "Yeah because you hear me calling all my friends sthandwa."
Now that got your attention considering both Aneka and Ayo were using the word on a regular basis with you still. Yet you still didn't know what it meant. "Hey Shuri what exactly does that word mean?"
Shuri tilted her head to the side with a smirk. "You're going to have to ask one of them. My lips are sealed sthandwa."
You let out a groan but was finally done putting on your dress, and it was perfect.
The Party
Aneka latched herself onto your arm the second you walked into the house. "You look beautiful, sthandwa. I love the dress," she whispered into your ear.
Heat rose up on your cheeks like it always did whenever she complimented you. "You look great too and your home is beautiful" You replied.
"I can't believe its your first time here" she said. And it was crazy considering how much time you had spent with the two of them. But then again being in their home only served as a reminder to you. That both of them were taken by each other, and the relationship was serious. All of sudden you got real self conscious about how close the two of you were together while walking.
You tugged on your arm to get her to let go which she did without a fight. Aneka shot you a worried look as you put a bit more distance between the two of you. The sudden switch in behavior caught her off guard. You had never gave her the cold shoulder before, and she was learning fast she didn't like it.
"Is everything okay y/n?" She asked nervously.
"Um yeah is Okoye here?"
Aneka nodded pointing in the direction of the outside porch. You looked over to see the General surrounded by a few members of the Dora Milaje and Shuri. "I'm going to go outside with her tell Ayo I said hi" you told her. You walked away not giving get the opportunity to protest or say anything.
Aneka watched in disappointment as you walked away pulling Okoye into a hug. Once you reached her had she just screwed things up with you?
"She probably feels like a homewrecker" Nakia suggested. After Aneka got through telling her and Ayo what had happened. A hour had went by and the party was in full swing now. You hadn't budged from Okoye and Shuri's side since. When Ayo approached you to compliment your dress. You gave her a small wave and looked away.
She hunted Aneka who she knew had gotten to you first to see what had changed.
"Why don't you two just tell her how you feel? Nakia asked in confusion.
Ayo let out a frustrated groan tired of explaining this. "We don't want to scare her off."
"Well then you better figure something out before she says bye bye."
"We have a plan but unfortunately it involves her actually talking to us, or at least being near us you know."
Both of them shot the former spy a pleading look. Nakia shook her head with a grin. "I got you where is she meeting you lovebirds?"
"The kitchen" Ayo answered.
"Give me ten minutes" Nakia told them.
At some point M'Baku had joined the crowd, and now you and him were exchanging stories. While everyone else around listened. A few minutes later Nakia joined greeting you with a hug which you returned. While you did feel bad for blowing off Ayo and Aneka out of nowhere. You felt like it was for the best in the long run. You were guilty of a lot of things but never breaking up a happy home, and you weren't ready to add to the list.
As time drug on everyone started to run low on drinks. Okoye was the first one to get up to get a refill when Nakia spoke up offering to get her one instead. "How about I get everyone something" she insisted. The crowd let out a small cheer at that, and Nakia pushed off the railing she was leaning on headed back to the inside. She turned back upon reaching the entrance to look back at you.
"Y/N will you give me a hand?"
"Sure," you answered quickly, jumping up from your spot between Okoye and Shuri. You followed her into the house not seeing any ulterior motive.
Once the two of you reached the kitchen you grabbed a tray to carry the drinks out on. While Nakia started preparing them, and two minutes later the refills were ready to go. On the way back Nakia paused in the doorway of the kitchen her eyes drifting upward. A chuckle escaped her lips making you follow her gaze to sit a mistletoe strung up over your head. "Oh Nakia you don-"
She held up her free hand to stop your protests. "Don't get me wrong y/n its not that I don't like you. Its just that kiss already belongs to someone else usisi."
Before you could ask her what she meant by that without another word. Nakia took the tray out of your arms with her hand, balancing both of them perfectly. She went back to the outside porch. A pair of strong arms wrapped around your waist from behind, and you were tugged back into someone's chest.
"You've been avoiding all day sthandwa I don't like that" Ayo whispered into your ear.
You let out a laugh bringing a hand up to rest on her arms, but the same guilty feeling flared up inside before you could get comfortable. "Ayo I don't think we should be doing this."
"Don't you like me?" she asked.
"Of course I do but there's Aneka you know I kinda like her too, and then there's the fact the two of you are together."
Just like that Aneka appeared in front of you with a grin. She rested her hands right on your lower waist below Ayo's. "Then its a good thing both of us like you too and have no problem sharing." She said with adoring eyes.
"What?" You replied nervously. Part of you was doing the backflips inside your mind. While the other part was wondering if you truly dreaming at this point. Aneka leaned forward to press her lips to your cheek, and you felt Ayo do the same to your left cheek. Their lips lingered for a few seconds before both of them pulled away at the same time. "We like you y/n and if you're okay with the idea. We want you to be with both of us." Ayo clarified.
You were silent at first, not sure how to answer them considering. You were just now coming to terms with the fact that you weren't dreaming. This was really happening. You had spent the past three weeks bonding with both of them. It only took one week for you to realize you were falling hard, and even though you wanted to pull back. It was impossible to do so Ayo and Aneka had somehow managed to capture your heart without you even realizing it. Of course, you were down with the idea. But you did still have one worry.
"I want to do this" You started watching as both of their eyes lit up with joy. "But I've never been in this type of relationship before. How does this work? What if I do something wrong?"
Aneka took a step forward closing the distance between the two of you, and caging you in between her and Ayo's bodies. Then she pressed her lips to yours in short but adoring kiss smiling when you kissed back. "Sorry I've just been waiting a really long time to do that, and as far as this goes we'll figure it out together."
Ayo brought a hand up to your chin to gently turn your head to the side. So you are facing her and shared a kiss with you as well. "Aneka's right, my love. we got this. After all, you are the first woman we've ever asked to join us. You're special to us y/n and whatever it takes to make this work. We'll do that."
Your stomach was filled with butterflies as your knees were so weak at this point. You were pretty sure if it wasn't for the two of them holding you up. Your knees would gave out on you about two minutes ago. "Alright then I'm down" You agreed pulling away when Ayo leaned forward to kiss you again with a smile. Both her and Aneka frowned at your reluctance. "Why didn't the two of you just tell me how you felt days ago? Why set all this up?"
"We thought if we were too forward it would scare you off" Ayo said.
"No she was thought it would scare you off" Aneka corrected her. "I wanted to tell you from the start."
"This isn't the type of thing you just tell someone" Ayo argued.
"She would've been fine and we could have avoided all of this" Aneka shot back. You shook your head with a grin and captured Ayo's lips in a more passionate kiss this time. She let out a gasp of surprise but her eyes closed as her lips moved in sync with yours. It took about five seconds but eventually Aneka gripped your chin prompting you to break the kiss to lock her lips onto yours. You were left breathless by the time she pulled away. You leaned your head on Ayo's shoulder while the two of them shared a kiss of their own.
"Its about damn time" a familiar voice said a few feet away. All three of you looked in that direction to find Shuri leaned up against the wall with a grin on her face.
"Y/N I don't know if you realized it yet but these two have been obsessed with you since you got here. I mean they could barely focus on their duties" she teased.
"Yes and they've been hogging you" Okoye added appearing behind the Princess with her arms crossed over her chest. A disappointed look on her face.
You chuckled as both women finally released their grip on your waist. "Is that so?"
"Yes now that the three of you are official and all. It would be nice to get a day or at least an hour of your time" Okoye said.
"Hey she's spent this whole party right up under both of you" Aneka argued.
"And the two of you spent this whole party mulling over her now that its done. Maybe you two can actually entertain your guests" Shuri reminded them.
The party went on for another two hours or so winding down as the sky got dark, and soon enough night came. Everyone started to pour out to head back home at that time. Okoye, Shuri, and Nakia stuck around to help clean up the mess. It didn't take long for them to notice you and Aneka were nowhere to be found. Ayo was alone in the kitchen washing up the dishes.
"They're in the living room" she said raising an eyebrow at them. She knew the conclusion all three of them were drawing up in their head. Indeed you and Aneka were found cuddled up in each other's arms on the sofa sound asleep. Aneka was situated between your legs leaned back resting on your chest. You were pressed up against the arm of the sofa with your arms thrown over her shoulders your hands connected at her stomach.
Shuri took a few pictures letting out suppressing her laughter when Nakia nudged her. "This is perfect blackmailing material."
"I'm guess this means y/n is staying here tonight" Okoye stated.
Ayo had finally finished the dishes and came out of the kitchen to stand over the back of the sofa. She peered down at you two unable to hide the love in her eyes. "Yeah she can crash here tonight I'll be up to lead training in the morning." she reassured the General.
Okoye waved her off. "Don't worry about it you can takeover next week, but just so you know. Y/N is my favorite American and I won't take it lightly if either of you hurt her."
Ayo never thought she would see the day Okoye threatened her over someone. "You don't need to worry sister."
The three of them finally left leaving her alone with her sleeping girlfriends. While Ayo didn't want to disturb either of you because of how peaceful. The two of you looked sleeping together she knew there was no way. All of you would fit on the sofa, and the bed was much comfier anyway. It took a few nudges but Ayo was able to get you both to wake up.
Aneka stretched before making her way to the bedroom immediately mumbling. She would be waiting for you and Ayo to catch up. Ayo led you to the giant room with a hand on the small of your back. "You're okay with this right sthandwa?"
You gave her a sleepy nod but the nickname made you perk up a bit. You still didn't know what it meant, and now that you were official with them. They wouldn't have a problem telling you right. "Hey Ayo" You whispered walking into the room.
"Yeah" she answered back guiding you to the bed. The room was dark and the light snores feeling the air told her Aneka was passed out again. She didn't want to disturb her by turning on the light.
"What does sthandwa mean" You managed to ask climbing into the bed, and scooting over into the middle. Your body sunk down into the mattress as if it was cloud. You felt like you would fall through any moment, but didn't.
Ayo grinned knowing you had been trying to get it out of everyone else for the longest. She laid down next to you and turned onto her side wrapping an arm around your waist. Ayo rested her head on your chest before whispering the answer. "My love it means my love." she shook a bit as your body rumbled with laughter.
"So you and Aneka really were in love with me from day one" You chuckled.
Ayo gave you a small nod that you felt. "Hmmm that's good to know since I had a little crush on you since the Battle of Thanos."
She wanted to ask for more details but sleep had finally claimed you again. After those words and five minutes later Ayo went under as well at some point during the night. Aneka would shift over to rest her head on your shoulder while throwing an arm over Ayo.
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Imagine Ayo and Aneka developing a crush when you come to visit Wakanda
"She hates us" Ayo stated watching as you left the lab with Okoye who offered to show you around the city.
"No she hates you" Aneka corrected her lover resting a elbow on her shoulder.
Ayo turned to her with a eyebrow raised in suspicion.
"I brought her breakfast this morning and she actually invited me to join her. While she ate you know she's pretty cool" Aneka told her trying not sound like she was gloating.
"She won't let me anyhwere near her" Ayo complained with a pout.
"I wouldn't either if you judo-flipped me onto the floor the first time I saw you." Shuri said walking past both of them on her way to her workstation. The two of them had chosen to stand guard over the lab today in anticipation that you would be here hanging out with the Princess, and you had until it was time for a break. You wanted to go out to eat but didn't know a single popular spot to go to. Okoye stepped in without hesitation to show you some.
"How was I suppose to know she was one of your American friends?" Ayo defended.
"You could've asked before going all Dora on her, and throwing her to the cold hard floor then putting your spear to her throat." Shuri said pouring a liquid into a vial, but still had a smirk on her face.
"She came out of nowhere and just walked up to hug you. Its my job to protect you I was just suppose to know she wasn't a threat." Ayo protested walking over to lean back onto the work table.
Shuri's attention shifted from her experiment for a brief second as she glanced up Ayo to see the pleading on her face. You really did just let yourself in using your power to turn into a current of electricity and travel through conducting material.
"Fine I'll talk to her when she gets back, but what do you two want with her anyway?" Shuri question standing up straight her eyes flickering back and forth between both of them. There was amusement in them.
"We just find her to be interesting that's all" Ayo said with a light shrug.
"And beautiful" Aneka threw in with no shame.
"Aneka" Ayo chided her softly smacking her shoulder.
Shuri just shook her head giving both of them a playful smile. She already knew what they wanted with you, but wanted to see if they would admit it.
Hours Later
You ended up staying out with Okoye for the rest of the day considering. Shuri had some important lab work to catch up on, you were grateful she agreed to run some tests on you last minute to see. What was up with your powers lately, and why were they going haywire. You had the ability of electricity manipulation and for the longest you had full control of it. Able to generate it, teleport with it, absorb it, and shock or just electrocute people. But lately something had been going wrong whenever you would go to send a stream of electricity at someone. Your powers would just cut off short and you were afraid that. You could be possibly losing them or something.
Shuri was able to come to the conclusion that your powers were just involving, and giving you new abilities with them. You just needed to start training to figure out what they were, so you could to master them. It was a bit annoying to know you had to relearn your powers when it already took you years to master them in the first place. But at least you weren't losing them altogether.
"Are you sure you don't want a training partner?" Okoye asked.
"No you've done enough for me besides I don't want to end up shocking you. You can show me some more combat moves tomorrow though" You said.
Okoye grinned. "Are you sure last time you didn't land a single punch?"
It was true the last time you and her had a friendly sparring match. Back when she was visiting America while accompanying T'Challa on diplomatic business. You ended up kissing the mat four times, and just gave up after that.
"Hey I've been training a lot more since then, and that's why I said you can show me some moves" You reminded her.
"Alright see you tomorrow" Okoye said then walked away leaving you at the entrance to the training rooms. On her way to the lab to see if either Shuri or Queen Ramonda needed anything else. She walked past Ayo who just gave her a nod. But Okoye could tell something was eating at her second in command, and knew it probably had something to do with the way she was staring at you earlier. She gave her a teasing smirk.
Ayo was hoping that Shuri had found the time to talk to you. After all it was her who told her you would training in the gyms of the palace. She really hope she wasn't being setup to be electrocuted. When she reached the gym her ears could pick up the sound of you moving. Ayo paused at the door to watch you train.
You were attempting to construct weapons out of electricity, so far only managing a rope. It was hard to gather the electricity, solidify it, and form it into something. The closest thing you had ever done with this in the past was a lightning bolt. After Thor dared you to do it.
You could feel someone watching you from the shadow, and at first assumed it was Aneka. The beautiful woman had made it a habit of surprising you out of nowhere. She showed up today while Okoye was showing you the market. Aneka begged you to let her whisk you away for just a few minutes. You had let her and didn't have a single regret. But when you glanced over your shoulder you realized it wasn't her, instead it was Ayo the one who put you on your back earlier.
You took a deep breath knowing you had been a bit too harsh to her afterwards. Shuri called you and pleaded the Dora's case telling you that she was just technically doing her job. That if Okoye hadn't known you personally she would've done the same. You knew she was right and was a bit curious to see what she wanted with you.
"I know you're there are you coming in" You asked with a ball of electricity taking form in both of your hands.
"I hope that isn't for me" Ayo said walking into the room.
"What no" You laughed before launching it at a dummy. It soared hitting the dummy in the chest causing a small explosion that left it with a gaping hole. "I'm not pissed at you throwing me I guess I lowkey did deserve it."
"I'm sorry for that I should've waited for explanation" she apologized.
You shook your head. "Naw I should've used the front door like every other visitor."
"In that case let us start over I'm Ayo"
"Nice to meet you I'm y/n"
Ayo beamed and let her spear lean up against the wall as she kicked off her shoes. She joined you on the mat. "So I hear you had trouble pinning Okoye last time you two sparred. If you want I can show you some moves."
"Well I'm getting nowhere with my powers tonight it might help me relax." You agreed walking over to stand in front of her but pausing a few feet away with a hand held up. "You promise to go easy on me right?"
"Of course sthandwa I will always be gentle with you" she replied with a smile.
You tilted your head to the side in curiosity at what she called you. Aneka had used that term more than once with you today, and Okoye reassured you it meant nothing bad. It was quite the opposite actually, but wouldn't tell you what it meant. You made a mental note to just ask Shuri later doubting either Ayo or Aneka would tell you.
