"I will sing no requiem."
"Tonight."
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"Drop to 2600, heading 0-3-0." Steve told Sam.
"I hope you're right about this. Or we're gonna land a lot faster than you want to." Natasha said. They flew through a barrier into Wakanda.
On the ground, Okoye, T'Challa and T'Mana were walking towards the ship once it landed
"When you said we were going to open Wakanda to the rest of the world... this is not what I imagined." Okoye told the king and princess.
"And what did you imagine?" The princess asked her.
"The Olympics. Maybe even a Starbucks." The ship opened and Ellwen, Natasha, Wanda, and Steve approached the trio as Sam and Rosalie held up Vision. Rhodey and Bruce trailed behind.
"Should we bow?" Bruce asked Rhodey.
"Yeah, he's a king." Rhodey responded.
"Seems like I'm always thanking you for something." Steve told the Wakandan siblings. Bruce cleared his throat and bowed.
"What are you doing?" Rhodey murmured.
"Uh, we don't do that here." T'Mana smiled at Bruce.
"So how big of an assault should we expect?" T'Challa spoke to Steve.
"Uh, sir, I think you should expect quite a big assault." Bruce and Ellwen spoke at the same time.
"How we looking?" Natasha asked T'Mana.
"You will have my Kingsguard, the Border Tribe, the Dora Milaje, and..." Bucky stepped out.
And a semi-stable 100-year-old man." Steve and Bucky embraced.
"How you been, Buck?"
"Uh, not bad, for the end of the world." Ellwen began to slow in her walking before collapsing.
"Whoa. Ellwen? Ellwen!" Wanda and Natasha quickly knelt by Ellwen before calling out to Steve.
"Steve! CPR! Quickly, dammit!" Natasha yelled at him. Rosalie and Sam took Vision inside amidst all the chaos.
Steve did several chest compressions and mouth to mouth trying everything. "Come on, baby." Steve muttered.
"Move!" Amora knelt beside Ellwen. "Damn you Ravenna." She cursed before checking Ellwen's pulse. "She's unconcious, I think."
"You think?! Amora, you were supposed to protect her! You didn't! And now she's in a coma!" Ellwen sat up sharply, coughing and crying. Steve embraced her hugging her tightly.
"I love you, Steven Grant Rogers." Ellwen cried into his shoulder.
"I love you too."
"Never mind that. What happened?" Wanda asked.
"I think I may know." She pointed at Steve. "Please don't freak out."
"Alright I won't."
"I'm pregnant."
"Are you serious?" Steve whispered. She nodded, tears filling her eyes. He pressed his lips to hers.
"Hate to break up this happy moment, but what made you faint?" Natasha asked.
"Either my powers or Tori. Something bad happened."
"And that it did." Volla told her aunt. "Gamora is dead. Mother has been taken by Thanos. And she is with child." A moment of silence hovered over the group.
"I use my powers to hide my pregnancy and the symptoms." She removed her magic. "And I think I'm about to go into labor."
"What?!" Steve asked.
"I know, crazy right?" Ellwen smiled.
"Get her to Shuri." T'Mana told Steve. "I'll lead the way." Steve picked up his crying fiancée and carried her into a medical bay.
"Steve, get her on the table." Natasha yelled out.
"Ok, Wanda, I need you in here with me, Nat, and Steve. T'Challa get Shuri!" T'Mana cried out.
"She's operating on Vision!"
"Tell her to yank it out of his head, dammit! She's giving birth, T'Challa!" T'Mana screamed at him. The whole room shook and another contraction hit Ellwen.
"Wanda, get in her head, and don't stay out!" Natasha shouted.
Wanda used her magic to force herself into Ellwen's head and project visions of happiness into her brain. It apparently worked because moments later, her daughter came into the world.
"Steve?" She asked weakly.
"I'm here, honey." He said gripping her hand tightly.
"What should we name her?" She asked.
"I kind of like Delia Raven Rogers." Steve told her kissing her hand.
"I love Raven. Maybe Raven April Rogers?"
"Perfect." He lifted her up off the table, leaving their daughter with Natasha.
"What do you expect me to do with it?" Natasha groaned in disgust.
"I'll take her, Natasha." Wanda said and Natasha quickly handed her the baby. Wanda placed Raven into a cradle They followed the couple to the room where Vision was being operated on by Shuri.
"The structure is polymorphic." Shuri gasped.
"Right, we had to attach each neuron non-sequentially."
"Why didn't you just reprogram the synapses to work collectively?"
"Because we didn't think of it."
"I'm sure you did your best." Shuri glanced down at her controls sarcastically talking.
"Can you do it?" It was the first time Rosalie spoke.
"Yes, but there are more than two trillion neurons here. One misalignment could cause a cascade of circuit failures. It will take time, brother."
"How long?" T'Challa asked one of his sisters.
"As long as you can give me."
"I'm going to check on the baby." Wanda said before leaving the room. She screamed loudly.
"Shit! It's Raven!" She shouted running to them.
"What do you mean by that?" Ellwen began.
"She's changed. She's older." Wanda told them.
"How old?" Steve asked her.
"16 to be exact, Father." Raven announced as she entered. "Themyscirans and supersoldiers age quicker than most. You of all people should know this." Amora stepped forward with her sword raised. Raven summoned a sword from her palm.
Raven took a swing at Amora and Amora blocked it before punching her. Raven kicked her out of a window.
"Too easy." She muttered before grabbing her mother. "So long petty Terrans." She taunted them before teleporting to the Sanctuary II.
"And then there's that." Bruce muttered.
"Steve, she's gone." Natasha said.
"No, she's not." Steve murmured. "She can't be gone."
"Steve, the baby's back!" Wanda called out before running outside and kissing Sam.
"Amora's dead as well. Great." Rhodey responded. Amora climbed up the wall to the window. "Oh, nevermind."
Okoye's kimoyo beads lit up. "Something's entered the atmosphere." Outside Sam, Bucky, T'Mana, and Wanda looked up at the sky.
"Hey, Cap, we got a situation here." Wanda commed him. The large pointed structure hit the dome and several went outside of the dome.
"God, I love this place." T'Mana smiled at Bucky as he spoke.
"And I love you." T'Mana smirked.
"Oh, I know." He said seductively before he brought her lips to his.
"Yeah, don't start celebrating yet, guys." Sam glared at the couple.
"We got more incoming outside the dome." Rhodey responded as Wanda rushed inside.
"It's too late." Bruce began.
"We need to destroy the stone now." Vision whimpered.
"Vision, get your ass back on the table." Natasha grunted.
"We will hold them off."
"What about the baby?" Shuri asked.
"I'll protect her. It's my job." Wanda said nodding at Steve.
"Rosalie, as soon as that stone's out of his head... you blow it to hell. Wanda, do not engage in the battle. Protect Raven." She nodded at him.
"I will." The sisters answered.
"Evacuate the city. Engage all defenses. And get this man a shield." T'Challa smirked pointing at Steve.