Day 80
It should have been harder, and yet Peter, Harley, and Riri, were able to take over one of the Avenger's jets with relative ease that it had taken them less then ten minutes to get control and start heading out to pick up the other Geniuslings that had gotten permission to go with them to Wakanda (no kidnapping charges And what not, thank you very much but they very much lied about why they were going).
During their journey they picked up Lunella Lafayette (Moon Girl), Kamal Khan (Ms. Marvel), Daisy Johnson (Quake), Amadeus Cho (Brawn), and Laura Kinney (daughter of Wolverine); Harley and Peter got to know them all, both as new geniuslings to Tony and as fellow superbeings. Laura and Amadeus were the only ones that haven't gone on any missions yet, besides Harley who was currently building his own iron suit to be Tony's future successor (something he and Peter talked about in enthusiastic lengths). All however were geniuses in their own rights, having knowledge that the others didn't, and each supported each other. What that meant for the Wakandan Council was that they would step down one way or another or they would suffer. Heroes can become villains with the right push, and messing with Tony Stark was definitely the way to go. No one believed and supported them the way Tony did, who always had their back, and now it was their turn.
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Shuri is happy to meet the newer geniuslings that she only had met through video before, if only it had been under better circumstances. She knew there were a few more, Tony somehow always able to find unique people and wanting to support them however he can and however they allowed (a few only wanting financial support, and Tony was fine with that). Tony was a good person and deserved happiness.
“This room has no surveillance, and is secure,” She tells them as they go into a hidden room inside her lab. “No technology or anything outside of what is needed to support life. It is reinforced with twelve inch walls.” Shuri shut the door behind them and locked it. “It means no one can hear us here.” The smile on her face was evil, she knew it, but when she saw the same smile on the others’ faces, well it was wonderful.
“What do the others know about our arrival?” asks Daisy.
“Only that I invited fellow young geniuses to learn of our culture and to partake and invent. No one, save for maybe my mother, knows.”
“Your mother?”
“I needed her help to convince everyone to leave this wing of the lab alone.” The princess shrugs. “She is smart. Tends to notice connections between things.”
“Which means she is supporting us,”Lunella claps her hands together, “even if she does nothing, we have an ally. A powerful one.”
“Which is good seeing as we don't exactly know what is happening,” Laura grumbles As she folds her arms over her chest and leans back against the wall.
And so Shuri tells them all what she found out.
“I have a dinosaur.” Lunella tells them. “He can just eat them. Maybe get some buddies of his to help.” There's a murmur of agreement from them all.
“We'll make that Plan I,” Peter tells them.
Harley looks over at his friend. “Plan I? Not Z?”
“What?” He shrugs. “I can only put up with people being mean to Mr. Stark for so long. Seven chances to correct the issue is as far as my patience will last.”
“I say it should be plan C. Two is more than enough”
“No, seven. Six council members and one king. One T'Challa, and one Tony. That means it's like one plan to persuade each.”
“You expect us to go one by One?” Amadeus looks at him like he's crazy.
Shuri answers, knowing what Peter was thinking. “No, but if we target the plans right we can get them to join our side and majority rule in our favor. Nine plans allow us to try and end things without bloodshed or T'Challa having to step down. He will be a good king. I do not want to lead but for my brother's sake and for my country I will. Only if it is needed. I would rather invent and create all day than play politics.”
And so they spend the next few hours coming up with different ways to get the council and king to change their minds about T'Challa and Tony. Each of the geniuslings comes up with an idea, Lunella still enjoying her plan of a dino lunch and thus the nine plan.
One plan per genius. One plan per council member (and king), T'Challa, And Tony. Nine ways to fix things or an end to it all. How could they fail?