Chapter 14 The King Is Dead

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"T'Challa don't do this! PLEASE" Nefretti begged and begged her husband who has armoring up. They were on the way to the waterfalls were he and his estranged cousin would fight for the throne. Tears leaked out of her red eyes as she saw him preparing to fight. "Are you stupid! This is the prophecy my parents predicted! You don't have to do this. You're already king and I love you. I won't ever go on a mission again! I promise just please." She sobbed into his chest. "Don't do this."

T'Challa took Nefretti's hands off of his chest and on the sides of his head. He breathed deeply as their noses were touching and said to his queen as calmly as he can. "Nefretti, I have won in this battle before and I will do it again. I had the best teacher growing up and that's you. Just believe in my my love. Don't want years of training to go into waste now don't we?" He chuckled a little to lighten up her mode. She chuckled too but still felt uneasy of how this will turn out.

"Ju-Just don't forget about our promise okay? Me and you alive together."

"Of course." He kissed her deeply.

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"Let the challenge  begin!" Killmonger, as eager as ever, advanced first. He swung his two spears at T'Challa who blocked them with his shield. They swung and they dodged until Killmonger decided to get slopy. He tried to hit T'Challa but ended up falling when T'Challa hit him in the knees. A splash of water made Nefretti's heart skip a beat. He got up and kicked. T'Challa had founded him. Killmongeer was angrier than ever. He had managed to wound T'Challa and made that his advantage. Things took an ugly turn when he stabbed T'Challa in the abdomen with his spear. That was then Nefretti let out her scream in horror which brought T'Challa's attention o her. He got the spear out struggling in pain. Killmonger kept on punching the love of Nefretti's life until he had no more energy. He laid down and watched as Killmonger was about to slice his head off "This was for my father!" He swung his blade to T'Challa's neck.

Nefretti felt her world go black not before uttering "You promised." to T'Challa. Their promise was broken.

"You have disgraced your family! Embarrassed the Jabari village! And is unfaithful to your betrothed!" Nefretti's dad threw a spear above T'Challa's head landing perfectly on the bulls eye. Nefretti wept and said nothing as her father, mother and brother looked down on her in disgust. T'Challa was in chains beside her.

"We left you in your room to study only to come back seein you lock lips with T'Chaka's only son! They're our enemies my daughter!"

Nefretti got down on her knees begging her furious parents to let T'Challa go. "Ubawo unina, ndimthanda kodwa nceda ungambulali." (father, mother, I love him but please do not kill him.)

Neffretti's mother glared at the young man in shackles standing beside her beloved daughter. They say mother's know best right? It was for her daughter's own good. She loved her to bits, so she would do everything in her power to make sure that Nefretti was safe. "Siyakuthanda kakhulu uNefretti! Kodwa u yimfama! Usebenzisa kuphela ukunyusa intsimi yabo." (We love you so much Nefretti! But you are blind! He's only using you to expand their territory)

Nefretti could only count on one more person to help save her love's life. She looked at her brother M'Baku, her rock, her older brother. The one who had loved her the most. But he couldn't meet her eyes as all he now saw in Nefretti was an idiotic girl blindly in love. All his trust was gone. The last thing he said before storming away was "Kill him!" He slammed the door so loud that the walls beside it cracked. Their father nodded at the guards who had their spears ready. Nefretti rushed to T'Challa but was stopped by for father and mother holding her back. "T'Challa NO!!!"

"I love you Nefretti. This isn't your fault. If we can't be with each other in this life then I will see you in the next. Like fe or death we will be together." Her love shut his eyes tight awaiting for the brutal imoact of the sharp blades.....but it never came. A swoosh of arrows went into the hearts of the guards making them all go lifeless to the ground. T'Challa broke free of the chains and ran to Nefretti whose head was spinning because of all of that crying. The next two swooshes were heard. Nefretti looked back and saw both of her parents fall with arrows shot in their hearts. She ran up to them screaming "NOO"

They closed their eyes and clutched their daughter's arms tight. "Take care of yourself." They both said in their last breath. T'Challa helped Nefretti up. They both had to get out of this place but a masked man jumped down from the ceiling. It was the archer! The murderer of my parents! T'Challa protectively brought Nefretti behind him.

The archer laughed taking off his mask. Shaka! The asshole wore a malicious smile. "Who else did you think tip your parents off? Didn't take my warning did you? Tsk tsk naughty girl."

"Go impale yourself!"

"Foul mouthed too. No wonder the he's interested."

"Don't talk to her in that way unless you want to end up dead." T'Challa viciously said picking up a spear from one of the dead guards.

"My army is on the way to your precious city your highness." Shaka spat out and threw his bow and arrows to the ground. He stepped forward getting out a sword from behind him. "I'll be joining them soon after I kill the both of you."

T'Challa got into fighting position. Nefretti morphed her skin into gold and silver. If looks could kill, Shaka would be seven hundred ft below the ground now. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

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