Steve, Bruce, Natasha, Wanda, Vision and Nicole followed T'challa to Shuri's lab.

"The structure is polymorphic", Shuri said after doing a scan on Vision.

"Right, we had to attach each neuron non sequential", Bruce said.

"Why didn't you just reprogram the synapses to work collectively?" Shuri asked. Nicole smiled at her. She loved how smart she was.

"Because we didn't think of it", Bruce said.

"I'm sure you did your best".

"Can you do it?" Wanda asked.

"Yes, but there are more than two trillion neurons here. One misalignment could cause a cascade of circuit failure", Shuri said. She looked at T'challa. "It will take time, brother".

"How long?" Steve asked.

"As long as you can give me".

Okoye's kimoyo bead goes off. "Something's entered the atmosphere",she said.

Outside the palace, Sam, Bucky, Zephrine, Bella, Pietro, Rhodey and Loki were standing outside.

"Hey Cap, we got a situation here", Sam said.

"It's them", Bella said.

"How can you tell?" Pietro asked.

"We can sense it", Loki said.

"I bet that's not a good feeling", Zephrine said.

The group of seven looked up to see a ship falling. It hit the barrier and exploded.

"God, I love this place", Bucky said.

"Me too", Zephrine said.

"Yeah, don't start celebrating yet guys",Rhodey said.

"Yeah, we got more incoming outside the dome", Bella said. More ships landed next to the barrier.

In Shuri's lab, everyone looked out the window to see the ships landing. Steve and T'challa looked at each other.

"It's too late. We need to destroy the stone now", Vision said as he stands up.

"Vision, get your ass back on that table",Natasha said.

"We will hold them off", T'challa said.

"Wanda, as soon as that stone's out of his head, you blow it to hell", Steve said.

"I will", Wanda says.

"Evacuate the city. Engage all defenses. And get this man a shield", T'challa said, pointing at Steve.

--

Nidavellir

The ship flew towards the frozen rings. Rocket, Groot and Peyton stayed in the ship. Thor held the rope that was attached to the ship.

"I don't think you get the scientifics here. These rings are gigantic. You wanna get them moving, you're gonna need something a lot bigger", Rocket said.

"Don't underestimate his strength", Peyton said.

"What is he going to do? He's in space. All he's got is a rope and a-" Rocket was cut off by Thor, who swung the ship around with the rope.

"Fire the engines", Thor said. Rocket flew towards the rings. Thor pushes them together. "More power, Rabbit".

The rings slowly moved into place. The star turns on and glows. "Whoa", Peyton said.

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