Do we have to jump

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Chris chalich, Danny york, Hastien056

-Shuri POV-

I am an idiot for following a random streetboy across LA because as he pulled me towards the tower I couldn't help but sweat a little at the prospect of climbing to the top of this, we reached a cubicle at the entrance of the tower in which an old man seemed to be sleeping. Peter slammed the pack of coke on the table which woke up the old man.

"Ha-wha-who is it?" The old man's voice was so squeaky I thought we met a cartoon character, Peter smiled at the old man as he started to talk "Jim sent me" the old man looked at us with suspicion as he asked "how old are you kids?" Peter said 15 and I said 16.

The old man harumphs as he talks to himself while getting out of the cubicle "he sent me babies to deal with his trouble" I looked at with a raised eyebrow as Peter explained "don't worry, I worked in electric before" the old man scoffs as he walks towards the tower with a set of keys jingling in his hands.

"If the work you did was changing the fuse or something, I suggest you go back to kindergarten or wherever you came from" I could see a vein popping on peters head and wanted to laugh at him for it but what Peter said next piqued my interest "do you know jaqueline tower?" The old man snorts as he said "yes, why did you work as a waiter there" Peter ignored his remark and said "the maintenance of 47,8 and 9th floors of that building were under me".

The old man paused in opening rhe door to the towers entrance "It's good that you are used to heights then because I'm not coming up there with you" with those ominous words the old man opened the door to a single ladder, I moved forward and looked up to find the ladder going atleast 1300 ft up.

I felt my legs clenching at the workout and thanked my brother for training me to be a panther. Peter tells the old man who was leaving "wanna buy that coke I left in your cabin" the old man pauses and asks "how much?" Peter immediately says "25$" the old man scoffs as he says "ha in your dreams kid" but Peter exclaims "nah not really the closest place where you can get a coke will take 8$ to go there and come back if we include the purchase price, that's 18$, all I'm asking is 2$ extra".

The old man seems to think it over before he gives 20$ to Peter before turning around "you are still 20$ short" the old man turns around and says "what was that boy?" Peter smiles as he says "didn't I bring two packs" the old man harumphs before giving 20 more dollars before turning back to leave.

Before he left he yelled back "Check if the green wire and blue wire are still connected. If they are then press the red button and do whatever the fuck you want to do"

I frowned and once he left I turned to Peter and asked about the cursing "what's up with him cursing so much?" Peter shrugged and said "sometimes cursing becomes part of your vocabulary".

I nod as he takes a bag from the back and makes me wear it as he puts the various clips and stuff on me I ask "what are you doing?" He points up and says "this is a one man job so we both have to use the same parachute" I immediately back away from him as I yell "no, no, no, no I am not qualified for this, I don't know when to pull the thing or what to pull" Peter once again smiles as if this is normal before he says "didn't you see any movies?" I shake my head as I say "yes but this is different".

He comes closer and puts a finger on my lips to stop me from saying anything "shhhhhhh, it's really easy you just pull the red one out, you are safe" I look down and find the red string above a blue string "what if I pulled blue?" His smile wobbles as he says "you'll still be safe but a bit shaken up".

I shake my head as I say "no I don't want to do this, I have money so I'll cover for you today" he starts laughing as he says "oh you silly you, do you think I can't do all of this alone, I am doing this with you because I want someone to share the fun with, so today will be the most adventure you will ever have or you never had"

I bite my lip at that and think of my brother mocking me for wanting a vacation to America 'they are an underdeveloped nation, what will you gain by going there?' I remember yelling back as I left wakanda 'atleast they will be more exciting'.

'I want to be more exciting'

-PETER POV-

"I regret accepting your offer" I smile at shuri's complaining as I said "Just a few more steps princess" she groans at my use of princess as an insult before she yells "You have been saying that for the last 200 steps" I laughed as I said "this time I swear, I can see the top" she scream "argggh just move faster".

I stop climbing and look down at her with a smirk as I say "your wish is my command" before I star climbing with my actual speed stunning her into silence as I wave at her from the top.

She took another 10 minutes before she reached the top and started panting on the ground I look off into the distance and say "it's 4:40 now" she nods her head as she said "so what" I shrug and tell her "I already checked it and pressed the button, we got an hour before we can leave" she just nods and I smile as I sit beside her.

"How did they even hire a teenager, isn't that illegal in the United States" I told her in a smug tone about how I got the job "the guy I bet against in the cockroach race didn't have any money so he offered me this gig instead of the 24$ he owed"

She looked at me in surprise as she asked "and it isn't illegal" I smirk as I say "Oh it is highly illegal, penalties upto 500$ and jail time of 2 months" she got up from her lying position and yelled "what?" as she started to shake me by my shoulders while I laughed on.

But I had to concede defeat when the shaking started to get to my head "I was kidding, I was kidding" she stops shaking me and sits back and I smile as i say "we won't even be touched but the guy who hired us will face a 10,000$ fine in court and 6 months of prison" her eyes widen at that as she asks "then why are we still here, what if the police come by to check on this place" I laugh at that as I say "No police officer would drag his ass to the middle of nowhere"

I held her hand as I pulled her up and showed her "that is why I wanted you to come up here" I pointed at the sun setting behind the San Gabrielle mountain bathing the surroundings in a warm light that is neither too hot nor too cold.

Shuri looked ahead at the sunset with a smile as she whispered "It is beautiful" I smirked as I said "I know right" but she turned to me and took back her words "but not as much as wakanda" we both laughed at that before I said "if it's so beautiful, I want to see it too" her smile dims down as she says "our country is a closed nation, no outsiders are allowed".

I nod and say "I know but wakanda's border tribes are fine for visiting right" her smile shines back as she says "yes you can definitely visit and ask for W'abi, tell him you are there for me and I'll be before you in a minute".

I smile at a chance to see the outskirts of wakanda so I say "I will one day" we both look off to the sunset and talk about unimportant things for an hour.

"No shuri you can't claim that Hermione and Ron are a good pair" Shuri just groaned as she said "but they were so good together in the movies" I smirk as I say "that is because you only saw the movies, if you read the books you'd know I am right".

She raised her eyebrows as she said "but the last 3 books were not even written when the first film was released and they still looked like a good pair".

I gave her an all knowing look as I said "well that is because jk Rowling was already involved in the movie making process so she knew what the future held in store" she scratched her head as she said "the books still had Ron and Hermione end up together so what's your point".

I just looked at the sunset and swung my legs off the edge of the tower as I said "JK Rowling actually wanted Hermione and Harry to end up together, you can see that in Prisoner of azkabam when they have a romantic ride on a hippogryph but JK Rowling scrapped it because she thought it was cliche"

Shuri just sighed before she said "I cannot understand you Americans obsession with plop culture" I laughed as I asked her confused "plop?" She frowns as she says "isn't that what you call it?" I understood what she was talking about so I told her "It's pop culture" she nodded and we stayed silent for a minute before I got up and told her "come on let's get down"

But she groaned "Whyyyy?"

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