Three.
"You just had to come to Budapest didn't you?" Natasha spoke, following Yelena.
"I came here because I thought you wouldn't." Yelena stated, "But since you're here what bullet does that?"
Natasha glanced behind her shoulder to the wall, "Not bullets, arrows."
"Ah, right." Yelena poured a shot of vodka, but Ellie snuck it right into her own hand, downing the shot.
"Hey! That was mine." Yelena whined.
"If you didn't think I'd come here, why'd you send me this?" Natasha set the vials and the photo strip down on the table.
"You brought it back here?" Yelena asked, slightly panicked.
"I'm not here trying to be your friend but you need to tell me what that is." Natasha stated.
"It's a synthetic gas." Yelena stated, continuing to walk away, Natasha and Elena following, "the counter agent to chemical subjugation."
"The gas immunizes the brain's neuropathways from external manipulation."
"Maybe in English next time?"
"это противоядие от контроля над разумом." (Translation: it's the antidote to mind control.)
"настоящая зрелая" (Translation: real mature.)
"контроль разума? мы говорим о реальном, буквальном контроле над разумом?" (Translation: Mind control? We're talking about real, literal mind control?) Ellie gaped.
"You speak Russian?" Natasha asked, and Elena nodded, "Yup. And Spanish, and German."
"Why don't you ask one of your super scientist friends? Tony Stark maybe?"
"Oh yeah, we're not really talking right now, so..." Natasha trailed off, "Great. Perfect timing."
"Where's an Avenger when you need one?" Yelena quipped.
"I don't wanna be here. And I didn't want to drag Ellie here either. But just as predicted you don't wanna listen. I'm on the run you could've gotten me killed." Natasha tossed Elena a leather jacket and a different shirt.
"Well, what was I supposed to do?" Yelena looked down feeling bad, "You're the only superhero person I know. That was the whole reason I sent it."
Natasha began changing pulling up her shirt revealing her bruised back.
"Oh my god, your back," Ellie breathed out, "Are you ok, Nat?"
"Yeah, it could be worse." Natasha shrugged, "Yeah, I don't wanna know because then I'll worry, and that is what I do best." Ellie spoke.
"You know I kept checking the news, exspecting to see 'Captain America bringing down the red room." Yelena spoke up.
Natasha exhaled sharply, "What are you talking about?" Ellie asked.
"What? Taking down the Red Room? What are you talking about?"
"The red room? Is that where we we're going all those years ago?" Ellie asked following Yelena.
"It's been gone for years. Dreykov's dead. I killed him."
"You don't actually believe that do you?" Yelena asked, looking at her older sister, "You really do believe that."
"Dreykov's dead. It took almost destroying the whole city to get to him."
"If you're so sure then tell me what happened. Tell me exactly."
"We rigged bombs." Natasha stated, "Who's we?"
"Clint Barton. Killing Dreykov was the final step in my deflection to SHIELD."
"Simple as that?" Yelena shrugged, almost bitterly.
"Yeah, sure, 'simple.' That's what I'd call imploding a five story building. And then shooting it out with the Hungarian special forces. It took ten days in hiding before we could even get out of Budapest."
Natasha poured herself a shot, downing it, "And you checked the body, confirmed the kill?"
Elena took the bottle from Nat's hands pouring herself a second shot. "There was no body left to check."
"I feel really out of place," Elena murmured, placing the shot glass back on the table.
Hearing something out of place Elena spoke up again, "Guys."
"You're forgetting Dreykov's daughter." Yelena stated, and Natasha froze.
"Guys." Elena repeated as the footsteps overhead grew louder.
And then ceiling was blown out from above them, "Come here," Natasha waved Elena over pulling her out of the way.
"And this is why you should list-" Natasha covered Elena's mouth, shaking her head as if to say 'not the time'
Yelena made a run for it the sound of bullets hitting the walls echoing through Elena's ears.
Natasha grabbed Yelena yanking her towards the two of them, setting up their escape. Yelena and Natasha took on one of the widows and then they all took off.
"We are under literal open fire." Elena whispered. "No shit." Yelena quipped.
"Where are we trying to get?" Natasha shouted as they all ran, "Motorbike East Side of the building."
"Ow, shit. That thing grazed me." Ellie exclaimed picking up her pace.
"Ellie!" Natasha exclaimed, "You gotta keep up, I know can."
"Yeah, yeah, I know!" She ran on to the roof a couple of steps behind her sisters.
They came to the giant pole thing and Elena shook her head, "How am I supposed to-"
"Just grab on! There's no time."
They unlatched the pole pushing off just as the other widow arrived jumping on after them, "I got you!" Natasha exclaimed grabbing the girl's wrist, but with the widow slashing at Natasha's wrist there was nothing for her to do.
"No!" Natasha exclaimed and Elena gasped as the widow fell to most likely her death.
The pole hit the other side with a crash hurtling Yelena and Ellie into the window, and Natasha down the side of building.
"Are you ok?" Yelena asked, "uh, I think so? There's glass everywhere and I think I'm bleeding. But I feel fine...it's probably shock, but we'll go with yes. I am ok."
"Good," Yelena stated helping Ellie up, "I'm glad you're here."
"I think I'm glad I'm here too but then again it could still be shock."
Yelena stared at her and then Ellie let out a laugh, "It was joke. A bad joke maybe, but it was a joke."
"I'm glad to see you Lena,"
Then Ellie's eyes found the window once more, "Yeah we should probably go."
When Ellie and Yelena got down there, the widow was already dead, and Natasha was crouched by her body.
"Do you believe me now?" Yelena asked, and Ellie hesitantly wrapped her arm around her, "How many others?"
"Enough." Yelena shrugged away from Ellie's arm jogging away.
"Come on," Natasha touched Ellie's shoulder causing the brunette to tear her eyes away from the body.
"Ok, yeah."
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