Elena's grave was located in Ohio, recently, there had almost always been someone there, Natasha stepped out of the car, "I'll just be a minute, Maria." she whispered, "Take your time," Maria squeezed Natasha's hand gently.

Maria knew how hard it was on Natasha losing Elena, and then losing Tony, who had somehow become like a brother, to the red haired woman.

"Hi, Ellie," she whispered to the air, sitting on the grass across from Elena's grave, "It's been hard without you, I lost Tony, too, and I haven't really been sure what to do with myself. Maria says that this all just me grieving, but I'm starting to lose hope. It just hurts all the time."

A small smile broke out on her face, "I'm sure you and Tony are in whatever life is after this making fun of how much of a mess I am right now." She laughed lightly, "Yeah, well cheers I guess, to the two of you, saving the world."

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"Elena, it's me, it's mama." Melina whispered to her youngest daughter's grave.

Melina thought she was done with the pain of losing children after Dreykov took them away from her all that time ago.

And then she got them back, followed by her losing Yelena when half the population was snapped out of existence.

But still she pushed forward, because Elena was grieving. So was Natasha but Natasha wasn't letting anyone in.

And now, here she was at Elena's grave.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be better for you and your sisters. All you ever needed was a mother. But I wasn't there. I couldn't be there." Melina spoke softly, "I miss you everyday, my darling."

"I don't know how to help Yelena through this. She misses you a lot. And Natasha is going through hell. She blames herself for your death. I bet you'd know what to say. Somehow, you were better at this whole family thing."

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Yelena visited her baby sister's grave often, just keeping it neat and talking to her. The blonde didn't believe that Elena could hear her or anything...that was just irrational.

"Sorry...I'm allergic to the midwest." Valentina stated, "What this woman did. Honestly, I can't even imagine."

"You're not suppposed to be bothering me on my holiday time, Valentina." Yelena stated dryly.

"Bothering you, oh, no, no. I'm just here paying my respects." Valentina paused, "Elena was a great woman."

"Coming here makes you look desperate." Yelena stated and the other woman laughed dryly, "Okay."

"I want a raise." Yelena stated, "Oh, yeah you and me both. Believe me, you're gonna earn it." Valentina pulled out an tablet.

"I've got your next target, I thought I'd hand deliver it. Maybe you'd like a shot at the man responsible for killing so many innocent widows."

An image of a man was displayed on the tablet, "Kind of a cutie, don't you think?"

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Yeah- I don't have anything to say.

-VIA <3