Natalia whirled around, not knowing that the two boys had entered the lab behind her, and assumed a defensive stance.

"Shit", she thought. Now she really had to leave, but the boys were blocking the way out. Not taking their eyes off of her, Tony called out to JARVIS to summon Steve and Thor. If this was Natalia, they would need back up. While waiting for JARVIS to find them, Clint asked if it was really her.

"Natasha?" He asked.

"Guess again bird brain," she answered.

"Natalia." Tony simply stated, and she smiled.

JARVIS then interrupted. "Sir, Thor is on his way, but I have found Mr. Rogers unconscious in the training room." The screens in the room then jumped to life and showed the very unconscious and bloodied Steve knocked out onto the floor. The two looked at Natalia in fear. All she did was smile.

"Yeah sorry about that, Bruce too," she said in a flat voice, clearly not meaning it.

"Now move," she commanded. She needed to leave. Clint and Tony she could handle, but she wasn't so sure about Thor. The boys, not wanting her to escape, moved towards her, and she moved towards them. They came face to face, and they really didn't know what to do. She smiled sweetly at them, but it wasn't Natasha they saw in her eyes. The eyes they looked into were cold and very pissed. Before they knew it, she had them sprawled on the floor. She grabbed Darcy's taser off a nearby table as fast as lightning and then tased the two. They too were now unconscious, along with Steve. They barely fought back, not wanting to injure their "friend." She then hacked into the towers system and disabled anything that would help them communicate with the outside world. She also disabled JARVIS, and shut down all exits, leaving one open for her to manually close so that she could leave the building.

"Natalia wait, I can help you," Loki said from his cell. She looked back at him and said, "I don't need any help." With that, she ran from the lab.

She ran to her room to grab some things before she left. She grabbed what she needed, and then headed to Darcy's room, hoping that she was there. She still hadn't seen Thor. When she got to Darcy's room, she knocked like she usually did and was greeted by the oblivious brunette. She needed her hacking skills to find out where to go next.

"Hey Natasha! What's up?" she asked innocently.

"Uhhh, mental breakdown." She lied. "I need to get away, and I don't want to go alone. Will you please go with me? You are the only one I can stand to be around since I woke up." She made herself sound as sincere as possible.

Darcy understood. She had been spending a lot of time with the red head. She even poured out her life story to her. Natasha had to be upset about Bruce still being in a coma.

"Sure! I'll go with you! Where to? The movies, shopping, out to eat...?

"I don't know yet, Washington maybe." She really didn't know. The people she was looking for were very hard to find, and the last location she found them at was somewhere in Washington state one day ago. They were SHIELD, a special team, and she needed the hacker on board. She was one of the best in the world.

"What about the team? Do they know you want to leave for a while?" Darcy asked.

"I need to meet with someone to help me with something. I thought a road trip would be nice. Are you in? I also need help finding this someone."

A road trip did sound exciting. And traveling with Natasha would be a once in a lifetime experience. Of course she would go!

"Sure thing babe, let me grab some stuff."

"Hurry," Natalia responded on edge, still not knowing where Thor was.

Darcy came back within 5 minutes and the two left for the parking garage. Darcy took the wheel and they headed to the airport. They met no trouble on the way and the entire tower was now on lockdown. Thor must have tried reviving the guys, and then most likely ran to find Jane in a panic that something may have happened to her.

Natalia brought no guns or knives with her, knowing that airport security was thorough these days. She was a bit nervous about getting onto such a large aircraft. They made it onto the plane with no difficulty.

"Do you have a phone with you? I need to check in with Jane. She will want to know where we are."

Natalia nodded but didn't hand it over. "I texted her just before we boarded. She said to have fun."

Darcy grinned and said, "she knows we can handle ourselves. After all, I'm an excellent hacker and could get us out of any technical trouble, and you, well, you can get us out of any type of trouble. We make a good team."

Natalia smiled at this. The women settled themselves in for the long flight and soon drifted to sleep.

After landing at Bandera State Airport in Washington, they rented a car and drove to a nearby diner. They both ordered and Natalia fabricated a text to show Darcy. She set a timer for it to come through and just before it went off, she made sure her hands were occupied.

Bzzzz bzzzzz. The phone buzzed as the message came though. "Could you see who that is Darcy?"

"Sure thing partner," she said as she winked at the red head and reached for the phone. "Ooooh! It's Jane. It says The boys all got drunk last night and I'm currently cleaning off vomit from the living room floor. I hope you two are having fun at least." Darcy laughed and responded to the fake text.

It said, "Good luck with that! We are currently looking at trucker butts and damn some of them are fine."

She handed the phone back to Natalia and she was pleased that her plan worked.

"Okay, Darcy, I need to know where this certain signal is coming from. Can you try and find it?" Natalia had isolated a transmission from the SHIELD base she was looking for but since it was mobile, she didn't know exactly where it was currently stationed. She needed Darcy to find it, if it was even still there. Darcy didn't need to know she was looking for SHIELD. All she knew is that they were supposed to be finding only one man, and he was certainly not a part of SHIELD.

"Ummm sure!" She grabbed the phone and isolated the general area, though not the precise location. BUT Within minutes, she found it. They were somewhere in Seattle. Now she needed a plan to get in. She couldn't just walk up and knock, they would need to come to her to make it look unplanned. She excused herself to walk out for some 'fresh air' while they waited for their food. She walked to the pawn shop next door and bought a pair of guns and a few knives. After her purchase, she walked back to the diner, concealing her weapons as she walked.

They finished their meal and set off for the drive to Seattle. Natalia had already tipped off some people who were anti SHIELD. They knew that Natasha Romanoff was now in the area, and they were going to target the two.

They arrived a little later and Natalia kept her eyes peeled as she drove to a nearby busy area. They got out of the cramped car and Natalia explained to Darcy that she was meeting a contact here, even though she wasn't. It had to look like a random place to be attacked, and also provide a cover story for when the SHIELD team 'rescued' them. They started walking down the busy street and that's when she noticed that they were being followed. "Finally," she thought.

She assumed them to be HYDRA by the way they attacked. They were organized and skillful. She shoved Darcy out of the way just before a bullet reached the young girl. She spun around and dropped the guy within seconds. Chaos erupted around them as bullets started flying. She saw a man pull out a cell phone as he took cover near them, not being able to move. He had called the police saying that the all too famous HYDRA was attacking the street. HYDRA was famous now after they tried to take down SHIELD. Natalia smiled as she continued fighting with her own guns and knives. There was no doubt the people she wanted to find would pick up police chatter and immediately respond at the mention of HYDRA.

With her advanced speed, she took down more and more men, snapping wrists, arms, and legs. She hadn't gotten hit once with a bullet yet, even though they were flying. She managed to put on a show and even shoved innocent people behind tables and into shops to protect them. There were more men than she anticipated, but she could handle them. Just as she ripped a gun from one of the men's hands, she noticed people on her side fighting with her. They had arrived. She fought back to back with a black haired woman. They both fired their weapons at the enemy, while another woman with dark blonde hair fought a group off to the side. Within minutes, the fight was nearly over. Natalia, of course, had either killed or wounded the majority of them. She didn't even have a scratch on her. That wouldn't look too good. The other two agents already had a few cuts, and they haven't even been here five minutes. With a sigh, she shoved one of the men to her side, directly in line with the blonde haired SHELD agent. She knew he would fire at the woman, so for dramatic effect, she flung herself in front of her, taking a bullet to the shoulder. She grabbed at her shoulder and then threw a knife into her attacker, instantly killing him. No one noticed the exchange, but that didn't matter. She was almost sure that the team would pull up video footage to review, and then see what she had done to protect the agent. She smiled to herself.

After another couple minutes, the fight was over.

Natalia ignored her throbbing shoulder and faking worry, she ignored the two SHIELD agents and ran to where she last saw Darcy. She faked relief when she found her unharmed. She helped her up and turned to find the two agents there.

Natalia raised a questioning eyebrow, pretending not to know who they were. They explained themselves soon enough.

"I'm agent Melinda May, and this is agent Bobbi Morse. We heard that HYDRA was in the area and that you were greatly outnumbered. I can see that you had the situation under control though," the black haired woman said as she scanned the area full of men that Natalia had taken down.

"Yea, thanks for the help, I appreciate it. I've got to get going though."

"No!" she heard from the other female agent she had 'protected'. She raised her eyebrow at the flustered woman. "I mean, I know who you are, and you are a legend. Please, come back to the bus with us. I know a few people who would love to meet you."

Agent Morse begged her to stay. The Black Widow was a legend, and she wanted to talk with her. Agent May though, shot her a warning look. Before she could say anything though, Natalia answered with a 'yes'. She was finally in.

The ride to what they called 'The Bus' was a short one. It turns out that they were parked closer than thought. Also, The Bus wasn't really a bus, it was a plane.

The ramp was already open and a dark haired girl ran out to meet them.

"May!" She called. She stopped abruptly when she noticed her two friends being followed by two women.

"Relax Skye, they are friends," May explained. "Call everyone to the lab, except for AC, but fill him in." Tell him The Black Widow is here." May watched the young agent gasp in shock. She had heard the stories of the famous Black Widow.

Natalia's interest peaked when she heard the warning in Agent May's voice when she advised against calling 'AC'. She wasn't sure if it was important or not, but she catalogued in into her mind. As Skye retreated back into the plane, Darcy grabbed Natalia's shoulder to ask her if she was okay to be there. The girl gasped in shock when her hand came back red with blood.

"Holy shit, Nat, you've been shot!" Darcy started her worry dance while Agent Morse turned around in surprise to look at the wound.

"Oh yea," Natalia said. "Almost forgot about that."

Agent May then herded the group onto the plane and then towards the lab. Natalia couldn't help but admire the beauty of the place. It had everything, even bunk beds and a bar. And was that a fish tank in the corner? When they got to the lab, a young British girl nervously approached and asked if Natalia would lower her sleeve so that she could assess the bullet wound.

Natalia didn't want to be touched. "It really isn't necessary," she said. "I'm a fast healer." She turned to leave and was blocked by Agent May and Darcy. Darcy was the one who approached her and pushed her onto the table. Natalia allowed it.

"Sorry chick, but you got shot. This lady needs to look at it." Then she leaned to Natalia's ear and whispered. "Do they know you can heal fast?"

Natalia just glared at her, and Darcy backed off. She then allowed the doctor to approach. She couldn't help but notice her tremble.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

"No, nothing wrong here! I treat agents all the time!" The girl had a fake smile plastered on her face, and then it broke. "Okay, okay, I'm just a tad bit nervous to be treating Natasha Romanoff. You could kill me with a pinky! In truth, I may be more wary of you than Agent May."

"Agent May, dangerous." She thought, making a mental note.

"Simmons," Agent Morse warned.

"Right. You're hurt. You're shirt please?"

The doctor, Jemma Simmons, carefully cleaned the wound after Natalia lowered her sleeve. Natalia was prepared for the doctor's reaction.

"Umm, Agent Romanoff? When exactly did you get shot?"

Agent May answered for her with, "just under an hour ago."

"But that's impossible! Her wound shows exponential healing! Wait, I think I can see the bullet right at the surface." As she reached for the tweezers to remove it, the rest of the team watched as the bullet pushed its way out of her shoulder and tinkle to the floor.

All Natalia had to offer was "Told you." She jumped from the counter and pulled her sleeve back up, leaving Simmons flabbergasted. Even Agent May and Agent Morse looked surprised.

With science taking over, Simmons asked in a daze, "But how is that possible?"

Darcy answered for her. "Super Soldier serum. She got the original serum. I'm sure you guys know Captain America. His was more diluted. My friend here is better than the Star Spangled Wonder, older too." She shut up when Darcy mentioned the older part.

The team looked shocked, they clearly didn't know, and she clearly didn't care. She barely caught the whispered words from agent May to Simmons, "So that's why she's indexed."

"Are we done here?" She asked when the stares became uncomfortable.

"Um, yes, I believe we are," Simmons answered. "Skye asked for us to meet here. I'm sure Fitz, Hunter, and Mack will be here shortly."

As if on cue, the rest of the teamed entered. All of them were curious when they heard that The Black Widow was on board. Skye looked excited this time.

They all crowded around the table, waiting for the 'meeting' to start. When no one said anything, Hunter piped up with,

"I call this meeting to order!"

Fitz and Mack laughed at the agent and Agent May and Morse rolled their eyes.

Natalia assumed that Agent May was in charge when she formally took point of the meeting. "Ok guys, as you all know, Agent Romanoff ran into some trouble today. We are here to find out why, and what HYDRA wanted with them."

"It was HYDRA who attacked?" Skye asked? "Was Ward with them?"

Agent Morse answered with a "No" and Agent May continued.

"Do you have any idea why they attacked?"

"No, but I'm pretty sure it was because I'm not really the most liked person in the world," Natalia answered.

"Aww, I love ya babe," Darcy said with a wink. She was really getting on her nerves.

The tall guy, Mack, then asked her what they were doing here in Seattle. She answered by telling the truth.

"I'm looking for someone, and so far I tracked him to here."

Agent Morse then asked her who it was.

"That's for me to know, and you to not find out. It's a solo mission, with Darcy," she added.

They asked her a few more questions about the HYDRA team that attacked and then Skye hacked into the street cameras to see what actually went down.

"Bingo," Natalia thought. She had found the hacker she was looking for. She was a little young to be a hacker, but from what she knew of the young girl, she was good. She then turned her attention to the video feed.

They all watched as HYDRA appeared from all around and watched how Natalia had pushed Darcy to the side, saving her from a barrage of bullets. She took down so many men so fast, they could barely follow her movements. She even saved a number of civilians. Agent Morse gasped when she saw Natalia jump in front of a bullet meant for her. When the feed ended, they all discussed what to do next. It ended when Agent Morse offered for Natalia and Darcy to stay at least the night, since it had gotten dark. The two agreed, and were then led to their bunks to rest. Natalia was pleased, it gave her some time to convince Skye to find her guy. It gave her time to find James.

After being dropped off at their bunks, Natalia overheard Skye excitedly say to Simmons,

"I can't believe I'm sleeping under the same roof as The Calvary, The Mockingbird, and The Black Widow!"

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