Requested by anya_j_w, Natasha gets caught by the red room and tortured.

"When will you yield to the people who made you what you are Natalia?"

Natasha leaned her head back against the metal table she was strapped to and breathed heavily. She finally recovered a bit and glared at her captor. "You didn't make me. You made a killer. That's not who I am anymore."

Ivan laughed and shook his head, grabbing Natasha's chin roughly, "Foolish girl. You've gotten stupid."

He released her chin and slapped her, making a red mark appear on Natasha's cheek as her lip began to bleed.

"You say you have changed, but yet you are still a killer. Sokovia. New York. Wakanda. The deaths that occured there. They are on you my dear Natalia," Ivan said again, walking towards the machine she was attached to, "Now answer my question so we can end this pointless torture." He said, pressing a button again.

Waves of electricity coursed through Natasha's body and she gritted her teeth in pain, refusing to scream and let this man see how much pain she was in.

Struggling against the restraints, Natasha's back arched and she squeezed her eyes shut until the pain finally subsided.

"Tell us!" Ivan yelled again while Natasha tried to recover her breath.

Coughing up blood and spitting it at him, Natasha sent him another death glare, "Never."

Ivan huffed in frustration and pressed the button again, cranking the electricity higher this time.

Despite her efforts, Natasha could no longer contain her screams of pain. They echoed through the room and brought a smile to Ivan's face as he wondered if he was getting closer to breaking her.

When he stopped the electricity she was breathing heavily still. Her eyes were barely open and her skin was pale and dripping with sweat.

"The more you refuse us the more painful it will be. If we don't break you with this, then we will move onto other, more painful methods. You can deny us all you want Natalia, but it will only bring you more pain."

Natasha took a moment to recover her breath. "You are going to have to try a lot harder then this if you want to break me. I'll never help you."

Ivan yelled out in frustration and cranked the machine all the way up, making Natasha's entire body tense and her back arch in immense pain. She screamed again and closed her eyes tightly, refusing to let a single tear fall.

When the electricity finally ceased, her eyes were heavy and she could barely breathe.

"Rada! Bring me the serum." Ivan yelled to one of his men.

The man brought Ivan a tray with a syringe and Ivan took it delicately, "Obviously physical pain isn't going to break you...but let's try mental pain eh? How well can you hold up if it feels like all your worse fears are coming true?"

Natasha didn't let her fear show but she was terrified. As strong as she was, she didn't know how much she could take.

Ivan injected Natasha's arm with the needle and smirked when she made a slight face of discomfort. "This is the painless part Natalia. What's next is hell," He said with a wicked grin.

Natasha felt her blood turn cold and her vision blurred as the room shifted to something else.

Suddenly she was in a graveyard. Surrounded by tombstones and memorials, she looked around, confused.

A name in the corner of her vision caught her attention and Natasha whipped around to face it.

Steve Rogers

"Oh God." She mumbled as she realized the surrounding headstones were the names of her fellow teammates.

She began to back up when she ran into someone.

She turned around and saw Steve standing with a scowl.

"Steve?" Natasha asked hopefully, forgetting that everything was an illusion.

"You failed us Natasha. We all died because of you." Steve said with a monotone voice.

Natasha frowned, reaching out to touch his face, "Steve what are you talking about?"

Steve caught her hand in midair and began dragging her towards the edge of the graveyard, as they walked, the scenery changed again and suddenly she was back on Vormir. Standing on the edge with her arm in Steve's grasp.

"Steve let go. I don't know what you are saying. No one is dead." She said, struggling to free herself from his grip.

Steve shook his head. "Yeah? Then what is he doing down there?" He said, motioning to the bottom of the cliff.

Natasha peered over the edge and nearly let out a loud sob, laying at the bottom with his body twisted and broken, was Clint.

"No. It was me. I jumped so that he wouldn't. It wasn't supposed to happen like this."

Steve nodded, "You're right. It wasn't. So now you can join him, and this time I won't come back for you."

Natasha's eyes widened and Steve shoved her, pushing her off the cliff.

Right as she nearly hit the ground, Natasha's eyes shot open and she was back in the Red Room.

"How was that?" Ivan asked, "ready for another round or would you prefer to just give us what we want."

Natasha didn't answer.

"I'll ask again Natalia. Where is Captain Rogers!?" He yelled, banging his fist on the table.

The door to the room burst open and Steve ran inside, "Are you looking for me?" Steve asked, glaring at Ivan.

Ivan looked at Steve with wide eyes. Before he could answer, Steve threw his shield at him and made sure he was knocked out before running to Natasha while his team finished off the other guards.

"Oh my god. Nat..." Steve started, placing his hand gently on Natasha's cold skin, "what did they do to you?"

Natasha relaxed into his touch, "Nothing I couldn't handle."

Steve shook his head and freed Natasha from her restraints, "You amaze me. Now let's get the hell out of this place and go home."

Natasha nodded, wrapping her arm around Steve so he could help her limp out to the quinjet, "What about this place?"

"Shield sent nearly three hundred soldiers to destroy the base. They don't need us." Steve replied.

Natasha disagreed, they could always use an extra set of hands to help lead an invasion like this. But seeing as she could barely walk, and because she wanted Steve to herself right now, she didn't argue.

"Natasha are you sure okay?" Steve asked when they were in the air.

Natasha nodded, "A little torture is nothing compared to the pain I would have experienced if I gave up the information and lost you. It was worth it."

Steve sighed and kissed Natasha gently, holding her as close as he could without hurting her.

"I love you." He said.

Natasha sighed and leaned up to kiss him again, "I love you too."

Hey guys. Another semi-depressing one but it ends happy so there ya go.

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