Hydra's Agent

The Day Peace Was Gone

The Avengers searched for Natasha for 6 weeks now. They knew that if  she didn't want to be found, she wouldn't. Bucky tried to contact her and tell her he was ok and will solve the problem together and he wants her hone. Truth to be told, all of them missed her, even Tony. Bucky and Alexei tried to contact Hydra, but it didn't work. The last time they spoke was whenthe explosion in Tony's lab happened. Both Alexei and James knew what that meant. Somehow, Hydra discovered they were traitors. And Natasha wasn't at the Tower.
"Clint, you know where could she go?Any place you didn't think about? " Alexei asked.
"How i know Natasha, she could be anywhere. It took months for SHIELDto locate her in Budapest.... BUDAPEST ! That's where she must be!" Clint ran to the Quinjet. "Avengers let's go!"

At the Hungarian Ballet, Natasha was helping Anya with her hair and tutu. It was the day of the show. Anya worked hard for it.
"You look gorgeous, sweetie! Let's take a photo, so your mom will see you." Natasha send Sasha the photo immediately. And the reply came as fast.
"Your mother wishes you look and she wished she was here ."
"Well, i least i have my cool aunt."
"I am going to see what my students are doing, ok? They are younger than you, so i think the have a lot if emotions." Natasha hugged her and left to the other part of the stage.
The children  were patching back and forth. As soon as they saw their teacher, they formed a crowd around her, shooting with questions. Natasha made them sign with her hand to move in position. The kids aligned in a line.
"Today is the big day! I know you have a lot of emotions like fear, but first let speak one at a time. Ok?"
A girl raised her hand. Natasha let her to speak.
"There all a lot of people. And they will watch our every mistake!" the girl provoked more fear among her classmates.
"Everybody calm down, please! It's okay to make mistakes. It's bad to not learn from them. Do you want to know an ultra mega secret trick that will make the people ignore your mistakes completely?"
"Yes!" the 10 year old kids said.
"Ok. Let's say you are dancing" Natasha started to do pirouettes"and fall. "Nat fell on the floor" You know what's the trick? You dont stay down. You get up and start dancing again. "Natasha made a pirouette again." Always get up, when you fall! And not just when you are dancing. Always! What is the next problem? "
" We are dancing on the same stage with the big kids! They are better than us! They are not even scared! "
" Ariel, even if they are older, that doesn't mean they are better than us. Look at me. I learned you things and you learned me the Ladybug song or how to play hopscotch . We learned from each other. And they are as scared as you are. We all have emotions before a show. But a brave person is not the one who isn't afraid, is the one who is scared, but that doesn't stop him or her. So let's go on the stage and show the world how hard we worked for this! "Natasha put her arm in front ofher. The other kids did the same
" 1...2..3..team Ladybug! "all of them shouted and raised their hand in the air.
A girl took her hand.
" Is there a problem, Ariel? "
" Could you be on a stage with us?"
" Would that make you fell better?"
All the kids nodded.
Natasha held up her index finger "I am not promising anything, but i go and see what i can do about it."
Natasha was looking for Mrs Orlova, Anya's teacher and also the director of the institute. Finally she found her at the staircase.
"Anna, do you know if... You could add me in the ballet my class does? They need me to be close and-"
"I don't think i can add you because, as you know, the ballet tells a story. We can suddenly add up characters."
Natasha didn't hide her sadness.
"Dear, i had to dance in the opening before your class goes up on the stage. But i don't think i can do it. Suddenly i feel a pain in my left foot... would you like to take my place" Mrs Orlova winked at Nat.Romanoff understood what Anna was doing
"Thank you so much! Do you know were i can find some appropriate clothes for the show?"
"Try the wardrobe room. There is where we keep tutus and pointe shoes from the old shows. Hurry up!"
Natasha run like she was on a field mission. In the Wardrobe Room, she managed to find a tutu, which was her size and a perfect pair of pointe shoes. Nat looked in the mirror. She made a ballerina bun and looked fir the last time at the red tutu with black shoes. Then she rushed to the backstage. Her class was excited to hear Nat would be on the stage with them, even for a short period. That short period meant support for the children.
Natasha started to dance. At the end, the crowd applaused her. She felt good. Happy. Even if she learned ballet because of Red Room, she loved to dance. And the crowd's applause felt better when she wasn't on an undercover ballet missions, the ones she did long before SHIELD.
From the backstage Natasha looked at her class, dancing. Nat was happy the kids were braver on the stage than before the show. Maybe, she being on the stage helped then. After they performed, the kids went to hug Natasha.They surprised Nat with a bouquet of red roses.
"For the best ballet teacher!" the kids shouted.
She could fell tears going down her face, but they were from happiness.

On the way home, Natasha decided to take Anya to ice-cream to celebrate their splendid performance.
"Do you have enough energy  to visit your mother?" Natasha asked, liking from her blueberry ice cream.
"Always!"
As they were walking to the hospital,Natasha felt  that someone was watching them.Survival Instincts activated. She looked around without attracting Anya's attention. She didn't want to scare her. Natasha wished she would have taken her gun. Careless. She was so naive to belive in the peace she found in Budapest. Or to belive her enemies won't follow her. Natasha hurried her steps and turned at every street corner, trying to loose the person who was following her. She was sure Anya understood something was wrong.
"Anya, i want you to stay calm. Someone is following us. The person is jumping on the rooftops. I will try to loose the person. If anything happens to me, run home, call the police or the Avengers. You have their number on the fridge, under the nickname<Rushman>. If that person comes after you, you have a gun under the kitchen sink. In my room, under the bed is also a bulletproof vest. Don't hesitate to shoot. That could save your life. "
She had to prepare Anya for the possibilities. Nat knew it was a lot to take in for a teenager, after the day started well. This was how life worked. One second you are alive, the other one, you are  could be dead. Natasha learned that over the years.
" You can run from me forever, Agent 5!Or i should say Avenger?!"Wanda jumped from the rooftop on the street.
"It's just you. For a second i was scared, it was someone dangerous." Natasha said. "Where is your brother?Would you destroy your nails to fight me? "
"Now that Hydra knows you are a traitor, i finally have permission from the Boss to kill you like you killed my parents!"
"Wait! Who did i killed?"
"You cold, heartless b-"
"Kids are around! I didn't killed your parents! I'm sure someone else did it. "
"I will never forget the day when you threw the Stark rackets to Sakovia.One of those rackets hit my house! We we were having  family dinner. We were all happy. For the last time. Then your racket hit!" Wanda's eyes started to glow red.
Natasha knew what Wanda was saying. The events happened when she was controlled by the Red Guardian. Even if she didn't remembered them, she regretted them.
Natasha didn't know she killed her parents. Now, Natasha understand all of Wanda's anger on her. It made sense. If Wanda would jave killed her parents, Nat would want to hurt her too. Apparently, Natasha had a special talent to kill parents: first hers and then Wanda's. She was, like Wanda, happy before the fire started. Nat knew to well the emotions. Sometimes, she hated herself for her parents death. If she didn't have summoned Liho, her parents would have been alive, Alexei would have grown with a loving family and not in Hydra. Natasha pushed the thoughts away and focused on keeping Anya safe.
"Wanda, i am so sorry  for your parents! I was mind controlled. I know how is to lose your family!"
"Your apologies won't bring my parents back!" Wanda 's hands were surrounded by a red mist and she threw a hydrant at Natasha. She, dodged it, surprised.
"You have powers?!"
"How do you think i became the best in Hydra!?"
Natasha knew this was bad. She didn't had her gun or her phone. She was just her, Anya and Wanda there. No shops, no people,no chance to be saved by police in time. Wanda led them to this street and Natasha didn't acknowledge it at first. Perfect ambush.
Nat didn't know  much about her adversary and this was another con point. Now she wished the Red Room would have gaven her powers. Fists and kicks wont help her much in this fight.
Wanda hold Anya in the air.
"Let's see if your ballerina can fly!" Wanda said.
"STAY AWAY FROM HER!" Natasha run to Wanda and punched her in the face with all her power. No one was touching Anya. She promised she would protect that girl. And she would do, even if she lost her life.
Natasha was surprised to see that her punch threw Wanda in the front wall building and electrocuted her, leaving Wanda unconscious. That didn't make any sense. She didn't have her Widow Bite to shock Wanda. She didn't have the power to throw Wanda in a wall who was 4 meters away from them. Natasha pushed the questions aside, and looked afer Anya. She was glad to see that the girl landed on bin bags, which made the fall safer.
Suddenly, Natasha felt very tired. She thought it was because of the fight or the relief to see Anya unharmed. And that was her last thought before she didn't saw, fell or hear anything.