𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

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"𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐣𝐞𝐭." Natasha said as the trio walked up to an old air craft, that looked like it was barely keeping itself together.

"Yeah, you know what you didn't give me?" Rick asked. "Time. Or money. I'm not made of jets."

"I thought you were supposed to be the best. Like a real pro." Yelena stated.

"Oh, I beg your pardon, tsarina. Was the free flat and lifetime supply of kissel not to your liking?" Rick snapped back at the blonde.

"Ha!" Yelena sarcastically replied.

"Don't let her wind you up." Natasha said.

"No, I take exception to impugning my professionalism."

"Well, you did set me up with a generator that crapped out after six hours."

"You, too, huh? Tag team."

"Welcome to the team, they've already teamed up against me." Thomas said as he patted Rick on his shoulder before going to look at the air craft.

"Aw, he's sensitive. See why you keep him around." Yelena chuckled before walking off to check the helicopter too.

"Where's the rest?" Natasha asked.

"Voilà." Rick threw a supply bag onto the ground gaining everyones attention. As Yelena and Thomas walk back to Rick and Natasha they see the red-head looking through suits and guns stashed away in the bag.

"Ooh." Yelena said as she pulled out a energy bar.

"Oh, I stashed that, like, five years ago." Natasha said and watched as Yelena's expression turn into disgust. "How is it?"

"It's dry. It's really dry." Yelena said as she made her way into the air craft with Thomas following behind.

"You know, you're getting dangerously close to running out your tab. Supplies I can tally, but you bring me attention from the authorities, all my prices go up."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Your mate, Secretary Ross, has been sniffing around my affairs to the point at which I've got contacts declining my calls. I'm a private contractor."

"You are sensitive."

"You're a very annoying individual."

"I'll make it up to you." Natasha smiled as she got into the air craft.

"Mmm-hmm. That's what you say every time." Rick said as he shut the door behind her.

After getting called for mail, Alexei makes his way over to the parcel office in the prison he was being kept in. Standing at the window, the guards teased him about being a super-soldier in jail. Alexei takes his mail and sits on the bench behind him.

As he looks through his mail he spots a action figure of him as the 'Red Guardian'. Alexei smiled as he picked it up, having the back of the toy facing him, he pulled the string that made the toy talk.

Once the figurine finished talking, its head popped off, looking around him confused, Alexei looked at the head seeing a ear piece hidden inside. After placing it in his ear and turning it on Natasha's voice was heard.

"Today is your lucky day, Alexei. Move to the door on the south wall."

Alexei stands up, walking back over to the parcel office looking at the guards. He punches through the glass dragging one of the two out the window then smashing the other ones head on the metal framing.