Family | Steve Rogers

5

After hiding in the vents, they make it to the outskirts of town. They find a gas station and stock up.

" The Red Room's still active. Where is it?" Natasha asks.

" I have no idea. He moves location constantly. And every Widow is sedated on entry and exit for maximum security," Yelena says as she picks up a few things.

" I'm just finding it hard to believe that he could stay off my radar," Natasha says.

" Well, it's not smart to attack an Avenger if you want to stay hidden. I mean, the clue is in the name. Dreykov kills you, one of the big ones comes to avenge you," Yelena says.

" Wait, what are the big ones?" Natasha asks.

Both Yelena and Lauren chuckle.

" One of them is in this room," Yelena says, " And, I doubt the god from space has to take an ibuprofen after a fight."

At her words, Lauren grabs a bottle of painkillers.

" Where did you think I was all this time?" Yelena asks.

" We thought you'd gotten out and were living a normal life, considering we had no idea the Red Room was still a thing," Lauren says.

Natasha walks over to the sink to wash her hands as Lauren grabs a stick of deodorant.

" And you just never made contact again?" Yelena asks.

" Honestly, I thought you didn't want to see us," Natasha says.

Yelena scoffs.

" Bullshit," She says, " You just didn't want your baby sister to tag along whilst you saved the world with the cool kids."

Yelena walks to the check out as Lauren hands Natasha a towel to dry her hands.

" You weren't really my sister," Natasha says as she was to the front of the store.

The blunt words from the red head hurt both Yelena and Lauren.

" And the Avengers aren't really your family," Yelena quips.

Lauren looks down at her wedding ring and twists it around so the diamond faces her palm.

" Why do you always do that thing?" Yelena asks as they check out.

" Do what?" Natasha asks.

" The thing you do when you're fighting," Yelena says, then gets down on the ground to demonstrate, " The... like, the... this thing that you do when you whip your hair when you're fighting with the arm and the hair. And you do like a fighting pose. It's a... it's a fighting pose. You're a total poser."

" I'm not a poser," Natasha says.

" Yes you are," Lauren says.

" See? She agrees with me," Yelena says, " They're great poses, but it does look like that you think everyone's looking at you like, all the time."

" All that time that I spent posing, I was actually trying to do something good, trying to make up for all the pain and suffering we caused. Trying to be more than just a trained killer," Natasha says.

" Well, then you were fooling yourself, because pain and suffering is everyday, and we are all still trained killers. Except I'm not the one that's on the cover of a magazine. I'm not a killer that little girls call their hero," Yelena says.

" I'm not sure The Magical Mercenary or the Witchy Assassin coincide with being called a hero," Lauren says.

Those are just some of the names the media has come up for her.