Hydras "plan B"

~The start~

2008

Natalia's POV

August 14th 2008. A date that will haunt me for years to come. The day I lost my daughter. My beautiful baby girl. Every time I close my eyes I see those piercing green eyes with a tint of blue. It happened yesterday. I was sitting in my cell, away from everyone else. The Madame didn't want the other girls to see my belly.

It had been early that morning, when my water had broken. Fear had rushed through me. It was too early. I was only 8 months pregnant. She was supposed to be with me for one more month. She was supposed to be safe a little longer. They cuffed me to the bed and I laid there in insufferable pain for the 7 hours the birth took.

She didn't scream. It was dead silent in the room. "Why isn't she crying?!" I remember I screamed. No one answered me. They all just looked at each other. I just wanted to hold her. My baby. I wanted to keep her safe from all of this. That dream had shattered the moment Madame B and Alexander Pierce entered my hospital room.

Madame B took one look at my baby and grinned. "She's dead Natalia." She told me. The words kept replaying over and over again in my head. She's dead. Dead. I remember my cries and her cold body against mine as a nurse handed her to me. Her lifeless body against mine. It's all a blur. It all happened so fast.

Before I could even process what had happened, my baby was ripped away from me, and I was left alone, completely alone in the room. Cries had filled the room, but not the cries of my newborn baby, only the cries I had let out. I was left alone for several minutes before the door opened again. "We need a name for the gravestone." Madame B had told me coldly. "Valerie... Valerie Alionovna Romanova." I recall I told her. I always liked the name Valerie.

I wanted to name her after James... but he couldn't remember his surname, he only remembered James. I replay the moment over and over in my head, but it only brought me more pain. And that's how I ended up here... back in my normal cell alongside my 17 other classmates. The Madame told me she wanted me to graduate.

Everyone knows you graduate at 18, but I'm only 16. The Madame didn't want me to make the same mistake again. A guard entered my cell. "Come with me." He ordered. I did as he said. I followed him down numerous halls before we entered a cold, dark room. "Take a seat." He ordered me. I looked to my left and there was a group of girls two years older than me sitting against the wall.

I didn't know these girls, I never saw anyone besides the ones I trained with. We all sat quiet in our chair. I tried not to show weakness. Truth is, I'm terrified. I know that this is the famous graduation everyone talks about, but I have no idea what it actually contains. Do we get sent on a secret mission? Do I have to kill anyone? Is it a skill test? Who knows.

A man entered the room. He was wearing a white coat. A doctor. He began to call out names. One by one, the girls disappeared behind a steel door, they didn't return. "Natalia Romanova." He called out. My breath hitched. I carefully got up from my seat and walked steadily through the door. I felt a slight jab to my neck. "What's going on?" I asked confused as I looked around. A woman was standing with a needle in her hand. My vision got hazy. My balance was failing me.

"What did you do?" I slurred out. "Helping you." The woman replied. Helping me? Everything went black, I couldn't see. I felt myself slipping out of consciousness.

3rd person POV

As Natalia slipped out of consciousness, the doctors began to set up their equipment. "Madame B had a special request for this one." A nurse informed. "What would that be?" Doctor Petrova wondered. "She wants her memory wiped for any interactions with Alexander Pierce." The nurse replied. Dr. Petrova nodded.