Black Widow: Dark House

14. "Immigrant Song"- Led Zeppelin

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**- thoughts/ memories

Two days had passed since Natasha and Yelena had made it to the Avengers compound. Two days that Yelena and Bucky had spent secured at the hip. Natasha was happy for her, and she was glad to see her genuinely smile so much. But of course, she had made a mental note in her head to kill Bucky should be do anything to hurt Yelena. That wouldn't go over well with Steve at all.

She had been down in the gym on the treadmill when Friday popped up on the screen attached to the treadmill.

"Agent Romanoff, Tony is requesting your presence in the board room."

Natasha removed her headphones and grabbed her towel as she made her way to the elevator. A few minutes later she was walking into the board room, Tony standing at the end of the room in front of a large monitor.

"Hey, Fury sent over the files on Alexi. He's in a high security prison in Siberia. Chilly but I hear they have really cool dogs. I don't do dogs personally, they leave fur everywhere" Tony explained, pulling up the files on his monitor.

Photos of military operations, redacted files, and grey finished pictures of Alexi's face popped up on the screen, making Natasha's eyebrows furrow at the memories that tried to force their way to the forefront of her mind. Clenching her jaw, she pushed them down and took in a breath, "Okay, have you told Yelena yet? What's the plan?" she asked.

Tony cleared his throat, "Do you think Alexi would work with us on this?"

Natasha shrugged, "Well he's in prison. Knowing him, he'll do anything to get out. He's not exactly harmless but since Dreykov's betrayal he's not been a willing participant in the communist agenda."

"Great, I'm banking on that. Take an extra earpiece with you from the gear room. See if you can get it to him and work him out. One less obstacle for you guys while you are doing all the fancy foot work" Tony said.

"I can't give you the quin jet. If the Russian government sees the Avengers there that could start a full-blown war. It can take you guys to Europe but after that it'll be an unmarked helicopter" Tony continued to explain.

"Whose going?" Natasha asked.

Tony picked up a water bottle and took a drink before answering, "I'm going to let you, Clint, and Yelena have the fun this time. According to Yelena we might have an extra guest on the way back, so she asked me to make some modifications to our holding cell downstairs."

Natasha raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Not for Alexi?"

Tony shook his head, "No, I have one for him. Yelena let me know that some sort of robo cop has been tailing you guys? You apparently know them?"

Natasha was careful to keep her face expressionless, "A Taskmaster. One of Dreykov's new toys. Her name is Ana. I knew her while I was in the Red room.

"Yeah, I've seen the footage. She's kind of a badass" Tony admired, pulling up short hidden clips of Ana in her Taskmaster gear.

Natasha rolled her eyes, "Yeah, she's kind of super evil too. And definitely controlled by Dreykov. Yelena said that last time she fought her there was this disconnect, like Ana wasn't really there. Just her body. Yelena thinks she'll be there?"

Tony shrugged, "If the pattern fits. She might make a good lead for how to find him if we can get Wanda inside her head. Mind control or not. And if Dreykov is so smart he'll see this coming. I'm surprised Alexi is even still alive. Which that might change soon so you guys better get going. I've already told Clint and Yelena. Meet at the jet in thirty minutes" he said.