Black Widow: Dark House

31. "Still Falling For You"- Ellie Goulding

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**- thoughts/ memories

Location: Indian Ocean, off the coast of Sri Lanka

The base was high up on a lone mountain island, surrounded by the raging waves of the sea. They had split off into two teams, one that would stay near the entrance of the base in case a commotion needed to be made, and the other would try to slip quietly into the base to look around for Melina.

Ana was at the entrance with one team while Natasha, Clint, Yelena, and Bucky snuck into the facility. Tony flew overhead in stealth, surveying the base and sending reports to the team via coms when necessary. She crouched low behind a boulder, the guarded entrance before her. It was a check in station, two offices on either side of the road that led into a well-lit cave tunnel. Four guards were posted, two outside, two inside, all of them keeping a sharp eye out for any threats.

The team inside the base had split up, Natasha and Clint, and Bucky and Yelena. Natasha and Clint started with the upper levels, ducking and hiding as necessary, trying to keep out of the eyes of the bustling base. Natasha watched as guards, employees, and scientists went about their day, making mentions of projects and missions, but no mention of Melina. Yelena and Bucky did the same, starting at the lower levels first and working their way up.

"Clear so far, we're going to make our way to the observation room" Natasha whispered into her mic.

The entire team heard this, including Ana.

"Roger. Be careful" Steve replied.

"We don't have anything yet either" Yelena added.

"Well I've got eyes on both of you" Tony said as he looked at the x rayed projected image on his visor, small blips on the base's map representing Nat, Yelena, Cling, and Bucky, "you guys a clear but keep moving" he said, rounding out the wide circle he was making in the air above the base.

Natasha took a service stair way, banking on the idea that it would be camera free. She was right, which allowed them to speed down to the lower levels. Finding a small directory, she and Clint mad their way to the observation room, ducking into a supply closet as the passing of a small group of guards headed to their shift before finding the room.

Natasha knelt and gripped the handle, looking at Clint. He drew his bow, knocking an arrow, and nodded to her.

Taking a breath, she quickly opened the door. Two guards whipped their heads around to look at them but had no time before Clint fired an arrow into the throat of one and Natasha lunged at the other, wrapping her arm around his neck and jerking quickly. Both guards fell to the ground, lifeless.

"We're in the observation room" Clint updated over coms.

Clint shut the door as Natasha sat as the monitor, pulling up video feed from all over the building. She caught sight of Bucky and Yelena, crouching around the corner of a joined hallway, crouched behind a medical cabinet, the angle weird due to the bulk of the cabinet.

"Yelena, you have a nosey nelly coming to your location. Contact in 4..." Natasha said to her earpiece, watching on the screen as a lone guard noticed one of Bucky's boots sticking out from behind the cabinet, "3..." Yelena looked at the camera and nodded, preparing herself as she slowly stood, her back sliding up the wall, "2... and contact."

Without doubt, Yelena swung her arm out, the butt of her gun connecting with the guards throat to cut off any screams. Yelena reverse wrapped her arm around the man's neck, forcing him to spin so now his back was to the ground, bent as if in mid summersault. Yelena jerked up, breaking the man's neck instantly. Bucky then picked him up, throwing him into a doorway that Natasha assumed was a janitor's closet.