Caveat (Part Two)

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Natalia woke up to a persistent clicking sound beside her. Grunting in sheer annoyance, she opened her eyes slowly.

Yelena sat on the bed beside her, clicking her tongue repeatedly.

"Wow, you're a blanket hogger," Yelena whistled.

Natalia grumbled and looked around her. Sure enough, she had the whole blanket wrapped around her. More importantly, who was that? Her voice sounded so familiar......

Natalia rubbed her eyes blearily and squinted at Yelena before her jaw dropped in shock.

"Y-Yelena......?! No—what—how—I must be dreaming—"

"I wish I was too, but I've been listening to you talking in your sleep about being best friends with a peanut butter jelly sandwich, so I guess not," Yelena said.

"But how...what are..how did you get in here?"

"I'm a Widow, Natalia, sneaking into a mere compound is a piece of cake for me."

Yelena gazed at her sister's incredulous expression. "Seems like you're still in shock. I'll just tell you why I'm here while you process reality then. So, I'm here because——"

Yelena paused. "Wait, I called you! Do you have amnesia or something?"

Natalia shook her head. "Oh, right. Sorry...I'm just...a little delirious after my afternoon naps."

"......Right. So. Let's go to the living room, or whatever it's called. I'm hungry."

*****

"And then he turned into his original form and said 'YARGH! IT'S ME! And then he stabbed me," Thor said dramatically. "We were eight......at the time."

"Oh my," Steve gasped.

"I know! Isn't it insane——"

"No, I meant that," Steve corrected. "Her."

Yelena sat on the floor with Natalia, with an array of weapons in a circle around them and a chalk drawing of a man on the floor.

"Is that normal?" Clint asked. "And who is that? She?"

"They're dirtying the floor," Tony whined.

"And then we cut his head right here," Yelena explained. "And we saw up his lungs diagonally and cut up his liver over here in a heart shape......"

"Oh...wow...that......actually makes sense," Natalia commented, nodding as Yelena continued.

"No one is going to do anything," Clint interrupted. "What's going on? Who is she?"

Natalia and Yelena glanced at each other before Natalia spoke.

"Everyone, meet my younger sisters, Yelena Belova."

Tony frowned. "Say whaaat?"

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