malignant (Natasha X Reader)

part 17 |You're still mad.|

SONG OF THE CHAPTER: liquid smooth - mitski

When the room cleared she was left with Natasha giving her a sharp look.

"You're mad because I didn't tell you."

"Of course I am. Is it so bad that I expected you to tell me that you'd gained these random powers whilst I was gone?"

"It's my choice, Nat. I didn't think that it was a big deal. I don't get why you're so upset."

"I just thought you'd tell me these things. It's quite significant. Especially the fact that you can't fully control it. It's not safe."

"I can control it enough. Even if it burns it doesn't leave a scar."

"Yeah, but you didn't warn me." She spoke whilst lifting her t-shirt to look at the instant bruising. Then she looked at Y/n.

"You wouldn't know in a fight, would you? I'm sorry though. You did hurt me in the process too. You almost broke my fucking arm. At least I didn't do that."

"I thought you would've given up."

"And I didn't? I thought you knew me more. You know I don't give up in a fight. Especially not when it's one on one."

"You're still mad aren't you," Natasha grumbled whilst getting her things together before leaving.

"I guess I am. Can you really blame me? The last time we fought we were finished. I guess I just went back to what I knew. Being a killer. You can't lie either you're still mad too. It's like you weren't there when we were fighting. You were just entirely indignation. So I became the same."

"You could've killed me! How was I supposed to react when I saw you had these miraculous powers?"

"You know I wouldn't have killed you." Y/n looked at her almost offended that she'd even suggested that.

"I couldn't tell. You were like a monster."

Stygian huffed trying not to give in to what the the other girl was saying. It turns out her anger hadn't disappeared when she met back up with her. It was, in fact, resurfacing now.

"I just don't get why you're still mad." Natasha snarkily remarked.

"You were a dick!" Y/n exclaimed. "You completely disregarded my opinions and ignored me for months! So I'm sorry, I'm really fucking sorry if I'm deciding to show my anger now after ignoring it since you decided to talk to me again."

"I thought we'd talked about it. What happened the past three nights then? You were just faking it?"

"No, I wasn't fucking faking it I was trying to forgive you whilst trying to not have another argument. You called me pathetic and all sorts of names Natasha! What was up with that?!" She said making her way towards the door.

"I still cared about you though. I got angry and said shit I shouldn't have."

"So stop acting innocent and confused." Stygian finally said and slammed the door on her way out.

-

Y/n almost stormed her way into the lab, quickly capturing the attention of Tony and Bruce.

"You alright?" Tony questioned whilst setting up the chair to test her on.

"Yeah," she grumbled knowing she shouldn't show her anger in front of them.

"So... for the tests, we're gonna need you to use your powers again. Are u able to?"

"Yeah, unless something drastic has happened that I'm not aware of. Want me on that chair?"

"Yes please."

She got linked up to all sorts of machines for the rest of the day. Stygian had to use her power on and off so Tony and Bruce could get the results that they wanted. They also tried to figure out how far she could go.

Y/n was right about the whole "becoming the sun in human form", because when they tested it her entire body got set alight and she was almost unrecognisable.

They had a machine that could read the power she was emitting and it almost broke it. She was off the scales on most of their tests.