Hands of Red

Chapter 3: "Graduating"

TW: A lot of murder and violence in the last part

​​​​​​1 year later

Dreykov's POV

The man waits in his chair until Madame B walks into his office. "Hello, how has everything been going?" Madame B smirks cruelly.

"Dahlia Romanova, Sylvia Barton, Chiara Chernova, Darya Volkova, Alice Barnes and even Karina Kozlov all have the potential to graduate, sir. They would be the youngest should they graduate." Madame B says proudly.

"That's wonderful." He says with a smile. "I feel like we should keep an eye on Romanov though. Sure she messes up and is a rebellious child, but she has fire in her. Just like her eldest sister does. Not to mention she is privately training with the Winter Soldier." Madame B says, proud of her prize.

"She is definitely the Red Room's jewel." Dreykov says with a grin. "Dahlia and Natalia. Though Dahlia was always special, no doubt about that. You are dismissed." Dreykov says.

Madame B nods and leaves.

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Dani's POV

Dani paces around like a lion in her dorm quietly. The Red Room is doing Graduation ceremonies, but she didn't want to. Natasha had graduated a few days ago and she didn't get why she or her friends were supposed.

The thing she was really scared of wasn't the fighting itself. Each of the graduated girls are giving a hysterectomy. Now Dani didn't plan on having children, but she woke up more, realizing how bad the Red Room truly is.

She knew it was a bad place, but she just didn't know just how bad it could get. It's why she would usually goof off a lot of times. Darya gets annoyed and grabs Dani by the shoulders to stop her friend from walking in circles.

Darya had actually warmed up to the other five girls over time. Sylvia frowns at her best friend "Dani, it's going to be fine. I promise. You're the strongest person I know and if anyone can survive it I know you can." She says softly.

Dani shakes her head. "What about you guys?" She frowns and Karina starts crying. Karina had learned how to speak Russian and managed to keep up with the class, but it scared her that she wasn't the strongest and none of the instructors (other than Grace) liked her. Especially Madame B.

Dani frowns slightly and wraps her arms around the youngest girl in her friend group. "Shh... it's going to be okay, маленький ягненок(little lamb)." She rubs the smaller girls back with a soft smile. Dani had created the nickname.

Darya takes a deep breath. "I did the math in my head and all of us have at least a 70% chance of passing." She reassures.

"That's good at least, Doll." Chiara says with a smirk. Chiara loves to use Darya's nickname in a teasing manner.

Darya rolls her eyes. Meanwhile, Alice was in a handstand and Sylvia tilts her head. "You know that you can get down now, right?" Sylvia says with an amused smile.

Alice shakes her head. "Give me five more minutes."

Sylvia shakes her head in amusement. Dani calms Karina down and Chiara decides to start gossip. "Guys did you hear the rumors about the Winter Soldier and Natalia Romanova?"

Dani tilts her head running her hand through the youngest girl's hair.

Chiara grins. "Apparently they're dating!"

Dani is shocked. She felt her sister would've told her if she was dating James. Dani had learned the soldier real name and decided to refer to him as such, as she realized that he was a victim like her.