TW: Child Abuse
It's been a year since Dani got the codename 'Taskmaster'. She is in her lonely, empty, solo dorm braiding her hair when Madame B calls. "Dreykov requests you to come to his office." Dani nods and follows Madame B up the elevator and to his office.
A million thoughts ran in her mind. Is it another mission? Did she do something wrong? Will she be punished? The redhead opens the door to find Dreykov there, along with Grace and Natasha. There was also another old ugly man and a small girl that couldn't be older than 6.
Dreykov smiles. "Dahlia, Madame B, you've made it." He says with a smile. Dani crosses her arms. "What is going on? Why is this little girl here?" She crosses her arms, not recognizing the young burnette as another Black Widow such as herself. "Oh, I am offering my daughter to wonderful, general Dreykov who has graciously accepted her. She requires... special treatment." He says.
Dani's head exploded and her heart broke. How sick do you have to be to willingly give your daughter to this hellhole? She feels sick to the core and her cheeks turn bright red. Grace notices this. "General, please give me a moment with Dahlia. I have to discuss a mission with her." Dreykov frowns. "Can't it wait?"
Grace shakes her head. "I'm afraid not, sir." She takes Dani out of the room and to a quieter room away from the chaos. Dani punches the wall, beside her in anger. "How could you just let that мудак(asshole) go? What kind of psychopath gives their child to the Red Room?" She asks coldly.
"Mr Cleveland is a highly functional sociopath, Mäuschen." She says in a serious, business-like tone that makes Dani roll her eyes. She punches the wall a few more times and stops when her knuckles bleed. Grace sighs and gently takes the girl's hands and bandages them.
"How are you so calm about this!?" Dani yells in anger. Grace frowns. "I'm not. I just don't want you hurt." She says, gently running her fingers through the girl's hair. Dani eventually calms down and clings onto Grace. "It's not fair. It's not fair that someone who has parents, but they don't care about them enough so they send them to this hellhole." Dani complains.
"I know, Mäuschen. I know. Sometimes that's just the way of the world though. Sick? Yes, but it can be beautiful despite all of its flaws." Grace gently says and thinks. "Like a butterfly with broken wings." She compares softly, still running her fingers through her daughter's hair.
Dani eventually nods, calm. "Okay, Mama." She then leaves to go back to the office, but finds in the armoury, the girl and her father. She glares with hatred.
"You worthless piece of shit! Just like your mother. You better behave for Dreykov or I will kill you here and now." Mr Cleveland says, grabbing a gun. The girl looks in fear. "Y-yes, father." She replies. "What did I say about stuttering?!" Her father tells in rage. "D-don't do it?" The burnette asks, tilting her head.
Mr Cleveland becomes as red as a tomato. "DON'T STUTTER, BITCH!" He yells in anger and slaps the girl right across the face and kicks her in the stomach. The young burnette cries and this turns on a switch for Dani. With her blood boiling, she dashes and steals the gun that the man held.
She then turns the safety off. She pulls the trigger and the man falls down like crumpled paper. The little girl cowers in fear. "Hey." Dani says softly, tilting her head up so that she can look at her. "He can't hurt you anymore. I promise I'll help you get out of here, but you're going to need to trust, okay?" She asks holding her hand out for the girl to grab.
The girl takes it and Dani helps her up. The two girls go to a computer with the Red Widow leading. Dani then cracks her knuckles and stretches her hands before rapidly typing on the computer. "W-what are you doing?" The little girl asks with a stutter. Dani assumed it wasn't something of fear, but rather not having been taught on top of abuse.
"Hacking open the door to an exit here." She grins. "And it's done." The burnette smiles. "T-that was fast." Dani shrugs. "I've had practice." She then finds a screwdriver and opens a vent above the ceiling. "Two rights, a left, a right, three lefts and you're home free." Dani says. The young girl repeats the words a few times aloud before nodding. "Got i-it." The burnette says with a smile.
Dani nods. "What is your name, little one?" The girl smiles. "A-Acacia. Like the f-flower." She says happily. Dani smiles. "That's a pretty name, Acacia." That's when an alarm sounds and Dani frowns. She helps the girl up to the vent. "Run little one. Run to your freedom."
Acacia looks worried. "W-What about y-you?" Dani smiles to hide her pain. "I'll be fine. I have my sisters and my Mama here." Acacia frowns, but nods before leaving out of view. Dani smiles softly.
"I promise, I will never forget you, Acacia Cleveland." She whispers to herself.
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Hands of Red Rewrite
FanficDaniella had a normal life. She had a mom, a dad and two big sisters. She could never ask for more. That's when an organization called "the Red Room" took her in as their youngest assassin. She later ends up the best in working for HYDRA. Could she...
