[1] Beware the Batman and the Black Widow [1]

The silence

 Silent Terror Part 1

LOCATION: Natasha's Apartment

7 AM Gotham 

I knew something was wrong when I woke up.

My eyes burst open in a panic 

Light floods into my apartment through the giant glass windows causing me to squint to adjust to the change of light,

I could tell by the height of the rays of the sun it was clearly later than when I usually get out of bed.

I missed my alarm clock I've never missed my alarm clock before,

Did it not go off? had there been a power outage?

I couldn't have slept through it could I?

I groggily lift myself up from my comfortable bed and I throw my duvet and pillows to a side, I always slept with a gun under my pillow call it an occupational hazard but the ammo only consisted of electric bullets,

I grab for it as an automatic defence

I always relied on my instincts they had never let me down

I look around my apartment cautiously inspecting every square inch everything looked normal but something inside of me was screaming that there is something wrong, but what was it? 

You can usually hear the birds singing in the morning and my Hyper-sensitive hearing also meant I could hear the street traffic and the busy rush hour crowd, but the silence was quite over whelming and concerning.

<or it's finally happened and I've gone crazy>

I put the gun carefully back under my pillow and retreat from my comfy bed my apartment was really cold this morning so I put on a grey hoodie and some slippers, the hoodie was not mine it was far too big I think I picked it up at Wayne's and just never gave it back 

<oh well I'm sure he can't miss it that much.>

I slowly walk over to the kitchen to make some coffee,

<Couldn't start the day without coffee.>

I pick up the remote control from the kitchen counter top and I turn on the TV to the news channel, but all that pops up on the screen is the intermission screen something was definitely off but then again this is Gotham city the most insane place in the world.

I pick up the phone to ring Bruce he should know if anything is wrong, hm that's odd where is the dialling tone on my phone?

"Hello" I say into the phone and immediately become alarmed

I can't hear my own voice!

I put down the phone shakenly

I try to make some noise by smacking some books across the room and turning on the juice blender but I still cant hear anything, 

Ok calm down Natasha there has to be a rational explanation.

I  throw on some clothes as quickly as I can 

<black of course I live in the colour>

And head up to Wayne manor it seems everyone in Gotham was having the same problem some people had hand made signs talking about the end of the world and aliens, but I knew I had to keep my cool there was a logical explanation behind this and I was going to get to the bottom of it.

As I reach the ever intimidating gothic architecture of Wayne Manor I dismantled from my bike and I take my helmet off,

I had a spare key to the manor that Bruce gave me so I let myself in.