Trapped in her own Web

Secrets Revealed

The avengers sat in shock as they tried to process the doctors words. Bucky looked like he was about to cry. Tony had gone white and was shaking.
"Look Tony I'm sorry-"
"Don't. Just don't. He was just a kid Barnes. A kid. But I bet that doesn't matter to you does it. You don't discriminate between parents, kids or mafia. No, they're all the same to you. Tell me, when you killed my parents did you listen to them begging for mercy or did you just get it over with."

"Tony," Steve said warningly, Bucky was ashen.
"Stay out of this Rogers." Tony was on his feet, his hands balled into fists, he was shaking with fury. "I watched that video, where you shot out their tyres and then snapped my fathers neck, where you strangled my mother even though she pleaded with you, even though she was made to watch whilst her husband died. You took my parents away, and now you tried to take Peter away."

"All right Tony that's enough." Natasha got in between the two but it just directed Tony's fury onto her.

"Don't even get me started on you Natasha if that's even your name, or is it Natalie? Natalia maybe? You're a liar and a killer, you're a manipulative bitch who doesn't give one single shit about the rest of us as long as you look like you're doing something good. Well let me tell you, you want to wipe out the red in your ledger? Well guess what, it's not possible too many lives have been taken at your hand. You're a selfish seductress who doesn't have a single regard for life or feelings. Tell me, did you even think about the danger you were putting us in when you leaked SHIELDs files? Did you?"

"My files were there too Tony." Her posture was rigid and tense, her stance readying for a fight. Her voice was ice cold. Only her eyes showed her true emotions, betrayal and acceptance of everything he was saying. Her eyes swam with tears which she hastily tried to blink away. Bucky tried to intervene put Steve grabbed his wrist and shook his head. To get caught in the middle of this would not be a good idea.

"You mean the lies you told Fury. Nothing in there is even remotely true. I did some digging and Natalie Rushman? Only exists in 2010. Natasha Romanoff? Only exists the day Barton brought you in. Natalia Romanova? The last Romanovas died in a fire in 1931. So who are you? I've seen victims of the Black Widow, everything about their deaths scream long and agonising. Barnes I can understand, his head was shoved in a blender every time he came back. You? You were always in your own mind, yet you still tortured them. You're a monster, Natasha and there's nothing you can do that will change that."

Natasha tried to breathe but it was as if the air inside her had been sucked out. Her breathing became irregular and her head started to spin. James reached out to help her but she slapped him away. The screams from the hospital fire, Drakov's daughter, all the girls from the program and more recent ones. The people of New York, Sokovia, the SHIELD agents suddenly finding themselves compromised, like shooting fish in a barrel.

She did was she does best when compromised. She ran. She pushed her way out of the hospital and hit the tarmac running. Cars braked as she ran across the road and several angry drivers cursed at her. She wove her way through the streets, ducking into alleys whenever she spotted a tail. She remembered telling Cap that the first rule of going on the run was to walk. James taught her that. She shoved all thoughts of James away, Tony was right she was the true monster, not Banner, not James. It was her. No matter how many lives she saved, there were always more deaths caused.

Moving through a mall, she sneakily removed a black coat and green scarf. She wrapped the coat around herself and fastened the scarf over her hair. She removed her sunglasses from her pocket and put them on. She spotted Steve heading her way and brought her phone up to her ear. As he passed she turned her head to the side slightly and spoke in heavily accented rapid fire French. He didn't even spare her a glance.

She reached the central fountain and stopped to survey her surroundings. She could see Sam scouting the upper floors whilst Steve did a sweep of the lower. An arm snaked around her waist whilst the other hand gripped her hip. She felt their lips brush her ear as he whispered to her. "Come quietly and don't alert your friends, otherwise this whole place goes up in smoke." She turned to face him on the pretence that she was greeting him. He subtly opened his jacket to reveal enough explosives to blow the whole place sky high. "Alexei says hello." She ground her teeth as he not so gently dragged her through a cafe and out the back entrance into an alleyway.

Unnoticed she slipped her hand into her pocket and unlocked her phone. She then tapped on James's number and waited. It rang silently and she pressed a finger over the speakers to muffle any sound. Unfortunately that didn't help, "Natalia where are you? We can't find you are you ok? Look Tony was being a jerk, don't worry I punched him for you, but we're all stressed about the kid. He really wants to apologise." His voice was surprisingly loud in the small alleyway.

The guy whipped around to face her and was met with her boot. His nose crunched sickeningly and he tried to stem the flow of blood. She got in a good uppercut and ball shot before dashing out onto the busy streets. She grabbed her phone and pressed it to her ear. She spotted five guys on her six and tried to blend in with the busy crowds.
"James, tell me you're still there."
"Talia, what the fu-"
"Listen James I've got five guys on my six and another four at my ten I need back up."
"Can't you take them?"
"I could but I suspect there are more."
"Where are you?" She rattled off the street as she scouted for any more guys. "Okay Steve and Sam are right behind you and I'm on my way. Just hang in there."

She checked behind her for the guys and found two of them missing. She turned around and narrowly ducked the gun swung at her head as she dropped her phone in the process. "Shit, James. I'm in trouble get your ass over here right now." She missed his muffled reply as a a black Sudan pulled up. She desperately fought back but was overwhelmed by sheer numbers. People screamed and darted out of the way. Someone managed to catch her off guard and nailed her in the back of the head. The blow knocked her to her knees and she felt her hands pulled behind her back and locked with zip ties. Alexei stepped out of the car and stared smugly at her. She used the last of her strength to lunge at him and took out his knees, knocking him over. "He's here James, he here. It's Ale-" on the other end of the phone it went silent. She'd been knocked in the head again, this time it rendered her unconscious.

"Natalia, NATALIA." James ran faster, pushing through the swarms of people. He met up with Steve and they both sprinted along the street. They got there just in time to see a flash of red hair shoved in the backseat as the tyres squealed as the car drove off. Bucky dropped to his knees and picked up her phone. Steve radioed in to Tony, giving him the license plate and other relevant information.
"It's ok Buck, we'll find her." He just shook his head.
"The thing is, I'm not sure that we will."

A/N Stay tuned to find out more :) It will get more graphic/violent. So be warned.