Trapped in her own Web

Confessions

^^Infinity War Spoilers ^^

When Alexei finally showed up Natasha refused to look at him. Instead she kept her gaze firmly on the Hydra skull. He chuckled as he came up behind her and touched her back. She felt his cold fingers slide under the straps at the back and she moved out of his way. His hands skimmed her shoulders and ran down her arms. She brushed him off and he pulled her closer by the waist. "Come on milii moi, don't be like that."
"Don't call me that. Only James calls me that." He tightened his hold.
"I'll call you whatever I like." His breath skimmed her bare skin and she shivered, firmly pulling away.

He narrowed his eyes. "My men went into town last night. To an orphanage. Guess what they brought back." Another girl was hustled into the room, younger than the last one, hollowed with hunger and dirty blonde hair hanging in her eyes. "No one will know if she goes missing, no one will care. Remember my promise Natalia." The girls lip was quivering and Natasha crossed the room slowly and took the girls hand.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"Amalie." The girl spoke with a German accent.
"How old are you?"
"Act"
"Eight?"
"Ja."

"Ok that's enough." Alexei gestured to the guards and they pulled the little girl away. A video camera was set up in front of a wooden chair. The red light flashed indicating it was on. "Take a seat." Alexei motioned towards the chair and when she didn't move straight away he pointed his gun at Amalie. She perched on the edge of the chair and sat rigidly. She pursed her lips slightly when she felt Alexei's hand grip her shoulder. She tried to shrug it off but stopped when he dug his nails into her flesh. Other than snarling slightly, she didn't give him a response.

"As you can see Natalia and I have already been busy," Alexei stroked a finger down the side of her face, showing off the black eye. She kept her face carefully devoid of emotion. "But the purpose of this isn't for me to boast about her capture. No. I want to expose you, all of you. Starting with the Black Widow and The Winter Soldier. The two conniving little shits that got us all in to this mess to begin with. Now I'll start off with some simple questions." He moved out of sight of the camera and pressed the mute button.

"Strike one Natalia means I hit you. Strike two means I hit the girl. Strike three means I shoot the girl. Are we clear." She nodded her head. "Good. Let's begin."

"What is your name?"
"Natasha Romanoff." He backhanded her hard and she spat blood out of her mouth. "Natalia Alianovna Romanova."
"When and where were you born?" She hesitated and he lifted his hand to strike her again.
"1928, Stalingrad, Russia."
"Good. Now who am I?" He crouched down to her height and brushed a thumb across her cheek. She tried to pull away but found that the sneaky bastard had tied her to the chair.

"Come on Natalia, tell them." He jabbed her in the ribs and she cried out unintentionally. When she still refused he motioned to one of the men and they slammed the butt of their gun into Amalie.
"NO!" She surged forward in the seat but Alexei held her there.
"Tell them." He hissed. "Otherwise you know what comes next."
"You are Alexei Shostakov. Known ex pilot of the KGB nicknamed the Red Guardian."
"And...?" A tear rolled down her cheek and Alexei lifted his gun and pointed it at the little girl.
"And my husband." He nodded in satisfaction.

"Now I married you when? 1947? Of course it was only a set up by KGB, but that didn't mean you had to run off and elope with your teacher. Who was he again?"
"I -"
"WHO WAS HE?!" Alexei spun around and jammed his fist into her ball socket, dislocating her shoulder. She screamed involuntarily and rocked forward, holding onto the last remains of food in her stomach. More tears escaped. "Answer me or the same thing happens to the girl."
"The Winter Soldier." He poked her shoulder and she grit her teeth against the pain. "James Buchanan Barnes."
"And why did you feel the need to have an affair?" She knew this was a trick question but couldn't help herself.
"Because you're an angry, abusive bastard who throws a temper tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants and only lusts after my body whereas James valued me as a person and loved me. He was, is, always patient with me and understands that you can't be strong all the time. He helps me in my moments of weakness, but what do you do? You tell me to stop being weak and pathetic and then hit me to reinforce your sick idea of being unbreakable."
"HOW DARE YOU!" Since she'd already gone too far she decided to go further.
"He's also got a way better body and is far more skilful both in the field and in bed."

Pain exploded everywhere as he snapped and attacked her. His blows were so vicious that the chair beneath snapped and she was free of the ropes. She raised her hands in an attempt to defend herself but forgot about the dislocated shoulder and broken ribs. Alexei apparently hadn't. He twisted her arm back and she felt herself fade briefly from consciousness. Unfortunately the sharp pain in her ribs as he kicked them brought her back.

He grabbed a fistful of her hair and pulled her to her knees. He tilted her head back, exposing her neck, and brought out a wickedly sharp knife. He rested it against her jugular and she felt the hot liquid run from the shallow indentation. "See where love brought you Natalia?" They were facing the camera. She knew she must look terrible, her dress stained crimson and what you could see of her face was tear stained.

She knew she would have to be strong for the others. No doubt at least James was losing it. Poor Tony was probably over come with guilt and would probably start drinking excessively. Steve would be the loyal idiot and try and hold the team together, but if she didn't do something soon they would all break apart. Her chances of coming out of this were slim but she didn't want the team to fall apart because of her.

"It's all your fault Natalia. They will come for you, and when they do Hydra will capture them. They'll kill the spares like the stupid birds Falcon and Hawkguy is it? But the others will be used. I know Strucker wants that Wanda girl back and Hydra will no doubt be pleased with not one, but two super soldiers. And as for the green beast, well he'll be contained and unleashed on the public. It'll be all your fault, and whilst the others will forget and work for Hydra indefinitely, you will remember. This is all because of you. Because you loved. Didn't Madame B always say that love was a weakness, that it crumbles the very foundation of a person? Well she was right. Your team will fall and it's all because of you." He hissed in her ear and she couldn't block him out. He could feel her distress and enjoyed it. His hand holding the knife relaxed and she saw her chance.

"No, I won't let that happen." Her voice was determined. "I won't let anybody else get hurt because of me." With that she used her last bit of energy to grab the knife and sink it into her chest. She laughed as Alexei ripped it out. Blood bubbled up over her lips and yet she still continued to laugh.
"You lost," was the last thing she said before she faded away, a smile still on her face.

A/N I'm back!!! Over 600 reads! That's fabulous darlings let's keep it up. Anyway a little more action between Natalia and Alexei. Avengers come next. Hope you're all enjoying the summer/winter wherever you are. :)
Fun Fact: In other places you might find that Alexei and Natalia were married in the 50s/60s but my thought process is that Natalia was born 1928 that means in 1948 she would be 20. If she graduated at 18 in 1946 then the Red Room marry her off in 1947 so as to keep friendly ties with the KGB so they can get more funding to continue the widow project. :)