Widow's Shield

Tests

Ana walked into the ballet studio with Morgan and Lila, Madame B looked at the three with curiosity written on her face.

"I recognize you." she pointed to Ana.

Ana stared back at the woman, "I assure you, we haven't met before… maybe in another lifetime."

Ana hoped that the woman wouldn't realize that Ana was Natasha's daughter. Fortunately, Madame B smiled. "You, three, dance?"

Morgan felt tense, as did Lila but Ana did not. Of course not, Morgan thought, you took dance lessons growing up.

Ana nodded, "I do… they don't."

Madame B then gestures to the dance floor, "Show me what you got and I might just spare your friends' lives."

Ana nodded and began performing Swanlake. She didn't fall or make a mistake… she knew the steps by heart. When she stopped she didn't ask questions she just walked back to her friends.

Madame B looked strangely at Ana, B's arrogance was floored and Ana knew it.

Ana knew how to get into people's heads, how to shut them up without cutting off their tongues. And tried her best to be cold and heartless but graceful. Ana smiled innocently, eyes cold and stern.

Morgan glanced at Lila and both rolled their eyes.

Madame B glanced at Ana, "Your good but can you shoot?" Tossing Ana a gun, "If you can shoot the bullseye, you and your friends are in…" She placed Natasha and Steve's wedding picture was the fifty yards away.

Ana aimed the gun and pulled the trigger, the bullet twisted and pierced the photo right on the cake. Ana turned and curtsied putting the gun down.

Morgan swallowed she didn't have a great aim like Ana or Lila but the older woman came up to her. "What can you do?"

Morgan glanced at a microscope at the other room, "I'm the best at Science, especially neurology."

"And you?" the lady turns around to Lila.

"Archery." Lila sighs.

The lady then gives her bow and arrow. "Same target same stakes."

Lila nodded and aimed the arrow on top of cake shot it. It hit the target, which was the baby picture of Ana on the cake.

"If you will follow me." Madame B ordered.

It was Morgan's turn to be tested. She was sat in a room with pictures of the brain.

Ana and Lila stood right outside the door.

Lila asked in a hush tone, "When did you learn ballet?"

Ana smirked, "I used to take ballet classes as a child as a way to manage stress from my other classes."

Lila sat on the floor beside Ana, "I'm really sorry."

Ana looks at her friend, "What do you mean?"

"I'm also worried about the Avengers, they too, were my family." Lila sighs, "I'm sorry I wasn't much help earlier. I was obsessed with one uping my brothers that I didn't realize that we were going the wrong way."

"I made the decision, not because you said so. I made the decision that we go together because I thought it was right one…" Ana reassured, "If we did split up, your brothers would probably get captured and we would have no idea because we were not with them…"

"And now…" Lila looks at Ana.

Ana gave a little smile, "Now we wait and pray that the boys are smart enough to lie their way into training."