❝Zariah Petrova wasn't like the others.❞ ❝She was different.❞ Following the defection of Natasha Romanoff, the Red Room conspired a way to create a new top student. A perfect weapon in the form of a little red-headed girl. But Natasha had thought she'd wiped out the Red Room, erased it from existence when she'd converted to SHEILD. Yet now her replacement emerges and she's forced to confront a past she'd long since tried to bury. Zariah is a machine, a heartless killer without remorse. Natasha is simply trying to do better in this world, make up for all of the lives she's taken. How will the two hold up when their conflicting interests are forced to collide? Will they make it out to the light on the other end? Or both fall victim to the nightmares that plague their mind, of a place long hidden in the shadows? Welcome to the panic room.

Being named after the stars is a common thing, being able to shine like one is not. But, a change from Nick Fury's personal super assassin to being under the watch of Tony Stark and the other Avengers was as abnormal as you could get. Stella, with the power to manipulate any energy she can see, and blood on her hands since birth, tries to fit in in the unnervingly caring eyes of Tony Stark, who has decided, above anything else, that this kid will be his. Or, Tony Stark has a problem not adopting troubled and parentless children, especially ones that shine brightly once he enters a room.