chapter seven, quick recap — act one, the reunion
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Present time                       Location: White Memorial Hospital,
                                                                 Boston, July 8, 2016

FOURTEEN YEAR OLD Emily Prentiss was currently on a medical table for her daily check up. But she knew it was more than that. She had a mission to do with some of the older widows but everything went south.

One of guards was able get a clear shot on Emily's torso. It wasn't her first time getting shot, what scared her was that it was her first time out as team leader. All the widows were safe, they got what they need. But in a split second the mission could have been compromised.

She turned to her head when she saw a woman she didn't recognize. The mysterious women came up to Emily just observing her. The woman grabbed a chair brought next to Emily. Emily took deep breath as she kept contact with the woman, trying to study her next move.

"You failed, Emelia."

Emily tried not to cringe at the mention of her actual name. She thought about the woman's statement, she did not what to do or say. She did not know who this mysterious woman is. But she knows better than to stay quiet.

"I know, I'm sorry."

The mysterious woman just gave Emily a sadistic smile. The woman got up from the chair, moved closer to Emily and started to drag her thumb across Emily's cheek. Emily flinch at the sudden touch by this unknown woman.

"You are a very smart girl Emelia. One of the best widows ever to come out of our program. But those are just missions, would you like to be in a real war?"

Emily was confused. She did not want to admit it but she was scared. The woman went up to her ear, "Imaging a world with your little sisters gone."

Emily hated that she was getting to her, by threatening her sisters. Emily took deep breath and look straight into the woman's eye.

"What do I need to do?"

Emily immediately woke up. She was confused on to why she been having that same dream played in her head over and over. Trying to move her body the sudden soreness hit her like a truck. She hates that she can not remember much after that moment. She just remembers her moments with her sisters and then leaving the red room which is still a blur.

Emily tried to sit up, but she started to groan out of pain. All sudden the rush of memories started to hit her all at once. Was her team okay ? Was Doyle caught?  Getting up from her bed she noticed she was alone with Director Fury.

"Uh Sir, can I help you?" Emily was confused about why was he there? Did he need something for her? Also she was creeped out, was he just staring at her the entire time?

"No, I don't need anything from you. But I am going to be straight forward with you, you were in a four month coma." 

Fury blunt as ever told Emily the truth, as he spoke you could tell something was bothering him. Emily was just confused for a moment, did he just read her mind or something? Because to be fair it is creepy he was here as soon as she woke up. But she broke out of thought instantly.

"And Doyle?"  Emily tried to ignored the fact that she has been asleep for the past four months.

"Dead"

Fury did not hesitate to tell the truth. He was not going to sugarcoat this. Emily could not believe it. "How?''

"Apparently a blonde woman shot him dead right outside of morocco, where he was hiding there for some business."

Emily knew exactly who he was talking about, "Yelena?"

"Yes, Natasha also came to visit you."

Fury knew that Natasha wanted nobody to know but it just felt like something he had to do. For a moment Emily was confused on how he knew about Yelena but it is Fury, he knows everything.

"Where are they?" Emily could not believe that Natasha visited her and Yelena really did that for her.

"Natasha is currently on the run so I really do not know but I believe Yelena is at a safe house in Budapest." Fury honestly did not know where Natasha was but he did hope she was okay.

"I need a favor, I need to see them both, can you please cover for me?" Emily did not care about the state she was in, she needed to set things right with her little sisters.

"Don't worry I got you cover and I can get you some resources to help you." Fury knew that Emily was capable of handling herself, even in the state she was in. He could tell that she was stubborn just like Natasha.

"Thank you." Emily just knew this was going to be an interesting family reunion. But before this lovely reunion she needed to make a phone call.

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5 days ago                                                  Location:  Morocco
                                                                               July 3, 2016

Focus. Yelena was patiently waiting with her teammate to complete the mission. She took a look around her surroundings and enjoyed the beautiful vibe of Morocco. But she quickly snapped from admiring to being on task. The mission was simple: get hold of a package and kill the target.

But nothing is ever as simple as it should be,  "Eyes on target. Waiting for the package."  Yelena spotted the target, kept her eyes on her, someone came in and handed her the package. "I have sight on collateral one."

Okay is time to do this, "Firing in place of three. Five, four..." The sound of the school bell and children's laughter distracted Yelena a bit as she counted down, but it also made the target notice them. "She made us. Target deployed, smoke."

"She's on foot with the package. Stay high. I'm going to ground."

Yelena quickly went to the side of the building, took out a hook, and connected it to her belt as she ran down across the building. There was no luck for the target and as they tried to run away but they got hit by a car, and Yelena spotted the target and the package. Yelena quickly observed the target, an asian woman with a beautiful skin complexion and brunette hair, but mostly she seem familiar to Yelena. Yelena took out her knife and charged towards the brunette woman.

The brunette quickly grabbed the package, and used it as the advantage, and swung it across Yelena's face. Yelena quickly used her arm and hit the target across their face but the brunette got hold of Yelena but Yelena dropped her knife, caught it with her other hand and stabbed the brunette's abdomen, and dragged the knife across it.

As Yelena turned around the brunette shot red substance across Yelena, snapping her out of the control she was in. Yelena quickly took a step back as her memory was coming to her. Yelena looked around, saw the knife in her hand and saw the brunette on the floor bleeding. Yelena immediately recognized her.

"Oskana. Oh, no," Yelena knew Oskana, she was one of her mentors, and she injured her. Yelena hates this. "What did I do?"  Oskana did not blame Yelena for this. With all of her last energy, she told Yelena her last words, "Free the others."

"Yelena, we need a status report." 

Fuck. She hates this. Grabbing a knife, she stabbed her thigh. It hurt like a bitch but she needed to take out the chip. "Yelena, we need a status report." Yelena took out the chip and made a run for it with the package.

"Converge on team leader."  The widow had no choice but to report on her teammate, well ex-teammate.

"General Dreykov, we have a deserter....... Permission to activate Taskmaster Protocol?"

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notes!

Yelena is finally free!! Things are about to get interesting but there are few tasks left before our girls get their reunion 😏
(also I realized some chapter is long other are short so sorry😭 I don't have the best calculation for writing!! )

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