Chapter 12

Serums?

you mentally face palmed at his choice of words.

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Ivan looked at Natasha, she had put her head back down staring at the floor. She knew what would become of her after this conversation. Even after knowing Ivan for so long she still did not know what to say when her death was imminent.

"Mr. Petrovitch… Natasha's fate will depend on whether or not you are honest with us. Trust me, we will know if you're lying," You said hopping this would help ease any tension. Ivan sighed.

"I don't know where to start," Said Ivan.

"At the beginning, when you first meet Natasha," Said Clint

"She was a child, like you said around six, during world war one she was thrown to me out of a burning building. I couldn't find her family and at the end of the war a different russian family took over insteads of the Romanov's. I took it upon myself to take care of Natasha and eventually as she got older she showed no signs of wanting to go back home, not that I knew were that was. She grew up like a normal kid and I became the father. Then one day she joined the soviet union and was trained as a spy. She was eager to learn and quite good at what she did. Natasha was asked to joined the black widow program, she did. There her instructor was some man who went by the name The Winter Soldier. A few years passed and she married Alexi Shostakov, he was a good man, a test pilot for the union. I don't know what happened, but Alexi died. Following his death Natasha continued her training with the Red Room. Eventually she was given the title Black Widow." Said Ivan. You pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down a few key things you heard going through them in your head as you wrote 'Winter Soldier, Widow Program, Soviet Union, Alexi Shostakov, Red Room, Black Widow was married.' You put the paper in your pocket, then you realised something.

"Wait, that doesn't explain how your still alive," You started quickly throwing in "No offense."

"Ah, right. The Winter Soldier. He gave us a serum to slow down our ageing. Well, he originally offered it to Natasha but she bargained for me to get it too. That's all I know about it." Said Ivan

"World War one… You got a serum that slowed your aging. Do you possibly know if it was anything like the serum that was said to have been giving to Steve Rogers to turn him into Captain America?" You asked

"No, I'm sorry," Said Ivan. You saw Clint snickering at you he mouthed the words 'You have been spending too much time around Coulson'. As a response you glared at him.

"So, that pretty much tells us everything we need to know," Said Clint getting up, he was clearly ready to end the mission.

"Let me just get a quick recap on Natasha. She is an orphan who had grown up seeing the troubles of war. Became a spy for the soviet union to later be trained as an assassin who then married an Alexi Shostakov, who died. Then she was given a slow ageing serum by The Winter Soldier?" You said. Ivan nodded. 'She's an orphan, like me. But she was sent down the wrong path…' You felt a bit of sorrow for her and let your thoughts trail off a bit.

"You don't have to d---" You started but you were cut off by a loud roar of machine gun fire. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. You heard a scream, thick red blood was dripping on the floor as a body flopped down splashing in what was now a puddle of its own blood, Ivan's lifeless body. You realised Natasha was out of her seat ducked behind the kitchen counter. You were still standing there your legs moving without your brain as bullets whized past you in all directions.

"HIT THE DECK!" Came Clint's voice bringing you back to reality as a grenade landed at your feet.

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