ONE WEEK LATER | AVENGERS COMPOUND HOSPITAL ROOM — FRIDAY informed the team at Tony's request that the girl had woken up. Natasha decided to visit her, as the team believed the girl would most likely feel the most comfortable and trustful with her or the captain.

She carefully knocked on the door of the room and went in shortly afterwards. Nat looked up to the girl in the hospital bed and sat on the chair next to her bed. The girl gave her a weak but happy smile and tried to sit up, as soon as she saw her familiar face.

Natasha returned her smile and was happy that she wasn't afraid of her. "How are you?" She asked politely, her small smile never leaving her face.

While waiting for an answer, Natasha only got a modest smile. The girl was afraid to speak, afraid saying something wrong, or even feeling immense pain. "Don't worry, the doctors think you can speak again soon." She tried to encourage her. "We had the idea that you can stay with us for a while ... we think it would be better that way. We just want to help you. HYDRA is unpredictable and we fear they want you back-" Natasha explained, giving her a worried look.

The girl closed her eyes for a moment while shaking her head. "HYDRA is bad." The girl said softly and then groaned briefly from the pain.

"So, you can speak." She smiled and now believed a little more that she had no bad intentions. This was the first time that Natasha actually heard her talk. "Does it hurt?" She then asked worriedly before receiving another nod.

"You're safe here, okay?" Nat assured the girl and looked into her eyes. "Don't be afraid." Natasha hoped the girl would feel a little more secure with them. She understood what it was like to be in a place you hated and feared. "I know how you feel, I really do. I also spent my childhood in a very bad place and was ... a prisoner. I wanted nothing more than to flee and I'm grateful that I made it out of there. And you should be proud of you too."

The girl gave her a compassionate look and continued to listen to her. "We have prepared a room for you and when you have fully recovered, you can stay there for a while." Even if she tried to hide it a little, the girl was happy inside. She was never treated so kindly, or at least she didn't remember at first.

"A few would like to meet you." She grinned, making the girl a little shy. "My friends ... my family."

The former Red Room Widow was happy to have found her family and would protect them whatever it takes. She briefly remembered her mission in Budapest and thought about it a little. Clint was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. to kill her, but he spared her life and gave her a second chance, as did director Nick Fury.

Now it was her turn to give her a chance.

"You'd better rest. When you are ready you can press the button on your bed and I will pick you up immediately." Natasha said, pointing to the button that was attached to her bedside.

But just as Natasha was about to get up, she was suddenly held up by a hand that carefully took hold of her. She glanced down at her hand and then gave the girl a confused look. "Do you want to come with me now?"

She received a big smile in response. Natasha didn't know why, but somehow the girl's smile was infectious or it was the fact that she trusted her a little. "Well, come with me then." She smiled and held out her hand for her.

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"Come on." Said the redhead in front of me and held out her hand. If I remember correctly, her name is Natasha. I gratefully took her hand and let her help me up. When my feet touched the ground it hurt a little, which is why I groaned in pain. She noticed this and held out her arm to me. "You can hang on to me." Natasha offered me. "I saw you walking trough the forest ... Well, if you can even call it walking." She joked and I couldn't help but laugh at it a bit. That was the first time that I had something to laugh about in a very long time...

I looped my arm through hers and she led me out of the room and started telling me different random things. We got into some strange machine that, according to her, carried us upstairs. There was a small beep and the doors of the machine opened to reveal a long bright corridor with several doors.

We walked along it and I listened carefully to every word she was saying, trying to understand everything. I really wanted her to like me. I didn't want to disappoint her. "Well, your room is on this floor." She explained, waving her hand. We got pretty much at the end of the corridor and suddenly stopped when we were standing right in front of a door. "And here it is."

I let go of her arm and looked around the corridor and saw a door across from mine. I raised my eyebrows in curiosity and pointed to the room opposite. "This is the captain's room, he's the one you saved. He's definitely looking forward to getting to know you." She grinned, which made me a bit nervous.

What if they don't like me? What if they're mad at me? What if they think I still belong to HYDRA?

I got a little scared again and quickly looked at another door that was further to the left of my room. I pointed to the door and back to Natasha and wanted to know if this was her room. "Oh, no, this is not my room, I'm one more door away. This is Wanda's room, you might get to know her later. You two will definitely get along great." She paused for a moment, but then continued."But if somethings wrong, you can always come to me." She assured me.

I shyly turned my gaze back to my door and pointed to the door handle, waiting for permission to open it while I raised my eyebrows questioningly. "Come on, open it." She smiled and rolled her eyes in amusement.

I then entered and my eyes suddenly widened when I saw my room. The walls were grey and white and had huge windows. There was a canopy bed, with blue and white bedding, beautiful comfy pillows and just everything I've never really had.

As I continued to look around, I unconsciously opened my mouth more and more, being very impressed. In the base I only had a rickety bed, nothing compared to all of this. "Do you like it?" Natasha asked and I nodded immediately.

"Thank you." I said, forgetting the pain in my throat because of my joy. "You know, we should get you dressed again." She suggested and pointed to the large closet that was also in the room. I opened the door and couldn't stop being amazed because there were several items of clothing in it. HYDRA only gave me fresh clothes once a month and right here I had several.

"Shall I help you choose something?" She asked me and looked over at me. "How about a dress? I'm sure it will look great on you for tonight." She looked briefly in the closet and looked for a suitable item of clothing. When she finally found it she pulled it out and showed it to me.

It was a beautiful simple blue colored dress. Nodding, I smiled and she handed it to me along with clean underwear. I changed carefully in the bathroom and when I returned I looked uncertain in the mirror.

I looked different ... normal.

"You look beautiful." she said, looking at me with a smile. "Just like a normal girl." Next, I sat at a table with a mirror and she explained that I could get ready here. Natasha sat across from me on my bed and told me several things while I listened to her with interest. She told a lot about her family and I got more and more nervous about the coming evening...

[AUTHOR NOTE]
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