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❛ 𝚁𝙴𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚃𝙴𝙳 ❜

❝So, we're gonna talk like grown ups?❞

𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 filled with people that sat in Cafés or met with their friends to explore the beautiful city. Paris was extremely beautiful  around the summer months, but that also meant that there were a lot of tourist.

Anastasija stood currently in her kitchen, cutting vegetables for her dinner. The large kitchen window to her right was wide opened and the sun beams that fell through the window, were the only thing that lit up the room. 

The TV in her livingroom was on and the very tall, handsome french news man was talking quietly in the backround.

While she was cutting, the blond thought about how peaceful her life had been the last couple months.

No missions. No enemy's to fight. No dark memories that haunted her.

She had actually found a little peace and had forgotten her old life as good as she could.

But her unusual peaceful thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a quiet noise coming from somewhere inside her flat.

The blond woman immediately stopped cutting and looked up from her kitchen counter.

For a moment there was complete silence in her apartment.

The russian eavesdroped, and there it was again, that wierd noise. It sounded like the old deals in her hallway, that started to crack when someone stepped on one of them.

Without missing a beat, Anastasija placed the small knife onto the counter and grabbed the biggest knife from her knife block.

She then slowly crept around the kitchen counter, stopping before she eavesdroped again. Now she was sure, Ana could definitely hear someone moving in the hallway.

Anastasija was honestly a little surprised that someone had found her in such a big City as Paris. She had been careful, or so she had thought.

The blond quickly hid herselfe behind the door. The knife was still in her right hand, ready to attack the invader as soon as she got the chance.

After a short moment, the heavy wooden door was carefully pushed open and the invader entered the large living room.

Anastasija quickly kicked the door shut. Now she could see that the invader was a women, maybe around her age.

The women flinched and attempted to turn around and face Ana. That's when the blond saw that she had a gun in her hands.

The russian quickly punched her opponent with her fist into the side before grabbing her arm. She hit it against the wall a few times, making the gun fall out off the woman's hands.

Anastasija then pushed her knee against the woman's upper body, making her stummble backwards as she let out a loud grunt.

Anastasija didn't waste any time and quickly rolled over the floor before she tried to stab the women into her collarbone with her knife.

"Wow, hey! Easy Tiger!", she suddenly heard a to her very familiar voice. Anastasija furrowed her eyebrows and finally gazed up into the attacker's face.

Her eyes widened and she couldn't believe who she saw. It was Natasha — her older twin sister.

"So, were gonna talk like grown ups?", Natasha questioned her, her left eyebrow raised while she smirked at her sister.

There was long silence between them and Natasha still held her left arm up to defend herself from the knife attack, while they just stared at each other.

After a moment Ana let the knife sink down and raised an eyebrow, letting the knife twirle around her fingers easily. "Is that what we are now?"

Not waiting for an answer, the blond russian spun around on her heels and walked back into the kitchen.

"It's good to see you too, sis", her twin replied unimpressed while she followed after the blond.

Ana stuck the knife back into the knife block while glancing over her shoulder at Natasha she stated, "You could have knocked, you know."

"I was curious if you still had it in you", Natasha smirked amused but after a moment her smirk faded away. "But—  that's not really why I'm here."

Anastasija rolled with her eyes, before she sighed deeply. "Of course not."

"Shield needs you, Ana", Natasha explained to her, ignoring the blond's annoyed tone, while she sat down on one of the chairs by the counter.

The redhead folded her hands while she placed them onto the kitchen counter. "When Steve Rogers, aka Captain America was lost in the ice, Howard Stark searched for him, but they found something else instead. — They call it the Teseract."

Ana eyed Natasha sceptically while she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the kitchen counter behind her. "What's so special about it?"

"It is a never ending source of energy and someone broke into the High security department of Shield and stole it", Natasha informed the blond with a blank face expression.

Ana was a little confused as she frowned at her twin. "What does that have to do with me?" the russian questioned her, still playing with the smaller knife she had just cutted vegetables with.

Natasha chewed on her lower lip as her eyes met Ana's. "Clint has been compromised."

Anastasija's eyes widened a bit and she slowly paced the knife onto the counter. "Wha— What happened?"

"When Loki attacked Fury, he took him under something like— mind control", the redhead stated while she looked at the blond.

There was silence filling the apartment as the two russians gazed at each other. 

"Okay, fine. I'm in", Anastasija stated finally, before she stood up and immediately began to gather her things.

      𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐉𝐀 heard when she entered the large S.H.I.E.L.D headquarter, was the familiar voice of Nick Fury's.

"Ahh, Miss Romanoff, welcome back", the dark skinned man exclaimed friendly while he approached the russian woman.

"Hello, Nick", the blond women greeted him with a big smile as she turned to face the dark skinned man.

"Good to see you again, Fill", Anastasija then added while hugging the other man besides him.

"So, as much as I want to chat, we have Job's for both of you", Fury then informed Ana while immediately guiding her into an empty conference room.

Natasha was already sitting on one of the dark chairs, waiting for them to finally join her.

Anastasija sat down besides her twin, nodding at her shortly while the director placed two files infront of them.

The twins grabbed them and opened the files interisted.

In Natasha's File was a picture of the famous scientist Bruce Banner. He had received gamma radiation in one of his experiments and because of that he was no longer just Dr. Banner, but also the Hulk.

In Anastasija's File was a picture of no other than Steve Rogers - the world's first super hero. The man defeated the Red Skull and was locked in the ice for 70 years.

The agents both looked questioning back at Fury. "I want you two to recruite them for the so called 'Avengers initiative'. I'm counting on your charm", Fury explained to them smiling as he saw their face expressions.

The two agents still looked at him unsure. "Well, cosider it done", Anastasija then closed her file before Natasha and her stood up and left the room together.

In the late evening, Anastasija decided to visit the gym, where Captain Rogers would always train to S.H.I.E.L.D's knowledge.

When she walked along the empty corridor that lead directly to the big training hall, Ana could already hear the loud punching sounds from afar.

The women rounded the corner, only to see Steve Rogers aggressively punching against a beige punching bag.

The woman calmly leaned against the door frame as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Trouble sleeping?"

The man suddenly stopped punching the bag and looked at her for a short moment.

His blue eyes traveled over her body, taking in her features, but then he turned back and continued to punch the bag.

"I've slept for 70 years, Ma'am I think that's enough", he grunted while Ana walked slowly further into the room, her high heels making sounds because of the gym floor.

"Then you should go, celebrating, seeing the world", the russian stated while she looked at him curiously.

Steve stopped boxing and eyed her again. He seemed unimpressed before he then turned around and walked towards a bench.

"When I went under, the world was at War— I wake up, they say we won, they didn't say what we lost." He slowly started to unwrapped his white bandages from his hands and threw them into his bag.

The russian quickly followed after him, "I have to admit, we made some mistakes along the way and some of them very recently."

She held a S.H.I.E.L.D file up, looking curiously at the blond man. Steve eyed her with a light smile playing on his lips, "Are you here with a mission, Ma'am?"

"I am", she responded shortly as she gave him a small smile, nodding. Steve still smiled, answering her, "Trying to get me back in the world?"

"Trying to save it", she stated simply while handing him the file. He took it from her hand's and looked at it for a second.

"Hydra's secret weapon", he read out loud after a moment.

Anastasija watched him while she started to explain, "Howard Stark fished that out of the Ocean, when he was looking for you, he thought- We think that the Tesaract could be the key to unlimited sustainable energy, that's something the world surely needs."

Rogers sighed deeply while he stood up from the bench, "Who took it from you?" He handed her the file back.

"He's called Loki, he's not from around here, but that is something we discuss when you're in, Captain. The world has gotten even stranger then you already know", she stated simply while looking into his blue eyes.

Steve raised an eyebrow at her sceptical, "At this point I don't think anything can surprise me anymore."

"10 bucks that you are wrong." She smirked confidently at the man before he packed his bag and walked towards the door.

"There's a briefing package waiting for you back in your apartment", she called after him, but he didn't responded. "Is there anything that you could tell us about the Tesaract that we need to know?"

"You should have left it in the ocean", the man shouted over his shoulder before he left the hall, not saying anything else, leaving Anastasija alone in the abandoned gym.

The very next morning Ana was patiently waiting for Coulsens and Captain Rogers to arrive.

Fury had infromed her this morning that she had succeeded and Rogers had called him saying that he was in.

The large S.H.I.E.L.D Jet finally landed a few meters away from her. The blond walked towards it, greeting the two men, who then stepped out into the day.

"Agent Romanoff, you already know Steve Rogers." Coulsen greeted her with a large smile playing on his face.

"Ma'am." the Captain nodded his head at her friendly. "Hi", Anastasija replied narrowing her eyes at him, because of the bright sun.

"They need you on the bridge", she nodded her head at Fill, who immediately excused himself and walked away.

The captain and Anastasija then looked at each other, before they started walking besides one another in silence.

"It was quiet the buzz around here, finding you in the ice", the blond woman then spoke up first, still smiling at him.

"Thought Coulsen was gonna swoon", Anastasija chuckled amused to herself. "Did he asked you to sign his Captain America trading cards yet?", she then smirked at the Captain.

Steve looked at her chuckling as well, "Traiding cards?" Anastasija nodded her head at the man. "They are vintage, he is very proud."

The two continued walking next to each other, until Steve spotted Bruce Banner. The man was standing alone in the middle of the ship, seeming pretty lost.

"Dr. Banner!", Steve suddenly shouted at the brunette man. Banner turned around immediately and smiled at the Captain, who approched him.

The two walked towards each other and shook hand's, but Anastasija remained were she was, just observing the whole situation.

After a small moment the woman became a message from the bridge, it said that they should come in. So she decided to interrupted the conversation between the two men by clearing her throat loudly. 

"Gentelmen, you might want to step inside, in a minute, it's going to get a little hard to breath."

Suddenly the engines started beneath them. "Is this a Submarine?" The captain leaned forward as he looked at the engines.

"They want me in a Submarine?", Doctor Banner looked disbelieving at Anastasija.

But then the ship suddenly took off into the sky. "Oh no, this is much worse", Banner sighed to himself before he looked at the other's, a worried look on his face.