79. murderous smile

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Devon got her call from Valentina. She gave her the mission, kill Barton, and if she wanted to, kill Kazi. Thats all shes needed to hear. Devon met up with Yelena. Devon sped off in her motorcycle, Yelena waited with her bag and saw her big sister driving to her.

"Hello Devon." Yelena smirks. All she can see is Devon with her helmet. "A lot of catching up to do." Yelena hops on the back. Without warning, Devon sped off. Yelena held in tight as she was driving recklessly, cutting off cars, speeding over the limit. They drove to the hideout they were going to be staying at. Yelena stayed behind Devon as she took control. Devon had unlocked the door and scanned the place first. "What have you been doing for the last 5 years?"

"Blipped." She walks past Yelena. "You?"

"Same." Yelena looks at Devon's belongings, she was stacked, ready. The guns, her red suit. "I heard you have a kid now, im a aunt now! Hows mother life?" Devon said nothing. "Come on, don't be so sour." Devon turns to her. Yelena gasps to see her face all ruined. When did this happen? "What the hell?" Devon brushes by her, but Yelena couldn't stop looking at her scars.

"Eros." She said coldly. Yelenas face fell. She reaches out for Devon but she just turns away.

"Hes alive?"

"Was." Yelena puts it together. With Eros, the blip and now Natashas death, shes not herself.

"Devon." She tries to stop her. She stays still by her touch. "What about Matt? Does he know about this?" Devon felt the lump in her throat. She closes her eyes and yanks her arm away from Yelena.

"I have the location where Barton is at. Get ready, or im leaving you behind." She walks away, taking her red suit with her. She had left Yelena alone. What the hell happened?

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Matt sits on the couch with a beer in his hand. Issac comes flying into his window, landing perfectly. He changes into his pjs and steps out of the room. Issac sees Matt.

"Hey?" He frowns. There was a knock at the door. "Ill get it." Issac heads to the door and opens to see Foggy. "Uncle Fogs!" He hugs the man.

"Hey there little Murdock!" He ruffles his hair. "Anything new?" Foggy and Issac walk into the living room.

"A possible school trip coming up. Europe." He nods. He turns to Matt. "Which i need to say, wheres mom? I want to go to this Europe trip." Matt drinks his beer. Foggy knew this too well. "Dad?"

"Matt?" Foggy goes up to Matt. "Wheres Devon?" He shrugs. "Dont give me that bullshit."

"She's going to kill Hawkeye." Foggy and Isaac's eyes widen. "He supposedly kill Natasha." Wider.

"What did you say to her?" Issac tells him. Matt said nothing.

"What did you say?" Foggy shakes him.

"If she kills him, not to come back..." Foggy sighs.

"You did what?!" Issac drops his snack, Foggy holds him back.

"Issac..." Foggy calms him down. He walks to Matt. "Matt, what the actual hell."

"I wasn't thinking." Matts head fell, his hands covered his face. "It slipped out. I don't know why i said that. Im an idiot." Why would he say that? What the actual heck is wrong with him?

"You are stupid, you know this?" He grabs his phone, dialing Devons number.

"I tried." He looks at his history. He had tried calling her for the past 5 hours. "She disconnected it."

"Why is she going to kill Hawkeye?" Issac pops out.

"He killed Natasha." Issac and Foggy went completely silent. "Also to kill a man who killed her father." Foggys eyes widen.

"Jesus." He plops next to Matt, then Issac. "Is she actually going to kill an avenger?" The three of them sat there. She honestly could. Devon would do it. If Barton actually killed Natasha, that would be her last straw.

"I don't blame her." Issac said. Matt and Foggy turn to him. "What?"

"An avenger?"

"If i was brainwashed, got my head bashed in by my ex's hand, lost 5 years to my life and came back to find out that my sister was killed, yeah i would just..." Issac breathes out. "Loose it."

"I have to go find her." Matts gets up. Issac stands up next to him. "You stay." He points at Issac.

"You're going to need my help."

"Matts right, Issac." Foggy puts his hand on the boys shoulder. Issac closes his eyes.

"You're not going to find her you know." Matt stops. Hes right. Shes good at hiding. She doesn't want to be found. Matt ignores him and heads to go find Devon, hopefully shes still in the city.

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Devon had located Barton. She was on watch and it was time. Yelena had her night vision mask on. She turns to see Devon with her mask, her old mask. chills went down her spine as she looked at those smokey black eyes.

"Christmas huh?" Yelena started conversation. "What you got your kid?"

"Dont." Devon snarls. "We are on an assignment, do not mess this up with your chats Yelena." She spies on them.

"You have eyes on Barton, you say the word and get kill him." She stares ahead at the roof. "Im just trying to make conversation with my sister, my only sister." Her voice cracks. "You are not the only one that lost Natasha." Devons nose twitched. "Im shocked that you even said yes to Valentina."

"You recommended me to her."

"Yes but you are more in the shadows now. A vigilante." Devon sighs.

"Im doing this for Natasha. Revenge. We just got her back, and for him to take her away from us again?" She stands up, seeing movement. "This our chance. I want this kill to be fast. I do not care how messy." Devon jumps off the roof. Yelena stands up and watches her flips and runs. Yelena gulps. She remembers the coldness. Thats the Red Widow. But she pushed it down, Clint Barton must die for what he did. What he took from them. Yelena curled her lip and followed behind her sister.

Devon secretly lands on the ledge of the roof where Barton was. She sees him on the phone. Perfect. Distracted. Easy. Devon grabbed her batons, her old ones, wacked Barton on the side of his head. He grunts, falling back to the ground. He fights with her, Devon defends, kicking and punching him as Clint tried to block her hits. He was talking to someone on his comms. Barton kicks Devon and Yelena comes in. He puts Yelena in a headlock, and thats when Devon got pissed. She charges at him, tackles him to the ground.

Barton kicks her off of him. He runs to his bow and shoots a line across the apartments. Yelena and Devon surround him. Devon swept his feet and punches him in the face as Yelena does too. Yelena and Devon see someone coming to them through that zipline. Yelena takes her down and points a gun at her, and Devon had her gun on Barton. Barton stands in front of the girl, protecting her.

Barton stares at Devon's eyes. Filled with rage and hate. Devon was about to pull the trigger until another woman comes on the zipline and kicks her. Devon grunts as she sees Maya, the gun goes off, misses Barton and the girl. She land back on her feet, tilts her head. What is Maya doing here? What does she want with Barton? Yelena takes on the girl and Maya as Devon takes on Barton. Clint kicks the gun out of her hand. Devon screams as she lost it.

Maya kicks Devon. Devon takes Maya by the jacket, places a tracker and tased Maya with her bites. The girl, Kate, comes after Devon, yanking her and manages to take off the mask she covered her lower face with. Devon takes the girl, spinning her around to put on a wire on her belt, flips her off the roof.

"No, no, no, no!" Barton runs to the ledge of the roof, trying to go catch her, to save her, but he saw Kate dangling from the wire Devon attached. Devon slammed her hands on his shoulders, whipping him back to fight. Yelena tackles him, kicking him and Barton gets up but Maya comes and grabs him from behind and chokes him.

Kate runs back up and shoots an arrow, it explodes and sends everyone flying. Devon hits her back on some bricks and looks at Yelena. Maya ran as Kate shot arrows at her. Devon will find her later. Yelena tries to get to Clint, he grabs his bow and fights her. He takes off her mask. Devon uses her bites to tase him. He falls to the ground. Devon and Yelena heard the bow draw back an arrow. Yelena turns back at Kate, while Devon watches Barton falls down in pain. Yelena shakes her head at Kate and runs off the roof. Devon stomps on Bartons chest, he groans in pain. He saw Devons face.

"I will shoot you!" Kate yells at her. Devon takes her foot off the man and turn to Kate. Devon looks at her, smiling. Her murderous smile. It frightened Kate. Those eyes with emptiness and rage, with that smile sent. hills down her spine. Devon looks back at Clint, coming back from the shock. She studies him, remembering his features. She will be back for him, and she made him know that with a look. Devon walks to the ledge and falls back.

"Who the hell were they?" Kate breathes out.

"You don't wanna know Kate." Clint looks around.

"I cannot be your partner if you don't tell me whats going on." She pressures him. Clint turns to her.

"Youre not my partner. Do you understand that? You never were. Someone has hired a Black Widow Assassin. And that right there, the lady in red, thats the Red Widow, The most vicious, coldblood assassin ever." The red suit. Clint never thought to see her again. But she is back. Devon is back and anger than ever. "This had gotten very real, very quickly. So im doing this alone."

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Devon had ripped her suit off of her and threw it to the wall of the bedroom. Yelena turns to her doing her tantrum. Yelena was pissed. She didn't kill Barton. Hes still alive.

"I had him." Yelena told Devon, shaking her head. "I had him!" She kicks the table. Devon goes up to Yelena.

"He wasn't alone. They came and ruin our mission." She stands in front of her. "We will get him, do you understand me?" Her eyes burned into Yelenas. "We will get him alone and we will kill him, slowly and painfully." Devon gets in her face. "Now, you will find that girl, find where she lives and get whatever you can get on her. I don't care if you kill her too." Devon gets up and grabs her coat.

"Where are you going?" Yelena stands up.

"Lets say i have some extra credit to do. Ill be back" She shuts the door. Devon tracks Mayas location. The red dot stops at a dump yard. Devon climbs over and sneaks past the guys and sees Maya through the window. Shes part of the tracksuit mafia now. Devon wasn't surprised. Fisk was always mentioning she could be in the ring. Devon, in the shadow, watches Maya. Why was she there fighting with Barton? Where is Kazi? Devon will have to decide now, will she have to kill Maya?