three months later

he's gone. they lost him during operation insight. something steve rogers said stole him away. alexander pierce is not happy, as you would expect. he lost one of his best fighters, james buchanan barnes. and the only one who can beat him in a fight, is virginia avdotya petrov.

he's sending her undercover, which means without backup, to track the white wolf down.

as a result of hearing this news, petrov's fist slams into the table and she runs at alexander. they wiped all her memories of barnes and their pasts missions, only telling her that he betrayed hydra and needs to be taken back.

pierce sends her out, with a new fighting suit and a sleek black Audi this time, to stay under the radar. she wears a long fancy jacket to cover her uniform. the Audi arrives at the meeting spot, where hydra arranged for petrov to meet with another hydra agent, named jones.

she finds jones sitting at a table outside of a restaurant and goes to sit with him. "any sign of them?"

jones smiles and pulls out a small device. "walked by here a bit ago. i set this tracker to follow him."

petrov nods in approval. "where's he headed?"

"15th and Downing, Brentwood. not sure if he'll be alone, so go prepared. currently unarmed, but that metal arm can do some serious damage."

"believe me, i know." she keeps a neutral expression and grabs the tracking device. "good work, jones. you're free to go."

she parts with jones, one hand in her pocket, and the other holding the tracking device. barnes seems to be taking a longer, confusing path to Brentwood. years of instinct has taught him to not take any chances, she follows behind, giving quite a bit of distance, and puts on her aviators

to hide the dark makeup around her eyes.

barnes walks into an old warehouse that looks like it hasn't been lived in for years. she discards the jacket and glasses, while reaching for her gun. she holds it against her chest and backs up to a wall, peeking around the corner.

"i know you're there, petrov." he's standing in the middle of the room, hands behind his back expectantly.

"come with me and i won't kill you." her voice comes out sharp and leathery.

barnes chuckles. "i don't think so."

she's caught off guard when someone tackles her to the floor. the falcon. then he knocks her across the room with one of his wings into black widow, who punches petrov in the face. no hesitation. the soldier quickly gets up and sends a roundhouse kick into natasha's side, before uppercutting her jaw and kicking her back into the wall.

petrov ducks quickly to avoid captain america's shield flying past. it rebounds and he catches it, running towards her, before throwing it again into her chest. she's knocked down and then grabbed by a flying falcon in a span of three seconds. he tries to throw her into a wall, but she grabs the straps of his jet pack and knees him in the stomach. before he can react she latches on to his left wing and rips it off, sending them falling towards the ground.

the soldier lands on one foot and one knee, falcon's wing in her hand. natasha and steve start approaching her, and she knocks steve down by throwing the metal wing. natasha ducks and runs toward her, phasing into a slide, and knocks petrov's feet out from under her. she tries to get up but feels a sharp prick in her neck. a sleep dart.

she falls to the floor unconscious.