A immortal and a Widow (Natasha x reader)

Masked men

Y/n pov

"Come on Barnes, we need to go" Tony says, barging into the living room.

"What, why?" i ask, i mean i have to since i don't belong to the Avengers. Well i do belong to one of the Avengers but that's not the same thing.

"We're both needed at the scene, something about your particular set of skills being needed" he answers and i have no idea of what skills that could be. Practically everything i have, it something the Avengers already do have. Except for the ice i guess, well maybe Wanda can weld it in some way with her magic. But instead of arguing against i come with him, quietly. Down the elevator, to the garage, into a car and out on the road.

"You know, i might stick around so you might just have to start liking me" i start off a conversation as i hate the quiet, it gives too much time to imagination and thinking.

"If you answer one question for me"

"Sure, what is your question" i say it dramatically and he glares at me for a second before returning his gaze to the road.

"What are you and why did you refuse Fury's offer?"

"That's two questions Stark"

"Are you avoiding answering them?" and i have to admit that his attitude is entertaining. And that he's right, but i'm not saying that outloud. I guess it is a question i can't avoid forever, but it's an answer i can complicate.

"I'm nothing, nothing with powers created by Hydra." and technically that's true. "And for refusing to join SHIELD, it was in everyone's best interest. I was not going back to Hydra"

"You're saying that you knew? That Hydra was in control?" he asks and i nod, but there's something in his gaze that i can't read. "Well your brother, Cap and Nat all almost died because of that. When Ultron took Nat and we had no clue of where she was or if she was even alive. Or when Loki attacked New York and we barely made it out alive. It could have been a lot easier if you had just come back when they fished him out of the water" he does it on purpose, mentioning the 'near death' of the people i love the most. But the name of Loki takes out a memory i wish to keep hidden.

"Are you trying to guilt trip me? Because it won't work, i can't go back in time and change my mind" even though in my mind it's doing just that. "I don't regret my decision to come back to SHIELD Tony, there are some things out there that are after me that'll put everyone in danger"

"Then why come back now? If it's so dangerous"

"Because for the last 70 years i thought my brother was dead" i breathe out and feel it heavy on my chest. "I almost went back when Nick called and told me they found Steve alive. But Bucky's my twin, i couldn't let him live on thinking that he's the reason i'm dead"

"What happened in 1945?" he asks but just as i'm about to give another cryptic answer, the car flips over. My instincts take over and i slow down the impact, i don't even know how or what kind of powers that was but i'm glad it came. Must be one of those unexplored powers i have when Natasha is around, that they forced upon her. As i look over at Tony i see him almost passed out, i listen for the mechanic work that's his heart and hear it working perfectly. A man in a black suit comes to the window.

Flashback - 18 years ago

"Again, again, again" he shouts as another electric staff touches my lower back. A painful scream comes out of my throat but i don't allow myself to shed a single tear.

"Now tell me what i want to hear, Armana" he whispers in my ear before my head falls back in pain. At this point i'm not even sure of what he wants me to tell him. But it's been quite awhile since someone have tortured me like this. I guess that after a few decades of being sort of safe, you start to let your guard down. Big mistake. Before i have the chance to say anything, his painful screaming filled the room once again. It makes me happy that they don't show me what they're doing to him right now, because i don't think i would be able to take it.

"Y... yes" i breathe out in a horse and quiet tone.

"I'm sorry, i didn't quite catch that" he says and i have to take strength i don't have to lift my head. He bends down to level his head with mine.

"Yes" but my voice isn't strong, it's weaker than it's ever been before.

"Good girl" he whispers in my ear and it disgusts me. "Now get her ready for the ceremony, she can't very much look like this now can she?" he says before exiting the room. I let out my breath as the guards starts to untie my almost limp body. I can't do anything as another scream is heard echoing through the buildings. But it's not a scream of pain, it's a cry of a heart breaking. But this is happening, and i will probably never see him again. That's why i'm glad there was a wall between us where i couldn't see him. That way i can keep the last image of him in my head - smiling in his uniform with everyone at a bar, an arm around me and one around Steve. I even have that picture hidden away to look at in real life and not just inside my head.

End of flashback

At first he looks at Tony and as i start to move, trying to get free from the upside down car seat, he turns his gaze to me.

"Long time no see Armana" he says and just his voice brings shivers down my spine. Last time i saw him he had blood running down his cheek, now it's nothing but a scar leaping down the cheek.

"Please, don't touch him" i breathe out in panic. This is exactly what i was talking about. Even though i don't know him, he is innocent in this part. "He's got nothing to do with this, i beg of you"

"I like you begging" he says with a smile. Once i had considered that smile charming. Now it just makes me want to vomit and add to his scars. "Boys, get her out"