Avengers Imagines

The Tower

Tamina pulled against her restraints the Russian and English phrases mixing together to create nonsense in her head.

"Who is Natalia?" She asked. Her body tired from her ballet, her head hurting from her confusion.

"The mission- she is the mission." Alexi replied, not taking his eyes from hers.

"You're lying- I know your lying!" Tatiana replied, pulling against her restraints. Alexi sat back and watched, knowing she colder break through.these restraints were created hold even the strongest agents. "Who is Natalia?" She asked again, still struggling. Alexi grabbed her jaw, her mouth forming an O.

"Listen Tereasa," Alexi began- "I will tel you everything you need to know to complete this mission. And if you fail- so help me, you will not see the light of day." Alexi said in that calmly menacing voice he used when he needed to get a point across. "Now go."
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She's just the mission. Just a mission, my mission, nothing more. Every ounce of training from the Red Room told her to get her shit together. But she knew he was wrong. She knew Natalia wasn't her mission, she was........well she didn't know. She couldn't pinpoint what she claimed Natalia to be.

So here she was, tracking her mission silently. Instincts taking over, she went for the prey- but sneaking up on a Red Room survivor was not easy. Natalia wasn't surprised, but she hasn't suspected the attack either. But she was quick, but Tamina was quicker.

"Tamina- what?!" Natalia began to say but stopped knowing there would be no point. Here she stood, a knife pressed to her jugular- one wrong move and she was dead. Natalia dropped her guns, surrendering.

"Looks like the Black Widow isn't all the shot they say she is." Tamina said lowly. Natalia said nothing, not moving. Her team had joined the reunion- but did nothing- Natasha had warned them.

"Tamina- please. Try to remember for me." Natalia asked in the kindest voice she could muster.

"I don't know you." Tamina replied pressing the blade of the knife harder against her neck.

"Tamina-"

"Don't speak my name you little shit."

"Tereasa" Tamina froze at the mention of her name- her true birth given name.

"How- what?.......Who told you?!" Tereasa asked, ignoring the gears turning in her head.

"Tereasa- it's me. Natalia. Remember?"

"I don't know you."

"Yes you do- please just try to remember me." Tereasa shook her head softly.  But before she had a chance to reply- a silver blade pierced her chest, the red staining her suit like a rose- a macabre, beautiful rose. And like that- she was gone.