Nick Fury bounded down the plain hallways of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters with a look on his face that said, "If you talk to me you will regret it. I'm doing something far more important than you." He made his way to the training room where Natasha and Steve were sparring.
"Stop going easy on me Steve! I have taken out five men at a time; I think I can handle one super soldier." Natasha said breathlessly.
"With all due respect ma'am, I do not think you could handle me at full level." Steve said as politely as possible while dodging another one of Natasha's fists.
In one swift movement Natasha took the Captain down and had her knee on his throat, "What did I tell you about calling me ma'am? It makes me sound old."
Natasha stood helping up Steve and then turning to face Fury, who was standing in the doorway. They both looked at him expectantly, he never interrupted training unless it was something of utmost importance.
He stayed silent for a few moments and then spoke in a monotonous voice, "The Key has made contact and has been located."
At this Steve made a face that can only be described as confused; though nowadays that's all he seemed to look like. He was still getting used to the 21st century and all. Natasha on the other hand looked at him in disbelief. "Are you sure it was her?" She asked staring at him intently.
"As sure as we can be and there is more." Fury replied.
"More as in what sir?"
"She left a message for you, Clint and Tony."
At the mention of his name, Clint fell from the ceiling. His eyes lit up as if he was a child who had just been told he could have a puppy. "She isn't going to get away this time." He said looking at Natasha.
"She will if that is truly what she wants to do Clint; you and I both know that." Natasha said sadly.
"Would anyone care to tell me who exactly we are talking about?" Steve asked still confused.
Just as Clint went to open his mouth Fury cut him off, "I will brief you when all of the Avengers are present. Locate them and meet in the conference room in Stark's tower."
When everyone had made it to the tower they all sat in this order at a conference table; Natasha, Clint, Steve, Bruce, Tony, Thor, and Fury was standing at the front of the room. A picture of a caramel Blonde woman with dazzling hazel eyes resided on a screen by Fury.
"This is Keiland, also known as the Key. Four years ago Black-Widow and Hawkeye were tasked with retrieving her from Russia. She was raised there and at some point in the very early stages of her life she was exposed to a number of test and drugs that would supposedly help in the development of the perfect assassin. This left her with a number of abilities including being able to control things with her mind. She was first put on our radar when she was tasked with killing our very own, Clint Barton", at this Clint straightened up in his chair, "She had him in her grasp and he was unarmed, yet instead of killing him as she was trained to do, she left him go and walked right out of our facilities." Fury stated.
"Though that is an interesting tale indeed Brother Fury, I do believe that there would be more or we would not all be here." Thor boomed.
"What happened when they got to Russia?" Bruce asked no one in particular.
"It was my fault. She fought us as we tried to take her in and I couldn't fight her back. I ruined the mission. I failed." Natasha stated looking down at her hands.
"It wasn't all your fault. She knocked me out before I could even get one punch in or load an arrow." Clint said placing his hand lightly on the red head's shoulder.
"Due to these two's incompetence, Four years ago The Key went off the grid until six hours ago. We received this message from somewhere in Russia." Fury added. "Jarvis play the recording."
"Right away Sir." said a british voice.
Seconds later soft smooth voice came over the speakers, "Hello? Fury? Anyone who is listening? I need you to get this message to Natasha and the two stooges. First of all you guys I want to say sorry. Tony I know I kind of left abruptly three months ago but I promise that I was planning on coming back before I died." Tony sunk low in his seat. Fury gave him a look that told him they would talk about that later. "Which now is sooner than expected and i'm sorry that I didn't get to say good bye. Clint, When i'm gone you better take care of Natasha or I will haunt your birdbrained ass. I know I haven't been there enough but that doesn't mean I don't care. If you really want to find me, which I hope you all are smart enough not too, I will be at the Prime MInister's estate. And Tasha, I should have listened to you when you said to join shield with you, but I thought that Heins would have protected me from all of the bad stuff going on in the group. It's too late to go back now. But I hope that it is not too late to say, Я люблю тебя старшая сестра."
"Did she just speak in Russian? What did she say?" Steve asked.
"I love you older sister." Natasha replied.
All of the avengers, excluding Tony and Clint, sat staring at Natasha as if he had eight heads. It was if none of them had any idea what to say after what they had just heard.
"You have a younger sister?" Bruce said still looking as if he was in a daze.
"That's what gets you? That she is younger? How about the fact that she has a sister at all?' Steve says rather loudly. "How could you not tell us about her?"
"Her name is Keiland Romanov. When our parents left us to be trained as spies we did everything together. From our very first mission to bring down an organization trying to steal the secrets of the Russian government." Natasha said ignoring Steve altogether.
"How old is she?" Thor asked.
"Well I am twenty-six and she is two year younger than I am, so she is twenty-four."
"Did you leave her in Russia?"
"Yes. It's not that I wanted to leave her behind but when she wouldn't come with me I had no choice."
"Okay, so I get the whole thing about her being sorry she didn't come. But who is Heins and why did she think he could protect her?" Tony asked.
"Does this have something with her being here a few months ago Stark?" Fury asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"She is like a sister to me and whenever she needs help I am there for her. Three months ago she came to the tower in the middle of the night and was saying how she needed to know how to tell someone that she didn't want to do something without them getting angry with her. I didn't ask why I just told her if they are going to get angry it doesn't matter how you say it."
"Well Tony, Heins is a man that we both grew up training with. He became the leader of a group that was finding missions for old spies to go on. Keiland kept in touch with him and he brought her on when she was at her lowest point in life. She wouldn't talk to anyone about anything and it was hard to get anything into her thick skull. She felt like no one was listening to her and Heins did. He showed her that not all spies are heartless." Natasha replied.
"So this Heins was her other half was he not?" Thor asked smiling brightly, he always loved a good sap story.
Clint began to laugh hysterically; Natasha not to far after him. "Heins is gay." Clint said between laughs.
"I am sure he is very happy, Clint. I still do not see why that is funny."
"Thor, I think what Clint means is that Heins' other half would have to be male." Steve spoke up.
"Right you are Spangles." Clint said receiving a death glare from Steve. "Sorry thought I would try it out. It doesn't feel right when I say it."