The Black Scorpion
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Any Russian said sentences will be in these brackets: [ ]
S.H.I.E.L.D will be SHIELD cuz I'm way too lazy to put the dots in between.
Ultron was not created by Tony, even though it happened and Civil War never happened.
2016
It was a cool crisp day in Ukraine, and the youngest assassin (if you go by physical age) in the world was preparing to carry out her mission, a mission she proudly says is for mother Russia. Since waking up from her cryo-frozen state two years ago, the now sixteen year old (sixty-seven if you want to get technical) Vasilisa Romanova had been discreetly working for Hydra and Red Room/FSB. At the moment she was tasked to assassinate the President of Ukraine. Hidden inside an apartment complex with a sniper rifle, Lisa peeks through the unassuming window. The teen positions her rifle so it is pointing to the direction where her mark would be standing very soon. Since she was seven years old, she had been trained to kill, manipulate and spy. This is what she was good at and what she was taught for a majority of her life to do. As the Ukrainian President stepped up to the podium, Lisa scoped and fired her riffle emitting a loud bang. Right through the heart was where she targeted the bullet to go, and through the heart, it went. Through the seven years prior to her cryo freezing, she had become an expert marksman and this came easily to her as she had done something similar to this countless of times. Lisa quickly gathered her things and put up her disguise to exit the building to where an agency car was to take her to a helicopter and back to base. As they were driving to the helipad, Lisa and the agents in the car with her were listening to the radio about the chaos they created by taking down one of Russia's enemies.
November 2, 1949
"[Big push Natalia, you can do it]" Ivana encouraged the assassin. Ivana Smirnova was a midwife who was tasked to help deliver the Black Widow's child into the world. An innocent soul who was created to be the ultimate weapon.
Natalia cried out in pain as she felt as if her body was being ripped apart. She was pushing as hard as she can, but she was exhausted. Both physically and mentally. Though years of strict and painful training, no pain she previously endured matched the intensity of childbearing.
"[I can't do this anymore]" Natalia said giving in to her exhaustion. It was not her decision to bear a child, it was Red Rooms. And at this moment Natalia was cursing her superiors to hell for using her uterus as an oven to grow their weapon.
"[It's almost done Nata, your baby's almost out]"Ivana said to her patient.
"[You've been saying that for two hours!]" Natalia yelled at the older woman.
With two more big pushes, Natalia had her baby. "[It's a girl!]" Ivana cries with joy as she wipes the amniotic fluid from the crying baby with a wet washcloth. She wraps the child in a blanket at hands her to her mother. Natalia holds her arms out and as her newborn daughter is enveloped into her arms, she sheds a few tears. "[I can't believe I brought life into this world]" thought Natalia as she lovingly gazes upon her new daughter.
"[What's her name?]" Ivana asks the beaming new mother.
"[Her name is Vasilisa Ekaterina Romanova]" Natalia replies with a smile. Traditionally, the second name would be derived from the father, however, since Natalia didn't know her daughter's fathers name she just settled for her mothers.
"[That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl]" Ivana comments as she watches in awe at the notorious assassin holding her daughter with such care.
SHIELD was a mess, they were looking high and low for any evidence pertaining to the assassination of Ukraine's President while trying to find their footing in the world again. Fury got a call from the Whitehouse saying that SHIELD was to assist the Ukrainian government in finding out who was behind it all. Of course, people pointed fingers at Russia since they had some major disagreements recently. However, all of that is a conspiracy theory without solid evidence to prove it. Fury was trying very hard to get into contact with the government spies from both the CIA and SHIELD placed in Russia for intel, but so far everyone on the list said they didn't know anything. Only a few agents were left on the list and he prayed to Thor that one of them has information to start them off. Fury looked at the next name on the list, glad to see a familiar name, Victoria Hand. The SHIELD director punched in her secured cellphone number hoping she's got something for him.
"Agent Hand, its Director Fury," he said getting down to business, "Do you have information about the recent assassination in Ukraine?"
"No sir, but I have heard whispers in the Kremlin about a famous assassin whose call name is Black Scorpion. I have a feeling this assassin could have been involved" Victoria responded in a small voice fearing she might be heard. "They say she came from the Red Room"
"I thought that Red Room had been neutralized," said a very confused Nick Fury.
"They had sir, I was one of the agents on that mission remember?" Victoria replied, "However, it is possible that they started back up two or three years ago"
"They wouldn't be able to train someone that good within three years," said the director, "Agent, you have a new mission, find Red Room and report to me directly"
Victoria Hand replied with a "Yes, sir" and hung up.
Though it may not be sufficient information, finding the Black Scorpion is a start on cracking this case.
January 1950
Natalia was in her house located in Leningrad, U.S.S.R cradling her two-month-old daughter in her arms while humming her a lullaby her mother used to sing to her when she was a child. The fire roared in the fireplace as she sat in the rocking chair in front of the fire. She found a new purpose in life other than the purpose the Red Room gave her. Natalia loved her daughter and knew that it will be hard to part with her on the day she is to be taken in for training. Her lovely baby girl, her darling Vasilisa swaddled and warm in a wool blanket was one day going to face the harsher side of life. Natalia wished she could shield her daughter from it all, but she knew Red Room will take her one way or another. All she can do is cherish all the moments she has with her daughter. Natalia looked on Lisa with adoration. She admired her daughter's features, no doubt she inherited them from her father. The little baby had wispy blonde hair and strong features. However, the feature of her daughter Natalia loved most were her eyes, it was clear her daughter's eyes were a mixture of green and blue. Every time she looked into her eyes, Natalia was mesmerized by the colour as it reminded her of the sparkling sea water in the sun, and Lisa's eyes made her all the more special.
The Avengers were enjoying their day off, Natasha and Clint were happily training with Steve and Wanda in the Gym. Tony and Bruce were busy inventing some space exploration technology in their state of the art lab. Pietro, Sam, and Rhodey were playing Call of Duty in the game room. Until their leisurely time was interrupted by Maria Hill summoning them in meeting room A of the tower.
"Do you know what Hill wants us for?" Clint asks the others as they walked into the meeting room together.
"Not a clue Robin Hood" replied Tony
When the Avengers walked in the room, Maria Hill was standing in front of the presentation screen ready to get down to business.
"I called you here because we need all hands on deck" Maria starts as the Avengers take their seats, "I know you must have heard of the assassination that recently took place, but now we finally got something. There isn't any definitive proof that this person committed the crime, but intel says that this assassin could know something or taken part somehow"
"Who?" Bruce asks.
"Our informant says that she had heard whispers of a famous assassin in Russia who is reportedly so effective they're a ghost story, the call name is Black Scorpion" Maria answers, "The Black Scorpion is said to be working for the Red Room since they started back up again two to three years ago". The Avengers glanced at Natasha knowing that she had some very terrible experiences with the Red Room, but her face showed no emotion. But Steve could tell by looking in her eyes that that information spooked her.
"That name sounds familiar" Natasha comments, "I might have crossed that name while I was hacking Red Room's servers"
"Did you check out the file?" Maria asks the Black Widow.
"I tried, but you could only open it with a certain computer, which had been destroyed" replied Natasha.
"We need to find out who this is, and when we do Cap, Widow, and Hawkeye need to bring them in. Let's get to work Avengers" Maria says before exiting the room and back to the helicopter, she arrived in from the facility.
"[Well done Black Scorpion,]" praised the Red Room Headmistress Anna Kirova as she reads the newspaper article about the assassination.
"spasiba" Vasilisa thanked her superior feeling the sense of pride within her lighten up.
Lisa exited the room with a curt nod to the Headmistress and headed to her home from the Red Room Head Quarters. It was a small apartment nothing fancy, a small kitchen with a small bathroom and a decent sized bedroom. She was only 'sixteen', but she was already living alone. She had no family, and certainly no friends. No emotional connection that could compromise her, not even a cat. She changes out of her all-black attire which consists of faux leather leggings, over the knee black suede three-inch chunky heeled boots, a black v neck shirt, and a short black trench coat. She untied her natural loose curled honey blonde hair and hopped into the warm shower she had started. After cleansing herself to rid the day away, she changed into her soft satin navy blue pajamas and checked her iPhone. Waking up to this new technology around her had her shell-shocked from all the advancements done over the years she was frozen. She did not have internet in her time and was greatly appreciative of it; you no longer had to look in encyclopedias! She scrolled through the news about what occurred today and she was very pleased with herself she made mother Russia proud by eliminating her enemy.
March 1950
"[Good morning my little princess]" said Natalia to her infant daughter as she picked her up from her crib. A tearful Vasilisa was telling her mother that she needed a diaper change. Natalia brought her daughter to her bed and gave her a fresh cloth diaper. She then changed her daughter out of her pajamas and into a soft cotton baby girl dress. Vasilisa was blabbing away to her mother while gnawing at her little fists. Natalia picked up her daughter and sat down on the bed to breastfeed her child. This was a special bonding time for the two of them, Natalia will never have a connection as pure and loving as this. Natalia stroked her daughter's soft blonde hair and led her hand to Lisa's cheek and used her fingers to lovingly caress her daughter's face. Lisa was now four months old and growing very fast, Natalia was scared that her daughter will grow up in the blink of an eye.
"[No matter where you are in the world, or who you become, I will always love you unconditionally]" Natalia whispered to her daughter; it was a promise. A promise that will last the test of time due to the strength and power of a mother's love. A mother would move mountains for their children and love them regardless. No matter how many mistakes and how many failures, your mother will always be the first to forgive you.