When morning arrived the group felt rejuvenated and ready for the chill day that follows a mission. Each Avenger woke up at their own pace and by 10 o'clock everyone but Natasha and Larissa were up and surrounding the breakfast bar clutching a cup of coffee, in different states of readiness. Once the team were awake enough to notice their missing members discussion arose about the next step, each of their minds trained to go to the worst after all Larissa was new and they knew very little about her character,
"Has anyone else noticed that were missing little miss sunshine and fire eyes ?" Tony questioned in a sarcastic tone. The other had clearly realised their missing members but had chosen not to be the first to question it. "Well they could both be asleep after all Nat had a tough mission and I am sure it was difficult for … uhh … Larissa to meet everyone" replied Steve. "I for one think if she is Avenger material she would not be tired out by meeting new people" stated Clint. There was a moment of silence before Bruce had an idea to share with the team, "Maybe we should go in and check on them". There was some hesitation after all Natasha was the only female Avenger and they never entered her room, giving her privacy.
"Steve you should go because you're the most civil out of us," Tony said, throwing Steve under the bus. "Well maybe we should all go therefore if there is any danger there will be enough of us to fight it" Steve replied with a smik dancing over his face.
And with that decided they headed towards their room. Steve quietly opened the door after all if they were still asleep he didn't want to wake them up. As the door opened they were shocked to see the two girls awake but talking quietly both in a similar position as they fell asleep in.
Noticing the intrusion both the girls looked up startled and ready to fight both of them reaching for either a gun or knife under their pillow. But before they could pull their respective weapons out they realised that the Avenger posed no real threat to them at that time and began moving off the bed in a synchronized fashion. However Natasha broke off to close the door in silence as the girls began getting changed and dressed both in all black skintight jeans, that you were able to fight in, and black tops. Years of being a Russian spy affecting both of their fashion senses.
*****************************************************On the other side of the door the group of boys were in a wave of confusion. None of the group had ever seen Natasha so comfortable with someone even them therefore they all assumed that they probably knew each other. Each of the boys coming to the same realisation that that was the reason Natasha didn't fight the idea of sharing a room with the girl.
Before the boys could say anything to each other the girls walked in sharing a look. Natasha getting two cups of black coffee and Larissa gathered a series of fruits in an identical pair. They both sat down next to each other exchanging their double items.
It was clear then clear as day to Tony that they knew each other and they clearly knew each other well. "So good morning you two. It seemed you got really close in the few hours since you met each other" Tony pushed. However the girls both grunted and went back to their breakfast. That is when Tony decided to probe a bit further. "JARVIS" Tony shouted to the ceiling. "Yes master" the AI replied. "Please bring up all SHIELD and internet information on Larissa Antanova" Tony said quickly. What Tony didn't anticipate was that the girls had nothing to hide but they were not going to purposely out their connection with each other to the rest of the world.
Jarvis was quick to reply with her whole life story. "It seems that Larissa Antanova was trained as a Russian spy as young girl in the same group as lady Romanoff they were at similar ranks until Larissa 12th birthday in which she developed pyrokinesis and her eyes turned the colour that they're now. Both began to be put on separate missions and had been told not to contact each other however after the displays of affection shown last night". But before JARVIS could continue she quelled all the thoughts she knew were going round in Tony's head with one simple statement, "We didn't sleep together we hugged". This caused the room to erupt into laughter.
"JARVIS please continue" Tony requested to the AI. "Okay sir", responded the AI that seemingly ran the Stark Tower.
"As I was saying after the displays of affection last night … I presume that they had kept in contact with each other even though they were threatened not to. Both Natasha and Larissa continued on solo missions each as deadly as the other. Shortly after Larissa first solo mission at the age of 18 she got a tattoo of two black angel wings which lead to her nicknames, the scorched Angel and in some countries Wanaeda … the bringer of death. She was quit the deadly assassin".
"I'm sure she still is" Tony said with a grunt, silently wishing he hadn't pissed her off last night. Reading into Tony's expression, Nat and Larissa both knew Tony was regretting his rather unwelcoming introduction. This thought alone gave reason for Larissa to smirk and chuckle under her breath. Natasha only just repressing a laugh.
"When Natasha Romanoff was captured by SHIELD, Larissa went rogue seemingly killing the company that she worked for, choosing instead to be a vigilante. Sometimes lurking in the shadow of Avenger missions making sure no one would be hurt or killed, Fury believes this was in order to protect both Natasha and the team that rescued her from never ending torture", finsihed JARVIS with a mock breath. After all, even for the AI it seemed like a lot of information to spew out.
"Pyrokinesis … a fire starter … huh … I didn't see that one coming" Tony thought aloud. Sounding visibly shaken knowing very well from last nights little outburst that the girl was easily annoyed.
Natasha snorted, drawing everyone's attention towards her, Tony and Larisssa. "Don't worry she doesn't kill unless provoked, most of the time", Natasha explained in mock reassurance. Larissa let out a small and delicate laugh placing her hand on Nats thigh in order to steady herself. The boys looked at Tony's frightened face as it relaxed ever so slightly at Natahsa's revelation.
"Scared are we Tony?" mocked Clint. Of course he would also be afraid if her had pissed off a deadly assassin, spy and fire starter all mixed into one.
"Wouldn't you be if you had aggravated someone so deadly and easily irritated?" teased Steve at both the boys.
As the boys continued their banter across the breakfast bar the two girls seemed to be in a world of their own. Nat quietly circling the back of Lyssa's hand as it stroked backwards and forwards on her knee and thigh. They didn't seem to be amused by the teasing going on in front of them, instead they were so content in being in each others company without any imminent threat from the company or SHIELD using each other as their weakness because this time they were on the exact same side with nobody between them. It was peaceful and calming that they could be themselves and not try to be like the rest of the world around them after all they had both experienced the same things from their childhood, traumatic events … the Red Room.
If it were not for the other company in the room they may find themselves in an embrace that would break any normal person but they were the strongest in the Red Room, the only ones to survive.