*3rd P.O.V.*
Natasha Romanoff is currently driving up a long drive in the countryside of Washington, DC. She parks in front of a large mansion and walks up to the front door. She places her hand on the doorknob and tries to step in, only to find that the house is locked up. Natasha furrows her eyebrows in confusion and pulls out her phone. She scrolls through her contacts and stops at one name. Nikolina.
Her thumb hesitates over the number before she takes a deep breath through her nose and pushes the button. She raises the phone to her ear and listening to the dialing tone. She hears an automated message, and confusion washes over her body. She continues to scroll through her contacts until she arrives at another name. Nick Fury.
"What?"
"Do you know where Nikolina is?" Natasha asks Nick while walking around to the back of the house.
"No. Miss Volkov is out on a mission," Nick said to Natasha in a firm voice, but there was underlining of worry and confusion.
"When was she supposed to be back?" Natasha picked the lock of the back door and walked inside. She looks around the room and notices a light coating of dust covering the furniture.
She walked up the stairs and turns to the right going towards Nikolina's bedroom. "2 months ago." Fury says into the phone, and Natasha pauses mid-step. Nikolina's bedroom is in pristine condition, too immaculate.
"She isn't here," Natasha explains to Fury the condition of the house, and then Fury said to her,
"I'm coming, and I am bringing Rogers."
Natasha looks through Nikolina's bedroom before she closes her door and walks down to the lobby to wait for Fury and Rogers. She heard a car engine pull up, followed by the sound of a motorcycle engine. Both of the drivers shut off their machinery and then the rustle of footstep walk up to the door and stop, Natasha walks over to the door and pulls it open. She moves to the side and allows both the men into the house, she looks at their faces and sees that Steve seems very concerned and scared while Fury looks at her with mild curiosity and slight panic.
They walk into Nikolina's kitchen and sit down at the table there. Looking out the window, a large pool with a large scenic scene behind it. The lake reflects the sun, and it glitters across the top, all three of them look around the kitchen before getting down to business.
Rogers is the first to speak, "Where did you send Nikolina?"
Fury replies in a stern voice, "France."
"What was her mission?" Natasha asks while getting a glass of water.
"She was supposed to intercept and contain two widely known people for terrorism. Their names are Pierre DeBois and Mateo Lopez. I sent someone there to see if she completed her mission when you called me Natasha."
"What was found?" Steve and Natasha asked in sync.
"There was a camera that captured everything."
There is a sense of dread that drifts over all the people in the room, Fury sighs and pulls out a briefcase. He flips it open, and inside there was a monitor, he powers it up, and the video footage pops up. They watch with intent, they see Nikolina walk into the store, and the camera switched to the camera that was inside the store. All three listen to the French lady, and Nikolina have a conversation. They see Pierre walk in and place himself in front of the window, they see Nikolina look at him and then turn back to the lady, and they continued to talk in French.
After a few moments, they see Mateo Lopez walk in and nod to the man, they both stepped outside and walked down the street a little. Nikolina walks out of the store, pretends to look through her bag, causing both the men to look at her and everyone held their breath. When both the men looked away, all the people watching the video let out a sigh of relief; however, it is short-lived, they saw the briefcase exchanged between the men. Nikolina springs into action, and both pull out guns and fire at her. They see her head jerk to the side as she dodged the bullet; they all watch as the fight commenced.
Steve, watching intently, is impressed by Nikolina's fighting skills, his heart drops to his stomach when he watches her hand raises to her neck. A needle is held tightly in her hand, and he watches as she falls to the ground, he saw a man dress in all black walk up to Nikolina and picked up her unconscious body. Steve could feel his heart beating in his chest, both out fear and adrenaline; he wanted to be there and protect her.
Natasha watched the video with critical eyes; she was trying to read the words that were coming out of both Nikolina's and Pierre's mouths. She was only able to make out a couple of words that didn't make a lot of sense. However, there was one word that stuck in Natasha's head, HYDRA. She felt worried seep into her mind, worry for the girl she considers a little sister.
Fury hides his face from Natasha and Steve, and he had worry written all over his face. He had somewhat formed an attachment to Nikolina, a devotion like a father to a daughter. He was able to gain his emotions together, and pressed the fast forward button; he watched as the person he sent to the scene, walked onto the camera. He picked up the bodies and then the dart, he looked at the symbol that was on the dart and put it in a bag and walked to the awaiting Quinjet.
Fury found his voice and told Steve and Natasha, "The agent I sent will be at the base in a couple of hours with the bodies and the dart."
"Let's go. I want to know why HYDRA wants Nikolina again." Natasha said in a cold voice that is laced with rage.
All the people looked at each other and nodded their heads in acknowledgment of what was just said. Fury and Steve walked out of Nikolina's house first, and Natasha followed shortly after them, she turned around once she was on the porch of the home and took one last look inside before she closed the door and locked it. At the same time, all the agents pull away from the house in their means of transportation and head back to base.
After a short ride, they pulled into S.H.I.E.L.D. And parked their vehicles. They took the elevator to Nick's office and sat down on the couch; they were sitting there for about 3 hours when there was a knock at the door. The door slowly opened, and they were surprised to see the agent walkthrough. It wasn't who they were expecting.
It was Clint.
