Clint and Bucky's POV

Bucky and Clint ran through the hallways in the Red Room facility, killing any agent that came in their path down instantly. They'd already found the Headmistress in her office. Sam and Steve were with her now making sure she stayed unconscious and restrained. They planned on giving her to T'Challa to turn over to the UN. It was a fitting punishment for a woman of her character. It was also a fitting miracle for the group. After months of false leads and dead ends, they'd finally come across a path that lead to what they were looking for. With Shuri's help and access to satellite images, they were able to narrow down locations. This was the finally place that was on the list. Others were found to be empty or filled with other shady organizations, none of which had Natasha with them. If she wasn't here, they'd all be back to square one.

The two arrived in a large room with several cryogenic chambers. Silhouettes of people could be seen inside some of them. Clint peered through the glass of each one that looked to house a person inside, while Bucky kept watch. Much to their dismay and relief, none of them were Natasha. Suddenly, screams pierced the air. Bucky's blood ran cold, fearing for the worst. Clint turned towards the door, deeming that the screams were coming from the room behind it. He attempted to open it, but found it to be locked.

"Move your hand," Bucky said gruffly.

Clint pulled his hand back from the door, before hearing several shots go off on the lock. He nodded at him in approval before kicking the door open. The two barged into the room, finding a blonde Natasha and a restrained Tony. She was holding a modified cattle prod onto his chest as he convulsed.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"Natasha it's us. Bucky and Clint," Clint pointed to himself and the assassin. "We're your friends. You can put down the cattle prod now. No need to keep hurting Tony. He's your friend too. Just come with us and everything will be okay. You can leave now. Sam and Steve have the Headmistress in custody. You're safe."

The rod clattered onto the ground. Oh thank God.

"Here's the thing," she began with a cold smile. "I'm Natalia."

She landed a swift kick to Bucky's stomach, pushing him out of the room. She was definitely not this strong last time I saw her. She followed him into the larger area as he began to get on his feet. As Bucky held off Natalia, Clint helped the other man get out of his bonds. He felt for a pulse on his friend, as he ignored the gunshots from the fight behind him. To his horror, there was no beat of life to be found. He laid Tony on the ground and began to perform CPR.

While Clint was tending to Tony, Bucky was fighting what seemed to be a brainwashed Natasha without hurting her. He tried to restrain from any deadly hits or weapons, but she wasn't returning the favor. She shot at him multiple times before he knocked her gun out of his hands. Annoyed, but not discouraged, Natalia activated her Widow's Bites.

Oh shit.

Bucky slightly backed off from the spy, as he wasn't planning on getting electrocuted that day. Each time she took a step towards him, he shifted his position to avoid the fate of being on the wrong end of the rod. The large space allowed plenty distance between the two assassins. It was a game of cat and mouse. Bucky used the cryo-freeze chambers as cover. Every time he turned around Natalia was there. Unknown to him, he was slowly backing up into a corner. He only had one way out, and she was blocking it. And he was running out of time to decide whether or not to take a more offensive approach.

Clint was giving up hope that Tony would rejoin the land of the living when the genius' eyes popped open. They were fearful as he struggled to remember what happened and where he was. He instantly calmed when he saw Clint stooped over him. He tried to sit up, but instantly went back down once the pain set in on his body. Tony gave a weak smile to the archer who had a few tears forming in his eyes.

"Sup Barton," he laughed weakly. "Nice man tears you got there. You weren't crying over little ole me were you?"

"Dude you were dead for three minutes," he stated. "I thought my list of people that I care about just got shorter."

"Can't get rid of me that easily," Tony grinned. "Are you currently being your idiotic self and came alone without any backup or extraction plan?"

"Haha, very funny. No, Sam and Steve are babysitting the Headmistress, and Bucky is fighting Natasha in the other room. Well as she says Natalia, but I'm not calling her that."

"You left Barnes with her!" he scowled. "The guy who's almost succeeded in killing her at least three times."

"They'll be fine. Let's just say they have a complicated history."

"How complicated?" Tony asked him curiously.

"I'll tell you later," Clint said. "First I need to get you out of here. Can you walk?"

"I just died and you're asking me if I can walk?"

"Me and Tasha do it all the time," he said before breaking out into a wide grin. "Guess it's bridal style then."

Tony sighed. "Not a word Barton," he threatened.

Clint lifted him up in his arms, and made his way to the door. His eyes met with Bucky's who somehow managed to find himself in a corner. The assassin looked the two over before breaking out in a silly grin upon seeing the sight of Stark being carried. Though it vanished when he remembered the predicament they were in.

Natalia, taking advantage of the man's sudden distraction, landed a hit on his arm. Bucky could feel the electricity crawling up the metal. He dropped to the ground in pain. To his surprise, his arm was still functioning. Even more was the sight of volts crackling on it. The vibranium must have absorbed the energy. I can use this to my advantage.

He saw Natalia running towards Clint and Tony. They wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time as one was carrying the other. Bucky quickly stood up and got to her before she could get to them. He trapped her in a chokehold before zapping her forehead with the absorbed electricity. Her body convulsed before she was rendered unconscious. He hauled her over his shoulder before falling in line with the other two men. They ran down the hallways as the traveled back to Steve and Sam upstairs.

"What the hell was that?" Clint asked.

"I shocked her with her own electricity," Bucky replied. "I guess vibranium holds energy or somethin'. She's still alive if that's what you're wondering."

"Thanks for the update Barnes," Tony said coldly. "I don't know what I'd do if you killed another person I cared about."

Bucky rolled his eyes. Even after all he's seen with Natasha, he still won't forgive me for what happened with his parents. She wasn't in control and neither was I. I can't bring them back, and it's not like he'll accept my apology either. Howard was my friend. I will never get over the fact that I killed him and his wife.

The three were silent for the rest of the period in between them escaping and reuniting with Steve and Sam. The four arrived at the Headmistress' office a few minutes after leaving the cryo-chamber room. Bucky knocked on the door in a distinct pattern that he and Steve used to do before the war to let him know that it was just him on the other side. The door opened to reveal the room just as they left it. The Headmistress was still unconscious and tied up in the far corner be watched over by Sam. Steve looked confused to see Natasha draped over Bucky's shoulder. It was only heightened when Clint walked into the room with Tony in his arms. The two held a long stare before being interrupted by Sam clearing his throat.

"Look I know that the three of you aren't on the best of terms right now but we need to leave before she wakes up and get Tony and Natasha some medical treatment," he said calmly.

"Yeah we need to get to the quinjet to make sure Nat stays sedated so she doesn't try to kill us all before we leave," Clint agreed.

"Kill us?"

"She's been activated," Bucky said. "She's not Natasha right now, she's Natalia, the real Black Widow."

"What do you mean by the 'real Black Widow" Sam asked confused by the whole situation.

"He means that she is an emotionless, enhanced operative whose only goal is to kill and get information for her agency," Clint explained.

"Everything that makes her the Natasha we know is stripped away and we're only left with a person who only knows how to fight."

"Like I said we can continue to discuss this in the quinjet, so we don't get killed by brainwashed friends."

Author's Note: So apparently I haven't posted a new chapter since November of last year. Sorry about that. Anyway Captain Marvel comes out in like two weeks and Endgame in a little bit more than a month. Thanks for reading.