Hey everyone sorry its been ages, I do hope to keep writing but unfortunely i have been incredibly busy and will be to quite some time, i will update ad soon as i get a chance next time. Just a note this chapter does contain a torture scene so if it is too much i apologize. If something doesnt make sense please tell me as i have written this quite late at night :P Anyway thank you for your continued support and please please please review. I hope you enjoy it!
Once the car pulled up I realised we were at a gallery opening, similar to the one Loki crashed in Germany except there were famous people here and a lot of photographers, the sort of places I love to avoid but none the less the driver opened the door and without the tinted windows, the bright flooded in.
People started taking pictures because they thought I was some actress, however luckily the cameras flashes subsided quickly when they realised they had got it wrong and that was when I looked up the steps to where Steve was standing with his back to me. Even from 30 meters away I could tell he was nervous and then he turned around and saw me and I knew that my dress had the desired effect. Steve actually had to take a step back to steady himself and as I walked closer I saw how wide his eyes wear and how pale he had gotten. He couldn't take his eyes off of me as I walked and my dress moved in the lights making it look like red water or blood. When I finally reached him I put my hand around his neck and pulled his head down easily to my lips. I kissed him heatedly and he could barely return the kiss and then I broke away, wiped my thumb across his bottom lip to remove some lipstick and walked into the gallery without him and I heard him stumble after me. Who would have thought Captain America could be quite so clumsy.
Once inside I waited for Steve to reach my side before I looped my arm through his and gave my invitation to the security. Steve followed suit and as soon as we had stepped away we were approached. Gruber's men lead us toward a private 'V.I.P' room. Before we went inside I turned to one to the guards,
"Do you know where I might find the ladies' room?" I asked trying not to sound too much like myself. The man merely pointed to a hall across the gallery and I nodded and said thankyou before heading across the large room, with company of course.
When I reached the bathroom I checked my make up in the mirror before pulling my gun out of the thigh holster and checking it and checking all the knives on my other leg were easy to access. I made sure my hair pins were in place, one of Tony's new designs, and that the bracelet and my engagement ring were fully charged; another of Tony's ideas. When I emerged from the bathroom I merely thrust my arm out with a quick jab to the man's windpipe and a blow to the temple which caused his head to knock against the wall and I left him slumped against the wall, out cold, and I walked away from the bright lights towards the emergency exit.
I made my way onto the roof and was able to peer down through the glass roof into the private room where Steve was being held. In the room there were six men, two by the door, two in the corners and two standing next to Steve. Steve himself had been stripped down to his underwear and was sitting in a chair his hands bound behind his back with metal cables that were bolted securely to the floor and his legs were strapped to the chair in three places by large metal cuffs. His chest was also restrained meaning that they had some serious stuff in mind, or they knew who he was.
It was at that moment that Gruber entered the room in a tuxedo and holding a cane with a silver skull on top. Once Gruber got to the middle of the room in front of Steve he stopped leaning on the cane and began talking. I strained my ears and I realised he was explaining the story behind the cane and its significance. It started of being rather pointless and I leant nothing about his childhood that I hadn't read in his file and when he said it was a gift from Red Skull I saw Steve's nostrils flare.
"Oh so you have you heard of Herr Schmidt have you?" asked Gruber as he snapped his fingers and one of the guards came forward and accepted the cane as it was handed to him and he removed and then lifted the cloth that was covering the tray he held in his other hand. On the tray was an ice pick and a blowtorch. I tensed and had a sharp intake of breath, this was not going to be easy but I knew that if I went in now it probably wouldn't end so well, I needed them to think that no one was coming for him to give me the upper hand.
"I asked my men to take care of your very pretty friend. She seemed capable so I sent two of my best and told them to have a bit of fun with her. I hope you don't mind." He said turning on the blowtorch.
"Your men won't lay a finger on her" said Steve, tremors of rage in his voice and he strained slightly against his restraints.
"Oh Mr Foster unfortunately my men do not have the strictest of morals, although with a girl like that I do not think many men would be able to remain true to their morals, do you not think so?" said Gruber as he turned on the blowtorch and held the ice pick to the flame.
"In my years I have experienced many forms of torture, Mr Foster. I have seen men reach what they thinking to be their absolute breaking point until they realise that they have simply reached their physical boundary. True torture should not hurt a man, he should not be left with simply bloody wounds and no finger nails and such. No Mr Foster, true torture should destroy a man. Physically, and how do you say…psychologically. A man should be pushed to his limits in all senses which is why once I have had some time with you I shall bring in your lovely fiancée and we shall see what I can do with the two of you, because if there is something I do enjoy other than good wine and fine art, it is seeing a man fall apart as I destroy everything that makes him a man. Shall we begin?" finishes Gruber as the pick is now almost white hot. He snaps his fingers again and his men gag Steve. Gruber then advances, grabs him by the hair and pulls back his head, exposing his neck. He drags the ice pick down the side of his face making the skin blister and hiss at its touch,
"Such a waste really, you were so handsome" says Gruber before he stabs Steve in the thigh and Steve screams into the gag, his eyes wide in agony. Gruber then removes the pick before stabbing it vertically through the soft flesh between Steve's collarbone and shoulder blade. He then removes that and whips the pick before he begins heating it again, a sick, twisted smile on Gruber's face, his eyes wide with insane delight. As he was watching the pick get hotter and hotter, the glow lighting up his malicious features he spoke again,
"You know Hydra itself would have loved to make a deal with you and your lovely partner, we could have made a very profitable business deal in which everyone benefitted, because you see it is Baron Kessler's hope to have a very professional business front and to always part with clients on good terms. But don't let the title of baron fool you, Kessler was a General in the Russian army during the Cold War. After his family relocated to Russia our empire expanded exponentially, and Hydra realised that the only way to move forward in this new world was to appear as being a… corporation, I suppose. We have no interest in disrespecting our business partners in any way so I wish to inform you that this is merely a technicality of sorts and that f you had been sincere you would have been greeted with open arms…alas," he said before running the white hot pick up Steve's thigh burning as he went before he quickly stabbed his in the abdomen three times and then I'd had enough. I couldn't watch anymore. I stood up quickly and shot the glass before grabbing onto the window frame and spun down onto a support beam and then jumped down to the ground, landing between the guards in the corners and Gruber. Steve seemed to be the only one who was fast enough to see all of this happen, I pulled out the two hair pins and threw one at each of the guards behind me, hitting them both in the neck I then took out one knife and slit the throat of the closest and shot the other between the eyes. I then shot Gruber in the knee before pulling out two knives and throwing them at the guy holding the tray, I then fired at the two men standing behind Steve, empting the mag. They hit the ground with the shell casings and I then threw away the gun and pulled out two more knives and threw them across the room nailing both guards. I was panting heavily wihen I realised that Gruber was the only one left. I walked over to him and lifted him from the ground and slammed him against the wall.
"See the problem with you Germans is that you always underestimate your opponents, especially if they're women." I looked at Steve over my shoulder and saw he was panting heavily watching me with exhausted eyes. "I should gut you right here like the pig you are, but the problem is I don't think my fiancée would be to happy about that, isn't that right honey?" I asked not looking back, "Oh but don't worry you aren't going to get away with you life, but I do take satisfaction in knowing that in your final moments you got to watch your men die before your eyes in less time it takes you to get out of a chair. See you in hell old man." I finished before my arm shot out and I felt my palm connect with the base of his nose and as I pushed up I felt the cartilage snap and go up to his brain killing him almost instantaneously.
I then let him drop to the floor and took a deep breath before turning around and releasing Steve, helping him up and removing his gag,
"Natasha I'm so sor-" he began but I cut him off with an angry kiss, my hands twisting in his hair, I then pulled back before he even had time to react,
"Don't ever do that to me again" I said before picking up a jacket for him to put on and helping him out of the room.
So that was chapter 13 im not quite sure where to go as i have a few theories so your opinions are highly sought after and are always taken into consideration. Also i just love how kickass Natasha is dont you? She is just so fun to write, at any any rate please review and i will hopefully update soon.
