The door to Tasha's room was thrown open, and she groaned.

'God, not again. Why wont you let me sleep in peace?'

'Shut up, Romanov. Get up.' Tasha sat upright at the very un-Maria-ish, masculine voice. Well this was different, she thought to herself. Maybe she wasn't dreaming this time.

Tasha quickly got up, and put on her tennis shoes, before walking up to the guard at her door.

'Where are you taking me?' Tasha asked, confused.

The guard just grumbled, 'You're one lucky son of a bitch. Not many can spring an early release from the SHU.'

Tasha only grew more confused, as the guard took her through the empty halls of the prison.

'Where is everyone?'

'Having breakfast. You wont have time to eat, gotta wait till lunch,' the guard replied.

'Why, what are we doing?' The guard ignored her question.

Where was she going? Tasha wiped the confusion off her face. She was nothing if not adaptable, she could roll with it.

Once they had reached her empty cell, the guard commanded, 'Get your wash stuff, and another change of clothes.'

Tasha raised her eyebrow in question, but did as he asked, before she was once again taken away.

The guard took her down a familiar route, till he stopped outside the shower room.

'Shower, get dressed, I'll be waiting outside.'

Tasha went in and found the room empty. Picking a stall at random, she quickly unchanged, and stood under the shower. The water was freezing, but she didn't care. She hadn't had a proper shower in a week, and she was happy to wash away the layer of grime that covered her. She took her time, just for the satisfaction of making the guard wait, and once she was done, she dried herself and got changed. She stood in front of the mirror, and towled her hair as dry as she could. Once it was done, she took in her appearance. She had dark circles beneath her eyes, and her skin was pale. Her hair lied flat against her head, slightly curling at the ends. She looked a mess. She hoped Maria didn't see her like this.

There was a bang at the door, followed by a 'hurry up!' Tasha sighed, and picked up her things, before leaving the shower room. The guard stood waiting, looking slightly annoyed. Tasha smirked.

'Come on,' he said gruffly, before taking her down a new hallway. Breakfast seemed to be coming to a finish, and more inmates had begun filtering in through the prison. They had just spotted Morello, who looked slightly surprised at seeing her out the SHU.

'Morello,' the guard said, taking Tasha's shower things. 'Take these back to E14.' Morello took the things and quickly walked off. Tasha hid her surprise, apparently they weren't going back to the cell block. She knew it was pointless asking where they were going again, so she just followed silently.

Finally, they reached their destination. She was led into a room. It held two chairs, and the wall they were facing was separated by glass. On the other side, she could see more chairs and another door. What was going on? The guard sat her down on one of the chairs.

'Wait here.' The guard left with out a backward glance, and Tasha was alone. Sighing, Tasha made herself as comfortable as she could in the had chairs, and looked around the room again. In the far corner of each room, was a security camera, both trained on her. She sent who ever was watching a smirk, and flipped them off. After a couple of seconds, she saw the camera light blink off. What ever she was doing here, she was doing it in private. Tasha just raised an eyebrow to herself, and stared blankly into the glass separation, her eyes switching focus between the room and her reflection staring back at her.

Maria chewed slowly on her food, trying to ignore the taste. It had been three days since she had seen Tasha, and she was bored, if nothing else. Turns out, prison was pretty uneventful. She still had to wait another week before being assigned a job to do, so she spent her time lying on her bunk reading, and ignoring peoples stares.

Finishing her food, she stood up to place her tray by the bin. On her way back, she was intercepted by a guard. Maria raised her brow in question.

'Hill, come with me.'

Maria nodded, and followed the guards quick pace. She didn't bother asking where they were taking her, the guards were never exactly forthcoming with information. She was lead to a room, and as she stepped in, she saw -

'Tasha?' Maria exclaimed.

Tasha grinned, and patted the seat beside her. Maria sat down, and the guard left.

'It's about time. I've been waiting for ages!'

Maria grinned, before asking, 'How was it?'

Tasha didn't have to ask what she was talking about.

'Mind numbingly boring. It didn't help that I couldn't sleep,' Tasha admitted.

Maria frowned. 'Nightmares?'

Tasha gave her an odd look, that Maria couldn't decipher. 'Something like that. Don't ask,' she added when she saw Maria about to say something.

Maria nodded, she knew not to press about peoples dreams in their line of work. It wasn't pleasant, considering what they did while they were awake would seem like a nightmare to most people. What they conjured in their minds were even worse.

'So, how's it been in the prison?' Tasha asked.

Before Maria could answer, the door on the other side of the glass opened, and both their eyes snapped to look at it.

Both their eyes widened when they saw the stern glare facing them.

'Pepper?'

Pepper, Tony and Steve stood facing them, each with a different look on their faces. Pepper looked slightly agitated and annoyed, Tony looked amused, and Steve was just confused.

'Natasha, Maria.' Pepper greeted in a icy voice.

Maria glanced at Tasha, and her face said it all. They were screwed.

'What were you thinking?!' Pepper exclaimed, sitting down. 'Getting your self arrested!'

Tasha smirked, despite herself. 'What did you expect us to do? Take out the task force coming to arrest us? Some how, I don't think that would have gained us the public's trust.'

Tony laughed and Pepper shot him a glare.

'And pleading guilty at the trial, that helped?' Pepper shot back.

'Pepper, we would never have won that trial, it was decided before we even set foot in the court room,' Maria argued, feebly.

Steve interrupted this time, 'But you didn't even try! How do you think that looks?'

Maria sighed. 'Look, with us in here, Congress thinks they've won. That takes the heat off you, so you can deal with Hydra. Yes, we have to put up with their smug asses from now on, but its better than them gunning for you at every turn.'

Pepper sighed. 'I guess I'm going to have to find a new Human Resources Director.'

Maria smiled apologetically, 'Sorry about that, I missed my first day.'

Steve was staring intently at Tasha before he said, 'Natasha, what happened to you? We tried to come see you earlier, but they wouldn't let us. It took a lot of persuasion to even get this meeting.'

Tasha had the tact to look slightly bashful. 'Um, on our second day, we were sent to solitary. I got a longer time than Maria, and even then, they sprung me out early, this morning.'

Tony laughed, 'Really? On you second day? You guys don't mess around.'

Tasha laughed with him, but Maria shook her head, 'Well, it wont be happening again. Will it, Tasha?' Maria looked pointedly at Tasha, and she nodded with a smirk.

Pepper just sighed. 'You two are going to give me an aneurysm.'

Maria and pepper laughed, before there was a banging on the door on Pepper's side.

'That's it. Times up,' came a shout from the other side of the door.

Pepper looked warily at the door before looking at Maria and Tasha. 'We're working on getting you out, just lay low for now, and don't cause any trouble.'

'Don't bother,' Tasha replied quickly. 'You saw what this place's defences are like. Don't think we're here by anything other than our own choice. And when we get bored of staying here, well...'

Tasha let the insinuation linger in the air. Pepper looked slightly worried, before masking her face.

'Just don't get into too much trouble,' Pepper warned.

Tasha grinned, and put her hand to her chest in mock indignation. 'Please! This is me we're talking about, would I ever do such a thing?'

Pepper laughed. 'You're right. Maria, don't let Tasha get into too much trouble.'

Everyone laughed, and Maria smirked. 'Wouldn't dream of it.'

There was another bang on the door, and they quickly stood up, and left, shooting a good bye as they did so.

Maria and Tasha were left looking at a black room.

'Well that went better than planned,' Tasha grinned, before standing up and stretching her legs.

Maria hummed in agreement. 'Yes, it could have gone a lot worse.'

The door behind them opened, and they both turned to attention. It was the same guard as before, and he motioned for them to follow.

'Ready to join the rest of us misfit delinquents?' Maria asked.

Tasha smirked.

'Born ready.'

Hey, im soo sorry for making you wait, and this being a short chapter. I haven't really been in a good place to write anything, good or otherwise, and im still struggling with it but i managed to churn this one out. Sorry. Hope its not too bad.