"Alright Team! For today's training we will be using pillows to fight each other." Regina said as she hold up a pillow. "It'll help Robert learn to control his strength without doing too much damage. Training is an hour and I'll watch from the side to make sure that none of you use your powers or weapons." She throw the pillow at Robert before stepping back. "Pick a pillow and start hitting people!"
She chuckle softly as she lean against the wall and cross her arms as she watch over the team.
"Glad to see you up and about...why are they hitting each other with pillows?" Nightwing said as he walk towards her with Flash.
"It is their training...and a good way to have some fun. I can't let that year take me down, I have things to do and people's ass to kick." Regina said as she glance slightly towards the two heroes.
"That is good to hear...we had to tell them, Regina."
"So you showed them that year?" She asked softly.
"We're sorry, but we had to..." Flash gently place his hand on Regina's shoulder.
"I understand." She move Flash's hand off her shoulder. "There's really no need to apologise, I would do the same if you're in my world."
"The League wants to talk to you about it. They are willing to give you a few days before the talk." Nightwing said softly.
"Why? Why would I talk to them about it? What more do they want to hear? The parts that you're not shown is gruesome and no one should see it."
"They still want to talk about it, they are older and would be able to handle it."
Regina look up at them with cold dead eyes. "Why would they want to know? I killed a lot of people, not all of them are adults. Do they want to hear about how I kill children in front of their parents? How I torture them to get their parents to tell me what I need?" She asked emotionlessly.
"Regina...it isn't your fault, you-" Nightwing is cut off by Regina.
"Don't!" She growled. "Don't tell me it wasn't my fault! It is my fault, I wasn't being controlled! I was blindly following their orders, I could have fight them but instead I listened to them! I could have put a bullet in my head to end it all but instead I put the bullet into the heads of the innocent! It is my fault and nothing will change that!" She yelled as her eyes fill with anger.
She didn't noticed that the Team had stopped their training to listen to her.
"People have told me Hydra is the one to blame and I agree with them, I just don't agree with the fact I am completely innocent!" She clutch her fists, unknown to her tears are flowing down her cheeks. "They treated me like a weapon, never caring about my feelings and never caring that I am hurt. Yet I listened to them and it took me a year to get out." She smile bitterly as she run her hand through her hair and her other hand rest against her hip. "I feel so stupid and the only thing that is keeping the guilt from eating me alive is the Avengers. They are my family...and...and I miss them so much..." She said the last part softly.
The Avengers are her family and the only time she has been ripped away from them is when she is kidnapped. She has been her support since she came back and now she is cut off from them again, there isn't even a way for her to contact them and she just feel so lost and alone. She wrapped her arms around herself as reality come crashing down on her, she may never be able to see her family again. She might act overconfident and happy but deep down she is scared, she is scared that she'll never see her family again.
Before her thoughts can go any darker a pair of strong arms wrap itself around her.
Robert didn't know what to do but when he saw Regina getting more and more upset his body just move on its own and wrap his arms around her gently so he doesn't hurt her. He gently wipe Regina's tears away, she has only been here a few days and she is already a huge part of his life. He doesn't want her to leave but being away from her family hurts her so much so when the time comes, no matter how painful, he will let her go.
