Natasha Romanov froze when she heard the sound.

Is that-

She heard it again.

Yes, someone is in my house.

Grabbing her gun, she slowly crept about the house, looking for the intruder.

And then she saw him.

"Freeze!" she shouted.

The man did not freeze. He was a big, burly man with the appearance of a biker, and he held an AK-47. He fired at Natasha, but she ducked around a corner. Firing back, she hit him center-mass and he collapsed.

Holstering her pistol, Natasha bent over the man's body to find out who he was.

Only one problem.

He was still alive.

Somehow, despite the bullet wound, the man rose to his feet. He swung a mighty fist at Natasha, but she avoided it. Thinking quick, she picked up a chair and slammed it into his head. He stumbled, and she swung another chair at him. Landing several hard punches to his gut, she sent him down.

Natasha ran. She didn't know how this man was able to shake off a gunshot wound, but she recognized him from looking up that information for Sam.

His name was Hayes.

Jack Hayes.

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I was hanging out in my new HQ when I got the bad news.

Sam called me and told me what I did not want to hear: "Natasha's on the run."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Someone must have come after her or something. I know Natasha, she's not hiding in fear. She's trying to figure this whole thing out. But the problem is, we can't make contact with her."

My heart sank. "So…" My voice trailed off.

Sam voiced my thought: "So we can't know what all is going on." He added, "I don't think the information just leaked that Natasha was the one who knew what was going on. There had to be an inside man to know that. Or else why would they send someone after her?"

A few minutes later, we hung up, and I was left wondering who I was, what all this stuff happening was about, and how to find out.

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Agent 622 hadn't been able to silence Romanov. That was unfortunate. But at least she was in a precarious situation now, Tyler Dayspring thought. It would take her time to relay the information to others at SHIELD.

But if she did find a way before Tyler tracked her down, then that would be a problem.