I'm loving the feedback on this guys :) Thank you guys! Anyway, here is the new chapter! This chapter is a bit crazy...it includes Maria's flirting skills which I had a funny time writing! My updates are switching between this story and Undercover so follow that too! There should be an update for each every week :) so that's two chapters a week for you guys! Enjoy!

We went to get changed into our suits, but before I entered the door to my room, I was held back by someone's arm blocking the door.

"Get away from me." I said, staring at the door, and he put his arm down.

"So what's up with you?" Clint asked me.

"What do you mean?" I asked, facing him.

"Well is your throat okay?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

"A little sore I suppose, but apart from that I am fine." I said, rubbing my throat slightly from memory.

"And are you feeling okay...mentally?" he asked, cautiously. He knows that I've had problems in the past, considering I was brought up in the Red Room.

"I said I'm fine." I insisted and opened the door to go into my room again, but he quickly slipped inside as well. "Hey!" I complained. "Get out!"

"Not until you fully explain how you've been." he said. "Telling the others must've been hard."

"Technically you told them." I pointed out, going over to my wardrobe. I heard him sigh and I pulled out my suit. "Look, I don't care about it."

"Of course you would." he debated. "It would hurt you. No matter how much you deny your emotions, you have feelings."

"No I don't." I said, trying to remain calm and not get angry.

"How can you not?"

"I just don't."

"Obviously you do, because you're a normal human being."

"BUT I'M NOT AM I!" I shouted, finally getting fed up. "I'm not human." I said to him and I could feel my body raging with shakes. I let the suit fall, like my emotions, out of my hands. I dropped to the floor and hugged my legs tightly, whilst Clint hurried over and pulled me into a side hug.

"They may have experimented on you and injected you with serums, but you are still human."

"I'm not so sure anymore." I whispered into my arms. Clint just held me slightly tighter and came closer to my ear as he whispered back "You are. You may not believe it right now but you are. You need to believe in yourself more Tash." I always liked it when he called me by my nickname.

I would never be human, no matter what Clint says. My biological DNA is different, but my personality will never be like a human being, because to be human you need emotions and I don't tend to have those. I realised that I was becoming more of an emotional person and decided to end it. I can't be normal. All those years of training with The Red Room will be put to nothing if I have emotion. Even though the were cruel and their methods were strict, S.H.I.E.L.D and the Avengers can use that to there advantage. If I have these skills then I would rather use them than change and not have that extra talent that makes me less disposable. The Avengers are all I have now that S.H.I.E.L.D has closed down...well officially closed down. What use would they have for me if I was an emotional wreck? I'd have nothing...but the ledger.

"We need to get ready for the mission." I said formally, pushing myself off him. I can't have this outbreak again. "Also, have you got something against Rogers" I asked, curiously.

He looked at me confused and asked "Why would I dislike Rogers?" I couldn't tell whether he was using sarcasm or whether he was being serious. Sometimes I never can get a read on him...he's nearly as good as me. Nearly.

"The other day when he said that I should do more of the work, because I am good at it and complimented the fact that I came up with the idea about Tony going round to the girls to design a new arc reactor." I explained. He looked down at the floor, trying to think of an answer, but just shrugged. Why isn't he responding?

"Fine." I said, angrily. "Don't tell me then." Walking purposefully towards the door, I reached my hand out to grab the door handle, noticing my almost saddened expression and ignoring it. Clint came towards me and I opened the door. I knew Clint always had concern for me, however this is getting very protective over me. To be honest, he always has taken care of me whenever something bad happened or I was shot. He has always protected me and my interests, which no one has ever done for me before. Maybe he was jealous when Steve implied that I was very intelligent? Don't think about that now.

I looked through the peephole in the door and noticed that he had his second finger and thumb squeezing his nose, whilst his other hand was on his hip. He breathed out, shook his head and glanced back at my door before walking down the corridor. After standing looking out for a moment, I slipped on a pair of dark blue jeans and a red top, grabbing my favourite jacket, black and leather of course, and trainers as I did. Slipping on the jacket, I looked at my pedestrian appearance in the mirror. You may look normal, but you never will truly be that way.

I tied up my hair in a black hair-band and then put on the trainers, in case I needed a quick getaway. I looped up the laces and pulled them tight, so they wouldn't slip off my feet. I finished the double bow and stood up straight, smoothing down my leather jacket.

Time to pick weapons. I smiled at the thought, because what is the Black Widow without her weapons. Walking over to my weapons board, I pushed a button underneath my bed post, allowing the bookcase to slide to the side, revealing my huge stash of equipment.

I picked up four of my knives, placing one in my bra, one in my right hand side inner pocket, one hidden in between my hip and jeans and a small one in the underneath of my shoe, where a hidden compartment was made especially for it. I picked up a gun and stashed it into the back of my jeans, making sure that my top covered it and, more importantly that the safety was on first. I remember Agent Cooper not exactly being the brightest agent in the world. I put extra ammo in my side pockets and picked up a fake phone, so if I needed to I could pretend I was texting, because props are always important.

I met the others, apart from Tony who was apologising to Pepper, in the living room, dressed in similar attire, Thor looking very out of place, but he was only going through the back entrance.

"Got your badge ready." Bruce said, handing it to me. This was so that I could get through any security doors. Samanda Greyworth - Customer advisor. Interesting cover.

"Thanks." I replied. My eye caught briefly with Clint's and his eyes flickered to his badge as soon as ours connected.

"Weapons ready?" Steve asked.

"Ready and back ups with me. Fake phone in my pocket and the knowledge of how to kill a man in 283 different way with my fingers."

"Good to know." Bruce said, sarcastically, beginning to hand out earpieces.

"Is Maria not coming?" I asked, noticing her absense.

"They'll be having Pepper fighting the fight next." I spun round, hearing the voice from behind me, and saw Hill, dressed in a black vest top with blue jeans, wearing combat heels. Damn.

"Uh...y-you look..." Steve tripped over his word like a one year old trying to skip.

"Yes?" Hill asked, walking towards them, collecting an ear piece from Bruce.

"Yeah...I mean...no..." he said, stumbling over his words. "Sorry, I mean do you have your weapons ready?"

"Yep. Seven knives and two guns. Also have back ups on me."

"Wow." he said and then shook his head. "I mean that's good."

"Going back to your original statement, I'm sure that Man of Iron would not like Lady Pepper to go into battle with us." Thor said, worrying about Virginia.

"Where is Tony out of interest?"

"Mr. Stark is with Miss Potts in her bedroom, Miss Romanoff."

"Well they've made up then." Bruce said, smirking, giving Thor the last ear piece. "Keep on the comms and I'll keep you up to date about security as I can see the cameras and heat signatures."

"Thank you Bruce. Lets roll." Cap instructed, as we all walked towards the elevator, Bruce opting for the stairs to save us the trouble of stopping the elevator on the way down.

"Ink Print Industries has low security, but does have security cameras so make sure that you look normal at all times." Steve reminded us, as we neared the entrance of the store. We took three undercover cars, all different makes and colours, to make sure no one recognised us. Maria going by herself, me and Clint going in one vehicle, with me driving, and Steve and Thor going in another, all of us parking in different places also.

"Hawkeye, Widow, Hill, you're up first. Hill, engage with one of the members of staff to go behind the desk. Use Romanoff's technique to get there."

"You mean flirt with him?" she asked, simply, hearing her get out of the vehicle.

"I..uh...I mean...it's a..um..."

"I'll flirt with him, but just make sure you don't go red with a blush. Someone will suspect something." she said and I could almost see her smirk. I saw her walk through the door and I really could see her smirk. She walked through the store, going straight to the desk, making it appear like she wanted a direct order. She stopped for a second, pretending to check her phone, but was discretely looking for the lowest life at the desks.

She set her target and walked towards her, immediately catching his eye. "Hi gorgeous." she said with a smile and giggled slightly.

"Uh...um hi." he said back to her, getting a little giddy.

"Looking across the store, I saw you and I couldn't help but come over."

"R-really?" he said. "I uh...I noticed y-you also..."

"Well...I was wondering whether you wanted to go somewhere more private." she said, smiling.

"Uh.." he said, looking to either side of the store. "I could have my break early." he said, smiling, and took her hand, walking her to the back end of the store. He swiped his card and as soon as they were behind doors, I heard a single punch and Maria said "Too easy."

"We're coming now." I said, under my breath, taking my card out of my pocket. Me and Clint had taken our time to get to the doors and we wanted to enter after Maria did. The doors opened and we saw Maria standing with her hands on her hips.

"The body is in the cupboard. Lets go." she said and starting walking. "Bruce, where to?" she asked.

"Keep heading down this corridor. There should be a sign saying 'Security', two doors from where you are right now."

"Got it." Clint said, jogging towards the door.

"Three heat signatures behind it." Bruce said, over comms. "Hang on..." he said, hesitating. "That's weird."

"What's weird?" Clint asked.

"There's now only two." Bruce said. I looked at the others and I had the same thought that they did...What is going on?

"Fellow Avengers, what is your location? We have already reached the room of security." Thor said over the comms, causing Clint to open the door.

"Natasha, now's your time." Hill said, as I walked over to the computer. I quickly hacked into the system and located the files that contained the security footage.

"How old was the ink Bruce? You got a date?"

"The fourteenth of July."

"Doing a facial recognition scan now." I said, opening up the USB stick and running the program to reference those HYDRA.

"How long will this take?" Steve asked.

"Five minutes tops. Then we need to get out of here. Our cover might blow if they are short on staff or if someone recognised us." Maria said.

"Done." I said, finding a facial match. The others looked over my shoulder and Maria shouted "Bastard. I knew he was trouble."

"Don't blame yourself for letting him in." Steve said, trying to make her feel better.

"So you think he did this to Bucky?" Clint asked Steve.

"Perhaps. I've heard rumours he is the head."

"Of HYDRA?" I asked and he nodded.

"Lets go. We have our information. Copy it and we'll trace the feeds from where he went after that." I downloaded the footage onto the USB and ejected it. I slipped it into my bra and we headed out of the room. The others took the back entrance out as me and Clint took front entrance to make sure that the security feeds were playing as usual.

"Make sure you give the receptionist a hallucinogen before you leave, so he forgets everything. He'll probably think that he fell asleep on the job. He's in storage room three." Hill said, giving a hallucinogen to the security footage guard and handing one to me, before leaving with Rogers.

"Lets go." I said to Clint and walked with him.

"Hang on, I haven't got any information here. I can start the trace as you make your way back. Who is this guy?" Bruce asked.

I could feel Hill narrow her eyes in hatred as she spat out "Grant Ward." over the comms. Clint put his hand up to his ear and muted his comms. He gently pulled me to a stop and put his hand to my cheek.

"What are you doing?" I asked, looking and sounding confident, but feeling nervous on the inside, probably because I was unaware of his intentions. He stroked back a bit of my hair and pressed the mute button on the comms.

"Aren't we gonna talk about this?" he asked, as he began to walk slowly back to the store. I followed and re-straightened the sides of my jacket.

"There is nothing to talk about." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"I think there is." he argued softly. "You've been through a lot and I think that we should...you know..." he said, almost fearing the words he was about to say. "talk about it all."

I rolled my eyes and walked towards the door that said 'Storage Room Three'. I saw it on the way into the complex. "Like that's going to happen." I said, scanning my card and opening the door.

"HEY!" the guy said, evidentially regaining conciousness after Hill knocked him out, but I soon fixed that by head-butting him quickly.

"Idiot." I said and injected him with the hallucinogen.

"Okay, well can we discuss it at some point."

"There is nothing to discuss." I said, exiting the room. "You think i'm human, I don't. We just have different sides of the argument. We're not discussing anything." I said, swiping the key card to the final door to leave. "Ever."

Hope you liked this and the link between Avengers and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Can't wait to continue this story :)