No-One But You (The Zephyr Endeavor)
Chapter 69: We're From America (Part 9)
The irony of suddenly being "engaged" to a Bucky Barnes didn't slip by Natasha Romanov in any shape or form….
The Black Widow knew good and well that the soft natured version of the "Winter Soldier" wanted to be a married man at some point in his life, but that was never going to happen with her.
Yeah, she was more than cruel about it, and yes she was keeping the other version of him around to make herself feel better…
The "actual" Winter Soldier left out the romantic sentiments, and all that pesky relationship drama. He had a damaged soul to work on, so their frequent yet casual encounters were usually emotion free…
Long story short, they fucked when the need for it lined up, then the rest was all business. They didn't say jack shit about it to anyone either.
That was their friggen business, and all of that was liberating for Natasha. It made things easier for her, and the Widow felt she was able to actually get shit done.
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Those thoughts were far from her mind as she played the role of being a "flustered fiancé" and as she was taken away from her charming husband to be.
Natasha's eyes were taking in everything as a collar was latched onto her neck, then she was physically dragged off and shoved into some sort of cage.
It was more like a small pen, and the notion of that pissed her off… she was in a cute little dress for Christ sakes, but obviously that didn't matter to the people who shoved her in and locked the gate.
She couldn't see where Bucky was taken, but she did see a countless amount of cages toward her right and left. Each one had a young woman within it. All mutants, and who knew how long they'd been in there…
Natasha drew in a slow breath, and she waited for a signal from Rae-Ann. The Jackal wanted to keep everyone in sync, and Natasha didn't intend to question the plan.
She was grateful for the plan, and S.H.A.D.O.W, because of course she wanted to get everyone out… Actually, Natasha wanted to burn down the whole fucking church, and kill everyone there that was working in it.
She closed her eyes to suppress the thought, but it only strengthened as time went on. The thought of murder and mayhem held strong, because the Widow could hear the sounds of women crying.
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She wasn't the only one processing how to behave, because Tony Stark was 400 miles north from Natasha's location, and he was holding onto thoughts that were similar.
He was forced to separate from Steve, taken against his will, and forcibly strapped down and secured against some sort of table.
The "staff" there seemed to be puzzled over Tony's energy, because that fancy "Mutant Inhibitor" collar wasn't doing jack shit….
Hoggoth's energy within Tony prevailed, because the Vishanti beast could tell that its host was in danger. Tony was talking to the tiger beast in his head, but Hoggoth refused to calm down…..
That's why he was rudely escorted somewhere else and strapped to a table. Tony started looking around for Steve as soon as he could, but that beautiful blonde was nowhere to be seen…
Tony forced himself to wait for Ezekiel's signal, but suppressing Hoggoth's energy was becoming a challenge.
Chapter: END
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