To Bargain with a Demon Part 4

LOCATION: League of Assassin's compound high in the mountains 

Tim Drakes POV

Natasha always treated me like a child

(well I am 10 but I'm very mature for my age)

And usually I would do as I'm told, but I know I can help I cant just sit here and do nothing and feel useless.

Firstly I needed to signal for some more help we can't fight the league alone,

I hide in the ceiling tiles I explore the dusty ventilation system avoiding an army of spider webs until I find a control room of sort there is one assassin down there typing away on a computer completely unaware of my looming presence.

I leap out of my hiding spot in the ceiling, silently pick up a nearby metal pole and hit the assassin over the head hard which knocks him out cold.

I hack into the computer that the assassin was working on and after a bit of exploring on the communications network I'm able to work out that they are digging for a Lazarus Pit as readings from the ground where this building sits are off the charts,

Ras had somehow come to the conclusion that this was due to the fact that there was a brand new Lazarus Pit far underground I wasn't an expert on these pits but I knew they were bad news.

We need some extra help I don't care what Black Widow says we need some backup I log into their communications system and send a message to the Bat cave requesting assistance

I use a secret code only Barbra and I know and to be safe as soon as the transmission is sent I wipe my activity from the system,

But I'm too late to react when I feel somebody grab me from behind and suddenly the room goes black and it gets hard to breath when a sack is put over my head.

Natasha's POV

I begin collecting equipment to make a bomb some explosives and a detonator when all of a sudden we are all called back to the main digging room my the hair on my arms stand up my Widows instinct is high on high alert something is wrong I know it.

I hide the device in a very well hidden location and join the line of assassins that walk into the digging room

When I get there is see Ras, Talia and Obu straight away on the tall stage and Ras does not look happy.

I try to look not as anxious as I was feeling

"I have troubled news men we have an imposter amongst us" Ras tells the crowd,

DAMMIT HE KNOWS

Everyone begins whispering at their surprise,

Ras looks around the room at each of the assassins carefully as if looking for the imposter

"Detective I suggest that you reveal yourself now before I am forced to harm your young ward" and with that Obu drags out a struggling Tim

"Wait Ras!" I am forced to speak up everyone looks at me as I walk towards the platform where they have Tim.

I pull off my mask and my very recognizable bright red hair falls out I can hear exclaims of surprise at me being a woman,

Funny that I think to myself ironically.

Some nearby assassins tackle me painfully to the ground I hear a crunch as my jaw hits the pavement "No don't hurt her bring her to me" Ras orders his men as I am dragged up the stairs and my knees are kicked out so I'm in a kneeling position

"Infidel!" Obu yells at me

I shoot him a dirty look I really hated it when he called me and Batman that, but I plan to kick his ass later

"Where is the Detective Ms Romanoff?" Ras asks he grabs my already hurting jaw making me look him in the eye but I wasn't scared of him like most people were

"Batman is hundreds of miles away in Gotham, it's just me and the kid" I tell him I can see Talia at the edge of my vision trying to stop Obu from hurting Tim,

I had no issues with Talia al Ghul she once told me that she looked up to the Black widow as an example of a great assassin this made me uncomfortable beyond words could describe she wore a black-ish cat suit that was somewhat like mine but with a few differences and of course I couldn't ignore the name Talia which is a shortened version of Natalia the name I gave up a long time ago.

"I'm pleased that you are alone Romanoff we have much to talk about, take her to a guest room on the west side and keep the boy locked up on the East side" Ras orders his men as he gently lets go of my face

I begin to violently struggle against the men holing me but their hands wrapped around my arms like steel, I feel a massive blow to the back of my head and my vision goes black and my legs go limp. 

I wake up in a surprisingly nice room not unlike most prisons I have been in before it looked like a basic bedroom.

I attempt to rearrange my thoughts but all I can think about is Tim, if they've hurt him I will kill them,

I feel that anything I had on me before is now gone I just hope they don't find where I hid the bomb that I made.

The door opens and in walks Talia , I get into an attack stance "Relax Romanoff it's just me I just want a word"

I let my guard down although I was wary of Talia Al Ghul she had a soul I wish that I could say the same for her father "I'll give you two, Go away" she sighs but ignores my sass,

"How is my beloved?" she continues she was referring to Batman since they first met Talia had fallen for him deeply even knew his true identity as Bruce Wayne, later Ras had asked Batman to marry his daughter and become his heir well safe to say Batman had refused and Ras did not take rejection well,

"He is fine" I reply coldly but Bruce did love her as much as I wish he didn't his emotional attachment to Talia clouded his judgement 

"That's good" the silence was overwhelmingly awkward

"You don't like me or my father very much do you?" Talia asks me but she doesn't sound too offended

"I don't trust you Talia and as far as Ras goes well the less said the better" I tell her, but before she can say anything else Ras walks in the room

"Leave us Talia I need to speak to Romanoff alone" she looks at her father then back at me hesitant to leave but dose so anyway and we are alone.

"She's a good kid" I tell Ras as Talia leaves the room

"Yes I named her after a woman that I met a long time ago in Paris a very strong young woman named Natalia, if you don't mind me asking why did you change your name?" Ras asks,

"Yes I do mind" I tell him and I didn't intend to elaborate on the subject 

There was a lot of pain associated with that name it was my most devastating secret that I vowed to never tell anyone  

"You've completely lost your accent since Paris" he remarks

I smile at him "Years of Practice technically I don't have a nationality any more" I try and look deep into his eyes to see if I could get a read on him but I could tell that he was trying to use the same tactic on me

"You have very beautiful eyes but they are very different now you've got better at hiding your emotions I would like to know what you're thinking right now" he remarks but I wouldn't wish for anyone to be burdened with my thoughts they would cause even the most hardened to have nightmares

"What are you up to Ras, why keep me alive?" I ask him trying to steer the conversation back to something less personal

"For a while now the land beneath us has been giving off unusual readings a group of scientists set up a research base here to determine what was causing the anomaly, but they remained unsuccessful however I'm positive the anomaly is more than just a natural occurrence I believe there is a hidden chamber that hides a newly formed Lazarus pit below us its power is something not seen before in any of the others" Ras tells me.

Power it was always about power with Ras al Ghul nothing else was important to him I laugh "Power it's always about power with you huh Ras al Ghul nothing else is important"

I'm surprised I get away with talking to him the way I do anyone else I am pretty sure he would have them killed, but I always seem to get away with it, I suppose that's why I do it so much

"Don't say that Natasha there is plenty that is important to me my daughter Talia, the League and then of course there is you" Ras tells me

I didn't like that last remark I've never thought of myself important

"Why?" I ask him

"Why what Natasha?" he responds

I hated it when he called me by my first name only my friends call me that and we were not friends not in the slightest 

Jeez why am I getting so worked up about this,

Come on Romanoff get a grip 

"Why do you care about me, I'm not important" I reply

"Not important? Natasha Romanoff you are one of the greatest assassins of all time there are powers on this earth that consider you to be the most dangerous woman to have ever lived and you don't think that you are important well you are to me" I look away for the first time in a long time I know I'm not in control here I never let emotions show but for a split second I let something slip and I'm not entirely sure what it was.

"Where is Tim Drake?" I ask him 

"The boy is fine and he will remain so depending on your full cooperation" he says as he steps far too close most women would probably recoil in fear or even blush at the invasion of personal space but I don't even flinch I could almost feel his breath 

I wasn't an idiot or some young unexperienced girl I know how Ras felt about me it was how a lot of men felt about me but most only saw the façade of beauty that I put on every day whereas Ras Al Ghul saw my pain my anger my past and it never deterred him in the slightest I suppose part of was flattered by it and although I disliked him there is a mutual respect that happens between assassins    

"I want you to join us you no longer have the loyalty that you had to Russia the first time we met join us Romanoff live to your potential" I still stand by the fact that I will not join the league my loyalty to Batman was all that mattered to me but I need some time to come up with another plan,

"Give me a couple of days to think it over" I lie, but my answer seems to make Ras happy, I sit down on the bed silently Ras sits down next to me 

"All of those years ago you said that you wanted to join us I hope that's still true" he says and although that was true all those years ago I was lost and inexperienced now i'm stronger 

I already know what I want in my life 

Keep reading to see how Natasha and Tim are going to get out of this mess and be prepared for an epic fight that made me really excited to write so what are you waiting for leave a comment a vote if you liked it and keep reading :-) xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 

I ran out of art work by Bruce Timm for Black widow so I will just go with it ;)

oh and thank you for reading chapter 14 

#Songs for Chapter 14#

-"I don't wanna live Forever" by ZAYN

-"Beauty of the Dark" by Mads Langer

-"You don't own me" by Giaca and G-EAZY

-"Judas" by Lady Gaga

-"Never Give up" by Sia

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