Duel with the Demon

To Bargain with a Demon Part 6


LOCATION: High in the mountains (League of Assassins base)


We run through the entire base taking out whoever comes our way together we were near enough an unstoppable force I lead the way as I had memorized the lay out of the base in my short time here but Batman had my back and Tim had his back and Nightwing had Tim's back,


"Do all your vacations end up like this Romanoff?" Nightwing yells above all the noise 


"Only the ones that you will ever know of" I smile although when I really think about it most of my excursions tend to end in disaster of some sort or another


As we reach a huge plain room filled with the heavy duty digging equipment I raise my hand causing all of the boys behind me to stop in their tracks 


"What are you doing?" Batman asks as I reach to where I hid the bomb that I built a few days prior and thankfully it is still there in a small gap in the wall which I covered with a crate


The device felt small in my hands my opportunities to make it were unfortunately very short, but I'm fairly confident that there is enough explosives in there to cause some serious damage 


<fairly confident, still I work with what I could find> 


"All of Ras al Ghul's assassins are going to come running this way I need you to buy me some time whilst I take care of some business" I tell Batman he looks at the device in my hand and nods his head


"We will by you as much time as you need Black Widow" he replies I turn around and run straight into the main digging room.


I look back at the boys and they are all fighting to keep Obu and some other assassins off my back 


I feel angry at myself for leaving them to fight my battle for me, never in all my life had I ran away from a fight but the small device in my hand reminded me that I had other work to do.


"GO NATASHA!" Batman Yells. 


I obey that order and race off as quickly as my legs will carry me but as I approach the huge metal door that lead to the digging room I would have to admit to a second of hesitation  


I already know who I'm going to run in to because as much as I hate to admit it I know Ras al Ghul as much as he knows me, but I suppose it's time to get this over with. 


I clasp my hand around the cold door handle and push the heavy door slowly so I could enter as soundlessly as possible 


<not that stealth is going to do me any good with all that noise in the background>


I look into the centre of the room where a figure in an emerald green cloak stands mere inches from the edge of the gaping hole, I see his posture change as he senses my presence he slowly turns to face me.


I didn't enjoy our confrontations there is too much history here people who I usually fight against these days know next to nothing about me and I was comfortable with that


"I am very disappointed Ms Romanoff we could have accomplished great things" he says staring into the deep hole, his voice pulls me out my thoughts as I couldn't help but notice no other men around all of this felt so staged like he wants to fight me, he wants to kill me 


He takes his sword out the light shines directly into my eyes as it bounces off of the smooth steel that was his sword,


"It's a good thing that I don't live to impress you Ras" I reply and I pick up a nearby sword that was conveniently lying on the floor 


I carefully place the bomb to a side on the floor and get into a fighting stance by angling my body, I take a deep breath to build up the tension in my stomach and bring up the steel sword mimicking his own ,


"I suppose this has been inevitable and trust me Ms Romanoff defeating you won't give me any pleasure" he tells me


However I on the other hand would be very pleased when I knock him down a peg or two besides I don't intend to die today and the will to survive has got me far in this lifetime I pray that it wont let me down today.


Ras makes the first move which I dodge quickly I feel the blade miss me by inches but his shoulder hits me as he passes momentarily knocking my posture off balance,


Then he swipes his sword around very quickly so quickly that it catches me by surprise and his sword grazes my cheek,


I feel a small warm trickle of blood roll down my cheek almost like a tear.


I bring my sword up and block the next attack,


But I under estimate how strong he really is with the power of the Lazarus pit on his side I calculate that we are on the same level near enough and I knew that he wouldn't underestimate me either.


I am glad, I haven't had a challenge in a good long while since most men do underestimate me, but I shouldn't get cocky it can be your undoing if you let it get the best of you.


Sensing that I won't be able to force the sword away I make a play to fight dirty so I bring my knee up and hit him in the crotch,


I smile to myself at his reaction I've wanted to do that for a long time,


<I hope that hurt>


I bring my fist to the side of his face and with as much strength a I can muster deliver most likely one of the hardest punches that I've attacked with in a long time. 


The impact from my bone breaking punch sends him  flying across the room, as he quickly gets back on his feet his hand clutches at his jaw 


<the aching of my knuckles meant that I most likely broke his jaw>


"All right you wanted to play dirty" he says,


But before I realize what he is doing it is too late,


He reaches behind him and throws a dagger into my shoulder but I'm determined not to let go of my sword


"Ah!" I exclaim


He quickly kicks me in the stomach a few times part of me feels like throwing up but the wave of nausea quickly passes and somehow I manage to stay on my feet but my legs felt like jelly.


I grit my teeth and grip harder to the handle of the sword like it was a life line,


 I am trying to control the pain that I was feeling , I pull everything the pain, the anger, the anticipation and the regret into my chest and as I exhale I force out these negative emotions out of my body, come on Natasha don't feel don't feel remember your training. 


I try not to resort back to my extreme mental and emotional training as it brings bad memories to the surface but in this fight I need to use everything that I've got


<besides my ARGUS therapist says it's good for me to confront those bad memories>


I quickly preform a spinning kick and It pushes him off balance for a second  but just long enough for me to pull the dagger out of my shoulder and throw it to the floor it causes a loud clattering noise as it hits the floor, I need to end this before I bleed out too much.


"You look tired my dear" he gloats as the blood loss causes the nausea in my stomach to return


"Ha you're a lot older than me Ras are you sure you don't need to take a time out" I smirk  


As he makes way for another attack I preform one of my signature moves where I wrap my legs around him and use my own body weight to bring him crashing to the floor,


Unfortunately he must have been expecting this move as he turns it against me and grabs my leg and tosses me to the floor like I was nothing.


When my head hits the sharp concrete floor I see stars for a millisecond enough time for Ras to twist my hand till my wrist breaks with a nasty snap but I manage to hold in a scream,


However I drop the sword,


<I lose.> 


He holds his sword under my chin forcing me to look him in the eye as it painfully cuts in to my neck


"This is your last chance Natasha Romanoff you either stand with me or against me!" he yells expecting me to be afraid but I would never give him the satisfaction so I look up into his eyes and smirk 


"I stand by my friends I stand by everything that I've learnt since I stopped being and assassin Mercy, kindness and loyalty face it I will never join the League Ras al Ghul you should just stop asking rejection isn't good for the soul but I suppose you lost that a long time ago" I say angrily to him, he now looks really furious now, but at least I can die knowing I got the upper hand


"So be it" he says and gets ready to deliver a killing blow, but I still have one last trick up my sleeve I always do.


I hold my arms up in an X defensive position, I've never tried this before it was very risky and my timing will have to be on the spot or I can say goodbye to my hands


<not to mention my life>


His sword makes contact with my stingers and I feel the blade break the metal casing on my stingers so I let it rip and send a high voltage of electricity up his sword I feel him shake uncontrollably it feels like hours till the surge of power stops but in reality it is only a matter of seconds till Ras al Ghul drops to the floor unconscious,


<I win.>


I am dazed when I open my eyes as some of the feedback from the stingers had reversed and struck me as well


I was bleeding a lot from a wound on my head I see blood on my hand when I rub my aching head "Wow those things really do sting" I say to myself I get up then I look down at Ras al Ghul unconscious on the floor


"That will sting for the next few weeks" I say smugly,


I pick up the bomb that I left on the floor, I activate it and throw it in to the hole I quickly feel the ground shake beneath my feet and I make a run for it.


I almost forget about the wound in my shoulder until I feel my balance go for a moment "Natasha!" I hear Nightwing yell he gives me his shoulder to lean on which I decline much to Dick's frustration eventually I spot Batman and Robin.


He sees my injuries "I assume the business is taken care of" Batman says


"Oh Business will think twice the next time he sees me" I reply which gets a smile out of him I loved making him smile it was almost an impossible task.


The Bat plane is parked not too far away Batman gives me a helping hand in to the plane and we fly back home to Gotham I look back at the facility in chaos


"Till next time" I say to thin air.


Ras al Ghul's POV


Words can't describe how much my head hurts, my daughter stands in front of me and tries to help me up


"How's your head father?" she asks as I rub my temples


"It's felt better" I reply


I had under estimated the Black Widow that will not happen again.


I look around at the destruction everywhere, Romanoff had been successful in planting her bomb and had destroyed the Lazarus Pit.


In my head I could still visualize the redhead, that was a dirty fighting technique that next time I would not fool for


Although I lost this one I very much look forward to our next dance,


I was pretty sure that we would meet again and she would pay for her actions today 


"All of that hard work and the Lazarus pit is gone" I say to Talia, but she looks at me with a smile on her face


"No father the explosion didn't reach the Lazarus Pit in fact the explosion opened the chamber where the pit is kept"


I smile to all was not lost and I was positive I would cross paths with Ms Romanoff again. 




This was the epic fight scene that I was talking about pleases leave a comment on what you thought about this story and what characters you would like to see appear next. Next story involves a lot of Gotham's favourite girls (am I foreshadowing ;-D) xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 


Thank you for reading chapter 16 I think that Demons Bargain has been my favourite one so far as we got to see some of Natasha's past and I hope to write more about the red room :)


Songs for Chapter 16


-"Do it Like a Dude" by Jessie J




-"Born Ready" by Zayde Wolf




-"POWER" by Kanye West




-"Sky scraper" by Demi Lovato




-"Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse


Click on the external link below for the Playlist available on Spotify 

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