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-{How the Bat met the Widow Part 2}-

LOCATION: Gotham City Motel

Running wasn't very hard at least not for myself,

Every animal in the known universe has a second nature and mine was running, 

I'd spent my whole life running away it didn't matter if it was from the KGB, the law, the Red Room or even the tormented memories of my own mind,

ARGUS would most likely kill me if they found me, and I don't intend to die today.

I had bought a motel room that was based just outside the main city in a rough area it was pretty dull and the 'm' in the motel sign didn't even work and the whole place had a funny smell to it that I would rather not think about,

However it was very untraceable

ARGUS wont look for me, since here when it comes to dropping off the grid I'm the expert.

I paid a week's rent up front with some of my borrowed cash,  <I'll pay it back promise>, under the name of one of my aliases Natalie Rushman,

I know, I know it was quite obvious, but that's why no one ever suspected that Rushman and Romanoff where actually the same person.

I have a quick shower although the water was so cold that my skin began to turn a sickening shade of blue,

I grab a quick bite to eat from the Big Belly Burger down the street, I hadn't eaten anything for days and I was beginning to feel it and I had a secret craving for something covered in grease and salt 

As I stand at the counter waiting for my food I take the opportunity to observe my surroundings 

I couldn't put my finger on it but something about Gotham City was unnerving,

The citizens had a glum feeling about them nobody made eye contact and nobody would return a smile

<They were all scared,>

A very different feeling enveloped the entire city when darkness fell almost like in every shadow there were demons reaching out to grab you and pull you into their darkness

"Mam your food", a gruff voice interrupts my train of thought,

 I pick up the greasy brown bag and smile at the young man who looked like he would rather be on his next cigarette break rather than standing here talking to me

"Thank you have a good night", I was clearly not from around here he must be thinking but he as he narrows his green eyes at me but eventually he gives me a small smile

"You too mam" he replies 

As soon as I get back to my hotel room I spread my few belongings out on the ragged, old bed

I didn't really own much in the way of 'personal' belongings

I'm not overly sentimental, 

I cant afford to be, 

I take what I can carry everything else is just a waste of time,

My possessions mostly consisted of my Black cat suit that the scientists in the Red Room had made specially for me when I first completed my training way back

The outfit had titanium fibre's sewn in to the fabric making it a lot tougher to damage in a fight, an in built insulation system to fight off extreme cold or heat, and micro suction cups for hanging upside down and scaling tall buildings,

But I much prefer to use my grappling hook to get around,

I called it the Widows line a 60ft thin cable which was stored inside my stingers,

Two gold coloured chunky bracelets that fired around 30,000 volts of electricity that I called the Widows bite it also had an inbuilt computer and a radio transmitter.

Finally my utility belt

A gift from Ivan when I first started my career as the assassin called Black Widow, it was yellow and had the red hour glass symbol in the middle, 

<My symbol>

It contained smoke bombs, miniature explosives and electric disks.

I turn on the TV in the bedroom, I'm quite surprised it works although I have to fiddle with the antenna till a picture comes through the static screen.

I pick up the remote control and switch to the local News channel,

Gotham insider reports that Gotham's First National Bank was under armed robbery the police surround the building waiting to ambush the assailants,

I just knew the Batman would show up to stop the robbers and I felt like it would be my lucky night

I get into my gear and head to the scene. 

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LOCATION: Gotham (Outside Gotham's First National Bank)

It wasn't hard to find where all of the action was,

Police sirens screeched in the deathly cold night air and the odd stray gun fire just added to the chaos of the scene.

I notice that there was a fight happening on the roof of the opposite building to the National Bank and as I predicted there was the Batman.

He was fighting five thugs that were trying to make a break with large sacks of cash stolen from the bank.

I stand back in the shadows where he can't see me and I observe his fighting style,

He was extremely resourceful in his fighting techniques he's obviously picked up training from different places around the world,

He threw something at a retreating thug which causes him to plummet to the ground instantly and drop the sack of cash in his hands,

The foreign object that he threw lands near me,

I carefully pick it up and look at it curiously, 

<What was it a boomerang?> 

No it was sharp, black and shaped like a bat, very strange.

He took down the next two and he didn't even break a sweat as he threw his punches, these guys were seriously out matched,

Two more of the criminals were getting away

I suppose it's time for me to intervene,

I swing through the air towards them my black shadow looms over the terrified men they look up expecting to see the Batman but they were wrong,

"Who are you?", one of the criminals exclaims in fear

"I'm going to be your worst nightmare", I tell them, which could be very true since many men who had encountered the Black Widow and lived were often traumatized by the experience 

I shoot the pair of them with two of my Widows bites and they fall to the floor in a heap,

The voltage I used was nowhere near enough to kill them, but they will be feeling the 'Widows Sting' for the next couple of weeks.

Everything goes silent as all of the thugs lay on the ground

The Batman's attention landed directly on me his gaze felt like a dagger of ice penetrating my mind

The way he looked at me would have sent most people running for the hills in terror, but I wasn't scared.

I throw him a flirty smile and a wave and begin running away further into the night and as I guessed he was following me,

I run fast enough so he wouldn't catch me but slow enough so he wouldn't lose me

After a couple of blocks and no police in sight I come to a halt in a dead end alley he stops a few feet behind me I could practically feel his breath on the back of my neck,

"Who are you?" he asks sternly 

I slowly turn to look at him

He was a lot more intense than the footage I first saw of the Batman the cape and cowl made him look a lot more intimidating

<And sort of cute too, but you didn't hear that from me>

The eyes on the mask narrow as he observes my movement unsure of what to make of me 

"My name is Natasha, Natasha Romanoff but some people call me the Black Widow, I just wanted to return this to you" I hold out the bat shaped boomerang which he reluctantly takes.

He was cautious of my intentions after all you don't get the code name Black Widow for being a good girl.

The silence was overwhelmingly awkward,

Neither of us spoke we just looked at each other almost like we were daring the other to make the first move 

I decide that it's time for this little encounter to end 

"It's been a pleasure Bruce Wayne", my words break the silence that hung in the air 

A quick look of shock appears on his previously stony face,

Yep, I'm definitely right about his true identity

I decide to make a dramatic exit

I throw a smoke bomb to the ground and I use my widows line to swiftly swing out of the alley 

The Batman uses his cape to wave away the smoke but it's too late I'm already gone 

I watch the caped crusader from a rooftop he looks around the ally for any trace of my presence but he can't find anything, I retreat further back into the night as the Batman dissolves into the shadows.

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LOCATION: Bat cave

Bruce Wayne's POV

Who was she?

I was curious about her she wasn't like any other woman I had faced before, I couldn't stop thinking about her

The fiery red hair and clear icy blue eyes it was very unnerving because there was something in her eyes that didn't look human.

<also she was one of the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen, but you didn't hear that from me>

I scroll the name Natasha Romanoff: Black Widow on the Bat Computer and I didn't like what I saw.

She was a spy trained by the Soviet government and a KGB partnership,

She was one of the greatest assassins/spies in the world.

From ARGUS records that I was able to hack I could piece together that she was Born in Stalingrad Russia 1923 under the birth name of 'Natalia Alianova Romanova',

Both her parents died in a tragic fire shortly after her birth however their names were unknown,

<an orphan, something we have in common I suppose> 

Natalia however was rescued by a Soviet soldier by the name of Ivan Petrovitch he tried to raise her by himself in a military camp but deciding that a war zone was no place for a young child the Russian Government offered to give Natalia a fully extensive private military education

Little did Ivan know that the Red Room Academy had a dark purpose it was created to train 28 young girls into assassins for the Soviet Government.

Natalia joined the programme at only 6 years old,

She was recognized quickly for her gifted intellect and very strong athleticism so they placed her into a different sec of the programme called "The Black Widow Programme" where they trained her in the most ruthless forms of martial arts, weapons training and killing techniques,

They also experimented on her giving her a 'super-soldier' serum which bonded with her on a micro-cellular level increasing all her senses and gave her near enough super strength and speed,

The serum also froze her aging later on in life so she remained looking like she was in her mid thirties, she was immune to most poisons and diseases and heals at an alarming rate.

<Jesus how could someone do this to a child they turned an innocent young girl in to a weapon>

After winning the title of Black Widow when she was still at the young age of 17 she was released from the Red Room and became Russia's most lethal assassin for over 70 years.

Ivan was put in charge as her handler as everyone else either couldn't handle the fiery red-head or they were too afraid of her.

She eventually changed her name to Natasha Romanoff at some point in the late 40s and completed every mission with a 100% success rate,

But her loyalty began to fade over time and a couple of years ago she betrayed her bosses after they tricked her into killing Ivan

Ivan had also been given a youth serum as her handler 

But he had left the Soviet Union because of what they did to Romanoff the woman he considered to be his daughter,

He sought out a way to free Romanoff from the Red Rooms grasp and eventually the Soviets found out about what he was up to and marked him for death

And even more sickening was that they got Black Widow to carry out the deed 

This tipped her over the edge and she deflected to America to find a new purpose in her life.
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=[A:> Trust me this is going to good places I've really got into writing this story and would appreciate any ideas or thoughts. Thank you for reading Chapter 2 xx]=

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=[A:> I made Natasha a little older in the DC universe since later on we get to see Natasha fighting in WW2 and I wanted her to be finished with her red room training by time WW2 comes along.]=

=[A:> For all you guys who don't know ARGUS is like the DC version of MARVELS SHIELD (but a bit more evil-ish)]=

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=[A:> I took inspiration from the opening sequence from "Batman Animated Series" for that fight scene near the bank All of those who have watched that series know what I'm talking about ;-)]=

#Songs for Chapter 2#

-"Every Breath you take" by The Police

-"You give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi

-"Dangerous" by Kardinal Offishall, Akon

-"Human" by Rag 'n' Bone man

-"Trouble" by P!NK

Click on the External Link below for the Playlist available on Spotify