To bargain with a demon Part 3

LOCATION: High in the Mountains far away from Gotham

Back in the Present Day

"We met a couple more times throughout the 20th Century as neither friends nor enemies, eventually Ras began to notice that I had stopped aging in my mid to early 30s something we have in common I suppose, he became curious about me he has done a lot of research on me and knows a lot about the Red Rooms it's not a comforting thought, but he did help me out a while back when I sought out to take down the Red Room permanently, however I still refused to join the League, we only became enemies when he kidnapped Robin a while back and I fought him alongside Batman since then we have clashed many times"

I finish my story to a very bewildered Tim

The boy looks at me dumfound at what to say,

"Wow" is all he can seem to manage I understand that its a lot to take in

"So you are really-" but I cut him off before he can finish his sentence

"If you even dare use the word old I will kill you" although technically it was true 94 years old and still looking good

But was I immortal?

 No, or at least I don't think so

The serum that ran through my veins has to have an expiry date but when that could be I really don't know it could be the next 10 years or the next 100 but the thought of out living all of my friends made me shudder and for now it's something that I would rather not think about  

"You fought in world war two that's so awesome I can use you as a source for my next history paper" he smiles, but I still had many other stories about my time as the Black Widow, but I still felt uncomfortable sharing my secrets with someone so young.

We near a clearing in the deep forest Obu tells all of the assassins to have a quick rest which was good for them, but I have no time to rest despite the very long distance that we had covered and our aching feet, but as far as I knew there were no structures in the area what where they up to.

This was our chance to get one of them alone,

I notice one of the assassins has strayed a little further away from the group than the others.

I pull out my stingers and utility belt from my backpack I was always prepared, I click the stingers onto my slender wrists

"Do you ever let those things out of your sight?" Tim asks,

I give him a sinister smile in response,

 I was always prepared for trouble I also had my utility belt and armoured gloves in my bag 

"Right" Tim Replies in a slightly terrified tone of voice.

I make some noise near the stray assassin nothing too obvious just enough to make him investigate the rustling and fortunately it works.

As soon as he is out of sight from the others I give him a high voltage bite which should keep him out for the next 24 hours I catch him before he can hit the ground and make a loud noise.

I take off his clothes (nothing personal so sorry) and look through what he was carrying mostly supplies water, food, wood and rope.

Luckily the assassins uniforms were quite bulky due to how cold it is up in the mountains so they wouldn't notice that I wasn't you know a man.

I put on his mask which covered all of my face apart from my eyes "Ok squirt last time I checked they didn't make these in children sizes so in you go" I hold out the now empty sack open to let Tim get in.

I could hear him silently murmuring under his breath, but he complies with my order I cover up the now unconscious assassin in some fabric that was in the sack he should be fine.

I casually head back towards the group of assassins with Tim in the sack I just hope they don't notice that I'm a couple inches shorter and a few pounds slimmer (again nothing personal) luckily none of them seem to give me a second glance

I mimic the way the assassin walks with a confident stride "Is everything ok?" Obu asks me I respond with a thumbs up and a silent nod

I sit down on the ground of the  dirty forest floor next to some more assassins that were conversing in Arabic 

I'm careful with the sack but I remain silent as I try and listen in on the conversation but they don't talk much they mostly just comment on different killing techniques which as riveting as it is doesn't exactly explain what they're doing here,

I will just have to buy some more time till I get my answers 

"Back on your feet men we've still got a lot of forest to cover" Obu says I do as he orders time to find out what the hell was going on here.

We must have hiked through a good eight miles of forest over the next few hours and Tim was getting restless in the sack

I nudged him when I could feel him moving too much because it was hurting my back guess I'm starting to feel my age I think ironically, still if it were me in the sack I would be pretty irritated too.

I make sure to stick to the back although nobody had shown any signs of suspicion I need to stay away from Obu we had fought a good couple of times throughout the years and I know his guard was always up and I really didn't feel like pushing my luck.

We near a really large building possibly an abandoned research centre by the looks of it, well not so abandoned large chain link gates open up to let us in, once I'm inside I see some really heavy-duty digging equipment,

But what on earth are they digging for?

Still all of this was giving me a really bad feeling in the pit of my stomach all of the Leagues plans involved 

"Drop off your supplies into the pantry then pick up your assigned duties" Obu sternly orders us and walks off,

I willingly follow the others as I don't want to draw attention to myself the amount of assassins around had increased substantially.

When we are out of sight I find somewhere quiet to let Tim out of the sack which turned out to be a cleaning closet that ironically looked like it hadn't been touched for a long time due to the thick layer of dust that overlapped everything

"Phew it was getting hard to breath in there" Tim exclaims as he gasps for air dramatically,

I take off my mask letting my long red hair fall out over my shoulders it was getting so long that it was only a few inches from the base of my back 

"I need you to stay here Tim I have to find what they're up to and put a stop to it" I tell Tim, but Tim is not having any of it

"But I want to help Natasha" Tim says but now was not the time for me to be his friend I was his superior commander when it comes to situations like this

"No Tim when Batman's not here I'm in charge and I need you to do as you're told" I already feel bad about it as the words leave my mouth we never fought,

But I can not guarantee his safety these were trained assassins I would be devastated if anything bad happened to Tim so I just pull my mask back on a leave him to sulk in the closet.

There is an announcement over a speaker that the "Master" would like to address everyone in the Digging room I know what that translated into,

I decide to follow everyone else and blend in with the crowd time to see my old friend again and I wasn't looking forward to it either.

The digging room is exactly what it sounds in the middle was a large hole that was around 12ft in circumference and I couldn't even see the bottom,

I look up on to a platform area high above everyone else and there he is

Ras al Ghul and his daughter Talia al Ghul he still looks as he did all those years ago when we first met, 

His eyes inspect the room his gaze very briefly meets my own but it quickly passes thankfully the last thing I needed in a room full of assassins is to be recognized

Suddenly he speaks up and everyone in the room falls silent it was almost like you could hear a pin drop 

"Men I would like to inform you that I have calculated that we are only a matter of days away from breaking into the underground chamber where the Lazarus Pit is hidden" he loudly announces  they all look pleased but this was bad news indeed for me

As the Lazarus Pit has kept Ras alive for the last 600 years I've seen what these pits can do first hand every time Ras Al Ghul used the Lazarus pit it cost him a part of his humanity a part of his soul it also gave him near enough super human strength along with a prolonged life and his league of assassins it all made him one of the most dangerous men alive

But if he had discovered a new Pit he would become even more powerful possibly unstoppable as I understood it Lazarus Pits power faded over time 

However there were hidden chambers containing these pits all around the world Ras Al Ghul had already discovered most of them but a brand new one to be honest I'm not entirely sure what he could accomplish with it,

But whatever he planned to do with the Lazarus Pit it wasn't good and I was going to put a stop to it.

Everyone retreated from the main room and got on with their tasks, but I was quickly coming up with an idea of my own I just needed to find the armoury and some explosives time to create some destruction.

I love Tim Drake I just know that him and Widow would get along and I feel it's time to take Natasha's personality up a level as she is actually quite funny that will begin to appear much more. thank you for reading chapter 13 and please leave a comment below and let me know who you would like to appear. But thing get really tense for Tim and Natasha In the next chapter so what are you waiting for keep reading!!! xxxxx xxxxx xxx  

#Songs for Chapter 13#

-"Castle" by Halsey

-"Now You" by Gjan

-"Smokestacks" by Layla

-"Sweet Dreams (are made of these)" by Emily Browing

-"Princess of China" by Coldplay and Rihanna

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