Chapter 2
Natasha hung up the phone and exhaled sharply. She’d lost virtually all the lead she’d previously gained in the time that it had taken her to call Barton. And with a fractured ankle, one eye swollen shut, bruised ribs and a bullet wound, Natasha knew she wasn’t going to escape from this. Slipping back into the façade of the Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff mentally prepared herself for the torture that she was going to have to endure.
As the Hydra agents gagged, blindfolded and restrained her, the Black Widow sighed. She wished that they’d try harder considering that they were genuinely trying to stop her from escaping: it would take her less than a minute to slip the handcuffs and untie herself. However, the Black Widow had already decided that she was going to allow herself to be captured, so she allowed the agents to toss her into the back of a truck and she waited.
Eventually, they arrived at a HYDRA compound and the truck shuddered to a stop. A huge man pulled the Black Widow out of the truck and ran his hands over her body, conveying his delight to the other agents. Into her ear, he murmured about the things he would do to her given a chance, whilst continuing to run his hands over her. The Black Widow was a world-feared assassin-she didn’t have to deal with this. So she didn’t. Quickly, she twisted, kicked him in the balls and kneed him in the face. She cackled as best as she could with the gag because if they hadn’t underestimated her so severely, then her ankles would have been bound as well as her wrists. One down, the Widow thought to herself. She ducked instinctly as she felt a rush of air over her face and countered another punch by flipping someone over and dislocating their shoulder. She turned to fight yet another agent but the blindfold was impacting her ability. In the extra second it had taken her to visualise her attack, the attacker had landed a fist to her already bruised ribs. She sucked in a rugged breath and continued fighting, twisting and ducking but it wasn’t long until someone landed another solid hit to her ribs. She felt at least two crack and she winced as someone landed a blow to her ankle. Almost immediately, she fell to the ground and everything went black.