Hey guys,

First of all thank you for all the reviews. I'm really happy that you're liking my story.

Second, this chapter will a little shorter than my other chapters. That's because it a filler. I needed to set Jane's base in the story so I used this chapter. There won't be much happening except a look back at Jane's past. I think it's finally Time to introduce the real Jane. I hope you like her back story.

One more thing, from next chapter onwards, there will be flashes of everyone's past. I am doing this so you can see at what they were like before, what they went through or what actually happened in some cases. Such as Jane's past or Coulson's history with Anthony and IMF. What they lost and stuff... You know 'Back stories'.

And I promise next few chapters will be epicly long. It's only this chapter which turned out to short and I'm sorry about that..

So here goes nothing.. Hope you like it ..

I solmenly swear that I don't own mission impossible or avengers.

Chapter 8 - The aftermath...

25 years ago...

An orphanage house burns in the middle of night. The flames roared as they spread their flakes outside in the night sky. The red-yellow flakes covered the 3 story building as the windows turned black before shattering due to the heat pressure.

Screams.

That's what the neighbours heard.

Screams of girls burning to death.

Screams of elderly women's running from the orphanage, half burnt, half alive.

Screams of neighbours who fled their houses as the fire reached their whole place burned as sirens rang around the whole area. By passers were doing everything to extinguish it. The took water from their own homes before using it to settle the roaring fire.

A girl about 5 year old with chocolate brown eyes watched her home burn. Her eyes now Sparkling with tears reflected the scene. The tears that had stained her cheeks continued to pour as she saw her friends being burnt alive. She clutched her yellow stuffed monkey tightly, as the strange buff man pushed her inside a van with 5 more girls crying their eyes out. Mother Mary watched in glee as the other two buff men locked the van's door, sealing the 6 scared girls inside the black van. The girl who was pushed in, went to the nearest window to look at the place she called 'Home'. She remembered her friends who were still in the orphanage screaming for help. Even though the doors are closed, she could still hear their screams and their pleas for help. But she was helpless. She can't do anything to save them.

The girl caressed her brown hair as she kept her stuffed monkey near her chest as she cried. She remembered her little sister who she used to love and care for. Everyday they went for walks to the local park where they would play games all day long. She remembered her little sister who wouldn't wake up when One of the mean guy had stabbed a knife in her stomach. She remembered screaming and crying for her sister to wake up before she was ushered out of the orphanage by the buff men. The only thing she was able to acquire was her sister's bracelet. A flower braided bracelet with 'LILY' written in cursive. The brown hair girl also had the similar bracelet on her wrist with 'JANE' written on it. She remembered how the other 5 girls were also pushed out with her as the other 10 girls..no her friends.. were stuffed in a room. She remembered how Mother Mary poured a clear liquid around the room before lighting it with fire.

The sound of screams..

Her sister's body burning..

The way the red-yellow fire now covered her home...

She remembered all.

That's what has imprinted in the little girl's mind at such a tender age. She watched as one of the buff men, probably the leader, gave a bundle of money to Mother Mary. The lady in her early twenties smirked deviously before noticing Little Jane looking at her through the window.

She walked closer to the van as she pulled out a lollipop.

"Here, have one." Mother Mary said to the little girl as she held up a lollipop. "That's the last one you're getting." Jane watched as the cruel elder lady stuffed the sweet in her hands before getting hold of her face in a tight grip.

"Consider yourself lucky, Jane. These men are going to take good care of you. Give them your best." She said in glee before scratching the little girl with her nail. The 4 year old Jane held her neck in pain as she felt a small sticky sensation on her fingers.

Mother Mary moved away from the van as she saw the men take away the girls. She smelled the fresh whisp of her money bundle as she thought about the girls. She wasn't sure why the men only took 6 girls. It would have been great if all the girls were sold. She would have a better value. Unfortunately only 6 girls fitted in their requirements. She shrugged off the thought as she tucked her money inside her dress before whipping up a lie to tell the local police.

On the other hand, Jane watched as the van moved further away from her home. She remembered why she called that place her home, even though it inflicted so much pain on her and her loved ones. She called it home because she had friends. She had a sister. She had a family that stood together in everything. Whether it was suffering from Mother Mary's cruel punishment or sharing food to starving. They stayed together in everything. But unfortunately, they weren't strong enough to handle what was coming for them. She lost everything. Her sister.. Her friends.. Her family.. Her home. She lost everything only because of a small game she agreed to play. The buff men called it 'The Black Widow'.

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Back to the present...

Jane rubbed her hands together to get some warmth as she watched the night view of Mexico City while her legs swayed back and forth over the railings. She was at the roof, sitting on the edge as she thought about all the things that happened so far. It has been a week since they infiltrated the SHIELD base. Maybe it was someone's planning or their sheer dumb luck that got them out of SHIELD's building just in time. Jane was glad that both her and Sanchaz didn't get any injuries. Unfortunately, she can't say the same thing for Agent Theo who was still lying in the medical ward, recovering from his bullet wound. It turns out the bullet was laced with a heavy sedative. It didn't reacted instantly but later on when the boys were in the helicopter, it knocked out Agent Theo for two days straight. Whatever was in that sedative was quite strong.

After their little stunt, they discussed all the findings they discovered. It came out as a shock to Jane when she found out that IMF was infiltrated by Hydra. An organisation that was considered dead since the time of Captain America. All the evidence that the Boys recovered from SHIELD's files were 100% accurate and Reliable as they did their own research on it. The more important part was that SHIELD was trying to help them. They have some sort of enemy toward Hydra. Jane remembered from her history notes that Hydra was enemies to SSR so where does SHIELD comes in this? On top of that, they still don't know what SHEILD is except it's strange abbreviation.

Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. What does that even mean? Does it mean they fight aliens? Whatever it was, she was sure it wasn't a good agency except the part where they want to help IMF to defeat Hydra. Stealing the Russian nuclear codes wasn't a good move. It clearly states they are planning something big. Ethan nearly had a whip lash (if that's even possible for boys) when Jane told him about the codes stolen by Brandt...no Barton. She was still having a hard time calling him Barton. After his outburst, Jane still couldn't deny her feelings for him. She still loved him, dearly.

SHIELD's move of stealing the nuclear codes was a straight indication of their intentions. Ethan had literally went to the unknown location where the codes were kept. And he has confirmed it that they were stolen. He was smart not to inform about this to other IMF agents guarding the place there. If the government finds out that the codes have been stolen, they would surely shut IMF down. Now their goals were to get rid of Hydra, get the codes back and do something about SHIELD. As far as they've concluded, it's an agency that has to be authorised by the U.S. Government since their base was one of the government's building. Jane was pretty sure that everyone knew this but they weren't fully ready to accept it. The part about the Assassin protocol, was still active. Whether the black widow worked for SHIELD or not she was still a killer that needs to be put down. They even have to think about putting SHIELD down.

The strange part about all this was that Ethan only wanted her, Sanchaz, Godric, Crabb, Benji and the secretary in the room when he discussed all this. He didn't even allow the new analyst in the room. He even ordered the secretary to not share their findings with anyone, including Mr. Kerrington which was very strange. She could see that he was hiding something.

The cold wind whipped passed her red cheeks as she pressed her hands together. Un-Knowingly, she played with her flower braided bracelet that she had on her wrist. It had two silver stones with 'Jane' and 'Lily' written on it. She couldn't remember how she got it but her father told her that her mother gave it to her when she was little. The word 'Lily' was actually her middle name. She always felt it as a part of her.

"Lily." She whispered sweetly in the air as she looked around the roof. She always felt that there was a distant memory to this name but she could never catch that memory, no matter how hard she tried.

"Jane.. Ethan wants everyone downstairs." She heard Sanchaz call out.

"Coming.." Jane replied as she got of the railings. She loved coming here. It helps her clear her mind. With a deep sigh and a last look at the bright city, she headed inside the building.

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"Ok." Coulson said as he cut the call. He rubbed his forehead soothingly before relaxing his shoulders on his chair. It has been over a week since the time he let IMF agents in SHIELD's base here in Mexico. Like he suspected, they haven't made a move yet towards SHIELD. The bugs that Barton placed in the IMF's base was the only thing that was keeping them updated of their next move. He was lucky that Barton had some self control otherwise after what Morse did to Barton and Mack, Coulson wouldn't be standing here in a healthy state. The old agent would have been lying in the medical ward just like the black widow. Speaking of the red-head agent, Coulson could clearly see that he's best agents of Delta Strike team would be giving him a hard time. Both Romanovaoff and Barton are creating trouble with their constant ignorance of each other. Coulson suspected it was worse than what it looks.

He sighed as he remembered the call he just received from Agent Ethan Hunt. If it was up to him he would have snatched Hunt from IMF in an instant but the man's loyalties to IMF is so big that It could become a problem for SHIELD. His only motive of allowing IMF to enter his building was that they could learn the important facts about their agency by themselves. If it was him or Barton telling them about Hydra, they wouldn't have believed them. This way Coulson was sure, that the leader Ethan Hunt would do his own research to clear his doubts. But in the end they're still going to need SHIELD's help. IMF doesn't know much about Hydra to defeat it. And Coulson was 100% sure that this might also put SHIELD at risk, Since he still hasn't provided anything that might support in SHIELD being a good agency. Maria's 48 hour warning was up and luckily IMF had stopped their useless hunt for SHIELD agents. Their entire focus will be on getting rid of Hydra. It's a game that needs to be played carefully. Cause one way or another, him, Barton, Romanovaoff and whole of SHIELD is still considered a terrorist group in IMF's eyes and even though they help IMF, the impossible mission force still wouldn't back down from their Assassin Protocol, especially when Anthony is their secretary.

"Sir, agent May is here." His assistant informed him. He nodded before getting up and leaving his office to meet the women he had a crush on since he started SHIELD. This should be good. Unknown to him, he's in for a very bad shouting and a punch from his Lady crush.

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Back to 25 years ago...

The 5 year old Jane watched as she was pushed forward to move along a red corridor. It's walls were dark and were splashed with red light. She looked to her side to find one of her friend 'Amelia' looking at Jane with wide blue eyes. Amelia was dressed in a simple blue dress with her golden hair tucked in a pony tail. They both knew they had just entered hell. Both of the girls held each other's hand as they walked along the red corridor with the buff mens walking around them.

"Move along. Faster!" One of the men barked at the 6 girls who speeded up their paces in an instant. Jane could feel the cold floor beneath her bare feet as she walked. The pit-pad of her feet was clear to her ears. The coldness made her shiver and chatter her teeth as a strong cold wind whipped past her face. It felt like a long time to Jane before they met up with a grand hall where two strict ladies stood just few feet away from them. The hall wasn't that big but it was quite big compared to a little girl's eye. The walls were painted white while the ceiling was Dark Blue. The room was lit with candles stationed at every few steps apart. The tall window that was a mirror to the outside world was filled with darkness. It was obvious to Jane that it was still nighttime but she felt like a lot of time has passed since she was taken away. She looked around her surroundings to find that they weren't the only girls who had been forced from their homes. There were 5 other groups with 6 girls in each standing in a line. Four of the groups looked strong and confident while the last one had fear plastered on their faces just like Jane's group.

It was at that moment when one of the elder ladies in a blue scarf decided to talk.

"Welcome, ladies. I'm lady Alla." The lady started with a heavy Russian accent. Jane could hardly make out the words. "As most of you are already aware what this place is designed to do, I won't ask you to listen closely but to the new girls, keep your ears on alert." She said with her strict face still on. She had her lips painted deep red and was wearing a church like locket in her neck. Jane wasn't sure if the elderly women was being nice or evil.

Lady Alla walked towards a little closer to Jane's group before setting her eyes on them.

"You are one of the many lucky girls who would be participating in this game. It's a race to become one of the best warriors." The lady said looking at the two frightened groups. "All of you will be put through training and tests to equip you for this game before we pitch you against each other. You will be playing this game with your life. Whoever manages to stay alive in the end will be the Next Great Black Widow." Jane didn't like the sound of that. She still wasn't sure what the term 'black widow' meant.

"Same goes for the other 4 groups. You're will continue until we have our winner. The new girls just need some time to adjust before they could be tested." The lady said before nodding her head towards the buff mens standing around the room. It was at that moment when one of the girls from Jane's group tried to run away from the hall in fear but bumped in a blonde girl on her way. The blonde girl who fell was the mean, self -centred child named 'Anna' who always had some kind of enemy towards Jane. Anna screeched in pain as the other scared girl bumped into her before She had reached the end doors. They both fell on the ground as one of the buff men got hold of the frightened girl.

Jane watched as Lady Alla's face turned cold. Her lips stretched into a fine thin line before she made her way towards the two girls. Her perfect copper hair braided into a bun.

"Looks like someone is eager to leave." She started as she reached the girls.

"Please. I'm sorry. I wanna go back home. Please let me go." The scared girl pleaded while Anna glared at her. Anna wasn't the nice type of girl. She had always been Mother Mary's favourite and had managed to avoid punishments. Jane could say that Anna was worse than her former guardian.

Lady Alla smiled evilly before turning around and looking at others.

"Ladies. We have two volunteers here who would show a glimpse of this game. Come on you too. At the front." She announced as the two buff guys pushed the two girls at the front of the hall.

Jane could feel something fishy about this volunteering work. Her friend Amelia held her hand tightly as they watched Anna and the scared girl who Jane figured was named 'Christina' were pushed to the front.

"Here's the deal ladies. If you want to stay alive, you will need to fight until one of you kills the other. " Lady Alla said loudly while Jane gasped in shock. "That's how this game works. Survive and be the black widow or die and be no-one. It will be a hand combat. No weapons. Let's see what my men saw in you that makes you right for this program." The elderly women announced before motioning the girls to start. Jane noticed how most of the girls in the room had this hard look on their faces. They were emotionless to what's happening.

Both the girls stayed silent and un-moving as they looked at each other in fear. That's when they felt a sharp pain on their backs. Amelia flinched as she saw both of the girls being hit by whips.

Both the girls screamed in pain as their back was set on agony.

"Fight or the pain continues." Lady Alla ordered strictly before she allowed another round of whips on the girl's backs. Anna who had never felt the pain before was the first one to attack Christina. She punched the brunette with a hard blow as she put all her pain in that one punch. Christina doubled back in shock and pain as she finally tackled the blonde girl. They both rolled over the floor trying to get the upper hand until Christina finally pulled Anna's hair causing the blonde girl to scream in pain.

Jane suddenly found the elderly lady standing near the two fighting girls as she shouted words at them.

"Fight it. Learn to adapt the pain. It will be your greatest ally in the future. Fight it and attack back." She screamed as Anna finally got her motivation and pushed Christina backwards with a loud scream. She charged at her opponent in full speed with un-coordinated hard punches. Jane saw the anger and determination in Anna's eyes that she has never seen before. The mean blonde girl continued her kicks and punches at the Brunette. Now it was Christina's turn who was struggling to get up.

"Get up you insolent girl. Get up and fight. Remember you're only good if you're standing on your feet. Think of the un-thinkable. Use your weight." Lady Alla screamed at Christina. And that's what Christina did, she forced herself on Anna's legs making the blonde girl loose her balance. But, Even with that, she wasn't fast enough to avoid one of Anna's hands which had easily snaked around Christina's neck and successfully restricting her from breathing.

Christina struggled as She tried to claw off Anna's arms off her neck. By now Jane was at the point of crying. She looked around the room to see why isn't anyone stopping them. But they all looked emotionless. Especially the girl with red hair who seemed to be glaring at the two fighting girls. She made eye contacts with Jane who was about to pounce in between the fight to stop the girls. Jane saw how the red-head shook her head to say 'No'. Jane's eyes filled up with tears as she pleaded the girl with her eyes to do something but instead felt Amelia's sudden hard grip. She felt her friend sob before Jane moved her eyes back to the front, just in time to see Christina falling on the floor dead. Anna had just twisted her neck, therefore killing her instantly.

The other girls who weren't used to this covered their mouth with their hands to control their sobbing. Jane was literally pouring her eyes out at the scene. Her breathing was tagged as she watched The cruel Elderly lady smiling at the result. The same elderly women gave a firm nod to Anna who looked a little shocked but none the less nodded back.

"Bear in mind. The rules are the same for everyone. There are still 7 of you who needs to die before all of you can be put through the next stage. Make your every moment count." The lady said before dismissing them.

The buff guys pushed them out of the hall. But just before Jane left the room, she caught the green eyes of the red-head girl who stopped her earlier. The girl was glaring at Jane. She felt uneasy and flinched when the glaring didn't stop. She shivered as she broke the eye contact and left the room. There was something deadly about that red-head.

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Back in the future...

Natasha Romanovoff stared at her reflection in anger. She was still stuck in the hospital wing and was glaring at everything that comes in her sight. She felt so useless. She hated feeling useless. It wasn't in her nature. Picking up her black jacket from the sofa she went back to her hospital bed. Her injuries were healing but not fast enough to go back on duty. Also the part where she was nearly attacked by the IMF bull wasn't really helping her case either. The doctors told her about how the two IMF ladies were in her room that day and one of them tried to kill her. Natasha was 100% sure that it was that the Bulk lady she insulted before. The one named 'Sanchaz'. She knew Jane wouldn't do anything to hurt her since the IMF agent still needed her answers.

The black widow slumped on her bed as she thought about Clint. They had a argument just after she woke up from that sedative. He sounded really angry. Natasha had never seen him this furious before. His hair had traces of a green sticky substance that she later figured was the green goo from the prank that happened in the museum. She heard about all the events that happened during that time. Maybe that's why Clint seemed on the verge of killing someone. She remembered how he had suddenly hugged her and then went back to the topic of her being injured. He opened that topic again but with more anger and shouting. It resulted them shouting at each other for no reason before he left the room to cool off.

That was a week ago. After he left, he never came back. She hadn't talked or seen him anywhere. She had tried to ask others about it but all they had said was 'he didn't come anywhere near the medical floors'. Coulson literally told her that Clint doesn't want to see her. She had tried calling him or even sneaking out to catch him, but he was no where to be found. There was a time she felt that she was being watched and had caught a glimpse of a dark figure leaving her door. She had definitely ran after him but he had already disappeared. Natasha was starting to worry for him.

She missed him. Her mental behaviour was getting worse. She needed her husband. She was getting angry at Clint for acting this way. He's being a stubborn child. It really pained her. He knew that she can't stay away long from him then why is he doing this? His anger should have been down by now. She banged her fist on the side table in anger and frustration. Coulson's ignorance wasn't helping either. She looked around the room before spotting the mirror. She needed to get her anger out. She made a beeline for it before standing a step away from it. She looked at her reflection again before punching the mirror with her hand. It shattered Into pieces as well as piercing her skin.

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"WHAT?!"

"NO FUCKING WAY!"

"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!"

"ETHAN, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR BLOODY MIND?! Oh wait, don't answer that." Benji said before realising that his friend was always out of his mind. Everyone in the room were screaming at Ethan for coming up with this ridiculous idea.

"You can't be thinking that. This is insane!" Crabb screamed.

"Ethan, do you have any idea what this could do? Making a deal with a terrorist is not a good thing for IMF." The secretary screeched.

"Look, sir. We have no idea what we're up against. I know we have our problems with SHIELD but right now they are the only ones who can help us. We don't know how many of us are Hydras." Ethan reasoned.

"So you suspect us?" Sanchaz piped up.

"No. Of course not. If I had suspected you, you wouldn't have been standing in this room, Sanchaz." Ethan said firmly. "There's a reason why only 7 of us are here and discussing this. We don't know how powerful hydra is. Phil Coulson is the only man who could help us with this, he knows what and where about Hydra."

"But he's a terrorist. A killer."

"I know sir, but he and his agency are the only hope we've got left. I've got a feeling that they know the in and out of Hydra." Ethan repeated again. "Sometimes we have to make a deal with our enemies in order to achieve something."

"But how do we know they'll help us or know anything about this Hydra." Jane asked.

"Don't you think it's a bit obvious? They were the ones who send one of their own to search this place. They were the ones who figured everything out. They have to know something about it. I'm sure they know where to start. All the Intel that Godric took from their files is not enough for us to make any moves. If we play with SHIELD, it will be easier for us."

"And what about the things they did to us? The whole world? The part about them harbouring the world's deadliest assassins." Crabb asked.

"I have a plan for that. Once we use their help in getting rid of Hydra, we'll set a trap for Them. We can't eliminate all the people we've seen at their base. But we can eliminate the ones that are in our files. And That's Phil Coulson, Clint Barton and the black widow herself." Ethan continued.

"They were the ones we were searching for in the first place. Since Coulson is the leader so if we knock the leader the whole agency comes down too."

"But Coulson's not the leader of SHIELD. It's someone else." Sanchaz interfered. She remembered the initials from the widow's file.

"Who?" Ethan asked shockingly. He didn't know that.

"When I was checking the widow's file, I saw these initials. It said 'Authorised by '."

"Who the hell is ?" Crabb said.

"We don't know. All the files on these people are redacted. It's like the government doesn't want them to be discovered." Benji said as he came up with blank files on the name.

"We don't even know what the real purpose of SHIELD is. All we got from that building was trouble on our side and nothing on SHIELD." Sanchaz said irritably.

"We're not sure if SHIELD is bad or not. Nothing in that building proves that it's involved in an illegal activity. All they've doing is training their recruits. How do we know it's against us? A month ago we didn't even know that these people are assassins until we were dropped in this 'ASSASSIN protocol'. They had no records against them. It's definitely something that the government wants to hide." Jane asked. "Sir, wasn't their any orders from the government about this agency? Did you inform them about this?" The secretary stayed silent at this.

"Mr. Secretary?" Jane asked again as she glared at her boss. "Mr. Secretary! I asked you a question. Did you inform them about this?"

"I.. I did inform them but they told me not to look into it." The old man finally admitted. He couldn't stand his agent's glare.

"Then WHY ARE WE LOOKING INTO THIS?" Jane screamed angrily. "You had us off on a goose chase. We put our life on this only to discover that we weren't meant to be hunting them." Jane was really getting pissed. She's sick of all the lying and manipulation. Sick of secrets that kept popping up.

"No that's not true. They told me not to look in SHIELD but nothing about the assassins. That's why I didn't stop you." The secretary corrected. "You were supposed to be after PHIL and his two Assassins not SHIELD. I didn't asked you to eliminate them."

"And yet, You didn't say anything about SHIELD. When we got our Intel, you didn't even stop us!" Sanchaz accused. "Instead you stayed quiet and let us infiltrate a government building." The secretary looked down at this.

"Look, I know I should have informed you but we needed the Intel. Phil Coulson is a liability. He's dangerous. Have you heard what he did when he was last here? He nearly resulted in the death of 10 IMF agents. Heck he even killed some with his False misleads."

"Oh please don't tell me that all of this is personal!"

"NO, THERE's NOTHING PERSONAL ABOUT THIS! The old secretary was the one who created this protocol so you can't blame me for this."

"I'm not blaming you for the protocol. I'm accusing of your personal reasons that you have brought to this mission. You're definitely hurt." Sanchaz argued back. "Whatever he did has affected you."

"Nothing has affected me"

"STOP LYING!"

"I'M NOT LYING!"

"YES YOU ARE. "

"NO IM NOT!"

"JUST SAY THE TRUTH!"

"FINE! You want to know the truth? He killed my family. He killed my wife and my children. He killed 7 of IMF agents. They all were involved in a bomb blast lead by him. He had nearly killed me too but I escaped. I saw my family being burnt alive. My son who was a agent here blew into pieces right infront of me!" The secretary screamed as his eyes watered. Everyone in the room was shocked at all this.

"He's the one who did all this. I don't care what happens to SHIELD. If the government doesn't wants us to look into SHIELD then we won't but I won't back down until every Assassin in that protocol is dead including Phil Coulson. They are no orders against them so it's clear that they are a threat. Phil and his two assassins needs to be eliminated." Ethan starred at his secretary. He wasn't sure if the secretary could be anymore Reliable. He's definitely clouded by grief.

"Sir, we understand, but we need their help. After we get rid of Hydra, we'll put an end to them too." Ethan reasoned. "I know this is hard, but these are desperate times. We need to take desperate measures." Ethan said calmly. The old secretary nodded as the other agents looked unsurely at their boss. After this revelation, they're not sure what to believe in. Everything they've accepted before seemed like a lie these days. They weren't sure if their secretary will be able to make the right decisions when he's already dead set on a revenge on Phil Coulson. None the less if his intentions and his story is right then they'll help him in every way they can. The archer and the widow are definitely in the eliminating list. It's just Coulson they're not sure about. Did he really killed the secretary's family or was their more to the story? They did hear stories about him betraying IMF but on what or who's accounts is still a mystery.

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Some time later...

Ethan hunt walked quietly along the wet pavement. The rain water had soaked the whole street from in and out. His rubber boots splashed into the puddles as he speeded up his pace. He looked around his surroundings to see if anyone was following him. He thought about how he had to make this deal fixed in order to save the future of IMF. He still wasn't sure of what he's gonna say but these are desperate times. Taking the help of an enemy is the only option left for him. He thought about how he's going to use Coulson's help before setting a plane to catch him and his assassins. It's clear that the two Assassin are on IMF's hit list but Coulson was still a mystery. Right now his first priority is to save IMF from Hydra. All the evidence they've recovered were correct. He doesn't know where Hydra's base is or who's leading it. IMF is pretty big to be honest. It's not like it has only one base. IMF has bases all around the world. So it was hard to decide where to start from.

Ethan rubbed his hands together as he entered the cafe where the meeting was scheduled.

On the other hand, Coulson was caressing his bruised eye from May's punch as he made himself comfortable in his chair and sipped his coffee. The lady had attacked him the moment he had entered the room. She scolded him about letting a unknown agency in their base. Coulson had no idea how she found out about IMF. He suspected it was Bobby who told her. He had tried to reason with her but ended up with another punch to his eye. He didn't get angry to be honest. He let the love lady of his life hit him, because he knew he deserved it. In order to save Anthony's agency, he took things a little too far. Too far as in letting an unpredictable agency to their base. May was right, anyone could have died but he had to take the risk. Coulson's surprised that Maria and Fury hadn't shouted at him yet. They hadn't even called. Looks like they don't know.

Coulson heard a chair scraping beside him and looked to find Agent Ethan Hunt making himself comfortable in the chair. Great, Time to finalise the deal...

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Back in time again... 25 years ago..

Jane watched as Anna killed one of the girls again. This time it was a straight blow to the girl's heart that killed her. It has been 2 months since Jane had entered this place. Two months since Anna killed Christina. Two months since all the new girls were trained in basic combat.

Disciple was one of the main things here. Every night they were cuffed to their beds. Every morning their routine involved in hard core exercises with trained teaching in close combats. They were prodded and stabbed with needles every few days. Forced to endure pain and injuries. Disciple was drilled into their minds like tattoos. Day by day the girls were tested on everything from physical to mental. Their needs and desires were pushed deep down inside them as they were taught to live for the Red Room. They were pushed to their breaking points and were forced to be killers.

Jane looked at all the bruises she had received from all the training she had done so far. She had a knife wound on her left side of the tummy which she received from Anna when they were out against each other for the first time. Jane still remembered how scared she was. She had taken a lot of beating before she got the chance to fight Anna. They were training with knives when Anna had purposely sliced her tummy. It was the most horrible pain she could ever remember. Over the two months Anna had become one of the favourite girls of Lady Alla. Just like Mother Mary. It was kind of obvious since Anna did everything in favour of Lady Alla. There's not doubt that the young self-centred girl is a killer. She followed every rule but also bullied other girls. Since Christina's death, Anna had killed two more girls. There were still 3 more girls who needed to die.

Jane who was now starring at the score board gulped in fear. She has easily picked up close combat as her skill. In other words, her skills were great which makes her in Lady Alla's good graces but only just. She still hadn't performed a kill yet. There was a time when the elderly lady ordered her to kill this younger girl when Jane had defeated her but instead of obeying like Anna, Jane had refused. This definitely set Jane in big trouble but she still didn't back down. Since they were all little their fighting styles were careless and un-coordinated. They mostly depended on their rage. Today will be decided who's going to stay in for the Black Widow program. Yes, program. The five year old girl had finally figured that this wasn't just a simple game.

Jane wasn't sure if she'll be able to get away from killing anyone. She was still young and didn't know much about sacrifice or what's right or what's wrong. Her fear was the only thing that was guiding her at this young age. Maybe that's why these people here chooses girls from an early stage because they can easily be manipulated without any resistance.

Jane watched as she felt Amelia assure her. Amelia has changed since the time they came here. She's not that scared girl anymore, instead she's brave and daring. After the training, it was Amelia's first combat and she didn't flinch when she snapped the other girl's neck. Jane has seen the look in Amelia's eyes. She wanted to survive. Jane could see the fear and the satisfaction when Amelia had made her first kill. The burette is not even sure if her friend was using their friendship as a tool. It seemed everyone was turning against each other. Jane rubbed her bandaged knuckles as one more girl fell down. That means two more deaths left. It was at that point that she felt she was being watched. She moved her eyes around to locate the intruder but met up with Anna who was smiling evilly at her direction. Oh god, that girl wanted to kill Jane so badly.

Just few seconds later, other four groups from earlier entered the big training room. There were rumours that each girl in those four groups had at least killed two people before getting selected for the program. They were here before Jane had set foot in this place. Some of them were even raised in this place.

They were the ones who were already selected for the Black widow program. Each program was designed to have 28 girls who would start their training in studies, combats, martial arts, spy skills and weaponry. From then on, it's a game of survival. Anyone fails to complete any of the tasks listed above will face a close combat to death. It will continue until one girl remained who would get the name 'Black Widow'.

Jane's interest perked up as she saw the same red-head Russian girl she had seen when she came here. The girl looked about 6 year old to Jane. She was quite tall for her age and had a dark, deadly aura around her. She was dressed in black shorts and a white sleeveless T-shirt that has a red spider on it. Her red hair bounced around her as she sat next opposite to Jane. The girl made eye contacts with Jane before smirking. To Jane it looked like she was smiling so she smiled back in return which surprised the red-head who frowned a little before looking the other way. Jane shrugged off the girl as she looked back at score boards.

"Jane and Amelia, you're up!" She heard Lady Alla announce. Jane felt like her heart had stopped working. She can't fight against her friend. She looked at Amelia hoping that the girl might have the same fear flashing in her eyes. But instead what she saw wasn't fear but traces of a challenge. There was regret and fear but not as much as Jane expected it to be. It was more like determination. Her friend looked confident as if she was ready. Jane felt betrayed by this. She held Amelia's hand to stop her but the other girl just shook of Jane's grip before apologising.

"Sorry, Jane. Let's hope we both survive this." Her friend mused out before pulling her little body off the bench. Jane felt her heart break as she saw her friend walk into the ring. Jane was hoping that at any moment Amelia would request for a different partner but she didn't. It was clear that Amelia has no issues in fighting with Her close friend Jane. This place was really turning the girls against each other.

"JANE, GET UP!" She heard Lady Alla scream as Anna giggled. Having no choice Jane got up and faced her opponent in the ring. Luckily they were both on same heights so it was easier for Jane to make eye contacts with her friend who didn't even showed any traces regret or pity... Just a cold Demeanour.

"I really wished it was someone else but since the time I saw you fight that girl, I really wanted to fight you, to test my limits. You wouldn't kill your own friend would you?" Amelia taunted quietly as they bow down to each other. Jane was distraught at the comment. Amelia was using her weakness against her. She knows that Jane refused to kill anyone. And that's why she's using that against her. Jane was confused at the girl standing infront of her. She was familiar but strange. How could someone turn against their own friend? Amelia was Jane's only friend who kept her at bay. And now her own friend isn't even hesitating to fight her.

"начать (Begin)" Lady Alla said in Russian as both the girls nodded before starting. Both the girls circled around the ring as Jane thought about the outcome of all this. She felt tears well up as the thought of her friend dying scared her. She knew this fight has to end with ones death. It was only a fraction of a second when she had looked down to stop her tears when Amelia had used that time to her advantage. She had aimed a kick at Jane's chest who was obviously caught off guard. Jane felt her breadth knocked out of her as she doubled back few paces just a centimetre away from the ring line. She heard a loud yell before she moved to her right just in time to avoid one of Amelia's punch. Finally snapping out of her emotional thoughts, she made a grab for Amelia's punching arm before twisting it leaving an opening for Jane to kick her in the ribs. She still didn't stop as she swung a punch at Amelia's face before grabbing Amelia's hair and pulling them back towards herself as she kicked Amelia again making the blue-eyed girl fall to her knees. Maybe it was adrenaline rush or the immense pain that made Jane do this to her friend. But Amelia wasn't the one to back down easily. And she proved it by attacking Jane's leg making both of the girls topple down onto each other on the floor. Jane was a little startled by this which explains why she couldn't stop her face from meeting the ground. It was at that point when both girls had started rolling on the floor as they tried to get a upper hand on each other.

On the side, Lady Alla was watching them in glee. Both of them were perfect for the program but she can only take one. While the One with dark brown hair was very skilled and cunning at her moves, lacked the urge to kill. On the other hand the one with golden locks was full of determination and didn't hesitate to break relations to survive, while she lacked Cunningness. It was a hard choice. But it can only be decided if one kills the other.

Jane was finally tired of rolling around on the floor. It seemed a long time ago when she finally managed to pin Amelia on the ground but only to be kicked in the back as she fell on the floor, groaning. She suddenly felt her breadths restricting as she looked up to find Amelia choking her. She struggled against the grip as she tried to claw the hands off. Unfortunately, nothing was working. Then she saw how Amelia's face was only few metres away from her. She quickly held up her two fingers and pocked them in her friend's eyes causing Amelia to scream and let go of Jane's throat. The Brunette pushed the screaming girl off her before she took deep breadths to control her breathing. It was only few seconds later when Jane felt her hair being pulled back by her friend as she felt a sharp pain on her thigh. She looked down to see a small silver knife pushed deep into her right thigh. The sheer pain of getting stabbed caused Jane to scream loudly. This fight wasn't supposed to have weapons in it. Unfortunately, no-one seemed to be stopping Amelia from wielding One. Jane was lucky that she moved out of the way just as Amelia had went in for another stab with her second knife.

"We're not supposed to use any weapons!" Jane screamed as she limped on the floor.

"Oh yeah, who's going to stop me?" Amelia replied back gleefully as she looked at Lady Alla who just gave her permission to continue. Jane was loosing her liking towards the familiar girl infront of her. She griped the knife on her thigh and pulled it out just as Amelia went for the kill. The brown head child had quickly blocked her friend's blow before slicing a part of Amelia's wrist and then finishing it off with punch to the face. Right now all Jane felt was anger. While Amelia was still recovering from Jane's attack, the Brunette had once again attacked her friend with punches giving no time for Amelia to attack back. She kicked, punched, twisted and punched again before Amelia had enough and went to her knees. It was probably the Adeline Rush that caused Jane to act this way. It was after her marathon of punches that she realised her friend was on her knees fully bruised and bleeding. Thats when she realised what she had done. Her anger had gotten the best of her. She moved back few paces in shock as she saw her friend sitting down on the ground in pain while Lady Alla motioned her to kill Amelia. But Jane shook her head. She can't kill Amelia. She can't kill anyone.

"Please." Amelia pleaded. "Don't kill me. Please Jane."

"KILL HER!" Lady Alla suddenly screamed. "Kill her you foolish girl. I won't take anyone who begs for her life." Jane just stood there as she stared at her bruised friend and Lady Alla. She wasn't sure what to do but she won't kill her friend. Never. No matter what Amelia did to their friendship.

It was at that moment when Amelia used the distraction and stuck her fingers in Jane's knife wound causing the brown-head to scream in pain and move back. Amelia picked up her own knife from the ground and attacked Jane with a series of stabs. The Brunette blocked off every jabs made at her before she waved her hand in a arc motion over Amelia's neck in self defence. That's when she felt a liquid sprayed onto her face and over her clothes. She touched the liquid to realise that it was Blood. She looked up to see Amelia starring at Jane in horror as her hand held a knife ready to attack jane. But she didn't. That's when Jane saw a thin red line slashed across Amelia's neck. It started with a thin line before red blood started dripping and then eventually causing Amelia to stagger and fall forwards on the ground as more blood spread along the floor. Jane looked at her hand to find the knife covered in red. The blood was dripping from it. Realisation dawned on Jane as she looked at the dead body in shock.

She just murdered her friend.

She killed Amelia.

The people here finally turned her into a killer. Her insides froze as she felt the urge to vomit. Tears started to leak from her eyes as her breadths became deep and heavy. All she could see was Amelia's dead horror struck face. The noises around her were a blur to her ears. She held her chest in pain as she dropped the bloodied knife. Her hands were shaking as she looked at all the blood she was covered in. Amelia's blood.

That's when she felt a hard grip on her shoulder and looked up to find the cruel Lady watching her in pure glee.

"Congratulation Jane. You are now one of the 28 girls proceeding on to the next stage. может ваши враги будут в вашей власти (May your enemies be at your mercy)".

BTW has anyone noticed that the phrase 'May your enemies be at your mercy' was the same phrase that was embedded on the little red knife that Jane received from Natasha in chapter 3? Just thought you should know. :)