Some
time ago on a rooftop in Madripoor: Black Widow is in a katana duel with the
Living Blade. They clash—and then she discovers she has been slashed across the
left hip. She leaps down to another rooftop but when she looks back, he is
behind her and slashes her back. She stings him and he stabs her in the
shoulder with a knife. She uses the knife and her Widow’s Sting against his
katana while wondering why he is after her on a simple reconnaissance mission.
She cuts down some power lines and flees while he ducks. She swings away, he slashes
her line and she falls though the skylight of a nightclub. They fight, she is
wounded again. She runs, he pursues. She dashes into the men’s room and beats
him up in the crowded quarters. She leaps through a ceiling vent, startling a
guy who is sitting in a stall. She drops into another room and encounters a
pair of rich guys and a bunch of women being trafficked. The men recognize her
and run. Living Blade arrives but by now, Nat has another katana and tells him
he will have neither the women nor her. Living Blade stands still then tells
her “Until next time, Widow” and walks off. Nat realizes she is now marked and
has only bought herself time….