Black Widow Natasha Romanoff recalls the good times she had with James and son
Stevie; now she looks into the room where they had been which is now in flames
and cries. Hawkeye and Winter Soldier try to get her to come along but
Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow, slaps her to snap her out of her bitter reverie.
Nat comes back to her senses and makes sure everyone is in position for what
happens next….
Weeping Lion is stationed on a roof opposite with a high-powered rifle; Viper and her
Hydra henchmen lead the attack; Arcade cuts the power to Nat’s building, and
Snapdragon and Red Guardian drop through the skylight on ropes—and then Hawkeye
fires an explosive arrow and Nat takes out Snapdragon. Belova clobbers Viper. Clint
fires an arrow through the rifle scope which pierces Weeping Lion’s eye; Red
Guardian takes a bullet for Natasha, claiming he joined the villains to protect
her and didn’t know how far they would go to hurt her. Nat lets him go but
promises that she’ll catch up to him later. The two Widows take down all of the
Hydra goons while Hawkeye picks others off from the rafters. The three escape
then blow up the building. Belova offers Nat her sympathy then leaves them;
Clint expresses disappointment that he wasn’t part of her imaginary “perfect
life” and offers to stay with her but Nat declines….
Later,
Bucky comes to tell her that James and Stevie are safe, the hologram projector
which convinced the villains (and her allies) that they are dead has been
destroyed, and even Nat is not allowed to know where they are. Bucky also wants
to remain part of her life but she assures him of her love while insisting she
must go off alone. Emotionally she falls apart, knowing that her husband and child
ware forever dead to her and in some way feeling that Bucky is responsible for
their loss. He comforts her….
Natasha
returns to the home she shared with James and finds the cat Logan and takes him
away while in the Pacific Northwest, James and Stevie look to their new life
together….
Weeks
later, the two Black Widows meet. Belova updates Nat on how the wounded
villains fared: they all survived but with various injuries. Nat tells her she
has given up on revenge and will be doing something different, something James
and Stevie—and Nat—would be proud of. She invites Belova along for help and
company as she remakes herself in a way she never has before….