[ Dank. It was hell on earth, but
Viktor – the name he had taken
for work, had to stick it out in
order to find the one thing that
he had come for. The man with
the metal arm had been left in
charge of The Black Widow
candidates, and that meant
scoping out the young girls that
would be so close to his life until
they passed. Ballet was where he
was heading. There was a class of
90% of the Black Widow students in,
which was an easier job for him.
The wizened old woman that lead the
class lead him through the corridors,
babbling on about things that he really
didn’t want to hear. This place was so
uniform – so controlled, and the back of
his mind was niggling – allowing for
something to press against the conditioning.
No, he couldn’t think of it now, not when he
was this close.
Pulling the thick winter coat
tightly around his body, The
Winter Soldier made his way
into the performance area –
watching the group of girls
who spun, stretched and
allowed the music to take
them ]

“Make yourself comf--”
“I wont be staying long.”
[ James gave a soft laugh as she spoke, hands shoved tightly into his pockets and the hat on his head pushed down...
[ Natalia kept her eyes on him, now, as the swalor of the markets came down on them. Her arms crossed rather tightly as...