As Jason Williams stands by his father’s grave, his pal
Mikey, now in a wheelchair, makes him promise to take revenge against the Black
Widow….
At the White House, Nick Fury is being called on the carpet
for the actions of a rogue Black Widow across the country. Fury explains that
he has no control over Natasha Romanova and also expresses his contempt for the
President whose love of pageantry on gets in the way of Fury’s doing his job….
Natasha is in Havana, trying to see Yelena Belova but she is
cornered by a band of cops. As she has no ID or other papers, she attacks them
but is rescued by Belova who takes her home. Belova, living in luxury and
independence, offers Nat some pointers about manipulating men to do her bidding
but Nat declines. Belova points out that she got what she wanted, can Nat say
the same?
In New York, Daredevil meets with Nick Fury who tells him
Natasha is on the Most Wanted list and Fury—and Matt—must go after her or be
dismissed from their positions….
Martin Ferris, driven mad by Black Widow, is now seeing a
therapist about his recurring anxiety attacks. Ferris resists taking the
doctor’s advice, merely wanting stronger drugs, and he walks out. He is met by
Kestrel of the North Institute who has a proposition….
Yelena Belova explains to Natasha how Cuba is fighting the
AIDS epidemic by cracking down on sex tourism. Belova has been helping
prostitutes by offering them modelling jobs and, for those who can’t leave the
street, getting them medical help. But the mob selling her medical supplies is
becoming harder to deal with so Belova would like Natasha to help get it
unstuck….
On the Florida coast, Natasha and some of Belova’s thugs
break into the mob compound where Nat takes the gangsters prisoner and forces
them to hand over the drugs promised to Belova. Nat sees Medusagen in the
warehouse and wants to know where it came from. One guy goes for a gun so Nat
has to kill them all. She makes sure the henchmen get the supplies to Belova
but has some other business to take care of…
…unaware that Kestrel and Ferris are on her trail….