Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, inhabiting the body of
Black Widow Yelena Belova, arrives in Nyack-on-Hudson only to be pursued by General
Stelyenko’s hit man. Nat easily bests him….
Back in New York, Daredevil finds Belova in Natasha’s body
in a dumpster; she viciously tries to defend herself but when DD confirms that
she really is Yelena Belova she breaks down in gratitude….
Natasha finds the hidden nukes and calls the General who arrives
with several soldiers; after a scuffle she takes the General prisoner,
threatening to kill him if the troops don’t back off. Daredevil has bright the
real Belova to witness what happens next: at natasha’s prodding, Stelyenko
calls Belova a naïve fool and he would have killed her after she recovered the
nukes. This drives Balova into a rage and she attacks the general. SHIELD arrives
to clean up the mess while the two Black Widows pursue Stelyenko and overpower
him. Belova then attacks Natasha over her cruel scheme to interfere with her
identity though Nat insists it was to save Belova: spies are no heroes, they
are tools. And tools get used. Belova declines to shoot Natasha, demanding her
own face back….
At SHIELD HQ, the operation is reversed and each woman is
restored to her own body. Nick Fury tells Daredevil that Nat did all this to
save Belova from following in her footsteps. Nat will now get a week off while
Belova will return to Moscow hopefully wiser….