In Alabama, Natasha Romanova, the retired Black Widow, and
her partner, private eye Phil Dexter attend the funeral of the women’s activist
killed at a protest. There is a military man in uniform at the graveside;
Natasha tells Phil to follow him while Nat, pretending to be a friend of the
deceased, talks to another attendee….
Later, they compare notes. Natasha has learned that Stacy
Matheson/Stefanya Melnikova was three months pregnant while Phil has discovered
the military guy is Sgt. William Forester, Special Ops….
That night, Nat and Phil break into Stacy’s apartment and
discover a secret compartment containing a large cache of money (some of which
Phil takes) and a letter from her Soviet handler asking her to return to the
USSR, which she clearly ignored. In her bathroom they find painkillers and a
drug called Medusagen. Nat contacts Sgt. Forester and imitates Stacy’s voice,
asking him to come to her house….
In New Mexico, the North Institute operatives, Max Hunter
and Kestrel are on the trail of Natasha and Phil. They get a call informing
them of the situation in Alabama and give orders to deal with Forester and
anyone else he may have spoken to….
Forster arrives at Stacy’s home and is captured by Natasha
and Phil. He explains he is the father of Stacy’s child and he bought her the
painkillers but doesn’t know what Medusagen is. ATF Agents then open fire on
the house, killing Forester. Nat and Phil escape through the back, fight some agents
in the woods and make it to the getaway car. And then they discover that Nat
has been shot in the abdomen….