Russia, many years ago. Natalia
Romanov, a child, and her friend Marina escaped from the Red Room to live in
the streets. Nat keeps returning to look through the windows of a ballet
school, dreaming that she could be a dancer someday like the blonde girl
there….
Today: Black Widow wakes up in a
desert with the Prophet, his eyes with an inhuman glow. He introduces himself
and notes that Chaos is his organization and invites her to think about the
future….
Back then: Marina mocks Nat’s
aspirations and, in the alley, they discover a handgun. Marina wants to turn it
over to the authorities but Nat hides it in a hole in a wall behind a brick.
They rush over to the bakery to get discarded leftovers to eat….
The next day, Natasha sneaks into
he ballet studio to watch from the rafters. She sees the dancer she admires
dragged out by her abusive boyfriend Sergei. Nat remains in the ceiling,
basking in the warmth and memories of her parents, long gone….
Two days later, Nat and Marina are
hanging around he studio when they see Sergei’s car pull up; the dancer, on
crutches with a seriously injured leg, enters the school to pick up her
belongings. Nat is so outraged that she jumps up on the car roof, stomping and
cursing Sergei. Sergei’s henchman grabs her and throws her away. The dancer
returns and Sergei drives away. Nat hurls a brick, shattering the car’s rear
window. Sergei sends his henchman to teacher her a lesson. She leads him back
to the alley and retries the gun from its hiding place. The big man approaches
and she fires twice, missing him both times. He approaches to take the gun away
from her and she fires again, hitting him in the chest. She drops the gun and
runs away. She is caught and returned to the Red Room because she shows promise
to be the best of the Black Widows….
Today: Looking at the Dubai
skyline, the Prophet tells Natasha he and his organization represent the future
as caretakers of the present. He receives messages from the future, telling him
what he must do to avoid disaster in the future. He invites Natasha to join his
group where, unrestrained by politics or temporal issues, she could be good….
Give that special marvelite a timely gift