Natalie
Grey, formerly Natasha Romanoff, is living the dream life as an architect with
a loving fiancé, an adorable kid, and a cool motorcycle. Meanwhile, Hawkeye and
Winter Soldier are keeping an eye on her, wondering what to do since she’s
happy but they have no idea who did this to her or why and she could be in
danger. They are approached by Yelena Belova, the second Black Widow, who has
been observing Natasha as the babysitter Helen; Belova also knows that the
child is the natural offspring of Natasha and James, despite being a year old
though Nat has been gone for only three months. She tells the guys to hold back
until she learns more….
Natalie
is being fitted for a wedding gown when Helen (Belova, remember?) stops by to
talk to her. Natalie is crying because she has the perfect life yet somehow it
all seems wrong, like something is missing….
She
is being watched from a control room by a cadre of villains: Viper, Red Guardian,
Arcade, Weeping Lion, and Snapdragon. They have set up this mind trap
for Black Widow to keep her off the board; now Weeping Lion wants to kill her
but Viper says that will jeopardize this plan that is working. But WL reveals
things are already in motion….
Natalie
returns to a darkened home that night but senses something wrong; she enters
warily and is ambushed by a gang which she takes out in a single fluid motion.
When she hears a thug speaking Russian giving the order to kill the hostages,
she goes over the top, crashing through a window to take down the killer with
makeshift weapons, while setting off the bomb. Then the implant in her head
seemingly fries her brain while Viper threatens Weeping Lion….