Returning from

"Okay, let us dive right into it" said Romanoff as he started to talk to them.

"Yesterday, I divided you all up into teams, and I asked you all to work on your aim and accuracy of shots, because next week Wednesday, you will be tested" said Romanoff as he explained, he was going tot do things differently this time, so that he could avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Today, I am going to check if you all are doing things rightly" said Romanoff as they all nodded their heads, he was not going to completely leave them alone, less what happened last time between Vicki and Natasha repeat itself again.

"Alright, Tatiana and Artem, we will start with the both of you, what have you been working on?" asked Romanoff as he looked at Tatiana and Artem as Artem began to speak.

Natasha was not paying any attention at all, ever since last night with that Igor guy that she met, she had been thinking, he seemed to know her mother, on a very personal level, just like Romanoff, but the problem was that she had never heard of him even once.

She had seen the letters and postcards exchanged between her mother and Romanoff, but none with Igor, and with the way he spoke, he seemed to know her mother very well, and he even seemed to know her father.

But on a personal note, Natasha did not like Igor, something about him creeped him out, it was different when it came to Romanoff, Romanoff, sure he could sound and look cold, but she could tell that he would not hurt her, but she was not sure that would be the case with Igor.

Natasha looked at Romanoff as he spoke, did he know Igor? Wait what was she saying, of course he did, if the both of them worked here, which made Natasha think of who else knew her mother, Romanoff did say that her mother was one of the best agents that they had, so it would make sense that she was popular, but still, Natasha could sense something off here.

"Alright, everything seems in order" said Romanoff as he was pleased so far with what he was hearing.

"Natasha, Alexi, your turn" said Romanoff as he looked at Natasha and Alexi as Natasha did not respond to him.

"Natasha" called Romanoff once more as Natasha snapped out of her thoughts.

"Yes Commander" said Natasha as she looked at Romanoff.

"And just where are you returning from?" asked Romanoff.

"Nowhere Commander" replied Natasha as Romanoff scoffed.

"What have you and Alexi been working on?" asked Romanoff.

"We have been focusing on accuracy commander" replied Natasha.

"Alright then, I bid you all luck, and don't accidentally shoot one another, because accidents will never be tolerated" said Romanoff as he was giving them a stern warning, and he looked at Vicki in particular.

"Well that is all I have to say for now, you can continue on with your training" said Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" they all said in a chorus as they nodded their heads and Romanoff walked away.

Romanoff brought his phone out of his pocket as he walked out of the training grounds and he dialed a number as he was picked up.

"Alisa, can you explain to me why I can smell the scent of cigarettes in my area?" asked Romanoff as Alisa sighed, she should have known that Igor wanted nothing more than to cause her trouble.

"Well Igor was here last night, and I…" said Alisa as she was cut off.

"You left him here alone?" asked Romanoff in disbelief as he walked up the stairs.

"Well I did not want to be near him, he… he harasses me, calling me one of your girls and.. I couldn't stand him, so I just left" said Alisa as Romanoff sighed.

"Well you should have called him, without you here, he had full access everywhere, even though he is suspended" said Romanoff as he shook his head, Igor was a pain.

"I know that I should have Romanoff, but in the moment, he was insinuating so many disgusting things that I just could not stand it" said Alisa.

"Well unlike that dog who can't keep it in his pants, I know what I can do and not do, he is just a fool, pay no attention to him" said Romanoff.

"Anyway, I need you to check the security cameras, I want to see what that Slovach (Jerk) was up to while he was here" said Romanoff.

"Alright Romanoff, I will do as you say" said Alisa.

"Good" said Romanoff as he ended the call and he put his phone back in his pocket.

…

"Bam" went one shot.

"Bam" went the second shot as it hit the target.

"Bam" went the third shot.

Natasha could not focus properly, she was still busy thinking about Igor and how he connected to all of this, in the midst of her thoughts, she could not properly concentrate on hitting all the shots that she was supposed to.

"Are you alright Natasha?" asked Alexi as he watched Natasha and she ran out of bullets as she stopped shooting.

"Huh?" asked Natasha as she turned to look at Alexi, she did not hear what he said.

"Are you alright?" asked Alexi.

"Oh, I'm fine" said Natasha as she replied and she loaded her gun with more bullets.

"Why do you ask?" asked Natasha.

"You are not concentrating, it's clear" said Alexi as Natasha usually hit all of her shots, but it would seem that she was absent minded.

"I'm fine, and you don't need to worry, I will concentrate better" replied Natasha casually.

"Mhmm" said Alexi.

"And what about you? Why are you just watching me? Don't you have your own practice to do as well?" asked Natasha as Alexi just looked at her as he walked to get his own gun and Natasha proceeded to focus on what she was doing as she pulled the trigger and shot her target once again.

…

"Let's see what you were up too Igor" said Alisa as she typed on her computer and she brought out the security footage.

"Of course, stinking up the whole place with your smoking" said Alisa to herself as she scoffed, of course she could count eight different areas where Igor smoked.

Alisa kept on checking through the security cameras idly until she saw something that made her stop right in her tracks as she gasped and she zoomed in on the footage to make sure that she was seeing correctly.

Alisa saw Natasha in the hall, and she was not alone, she was with Igor, and they were talking.

"Oh, no, oh, no, no" said Alisa out loud to herself as she did not know what to do, Romanoff could not see this, not at all, he would kill Igor if he did, and well that would just cause problems.

"What to do, what to do, Romanoff can't see this, he will snap" said Alisa as she gave no second thought as she quickly deleted the footage.

"You didn't see anything Alisa" said Alisa to herself.

"What didn't you see?" asked Romanoff as he walked into Alisa's office once again without knocking as Alisa almost felt her soul jump out of her body.

"Romanoff I…" said Alisa.

"What didn't you see Alisa?" asked Romanoff in a cold tone as Alisa felt a shiver run down her spine.

"Ahh well, I was checking the security footage and I saw Igor, and I don't want to see that guy" said Alisa as she gave a lame excuse.

"I see, move over" said Romanoff as Alisa sighed and she gave way to Romanoff as he sat down and he looked through the footage as Alisa held her breath, hoping that he would not notice a time slot missing in the footage.

"Bastard" said Romanoff out loud as he watched Igor smoke everywhere, in every single corner, as if just to get the smell in the carpets.

"You are right, this guy is… well I of all people should know" said Romanoff as he scoffed and Alisa sighed in relief internally as she nodded, she would not dare say a word, not until Romanoff was far, long gone.

"Call the cleaning company to remove all the carpets and dry clean them, I don't want the scent of that bastard's smoke here" said Romanoff as Alisa nodded her head.

"Are you mute or not?" asked Romanoff as Alisa shook her head and he sighed.

"Whatever, just get it done" said Romanoff as he stood up, he knew that there was something wrong with Alisa, but he did not want to get into that now, she could solve her problems on her own without him.

"I will be back at lunch time, you are going with me to headquarters, they called a meeting" said Romanoff as he walked away and Alisa nodded her head as she sighed out loud, once he left.

"You dodged a bullet there Alisa" said Alisa to herself as she sighed, that could have gone so wrong in many ways very quickly.