Serve my punishment

"Lover??" asked Alisa in a mix of confusion and disbelief as she looked at Romanoff who just started to laugh as if this was the best joke that he had heard in ages.

"Of all things, my lover?" asked Romanoff as he laughed, this was very funny, he had to give it to Vicki, she had quite the imagination, even he himself could not think as colourfully as she did.

"In all my years of teaching, no one had ever accused me of sleeping with my students before" said Romanoff as his laughter died down.

"You would think that someone would accuse me of that back when I was young, and not now, I guess I take care of myself well enough" said Romanoff as he smiled.

"You don't seem offended?" asked Alisa as she did not get where the source of Romanoff's laughter was coming from, the Romanoff she knew would not take such nonsense accusations at all, and yet, here he was laughing as if he had been called a clown.

"Offences are easy to get over, I have been called worse" said Romanoff.

"But you…" said Alisa as she was cut off.

"I know, I was called a perverted old man that has a thing for young blood" replied Romanoff lazily.

"Firstly, I am not like that at all I find little girls a pain, they want this, they want that, I don't want a daughter, I want a lover, I prefer, older women, women in my calibre, who know what they want, and that's only if I am interested, women are a pain in general to have, especially as lovers, they want commitment, and I am a man with no commitments" said Romanoff.

"What amuses me is that Vicki admires me secretly, no wonder she would speak about me like that, and now I get why Natasha refused to say what happened, she did not want me getting angry, anger is the least of things that I feel now" said Romanoff.

"It is just disappointing that I think, I am training responsible adults, meanwhile, some of them are nothing but petty children" said Romanoff as he scoffed and he sat down.

"So what are you going to do?" asked Alisa.

"Put things in their place" said Romanoff as he replied.

"When Vicki wakes up, inform me" said Romanoff.

"Romanoff, please don't go and scare her, she still needs to recover" said Alisa.

"Who said anything about scaring her?" asked Romanoff.

"She will get what she deserves soon, but for now, I have somewhere to be" said Romanoff as he smiled and he stood up as he turned to walk away as he stopped when he heard Alisa say something.

"You are proud of her aren't you?" asked Alisa as she sighed.

"Is it that obvious?" asked Romanoff with a smile as he walked out of her office as Alisa sighed, it was clear that he was fond of Natasha, like she was his own daughter, Alisa just hoped that this fondness Romanoff had for her would not put her in danger.

For years, fellow agents, enemies and even friends had tried to find out just what, or who to use to catch Romanoff, and it was never easy for them, since Romanoff did not seem to care for anyone or anything, but now with Natasha in the picture, it was clear that she was his one and only weakness, Romanoff cared for Natasha more than she even knew.

…

Natasha sighed as she looked at her knuckles, they finally stopped hurting, Natasha thought about how she had hit Vicki, she did not regret it at all, on the contrary, she felt happy even, for what she did, she did not even know how she got the strength to do what she did, the adrenaline made her fear nothing.

So much so that Natasha felt like if Vicki ever spoke nonsense about her again, she would beat her up again, Natasha wondered if this was how fighters felt when they knocked out their enemies, it felt so good.

Natasha was snapped out of her thoughts as she heard a knock on the door and she stood up from her bed as she walked to the door and she opened it as she saw Romanoff standing there as he walked into her room, she was surprised, she thought that he would come and take her to serve her punishment.

Natasha closed the door as she turned to look at Romanoff as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"What?" asked Romanoff as he saw Natasha looking at him like that.

"Aren't you going to take me to serve my punishment?" asked Natasha.

"Oh devochka (girl), I did not know that you had it in you, you really gave Vicki a nice beating if I do say so myself" said Romanoff with a smile as Natasha was surprised, it would seem that he was not here to reprimand her, but to praise her.

"Am I not going to be punished?" asked Natasha in confusion.

"No, Tatiana told me what really happened" said Romanoff with a smile.

"Tell me devochka (girl), why didn't you just say that Vicki spoke nonsense about us being lovers" said Romanoff with a smile as Natasha just looked at him without saying anything at all.

"Because it's a disgusting thought, and also an insult to me, and my dignity as a woman" said Natasha as she replied angrily.

"Well devochka (girl), there is nothing wrong with being a tattletale sometimes" said Romanoff.

"Anyway, you are relieved from your punishment" said Romanoff as he noticed that Natasha's knuckles were still red.

"Do your knuckles still hurt?" asked Romanoff as Natasha did not reply to him and she just covered her knuckles with her sweater.

"Next time devochka (girl), don't punch so hard, you will end up hurting yourself at the expense of hurting others" said Romanoff.

"They should heal in a few days" said Romanoff.

"No training till further notice" said Romanoff as he walked out of Natasha room and he closed the door behind him as Natasha wondered why he was always so observant when it came to her? She found it annoying, him asking so many questions.

Natasha just sighed as she went back to sit on her bed and she picked up her phone as she checked the time, it was 3pm right now, and she was still a bit upset from what Vicki had said earlier, sure, she could say that it did not affect her at all, but that would be a lie.

Natasha was sure that no woman like the thought of being called a slut, she was far from that, in fact she had only slept with one man, who happened to be the father of her daughter, apart from that she was just herself, so for her to be insulted in that manner, it hurt, she guessed that was part of why she had felt so much rage with what Vicki said.

Natasha did not want to keep on thinking about this anymore, so she just decided to clear her mind and do some work as she brought out her laptop.

…

"Alright, so this morning, I have called all of you here for a special assembly" said Romanoff as they all stood in front of him.

"Vicki, I can see that you look well now" said Romanoff as he looked at Vicki who said nothing, she had a black eye, and some bruises most on the right side of her face as she kept her head down.

"And Natasha as well, you all were witnesses to what transpired between Natasha and Vicki" said Romanoff.

"Vicki, what an imagination you have, I never knew that I had a lover" said Romanoff as Vicki gasped as she looked up, she did not want to be punished.

"Anyway, I am here to clear things up" said Romanoff.

"Natasha, come over here" said Romanoff as everyone looked at Natasha and Natasha was even surprised as she did not expect Romanoff to call her.

"Come here" said Romanoff once again as Natasha walked to him.

"Turn around and face the others" said Romanoff as Natasha did as he said.

"Everyone" said Romanoff.

"I want to clear one thing, and that is, Natasha is not my lover, she is my niece" said Romanoff as Tatiana gasped and so did Vicki as Natasha was surprised herself, she did not expect Romanoff to say that, he had not discussed it with her.

Romanoff knew that now was a good time to say this, in fact, he should have done this from the start, he just wanted to protect Natasha by allowing her to be on her own, but now that things were getting out of hand, it was best for him to protect Natasha openly.

"Yes, you heard right, she is my niece, the daughter of my sister" replied Romanoff.

"She has an American father, she grew up over there, and now she comes to visit me, her maternal uncle, and some people want to cause trouble for her" said Romanoff.

"I don't know about you Vicki, but I don't do incest" said Romanoff as he looked at Vicki and Vicki shivered, she cursed her big mouth.

"Commander I…" said Vicki as she was cut off.

"Tell me this, have I ever favoured any of you above the other?" asked Romanoff.

"No commander" said the others as they shook their heads.

"I even punished my own niece, when she refused to take a bullet, how much more the rest of you" said Romanoff.

"If you have thought that I have any sort of favouritism for anyone, then you are very stupid to think so" replied Romanoff.

"Vicki, you will be punished, because what you said, was nothing short of disrespect" said Romanoff.

"I don't date my students, too much work, neither do I date young women such as yourself, I know those who are my type" said Romanoff.

"I am not some sort of perverted professor who sleeps with his students" said Romanoff.

"Thank your stars Vicki that Natasha did enough damage to you as it is" said Romanoff as Vicki looked at the ground.

"But you will still serve a punishment for what you said" said Romanoff.

"Starting from today, the janitor will be relieved from her duties, your job from now on is to clean all the toilets in the entire building, seeing that you have a foul mouth as that of a toilet's" said Romanoff as Vicki looked up at him in horror.

"Don't give me that look, either that or I throw you out of here, and believe you me, when we throw people out, we don't just throw people out, so choose" said Romanoff as Vicki shook her head.

"Good, go and get changed, as the new janitor, you will need to clean the staff toilet, and mind you, someone left a very nice present for you in there" said Romanoff as he gestured Vicki go on as she sobbed silently and she walked away.

"The rest of you, today is a free day, train, practice, do whatever I don't care, just do not dare fight with one another, because I will not tolerate it, is that clear?" asked Romanoff.

"Yes Commander" said all of them in a chorus as Romanoff walked away.