Of course, that was only a thought in Sherlock's head. He would never say it out loud now. If he did, Captain America would probably put him down on the spot.
As they ventured deeper into the War Fortress, strange details began to catch their eye.
The first was the enormous Hydra emblem: a skull with octopus tentacles beneath it.
The deeper they went, the more Hydra emblems they saw. Near the heart of the base, almost everyone had one on their chest.
Besides the emblems and the people wearing them, there were also plenty of beautiful women.
Yes, beautiful women. Each one was striking, but none wore a Hydra emblem. Instead, their outfits were so similar that they looked strangely familiar.
Hawkeye was the first to realize why. The women had seemed familiar to him from the moment he saw them. Then one carrying a black case walked past, and he spotted the device on her wrist.
"Widow's Bite!"
The moment he recognized it, Hawkeye understood. From the way they walked to their every smile and frown, these women were far too much like his good friend Black Widow.
When Hawkeye told the others, their expressions turned grave. According to him, Black Widow was supposed to be the last of her kind.
She had destroyed the Red Room, the organization that trained Black Widows, before she left it. Yet the Black Widows before them were clearly younger than she was, and perhaps even better trained.
"We need to contact Natasha before we contact S.H.I.E.L.D.," Captain America decided.
No one objected. Unlike S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Widow was their comrade.
"Of course, first we need to find the Anywhere Door and figure out where we are," Sherlock added with a shrug.
Everyone shot him a glare. If not for Sherlock, they would