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The Siberian facility lay in silence, dust motes dancing in the thin beams of light cutting through the grime-caked windows. The air was cold, stale with the metallic tang of old machinery and the faint, acrid scent of failed cryo-sleep. Natasha moved through the shadows, her footsteps precise, her Widow's Bite humming with readiness. The team had cleared the room—standard HYDRA bunker, dead ends and empty chambers. Marcus Webb’s corpse rested in the first tube, a confirmation of failure. But then, a smaller chamber caught her eye, tucked against the far wall like a forgotten secret. The file was brief, the handwriting faded: “you.” A child’s name. A child’s age. A date that made something cold twist in her chest. Now, hours later, Natasha sat in the sterile white of SHIELD me…