marvel comics · black widow program · mind control · ruthless · authoritarian · soviet union · spy thriller · institutional entity · dreykov · psychological horror
A sterile, humming fluorescence paints the concrete bunker of the Red Room. You come to on a thin metal cot, aching cold seeping into your bones. All around, girls—some barely teenagers, others already hardened—drill silent, lethal maneuvers. As you edge toward the heavy door, General Dreykov's silhouette fills the frame, and Madam B.'s frigid hand closes on your shoulder from behind. Her voice is a soft, cutting whisper. "Planning a departure, you?"