Baintronics Incorporated company. A company lead by Sunset Bain. A genius who is able to create technological weapons rivaling those from Stark Industry. Or at least that's what the official story.
But Rick learn from Natasha's own mouth the truth. Baintronics Incorporated was actually the main front cover of the Red Room. And that Sunset Bain was just the front name of Madame B.
[A/N: I know that Sunset Bain isn't Madame B at all but Madame Menace, but here she is.]
The main reason of its existence is to bring more money to the organization experiments on many things and collect intelligence more easily in other countries. The technologies 'created' by Sunset Bain were stolen most of the time by the Widows or when they couldn't, they just kidnapped the people that could create what they wanted to create.
And today, Clint, Natasha and Rick were above their main building for the latter case: Megan Ramsey.
Megan Ramsey known on the dark web as Ramsey, is one of the current top 5 in the world in programming. She was first known in 2005 for creating "God Hand". A program capable of controlling any mobile phone in a 50 meter radius.
It took a year for mobile phones company to finally create a counter program for it. And it wad also because of God Hand that they realize how harmful was the Hacking.
But what is weird is that after creating the God Hand Ramsey never reappear on the dark web again, but even then, her legend still circulate to this day.
"Who would have thought that the infamous Ramsey was kidnapped by your organization since the beginning." Said Rick impressed. "What's more, is that nobody until now knew it."
"What can I say, the Red Room is very good at its job." Reply Natasha looking like a scientist in mid annoyance. "Are you ready? Because I'm going in."
Putting away any carelessness both Hawkeye and Rick nodded at Black Widow with a serious expression.
"Then see you later. If there's any problem don't forget to tell me through the ear piece." She reminds them while taking the door on the roof to get inside the building.
"Don't worry I'm just behind you, nothing will go wrong." Assured Hawkeye.
Without saying anything else, Natasha got inside, followed by Clint 15 minutes later, while Rick waited for his turn.
Because they didn't have much time to plan everything, and Rick insisted of rescuing Ramsey instead of killing her. They decided early on that only person would do the rescue while the rest will play the decoys.
It was particularly difficult for Rick to convince Natasha that Ramsey wasn't just the creator of those controlling chips, but also a victim forced to do something against her will.
Because Rick had the less experience in this, he was tasked to save Ramsey.
"You know, I think that after this mission is over I'll ask that Ramsey to install a tracking function on the jet. So that we don't have worry about our way to retreat because the Kingjet will come to us automatically." Absently comment Rick through the comms.
{If you're not worried on having your Kingjet controlled by a woman capable of even controlling assassins then by all means go on.} replied Black Widow through the comms with sarcasm overflowing from her voice.
"I already told you, she's obviously doing it against her will."
{Yeah right. And aliens will invade the earth.}
'... If only you knew, how right you are.'
{You two can flirt later, I'm in front of the cameras. I finished putting the time smoke bomb arrows in place. They will explode in 2 minutes. Black Widow, what's your status?} ask Hawkeye.
{I'm in front of the cameras, Rick you can go inside. I saw many controlled Widows on the 3rd floor. You should check it first.} reply Black Widow.
"Roger that."
After entering inside Baintronics Incorporated head quarters Rick thought it would look like some kind of futuristic building inside. With electronic devices everywhere. But instead, it looks like a normal office building with just bigger corridor and very few doors.
But after inquiring about it, Natasha told him that the building did have technology advance devices, and stuff, but it was generally in underground floors or near the ground floors.
Researchers didn't mixed well with other departments, so they put just one group underground and the other one on the surface.
And because in a way the CEO. was more of an office worker, and couldn't have her office underground, the searcher won the underground floors.
"Then wouldn't it be more logical for me to search for the underground first?" Asked Rick, after knocking out the nth person passing in front of him. Before adding "By the way Hawkeye what time did you put on your timer? If it continue like that, I think that I'll become the bait."
As if to answer to his complains Hawkeye arrows finally explode, enveloping the whole building into thick smokes.
Bang bang bang
"Well, never mind." Then without anymore quibble and under the cries of the panicked crowd, Rick took the emergency stairs while at the same time looking at his map pointing to his target Ramsey.
{Rick I'm going the servers to destroy them so found that girl quickly. Because as I said before it's impossible for them not to have some kind of back up. And there's a good chance that she where they are.} Said Natasha already walking towards the underground.
{Honestly you both should have listen to my plan and just bomb this building. Like that we wouldn't have to ask ourselves if the job is done.} Complain slightly Hawkeye.
'Who are you? Deidara? Megumin?' Rick complain in his heart before replying with a severe tone. "I already told you Hawkeye I don't want to kill innocent people by mistake. That's not my way of doing things, and it honestly shouldn't be yours too."
That subject was something Clint and Rick start to quarrel on: wether or not to erase every one inside the building to ensure no leakage.
If Natasha wanted Ramsey life bacause she was the cause of her sister current state, then Clint wanted kill everyone to make sure that that chip will never appear again. Because in his opinion a chip that could control people was really too dangerous.
But while Rick agree on this, he couldn't agree on the indiscriminate killing. Even though Baintronics Incorporated was an evil organization, they still employed people who had no idea who they really work for and didn't have anything to do with the Red Room, Madame B or Dreykov!
Honestly Hawkeye also didn't like to do that. But to keep the world in peace, if he had to, he will do it. And Rick didn't agree with that behavior, especially when he knew that it was that kind of plan that generally create heroes nemesis.
Just look at Tony Stark. He didn't even had to bomb Killian as a collateral damage. He just leave him on a roof for an entire night, and he became a big villain after that. There was also the Maximoff twins who because a missile created by Stark Industry almost killed them decide not to look for the one who shoot it but directly went to Tony and try to kill him.
Even Natasha had Taskmaster who she almost killed by trying to kill Dreykov later.
In short Rick knew. If he didn't want some super vilain to pop up latter because he bombed the building where his father/mother/cow or whatever was at that time.
But obviously he couldn't tell Hawkeye that kind of excuse. So he give him his second reason : the cruelty of that act. Rick could still kill someone if he knew he was indeed evil, but it was impossible for him to participate in a big indiscriminate killing.
So they both argue like until Black Widow under Hawkeye surprise took Rick parti. But it didn't surprised the latter, because he knew that the reason Natasha took Rick parti was for her sister Yelena.
Speaking of Yelena. After arriving at the 3rd floor where Ramsey was indeed residing, Rick unexpectedly meet that blond assassin who put him in prison.
"While I know that I shouldn't waste my time with you, and your not conscious of your actions. I still want to beat the crap out of you." Said Rick with resentment on his face. On the other side, Yelena didn't even care of his threat but start to communicate on her radio.
"Intruder on the 3rd floor." She said without any fluctuation in her voice. Before focusing on Rick.
"My master want the name of your last client." Hearing the same question from the same person who tortured him again really piss off.
So without answering he immediately shoot air bullet at her through the wrist blasters. But unfortunately, Yelena reaction was fast. Even though she didn't know why Rick pointed his fist at her, she still avoid it just in case. That allowed to lose the round directly. But obviously Rick wasn't going to stop here.
Activating the thrusters on his boots, he 'run' to Yelena who was trying to pull out her gun at speed where she couldn't react fast enough to do it. So before Rick could slammed into her, she dropped to the ground. Missing the electric fist coming at her face.
Then while Rick was drifting to turn his body to face her again, Yelena finally pulled out her gun and immediately fire at him. At the same time, Rick who foresaw it activate his energy shield just in time to block the bullets.
Because the energy shield had a wide range coverage, this time Yelena couldn't escape when Rick slammed at her with his shield and made her fly 5 meters away through the corridor.
Bam
The hit wasn't enough to do real damage to Yelena, but it was enough for Rick to shoot his slowing bullet at her making her unable to escape his next 4 electrical jabs.
"Aaaargh!!!"
Not caring about Yelena cries, Rick still punch her a few more time before releasing her. Even though he new that a single electric punch was enough to destroy the chip inside her, Rick was a vindictive person.
And even though he hit her, he didn't hit too hard. He still had to give Natasha some face. So even if Yelena seems to be in a very bad condition, it was only because of the shock received from the electric punch. But they weren't lethal.
So after glancing at Yelena 'corpse', Rick continued on his way, to Ramsey. On the way, he met more Widows blocking his way. But this time Rick directly open fire with electric bullet or repeating the old trick of the energy shield slamming when they dodges his shoot. Something that was easy to do when they were only one or two, but very hard to do when they were seven in the same corridor.
After electrocuting two Widows, catching one with a grappling hook pulling her to his side to making 2 others fall and slamming the last ones with his shield, Rick finally arrived at door giving to Ramsey.
The door was a typical electronic one, but it wasn't a problem for Rick who casually found the key from one of the comatose Widows.
Opening the door, Rick was expecting too see a 23 years old woman scared in a evil laboratory, but instead, he stumbled upon a bedroom who had a Captain America fan as a resident. As for the scared girl? She was currently threatening with a keyboard.
"D-don't come closer or it will goes on your head! I'm warming you mate, Keyboard keys hurt like hell!"
Seeing a beautiful brunette girl trying to appear intimidating but failing with a keyboard in hand, made Rick unable to react for the first time. So after an awkward silence, he decided to ignore what she said and start the conversation instead.
"Are you Morgan Ramsey?" He ask in the most neutral way he could. Destabilizing the young woman a little after seeing that her threat failed.
"Who the bloody hell is asking?" Asked warily I return.
"Your dangerous inventions hadn't gone unnoticed. Now your only option is to be kill right now, or to come with me if want to live." Rick said still ignoring her. But she instead couldn't ignore what he said.
"Wait, wait wait! I didn't do on purpose! The people her forced me to create those chips! I swear!" She shout in panic, dropping the keyboard at the same time. Rick almost broke out of his character because of her pitiful face, but fortunately he held on.
He didn't want to stay 20 minutes here with her to convince her that he was a good guy, and following him will grant her freedom. So, just play the bad guy and didn't talk nonsense with her.
"Will you follow me? Or die here?" Continue to push Rick by threatening her with his hidden blade.
"I will follow! Don't kill me!"
"Were are the files on those chips and their back up?" Rick ask after remembering his second mission.
"I have a back up in my Hard Drive. I don't know about other back-ups but most of the files are collected to the -2 level."
"Go get your hard-drive and then let's go."
After Nodding like a chicken, Ramsey start to search through her desk while Rick was contacting his teammates.
"Black Widow. Apparently what we are looking for is on the -2 floor. But I'm afraid that it's heavily guarded, so be careful." he informed while keeping an eye at Ramsey.
{Understood.}
After that brief communication, Hawkeye on the ground floor, contact them to tell them that the enemy reinforcement were coming. Which prompt Rick to urge Morgan to run after she found the hard-drive.
Before leaving the 3rd level Rick picked up the comatose Yelena with him. Because he remembered that even today incident, she would still be controlled later by her mother biochemical pheromone thing. So to avoid that, he picked her up.
The journey to the roof was faster than Rick had to do the reverse due to Hawkeye clearing the path earlier. Even though they almost fall because of some tremors they felt coming from underground at some point.
After reaching the roof, Rick wanted to shoot his grappling hook to farther building, unfortunately a helicopter was hovering around the building. And in it, heavily armed Widows.
After seeing that, Rick immediately came back to the door leading inside. A wise move because after seeing him the Widows immediately open fire on his little group. Fortunately Rick react in time, which protected them from the cannons. But while their where safe from the shot of the Widows outside for now, it also mean that they no longer had any way to escape.
"Hawkeye, I need your help. There's a helicopter outise with cannons. And while there's only one of them for now, I'm pretty it wouldn't be the only one in a few minutes."
{Don't worry we're coming. Black Widow finished her business.} Replied Hawkeye before Rick heard some cries coming from the comms.
In all honesty, Rick wanted to try to destroy that helicopter, but he didn't want to risk losing Ramsey. Who know if she would escape after she leave his sight? So to be safe he had to wait for the two spies to do the job in his stead.
Fortunately, they came quickly. Even though they weren't in their top form. Especially Natasha who look like she just escape from the aftermath of an explosion.
'Which is quite possibly what happened. The earthquake from earlier should be a big explosion that happen underground.
"How is it going?" Asked Hawkeye after seeing Rick with his alpha goggles on his nose.
"I there's a new helicopter coming. I need you to take them down."
"That's it? I thought it would be something more difficult." He said before opening the door with his bow ready.
Fieeew
Then before the Widows could fire, their pilot already had an arrow that broke the window and pierce her heart.
Seeing the plane losing control, one the Widows wanted to replace the pilot to regain the control, but it was already to late.
Bang Boom
The helicopter hit one side of the building, took fireand crashed on the ground.
But it wasn't over, this time Hawkeye directly took a bomb arrow and literally explode the second helicopter in mid-flight.
While impressed, they weren't safe. So Rick took the lead and shoot his grappling hook to the farest building near the populated area.
Just before using the cable, Black Widow and Hawkeye finally noticed the extra body in Rick arm.
"Who's that?" Asked Hawkeye frowning. Natasha on the other hand was shocked after seeing the face of the knock out Widow.
"She's the one who drag me to jail. I'm taking her with me so she can receive the same treatment." Said Rick with an evil smile. Not wanting to know more about it, Hawkeye shook his head and pick up the grappling hook.
After he slide away, Ramsey, under Rick coercion follow after. Then it was Natasha's turn, but strangely she stayed to face Rick. She wanted to say something and have a showdown with him, but at the last second, she chicken out and took the grappling hook.
Seeing that made Rick a bit disappointed, but knowing that it couldn't be that easy, he let it go and pick up the zip line to join others.
Because they already planed their escape route. After an hour of running they finally escaped from the enemy after returning to the factory.
[Congratulation Rick you have completed the Main Mission 'Dreykov fall' (3). You've been rewarded with :
Experience points (You level up)
1500GC
Mystery box ×3.]
And it wasn't after handcuffing Yelena that they finally start to explain to Ramsey who they were. It was honestly a huge relief for her to learn that they weren't people who kidnapped her for her talent.
Even though the Red Room rewarded her with her favorite things every time she complete her missions. On the other hand, they punished her heavily if it wasn't done. They even make her understand that if she didn't show enough value, they would kill her.
So under the pressure of death, while Ramsey indeed show her genius to her full potential, it took quite a toll on her mental. Which explain why after confirming that the trio didn't want to harm her, she almost slept on the spot, before Rick lead her to the control room where she could sleep without worry.
Rick and his friends on the other hand were still busy with finalizing their last mission:
[Main Mission 'Dreykov fall' (4/4) final mission unlocked: Stopped Dreykov and destroy the Red Room.]