Ava Orlova never trusted anyone since the Black Widow. Since the quantum enlargement. Since Alexei's death. She would weep every night at the thought of him being gone. Out of her life. She could still remember his hourglass tattoo. The way it shined the dumpling moonlight. She would sketch him in her old, torn sketchbook. His glittering eyes and ruffled hair. The way he'd speak in his russian accent would make her laugh durning  the night. But as she punched the punching bag in the shield training, made her think of the devil. Ivan the Strange. He was the nightmare of Ava's dreams. The man who made life a living hell. Tears began to roll down her pale face just think about Ivan. The man who made Ava who she is today. The Red Widow. The Black Widow's sidekick. But Ava didn't consider Red Widow a sidekick to no one. Red Widow was a symbol to all who was against justice. Ava came back to reality to see her knuckles had turned a bright red. "You should really put some ice on those knuckles" a voice told her from the back of the room. Josh, Ava's friend and S.H.I.E.L.D student, walked toward her. "Ice is for wimps and cowards," Ava responded "only you use ice for minor pains." Josh had been Ava's friend the day she stepped into the academy. Josh was runaway from his own home and L.A but his parents gave up on looking for him. The news considered him dead. Others considered him kidnapped. When SHIELD snagged him they took him as their own. Josh saw it as chance of a life time. "You know orlova you could be a little less more rough sometimes" Josh joked with Ava. "Or I couldn't really care at all" Ava suggested. Ava could only think of one person when it came to Josh. Alex Manor. She could never tell Josh this but she thought he knew it. "Coulson wants in his office" Josh told her. "Since when does Coulson have a office?" Ava asked him laughing at him inside."Lets just say his little corner" Ava exited the room and opened her sketchbook to a sketch of Alexei. If only he had lived.