Taskmaster

                                    

                                          
Requested by ROMANOFFWARRIOR, Steve is taskmaster after being forced into it. 
                          
It had only been a few weeks since Natasha had arrived in Russia...to say she had to take care of some shit from her past was an understatement. 
                          
She had been working on shutting down the Red Room and it was far from an easy task. Luckily, she had her family with her. The people who had been there before the Avengers. 
                          
With them helping her, Natasha really thought that they'd be done fighting within a few days and then she'd be able to go join Steve and Sam on the run. 
                          
She had sent Sam a text right before leaving and telling him to keep her updated with the burner phone she always carried and he had, letting her know every few days when they moved to a new place.
                          
Last she had heard they were in Paris. 
                          
She had hoped that maybe she could join them there.
                          
Of course, fate wasn't in her favor and just as she had gotten close to finishing the Red Room, they brought in someone called the Taskmaster. 
                          
He was another super-soldier but he somehow had the ability to watch someone fight once and then use their fighting skill set as though it was his own. 
                          
The first time she had seen him, she had frozen up. He was carrying a shield, and she'd be damned if he didn't look exactly like Steve. They were the same height, the same build, and fought the same...of course, that could have just been his adaptive skills but still. 
                          
She had nearly gotten herself killed because of the slight moment of hesitation. 
                          
After barely escaping the battle with a bloody lip and numerous cuts all over her, Natasha had Yelena tell her everything she knew about him. 
                          
Surprisingly, she had never actually heard of him existing. Just of plans to inject someone with a serum to give him those capabilities. 
                          
"So you think they just did it?" Natasha asked, driving as quickly as she could down the highway to try and get to a safe house. 
                          
Yelena shrugged, "If I had to guess, I'd say this is their last resort. I don't know how they did it though. Last I heard, they needed to inject someone who was already enhanced and even then, the effects would only be temporary."
                          
Natasha frowned, Steve was already enhanced.
                          
"They don't need this guy to last long. They just need him to kill us," she said, not taking her eyes off the road. 
                          
Yelena nodded, "Fair point." 
                          
Natasha suspected Yelena was about to say something sarcastic about her driving but before she got the chance, their car was hit by some sort of grenade and they were flipping, landing off road. 
                          
"Fuck," Natasha whispered, noticing that Yelena was out cold, she grabbed her gun and aimed it out of her broken window.
                          
She looked at the Taskmaster and had to collect herself quickly. He still had that shield. 
                          
He threw it towards Natasha and she quickly rolled out of the car, reaching back to grab the shield before firing a few shots at him. 
                          
The taskmaster pressed some button on his suit and the shield was instantly returned to him, dragging Natasha with it, she loosened her hand just as it reached him and threw a punch at his jaw, landing it enough to loosen his mask. 
                          
"Who are you?" She growled as he grabbed her wrist and pushed her away. 
                          
He stayed silent and threw his shield at Natasha again, this time knocking her backwards a bit.