Rather boring

"Now, who is next, and be quick about it, before I start choosing people" said Romanoff as he did not have time for people who were afraid, they should have considered themselves lucky, they had bulletproof vests, back in his day, the only sort of protect from a bullet that they received was nothing but a pillow, which actually did not do much at all, but that test was to put hair on their backs, and make them tough the way that they are now.

"Tick, tock, tick, tock, time is ticking" said Romanoff as he made a sound like a clock, which did nothing but make the rest of them feel uneasy, it was nothing but madness to even dare voluntarily walk into being shot.

"5…4…3…2…" said Romanoff as he counted down, but before he could reach one, he was surprised when he saw another hand raise up.

"I will go next Commander" said Rodion as he raised his hand.

"Ahh, how nice of you, go and stand where Kira stood" said Romanoff as Rodion nodded his head and he stand there.

"Did it hurt?" asked Tatiana as she whispered in Kira's ear.

"Not so much, if you don't think about it, then it won't be that bad" said Kira as she whispered back and Tatiana nodded her head.

"You see, it's not all that bad, just testing if you really deserve to be here or not" said Romanoff as he took another shot and the bullet hit Rodion as Rodion sighed in relief.

"There, now, who is next? And please be quick about it, we only have a few hours" said Romanoff as the others all looked at each other.

"Ahh Nikolai, how generous of you" said Romanoff as Nikolai raised his hand.

"Go on then" said Romanoff as Nikolai nodded and he walked to where Rodion had just left.

"I, 2, 3, 5" said Romanoff as he caught Nikolai off guard as he pulled the trigger and the bullet hit Nikolai.

"I do apologize Nikolai, but this is getting rather boring, next" said Romanoff as the others wondered how Romanoff could be like this, as if shooting people was fun to him, that made them reluctant to go next, sure Kira, Rodion and Nikolai all looked fine, but it was still crazy.

"Round and round we all go in a circle, if you force my hand to choose, then it might just be you" said Romanoff as he smiled and Vicki raised her hand.

"Better, go on Vicki" said Romanoff as he smiled.

"Take heart" said Romanoff as he took the shot and Vicki almost screamed but she held it in as she felt a pain in her chest.

"Open your eyes now" said Romanoff as he loaded his gun again, it was so far, so good, no cowards yet.

"Next" said Romanoff as he waited for the next person as Alexi raised his hand.

"Let us get this over with" said Romanoff as Alexi stood where Vicki stood as Romanoff did not waste time as he pulled the trigger and Alexi closed his eyes as he felt the impact of the bullet.

"Alright, next" said Romanoff.

They all went one after the other until finally, only Tatiana and Natasha were left.

"It's only the two of you left, who is going first?" asked Romanoff as he looked at Tatiana and Natasha, Natasha was not going anywhere, she found this all crazy, why did they have to prove their loyalty with something as dangerous as getting shot, regardless of if they had bulletproof vests or not.

"I will go first" said Tatiana as she did not waste anytime as she walked to the spot and she stood still as she was scared, she did not want to get shot at all, it did not sound good at all.

"At the count of three, I will pull the trigger" said Romanoff as he could sense Tatiana was uneasy, and he admired her bravery, Tatiana nodded her head as that made her feel better, at least she would know when to expect the bullet.

"1…" said Romanoff slowly as Tatiana kept her eyes closed.

"2… 8" said Romanoff as he pulled the trigger and Tatiana was taken off guard, he skipped three.

"And that Is all" said Romanoff as the reason he did not count to three was because he knew that Tatiana would only become even more scared if she was expecting it.

"Alright, only one person left, Natasha, your turn" said Romanoff as he looked at Natasha and Natasha did not make an attempt to move at all.

"Natasha, you are next" said Romanoff once again.

"This is crazy" said Natasha as she shook her head.

"Excuse me?" asked Romanoff.

"This is crazy" said Natasha once again as everyone looked at her and Romanoff narrowed his eye at her.

"Clear to elaborate?" asked Romanoff.

"Standing in line to get shot is nothing safe at all" said Natasha, there was no way that she was going to let herself get shot not at all.

"You have the bulletproof vest" said Romanoff.

"That's not enough, anything can go wrong, what if you miss and accidentally shoot the wrong area?" asked Natasha as she was just making up an excuse, she was not going to get shot.

"I never miss" said Romanoff.

"How can you be so sure?" asked Natasha as Romanoff scoffed, she was causing a scene, the only reason that she had stayed this long refuting him was because he knew her personally.

"All your other team mates have already gone their turn, now it is yours, there have been no casualties" said Romanoff as Natasha did not know what other excuse to try to make up.

"Don't waste my time, or the time of everyone else here" said Romanoff.

"Go, stand in your spot, just like everyone else" said Romanoff as his voice sounded like there was no room for refusal at all, Natasha sighed internally as she walked to where everyone else had stood.

"Better" said Romanoff as he scoffed and he shook his head, he was annoyed.

Natasha closed her eyes as she tried to calm herself down, but she just could not, she was so scared.

She did not want to get shot not at all, she had gotten shot twice in her last life before she died, and those were horrible memories and feelings to her, sure she had not gotten shot once in this life that she was in, but the fear was still there, the pain was still fresh in her mind, and she was scared.

It may have been true that she had been in many situations when she could have gotten shot, but that was different, those times, she had people covering her, now she did not, she was not armed, and forced to stand while someone shot her, it was traumatizing.

"Stop moving Natasha" said Romanoff as he could sense that she was fidgeting, she might not have been moving too much, but the little movements were still there, and if she kept on moving like that, it could cause the bullet to actually hurt her.

"You heard me" said Romanoff as Natasha opened her eyes and she stopped as she sighed.

"You know what" said Romanoff as he was not going to allow this nonsense play out, with the way she was acting, she would end up making him hurt her.

"Shoot yourself" said Romanoff as he took out the other bullets from the gun and he only left one as he walked to where Natasha was standing as he handed her the gun.

"Since you don't trust me enough, just like everyone else did, then shoot yourself, to show your loyalty" said Romanoff as he looked at Natasha with nothing but coldness as she looked at the gun in her hand, this was unbelievable, now he was telling her to shoot herself?? How did that make things any better? It was still horrible; she would not be able to do it.

Natasha knew that at this proximity there was no way that the bulletproof vest would prevent anything If she shot herself.

"Go on Natasha, shoot yourself, we are all waiting" said Romanoff as Natasha looked at him, he was crazy.

"Shoot the gun Natasha, shoot it" said Romanoff as he was getting impatient.

"Fine, I will help you" said Romanoff as he held Natasha hand, he adjusted her gun on the grip as he moved her hand to point the gun to her chest, directly to her heart.

"Pull the trigger Natasha" said Romanoff as he placed Natasha's finger on the trigger as everything happen so quickly as Natasha could not believe what was happening right now, she did not move a muscle, no, not one, she would not dare, she was frozen in fear, her finger was right on the trigger, any quick movement could affect it.

"Pull it Natasha" said Romanoff as he did not raise his voice, but his voice sounded cold and angry.

Romanoff gently pushed Natasha's finger on the trigger, slowly as Natasha felt like crying.

"Do it" said Romanoff.

"I can't" said Natasha as she shouted out loud as Romanoff scoffed and he took the gun away from her.