Escape from S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Escape from S.H.I.E.L.D. was an emergency evacuation of Alexei Shostakov, Melina Vostokoff, Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova from Ohio after Shostakov stole data from S.H.I.E.L.D. and burned down the North Institute, exposing their cover.
==Background==
General Dreykov, supervisor of the Red Room, had found out that S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists were using the North Institute for their experiments. Dreykov concluded that S.H.I.E.L.D.'s discoveries could benefit the Red Room, so he ordered Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff to Ohio on a covert mission to find and extract the results of their experiments. Shostakov and Vostokoff created a cover of a family, with Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova posing as their daughters, and moved to Ohio.
During their mission, Shostakov and Vostokoff infiltrated the North Institute where S.H.I.E.L.D. was perparating their project. There, they discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists were actually HYDRA covert agents who were working on the Winter Soldier Program. HYDRA scientists managed to deconstruct the human brain and create a blueprint of the mind-controlling program. Shostakov and Vostokoff successfully stole the research data and escaped from the institute.Black Widow
==Escape==
In the wake of the North Institute destruction, S.H.I.E.L.D. found out that data had been stolen and identified Alexei Shostakov and Melina Vostokoff as the culprits. Shostakov informed Vostokoff that their cover was blown and that they needed to leave the country as soon as possible. They took Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova and abandoned their house, driving away to an evacuation point where they hid an airplane.
However, S.H.I.E.L.D. had been following them and sent a group of agents who confronted Shostakov, while Vostokoff was preparing the airplane. Shostakov fought the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with his rifle and super soldier abilities, although Vostokoff was struck by a bullet during the encounter. As a result, Romanoff took over as the pilot with Vostokoff guiding her in order to get the plane in the air. With Shostakov holding onto an air wing, the plane successfully took off and the group fled the United States of America.
==Aftermath==
The group landed the plane in Cuba, where they were approached by Dreykov. Upon landing, Melina Vostokoff was taken away to have her injuries treated while Alexei Shostakov handed over the data to Dreykov. Dreykov then ordered his men to take Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova to the Red Room so that they could undergo the Red Room program and become Black Widows.
With the data stolen from the North Institute, Vostokoff managed to develop a mind control algorithm. In the wake of the Budapest Operation, where Romanoff defected from them and attempted to assassinate Dreykov in the process, he used Vostokoff's research to mind control all remaining Black Widows to ensure that a defection could never happen again.
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