Zach Ward

Red Room (Formerly)

## History

### Early Life

Zach was born on the 4th of Feburary to an unknown family in Omaha, Nebraska. However he does still remember his early life memories. Those memories were of him sitting on his fathers lap while they were riding a tractor on a farm 5 miles northeast of Palmer. He remembered his father returning late from work at Bosselman Truck Plaza and then was employed at Meyer and Eilers Oil.

However at the age of three this had all changed when his family had mysteriously gone on a vacation over to Saint Petersburg, where they had stayed for about a week. On the final day while they were sight seeing he was separated from his family before being knocked out by an unknown member of Department X.

### Wolf Spider Ops Program

When Zach woke up he was handcuffed to a chair and was forced to watch video projections such as Old Time War Movies. however, the videos are full of subliminal messages including "Instill," "Fear," and "Pain," slowly brainwashing the girls. During sleep, all "students" have both their hands handcuffed to the bed frame to prevent attempts of escaping. But this was not just a training center, this was also where they introduced Biochemical Enhancements for its agents and also implanted them with false memories reminiscent of those used by the Weapon Plus Progam. Department X recruited 28 little orphan boys to make them undetectable deep-cover agents to infiltrate China and the West. Zach received a special treatment designed by Melina Vostokova, a biochemist. The Kudrin treatment could make men stay young for many decades, as well as superhumanly healthy and resilient.

#### Graduation Ceremony

The "Graduation Ceremony", which takes place after the agents have successfully passed a series of physical and mental tests, involves the young men being forcefully sterilize, this supposedly makes the Red Room graduates better killers; they never have to experience such weakness as worrying more about a family than their mission. However this didn't work for Zach. Accepting that it didn't work on him Dreykov would then send him on missions to take down different targets, and when Melina, Yelena, and Natasha had betrayed him Dreykov would then send Zach to find them and bring them back in by whatever means necessary.

## Personality

#### In the Red Room

Despite His youth, Zach is smart, professional, resourceful and can think on her feet. It is only when matched against devious, highly experienced operatives with nerves of steel like the Spider that he doesn’t look on top of the game. Lesser opponents will get sheared through. Zach is also a genuine patriot, quite ready to kill and die to defend Russia and America. He’s very eager and emotional about this, and his reflexive attachment to the MotHisland smells a lot like sublimation. He doesn’t talk about his patriotism. His is not the rhetorical, sentimental sort but a strong emotional reflex of not letting anybody hurt Russia and Russians.

#### After the Red Room

Zach is a cynical person with a sarcastic very deadpan sense of humor, With a bit of bent moral compass as Despite this Zach does have a strong sense of right and wrong having no problem with helping people get freed from many different things. Having felt abandoned by her family Zach notably has a strained relationship with others. Despite this Zach still cared and loved them, admitting to Mila Markova that he had loved her. After being freed from the Red Room by Cassandra Volkova and Mila Markova these bonds started to mend as the makeshift friendships came together. Zach also shows a love for animals particularly dogs telling because he had always wanted one.

## Powers and Abilities

### Abilities:

**Peak Human Strength:** Natasha's physical strength is enhanced, enabling his to consistently press lift 500 pounds (226 kilograms).

**Athletic Speed:** Natasha's speed is that of an Olympic athlete, enabling His to run at speeds of 32-36 mph.

**Enhanced Durability:** Natasha's body is enhanced to withstand greater physical injuries than normal humans.  She has also withstood blows from superhumans like Imus Champion,, explosions, and managed to continue fighting after being shot.

**Athletic Reflexes:** Natasha’s reflexes are similar to those of an athlete.

**Athletic Stamina:** Natasha’s stamina is similar to that of an athlete.

**Peak Human Healing:** Dr. Kudrin theoretically stated Natasha's wounds heal five times faster than average human rate.

**Enhanced Immune System:** The Black Widow has been enhanced by biotechnology that has slowed his aging, and augmented His immune system.

**Enhanced Longevity:** The serum extends Natasha's lifespan and youth, resulting in his maintaining the appearance of a woman in His 30's despite being born in 1928.

**Peak Human Endurance:** Natasha exhibits extraordinary levels to physical pain. She once resumed functioning in spite of his undergoing unbearable surgery without anesthesia.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

**Super-Soldier Serum**: The Soviet Union created a program named Wolf Spider Ops. Zach Ward was one of the infant males that received a special treatment designed by a biochemist Dr. Melina Vostokova created the male version of Super-Soldier Serum of the Black Widows to enhance his immune system, lifespan, and physical attributes.

### Weapons

**Spider's Bite:** A high frequency electrostatic charge that also act as percussive energy blasts, that it effects can be felt for at least a month. It can deliver charges up to 30,000 volts. The "Bite" can be set to deliver minor shocks that causes stunning or high voltage currents that can be lethal.