>Cold open with a flashback where Slade and Natasha work for opposing royal families at a kingdom with strife, seducing members of the family each works for and killing members of the other, also fucking during some point
>Slade doesn't mind because he keeps getting new targets as members from either family dies
>Natasha doesn't mind, because as the royals gradually die the people of the land will be royal-free and get democracy as SHIELD wants
>back to present
>Adeline's private organization that works on and off with the government informs Natasha that Slade as a bounty on her and offers to help take him down together
>During many fights, Slade's kids get involved too, as Adeline tries to recruit them against him
>Natasha ends up mentoring them, as she realises their plight (villain heritage, trying to be good), particularly Rose's
>many more fights where Adeline becomes more unhinged in her attempts to take down Slade, endangering her men and Slade's children
>Ends up in a huge 3-way battle Natsha & kids vs Slade & vs Adeline and co
>adeline gets taken down, but even if Slade has the upper hand, he gives up trying to protect the kids from dying
>Slade is taken in court
>As usually, his top power is lawyers/cash, because it can't be proven his deathstroke
>hires Matt, to annoy Natasha, as his attorney,who's forced to represent him because Slade provides proof he's innocent and Matt has to acknowledge that
>Slade goes free
>Adeline remains defeated/disgraced
>Kids get offered a place in SHIELD
>fast forward
>Slade and Natasha meet at a restaurant and eat casually
>Slade insists he never took a hit on her, says it must be forged by Adeline to get Nat to kill him
>Nat acknowledges the possibility, but has a different theory
>Judging by the results, Slade is free, Adeline disgraced, Slade spent time with his kids and now they have a better future, which she knows he wants
>The one who benefited the most was Slade
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