I am Makayla Romanoff. Also known as the Scarlett Spy. My last name may sound familiar. My twin sister is Natasha Romanoff, but you may know her as the badass redhead avenger named Black Widow. Unlike my fraternal twin, I have light blonde hair and ice-blue eyes. My sister and I are different. She’s light and I’m dark, she’s Ying and I’m Yang, and she’s pretty much perfect, but I-I’m not.

I’m not insecure per se, but I feel that I have a lot to live up to. I mean my sister was a world renowned assassin turned agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. We have little in common though. The only similarities we really share is the fact that our parents died leaving us as orphans, we were both born and raised in Russia, and that we were both brainwashed and trained in the Red Room to become expert spy’s and hand-to-hand combatants. At seven, I was an amazing ballerina. All I wanted in life was to be a prima ballerina, but the Red Room Secret Training Academy noticed something in me and used dance practice as a cover-up.

You may wonder where I got the name Scarlett Spy. They trained me to become an assassin and spy in the Red Room, thus the word spy in my alter ego name. My favorite color is red, specifically scarlet red.

The Red Room taught me so much. Multiple foreign languages, (English, French, Latin, German, Chinese, and Italian. I grew up speaking Russian), all forms of martial arts, assassination techniques,  weaponry training, undercover tactics, among other various skills. Even though the academy taught me many useful skills, they also left me scarred. Literally and figuratively. Sometimes, I wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares about The Red Room because of the brutal and downright abusive training I endured. They also biotechnologically and psycho-technologically enhanced me which provided a rationale for me to have an unusually long and youthful lifespan. Unfortunately, during that process they sterilized me, leaving me unable to bear children.

I love my life, well I did. I used to get such an adrenaline rush when I carried out the perfect assassinations, but now I want something more. I’ve traveled to all seven continents, (Yes, even Antarctica) I’ve met Mafia bosses, and I’ve even assassinated people by request of European royalty. Even doing all these things, it still isn’t even somewhat comparable to things my sister has seen and done. However, I’ve never found love. That is one of the few things Nat and I have in common. I’ve always wanted to have a family of my own. Even though I’m not physically capable of having kids, I still can find love. I’ve never gotten the chance to meet someone, and now that I am looking for something more, I just might.

Natasha joined S.H.I.E.L. D in 2010 and is an agent for them. I followed her actions, and I ended up joining S.H.I.E.L. D in 2012, two weeks before Loki tried to take over Earth.