Fire in the Kitchen
19:25
The second the sun had set, Bullseye awoke. When he got up from the bed, he heard a chorus of laughter from the other room. Stomping in there, he watched as the mutants enjoyed a poker game. Logan, the dealer, was smoking a huge cigar and screaming at Kwannon and Wade who passed a bottle of liquor. Pietro was surrounded by towers of chips and Namor was in the corner gripping the table with sharp white knuckles. “What are you guys doing? There’s a time limit to killing a group of people. They could have coalesced and figured out how to counter by now.”
Logan raised a middle finger at him saying, “shut the fuck up! We’re having fun.”
Pietro calmly added, “we already killed almost half our targets in like 4 hours. We still have 28 hours for our time limit. Relax. Have some food.”
Bullseye’s stomach did grumble due to so much healing done in his sleep. He ate the meal they left on the counter and then demanded, “we must go. It is night now so at least two of our targets are active now.”
“It’s really nighttime? Then it’s my turn, innit? I haven’t gotten a kill yet,” Kwannon said.
“Sick, I’ll tag along so me and Ben can kill the Jew,” Wade said.
“Alright be back quick,” Logan said.
Namor then suddenly shattered the table and jumped at Logan. “You have been adjusting the cards!” Logan growled as he caught the merman and they began wrestling on the ground. Pietro raised his thumbs to Kwannon. Kwannon now dawned a purple unitard with boots (going with her purple hair that has been purple the whole time). On the back of her suit was a yellow ‘VI’. Psylocke, Deadpool, and Bullseye climbed to the top of the hotel and then jumped the rooftops to travel through the sleepless city.
20:00
So now we are in Hell’s Kitchen. Matt’s apartment is in the Gotham West complex, an apartment building with some businesses at the bottom including a Target. In HK, the buildings are all red brick and there is a slight mist perhaps from the harbor. On the corner of 50th and 10th was a very tall apartment building that the assailants found themselves on the roof of. This building is the tallest in HK and has golden bricks.
Bullseye now said, “remember, Daredevil can sense us coming because we have bad intent. Mysterio discovered that Spider-Man can sense danger towards himself while the Owl discovered the Devil has a sense for evil so sneak attacking him is useless.
Then Psylocke took out a bullhorn that was also attached to large speakers. She started screaming “DAREDEVIL, COME OUT YOU BLIMEY SCUM!” Deadpool took out a spotlight and shined it into the sky. It was a red light with a double d symbol. “This will get him”.
Bullseye was very confused, “Deadpool, I already explained the summoning ritual to you. This is just stupid.”
Six blocks away, Foggy noticed the signal from the window. Matt could already hear Kwannon shouting for the devil. “Obviously it’s a trap,” Foggy said over the sleeping Karen.
“Yeah but I have to go. It’s a feminine voice so not the same assassins we have been seeing all day.”
“Well good luck.”
Ten blocks away at the Stark Tower, the heroes there also noticed the beacon. After thinking about who should go, they decided on their own team of 4: Spider-Man, Blackbolt, Black Widow and Hawkeye who would supposedly join with Daredevil. Frank was just entirely against
Hundreds of feet in the air, Frenchie and Marc noticed the beacon. Frenchie closed in allowing the Moon Knight to depart from the plane and glide to the building. Moon Knight is dressed in a silver bodysuit with a black crescent on his chest. This includes white gloves and white boots. He also wears a giant white cloak that forms a hood over his head and is shaped like a crescent when he needs to glide. To cover his face, he wraps thin linen over his face. Powered by the Kemetic God of the Moon and God of Fighting, Khonshu, he is also empowered by the moon’s light. So his physical stats were boosted by tonight’s half moon. Regularly, Marc could lift 300 pounds and with this 50% boost, he could lift 450 pounds. But then Khonshu reminded his Moon Knight that, “with the half moon, if these super mercenaries kill you, you will only be revived tomorrow night with half your life energy. Half your life span. It would be better to fight them tomorrow when the moon is much more gibbous.”
“But Khonshu, who knows how many other heroes will die then? I cannot not protect the daytime like Spider-Man nor the whole Underworld like Daredevil could. I will fight now!”
“Hmm, maybe we’ll do the summoning thing,” Psylocke said.
“No way, it’s best for us to stay up here,” Deadpool said. “We’ll see him from any direction he tries to come from.”
“Oh!” said Bullseye, realizing the vantage point, “I see. We should face each other to notice if he sneaks from behind.” So they did.
From across the street, Blackbolt shook off his passengers. Spider-Man quickly grabbed the two agents as he swung from the high apartment building. Blackbolt took a deep breath and then fired, “Sonic Bazooka”. This was a massive sound wave which knocked the three unknowing assassins off the building and into the air. Blackbolt quickly flew around the building and then brought back his right fist. Punching the air with a sonic boom, he fired “Sonic Mortar” at Deadpool, sending him back through the building and spinning into the air at great speeds. “That is for you,” Blackbolt screamed at Spider-Man. The bug and the agents started chasing Deadpool’s body. Midair, Bullseye noticed the sonic warrior and threw a boomerang in a curve. Blackbolt landed on the wall of an apartment on 51st. “Sonic Rocket”, then he zoomed like a dart tackling into Psylocke until they crashed into the American Red Cross building on 49th. The two fell into a dark storage room. Blackbolt finally let go of Psylocke as she had stabbed him with her psionic knives. His blood spread into the air as she fell into a tower of boxes. Blackbolt landed on top of an aisle of supplies. Still in the air, Bullseye was about to die but he prepared to land on his right side. Then came Moon Knight sailing in the air with a drop kick to Bullseye’s abdomen. MK backflipped off of this and then was hit by the boomerang on his forehead. On top of HK high school, Daredevil caught MK and Bullseye landed safely on his right. Deadpool finally landed on the rooftops of 48th. “Whew boy, that sucked for us.”
We are at least three blocks apart, thought Psylocke as she crawled out of her box pile. This was the sound superhero, Pietro was supposed to fight him. Where is Daredevil?
Laying in pain, Bullseye stared at the devil. They ambushed us because they had the time to figure us out. Now I have to fight the two main targets alone and she’s just going to get vaporized by Blackbolt.
“Thanks Daredevil. I almost lost my life in that fall.”
“I’ve seen you lose it before. Let’s make Bullseye taste gravel.”
Blackbolt sat up staring at the now disorganized pile of boxes. She must have left that mess by now.
“Ring ring, pick up the phone you fucking Maximoff,” Deadpool said into his phone.
Black Widow and Hawkeye landed on the neighboring rooftops. Spider-Man landed on the same rooftop saying, “so far so good. You!”
Deadpool turned around saying, “the red and blue bug, here of all places!”
“I found you, faker!”
“Faker? I think you’re the faker around here. You’re comparing yourself to me? Hah, you’re not even good enough to be my fake.”
“I’ll make you eat those words!”
“I’m not even hungry!”
The agents glanced at each other. Deadpool and Spider-Man got closer to each other. They looked up and down and started turning in a circle. Then they both threw a punch that clashed. They lowered their fists and got close. Deadpool said, “you think you’re smart, stealing my costume and bits? I’ve been doing this for five years!”
“Well you have big balls attacking my city, Deadpool. Were you drunk when making that name or did Xbox suggest it to you?”
“No fair, I can’t get drunk!”
“Me either! Wait, I’m of age, of course I can drink.”
“Well it’s in your name. Man.”
“Right.”
“There would be nothing holding you back from drinking unless you were a child. Big difference between 18 and 21 in this country.”
“….Sobriety! I’m sober!” BW facepalmed. Hawkeye yawned and started to aim his arrow.
Then they narrowed their eyes on each other. They karate chopped, leg sweeped, and uppercutted each other simultaneously. They bounced off the ground screaming, “funny pun about your stupid personality! Brutal quip about your dumb powers! Extra-contextual reference not relating to the current situation! Flirting with the devil!” and then they headbutted each other. With the head butt, they pushed against each other. DP then said, “you might copy everything I’m going to do but that won’t help you since I will copy everything you’re going to do! Strange, isn’t it?” Spider-Man then slipped out of the way allowing DP to facepalm. Spider-Man then concluded, “but I’m not as stupid as you.”
“Sonic Magnum” is a super thick series of sonic waves which eviscerated the pile of boxes and the supplies in them. Blackbolt watched as the debris sprayed the dark room. Then he was shocked to feel a knife penetrate through his back and chest. He looked down expecting to see a blade of some kind but, being that he isn’t psychic, he could not see the psionic knife. Blackbolt elbowed Psylocke behind him and then jumped into the air. He glided back down holding out an arm that decked her as he flew by. Psylocke stood on her feet once more. Blackbolt landed at the end of the aisle. She charged with her arms spread. It looks like she’s holding swords. Blackbolt held out an arm holding the thumb against his middle finger. He slightly blew air until she reached his range for “Sonic Grenade” which exploded air like a bomb right next to her ear. She ignored this but slowed in her advance. Blackbolt then attacked with a simple roundhouse kick sending her to the floor. Psylocke leapt in the air with her arms surrounding him. “PK Cancer” She closed her arms, nearly snapping him if he didn’t Rocket into the air. Psylcoke landed and rolled away from his dive bomb. Psylocke held her blades to her forehead like they were bull horns. “PK Taurus” she charged, leaving two slashes across his chest. Then she turned around with a wide swing that he bent backwards under. He opened his mouth blasting her with a “Sonic Shotgun”. Psylocke was pushed off the aisle and hit the wall. She jumped out in a spiral slashing through the air, “PK Virgo”. Blackbolt caught both her arms and then kicked her in the guts causing her to spill room service all over his boots. Blackbolt turned her around and leapt into the air. Flipping backwards, they crashed into the shelves below.
Using his left arm, Bullseye bounced 15 shotgun shells off the ground at his two opponents. Some exploded into shrapnel but Daredevil leaped over all of this while Moon Knight guarded himself. Bullseye threw several poison darts against the approaching devil who expertly dodged them. As always, it’s like you can predict where I’m shooting from. Bullseye dropped a grenade and jumped back but Daredevil used his billy club to knock it in the air. It exploded above them in a bright light. Bullseye caught Daredevil’s first punch but then the Devil punched his right side. DD then grabbed the right arm and flipped him onto the ground. That’s not his arm! Bullseye jumped off his back and turned around tossing a baseball that did hit the devil’s nose on mark. Bullseye caught the baseball on the rebound. The Devil closed in again and they started trading punches with DD professionally weaving between hooks and straights in order to land his own.
“You almost died to watch him fight?” Khonshu asked MK. MK growled at him and then charged from the other side.
Bullseye noticed his second opponent and he swerved to the right nearing the street. He then equipped a yo-yo on both hands. He showed them off by swinging them around.” You take the left,” DD said to MK. They attacked! Now Bullseye punched awkwardly, relying on his metal yo-yo’s to land damage instead. Outnumbered, he still suffered from his assailants. I can still barely hit the Devil but at least Moon Knight is taking brutal hits. Finally, Bullseye took a gut punch from DD and decided to use it’s momentum to fall off the school. Using his yo-yo, he swung into a window breaking into the empty school. The heroes followed from the same window but instantly lost him. “Follow me,” Daredevil commanded.
Spider-Man used a string of webbing to snatch the phone out of Deadpool’s hand. “Who are you calling in the middle of a fight?”
“Uh my mom dude, she’s totally worried about me.”
Spider-Man tossed the phone to BW. “Fight me for real.”
“Oh sure, let me just,” DP equipped himself with one katana and one pistol. He started firing at Spider who leapt into the air. Hawkeye fired his arrow which hit the ground releasing a net at DP’s feet electrocuting him. From above, Spider pulled DP up and then slammed him down, “Spider Takedown!” DP slashed his chest causing Spider to back off and then DP threw his sword at Hawkeye who flipped over it shooting an exploding arrow at the merc. DP flew into another building’s roof. He stood up only to be caught by BW’s leg trap. “Oh I’ve always wanted to do this,” he said before she punched his head three times and then bent backwards to slam him on the ground, “Widowmaker!”. “Yeah I can see why Sebastian appreciates it,” DP said standing back up. She swept him with her legs but in his fall, DP fired at her knee and then stomped on her head. Spider-Man immediately dragged him back across and bicycle kicked him before Hawkeye fired a multi arrow into DP. DP took out his other katana and slashed off these arrows with a demanding growl. He fired at Hawkeye who zigzagged as he turned his bow into a staff. “That’s why they call it a bowstaff!” He then suffered a heavy combo from Hawkeye until he cut the staff in half. Hawkeye was unabated and hit DP a few more times but then DP swerved under one and jumped hitting his skull against Hawkeye’s chin. “Getsuga…” DP raised his sword against an unguarding Hawkeye, “TENSHO” and he brought it down, cutting the agent clean in half. Spider-Man cocooned DP one second too late. With his arms and legs wrapped by web, DP fell face first with a long “noooooooo.”
Blackbolt stood up as Psylocke rolled away from him. She donned her blades again and then dashed at him. She acted as if she threw one of her knives–because they are psionic, they cannot separate from her body–and Blackbolt tried to catch an invisible blade midair. Smirking Psylocke then slashed at his unguarded waist. She kicked his face and then punched him into the next aisle. Rocket! They crashed into the apartment building across the street. Blackbolt sat over her and started delivering a string of punches. Tanking all of this, she stabbed into his chest and then threw him off of her. She rose off the floor and looked over at the shocked couple. “Shut up,” she said, quickly passing by them and inducing comas.
Blackbolt rested on the floor for a second feeling his wounds. This is the most damage I have ever taken. I’m not even at my limit yet. Despite the evolution, if I use too many sonic attacks, it can rupture my body. I’m at the point that I can’t use my ultimate anymore from so many weaker attacks. It would obliterate her if she gave me a minute to breathe. Blackbolt rose to see her standing a couple feet away. She rested her hands on her side as if she was a samurai about to unsheathe her katana. Blackbolt then felt a giant cut open across his chest and she was suddenly behind him. “PK Lion”. A quick draw attack!? What is her superpower? Blackbolt turned around kicking the air at sonic speeds, “Sonic Catapult”. This blasted her out of the apartment and back on 49th street. Blackbolt choked on some blood. I must finish this in one minute.
There isn’t much hope in hiding against the Devil, I know this well enough. But if I give another minute for this arm to heal, it’s superior strength will throw things beyond his reaction.
Deadpool, still wrapped up, turned onto his back. He then spotted Spider-Man pouncing on him with a readied punch. The bug punched DP into the bar below and into the ground there. “Crazy situation,” he said as the bartender and drinkers spied on him.
“Wait, that’s Deadpool,” one patron recognized. The crowd started screaming and ran out. Several started calling the police in tandem.
“A Russian dude in a rhinoceros outfit crushes our car and nobody bats an eye. Me, a regular dude, drops in a bar and the whole world loses its mind! Societyyyyyyy!”
“Barton,” BW exclaimed. She felt her blasted knee that Spider-Man had patched with webbing. It was not a fix in the slightest but she could carefully walk. She called Masters as the bug dove into the building.
“Deadpool. Now, you’ll answer for your crimes.”
“I’m Canadian. The only crime I commit is exchanging my good smelling money when visiting foreign countries.”
“Be serious. I’m done playing around with you.” Spider-Man readied his right arm.
“Wait wait wait, seriously. I…I don’t think your sense can see this coming.”
Spider-Man looked over at the door to see a blur approach him. Quicksilver delivered a 600 mph drop kick to the hero sending him all of the way to 9th Ave. “Huh, didn’t see that coming.”
“I already said that,” DP said.
“Shut up. I’m celebrating,” Quicksilver said walking over to the bar counter. He started pouring himself multiple drinks in quick succession.
“Hey…I think you need to seriously free me. My sword isn’t doing shit to his web.”
“Well, I am more occupied with the rest of the battlefield.” He finished his drinks and disappeared. DP screamed in anger.
Super Sonic is a mode in which Blackbolt continuously moves at 800 mph. He doesn’t use any sound attacks but physically beats his opponents while borrowing momentum from local sound. The technique only lasts a total of ten minutes but with him so close to his limit, he could only do it for one minute now.
After Blackbolt entered Super Sonic, he raced out onto the street. As much as sound attacks deteriorate his body (air pressure), it was doing the same to Psylocke. Her bones would be much more brittle now and even her advanced healing would take some time dealing with this. So Blackbolt wondered, why is she standing up? She still looks like she’s ready to kill me. Psylocke stood in the middle of the street darting her eyes up, down and around with two knives drawn. She wore a huge smirk. Two seconds have passed.
In the next ten seconds, BB raced for a straight punch on Psylocke but then Quicksilver caught it right in front of her face. He punched BB back and then started pushing him down the street until they hit Pier 88 crashing into the building there. Psylocke shouted, “yes” and made her way over to Deadpool. Quicksilver walked away from the pier and started crossing the busy 12th avenue. Blackbolt raced after him in a zigzag as that is his optimal way to travel in this mode. He struck Quicksilver from behind, knocking him into another building. Quicksilver raced out of the rubble thinking, whoa, he came out of nowhere. How incredibly fast! QS noticed how fast BB was moving as the man headed back down 48th. QS accelerated himself catching up. He’s so fast, I’ll actually have to sprint at my max speed. But QS still found himself just a step behind. Wait, I was supposed to fight this guy!? QS dove grabbing BB’s legs causing them to crash into the cement.
In the next ten seconds, as Blackbolt was tasting the gravel, he was thinking; he can catch up to me so I should defeat him first but I am also able to kill her in a spilt second. I have to knock him away for that time. Blackbolt kicked QS off of him. He turned around for a punch. Blocks away, Daredevil stopped to listen to a chorus of sonic booms. These came from the two speedsters punching each other around the sound barrier. At one moment, they punched each other away and then sonic boomed again at each other causing a second boom when they collided. BB was blasted east high into the air. He noticed Psylocke and Deadpool running up the street to the golden brick building.
I’ll die in twenty seconds but if I get there in 15, I can stop myself and hide for a bit. Entering Super Sonic repeatedly is not something he has ever done. Bravely, he reactivated it and flew down as a lightning bolt. QS was quick on the reaction, already grabbing his partners despite the damage he took. He continued running at this top speed around HK with BB chasing him. He started to enter a runner’s high which he never had before. I can’t be moving even faster but I do feel freer, like I’m flying. He’ll never catch up. Five, four, three, and QS took another turn. BB zagged once more with an outstretched arm. He would cut through Deadpool’s neck and cut across QS’s and PL’s back. Spontaneously, his bones shattered and his guts exploded out of his skin. He bounced off the ground and then off a mailbox making it back to the center of the street. He opened his eyes one last time to see Psylocke spin at him in PK Virgo. Decapitation, stomach sliced open, penis cut short, and ankles cut apart was the order of his death. She crashed on the side of the building and his corpse skidded under a parked car. QS finally skidded to a full stop and collapsed face first. Deadpool sat up and held his head in place. “That was fast, we’re near Bullseye already.” He turned to the high school behind him.
Daredevil and Moon Knight broke into a dark auditorium and the Devil immediately brandished his billy club. From a row below them, Bullseye used his strong arm to throw a grenade that Daredevil was barely able to deflect into the air. It exploded throwing shrapnel on the two but they were well armored. MK then went down the center aisle while DD moved along the back. That was stronger than his usual throws. What happened to the arm that I broke last time? Bullseye jumped out throwing a lasso at MK who cut out of it with his metal crescent. He then threw several of these that Bullseye deflected with his yo-yo. They flew back stabbing into MK’s chest with great speed. “Hit”. Leaping off his right leg, Bullseye appeared above MK and landed a devastating kick to his face. MK flew across the room. Bullseye turned, catching DD’s billy club. He threw it at MK, who sat up, hitting his temple exactly. “Hit”. He turned around and DD hit him with a strong hook punch. Bullseye stumbled a bit back but then striked with his right fist. DD guarded himself but was knocked to the ground. Even with my meditation he knocked me back.
Heaving on the floor, Devil asked, “What is that arm? And your leg?”
“Heh, I know, you’re actually scared Devil. I simply got stronger that’s all,” He dropped a shotgun shell and kicked it into DD’s hand as he guarded his face. It actually pierced the armor. Then Bullseye kicked DD back and swung a yo-yo to the side of his head. DD grabbed this arm and punched with his other but Bullseye caught it. Bullseye then picked up DD throwing him against the stage at the bottom. DD and MK helped each other stand up as Bullseye hid within the seats once more. He started throwing ninja stars from different places in quick repetition.
Psylocke and Deadpool limped into the auditorium. “See them? They took a lot of damage from Blackbolt.”
“And they still came,” Moon Knight said to Daredevil.
“We’ll be stronger tomorrow with Strange if we find him. Let’s just test their skills and find a quick exit.”
“I wanted to capture Bullseye tonight for some questions but I can’t help but agree.”
The two then dashed up the center aisle, still ducking under the ninja stars, to fight the two mutants. MK threw a few crescents first while DD increased the length of his billy club into a staff. Deadpool wielded both his katana deflecting the crescents. “Holy Mary Joseph and Jesus, where’s the fire?” Psylocke activated her psionic knives which DD could feel the presence of. He swung his staff that the two limboed under and then MK leg swept DP. Psylocke closed in on DD who separated his staff into two rods. Not blocking her knives, he hit against her wrist to deflect the swings. “See the blades?” Daredevil asked. MK looked back and narrowed his eyes. “Thought not”.
“Wait what the?” Psylocke asked. She attacked again but was blocked again. “HOW ARE YOU BLOCKING ME?”
Deadpool spun with his blades leaping off the ground. MK avoided this and roundhouse kicked DP. “Agh, your cape blinded me. GROWL!” DP swung several more times which MK avoided like a matador. “Time to up the ante. Gear Second,” DP said stomping the ground. His swings became much quicker, slashing and cutting MK until he jumped into the air when DP took the chance to completely cut the cape. MK kicked him to the ground on his descent. DD then kicked Psylocke against the door behind her. She stopped and extended one arm. DD could feel her create one blade from one side and then another on the other side. She started to spin this. “She’s gonna Darth Maul you,” DP said before getting kicked by MK. “PK Gemini”, she approached with this spinning blade. Bullseye appeared at the bottom of the aisle and tossed something up at the supposedly distracted Daredevil. The Devil lowered his arms to the side as Psylocke approached. He was sensing…not a rock, a bomb! The Devil tackled MK to the side and the grenade exploded in Psylocke’s face. The two mutants were blown into the hallway. Bullseye broke a chair in anger. DD and MK started skipping off the audience seats until they reached the emergency exit at the bottom. Bullseye threw a final grenade at them that DD spin kicked back at him. They were gone!
Outside, on a bench, Quicksilver shook awake. He looked down the street to suddenly see, “THE FUCKING IRON MAN IS HERE!” The Iron Man is a titanium-gold exoskeleton created by Tony Stark. It is painted red and gold. It is a humanoid exoskeleton so no weird tentacles or appendages. The model flying down the street now was the Mark III which has hidden missiles and lasers along with balanced repulsor cannons in the palms of the hands. Repulsor cannons take the concept of air cannons (which trap air and shoot it in a narrow tunnel) replacing the air with super hot plasma. Somehow, the blasts do nothing to melt his own suit. The Mark III is more aerodynamic and the repulsors are at a lower temperature than the previous models.
Quicksilver punched the Iron Man to the ground in instant fashion. Iron Man skidded a bit against the street and then shot into the air again. It turned around scanning Quicksilver who disappeared from sight. From behind, Quicksilver dunked Iron Man across the street. Over at his lab in Stark Tower, Stark looked on the screen in disappointment. “Well Jarvis, we have to fly better before he wrecks my new suit.”
“Yes sir. Deploying Better Flight Protocol now.”
“Oh nice, thanks.”
Daredevil and Moon Knight walked out of an alleyway which Quicksilver noticed. Then he looked to see a plane come down the street. Quicksilver dropped to the floor as DD and MK jumped on it to fly away. “Nothing to do here then,” Stark said and Iron Man flew away.
The team ran outside of the school with Deadpool saying, “that was crazy, they totally wiped our ass with Charmin ultra soft.”
“What are we going to do?? I can’t kill Daredevil,” Psylocke announced.
Quicksilver picked her up with his back, “just kill Moon Knight,” and he raced after the plane which started to ascend. Running up the walls of a building, he was able to leap after it and then use all his strength to throw Psylocke on top of the plane before it was completely out of reach. Frenchie’s plane is quite small and modeled after old propeller planes but with modern technology. So she cut the tail wing off before backflipping to the front as the plane suddenly started to veer off course.
“The woman with the invisible knives, she’s on top of the plane,” Daredevil announced. “She just broke into the cockpit, Moon Knight!”
Frenchie threw off Psylocke and called for Moon Knight who appeared first in the doorway. She leapt on him stabbing her knife deep in his heart. Daredevil then watched as she bite through his neck leaving the carotid arteries free to spill his blood. “SPECTOR,” Frenchie shouted as he grabbed his shotgun. Daredevil ran at Psylocke but she slammed the door shut. Frenchie shot Psylocke’s back and her stomach sprayed the door. Daredevil kicked down the door sending her into the seat. Frenchie aimed at her head, but she pulled eject sending the entire cockpit into the air. The Hudson below them swallowed the plane. Frenchie opened his parachute and looked down at Daredevil and Psylocke who fell into the water. He then watched as Quicksilver dashed across the water and rescued Psylocke. They were gone.
Frenchie made his way to the pier. Matt Murdock never learned how to swim before becoming blind but he made his suit buoyant enough that it could carry him to the surface of water. He was sure to pick up Moon Knight as he naturally floated upwards. He then made it back to shore alright. “Merci pour saving him, monsieur Diable.”
“He’s not too mutilated right? Otherwise, he won’t come back.”
“Oui, we must patch up the neck and he should come back tomorrow night just fine. At half power but just fine.”
“Alright. As I was saying to him, we’ll find Strange and fight them for real tomorrow. If we get all of us heroes gathered, they won’t kill anyone until we decide to fight them.”
Frenchie did the sign of the cross but then said, “can’t help but agree monsieur Diable”.
They patched up the neck with medical supplies Frenchie had on his person. The wound on his chest was also closed. Remembering that Iron Man was around, DD led Frenchie over to Stark Tower where they met the party. Spider-Man was in the corner feeling completely defeated and Natasha was on the couch in tears. Masters was on the balcony pacing and DD could hear him talking to Fury. Stark came out of his bedroom instantly complaining, “Jarvis, I know I told you to let them in but you could have warned me they were carrying a dead body.” Frenchie moved past Stark and placed Moon Knight on the balcony in the light of the moon. “So…the Daredevil. You’re less threatening in person.”
“Your alcoholism does not yet deserve punishment,” Daredevil said, smelling the thick breath behind Stark’s mouth. Stark was taken aback but Daredevil then gave a cheerful smile. “Enjoying the superhero life?” Murdock now reminded himself of a case a year ago in which he defended Stark in being a public superhero. Murdock set the first legal precedent that the government cannot just ascertain superheroes if they are civilians out of their personal freedom. That was before the Punishing of Frank Castle.
“It has it’s perks. Getting potentially killed by Deadpool is one of them.”
“Well thank you for your help. Has anyone seen Doctor Strange yet?”
“He’s flying in tomorrow,” Stark answered. DD stopped moving for a moment. “Yeah complain to his face. The almighty wizard doesn’t seem to think this will affect him. Jarvis can show you to your bedroom down that hallway, if you even sleep.”
“Thank you but I will sleep in Hell.” Daredevil then walked over to Natasha with open arms and she hugged him. Stark was a bit confused and perhaps jealous but he left the room. “You lost someone?”
“My best friend.”
“Sorry. We won’t lose anymore.” Then DD made his over to the bug, “hey kid, you alright?”
“No! It’s all my fault we lost Blackbolt. Frank said we shouldn’t respond but when would we get a better chance?”
“That is a shame but don’t worry. We’ll hit back stronger tomorrow. You had a long day already. Look at the allies you’ve gathered. You did enough.”
“Aw shucks, you’re always too nice to me.”
DD then made it to Frank’s room. Frank fired at him but DD closed the door. He spoke through it, “surprised you didn’t come out tonight.”
“I did. No good shots.”
“…then tomorrow, you can choose the location to hit them the hardest.”
“You’re not afraid I’ll kill, Red?”
“No, you can’t kill them. Bullseye threw a grenade at Deadpool and his lady but they walked it off like nothing. You got something stronger? I plan to just knock them out.”
“….I’ll handle it Red.”
Finally, Daredevil stepped out to talk to Masters. Taskmaster thad ested him before for recon. Taskmaster is the one who realized hurting an innocent person will literally summon Daredevil. “You’re back in town.”
“Me? Oh yeah, well I’m on your team this time. I told you I was a Shield agent, right?”
“Right. So you’re with Natasha hunting down Deadpool?”
“Yup. Wow, she told you her real name. I knew she fell in love with you, but I assumed a devil can’t do the same.”
“Correct. What will Shield do to the mercenaries? Arrest them? Kill them?”
“Capture and arrest. We have a lot of holes Deadpool needs to answer to. Bullseye, your local government can take care of.”
Daredevil took one step closer. “There’s something else you want to say.”
“Damn. You can even read my soul. It’s a secret I didn’t even make Natasha realize yet. One of Deadpool’s partners is self proclaimed King of the Sea Namor, the Sub Mariner. He was a super soldier project by the US in the Vietnamese War to create a perfect marine. He was born with ankle wings but then the US mutated him into a merman making him amphibious. This was known as Weapon V. He’s reportedly five times stronger than Captain America. He disappeared during the war and during the 80’s, Shield thinks he moved to the Caribbean. The Bahamas seemed to have been conquered by an unknown pirate lord and after that, there would be airplane and ship disappearances between the island of Bermuda, Boriken, and the Floridian peninsula.”
“The Bermuda Triangle.”
“That’s what the public calls it. We suspect a superman of the deep took control over that swath of the Atlantic. Namely Namor. Bermuda disappearances stopped four years ago so maybe that’s when he joined Deadpool. Now island nations around the world such as Madripoor will have random assassinations in a similar fashion to the Deadpool assassinations in Japan, Korea, and China. Just less loud.”
“Wait, no mob boss has that many enemies. They would install people that wouldn’t be assassinated. Deadpool and Namor, they aren’t connected to the world of crime.”
“Well now we get into the hypotheticals, Devil. About three years ago, Deadpool became more frequent and political with his assassinations so at that point he must’ve joined a shadow organization along with Namor. Someone on the level of Shield who is independent of any nation.”
“Any suspects besides Shield?”
“Whoa relax Daredevil. There’s three suspects. The British based Hellfire Club which is still mostly criminal. Then there’s the Ten Rings headed by the Mandarin but his enemy is Iron Man, not Danny Rand. He is also very upfront and not shadowy at all. Lastly there’s Weapon Plus, a Canadian agency hellbent on creating more and more superhumans despite the MAD agreement. Shield has argued with them before but they never admitted to control any of their subjects who have the freedom to become superheroes like the Wolverine.”
“Mutually Assured Destruction was signed by the US and others in 1960, before Vietnam. Why did the US go ahead and create Namor?”
“Why do you even know legal history? It’s the same reason the US also continued making nukes, nobody’s going to stop them. They are too strong. But that’s also why you can’t tell the others. The US doesn’t know about Shield’s theories. According to their databases, Namor died in Vietnam. So we’ll also arrest him personally for questioning and then reveal his history at the Hague. Damn Fury’s barking at me like crazy but I’ve seen you take information out of others and I don’t want to fight right now. I’ll confess any truth to a devil.”
“Hehe thanks,” and Daredevil left. When Matt realized other civilians were making up lore around Daredevil, he decided to play into it as it helps in his escapades and it spiritually justifies the character of Daredevil’s actions. Matt returned to his apartment and optimisitcally talked of these all things tonight with Foggy and Karen.
Trish collapsed at her home apartment hoping she will dream up a solution to defeating Jessica’s killer. I still can’t have feelings for him, he killed my sister!
The team of mercenaries traveled back to their apartment via the sewers as they feared Iron Man would obliterate them from orbit if they were on the streets. They showered ate and fell asleep happy to knock another two off the list.
7 dead, 5 remain.
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