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Confederacy of Dunces - part 3
Castle’s Base:The naked man whom Punisher rescued is finally awake, though he has completely lost his memory. Punisher dresses and feeds the man, saying that he will look after him. The mystery man asks Castle if he knows anything about him – who he is, or what happened to him. The Punisher knows all of this, but claims to know nothing. Castle gives the man a bowl of stew, and tells him to eat it all up. The man asks what is in the stew, but Punisher refuses to reveal even that. Castle tells him to eat the stew, and that he will return with more in an hour. The man asks why there are so many guns. Punisher replies that there are dangerous men hunting for the man, and that it isn’t safe for him to leave Castle’s home. Punisher thinks that if everything goes to plan, the runt will save his ass.
Lucky’s Bar, outside:Detective Soap is waiting for the bar to open, when three girl scouts approach him trying to sell cookies. Soap offers to buy one box, and the lead girl complains about Soap being cheap. Soap lectures the girl about her bad attitude, and the girl responds by kicking Soap in the crotch. The girls scream that Soap tried to touch them, and beat him up. As the girls run away, Soap feebly shrieks “NYPD!” Soap gets up, only to see Kevin, the jerk bartender standing over him. Kevin mocks Soap, saying that Soap getting beat up by little girls is the funniest thing he’s seen in ages.
Rooftop:Wolverine, Daredevil, and Spider-Man are talking on a rooftop about last night’s events. Wolverine complains that instead of talking to Castle, they should be out hunting him now. Daredevil brushes him off, and asks Spider-Man what happened last night. Spider-Man replies that there isn’t much to say. Castle endangered innocent lives, and once he put them in the line of fire, there wasn’t much they could do. Daredevil tells him that that wasn’t it at all. Daredevil tells Spider-Man that Castle didn’t put anyone in danger. All Castle did was start the fighting amongst the heroes, knowing full well that the heroes would never allow the civilians in the restaurant to come to harm. This is “the key to understanding Frank Castle.”
Wolverine doesn’t get it. Daredevil explains that Castle knew that the heroes would know to take down Logan before anyone got hurt. Wolverine claims that Daredevil’s knockout blow was nothing more than a lucky shot. Daredevil realizes that Castle has a code of ethics which he follows as strictly as they do their own. Spider-Man asks if he thinks that the heroes are innocents. Daredevil responds that “he thinks we’re downright naïve, but the end result is much the same. He doesn’t want to have to kill us. So how far are we willing to push our luck?
Hell’s Kitchen:The Punisher goes for a little walk in Daredevil’s usual patrol, claiming to want to buy some time until his ‘secret weapon’ is ready. He is going to use his ‘old pal’ Tim McKinney to buy the time. Tim McKinney was hopped up on drugs one day four years ago when he threw his girlfriend and her mother off a building. He was sentenced to seven years for manslaughter, but was just released for good behaviour. Castle sticks a .45 in his ribs and takes him outside.
Lucky’s Bar, inside:Kevin, the cocky Irish barkeep, offers some words of advice to Detective Soap. He asks Soap why he has spent 4 straight days drinking in the pub instead of going to work. Soap responds that everyone at the NYPD hates him. Kevin asks him why he thinks everyone loves him here, then. Still, says Kevin, it’s “entertainin’ watchin’ a fella go from useless to sad to pathetic like this… Let me know when yeh reach suicidal – that ought to be good for a laugh. Later.” Soap reaches across the bar and grabs Kevin’s head, snapping it back. “You want a laugh, Kevin?” Soap rips Kevin’s head off. Soap jumps on the bar, asking the head if it has any more wiseass comments to share. Everyone in the bar begins chanting Soap’s name. All of a sudden, Soap’s ex-wife runs in and begs to have him back. Soap replies, “Too late, beeyotch – I’ve already got my hands full with them!” Half a dozen gorgeous lingerie-clad women rush in, begging for him. The women begin moaning his name, as Soap screams “I rule!” over and over again.
Suddenly, Kevin’s voice calls out – “Do you want another drink?!” Soap slouches back into his chair, disappointed that it was all a daydream. “I can’t stand much more of this…”
Punisher ties up Tim McKinney to a post, and pulls a hunting knife. Punisher reasons that this is the kind of thing they call you crazy for – but he needs screams. Screams that are loud enough to wake the Devil. Punisher begins mutilating McKinney, as he howls in pain and fear.
New York Harbor:Daredevil hears screaming. He tells the others that someone is screaming in the Kitchen. Wolverine can’t believe it – it is 50 blocks away. “What’s it gotta do with us? We’re s’posed ta be lookin fer Castle, checkin’ the bastards regular haunts! This ain’t the time fer missions o’ frikkin’ mercy!” Daredevil replies: “Wrong again.” Daredevil and Spider-Man rush towards the sounds, letting Wolverine follow on foot.
Hell’s Kitchen:Punisher cleans up his knife, and tells himself that he has to get into position before all hell breaks loose. The three heroes arrive, finding McKinney’s corpse tied to a post. Daredevil says that the man is gutted, and that there is a note attached to his shirt. Wolverine picks it up, and reads it aloud: “Suckers.” Wolverine tries to understand, as the other two quickly jump off of the building for a reason: Castle is hiding nearby with a rocket launcher. Castle hits Logan in the stomach with a rocket, and Spider-Man rushes to the window where Punisher was hiding. Daredevil warns Spidey to stick together, but it is too late. Logan crumples, useless, as the rocket has vaporized everything below his chest, save for his adamantium skeleton. Logan cries for help, and Spider-Man replies that he’ll be right back. Punisher reveals that he has set a number of pressure pads in the room where Spider-Man is standing. Spidey puts his foot through the floor, and freezes. Castle enters the room, and turns on the light, revealing a room filled with high-powered explosives. Castle asks Spider-Man if he knows what they are, and Spidey understands. Punisher tells him that if he lifts his foot even a fraction, they’ll go off at once. Punisher reasons that Daredevil is the one who worries him the most – the least formidable, but the most dangerous. Punisher last beat Daredevil with an ultrasonic gun, and reasons that he can do it again, as soon as Daredevil shows himself. Before Castle can react, though, Murdock’s hand smashes through the wall and breaks Castle’s wrist. Daredevil calls him a “bastard,” and proceeds to lay a severe beating on him.
After finally throwing Castle to the ground, Daredevil demands that he get up. Castle thinks to himself that this was not one of his better ideas…


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Confederacy of Dunces - part 4
Hell’s Kitchen (Clinton):The Punisher tackles Daredevil through a window at the top of a building, sending both men over a fire escape. Daredevil grabs the railing with one hand to catch himself, and Punisher reacts by grabbing Daredevil’s other arm, and uses Daredevil as a human swing, swinging himself over the railing on the floor below. By doing this, Punisher dislocates both of Daredevil’s shoulders. As Daredevil crumples to the floor, Punisher mocks him. Daredevil screams that he’s gone too far this time for trying to kill Wolverine. Punisher informs Daredevil that you can’t kill the rodent: no matter how much you hurt him, he just “grows the meat back.” Punisher warns him to let this go, since chasing Punisher lets the “real” criminals do their thing scot-free. Daredevil responds that they will put an end to the butcher-work of Castle, and see to it that he is locked away for life. Punisher tells him that it will all be on Daredevil’s head, and leaves.Meanwhile, on the next rooftop, Wolverine is screaming for help. His body is still smoldering away from the rocket blast. Spider-Man is still frozen in fear, as he is standing on a trigger for a room full of explosives. Daredevil walks in, injured, and tells Spider-Man to get off of the pad. Spider-Man is shocked by the suggestion. Daredevil replies that Castle would never kill an innocent, so either the mines have no explosive in them, or the trap isn’t wired together. Spider-Man replies that he isn’t going to throw away his life on a bit of half-assed armchair psychology. Daredevil responds, “Peter. Please. Just lift your foot off the detonator NOW. Or I swear to God I’ll kick you off it.” Spider-Man winces, and finally rips his foot out of the floorboards where he was standing. He slumps, embarrassed, and tells Daredevil to write this out of the official history.Punisher’s Warehouse:Punisher, with his face now stitched and taped up in several places, returns home, where the scrawny man is waiting. The man tells him that the stew he’s been eating tastes funny. Punisher asks him how stew is supposed to taste, to which the man replies that he doesn’t know, since he’s lost his memory. Punisher asks how he knows it tastes funny, then, and goes to get him more stew. Punisher reckons that the man isn’t expecting anything, which is good. The other heroes will need time to rest and heal after the beating they took, after which the “goofball” will be ready to go…Hell’s Kitchen (Clinton) / Matt Murdock’s Apartment:Spider-Man asks Daredevil if he is ready. Daredevil nods, and Spider-Man snaps his arm back into place. After some screaming, Spider-Man asks how it is, and Daredevil smugly replies that it isn’t dislocated anymore. As Spider-Man comments on the décor, Daredevil goes to check on Wolverine. He is still missing most of his body, but his organs have knit back together. Wolverine is passed out after drinking to ease the pain. Daredevil says that they should get some painkillers into him, and braces for Spider-Man to set his other shoulder.Lucky’s Bar / Bathroom:Kevin walks into the bathroom, looking for Soap. Soap has been in there for three hours, and Kevin seems worried. Looking into a stall, Kevin sees Soap with his revolver in his own mouth, looking to commit suicide. Kevin screams out for Soap not to do it. Soap pulls the gun out, and asks why Kevin doesn’t want him to kill himself. Kevin replies: “Well, not in here I don’t, we’ll have to clean all the brains an’ skull an’ crap off the ceilin’! Go HOME and do it, yeh stupid little eejit…” Soap is shocked, and asks Kevin to repeat himself. Kevin asks if he is deaf, and tells him to go home and kill himself. Soap responds by putting the gun to Kevin’s head. Soap screams at Kevin telling him that he always has a lot to say, and that when he comes in feeling like crap, he can always count on Kevin to make things worse, laughing his ass off the whole time. As Kevin begs for mercy, claiming that Soap is a cop, Soap lowers the gun, and agrees. Kevin asks Soap where he is going, and Soap replies that he is Lieutenant Martin Soap, N.Y.P.D., and that he is going to do his job.One Week Later – Punisher’s Warehouse:Punisher makes a phone call on a pay phone to Nelson and Murdock, telling Matt that he knows that he’s Daredevil. Punisher tells him that this was the quickest way to get a message out, and says that he’ll be in Red Hook at pier 39, right where he ran over ‘the rodent’ with a steamroller. Spacker Dave watches intently as Punisher makes his call. After Punisher hangs up, Matt Murdock trashes his office in frustration.Inside the warehouse, the scrawny man is complaining that he can’t go to the bathroom. He hopes that it isn’t time for more stew. Punisher responds that it’s time to quit whining and remember what he does, an shoves him off the chair. Punisher proceeds to beat the man, who is screaming that he doesn’t know what is happening. Punisher tells him that he KNOWS who he is. Finally, after being hit repeatedly, the man cries “Oh God…” and tells Punisher to run. Punisher kicks him again, and asks: “Why? What are YOU going to do to me… bitch?” The man’s face turns green as he gets angrier.Warehouse / Red Hook:The three heroes meet again, ready for Punisher. They square off in the open, as Wolverine tells him that Punisher is at the end of the “highway o’ hate.” Punisher responds by telling him “…if there ever was a man who needed an off-switch. Final warning: forget about this.” Daredevil responds: “You might as well tell us to stop breathing. Do your worst.” Punisher tells him “It’s not my worst you have to worry about,” and dives into the sewers. Spider-Man and Wolverine lunge forward to stop him, but they hear some loud screaming coming close, and all three of them shudder as…“HULK SMASH!”Punisher smiles a little, thinking that some people never learn.


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Punishment: Chapter 2
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well – John Milton.
In an abandoned section of the subway in Japan, Daken tastes the blood on the ground and remarks that it’s stale. It’s the blood of an old man too dumb to know he’s already dead. Running at full speed, Daken calls out and asks Frank if he’s out there. Is he hiding in the dark? Desperately searching that dusty brain for some angle to get his revenge? To salvage some shred of dignity?
Calling Frank an ineffectual gaffer, Daken tells him that it better be something good because he’s coming for him. Does he hear him? He’s coming to kill him all over again! In all his time hunting, what did he ever change? Stop some cocaine, bury some thug? Just a long, rambling path leading to him, to what he gave him. It’s fate, here he comes again, but this time to give him something. He saw what’s in his chest. How kind of him to bring him that blood…
At that moment, Daken leaps off a nearby ledge and into a fake floor filled underneath with sharpened poles. Piercing himself on the poles, Daken curses and yammers to Frank that he killed him and he’ll do it again. Standing over him, Frank tells him “Didn’t kill me, boy.” He was just the gun he used to shoot himself. But he’s feeling much better now. With that, Frank tosses a grenade into the pit with Daken.
Walking away from the explosion, Frank makes his way over towards an assault rifle he placed earlier up against the wall. He states that if he recalls, Daken is a quick healer. They’ll have to see if he can grow a new head. As Daken begins to pull himself up out of the pit, Frank grabs his head in pain. Henry Russo calls him on his radio and points out to him that his heart rate is going wild. What the hell is going on down there? Dropping the rifle, Frank leaves that section of the subway. Finally pulling himself out of the pit, a beaten and burnt Daken looks around and asks Frank where he scampered off to. Stumbling down the corridor, Daken states that’s good. Give him a chase, make him earn… Just then, Daken unknowingly trips a wire and a car on chains slams into him at full force.
As Frank runs down the corridor, Henry tells him that he needs to listen to him, focus, and calm down. He needs to take more pills. Frank tells him the attacks, brain… c-closer… unpredic-predic-table… Henry tells him to focus on his voice. Everything is going to be ok. With that Bloodstone in his chest, this crap’ll eventually end. He’ll heal. It’s just a matter of time. But he maybe shouldn’t be on the revenge tip ‘till it does. When Frank falls to the ground with a thud, Henry tells him one thing at a time and to get another pill. Get a pill and get up and get out of there. He’s lost contact with Daken. He’s assuming he’s past the Buick.
While Frank takes the pills, Henry points out to him that his readings are all over the board. It’s time for him to get the hell out of there. This can wait. This can wait ‘till he’s in shape to do it. Feeling the effects of the pills, Frank informs Henry that’s not today’s headline. He couldn’t leave if he wanted to. They lock in and focus, get military. Geek’s seen the Bloodstone. Henry asks is he sure? He knew what it was? Frank answers he knew so he’s gonna kill the son of a bitch. Now, he can help him or he can shut his damned hole and close the line. Henry tells him okay, he hears him. His head is in the game. Before he fully commits, there’s something else. Something he imagines is going to complicate matters. A minute ago he picked up a single broadcast from a private jet. The sole passenger is listed as…
Before Henry can finish his sentence, Frank is attacked by Daken who slices his rifle in half. Slicing Frank’s right ear off, Daken asks him who he’s chatting with. No fair getting help. Jamming his claws into Frank’s chest, Daken says he was a gun he used. Ha! What a goof he is. Seeing the Bloodstone in his chest, Daken mentions to Frank so this is what’s keeping him alive. How’d he get it? Doesn’t matter, it’s his now. Rearing back in order to finish off Frank, Daken tells him to quit squirming. They already had this dance. They know how it ends.
After he jams his claws into Frank’s neck, Frank grabs Daken’s arm with his left hand and his neck with his right. Folding him in half backwards, Frank tells him it’s a new song, a new dance. Slamming Daken into a nearby wall, Frank tells him to follow his lead. He’s got the pretty mullet hair, so he can play the lady. He then tells him don’t get frustrated, he’ll pick up the moves as they go. With that, Frank kicks Daken in the gut which sends him flying through four walls and onto the subway tracks with scared on-lookers nearby.
Finally making his way towards the active subway tracks, Frank tells Daken to c’mon back. The lesson ain’t over mullet. He paid for the full hour. He plans to give him what he got… When Frank doesn’t see Daken lying on the ground, he stops his thought process. As soon as he does, Daken descends on him from behind and tells him that he changed the music. It’s a new song he’s been dying to play him. Slicing the nozzles and the energy pack from off of Frank’s back, Daken tells him it’s cut the chump’s power supply. After he does so, Frank falls forward in a heap on the subway tracks. Daken asks what he thinks. He answers to himself that “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it, Dick.”
Leaping down onto the tracks, Daken turns Frank over and points out to him that he’s dead again. He wasted his second chance on a repeat. But he’s not complaining, seeing as how he brought him such a thoughtful gift (the Bloodstone). Frank remarks that if he likes that, he’ll get a jolt outta this. Once he grabs hold of the active subway tracks, the electricity courses through Frank’s body and as a result, sends Daken flying. Hearing a subway train coming down the track, Frank gets out of the way at the last second but Daken isn’t so lucky. After he gets hit by the train, Daken picks himself up off the ground and leers at the train driver. He thinks to himself that one civil servant’s havin’ a lucky day. He has no idea how lucky.
Running out of the train station, Daken remarks that he has to buy some time, heal up. Castle’s close behind. All he needs is just a couple of minutes. His pheromones aren’t working on Frank – dead man’s olfactory. He needs a couple of minutes to rethink his approach. Reaching a nearby construction site, he notices that his rotator cuff is demolished and that his right arm is totally dead. Just a couple minutes, shattered collarbone, his lungs are full of blood.
Climbing an unfinished building, he says he needs a couple of minutes to get it together, to get back into it, whatever it takes to get that stone. He then notices that his breathing has returned, his lungs are repelling blood – good. His arm is regaining mobility – good. Couple more minutes now. Trust in this. A natural and fated cycle – he kills Castle, someone gives him the Bloodstone, the lumbering git turns and delivers it to him. As if he knew, a divine memo from the god of Armageddon that it’s time for him to execute the old man. He’s a gift-bearing angel resurrected and sent down to him – straight from black heaven.
Just then, Frank swings in on a construction cable and kicks Daken in a face as he rests against a beam. As he lands on Daken and slams his body through six floors, Frank thinks to himself that he remembers a rainy rooftop. He remembers dying. He remembers Daken’s face, running that mouth, that ego. He doesn’t yap as much this time. The spinal trauma after being jammed his body into the steel beams cuts down the banter. Pulling out his guns, Frank notices that Daken is still struggling. Tenacious cockroach. Cockroaches are hardy. They’ll survive for days, even without a head - odd instinct for dragging out the inevitable. One big long death rattle as the body runs dry. Serves him, let ‘em squirm. Give ‘em the impression there’s still hope.
Freeing himself from the beams, Daken leaps at Frank. As Frank unloads his gun into Daken, Daken is able to continue on and eventually kicks Frank in the face. When he does, he knocks Frank into a cart of construction tools. As he lands, Frank thinks to himself that hope is where he eats. Hope is filet mignon. He’ll let Daken have just enough to imagine a victory. Then you take it away. He adds that he likes his filet mignon rare. With that, Daken leaps at Frank to finish him off but is met by a circular saw which takes him out of commission.
Standing, Frank tells Daken ouch and asks that his life is flashing before his eyes, right? All his joy, all his regrets, things he’d do different if he had the chance. Be he wishes he could go back to 1995 and tell himself not to get that idiot tattoo. He wouldn’t worry too much about it now. Grabbing Daken by the hair, Frank drags him over to a foundation of wet cement. Holding him over his head, Frank tells him that by the time that healing factor of his kicks in he’ll be embedded in four hundred feet of solid concrete. With some hard work and patience, he might make it out. He’ll probably suffocate though.
Before Frank can toss Daken into the wet cement, he is stopped in his tracks when Wolverine arrives on the scene and stabs Frank through his back and out of his chest. As he does, he remarks that the kid’s a knucklehead but he can’t have him killin’ his boy.


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Punishment: Chapter 4
Lying on the ground in a heap, Franken-Castle thinks to himself that the brain swells after severe injury. Swelling strangles off blood supply. Vision blurs, words don’t make sense. But that sound; it registers. Seeing Daken take the Bloodstone, shove it into his chest, and laugh while he does it, Frank can hear him choking on his own laughter. Self-satisfied – the wrong guy made right. He needs to kill him. Turn that laughing sound to choking, gargling, begging. But the world goes drunk and the kid has his ace card.
Just then, the Tokyo police force arrives behind Daken and orders him to raise his hands slowly and drop to his knees. Calling him a dirtbag, they add that he has five seconds to comply. Holding up his pointer finger to them, Daken tells them to give him a sec. After punching Frank in the face, he proceeds to leap at the policemen and begins to take them out with ease. As he does, he asks them if this is what they were in such a hurry to experience. He tells the others to pay attention and run for their damned lives.
Just then, Daken’s attention is caught by a flood of light behind him. When he turns around, he is immediately hit by a truck driven by Frank, who proceeds to slam it and Daken into a nearby bus. As Frank gets out of the wrecked truck, Henry Russo informs him that he’s got every cop on the area en route. This is out of control. He has to get out of there, leave it to the costumes to deal with. Frank tells him no. This is his mess. At that moment, Frank is surrounded by cops, who order him to get on the ground now. Frank calls them idiots and tells them to get the hell away from there.
No sooner does Henry let Frank know that Daken’s moving, does he emerge from the wreckage and tosses the bus door at the cops. After taking four of them out in one shot, Daken exclaims “holy damn” and asks Frank if he saw that. Did he see all the pig cops he’s making him beat down? Frank responds by firing his weapon at Daken but it is to no avail. Leaping at Frank, Daken tells him that he’s just getting started.
Slashing Frank across the chest, he adds all because Frankie wanted revenge. Picking up Frank and tossing him into a nearby S.W.A.T. vehicle with full force, Daken remarks full disclosure – cops don’t mean a thing to him. If they were bus drivers, fry cooks, or crap-mopping janitors he might feel some kind of remorse. But cops? They’re just small niggling men with inferiority complexes struggling to gain some foothold, some control, over the rest of them.
Pulling a cop from his car, Daken states that he likes to watch their faces as he cripples them, as he irreversibly hobble their lives. Does he know what he sees in their eyes? No brave hero, no proud and noble champion – just remorse at their terrible choice. With that, Daken unmercifully punches the cop in his face. After he does so, he tells Frank that it’s not too different from what he’s seeing painted across his stitched up gob.
Rushing towards him, Frank calls him a son of a bitch. Dodging him easily, Daken tells Frank that he’s a dusty old turd from an entitled generation doesn’t know when to shuffle off to the old folk’s home. Just then, Daken tosses Frank into a neon sign on a nearby building. As it crashes to the ground, burying Frank underneath, Henry sits in utter and absolute shock. Dragging Frank out from underneath the rubble, Daken tells him that it’s not his fault. He’s a victim of ego. All those years, people cowering before his reputation. But that’s all it is – reputation, perception. In reality, he’s a hack. An aging B-list starlet, desperately pole dancing. Anything to feel like he’s still in the show. A sad ego pleading for relevancy. Same ego went and pointed his sniper rifle on a man fantastically out of his league.
Slamming him up against a wall, Daken calls Frank a faltering geezer and asks him if he feels significant now. He should have stuck to gangsters. Greasy Italian stereotypes, drug barons, turf wars, corrupt politicians; but it was too small fry for the ego. All just overcompensation for a profound inferiority complex born of one abject failure – he couldn’t protect his family. With that, Daken jams his claws into Frank’s chest. Just then, the police open up fire and proceed to shoot Daken. As they do, Daken leaves Frank lying and heads off into an alley. Looking at a number of spores emitting from his body, Daken wonders “what the hell?!”
Seeing a nearby exposed power-line, Frank knows that he has to get to it and recharge. All he has to do is move a few more feet. A second chance to put that mad dog down. He’s his responsibility now, just a few more feet. He gave him the Bloodstone, gave him the power to do real damage. Just a few more feet, he doesn’t get to die. Not till he sets it right, he doesn’t get to…
After Frank collapses inches away from the power line, he looks up when a voice tells him that he’s outta his damn head if he thinks he’s getting’ out this easy. Once he drags Frank to the power line which recharges him, Wolverine tells him to get it together. He brought the kid this Bloodstone, he’s gonna help him deal with him. Standing up, Frank angrily tells Wolverine that he dealt with him until he stuck his nose in and gummed up the works. Wolverine tells him that he can’t have him killin’ his boy, other ways to… Cutting him off, Frank calls Wolverine a delusional mutant freak. His boy is a ruthless, blood-soaked monster. How far’s he gotta go before he does something? The cur’s gotta be put down and he knows it. After hearing Frank’s words, Wolverine peers at him but says nothing.
As a helicopter flies through the Tokyo skies, the pilot informs command that there is no sign of their target but he must still be on the street. Command recommends him to keep his eyes peeled, he could be anywhere. Just then, Daken appears out of nowhere and lands on their helicopter. With wild eyes, he tells him that if they like the breathin’ part of their day, he’d recommend jumping. After the pilot and his passenger evacuate the chopper, Daken exclaims “I’m comin’ pops. Comin’ home to pay you back in full. Comin’ to get what he’s owed!”
At that moment, Frank and Wolverine descend on the chopper. As they do, Wolverine informs his son that he’s gonna get it. Crashing through the chopper’s window, Wolverine tells Daken that the stone’s driven him over the edge. He’s gotta give the damned thing up. Kicking Wolverine in the chest and knocking him out of the chopper, Daken tells him that once he kills him, he’ll consider it. Pointing his rifle at Daken’s head, Frank tells him that it looks like his old man can’t protect his family either. Before he can fire his weapon, Daken purposely crashes the chopper into a nearby building resulting in a fiery crash.
Once on the ground, Daken emerges from the wreckage. When he does, Frank point his rifle at his forehead and tells him all that big talk back there, what a failure he is. Daken asks him that he got to him, didn’t he. Frank says it’s funny is all, coming from him. Daken asks it’s funny from him, why’s that? Frank says he’s a reputation coattail rider, dressed up like someone else, lecturing him about overcompensation. He built his own reputation, ground up. Him? He snuck into the show on another man’s back. He’s just a poser.
Enraged, Daken leaps at Frank, slices his rifle in half, and tells him to shut up. Pulling the pin out of a grenade, Frank says that’s it, nice ‘n’ close. Jamming his claws into Frank’s chest, Daken angrily asks that he’s a fraud? What the hell does that make him? He killed him! Slamming the grenade into Daken’s chest, Frank tells him to let him return the favor. At that moment, the grenade explodes and Daken flies backwards. Once he does, the spores emit from his body and covers the rooftop enveloping both Frank and Daken.
Seeing the carnage from above, another chopper asks command if they are picking this up, he’s never seen anything like it. He then requests permission to open fire but it is denied. An American Avenger is on sight to resolve. Making his way over to the injured Frank, Wolverine asks him what the hell he just did. Frank informs him the Bloodstone’s a healing relic. He saw the scar tumors growin’ when he shot his bastard kid. *koff* Figured the Bloodstone *koff* plus his family healing factor added up to overactive immune system. He tells Wolverine that his idiot kid gave himself super lupus. He just gave it something to work on. Wolverine remarks so get the stone out of him, he might survive.
Making his way over towards Daken, Wolverine tells him that he can’t know what a disappointment he is. After Daken retorts “likewise,” Wolverine jams his fist into his son’s chest and pulls the Bloodstone out of him. Peering at it and returning to Frank, he tells him that he figures he’s gonna regret this. Frank tells him probably. Putting the Bloodstone back into Frank’s chest, Wolverine tells him that his boy killed him. Maybe him savin’ him will even the score. Frank tells him the score ain’t with him. Wolverine adds that he’s right about the kid, he’s rotten hearted. But he can’t kill him. After Frank says he can, Wolverine tells him yeah, but he can’t let him.
As Frank sits up, Wolverine tells him that he reckons he knows what a father’s love will bring him to. Healing, Frank informs him that he won’t stop till he’s dead. He wants him breathing, he better keep him locked away someplace. Wolverine tells him he plans to. When he turns around, Wolverine sees that Daken has freed himself. He informs Frank that the kid’s gone and tells him to get his satellite hacker on the line. When he hears no response, Wolverine turns around and finds that Frank has left too. Leaping off the building, Wolverine remarks “right…”


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All For One
The four “heroes” (Doom, Ravage, Spider-Man and the Punisher) are attacked by the Berserkers, genetically engineered warriors of very limited intelligence. While they are fighting, Doom explains to them how they can save Valhalla. Ravage and Doom will go to the anti-grav chamber and use one of Doom’s devices to stabilize the city. Doom reveals that he knows the Punisher’s civilian identity, but when he wants to explain to Spider-Man and Punisher what they should do, a hologram of Avatarr appears and laughs at Doom’s “team“. Ravage attacks the hologram, giving Doom the opportunity to scramble Avatarr’s transmission.
Doom wants to know what weapons the Punisher has with him. The Punisher, in turn, shows him his complete arsenal. Their plan is as follows: Spider-Man and the Punisher will go after the Aesir and try and stop them. Meanwhile, Ravage and Doom will try to fix the generators. The action starts when Heimdall and Baldur show up and attack the heroes. The Punisher thinks to himself how his brother was named Baldur and how these false gods are on the same side as the man who killed Jake Gallow‘s girlfriend. Punisher notices that the battle isn’t going too well, so he takes out a plasma gas cannon. However, the Jake Gallows identity within him tries to convince him not to murder the Aesir, since he was brought up as a Thorist. Punisher is now in a daze, mentally fighting with his alternate personality. Spider-Man notices this and acts quickly; he hits him and the Punisher snaps out of it. The Punisher is back to his old self and shoots both gods, killing them instantly.
In the generator room, Ravage and Doom succeed in repairing the anti-grav system, but Thor enters and destroys the generators. He was following Avatarr’s orders. Somehow Thor passes Spider-Man and the Punisher on his way out. Doom shouts at the Punisher telling him that he should take Thor’s hammer and throw it into the vortex to reboot the city’s power.
At the same time, the Punisher recognizes Thor as his reverend Cecil McAdam. He tells the reverend that he’s really Jake Gallows, which confuses him. While Thor is distracted Spider-Man hits him in the back, providing the Punisher with the chance to grab his hammer and reboot Valhalla. An explosion occurs and Thor is blown away.
Avatarr reappears and angrily shows the Punisher a hologram of how he is going to be killed with his own molecular disintegrator. Spider-Man and the Punisher can do nothing to stop Doom from claiming Valhalla and they watch as he makes off with the floating city.


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On The Track Of Unknown Animals
Sitting impatiently in their hideout, Microchip worries where the Punisher is. Micro reminds himself that the Punisher wanted this job done, but he can’t do it alone. On that very moment, a badly injured Punisher enters the hideout, and states that he needs Micro’s help!
As Frank goes to sit on a chair, Micro wants to take a wild guess: Frank got injured while taking down a crack den and passed on the way back. The Punisher denies that. He stopped a street gang from breaking into a warehouse. Micro wonders if Frank ever thought about calling the cops for help. He notices that Frank’s arm is torn pretty bad.
He mentions to Frank that he’s got to take a break every once in a while, or else he’ll be done for. Microchip believes that Frank’s obsession has gotten out of hand. He believes that, pretty soon, Frank won’t be able to stand seeing a litterbug without pumping some 9MM rounds in his direction. Micro knows that he has been after Frank to relax for months now, and he thinks he has come up with the perfect solution.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Texas, a billionaire views his big game trophy room with pride. It is filled with numerous stuffed animals he has paid others to kill. The room is almost filled, that is. One empty plaque awaits its trophy head. And in the heart of the African Congo, virtually fearless Pygmy hunters flee in terror! Terror of a huge Saurian shadow crashing through the jungle.
Elsewhere, in Madripoor…The island is situated in Southeast Asia, and also home to a mutant the world thinks is dead. Wolverine takes a look at the customers at the bar, and notices how quiet things are tonight. It’s almost a pleasure to be bored. Almost.
He notices someone leaving, and realizes he has never seen the guy before. Logan takes a look at the guy’s coat, which is made entirely out of cheetah skin, and a cheetah is the rarest of the big cats. Logan doesn’t think the guy got that coat in a legal way, so he follows the guy outside. He sees the guy is heading towards a nearby truck, which smells like dead animals, probably full of skins. Wolverine heard of a big ring of international poachers specializing in endangered species, who kill the last of living treasures just for the big bucks. He thinks it’s time for him to teach the guy a career change.
Logan walks over to the guy, and asks him where he got that coat. The guy laughs, and mocks at Logan’s height, and jokes that he doesn’t deal with Neanderthals like him. Logan angrily pulls the guy out of his truck and slams him against his door window, thinking it’s fine to do it the guy’s way. Logan demands that the guy tells him who’s killing these animals and why they are in Madripoor, and where those guys are heading. The guy slips a knife out of his sleeve, and sticks it through Logan’s chest! Nevertheless, Logan survives, thanks to his healing factor, and angrily snikts out his claws.
He demonstrates that his claws can cut through anything, including the window of the guy’s truck. The guy tells Logan to take it easy, and explains that he’s just a transporter. He picked up the load at the airport, and the plane came from Pointe-Noir in the Congo. He was hired by a Congolese military guy named Major Kinami. The guy is to wait in this bar between eight and ten until a party will come to him, a party who’ll recognize him by the coat he’s wearing and they’ll pay him cash. The payer is the one who will distribute the animals throughout Asia. The down payment was this coat, and the guy admits he thought it looked cool, and he doesn’t know squat about rare animals.
Logan holds his claws close to the guy’s throat, mentioning to the guy that he now knows all about rare animals, doesn’t he? Logan orders the men to strip his shorts, which he does, and to run away as fast as a cheetah, since this is not the nice part of Madripoor. Logan checks out the back of the truck, and notices skins and parts of over a hundred dead animals – and another king cheetah pelt. These two might have been the last ones.
The stench is too much for Logan’s heightened senses to handle. He thinks that having indestructible bones don’t help if a blade slices between them. It will take a couple of hours for his healing factor to mend the wound. He starts the truck, thinking he’ll park this vehicle back at the bar and have one of the employees wear the coat each night until they nail the distributor. Meanwhile, he’ll return the cheetah pelt to Africa and pay a visit to Major Kinami.
Elsewhere…Microchip puts some bandages around the Punisher’s wounds. Micro believes that Frank has to take a break from the war, or else he’ll be the one who’ll end up dead. He proposes a vacation of some sorts. A trip where Frank can get away, satisfy his need for action, and use his skills without killing anyone, or getting killed. Micro explains that an old associate of his, Professor Richard Wyeth, is heading up an African expedition in search of a reported Sauropod dinosaur. Frank looks uncertain, but Micro warns Frank not to give him that look. Micro further explains that there are 55,000 square miles in the Likouala swamps, which are part of the Congo basin. It’s the only place on Earth where climate has remained unchanged for 65 million years, before the end of the dinosaur age.
Frank doesn’t believe that. Microchip adds that, if there really are any dinosaurs left roaming the surface of the Earth, they’ll be in the largely unexplored rainforests and swamps of said region. Frank still doesn’t believe it. Microchip adds that there are lots of native tales supporting the dinosaurs’ existence. Frank doesn’t believe that those stories mean anything. Microchip knows that February through June is the dry season in Africa, tough to boat around but it’s easier to spot a water-loving creature in smaller bodies of water. Frank totally agrees with that.
Micro puts the last bandage on, and cruelly makes it a little tight, hurting Frank a bit. Wyeth asked Microchip a recommendation of a survivalist expert with jungle expertise to act as a security, hunter and bearer. Frank doesn’t want to hear anything more about it. He’ll take the job already! Microchip is glad to hear that, because he took the liberty of forging a passport and papers for Frank.
The apartment of the Deli Owner’s in the Punisher’s safe house building…The Deli owner’s family is preparing dinner. His son smiles that he’s almost done, thanks to his superior knife techniques. His daughter smiles that there’s no time to practice, since now that the landlord’s efforts to evict them through harassment are over, thanks to Daredevil’s watchful eye. And, also thanks to Daredevil, they are going to be involved in a big, legal battle. She fears that their arts may suffer more for lack of training.
The Deli owner comes out of his bedroom, and greets the kids. He explains that his meditation kept being interrupted by strange visions. He saw a big-clawed jungle cat hunting a gorilla. He goes to sit on a table and notices carrot sticks, and picks one up to eat it. Anyhow, next thing he knew, he saw a pack of gorilla’s tear into the cat. He had also an overwhelming urge for Lone Star beer. The strangest thing is that the deli owner has never seen that kind of beer before. He wants to know if they’ve got enough money for affaires down south.
Later, in Africa Punisher’s War Journal: Frank’s plane approaches the small airstrip below, which is cut out of the Congolese jungle near the village of Impfondo. Microchip’s documents for Frank to use mention the name of Charles Fort, which will be the Punisher’s alias for the “vacation.” For some reason, Micro thought that he was humorous. Frank knows that he’s here to “take a break” from his war against all criminals, which stands for payback for the murder of his entire family.
In addition to Professor Wyeth and Frank himself, the expedition Frank is now on includes Wyeth’s wife, and they got married six months ago. Microchip has never even met Wyeth’s wife. This country is a former French colony. Recently, the Russians have head a healthy hand in the area. Lots of Congolese kids go to Cuba for higher education.
The plane lands, and everyone steps out of it. Wyeth and his wife get welcomed by Father Murray, who is glad to finally have Wyeth here. Wyeth thanks the Father for the kind words, and introduces him to the man standing next to him. That is Lieutenant Bokenga, the head of Congolese military security for their expedition. His wife Norma is followed by Corporal Ebambe, who is also of Congolese security. Kurt Reader, their geomorphology and paleontology expert, is next and Bill Lim, is an anxious young man who is already unloading their anthropologist and entomologist. Chuck Fort is their jungle survival expert and hunter.
Father Murray finds this fantastic, and can’t wait to introduce the team to the Pygmy guides he has arranged for them. Their chief is Victor Obiang. Behind him is Jacques Tsolo. The young one is called Jean N’Dosa, who picked up some English from the Father. Later, Frank watches how things proceed. The natives line up for the aspirin, fungicides and so on he and his new friends deliver. Their relief is something worthy to see. The Professor seems like a good guy. Frank wouldn’t expect much else from an old buddy of Microchip. He’s still trying to size up the operation members. Corporal Ebambe seems more interested in trying to impress the local young women with his uniform than anything else. One of the natives asks Frank if he knows the jungle. He replies that he doesn’t know this particular one.
The expedition goes on for a while, and Frank struggles to get his hammock up. As one of the natives tries to help him out, a panicking mother comes begging for help, as her child was bitten by the black mamba! She wants to know where Father Murray is. Frank saw him leaving and promises to go take care of it. Frank finds an anti-venom and injects the kid with it. It should do the job, at least, if they aren’t too late for it. Half an hour later, the crisis is over. Frank can feel little Jean’s eyes on him through the window. The mother thanks Frank for the help, and he smiles.
As night falls, thousands of fruit bats make a racket too loud to sleep in. The ultra-sonic mosquito repellent seems to attract them. And that’s followed by a torrential downpour. After the rain, Frank gets engulfed in a seemingly endless cloud of tiny moths. He finds his heart racing. Not with the emotions of the war, but with wonder at nature’s play around him.
In the next morning, the expedition team begins their trek. They’re headed towards a village by a river that leads to lake Tele, which is the site of the latest mokele-mbembe sightings. The Pygmies stop often and wait for the rest of the expedition team to catch up with them. This continues even after Victor, Jacques and Jean take on the burden of most of the expedition packs. Pound for pound, pygmies may be the toughest people on Earth. Their intimate knowledge of their surroundings serves the expedition team well. They cut sections of a specific vine containing a sweet watery liquid, which is a nice break from the medicated canteen water.
It’s decided to bring a couple of deer with them to the village as a friendly gesture. Jacques’ crossbow shot hits its mark but spooks the rest. Frank manages to shoot another deer. Jacques is impressed by Frank’s skills, but claims that his gun makes too much noise.
Suddenly, Frank notices a black mamba near Jacques’ legs, and shoots it! Jacques is stunned, and thanks Frank for saving his life. Frank smiles that he couldn’t let his cheering session get aced. Suddenly, another black mamba appears, but one of the natives appears and kills it with a poisonous dart. He explains to Frank that, whenever one black mamba appears, another is nearby lurking. Frank shakes hands with the native, and promises he’ll remember that. Soon, the expedition team reaches the village where they’ll seek information on mokele-mbembe and barter for dugout canoes. Their gifts of medicine and food to the villagers create a friendly atmosphere.
Wyeth shows the natives a book of animal silhouettes to see if they recognize them. It’s to test if the natives are honest. Even the animal life forms such as the bear and moose are included in the book. Time after time, the natives pass by the non-indigenous silhouettes. Time after time, they point out the mokele-mbembe. One of the native women claims that she has seen one when she was still a little girl. The team finds out that the beast sometimes inhabits deep pools of water that connect to the river. The expedition team’s excitement is interrupted by a couple trying to sell gorilla skulls. The Professor refuses to buy them, as he doesn’t want to condone the killing of those great apes. Western science says that gorillas don’t inhabit region, but the natives claim that there are plenty of gorilla’s there.
The expedition team decides to split the group in three teams. Norma is interested in finding the gorillas. The corporal volunteers to provide protection. Chief Victor assigns Jean as their guide. Reader, Lim and Jacques will search for interesting geological formations and rare insects. Professor Wyeth himself, the Chief and Frank take a dugout to check out some pools with sonar.
Meanwhile, at the San Antonio Airport…The Deli owner arrives at the airport. He looks around, thinking that these strong visuals he has been having are unusual. He thinks it’s time to let them get in and have some direction. He decides to take a deep breath and to relax. After he does so, he notices a beer, an envelope, and a table on which the description of “Butler Ranch” can be read.
Africa…Wyeth finds something moving under the water, and the creature is about 16 feet long and moving 12 feet down! He wonders if it could be the one they are after. Frank wants to dive into the water to find out, but Wyeth holds him back, claiming it’s too late as they already lost the creature. Frank believes it must have swum through the channel they can see and moved back into the river.
Elsewhere in the jungle, the Pygmy guide informs Norma that about 1000 meters is where a family group of great apes is supposed to be. Norma admits to Jean that she and her friend are both very thirsty and ask if he can bring them some water vines. Jean leaves, and Norma tells the corporal that they are about ten yards from the river. Ebambe smiles, thinking that’s perfect. A while later, they find the apes sitting together in a circle, and the corporal shoots them all!
40 minutes later…Jean returns with the water, and notices that neither Norma or the corporal seem to notice him. He looks at the corporal, and notices that he’s washing blood off his hands! Jean thinks it’s best for him to wait until the corporal is done and pretend he didn’t see anything. But, he does want to ask the chief about this later.
After the corporal is done, Jean hands the water over to Norma, who finds it ironic that they are near a river and can’t even drink the water, because they can’t know if it’s clean or not. Jean walks away after handing over the water, and Norma lies that they didn’t see any apes and thinks they should go and try to find some more. She notices how strange Jean is acting and believes the boy knows what happened. Jean wonders why Norma lies to him, because he smelled the apes along the way.
Two hours later, back at the village…The other expedition team members have already returned and patiently wait for Jean, Norma and the corporal to return. Suddenly, everyone can hear cries for help. The corporal holds an injured Norma in his arms and meets up with the professor. They both claim that, on the way back, they were attacked by wild gorillas and took Jean. Frank and the Chief immediately leave to go find Jean.
Frank notices that they are already losing light and that it’s tough to make out track details. The Chief notices that a battle occurred though, but not between apes. He believes that the boy got dragged in the direction to the right. They find Jean’s badly injured body hanging in a tree. Frank goes after him, noticing he is still breathing. He takes him out of the tree but, after that, he notices that the cut in Jean’s throat is too deep, and Jean dies. Frank notices how Jean pointed with his finger before he died. Before he can tell the chief about it, the chief takes off to bring Jean back home, alone. Frank promises that someone will die for this.
Elsewhere in the jungle…Wolverine runs through the jungle. He recalls that Pointe-Noire was productive, but he admits that tracking the poachers through the bushes is more his style. He’s using the pelt of the poacher’s victim for bush camouflage. He remembers that Major Kinami spilled the info on the poaching ring operation within the Congo military. He knows that in orders for the soldiers to be picked up, that location is marked by a red flag in a treetop. As Logan cuts his way through some tall grass, he remembers that, before his “early retirement” the major informed Logan that several poachers were attached to an expedition team in this area.
Nearby the village…Frank has checked out the direction Jean pointed in, and finds a buried mass of ape heads. He believes that the kid was killed for knowing too much. It looks like the people responsible for Jean’s dead dragged the ape bodies and dumped them into the river. They apparently only kept the “saleable parts.” One of the bodies got hung up. Frank thought that he was here to prevent bodies from being killed, and it looks like he failed.
Nearby, Wolverine notices the red flag. And he can also smell a human with animal blood, and something else, too. Suddenly, Logan can hear a large animal growl!
The Punisher finds himself attacked by a huge gorilla! Frank tries to hide in a tree, but the ape manages to grab him in his arms before Frank can do that. The animal starts crushing Frank’s bones. He realizes he can escape, but doesn’t like the idea much. He takes out a knife, and uses it to kill the gorilla! After doing that, Frank feels sorry.
Wolverine meets up with the Punisher, and shouts that he’ll pay for this. Frank doesn’t understand what’s going on. Logan immediately attacks the Punisher. Frank feels too tired for a long battle and attempts to punch Logan out, but fails too thanks to his adamantium bones, and Frank even hurts his hands. Logan wants to know where Frank’s buddies are. Frank promises that Logan won’t get them, but Logan promises he’ll get them all. He snikts out his claws while Frank uses a blade, but Logan manages to slice Frank across his face!
Frank rolls into the river, and Logan retracts his claws. He realizes that the Punisher was fast and that he barely managed to scrape him. Still, Logan also knows that there are things in that river that will finish the job. Logan takes off to deal with the others. Meanwhile, below in the river, an alligator is approaching the unconscious Punisher!


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Endangered Species
Africa…The Punisher wakes up in the river Wolverine just tossed him in, but isn’t sure where he is. He takes a quick look around, realizing he is underwater and needs to follow the bubbles he can see to reach the surface again. Suddenly, he notices that an alligator is quickly approaching him, and opens its mouth at Frank, ready to eat him!
Moving quickly, Frank quickly grabs the alligator, making it swim to the surface. There, the raining has already started again. He spots a tree, and breaks a branch from it, beginning to beat the reptile. After a while, he amazingly manages to kill the alligator with it. It stops raining.
The next morning…An exhausted Frank has been crawling over the ground all night, and feels cold. But he is determined to pay Logan back for what he did to him. Frank also believes that Logan must be the one who killed Jean, and is probably also the gorilla poacher. A few minutes later, Frank has re-gathered his strength and is ready for action. He recalls that his gun and equipment were still lying in the place where he dropped them during the fight. He remembers that Microchip had sent him on this African expedition to get away from his war on crime. Micro told Frank that he was too obsessed in avenging his family’s murder by mobsters. Micro said Frank needed to get away from hoods, fists and bodies and to instead take on the name of “Fort” as a pseudonym, so he could leave the Punisher behind back in New York. But instead, the Punisher stowed away and has arrived in the dark heart of the Congo.
Miles away…Wolverine is busy tracking the other members of the expedition team, and hides in the high trees. He remembers how the Punisher was part of the expedition team, and believes that some of them are part of a big-game poaching ring, keeping themselves occupied by killing rare animals for fun and profit. The storm from last night wiped out most of the expedition team’s tracks, but Logan managed to find a way from at least two of the gorilla killers.
Suddenly, a snake bites Logan in his fist! Logan quickly unsheathes his claws and kills the snake with them, and afterward throws it away. His healing factor should counter the toxin of the snake before it gets up to his arm. He spots some deer below him, and smiles it’s time to eat. He jumps down from the tree and starts fighting one of the dears and is ready to kill it. However, as a wild and hungry cheetah approaches Logan, he decides to let the cheetah have its share, and Logan himself takes off.
Meanwhile, at a ranch outside of San Antonio in Texas…The Deli owner takes a look at the ranch, and remembers it from the visions he had back in New York. He notices that the ranch has some dogs in it that act as security guards. As the Deli owner spots a rabbit, he picks it up, walks toward the ranch and feeds the rabbit to the hungry dogs. While they eat the rabbit up, the Deli owner gracefully jumps over the fence! He takes a note to himself that he has to withhold his energy and to keep his “presence” less than the rabbits’ so that the dogs ignore him. He climbs into a tree, and through a window spots a man admiring his room full of big game trophies. One plaque awaits its mount and has been described as “Mokele Mbembe.”
The Deli owner’s visions start to make sense to him now. He sees the man working: buying, selling and transferring investments on his computer. The man leaves, and the Deli owner makes it to the house’s skylight. He opens it, and explains that the electronic security is minimal and easily breached. The man relies too much on his dogs. The Deli owner isn’t familiar with the type of computer he sees, and he believes it will take some time for him to figure it out.
Africa…Frank continues his way through the jungle. He states that, whoever the guy that attacked him is, he seems to know his way in the bush. Frank also finds some animal carcasses, and it looks like his attacker stopped for a meal that was later scavenged by a cat. He finds some cut vines and drinks the water from it, believing it should slake his parched throat. However, Frank realizes that there is no time for anything more substantial. His attacker is tracking down the rest of the expedition team, and Frank can’t let him do the same thing he believes Logan also did to Jean, and tried to do to him.
At a nearby village…Wyeth believes they can’t wait for Frank anymore, before they set out for their final objective. Soon, Wyeth explains, the rivers will start to fall, which will make their return impossible. They also need to get the village natives to give their team some information on where in the lake they would be likely to find a mokele mbembe. He wants Bokenga to give it a try, since he’s a government official.
Norma mentions that the Chief of the village has taken Jean’s body back to his village. Wyeth suggests that they move on to the lake, even if the villagers prove uncooperative. He asks Jacques to go find “Mr. Fort” and to inform him that the team will meet him at the lake’s southernmost shore point. He believes Fort’s location should be between them and the site of Jean’s death, because the Chief said Fort would go investigate some mysterious tracks. Jacques takes off and promises he’ll find Frank.
Wyeth has noticed that the villagers all know French from the Colonial times. He walks over to some villagers, and in French asks them where to find the mokele mbembe. The villagers claim that they can’t help the team. Bokenga shows them a picture book and wants them to identify any creature that may look like the mbembe. The villagers don’t think they’ll be able to. Wyeth wonders why the villagers are hesitant to help them.
Wyeth explains to the villagers that people from the south don’t believe the mbembe legend and asks the villagers’ help to prove the truth, but the villagers claim that they don’t know what Wyeth is talking about. Norma realizes that Ebambe is again trying to impress the local young girls, and notices one of the young girls staring at her golden bracelet. Norma thinks she can persuade the girl into talking if she gives her the bracelet, and gives it a try.
The girl tells Norma that all of the other women of the village would envy her if she had the bracelet. But, she isn’t supposed to tell about the legend. Norma promises the girl that she won’t get into any trouble and just wants to learn what she wants to know, and in return the girl can keep the bracelet. The girl confirms that there exist a few of the mbembe in this area. Almost every midmorning, these great beasts travel from the thick swamp jungle down a stream into the lake. There, the beasts feed, and only return to the jungle by nightfall. The mbembe are fearsome when they are being aroused, and even the Pygmies stay away from the swamps. She tells Norma she can still reach it if they hurry. Norma quietly informs Ebambe about this news and takes the young girl with her as a guide. She wants to reach the beast before the rest of the expedition team will.
Several kilometers away, Jacques has managed to find Frank and they begin their track to the lake. Suddenly, Jacques tells Frank to wait and they hide behind some bushes. Jacques shows Frank a leopard feasting on the body of a dead gorilla. They’ll have to move around it, as the leopard will be protective of its kill. Jacques also suspects that more gorillas will probably appear soon to attack the lone leopard to avenge their fallen friend, so Jacques thinks it’s best they move to the left.
Later, at lake Tele…Norma, Ebambe and the young girl have found some mbembe creatures. A happy Norma shouts that they’ll be rich now. She tells the girl she can go back to the village now, but doesn’t want her to tell the others about this or else she’ll take her bracelet back. The girl leaves, and Emambe takes some tranquilizers out of a suitcase.
Back at the village…Wyeth gives up, and tells Bokenga to give it a try. Bokenga threatens the villagers to better tell them what they want to know, or else their government might stop sending them medical supplies. The villagers agree to cooperate now, thinking their government wants them too. They explain that for years, the Russian advisers their government used to send warned them to never trust American people.
In the next few minutes, Wyeth and the rest of the team hear the same information Norma received earlier about the dinosaurs. On that moment, the young girl comes back to the village, and Wyeth recognizes the bracelet around her arm, as it belonged to his wife. He wants to know where she is. The young girl doesn’t want to talk at first, but the chief tells her to obey and she points the expedition team to the place Norma and Ebambe are.
Elsewhere in the jungle…The Punisher has finally caught up with Logan, and from a tree spots him running towards Norma and Ebambe. Frank can’t see any of the other of the expedition team and worries if Logan has already killed them. He thinks he’ll have to haul in to get a close enough shot at Logan. But, Frank reminds himself to talk to Logan first before he sends him into the next world, so he can at least hear what his story is. Frank jumps out of his tree, and shoots a dart into Logan’s leg! Though it affects him, Logan feels that his healing factor is already kicking in, and he can feel the pain of the wound knitting together. He also hears the Punisher coming after him, and Logan realizes he’ll have to move his leg up before Frank attacks him.
Logan manages to do this, and quickly snikts out his claws and slices off the top of the Punisher’s gun! Frank in return punches and kicks Logan into his face. Logan slices Frank through his chest, causing him to bleed. Logan shouts to Frank that he will no longer kill gorillas. Frank takes out his other gun and starts shooting at Logan again, who dodges all of the shots.
Ebambe laughs, having heard that both Frank and Logan suspect each other to be the gorilla killers, and don’t even suspect him or Norma. Norma believes otherwise, plus the two combatants are scaring away the dinosaurs. Norma tells Ebambe to shoot both Frank and Logan, who stop fighting when they hear this. Logan recognizes a scent, and realizes that Norma and Ebambe are the real killers.
Norma sees the dinosaurs returning back to the swamps, and wants to hold them back. Wyeth and the others arrive, and want to know what Norma is up too. Norma thinks they’ll have to shoot the mbembe’s if they want the money. Ebambe wants to shoot, but Bokenga is faster and shoots Ebambe, calling him a disgrace for their country’s force. Frank believes that the quarrel he has with Logan is over. An injured Ebambe follows the dinosaurs into the swamps, and Bokenga tells the expedition team to let the guy go because he is now entering swamp area even the pygmies won’t enter. Norma tries to shoot some of the dinosaurs. Frank realizes he’s got no other choice, and kills Norma!
Logan goes into the swamp and takes off. Bokenga sees this and wants to shoot Logan, thinking he is “Fort’s” enemy, but Frank tells Bokenga not to, realizing Logan isn’t. Wyeth takes his dying wife into his arms, not understanding why she did this. With her final breath, Norma confesses that Wyeth has been played for a fool. She admits that she was hired by a rich, Texan trophy hunter to get close to him when Wyeth first decided to mount this expedition team. She was offered a million dollars for the head of a mokele mbembe, and she just wanted to be reach. On that moment, Norma dies.
Meanwhile, Logan reminds himself that he has to pay this Texan trophy hunter a visit some time soon. He goes out of the swamp, and finds Ebambe crawling over the ground. Ebambe begs for help. Logan takes a look at the wound, and thinks in himself that the shot did its job. He takes off his shirt and leaves it on the ground near Ebambe. Logan takes off, as he can smell more than one animal coming. Ebambe cries for help, but Logan believes that the guy has more than enough friends for him to help out. He has had enough and is going back home.
A few moments later, Frank meets up with Ebambe. He finds Logan’s shirt, and also hears a group of big apes off in the bushes, heading this way. He remembers Jacques’ words, and decides to leave Ebambe. He ties him up with Logan’s shirt, confident that the apes will take care of the rest.
Ten days later, on the New York upper East Side…Frank remembers that in all the excitement, nobody even thought of taking a picture of the dinosaurs. The expedition team members all decided to stay quiet about the dinosaurs for their own safety, and keep the legend a legend. Frank even tried to track Logan down for a while, so he could get him to a doctor or something so the guy could heal from their battle wounds. However, Logan was better at covering his tracks than Frank was at following him. The amount of ground Logan covered was not that a serious injured man would do. Frank returns to his apartment, and wonders if Microchip has any information on Logan.
Frank also thinks he’ll have to tell Micro that his vacation idea resulted in the death of his friend’s wife. Frank now knows that human greed and conflicts don’t just affect the man. It also affects the woman. He thinks he’ll go take care of the Texan bounty hunter now. Frank goes to his door, and notices a letter, a newspaper, some beers and a plaque reading “mokele mbembe.”
The letter comes from Logan, and he informs Frank that he already took care of the guy in Texas. He also asks Frank to take the newspaper, and read the article he circled. The article reads that Otis C. Roberts, a Texas oil tycoon, donated more than a million dollars to the World Wildlife Fund. Frank doesn’t understand who could know he lives there, not realizing that Logan did all this. Frank suspects that Daredevil is the culprit of the beer and such, but Frank corrects himself that Daredevil doesn’t even leave his New York turf. He thinks it might have been Microchip, and if it wasn’t him, he might have been compromised and maybe should move out.
Months later in the Congolese jungle swamps…Ebambe’s corpse still lies on the jungle grounds. It gets crushed by the tail of a big mokele mbembe, and the dinosaurs continues his trek throughout the swamps…