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Secret War - part 1
Daily Bugle staff writer, Ben Urich, brings us up to date with the story of Jessica Jones. She is a former costumed super hero, who is now the owner and sole employee of Alias Investigations, a small private investigation firm. Jessica is now pregnant with the baby of her boyfriend, Luke Cage, hero for hire. She has taken a job with the Daily Bugle as a super hero analyst. J. Jonah Jameson has teamed her up with award winning reporter, Ben Urich, to help him paint a fair and unbalanced picture of the world of super heroes.
Jessica Jones meets with Wolverine in a bar. She apologizes to him, but he erupts in a fit of anger, warning her to shut up. He smashes the table, sending his beers flying and then leaps at her, repeating his warning. He gets in her face, and pops his claws, leaving them just inches from her face. “Ya feel sorry for me?” he cries. Jessica is petrified but, thankfully, Logan sees sense and backs off, slumping into a chair. Jessica doesn’t say a word as Logan breaks down in tears.
(Harlem, one week ago)
An explosion rips through Luke Cage’s apartment, showering the street with masonry. An ambulance is soon on hand, and both Luke and Jessica are taken to Mt. Sinai hospital’s Emergency Medical Unit in New York City. There, they are separated as hospital staff try and resuscitate Luke, who’s flatlining. They realize that they’re dealing with Luke Cage. His problem is that he has unbreakable skin and no needle is going to pierce it. The doctor orders a code black, and his crew frantically try to keep Luke alive.
In the next room, Jessica is helpless as she hears everything. There’s no readable pulse, no spontaneous respiration, and they’re having to use the paddles to bring Luke back to life.
Later, Jessica is lying in her bed, her arm in a sling. Doctor Stern appears and informs her that her baby’s okay. Jessica already knows this. He tells her she has to see her personal physician. Jessica knows this too. Dr. Stern then informs her that they really aren’t sure how to treat her husband, because of his unique physiology. She tells him quietly that he isn’t her husband. The doctor takes his leave, as two uniformed cops arrive to take her statement. She immediately asks if anyone else is hurt, but the officers let her know that, luckily, most of the neighbors were at work. Also, the blast was focused, so damage to the building was minimal. Luke took most of the blast.
They quiz her about the woman who came into the apartment. She explains that the woman was mostly backlit, and therefore she couldn’t get a decent look at her. The only thing she said was, “I know where I am, Luke Cage. Did you actually think you’d actually get away with it? So silly.” Jessica doesn’t know if she knew Luke, and didn’t recognize her voice. They enquire as to whether Luke was seeing anyone else. No, she replies. Not that you know of, replies one of the officer.
Their questioning turns to the woman’s powers. Jessica tells them that she seemed to use powers to cause the blast, not a weapon of any kind. One of them asks if she is a mutant. This angers Jessica, and she asks what that has to do with anything. She explains that this witch destroyed her life. “It’s gone. My home, Luke, she almost killed my baby…” She asks why they’re standing round like this. She doesn’t know who she was or what she was talking about.
One of the officers receives a call on his radio. The person on the other end tells them that their case just went silver. They should return to the farm as the captain wishes to speak with them. The second officer wonders what ‘silver’ means. The first replies that it means they’re done there. He thanks Jessica for her help, and adds that they’re big fans of her boyfriend. As they depart, Jessica is also inquisitive about what ‘silver’ means.
(later)
Jessica is joined by Danny Rand, Luke Cage’s best friend and sometime partner. They sit beside him as he lies in a coma. Jessica looks very sad. Luke means more to her than anything. Danny notices Nick Fury arrive, and they are both surprised to see him. Danny says he didn’t know Fury knew Luke, but Fury replies that he knew him a little. He asks what’s with all the tubes. Danny explains that because his skin is unbreakable, the doctors had to find alternatives to keep him alive. “Oh, God…” replies Fury. Danny adds that he’s suffered severe trauma to his internal organs, but they can’t perform any kind of surgery. His greatest power is preventing the doctors from even determining the extent of his injuries.
Jessica looks directly at Nick, and asks if he knows who did this to him, and asks why he is there. Fury has guilt written all over his face. “What have I done?” he asks himself. Suddenly, Captain America enters the ward, and realizes it’s true what he heard about Fury being there. He and Nick get into a shouting match. Cap is furious, and physically slaps Fury to the floor, damning him for what he did to them. Fury orders him outside to settle this but, before Cap leaves, he enquires as to Jessica’s baby. She tells him the baby’s fine, and he replies that she needs to get away from there. It isn’t safe. He asks Danny if his ‘iron fist’ is good to go. It is, and Jessica asks what exactly is happening. He doesn’t explain, but tells her to just keep her baby safe and away from there. He’ll need Danny’s help to move Cage out of there. Jessica wants to call her lawyer.
Jessica leaves the ward and finds a pay phone. She calls Matt Murdock, but finds his answering machine picking up. She tearfully explains that Luke was attacked in their home, and is in critical condition. She tells Matt about Danny and Nick Fury, and then Captain America’s appearance. She doesn’t know what’s going on, and could use some help. As she puts the phone down, she notices a man dressed in a dark suit reading the paper. He looks out of place. She dismisses this train of thought, and puts another coin in the phone.
This time, she is calling Ben Urich, who wakes with a start, clutching his chest as he sits up. It’s 2:33 in the morning, and he’s surprised to find Jessica on the line. As she begins to explain what’s gone down, she asks him to hang on. The man in the suit is on his mobile phone, and Jessica thinks something’s going on. The man notices her looking at him, and makes a run for it. Jessica hangs up and pursues the man through the hospital. As she runs, a blast suddenly takes out the lights, and the emergency generator kicks into action.
Innocent patients and relatives pick themselves up, confused, but a secondary blast throws an ambulance into the air, and straight though the doorway, right into them. Jessica flees as it explodes behind her, and returns to Luke’s ward. She arrives to find the place empty. The bed, with Luke in it is no longer there. She calls his name, and Danny’s, but gets no response.
She is then caught in a panicked crowd who are rushing for safety. It’s dark, and they are really scared. Jessica helps a kid who gets caught in the rampage, and then makes her way through the dimly lit hospital. She calls for Luke and Danny again and once more receives no response. She steps outside, and is greeted by the remains of what looks like a war zone. She sees flares in the distance against the night sky, and screams. “Luuuuuke!”


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Secret War - part 2
Jessica Jones is asleep in the ruins of her apartment. A photograph of her boyfriend, Luke Cage, and his buddy, Iron Fist, still hangs crooked on the wall. The blinding light from the early morning sun doesn’t wake Jessica, but the click of reporter Ben Urich’s camera does. She wakes with a start and is momentarily disoriented. She asks what time it is, and Ben replies that it’s six in the morning. He’s been chasing her for hours. She didn’t tell him what hospital she was at. He tells her he came here on a lark, and asks what happened.
Jessica covers her eyes and tries to get her brain into gear. She then explains that she and Luke were attacked in their home last night. There was a woman standing there when they entered the apartment. She either blew up or something hit them, ripping the room in half. Luke jumped in front of her but she still went flying down the hall and hurt her arm. Unfortunately, despite his steely skin, he was thrown into a coma. Ben can’t believe it. He enquires as to the condition of her baby, but Jessica replies that it’s fine. She adds that Luke was taken to the hospital, but they attacked it. “Who did?” Ben asks. Jessica doesn’t know. There was an attack at the hospital too, just as she called him.
Ben asks who it was that attacked. Jessica doesn’t know. It was like a war zone. She went back to Luke’s room, and he was Vagrant gone. Ben is struggling to take all this in, especially as Jessica’s explanation is part incoherent ramble. He hugs her, trying to calm her down. Finally, she does, and tells Ben that she just wants to know what Captain America and Nick Fury were doing there.
Ben’s expression changes. He is very surprised at this information. He asks where they were. Jessica informs him they showed up at the hospital. They’d come to see Luke. Ben asks if they are friends of his. Jessica doesn’t really know for sure, but that isn’t the point. No one even knew they were there. They didn’t call anyone except Danny Rand, and he was just as surprised to see them as anyone. Ben suggests maybe Danny took him somewhere safe. Jessica replies that she called him. He didn’t answer. He hasn’t been home, and anyway, he would have called her. They’re practically family.
Ben admits that he’s been working days lately, and didn’t receive the news from the Bugle. Jessica says that’s her point. No one knew, so how did they know? She asks if Ben knows who Nick Fury is. Of course, he replies. Jessica points out that he just showed up. That means this isn’t just some super-villain cracked-out whore, looking to give her boyfriend payback. Something’s going on! As they step into the street, she can’t believe the mess that has been made of their building. Right across the street is the hospital. A vehicle lies burnt out on its side, one resides in a nearby tree and a section of the building has collapsed, dangerously.
Ben approaches a police officer standing guard outside with a notepad. He introduces himself, but the officer simply says he’s standing on a crime scene. Ben asks what happened here. “Galactus sneezed,” comes the response. The officer clearly isn’t interested in entertaining a journalist, and points to the press stands over yonder. When they’re ready, they’ll have a statement for them. A black nurse approaches and says this is just great. The officer asks if that’s her car in the tree. “It was!!” she replies. “I don’t got insurance yet!”
The nurse looks at Jessica and asks if she did this. No, she replies. The nurse continues on regardless, saying this is what she gets for tending on her. Jessica pleads her innocence, and asks her if she knows where her boyfriend is. She was his nurse, so she asks her if she saw where they took him. The nurse tells her she didn’t. She’s been helping people all night who don’t have unbreakable skin and who don’t date white girls. “Serves him right.” Jessica is apoplectic. “What did you just say?!” She turns to Ben. “What year am I living in??” Ben gets on the phone to Glory at the Bugle. He asks if Jonah or Robbie are in yet. They need to call him ASAP on his cell.
Ben then asks if she heard any noise last night about Metro Hospital; something with Captain America. Glory hasn’t heard anything, but she mentions another incident at the pier. He asks her to call if she hears anything else. Jessica asks what’s going on. Ben tells her that some people called in some ‘fireworks’ down by the pier. Jessica looks over in the direction of the pier. “Over there?” she asks. That’s where it moved to. It looked exactly like fireworks.
Ben and Jessica stroll over to Pier 5. The place is a real mess. Vehicles and buildings lie in tatters. A boat sits half-submerged in the water, and others are on land, their bodywork shattered. There has been a serious firefight there. The water is still oily, and the pier looks very unstable. As Ben speaks to Glory again on his cell phone, Jessica notices a vagrant pushing a pram nearby. She runs over to him, and asks if he saw what happened there last night. The guy replies that it was the hammer of the gods. It was a contest of champions.
Jessica asks the man who was there. Did he see Captain America? “He threw his mighty shield… but it was the devil that saved me. Isn’t that funny? A devil saved my life.” Jessica smiles for the first time in what seems like an age. “Daredevil?” The guy opens out a newspaper, one of many he is carrying in the pram. The headline is ‘Daredevil & the Black Widow back in action. Jessica asks if he was there. The guy replies that they all were. All the good ones; and that disgusting Spider-Man.
Jessica hands him a $10 bill for which he is grateful, and asks him if he saw which way they went. He replies, quite sarcastically, that he believes he heard something along the lines of them all going to Denny’s for breakfast.
Jessica grabs her cell phone and calls Matt Murdoch’s place. His answer machine picks up, so she leaves him a message for him to call, immediately. Ben knows Daredevil didn’t do this by himself. All he has is a Billy club. Jessica puts her hands on her knees, and tries to take stock of everything that’s happened. She doesn’t feel too great, so Ben decides to get them a cab over to the Bugle. They can talk to Jonah. Jessica wonders what he’s going to do, before adding, “@#$%ing Nick Fury. This is exactly why I didn’t go to work for him.”
She searches through her purse for something. Ben asks if Fury really asked her to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. She replies that he asked her a couple of years ago to kinda sorta run the Avengers. She said no, because who wants to live like this everyday? She finds what she’s looking for. It’s a card with the number on it. She makes the call, but is surprised at what she gets. She can’t believe it. She tells Ben that the number is of an ex of hers who is an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., but now the number is out of service. She wonders what that means. She looks around, and notices a strange lack of people in the vicinity, except for one shadowed man across the street. When she looks back again, he is gone. “Where is everybody?” she asks.
Jessica makes a call to Danny Rand, but his answer machine picks up too. She then tries her own voice mail, Matt again and Misty Knight. All their phones are on answer machines or are answered by secretaries. She finally calls Luke’s but gets the same response. Frustration and fear begin to get the better of her, so Ben leads her away. There is so much that requires an explanation, and she isn’t getting anywhere.
(the Daily Bugle)
J. Jonah Jameson is sitting behind his desk with Robbie Robertson necking a drink nearby. Ben and Jessica arrive, and Jessica wants some answers. She tells Jonah that the cops know nothing; they don’t even know what they’re talking about. Luke is missing and their home is destroyed. She can’t understand how something this big can happen right in the middle of New York City - and no one knows anything? How does that happen? she asks. City blocks are destroyed, and all this happened right outside a major city hospital. Jonah remains silent as she mentions the names of Captain America and Nick Fury. She wants help in finding Luke and wants help with this story.
Without a word, Jonah rises from his seat and departs, asking Robbie to take care of this. He has a meeting with the sales team. Jessica stands, furious. “Did he just walk out of the #$@!ing room??!!” Robbie calmly informs her that the problem is Nick Fury. Jessica stops in her tracks, and asks why. Robbie tells her Fury gets a pass from them. They look the other way. Jessica asks what exactly that means. Robbie replies that he means the media - all of them. This is probably why she hasn’t seen or heard anything about this. The press isn’t covering it because Fury either doesn’t want them to, or they hear his name and look the other way.
Jessica doesn’t care about Nick Fury. She’s more concerned with Luke Cage. She reminds Robbie that Luke once saved his life. Robbie acknowledges this, and tries to get her to calm down before she faints. Jessica’s pretty wound up from this runaround. Robbie continues to inform her that Nick Fury runs S.H.I.E.L.D. He is S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s the most powerful man on Earth, running the most powerful espionage organization on Earth. If he wants something to stay secret, it must stay secret. He reckons that if Fury is involved, they look the other way because they assume that thousands of lives, or their basic freedoms, are very much at stake.
Ben knows Robbie isn’t spilling the whole truth. He informs Jessica that if the Bugle, or anyone else in the media, goes after S.H.I.E.L.D even a little bit, they know they’re cutting their own throats. After that, there’ll be no more access to the White House, the Pentagon, the Avengers and all the other government access to stories that no one in their business can afford. Jessica turns back to Robbie, who admits that this is true.
Jessica flees the office and heads out into the street. She heads straight to a news vendor and takes a look at the headlines in the morning’s papers. The Bugle leads with a Kat Farrell story about the Hulk’s latest rampage in Arizona. She’s miffed. She notices a man in a long dark overcoat standing on the other side of the street. She thinks he’s suspicious. The man puts his hand to his ear, as if he’s using a radio set, and Jessica rushes across to speak with him. She dodges the traffic, but finds that when she is almost within reach, the man’s body shimmers away into nothing - as if his image was a hologram.
A cab driver honks his horn to get her to move, but she is so angry she turns and smashes his hood. The cabbie gets out of his vehicle. “Holy - ” As Jessica wonders what direction to take next, the driver asks her to look what she did to his car. She glares at him, forcing him to retreat to the safety of his cab. Ben appears outside the Bugle, following her, but by the time he hits the street Jessica is long gone.
Jessica takes a stroll, still nursing the pot on her right arm, and rings Misty Knight’s bell. As she waits for a response, she comes over all faint, and stumbles to the ground, unconscious. Some kids discover her, and think about grabbing her wallet, but they are ushered away by three guys, all wearing dark overcoats. One of them says, “Get her and let’s go.” The others agree, and as they stare at her sleeping form, say, “Hail Hydra!”


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Secret War - part 3
(Jessica’s dream)
Jessica Jones and her boyfriend, Luke Cage, return home to find a mysterious woman in their apartment. She is silhouetted against the window, and they don’t know who she is. Jessica’s eyes widen as energy sparks from the stranger. Luke steps in front to her to protect her, and shoves her out of the room as he is caught with an electric bolt. Before either of them can think about reacting to the threat, a massive explosion destroys the building.
(present - an aircraft hangar)
Jessica awakes from her dream, and finds herself on a makeshift mattress, inside an aircraft hangar with a woman sat nearby. Beside her is a table with food and drink. She assures Jessica that her baby is fine, explaining that she’s an empath. She tells Jessica that it’s okay to be scared. Jessica wonders what on Earth’s going on. The woman engages Jessica in small talk but Jessica isn’t having any of it. She asks what she’s doing there, and who the woman is. The stranger speaks to someone on her cell phone, informing them that Jessica’s awake.
She introduces herself as Special Agent Cohen. She was sent there to look after her while she slept. She offers Jessica refreshment, but she isn’t interested, and instead asks for whom she is a special agent. “F.B.I? S.H.I.E.L.D.? C.I.A.?” Agent Cohen informs her that the others will be there in a minute. They’ll update her on everything.
Jessica looks around and asks where Luke is, suddenly remembering everything that’s happened. She also realizes that it’s nighttime, and asks how long she’s been asleep. All day, replies Agent Cohen.  She guesses Jessica needed it, and asks when the last time she slept was. Jessica asks where she is. The hangar door slides open and four more agents enter. “You’re with friends,” comes the reply. “Hail Hydra!”
(The Daily Bugle)
Ben Urich calls the office of Alias Investigations but gets Jessica’s answering service. He leaves a message, asking her to call him back at the Bugle. He has no idea where she is, or where Luke is either. He’s been calling everyone he knows about this, but no one is calling back. He’s not sure what that means. He tells her that if she’s home, can she call him and let him know so he can get some sleep. His message is desperate, because he’s as much in the dark as Jessica. Robbie Robertson walks past and asks if he’s heard from her. “Nothing,” he answers. “Let me know,” asks Robbie. With the office to himself, Ben puts the phone down, only to find it ringing again. He picks up the receiver, and on the other end is S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Al McKenzie.
McKenzie warns Ben that, as a major news outlet, the Daily Bugle is monitored. He asks Ben not to say Nick Fury’s name, as it will trigger a digital tap at the S.H.I.E.L.D. mainframe. For the purposes of their conversation, he is referred to as eye patch. Al asks Ben what he’s heard. Ben informs him that something went down at the hospital, something that involved eye patch. He asks Al if there’s something he wants to say to him about it. Al replies that eye patch $%#@ed up really bad.
Ben asks how, and Al informs him that he did something he wasn’t supposed to do and it came back to bite him on the ass. What he did was illegal, and Al suggests that if Ben wants to report it, he can go ahead. Report what? asks Ben. Al isn’t giving much away, but it’s clear that whatever Nick Fury did, S.H.I.E.L.D. appear to want his head on a plate. He tells Al that they don’t know what happened. Al says that he knows that a major city hospital was attacked by a big load of tech-themed terrorists in retaliation for something someone did without the permission of the United States government, or the United Nations. Ben asks if he’s saying Fury attacked someone he wasn’t supposed to and they attacked back. On American soil?
Al says that Ben knows that a lot of super heroes around the city were targeted for execution. Ben replies by asking if that’s what happened to Luke Cage. “See, you do have a story,” replies Al.
Ben is confused, and asks why it’s good to print this. They usually have a blanket ban on them in the name of national security. Al doesn’t answer, but suggests he may call another time. They can do lunch. Ben asks again, but still no answer is forthcoming. He asks if something happened to the patch, and Al asks him not to worry about him. He’s not going to be in a position to do anything to him if he prints this. Clearly, he adds, he can be quoted as ‘an inside source.’ Finally, Ben asks who it was who attacked the hospital. Al tells him he’s not hearing him. It isn’t who… it’s why?
(the aircraft hangar)
The Hydra agents are polite, and Jessica settles down and listens to what they have to say. Another female agent takes over from Agent Cohen, and apologizes for all this. She explains that Jessica fainted on the street, and they couldn’t leave her there with her being pregnant and all. Also, as they discovered the other night, the hospitals aren’t safe either. She asks if Jessica knows what Hydra is. Jessica doesn’t respond to any of her questions. The agent continues regardless, and tells Jessica that they don’t know where Luke Cage is either, but he’s obviously in trouble. However, dead or alive, their agents will find him. They’re already working on it. She says that the reason he can’t be found is because S.H.I.E.L.D scooped him up and he is hiding him. They may very well have taken him off American soil and quietly executed him.
She tells Jessica that she should clarify things. This is all Nick Fury’s fault. Luke Cage is an atomic bomb to Nick Fury. His existence is proof of his secret war. The reason Cage is in trouble is that Nick Fury lied to him, betrayed him and, if Cage somehow survives this betrayal, it’ll be a miracle. The good news here is not that not even the great Nick Fury is going to be able to dance between these raindrops.
(The Daily Bugle)
The rain is pouring outside, as J. Jonah Jameson asks Ben to repeat what he just said. With Robbie in attendance, Ben informs Jonah that Alphonso McKenzie called him out of the blue. A while back, he asked the Bugle to sit on information they had regarding Victor Von Doom and the planned attack on New York City, which they did. Jonah vaguely remembers the incident. Ben explains that McKenzie was the go-between back then; the one he talked to. Jonah points out that it was many years ago, and Ben replies that this is just his point. In return, S.H.I.E.L.D. gave them a story on Tony Stark. Jonah wants to hear more.
Ben says he hasn’t spoken to or seen the guy in what must be seven or eight years, but he calls up like they’re old friends and tells him it’s okay to throw Nick Fury under the bus. Jonah asks what Fury did to deserve this. Ben feels that McKenzie probably thought he already knew. It was something about the attack at the hospital being revenge for something Fury and some other super heroes did. But what? asks Jonah. Ben says he’s told him everything he knows.
As Jonah understands it, McKenzie asked Ben to run a story blaming Fury for something but they don’t know what. As if they do that! Like they just print whatever anyone calls up and tells them! Ben points out that Nick Fury must have done something really bad if his agents, who are trained to do nothing but obey him, now think it’s a good time to go after him. Jonah pauses and thinks about the situation. “And this is the same thing Jessica Jones was in here whining about?” he asks Ben. It is. Jonah asks him to get her in to see him, but Ben explains that she’s missing. Where, asks Jameson. Unfortunately, Ben doesn’t know. Jonah orders Ben to start making calls and peel the onion.
(the aircraft hangar)
The lead Hydra agent continues to try and persuade Jessica that Fury is completely in the wrong. She explains that he unwittingly duped a dozen heroes to follow him halfway around the world in the name of what he thinks is right and good. If Hydra did that, she adds, they’re the bad guys. They’re considered terrorists. What Fury fails to understand is that the only difference between Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. is that they don’t wrap themselves in a flag. “Which one is terrorism, truly?”
Her rhetoric continues. She says that S.H.I.E.L.D is not the be all and end all of life and liberty. They do not speak for the world. They are bullies with deep pockets; corporate shills of the worst kind, and they will stop them. The reason they’ve brought Jessica there is they would be honored to work with her. She says they respect her, and like them, she doesn’t conform to this post-9/11 corporate logo society. She has powers but doesn’t have to wear the costume. She’s going to have a baby and, if Jessica is with Hydra, they are with her. “Do you understand what this means?” she asks, rhetorically.
It means that if anyone $%#@s with her, two of them will @#$% with them. Every aspect of her life will improve two-fold. They will protect her, respect her and be there for her in any way she needs. If she wants money, they can give it to her. They can set her up with a job or appointment or a lottery win - all on the books and legit. All they need is information from her. A tip here and a tip there. She says that Jessica is in a unique position. She has access to the Daily Bugle, to the Avengers, to Stark and Captain $%#@ing America.
What Jessica has is information, information which Hydra needs to fight this fight. She has information that will save the rest of the clear-thinking world from the tyranny of S.H.I.E.L.D. They want Jessica to join them and would be honored if she does. She adds that there’s no greater feeling in the world than giving your children what you never had.
She asks her fellow agent holding a briefcase to give her its contents. He pulls out two large wads of cash, thousands and thousands of dollars. Jessica’s eyes widen. The agent hands her the cash, and says it’s to start off with. If she wants, they can help her hide it in one of those offshore thingamabobs. Jessica takes the money and looks at it carefully. The agent says time is of the essence. Fury made himself weak. They have to be ready.
Jessica asks to be taken to Luke. The agent replies that they don’t know where he is. “You’re not holding him to get to me?” she asks. The answer is no. Jessica plays with the cash, and tells the agent it’s a really big brick. Yes, smiles the agent. Jessica asks, “Then how am I going to shove it up your ass?” The agent clearly looks shocked.
Suddenly, the roof skylights smash, and four S.H.I.E.L.D agents drop through it using jet packs on their backs. Two attack helicopters back them up as more agents rush the hangar doors. With perfect accuracy, they kill the Hydra agents, leaving Jessica sat there holding a big pile of cash. “Jessica Jones?” says one of the agents. He removes his facemask, and reveals himself to be Agent Clay Quartermain. “You called?” Jessica replies that she called two days ago. Clay says it’s been a busy time. He explains that they’ve been outside for the last half hour. When Hydra moved, they moved.
She asks why they let Hydra kidnap her. Clay tells her they didn’t. She was kidnapped first, and they triangulated her cell marker and found her. They weren’t allowed to swing until the offer was made - Assistant Director’s orders. They wanted to make sure which side she was on. He congratulates Jessica on doing the right thing, and asks for the money. Jessica wants to keep it, but reluctantly hands it back.
Outside, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are securing the site. Jessica asks if they have Luke. Clay replies that they don’t. He’s still missing. She asks what’s going on, and what this ‘secret war’ is all about. “Sorry,” he replies, “You know the rules.”


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Secret War - part 4
Jessica Jones and Ben Urich are in J. Jonah Jameson’s office at the Daily Bugle. Joe Robertson is also in attendance. Jessica is angry after all that’s been going on, that Jameson is turning his back on her. He attempts to explain why he’s brought her back there, but she is too furious to listen, telling him he is dead to her. He folds his arms and patiently waits for her rant to end. She asks if he knows how many awful things she’s heard about him over the years; how many disgusting things she’s heard. He doesn’t reply, and Jessica ends her tirade by informing him that they’re all true.
She storms out of the office, followed by Ben Urich, who is asked by Jameson to, “Get the crazy pregnant woman and bring her back.” Kat Farrell sees her and grabs her coat, but Ben tells her he’s got it. Back in the office, Jameson tells Joe that she’s not fired, but Joe reckons she’s beaten him to it. “Nick Fury,” exclaims Jameson.
Ben catches up to Jessica, and she asks why no one will help her find Luke. He’s all she cares about. Kat has followed anyway, and asks her when she last saw Luke. Jessica asks if she’ll help, and Kat agrees, if she gets to share the byline. Ben notices someone across the street looking at them, and calls over to him. The man doesn’t move when Ben storms over and asks what he wants. “Hi Ben,” the man replies. Ben asks him what he’s doing there, but before he can answer, Jessica asks who he is. He introduces himself as Al MacKenzie, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s been impressed with Jessica, especially when she refused a boatload of dough to get green with Hydra. Jessica isn’t interested in his niceties. She charges him and knocks him backwards into piles of newspapers.
She demands to know Luke’s whereabouts. MacKenzie asks her to stop making a spectacle. He’s a level nine S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Her super-powers not withstanding, he can take her down in two moves, though he doesn’t make it a habit to hit women - or pregnant women. He explains that he was just about to tell her that everything is okay now. They’re keeping Luke upstate. Who? she asks. “You got a pen?” replies Al.
(later)
Jessica, Ben and Kat arrive by car at their destination. It’s a bar called The Locust. Evening is drawing in as they prepare to head inside. Ben is skeptical that Luke will be there, but Jessica opens the door anyway. Inside, there are plenty of guys drinking or playing pool. Everyone turns to look at her, but she continues through the bar undeterred. She walks into the red-lit back room and notices Logan sitting at a table, alone, nursing a beer or three.
“Wolverine? Right?” Logan asks what now. Logan has had a few drinks and is slightly drunk. He tells Jessica she smells great. He stands, and Jessica asks him to back off. Logan asks if he knows her, ‘cause he wants to. Jessica replies that she has a boyfriend, and he’ll kick his ass. Logan puts his arm against the wall and leans into her. “Ha! Oh yeah? What’s his name?” Jessica replies that it’s Luke Cage. Logan stands upright. He clearly knows who Luke is.
He heads back to his drinks, as Jessica asks where Luke is. Logan gives up, and asks her where he is. Jessica throws her head back, thinking those snakes in S.H.I.E.L.D. lied to her. They lied right to her face. Logan asks her what she’s talking about. She explains that something happened with Nick Fury and now her boyfriend is missing. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent told her to go there, and that Luke was safe. Instead, she finds him there.
Upon hearing the names Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D., Logan slams his glass down on the table and orders her to leave. “No more S.H.I.E.L.D.! No more Fury! No more Hydra with the hands. No more. Stop raping me! All of you!! Stop raping me!” Surprised at his outburst, Jessica manages to remains calm and apologizes. Logan destroys the table and tells her to shut up. He pops his claws and approaches her. He holds them right up to her face and asks if she feels sorry for him. Jessica looks at the claws and is petrified. Logan sees the fear in her eyes and, slowly, his rage begins to subside as he slides backwards into his chair. He looks like a broken man.
He tries to regain his composure and then tells Jessica that, every day of his life, his mind or body is raped by somebody. Always trying to get him to do something he don’t wanna do. He wonders what’s with this damn world that people would do this to him, over and over. Jessica is joined by Ben and Kat, and they can’t help but feel sorry for him. Looking at the floor, Logan tells them that they can’t tell from looking at him, but he’s not usually the self-pitying type.
Kat asks why they are there. Ben reminds her that the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent has been trying to get him to throw Nick Fury under the bus - in print. He’s screwing with him. He doesn’t know why he’s sent them there. Logan then suggests that maybe their mystery agent wanted them to meet with him in order to piss him off, so that he’d lose it enough so that he’d go and try to kill Fury. They know that, after all the crap he’s been through, he wants to. It would put everyone out of his misery. They want him dead for what he’s done and, in theory, they ain’t wrong.
Kat asks what he did. She removes a notebook from her jacket and asks if he wants to go on the record. Logan snarls at her before brushing past them. He hopes they find Cage. He’s a good guy, and he only knows four of ‘em. Jessica tells Logan it isn’t him - it’s them. Logan turns, and lets her know she’ll find him. There aren’t that many places a sick super hero can hide safely. Ben’s eyes light up when he hears this. “Oh my God,” he exclaims, “I… I know where Luke is.
(later)
It’s dark now and, as they approach a building in a quiet part of town, Ben asks them to let him do the talking. This place is a secret. This is where heroes can come and get bandaged up; no questions asked. Kat asks how he knows about the place. He asks how she thinks he knows. “Your pal, Daredevil?” she asks. Ben asks them to let him do the talking. A sign in the window reads, ‘Night Medical Center.’
Inside, they climb the stairways and Jessica peers into a room. Suddenly, a sword is pointed at her throat, which stops her in her tracks. “Not one more step.” Jessica finds herself flanked by several people, all armed with either a sword or a sai. She recognizes Misty Knight, who tells her to stop talking when she tries to say that it’s her. Standing at the back is Danny Rand, and he asks Jessica to leave. He then asks his people to get her out, but not to manhandle her. They can’t hurt the baby. Jessica is astonished, and once again reiterates that it’s her, Jessica. Danny replies that, if it is her, then they can’t have her there. They have to keep Luke safe. That’s all that matters. He says that Captain America told him to get Luke away from the hospital, so he did. “Now leave.”
Misty tries to pull Jessica back, but she is determined to get to the bottom of things. Danny tells her that Luke is his brother. He doesn’t know her. He asks how he should know her. They had dinner? He asks if she knows how dangerous their lives are; how few people they can trust? Since the first second they put on their costumes as Power Man and Iron Fist, that was it for them as far as trusting strangers goes. Everyone is an enemy on days like this, he adds. In his eyes, in this situation, Jessica is just a girl he knows, and he doesn’t know where she came from.
He continues to say that all he knows is that Luke is in danger, and he doesn’t know her well enough to trust that she isn’t part of the problem. Jessica replies that he may be Luke’s brother, but her baby is his. “Says you,” replies Danny, coldly. Jessica can’t believe he just said that. Danny looks at her, but doesn’t seem likely to give. He is insistent on not letting her in, but Misty steps forward and asks him to allow her through. She reckons he hasn’t slept, and this is making him goofy. Danny bows his head, and the nurse tells Jessica he’s in the room on the right.
She finds Luke alive and seemingly out of danger in a hospital bed. They say hi to each other, and Luke asks about the baby. Jessica assures him she’s fine, and Luke is pleased. The baby is all that matters. Jessica begins to cry, and Luke turns and says, “Hey… didn’t you used to be a tougher broad?” Jessica tells him she loves him so much. Luke replies that this is the first time he’s heard her say that. He loves her too, and he’s not just saying it because she did. He asks if Danny is taking care of her. She looks round to see Danny leaning against the door frame. “Yeah,” she answers.
Suddenly, an amber glow fills the room, and a holographic image of Nick Fury appears. He is in uniform, and he informs them that he’s broadcasting from a few blocks away, so he doesn’t cause them any more grief. He says that he just wanted to make sure they all made it, and that their baby made it. Jessica asks if he can hear her. Fury replies that he can. Jessica then points at him and tells him to get the $%#@ out of their lives. Fury says he was about to do that, but just wanted to say how sorry he is that this happened. They’re good people.
Jessica asks what exactly happened. He tells her that she’ll find out soon enough now that the cat’s out of the bag. They won’t be hearing from him again; no one will. With that, the image disappears, leaving Jessica to wonder what on Earth that meant.
(the Daily Bugle)
J. Jonah Jameson holds up tomorrow’s potential front page. Nick Fury’s face is on the cover along with a story of his secret war hitting New York City. Joe Robertson reminds Jonah that, if they publish this, they could end up in a war - a world war - and they won’t know why he did it. Jonah can’t take his eyes off the cover. This is a major scoop, but he knows the implications of running with it.
(morning)
A newsstand has a copy of the Daily Bugle. The cover has Spider-Man on it, as usual, with the headline, ‘Spider-Man menace. Wallcrawler mayhem ties up New Jersey traffic.” A second story refers to Matt Murdock facing trial. There is no mention of any secret war.


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Kat Farrell just want to get a real story. As a sapien reporter in a world dominated by mutants, this isn’t always easy.
 She arrives at Stark Tower where a team of SHIELD Red Guard agents has arrived to investigate some kind of incident. As she approaches the yellow “DO NOT CROSS” line, a large African-American Red Guard agent with a red crystal in place of his left eye blocks here view. She claims to be just passing by but the agent identifies her as Katherine Farrell, reporter for the Daily Bugle and tells her point blank that she is considering writing a story on the crime scene. Kat snidely asks what level of psychic the agent is and he brusquely replies and asks her to move along. She tries to argue that she has a right to stand there and the agent responds that he’s allowed to bring her in if he thinks that she could create any potential trouble, which could ruin her day in a serious way. He asks Kat to move along a second time.
She asks for a comment and the agent responds that a human hopped up on MGH ran through a plate glass window. She questions SHIELD’s presence on such an insignificant crime and he replies that it’s standard procedure. She notes that this is SHIELD Red Guard and he responds “No comment”. She asks if someone threatened to blow up Stark Tower and he asks her a final time to move along. She tells him that people have a right to know why Sebastian Shaw, director of SHIELD is here.
 This causes the agent to turn around and Kat uses this as an opportunity to snap a picture of Shaw alongside SHIELD Red Guard agents, Nightcrawler and Jessica Jones. The Red Guard agent harassing Kat turns around when he hears her take the picture, but she has already disappeared into the crowd.
Nearby, Clint Barton notices a copy of The Pulse on a newsstand emblazoned with the news of the upcoming gala at the House of Magnus. He looks at the publication and then up at the offices of its publisher, the Daily Bugle.
When Kat arrives inside she wonders aloud where everyone has gone. Someone suggests she buy a watch and she realizes that she’s late for an editorial meeting. Kat is late and her editor is none-too-happy about it. The blue-skinned, green-haired mutant is explaining how the Bugle will be covering the gala at the House of Magnus when Kat arrives.
Kat tries to explain to her editor that she was looking into a story over at Stark Tower involving SHIELD and her editor brusquely says that they will wait for SHIELD clearance and continues her meeting. Kat questions the editor on why they have to wait for SHIELD’s blessing to report the news. The editor is appalled at being questioned and informs Kat that SHIELD is there to protect them and requires their full cooperation. Kat interrupts her and notes that Sebastian Shaw was present and reports on the implausible cover story she was given by the Red Guard agent when she asked about what was happening. She notes how unusual this is and Ben Urich agrees with her, but the editor still insists that they wait for clearance.
 Kat argues that they’re there to be reporters and not just government press agents. The editor retorts that she might have been interested in this discussion had Kat arrived on time, but that now it was time to get to work and make a newspaper.
Following the meeting, Kat vents her frustrations to Ben Urich who reminds her that they live in a mutant’s world and she should learn to pick her fights. She asks when they plan to start doing that since neither of them ever have. She notes that as humans, they have to tread the path of least resistance just to continue working and that despite this, they have very little to show for their efforts.
 Ben wonders why all of this is bothering her so much today and Kat replies that today just feels different to her. He says that they are lucky to have the chance to work and occasionally sink their teeth into a story that might make a difference. She says that he gets those chances but she doesn’t and he says it’s because he picks his fights and doesn’t challenge his editor in front of her staff. Kat reluctantly admits that that wasn’t such a smart move and Ben encourages her to write something really inspired to make up for it.
Kat burns the midnight oil, staying late to work on a piece for the upcoming issue on the House of Magnus gala. She goes into the archives to try and track down an old photo of Lord Magnus and Richard Nixon.
She is interrupted by Hawkeye who is hiding in the stacks. He fires a pair of arrows that pin her shirt to the wall and knock her glasses off. He asks if she knows who he is. She begs him not to hurt her and tells him she can’t see without her glasses. He asks who she is and she responds that she’s just a reporter. He replies sarcastically that he only read the sports page when he was alive. She asks what he means and he lets out his frustrations, saying that if he read more maybe he’d understand what’s happening. He holds up a paper and demands that she read it. She’s still afraid and asks for her glasses. He hands them to her and says that the article he’s showing her is about the Magnus memorial in Central Park.
 He seems surprised and looks at the article again. He sees a headline announcing his own death and showing a photo of the day he joined the Avengers alongside Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. The article byline says that it was written by Kat Farrell. When he turns it around to show Kat, the article appears to be about the Sentinel Memorial being declared a national landmark. The byline says Ned Leeds. He demands she read the article loud and she does. He can’t believe it and is shocked that she doesn’t even know who he is.
Hawkeye tells Kat that he knows she thinks she’s having a bad day, but says he has her beat since he just found out he died a few months earlier. He tells her he has a story for her and relates his entire situation to her. He explains that he was a moderately successful superhero until he was killed by his teammate and one-time crush, Wanda who had lost control of her mutant powers and gone mad. Kat recognizes the name Wanda and asks if he thinks it was Wanda Maximoff who killed him. He says that it’s all a mutant illusion and that it’s paper-thin. He accepts that he was killed months ago and cannot help but think that his presence, the very fact that he’s alive is all part of the illusion.
Hawkeye goes on to relate the true nature of the world as he remembers it. Magneto was a terrorist, Wanda’s mutant powers proved to be beyond her ability to control and she had a mental breakdown that led to his death and that of several other Avengers. He thought at the time the battle he died in was genuine and that he went out in a blaze of glory.
He explains that he was happy enough playing sapien rebel in this new reality until a mutant teen with out-of-control powers awakened his memory of his true history. He is frustrated that Kat doesn’t remember or believe him. Kat is flabbergasted by his story. Clint apologizes for attacking her and admits to being a bit agitated by these revelations. She accepts his apologies and asks his name again. He repeats it and says that there’s something he wants her to see.
Clint takes Kat to the site where Avenger Mansion should be. In its place is a botanical garden. He explains that this is where Earth’s mightiest heroes lived and they managed to screw things up pretty badly. He confesses that he now has dual memories; one set of how things were and how he died and another of how Magneto has re-imagined his existence. He explains that this is why he may seem so confused and scattered. He then crosses over to the Sentinel memorial in Central Park. He pulls out a trio of explosive arrows and fires at it. The Sentinel head explodes, leaving only a charred shell. Hawkeye apologizes to Kat for his outburst but he figures he’s owed a tantrum given all that’s happened to him. In the distance, police sirens can be heard.
Kat wonders why he’s brought her here to see this. Hawkeye explains that he needed someone, anyone, to know the truth. He asks her to report it, even if she thinks he’s just a delusional psycho. He can’t help but think that maybe Wanda brought him back to life so that he can put a stop to her madness. He can’t think of another explanation and decides that that is just what he’s going to do: stop Wanda and Magneto by whatever means necessary.
 He tells Kat he’s going to Genosha to put the entire family out of its misery. He says that he may not be able to restore reality, but that can take care of those responsible. After all, what does he have to lose since he’s already dead? As he walks away, Kat finds herself caught in the headlights of the arriving police cars, clearly wondering what to do next.


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With Jessica Jones in labor, Ms. Marvel flies her across the city at high speed towards the nearest hospital. There, Carol introduces Jessica to the receptionist and asks her to call Doctor Heinberg, Jessica’s physician. Another receptionist calls the emergency room and informs them they have a code gold. She knows Luke will be on his way, but first she must answer a few questions posed by the doctor. Jessica has only been pregnant for six months, and is rightly concerned.
Meanwhile, Luke makes his way to the street to find a taxi, but the place is crammed with vehicles that are moving nowhere fast. Janet Van Dyne is with him, and she calls Jarvis at Avengers Tower to put the call out. Jarvis cries, “Avengers Assemble!”
(The Daily Bugle)
Ben Urich is seated across the desk from the Bugle’s publisher, J. Jonah Jameson, as Robbie Robertson looks on. Ben informs him of someone called D-Man; a former Avenger and professional wrestler who got himself some powers. Jonah checks out the photographs Ben’s provided, and asks if he was a Great Lakes Avenger. Ben ignores the question, and adds that he’s been running around fighting crime. Most people think he’s Daredevil because of the resemblance, but it’s actually D-Man. The skeptical Jonah wonders if this is Ben trying to cover for his little buddy Daredevil, and reminds him that the feds are on his case. He’s going down.
Before Ben leaves, not happy with Jonah’s comments, Jonah calls him back and asks about this D-Man. Ben sits down and informs him that he seems to have gained his powers through some kind of chemical experiment, and dresses the way he does because he’s a big Daredevil fan. He’s been stopping robberies around midtown, but there have been three occasions where it seems that once the day has been saved, the owners are reporting stuff missing.
“An Avengers thief!” muses Jonah. “Isn’t Jessica Jones married to an Avenger now?” he asks. Ben replies that Luke and Jessica aren’t married. Jonah reckons she’s practically an Avenger. She’ll get them their D-Man. He asks where she is when he finally needs her.
(the hospital)
The doctor asks Jessica, who is in a great deal of discomfort by now, whether she has augmented genetics. Jessica says she has powers, but they’re not mutant powers. She gained her powers in an accident over ten years ago. He asks if she emits any radioactivity with her powers. Jessica doesn’t know, but the doc needs to know for their instruments. Jessica then replies no, and hopes to God she’s right. She grimaces in pain and calls for Carol, but she is turned away by a nurse because she herself is emitting energies that they can’t have in the hospital.
Carol complies with her request to leave, as the doctor asks Jessica to try and breathe through her mouth. Meanwhile, a woman rushes to the phone, and asks someone on the other end who may be interested, how much a super hero birth is worth to them. The place is bedlam, she explains, and they should get there right now.
Elsewhere, Luke Cage is on foot and dashing to the hospital. He passes an alleyway, where a drug dealer is bartering with a customer. Luke, despite his rush, is ever dutiful, and proceeds to pummel the dealer before continuing his journey.
(police station)
Ben Urich makes his way to the precinct and speaks with a Detective Davis about D-Man. The detective knows of him. Ben asks if he’s homeless, so Davis says they should take a look. They bring up his file on computer. Dennis Dunphy was arrested for vagrancy, and Davis is surprised that he can’t find a way to make a living when he has super powers. Ben notices his report is dated a month ago. Davis thinks Dunphy is a putz, but Ben adds that he was an Avenger. Davis asks if he was with the West Coast, but Ben assures him he was a real Avenger.
Davis asks what kind of story this is. He knows Ben as being the man who took down the Green Goblin and the Kingpin. What kind of story is this? he asks. Ben isn’t sure until he writes it, but believes that every story is important. Davis clearly doesn’t.
Back at the hospital, Jessica tells the doctor that she doesn’t want to lose her baby. He assures her that they’re doing everything they can. Her own doctor is on his way from Long Island as they speak, but there’s no guarantee he’ll arrive on time. He asks if she knows anyone they can call; maybe a super hero who’s also a doctor.
Before she can answer, the hospital administrator orders them to get Jessica out of there. She insists she’s in charge, and they cannot risk Jessica giving birth to anything unusual. Her manner is caustic and she stubbornly stands her ground as the doctor argues Jessica’s case. Unmoved, she tells the orderlies to remove her, but a voice behind her says that it won’t be necessary. She turns to see the Avengers, with Captain America informing her that they’ll take her. As they place Jessica onto a stretcher, Wolverine insults the administrator, calling her a piece of crap in a suit.
The Avengers manage to get Jessica aboard a quinjet, just as Luke Cage arrives on the scene. He sees them loading her up and runs, leaping from a parked car to grab hold of the access door. Wolverine pulls him aboard and the quinjet flies to somewhere more fitting. Before long, they arrive at Dr. Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, and the door is answered by his assistant, Wong. They are invited inside.
Ben Urich, meanwhile, visits a shopkeeper who was supposedly robbed by D-Man. He points to a sewer that he comes out of every day. He saw the guy yesterday when he was making his deposit. He’s relieved that it wasn’t Daredevil as he presumed, and thanks Ben for coming. He adds that if he gets his stolen bracelets back, he can get a discount on anything he wants. Ben descends into the sewer, only to have someone approach him from behind.
(Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum)
Dr. Strange introduces himself to Jessica, and mentions that he was at the birth of the last Avengers baby. The Scarlet Witch and the Vision, comments Spider-Woman. Spider-Man says this has to go better that that did. Strange closes his eyes upon hearing Spidey’s faux pas. Spidey realizes it himself, and thinks it was so much more clever in his head before it came out of his mouth. Spider-Woman doubts that.
Strange asks them to wait in the library. Once they depart, he informs Jessica that her contractions are getting closer. She’s doing great. The baby wants out, he says, and with her heightened genetics she shouldn’t worry about the delivery. He wants to cast a mood enchantment spell so she’ll be able to relax, but Jessica says no. She can do this.


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(New York City)
The city has its heroes, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, there is a hero or two who has escaped the glaring eye of the all-seeing media. In the dark sewer under the streets of New York, Ben Urich turns to see D-Man standing behind him. He’s in costume, but he has no intention of harming Ben, who introduces himself as being a reporter from the Daily Bugle. Dennis has heard of him. He’s a huge fan and enjoys the pieces he writes about Daredevil. He captures all his layers, and makes him believe he’s almost there.
Ben thanks him, and Dennis asks if his costume looks like his. A little, Ben replies, checking out the large red ‘D’ on his chest. Dennis admits that that’s what he was going for. He wanted to pay respect, but not rip him off. He asks Ben what he’s doing down there. Ben replies that he’s looking for him. Dennis looks at Ben strangely, and then removes his glove, touching Ben’s face to make sure he’s real. He says that sometimes it’s hard to tell, and apologizes for doing this. Ben watches as he ambles down the sewer tunnel, and he cannot help but feel sorry for the man.
Dennis asks what he can do for him. “Did Daredevil ask you to find me?” he asks, excitedly. Ben says no. Dennis asks why they’re punishing him so bad. Why is the FBI on his case? Ben lies, and says he doesn’t know. Dennis clenches his fist and admits that sometimes he just wants to march right up to the FBI and… and…
He breaks off and asks Ben if he wants something to eat. He offers a cupcake. Ben watches as Dennis eats the cupcake himself. His sewer home is dirty, dank and is lit and warmed only be a few candles. A poster of Daredevil adorns the wall, but it’s pretty much the only thing Dennis has in the world. Ben’s not outing Dennis, here. He outed himself when he was arrested for vagrancy. Ben still can’t believe that a super hero was arrested for vagrancy. As short-lived as his super hero career may have been, the fact remains that he put on a costume and he tried to protect people from those they needed protecting from. Working alongside Captain America, Ms. Marvel and the Thing, he tried to make a difference. Now he’s been arrested for vagrancy.
A source of Ben’s told him that Dennis was even invited to join the classic Avengers, but chose instead to focus his super hero efforts on the homeless. Yes, the super hero for the homeless. His source also informed him that Dennis decided to actually live with them. When he finally caught up with Dennis, Ben didn’t find a group of homeless people. He didn’t find a man protecting a throng of forgotten citizens. He found a man who had once walked with giants, living alone in devastating squalor.
Ben asks Dennis what he’s done with the stuff he’s taken; the stuff from the jewelry stores and pawnshops. He saves them from a robbery but takes things for himself when no one’s looking - expensive things. What does he do with them? Dennis seems shocked that Ben has discovered his little secret, and he stands up. Ben says he knows that the owners of the stores where he stopped the robberies found some of their jewelry missing; rings and necklaces. After he left the robbery, things were missing. Clearly, he isn’t selling them. Dennis asks him to shush, before turning around and thinking of his next comment.
He then turns and leans in to Ben in an almost conspiratorial manner. He proceeds to show just how over the line he’s gone. He believes he’s been given a quest. It’s a quest to carry out seven acts of heroism. Each act uncovers one of the gems. He has five and only needs two more. He will wait for his quests, and then he’ll have all the gems. Ben listens with wonderment and sadness.
Dennis continues to say that the Cosmic Gamesmaster sent him to find them. He sent him on his quest, but of course Ben knows that, he thinks. That’s why he’s there, isn’t it? He takes a piece of paper and opens it up to reveal the stolen items of jewelry inside. “Behold! The Infinity Gems.” Two more, he adds. Two more and the world is saved. Ben tells him that these are just regular jewels. It’s a bracelet and a couple of rings. Dennis is stumped momentarily, as he ponders Ben’s words. Ben makes it easy. He tells Dennis that he could take him to Daredevil. Would he like that? Dennis puts his hands up, defensively. He realizes they didn’t send him after all.
He makes for the exit, pulling his glove back on as he scurries through the dark tunnel. Ben calls after him, but he’s gone, leaving his Infinity Gems behind. Alone in the sewer, Ben thinks about the definition of a hero. It covers a lot of things, and like most things, once you get tagged with a label that label sticks, no matter what. They may add to the label, fallen hero or failed hero, but it’s still: hero. But what about the person inside? What about the person behind the mask who might need our help in return? The person who needs help and friends and love just like the rest of us. Who will be there to help them when things don’t go their way? When tragedy strikes?
(later)
D-Man is sitting in his sewer, eating something cold from a can. Someone says his name, so he looks to the entrance to his domicile. Standing there is Daredevil with Ben Urich by his side. Daredevil asks what he’s doing down there. Dennis recognizes his hero and drops his can in surprise. He stands and informs Daredevil that the Cosmic Gamesmaster told him to leave him alone. He told him to get the gems. He has them, but he’s missing two.
Daredevil asks Dennis if he’ll do him a favor. Anything at all, he replies. Matt asks him if he’ll follow him out of there. Will he allow him to take him somewhere warm and safe? “But my quest…” he replies. Matt places a hand on his shoulder and informs him that his quest is over. Yes sir, Dennis replies, unable to refuse his idol anything. Matt then leads him out of the sewer, and Ben’s work is done. Meanwhile…
(Dr. Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, New York City)
Jessica Jones is about to give birth to her first child. The baby’s father, Luke Cage, holds her hand tight, as Carol Danvers mops her brow and tells her she’s doing great. Jessica is freaking out, and Luke asks her to watch her language in front of the kid. Jessica figures she’s a few more minutes of swearing left in her before the baby comes out, “so #$%@ you.”
Most of the Avengers, including Wolverine, are waiting patiently for the birth. Iron Man monitors the baby’s vitals, and he assures Jessica that they’re doing great. Jessica asks Luke if she can squeeze his hand instead as he’s hurting the %$#@ out of her. Dr. Strange says she has quite the way with words. Jessica replies that he should have heard her a couple of years ago. He asks whether she’d like some soft music, but Jessica believes that it would just annoy her. Luke asks if he’s got any Public Enemy. Strange admits that he hasn’t.
There is a knock on the door, and Strange asks his assistant, Wong, if he’d answer it. Wong says he’ll send whoever it is away. However, as he opens the door, he is faced with a throng of journalists, camera crews and supporters of Jessica. Everyone is there including the Daily Bugle, ABC, Fox News and the Daily Globe. They fire questions at Wong, including one asking whether it’s a magic baby. Wong doesn’t respond, and calmly closes the door.
He then informs everyone that the press has gathered and are requesting an update. Luke asks Captain America to do the honors, and he steps outside to meet them. He assures them that he appreciates their attention and enthusiasm, but there’s not much of a story there today. It’s just a friend of theirs having a baby. Kat Farrell stretches out her arm, and points a recording device at Cap. She introduces herself and says she is a friend of Jessica Jones. Jessica’s signed an exclusive agreement with the Bugle to cover the birth of her baby. Cap tells her he’ll see what he can do, and heads back inside.
Jessica is doing great, and Dr. Strange asks her not to push. “Are you %^$#@*% $%#@^&@ me??” she replies. Cap informs her that Kat is outside. Luke tells Jessica it’s her call. Despite the imminent arrival of her child, she asks Luke if she can borrow his phone. She calls J. Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle. He asks her what she’s got. She gives him a real earful. She informs him that she’s having her baby right now, and he’s not getting her story. He knows damn well why. Jonah is about to explain the Avengers piece, but Jessica doesn’t want to know. She says he smeared her baby’s father, and that negates any deal they had. She calls him a Nazi… a Nazi with a moustache, and he can take his stupid newspaper and his Nazi moustache and shove them both up his stupid Nazi…
A contraction breaks off her rant, thankfully. Dr. Strange expresses concern but she’s fine, and Carol Danvers reassures her of this. She asks Carol what it felt like for her. “You were pregnant?” enquires Luke, surprised. Carol doesn’t want to go there, but Jessica asks her to tell Luke how she was pregnant. Carol is reluctant, but Jessica says she wants him to hear it, because it’s pretty much the only thing she’s been thinking about all day.
Carol tells Luke that she was pregnant a couple of years ago, technically, and went to full-term in a couple of weeks before giving birth. Luke is even more surprised by this. Jessica tells him it gets better. Carol continues to inform him that she gave birth, and the baby grew to manhood in a day. It turned out that it was a prince from another dimension who used her to birth himself into this dimension… because he wanted to meet her. He then hypnotized her and took her back to his dimension, basically raping her body and mind until she broke free and got back to Earth.
Stunned silence, all around.
Carol adds that she doubts that’s gonna happen to Jessica, though. Suddenly, things begin to happen. Jessica screams, and moments later a baby’s crying is heard by the press outside. Jessica looks at Luke, and he returns her gaze. Wong opens the door and allows Luke’s fellow Avengers in. Luke takes off the mask covering his mouth and smiles. “It’s a girl.”
The proud parents are left to themselves. Jessica asks Luke if he’s freaking out. Completely, he replies, before asking her name. Jessica doesn’t know yet. Luke wonders if she has powers, or if she’s a mutant. Both questions remain unanswered for now. Luke looks at his baby daughter and smiles. “Will you marry me?” he asks. Jessica looks at him inquisitively. With a broad grin across his face, he adds, “You heard me.”
(the following morning)
Jonah looks at the cover of the Daily Globe. The headline reads, ‘Daily Globe Exclusive - Avengers Baby Born.” A photograph of Luke and Jessica along with an old photograph of the Avengers stares back at him. Jonah switches to the cover of the Daily Bugle. ‘Spider-Man Menace’ it reads, rather unoriginally. ‘How much does the web-crawler know about the Murdock Papers?’ Underneath is a sub-headline, ‘Exclusive - D-Man Revealed.’
Jonah doesn’t need Robbie Robertson to say a word to know what he’s thinking. Robbie reminds him that he screwed her over first. Jonah says he’ll sue, but Robbie tells him he’ll quit if he does. “D-Man. That’s what I get,” sighs Jonah.


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Exo-Skeleton
At the sewer opening, Reese stands with his fellow Reavers and contacts Donald Pierce in Australia. He tells him they have terminated the computer thief and that it ain’t Wolverine. Pretty Boy remarks that it ain’t no bloody mutant at all. Pierce tells Reese not to keep him guessing. Who is it? Reese informs him that it was some freelance merc. They’ll know more when they recover the body. Pierce asks no body? How do they know he’s dead? Standing next to him, Lady Deathstrike asks Pierce why he assumes it must be a man.
Reese tells Pierce they pumped a couple hundred rounds into ‘em when they hit the river. The big guy’s shirt just floated up like a lace doily. Pretty Boy’s searching the river for ‘em now. With Deathstrike’s hand on his shoulder, Pierce orders them to get the body and the police report when they’re done with the warehouse. Maybe they know who the mystery thief is. Deathstrike says perhaps he could animate the body. That would be amusing.
Disconnecting his contact with Pierce for the moment, Reese asks Pretty Boy if he’s having any luck. With his mechanical arms extended deep into the river, Pretty Boy tells him he does have a body but it feels a little ripe to be the ones they just shot. Bonebreaker says leave it, it’s probably Jimmy Hoffa. When Reese asks him which way he’s searching, Pretty Boy tells him down river.
Just then, he remarks that he has something. Leaning down for better leverage, he tells his teammates to stand back. It’s big. Bonebreaker asks if he needs any help and Pretty Boy tells him to back off, he doesn’t need any extra muscle. Once he lifts what he found in the water, Reese congratulates him. He just recovered a stolen car. At that moment, Bonebreaker tells them they need to rumble, he hears cop cars a’ plenty. Letting go of the car and retracting his arms, Pretty Boy asks cops? So what? They’ll blow them away. Bonebreaker quips that he’s been smokin’ too much crack. Pierce is gonna be mad if they hand around and cause a scene with the local flics.
As they leave the river’s edge, Reese states that they’ll use Pierce’s Manhattan penthouse to hang out while they wait for the police report. Pretty Boy replies beautiful, he wants to check out Times Square.
As Frank Castle and Microchip gets out of the water and onto a dock, Frank mentions that they still don’t know who those guys are. Micro tells him that if he gets him to a phone modem and he bets he can find out. Frank asks him how he’s going to do that and Micro replies that the trouble began when he back-tracked a break-in at Jade Aerospace which specializes in micro-miniaturization and exo-skeletons. He traced the break through a midtown Manhattan relay and ended up in Australia. Holding up a disk, he remarks that he has a copy of the program. They can always check out the Manhattan transfer…
Frank tells him “righteous” but they need to cop a ride before they freeze to death. At that moment, Frank points out a department of public works car. Micro asks him that he’s gonna rip off a state car. Bashing in a window with the butt of his rifle, Frank asks him is he kidding. Half those guys are on the take. Let ‘em explain what they’re doing down here on a Sunday anyway. They don’t even work during the week. As they drive off, Frank asks Micro if he thinks his place is safe. Micro replies that he wouldn’t touch his place with a plastic fork. They should go to the junkyard. When they drive off, a man runs out of a building and curses at them as they drive away.
Making their way down the road, Frank asks Micro what junkyard. Micro tells him his cousin Elliot has an auto salvage place in Queens. Frank remarks that he didn’t know he had a cousin in auto salvage. Micro says yeah and there’s a reason for that. Elliot’s not the kind of guy you wanna know. Upon reaching the auto salvage, Frank asks Micro how Elliot will like them popping in like this. Micro says he’ll like it fine. He set up his inventory system, he owes him. When Frank asks him when he did this, Micro tells him that some of them have a life outside the war. He then tells Frank to be nice to Elliot.
When Frank and Micro pull in front of the gate, Elliot is standing there with his dog. Immediately, his dog starts to go nuts. Elliot tells the dog, Simba, to shaddup already. It’s cousin Linus and some goombah. Entering the yard, Micro says hi to Elliot and introduces Frank. Elliot asks him if he’s workin’ for the department of public works now. Micro tells him that it’s a loaner and that they need a favor. Elliot gruffly asks who doesn’t and proceeds to ask him why he brought the guy there with him. Micro informs him that Frank is trustworthy and then asks Elliot how his inventory system is holding up. As Frank makes friends with the dog, Elliot invites Micro into his shack. He has a couple of new ideas he wants to bounce off him. Frank can come too.
Inside the shack, Elliot asks Frank what line of business he’s in. Frank tells him hot cars and chop shops, what about him. Elliot states that he runs a strictly legitimate auto salvage yard. Micro tells him it’s okay, he’s one of them. Elliot then adds that he does dabble in the occasional odd piece of hardware. You know; your hard-to-get assault rifle. Frank remarks that he likes the Steyr himself. The single focal plane cuts down on his aim time. Smiling, Elliot tells Frank that he and him are gonna get along fine.
At that moment, Frank says to Elliot to show Frank the inventory. Making their way across the yard, Elliot says he was doin’ great until Congress cut off military and the Contras. Now he’s stuck with all sortsa inventory. Anybody on the east coast wants to unload an odd piece, they come to ol’ Elliot. As they enter his Winnebago, Elliot remarks that he doesn’t do business with any slimy mid-eastern types. Micro adds except the Israelis. Elliot tells Micro, calling him Linus, that he’s a disgrace to his Zionist forebears. Micro mentions to Elliot that he should show Frank the experimental exo-skeleton he picked up from that think tank that went bankrupt. Elliot replies if he can find it. After finding it in a heap over in the corner, Elliot states that it doesn’t work too well. That’s why the think tank went bankrupt. Micro says he has some new ideas that might help its performance.
Several hours later, Frank is inside the exo-skeleton. Upon seeing that the armor is working, Elliot tells Linus he’s a major genius. He knows a right wing nut case who’ll shell out twelve mil for that thing. Frank says they may have to take it on a shakedown cruise first. Lifting up the helmet, Frank asks Micro if he wants to try that Manhattan link-up now. As Micro sits at the computer and accesses the modem, Elliot asks them that they ain’t wanted by anyone, are they. Frank tells him not at all and then says he wants to see what he has in shoulder-mounted rocket launchers.
After some searching, Micro informs Frank that the apartment belongs to a Mr. Donald Pierce of Manhattan and Cooterman’s Creek, Northern Territories. Upon hearing the name, Frank asks where he’s heard the name Pierce before.
In Manhattan, Pretty Boy informs Reese that somebody’s trying to tap into Pierce’s computer. Reese tells him to play it cool, don’t let them know he’s listenin’. Pretty Boy says not to sweat it. He has a little trick they don’t teach you in data processing. It’s a sneaky little thief and he’s got a diamond cutter’s touch. While Pretty Boy hums to himself, Reese turns to Bonebreaker and asks him to promise to shoot him if he ever gets like him. Bonebreaker replies he promises.
Just then, Pretty Boy’s optic nerves convert to electronic impulses at the screen interface, entering the greater New York electro-communications grid. When Pretty Boy’s eyes pop out through the computer screen Micro is working at, Frank slices them off at the roots. When he does, he tells Elliot and Micro to help him get in the suit. They’re coming there. In Manhattan, Pretty Boy grabs his head in extreme pain. Bonebreaker asks what’s wrong with him and Reese says he’ll be okay. He just needs a minute to readjust.
Putting his arm around Micro, Elliot asks him that he’ll cover his damages, won’t he. Micro tells him sure. Elliot then says to Micro to grab himself a remote unit and a couple a’ these radio-controlled cars. Micro remarks that he tried this once with a miniature tank. Elliot says these are just party favors. He loads ‘em with a dose ‘a gelignite, runs ‘em under the other guy’s tush – instant hot seat. When Micro says he likes it, Elliot tells him he’ll fix him up with some regular hardware too.
Checking out guns, Elliot asks Micro if Frank is his business partner. Micro says he guesses. Elliot then asks if he minds telling him what business he’s in. Micro tells him “you guess.” Placing a crate full of grenades on the table, Elliot says he looks like a big-time mob enforcer to him. He then asks him how ‘bout cuttin’ his dear cousin in on the family biz. Micro replies that he ain’t got too many relatives left. Carrying the crate together, Elliot says he sees. He’s willing to risk his life to help him out of a jam, but he won’t cut him in on the jelly. Micro tells him he’s right and that they’ll find a way to cut him in on the next arms deal they make.
At that moment, Frank informs Elliot and Micro that he hears a chopper coming in low; they need to set up a cross-fire in the main alley. Elliot remarks jeez, he sounds just like his old sergeant. Micro quips that Frank used to be a sergeant. Getting into position, Elliot yells to Simba to get out of there. Just then, the Reavers parachute in and state they’re there to mess them up.
Upon landing, the Reavers immediately begin to fire their weapons. Reese tells his teammates to sweep the yard and see what they can shake loose. Pretty Boy says wheeee, this is his kinda shooting gallery. Bonebreaker tells him to try an’ hit something this time. When a remote controlled truck rolls under Reese’s feet, it explodes, blowing off his legs. Lying on the ground, Reese curses that he shoulda seen that coming. Bonebreaker tells him to shut up and gives him a pair of legs to put on. Bonebreaker then recommends to his teammates that they blast the heights. They gotta be somewhere they can see them.
Moving from his position, Micro repeats over and over that he will not raid any more strange computers. As they move through the yard, Reese says they need to stick together. They can’t let ‘em pick them off one by one. Pretty Boy asks what the hey. These guys are using toys. They lost all their heavy hardware in the warehouse. Firing his weapon, Bonebreaker calls out “come on, you wussies.” Let’s level this place, he always wanted to blow up a whole bunch of cars. Reese then informs Pretty Boy to take a look around, he’ll cover this end. When he extends his eyes around the corner, Pretty Boy exclaims holy $#!%. Bonebreaker proceeds to call him a wussie and says let’s see what upset poor Pretty Boy.
Rolling around the corner, Bonebreaker comes face to face with Frank in the exo-skeleton toting two large weapons and states that Pierce better get a look at this. With that, Frank blasts Bonebreaker and knocks him over. Nearby, Reese and Pretty Boy discover someone is firing at them from behind and proceed to return fire at Elliot. Finding some shelter, Reese tells Bonebreaker to get his tread repaired. Bonebreaker asks him what does he think he’s doing, picking his teeth? Pretty Boy asks them to give him a minute to link up with the satellite. He wants to flash Pierce a visual of that exo-skeleton. As he raises his arm, Reese tells Pretty Boy that they don’t need to be checking in with Pierce every step of the way. Pretty Boy replies that he’s gonna wanna see this. In Australia, Pierce and Deathstrike are engaged in an amorous embrace and ignore the call.
Seeing the arm in the air, Micro points out to Frank that they’re attackers are sending up some kind of antenna. He’s going to knock it down. When he fires upon the hand, Pretty Boy sees where the shots are coming from and extends his arms to choke Micro. Slicing Pretty Boy’s arms off of Micro, Frank tells him to fall back and let him handle them. As Frank fires upon the Reavers, Bonebreaker comes up behind him and lands on top of him. Immediately, Pretty Boy and Reese join Bonebreaker in attacking Frank. Using swords, Bonebreaker has him pinned while the others try to cut through the exo-skeleton.
Before they can do so, Frank is able to deftly escape the exo-skeleton and runs off. The Reavers notice but before they can do anything, the armor explodes. In doing so, it separates Bonebreaker from his tank, destroys Reese’s right hand, and also destroys both of Pretty Boy’s hands. Grabbing Bonebreaker along with Reese, Pretty Boy remarks that Pierce ain’t gonna like this.
Once they leave, Frank mentions to Micro that they’re gone and it’s a good thing. Just three of them almost killed them. What if there are more? Micro remarks that it was brilliant cyborg design, must be Kristoff. They should find Elliot. When they find Elliot dead, Micro is distraught. Frank coldly replies that it’s a cryin’ shame and tells Micro that they need to get outta there before the cops arrive. Leaving the salvage yard, Frank thinks to himself that sometimes he doesn’t understand Micro. He knew as well as he that Elliot had to go. If those zoot-suiters hadn’t killed him, he’d have had to do it himself.


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Vertical Challenge
The Punisher arrives at a small pub, looking for Big Pete Grigio, a mobster who is looking to take in the members of the former Casino mob. He kicks in the door to the establishment, ready to dish out his own brand of justice, but instead of a gang of thugs, he finds nothing but a pile of severed legs.
Bar:A thug knocks over a drink intentionally, looking to start trouble. He tells the man “Sorry, shorty.” The man turns out to be none other than Wolverine. Logan angrily starts to threaten the thug and his friends, who don’t seem to take the hint. While all this is happening, two men are watching intently in the background. The leader of the two gives the other a simple command: “I want him.” Wolverine explains that the punk is “on thin ice messin’ with th’ Wolverine,” and that he is “gonna havta face th’ pain.” One of the punks shows no respect, and cranks a wine bottle across Logan’s head. The man loses his fingers in the next frame. The rest of the punks come to the injured thug’s aid, and Wolverine draws his claws with a hearty “Come git yer kicks on Route Snikty-Snikt!” Wolverine proceeds to fight with the inexperienced goons, taking them down easily. Other patrons are drawn into the fighting, and the bar erupts in violence. While this happens, Danny, the thug who was cut by Wolverine earlier, is sprayed with knockout gas, while a voice says “I’ll cut, you tie!” Wolverine continues to beat up the thugs, when he hears a chainsaw behind the bar. After finishing off one man, Logan jumps the bar, and sees a pair of severed legs, with a blood trail leading into the basement. Another goon tries to jump at Wolverine while he tries to figure things out, but lands squarely on Wolverine’s claws.
Makeshift Hospital:A voice tells Pete Grigio, the man who Punisher was looking for, to wake up and take a look around. Pete does so, and sees that he, along with several of his colleagues, have had their legs removed with a chainsaw. Pete screams, and the voice tells him that “the worms have finally turned.” Pete threatens to get his brother Paulie to kill them, but as he soon finds out, Paulie has also been victimized by the mob of mutilators.
Pay Phone: Castle gets on the phone with Detective Soap, his informant. Soap thinks that the mutilations are Punisher’s fault, as the victims were all criminals, but Frank assures Soap that he isn’t into mutilations. Soap informs Punisher that 22 up and coming mobsters have now been taken off at the knees in three separate incidents. Soap jokes that the Punisher could have competition. Soap tells him that the weapon of choice is a chainsaw, and that traces of tranquilizer gas have been detected. Punisher realizes that this could mean that the perps are still alive, and hangs up the phone. Punisher notes that there is more to do than just finish off a bunch of amputees. This act is too strange to be Triads or Russians – it is probably vigilantes. He notes that the last thing the city needs is some psychotic playing judge, jury and executioner. He theorizes that the next stop of the chainsaw artists will probably be a strip club frequented by members of Bobby Pastolo’s mob, who have been quiet since Punisher killed Pastolo.
Punisher waits outside looking for action for two hours, wondering if he was right. Suddenly, he senses that the club’s music is getting louder – possibly loud enough to cover the sound of a chainsaw. Entering the club, he notes that there is definitely tranquilizer gas in the air, and theorizes that it probably started half an hour ago. As Castle searches the lot, he finds three pairs of legs in a private room, with a blood trail leading into the basement. At this point, he thinks he might know how it is all happening.
Sewer: Wolverine is tracking the blood scent through the sewers. He says that he “Ain’t too sure whut th’ name o’ th’ game is here… but it sure looks like time fer me tag it off th’ bench! Punk in th’ bar mighta been outta line – but last I heard, that ain’t no grounds fer performin’ no double amputation…! ‘Sides, any amputatin’ gits done around here – I’m the one gonna be doin’ it! The blood scent trail ain’t about to go cold – an’ when I get to the end o’ it, gonna heat things up fer whoever’s cuttin’ up rough! Gonna make sure their severance pay is paid in full…” Wolverine continues to talk to himself as he tracks through the tunnels.
Sewer Tunnels: The Punisher follows some tracks through the sewers, finding that the tracks are far smaller than his. He arrives, two hours later, at a warehouse. He guesses that he is somewhere in Red Hook. He finds that the hatch he climbs through is well-maintained, meaning that whoever is guilty is still here. The gang has underground access to half the city, and a nice quiet hideout to bring their victims to. Suddenly, with a flash of claws, Wolverine arrives.
“This thing has psycho written all over it,” exclaims Wolverine, and slashes Punisher’s back. Wolverine continually taunts Punisher, and Punisher unloads his shotgun point-blank in Logan’s face. As they fight, Wolverine rips several holes in Punisher’s armored body, while Punisher tries to figure out a means of escaping. Castle notes that he cannot win a fight against a man with “half a dozen pigstickers and a grow-a-new-ass superpower.”Two shadowy men are watching the fight on a monitor, as Wolverine looks to be winning the fight. The leader explains that they owe the Punisher a great debt, and that Wolverine is practically one of them. They decide to keep watching.
Wolverine seems to have Punisher at his mercy, and begins to taunt him again. Castle lunges at him quickly, but Wolverine throws him through a wall. He finds himself in an old night watchman’s office. “About time I got a break.” He picks up a baseball bat. Wolverine charges forward. “Adamantium skeleton, bub! Whut the hell ya think yer gonna do with that?” Punisher responds by giving Wolverine a home-run swing to the groin, knocking Wolverine to the ground. Punisher checks around the office, and finds his favourite weapon – a tank of gasoline. Punisher notes that he would have preferred to talk some sense into the little rodent, but that was before he got cut to ribbons. Punisher dumps the tank of gas on the sprawling Wolverine, and lights a match. Before he can burn Wolverine, though, a voice screams at them to stop. The voice explains over the loudspeaker that they are among friends and that they will not be harmed so long as they do not resist. The voice explains that they are the new power of New York City, and that the others are extinct – they just don’t know it yet. “The underworld is changing! Acknowledging its true masters! The Mob will finally wither and die… just as soon as we cut them down to size.” Wolverine and the Punisher find themselves surrounded by an army of “little people.”


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Confederacy of Dunces -  part 2
Punisher hands his shotgun to Daredevil, insisting that he wants a cheeseburger. Daredevil, Wolverine, and Spider-Man are completely baffled. Punisher walks into the diner, saying that if they’d ever eaten prison food, they wouldn’t begrudge him a burger. The heroes stare at each other, completely confused. Daredevil finally breaks the silence, screaming at the others to get after Punisher. Punisher orders a cheeseburger and coffee, and Wolverine charges after, telling the “psycho” to get back.Suddenly, Spacker Dave appears, excited to see Spider-Man, Wolverine and Daredevil all in the same place for his super-spotting collection. Dave had been stalking Punisher all night. Punisher thinks that any one of them could tear him apart if they wanted to, so he hopes that the burger might give him a chance. Dave sees Daredevil with Castle’s shotgun, and wonders if Daredevil uses a gun now. Daredevil is distracted trying to convince Dave to get out of the diner. Murdock yells at Logan to stay with Punisher, while Punisher claims that he isn’t going anywhere.Spider-Man gets tied up with the waitress, wondering if they should order anything while they wait. He orders a coffee to shut the waitress up.Punisher claims that he is surprised at the other two, as Wolverine is on a permanent short fuse, but that Spider-Man and Daredevil should have more sense. Punisher taunts Logan about his height, and just as Wolverine is about to get angry, Logan realizes that Punisher is probably just trying to get him riled up so that he can escape. While Logan is busy patting himself on the back and the other two are occupied, Punisher realizes that he has one chance to get out. “The Rodent: metal nose, yes. Metal cartilage – guess not.”Punisher breaks Wolverine’s nose with an elbow, causing Logan to go nuts. If there’s one thing a guy will lose their temper over, it’s a good hard shot to the nose. Wolverine pops his claws, ready to kill Punisher. Daredevil and Spider-Man step between them, telling Logan that they said “no killing.” Wolverine wants to teach Castle a lesson he won’t forget. Daredevil screams at Spider-Man to web him. Wolverine goes into his berserker rage, tearing through the webs. Daredevil instructs Spider-Man to take him down quickly. Wolverine grabs Spider-Man and throws him to the wall. Daredevil tells Wolverine that he gets one more warning. Wolverine tells him to get out of the way, and tries to slash him. Daredevil responds with a martial arts chop to Logan’s throat, which would kill a normal man. As Logan crumples to the ground, Daredevil sees that Castle has escaped through the front door.
Punisher escapes in a taxi. He thinks that if the three of them should decide to press the point, he’ll be in serious trouble.
Back at the diner, Wolverine, Spider-Man and Daredevil all order burgers and coffee, talking about how horribly wrong the night went. Spacker Dave walks up, asking for autographs. Wolverine gets angry with the kid, and Spider-Man tells Logan to calm down. Spider-Man assures them that they’ll do better tomorrow, and that they have good cheeseburgers at the diner.
At Chan’s place, where the auction is to take place, Punisher notices a man guarding a van with a MAC-10. Since Punisher lost his guns to “the stupidity” at the diner, he has only a knife to fight with, and he has lost 20 minutes. Punisher sneaks up on the guard, stifling him and stabbing him in the chest. As Punisher lets the body down, another man exits the van, and Punisher surprises him by cutting his throat. He takes the weapons from the guards. Punisher wonders exactly why a van would need 2 armed guards, so he enters and looks – a nude young man is cowering in the back of the van. Punisher does not understand why he would need to be guarded, but the “auction” is about to take place, so he leaves quickly.
Castle realizes that if Roger “Big Man” Chan is involved, then every prominent criminal in New York is going to be here, along with his sex slaves. Punisher sneaks into Chan’s place via the fire escape, entering a room filled with young prostitutes. Castle asks if they are here for the “meeting,” and one of the young girls says that “we are for afterwards.” Punisher warns them all to get out of the building and run away as fast as they can – there’s going to be a lot of shooting.
In the auction room, a man is standing in front of a large projection TV, holding a videotape and starting the bidding at five million dollars. No one in the crowd seems to understand why it is so expensive to start. As Punisher strangles man in the back, the auctioneer tells them that they “all saw what was on this tape. I can tell from the looks on your faces you know exactly what it could mean to you. Unimaginable power. Five mil. Who’s first?”
Enter the Punisher. “Who else?”
Punisher cuts loose on the mob leaders with his MAC-10s. Since nobody expected him to find out, nobody was prepared for the onslaught. Punisher kills several dozen prominent criminals at once, including mobsters, pimps, and bikers, feeling gratified as he finishes his job. Punisher takes down everyone, including Chan, the evening’s host. However, he has left the auctioneer alive. Punisher picks up the videotape, and asks the man “Where are you keeping what’s on this?” Punisher stands on the man’s bullet-wounded chest. The auctioneer tells Punisher that the guys outside heard and took off – he gets nothing. Punisher informs the auctioneer that the guys have been dead for twenty minutes, and stomps on his throat. Punisher takes the tape and leaves, stealing the van. Punisher can’t piece together the tape, five million dollars, and the naked guy, so he looks forward to getting home and eating.
Punisher starts to watch the tape, eating his breakfast. As it finishes, he drops his food, and rewinds and plays the tape back repeatedly.
“And that’s when I realize all my troubles are over.”