Remember that one universe The Watcher showed ya'll where Wolverine never became Weapon X but instead fought another guy who became that exact monster? Well it happened, and it would seem that our friend Frank Castle had to deal with something much similar in that same universe. One thing is for sure though, the "more mysterious Punisher" is officially on Castle's hit list. I know, how ironic.
Frank was in his hideout reloading his handgun with his blood boiling, getting for his own personal battle. It was month after the trial of the Costa family's crime boss, him and the rest of the gang were found dead just one day later just after the trial which just made him even more angry. It all because of the Costas on why his family was dead. Through some intense interrogations, Frank learned about the killer from a surviving crook who Frank gladly killed after getting the answers he was looking for. The killer was a vigilante calling himself: "The Punisher", who was spotted wearing a brown leather jacket and a black mask with a big skull painted on it.
He turned his head to look his family portrait that was hanging on the wall behind him. He may not have killed the Costa family, but one way or another, his family will not die in vain. Neither will anyone else, he swore that he will protect the innocent, and he would rather die than brake that promise. And there's no way that some guy in a mask was going to stop him. In fact, those kind of people annoy him the most.
"Well, here goes nothing." He said tucking his gun away in its holster. Armed with his side arm, an M-16 rifle, a roll of wire, and a black kevlar vest Frank walked out the door.
Two hours later, Frank found himself walking down the surprising empty streets of New York City. Ever since Frank began his one man war against crime, most of the criminals that were always preying on innocent civilians ended being dead thanks to him, and now with this "Punisher" vigilante in the picture, Frank now has some unwanted competiton. He made his way to where it was report that the mysterious vigilante was lasted seen at in an abandoned warehouse that know would have been a good place to hide in.
Frank came through an open window just to be safe, but he kept his guard up no matter what. It was quiet, to him it meant that either the whole place was empty or he just walked right into a trap. He then heard a clicking noise right behind him and aimed his rifle at the source, seeing it was The Punisher in his sights pointing an AK-47 back at him, he took a good look at the vigilante and quickly noticed the muscular built the vigilante had which matched Castle's. He pulled his head up and lowered his weapon, Frank can only imagine that the man had a surprised look on his face behind the mask. Makes me wish that we could see it.
"What the-Frank Castle? You're alive?" He asked in a shocked tone. Frank himself on the other hand, lowered his own weapon while raising an eyebrow.
"Sounds like you know who I am, can't say the same thing about you." He said gruffly. The Punisher then removed his mask revealing to have a shaved head, pale skin, and to be around Castle's age.
"Zachary Nash, I thought you died with the rest of your family. A lot of people did actually." He explained, Frank had a feeling that he also had some military background, mostly due to how he manages to compete with Frank's kill count and get a hold of some weapons. "Either ways now, you can rest easy now that your family has been avenged." Just she finished, Frank pulled his rifle back up aiming at Zachary once again.
"Not quite." He simply said. "Dealing with the Costas was my problem, you should have stayed out of it."
"Do you honestly think you were the only one who suffered because of the Costas!? They took my family away from me too! I was doing the both of us a favor!" Nash shot back both surprised and enraged. He placed his gun on the ground and crossed his arms.
"I didn't need anybody's help, I promised my family that I would make those bastards pay no matter what." Frank sighed, and started speaking in a less aggressive tone. "But I will say this, I'm sorry about what happened to yours. That's something I would never wish upon anybody."
"First you judge me for my actions, now you're giving me sympathy?" Nash questioned in the same aggravated manner. "You know what Frank?" He asked while pulling a pin off grenade he just grabbed out of his jacket. "Fuck you." He finshed throwing the grenade to Frank who catches it and quickly tossed back exploding before it can even reach Nash. Frank then opened fire with his rifle but Zachary manages to take cover behind some boxes without getting hit. After Frank shot his last bit of ammo, he hid behind a large crate so he can reload while Zachary began trying to shoot him in return which was destroying his own source of protection piece by piece.
"You know we don't have to do this!" Castle called out finished reloading.
"No! But I really want to!" Zachary shouted over the sound of gunfire. Frank changed tactics and ran over to an open door taking a bullet to the shoulder but quickly shrugged it off running through the hallways.
"Damn, he's completely lost it." He thought to himself as got into another room, which is where he dicided to set a trap using some wires that he had stored in his back pocket.
Zachary then looked through the hallways with his gun with more ammo trying to locate Frank until he notices a door that was wide open and began running towards it but stopped as soon as he noticed the some trip-wire at the bottom of the doorway. He slowly pokes his head through the doorway and saw that the wire was tied to Frank's rifle which was hanging on the otherside just above her head. He then carefully stepped over the wire still ready to fire only to feel the barrel of a hand gun against the back of his head.
"I'm sorry." Frank said pulling the trigger before Nash can even react and fell on the floor dead. He sighed, one part of him was glad it ended rather quickly, while another was a bit disappointed that it still wasn't really much of a fight. Hearing police sirens just outside the building, Frank decided to make a run for it, and got away without anyone noticing.
A few weeks later, Frank Castle created his own persona known as: Revenant having a symbol on his chest resembling an angry spirit rather the sinister looking skull we would normally see him with since Monica did point who that he managed to survive the Costas' attack while his wife and kids didn't. When police finally caught up with him, he was found dead which was caused by the same form of death, a bullet to the head. However, Castle still had the last laugh, the unknown thug who shot him was seeing Frank non-stop, wherever that criminal went to, Frank was always there, which led him to commit suicide. Which raises the question, was that world's Frank Castle really haunting him? Or was he just going insane?