Chaos and destruction continued to rain all through New York as the constant struggle of the war went on. Each event that was caused, fire trucks, police and ambulance were on their way to the scene, aiding those who were involved to victims caught in the line or fire. It was becoming so bad that even the Swat Team was being dispatched.
As Silvermane was announcing his dominance over New York, other crime lords were either inspired or competed against the crime boss. But since the original Kingpin was not around, it was time he declared himself as the new Kingpin at any means. And knowing his deadly rivalry with Wilson Fist, it only made him even more determined to show him who is the true ruler of New York. Even if he didn't have the muscle and intimidation as Wilson Fist, he was still feared among others. At his old age, many seen him as threatening as any wild bear.
As he glanced at the colored area of the computer spreading, it was another successful takeover. He took a grin and said, "Excellent." As his two henchmen made it in, he awaited the news. And by the battle damage, it had to be good news.
"So far I managed to make more idiots submit to you boss." Man Mountain Marko said cleaning the blood off his hands. But the pain was not his own as Silvermane discovered.
"That goes double for me." Scorcher added making his way in the office. Anybody who didn't think so, I gave him a true taste of how hot hell can be."
"Good, it's only a matter of time before it becomes mine again. Hopefully, they will finally come to their senses as it stays that way. Continue getting the word out and don't let anyone get in your way. Just remember they are either with us or against us."
Madam Masque and her crew breathed heavily as the triumphed over the Spider Slayer robot. All that remained were scrap parts, fallen men, and broken rooms from this brutal assault. Even Madam Masque mask was cracked on the side. Still her injuries was the very least of her problems as she hacked through the robot. Accessing the software, she tried to track down Silvermane's location. When found, she wrapped a bandage around her injuries and taken some pain killers as she proceeded on her path.
"Well at least Kingpin knew the meaning of the word compromise." Masque said to herself breathing heavily looking at the newspaper of the original Kingpin. When her eyes caught sight of a fallen Silvermane goon, she immediately shot him down. "Get the word out to your boss and let him know that the Nefaria tends to end him, so this is far from over."
"We shall see." Silvermane watched the message from the street security camera.
Rose was displeased with Hammerhead's failure as he slammed his fist on the table. "How could you let Silvermane just take more of our turf like that?"
"Cut me a break, not like we can do much with that old man having those robots." Hammerhead replied bushing off the dust and dirt from his suit after nearly being buried after.
"Well since you obviously failed, I guess I'll send out Goblin to finish up your dirty work, at least he has the artillery. Your only lucky I need to so I'm keeping you alive."
Hammerhead caught Rose's fist, nearly breaking his hand. "Watch yourself offspring, you may be the Kingpin's prodigy, but you're not the Kingpin himself."
Rose snatched his hand away from Hammerhead. "And if you really want a further position of power, I would suggest you know your place." Rose picked up his phone. "Hobgoblin, I have another assignment for you."
After leaving Mister Negative and his gang to the police and the hospital, Spider-Man had assembled with the others. Both Spider-Man and Daredevil senses foreseen trouble twice the usual from this terror. With the amount of gangs in place, there was only so much they could do as they were forced to fall back.
"Alright as far as I gathered, Silvermane has been running most of Kingpin's operations. Thirty percent of Kingpin's turf, he's taken from him. Small gangs like the Yancy Street Gang, and now the Street Surgeons are now under his command." Daredevil stated.
"And the other bosses want a piece or else the whole thing to Kingpin." Lucia ordered.
Chun Li presented photos of the Skull Cross Gang. "Now Silvermane has these guys under his employ, and neither of them mined getting their hands dirty for a good paycheck."
"They sure have the Mad Gear's eccentricness." Spider-Man said staring at their bad tattoos.
Following a lead on the Blue Boys led them to abandon Toy Shop. The shop was decades old and had been closed down ever since their unsafe toys. But it made way from criminal activity to take place. From was Daredevil had suspected, it was a front for one of their operations from Silvermane.
As his radar senses gathered, he heard a large amount of footsteps and loaded machinery. Without a doubt, the place was heavily occupied by Blue Boys. And from the amounts of footsteps, more than one were present. Knowing the front way was useless, they tried the more silent approach on the roof. Hearing their talking through the walls, Daredevil concluded that they were going to make another move towards the opposing gangs.
One way or another Silvermane was more determined than ever to reclaim his empire over New York as he done years ago. Seeing one guard at the side door, Chun Li ambushed him with a double stomp. As soon as they were about to enter the shop, Daredevil and Spider-Man had sensed danger from incoming projectiles. They took a glance at from across to reveal Nefaria's gang striking at the Toy Shop with a RPG.
Soon as the shop was set on fire, the gang quickly took a quick exit.
"Wipe out those idiots and anyone who gets in your way!" Madam Masque ordered her men.
"That's enough, surrender now." Chun Li approached the criminal.
"What a treat, looks like I get to take out two of my hated enemies." Masque fired her gun at Chun Li. Chun Li used the air vents as cover to avoid the bullet shots. Following Chun Li's movements, she fired at a water tower. Then Masque decided to move in for the next strike.
Finding out she was not behind the water tower, Chun Li struck her from behind. The attack made her drop her weapon. Before Masque could pull out another one, Chun Li reacted with a fast kick knocking it out of her hand. Now the villainess had only her fist to defend again Chun Li.
In situations like this, hand to hand was also one of Masque's specialties. Throwing punches and kicks at a time, she took on the Interpol Agent in combat. From tackles, to grab throws, the villain and Interpol Agent fought each other. Seeing through her tactic, Chun Li broke out of Masque grabble and clashed in front of her.
As they stood face to face, Chun Li spotted a reflective light from the distance. Using Madam Masque mask, she saw the sniper shot coming straight at her, all part of Madam Masque plan. After the bullet was fired, she quickly dodged the incoming strike, diverting the shot to Masque herself.
The bullet was able strike another dent in her golden mask. Since her mask was made out of solid gold, it only cut the shot in half. As the mask fell onto the floor, Chun Li got a glance of the villainess deformed face. Wrinkles and scars covered the entire face like a bad rash.
"How dare you do this to me?" Horrified by her own face, Masque covered it both hands.
Chun Li almost felt pity for her as Masque was in great agony. It didn't stop Masque from attacking out of blind rage. As she saw her coming, Chun Li grabbed her leg and swung her to the wall. Before Chun Li could strike further, Masque tossed a couple of knives. When she dodged, Chun Li lost Masque, but was caught in sight of the sniper.
Spider-Man caught on to the sniper placing him in a very tight web cocoon. The others may have gotten away, but the night was not a total lost. Holding him hanging from a cliff, Daredevil started the integration. He started with back hand to the thug's face.
"Now why don't you start by asking a few questions, and I'll know if you are lying to me, so don't even try." Daredevil reminded, holding his weapon.
"You think I'm going to tell you anything freak." The thug said with a grunt.
"It's a long way down, so make your choice, you are the streets, or otherwise I may consider being a judge, jury and executioner again." Spider-Man teased.
Looking at the deadly red eyes of death, the thug reconsidered. "Okay fine, the list of contacts is in my shirt pocket, just take me to jail, however you didn't hear it from me. Like the Kingpin, Count Nefaria is also not fond of snitches."
"Thanks, we'll make sure you have a nice comfortable cell." Spider-Man concluded with a punch to the face.
"We're going to need to split up and dismantle most of Silvermane's gang connections. But we won't be able to do it alone, we're gonna need some help in this. We're never going to stop this war at this rate."
"Rose might not be easy to track down, but I think I know someone who can." Chun Li had pondered.
Separated, Spider-Man made his way towards the highest point of the Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four. There he crawled inside to take a peek only to be caught by the outside security system. Knowing Reed Richards, he was always known for improvements of his tech line. The drones followed Spider-Man's every movement as it started blasting at him.
When he caught two of them, he smashed them both together. He may have thought he was out of danger, but there were others in place. Many drones were ready to regroup and eliminate the intruder. As all laser pointed at the webhead, they were quickly shutdown. He was saved by Ben Grimm who just happened to catch him outside.
"You know you could have just used the door webhead." The Thing reminded Spider-Man, eating a big club sandwich.
"Hey there Ben." Spider-Man greeted.
"If you're looking for the egghead, Susie, and Matchstick, their on a space mission, while I hold the fort."
"Yeah, well it's not them I'm looking for it's you." Spider-Man replied as Thing raised an invisible eyebrow.
After he explained the situation, Ben was almost in disbelief. Just the reminder of the gang brought back painful memories among the harden hero.
Breaking away his silence, Spider-Man decided to ask. "So you know those guys?"
"I'm afraid so webhead, when I was still human I clashed with the Yancy Street Gang. And also my older brother Daniel Grimm was a part of it and even made his way to leader. My family was struggling so he was the one bringing in the bacon when my father could not do it. As long as he was providing, neither me nor my parents ever questioned his methods. But then after a dispute between them and the Thompson Avenue Gang, he was killed. If my parents didn't die, I would have taken his place. So fate had other plans in mind." The Thing explained looking at the photo of him and his brother.
"I'm sorry to hear that. So do you remember where most of their operations where?"
"Like the back of my head, but I'll tell you on one condition, and that's I'll go with you. I need to pay these guys back for all these years to make sure they stay disbanded besides I'm tired of being around the house all day."
As the others went their own separate ways, Chun Li used her and Daredevil's leads to track down another person closely related to the Kingpin. It took some time, but she managed to find her. And right on time as she was set to leave New York. After a long stay, Vanessa was just about ready to depart with her plane ticket. Just the fact of her being her in New York where Kingpin's crime had occupied made her sick. It was great relief to be out of here away from it all.
Now that she was no longer a part of it anymore, she focused her money on another path in life, free from crime. With her bags and suitcase, she proceeded to the armored car. Before she can proceed further, she was halted by the Interpol Agent. "Mrs. Vanessa Fist, do you think I can have a moment of your time." Chun Li called out.
The bodyguard was set to draw weapon to the Interpol Agent, until Vanessa had stopped him and told him to wait in the car.
"I am quite a busy woman officer, please make an appointment." Vanessa grunt replied.
Chun Li flashed her badge, which caused her to stop. "I assure you this won't take long. I just want to ask you a few questions."
"What do you want from me? I have nothing to say to you about Wilson Fist. I haven't seen that fool in years."
"This has nothing to do with him; it's regarding your son." She assured. "You see there have been a large number of gang wars in New York recently." And I was hoping maybe you can provide me with address to his locations. I want to stop him from harming others, but I assure you I won't hurt him."
"Honestly, I could care less if you rough him up a bit. It might be just what he needs to leave this vile business. Years, I hoped he could be better than this; instead, he turned out like his father even, clinging to his precious empire. I even offered him to go with me, but he stayed."
"That must have been very hard on you."
"Save your sympathy, they chosen their path and choices, so they live with it." Vanessa took a deep breathe. "I was not involved much my ex-husbands activity, but I do know of my son's hideouts. Hopefully it will put an end to this foolishness once and for all."
The day and business had concluded in Costa Rica as Kingpin and Wesley started to depart. As they were on their private plane back to New York, Wesley looked over the latest operations in New York. Judging by the news reports and inside men, the war continued to rage on much to Wilson Fist frustration. It only enraged him further as Silvermane was taking control of his operations. Gangs that were under his employ were now serving Silvermane instead.
All of his years of hard work and fights were starting to go to waste from every report. But it was not to say that he was not done fighting. Even in prison, he still had his many resources. As Wesley continued to check on the latest updates, he received a private message personally address to Kingpin. He showed Wilson the message.
"Welcome to our organization. Reclaim your empire, and we will do the rest, then you will be contacted after," is what the message had said.
"We also found out that Rose has been running most of your operations also know as your son Richard Fist." Wesley reported.
Kingpin lifted his eyebrow in surprise, "Oh really, seems like while he's not being a spoil brat, he's providing his usefulness to me after all. Let's see how this plays out."
Much to Kingpin and Wesley's curiosity, it did not have a return address. Then again, Rocco did remind them that they would indeed be contacted by someone. So they confirmed that this had to be the main contact, but was ready nonetheless.
"Wesley, I want to send a message to all the crimelords in New York."
"How so sir?" Wesley replied.
"By arranging a sit-down to all the crimelords in New York, it's time someone put an end to this foolish war, so that they would know their place." Kingpin had said cracking his knuckles. Knowing how many times, he's brought crime organizations to his control, he had a plan.
"It shall be arranged."
To Be Continued…