"Thousands died yesterday in what is being called, a doomsday of modern civilization." A TV News reporter, female, said blandly. "Overnight, the former crime lord Kingpin took over America's government entirely, as well as control over the entire military. No one knows how this has happened, but some political scientists have their theories. Also, the Kingpin has been capturing or killing most of the Heroes in America. Spiderman fought in New York Yesterday, killing almost 118 men of Kingpin's new Army before dying himself. An Explosion form a artillery canon hit Xavier's Mansion at the same time yesterday, killing thirty seven people. The famous X-men Cyclops, Phoenix, Storm, Wolverine as well as several others. More news on that in a moment. Now we go to Bob Warner, who is at the scene of a assistive rally in front of The Empire State building, Kingpin's headquarters.
"This is a load of shit." Frank Castle spat angrily. They gave the news like it was nothing. An entire city was gone, Kingpin was in control of the most powerful country in the world, and so many heroes had died, just the day before. Not only were the bastards on TV reporting in a monotone, but they ignored some of the big things. Damn them. Damn them to hell. Of course, Frank Castle could do that. He wanted to.
"Lock and load time. Baby." He said, mimicking the terminator poorly. He pulled two Desert eagles and an AK-47 off the wall, stuffed ammo into his pockets and pulled on a t-shirt with the skull he knew so well.
" Frank Castle, you are under arrest." A voice on a megaphone called to him from the street below. So, the bastards took the fight to him had they?
"What are the charges?" He yelled back to the small mass of soldiers, taking positions behind the remains of the building across from his.
"Aiding many accused heroes against his Lordship, the Kingpin, as well as fighting against his forces in the past." The soldier said back, still through the megaphone.
"Lordship? He really has gotten you, hasn't he." Punisher teased.
"You are to come out without a struggle, and swear allegiance to his Lordship the Kingpin, or else we have permission and orders to fire onto you until dead." The soldier called back. Punisher suspected Kingpin somehow brainwashed these guys.
"Until who is dead, you or me?" Punisher kept up his teasing, intending to scare them. But it wasn't working. The faces of the soldiers were lank. So he had brainwashed them!
"You Castle"
"Well, I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass, thanks." Punisher readied his AK-47.
"Soldiers, open fire."
Punisher kicked back into the wall, machine gun fire putting holes into his apartment building without much effort. He pushed himself back onto his balcony and fired a clip into the soldiers below. Then, his entire balcony exploded, Punisher barely getting himself back in time. They had a tank. A tank. Punisher yelled out in fury, and unloaded another clip, half the bullets hitting the man in the turret seat of the tank. The mans body exploded with the force of so many bullets. Organs were forced out of the exit wound. People on the streets were screaming louder, and running as fast as they could to get away form the battle scene. The man's body fell out of the turret seat. Punisher took a grenade off his belt and lobbed it perfectly into the turrets bad, and into the insides of the tank The explosion sent shrapnel into more soldier, as well as the few citizens left watching.
"Fall back! Fall back!" One solider ordered. I guess they just couldn't handle the heat Punisher thought, smiling.